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Wordsearch 36
Using the clues listed below, fill in each blank in the following story with one of the new words you learned this week.
14921992
We are all aware that 1992 was the year during which there were 
__________ reminders that it marked the 500th anniversary of Columbus' arrival in this part of the hemisphere. Along with the celebrations and historical reenactments, there was controversy regarding the lives of those who had been here for many centuries before that fateful event.
Historical research shows that it would be extremely 
__________ to believe that ''civilization" began on this continent with Columbus' arrival. The Native American tribes had formed nations and had come together in an
organization known as the Five Nations. They had regulations for governance that were the 
__________ of selfrule and that became the models on which our Constitution was partly based.
It was to remove the 
__________ portrayal of the Native American as savage and wild that historians adopted 1992 as the year to 
__________ them in their true light as members of civilizations worthy of study and respect. Clues
3rd Day
3rd Day
2nd Day
4th Day
3rd Day
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37th Week
1st Day
New Words
confront |
antipathy |
servile |
volition |
sojourn |
A Man of Nature
Henry Thoreau attempted to confront the problem and solve the enigma* of how one might earn a living and yet not become an ignominious* slave to the task. He viewed the industrial revolution with antipathy. Man in a servile role to extraneous* possessions was a main target of his writings. He believed that one could attain genuine wealth not by accumulating objects or money, but through enjoyment and perusal* of nature. By his own volition he gave up friends and comforts for a two year sojourn by himself at Walden Pond. What others might judge as penury,* was seen by Thoreau as the epitome* of wealth.
Sample Sentences
Insert the new words in these sentences.
1.He found his __________ position a degrading* one and could not accept it with equanimity.*
2.The expatriate* decided to make his __________ in France a permanent one in order to give up his nomadic* way of life.
3.Why do we refuse to __________ the unsavory* problems of our times in a candid* and incisive* way?
4.He was a tenacious* competitor, and at his own __________ he placed his title in jeopardy* on many occasions.
5.Her __________ towards men was based on rather nebulous* events that she construed* to prove that they were all perfidious.* Definitions
Match the new words with their definitions.
6. confront |
____ a. temporary stay |
7. antipathy |
____ b. willpower, choice |
8. servile |
____ c. dislike, distaste, hate |
9. volition |
____ d. come face to face with |
10. sojourn (n.) |
____ e. slavish, submissive |
Today's Idiom
to tighten one's beltto get set for bad times or poverty
He knew he would have to draw in his horns* and tighten his belt or he would wind up on skid row*. Answers are on Page 317
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2nd Day
New Words
austere |
felicitous |
halcyon |
tenable |
superfluous |
ô stir′
The Good Life
Thoreau's book about the austere but happy life at Walden Pond propagated* his fame around the world. He built a small hut and began living an ascetic* existence. He found it to be a felicitous experience. In this idyllic* setting he was able to spend his time reading, studying nature, writing, and thinking. Far from being indolent,* he kept busy in many ways. At the end of the experiment he recalled the halcyon days with pleasure. He believed he had learned the secret of the truly happy life. The only tenable way of life is one in harmony with nature; material possessions are superfluous.
Sample Sentences
Insert the new words in these sentences.
1.When he found his sinecure* was no longer __________, he felt it a propitious* time to resign.
2.Far from being ostentatious,* she was considered the acme* of fashion because of her __________ manner of dress.
3.Because he was an itinerant* worker, he had to disdain* carrying __________ equipment.
4.On that __________ occasion the amount of money he spent was irrelevant.*
5.During the turbulent* days of the war, they wished for the __________ days of earlier times.
Definitions
Match the new words with their definitions.
6. austere |
____ a. supportable, defendable |
7. felicitous |
____ b. simple, unadorned, hard |
8. halcyon |
____ c. peaceful, calm |
9. tenable |
____ d. happy |
10. superfluous |
____ e. excessive, surplus |
Today's Idiom
off the beaten tracknot usual, out of the ordinary
Because his ideas were always off the beaten track, he lived under a sword of Damocles* on his job.
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