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Word Meanings - Practice Exercise 1-3



Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

One should use context clues to find the meaning of unfamiliar words. _____
a.
true
b.
false
 

 2. 

One should analyze affixes, root words, contractions, possessives and common abbreviations to help determine word meanings. _____
a.
true
b.
false
 

 3. 

The addax was seen grazing in the grass off in the distance. Addax means: _____
a.
a medieval calculating tool
b.
a long-horned desert antelope of North Africa
c.
a blank page in a book before the title page
 

 4. 

Something that is chthonic is: _____
a.
from the Greek mythological underworld
b.
flat-footed
c.
mildly ill with a disease of farm animals
 

 5. 

Dyspnea is: _____
a.
a sport that involves hurling a dysp for distance
b.
a vein through which tree sap rises
c.
difficulty in breathing
 



 
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