Month: November 2020

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. big city
B. change
C. other self
D. related to a city
E. self-obsessed
F. centered on the self

they feel in total control.

change them.

egotistical
egomaniac
egomanias
megalodon
megalomaniac
megabyte

Inference

would start using earplugs.

said his book was poorly written.

have to hire new workers.

Sentence Comp>

he lost his job.

did well on the last exam in the class.

had enough food to eat.

them breaking an expensive vase.

attended the nationalist rally.

a woman fainted unexpectedly.

kneading bread.

“arg!” and “walk the plank!”

he didn’t believe in interracial marriage.

to give them candy.

starts talking about soccer.

start tracking my spending more carefully.

to quickly and carefully make your way out.

it made me look older than I was.

creating a curfew.

Words in Context

appease, chaos, jingoism, candid

bigot, tradition, augment, strident, negligence, expunged

privation, toilsome, despondent, protocol, redress

Subject Promp>

The impulse of the strong to conquer the weak, rather on a national or personal scale, is not a constant throughout all of human history. For thousands of years, humans lived in relative peace in small hunter-gatherer tribes which were relatively egalitarian. Forces like imperialism, capitalism, and nationalism that are overwhelmingly present in the history taught in Western nations make it seem like these forces have been creating conflict all over the globe for all of history, but there are some parts of the world unaffected by these and thus unaffected by the impulse to conquer those weaker than them.

Crossword Puzzle

Across
1. Divulged
4. mercenary
7. docile
10. abet
12. avarice
14. maudlin
15. div>16. meticulous
17. restive
18. jettison

Down
2. Bastion
3. Castigate
5. ascribe
6. temerity
8. libation
9. extraneous
11. extradite
13. copious

Deep>

divulged

dogmatic

disabused

emaciated

subservient

Related Words

B

C

E

D

Inferences

meticulous

proclivity

conflates

rote

restive

Imp>

E

E

B

A

B

Writing

The ability to “ring true,” is not just an element of “good” literature, but its defining component. The works of William Shakespeare are the most glaring example of this, as those who feel the plays are irrelevant to their lives often complain of having to read them for school, while those that believe the plays’ themes are timeless will brave the old-fashioned language even in their free time.

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. able to be heard
B. someone who sees
C. something that kills weeds
D. a view you can see
E. related to hearing
F. cut into

self

audible
auditory
audition
audacious
video
div>providence

While some blame the increase of technology for the increase in mental illness, and some blame the increase in mental illness for the increase of technology, the reality of the situation is likely that each factor influences the other. Mental illness may cause someone to use technology as a coping mechanism, and technology may also exacerbate the symptoms of mental illness.

suicide
p>genocide
herbicide
pesticide

Inference

demand that his knights go on a quest to find buried treasure.

get extremely upset.

switch sides.

Sentence Comp>

purchase her the toy.

trial.

unprepared for his biology exam on Monday morning.

you have to constantly worry about upsetting them.

handle the lunch rush at her new job.

complete the job.

lowest performing workers.

soccer.

he wore a sweater vest on the wrong day of the week.

start to leave.

go into a lucrative field I care nothing about.

the poet read her poem about her mother’s death.

Christ.

stealing cash from one’s parents.

depart on your hiking trip.

Words in Context

mercenary, bastion, bacchanalian, copious, furtive, extraditing, avarice

irascible, ostracized, jettisoned

maudlin, solvent, mettle, conflated, tackle

Critical Reading

C

C

Inference

dancing inappropriately.

it will be more obedient.

ate it very quickly.