Level D Unit 14 Choosing the Right Word Answers
| cornerstones | Separation of powers is one of the ( ) which the American form of government is built. |
| incite | We learned from the film that Spartacus was a Roman gladiator who ( ) his fellow slaves to armed rebellion. |
| embroil | The President said in his inaugural address that he firmly believes that we must not ( ) ourselves in the quarrels of other nations. |
| profuse | The couple thanked me so ( ) for the small favor I had done them that I was almost embarrassed. |
| debacle | My campaign for the class presidency ended in an utter ( ) when I forgot my speech as I was about to address the assembly. |
| haphazard | Some people think that, because she wears mismatched clothing, her approach to dressing herself is ( ), but I think she plans her outfits very carefully. |
| cordial | Although I had never even met her, the emails she wrote to me were so ( ) that I felt we were old friends. |
| pedigree | The ( ) of that dog cannot be in question; the breeder has extensive documentation to prove that he is from a line of award-winning collies. |
| shackle | After he was brought in by the police, he remained ( ) to a chair for about half an hour. |
| glib | What we need is not talkers with ( ) solutions for all our problems, but doers who are prepared to pitch in and help. |
| X | How can he ( ) his claim that he is a “good citizen” with the fact that he doesn’t even bother to vote? |
| pallor | The famous actor applied a layer of ashen makeup to simulate the ghastly ( ) of a ghost. |
| improvise | Let’s ( ) a shelter from these fallen branches before it gets too dark to see in the woods. |
| threadbare | We are tired of listening to those ( ) old excuses for your failure to keep your promises. |
| exonerate | The story of his unhappy childhood aroused our sympathy, but did not ( ) him from the charge of criminal assault. |
| annex | The disaster was so great that the overcrowded hospital was forced to house some patients in a makeshift ( ). |
| haphazard | With such a ( ) way of keeping accounts, is it any wonder that your budget is a disaster? |
| pedigree | True, he comes from an aristocratic family, but he won that promotion on the basis of merit, not because of his ( ). |
| precipitous | Runaway inflation can cause a ( ) decline in the value of a nation’s currency. |
| devitalize | Modern processing methods ( ) many foodstuffs sold today, resulting in a loss of both taste and nutritional value. |
| influx | To seaside resorts, to annual ( ) of tourists marks the true beginning of the summer season. |
| cleave | In a time of unrest and bewildering change, it is more important than ever to ( ) to the basic principles that give meaning to our lives. |
| improvise | He is the kind of speaker who is more effective when he ( ) his remarks that when he reads from a prepared script. |
| profuse | The glade was resplendent with ( ) flowers. |
| shackle | In spite of all the progress made in recent years, we are still not entirely free from the ( ) to prejudice and superstition. |
Level D Unit 14 Completing The Sentence Answers
| reconcile | As we grow older and perhaps wiser, we _____ ourselves to the fact that we will never achieve all that we had hoped in life. |
| embroiled | Three customers fought noisily over the last sale-priced sweater until they finally ______ the store manager in their dispute. |
| haphazard | His books are scattered around in such a(n) _____ manner that it is a mystery to me how he can find the ones he wants. |
| devitalized | The illness so _____ her that it was several weeks before she could return to her job. |
| glib | He is certainly a(n) __________ talker, but does he have a firm grasp of the subject he’s discussing? |
| cornerstone | The roman numeral MCMXCVI is inscribed on the commemorative plaque that adorns the _____ of the building. |
| pedigree | My dog Rover may look like a mutt at first glance, but in fact he has a distinguished _______. |
| threadbare | His old-fashioned clothes were patched and _____, but we could see that he had made every effort to keep them spotlessly clean. |
| exonerated | By proving that his 18th birthday came one day before the election, the student was ______ of the charge of unlawful voting. |
| improvised | The entertainer cleverly ___________ limericks and other comic rhymes on subjects suggested by the audience. |
| debacle | Our dress rehearsal was a disaster: actors blew their lines, doors on the st got stuck shut; it was a complete _____. |
