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Prefixes and Suffixes
1.

Using your knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, answer the question.

We knew Francis was malcontent when he said he wanted to be left alone.

What does the word malcontent mean in the sentence above?

A.	scared	B.	unhappy	C.	excited	D.	rushed

2.

Identify the meaning of the prefix underlined in the word Interstate highway.

A.	between	B.	over	C.	under	D.	without

It was an adventure I'll never forget. I expected spring in late March, but it was strictly winter in the Smokies. Where wildflowers should have been bursting with color, the ground was mantled with snow, and in places with ice. Consequently, it took a while to get organized with the right gear for the weather, and it was after midday before we started up the trail to Mount LeConte, one of the favored vista points in the park, especially for sunset watching.
I confess that my friend, Mark Prichard, carried the heavy pack. We followed a stream thickly bordered by laurel and rhododendron. The sky was generally clear, though scattered clouds hung low about the mountaintops and in the valleys. We saw forests dusted white with snow. They reminded me of a picture book scene of Bavaria or the Black Forest. The higher we climbed, the colder it became. As we passed under a rocky outcrop, the tree limbs glistened with icicles. Now and then they broke loose with thundering pops. We made it to the mountaintop and huddled all night in the old stone shelter. The shelter was built for summer use and was downright breezy in winter. Looking back, I realize it was well worth the effort. I was glad we had taken the precaution to dress warmly.
The park lies astride the common border of North Carolina and Tennessee. The border is unbroken for a distance of 70 miles, except for one transmountain road. The Smokies stand as the masterwork of the Appalachian highlands. They are fed by the fertile land and nourished by rain and rushing streams. Plant life is luxuriant and varied, with more kinds of trees than in all of Europe.
The park covers 517,014 acres, embracing some of the oldest mountains on earth. Their foundations were laid on the floor of a shallow sea over 500 million years ago. The loftiness of the mountains was produced during a long period of earth upheavals called the Appalachian Revolution that occurred about 200 million years ago. The Smokies escaped the icy tongue of the glaciers, and as a result, many plant species were able to survive. Today the park is the meeting ground of northern and southern types of forests.
I find the history of the region as fascinating as its natural endowments. For hundreds of years, the Smokies were part of the mountain empire of the Cherokee Indians. At its height the empire extended from Virginia south to Georgia and Alabama. The Indians lived in harmony with nature in small communities along the streams. Once the colonists discovered the region and advanced from South Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, the Indians were doomed.
At first, settlers took up the generous valleys and coves. On the North Carolina side, John Jacob Mingus settled in the Oconaluftee Valley in 1792. He may have been the first white man to live in what is now the national park. Others followed in the 1800s, living in isolation, moving into the subvalleys, along creek branches and up the steep hillsides to scrabble for a hard living. They grew almost everything they ate and made almost everything they wore. The national park was a long time in coming to the Great Smoky Mountains. The idea of designating the region as a national park was first presented in 1899. The idea resurfaced in 1923. The park was finally established in 1926.
adapted from National Park Guide by Michael Frome, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
3.

In the passage, glaciers means

A.	and animal	B.	icy tongues	C.	large masses of ice	D.	a kind of plant

4.

In the passage, the word unbroken means

A.	shattered	B.	missing	C.	not broken	D.	cracked

5.

In the passage, the word subvalleys means

A.	up the steep hillsides of the Smokies	B.	inside the caves in the valleys	C.	a valley nestled in the Smokies	D.	in the lower part of the valleys

6.

In the passage, the word discovered means

A.	recovered	B.	misplaced	C.	found	D.	discourage

7.

In the passage, the word adventure means

A.	to take a trip.	B.	a challenging experience.	C.	an ordinary venture.	D.	to plan a vacation.

8.

In the passage, survive means

A.	continue to revive	B.	to find	C.	surcease	D.	continue to live

9.

In the passage, the word transmountain means

A.	to cross the border.	B.	to transport the Smokies.	C.	across the mountains.	D.	to cross a river.

10.

In the passage, precaution means

A.	personal preference	B.	special care taken	C.	carelessness	D.	active participation

11.

Using your knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, answer the question.

After trying and trying to get Francis on board, Joanne decided that he was being dismissive of the entire trip, and she left him alone.

What does the word dismissive mean in the sentence above?

A.	not interested	B.	anxious	C.	energized	D.	hopeful

12.

Identify the meaning of the suffix underlined in the word condensation.

