CONTEXT CLUE PRACTICE
ANTECEDENTS
ANTEBELLUM
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ANTIVIVISECTIONIST
FORESIGHT
NATIVISM
CARBON MONOXIDE
FRATRICIDE
NECROMANCY
POSTMORTEM
PRECOCIOUS
ULTIMATUM
INFINITY
PERNICIOUS
PRIMOGENITURE
ULTIMOGENITURE
ANTEDILUVIAN
MORTIFIED
1. The purpose of a _______________ is to discover the cause of death.
2. My dad was a person who always seemed to see beforehand what was likely to happen. He
summed up this ability when he said, “________________ is better than hindsight!”
3. Ron is always bragging about his impressive lineage. He claims that his ancestors, or
________________, came to the New World on the Mayflower.
4. A séance, in which the leader tries to contact the spirits of the dead, is an example of
________________.
5. Children who read and do logarithms by the age of three are said to be mature before their
years, or ________________.
6. The eldest in a family, the ________________, often leads the way for the other siblings;
whereas the ________________ is often babied or spoiled.
7. In Third World countries where there is a lack of proper water sanitation, diarrhea is a
________________ malady.
8. The policy of favoring people who are born in a country over that country’s immigrants is
_________________.
9. My parents gave me an _______________ before the beginning of second semester. Their
final demand was---get on honor roll this semester or else!
10. During the dissection of frogs in biology, we learned that Charlie was an ________________
when he refused to cut up the dead frog.
11.
Although the word ________________ can be used to refer an old, outdated idea, it also
refers to the time period before Noah and the Biblical flood.
12. During the winter death from ___________________ increases. People starting their cars in
the garage have to be especially careful of these deadly fumes.
13. Cain and Abel is a perfect example of __________________.
14. Some people can became easily embarrassed to death, while others are not so easily
_________________.
Name:
Buzz’s never ending
phrase ….To
_________________
and beyond!
A home dating before the Civil War is an
_________________ home.
Name____________________________
Alpha And Omega
Use the dictionary to decide whether the words in each line include the given root word.
Under each word, explain how it fits with the Latin or Greek meaning of the root. Write
“no” for any words that do NOT use the root word.
NOV
novena
novice
novel
VIV, VIE, VIT
vivacious
viable
vitreous
MORT, MORB
postmortem
mortadella
moribund
PRIM
primeval
primitive
prim
PROT, PROTO
protocol
protract
NEC, NIC
nectar
necromancy
pernicious
ULT, ULTIM
ultimatum
penult
ultramarine
proton