Vocabulary Workshop Level C Review Units 1-3 Answers
- d. explain why ancient Native American structures are still standing
- c. strongholds
- b. debris
- a. long life
- d. provide a focus for the rest of the passage
- b. tackle
- a. natural disasters
- e. earthquakes
- d. sloping
- b. viewpoint
- a. arches
- e. admiration
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Two-Word Completions Anwer Key
- c. prodigious . . . bonanza
- b. collaborate . . . churlish
- d. jostling . . . congested
- b. durable . . . gingerly
- a. enterprise . . . citadels
- c. frugal . . . amass
- b. antics . . . plaudits
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Choosing the Right Idiom Anwer Key
- g. acted bravely or showed no fear
- c. at a low price; for very little
- a. someone who can’t be trusted
- j. in great detail; thoroughly
- i. someone who is not easy to deceive
- h. bicker; argue intensely
- d. pay or contribute some money
- b. frustrated after several unsuccessful attempts
- e. in agreement
- f. postponed
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Writing with Idioms Anwer Key
- Get your feet wet
Meaning: To start gaining experience in something new.
Example: "You’ll never know if you’re any good at acting if you don’t get your feet wet." - Eat your heart out
Meaning: To feel jealousy or longing for something.
Example: "Eat your heart out, I just got front-row tickets to the concert!" - Hit the roof
Meaning: To become extremely angry.
Example: "Dad will hit the roof when he sees the dent in the car." - Keep a straight face
Meaning: To manage not to laugh or show emotion.
Example: "I tried to keep a straight face during the prank, but it was impossible." - Throw in the towel
Meaning: To give up or quit.
Example: "After trying to fix the engine all day, I finally threw in the towel." - Iron in the fire
Meaning: To have multiple projects or opportunities in progress.
Example: "She has several irons in the fire, including her new startup and a book deal." - Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps
Meaning: To succeed through your own efforts without help.
Example: "He pulled himself up by his own bootstraps to become a successful entrepreneur." - Make heads or tails of something
Meaning: To understand something.
Example: "I couldn’t make heads or tails of the complicated instructions." - Got your number
Meaning: To understand someone’s true intentions or character.
Example: "You can’t fool me anymore—I’ve got your number." - Knock your socks off
Meaning: To amaze or impress someone greatly.
Example: "The magic show will knock your socks off!" - Stick out your neck
Meaning: To take a risk.
Example: "I’m not sticking my neck out for him again after what happened last time." - Walk on clouds
Meaning: To feel extremely happy or overjoyed.
Example: "She’s been walking on clouds ever since she got engaged."
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Shades of Meaning Anwer Key
- Adage: Neutral (0)
- Glut: Negative (−)
- Bountiful: Positive (+)
- Congested: Negative (−)
- Bonanza: Positive (+)
- Allot: Neutral (0)
- Excerpt: Neutral (0)
- Wanton: Negative (−)
- Durable: Positive (+)
- Churlish: Negative (−)
- Oblique: Negative (−)
- Enterprising: Positive (+)
- Maim: Negative (−)
- Collaborate: Positive (+)
- Detriment: Negative (−)
- Unison: Positive (+)
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Expressing the Connotation Anwer Key
- Positive: Frugal
- Negative: Jostled
- Positive: Daring
- Neutral: Turn
- Neutral: Conversation
- Positive: Legendary
- Neutral: Vying
- Negative: Rebellious
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Challenge: Using Connotation Anwer Key
- Feeling → Groping
Sample Response: Groping is more dramatic, allowing the reader to visualize the darkness and to experience the prisoner's disorientation. - Great → Prodigious
Sample Response: Prodigious creates a loftier tone. Great lacks force because it is general and overused. - Bashful → Skittish
Sample Response: Skittish is less playful than bashful. It communicates the anxiety the animals seem to feel.
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Classical Roots Anwer Key
- Conversant
Before we remodeled our house, we sought expert advice from someone conversant with the town's building code. - Pervert
The defendant was accused of paying bribes to try to pervert the justice system. - Controversy
A new development in medical technology may spark a heated controversy within the field. - Traverse
We plan to traverse the countryside by bicycle this summer. - Vertiginous
The vertiginous rides in amusement parks are popular with children of all ages. - Inverse
Division is the inverse of multiplication. - Reversal
The press criticized the Supreme Court's reversal of the state court’s decision. - Verse
The teacher asked each student to recite a verse of a favorite poem.