Vocabulary Workshop Level B Review Units 13-15 Answer

Wordly Wise 3000 Book 12

Fourth Edition - Answer Key

Lesson 1

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1A Understanding Meanings

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(Possible answers; students' sentences may vary.)

1. C
2. C
3. A utopia is a place or state of perfect conditions.
4. C
5. A covert act is one that is secret.
6. An encomium is an expression of praise.
7. An acolyte is a person who assists in religious services.
8. C
9. C
10. C
11. A sedulous effort is one that is completed with careful perseverance.
12. A protagonist is the chief character in a drama or story.
13. To declaim something is to recite it in the style of a public speech.
14. C
15. C

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1B Using Words

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1. b. declaim
2. b. obdurate
3. a. valedictory b. valedictory
4. b. bibulous
5. a. protagonist
6. b. coalesce c. coalesce
7. a. prescience b. prescience
8. c. sedulous

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1C Word Study: Synonyms and Antonyms

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• 1. secret, covert S
• 2. flexible, obdurate A
• 3. follower, acolyte S
• 4. vague, trenchant A
• 5. bibulous, temperate A
• 6. coalesce, scatter A
• 7. encomium, tribute S
• 8. sedulous, diligent S
• 9. prescience, hindsight A
• 10. declaim, declare S

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1D Images of Words

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

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1E Vocabulary in Context

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(Possible answers; students' sentences may vary.)

1. Ellison's characters are trying different things to improve their circumstances. Their lives are not perfect.
2. Because this character is one of the most important people in the work, one would expect that he or she would be named.
3. It is described as a bibulous event.
4. As Ellison thought about the sentence, ideas about his own identity coalesced.
5. Sample response: As an acolyte he probably studied the ideas of the Brotherhood so that he could help Brother Jack in whatever work he had to do.
6. Because Ras is described as "the Exhorter," this suggests he expressed his ideas in public speeches.
7. The events it describes are similar to events that would happen in a few years.
8. He gave the valedictory address and received a scholarship. The fact that he did well in his studies suggests he worked hard.
9. The passage says he expressed his ideas in essays.
10. The passage describes several different directions he tried. He refused to stay in a position if it did not work.
11. It did not receive the encomiums that Invisible Man received.

End of Lesson 1