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5th Day Review

At the end of this week's study, you will have covered 200 words and 40 idioms. In addition, you will have seen many of those words used several times in subsequent lessons. If you have been operating at only 75% efficiency, you have, nevertheless, added substantially to your arsenal of words.

Here's a thought: wouldn't it be wonderful if through genuine attention to the daily dosage you could move up to 80% or even 90%? Start by matching the 20 words with their meanings. Write the letter that stands for the definition in the appropriate answer space. Did somebody say 100%?

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Analogy Review

(From Weeks 610)

Here is your second review through the use of analogies. These analogies test your ability to match words that mean nearly the same or to select words that are opposite. Place the letter of the word that best completes the analogy in the space provided.

____ 1. SOLICIT:REJECT::DESIST:

a. reasonable b. dangerous c. continue d. friendly

____ 2. IMPLACABLE:UNFORGIVING::REPREHENSIBLE: a. innocent b. fearful c. blameworthy d. confusing

____ 3. NEFARIOUS:KIND HEARTED::AMICABLE: a. pleasant b. daring c. workable d. threatening

____ 4. FEASIBLE:POSSIBLE::PRECOCIOUS: a. backward b. cautious c. young d. advanced

____ 5. SALIENT:UNIMPORTANT::SQUEAMISH: a. thick-skinned b. nervous c. frightening d. worthwhile

____ 6. UBIQUITOUS:RARE::INCLEMENT: a. conclude b. stop c. return d. pleasant

____ 7. EXACERBATE:EASE::REVERT: a. improve b. continue c. cease d. confirm

____ 8. RECOIL:DRAW BACK::PERUSE: a. study b. robust c. sad d. graceful

____ 9. ESCHEW:AVOID::MASTICATE: a. swallow b. chew c. inspect d. ease

____ 10. INTERJECT:INSERT::FRUSTRATE: a. permit b. impose c. foil d. unleash

____ 11. DISCERN:OVERLOOK::DERIDE: a. praise b. insult c. escape d. deprive

____ 12. INDIGENT:WEALTHY::COGNIZANT: a. relative b. loose c. vague d. unaware

____ 13. PERTINENT:UNIMPORTANT::DOLEFUL: a. depressed b. cheerful c. wealthy d. intelligent

____ 14. BLATANT:SHOWY::VIRULENT: a. tragic b. harmful c. newly formed d. obvious

____ 15. TRANQUIL:QUIET::SINISTER: a. related b. ancient c. trivial d. evil

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Wordsearch 10

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

The Potato that Strangled Idaho

People who are __________ about the sight of blood or __________ in horror from most forms of violence would do well to avoid some of the movies now being shown at their local cinemas. Producers have learned that films that scare the patrons out of their seats, ironically, put millions of fans into those seats, keeping them

__________ in the goose pimple-inducing spectacles that flash across the screen.

Of course, each movie carries with it a rating that indicates its suitability for certain age groups, either because of its subject matter, language, presentation, or level of violence. Pictures with a "G" rating are approved for all audiences, while, at the other end of the scale, those that are given an "X" rating are for adults only with no children allowed under any circumstance. Getting an ''R" rating indicates that the movie is restricted (no one under 18 admitted without an adult) but some Hollywood moguls consider the "R" to be the magnet that insures box office success. And we can be sure that as long as shock films ring up a merry tune on the cash registers, producers will not

__________ from making them.

A director who specializes in making gory films involving monsters, vampires, and brutal serial killers boasted in a

college lecture that his work was in good taste. One student who disasgreed was provoked to __________ that in his opinion the diet of "shock-schlock" movies was in worse taste than those pictures that contained vulgar language and nudity. "At least they're honest," he declared.

Clues

4th Day

1st Day

4th Day

1st Day

3rd Day

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