Vocabulary Workshop Level G Review Units 4-6 Answers

Vocabulary Workshop Level G Review Units 7-9 Answers

Vocabulary for Comprehension Answer Key

1. a) discuss the origins of the League
2. b) inform and empower newly enfranchised women voters
3. c) unrelenting
4. a) penniless
5. b) objects
6. c) claim
7. c) clique
8. e) controversial
9. c) political vs. partisan
10. d) lobbying for tax cuts
11. e) levels
12. e) admiring

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Two-Word Completion Answer Key

1. c) unremitting . . . saturated
2. c) echelons . . . coterie
3. c) alleged . . . collusion
4. a) counterpart . . . ally
5. d) countermanded . . . vacillating
6. b) misanthrope . . . vituperative
7. d) garish . . . paroxysm

Click Next for Choosing the Right Idiom Answers 

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Choosing the Right Idiom Answer Key

1. swan song - g. final performance
2. play havoc with - h. ruin
3. salt of the earth - d. a most worthy person
4. spick and span - j. neat and clean
5. chew the fat - c. have a long chat
6. well-heeled - b. having plenty of money
7. up in arms - e. angry
8. grow on you - i. become increasingly liked
9. split hairs - a. argue about small details
10. lay it on the line - f. be totally honest

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Writing with Idioms Answer Key

1. hit pay dirt - To discover something valuable or rewarding
   

   Sentence: After months of research, the scientists finally hit pay dirt with their new discovery.

2. behind the eight ball - To be in a difficult or unfavorable situation.
   Sentence: Without enough funds, the company found itself behind the eight ball in the project.

3. scratch the surface - To only begin to explore or understand something.
   Sentence: They’ve only scratched the surface of what this technology can do.

4. on the same wavelength - To understand each other well or agree with each other.
   Sentence: The team members were on the same wavelength, making the project run smoothly.

5. with flying colors - To do something very successfully.
   Sentence: She passed her final exams with flying colors.

6. pick up the tab - To pay for something, especially for others.
   Sentence: He offered to pick up the tab for dinner.

7. home free - To be out of danger or almost finished with something difficult.
   Sentence: Once we pass this last exam, we’re home free.

8. on the table - To be up for discussion or available for consideration.
   Sentence: Several new policies are on the table for the board meeting.

9. neither here nor there - Something that is irrelevant or unimportant.
   Sentence: His past mistakes are neither here nor there in this discussion.

10. hem and haw - To hesitate or be indecisive.
    Sentence: She hemmed and hawed before finally making a decision.

11. play fast and loose with - To act irresponsibly or carelessly with something.
    Sentence: He tends to play fast and loose with the company’s finances.

Click Next for Shades of Meaning Answers

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Shades of Meaning Answer Key

1. calumniate - −
2. refulgent - +
3. shibboleth - 0
4. vacillate - −
5. portend - 0
6. exacerbate - −
7. bestial - −
8. embellish - +
9. fatuous - −
10. furtive - −
11. raiment - 0
12. saturnine - −
13. mandate - 0
14. indigent - −
15. felicitous - +
16. paucity - −

Click Next for Expressing the Connotation Answers

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Expressing the Connotation Answer Key

1. negative - odorous
2. positive - verified
3. neutral - coterie
4. negative - picayune
5. negative - pedantry
6. neutral - saturated
7. neutral - reception
8. positive - intense

Click Next for Challenge: Using Connotation Answers 

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Challenge: Using Connotation Answer Key

1. garish
   Sample response: The negative connotation of garish suggests that the actress might have been unhappy because the outfit was tasteless and gaudy.
2. slough
   Sample response: The negative connotation of slough reveals that the hikers' surprise at being near a muddy mire, not a grassy plain, might have been unpleasant.
3. badinage
   Sample response: The positive connotation of badinage makes the talk between the two people seem less neutral and serious and more pleasant and playful.

Click Next for Classical Roots Answers

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Classical Roots Answer Key

1. disclaimer - The manufacturer issued a swift disclaimer after mediocre reviews of its new product.
2. acclaim - The winning team enjoyed vigorous public acclaim in a ticker-tape parade.
3. declaim - The actor would declaim lines from Shakespeare in response to any comment.
4. irreclaimable - That region of the park is nothing more than irreclaimable swampland.
5. proclamation - The clerk posted the latest mayoral proclamation at the entrance to City Hall.
6. reclamation - Innovative irrigation techniques have resulted in the reclamation of much of the desert.
7. clamorous - The protesters outside the White House made clamorous demands for reform.
8. claimant - After many years, the estranged son resurfaced as the last claimant to the estate.