NWEA Prep

The word dominate comes from a Latin root that means "master". Based on the Latin root, what is the meaning of dominate?

• to give in

• to agree with

• to be in charge of

• to move toward

Molly took a ______ nap after working all afternoon in the sweltering heat.

Which word, derived from the base word restore, should go into the blank?

• restorable

• restoration

• restorative

• restoringly

Read the sentences.

At the end of the night, the team had to pick one player to keep the trophy they won. "It should definitely be me," Devin said.

Based on these sentences, what is Devin probably like?

• selfish

• thoughtful

• caring

• a frog

Select the word that means tight.

To play the violin, you must develop many skills. One of the most basic is surprisingly difficult: staying relaxed. If a violinist's hands are too tense, the music won't sound smooth.

• develop

• basic

• tense

• relaxed

Look at the thesaurus entry:

Which might someone mimic?

• a person's behavior

• a person's homework

• a person's car

• a person's hairbrush

Look at this sentence: If you start to feel faint, you should lie down and rest until you feel better.

Select the definition of faint that the sentence uses.

faint \feynt\ adjective fainter, faintest 1. hard to hear, because it is quiet: Franco heard a faint noise down the hall. 2. hard to see, because it is not bright or clear: It was hard to see by the faint light of the candle. 3. dizzy; light-headed: I was so thirsty that I felt faint.

Submit

• definition 1

• definition 2

• definition 3

Select the best detail to show Niagara Falls is incredibly loud.

¹Imagine being as small as a flea, standing on a sidewalk next to an open fire hydrant. ²This is how visitors to the waterfalls at Niagara feel. ³The water drops from a height that is as tall as a seventeen-story building, ⁴roaring like a locomotive and sending up an endless cloud of mist as it crashes onto the rocks and water below.

• detail 1

• detail 2

• detail 3

• detail 4