Roots
Prefixes/Suffixes
Select the Synonym
Vocabulary Practice!
Select the Analogy
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shape
What is morph.
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Bene
good
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Renaissance (A) festival (B) carnival (C) revival (D) death (E) burial
(C) revival naiss- birth re- again
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to light up
illuminate
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Bench is to park as (A) carpenter is to house (B) chair is to parlor (C) tree is to landscape (D) alcove is to arbor (E) restaurant is to table
(B) chair is to parlor
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What is the definition of a root?
A root is a part of a word that gives a word its main meaning.
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Contra
against
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Decomposition (A) combustion (B) infiltration (C) perturbation (D) equalization (E) desintegration
(E) desintegration de-opposite of compostition- to make
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causing moral revulsion, very bad or unpleasant
Adominable
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Diminish is to eliminate as (A) suggest is to command (B) infer is to reference (C) rhetoric is to conversation (D) text is to type (E) assert is to question
(A) suggest is to command
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What is the definition of a characteristic analogy?
One word describes the other word
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X-phobia
fear of x
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FRUGAL (A) breakable (B) economical (C) sweet (D) wise (E) rich
(B) economical
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the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge
Lexicon
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Worker is to colleague as (A) teacher is to principal (B) employer is to management (C) company is to corporation (D) parent is to student (E) citizen is to compatriot
(E) Citizen is to compatriot
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What is the definition of an irregular analogy?
Irregular analogies have odd, unpredictable relationships that must be extremely specific to define. They’re everything that’s not characteristic, uncharacteristic, or component.
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X-ous
having the quality of x
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4. DISCOURSE (A) deviation (B) loss (C) claim (D) investigation (E) conversation
(E) Conversation
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unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence
Intangible
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Investigate is to ascertain as (A) sequester is to seize (B) conceive is to concept (C) requisition is to acquire (D) obscure is to discover (E) scout is to mystery
(B) conceive is to concept
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What are 3 tricks we learned this year to help answer questions correctly on the SSAT?
Context clues, process of elimination, making a guess, studying vocabulary, identifying roots/prefixes, and much more!
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Morph
shape or form
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BURGEON (A) decrease (B) cancel (C) soak (D) thrive (E) cover
(D) Thrive
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irritable and quarrelsome
Fractious
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Voracious is to insatiable as (A) hunger is to thirst (B) stubborn is to incorrigible (C) rapacious is to glutton (D) tumultuous is to serene (E) seditious is to entertaining
(C) rapacious is to glutton