Wordly Wise 3000 Book 12
Fourth Edition - Answer Key
Lesson 3
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3A Understanding Meanings
p. 26(Possible answers; students' sentences may vary.)
- C
- C
- Antediluvian customs are those that are old-fashioned.
- C
- C
- A savant is a person with detailed knowledge in a specialized field.
- C
- An ascetic is a person who practices self-denial.
- C
- To obviate something is to prevent it or make it unnecessary.
- C
- C
- A nostrum is a medicine or remedy of dubious value.
- C
- C
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3B Using Words
p. 27-
a. denizen b. denizens
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a. amalgam b. amalgam
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b. flora c. flora
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a. perennial b. perennial
- c. ascetic
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a. obviate c. obviate
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a. imbibe b. imbibe
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a. doyenne c. doyen
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3C Word Study: Similar Meanings
p. 29- old-fashioned
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- antediluvian
- inhabitants
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- denizens
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- drink
- imbibe
- obdurate
- inflexible
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- unite
- coalesce
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3D Images of Words
p. 30- c
- No sentence suggests ascetic.
- b
- a, b
- a
- b, c
- a, b
- a, b
- a
- a, b
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3E Vocabulary in Context
p. 31(Possible answers; students' sentences may vary.)
- It is not likely that synthetic drugs will disappear even if more treatments are developed from plants. Plant sources are less reliable than those created completely in the laboratory.
- The passage says that the knowledge about plants was passed from one generation to the next. This means the plants were present over many years.
- Researchers do not know what the potential benefits were of plants that have disappeared.
- As many as sixty thousand plant species could be growing within the Amazon region.
- He hoped to imbibe their knowledge.
- The shamans' knowledge has been extremely useful to the health and well-being of the people in their communities. It is not outdated.
- Both had extensive knowledge of how to use plants for medicinal purposes.
- Sample response: A sick person might receive advice from a charlatan who knew nothing about what he or she was doing. A person might receive nostrums, whose effectiveness was unproven.
- Sample response: Doyen seems appropriate because Schultes clearly spent a lot of time doing research in the field and made some important practical contributions to health care because of his knowledge.
- Along with their beneficent properties, they possess harmful qualities if used incorrectly.
- He lived among the people for extended periods of time.
End of Lesson 3