Which of the following is the best definition for root?
1. a method used to understand the meaning of words found in a reading passage
2. one or more syllables that are added to a word
3. a device used to one learn and remember new vocabulary terms
4. the basic part of a word that is also the source of its essential meaning

During the industrial age, what was one important way businesses told consumers about new products? through phonographs through telephones through telegraphs through catalogues

What is most likely the speaker’s reason to open with this? in approaching this problem, we cannot turn the clock back to 1868, when the [fourteenth] amendment was adopted, or even to 1896, when plessy v. ferguson was written. we must consider public education in the light of its full development and its present place in american life throughout the nation. only in this way can it be determined if segregation in public schools deprives these plaintiffs of the equal protection of the laws.

The compass tests are tools used: a. when students are preparing for the act or sat. b. in lieu of the act or sat. c. when students score extremely high on the act or sat. d. to determine which level of classes a student should be placed in.