Vocabulary Workshop Level E Review Units 1-3 Answers

Wordly Wise 3000 Book 11

Fourth Edition - Answer Key

Lesson 15

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15A Understanding Meanings

p. 164

(Possible answers; students' sentences may vary.)

1. C
2. C
3. Concomitant events accompany a main event.
4. C
5. An oligarchy is a government controlled by a privileged elite.
6. To entice someone is to attract that person by arousing desire.
7. C
8. An inordinate amount is one that is excessive.
9. C
10. C
11. A repugnant suggestion offends or repulses its recipients.
12. C
13. C
14. A redoubtable scholar is one whose credentials are worthy of respect.
15. An arbiter is one whose decisions are accepted as final.

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15B Using Words

p. 166

1. b. repugnant c. repugnant
2. b. inordinate c. inordinate
3. a. demur b. demur
4. a. entice c. entice
5. a. redoubtable
6. a. inimical b. inimical c. inimical
7. a. flaunted b. flaunted c. flaunted
8. a. graphic b. graphic c. graphic

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15C Word Study: Analogies

p. 167

• 1. b
• 2. b
• 3. d
• 4. b
• 5. d

• 6. a
• 7. a
• 8. c
• 9. b
• 10. a

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15D Images of Words

p. 168

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

• 6. c
• 7. b, c
• 8. a, b, c
• 9. No sentence suggests demur.
• 10. a, b, c

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15E Vocabulary in Context

p. 170

(Possible answers; students' sentences may vary.)

1. These women were part of an oligarchy because they came from old, well-to-do families that possessed social and economic power and could easily exert an influence over city government.
2. Her friends viewed her as an arbiter of fashion and followed her advice. Those who demurred were ostracized from the group.
3. Sample response: If politeness, delicacy, and elegance were more important to Hemenway, she probably wouldn't have concerned herself with the origin of the aigrettes.
4. The article gave graphic details about the slaughter of birds.
5. The industry was excessive and inhumane in its treatment of birds, slaughtering close to five million of them each year.
6. Concomitant with the laws would be the need for women to boycott the use of feathered adornments.
7. They said it would cause an inordinate amount of hardship to workers in the feather industry.
8. The senator was inimical to the proposal.
9. They were not an exclusive group, but rather one that hoped to entice many people into joining their cause.
10. People are more aware of the threat to different species and would be offended to see them killed for frivolous purposes.

End of Lesson 15