column a
____ 11. word: ______________
n. style; fashion; popularity
____ 12. word: ______________
n. a group of people within a larger group, usually causing conflict or disagreement; a selfish or quarrelsome group
____ 13. word: ______________
n. an analysis (especially of ore) to determine composition; v. to assess or put to a test; to attempt or try
____ 14. word: ______________
n. a trace of something bad or harmful, or of contamination or infection; v. to infect, corrupt, poison; to spoil; to besmear (someone’s name or reputation); to stain
____ 15. word: ______________
v. to move or extend in different directions from a common point; to differ in opinion
____ 16. word: ______________
adj. inborn, basic, native
____ 17. word: ______________
n. a long, narrow inlet of the sea, with steep cliffs rising alongside
____ 18. word: ______________
adj. never stopping or slackening; unceasing; constant
____ 19. word: ______________
v. to increase; to make greater; to enlarge
____ 20. word: ______________
v. to sink or fall to a lower level; to become less active; to wane
column b
(a) when john muir was twenty - two years old, his life began to diverge from the life of his family. he left the family farm and headed out in a new direction.
(b) he began his lifelong journey to augment both his own and other people’s understanding of the natural world.
(c) muir began to travel widely because he realized that the need to study nature was an inherent part of who he was; he could no more change his interest than he could change his eye color.
(d) muir wrote about the earth differently than another faction of authors did; he disagreed with those writers who saw nature as an enemy.
(e) he did, however, think nature was unforgiving when people made mistakes—something that must have made a lot of sense to people who had sailed through a narrow alaskan fiord and had seen the threatening cliffs that surrounded them.
(f) his reputation isn’t tainted today. people admire his dedication to preserving the land.
(g) muir also developed and tested scientific theories. by recording ice movements, he worked to assay his idea that the yosemite area had once been covered by a glacier.
(h) when he decided to embark on a campaign to save the yosemite area, muir was prepared for people’s resistance to his plan. he knew that such ideas were not in vogue.
(i) because of his unremitting commitment to preservation, even in the face of equally relentless cattle - men and ranchers, muir eventually triumphed.
(j) while objections to land preservation have not subsided today, muir serves as a role model for everyone who would continue to fight for nature.

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### Question 11
# Brief Explanations:
We match the definition "style; fashion; popularity" (noun) with the sentence in Column B that uses a related word. Sentence (H) has "in vogue", where "vogue" means fashion/popularity, so the word is "vogue" and it matches (H).
# Answer:
11. H (vogue)

### Question 12
# Brief Explanations:
The definition is "a group of people within a larger group, usually causing conflict...", which is "faction". Sentence (D) mentions "another faction of authors", so it matches (D).
# Answer:
12. D (faction)

### Question 13
# Brief Explanations:
The definition is "analysis (of ore) to determine composition; assess/test" (noun/verb). Sentence (G) has "assay his idea", so the word is "assay" and matches (G).
# Answer:
13. G (assay)

### Question 14
# Brief Explanations:
The definition is "trace of bad/harmful, infect/corrupt" (noun/verb). Sentence (F) has "tainted reputation", so the word is "taint" and matches (F).
# Answer:
14. F (taint)

### Question 15
# Brief Explanations:
The definition is "move in different directions from common point; differ in opinion" (verb). Sentence (A) has "diverge from the life", so the word is "diverge" and matches (A).
# Answer:
15. A (diverge)

### Question 16
# Brief Explanations:
The definition is "inborn, basic, native" (adjective). Sentence (C) has "inherent part", so the word is "inherent" and matches (C).
# Answer:
16. C (inherent)

### Question 17
# Brief Explanations:
The definition is "long, narrow inlet of sea with steep cliffs", which is "fiord" (or "fjord"). Sentence (E) has "Alaskan fiord", so it matches (E).
# Answer:
17. E (fiord)

### Question 18
# Brief Explanations:
The definition is "never stopping, unceasing" (adjective). Sentence (I) has "unremitting commitment", so the word is "unremitting" and matches (I).
# Answer:
18. I (unremitting)

### Question 19
# Brief Explanations:
The definition is "to increase, make greater" (verb). Sentence (B) has "augment both his own...", so the word is "augment" and matches (B).
# Answer:
19. B (augment)

### Question 20
# Brief Explanations:
The definition is "sink/fall to lower level, become less active" (verb). Sentence (J) has "objections... have not subsided", so the word is "subside" and matches (J).
# Answer:
20. J (subside)

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