Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots, Level X: Unit 13

Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots, Level X: Unit 13

Practice Using the Words

Exercise 1 - Complete the Sentence

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  Read the beginning of the sentence

• Complete the sentence in a way that shows you understand the meaning of the italicized vocabulary word

• Punctuate and capitalize your sentence correctly

Open Ended

Mary felt that the magazine article degraded scientists because it said...

Open Ended

Although he did all he could to circumvent the city traffic, Mike ...

Open Ended

We later learned that the errant golf ball that had struck a passerby was ...

Open Ended

I panicked while in the amusement park's haunted house because the egress ...

Open Ended

If there is to be a covenant between the two nations, they must ...

Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks.

Fill in the blank from the choices given.

Multiple Choice

A small _________ of local merchants had appeared on the parking lot of Walmart.

• covenant

• congress

• precursor

• degrade

• incursion

Multiple Choice

According to the _________ that is included in the contract, smoking is not allowed in the rental car at any time.

• covenant

• congress

• precursor

• degrade

• incursion

Multiple Choice

The reviewer went so far as to personally ________ many actors, calling them "unfit to take the stage."

• covenant

• congress

• degrade

• precursor

• incursion

Multiple Choice

The lawyer claimed, "This line of questioning by her ex-husband is an improper _______ into my client's personal religious beliefs and should not be allowed."

• covenant

• congress

• precursor

• degrade

• incursion

Exercise 3: Fill in the blank

Complete the sentence with the word that best fits the context of the sentence from the choices listed below the sentence.

Fill in the Blanks

When the medical tests showed that Ron was severely ill, he felt sure they were

since he felt perfectly fine.

erroneous cursory aberrant

Fill in the Blanks

The horse and buggy was a

to our modern automobile.

egress precursor recourse

Fill in the Blanks

Even a

glance at the room told the detective that something had gone horribly wrong.

erroneous cursory aberrant

Exercise 4: Word Pairs

Choose the set of words that best completes the sentence.

Multiple Choice

I don't mean to _______ our lecturer, but I think some of his conclusions were _______.

• convene; aberrant

• circumvent; errant

• convene; errant

• degrade; erroneous

Multiple Choice

The first meeting that they ______ was only a _____ to a much larger one held later that day.

• degraded; precursor

• convened; precursor

• degraded; covenant

• circumvented; egress

Multiple Choice

When the sacred ______ between Lucile and her true love was broken, she felt she had no ______ except to find comfort in the Church.

• covenant; recourse

• congress; covenant

• precursor; incursion

• recourse; precursor

Multiple Choice

The soldier captured behind enemy lines denied he was on a(n) ______ into enemy territory; he said he was merely a(n) ____ traveler.

• covenant; aberrant

• incursion; errant

• precursor; cursory

• congress; cursory