Vocabulary Workshop Level F Review Units 10-12 Answers

Wordly Wise 3000 Book 12

Fourth Edition - Answer Key

Lesson 9

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9A Understanding Meanings

p. 97

(Possible answers; students' sentences may vary.)

1. To exculpate someone is to free that person from blame.
2. C
3. C
4. A lateral movement is one that is made sideways.
5. C
6. C
7. A heterogeneous group is one whose members are diverse.
8. Calumny is intentional slander.
9. C
10. To enervate someone is to weaken that person.
11. A viviparous creature is one that produces live young.
12. An epicure is one who loves fine food.
13. C
14. C
15. C

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9B Using Words

p. 99

1. a. exculpated
2. b. quintessential c. quintessential
3. a. domain b. domain c. domain
4. a. veritable
5. c. infinitesimal
6. b. apposite
7. a. epicure b. epicure c. epicure
8. a. primeval c. primeval

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9C Word Study: Synonyms and Antonyms

p. 101

• 1. exculpatory, incriminating A
• 2. mawkish, sentimental S
• 3. claim, waive A
• 4. hostility, animus S
• 5. fecund, barren A
• 6. forerunner, precursor S
• 7. jovial, dolorous A
• 8. abjure, embrace A
• 9. vitiate, weaken S
• 10. decry, defend A

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9D Images of Words

p. 101

1. c
2. a, c
3. c
4. a, c
5. a, b
6. a, b
7. a
8. No sentence suggests quintessence
9. a
10. No sentence suggests exculpate.

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9E Vocabulary in Context

p. 103

(Possible answers; students' sentences may vary.)

1. No. Out of 350 species, only about a dozen are known to attack humans.
2. The great white shark possesses lateral sensors that allow it to detect movements by swimmers or fish; it also has the ability to detect the presence of another creature through the electrical field given off by that creature, or by blood in the water.
3. The passage says that sharks were present in the primeval seas millions of years ago.
4. The meat has too high a concentration of uric acid to be edible.
5. The passage says there are sharks six inches long as well as fifty feet long. Some sharks eat plankton, and others eat meat.
6. They are both serrated.
7. A great white shark can detect infinitesimally small quantities of blood because of its acute sense of smell.
8. They might see the dorsal fin protruding from the water.
9. Sharks are viviparous, bearing live young instead of producing eggs.
10. Sample response: Movies perpetuate this ignorance by portraying sharks as evil creatures.
11. Millions of sharks die each year when they are caught unintentionally. They have also been killed in large numbers for their fins, which are used in shark-fin soup.

End of Lesson 9