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Wordly Wise 3000 Book 12

Fourth Edition - Answer Key

Lesson 19

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19A Understanding Meanings

p. 218

(Possible answers; students' sentences may vary.)

1. C
2. An effulgent stream is one that is radiant and glistening.
3. C
4. C
5. Taciturnity is a tendency to say little.
6. An exegesis is a critical interpretation of something.
7. C
8. Mores are accepted customs of a group or society.
9. C
10. A miscreant is a villain.
11. C
12. An appellation is a descriptive name given to a person or thing.
13. A nemesis is a powerful opponent who usually wins.
14. C
15. A mordant essay is one expressed in a sharp and penetrating style.

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19B Using Words

p. 219

1. a. efflorescence b. efflorescence
2. b. prolix
3. b. limn c. limn
4. a. exegesis c. exegesis
5. a. mores b. mores
6. c. miscreant
7. a. nemesis c. nemesis
8. a. genre c. genre

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19C Word Study: Synonyms and Antonyms

p. 221

• 1. corpse, cadaver S
• 2. arrogate, relinquish A
• 3. dim, effulgent A
• 4. paragon, miscreant A
• 5. spasm, convulsion S
• 6. bedizen, embellish S
• 7. setting, milieu S
• 8. staid, flamboyant A
• 9. speed, celerity S
• 10. taciturn, prolix A

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19D Images of Words

p. 221

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

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19E Vocabulary in Context

p. 223

(Possible answers; students' sentences may vary.)

1. Comic strips were especially popular in the days before radio and television, when the printed word was paramount.
2. It was the first newspaper supplement to use color.
3. Characters were prolix in the beginning and became more taciturn over time.
4. His actions are described as peccadilloes or minor offenses. He wasn't a villain.
5. Sample response: The passage says their conjugal life was marked by many small arguments but that these were not serious.
6. It has been made into movies, a radio show, and a Broadway musical.
7. At the time that she was created, most comic-strip characters were boys. For that very reason, the cartoonist decided to create a female lead. If the cartoonist had stayed with a boy, the character may have been called "Little Orphan Otto," as originally planned.
8. Their faces were drawn to match their peculiar names.
9. Comic strips like "Peanuts" and "Pogo" had a didactic element that was new.
10. It is an example of the mordant humor of Walt Kelly's "Pogo."

End of Lesson 19