Terms & Study Skills
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.

100

skit

a short play

100

Frantic A) Inferior B) Reluctant C) Spectacular D)Shameful E) worried

(E) Worried
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Accord

to be in agreement

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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

debunk

to prove false

200

Brief A) hide B) long C) short D) secret E) Manuscript

C) short

200

Recreation

 a hobby or game
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pane is to pain as weight is to A) Ton B) Way C) Scale D) weight E) Pounds

B) way

300

what is the definition of a suffix?

A suffix is a letter or multiple letters at the end of a word that can help determine its meaning.

300

Gracious

Generous

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Unusual A) bad B)Native C) Regular D) Abnormal E) Appropriate

D) Abnormal 

300

Condescend

to look down on, to display arrogance

300

Find is to lose as build is to A) wood B) Create C) Misplace D) Demolish E) materials

D) Demolish

400

What is my first name?

Dana

400

Jeer

To laugh at with scorn

400

4. Edit A) reuse B) revise C) reduce D) referee E) redefine

B) Revise
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Exasperate

to annoy, irritate

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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 to help answer questions correctly on the SSAT?

1. Context clues 2. process of elimination 3. making an educated guess 4. studying vocabulary 5. identifying roots/prefixes

500
conventional

traditional, ordinary

500

Admire A) Crave B) Pretty C) Desire D) Delight E) Appreciate

E) Appreciate

500

Ratify

to approve, usually a law

500
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