Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 10 Choosing the Right Word Answers
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allure | The (vanguard, allure) of “gold in them that hills” brought many immigrants to California in 1849. |
| Insuperable | Walking out on the empty stage and speaking the opening lines of the play seemed a(n) (covetous, insuperable) difficulty to the young actors. |
| Wastrel | Anyone who spends hours, days, and weeks just hanging around is a (wastrel, vanguard) with the most precious tag we have- time. |
| Sonorous | Because it was the duty of the town criers to deliver public proclamations, they were often chosen for their (sonorous, contentious) voices. |
| Respite | After we had been playing our favorite music at top volume for several hours, mother entered the room and begged for some (respite, allure). |
| Acquiesce | Although we really don’t agree with mothers musical taste, we decided to (profess, acquiesce) to her appeal. |
| Crestfallen | Since Ben was confident he could play varsity ball, he was extremely (blithe, crestfallen) when the coach cut him from the squad. |
| Disheveled | With hairstyles what they are these days, many men now seem to look somewhat (disheveled, garrulous) when they come home fresh from the barber. |
| Sinuous | As I watch the gymnastics meet on TV, nothing impresses me more than incredibly graceful and (askew, sinuous) movements of the athletes. |
| Lamentable | Wasteful use of energy at a time when there is such a critical shortage of such resources is indeed (lamentable, sonorous). |
| Vanguard | His willingness to experiment with interesting ideas Clearly put him in the (vanguard, retribution) of social reform in his time. |
| Askew | With her lipstick smeared, her hair disparaged, and her hat (askew, crestfallen) she certainly was a strange sight. |
| Contentious | He is so (contentious, sinuous) that if someone says “nice day” he’ll start a full-scale debate about the weather. |
| Blithe | The poet Shelley, entranced by the joyous song of the skylark address the bird as (garrulous, blithe) spirit. |
| Retribution | The wicked may seem to prosper, but I am convinced that sometime, somehow in this life or the next there will be (exponents, retribution). |
| Coveted | After years of waiting the affluent collector was able to purchase the (professed, coveted) piece of art by Matisse. |
| Professed | When we ended up in the lake realize that the skimmer was not the expert boatman he (acquiesced, professed) to be. |
| Respite | Seeking (retribution, respite) from the cold weather the hikers entered the cave and immediately built a small fire. |
| Coveted | The intently longing gaze that he fixed upon my plate told me that the rover (professed, coveted) my lunch. |
| Misnomer | It would be a (misnomer, respite) to label as biography a book that is clearly a work of fiction even though it’s main character is historical. |
| Exponent | Marshall McLuhan, a leading (wastrel, exponent) of TVs importance in modern life coined the phrase “the medium is the message”. |
| Wastrel | She should have known that Andre was a (wastrel, respite), unworthy of her attention when he announced that he had no interest in holding a job. |
| Garrulous | The taxi driver was so (lamentable, garrulous) during the long trip that it was a relief to return to my silent hotel room. |
| Sonorously | The church bells could be heard (sonorously, contentiously) ringing through the valley announcing the end of the war. |
| Sinuous | The church bells could be heard (sonorously, contentiously) ringing through the valley, announcing the end of the war. |
Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 10 Completing The Sentence Answers
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acquiesce | It isn’t likely that the school administration will ____ to your recommendation to do away with all examinations and grades. |
| Sinuous | Driving a car along those ____ mountain roads at a height of ten thousand feet calls for stronger nerves than I have. |
| Contentious | You certainly have a right to your opinions, but you have become so ____ that you immediately challenge opinions expressed by anyone else. |
| Blithe | The _____ personality that had made her so charming and popular was unaffected by the passage of the years. |
| Exponent | A staunch believer in the equality of the sexes, Susan B. Anthony was one of the most effective ______ of women’s rights. |
| Allure | Retailers who seek to _____ unwary consumers with false claims should feel the full penalties of the law. |
| Respite | Now that the football season has ended, don’t you think our school’s athletes deserve a brief _____ before beginning basketball practice? |
| Misnomer | After I heard my new parrot’s harsh call, I decided that “Melody,” the name I had planned for it, was something of a(n) _____. |
| Sonorous | The body of the slain hero was accompanied to its final resting place by the _____ strains of a funeral march. |
| Garrulous | Excessively _____ people usually don’t have the imagination to realize that their endless chatter is boring everyone else. |
| Profess | I do not _____ to be heroic, but I hope I have the nerve to stand up for unpopular ideas that I believe are right. |
| Vanguard | With the publication of her famous book “Silent Springs,” Rachel Carson moved into the _____ of those seeking to protect our natural environment. |
| Insuperable | The pioneers succeeded in settling the West because they refused to admit that any obstacle, however formidable, was _____. |
| Lamentable | We can all agree that the crime situation in this community is truly ________, but what are we going to do about it? |
| Wastrel | He says the he is spending the family fortune “to promote the art of good living,” but I consider him no more than a(n) ______. |
| Disheveled | In spite of her rain-soaked clothing and ______ appearance, it seemed to me that she had never looked lovelier. |
| Askew | “The blinds are hanging ______ because the pull cord is all knotted and tangled,” I said. |
| Retribution | For the innumerable crimes and cruelties he had committed, the tyrant had good reason to fear ____. |
| Coveted | I confess I suffered a twinge of envy when I learned that my rival had won the prize I had _____ so dearly. |
| Crestfallen | After all my high hopes, I was utterly _____ when the notice arrived that I had failed my driver’s test. |
Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 10 Synonyms and Antonyms Answers
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Synonym | |
| Misnomer | a slightly inappropriate name |
| Retribution | payback for a life of crime |
| Disheveled | looking unkempt and confused |
| Vanguard | the front line of medical science |
| Wastrel | proved to be something of a squanderer |
| Sinuous | a serpentine river flowing to sea |
| Misnomer | a contradiction that it is an international airport |
| Askew | a still-life arrangement that seemed off kilter |
| Garrulous | a long-winded talk show |
| Insuperable | faced unbeatable odds |
| Antonym | |
| a reserved child | garrulous |
| an easily overcome opponent | insuperable |
| an orderly arrangement of knickknacks | askew |
| the neat state of the room | disheveled |
| remembered as a miser | wastrel |
Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 10 Vocabulary in Context Answers
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