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Root Words
Rhetorical Choices
Confused Words
Prepositional Phrases
100

Warns the town of Sighet after surviving a mass execution.

Moishe the Beadle

100

Combining "photo" and synthesis (putting together), it is the chemical process plants use to convert sunlight into food.

photosynthesis

100

"As a pediatric surgeon with 20 years of experience, I can confidently tell you this vaccine is safe for your child."

ethos

100

This contraction is the correct choice to complete the phrase: "___ going to the park after lunch."

They're

100

The prepositional phrase in this sentence: "The playful puppy slept soundly under the kitchen table."

under the kitchen table

200

The overcrowded enclosed areas where the Jews were forced to live before deportation.

Ghetto

200

Derived from "cert" , this 10-letter word refers to an official document that attests to a specific fact, like birth or marriage.

certificate

200

"The big blue bird flew across the bridge."

alliteration


200

Meaning "with the exclusion of," this word fits perfectly in the sentence: "Everyone attended the meeting ___ Sarah."


except

200

"Before the movie starts, we need to buy popcorn."

Before the movie starts

300

The notorious SS officer overseeing selections at Auschwitz.

Dr. Josef Mengele

300

This word uses the root "onym" to describe a book or article written by an unknown or unnamed author.

anonymous

300

A broken clock ticking backward in a novel, or a single white dove released over a battlefield.

symbolism

300

This noun meaning "a result or consequence" belongs in the blank: "The medicine had a positive ___ on his health."

effect

300

"The mysterious package from my uncle arrived this morning."

from my uncle

400

The young musician who plays Beethoven on his violin before dying at Gleiwitz.

Juliek

400

From the root "cogn", it’s the word for traveling in disguise so that your true identity remains unknown.

incognito

400

George Orwell's Animal Farm, where a group of farm animals overthrowing humans represents the events of the Russian Revolution.

allegory

400

This verb meaning "to influence" is the correct choice in the sentence: "The loud music will ___ my ability to concentrate."

affect

400

"The athletic dog jumped effortlessly over the tall wooden fence."

over the tall wooden fence

500

The haunting reflection Eliezer sees in the mirror in the memoir's final lines.

A corpse

500

This word uses the root "dem"  to describe a disease outbreak that spreads rapidly across an entire country or the whole world.

pandemic

500

Julius Caesar's famous declaration, "I came, I saw, I conquered,"

parallelism

500

This spelling indicates possession, as seen in the sentence: "The students forgot ___ backpacks in the classroom."

their

500

In the sentence "Along the narrow winding river, several majestic deer stopped to drink," this phrase acts as an adverb modifying where they stopped.

Along the narrow winding river

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