List 10 Vocab
having a capacity for change
Many tests are _____ and will increase and decrease in difficulty as you work through them.
adaptive
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
The man with the hoodie and mask looked terribly ____ walking in the bank.
suspicious
the state of being with someone
The need for love and ______ is common to all humanity.
companionship
both;on both sides
ambi
What is the smallest part of a word that has meaning called?
(It's part of the title to the red workbook we worked in ALL YEAR.)
morphograph
the final conclusive settlement (decision)
The principal gave the _______ answer on whether the student was going to be expelled.
definitive
extremely hungry
All teenagers seem to be ______ all the time because they are always asking for food.
ravenous
deleting parts of publications or theatrical performances
The school has strict _____ laws and prohibits certain things from being published in its newspapers.
censorship
able to use both hands equally well
The guitar player is _____ because he can play with both his right and left hands.
ambidextrous
Where is the prefix of a word located in that word?
beginning
beyond normal limits
The amount of cars in line for the drive thru was _____ and caused a traffic jam getting in the parking lot.
excessive
having a strong desire for success or achievement
The student was ______ for taking all Advanced Placement classes his Freshman year.
ambitious
a form of government in which the ruler is unconstrained
By the end of that year, every communist ____ in Central America had collapsed.
dictatorship
unclear; open to interpretation
The instructions on the lego kit were _____ and the girl couldn't figure out how to put the pieces together.
ambiguous
Where is the suffix of a word located in that word?
end
without forethought
When you do things without thinking it is considered to be ________.
impulsive
eager to investigate and learn/learn more
The detective thought the suspect was too _____ about what happened to the victim.
curious
relatedness or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
The cousins had a strong _____ between their families.
kinship
both introverted and extroverted
Sara is an ____, and enjoys hanging out with friends and quiet time alone in her room.
ambivert
Drop the final -e- in a word when the next morphograph begins with a ____ letter.
vowel
a positive motivational influence
Getting paid is an _____ to go to work.
incentive
stubbornly unyielding
The girl had a _____ desire to catch her brother sneaking out at night so she could tell her parents.
tenacious
the legal role of managing the affairs of someone less able
The older woman was put into a _____ by her sons so they could handle her affairs because she wasn't able to take care of them anymore.
conservatorship
mixed feelings
Mark felt _____ about going to the University of Florida because he felt like there were pros and cons to his decision.
ambivalent
These 2 letters are considered vowels when they come at the end of a morphograph.
Y, W