Question

dr. heidegger’s experiment, continued
part b directions each item has three underlined words. above or below
each underlined word, write the correct synonym from
the word bank. you will use the synonym old twice
and the synonym drink three times.
word bank
beggar drink feebleness hug old scatters truthful
blush dulled flirting leaves popularity scolding various
bubbling erases gladly magician respectful takes wasted
decorated face gold nervous sadly trick

1. colonel killigrew has divers (diverse) problems, and mr. medbourne is

little better than a poor mendicant. their wrinkles make them look venerable.

1. dr. heidegger’s study is festooned with cobwebs. the gilt frame of his mirror is tarnished.
2. the veracious doctor had been engaged long before. a faded picture holds the visage

of his fiancée, but no conjurer can bring her back to life.

1. the doctor does not try a deception on his friends. the foliage of the rose really does

change as it begins to imbibe the water in the vase.

1. the effervescent water diffuses a perfume in the air. the group of three decrepit men

and one aged woman drink it.

1. soon, a healthy suffusion appears on their cheeks. they feel tremulous and young

again and quickly have another draught of the wonderful liquid.

1. using words in vogue fifty years before, one speaks in a deferential tone as if to

superiors. soon the liquid effaces their wrinkles and gray hair.

1. their infirmity disappears, and they mirthfully begin to quaff more of the liquid.

how wonderful to be young again!

1. widow wycherly practices coquetry. as the three men embrace her and with her

chiding them, they begin to struggle for her attention.

1. as they fight, they break the vase of water and dolefully look at themselves. they

have lavished the water on the ground, and now age confiscates their youth again.

Explanation:

This problem is about finding synonyms for underlined words from a word bank. Let's solve item 11 as an example. For "divers (diverse)", the synonym from the word bank is "various" (matches the meaning of diverse). For "mendicant", the synonym is "beggar" (both mean a poor person asking for alms). For "venerable", the synonym is "old" (venerable can relate to being old and respected, and we use "old" twice as per instructions).

For other items, we follow the same logic: match the underlined word's meaning to a word in the bank. For example, in item 12: "festooned" - "decorated" (both mean adorned), "gilt" - "gold" (gilt is gold - colored), "tarnished" - "dulled" (tarnish dulls the appearance).

In item 13: "veracious" - "truthful" (both mean honest), "visage" - "face" (visage is a face), "conjurer" - "magician" (both are people who do magic).

Item 14: "deception" - "trick" (deception is a trick), "foliage" - "leaves" (foliage is plant leaves), "imbibe" - "drink" (imbibe means to drink, and we use "drink" three times).

Item 15: "effervescent" - "bubbling" (effervescent means bubbly), "diffuses" - "scatters" (diffuse/scatter a perfume), "decrepit" - "old" (decrepit means old and worn out, second use of "old").

Item 16: "suffusion" - "blush" (suffusion on cheeks is a blush), "tremulous" - "nervous" (tremulous means nervous/trembling), "draught" - "drink" (draught is a drink, third use of "drink").

Item 17: "vogue" - "popularity" (in vogue means popular), "deferential" - "respectful" (deferential is respectful), "effaces" - "erases" (efface means erase).

Item 18: "infirmity" - "feebleness" (infirmity is a weakness/feebleness), "mirthfully" - "gladly" (mirthfully means gladly/happily), "quaff" - "drink" (quaff is to drink, but we already used "drink" three times? Wait, no, item 16 used the third "drink", so maybe I miscounted. Wait, the instructions say "use the synonym old twice and drink three times". Let's recheck: item 11 (old), item 15 (old) – two times. Item 14 (drink), item 16 (drink), and another? Wait item 18: "quaff" – maybe I made a mistake earlier. Let's correct: item 14: imbibe - drink (1), item 16: draught - drink (2), item 18: quaff - drink (3). Yes, that's three.

Item 19: "coquetry" - "flirting" (coquetry is flirting), "embrace" - "hug" (embrace is a hug), "chiding" - "scolding" (chiding is scolding).

Item 20: "dolefully" - "sadly" (dolefully means sadly), "lavished" - "wasted" (lavished the water, wasted it), "confiscates" - "takes" (confiscate means take away).

Answer:

Item 11:

• divers (diverse) → various
• mendicant → beggar
• venerable → old

Item 12:

• festooned → decorated
• gilt → gold
• tarnished → dulled

Item 13:

• veracious → truthful
• visage → face
• conjurer → magician

Item 14:

• deception → trick
• foliage → leaves
• imbibe → drink

Item 15:

• effervescent → bubbling
• diffuses → scatters
• decrepit → old

Item 16:

• suffusion → blush
• tremulous → nervous
• draught → drink

Item 17:

• vogue → popularity
• deferential → respectful
• effaces → erases

Item 18:

• infirmity → feebleness
• mirthfully → gladly
• quaff → drink

Item 19:

• coquetry → flirting
• embrace → hug
• chiding → scolding

Item 20:

• dolefully → sadly
• lavished → wasted
• confiscates → takes