Level D Unit 15 Choosing the Right Word Answers
| dormant | During the Great Depression, millions of Americans were out of work, as much of the nation’s productive capacity lay dormant. |
| brunt | When the referee called back a touchdown by the home team, he had to bear the brunt of the crowd’s anger. |
| avert | Whenever I even suspect that a gory scene is about to start in a movie, I avert my eyes or even cover them with my hands. |
| protracted | After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union became locked in a protracted struggle known as the Cold War. |
| liberality | Your liberality is to be admired, but it must be controlled so that it is not out of proportion to your means. |
| harangue | At a time when we need goodwill and cooperation, nothing will be gained by an emotional harangue about old abuses and mistakes. |
| boorish | People who only think of themselves, with no concern for the feelings of others, are bound to be boorish. |
| dubious | The applicant’s list of accomplishments, which went on for two pages, was dubious at best. |
| plaintiff | I think that we can settle this dispute in a friendly way, without either of us becoming a defendant or a plaintiff. |
| legion | The dinner to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Mrs. Roth’s teaching career was attended by a legion of her former students. |
| combatants | For many years after the Civil War, thousands of combatants in the great battle of Gettysburg met in annual reunions. |
| quarry | We’ll need to quarry for the large stones necessary for securing the foundation. |
| subterfuge | He pretended to be speechless with anger, but we recognized this as a subterfuge to avoid answering the charges against him. |
| probe | Although we were fairly certain that the ice would be thick enough to hold us, we used a long stick as a probe to see if any part of the ice was too thin. |
| actuate | A new popular singing idol will often actuate changes in clothing fashions. |
| abase | I was ashamed of my poor behavior at the debate and hope I did not abase myself in the eyes of the moderator. |
| dormant | In the school library, all activity seemed to have become dormant as students napped with their heads and arms draped across desks. |
| quarry | The detective story was so cleverly constructed that the character whom we took to be the pursuer turned out to be the quarry. |
| dubious | We began with confidence in his success in the election, but as he made one mistake after another, we grew more and more dubious. |
| avert | Let us not avert our attention from the sufferings of the people living in the slums of our community. |
| knave | Since his absurd scheme was never really intended to harm us, we regard him as more of a fool than a knave. |
| probe | We demand that the committee is made up of legislators who will probe fearlessly into the causes of the energy crisis. |
| impenitent | Since the prisoner remained defiantly impenitent, the review panel saw no reason for granting him parole. |
| harried | A pack of reporters harried the senator with pointed and persistent questions even as he was being whisked into his limousine. |
| spurn | How can that heartless beauty spurn |
Level D Unit 15 Completing The Sentence Answers
| Word | Sentence |
|---|---|
| abase | Why should you ? yourself by begging to be admitted to a club made up of snobs and phonies. |
| actuated | We learned that the bizarre sequence of events was ? by an accidental tug on the switching device. |
| avert | The police were quickly ordered to the scene as a precautionary measure to ? a threatened riot. |
| boorish | Fortunately the loud and generally ? behavior of a few of the guests did not spoil the party for the rest of us. |
| brunt | The entire boardwalk at the beach was smashed to bits when the full ? of the hurricane struck it. |
| combatants | The two ? fought it out with words rather than with fists. |
| dormant | In AD 79, the sudden and violent eruption of a volcano that had been ? for many years destroyed Pompeii in two days. |
| dubious | Isn’t friendship with a person who mistrusts you of ? value? |
| harangue | The speakers’ corner in London’s Hyde Park is home to the soapbox orators who ? idlers and passersby. |
| harried | Bands of guerrillas ? the straggling soldiers as they retreated in disarray. |
| impenitent | On the surface, she seemed stubbornly ?, but secretly she regretted the damage her thoughtlessness had caused. |
| knaves | The Mississippi river boats were home to crooks and ? of every description from cardsharps to confidence men. |
| legion | The soldiers of the mighty Roman ? were organized in battle units called cohorts and maniples. |
| liberality | His many donations of large sums of money to organizations dedicated to relieving world hunger are evidence of his ?. |
| plaintiff | As a lawyer for the ?, you will have full opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses for the defendant. |
| probe | Divers from the salvage ship will try to ? the ocean floor where the Confederate warship sank in 1863. |
| protract | Our planned stopover in Denver was unexpectedly ? when a blizzard prevented us from leaving the city for days. |
| quarry | The bloodhounds pursued their human ? through the swamps. |
| spurned | Because his feelings were hurt, he ? any attempts on my part to provide help. |
| subterfuge | His sudden fainting spell was a ? to get out of taking me to the spring dance. |
Level D Unit 15 Synonyms and Antonyms Answers
| Word | Synonyms | Antonyms |
|---|---|---|
| abase | lower, humiliate, prostrate, demean | elevate, ennoble, exalt |
| actuate | trigger, incite, instigate | |
| avert | stop, deflect, ward off, preclude | invite, induce, provoke, cause |
| boorish | vulgar, crude, uncouth, ill-mannered, gauche | suave, urbane, polished, courtly, well-bred |
| brunt | blow, shock | aftershock, aftermath, repercussion |
| combatant | soldier, disputant, warrior; hostile, battling | civilian; peaceful, neutral |
| dormant | resting, still, quiescent | awake, active, lively, productive |
| dubious | questionable, suspect, unsettled, undecided | certain, positive, indubitable, reliable |
| harangue | rant, lecture; tirade, diatribe | whisper, murmur, undertone |
| harry | badger, pester, hound, pillage, ravage | |
| impenitent | remorseless, unrepentant, incorrigible | ashamed, remorseful, contrite, apologetic |
| knave | rascal, rouge, scoundrel, miscreant | |
| legion | multitude, host, throng, division, regiment | squad, platoon; few, sparse |
| liberality | largesse, magnanimity, broad-mindedness | stinginess, miserliness, marrow-mindedness |
| plaintiff | complainant, accuser | defendant, accused |
| probe | explore, scrutinize; inquiry, detector | conceal, hide; cover-up, whitewash |
| protract | prolong, extend, elongate, spin-out | contract, compress, concentrate |
| quarry | prey, game, victim, excavation, pit, mine | hunter, predator, pursuer |
| spurn | turn down, reject, decline, snub, repudiate | accept, welcome, greet |
| subterfuge | dodge, blind, ruse, deception, artifice |
Level D Unit 15 Vocabulary in Context Answers
- C
- A
- D
- B
- C
Other Vocab Workshop Answers
Was this helpful?
Let us know if this was helpful. That’s the only way we can improve.
