vocabulary workshop level h unit 2 answers

A basketball team will be sent to the Far East under the ________ of the State Department to play native teams in various countries.

Aegis

When South Korea was invaded, the United States organized a collective defense effort under the _______ of the United Nations.

Aegis

17. Without expressing opinions, simply ________ us as pro fly as possible of the results of the conference.

Apprise

3. Neglected to NOTIFY the townspeople

Apprise

I think it was very inconsiderate of her to wait until this late date before she _______ us of her intention to quit the class show.

Apprised

4. POLARIZED rays are those that are:

B. Divided

Falstaff, as conceived by Shakespeare, is not just a ________ old braggart but an archetype of human appetites and joy in living.

Bibulois

1. The ALCOHOLIC patron of the local saloon

Bibulous

16. "The rash and ______ behavior of that young hothead almost cost us the battle, to say nothing of the war," the general remarked sourly.

Bibulous

3. Invited all their TEETOTALING relatives

Bibulous

Thankfully, the beach towels are extremely _________ and they were able to control the spread of water due to the bucket that tipped over in the back of the van.

Bibulous

2. Something is INDIGENOUS if it is:

C. Native

13. She defended her policy of hiring a(n) __________ by noting that even with a supportive audience, someone is needed to get the applause started.

Claque

4. The HANGERS-ON waiting by the stage door

Claque

Is it any wonder that the young quarterback is getting a swelled head when he seems always to be surrounded by a(n) ________ of fawning admirers?

Claque

3. A MELEE is:

D. Confused mass

5. A SANGUINE temperament is one that is NOT:

D. Depressed

It is not enough merely to push aside our prejudices and pretend they don't exist; we must _______ these evils from our minds and personalities

Deracinate

8. ___________ from their Old World environments, European immigrants had difficult adjustments to make.

Deracinated

Some call our city a cosmopolitan melting pot of cultures, but my grandparents from Eastern Europe felt ________ and even apprehensive at times.

Deracinated

4. The goal of this course in world history is _________; therefore, we will carefully examine primary texts from the time periods we study.

Exegesis

5. OBFUSCATION of the leaders ideas

Exegesis

9. An INTERPRETATION of Joyce's Ulysses

Exegesis

A(n) _________ of Virginia Woolf's work reveals that she is an exceptionally modern writer concerned with the psychology and emotion of her subjects.

Exegesis

1. Surprisingly, the white potato, which I have always associated with Ireland, is _________ to the Americas.

Indigenous

For many years, Americans and Europeans tended to ignore the highly developed ________ cultures of the peoples of Africa

Indigenous

10. If you are ever to get out of this tangled mess, now is the time for action, not indulgence in __________ self-pity.

Lachrymose

The movie started off well, but the later scenes, with the young heroine slowly dying of a mystery disease, became overwrought and __________.

Lachrymose

5. Using the programmers' SPECIAL VOCABULARY

Lexicon

6. My classics professor was compiling a complete ________ of the Latin language

Lexicon

Morality is not a criterion that can be used to judge whether or not a word belongs in a ______ of the language in which it is used.

Lexicon

12. The third period was marred by a bench-clearing _______ that left the hockey rink littered with discarded gloves and sticks.

Melee

At rush hour, I always have a hard time fighting my way through the ______ of tired commuters scurrying through the station.

Melee

1. The UNIVERSE of the nursing profession

Microcosm

10. A MODEL of the entire park

Microcosm

14. He came to realize that the inner city in which he had been raised was a(n) _________ of the sufferings of impoverished people all over the world.

Microcosm

In the tragedy that overtakes the pathetic Lennie in Of Mice and Men, we see in _________ the cruelty and injustice that pervade our society.

Microcosm

1. From the observatory atop the Empire State Building, the pedestrians on the streets below look as __________ as ants.

Minuscule

7. Both sides let on that the negotiators were still miles apart, when in fact the distance that separated their opinions was ______.

Minuscule

5. The issue is basically a simple one, and your efforts to _________ it by raising endless technical objections will have no effect on us.

Obfuscate

Please do not try to ___________ your responsibility in this matter by irrelevant criticisms of other people's behavior.

Obfuscate

20. The people of this underserved area need a program that will "help them to help themselves"-- not a form of _________ that will make them completely dependent on outside aid.

Paternalism

I came to resent the company's ________ because it assumed that employees lacked the self-reliance to take care of themselves.

Paternalism

3. A hard-line speech may gain the congressperson the applause of her followers, but overall it will ________ sentiments throughout the country and impair national unity.

Polarize

7. To DIVIDE voters' sympathies

Polarize

If we disregard the emotions and desires of other groups in our area, we are simply going to increase partisanship and __________ the whole community.

Polarize

2. Within the JURISDICTION of the sheriff

Purview

Under the American system of personal liberty, there are many aspects of daily life that are not within the _________ of any governmental authority

Purview

15. I am not given to undue optimism, but the preliminary results of the polls make me ______ about the outcome of the election.

Sanguine

Even the public opinion polls, which showed a strong trend toward our candidate, did not make us overly _________ about our chances of winning.

Sanguine

The grandmother was impressed by the child's ________ complexion and generally heathy appearance.

Sanguine

2. CORRECT USAGE essential in a cover letter

Solecism

2. Is the expression "it is me" to be regarded as a(n) ________ or as an acceptable idiomatic form?

Solecism

8. Commits a FAUX PAS at every turn

Solecism

Their standards are so rigid and so devoid of a sense of proportion that they elevate every minor ________ to the level of a major crime.

Solecism

19. At the outset of World War II, Lithuania lost its sovereignty and became an unwilling ______ of the Soviet Union.

Vassal

4. Always had to obey the MASTER

Vassal

6. a MENIAL in the royal family's service

Vassal

As a _______ state, its citizens had few rights and were subject to others' whims.

Vassal

Compared to today's free agents, the ball players of yesteryear were practically the ______ of the team owners.

Vassals

18. No matter how fantastic and far-fetched the themes of Ray Bradbury's stories may be, he seems able to achieve an extraordinary effect of ____________.

Verisimilitude

Those later scenes, in the opinion of many critics, had so much self-conscious pathos that they lacked conviction and __________.

Verisimilitude

When light from the sun hits the surface of the pond, the light is _________ and then we see mysterious relflections on the placid water.

Polarized

11. A case of that type, which does not involve a federal law or constitutional issue, does not come within the ______ of the Supreme Court.

Purview

1. To APPRISE means to:

A. Make aware