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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
- Langue
makes communication possible; without it we could not process and understand
each other's utterances.
- Carla's next film
will be a retrospective documentary about her favorite sculptor's
work.
- 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.
- Critics have
relentlessly maligned the mayor since rumors of bribery surfaced,
even though she has successfully revitalized the downtown shopping district.
- "The two men in
question were in the vicinity of an erne's nest on Mull in March last
year…”
- 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.
- Having to work on
the project together only increased the enmity between Ralph and
Debra, who had never gotten along.
- In an effort to
impress his date, Adam ordered the most expensive items on the menu, then
was aghast when the bill arrived.
- The article, a
pasquinade mocking the proposed education reform, generated a lot of
mail from readers.
- Colette was amazed
the Ryan could remain so nonchalant after being informed that he had
wont the scholarship.
- The author scored a
publishing hat trick, writing three best sellers in a row.
- Although some
medical experts denigrate the new technology others believe that the
experimental results have been quite promising.
- 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.
- “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.
- Andrew’s interest in
vaudeville can be traced to his grandparents, who met as performers
in the 1920s.
- The antique mirror
had tiny imbricate gold squares around its edge.
- Anna, a skiing
neophyte, stayed on the bunny slope while her friends went up the
mountain.
- The horror movie is
sanguineous remake of an old classic.
- 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.
- The reticulate
pattern of the veins should help you identify the plant by its leaves.
- The monastery’s
gargoyles had supposedly been modeled on the faces of monks who had
formerly resided there.
- 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.
- “I found myself, at
three a.m. on a dark November night, haring in a rented car through
the Irish countryside…”
- “This early
promotion…was his guerdon for a quarter of a century of getting
things done.”
- “After driving for
days,” wrote Marisol, “we finally caught sight of the Rocky Mountains,
rising above the horizon like a fata morgana.
- Clarke has a
remarkable gift for drawing, but unless he applies himself, he’ll always be
an artist manqué.
- Donations from
Maecenases of Yiddish literature have greatly enriched the library’s
collection.
- The clerk tried his
best to mollify the irate customer.