Unit 3

Question 1

{con}

Answer 1

together with; confuse

Question 2

{ex}

Answer 2

out; expel

Question 3

{de}

Answer 3

down, {intens}; descend, depend, devour

Question 4

{tend/tent/tens}

Answer 4

stretch; extend, extent, extensive

Question 5

{prehens/prehend}

Answer 5

grasp; prehensile, apprehend

Question 6

{duc/duct}

Answer 6

lead; induce, induction, viaduct

Question 7

{scribe/script}

Answer 7

write; inscribe, inscription

Question 8

{trop}

Answer 8

turn (cf. tropics, heliotrope)

Question 9

{-al}

Answer 9

makes nouns into adjectives–e.g., government >governmental

Question 10

–{ion}

Answer 10

makes nouns. ie invasion

Question 11

–{ive}

Answer 11

makes adjectives. ie invasive

Question 12

emulation

Answer 12

rivalry, particularly involving imitation

Question 13

adulation

Answer 13

excessive display of admiration

Question 14

consul

Answer 14

official at a consulate; top Roman officer

Question 15

council

Answer 15

an assembly or advisory group of people

Question 16

counsel

Answer 16

advice(noun);lawyer, legal advisor (noun)to advise(verb)

Question 17

salutary

Answer 17

healthful

Question 18

salutatory

Answer 18

welcoming; Salutatorian/Valedictorian

Question 19

apprehensive

Answer 19

fearful, anxious

Question 20

reprehensive

Answer 20

scolding (cf. reprehensible)

Question 21

hyper

Answer 21

over, beyond

Question 22

pronoun

Answer 22

Pronouns are words that stand in the place of nouns.

{pro} = for, in place of; {noun} = noun

Question 23

Hypercorrection

Answer 23

The use of an inappropriate pronunciation, grammatical form, or construction resulting usually from an effort to replace incorrect or seemingly incorrect forms with correct ones.

Question 24

Personal pronouns (stand in for Persons)

Answer 24

I, me, you, he, his, him, she, hers, her, it, its, we, us, they, them.•They sometimes have different forms depending on whether they are subjects or objects: “I” and “he” for subjects; “me” and “him” for objects.

Question 25

Interrogative pronouns

Answer 25

The interrogative pronouns in English are who, whom, whose, and what. Grammatically, they are pronouns because they stand in for a noun in the answer they seek. •What did you see? I saw a deer. (Whatstands in for “deer”)•Whowants some water? Billwants some. (Whostands in for Bill)

Question 26

Who and Whom in Questions

Answer 26

Who is used for for things that are not objects (usually as subjects and with linking verbs like the verb to be). Whom is used for direct objects of verbs and objects of prepositions.