Month: November 2020

Related Words

A

B

D

D

Inferences

arbiter

ruminate

conduit

indiscretion

demur

English Practice

E

C

D

A

E

A

A

Writing

Albert Camus suggests that people who write clearly only have passive consumers, while those that write obscurely are able to captivate their readers and start a discussion. In reality, the opposite is true, and clear writing invites readers to engage with it, while obscure writing kills discussion before it has begun.

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. go back
B. go down
C. go twice
D. take before
E. seize attention
F. take space

intercept, go out

intermittent, interrogate

cap>cap>cap>cap>cap>intercep>concep>p>cip>emancip>incip>p>recipe

intersection
interject
interact
intertwined
intermixed
internet
interdiscip>intercede
interest

Inference

be able to read at all.

repeatedly breaks the law.

was forced to surrender.

Sentence Comp>

perused the file.

the air was thin and dry.

her house burning down.

worry about them.

into a rambunctious party animal.

able to restore the power.

she was wearing sweatpants and flip flops.

looked through her high school yearbook.

explosion.

her essay before the midnight deadline.

what had originally been pitched to the producers.

still far outside his comfort zone.

stamp which was only in production for three days.

retreat.

learn mathematics on his own.

Words in Context

august, albeit, picayune, semblance, indefatigable

asinine, indiscretion, autodidact, osmosis

behest, dossier, philatelist, ancillary, conduit, martyr

Critical Reading

D

E

D

B

D

B

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. seeking into
B. not with the heart
C. seeking towards
D. thoroughly p>E. thoroughly destroyed
F. mindful

accord; the prefix can also mean “thoroughly,” therefore when combined with the root word “pult” it means “to drive thoroughly”; the prefix can also mean “thoroughly,” therefore when combined with the word “log,” it means “to log thoroughly”

seek into; “mind again”

concord
discord
accordion
according
recorder
camcorder
requisite
soliloquist
relinquish
ventriloquist
catalectic
cataract
catap>catalogue
catharsis

Inference

have him publicly executed.

of the unexplained expenses that keep popping up in the company’s financial records.

it was illegally polluted.

Sentence Comp>

it had to be paid for all at once.

fired her.

organized a protest against them.

the anemones at the bottom.

made your sales rate very low.

suit their organization’s agenda.

intruders the moment they crossed the drawbridge.

so it was taken down before many could see it.

cheat on the test.

strike out.

are dispensed to deactivate them.

forgot to lower the bridge and allow him past.

give a speech at the funeral.

chronic.

broken.

Words in Context

dissident, stipulated, zeitgeist, fixed, limpid, proliferated, ruminate, tenet, insouciant

belligerent, stipulated, invidious, accolades, vigilant, derivative

Imp>

B

A

Writing

While Abraham Lincoln is often heralded as a hero for being the president that emancipated the slaves, but his response to Green demonstrates his indifference to the abolitionist movement.

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. throw between
B. not known
C. thrown down
D. against the foot
E. someone on foot
F. known

pediatrist, millipede

projectiles, the future

p>p>recognize
cognizant
p>p>bip>centip>exp>trajectory
object
eject
conjecture
deject

Inference

to share pieces of bread.

they can hardly distinguish it from the lawn in front of it.

if they are starving.

Sentence Comp>

recited pi to the 30th digit.

boats traveling down both to converge in the middle.

she had type two diabetes.

made it hard to evacuate everyone safely.

her sister singing.

try to smooth things over.

a tropical jungle.

the teacher to cancel class that Friday.

an excited puppy.

new project.

have proved his theory.

not exist.

the art conference.

neither of them were particularly religious.

linguistic skill.