Vocabulary Workshop Level C Review Units 1-3 Answers

Wordly Wise 3000 Book 11

Fourth Edition - Answer Key

Lesson 17

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17A Understanding Meanings

p. 189

(Possible answers; students' sentences may vary.)

1. C
2. A pejorative term is belittling or unpleasant.
3. C
4. C
5. A mercenary is a person, especially a soldier, who works strictly for money.
6. C
7. A caustic substance is corrosive and causes chemical burns.
8. An autocrat is a domineering person, one with complete control.
9. C
10. C
11. C
12. Duplicity is deceptive behavior.
13. C
14. An emissary is a representative sent on a special mission.
15. C

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17B Using Words

p. 190

1. b. debilitated c. debilitated
2. b. impecunious
3. a. parsimonious b. parsimonious c. parsimonious
4. a. notorious c. notorious
5. a. jaundiced b. jaundiced c. jaundiced
6. a. oust b. oust c. ouster
7. a. caustic b. caustic
8. a. felicitous b. felicitous

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17C Word Study: Word Parts

p. 192

(Definitions are examples; students' answers may vary.)

1. commensurate, corresponding in size, degree, or amount
2. impecunious, being habitually without money
3. transcend, to go beyond
4. metropolis, a city of great size and importance
5. dilatory, slow to act
6. oligarchy, rule by a small, elite group
7. concomitant, accompanying or existing at the same time
8. demur, to raise objections
9. conclave, a meeting held behind closed doors
10. pinnacle, a tall, slender pointed top

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17D Images of Words

p. 193

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

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

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17E Vocabulary in Context

p. 194

(Possible answers; students' sentences may vary.)

1. Under de' Medici, the arts flourished, so he probably supported artists' projects. This would be a fortunate time for artists to be working.
2. Florence under de' Medici was an autocracy; the government after that was a republic, which allowed people to choose their leaders.
3. They express his ideas in a forthright way.
4. The passage says de' Medici spent money on the arts. Machiavelli urged parsimonious ways to rulers because of de' Medici's "extravagances." This suggests that de' Medici may have spent Florence's money excessively, leaving it poor.
5. Sample responses: He organized a citizen army to replace the one made up of mercenaries. He was an emissary for his government.
6. Answers will vary.
7. He was ousted from his political position and put in jail. He eventually retired to his home outside the city.
8. They found his precepts shocking.
9. He lived and worked in government at a time when leaders used duplicity all the time.
10. Answers will vary.

End of Lesson 17