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DEFINITIONS

  1. a. coming from
  2. b. a rebel
  3. c. aged male family leader
  4. d. gruesome
  5. e. roundabout
  6. f. complications
  7. g. tending to delay
  8. h. forms of ceremony
  9. i. lessening the seriousness
  10. j. sound of a bell
  11. k. premonitions, evil omens
  12. l. greedy, taking by force
  13. m. harmful, destructive
  14. n. oversupply
  15. o. deceptively attractive
  16. p. cannot be entered by force
  17. q. laughable, ludicrous
  18. r. one who behaves badly
  19. s. beginner, novice
  20. t. outcome
  21. u. a limit that allows for no return
  22. v. trial exercise
  23. w. do the unexpected
  24. x. go out in bad weather

REVIEW WORDS

  1. circuitous __________
  2. denouement __________
  3. dilatory __________
  4. emanating __________
  5. extenuating __________
  6. forebodings __________
  7. glut __________
  8. impregnable __________
  9. insurgent __________
  10. knell __________
  11. macabre __________
  12. miscreant __________
  13. neophyte __________
  14. patriarch __________
  15. protocol __________
  16. ramifications __________
  17. rapacious __________
  18. risible __________
  19. specious __________
  20. toxic __________

Idioms

IDIOMS

  1. a dry run __________
  2. to throw someone a curve __________
  3. to cross the Rubicon __________
  4. to brave the elements __________

Make a record of those words you missed.

SENSIBLE SENTENCES? (From Week A)

Use the word that makes sense in each of the sentences below.

  1. When the (ramifications, knell) of his action were explained, Roger apologized.
    • ramifications
    • knell
  2. There is no known antidote for the (specious, toxic) poison.
    • specious
    • toxic
  3. Following (forebodings, protocol), Ben bowed before the emperor.
    • forebodings
    • protocol
  4. The young (patriarch, miscreant) was brought before the judge.
    • patriarch
    • miscreant
  5. Seeking his prey, the lion took a (circuitous, dilatory) route on the trail of the deer.
    • circuitous
    • dilatory
  6. Victor’s weak explanation elicited* a (risible, rapacious) reaction from his teacher.
    • risible
    • rapacious
  7. The (insurgent, neophyte) forces launched a successful attack.
    • insurgent
    • neophyte
  8. We thought the (knell, denouement) of the play was ridiculous.
    • knell
    • denouement
  9. Harmful fumes were (emanating, extenuating) from the laboratory.
    • emanating
    • extenuating
  10. Critics rated the (impregnable, macabre) play to be the season’s best.
    • impregnable
    • macabre

WORDSEARCH A

Using the clues listed below, fill in each blank in the following story with one of the new words you learned this week.

Clues
  1. 2nd Day
  2. 1st Day
  3. 5th Day
  4. 4th Day
  5. 3rd Day

AN UNUSUAL PERK

A study (1)__________ from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene declared that one in eight adults in our major cities has diabetes, a (2)__________ disease. Many, however, are not aware that they have it or how (3)__________ it can be. There is a (4)__________ of evidence revealing that the high blood sugar that affects diabetics is more characteristic of Asian Americans, African-Americans, and Hispanics than of the white population.

Unfortunately, many of the victims of diabetes do not take immediate steps to deal with the disease. New York City’s health commissioner has warned of the (5)__________ of a failure to control the high blood sugar: blindness, amputations, and heart disease. In fact, diabetes is the nation’s fastest growing major disease.

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