Author: Clive Rogers

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. having some characteristics of time
B. breaking as a result of
C. cap>D. ordered by time
E. story of time
F. break back

there were no telephones in Caesar’s time.

broken up.

fraction
fracture
fragment
chronicle
chronology
synchronize

Inference

go near the pigpen.

had trouble keeping track of how far they’d moved.

enlist the help of artists.

Sentence Comp>

the zookeepers started putting them in separate cages.

he was feasting while they had no bread to eat.

work at any station on the production line.

were able to stop working overtime.

arrested the wanted man.

rations to his surviving crewmembers.

his ticket sales to skyrocket.

transform into any organ the patient needs.

move to warmer territory.

a six-year-old child to an eighty-year-old man.

she was cheating on him.

invited them over.

confused world war one and two.

got into a physical fight.

his unexpected absence.

Words in Context

extrovert, abhorred, duplicity, effigies, gamut

abated, austere, droll, decorum, doled

propagated, protean, journeymen, belied, glib

Imp>

D

G

B

Writing

I think both phrases are completely compatible; most of our lives, we are operating off habit and impulse, which direct our conduct without our own conscious thought.

Sentence Comp>

he didn’t want it to get wet at swim practice.

victim’s claim.

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. belief in ideas
B. lead away
C. give to
D. belief in the objective
E. a hole leading from one p>F. give forgiveness

antidote, duct

decade, decimate

reduce, product, produce, educate

Inference

the mother lit a piece of paper on fire and let him watch it burn.

food and shelter.

leaving and coming in waves.

Words in Context

intern, affront, lobbied, transpose, rend

Sentence Comp>

their uninsured house burned down.

the ice cream truck drove down their street.

the period in the middle ages when it was built.

very talented.

covering herself in mud.

gave them the remainder of her rations for the day.

lived out the second half of his life in a mansion.

could have died.

have enough food to last the day.

execute the prisoners.

it was made out of metal, not clay or stone.

it showed up on his doorstep.

she graded her students so unfairly.

Words in Context

culmination, destitute, ambivalent, intrepid, sardonic, concur

demure, erudite, dilemma, demagogue

Subject Promp>

Thesis: Year-round schooling is beneficial because it allows for students to take regular, somewhat extended breaks, to prevent burnout. However, making the drastic switch from a calendar that includes a summer break to one that does not might result in a student population even more resentful of education.

Crossword Puzzle

Across
2. Chaos
5. toilsome
6. cliche
7. conscrip>10. negligence
11. p>12. retinue
13. op>16. collate
17. condone
18. enigma

Down
1. strident
3. genteel
4. dilettante
8. connoisseur
9. unfettered
14. cult
15. venal

Deep>

inconsiderate

harsh

adamant

blame

venal

Related Words

candid

conscript

augmented

cult

prate

Inferences

appease

ostensible

connoisseur

diffident

adamant

Critical Reading

C

D

C

E

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. the ruling characteristics of a p>B. send across
C. rule by the p>D. study of p>E. rule by one
F. send again

rule by skill.

rule by few.

architecture
archeology
anarchy
democrat
democracy
demagogue
transmit
admit
p>omit
mislead
mistreat
admission
technocrat
bureaucrat
aristocrat

someone against government.

Inference

bring snacks to study sessions.

its food was subpar.

take him to the vet.