accelerated english help really hard please help?

Question

the underlined words in each group of sentences are synonyms for a Challenge word. however, the challenge can be used correctly in only 1 sentence, write the challenge word. then write the sentence in wich it can be used, using the challenge word in place of the synonym. you may want to use a class dictionary IT WAS A SUBSTITUTE GAVE IT TO US AT THE END OF CLASS DIDNT TEACH US ANYTHIN JUST WATCHED A MOVIE WT..... HERES CHALLENGE WORDS LIST, bountiful, adjoin, taut, turquoise, heirloom. heres questions
underlined word is 1 after sentence
1. A. the situation was tense. tense
b. her rigid rules made us uncomfortable. rigid
c. te man held the rope tight. tight

2. a. paul offered a lavish reward for the return of his cat. lavish
b.the farmer is grateful for the plentiful crops. plentiful
c.she gave a generous donation for various charities. generous

3!. a. janes to be continued

3.
a. janes inheritance was put into a trust fund. inheritance
b.paul's legacy is 60 acres. legacy
c. the ring was a treasured family possession. family possession

4. a.. a park and a school border our property. border

b. marcus will meet us by the front door at 5 p.m. meet
c.ana asked louis to connect the two plugs. connect im dying omg my eyes hurt so bad

Answer 1

1a.
b.
c. The man held the rope taut.

2 a.
b. The farmer is greatful for the bountiful crops.

3 C. The ring was a treasured family heirloom.

4. c. Ana asked louis to adjoin the two plugs.

Are you sure you've given all the available words? Thats all I've got from the words you've given!

Answer 2

This is a "look it up to learn what it means" type of assignment. You will probably want to use a theasarus to look up synonyms for the underlined words (words that mean the same thing or something very similar), then use the dictionary to check the exact meaning of the challenge word which is a common synonym to all three of the underlined words.

For the first one, you have three underlined words: Tense, Rigid, and Tight. These all other ways of saying TAUT, which is to say that something which is "taut" is also tense, rigid, and tight (they are synonyms for taut, so they will be listed in the thesaurus under taut). But "taut" specifically means to be held under tension, so it can only really be used properly in sentence (c) -- The man held the rope taut.

The rest of the assignment works the same way -- "lavish," "plentiful," and "generous" are all ways of saying "bountiful," but "bountiful" can only be used properly in one of those three sentences (the dictionary will tell you which one is correct).

If you don't have a thesarus available, but do have a dictionary, you can look up each of the challenge words and each of the underlined words in order to find out what each means.

Also, don't orget there are lots of online dictionaries and thesaruses (since obviously you are on a computer). You can just type in "definition of rigid" or "synonyms for tight" for example into the search box for Yahoo! or whatever your home page is, and they will come up.

Answer 3

Here's what I would say:
1. Taut - The man held the rope taut.

2. Bountiful - The farmer is grateful for the bountiful crops.

3. Heirloom - The ring was a treasured family heirloom.

4. Adjoin - A park and a school adjoin our property.

Answer 4

The only one you don't seem to have and answer for is turquoise which can either be a colour(blue) or a stone(gemstone?)



Turquoise

Ancient and yet always at the height of current fashion: that is Turquoise for you. Its brilliant sky-blue belongs to the all-time favourite trend colours in the world of fashion and jewellery.

In many cultures of the Old and New World this gemstone has for thousands of years been appreciated as a holy stone, a good-luck-charm or a talisman. It is a virtual "peoples’ gemstone”. The oldest proof for this lies in Egypt, where in tombs from the period around 3000 B.C. there were found artefacts set with Turquoise. In the ancient Persian Kingdom the sky-blue gemstones were originally worn around the neck or on the hand as protection to ward off unnatural death. If the stones changed their colour, there was an imminent danger for the wearer. However, in the meantime it has been uncovered that Turquoises may in fact change their colour, but this reaction is not necessarily an indication of danger impending. The reason for the colour change is rather the influence of light, cosmetic products, dust or even the ph-value of the skin, which may all trigger off chemical responses.

Answer 5

You need to learn how to use a thesaurus. You can find one online at http://thesaurus.reference.com/

Just look up the underlined words, and you'll find which challenge word is synonymous.

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