Category: Vocabulary

Words in Context

prowess, pugnacious, rabble, vindictive, quell

precocious, linguistics, pique, ranconteur

rabid, quixotic, predatory, purloin, plebeians, pusillanimous

Sentence Comp>

game tonight.

had gained weight since the last time she’d come in.

the frontlines.

a fight.

boxer.

math and science.

long division.

madness.

dragons and knights.

alcohol.

miserable for the woman who got the job.

exposed them for fraud.

stop global warming.

plant matter.

more food.

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. hand binding
B. born within
C. where one is born
D. becoming born
E. becoming born again
F. hand cleaning

*done with the hands
*man, fac, make with the hands
*influencing with the hands, written by hand

Perhaps because official commands were once written by hand.

fluorescent, evanescent, pearlescent, pubescent

natural
nascent
natal
native
innate
international
nationalism
nationalize

Inference

start a physical altercation.

use teargas.

could not get married.

Sentence Comp>

in for tea.

the rocky desert.

they didn’t love each other like they used to.

the salespeople are not extremely polite.

until dark to raid the dumpster.

her new enclosure.

join him in the kitchen.

incredibly inappropriate.

doctor.

climbers.

he would have to kill innocent people.

gone too far.

in need of garbage collectors.

offered their formally-rival tribe food and shelter.

was satisfied with her tan.

Critical Reading

C

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. away from water
B. fear of water
C. set ap>D. join with
E. where things join
F. electric water

water.

heat and water.

hydronic
hydrogen
hydrop>conjunction
conjunctivitis
adjunction
juncture

Inference

so light of disposition.

return to their workstations.

donkey to move out of the way.

Words in Context

circumspect, retribution, repose, abscond, penitent, scourge

taciturn, renegades, exodus, uncanny, terse, vindicate

agnostic, raillery, caustic

Critical Reading

E

A

E

E

A

B

Sentence Comp>

the protestors overthrew him.

losses.

promoting her.

twist their bodies into a pretzel shape.

having a healthy work/life balance.

pawning a precious family heirloom.

spite of growing up in a predominantly Christian environment.

they left a trail of kernels.

finish his mission.

was perfectly tailored to fit the client.

soldiers.

gave the students detention.

bats emerged.

a circus performer.

turn himself in.

Words in Context

pandemonium, odium, noxious, connived, verbose, laudable, fallacy, crass, chutzpah

parsimonious, hypercritical, befuddles, indiscreet, complacent, liege

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. love of p>B. love of music
C. sea time
D. related to the eye
E. someone who studies the eye
F. under the sea

loves wisdom, wise fool

love of England, love of France, love of books

p>p>bibliop>p>binocular
electrooculogram
marine
aquamarine
maritime

Inference

play without it.

go to prison.

he started sneezing everywhere.

Sentence Comp>

lose interest.

started collaborating on the homework with his friends.

imperfections in the maid’s cleaning job.

already inside the castle.

wear a facemask.

roll her eyes.

clipped coupons.

the precious jewel was stolen from the museum.

rig the local election.

flood damage.

the speech was poorly researched.

make it harder to get a job.

the dinner party.

opposites attract.

one fan set off a firework on the field.

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. sp>B. a tendency to sp>C. a tendency to sp>D. something that hangs down
E. the state or p>F. being carried

suspended

A gesture is carried out by the body.

grandiloquent
soliloquy
ventriloquist
colloquial
circumlocution
allocution
gestate
gestation
congestion
digest

Inference

read them again more carefully.

I am a hypocrite.

fire you.

Writing

Those who are sheltered from fear their entire lives usually end up feeling restless, unfulfilled, or directionless.

Imp>

A

F

B

H

C