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Wordsearch 33
Using the clues listed below, fill in each blank in the following story with one of the new words you learned this week.
Good Enough to Eat?
There seems to be universal agreement that exposure to the ultraviolet light from the sun is deleterious to one's health. Also, except for tobacco industry spokesmen, there is no dispute about the damage done to us from cigarette smoke. What is shocking is the fact that almost everything we once regarded as either beneficial, or harmless, soon
gets challenged by scientists. We are urged to 
__________ foods that have high fat content. There go butter and cheese. Even milk has now been added to the list of foods of which we must be 
__________ .
Whatever diet we are on, we cannot become 
__________ about its nutritional value. We are left, ultimately,
with the 
__________ thought that, sooner or later, almost everything we eat or drink may be found to jeopardize our health.
Given that there are many obstacles to maintaining good health, would it be wise to embrace every new laboratory
report in order to 
__________ information? Let's not discard old, proven, sensible food habits. Also, there is always the possibility that ice cream sundaes will be found to cure baldness, and that chocolate chip cookies will eliminate our cholesterol problems.
Clues
3rd Day
4th Day
1st Day
1st Day
2nd Day
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34th Week
1st Day
New Words
site |
vigil |
cumbersome |
interrogate |
divulge |
Another Plan
Robert was far from tranquil* as he waited in the lobby for almost an hour after the performance had begun. Disgruntled,* he quit the site of his vigil. He had to face the fact that he was making no tangible* progress. Tomorrow he would telephone several women's residences. It was a cumbersome way of going about the hunt, but it was all that he could think of at the moment. He would interrogate the desk clerks, and perhaps he might uncover a pertinent* clue to Evelyn's whereabouts. If he could only get someone to divulge her hiding place! Perhaps tomorrow would culminate* in success.
Sample Sentences
Insert the new words in these sentences.
1.With rancor* he faced the __________ job of transporting the voluminous* records to his new office.
2.Before they began to __________ the criminal, they had to admonish* him that his testimony might be used to incarcerate* him.
3.The hunter maintained a discreet* and wary* __________ as he waited for the propitious* moment to bag his quarry*.
4.Even under duress,* he was adamant* and would not __________ the secret.
5.The newly married couple selected the __________ for their new home with meticulous* care.
Definitions
Match the new words with their definitions.
6. site |
____ a. unwieldy, burdensome |
7. vigil |
____ b. question |
8. cumbersome |
____ c. wakeful watching |
9. interrogate |
____ d. disclose, reveal |
10. divulge |
____ e. location |
Today's Idiom
to take a leaf out of someone's bookto imitate or follow the example
The chip off the old block* took a leaf from his father's book and never sowed wild oats*. Answers are on Page 316
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2nd Day
New Words
fluctuate |
unmitigated |
commodious |
antiquated |
disheveled |
A Hope Dashed
The next day, Wednesday, saw Robert become more frustrated.* He would fluctuate between high hopes of finding Evelyn and unmitigated despair when he was almost ready to desist* in his search. The phone calls had elicited* almost nothing. Robert had rushed to one women's residence when the clerk described a girl who might just be Evelyn. The desk clerk phoned to her room on the pretext* that she had a special delivery letter. Robert waited in the commodious lobby, replete* with large, antiquated pieces of furniture. He watched from a discreet* distance as she came down the stairs. One look at her wan* face, slovenly* dress, and disheveled hair was enough to inform Robert that he needed no further scrutiny.* This could not be his impeccable* Evelyn.
Sample Sentences
Insert the new words in these sentences.
1.He wasn't exactly an __________ liar; he merely embellished* the truth a little.
2.In his sumptuous* house he had a __________ den in which he kept an array* of trophies as incontrovertible* evidence of his skill.
3.Is it banal* to say that good manners are __________ in our milieu?*
4.The current trend* in the stock market is for stocks to __________ in a sporadic* fashion.
5.The nondescript,* indolent* beggar was in a __________ condition.
Definitions
Match the new words with their definitions.
6. fluctuate |
____ a. large, spacious |
7. unmitigated |
____ b. shift, alternate |
8. commodious |
____ c. disorderly clothing or hair |
9. antiquated |
____ d. unrelieved, as bad as can be |
10. disheveled |
____ e. out-of-date, obsolete |
Today's Idiom
brass tacksthe real problem or situation
After some moments of congenial* levity,* they got down to brass tacks.
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