1. The accelerated physics class is designed for students who demonstrate intellectual acuity. • Parts: ac(sharp); ity (state, quality) • Educated Guess: • Definition: Keenness or sharpness of thought, vision, or hearing • Antonyms: dullness • Variant forms: acute (adj) as in acute awareness • Context Phrase: • Acuity – (noun) • Synonyms: sharpness, acuteness
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1. The accelerated physics class is designed for students who demonstrate intellectual acuity.
• Parts: ac(sharp); ity (state, quality)
• Educated Guess:
• Definition: Keenness or sharpness of thought, vision, or hearing
• Antonyms: dullness
• Variant forms: acute (adj) as in acute awareness
• Context Phrase:
• Acuity – (noun)
• Synonyms: sharpness, acuteness
2. The planet is least warm when it is at aphelion.
• Parts: ap (from, away); helios (sun)
• Educated Guess:
• Definition: The point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is furthest from the sun
• Antonyms: perihelion
• Variant forms: na
• Context Phrase:
• Aphelion - n
• Synonyms: na
3. We were shocked that the old book we had purchased at the yard sale for only one dollar is a bona fide first edition and , therefore, worth thousands of dollars.
5. The cornucopia centerpiece symbolizes autumn and a plentiful harvest.
• Parts: corn (horn)copia (plenty) “a horn of plenty”
• Educated Guess:
• Definition: a symbol of prosperity consisting of a goat’s horn overflowing with fruits, flowers, etc., horn shaped container, an abundant supply of good things
• Antonyms: dearth, scarcity, shortage
• Variant forms:na
• Context Phrase:
• cornucopia - noun
• Synonyms: abundance, plethora, superfluity
6. How disappointing for the committee to deprecate the plan we had struggled to create!
7. I asked for his opinion of the verdict, but I had to endure a diatribe against the judicial system.
• Parts: dia ( through); tribein (rub) literally, wearing away
• Educated Guess:
• Definition: A forceful, bitter, abusive criticism or attack of someone or something
• Antonyms: commendation, praise, approval
• Variant forms: na
• Context Phrase:
• Diatribe - noun
• Synonyms: denunciation, invective, condemnation
8. Her collection of books by many authors and on every imaginable subject is proof of her eclectic literary taste.
• Parts: ec (out, from); lect (choose)
• Educated Guess:
• Definition: Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a diverse range of sources, choosing the best from diverse systems, sources, or styles, person who does such
9. To encourage his team to develop esprit de corps, the coach and players wore t-shirts with the motto “ all for one and one for all” during every practice.
• Parts: esprit (spirit)de (of) corps (body)
• Educated Guess:
• Definition: A common spirit of pride, comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among members of a group
• Antonyms: disloyalty
• Variant forms: na
• Context Phrase:
• Esprit de corps – (n)
• Synonyms: camaraderie, loyalty, unity
10. The queen’s coronation was a grandiloquent celebration of the transfer of power.
• Parts: grand (great); loqu (speak); ent (full of)
• Educated Guess:
• Definition: Pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress.
14. His use of sophisticated vocabulary conveyed his interest in philology.
• Parts:phil(love of, fondness); log(word); y (result of)
• Educated Guess:
• Definition: The branch of knowledge that deals with the structure, historical development, and relationships of a language or languages, literary or classical scholarship
• Antonyms: na
• Variant forms: philologer (n); philologist (n)
• Context Phrase:
• Philology - noun
• Synonyms: lingusitics
15. Being quiescent and waiting for better working conditions had yielded no change, so the workers
decided to organize for a strike.
• Parts: quiescere (quiet); ent (full of)
• Educated Guess:
• Definition: In a state or period of inactivity or dormancy
17. I wish I could think of a retort when someone says something to embarrass me, but I usually just stand there speechless.
• Parts: re (back); tort (twist)
• Educated Guess:
• Definition: a sharp, quick, incisive reply that turns the first speaker’s words to his disadvantage, to reply to a remark in a sharp, angry, witty way