Wordly Wise Book 11 Lesson 6

Visit the Herbert and Dorothy Vogel rooms at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. The collection on display is the ___ gift of two New Yorkers

• munificent

• expound

• epigram

• intrinsic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The Vogels were ordinary middle-class New Yorkers. What sets them apart is that they ___ their hunger for fine art by becoming collectors.

• intrinsic

• expounded

• assuaged

• munificient

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

It was their love of art that brought Herbert and Dorothy together. Each recognized something ___ in the other person that drew them to each other.

• eclectic

• nascent

• inveterate

• intrinsic

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Herbert Vogel lived an ordinary life except for one extraordinary thing. His motto might have been "Collect art like a ___ on a mail carrier's salary."

• mogul

• convivial

• perspicacious

• propitious

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The Vogels bought most of their works from artists who were exploring and inventing new paths in art. Art on the cutting edge is ___ to most people.

• avuncular

• anathama

• munificient

• propitious

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

There's a reason why experimental art appeals to just a few. Most people have an ___ suspicion of the new and unfamiliar.

• inveterate

• convivial

• epigram

• philistine

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Spending half of their income on the art left little over to raise a family. Perhaps Herbert had nephews and nieces, since he is described as ___.

• anathama

• philistine

• eclectic

• avuncular

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Herbert frequented the cafes in Greenwich Village where artists hung out. The ___ atmosphere there stimulated discussion and even argument.

• munificient

• convivial

• eclectic

• perspicacious

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

"Do we love it, and can we afford it, and do we have room for it?" These are the three criteria the Vogels use, and this accounts for the ___ nature of their collection.

• propitious

• intrinsic

• eclectic

• nascent

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The Voguls follow this simple philosophy religiously. They have no fancy theories to ___ on the nature of art of why people feel the urge to collect it.

• expound

• epigram

• mogul

• assuage

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E