Name: _______________________________________________
Wordpieces 3.2 Practice [8th]
Date: ____________________________
I.
Complete the sentence in a way that shows you understand the meaning of the italicized vocabulary
word. You must use at least five words to complete the sentence.
1. Felix was a casualty of the last war, having
2. When the professor noticed one rapt listener in the midst of several bored-looking students, she
3. The hum of electricity was perceptible in the room because
4. The hawk showed its voracious appetite by
5. The slow and solemn quality of the poem’s cadence became obvious when
6. Deer are completely herbivorous animals that eat
7. One of the main precepts of police forces all over the world is
8. Buying sweets and cosmetics was considered decadent during the Great Depression because
9. The foreign army was rapacious in the tiny little village, and as a result
10. Rodney’s exit from the building was surreptitious because
11. Young Grace was omnivorous, but her friend Kate
12. Harold is so susceptible to illness that
II.
Fill in the blank with the best word from the choices below. Not all words will be used.
rapacious
rapt
surreptitious
casualty
perceptible
13. The babies stared in ___________________________ wonder at the fireworks spreading in the night sky.
14. An eagle’s ____________________________ hunger will rarely be satisfied by one or two small field mice.
15. With envy ___________________________ to everyone in the room, Judy admired Olga’s dress.
16. Bo left the house in a [n] __________________________ fashion, climbing out the window in the dark.
casualty
decadent
herbivorous
precepts
cadence
17. Members were asked to observe the general ___________________________ of the organization.
18. My pet hamster is ____________________________, so she gets plenty of lettuce and carrots to eat.
19. Janet’s horse is a[n] ____________________________ of the race, having broken its leg trying to jump a very
high hurdle.
20. Victor’s experience in the luxurious hotels and restaurants of Las Vegas led him to believe it was a very
______________________________ city.
susceptible
rapacious
omnivorous
cadence
voracious
21. Like a[n] _____________________________ animal, the tornado consumed everything in its path.
22. When my father decided to be a vegetarian, he had to renounce his _________________________ eating
habits.
23. Frank is ____________________________ to every new idea that comes along, so he cannot stick to anything.
24. To write song lyrics, one must follow the ____________________________ of the musical script.
III.
Read the following selection and define the italicized words, using your knowledge of roots and context
clues. If you cannot figure out the meaning of the words on your own, look them up in a dictionary.
The medical students were presented with a cadaver to work on during their recent laboratory session.
Many of the male students were a bit nervous about working on the body of a dead woman. The female
students in the class, however, were quiet receptive to the challenge, and quickly prepared themselves for the
lesson.
cadaver:
receptive:
IV.
For each of the following roots, provide an additional word that contains the root and define the word. If
a word is already provided, just provide the definition.
Root
Word
rap
rapture
cep
vor
cad/cas
Definition