Word Formation: Verbs 2
Short-answer quiz
Prefixes often change the meanings of words. Complete the sentence using a prefix to change the meaning of the verb in brackets. Type your answer, then press "Check". If you need help, you can click on the "Hint" button to get a free letter.
Nevertheless, this peculiar combination had a long life and was destined to __________ in the Middle Ages. (appear)
The concept of entities that appear for only an instant and then __________ was used by Buddhists to prove that all is merely appearance. (appear)
The Maya priests discovered, however, that they had slightly __________ the average synodic period of Venus. (estimate)
Of themselves, of course, the rules are normative, and their validity is thus __________ by issues of fact. (affect)
There is nothing harmful or threatening in institutionalizing, and thereby recognizing, a relationship which some fear, many object to, and most still __________. (understand)
Eduardo Duhalde, Argentina's caretaker president, today said that he would __________ the peso as he prepared to unveil a high-risk plan to end the country's economic turmoil. (value)
In essence, the systems involve diffusing chemicals that __________ with one another. (act)
A man's useless tuxedo could be __________ into a woman's smart town suit. (form)
He became a porter, was __________, often not paid at all, but did not complain. (pay)
In Garner's case the formal elements often go unnoticed because they are __________ and made almost invisible by the emotional power and urgency of the story. (merge)