Verify Word Meanings Practice Test

You encountered the word benevolent and used roots to guess its meaning: bene = “good” and vol = “wish,” so you guessed “kind and wanting good things for others.” To verify, you checked a dictionary definition and compared it to your root-based guess. What is the best conclusion?

While reading a science article, you saw the sentence: “After the drought, the river was reduced to a trickle.” You inferred from context that trickle means “a small, slow flow of water.” To verify, you check a dictionary entry and then test the definition back in the original sentence. What should you conclude?