Tag: Vocabulary Power Plus for College and Career Readiness – Level 2, 9781620191439

Critical Reading

C

D

C

E

Inferences

appease

ostensible

connoisseur

diffident

adamant

Related Words

candid

conscript

augmented

cult

prate

Deep>

inconsiderate

harsh

adamant

blame

venal

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

Sentence Comp>

he lost his job.

did well on the last exam in the class.

had enough food to eat.

them breaking an expensive vase.

attended the nationalist rally.

a woman fainted unexpectedly.

kneading bread.

“arg!” and “walk the plank!”

he didn’t believe in interracial marriage.

to give them candy.

starts talking about soccer.

start tracking my spending more carefully.

to quickly and carefully make your way out.

it made me look older than I was.

creating a curfew.

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.

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. big city
B. change
C. other self
D. related to a city
E. self-obsessed
F. centered on the self

they feel in total control.

change them.

egotistical
egomaniac
egomanias
megalodon
megalomaniac
megabyte

Inference

would start using earplugs.

said his book was poorly written.

have to hire new workers.

Words in Context

culmination, destitute, ambivalent, intrepid, sardonic, concur

demure, erudite, dilemma, demagogue

Critical Reading

D

D

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

extol, cliché, adamant, clement

disparity, clement, rancor, inexorable, opus

conscripted, imputed, unfettered, prated, retinue

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.

Sentence Comp>

there weren’t enough volunteers.

to get married.

the invaded country received protection from an ally.

throw a pinch of salt over her left shoulder whenever she spills some.

the airplane’s engine failure.

to look good in front of the food bank’s manager, who she thought was attractive.

miss their chance to catch an intruder.

tension.

ban his children from watching certain movies.

her mother’s friend.

change when we leave the eye of the hurricane.

a talk show host.

working so hard on every shift.

some of the most talented musicians in the world.

many employees lose their lives to heavy equipment.

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. sail around
B. seeing back
C. turned inwards
D. see within
E. sp>F. turned outwards

sp>sp>sp>insp>vertigo – to transform into turning
advertise – turn toward merchandise
convert – to turn into something else
divert – to turn elsewhere

circumference – carrying around
circumsp>circumstance – what is around a p>introduction – lead in
introject – away from within

Inference

minor.

never figure out how to make her birthday a special day.

giving her a raise.