Verbal reasoning - vocabulary
intrepidity means
"fearlessness and endurance"
sacrosanct
(adj.) very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack. key word here is sanct; i.e. sanctuary, sanctimony
Comes from the Latin word for "to turn away, prevent": convert, subvert, introvert, extrovert, inconvertible, and vertigo
Avert: (to turn away, prevent)
____/CID: to fall, to happen by chance
CAD; i.e. accident, cascade, coincidence, decadent, recidivist
_____ is Latin for Center. I.e. centrifuge, centrist, concentrate, concentric, eccentric
CENTR
Ced/____/____ are Latin root words for to go, to yield, to stop
Ceed,Cess. ie. accede, antecedent, cessation, concede, incessant, predecessor
the words: Mira, Miraculous, admire, admiration all share this Latin root meaning to wonder
Mir
To express one's opinion in a pompous or dogmatic fashion
Pontificate
Cast/Chast are Latin root words for ______. I.e. Cast, chastise, chaste
To Cut
____/Trux, is a Latin root word meaning fierce
Truc
This is the latin word for Shadow
Umbr; i.e. Umbrella, a shadow in the rain
comes from the Latin word for Truth and shares a root with verity, verify, verdict, veracity, and verisimilitude
Veerus (Veer-us)
A Semicolon ( ';' ) also functions as a road sign, indicating:
a close connection between two clauses.
cacophony
a harsh discordant mixture of sounds
pedant
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning. a person who overemphasizes rules or minor details. a person who adheres rigidly to book knowledge without regard to common sense.
sinecure
a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit.
churl
a rude person
despot
a ruler with absolute power and authority
equivocal
allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, especially with intent to deceive or misguide; susceptible of double interpretation; deliberately ambiguous:
ANIM: of the life, soul, breath
animosity, unanimous, animal
Example of two words look similar does not mean they share the same root
aver (to state or prove as true) comes from the Latin Verus (pronounced veer-us) ("truth") and shares a root with verity, verify, verdict, veracity, and verisimilitude Avert: (to turn away, prevent) - convert, subvert, introvert, extrovert, inconvertible, and vertigo
APO i.e. Apocalypse, apogee, apology
away
bel/bell i.e. belle, embellish
beautiful
ant/ante i.e. antebellum, antecedent, anterior
before
acrimony
bitterness or ill feeling.
AMBI/AMPHI: i.e. ambidextrous, ambiguous
both, on both sides or around
_____ is the Latin root word for purse or money. I.e. Bursar, bursary, disburse, reimbursement
burs
-able / -ible means as in: changeable, combustible
capable of, worthy of
Captulate
cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender.
_____ is Latin for Speed
celer, i.e. accelerant, accelerate, celerity, decelerate
erudite
characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly:
approbation
condemnation; praise
laudable
deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable:
These road signs change the direction of the sentence. They make one part of the sentence contradict or qualify another part. The positive or negative connotation of an answer is changed by these clues
detour
impugn
dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question.
Truculent
eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.
lucid
easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible:
zeal
fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor. i.e. overzealous, religious zealots
The Latin Root word Carn means _____, i.e. carnal, carnivorous, carnival
flesh
ben/bene i.e. benefit, benign, benevolent
good
bon/boun i.e. bona fide, bonus, bountiful
good, generous
phlegmatic
having or showing a slow and stolid temperament
acou: as in acoustic
hearing
Card/Cord/Cour are Latin Roots for ____. I.e. Cardiac, concord, concordance, discord, encourage
heart
fervid
heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.:
words that are spelled the same but have different meanings (desert as a verb and desert as a noun)
homographs
words that are pronounced the same way, like air and heir or bore and boar.
homophones
cantankerous
ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable
desultory
lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm. (of conversation or speech) going constantly from one subject to another in a halfhearted way; unfocused. comes from Latin word desultirous meaning superficial
ephemeral
lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory:
largess
liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior
What is the first step that you need to take when approaching text completion type of questions?
look for clues as to what the sentence is trying to communicate. Missing words in text completion will usually have a relationship with key words in the sentence.
AM; i.e. amateur, amatory, amity
love
anthro/andr i.e. androgen, android, anthropology
man, human
really bad smelling
noisome
injudicious
not sensible or wise; not appropriate in a particular situation
opaque
not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
a/an means ____ as in, agnostic, atheist, atypical
not, without
pragmatic
of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
ab means___ as in abduct, abnormal, abolish
off, away from, apart, down
prolocutor
one who speaks for another
AL/ALI/ALTER i.e. alias, alibi, alien, allegory
other, another
enmity
positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will
decorous
proper; tasteful; socially correct
burs: i.e. bursar, disburse, reimburse
purse, money
When posed with a "which of the following" question, you will need to do this
read each choice and see if they're supported by the text. if they one aspect of one of the choices is wrong, THE WHOLE ANSWER IS WRONG
regress
return to a former or less developed state.
A _______ is a structural key word that signals a connection between ideas; it also determines the direction of the relationship
road sign
The root, (H)OM, commonly found in words like anomaly, homosexual, and Homonym means:
same
-AC/-ACR as in acid, acumen, acute
sharp, bitter, sour
brev/brid i.e. abbreviate, brief, brevity
short
_____ a temporary stay
sojourn
megaphone, phonetics, and Polyphony all share the common root word, phon, meaning
sound
These road signs used to make one part of the sentence support or elaborate upon another part. They continue the sentence in the same direction. The positive or negative connotation of what follows is not changed by these clues.
straight ahead
and, since, also, thus, because, ; (semicolon), likewise, moreover similarly, In addition, Consequently are all examples of these types of road signs when faced with text completion problems
straight ahead
capricious
subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic:
loquacious
talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous:
erudiation
the quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship
placate
to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures:
ARD i.e. arson, ardor, ardent
to burn
Caus/Caut are Latin root words for _____. I.E. Caustic, Cauterize, cautery, holocaust
to burn
adulterate
to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of (any professedly genuine article):
act/ag as agile, prodigal, synagogue
to do, drive to force or to lead
Instagram, Diagram, and grammar all share the common root word gram, meaning:
to draw
desiccate
to dry thoroughly; dry up.
AML/AMBUL i.e. ambulance, preamble, ambulatory
to go, to walk
assauge
to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate:
corroborate
to make more certain; confirm:
engender
to produce, cause, or give rise to:
cern/cert/cret/crim/crit are all root words meaning:
to separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide. i.e. ascertain, certitude, criterion, discreet, discrete, hypocrite
CANT/CENT/CHANT i.e. accent, chant, enchant, recant, incantation, incentive
to sing
Cap/CIP/Cept are Latin roots for____. I.E. anticipate, capture, emancipate, percipient
to take, to get
vacillate
to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute:
AD (often the d is dropped and the first letter to which a is prefixed is doubled)
to, toward, near i.e. addict, address, adhere
True or false: One might describe the sea to sky gondola a pulchritudinous view of the sky, lakes, and mountains
true
parsimonious
unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal. Assuming Jewish people are Parsimonious is an incredibly ignorant notion!
laconic
using few words; expressing much in few words; concise:
bell: i.e. antebellum, belligerent, rebel
war
prodigal
wastefully or recklessly extravagant, giving or yielding profusely; very generous; lavish (usually followed by of or with):
ANNUI/ENNI i.e. annuity, anniversary
year