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Common Errors for Latin Roots 10 & 11

Such _____________ testimony presumed without proof that my client was guilty of every charge made against him.

prejudicial or injudicious

Yes, it was _______________ of you to invite your former spouse to your wedding.

prejudicial or injudicious

Such a _____________ statement of the situation seemed to clear up half the problems we were facing.

elucidate or pellucid

An academic luminary will probably be a scholarly person. T or F

We normally expect literati to be well-read. T or F

An angry rejoinder might well embarrass the person to whom it is addressed.  T or F

To liberalize the mind is to free it from provincialism.  T or F

Loquacious individuals are likely to be guilty of talking too much. 

T or F