Question

use the dictionary entry for crude to answer the question.
crude
crude krūd adj
from latin crudus

1. the quality of being unchanged from the original state
2. the quality of being primitive or uncultured
3. the quality of being blunt or offensive
4. the quality of being rough in execution

which of these sentences correctly use the word crude as it is defined? select three answers.
□ despite their hard work, the miners were only able to find a small amount of crude minerals in the mine they were excavating.
□ kenzo became much more polite and crude after the teacher spoke to his parents about how poorly he had been behaving in class.
□ the architect drew a crude sketch of his designs to give his clients a general idea of what he wanted to build.
□ the audience booed the comedian off the stage because his crude jokes were very inappropriate.
□ the baker decorated the wedding cake with flowers made of sugar that were so crude that they looked like

Explanation:

1. For the first sentence: "crude minerals" matches definition 1 (unchanged from original state, unprocessed).
2. For the second sentence: "polite and crude" are contradictory; this is incorrect usage.
3. For the third sentence: "crude sketch" matches definition 4 (rough in execution, unrefined).
4. For the fourth sentence: "crude jokes" matches definition 3 (blunt/offensive, inappropriate).
5. For the fifth sentence: The description implies the sugar flowers look like real flowers, which contradicts the meaning of "crude" (rough/unrefined); this is incorrect usage.

Answer:

• Despite their hard work, the miners were only able to find a small amount of crude minerals in the mine they were excavating.
• The architect drew a crude sketch of his designs to give his clients a general idea of what he wanted to build.
• The audience booed the comedian off the stage because his crude jokes were very inappropriate.