TFY Ch2. Exercise

TFY Ch2
Quiz Page 62-63

1. FALSE When Frederick Douglas grasped the concept of abolition, he understood it was possible for him to become free.
2. TURE Words can be used to do a better or worse job of describing experiences but can be more than translations of the experiences themselves.
3. TURE A dictionary can help
 us think better when we use it to clear up word confustion.
4. TURE Definitions of word show the word’s boundaries.
5. FALSE Knowing the words for things helps us see them better.
6. FALSE We do not fully understand a word unless we can define it.
7. FALSE When people debate a topic, Understanding is greatly helped by their taking the time to define the key terms.
8. TURE Etymology gives us word histories.
9. FALSE Pocket dictionaries are sufficient guides for a critical study of word meanings.
10. TURE The word “ohm” comes from the Sanskrit language and means the sound of creation.
11. FALSE According to most dictionaries, there is more than one acceptable spelling of the word “cooperate”.
12. FALSE The term “French leave” means to say good-bye with a big kiss.
13. TURE The prefix in the words “insignificant” and “inflammable” means not in Latin.
14. TURE The following words all contain the sound called a “schwa:mass, polite, placement, bogus, visible.
15. FALSE The word nausea can be pronounced at least three different ways.
16. FALSE The word “round” can function as six different parts of speech: adjective, noun, transitive, and intransitive verb, adverb, and preposition.
17. FALSE “Egregious” comes from a Latin word meaning standing out from the head.
18. TURE The word “nadir” in the phases “the nadir of politics” means the highest point.
19. FALSE A “cogent” argument is a convincing one.
20. TURE The word “decimate” means to dice something up into pieces.