Vocabulary Workshop Level G Review Units 13-15 Answers
Vocabulary for Comprehension Answer Key
- d - the Jazz Age
- c - hedonistic
- b - extravagant
- e - materialistic
- a - aware
- b - enticements
- d - the instant success of This Side of Paradise
- c - the moral decadence flowing from the American dream
- c - mask
- b - generated
- a - survey the highlights of Fitzgerald's life and literary career
- e - chronological order
Two-Word Completion Answer Key
- b - cynosure . . . mesmerized
- d - dissident . . . coup
- c - opprobrium . . . pariah
- b - facade . . . febrile
- c - decorous . . . minutiae
- a - rectitude . . . chicanery
- b - deigned . . . affront
Choosing the Right Idiom Answer Key
- j - Did you actually enjoy that movie, or did you just jump on the bandwagon because it received three Academy Awards?
- f - The police are barking up the wrong tree if they think Joey broke the windows; he has an airtight alibi for the entire evening.
- d - The campaign manager wants Jones to remain above the fray when it comes to launching personal attacks on the other candidates.
- e - When the video game was released, the developer must have made money hand over fist.
- h - “I want to speak to the manager now,” Melissa demanded, “so that I can get answers to all my questions in one fell swoop.”
- g - The employees applauded their boss for keeping them in the loop about possible changes to the holiday delivery schedule.
- i - After two months of tense negotiations, union leaders decided to throw in the towel and urged their members to go on strike.
- b - “Because you are so quick on the draw,” Mickey said to his best friend, “we have an excellent chance to win the obstacle race.”
- c - The high school senior won a full scholarship to the college of his choice, so he is sitting pretty for the next several years.
- a - Sadly, because the investment scheme was nothing but smoke and mirrors, hundreds of people lost their entire savings.
Writing with Idioms Answer Key
- No great shakes - Not very good or impressive.
Sample answer: My sister is a skilled songwriter, but she lost the talent contest because she is no great shakes at singing. Bar none - Without exception.
Sentence: This bakery makes the best chocolate cake, bar none.Off the cuff - Without preparation; spontaneous.
Sentence: She gave a brilliant speech off the cuff, impressing everyone with her quick thinking.My cup of tea - Something one likes or is good at.
Sentence: Watching horror movies is not really my cup of tea.Stand your ground - Maintain your position or opinion.
Sentence: He stood his ground during the debate, despite the tough questions.Cut the mustard - To meet expectations; to succeed.
Sentence: After months of practice, he finally cut the mustard in his tryouts for the soccer team.Running on empty - Operating with no energy or enthusiasm left.
Sentence: After working 12 hours straight, I’m completely running on empty.For a song - At a very low price.
Sentence: I bought this beautiful vintage jacket for a song at the flea market.Take the plunge - To commit to a risky or uncertain decision.
Sentence: After years of hesitation, she finally took the plunge and started her own business.Toe the line - To conform to rules or expectations.
Sentence: If you want to keep your job, you’ll have to toe the line and follow the company policies.Out of left field - Unexpected or unusual.
Sentence: His comment about moving to Antarctica came completely out of left field.Have egg on your face - To be embarrassed by a mistake.
Sentence: I had egg on my face when I realized I’d been pronouncing his name wrong all along.
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Shades of Meaning Answer Key
- Canard - (-)
- Desiccated - (0)
- Opprobrium - (-)
- Putative - (0)
- Engender - (0)
- Innate - (0)
- Pillory - (-)
- Seraphic - (+)
- Nostrum - (-)
- Facade - (0)
- Amenity - (+)
- Cacophonous - (-)
- Efficacy - (+)
- Ghoulish - (-)
- Nascent - (0)
- Pariah - (-)
Expressing the Connotation Answer Key
- Positive - The host and hostess were pleased with the (decorous) behavior of all the party guests.
- Neutral - Were you as surprised by the (maneuvers) of the play’s protagonist as I was?
- Negative - We couldn’t believe Mike spent most of the long ride discussing the (minutiae) of his new saxophone.
- Negative - The tenant (abandoned) the furniture in his apartment when he moved out.
- Positive - The interview committee seemed impressed by the final job candidate’s (rectitude).
- Positive - Upon seeing Dr. Slack enter the lobby, we hastily made an (obeisance) to him.
- Negative - My neighbor decided for whom she would vote weeks ago, but I’ve learned that her political decisions are (unstable).
- Positive - In the foreground of the oil painting stands an elegantly dressed elderly woman with a (beatific) expression on her face.
Challenge: Using Connotation Answer Key
Ethereal
Sentence: When she first saw her costume, the actress immediately noticed how light and flimsy ethereal it seemed.
Sample response: The favorable connotation of ethereal suggests that the actress found the costume's delicacy to be a positive attribute, not a flaw.Chicanery
Sentence: The antique shop owner uses subtle tactics chicanery to get customers to pay top prices for his merchandise.
Sample response: The use of the word chicanery portrays the shop owner in a more negative light; his selling methods involve trickery or deception.Affronted
Sentence: The young man ahead of me in line at the airport was obviously affected affronted by another passenger's remark about his hair.
Sample response: The negative connotation of affronted suggests that the remark was offensive and that the young man felt he had been insulted.
Classical Roots Answer Key
Advisement
Sentence: The committee has agreed to take your most recent request under advisement.Vista
Sentence: As we rounded the bend, we suddenly beheld the most breathtaking vista of our trip.Envisage
Sentence: It is hard to envisage a modern America made up entirely of small farmers.Visage
Sentence: The links of chains he carried, which signified his sins, gave Jacob Marley a frightening visage.Proviso
Sentence: They agreed to sign the deal, with the proviso that we serve as witnesses.Provident
Sentence: It is our agency's mission to explore the most provident use of our natural resources.Visitation
Sentence: Health specialists are meeting to discuss the possibility of a new visitation of tuberculosis.Providence
Sentence: Despite hard times, or perhaps especially during hard times, people of faith put their trust in providence.