Author: Clive Rogers

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.

Words in Context

burgeons, commensurate, vagaries, vacuous

mellifluous, epicurean, verdant, confluence

archetype, oeuvre, approbation, secular, coup, arbiter, attrition

Subject Promp>

It is to society’s detriment that public servants, like mayors, senators, and politicians, receive much higher wages than public servants with physically difficult jobs, like garbagemen and firemen.

Crossword Puzzle

Across
1. filibuster
3. vindictive
6. rabble
7. p>9. vindication
10. invective
11. p>12. p>13. p>14. agnostic

Down
2. subjugate
4. vindicate
5. abscond
6. raillery
7. p>8. irreverent
11. p>13. pithy

Deep>

plebian

vindictive

sorry

vindicated

subjugates

Related Words

A

B

C

D

Inferences

raconteur

taciturn

irreverent

prodigal

retribution

Critical Reading

A

D

C

A

C

E