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Langan: Reading and Study Skills
Reading and Study Skills, 7/e
John Langan

More Mastery Tests

Understanding Word Parts

Complete the italicized word in each sentence by adding the correct word part. Use the meaning of the word part and the sentence context to determine the correct answer in each case.

port--carry    psych--mind    trans--across    mis--badly    in--not
tract--draw    tact--touch    inter--between    post--after    dis--apart



1

The (. . . ition) from prison to life on the "outside" can cause psychological problems.
2

To show his (. . . content) with the restaurant meal, Fred dumped his dinner onto the floor.
3

When two burly customers started to fight, the skinny bartender was afraid to (. . . vene) .
4

The (re . . . able) ballpoint pen leaked red ink all over the inside of my purse.
5

A blind person's (. . . ile) sense is highly developed; the fingertips transmit a wealth of information.
6

Mark, enrolled in five difficult courses, felt he had been (. . . guided) by his college counselor.
7

In a (. . . script) to his will, the crazy old man left a million dollars to the Internal Revenue Service.
8

The (. . . er) was told to bring a mop and a pail to the lobby; a bottle of orange juice had smashed on the floor.
9

(. . . iatrists) must qualify as medical doctors before specializing in studies of the mind.
10

The (. . . edible) pancakes oozed a sticky white batter as they lay on the plate.