File 7A Vocabulary Extra Practice Prefixes

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1 I wouldn’t believe a word he says.

He’s completely __________ (honest)

• dishonest

• unhonest

• inhonest

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2 It’s very difficult to talk to you when you are behaving in such an _________ manner. (rational)

• irrational

• inrational

• dirational

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3 You didn’t pay attention and completely ___________ what I said. (understand)

• misunderstood

• underunderstood

• overunderstood

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4 Despite the fact that the rest of her family was _________ , she managed to learn to read, and eventuallygraduated from college. (literate)

• illiterate

• unliterate

• inliterate

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5 I wish you wouldn’t talk with your mouth full. It’s very _________. (attractive)

• unattractive

• inattractive

• underattractive

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6 He was severely reprimanded at work for making ________ comments in an email. (appropriate)

• inappropriate

• unappropriate

• disappropriate

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7 In hot weather it’s easy to become ________ if you don’t drink enough liquids. (hydrate)

• dehydrated

• inhydrated

• unhydrated

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8 Being _______ can be a real disadvantage in the world of business. (lingual)

• monolingual

• bilingual

• underlingual

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9 I proposed having the Christmas party on December 23rd, but I was ______ by my colleagues. (vote)

• outvoted

• undervoted

• antivoted

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10 The movie isn’t as good as the reviews say. It’s very _________. (rate)

• overrated

• unrated

• disrated