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3rd Day

New Words

dis trôt′

Star Player Is Caught

The cheating scandal came to a head when Art Krause, our football captain, made the egregious mistake of getting caught cheating on a midterm exam. If Art were suspended for his part in that sordid* affair, our chances for winning the city championship would go up in smoke.* The distraught coach asked the principal to overlook Art's duplicity, but Mr. Dorsey replied in an acrimonious fashion that the players had been given ''a plethora" of athletic instruction but a paucity of moral guidance."

Sample Sentences

Use the new words in the following sentences.

1.The bank teller's __________ error was difficult to correct.

2.We tried to ignore her __________ comments, but that took considerable restraint.

3.__________ is the stock in trade of all adroit* counterspies.

4.Although it was a creative writing class, the teacher complained about the __________ of talent there.

5.The soldiers were __________ to learn that their furloughs had been canceled.

Definitions

Match the new words with their meanings.

Today's Idiom

to pass the buckto evade responsibility (the "buck" may have been a piece of buckshot passed from one poker player to another to keep track of whose turn it was to deal)

He always gives me a straight answer and never tries to pass the buck.

Answers are on Page 306

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4th Day

New Words

i lis′ it

Our Pyrrhic Victory*

Mr. Dorsey summoned a representative group of teachers and student leaders to his office in order to elicit their reactions to the suspension of the football captain. He told them that cheating was a pernicious disease that could not be tolerated at our school. He loathed* having to discipline Art Krause so severely, but unless strict measures were taken, the student body would construe the incident as an open invitation to cheat with impunity. "We may lose a football game," the principal said, "but we can salvage our selfrespect."

Sample Sentences

Use the new words in the following sentences.

1.The border guards allowed the doctor to cross the frontier with __________.

2.It isn't easy to __________ answers from a sleepy class on Monday morning.

3.Dentists appreciate patients who can __________ pain.

4.She hoped that we would not __________ her decision to run for office as a thirst for power.

5.The dictator's __________ rules failed to intimidate* the leaders of the underground. Definitions

Place the letter of the correct definition in the blank next to the new vocabulary word.

Today's Idiom

to lionize a personto make a big fuss over someone (the lions at the Tower of London were considered its main attraction) When the famous poet Dylan Thomas visited the United States, he was lionized wherever he lectured.

Answers are on Page 306

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5th Day Review

Congratulations! You have covered the first one hundred words in the book. With the same diligence you should be able to tackle the remaining work and to master most of the challenging words.

Take the following quiz by matching the best possible definition with the word you have studied. Write the letter that stands for that definition in the appropriate answer space.