Vocabulary Workshop Level D Review Units 10-12 Answers
Vocabulary for Comprehension
- b. thru-hiking on the A.T.
- a. present the main idea
- e. celebrated
- d. rocky
- b. choices for hiking
- d. endure
- b. disable
- d. grueling
- c. arduous
- b. fallacious
- a. isolating
- b. Ultimately attitude is what allows a thru-hiker to finish the trail.
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Two-Word Completions
- b. lithe . . . brawny
- a. brevity . . . concise
- c. humane . . . maltreat
- a. exploited . . . squandered
- d. erroneous . . . impaired
- b. forestall . . . wily
- c. proponent . . . synthetic
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Choosing the Right Idiom
- j. make things more equal
- d. someone who states the less popular viewpoint for the sake of argument
- c. undermine yourself
- g. go beyond traditional ideas
- h. after listening to something, and without a written guide
- e. monitor someone closely in an unpleasant way
- f. be in charge; direct the action
- a. something that is troublesome and problematic
- b. available to anyone who wants it
- i. without a doubt
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Writing with Idioms
- Fight tooth and nail: To fight or argue intensely to achieve something.
Sample sentence: I had to fight tooth and nail to secure the promotion. - Keep your cool: To remain calm in a tense situation.
Sample sentence: Even though he was under pressure, he managed to keep his cool during the interview. - Bide your time: To wait patiently for the right moment.
Sample sentence: She decided to bide her time before making a major career move. - Keep tabs on: To monitor or keep an eye on someone or something.
Sample sentence: The manager keeps tabs on the team’s progress weekly. - Make a splash: To attract a lot of attention or create a sensation.
Sample sentence: Her performance at the talent show made a splash in the community. - Knuckle under: To give in or submit to authority.
Sample sentence: The rebellious teenager finally knuckled under to his parents’ rules. - Mean business: To be serious about taking action.
Sample sentence: The coach’s stern tone showed that he meant business during practice. - Beat around the bush: To avoid coming to the point or speaking directly.
Sample sentence: Stop beating around the bush and tell me what you want! - Rough it: To live without modern conveniences.
Sample sentence: During the camping trip, we had to rough it without electricity or running water. - Ring hollow: To sound insincere or unconvincing.
Sample sentence: His apology rang hollow because he didn’t seem truly sorry. - Catch my drift: To understand the meaning or implication of what someone is saying.
Sample sentence: I didn’t explain everything, but I think they caught my drift. - Run ragged: To exhaust someone by overworking or overburdening them.
Sample sentence: The new project is running the whole team ragged.
Click Next for Shades of Meaning
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Shades of Meaning
- Humane (+)
- Despicable (−)
- Laborious (−)
- Invincible (+)
- Bleak (−)
- Illustrious (+)
- Subversive (−)
- Preamble (0)
- Enlightened (+)
- Emancipate (+)
- Lithe (+)
- Deteriorated (−)
- Rivulet (0)
- Obtrusive (−)
- Blasphemy (−)
- Proponent (+)
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Expressing the Connotation
- Positive - (hardworking)
- Negative - (irreverent)
- Positive - (extemporaneous)
- Neutral - (small)
- Negative - (skeptical)
- Negative - (slipshod)
- Positive - (forestalled)
- Neutral - (unhurried)
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Challenge: Using Connotation
- Autocratic
Sample response: The negative connotation of autocratic suggests a nature that insists on absolutes and is so controlling as to be dictatorial and tyrannical. - Divulge
Sample response: The connotation of divulge suggests a stronger, more deliberate, and more public disclosure of information than reveal. - Recoup
Sample response: To recoup something rather than just recover it suggests getting back an equivalent amount to make up for what was lost.
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Classical Roots
- Perspicacious
- Respective
- Retrospect
- Prospective
- Specter
- Introspection
- Aspects
- Conspicuous