Deck 2: Vocabulary Building for College

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

monomania

Question 2

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"

Answer 2

misanthropic

Question 3

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."

Answer 3

misogyny

Question 4

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."

Question 5

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.

Question 6

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.

Question 7

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.

Question 8

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.

Question 9

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."

Question 10

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.