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5th Day Review
As an "old hand" at vocabulary-building by the context method, you realize that this is the most natural and effective way. However, you also know that there is work and self-discipline too. You should carry these fine qualities right through life. The words you learn are valuable, the method is equally so.
Review Words |
Definitions |
____ 1. antiquated |
a. stubborn, tough |
____ 2. asinine |
b. slander, false accusation |
____ 3. au courant |
c. small amount |
____ 4. calumny |
d. neglected, untidy |
____ 5. commodious |
e. location |
____ 6. cumbersome |
f. reveal, disclose |
____ 7. disheveled |
g. alternate, shift |
____ 8. divulge |
h. disorderly clothing or hair |
____ 9. façade |
i. superficial appearance, front |
____ 10. fastidious |
j. facial expression of disgust |
____ 11. fluctuate |
k. up-to-date |
____ 12. grimace |
l. unwholesome, foul |
____ 13. interrogate |
m. wakeful watching |
____ 14. noisome |
n. question |
____ 15. pittance |
o. as bad as can be, unrelieved |
____ 16. site |
p. out-of-date, obsolete |
____ 17. tenacious |
q. stupid, silly |
____ 18. unkempt |
r. choosy, particular |
____ 19. unmitigated |
s. burdensome, unwieldy |
____ 20. vigil |
t. spacious, large |
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____ 21. brass tacks |
u. cowardly |
____ 22. hook, line, and sinker |
v. completely, all the way |
____ 23. lily-livered |
w. to imitate or follow the example |
____ 24. to take a leaf out of someone's book |
x. the real problem or situation |
The answers can be found on page 316. The method of study and learning requires quick review and reuse of difficult words. Start now!
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Wordsearch 34
Using the clues listed below, fill in each blank in the following story with one of the new words you learned this week.
Women in the Ring
What sport requires the timing of tennis, the energy of aerobics, the stamina of cross-country running, and the physical contact of football? The answer is: boxing. And now that seemingly male spectacle is attracting women.
What was once viewed as 
__________ brutality has been transformed in gymnasiums across the country into the latest form of workout, weight reduction, and energy stimulator.
To suggest that women should not expose themselves to the sharp jabs and powerful uppercuts of boxing because they are the "weaker" sex is 
__________ . Properly trained by experts, in good shape from punching bags and jumping rope, women can be as 
__________ in the ring as men.
With women jockeys, race car drivers, hockey goalies, and basketball players, it would require a man with 
__________ prejudice, if not sheer ignorance, to argue that boxing is solely a man's sport. Anyone who is 
__________ with the status of liberated women need not be surprised by their entry into the ring.
Clues
2nd Day
3rd Day
3rd Day
2nd Day
4th Day
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35th Week
1st Day
New Words
parable |
whimsical |
lampoon |
countenance |
sanctimonious |
lam pün′
A Modern Aesop
The telling of a story in simple terms that has an inherently* important message is a venerable* art form. The parable may be found teaching a moral lesson in the Bible. Aesop is an incontrovertible* master of the fable. This story form is far from antiquated* as shown by the whimsical approach to life taken by the modern Aesop, James Thurber. His stories lampoon the strange behavior of his fellow men. Thurber seems unable to countenance the ideas that permeate* our society regarding the rules by which we should live. Least of all is he able to accept the sanctimonious notion that some people promulgate* that good always wins out against evil. Thurber's stories often take an exactly opposite didactic* point of view.
Sample Sentences
Note that some words do not have a one word definition. Frequently, several words, or an entire sentence, is required.
1.Jonathan Swift was never reticent* to __________ the egotist* in order to bring him down with alacrity.*
2.What one person finds __________, the other may find asinine.*
3.The expression, ''Sour grapes,*" is the gist* of a famous __________ about a fox who couldn't get what he wanted.
4.We should eschew* our __________ façade;* away with pretext!*
5.If we want to live in a salubrious* milieu,* we can not __________ the noisome* fumes that are deleterious* to health. Definitions
Note the distinction between countenance as a noun and as a verb.
6. parable |
____ a. humorous, witty |
7. whimsical |
____ b. hypocritically religious |
8. lampoon (v.) |
____ c. tolerate,* approve |
9. countenance (v.) |
____ d. a moralistic story |
10. sanctimonious |
____ e. ridicule |
Today's Idiom
to pull up stakesto quit a place
He could no longer rule the roost* or get the lion's share,* so he pulled up stakes and moved on.
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