WW Lesson 9

Question 1

The power to attract or charm.

Answer 1

Allure

Question 2

For many travelers the canals and winding streets of Venice have a particular _____.

Answer 2

Allure

Question 3

The ancient world, especially before the Middle Ages.

Answer 3

Antiquity

Question 4

Emperor Nero of Rome was one of the great despots of _____.

Answer 4

Antiquity

Question 5

The quality of great age.

Answer 5

Antiquity

Question 6

Only an expert can establish the _____ of these jeweled brooches.

Answer 6

antiquity

Question 7

Valuable objects from ancient times.

Answer 7

antiquities

Question 8

Among the Mayan _____ were several beaded masks.

Answer 8

antiquities

Question 9

To estimate the value of.

Answer 9

appraise

Question 10

A real-estate agent _____ the house across the street at $125,000.

Answer 10

appraised

Question 11

To form a judgment of; to evaluate.

Answer 11

appraise

Question 12

The foreman looked looked long and hard at the woman’s resume, _____, it carefully before offering her the job.

Answer 12

appraising

Question 13

To cling to or be faithful to.

Answer 13

cleave

Question 14

Many people _____ to their values of simplicity and self-sufficiency.

Answer 14

cleave

Question 15

To split with force or a sharp instrument.

Answer 15

cleave

Question 16

I _____ a chunk of wood from the block with an axe.

Answer 16

cleaved

Question 17

To make or become less in value.

Answer 17

depreciate

Question 18

Real estate in a good location can be a wise investment because it seldom _____.

Answer 18

depreciates.

Question 19

To represent as of little value; to belittle.

Answer 19

depreciate

Question 20

People who admire classical painters may _____ contemporary art.

Answer 20

depreciate

Question 21

Any of the many small, flat surfaces on a precious stone made by cutting.

Answer 21

facet

Question 22

The poorly cut ____ detract from the value of that emerald.

Answer 22

facets

Question 23

One of many sides or aspects of something.

Answer 23

facet

Question 24

We examined every ____ of the scheduling problem before proposing a solution.

Answer 24

facet

Question 25

An exact copy

Answer 25

facsimile

Question 26

Though the birth certificate was a _____ of the original, the detective could discern the difference

Answer 26

facsimile

Question 27

Incapable of being penetrated.

Answer 27

impervious

Question 28

We stayed dry in the downpour because our tent is _____ to rain.

Answer 28

impervious

Question 29

Not affected or disturbed by.

Answer 29

impervious

Question 30

His calm demeanor as he faced the huge the huge audience showed that he was _____ to stage fright, even though he’d never performed before.

Answer 30

impervious

Question 31

Hard to describe because of a lack of distinctive qualities or features.

Answer 31

nondescript

Question 32

I walked along the endless row of _____ houses looking for number 136.

Answer 32

nondescript

Question 33

A state of being in doubt about what to do.

Answer 33

quandary

Question 34

The lawyers were in a _____ about whether controversial material on the Internet is protected by the First Amendment.

Answer 34

quandary

Question 35

To lie at rest.

Answer 35

repose

Question 36

Until it was time to leave, I _____ in the hammock on the porch.

Answer 36

reposed

Question 37

To place (power, etc.) in some person or group.

Answer 37

repose

Question 38

The nation _____ its trust in the fairness of the federal court system.

Answer 38

reposes

Question 39

A state of rest or relaxation.

Answer 39

repose

Question 40

Juliet’s visage in ____ was serene

Answer 40

repose

Question 41

To flash or sparkle.

Answer 41

scintillate

Question 42

The mirrors on the revolving ball suspended from the ceiling _____ above the dancers.

Answer 42

scintillated

Question 43

Lively and witty

Answer 43

scintillate

Question 44

People often invited my father to dinner because his conversation was so _____.

Answer 44

scintillating

Question 45

To examine with great care.

Answer 45

scrutinize

Question 46

My parents ____ each line of my essay before I turned it in for the contest.

Answer 46

scrutinized

Question 47

Close examination

Answer 47

scrutiny

Question 48

The detective’s careful _____ of the crime scene helped solve the mystery.

Answer 48

scrutiny

Question 49

Not naturally produced; made by artificial processes.

Answer 49

synthetic

Question 50

Most cloth today is colored with _____ dyes.

Answer 50

synthetic

Question 51

To change the form or appearance of.

Answer 51

transmute

Question 52

In the fairy tale “Rumpelstiltskin,” the foolish miller claimed that his daughter could ____ straw into gold.

Answer 52

transmute