Vocab List 7

Question 1

highly skilled

Answer 1

adept

Question 2

having a tendency to attack; taking initiative

Answer 2

aggressive

Question 3

an influenced preference

Answer 3

bias

Question 4

to disguise ones true feelings or intentions

Answer 4

dissimulate

Question 5

appearing to be true

Answer 5

plausible

Question 6

to advise against

Answer 6

dissuade

Question 7

prior to a more important event or action

Answer 7

preliminary

Question 8

a plan offered for consideration

Answer 8

proposition

Question 9

a search usually involving a journey

Answer 9

quest

Question 10

to provide service for an employer or client

Answer 10

valet

Question 10

root meaning to send, to let go

Answer 10

mit(t), mis(s)

Question 11

equal on both sides of a central dividing line; the result of balanced proportions

Answer 11

symmetry

Question 12

able to change

Answer 12

variable

Question 13

root meaning to place, to put

Answer 13

pon, pos(it), pound

Question 13

root meaning to ask, to seek

Answer 13

quir, quisit, quest

Question 14

when should you double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel

Answer 14

1. the word has only one syllable / accented on the last syllable AND the word ends in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel

Question 15

when should you NOT double the final consonant before a suffix

Answer 15

1. last syllable isn’t accented OR the word does not end in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel