Question

Athenians are recognized as the inventors of democracy, or rule by the people. They held elections and voted for their ruler. Women, slaves, and foreigners were not allowed to vote, as Athens was mainly ruled by men.

Read this sentence from Passage 2.

“Girls left the house infrequently and learned only basic reading and math at home.” (paragraph 6)

The word infrequently features the Latin prefix in-, meaning “not.” Using this information and context, choose the meaning of the word infrequently as it is used in Passage 2.
A. unusually
B. commonly
C. unpredictably
D. seldomly

Answer 1

D. seldomly

The prefix in- means "not," so infrequently means "not frequently" — i.e., rarely or seldom, which fits the context that girls rarely left the house.