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Wordsearch 7

Using the clues listed below, fill in each blank in the following story with one of the new words you learned this week.

The Reading of the Will

One full week after the funeral, the immediate family of millionaire Charles Hudson was gathered in a law office to hear the reading of the deceased's will. Mr. Hudson's wife, thirty years his junior, was prepared for a bitter

__________ with his former wife and her son. The lawyer, Don Rollins, anticipated a __________ session

because he was the only one who was __________ of the contents of the revised will that Hudson had ordered drawn up six months prior to his death.

The current Mrs. Hudson, attired in her smart widow's weeds, expected that she would receive the lion's share of the estate. The former Mrs. Hudson felt that she was entitled to most of the estate since she was practically

__________ at the present time, despite her substantial alimony payments. Lawyer Rollins cleared his throat and began to read:

"To my present spouse I leave my town house where she can continue to store the jewels, shoes, dresses, and furs she accumulated in two years of shopping and marriage.

"To my son, who has put off finding a career until my estate would enrich him, I leave the sum of ten dollars for cab fare to the unemployment office.

"To my former wife whose __________ behavior I tolerated for three decades, I leave my beach house where she can continue to work on her tan, something that she prized above our happiness.

"To the Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals I leave the remainder of my entire estate, knowing they will put it to better use than anyone in this room."

The lawyer was wrong. No outcries. Silence, supreme silence, reigned among the shocked audience. Clues

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8th Week

1st Day

New Words

sangk′ chü er′ i

Enter Dr. Thomas A. Dooley

In 1956, Look Magazine named Thomas Dooley as one of the year's ten most outstanding men. Just under thirty years of age at the time, Dr. Dooley had already distinguished himself by caring for a half-million sick and emaciated Vietnamese refugees. When fighting broke out in the divided country of Viet Nam, the northern Communist Viet Minh forces surged southward, scattering thousands of refugees before them. At the time, Dr. Dooley was a lieutenant, assigned to a tranquil naval hospital in Yokosuka, Japan. Forthwith* he volunteered for duty on a navy ship that had been chosen to transport the refugees to sanctuary in Saigon. The curtain was beginning to ascend on Dooley's real career.

Sample Sentences

Use the new words in the following sentences.

1.The __________ residents of the Warsaw Ghetto managed to win several skirmishes* from the Nazis.

2.A firecracker terminated* the __________ climate of the neighborhood.

3.When Richard III violated the __________ of the church to seize the princes, he exceeded his jurisdiction.*

4.Chicago put its heaviest players up front, but they were helpless as the Giants' line __________ toward them.

5.Inexorably* the determined climber began to __________ the Himalayan peak.

Definitions

Match the new words with their meanings.

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2nd Day

New Words

Dooley's Mission

Aboard the refugee ship, Dooley's destiny took shape. He became painfully cognizant* of the malnutrition, disease, ignorance, and fear that afflicted the natives. In addition, he discerned* how active the Communists had been in spreading their anti-American propaganda. Tom Dooley pitched in to build shelters in Haiphong, and to comfort the poor Vietnamese there before that besieged city fell to the powerful Viet Minh forces. He was seemingly unconcerned by the many privations he had to endure. For his services, Dooley received the U.S. Navy's Legion of Merit. He told the story of this exciting experience in Deliver Us from Evil, a best seller that alerted America to the plight of the Vietnamese as well as to the sinister menace of communism.

Sample Sentences

Use the new words in the following sentences.

1.The stool pigeon, the detective's confidant,* told him about the __________ plot.

2.By running up a white flag, the __________ troops indicated their desire to withdraw from the fray.*

3.Citizens of several Kentucky mountain communities are __________ by the worst poverty in the nation.

4.The emaciated* prisoners were obviously suffering from advanced __________.

5.Albert Schweitzer endured considerable __________ as a jungle doctor.

Definitions

Match the new words with their meanings.