A.	capable of	B.	process of	C.	full of	D.	without

In the Dark Year of the Raven, 13 men of the court plotted to take the throne of King Hugo. The king grew suspicious when he noticed that the men seemed to disappear at the same time after royal meetings. He sent his loyal foot soldier out to watch over their activities. He found them conspiring together to overthrow the king in an uncompleted workshop. Upon the discovery of the plot against the king, the conspirators were arrested. They were all imprisoned for their involvement for their crimes against the court.
adapted from "Raven's Plot" by Mr. Gore
13.

Using your knowledge of how affixes change the meaning of a word, what is the meaning of the word conspirators in the passage above?

A.	those who conspire	B.	innocent men	C.	not conspiring	D.	senators

14.

Using your knowledge of how affixes change the meaning of a word, what is the meaning of the word suspicious in the passage above?

A.	trusting	B.	unquestioning	C.	having suspicion	D.	without suspicion

15.

Using your knowledge of how affixes change the meaning of a word, what is the meaning of the word disappear in the passage above?

A.	come into view	B.	appear before	C.	vanish from sight	D.	appear again

16.

Using your knowledge of how affixes change the meaning of a word, what is the meaning of the word uncompleted in the passage above?

A.	unknown	B.	hidden	C.	finished	D.	not finished

17.

Using your knowledge of how affixes change the meaning of a word, what is the meaning of the word involvement in the passage above?

A.	removed before	B.	not involved	C.	against prison	D.	the act of being involved

18.

The word manuscript contains the root word script with the prefix manu-. What is the definition of manuscript?

A.	a document written by hand	B.	a rock carving	C.	a homemade piece of furniture	D.	a document written about another person

19.

It is customary for people in Japan to remove their shoes before entering a room in someone's house. When Dolly came back from Japan, she decided to adopt this custom. She now asks people who visit her to please remove their shoes before entering as a sign of respect and politeness.
Using your knowledge of Greek and Latin roots, what is the meaning of the word politeness in the passage above?

A.	being late	B.	being honest	C.	being polite	D.	being rude

20.

It is customary for people in Japan to remove their shoes before entering a room in someone's house. When Dolly came back from Japan, she decided to adopt this custom. She now asks people who visit her to please remove their shoes before entering as a sign of respect and politeness.
Using your knowledge of Greek and Latin roots, what is the meaning of the word customary in the passage above?

A.	foreign	B.	a way of running	C.	commonly practiced, used, or observed	D.	the unknown

21.

Another word for pedestal is

A.	floor.	B.	counter.	C.	table.	D.	base.

Tennessee Caves

Hidden in Tennessee's abundant limestone bedrock is a network of secret worlds—cave ecosystems. Tennessee has more than 7,000 beautiful and mysterious caves that support many animals. From the surface, a cave may simply appear to be a dark hole in the ground. However, there are incredible sights hidden in the darkness—flowing streams and waterfalls, quiet clear pools, gardens of rock and twinkling crystals, vertical columns, and curtains of stone.
Tennessee's caves form a topography of sinkholes, sinking streams, underground drainage, and springs. As the rock dissolves, tiny cracks in the rock grow to form underground openings. Over thousands of years, these subterranean openings can become large rooms and interconnecting passages extending for miles and having many levels. As the underground water flows through small cracks and passages within the rock, the water mixes with minerals. When the water reaches a larger passage or room, the water evaporates and dissolved minerals are deposited as beautiful formations like stalactites, stalagmites, flower-shaped rocks, flowstone, and soda straws. As long as the water drips, the formations will grow and change.
Several factors influence a cave's environment—temperature, humidity, free-flowing water near the entrance, airflow, and available light. Different combinations of these factors create different habitats. Hundreds of invertebrates, such as isopods, amphipods, snails, mites, millipedes, and beetles, have adapted to these specific conditions and claim caves as their homes.
While exploring a cave, a person may be lucky enough to see all three types of cave creatures. Bats, wood rats, and some crickets are known as trogloxenes—cave visitors. These creatures spend only part of their lives in caves. Troglophiles, or cave lovers, such as some cave spiders, can spend their lives in caves if they choose, or they can live in dark, damp places in other ecosystems. Finally, there are the cave dwellers, or troglibites, such as blind cavefish, crayfish, cave beetles, and Tennessee cave salamanders. They spend their entire lives in caves. Having mutated to survive in the absence of light, many have turned into eyeless or blind and colorless creatures.
adapted from fws.gov
22.

In the passage, topography most likely has to do with

A.	the poor water quality.	B.	the features of a place.	C.	the behavior of animals.	D.	the dangers of the dark.

23.

Which of the following is most likely true about isopods?

