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Analogy Review
(From Weeks 2125)
You are now past the half-way mark. Your language has been enriched as you make each day's new words part of your vocabulary. This is an additional review to help you cement the words into your vocabulary. Write the letter of the word that best completes the analogy in the space provided. When you find words that you have been unable to match up within the analogies, review them promptly.
____ 1. AWESOME:BORING::IRASCIBLE: a. powerful b. immovable c. calm d. tragic
____ 2. DESULTORY:DISCONNECTED::DESTITUTE: a. poor b. distant c. rich d. ugly
____ 3. SENILE:VIGOROUS::VIRILE: a. dangerous b. powerful c. normal d. weak
____ 4. MANDATE:COMMAND::TAINT: a. color b. contaminate c. repair d. dispute
____ 5. PALLIATE:INTENSIFY::DEMUR: a. falsify b. accept c. clothe d. reject
____ 6. PROHIBITION:APPROVAL::SCION: a. parent b. indication c. offspring d. son
____ 7. MALADJUSTED:DISTURBED::PERSPICACIOUS: a. careful b. weary c. shrewd d. bothersome
____ 8. DETRIMENT:DAMAGE::AEGIS: a. protection b. area c. threat d. consequence
____ 9. FETISH:MAGICAL OBJECT::ARTIFACT:
a. valuable object b. lost object c. broken object d. handmade object
____10. LUSH:PLAIN::RECONDITE:
a. obvious b. secret c. sensitive d. stubborn
____11. INVIOLABLE:SAFE::PUNY: a. virile b. weak c. strange d. timid
____12. PONDER:IGNORE::COPE: a. fumble b. hide c. decide d. fail
____13. IMPERATIVE:UNNECESSARY::IMPRUDENT: a. foolish b. wasteful c. prompt d. wise
____14. PUNY:MUSCULAR::CONGENIAL: a. content b. disagreeable c. unhappy d. fearful
____15. DODDERING:STEADY::VULNERABLE: a. advanced b. open c. well protected d. well known
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Wordsearch 25
Using the clues listed below, fill in each blank in the following story with one of the new words you learned this week.
Save the Whales, at Least
Have we all become tired of the much used word ''environment"? How often we hear or read about the
__________ state of the world's rivers, forests, air, and earth. When we lose sight of the fact that countless numbers of creatures have become extinct because their environment could no longer sustain them, then we ignore
the possibility that these same changes could 
__________ many species that we take for granted. Our life-style, and that of the billions of others on this earth, puts waste into the air and water. We may
__________ this careless behavior. While there may still be enough clean water and air for us, the loss of animals and plants can only be a 
__________ to a good life for the generations that follow.
No one suggests that the solutions to our environmental problems are easy. The nations and people of the world are in competition for the limited riches of this planet. It will take the sagest and most dedicated leaders, under whose
__________ educated and concerned citizens will live and work, to protect the environment. Clues
2nd Day
2nd Day
2nd Day
3rd Day
3rd Day
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26th Week
1st Day
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lethargic |
prevalent |
paramount |
remiss |
hostile |
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Informing the Public
Public opinion has an important place in a democracy. The public, often lethargic, is susceptible* to a wide variety of influences. The most prevalent of these is the mass media. These communications mediathe press, radio, and televisionhave a paramount position in initiating,* influencing, and shaping public opinion. Bearing this responsibility, the mass media are often accused of being remiss in their duty to inform the public. There has been a great deal of hostile comment leveled against these opinion molders.
Sample Sentences
Based upon your understanding of the new words as discovered from the context, place them in the spaces provided.
1.The audience became extremely __________ when the bigot* began to attack minority groups.
2.Long hair among boys is so __________ today, there is no longer a prohibition against it in most schools.
3.We are all susceptible* to a __________ feeling after a heavy meal.
4.A good politician seeks the __________ issue in his community.
5.We would be __________ if we overlooked the importance of the Internet to the interchange of ideas and information.
Definitions
Matching words and definitions will prove you've learned them.
6. lethargic |
____ a. prevailing, common, general |
7. prevalent |
____ b. lazy, indifferent |
8. paramount |
____ c. antagonistic, angry |
9. remiss |
____ d. supreme, foremost |
10. hostile |
____ e. careless, negligent |
Today's Idiom
to split hairsto make fine distinctions
The mother and child spent a great deal of time arguing about the hair-splitting question of whether "going to bed" meant lights out or not.
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