HSPT Verbal : Analogies: Prefixes
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Example Question #1 :一个nalogies
Fill is to permeate as satisfy is to__________.
enjoy
please
gratify
satiate
gorge
satiate
The prefix "per-" comes from the Latin meaningthorough. We see this in words like "perfect" and "pervade." When something permeates something else (e.g. a smell in a room), it completely fills it. Thus, permeate is a kind of "complete filling." To be "satiated" is to besatisfied completely. This is a kind of "complete satisfaction."
Example Question #1 :一个nalogies
Juxtaposed is to location as instantaneous is to__________.
response
scheduling
answer
position
time
time
The prefix "juxta-" comes from the Latin meaningclose. When two things are juxtaposed, they are bordering on each other (like neighboring plots of land). Just as juxtaposition is a close placement with regard to location, so is being "instantaneous" a kind of being close with regard to time.
Example Question #1 :一个nalogies: Prefixes From Latin
Vexed is to calm as after is to__________.
ingenuous
distracted
crafty
posterior
anterior
anterior
When someone is "vexed," he or she isannoyed. This is the opposite of being calm. Therefore, we are looking for a word that is an antonym for "after." he prefix "ante-" comes from Latin and meansbefore. It is found in words like "antechamber" and "antecede." Something that is "anterior" is before something else. This is the opposite of being "after."
Example Question #1 :一个nalogies
Malicious is to benevolent as extraneous is to__________.
tedious
questionable
wasteful
relevant
idiotic
relevant
Someone who is malicious isnotbenevolent. Being benevolent means being "good-willed"—quite the opposite of someone with a malicious will, a bad will! Therefore, we are looking for something that is the opposite of "extraneous." The prefix "extra-" meansoutside of. Extraneous details are unimportant and irrelevant—as when someone tells you all about the recent weather when you ask him or her to give you an outline of the a class you missed. Therefore, extraneous details arenotrelevant.
Example Question #1 :一个nalogies: Determining Meaning From Prefixes, Suffixes, And Roots
Defeat is to vanquish as finish is to__________.
accept
perfect
submit
conquer
fulfill
perfect
To "vanquish" someone is tocompletely defeathim or her. Therefore, we are looking for a word that intensifies the meaning of "finish," giving the sense of being wholly finished. The prefix "per-" is from a Latin root meaningthroughout, though it often means "thoroughly" or "completely." When something is perfected, it is completely made—it istotallyfinished.
Example Question #1 :一个nalogies: Prefixes From Anglo Saxon
Impress is to dazzle as decorate is to__________.
inculcate
festive
cover
bedeck
blandish
bedeck
The word "bedeck" generally meansdecorate. However, the prefix "be-"can also function as an intensifier meaningthoroughly. To "bedeck" something is todecorate it thoroughly. To be "bedecked" is to becoveredordecorated very completely. Just as something dazzling is very illuminated, so too is something bedecked "very decorated."
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