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Vocabulary Practice
Select the Synonym
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Select the Analogy
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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.
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Precede
come before in order or position.
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PURSUE (A) browse (B) chase (C) escape (D) discover (E) arrest
(B) chase
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illuminate
light up.
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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.
200
novel
new or unusual in an interesting way.
200
STANCE (A) section (B) position (C) trend (D) question (E) portion
(B) position
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Abominable
causing moral revulsion, very bad or unpleasant.
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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
300
destitute
without the basic necessities of life.
300
FRUGAL (A) breakable (B) economical (C) sweet (D) wise (E) rich
(B) economical
300
Lexicon
the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge.
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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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repugnant
extremely distasteful; unacceptable.
400
4. DISCOURSE (A) deviation (B) loss (C) claim (D) investigation (E) conversation
(E) Conversation
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Intangible
unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence.
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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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egress
the action of going out of or leaving a place.
500
BURGEON (A) decrease (B) cancel (C) soak (D) thrive (E) cover
(D) Thrive
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fractious
irritable and quarrelsome.
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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