1. Read the following sentences.

Question

Juanita used her affinity for numbers in STEM class to help her design a computer program that relied on math formulas. Other students who disliked math seemed to struggle with the task.

What is the meaning of "affinity” in this context?

an enjoyment of
a likeness or similarity
a close resemblance to
an understanding of

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

antonym clues.
context clues.
word parts.
root words.

3. 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

corporate.
rowdy.
scandalous.
tiresome.

4. Which words contain a root word related to "rule”? Select three options.

monarchy
congressman
governor
rain
diplomacy
democracy

5. Which sentence uses an antonym clue to help the reader determine the meaning of the underlined word?

After the thieves were arrested, the police confiscated the contents of the house, taking away all the stolen items.
The former king was adored by the people for his reasonable decisions, but the new king was disliked for his arbitrary decisions.
Though the team was usually hungry after practice, the coach was still surprised at how famished they were today.
The lead actor’s impulsive behavior, making up lines that weren’t in the script, caused the director to recast the role.

6. What does the structure of the word "altruistic” tell the reader about its meaning?

The word stem tells the reader that the meaning is related to “believe.”
The word stem tells the reader that the meaning is related to “body.”
The suffix tells the reader that the meaning is related to “having the quality of something.”
The suffix tells the reader that the meaning is related to “the state or condition of something.”

7.A reader can tell that the meaning of “obnoxious” will include “having the quality of something” because of the prefix and prounciation and suffix and word root which one?

8. Yasmin saw this word in her vocabulary list.

monocracy

What is the most likely way Yasmin determined the meaning of "monocracy” as being related to "ruling”?

the context clues
the prefix
the suffix
the word root

9. What part of the word "geology” is the word root?

geolo
geo
ogy
logy

10. Which word contains a word root that means "believe”?

credential
dictionary
dormant
genesis

Answer 1

Here are the answers to your questions:

1. What is the meaning of "affinity” in this context?

   • an enjoyment of

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

   • context clues.

3. The word "boisterous” most likely means

   • rowdy.

4. Which words contain a root word related to "rule”? Select three options.

   • monarchy
   • governor
   • democracy

5. Which sentence uses an antonym clue to help the reader determine the meaning of the underlined word?

   • The former king was adored by the people for his reasonable decisions, but the new king was disliked for his arbitrary decisions.

6. What does the structure of the word "altruistic” tell the reader about its meaning?

   • The suffix tells the reader that the meaning is related to “having the quality of something.”

7. A reader can tell that the meaning of “obnoxious” will include “having the quality of something” because of the prefix and pronunciation and suffix and word root which one?

   • The suffix (the answer choice should indicate the suffix; however, this question is incomplete. It might be better rephrased for clarity.)

8. What is the most likely way Yasmin determined the meaning of "monocracy” as being related to "ruling”?

   • the prefix

9. What part of the word "geology” is the word root?

   • geo

10. Which word contains a word root that means "believe”?

    • credential (from the root "cred," which means to believe).