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Chapter Exercises 1615. We wanted to talk to the leader, but instead we had to talk to the.6. The guns were designed to shoot down enemyplanes.7. The general supervisor hired a(n) to do theplumbing.8. The divides the Earth equally into theNorthern and Southern Hemispheres.9. I poured into my radiator to prevent thewater from turning to ice.10. In an campaign, the autocrat arresteddoctors, lawyers, and teachers.■ Practicing Strategies: Combining Context Cluesand Word ElementsIn each sentence, one prefixed word is italicized. Use the meaning of theprefix and the context to make an intelligent guess about its meaning.1. The child’s writing was illegible, and we had to ask her to read it to us.Illegible means .2. Despite the fact that he had never attended school, the autodidact hada wealth of knowledge.Copyright © Cengage Learning. All Right Reserved.Autodidact means .3. At the time of an equinox, there are twelve hours of daylight andtwelve hours of darkness.Equinox means .The next two items are taken from newspaper sources.4. The facility has acute care for people who require continuous managementof serious illnesses and subacute care for people who needfrequent medical attention and skilled nursing care.Subacute means .