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Chapter Exercises 357■ Practicing Strategies: Combining ContextClues and Word ElementsIn each sentence, one word is italicized. Use the meaning of the wordelement and the context to make an intelligent guess about its meaning.1. Crews of people trained in cleaning up poisons were able to removeall traces of the biohazard.Biohazard means .2. When I think of my life in retrospect, I wish I had finished college.Retrospect means .3. A sociopath may be capable of terrible crimes.Sociopath meansThe next two items are from newspaper sources.4. At the depth at which it was sunk, it was anaerobic—there was nooxygen—so there were no barnacles or seaweed to engulf it.Anaerobic means .5. The state constitution says the governor can remove a commissioner“for incompetence, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.”Malfeasance means ..Copyright © Cengage Learning. All Right Reserved.