Improving Vocabulary with Word Parts and Context Clues

Question 1

Use context clues and word roots to determine which word best completes the sentence.What you just said was a complete ________. How does it relate to what you said before?

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non sequitur

Question 2

Use word roots and context clues to determine which word best completes each sentence. Plagiarism is the act of copying a writer’s words and claiming them as one’s own. I had a sense of when I saw the girl who looked just like her mother used to. I trust you completely. You have complete to arrange the party.

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✔ verbatim; Selection 1: verbatim; Selection 2: déjà vu; Selection 3: carte blanche

Question 3

carte blancheverbatim✔ déjà vu

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✔ déjà vu

Question 4

✔ carte blancheverbatimdéjà vu

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✔ carte blanche

Question 5

✔ verbbatim

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verb

Question 6

im✔ possible

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poss

Question 7

✔ an embarrassing errora popular trendsomething that is very obvious

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✔ an embarrassing error

Question 8

mixing✔ mistaketogether

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✔ mistake

Question 9

The terms pas de deux, arabesque, and ballet all come from the field of dance that was developed in France. What is the best explanation for these words being used in English?

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The words were borrowed into English along with the concepts they describe.

Question 10

Use word roots and context clues to determine which word best completes each sentence.

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Plagiarism is the act of copying a writer’s words and claiming them as one’s own.: verbatim; I had a sense of when I saw the girl who looked just like her mother used to.: déjà vu; I trust you completely. You have complete to arrange the party.: carte blanche

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