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5th Day Review

Another week to build your vocabulary. Words stand for ''things." The more "things" you can recognize, the better able you are to deal with the complicated and changing world. New and unusual situations are more easily handled by those who can utilize the largest number of "things" we call words.

Review Words

Definitions

____ 1. adamant

a. reach the highest point

____ 2. ardent

b. inflexible, unyielding

____ 3. array

c. triumphant joy

____ 4. bereft

d. looking backward

____ 5. besmirch

e. peak, crown, summit

____ 6. constrict

f. a conceited, vain person

____ 7. culminate

g. bind, limit, squeeze

____ 8. egotist

h. biting, burning

____ 9. exultation

i. insulting, abusive speech

____ 10. falter

j. system, arrangement

____ 11. humility

k. modesty, meekness, humbleness

____ 12. invective

l. phenomenon, marvel

____ 13. inveterate

m. stain, soil, dim the reputation

____ 14. obscure

n. sharply stimulating

____ 15. pinnacle

o. deprived of

____ 16. prodigy

p. bulky, large

____ 17. pungent

q. hesitate, waver, stumble

____ 18. retrospect

r. eager, passionate

____ 19. vitriolic

s. firmly established, habitual

____ 20. voluminous

t. unclear, unknown, lowly

Idioms

 

____ 21. to break the ice

u. to be well prepared

____ 22. to pull one's own weight

v. to cause great enthusiasm

____ 23. to bring down the house

w. to make a beginning

____ 24. loaded for bear

x. to do a fair share of the work

Check your answers on page 314. A word missed can now be made part of your vocabulary quite easily. Review the paragraph, sample sentence, definition, and then write your own sentence using the word.

Words for Further Study

 

Meanings

 

 

1. _______________

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2. _______________

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3. _______________

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Wordsearch 27

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

Hot Enough For You?

In __________ the year 1990 was a year of record high temperatures across the United States. The cause of this problem is complex. There are many proposed explanations, from an increase of population to the greenhouse effect.

If, in fact, temperatures are continuing to rise as a result of human activity, there should be an __________

search for the causes and the cures.

Scientists are looking into even the most __________ aspects of modern society to determine what might be the

long-range effects of our activities. They hope that investigations will __________ in a program to change the harmful ways we contribute to a dangerous trend.

A small increase in the earth's temperature will lead to major difficulties for everyone. We should not __________ in our efforts to avoid such disasters.

Clues

3rd Day

1st Day

1st Day

1st Day

2nd Day

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28th Week

1st Day

New Words

vulnerable

bedlam

cacophony

exploit

propinquity

eks′ ploit

A Dangerous Sport

Racing car drivers are vulnerable to dangers that other sportsmen seldom face. Drivers agree that controlling a car at top speeds on a winding course is a singularly* awesome* experience. There is the bedlam caused by the roaring motors that move the car from a standing start to 100 miles an hour in eight seconds. One is shaken by the cacophony of the brakes, larger than the wheels and producing during the course of a 350-mile race enough heat to warm an eight-room house through a hard winter. The driver needs to be on the alert to exploit any mistake by an opponent, and he must be constantly aware of the propinquity of sudden death. All of this makes car racing one of the most demanding games of all.

How was your recall today? Did you spot vulnerable as a reintroduced word?

Sample Sentences

Insert the new words in the sentences.

1.Astronauts are alert to the __________ of sudden accidents.

2.The egotist* is __________ to slights and insults.

3.Electronic music is considered nothing more or less than __________ by many.

4.Advertisers spend large sums to __________ the lucrative* teenage market.

5.The winning team's dressing room was a scene of __________.

Definitions

Match your new words to their definitions.

6. vulnerable

____ a. discord, harsh sound, dissonance

7. bedlam

____ b. open to attack, susceptible

8. cacophony

____ c. profit by, utilize

9. exploit (v.)

____ d. nearness in time or place

10. propinquity

____ e. confusion, uproar

Today's Idiom

a white elephanta costly and useless possession

When he discovered the 30-volume encyclopedia, dated 1895, in his attic, he knew he had a white elephant on his hands.

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