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What is to prove?
100
This word means uneasy or nervous.
Accessible? Apprehensive? Acute? Awe?
100
There’s a great diversity of breakfast cereals at the supermarket. There are so many different kinds that they take up half an aisle.
Diversity means A. sameness. B. need. C. variety.
100
What is the prefix of the word supplement?
What is sup
200
retort
What is a sharp reply?
200
This word means to go beyond.
Elapse? Inhibit? Surpass? Exempt?
200
We didn’t want anyone at school to know our father was in the hospital, so we were evasive about him, saying only, “He has to be away for a while.”
Evasive means A. truthful. B. indefinite. C. detailed.
200
What is/are the prefixes for the word apprehensive?
What is ap and pre?
300
futile
What is useless?
300
This word means not final
Tentative? Versatile? Fluent? Derive?
300
Ned’s fear of flying is so severe that he won’t even step onto an airplane. But he says he’s in no rush to cure his phobia, since driving is cheaper anyway.
Phobia means A. an illness. B. an extreme fear. C. a bad temper.
300
What is the root of the word tentative? What is the meaning of the root?
What is tent, meaning hold/stretch?
400
prominent
What is obvious?
400
This word means to push
Fluent? Persistent? Evasive? Propel?
400
Sarah derived pleasure from visiting and reading to old people after school. She enjoyed their company and felt she was doing something worthwhile.
What is Derive means A. to recognize. B. to get. C. to want.
400
What is the root and root meaning of the word diversity?
What is vers, meaning "to turn"?
500
convey
What is communicate?
500
This word means to think up
Inhibit? Conceive? Delusion? Futile?
500
Chang holds the delusion that money is everything. Sadly, in seeking financial success, he neglects what is truly important, such as family and friends.
Delusion means A. a pleasure. B. a wrong belief. C. an action.
500
Use the prefix and root of the word anonymous to define the word.
An (not) + onym (name) + ous (adjective)
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