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30 Chapter 1 Words About People5. What an affluent, gauche person might saya. I would be happy to pay for dinner. b. Can you lend me a dollarto buy food? c. I have more money than all of you together!Chapter Exercises■ Practicing Strategies: Using the DictionaryRead the dictionary entries and answer the questions. These examples aretaken both from online and print sources.flor ● idADJECTIVE:ETYMOLOGY:OTHER FORMS: flôr˘d,flŏr- KEY1. Flushed with rosy color; ruddy. 2. Very ornate;flowery: a florid prose style. 3. Archaic Healthy.4. Obsolete Abounding in or covered with flowers.French floride, from Latin flōridus, from flōs, flōr-,flower.flo ● ridi ● ty (flß-r˘d˘-tè, flô-) KEY or florid ● ness —NOUNflorid ● ly —ADVERB1. Write the numbers of two meanings of florid that are no longer used.2. Which syllable of florid is stressed in pronunciation?3. What nouns are related to florid?4. From which language did florid enter English?Main Entry: be ● he ● moth )) ))Pronunciation: \b˘-'hè-mßth, 'bè-ß-mßth\Function: nounUsage: often attributiveEtymology: Middle English, from Late Latin, from Hebrew bĕhēmōthDate: 14th century1. often capitalized: a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an exampleof the power of God2. something of monstrous size, power, or appearance a behemoth truck5. In total, how many ways can the first e in behemoth be pronounced?Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.6. In which language did behemoth originate?