Improving Vocabulary with Word Parts and Context Clues

Which sentence has an underlined word that means "leave"?

During a fire drill, we evacuate the building

A reader can tell that the meaning of "obnoxious" will include "having the quality of something" because of the

Suffix

Read the sentence. Juanita used her affinity for numbers to help her design a computer program that relied on college-level math formulas, even though she was only in middle school. Based on the context clues in the sentence, what is the best meaning of "affinity"

a talent for

Read the sentence. The look on the villain's face seemed to be bursting with evil, and gave the moviegoers the chills. Based on its structure, which word most likely has the closest meaning to the underlined phrase?

baleful

To find a word's meaning, the reader can study the surrounding words, which are called the

context clues

Which word contains a word root that means "believe"?

credential

What part of the word "geology" is the word root?

geo

By studying the suffix, the reader can determine that "impetuous" most likely means

having the quality of acting impulsive or with emotion.

The best way to locate a suffix is to look for a word part that

is added to the end of the word root

Based on its prefix, which is the correct definition of "impersonal"?

not personal

Read the sentence. The office's boisterous celebration, full of cheering, shouting, and laughter, caused other businesses on the same floor to shut their doors. The word "boisterous" most likely means

rowdy.