Exam 2: Vocabulary Building for College

Using Context Clues and Word Parts Directions: Use one of the word parts below to fill in the blanks and create a word that fits the context.             jec/ject (to throw)                                                       mis/miso (to hate)             junc/junct (to join)                                                      mono (one)             gen/gene (production, formation, origin, cause)          The airplane crash resulted from a weak ____________________ture point where the craft's tail attached to the fuselage.

Using Context Clues and Word Parts Directions: Use one of the word parts below to fill in the blanks and create a word that fits the context.             jec/ject (to throw)                                                       mis/miso (to hate)             junc/junct (to join)                                                      mono (one)             gen/gene (production, formation, origin, cause)          The unconscious patient could not swallow a pill, so the nurse administered the medication via in____________________tion.

Using Context Clues and Word Parts Directions: Use one of the word parts below to fill in the blanks and create a word that fits the context.             jec/ject (to throw)                                                       mis/miso (to hate)             junc/junct (to join)                                                      mono (one)             gen/gene (production, formation, origin, cause)          The philosopher Schopenhauer was famous for his hatred of women, and his ____________________gyny^* was evident in his work. __________________________ *gyn: Greek root meaning "woman."

Using Context Clues and Word Parts Directions: Use one of the word parts below to fill in the blanks and create a word that fits the context.             jec/ject (to throw)                                                       mis/miso (to hate)             junc/junct (to join)                                                      mono (one)             gen/gene (production, formation, origin, cause)          The grammatical part of speech known as a con____________________tion includes the words for , and , nor , but , or , yet , and so , all of which join equal words, phrases, or sentence parts together.

Using Context Clues and Word Parts Directions: Use one of the word parts below to fill in the blanks and create a word that fits the context.             jec/ject (to throw)                                                       mis/miso (to hate)             junc/junct (to join)                                                      mono (one)             gen/gene (production, formation, origin, cause)          In colonies of social insects such as honeybees and ants, a form of reproduction known as partheno____________________sis allows unfertilized eggs to hatch into male workers, or drones.

Using Context Clues and Word Parts Directions: Use one of the word parts below to fill in the blanks and create a word that fits the context.             jec/ject (to throw)                                                       mis/miso (to hate)             junc/junct (to join)                                                      mono (one)             gen/gene (production, formation, origin, cause)          My husband's ____________________mania about his former employer is ruining his life; he seems to think of nothing else except his humiliation at the hands of a woman he despises.

Using Context Clues and Word Parts Directions: Use one of the word parts below to fill in the blanks and create a word that fits the context.             jec/ject (to throw)                                                       mis/miso (to hate)             junc/junct (to join)                                                      mono (one)             gen/gene (production, formation, origin, cause)          No one really knows the ____________________sis of the legend; its origins are lost in the dim past.

Using Context Clues and Word Parts Directions: Use one of the word parts below to fill in the blanks and create a word that fits the context.             jec/ject (to throw)                                                       mis/miso (to hate)             junc/junct (to join)                                                      mono (one)             gen/gene (production, formation, origin, cause)          Once he knew the beginning and end points, the scientist was able to trace the path of the pro^*____________________tile. ___________________________ *pro: Latin prefix meaning "forward."

Using Context Clues and Word Parts Directions: Use one of the word parts below to fill in the blanks and create a word that fits the context.            jec/ject (to throw)                                                       mis/miso (to hate)             junc/junct (to join)                                                      mono (one)             gen/gene (production, formation, origin, cause)          Although some men in the United States freely take more than one wife because their religion encourages it, most can't handle anything more complicated than  ____________________gamy.^* ____________________________ *gam: Greek root meaning "marriage."

Using Context Clues and Word Parts Directions: Use one of the word parts below to fill in the blanks and create a word that fits the context.             jec/ject (to throw)                                                       mis/miso (to hate)             junc/junct (to join)                                                      mono (one)             gen/gene (production, formation, origin, cause)          NBC's reality television show Fear Factor was one of the most mean-spirited and ____________________anthropic^* programs ever created.Its stunts have included burying players under rats and bugs, daring them to eat sheep's eyeballs, and having them bob for plums in a tank full of snakes. ___________ *anthrop: "man"