Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Level A Unit 5 Answers

Vocabulary Workshop Level A Review Units 10-12 Answers

Vocabulary for Comprehension

1. d. are identified in paragraph 4
2. e. agreement
3. d. to divide Antarctica among nations
4. a. courage
5. c. consult
6. b. envelops
7. d. difficulties of working in Antarctica
8. e. Scientists from twelve nations share research results about Antarctica.
9. a. Antarctica is a difficult place to live.
10. b. The author admires them.
11. a. lack of communication with family
12. d. contributes to global knowledge

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Two-Word Completions

1. b. panorama . . . amble
2. d. dumbfounded . . . sleuth
3. d. ambiguous . . . rummaging
4. b. implement . . . earmarked
5. c. maneuvered . . . burly
6. a. extinct . . . relics
7. b. abduct . . . foil

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Choosing the Right Idiom

1. water under the bridge — g. a past event that is no longer important
2. a drop in the bucket — c. a very small amount
3. bigger fish to fry — j. more important business to attend to
4. old song and dance — a. excuses or lies
5. once in a blue moon — d. very infrequently
6. make any waves — e. cause trouble; draw attention to yourself
7. finding his feet — b. getting comfortable in
8. couldn’t believe my ears — f. believe what I’m hearing
9. a little bird told me — i. a secret source I can’t reveal gave me the information
10. rain on your parade — h. spoil your fun

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Writing with Idioms

1. the cold shoulder
   Meaning: To intentionally ignore someone.
   Example: Melinda gave Tom the cold shoulder when he forgot their wedding anniversary.
2. not my cup of tea
   Meaning: Not something I like or enjoy.
   Example: Watching horror movies is not my cup of tea.
3. to egg on
   Meaning: To encourage someone to do something, especially something unwise.
   Example: His friends kept egging him on to try the risky stunt.
4. give me a break
   Meaning: Stop being so critical or demanding.
   Example: Give me a break—I’m doing the best I can!
5. the cream of the crop
   Meaning: The best of a group or category.
   Example: This year’s graduating class is the cream of the crop.
6. over the moon
   Meaning: Extremely happy or pleased.
   Example: She was over the moon when she got the promotion.
   the third degree
   Meaning: Intense questioning or interrogation.
   Example: My mom gave me the third degree about where I had been all evening.
7. back to square one
   Meaning: To start over after a failure or setback.
   Example: When the prototype didn’t work, the engineers went back to square one.
8. shoot the breeze
   Meaning: To chat informally.
   Example: We spent the afternoon shooting the breeze about old times.
9. to rake in the dough
   Meaning: To earn a lot of money.
   Example: She’s raking in the dough with her online business.
10. the big cheese
    Meaning: The most important person in a group or organization.
    Example: The CEO is the big cheese in the company.
11. down the road
    Meaning: In the future.
    Example: I plan to buy a house down the road when I’ve saved enough money.

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Shades of Meaning

1. compact — +
2. thrive — +
3. dumbfounded — -
4. maneuver — 0
5. bumbling — -
6. vandalism — -
7. confer — +
8. scant — -
9. subsequent — 0
10. abduct — -
11. pry — -
12. resourceful — +
13. delude — -
14. valiant — +
15. prevail — +
16. distort — -

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Expressing the Connotation

1. aliases — negative
2. rapid — neutral
3. balked — negative
4. amble — positive
5. large — neutral
6. strident — negative
7. burly — positive
8. keepsake — positive

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Challenge: Using Connotation

1. foiled
   Sample response: The positive connotation of foiled makes the action sound more forceful and successful; it suggests that the police had a plan that worked.
2. sabotaged
   Sample response: Sabotaged has a more negative tone, suggesting that the snowstorm is like a person deliberately trying to ruin the speaker’s vacation.
3. replenished
   Sample response: Replenished has a positive connotation, suggesting that the drought has not only ended but been reversed.

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Classical Roots

1. collaborate
2. correspond
3. concurrent
4. coincidence
5. colleagues
6. confide
7. compute
8. composure