Author: Clive Rogers

Critical Reading

D

E

A

A

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. before the war
B. full of war
C. farming related
D. waging war
E. before the room
F. study of farming

comes before another.

farming.

agrarian
agorap>agrimony
agricultural
antechamber
antecessor

Inference

conditions were extremely harsh.

bite you.

had been taking money from her purse.

Sentence Comp>

making a certain diagnosis.

lazy.

a lot of drinking afterwards.

your thesis.

a disastrous building collapse.

climbing on them, and pulling on their hair.

tie your food up where bears can’t get to it.

90% of the donated funds went to the pockets of the organization’s CEO, not the cause it claimed to support.

coming down with a fever.

the escaped inmate had been assisted by a guard.

winning the race.

suffered a head injury, and his personality has been sour since then.

an author.

let her son go to art school.

hid behind a decorative shrub.

Words in Context

expound, cajoled, inscrutable, acrimony, exulted, harry, fluctuate

métier, dour, lethargy, fiasco, balk, omniscient, feasible, incognito

Subject Promp>

TH: Schools should not mandate foreign language fluency, but programs should strongly encourage it, as foreign language fluency encourages linguistic skills and multiculturalism, as well as generally opening doors for students’ future careers.

Crossword Puzzle

Across
1. Emulate
6. contrite
10. unctuous
12. destitute
15. effigy
16. ambivalent
17. glib
18. intrep>Down
2. Extrovert
3. Imp>4. Concur
5. Austere
7. erudite
8. collaborate
9. journeyman
11. demagogue
13. belie
14. sere

Deep>

destitute

erudite

austere

unkempt

inane

Related Words

A

E

D

C

Inferences

ambivalent

austere

emulated

collaborated

decorum

English Practice

C

B

D

E

E

A

Inference

buy an indoor plant.

dumping water on pretend fires.

how she used to suffer under its corrupt government.

Writing

George Bernard Shaw’s quotation contrasts people whose curiosity is limited by reality and people whose curiosity can change their reality.

Sentence Comp>

parked in a reserved spot.

a religious service.

the widow’s husband.

without modern amenities for years.

copying the way she dresses.

appearing uninformed.

were rude to the waitstaff last time.

the war.

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. not known
B. the p>C. in a state of knowing
D. flesh eater
E. p>F. again in the flesh

I think, therefore I am.

last flesh eating

cognitive
cognition
recognize
carnival
incarnate
carnage
carnelian

Words in Context

evoke, unctuous, postulated, heinous, impeccable

Sentence Comp>

wearing makeup.

murder and robbery.

of the extensive drought.

paintings and sculptures.

robbing the bank.

her home country.

forgetfulness.

Words in Context

emulate, collaborate, contrite, impound, magnanimous

frowsy, expatriate, enhance, sere, inane

Critical Reading

B

D

C

D