Benchmark Unit 1 Vocabulary: mis-, dis-, un-, in-

The prefixes mis-, dis-, in-, and un- all change a root word by ....

• adding "not" or "bad" to the meaning.

• adding "outside of" to the meaning.

• adding "extra" or "super" to the meaning.

• adding.... it's a trick, it doesn't add any meaning!

Jackie was disinterested in the book she was reading, so she...

• read it every chance she got.

• bought the sequel.

• never really finished it.

• was excited to see the movie version.

The two friends were confused about what the other was thinking, which caused a fight. But, it's ok, it was just a/an...

• misadventure.

• insecure.

• unaware.

• misunderstanding.

Choose the word below that means "not right"...

• incorrect

• miscalculated

• uncoherent

• disadvantage

Tamarje' wants to race me, but I know he is faster than me. I'm at a ...

• misunderstanding.

• disaster.

• unrelated.

• disadvantage.

Which word means that something is good, without being flashy or talked about?

• understand

• misunderstood

• insincere

• understated

To console someone means to help them feel better. So, inconsolable means...

• that you help them feel great!

• that you cannot help them to feel better.

• that they'll feel better tomorrow.

• that they feel confused.

A misadventure would be...

• a great time!

• a lot of hard work.

• an adventure that took a bad turn.

• an adventure that hasn't ended yet.

Which word means to add up (or calculate) something wrong?

• misinterpret

• miscalculate

• extracalculate

• misread

Mr. Lambert didn't answer the question that I asked, he was ...

• insincere.

• unproductive.

• misunderstood.

• unresponsive.