When you asked to determine the meaning of a long word that you do not know in the reading section, it is sometimes possible to determine the meaning of the word by studying the word parts.
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The passage:
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Ring Lardner was born into a wealthy, educated, and cultured family. For the bulk of his career, he worked as a reporter for newspapers in South Bend, Boston, St. Louis, and Chicago. However, it is for his short stories of lower middle-class Americans that Ring Lardner is perhaps best known. In these stories, Lardner vividly creates the language and the ambiance of this lower class, often using the misspelled words, grammatical errors, and incorrect diction that typified the language of the lower middle class.
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The question:
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The word “vividly” in line 4 is closest in meaning to
(A) in a cultured way
(B) in a correct way
(C) in a lifelike way
(D) in a brief way
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The answer:
This question asks about the meaning of the word vividly. To answer this question, you should notice that the word vividly contains the word part viv-, which means life. Answer (C) is therefore the best answer to this question.
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The following chart contains a few word parts that you will need to know.
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A SHORT LIST OF WORD PARTS
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PART
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MEANING
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EXAMPLE
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PART
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MEANING
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EXAMPLE
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CONTRA
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(against)
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contrast
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DIC
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(say)
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dictate
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MAL
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(bad)
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malcontent
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DOMIN
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(master)
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dominant
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MIS
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(error)
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mistake
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JUD
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(judge)
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judgment
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SUB
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(under)
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subway
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MOR
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(death)
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mortal
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DEC
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(ten)
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decade
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SPEC
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(see)
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spectator
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MULTI
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(many)
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multiple
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TERR
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(earth)
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territory
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SOL
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(one)
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solo
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VER
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(turn)
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divert
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TRI
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(three)
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triple
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VIV
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(live)
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revive
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