Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know » Week 37 - Day 5

The writings of Thoreau and Freud are replete* with ideas that require deep thought. In order to tackle their ideas, one must understand their vocabulary. Therefore, word mastery is the key to unlocking ideas of some of our greatest thinkers.

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DEFINITIONS

  1. a. choice, willpower
  2. b. supportable, defendable
  3. c. provoke, stimulate, inspire
  4. d. leading, helpful
  5. e. unadorned, simple, hard
  6. f. hate, distaste, dislike
  7. g. attacker of beliefs, image-breaker
  8. h. in close relationship to, appropriate
  9. i. calm, peaceful
  10. j. come face to face with
  11. k. curing or healing process
  12. l. very scholarly
  13. m. happy
  14. n. submissive, slavish
  15. o. beginning to develop or exist
  16. p. dizziness
  17. q. surplus, excessive
  18. r. temporary stay
  19. s. use or give a reason other than the real one
  20. t. strong dislike, persistent fear
  21. u. not usual, out of the ordinary
  22. v. an able man in the wrong job
  23. w. to get set for bad times or poverty
  24. x. to overturn or disturb a plan or intention

REVIEW WORDS

  1. antipathy __________
  2. austere __________
  3. conducive __________
  4. confront __________
  5. erudite __________
  6. felicitous __________
  7. germane __________
  8. halcyon __________
  9. iconoclast __________
  10. motivate __________
  11. nascent __________
  12. phobia __________
  13. rationalize __________
  14. servile __________
  15. sojourn __________
  16. superfluous __________
  17. tenable __________
  18. therapy __________
  19. vertigo __________
  20. volition __________

Idioms

IDIOMS

  1. to upset the apple cart __________
  2. to tighten one’s belt __________
  3. off the beaten track __________
  4. a square peg in a round hole __________

WORDSEARCH 37

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

Make My Ostrich Burger Well Done

Just about 100 years ago, there arose an industry in the state of Arizona that seems very odd to us today. We know of cattle ranches and sheep ranches, but would you believe . . . ostrich ranches? This (1)__________ business became popular as women found ostrich feathers a (2)__________ addition to their wardrobes.

Ostriches are easy to raise. They eat and drink less than cattle, and their eggs are large enough to feed ten people! During the (3)__________ days of ostrich ranching, feathers were sold for as much as $300 a pound, so it is easy to see why that business was so attractive.

However, women’s fashions changed after World War I, and the market for ostrich plumes fell. Growers had to (4)__________ a shrinking market. The price tumbled to about $10 for a bird. As ostrich feathers became (5)__________ in the fashion world, ostrich ranching came to an end.

Interestingly enough, ostrich ranchers may be coming back into vogue because nutritionists tell us that ostrich meat is low in cholesterol. We may not go wild over the feathers, but pass the lean meat, please. Hold the mayo, too.

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