Vocabulary Workshop Level D Review Units 1-3 Answers
- c. examine the use of waste incinerators
- e. overlook
- d. renowned
- b. disperse
- a. expensive
- e. increase
- c. MSWIs that are environmentally sound
- d. persistent
- a. strengthened
- b. other solutions for the trash problem
- c. the waste disposal problem requires more than one solution
- a. MSWIs burn 90% of the waste produced in most cities
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Two-Word Completions Anwer Key
- c. debris . . . salvage
- b. rifts . . . altercations
- a. surmount . . . circumspect
- a. condone . . . dissolute
- b. dissenters . . . jeer
- d. pauper . . . lucrative
- d. pilfering . . . expulsion
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Choosing the Right Idiom Anwer Key
- c. earn enough to pay one's bills
- f. something that is obvious
- g. go to bed
- h. makes a deal to one's advantage
- d. taking a dangerous chance
- a. very clumsy
- e. learned how to do something
- b. discouraged
- j. began to grow plain
- i. consume very little food
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Writing with Idioms Anwer Key
- Get the ball rolling
Meaning: To start an activity or process.
Sentence: If no one else will get the ball rolling, I will start the meeting. - Get up on the wrong side of the bed
Meaning: To wake up in a bad mood.
Sentence: She must have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed because she was grumpy all morning. - A green thumb
Meaning: To have a natural talent for gardening.
Sentence: My grandmother has a green thumb; every plant she touches flourishes. - A half-baked idea
Meaning: An idea or plan that is not fully thought out.
Sentence: His suggestion to sell ice cream in winter was a half-baked idea. - Catch a cold
Meaning: To become ill with a cold.
Sentence: If you don’t wear a jacket in this weather, you’ll catch a cold. - On the house
Meaning: Free of charge, paid for by the establishment.
Sentence: The manager offered us dessert on the house to apologize for the delay. - Go fly a kite
Meaning: To go away and stop bothering someone.
Sentence: When he kept complaining, she told him to go fly a kite. - Out of the woods
Meaning: Out of danger or difficulty.
Sentence: Her recovery is going well, but she’s not out of the woods yet. - Hold a candle to
Meaning: To be as good as someone or something else (usually used in the negative).
Sentence: No other painter can hold a candle to her talent. - Call it a day
Meaning: To stop working on something for the day.
Sentence: After finishing the project, we decided to call it a day. - It’s about time
Meaning: Used to say something should have happened sooner.
Sentence: It’s about time you cleaned your room! - Get in touch
Meaning: To contact someone.
Sentence: I’ll get in touch with you as soon as I hear the results.
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Shades of Meaning Anwer Key
- Altercation (−)
- Breach (−)
- Relinquish (−)
- Jeer (−)
- Cherubic (+)
- Cumbersome (−)
- Feint (−)
- Fortify (+)
- Spurious (−)
- Abridge (0)
- Comely (+)
- Sully (−)
- Lucrative (+)
- Circumspect (+)
- Surmount (+)
- Efface (−)
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Expressing the Connotation Anwer Key
- Negative - The secret agent’s (dilemma) was that his disguise was weak.
- Positive - The woman’s (gorgeous) appearance made for a good stage presence.
- Positive - The winning debater’s closing argument was an example of (eminent) speech making.
- Neutral - The police showed restraint when they refused to (admonish) the unreliable suspect.
- Negative - The heavy bag felt (cumbersome) after I had lugged it around for a few hours.
- Negative - The tour group’s (predictable) favorite was a visit to Yellowstone Park.
- Neutral - The girl was such a snob that she refused to (risk) her reputation as a diva by applauding the regional theatre group.
- Positive - The student’s scheme to make a few bucks over the summer turned out to be a (lucrative) idea that brought in considerable profits.
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Challenge: Using Connotation Anwer Key
- Eva’s mother (told) admonished her to work harder in math, or Eva would not be able to go on the field trip.
Sample response: Admonished makes the tone of the sentence more negative, suggesting that the mother is warning Eva in a strict way. - The (corrupt) dissolute mayor turned out to be even less honorable than we had expected.
Sample response: Dissolute adds a more formal tone and may seem less harsh than corrupt, even though the meanings of the words are similar. - Mrs. Li was so (angry) irate with her neighbor that they ended up in a big feud and never spoke again.
Sample response: Irate adds a more negative tone, suggesting a greater degree of hostility and lasting animosity than angry implies.
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Classical Roots Anwer Key
- Impose
Digital software allows creative photographers to impose a second image over the first to create an original picture. - Depose
She was shocked to learn of a secret plot to depose the king. - Transpose
Jeff will transpose the harmony into a different key that better suits the singer's voice. - Component
At the last minute we replaced a central component of our presentation. - Repository
They rented an off-site warehouse as a repository for company records. - Juxtapose
They will juxtapose incongruous celebrity photos in order to make a lampoon. - Disposition
That pony’s pleasing disposition makes it a perfect choice for children. - Composite
The forensic artist made a composite drawing of the primary suspect.