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Our British cousins have a vocabulary that differs from ours in many ways. Isn’t it fortunate that we have to be responsible for the American version of this language only?

Review Words

DEFINITIONS

  1. a. description in words, sketch
  2. b. firm, trusty, strong
  3. c. fluctuate, hesitate
  4. d. violation
  5. e. abuse, blame
  6. f. serene, steady, calm
  7. g. uproar, disorder
  8. h. hatefully evil
  9. i. scold harshly, strip off the skin
  10. j. bearing, conduct
  11. k. not principled, governed by opportunity
  12. l. heroic story
  13. m. delayed, late
  14. n. unfeeling
  15. o. evil, wickedness, vileness
  16. p. worn out, broken down
  17. q. unreasonable, without conscience
  18. r. to right a wrong
  19. s. justify, absolve
  20. t. insult, scorn
  21. u. to make a fast impression
  22. v. in spite of all sorts of difficulties
  23. w. to be in high spirits, feeling well
  24. x. a person who cannot be criticized

REVIEW WORDS

  1. belated __________
  2. callous __________
  3. decrepit __________
  4. delineation __________
  5. demeanor __________
  6. flay __________
  7. heinous __________
  8. imperturbable __________
  9. infraction __________
  10. Machiavellian __________
  11. opprobrium __________
  12. pandemonium __________
  13. redress __________
  14. saga __________
  15. staunch __________
  16. turpitude __________
  17. unconscionable __________
  18. vacillate __________
  19. vindicate __________
  20. vituperation __________

Idioms

IDIOMS

  1. through thick and thin __________
  2. to take by storm __________
  3. a sacred cow __________
  4. to be in fine fettle __________

WORDSEARCH 39

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

Psst ... Need World Series Tickets?

Think about this for a moment. Is there anything wrong in buying something for one dollar and reselling it for two dollars? Naturally, you would be correct if you saw nothing amiss with this transaction; it’s the way a capitalist economy works. But, if you bought a ticket to a rock concert or baseball game for ten dollars and sold it for twenty, you would be committing an (1)__________ of the law. You might ask, “What’s so (2)__________ about this?” The answer is that you would be guilty of the practice known as “scalping.” Does an individual who offers a scarce ticket at a price above the original price deserve the (3)__________ connected with the word “scalping”?

These hard-working and risk-taking individuals see themselves as go-betweens in a world where people are willing to spend additional money for a popular event. However, law enforcement officials remain (4)__________ in the face of all reason as they arrest and fine these enterprising salesmen. Those (5)__________ believers in punishing law-breakers find nothing wrong with trying to halt the scalping of tickets. For others, it is a way of doing business that they claim hurts no one and is in keeping with a profit-driven economy.

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