Question

1 ambiguous (am - bigyoo - as) - adjective ambiguous means the portrait known as the \mona lisa\ is famous for the womans ambiguous expression. is she smiling or not? lee left an ambiguous message on my answering machine: \meet me at twelve oclock.\ i couldnt tell whether he meant noon or midnight. a. unclear. b. unintentional. c. unpleasant. 2 dissident (disa - dant) - noun dissident means some dissidents in the catholic church favor such changes as allowing women to be priests and allowing priests to marry. in a dictatorship, dissidents are not tolerated. people who speak out against the government may be imprisoned or even executed. a. a rebel. b. a dishonest person. c. a foolish person. 3 embellish (em - belish) - verb embellish means lauren embellished the door of her locker with postcards from her friends and photos of her cats. the cover of the biology textbook was embellished with a pattern of colorful seashells. a. to hide. b. to decorate. c. to damage. 4 fritter (fritar) - verb fritter away means i thought my little sister would fritter away her entire allowance on m&ms, but instead of wasting her money, she put it in her piggy bank. vince fritters away both his time and his money playing game after game in video arcades. a. to earn. b. to count. c. to waste. 5 inadvertent (in - ad - vurtnt) - adjective inadvertent means alexander flemings discovery of penicillin was inadvertent. he forgot to cover a dish of bacteria, and some mold got into it. the next day, fleming found that the mold had killed the bacteria. the final draft of nancys paper was shorter than the previous version, but this was inadvertent. she had accidentally deleted an entire page without realizing it. a. not required. b. not finished. c. not intended.

Explanation:

1. In the first example, the "Mona Lisa" expression is unclear and the message is hard - to - understand, so "ambiguous" means unclear.
2. Dissidents in the examples are people who oppose the status - quo in the Catholic church and in a dictatorship, so they are rebels.
3. Examples show using postcards and seashells to decorate, so "embellish" means to decorate.
4. The examples talk about wasting money and time, so "fritter away" means to waste.
5. The discovery of penicillin and the deletion of a page were not on purpose, so "inadvertent" means not intended.

Answer:

1. a. unclear
2. a. a rebel
3. b. to decorate
4. c. to waste
5. c. not intended