Question

Use the dictionary entry for crude to answer the question.

crude

crude [‘krüd] 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 real flowers.

Answer 1

Correct answers: 1, 3, and 4.

- Sentence 1: "crude minerals" = raw/unchanged (definition 1).
- Sentence 3: a "crude sketch" = rough in execution (definition 4).
- Sentence 4: "crude jokes" = blunt/offensive (definition 3).

Sentences 2 and 5 misuse the word (2 is contradictory; 5 implies the flowers looked real, which contradicts "crude").