Word Formations: Nouns 2
Short-answer quiz
Prefixes often change the meanings of words. Complete the sentence using a prefix to change the meaning of the noun in brackets. Type your answer, then press "Check". If you need help, you can click on the "Hint" button to get a free letter.
Sections of the population have also combined their own popular nationalism and religion with aspects of the clerical interpretation already invested in the law, particularly in the __________ movement of the early 1980s. (abortion)
They release the parties from the duty of living together on grounds of cruelty or __________. (conduct)
We need to examine, therefore, whether procedures known to influence associative strength in orthodox conditioning will also influence the acquisition of __________ during stimulus exposure. (attention)
Others, however, will develop a chronic and progressive __________ of the liver that may lead to total liver failure. (function)
So much detail is now accumulating on so wide a range of taxonomic groups that a __________ can be erected for virtually every one of them. (theory)
The audience at the Odeon theatre shouted down the play for its "__________", and conservative critics and the public found the dance-hall episode in particular to be repugnant in its poor taste. (realism)
Early in the nineteenth century additional judges, called __________, were appointed. (Chancellor)
Drugs which are rapidly inactivated have advantages, because the risk of __________ is minimized and there are no cumulative effects. (dosage)