Vocabulary Workshop Level A Review Units 1-3 Answers
- e. inform the reader about the Sapporo Snow Festival
- a. name
- b. explicitly
- d. attendance
- c. tranquil
- a. widespread
- c. High school students built six snow sculptures in a park.
- d. sends out
- e. represent
- b. enthusiastic
- a. promote attendance at the festival
- b. sensory details
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Two-Word Completions
- b. besieged . . . queues
- d. arid . . . illusions
- d. barrage . . . denounce
- a. waylaid . . . assailants
- c. stamina . . . terrain
- b. ingenious . . . motivated
- b. famished . . . repast
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Choosing the Right Idiom
- c - not very big in comparison
- g - a feeling of hoarseness in the throat
- j - awareness that one is being talked about
- a - old
- i - sit in the front seat of a car
- h - was refreshing and satisfying
- b - a certain period passes quickly
- d - stop criticizing or harassing
- e - make a comment or give an opinion
- f - fooling around
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Writing with Idioms
- One in a million
Meaning: Someone or something that is very unique, special, or rare.
Example: Our science teacher is so kind and understanding; she’s truly one in a million. - Put on the dog
Meaning: To dress or behave in an extravagant or showy way, especially to impress others.
Example: They really put on the dog for the party, hiring a live band and serving gourmet food. - Crack a book
Meaning: To open a book to study, typically implying someone hasn’t studied yet.
Example: If you want to pass your exams, you’ll need to crack a book and start studying. - Nose in the air
Meaning: To act superior or snobbish.
Example: He walked into the meeting with his nose in the air, acting as though he was better than everyone else. - Two shakes of a lamb’s tail
Meaning: Very quickly; in a short amount of time.
Example: I’ll finish this task in two shakes of a lamb’s tail and join you for lunch. - Hot off the presses
Meaning: Newly printed or freshly released.
Example: The latest issue of the magazine is hot off the presses and available in stores today. - Bat an eyelid
Meaning: To show no reaction or emotion; to remain calm.
Example: She didn’t even bat an eyelid when they announced she had won the award. - Not a dry eye in the house
Meaning: Everyone is crying or emotional.
Example: The movie was so emotional that there wasn’t a dry eye in the house by the end. - Hold your horses
Meaning: To wait or slow down, especially when someone is impatient.
Example: Hold your horses! We’ll leave for the park once everyone is ready. - Take five
Meaning: To take a short break, typically five minutes.
Example: Let’s take five before continuing with the next part of the presentation. - Blue blood
Meaning: Someone of noble or aristocratic heritage.
Example: The queen’s blue blood is evident in her graceful demeanor and noble lineage. - Pass with flying colors
Meaning: To succeed or complete something exceptionally well.
Example: She studied hard for the test and passed with flying colors.
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Shades of Meaning
- Famished: Negative (-)
- Stamina: Positive (+)
- Douse: Negative (-)
- Terrain: Neutral (0)
- Vocation: Positive (+)
- Assailant: Negative (-)
- Wither: Negative (-)
- Serene: Positive (+)
- Ingenious: Positive (+)
- Restrict: Negative (-)
- Pacifist: Positive (+)
- Hypocrite: Negative (-)
- Waylay: Negative (-)
- Sheepish: Neutral (-)
- Repast: Neutral (0)
- Gainful: Positive (+)
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Expressing the Connotation
- Neutral
(apparel)
Sentence: If you're shopping for sports apparel, I recommend the athletic supply store on Midway Drive. - Positive
(rejoicing)
Sentence: Does anyone actually enjoy the sound of Sandra rejoicing over her tennis victories? - Negative
(infuriates)
Sentence: It infuriates me when I have to wait in a slow-moving line at the grocery store. - Neutral
(forsake)
Sentence: In the novel, the hero vows to never forsake the girl he has loved since childhood. - Negative
(imprison)
Sentence: I think it is wrong to imprison wild animals. - Negative
(inept)
Sentence: The inept gardener had trouble keeping even the hardiest plants alive. - Neutral
(disinterested in)
Sentence: My sister always shares her opinions, but she is disinterested in other people's reactions to her ideas. - Positive
(outpouring)
Sentence: Marisa seemed to truly appreciate the outpouring of good will from her friends and neighbors after her long illness.
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Challenge: Using Connotation
- Immense
Sentence: When we visited the state park, I was amazed at the large immense canyons and beautiful rock structures.
Sample response: Immense makes the tone of the sentence more dramatic, allowing the reader to get a better idea of how huge the canyon really is. - Contemporary
Sentence: Although Hannah loves the theater, she was not impressed with this updated contemporary version of Romeo and Juliet.
Sample response: Contemporary is more precise and adds a more formal tone to the sentence. - Besieged
Sentence: Daniel thought he would have time during spring break to relax; instead, he was occupied besieged with chores.
Sample response: Besieged adds a more negative tone, implying that Daniel is overwhelmed by his chores and is not likely to find time to relax.
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Classical Roots
- Decapitate
Definition: To cut off the head; behead.
Sentence: Experienced chefs know how to gut, scale, and decapitate a fish before cooking it. - Depression
Definition: An area that is sunk below its surroundings; a period of severe economic decline; a mood of dejection or sadness.
Sentence: Slapstick comedy films were popular during the Great Depression of the 1930s. - Debunk
Definition: To expose the falseness of unsound or exaggerated claims.
Sentence: New evidence allows us to debunk a time-honored legend. - Demerits
Definition: A mark against, usually involving the loss of some privilege or right; a fault, defect.
Sentence: Bad behavior at school earned him many demerits. - Devolve
Definition: To pass on ("a duty or task") to someone else; to be passed on to; to be conferred on.
Sentence: When the mayor’s powers devolve upon her successor, little will change at City Hall. - Default
Definition: To fail to perform a task or fulfill an obligation; the failure to do something required by law or duty.
Sentence: Because the challenger failed to show up, the defender won the match by default. - Desperate
Definition: Driven to take any risk; hopeless; extreme.
Sentence: Lack of water led homesteaders to take desperate measures. - Defraud
Definition: To cheat, take away from, or deprive of by deceit or trickery.
Sentence: The corrupt attorney tried to defraud the heirs of their rightful inheritance and fortune.