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Because you are learning these new words in context, they will stay with you. It is the natural method for seeing new words. Your ability to master words as they appear in normal situations should carry over to your learning many other words as you read.

Review Words

DEFINITIONS

  1. a. arouse or excite to activity
  2. b. humiliate, embarrass
  3. c. little known, newly developed
  4. d. in high spirits, joyful
  5. e. peaceful, simple
  6. f. honesty, frankness
  7. g. unpolished, countrified
  8. h. top, prime, summit
  9. i. load, handicap, burden
  10. j. merry, humorous
  11. k. correct behavior, politeness
  12. l. unlimited in power or authority, almighty
  13. m. no longer existing
  14. n. lower oneself, stoop
  15. o. persuade, coax, cajole*
  16. p. binding, compulsory, absolute
  17. q. showy, flashy
  18. r. slander, abuse
  19. s. fraud, pretender
  20. t. custom, model
  21. u. a short nap
  22. v. weak spot
  23. w. from one place to another
  24. x. out of one’s own hands

REVIEW WORDS

  1. candor __________
  2. charlatan __________
  3. condescend __________
  4. decorum __________
  5. encumbrance __________
  6. extinct __________
  7. fledgling __________
  8. galvanize __________
  9. gaudy __________
  10. idyllic __________
  11. jocose __________
  12. jubilant __________
  13. malign __________
  14. mortify __________
  15. omnipotent __________
  16. peremptory __________
  17. precedent __________
  18. rustic __________
  19. wheedle __________
  20. zenith __________

Idioms

IDIOMS

  1. Achilles heel __________
  2. forty winks __________
  3. in the lap of the gods __________
  4. from pillar to post __________

Go right to it. Learn the words you have missed. Make them as much a part of your vocabulary as the other words you knew correctly.

WORDSEARCH 30

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

The Environmental Society

A great deal of controversy surrounds the efforts of environmentalists to protect rare species of animals and birds from becoming (1)__________ . In order to save these creatures from destruction stemming from a loss of forests or water pollution, environmentalists try to (2)__________ large numbers of people to pressure politicians into passing conservation legislation. Often, however, these proposed (3)__________ laws are thought to be a burden placed upon business, resulting in a loss of employment.

In the 21st century, the energy and food requirements of an increasing population are at odds with those who would set aside land for birds or animals. There is a great temptation to (4)__________ the motives of environmental advocates. It will take people of good will and (5)__________ to resolve the many difficulties that lie ahead.

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