Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Level A Unit 5 Answers

Vocabulary Workshop Level E Review Units 10-12 Answers

Vocabulary for Comprehension

1. c. harnessing of a river
2. b. provide background information
3. a. harsh
4. d. explain the need for a dam
5. a. mighty
6. b. Colorado River
7. c. juts out
8. d. tranquil
9. e. creation of a two-lane highway
10. a. indisputable
11. c. forceful
12. d. an impartial reporter

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Two-Word Completions

1. c. trenchant ... platitudes
2. d. conflagration ... acrid
3. a. disheveled ... askew
4. b. alluded ... misnomer
5. a. sinuous ... respite
6. b. crestfallen ... coveted
7. c. compunction ... retribution

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Choosing the Right Idiom

1. j. admit a mistake or error
2. f. a realistic and sensible approach to life
3. h. lacking attention; not doing one’s job
4. c. avoid saying what you really think
5. a. provided additional and confusing information
6. i. ended something; stopped giving support
7. g. everything
8. b. a profitable source of income
9. e. walk
10. d. trying to accomplish something that has little chance of being successful

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Writing with Idioms

1. All bark and no bite
   Meaning: Someone who talks tough but does not act on their words.
   Sentence: Ms. Jackson's gruff manner seems intimidating, but she is really all bark and no bite.
2. Two peas in a pod
   Meaning: Two people who are very similar.
   Sentence: My sister and I are like two peas in a pod, always thinking the same way.
3. Cut it out
   Meaning: Stop doing something annoying.
   Sentence: The teacher asked the students to cut it out when they started throwing paper.
4. Living high on the hog
   Meaning: Living in luxury or extravagantly.
   Sentence: After winning the lottery, he started living high on the hog.
5. All in the same boat
   Meaning: Everyone facing the same situation or problem.
   Sentence: During the storm, the stranded passengers realized they were all in the same boat.
6. Cross your mind
   Meaning: To briefly think about something.
   Sentence: It didn’t even cross my mind that she might want to join us for dinner.
7. On a shoestring
   Meaning: With a very limited budget.
   Sentence: They managed to travel the world on a shoestring by staying in hostels.
8. Flash in the pan
   Meaning: Something that starts impressively but fails quickly.
   Sentence: His success as a novelist was just a flash in the pan; his later books failed to sell.
9. See the light
   Meaning: To understand or realize something after not understanding it before.
   Sentence: After hours of explanation, she finally saw the light and understood the math problem.
10. The last straw
    Meaning: The final problem that makes a situation unbearable.
    Sentence: When he showed up late again, it was the last straw for his employer.
11. Keep the wolf from the door
    Meaning: To have just enough money to survive.
    Sentence: After losing his job, he worked part-time to keep the wolf from the door.
12. In a fog
    Meaning: Confused or not thinking clearly.
    Sentence: After the long meeting, I was left in a fog about what we had decided.

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Shades of Meaning

1. Askew - −
2. Blithely - +
3. Obnoxious - −
4. Lamentable - −
5. Sonorous - +
6. Integrity - +
7. Elated - +
8. Platitude - −
9. Disreputable - −
10. Protrude - 0
11. Tacit - 0
12. Exemplary - +
13. Potent - +
14. Vanguard - 0
15. Superficial - −
16. Nocturnal - 0

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Expressing the Connotation

1. revenge - Negative
2. devious - Negative
3. sinuous - Positive
4. cleverness - Positive
5. unrelated - Neutral
6. stark - Neutral
7. contentious - Negative
8. indulgent - Positive

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Challenge: Using Connotation

1. Hesitation, compunction
   Explanation: The use of "compunction" adds a humorous tone and makes the cat seem human, suggesting that the cat is committing the deed willfully.
2. Reimbursement, reparations
   Explanation: "Reparations" has a more formal and legalistic tone, suggesting that money is being given to make amends for a wrong that has been committed.
3. Sad, crestfallen
   Explanation: The sense of extreme dejection and sadness suggested by "crestfallen" provides a more vivid image of how distraught the workers were.

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Classical Roots

1. Pandemic
2. Panoply
3. Pantheon
4. Demographics
5. Demagogues
6. Demotic
7. Panorama
8. Pandemonium