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Wordsearch 9
Using the clues listed below, fill in each blank in the following story with one of the new words you learned this week.
This Century's Deadliest Disease
When the American public started to hear about the AIDS virus in the 1980s, there was a measure of concern but no real alarm. After all, some said, it was a problem solely for a small group of intravenous drug users who shared dirty needles, and for the homosexual community.
But as the numbers of afflicted people grew during the 1980s and 1990s, we began to 
__________ the tragic news stories more closely. The deaths of young people like Ryan White and Kimberly Bergalis, not members of the
at-risk groups referred to above, convinced us that what was at first regarded merely as a 
__________ illness was actually a 
__________ threat to the general community.
In the mid-1980s, 
__________ medical researchers were optimistic that a vaccine for AIDS would be found in short order. Those predictions proved to be inaccurate. In October 1992, former Surgeon-General C. Everett Koop said that he doubted we would ever find a cure for the disease. With over 200,000 Americans already having
succumbed to the 
__________ killer, and another 300,000 who were HIV-positive and could contract a fullblown form of AIDS, Koop's statement sent chills throughout the country.
A prominent AIDS expert, however, took issue with Koop. ''The fight will be difficult," said Dr. Harley Smith, "but we will find an answer before the end of the 20th century."
Clues
4th Day
4th Day
2nd Day
3rd Day
4th Day
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10th Week 1st Day
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inclement |
peruse |
premonition |
desist |
recoil |
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di zist′ |
ri koil′ |
Jerry Hart's Sixth Sense
An uneasy feeling had made Jerry Hart miserable all day long. It was difficult to explain, but the similar sensations in the past had been accuratetrouble was on the way. Just as some people can predict the onset of inclement weather because of an aching in their bones, so could Jerry detect incipient* disaster. He sat at his desk, trying to peruse a company report but his efforts were ineffectual.* The gnawing at his insides, the tinge* of uneasiness, the premonition of calamity that besieged* him would not desist. When the phone rang, he recoiled with fearit was his wife and she was hysterical. Their son had been bitten by a mad dog!
Sample Sentences
Use the new words in the following sentences.
1.After being admonished* by his father, he began to __________ the want ads daily.
2.When the black cat crossed her path, Ellen had a __________ of disaster.
3.The pickets promulgated* a warning that they would not __________ in their efforts to enhance* their standard of living.
4.As the snake prepared to strike, the girls __________ in horror.
5.She blamed her absence from the game on the __________ weather, but we knew that was sour grapes.* Definitions
Match the new words with their meanings.
6. inclement |
____ a. unfavorable, stormy |
7. peruse |
____ b. to read carefully |
8. premonition |
____ c. cease |
9. desist |
____ d. forewarning |
10. recoil |
____ e. draw back |
Today's Idiom
to pay the piperto bear the consequences (from the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin)
The cruel leader was doing well at the present time, but he knew that one day he might have to pay the piper. Answers are on Page 308
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2nd Day |
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pertinent |
mastiff |
obsess |
doleful |
wan |
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Crisis!
As soon as Jerry Hart could get the pertinent facts from his wife, he dashed out of the office on his way home. He jostled* people in the hallway, implored* the elevator operator to hurry, and with flagrant* disregard for an elderly gentleman jumped into the cab he had hailed. The twenty-minute taxi ride seemed interminable* and all the while horrible thoughts occurred to Jerry. Visions of an ugly mastiff with foaming jaws obsessed him. A crowd of people had gathered in front of his house so that Jerry had to force his way through them. Little Bobby was on his bed, surrounded by a doctor, a policeman, Jerry's doleful wife, his two daughters, and a half-dozen wan neighbors.
Sample Sentences
Use the new words in the following sentences.
1.The stockbroker was __________ with the idea of becoming a painter.
2.My nervous neighbor bought a pugnacious* __________ to frighten burglars.
3.__________ expressions abounded* throughout headquarters on the night of the election.
4.During the trial the astute* lawyer was able to elicit* the __________ information from the key witness.
5.After the tension, his normally ruddy face was __________ and tired.
Definitions
Match the new words with their meanings.
6. pertinent |
____ a. sad, melancholy |
7. mastiff |
____ b. to the point |
8. obsess |
____ c. sickly pale |
9. doleful |
____ d. to haunt, preoccupy |
10. wan |
____ e. large dog |
Today's Idiom
on the carpetbeing scolded
Because of her repeated lateness, Betty's boss called her on the carpet.
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