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sentence completion
Root words
Word origin
Suffix meanings
100
of the most contemptible kind
What does abject mean?
100
D. unchallenged - disdain
Today Wegener's theory is ____ ; however, he died an outsider treated with ____ by the scientific establishment. A. unsupported - approval B. dismissed - contempt C. accepted - approbation D. unchallenged - disdain E. unrivalled - reverence
100
acidic, sour
What is acid- mean
100
Middle English and Old English
what is (the) origin
100
able to be
What is -able mean
200
surrender under agreed conditions
What does capitulate mean?
200
D. jargon
Each occupation has its own ____ ; bankers, lawyers and computer professionals, for example, all use among themselves language which outsiders have difficulty following. A. merits B. disadvantages C. rewards D. jargon E. problems
200
feeling, sensation
What is aesth- mean
200
Middle English < Anglo-French < Latin
What is the origin of (different)
200
rule, government, power
What is -cracy mean
300
grant freedom to, as from slavery or servitude
What does enfranchise mean?
300
E. rages
The revolution in art has not lost its steam; it ____ on as fiercely as ever. A. trudges B. meanders C. edges D. ambles E. rages
300
gill
What is branchi- mean
300
Greek
What is the origin of (alexithymia)
300
act or process of making
What is -ization mean