Name:_______________                                                   Date:___________

Class: E7                                                                               Score:___

 

Quiz #2 Answer Sheet

 

Word Bank:

 

Maecenas, fata morgana, sanguineous, gargoyle, malign, erne, langue, fervid, neophyte, aghast, gossamer, pasquinade, nonchalant, denigrate, mollify, argentiferous, jerkwater, vaudeville, retrospective, paradox, imbricate, warison, reticulate, hare, guerdon, hat trick, manqué, enmity

 

  1. Langue makes communication possible; without it we could not process and understand each other's utterances.

 

  1. Carla's next film will be a retrospective documentary about her favorite sculptor's work.

 

  1. They had to face the paradox that their family, which was the source of so much love and affection, could also be the source of great hurt and pain.

 

  1.  Critics have relentlessly maligned the mayor since rumors of bribery surfaced, even though she has successfully revitalized the downtown shopping district.

 

  1. "The two men in question were in the vicinity of an erne's nest on Mull in March last year…”

 

  1.  Jennie was such a fervid supporter of the proposed law that she drove all the way to Washington to demonstrate in favor of its passage.

 

  1.  Having to work on the project together only increased the enmity between Ralph and Debra, who had never gotten along.

 

  1.  In an effort to impress his date, Adam ordered the most expensive items on the menu, then was aghast when the bill arrived.

 

  1. The article, a pasquinade mocking the proposed education reform, generated a lot of mail from readers.

 

  1.  Colette was amazed the Ryan could remain so nonchalant after being informed that he had wont the scholarship.

 

  1.  The author scored a publishing hat trick, writing three best sellers in a row.

 

  1.  Although some medical experts denigrate the new technology others believe that the experimental results have been quite promising.

 

  1.  The mineral galena, which is common in the Mississippi River Valley, is often argentiferous and so is sometimes mined for silver as well as for lead.

 

  1.  “We’re stranded in some jerkwater town in the middle of nowhere,” said Larry when he called to tell us that the car’s engine had blown.

 

  1.  Andrew’s interest in vaudeville can be traced to his grandparents, who met as performers in the 1920s.

 

  1.  The antique mirror had tiny imbricate gold squares around its edge.

 

  1.  Anna, a skiing neophyte, stayed on the bunny slope while her friends went up the mountain.

 

  1.  The horror movie is sanguineous remake of an old classic.

 

  1.  The soldiers stood alert at their posts, as per their commander’s orders, listening for the warison that would instruct them to advance into enemy territory.

 

  1.  The reticulate pattern of the veins should help you identify the plant by its leaves.

 

  1.  The monastery’s gargoyles had supposedly been modeled on the faces of monks who had formerly resided there.

 

  1. The early morning mists formed gossamer trails through the valley , their frail beauty a stark contrast to the dark, forbidding forest that loomed behind them.

 

  1.  “I found myself, at three a.m. on a dark November night, haring in a rented car through the Irish countryside…”

 

  1.  “This early promotion…was his guerdon for a quarter of a century of getting things done.”

 

  1.  “After driving for days,” wrote Marisol, “we finally caught sight of the Rocky Mountains, rising above the horizon like a fata morgana.

 

  1.  Clarke has a remarkable gift for drawing, but unless he applies himself, he’ll always be an artist manqué.

 

  1.  Donations from Maecenases of Yiddish literature have greatly enriched the library’s collection.

 

  1.  The clerk tried his best to mollify the irate customer.