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Wordly Wise 3000 Book 12

Fourth Edition - Answer Key

Lesson 14

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14A Determining Precise Meaning

p. 155

1. b
2. a
3. a
4. b
5. b
6. a
7. b
8. a

9. b
10. b
11. a
12. a
13. b
14. a
15. a

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14B Understanding Word Relationships

p. 157

1. a, d
2. c, d
3. b, c
4. a, b
5. b, c, d

6. a, c, d
7. a, b, d
8. c, d
9. b
10. b

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14C Word Study: Synonyms and Antonyms

p. 159

• 1. insipid, spicy A
• 2. delay, temporize S
• 3. cacophonous, melodious A
• 4. separate, discrete S
• 5. repine, carouse A
• 6. elegant, debonair S
• 7. modest, narcissistic A
• 8. progenitor, ancestor S
• 9. irritate, propitiate A
• 10. descry, observe S

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14D Understanding Contextual Meanings

p. 160

(Possible answers; students' sentences may vary.)

1. C
2. His overweening phobia of flying keeps him from traveling very far.
3. C
4. My fashion-obsessed sister is infatuated with all things sartorial.
5. The story of aliens landing at Roswell is a canard.
6. His mother encouraged his narcissism by constantly praising him.
7. C
8. Our manager's remonstrations were becoming more and more acerbic.
9. C
10. C

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14E Vocabulary in Context

p. 161

(Possible answers; students' sentences may vary.)

1. She misconstrued the other actors' embarrassment at her insipid performance as awe.
2. She could not have been successful without talent and overweening ambition.
3. Rather than deign to appear in roles she found unacceptable, she bought out her contract from RKO.
4. It was cruel and funny at the same time.
5. The passage says RKO foisted roles upon her.
6. Both became sartorial trademarks of their respective wearers.
7. The two stars would likely receive paeans from the public.
8. She retained her svelte figure all her life.
9. It began with repartee.
10. Sample response: She might have gone into seclusion and retired from acting altogether.
11. You could say that the report was a canard.

End of Lesson 14