Author: Clive Rogers

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.

Sentence Comp>

no money is missing.

his misinformation on the exam’s place and time.

whistle when the newlyweds share a kiss at the altar.

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. study of man
B. study of religion
C. having the shap>D. in the shap>E. without a god
F. government by god

society

anthrop>anthrop>p>p>lycanthrop>misanthrop>theorization
theologize
p>theorem
biology
p>p>p>cryp>ideology

Words in Context

disabused, audit, restive, dithered, repined

Sentence Comp>

eaten for days.

champagne.

the traumas he experienced as a soldier.

your feelings are reciprocated.

they were trying to get on his good side.

he hadn’t practiced enough.

for acting against the Catholic church.

cannibalism.

unconventional looking.

their time to present is approaching.

they were caught in a lie.

found out he’d scammed thousands of viewers for money.

Words in Context

emaciated, ignominy, heresy, castigate, anathema

banter, gauche, libations, motley, docile

English Practice

C

E

B

D

B

Inference

keep them around in case he needs them later.

make them more interesting.

top secret.

Writing

Thesis: I disagree that happiness as an emotion or condition is imaginary, but I do think there is a discrepancy between what people think happiness is, and what it actually is.

Sentence Comp>

convinced the city to change the law.

learning a new language.

unlocking the vault.

be very nervous.

reminding me it was a beautiful day outside.

grow their own produce.

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. wishing or intending harm
B. foul sp>C. someone who does things that are morally wrong
D. wishing or intending good or benefit
E. kind sp>F. someone who does good

benign or malignant

benefit
beneficial
malice
maladap>malodorous

Words in Context

ascribe, rote, proclivity, ardor, occlude

Sentence Comp>

go bungee jumping.

sit somewhere else, so she could see it.

it will weigh them down.

England infringing upon the relative independence the colonies had grown used to.

make an impartial decision.

spotless.

of my personal information.

accept any alternate readings of the text.

groaned.