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The regular, consistent study of these daily stories is the salient* clue to your success. Sporadic* study tends to disrupt the learning process. Don’t give in to the temptation to put your work aside and then rush to “catch up.”

Review Words

DEFINITIONS

  1. a. urge strongly, advise
  2. b. enemy, foe, opponent
  3. c. graceful
  4. d. pitiful, sad, distressing
  5. e. lazy
  6. f. meaningless from overuse, trivial
  7. g. fit of resentment
  8. h. difficult to describe, undistinguished
  9. i. unconcern, lack of interest
  10. j. intoxicated, drunk
  11. k. very fat
  12. l. pleasure, happiness
  13. m. zest, enjoyment, enthusiasm
  14. n. trite saying
  15. o. one with little knowledge and great interest
  16. p. nonconforming
  17. q. brawl, noisy fight
  18. r. supporter, backer
  19. s. wordy, talkative
  20. t. decline, decrease
  21. u. asleep
  22. v. something that spoils or lessens the enjoyment
  23. w. to go away without permission
  24. x. without thinking, on impulse

REVIEW WORDS

  1. adherent __________
  2. adversary __________
  3. apathy __________
  4. atypical __________
  5. banal __________
  6. bliss __________
  7. dilettante __________
  8. exhort __________
  9. fracas __________
  10. garrulous __________
  11. gusto __________
  12. indolent __________
  13. inebriated __________
  14. lithe __________
  15. nondescript __________
  16. obese __________
  17. pathetic __________
  18. pique __________
  19. platitude __________
  20. wane __________

Idioms

IDIOMS

  1. on the spur of the moment __________
  2. in the arms of Morpheus __________
  3. to take French leave __________
  4. a fly in the ointment __________

Quick reinforcement of words you do not yet know will help you retain them. Right now . . . put down the words and meanings. Then, write a sentence using the word correctly

WORDSEARCH 29

Using the clues listed below, record separately using one of the new words you learned this week for each blank in the following story.

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

Each Citizen’s Obligation

Of all the democracies in the world, the United States has the most lackluster record when it comes to citizen participation in elections. Every four years the experts try to analyze the reasons for voter (1)__________ . Often the eligible voter turnout at election time falls below 50%. This, after months of political campaigning, including televised debates, is a (2)__________ situation.

No matter how hard the candidates woo the voters, the end results are often disappointing. Are the voters so (3)__________ that they would rather stay home watching television than cast a ballot? Does the voter feel that the candidates are stating one (4)__________ after another and is therefore turned off?

The right to vote is so precious that revolutions have taken place where it has been denied. The civil rights struggles of the past were sparked by those who had been denied this right. The greatest (5)__________ of democracy in this country is said to be the failure of citizen participation in the election process.

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