Study the context of each sentence, looking for a word that is a synonym for the boldfaced word. Then explain its meaning. Candide was attracted to pretty girls, and Cunegund, who was especially $\mathbf{comely},$ immediately caught his eye.

Why do you think revolution swept so many African nations following their independence from European rule?

Why were the colonists so upset about passage of the Stamp Act?

Why was the road to democracy more difficult for France than for England?

Identify the grammatical error in each of the following sentences. If the sentence contains no error, select answer choice E.

$$\begin{matrix} \underline{\text{An important}} & \underline{\text{function}} & \text{of helicopters} & \underline{\text{are}} & \underline{\text{search and rescue}} & \text{capability.}\\ \text{(A)} & \text{(B)} && \text{(C)} & \text{(D)} & \text{ }\\ \underline{\text{No error}} & \text{ } & \text{ } & \text{ } & \text{ } & \text{ }\\ \text{(E)} & \text{ } & \text{ } & \text{ } & \text{ } & \text{ } & \text{ }\\ \end{matrix}$$

Complete the sentence in a way that shows you understand the meaning of the italicized vocabulary word. The famous actor traveled with a group of $\mathit{lackeys}$ who...

In what ways has Japan's geography affected its economy and society?

In what ways are the teachings of the Muslims similar to those of Christians and Jews?

Find the inverse of each of the following functions:

a) $f(x)=4 x$

b) $f(x)=2 x+5$

c) $f(x)=3 x-6$

d) $f(x)=\frac{x+4}{2}$

e) $g(x)=\frac{3 x-2}{4}$

f) $g(x)=\frac{8 x+7}{5}$

Study the entries and answer the questions that follow. The roots pot and poss mean "to be able." The prefix psych means "mind." The root arm means "tools" or "arms" (weapons). If no one can make the journey, it is said to be _____. An impotent worker is _____ to do a good job.

Complete the sentence in a way that shows you understand the meaning of the italicized vocabulary word. In a small town, spreading $\mathit{calumny}$ about someone could...

Complete the sentence in a way that shows you understand the meaning of the italicized vocabulary word. There was $\mathit{enmity}$ between the brother and sister ever since...

For each of the following sequences: i) deduce the formula for the nth term ii) calculate the 10th term. a) $5,8,11,14,17$ b) $0,4,8,12,16$ c) $\frac{1}{2}, 1 \frac{1}{2}, 2 \frac{1}{2}, 3 \frac{1}{2}, 4 \frac{1}{2}$ d) $6,3,0,-3,-6$ e) $-7,-4,-1,2,5$ f) $-9,-13,-17,-21,-25$

Use a graphing utility to graph $f(x)=\log _{10} x^{3}$ in the same viewing window. How do the two graphs compare? What property of logarithms is shown?