Vocabulary Workshop Level C Unit 8 Answers

Vocabulary Workshop Level C Review Units 4-6 Answers

Vocabulary for Comprehension Anwer Key

1. a. inform readers about the history of umbrellas
2. c. chronological order
3. e. concerned
4. d. common people
5. a. on a monument
6. d. permeable
7. c. elaborate
8. e. suffered
9. b. factual
10. a. He made the umbrella acceptable to men.
11. c. practical
12. d. Umbrellas were in common use in Asia before they were used in Europe.

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Two-Word Completions Anwer Key

1. d. frivolous . . . facetious
2. b. retentive . . . porous
3. c. blasé . . . ethical
4. a. purges . . . oust
5. c. articulate . . . inaudible
6. a. pseudonym . . . nonentity
7. b. disdain . . . aloof

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Choosing the Right Idiom Anwer Key

1. in over his head - h. challenged by a task beyond one’s ability or means
2. my hands are tied - d. unable to act due to restrictions
3. wet behind the ears - f. young and inexperienced
4. I’ve got your back - j. looking out for someone’s welfare; supporting a friend
5. left holding the bag - i. left to complete something that was another person’s responsibility
6. spread herself too thin - g. took on too many obligations
7. living under a rock - a. be unaware of what’s going on in the world
8. chewing the fat - e. having casual conversation
9. elbow room - b. adequate space to move about
10. eagle eyes - c. keen vision

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Writing with Idioms Anwer Key

1. Pick someone’s brain
   Meaning: To ask someone for advice or ideas about something they know a lot about.
   Sentence: I’m going to spend all day Saturday with Jenna and pick her brain about running a successful babysitting business.
2. Hit rock bottom
   Meaning: To reach the lowest point in a situation, often before starting to recover.
   Sentence: After losing his job and his home, he felt like he had hit rock bottom.
3. Two left feet
   Meaning: To be clumsy, especially when dancing.
   Sentence: I tried to dance at the wedding, but I have two left feet and kept stepping on my partner’s toes.
4. Starry eyed
   Meaning: Overly idealistic or dreamy about something.
   Sentence: She was starry eyed about her new job, imagining it would be perfect.
5. Counting sheep
   Meaning: A traditional mental exercise used to help fall asleep.
   Sentence: I couldn’t sleep last night, so I tried counting sheep, but it didn’t work.
6. Boiling point
   Meaning: The point at which someone loses their temper.
   Sentence: After being ignored for hours, she finally reached her boiling point and started yelling.
7. A lone wolf
   Meaning: Someone who prefers to work or be alone.
   Sentence: He’s always been a lone wolf, preferring to travel solo rather than with friends.
8. Bursting at the seams
   Meaning: To be overly full or crowded.
   Sentence: The small cafe was bursting at the seams with customers during the lunch rush.
9. Speak with a forked tongue
   Meaning: To say something deceitful or dishonest.
   Sentence: He promised to help us, but he was speaking with a forked tongue because he never followed through.
10. Eat humble pie
    Meaning: To admit you were wrong and apologize.
    Sentence: After insisting he was right, he had to eat humble pie when he realized his mistake.
11. On the dot
    Meaning: Exactly on time.
    Sentence: The meeting started at 9 a.m. on the dot.
12. Hold the fort
    Meaning: To take care of things temporarily in someone’s absence.
    Sentence: Can you hold the fort while I run to the store?

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Shades of Meaning Anwer Key

1. Residue: (–) Negative
2. Cower: (–) Negative
3. Ethical: (+) Positive
4. Ostracize: (–) Negative
5. Pseudonym: (0) Neutral
6. Addendum: (0) Neutral
7. Forthright: (+) Positive
8. Promontory: (0) Neutral
9. Finesse: (+) Positive
10. Asset: (+) Positive
11. Porous: (0) Neutral
12. Flaunt: (–) Negative
13. Disdain: (–) Negative
14. Annul: (–) Negative
15. Rehabilitate: (+) Positive
16. Nonentity: (–) Negative

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Expressing the Connotation Anwer Key

1. Solitary - Neutral
2. Ousted - Negative
3. Defects - Negative
4. Facetious - Positive
5. Volatile - Negative
6. Relaxed - Positive
7. Staid - Neutral
8. Finesse - Positive

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Challenge: Using Connotation Anwer Key

1. Deplored
   Sample response: Deplored makes the tone of the sentence more negative, suggesting that officials condemned the actions.
2. Ornate
   Sample response: The formal tone of ornate more accurately describes the building’s decorative features.
3. Prodigal
   Sample response: Prodigal creates a more negative tone, suggesting that the spenders are wasteful rather than generous.

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Classical Roots Anwer Key

1. Recur
2. Incur
3. Concourse
4. Recurrent
5. Discourse
6. Current
7. Courier
8. Precursor