Vocabulary Lesson 1-2 Review

A word with "ion" at the end makes that word a....

• a verb

• an adjective

• an action or process

• with, together

Which of the following prefixes, roots, or suffixes mean "conquer"?

• con-

• ex-

• vince

• -ure

Which of the following prefixes and suffixes mean "able to be"?

• de-

• in-

• -ible

• -ion

Which word means "to draw or pull back"?

• infrastructure

• retract

• convincible

• contract

Which word means "to deliberately destroy an object"?

• extract

• destruct

• obstruction

• infrastructure

Which word works best for this sentence:

The _______in her throat caused her to stop breathing.

• structure

• obstruction

• reconstruction

Which word works best for this sentence:

The voters were not ______despite the politician's lengthy speech.

• invincible

• contractible

• convincible

Which word works best in this sentence?

Neither of the men could_____the other of his beliefs regarding Bigfoot.

• obstruct

• contract

• convince

Which word works best in this sentence?

A considerable number of medicines are________from rain forest plants.

• contractible

• extractible

• invincible

Which word works best in this sentence?

Since they did not arrive when it happened, the police asked the witness to ______the robbery scene from beginning to end.

• retract

• reconstruct

• structure