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Wordsearch 29
Using the clues listed below, fill in each blank in the following story with one of the new words you learned this week.
Each Citizen's Obligation
Of all the democracies in the world, the United States has the most lackluster record when it comes to citizen
participation in elections. Every four years the experts try to analyze the reasons for voter 
__________. Often the eligible voter turnout at election time falls below 50%. This, after months of political campaigning, including
televised debates, is a 
__________ situation.
No matter how hard the candidates woo the voters, the end results are often disappointing. Are the voters so
__________ that they would rather stay home watching television than cast a ballot? Does the voter feel that the candidates are stating one 
__________ after another and is therefore turned off?
The right to vote is so precious that revolutions have taken place where it has been denied. The civil rights struggles
of the past were sparked by those who had been denied this right. The greatest 
__________ of democracy in this country is said to be the failure of citizen participation in the election process.
Clues
2nd Day
1st Day
3rd Day
3rd Day
2nd Day
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30th Week
1st Day
New Words
extinct |
idyllic |
galvanize |
encumbrance |
gaudy |
ek stingkt′
In Days Gone By
The man who best described the now extinct life aboard a steamer on the Mississippi River is Mark Twain. Having actually worked aboard the river boats, his writing captures the tranquil* or turbulent* events of those days. In his book about life on the Mississippi, Twain recalls the idyllic times when man was not in such a great rush to get from one place to another. One chapter deals with the races conducted between the swiftest of the boats. When a race was set, the excitement would galvanize activity along the river. Politics and the weather were forgotten, and people talked with gusto* only of the coming race. The two steamers "stripped" and got ready; every encumbrance that might slow the passage was removed. Captains went to extremes to lighten their boats. Twain writes of one captain who scraped the paint from the gaudy figure that hung between the chimneys of his steamer.
Sample Sentences
Insert the new words in these sentences.
1.Today, the trend* is to more and more __________ dress.
2.It is amazing how lithe* football players can be, despite the __________ of the safety features of their uniforms.
3.The dinosaur is an __________ species.
4.City dwellers often yearn for the __________ life in the country.
5.A dictator will use any pretext* to __________ his people into aggressive actions.
Definitions
Match the new words with their definitions.
6. extinct |
____ a. burden, handicap, load |
7. idyllic |
____ b. showy, flashy |
8. galvanize |
____ c. simple, peaceful |
9. encumbrance |
____ d. excite or arouse to activity |
10. gaudy |
____ e. no longer existing |
Today's Idiom
forty winksa short nap
During the night before the big test, he studied continuously, catching forty winks now and then. Answers are on Page 315
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2nd Day
New Words
condescend |
candor |
mortify |
jocose |
malign |
kon′ di send′
The John J. Roe
Mark Twain's boat was so slow no other steamer would condescend to race with it. With the utmost candor, Twain comments that his boat moved at such a pathetic* pace, they used to forget in what year it was they left port. Nothing would mortify Twain more than the fact that ferryboats, waiting to cross the river, would lose valuable trips because their passengers grew senile* and died waiting for his boat, the John J. Roe, to pass. Mark Twain wrote in a jocose manner about the races his steamer had with islands and rafts. With quiet humor he continued to malign the riverboat, but his book is replete* with love for this sort of life.
Sample Sentences
Insert the new words in these sentences.
1.He had such disdain* for us, he would not __________ to speak before our group.
2.It is most common to __________ the wealthy for their avarice.*
3.It is difficult to be __________ in the presence of so many doleful* people.
4.When we cannot speak with __________, we utilize euphemisms.*
5.Good sportsmanship requires that one not __________ a defeated adversary.* Definitions
Match the new words with their definitions.
6. condescend |
____ a. humorous, merry |
7. candor |
____ b. abuse, slander |
8. mortify |
____ c. stoop, lower oneself |
9. jocose |
____ d. frankness, honesty |
10. malign |
____ e. embarrass, humiliate |
Today's Idiom
from pillar to postfrom one place to another
The company was so large and spread out, he was sent from pillar to post before he found the proper official.
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