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ASVAB Word Knowledge 5.1 Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. Which of these words is closest in meaning to lacerate?
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King Arthur's clumsiest knight.
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[ uh-oh ]
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They don't tell you about that in the stories.
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Which of these words is closest in meaning to lacerate?
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And here are the potential answers.
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[ mumbles ] All right.
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The root of the word lacerate is
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"lacer," a Latin word meaning to tear up or mangle.
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Let's see which of our answers is closer to that term.
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All right, first up is A - crime,
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which refers to something that's against the law.
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Well, sure, violently attacking someone is considered a crime,
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at least in America, but so is wearing white after Labor Day.
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All right, take a look at C - suture,
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which means the same thing as stitches,
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like what you'd need if you tore up your knee
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after a nasty fall. But that's a solution to the problem,
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not the act itself.
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Well, then there's D - sluggish, which means
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sleepy or slow-moving.
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That one's not even close.
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And we're left with B - cut, which is just
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a less fancy version of the word lacerate.
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So the correct answer is B - cut,
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and just in the nick of time.
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[ uh-oh ]
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