A.	None of their legs are the same width.	B.	They have short and skinny front legs.	C.	They have four different kinds of legs.	D.	All their legs have similar size and shape.

24.

In the passage, readers learn that Tennessee caves have subterranean openings. What does subterranean mean?

A.	under crystals	B.	under rocks	C.	underground	D.	underwater

25.

According to the passage, what kind of animals only spend part of their lives in caves?

A.	isopods	B.	troglophiles	C.	trogloxenes	D.	amphipods

26.

A person who is emotionless is

A.	without emotion.	B.	overcome by emotion.	C.	afraid to show emotion.	D.	full of emotion.

27.

"Travel is glamorous only in retrospect." -- Paul Theroux
Identify the meaning of the prefix underlined within the following word: retrospect.

A.	toward	B.	currently	C.	backwards	D.	forwards

28.

Identify the meaning of the root word underlined in the word dictionary.

A.	to mix	B.	to speak	C.	to step	D.	to ask

29.

From the late 1800s to the 1960s, the Australian government forced native children to separate from their families. The government's aim was to cut children off from their culture and have them raised to think and act as "white." Through these means, they hoped to reduce the poverty rate in the native population. This was a misguided attempt to help the natives. The social position of the "removed" native children did not improve.
In the passage, the word misguided means

A.	badly directed.	B.	carefully led.	C.	not full of success.	D.	well thought out.

30.

Devon is the oldest, and he knows what it's like to be the big brother. As the patriarch of his family, Devon's father would go out of town to work and provide for his family, so Devon decided to help out more around the house.
Using your knowledge of Greek and Latin roots, what is the meaning of the word patriarch in the passage above?

A.	Mother of the family	B.	A family member	C.	Father of the family	D.	An acquaintance

31.

"One of the duties of the State is that of caring for those of its citizens who find themselves the victims of such adverse circumstances as makes them unable to obtain even the necessities for mere existence without the aid of others." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Identify the meaning of the prefix underlined within the following word: adverse.

A.	away	B.	from	C.	to	D.	again

32.

"In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men . . . you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." -- James Madison
Identify the meaning of the prefix underlined within the following word: oblige.

A.	in	B.	through	C.	many	D.	toward

33.

"General Wood does not think that I give quite enough credit to the Rough Riders as compared to the regulars in this Guasimas fight, and believes that I greatly underestimate the Spanish force and loss." -- Theodore Roosevelt
Identify the meaning of the prefix underlined within the following word: underestimate.

A.	below	B.	above	C.	in	D.	around

34.

"The whole of this great arsenal of war factories in the Ruhr depends for its water on three enormous dams: the Moehne, the Eder, and the Sorpe. They control the level of the canals and supply a lot of hydroelectric power as well. When those are full, they hold four hundred million tons of water. Just think of the chaos if we could break those walls down." -- Dr. Barnes N. Wallis, CBE, FRS
Identify the meaning of the prefix underlined within the following word: hydroelectric.

A.	air	B.	water	C.	land	D.	smoke

35.

Using your knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, answer the question.

Macy tried to circumvent the problem by calling her professor ahead of time.

What does the word circumvent mean in the sentence above?

A.	to learn again	B.	to remember	C.	to draw a circle	D.	to get around

36.

Using your knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, answer the question.

Felipe was surprised that the driver's name was audible over the train's noise.

What does the word audible mean in the sentence above?

A.	able to be heard	B.	to be heard again	C.	unable to be heard	D.	to be heard twice

37.

Using your knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, answer the question.

The driver asked the students to keep the noise to a minimum whisper because she had a migraine.

What does the word minimum mean in the sentence above?

A.	small	B.	sickly	C.	listening	D.	generous

38.

When the snow froze over into ice, it caused quite the catastrophe for the parking lot. The ice was so heavy, it caused the branches to break from the trees and onto the parked cars. In addition to the broken windshields, the floor to the lot was covered in debris and other particles. This was abnormal weather for this time of the year.
Using your knowledge of Greek and Latin roots, what is the meaning of the word abnormal in the passage above?

A.	Normally	B.	Cold	C.	Hard	D.	Not normal

39.

John Adams was the second president of the United States, which means that George Washington was his predecessor?

Which of the following is the meaning of predecessor?

A.	one who goes before another in time	B.	to move or go forward	C.	one who comes after another in time	D.	to move or go backward

40.

Using your knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, answer the question.

At the local homeless shelter, George and Angelica administer to the poor; they like to help people find jobs.

In the sentence above, the word administer means to

A.	organize.	B.	preach.	C.	give.	D.	yell.

kokeslo

2012-03-15