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5th Day Review
No matter what the fashion in dress, the fashion in education is an extensive vocabulary. Keep up with the fashion; build your vocabulary wardrobe.
Review Words |
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____ 1. audacity |
a. reserved, silent |
____ 2. capitulate |
b. pass as genuine, pass off slyly |
____ 3. chicanery |
c. disastrous, deadly |
____ 4. docile |
d. smooth of speech |
____ 5. facet |
e. one side or view of person or situation |
____ 6. fatal |
f. daring, boldness |
____ 7. foist |
g. reply, answer |
____ 8. glib |
h. uniform, same |
____ 9. homogeneous |
i. capable of being formed or shaped |
____ 10. legerdemain |
j. put off, delay |
____ 11. malleable |
k. make terms, surrender |
____ 12. passé |
l. underhandedness, trickery |
____ 13. procrastinate |
m. not stated, understood, implied |
____ 14. reticent |
n. to mark with a disgrace |
____ 15. retort |
o. inactive, dull, motionless |
____ 16. stagnant |
p. general direction |
____ 17. stigmatize |
q. old-fashioned, outmoded |
____ 18. tacit |
r. easy to manage |
____ 19. tantalize |
s. deceptive adroitness,* sleight of hand |
____ 20. trend |
t. tease or torment by offering something good, but fail to deliver |
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____ 21. castles in the air |
u. to be in a bad mood |
____ 22. to get up on the wrong side of the bed |
v. a dream about a wonderful future |
____ 23. by hook or by crook |
w. at any cost, any way at all |
____ 24. to maintain the status quo |
x. to keep things as they are |
Answers on page 317. Take that extra few minutes now to master the few words you made errors with.
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Wordsearch 38
Using the clues listed below, fill in each blank in the following story with one of the new words you learned this week.
TV-The Octopus
Is there anyone you know who can remember a time when there was no television? Perhaps a grandparent, but no one much younger is able to do so. At the beginning, only a handful of stations existed. Early programs imitated
each other and tended to be 
__________ . Some time later, there was the cable TV expansion and greater variety
was available. The developing 
__________ was for ever-larger numbers of programs dealing with information as well as entertainment.
The TV industry, never 
__________ when it comes to expanding viewer interests, brought even more channels
to the air, broadcasting 24 hours every day of the week. The objective was to 
__________ special groups with programs directed to special tastes and interests. Soon channels devoted to games, to how to fix or make things, to
romance dramas, to cartoons, etc., sprang into existence. It appears that every 
__________ of a viewer's interest is being addressed. As more and more channels come on the air, as the result of new technology, the variety is expanding beyond anything imagined by those who can recall the beginnings of this magical medium.
Clues
1st Day
1st Day
4th Day
3rd Day
2nd Day
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39th Week
1st Day
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saga |
belated |
decrepit |
imperturbable |
vacillate |
sä′ ga |
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Rule, Brittania
An unforgettable saga of World War II has to do with the small French coastal town of Dunkirk. There, in 1940, thousands of British troops made a belated escape from the awesome* power of the German army and air force. They were removed by an array* of private boats, from huge yachts to decrepit fishing boats. At their own volition,* the skippers came close to the shore, while German planes bombed implacably.* They remained imperturbable under heavy fire. When their vessels were loaded, they dashed back to England. Once unloaded, they did not vacillate, but returned with equanimity* to their vigil* in the danger zone. The British proved once again that they are paragons* of comradeship in times of jeopardy.*
Sample Sentences
Insert the new words in these sentences.
1.The __________ of a lone man confronting* the turbulent* oceans in a small boat is an exploit* we find laudable.*
2.The speaker remained __________ while his audience shouted caustic* comments about his mendacious* activities.
3.The ingrate* refused to accept Cindy's __________ gift.
4.When released from incarceration,* he was gaunt* and __________.
5.We are all familiar with the cliché* that he who __________ is lost.
Definitions
Match the new words with their definitions.
6. saga |
____ a. hesitate, fluctuate |
7. belated |
____ b. heroic story |
8. decrepit |
____ c. broken down, worn out |
9. imperturbable |
____ d. late, delayed |
10. vacillate |
____ e. calm, steady, serene |
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a sacred cowa person or thing that cannot be criticized (From India, where cows may not be harmed because of religious rules)
I decided to throw down the gauntlet* by exposing the boss's son who had been ruling the roost* as the sacred cow of the business.
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