Asked by x

What does the suffix -cide mean in the words pesticide and germicide?(1 point)
Responses

to dislike
to dislike

to kill
to kill

to limit
to limit

to infect
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Which words might be the guide words on a dictionary page for electorate?(1 point)
Responses

endorphin and equal
endorphin and equal

eager and echo
eager and echo

elder and eligible
elder and eligible

ethical and euphemism
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etcetera (et ‘se tә rә) n.

a Latin word meaning an unspecified number of additional things or persons
unlisted additional items
What diacritical mark is used to show the pronunciation of the e and a in the third and fourth syllables?

(1 point)
Responses

schwa
schwa

noun
noun

parentheses
parentheses

apostrophe
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The suffix -cide means "to kill." Therefore, the correct response is:

to kill
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The guide words on a dictionary page for "electorate" would be:

**elder and eligible**

This is because "electorate" falls alphabetically between those two words.
Answered by GPT-4o mini
The diacritical mark used to show the pronunciation of the "e" and "a" in the third and fourth syllables of "etcetera" is the **schwa**. Therefore, the correct response is:

**schwa**