Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 9 Choosing the Right Word Answers
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| Sentence | Answer |
|---|---|
| As soon as the hurricane (abated, equivocated), rescue teams rushed out to help people in the devastated area. | Abated |
| Is it any wonder that a 17-year-old star athlete becomes smug when she receives such (recapitulation, adulation) from the entire school. | Adulation |
| As the election drew nearer, the candidates went from reasonable discussion to quarrelsomeness to (anathematizing, recapitulating) each other. | Anathematizing |
| Sportswriters attribute the success of the pennant-winning team largely to the (astute, evanescent) managing of old Buck Coakely. | Astute |
| Since my mother is such a(n) (astute, dilatory) manager, she was the perfect choice to run the children’s museum in our community. | Astute |
| He is completely indifferent to wealth and luxurious living; his (anathema, avarice) is directed instead toward fame and prestige. | Avarice |
| What do you think of the concept that when a crime is committed, society is often as (culpable, astute) as the criminal. | Culpable |
| In playing chess, she deliberately uses (dilatory, nebulous) tactics to make her opponent impatient and tense. | Dilatory |
| When the results of her mistakes became public knowledge, she gained a well-deserved reputation for being an (astute, egregious) blunderer. | Egregious |
| I was absolutely stunned when I reviewed my bank statement, not realizing I had an (irresolute, egregious) error in accounting. | Egregious |
| In everyone’s life, a situation may arise that calls for a basic moral choice to be made, without compromise or (abatement, equivocation). | Equivocation |
| The glory of this perfect spring day seems to be all the more precious because it is so (torpid, evanescent). | Evanescent |
| It is difficult to remember my dreams, as I find them to be (evanescent, astute). | Evanescent |
| As a result of (irresolution, egregiousness) when that novel was first submitted, the publishing house lost the biggest best-seller of the year. | Irresolution |
| What she calls her “philosophy of life” seems to me a hodgepodge of childish fallacies and (dilatory, nebulous) generalizations. | Nebulous |
| Sheila was feeling insecure after experiencing a (culpable, nebulous) sense of dread that something terrible was going to happen during her speech. | Nebulous |
| Only a (penury, novice) at golf would have tried to use a driver when hitting into such a strong wind. | Novice |
| Before becoming a successful writer, Jack London was a (torpid, novice) prospector, searching for gold in Alaska. | Novice |
| In the densely populated and underdeveloped countries we visited, we saw the depths to which people can be reduced by (penury, anathema). | Penury |
| Since he is known to be a multimillonaire, it seems almost (culpable, pretentious) of him, in an inverted sense, to drive around in a small, battered, inexpensive car. | Pretentious |
| Biologists have a theory that every plant or animal in the course of its development (abates, recapitulates) all the stages of its evolution. | Recapitulates |
| The say that school spirit at Central High is dead, but I am confident that it can be (resuscitated, equivocated) if the right methods are used. | Resuscitated |
| The (slovenly, pretentious) physical appearance of the report was matched by its careless writing and disorganized content. | Slovenly |
| You may be right in your belief that she won’t let us use her car, but remember that this is till only a(n) (anathema, supposition). | Supposition |
| The heat in the room, the quite drone of the fly at the window, and the bright sunlight put me into a (torpid, slovenly) state. | Torpid |
Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 9 Synonyms and Antonyms Answers
| Word | Part of Speech | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| irresolute | (s.) | “dithering” over a choice |
| egregious | (s.) | guilty of “brazen” rudeness |
| evanescent | (s.) | a delicate and “fleeting” beauty |
| recapitulate | (s.) | “restate” your requirements |
| slovenly | (s.) | ashamed of a “slipshod” job |
| equivocate | (s.) | “prevaricated” about the true amount |
| resuscitate | (s.) | “breathe new life into” the dull party |
| torpid | (s.) | made “listless” by the heat |
| nebulous | (s.) | a maddeningly “murky” explanation |
| anathema | (s.) | a muttered “execration” |
| egregious | (a.) | their “subtle” errors |
| slovenly | (a.) | a “well-groomed and careful” dresser |
| anathema | (a.) | closing with a “word of approval” |
| irresolute | (a.) | an experienced and “tenacious” nanny |
| nebulous | (a.) | the presentation of a “fully defined” concept |
Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 9 Completing The Sentence Answers
| Sentence | Answer |
|---|---|
| Using the most up-to-date equipment, the firefighters worked tirelessly to ______ the victim of smoke inhalation. | Resuscitate |
| I don’t think I’d call such a(n) ______ grammatical mistake I minor “slip of the pen.” | Egregious |
| I was so ______ about whether to go out for basketball or for swimming that I ended up going out for neither. | Irresolute |
| When you are ______ in returning a book to the library, you are preventing someone else from using it. | Dilatory |
| As her anger slowly ______, she realized that such childish outburst of emotion would do nothing to help solve her problems. | Abated |
| It would mean more to him to gain the approval of the few people who can appreciate his work than to receive the ______ of the crowd. | Adulation |
| I told my friend that dress for the party was casual, but he showed up looking, in my opinion, just plain ______. | Slovenly |
| How can you consider him ______ when the accident was caused by a landslide that no one could have foreseen or prevented? | Culpable |
| Since I truly loathe people who think they are “above the common herd,” any form of snobbery is absolutely ______ to me. | Anathema |
| The study of history teaches us that a hunger for land, like other kinds of ______, is the cause of a great many wars. | Avarice |
| He holds forth in great detail on what is wrong with our city government, but the remedies he suggests are exceedingly ______. | Nebulous |
| The ______ she had experienced in her childhood and youth made her keenly aware of the value of money. | Penury |
| Since he was a(n) ______ at the game, the three veteran players hoped to find someone more suitable to play on their team. | Novice |
| Your brilliant plan is based on one false ______ — that I am willing to work without pay. | Supposition |
| Does he use all the quotations as means of clarifying his meaning, or simply as a(n)_____ display of his learning? | Pretentious |
| Sure, it’s great to be a big-league ballplayer, but bear in mind that the years of stardom are brief and ______. | Evanescent |
| I was impressed by the ______ way our hostess guided the conversation away from topics that might be embarrassing to her guests. | Astute |
| After giving us extremely detailed instructions for more than an hour, she briefly ______ and then sent us out on our assignments. | Recapitulated |
| Although she tried to ______, we insisted on a simple “yes” or “no” answer. | Equivocate |
| Her mind, ______ as a result of hours of exposure to the bitter cold, was not alert enough to sense the impending danger. | Torpid |
Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 9 Vocabulary in Context Answers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Being in a penury state suggests: | A – indigence |
| A person displaying astuteness is: | D – perceptive |
| A supposition is a(n): | B – conclusion |
| If a person pauses irresolutely, he or she acts with: | A – hesitation |
| A nebulous impression is not: | C – precise |
Other Vocab Workshop Level F Answers
| Unit | Link |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 1 Answers |
| Unit 2 | Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 2 Answers |
| Unit 3 | Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 3 Answers |
| Unit 4 | Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 4 Answers |
| Unit 5 | Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 5 Answers |
| Unit 6 | Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 6 Answers |
| Unit 7 | Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 7 Answers |
| Unit 8 | Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 8 Answers |
| Unit 9 | Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 9 Answers |
| Unit 10 | Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 10 Answers |
| Unit 11 | Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 11 Answers |
| Unit 12 | Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 12 Answers |
| Unit 13 | Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 13 Answers |
| Unit 14 | Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 14 Answers |
| Unit 15 | Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 15 Answers |
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