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During the official audit of the ministry, the panel uncovered an ________ violation of procurement guidelines, where contract figures had been blatantly altered without approval. Which of the following words, formed from a prefix meaning 'out of' and a root meaning 'flock or group', correctly completes the sentence?

  1. egregiousCevap
  2. B
    aggregate
  3. C
    gregarious
  4. D
    segregate

Cevap

The word 'egregious' correctly completes the sentence.
The word 'egregious' is built from the prefix 'e-' (meaning 'out of' or 'away from') and the root 'greg-' (meaning 'flock' or 'herd'). Literally meaning 'standing out from the flock', it is used in contemporary English to describe an action or error that is extraordinarily and conspicuously bad.

Adım Adım Çözüm

1
Analyze the morphological components requested in the question stem
Identify the required prefix meaning 'out of' ('e-' / 'ex-') and root meaning 'flock or group' ('greg-').
Deconstructing the required word into its prefix and root isolates the correct target term.
2
Evaluate the etymology of each option
'e-' (out of) + 'greg-' (flock/group) + '-ious' (adjective suffix) = 'egregious', historically meaning standing out from the flock, now used to denote shockingly bad behavior.
Matching the etymological definitions confirms the correct choice.
3
Verify contextual fit
'An egregious violation' properly expresses a glaring and severe breach of procurement rules in a formal administrative context.
Ensures morphological synthesis aligns with the sentence semantics.

Anahtar Kavram

Morphological derivation using classical prefixes (e-/ex-) and roots (greg-)
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Konular

Word Formation: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots

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