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Level F Unit 7

Level F Unit 7. Your Task: highlight and identify the provided roots, prefixes, and suffixes for Unit 7 Choose ten words and provide complete sentences . Identify the context clues in your sentences by highlighting them, THEN identify what kind they are. LIMIT OF 2 inference.

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Level F Unit 7

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  1. Level F Unit 7 • Your Task: highlight and identify the provided roots, prefixes, and suffixes for Unit 7 • Choose ten words and provide complete sentences. Identify the context clues in your sentences by highlighting them, THEN identify what kind they are. LIMIT OF 2 inference. • In severalsentences, I have underlined context clues. Decide what kind they are. Classify them on the lines next to the slide.

  2. Austere The_______ clothing and conduct of the puritans expressed their religious humility. I found that beneath his rather_______ manner and appearance there is a warm, sympathetic person. Since my next paycheck was not to be had until the first of the month, I reconciled myself living ______ until then.

  3. Beneficent From them I learned that purely______ acts can require as much hard work as a nine-to-five job. His work on behalf of the homeless was merely the latest in a long line of ________ undertaking. The woman is known and loved throughout the community for her many _______ acts on behalf of all types of unfortunates.

  4. Cadaverous Weak from hunger and _______ in appearance, the rescued captives were carried from the plane. Who can ever forget those pictures showing the _______ faces of the people who had been in concentration camps. The starving children shown on TV special looked more ______ than living creatures.

  5. Concoct He ________ a savory stew with fresh herbs and vegetables from the garden. Before they arrived home from the party, they _______ an elaborate story that they hoped would excuse their being two hours late. The master chef has ______ a dessert that is so rich that it will be a menace to weightwatchers throughout the country.

  6. Crass We feel that the positions of our representative show a _________ indifference to our problems. It is hard to forgive the _______ selfishness with which they took the most of the food supplies for their own. Whenever I go to a concert, I seem to spend half my time shushing the ______ boors who chitchat while the orchestra is playing.

  7. Debase Every time a new rule is introduced in a popular sport, there are fans who will say it will______it. She has______ her considerable talents by writing books that are designed to appeal to the lowest tastes. By concentrating on personal gain, he has _____both himself and the high office to which he was elected.

  8. Desecrate The search continues for the vandals who ____the cemetery. They ____ the funeral service by talking loudly during the ceremonies, laughing and generally showing complete lack of respect. It is a _______ of the memory of Lincoln to involve his name in defense of such a racist policy.

  9. Disconcert They had hoped to _____ him with an unexpected question, but he was well prepared. He went right on with his speech, refusing to be_______ by the heckling of a few loud mouths. The conductor of the orchestra was so______ by the noisy audience that he stopped the performance and asked for quiet.

  10. Grandiose In how many stories, I wonder, does an ambitious villain become the victim of _____ plans. At a time when we need a modest, low-cost housing program, how can we be expected to accept such a _____ scheme. His_____ schemes for the world conquest collapsed in a nightmare of military defeat and internal revolt.

  11. Inconsequential Feel free to ignore the _____ details, provided that you know exactly which ones they are. An official who is responsible for shaping vital national policies should not waste time and energy on such ______ matters. The sum may seem _____ to you, but to me it is a great deal of money.

  12. Infraction His uncle paid a fine for his _______ of the local recycling regulations. Even a so-called minor ______ of the traffic laws may lead to a serious accident. Although his conduct may not have violated any law, I considered it a gross _____ of conventional ethical standards.

  13. Mitigate I had hoped to ____ her anger by offering an apology. Fond remembrance of happy days of family life intensifiedrather than _______ than her grief. The fact that he did everything possible to help the poor after the accident tends to ______ his responsibility for the tragedy.

  14. Pillage The Commanding officer warned his troops not to _______ the conquered city. We are, I trust, long past the time when it was considered quite “natural” for newly elected officials to _______ the city treasure. The sale of so many great works of art to foreign collectors is, in my eyes, little more than _______ of our cultural heritage.

  15. Prate He would _____ endlessly about the past but say nothing useful about our present dilemma. I became desperately tired of listening to him ______ about how important he was, how much money he had, and so forth. In her clumsy efforts to be recognized as an “intellectual,” she ______ endlessly about matters she does not really understand.

  16. Punctilious The clerk was so ______ in obeying court rules that I had to remind him why I was there. Whenever she serves as chairperson, she is so ______ that she insists observing every fine point of parliamentary procedure. He is so _______ about every detail that it is said he irons his shoelaces before wearing them.

  17. Redoubtable As a ruler he was _______ but, like all such rulers, not much loved. Though most of our players were the equals of theirs, the awesome size of their_______ center filled us with apprehension. She is such a _______ foe of the trite phrase that her students tremble lest her wrath descend on them using a cliché.

  18. Reprove She _______ her staff for having followed orders blindly. I’m telling you this not to ______ you for having made a mistake but to prevent the mistake from being repeated. The principal _____ the entire student body for their discourteous behavior toward the guest speaker at the school assembly.

  19. Restitution They made _______ for the damage to the car but never fully regained the friendship of its owner. Is there any way that we can make ______ for the terrible wrong we have done them? As ______ for the damage he had caused to the family car, Phil promised to clean and polish it regularly for a full year.

  20. Stalwart She became as ______ on the basketball court as she was quick at mathematical puzzles. Though she looked rather frail, her _____ spirit made her a tireless crusader for women’s rights. All the power of Great Britain could not shake the American colonists in their ______ opposition to measures that they considered unfair and tyrannical.

  21. Vulnerable Those brave enough to have opposed the dictator’s rise now found themselves in a ________ position. Our democracy, I believe, is more _____ to decay from within than it is to attack from the outside. Her self-confidence is so unshakeable that she is simply not ______ to “put-down” remarks that would annoy other people.

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