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Resilience / prefix & suffix Vocabulary test

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Organize these options into the right categories.

Categorize the following

depravity

Posthumous

rampant

Resilience

merge

incredibly

clawed

scour

collaborate

motivation

persist

notorious

Positive
Neutral
Negative
2.

Match the following vocabulary.

a)

Resilience

1.

recovering quickly from difficulties

b)

rampant

2.

flourishing or spreading

c)

awarded after death

3.

posthumous

d)

moral corruption: wickedness

4.

depravity

e)

scour

5.

too look through

3.

Two black soldiers have been awarded Medals of Honor for fighting in the Korean War, and 20 earned the same recognition for service in Vietnam. Freddie Stowers, a black veteran of World War I nominated for the medal in 1918, finally received it ___________ from President George Bush in 1991. Black soldiers, including those honored today, received numerous medals for service in World War II, but none had received the highest honor for bravery.

a)

collaboratively

b)

notoriously

c)

posthumously

d)

resiliency

4.

The prefix POST means AFTER. What other words use Post. ​ ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

Choose from the below words
postcard
postier
Postwar
postgraduate
posttest
5.

Click the word part that has a suffix .

6.

Which word has a Latin Root?

7.

Refugees have been shown to have a remarkable degree of both resistance and _________to mental health difficulties.

a)

resilience

b)

resiliency

c)

scour

d)

depravity

8.

he new airport is a ________between two of the best architects in the country.

a)

posthumous

b)

collaboration

c)

collaborated

d)

merged

9.

Her life was _________for intrigue and perfidy. As a port it was notorious for its smuggling and illicit trade. Two other sons, Rocco and Cristoforo, both of them notorious rakes, were killed in brawls.

a)

Motivation

b)

rampant

c)

Notorious

d)

persisted

10.

She was ________courageous, heroic, though later she became very sick. Secondly, it's incredibly difficult to be objective about something which you're immersed in every waking hour.

a)

persisted

b)

clawed

c)

motivation

d)

incredibly

11.

Match the following Antonyms

a)

Depravity

1.

morality

b)

Rampant

2.

constrained

c)

Scour

3.

abandoned

d)

Persist

4.

surrender

e)

merge

5.

dissolve

12.

Identify the suffix

13.

José became an astronaut because he was a migrant farm worker, not in spite of it. He had a set of abilities like _______, work ethic and the community standing by each other. You carry that in your background and that’s what makes you succeed. It’s not against you, it’s for you

a)

resilience

b)

motivation

c)

incredibly

d)

depravity

14.

Put the words in the correct suffix area.

Categorize the following

posthumously

motivated

depraved

scoured

collaborated

incredibly

scourly

collaboration

motivation

depravation

merged

persisted

notoriously

clawed

rampantly

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15.

Most people would have been destroyed by the ________acid attack on her. The responsibility for these _______acts lies with the perpetrators and no one else.

a)

depraved

b)

clawed

c)

rampant

d)

posthumously

16.

Match the following synonyms

a)

rampant

1.

uncontrolled

b)

depravity

2.

degradation

c)

resilience

3.

strength

d)

posthumous

4.

postmortem

e)

persisted

5.

keep going

17.

Latin America has produced many baseball greats — and that’s a big win for Major League Baseball. These days, more than a third of MLB players on opening-day lineups hail from outside the continental United States, mainly from Latin America.

17.

What is the best meaning of the phrase "hail from" as it is used in the paragraph

a)

traveled to

b)

come from

c)

arrived in

d)

played for

18.

But those impressive statistics​ do not ​ (a)   capture Clemente’s impact on baseball. A ​ (b)   both on and off the field, the highly ​ (c)   player ​ ​ (d)   prejudicial treatment of Latin American players and also led humanitarian missions. Sadly, in 1972, Clemente died in small-airplane crash en route to help earthquake-ravaged Nicaragua, but his legacy lives on. Each year, the Roberto Clemente Award honors the MLB player who best represents the game through his character, community ​ (e)   , and positive contributions.

Identify 5 words that use a suffix

Choose from the below words
fully
leader
protested
admired
best
community
positive
involvement
legacy
capture
19.

The prefix MIS- means

a)

wrong

b)

bad

c)

to do again

d)

not

20.
Which word names part of the plant growth cycle in which moisture escapes through the leaves of plants?
a)
Transfer
b)
Transporting
c)
Transpiration
d)
Transcribing
21.
While visiting Japan, Matthew needed help understanding the language. What did he need?
a)
Translator
b)
Transporter
c)
Transpiration
d)
Translucent
22.
Using glass blocks in home is popular because light can come in, but people can't see through. What is this an example of?
a)
Transpiration
b)
Transport
c)
Transcontinental
d)
Translucent
23.
What does archeo mean?
a)
originial or ancient
b)
to break
24.
What does neo mean?
a)
out of or from
b)
new
25.
Which prefix/suffix means skin?
a)
derm
b)
carcin
26.
What does the prefix/suffix trans mean?
a)
end
b)
across
27.

What does the prefix pre- mean?

a)

Before

b)

After

c)

Always

d)

Never

28.

What does the prefix un- mean?

a)

Before

b)

Against

c)

Not

d)

More

29.

What prefix means 'against'?

a)

re-

b)

il-

c)

anti-

d)

super-

30.

"She distrusted him after he cheated on her." In this sentence, distrust means:

a)

She does not trust him

b)

She is overly trusts him

c)

She wrongly trusts him

d)

She shouldn't have dated him in the first place.

31.

"She loved her eleventh grade students, but their behavior from day to day was wildly unpredictable." What does unpredictable mean in this sentence?

a)

Her students could see into the future

b)

Her students were always perfectly behaved angels

c)

She was not able to predict how they were going to act each day until she saw them

d)

She liked them as kids, but not as students

32.
Central idea formula is:
a)
Topic + Evidence
b)
Topic + Details
c)
Topic + Opinon
d)
Topic + What the authors says about that topic
33.
People often refer to taxes in terms of their being much too high. In reality, they are probably even higher than you think, because in addition to the federal income tax we are now studying, there are many other Federal, State, and local taxes, including sales taxes, inheritance taxes, state income taxes, personal property taxes, real estate taxes, and others. These are just some of the most obvious ones. 
a)
Taxes are much too high. 
b)
We pay more taxes than we may realize. 
c)
Inheritance taxes and real estate taxes are unfair. 
d)
Some taxes are hidden.