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Prefix: co-, col-, com-, con, cor- (together)
Prefix: dis- (apart; not)
Prefix: sym-, syn- (together, same)
Root: greg (flock; herd)
Root: sperse (scatter) and Borrowed Words
100
logical; consistent; clearly reasoned -- The government needs a _________ policy for admitting guest workers from other countries. (page 244)
What is coherent?
100
strife; lack of agreement -- The parent caused _____________ among their children by constantly comparing them to one another. (page 247)
What is discord?
100
to cause to occur at the same time -- Dancers in a chorus line must ___________ their movements. (page 249)
What is synchronize?
100
to meet; to assemble -- Ants _____________ around the spilled sugar. (page 255)
What is congregate?
100
to scatter; to distribute widely -- After the concert was finished, the crowd _________________.
What is dispersed?
200
to work together -- The United States must _________ with other nations to fight terrorism. (page 245)
What is collaborate?
200
inequality; difference -- There is a great ___________ between the lives of the very rich and the lives of the very poor. (page 248)
What is disparity?
200
a short summary -- Movie reviews often give a _____________ of the film. (page 250)
What is synopsis?
200
outstandingly and noticeably bad -- In a __________ error, the bride referred to the groom using the name of her former boyfriend. (page 255)
What is egregious?
200
to scatter here and there; to distribute among other things -- The text in this chapter is _____________ with interesting photos. (page 256)
What is interspersed?
300
referring to a community or to joint ownership -- A single rude cell-phone user can disturb a large ____________ space. (page 245)
What is communal?
300
to scatter; to make widely known -- Universities often use websites to ___________ information. (page 248)
What is disseminate?
300
something made from combined parts; the making of something by combining parts. -- The _____________ of hydrocarbon fuel and oxygen produces energy. (page 250)
What is synthesis?
300
sociable; fond of company -- ________________ people generally hate to work at home alone. (page 256)
What is gregarious?
300
thinly scattered or distributed; meager -- Rain has been so __________ in western Nebraska that ruts of wagon wheels made over 100 years ago can still be seen. (page 257)
What is sparse?
400
harmonious; living in harmony -- The ___________ roommates shared many interests. (page 246)
What is compatible?
400
This prefix can also mean "not".
What is dis-? (page 244)
400
This prefix has the same function as co- ("together")
What is syn-?
400
The name of the oldest son on the television show The Brady Bunch.
Who is Greg Brady?
400
You have come up with three words in your question to this answer. This one means "false bravery" (page 257), this word means "a quality of leadership that attracts other people (page 257), and this word means "an overused, trite expression." (page 258)
What are bravado, charisma, and cliche'?
500
This one contains two words (only 5 spaces and 6 words) to agree -- Experts ____________ that exposure to the sun can cause skin cancer. (page 246) a person living at about the same time as another -- Albert Einstein was a _____________ of Joseph Stalin. (page 247)
What is concur? and What is contemporary?
500
This informal word "dis" means not to respect, as in____________.
What is "She dissed me?"
500
This prefix is a variation of syn-
What is sym-?
500
This person was a movie actor who appeared in the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird in 1962. He won an Oscar for his portrayal of Atticus Finch in this film in 1963.
Who is Gregory Peck?
500
For this final answer, you have to come up with three words in your question. This word means "a style of food or cooking" (page 258), this word means "the lowest point" (page 259), and this one means "the highest point." (page 259)
What are cuisine, nadir, and zenith?