Wordly Wise 3000
Book 12
Lesson 8
8A
1. C
2. A cetacean is a kind of marine mammal.
3. C
4. An appurtenance is an accessory.
5. C
6. C
7. C
8. To purvey something is to supply it.
9. To decry something is to express disapproval if it.
10.
Misapprehension is misconception.
11.
A leviathan is herculean in size.
12.
To abrogate a treaty is to revoke it.
13.
C
14.
C
15.
A waiver is documentation showing that a claim has
been forgone.
8B
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
8C
a. leviathan, c. leviathan
b. purvey, c. purvey
b. bivouac, c. bivouac
a. cetacean, b. cetacean
a. abrogate
a. recourse, b. recourse
b. misapprehend, c. misapprehend
b. mawkish
1. dissemble, to conceal with intent to deceive
2. egregious, conspicuously bad
3. amorphous, shapeless
4. endemic, widespread within an area or region
5. genealogy, the study of a family’s history
6. microcosm, a miniature world
7. interloper, one who intrudes on the affairs of others
8. dichotomy, division into two distinct parts
9. precursor, a forerunner
10.
presentiment, a feeling that something is about to
happen
8D
1. a
2. a, c
3. a, c
4. a, b, c
5. NONE
6. a
7. a
8. b, c
9. a, b, c
10.
b