Vocabulary Workshop Level F Review Units 7-9 Answers
Vocabulary for Comprehension
- e. how members of elephant families keep in touch in dense forests
- b. their habitat
- a. portly
- c. how hard it is to count elephants
- b. loot
- d. emitting deep rumbling sounds humans cannot hear
- e. indistinct
- a. trivial
- b. Elephants live in close-knit groups.
- c. diffused
- e. review
- d. interested amateur
Click Next for Two-Word Completions
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Two-Word Completions
- odium ... perfidy
- cadavers ... squeamish
- grandiose ... penury
- infraction ... relegated
- pillaged ... desecrated
- culpable ... mitigated
- inconsequential ... beneficent
Click Next for Choosing the Right Idiom
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Choosing the Right Idiom
- short and sweet - i) brief yet meaningful; direct and to the point
- cut to the chase - a) leave out the details and get to the point
- piece of cake - g) something easy; a task that can be completed without much effort
- backing the wrong horse - j) supporting the wrong or losing side
- crocodile tears - b) fake sadness used to manipulate people
- thinking on his feet - e) making decisions with little effort or prior planning
- rude awakening - c) an unpleasant understanding or revelation
- brought the house down - f) put on a successful performance
- wild goose chase - d) a wasted effort looking for something that is difficult to find or nonexistent
- cooking the books - h) manipulating financial figures
Click Next for Writing with Idioms
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Writing with Idioms
- cast a wide net
Sample answer: Cast a wide net when you’re looking for props for the play; you can find useful items just about anywhere. - take it with a grain of salt
Meaning: View something skeptically or with caution.
Sample answer: She told me about the rumor, but I’ll take it with a grain of salt until I see evidence. - walking on eggshells
Meaning: Acting carefully to avoid upsetting someone.
Sample answer: Ever since their argument, I feel like I’m walking on eggshells around them. - blow a fuse
Meaning: To lose one’s temper.
Sample answer: He blew a fuse when he found out the project wasn’t completed on time. - on your high horse
Meaning: Acting superior or arrogant.
Sample answer: She needs to get off her high horse and realize everyone makes mistakes. - herding cats
Meaning: Trying to manage a chaotic or unmanageable situation.
Sample answer: Organizing all those volunteers felt like herding cats. - dial it back
Meaning: To reduce intensity.
Sample answer: The coach told the players to dial it back during practice to avoid injuries. - common ground
Meaning: Shared interests or mutual understanding.
Sample answer: They found common ground in their love of classic literature. - a drop in the ocean
Meaning: A very small or insignificant amount compared to what is needed.
Sample answer: Donating $5 felt like a drop in the ocean compared to the millions needed for the project. - a feather in your cap
Meaning: An achievement to be proud of.
Sample answer: Winning the championship was certainly a feather in her cap. - give up the ghost
Meaning: To stop working or die.
Sample answer: My old car finally gave up the ghost after 15 years of service. - a fly on the wall
Meaning: Someone who observes a situation without being noticed.
Sample answer: I wish I could be a fly on the wall during their private discussions.
Click Next for Shades of Meaning
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Shades of Meaning
- odium: -
- beneficent: +
- austere: -
- hypothetical: 0
- dissipated: -
- torpid: -
- corpulent: -
- avarice: -
- stalwart: +
- desecrate: -
- restitution: +
- resuscitate: +
- mitigate: +
- gauntlet: 0
- squeamish: -
- nebulous: -
Click Next for Expressing the Connotation
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Expressing the Connotation
- negative: powerless
- positive: dispassionate
- neutral: novice
- negative: reproved
- positive: queried
- negative: anathema
- positive: dutiful
- neutral: assigned
Click Next for Challenge: Using Connotation
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Challenge: Using Connotation
- Concoct
Sample response: The word "concoct" paints a more vivid image of the mother devising special—and perhaps secret—recipes. - Pillaging
Sample response: The negative tone of "pillaging" makes the actions of the adventurers seem more insidious and violent. - Ignoble
Sample response: The negative tone of "ignoble" makes the general’s laws seem corrupt or dishonorable.
Click Next for Classical Roots
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Classical Roots
- Parenthetical
- Thesis
- Morphology
- Pseudomorph
- Metamorphosis
- Anthropomorphic
- Theme
- Epithet