1. Unit Four: Chapter 19 benign glib blasé haughty comprise libel condescend pseudonym facaderedundant

2. TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT Choose the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. 1 benign Benign means A. realistic. B. kindhearted. C. bored. – adjective Finding a stranger on our doorstep startled me, but the benign expression on his face told me not to worry. Gorilla mothers, usually loving and benign, have been known to attack their babies if they are put in the same cage.

3. TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT Choose the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. 1 benign Benign means A. realistic. B. kindhearted. C. bored. – adjective Finding a stranger on our doorstep startled me, but the benign expression on his face told me not to worry. Gorilla mothers, usually loving and benign, have been known to attack their babies if they are put in the same cage. A kindhearted expression would tell a person not to worry. If it is surprising that gorilla mothers attack their babies, they must usually be loving and kindhearted.

4. TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT Choose the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. 2 blasé – adjective Blasé means A. unexcited. B. obvious. C. repetitive. The new staff members were enthusiastic at the weekly meetings, but the old-timers were pretty blasé. No matter how many games I see, I will never become blasé about baseball. Each game is new and exciting to me.

5. TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT Choose the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. 2 blasé – adjective Blasé means A. unexcited. B. obvious. C. repetitive. The new staff members were enthusiastic at the weekly meetings, but the old-timers were pretty blasé. No matter how many games I see, I will never become blasé about baseball. Each game is new and exciting to me. In contrast with the new staff members being enthusiastic, the old- timers are pretty unexcited by the weekly meetings. If each game is new and exiting, the person will never become unexcited about baseball.

6. TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT Choose the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. 3 comprise The United Kingdom comprises England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Saliva comprises about sixty ingredients, including minerals that help repair tooth enamel. – verb Comprise means A. to cause. B. to reveal. C. to be made up of.

7. TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT Choose the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. 3 comprise The United Kingdom comprises England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Saliva comprises about sixty ingredients, including minerals that help repair tooth enamel. – verb Comprise means A. to cause. B. to reveal. C. to be made up of. The United Kingdom is made up of the countries listed. Saliva is made up of about sixty ingredients.

8. TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT The snobby millionaire wouldn’t condescend to associate with anyone who wasn’t also rich. Although everyone else in the office took turns making coffee, Bill would not condescend to perform “such a lowly task.” 4 condescend Choose the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. Condescend means A. to lower oneself. B. to dare something frightening. C. to remember. – verb

9. TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT The snobby millionaire wouldn’t condescend to associate with anyone who wasn’t also rich. Although everyone else in the office took turns making coffee, Bill would not condescend to perform “such a lowly task.” 4 condescend Choose the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. Condescend means A. to lower oneself. B. to dare something frightening. C. to remember. – verb In order to associate with someone less rich, the snobby millionaire would have to lower himself. In the second item, the words such a lowly task suggest that condescend means “to lower oneself.”

10. TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT Choose the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. Facade means A. an inside. B. a top. C. a front. 5 facade – noun The facade of the old department store was cleaned this summer. Now the store’s brick front is an inviting bright orange-red. The facade of the hotel—facing Main Street—has marble, but the sides and back were made of steel. The facade of a cathedral

11. TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT Choose the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. Facade means A. an inside. B. a top. C. a front. 5 facade – noun The facade of the old department store was cleaned this summer. Now the store’s brick front is an inviting bright orange-red. The facade of the hotel—facing Main Street—has marble, but the sides and back were made of steel. In the first item, the word front tells you the meaning of facade. In the second item, if the back and the sides of the hotel are made of steel, the marble part must be the front. The facade of a cathedral

12. TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT Choose the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. Glib means A. bored. B. strict. C. smooth. Always ready with a slick promise, the glib politician smoothly talked his way into being re-elected. Jerome thought his conversation would impress Sofia, but she found it glib and insincere. 6 glib – adjective

13. TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT Choose the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. Glib means A. bored. B. strict. C. smooth. Always ready with a slick promise, the glib politician smoothly talked his way into being re-elected. Jerome thought his conversation would impress Sofia, but she found it glib and insincere. 6 glib – adjective In the first item, the words slick and smoothly suggest that glib means “smooth.” In the second item, Sofia finds Jerome’s conversation smooth and insincere.

14. TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT Choose the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. Haughty means A. snobbish. B. angry. C. wordy. The Smiths acted as though they were better than anybody else. Not surprisingly, their haughty manner made them unpopular with their neighbors. After being promoted to manager, Gil was haughty with his old office buddies, saying he now had more important things to do than waste time with them. 7 haughty – adjective

15. TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT Choose the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. Haughty means A. snobbish. B. angry. C. wordy. The Smiths acted as though they were better than anybody else. Not surprisingly, their haughty manner made them unpopular with their neighbors. After being promoted to manager, Gil was haughty with his old office buddies, saying he now had more important things to do than waste time with them. 7 haughty – adjective If the Smiths acted as though they were better than anyone else, they were snobbish. As described in the second item, Gil’s attitude toward his old office buddies is snobbish.

16. TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT Choose the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. Libel means A. a false name. B. a printed falsehood. C. a repeated expression. When Nick saw his name listed in the article as a gang member, he was furious. “That’s libel!” he yelled. “How dare they print such a lie about me?” Many magazine editors double-check the facts they publish about a person. Then, if they are accused of libel, they can prove that they stated the truth. 8 libel – noun

17. TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT Choose the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. Libel means A. a false name. B. a printed falsehood. C. a repeated expression. When Nick saw his name listed in the article as a gang member, he was furious. “That’s libel!” he yelled. “How dare they print such a lie about me?” Many magazine editors double-check the facts they publish about a person. Then, if they are accused of libel, they can prove that they stated the truth. 8 libel – noun The words print such a lie suggest that libel is a printed falsehood. If magazine editors double-check the facts, they must want protect themselves against charges of having printed falsehoods in their publications.

18. TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT Choose the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. Pseudonym means A. a weak vocabulary. B. a personal experience. C. a false name. When writing a personal story for a family magazine, Bev used a pseudonym. She didn’t want everyone in town to know about her problems. The author Stephen King uses a pseudonym on some of his books so readers won’t be aware that so many of the horror novels on the market are his. 9 pseudonym – noun

19. TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT Choose the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. Pseudonym means A. a weak vocabulary. B. a personal experience. C. a false name. When writing a personal story for a family magazine, Bev used a pseudonym. She didn’t want everyone in town to know about her problems. The author Stephen King uses a pseudonym on some of his books so readers won’t be aware that so many of the horror novels on the market are his. 9 pseudonym – noun If Bev didn’t want anyone to know about her problems, she would write the story under a false name. If Stephen King doesn’t want readers to know he wrote some of his books, he would use a false name.

20. TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT Choose the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. Redundant means A. grammatical. B. proud. C. repetitious. 10 redundant The TV ad for a headache medicine was so redundant that it gave me a headache! The name of the product was repeated at least a dozen times. The teacher wrote “redundant” in several spots in the essay where Eric had repeated a point or used extra, unneeded words. – adjective

21. TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT Choose the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. Redundant means A. grammatical. B. proud. C. repetitious. 10 redundant The TV ad for a headache medicine was so redundant that it gave me a headache! The name of the product was repeated at least a dozen times. The teacher wrote “redundant” in several spots in the essay where Eric had repeated a point or used extra, unneeded words. – adjective If the name of the product was repeated a dozen times, the ad was repetitious. In the second item, the word repeated tells you that redundant means “repetitious.”