| influx | The heavy rains of June brought a(n) ________ of mosquitoes into the neighborhoods bordering the marshland. |
| cleave | With one flashing stroke of his mighty axe, the skilled woodsman was able to _________ the heavy branch from the tree trunk. |
| profuse | In the untended garden the weeds were so ______ that they all but smothered the few flowers that managed to blossom. |
| cordial | We certainly did not expect to receive such a(n) ______ greeting from someone who had been described to us as cold and unsociable. |
| shackles | Of the millions of immigrants who came to America from all over the world, only the Africans arrived here in _________. |
| pallor | Her deathly _______ and distraught expression told us she had already received the tragic news. |
| incite | Rebels would find it difficult to _________ people who are reasonably well satisfied with their government to rise up against it. |
| annexed | With the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, Jefferson _____ a vast territory that doubled the size of the nation. |
| precipitous | I saw nothing but peril in the prospect of trying to scale a cliff so sheer and ______ that even expert climbers shield away from it. |
Level D Unit 14 Synonyms and Antonyms Answers
| annex | syn: join, acquire, appropriate, procure |
| cleave | syn: sever, halve, sunder, adhere, clasp |
| cordial | syn: hospitable, affable, warm, convivial |
| cordial | ant: gruff, unfriendly, unsociable |
| cornerstone | syn: foundation, base, underpinning, support |
| debacle | syn: disaster, fiasco, calamity |
| debacle | ant: success, triumph, victory, coup |
| devitalize | syn: enfeeble, sap, enervate |
| devitalize | ant: enliven, stimulate, energize, excite |
| embroil | syn: entangle, ensnarl |
| embroil | ant: disentangle, separate, disconnect |
| exonerate | syn: absolve, acquit, vindicate, exculpate |
| exonerate | ant: implicate, incriminate, inculpate |
| glib | syn: superficial, pat, oily, unctuous, facile |
| glib | ant: halting, tongue-tied, speechless, awkward |
| haphazard | syn: random, accidental, slapdash |
| haphazard | ant: deliberate, purposeful, orderly, meticulous |
| improvise | syn: ad-lib, play it by ear, wing it, extemporize |
| improvise | ant: plan, rehearse, practice prepare |
| incite | syn: spur, kindle, provoke, instigate, prompt |
| incite | ant: check, curb, impede, restrain, smother |
| influx | syn: inpouring, inrush, invasion |
| influx | ant: outpouring, exodus, departure |
| pallor | syn: wanness, lividness, bloodlessness |
| pallor | ant: flush, blush, rosiness, bloom |
| pedigree | syn: lineage, ancestry, genealogy |
| precipitous | syn: sheer, abrupt, sharp |
| precipitous | ant: gradual, shallow, graded, incremental |
| profuse | syn: extravagant, lavish, bounteous, plenteous |
| profuse | ant: sparse, scanty, meager, insufficient |
| reconcile | syn: unite, conciliate, mend fences |
| reconcile | ant: antagonize, alienate, drive a wedge between |
| shackle | syn: manacle, enslave, handcuffs, bonds, irons |
| shackle | ant: free, unfetter, emancipate, liberate |
| threadbare | syn: frayed, seedy, ragged, shopworn, trite |
| threadbare | ant: luxurious, plush, costly, sumptuous |
Level D Unit 14 Vocabulary in Context Answers
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Other Vocab Workshop Answers
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| Unit 1 | Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 1 Answers |
| Unit 2 | Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 2 Answers |
| Unit 3 | Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 3 Answers |
| Unit 4 | Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 4 Answers |
| Unit 5 | Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 5 Answers |
| Unit 6 | Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 6 Answers |
| Unit 7 | Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 7 Answers |
| Unit 8 | Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 8 Answers |
| Unit 9 | Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 9 Answers |
| Unit 10 | Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 10 Answers |
| Unit 11 | Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 11 Answers |
| Unit 12 | Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 12 Answers |
| Unit 13 | Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 13 Answers |
| Unit 14 | Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 14 Answers |
| Unit 15 | Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 15 Answers |
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