Terms & Study Skills
What is the definition of a prefix?
A prefix is a letter or multiple letters at the beginning of a word that can help determine its meaning.
skit
a short play
Frantic A) Inferior B) Reluctant C) Spectacular D)Shameful E) worried
to be in agreement
debunk
to prove false
Brief A) hide B) long C) short D) secret E) Manuscript
C) short
Recreation
pane is to pain as weight is to A) Ton B) Way C) Scale D) weight E) Pounds
B) way
what is the definition of a suffix?
A suffix is a letter or multiple letters at the end of a word that can help determine its meaning.
Gracious
Generous
Unusual A) bad B)Native C) Regular D) Abnormal E) Appropriate
D) Abnormal
Condescend
to look down on, to display arrogance
Find is to lose as build is to A) wood B) Create C) Misplace D) Demolish E) materials
D) Demolish
What is my first name?
Dana
Jeer
To laugh at with scorn
4. Edit A) reuse B) revise C) reduce D) referee E) redefine
Exasperate
to annoy, irritate
What are 3 tricks we learned to help answer questions correctly on the SSAT?
1. Context clues 2. process of elimination 3. making an educated guess 4. studying vocabulary 5. identifying roots/prefixes
traditional, ordinary
Admire A) Crave B) Pretty C) Desire D) Delight E) Appreciate
E) Appreciate
Ratify
to approve, usually a law