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As you watch your next television commercial try to imagine what questions were asked by the research people as they interviewed the possible consumers. Advertisers have to select their words carefully. You can select words only when you have large numbers at your command.

Review Words

DEFINITIONS

  1. a. to remove objectionable parts or passages
  2. b. twinge of conscience
  3. c. handsome, beautiful
  4. d. strategy, trickery
  5. e. fit, advisable
  6. f. indifferent, not responsive to excitement
  7. g. fanciful, whimsical*
  8. h. to do research, dig
  9. i. to be resentful or reluctant
  10. j. inconsiderable, trifling
  11. k. boredom
  12. l. obvious, evident
  13. m. to restock, fill again
  14. n. change, variety
  15. o. dilemma, doubt
  16. p. unfeeling, hardened
  17. q. frenzied, frantic
  18. r. requirement
  19. s. tip
  20. t. naive, innocent
  21. u. extremely valuable, very useful
  22. v. to make one feel happy or better
  23. w. to manage on a given income
  24. x. to change or go along with a poor situation

REVIEW WORDS

  1. artifice __________
  2. artless __________
  3. begrudge __________
  4. blasé __________
  5. callous __________
  6. capricious __________
  7. comely __________
  8. delve __________
  9. diversity __________
  10. ennui __________
  11. expedient __________
  12. expurgate __________
  13. frenetic __________
  14. gratuity __________
  15. manifest __________
  16. negligible __________
  17. qualm __________
  18. quandary __________
  19. replenish __________
  20. requisite __________

Idioms

IDIOMS

  1. to make the best of a bad bargain __________
  2. to do one’s heart good __________
  3. worth one’s weight in gold __________
  4. to make ends meet __________

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WORDSEARCH 42

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

An Historic Date

One event that takes place so rarely that almost no one alive when it happens can remember the previous occurrence is the changing of the century number. The passing of the (1)__________ number of years brings about the end of the 20th century and the advent of the 21st. Is there anyone (2)__________ enough to reach this historic date without experiencing the excitement of this once-in-a-lifetime moment?

While we may feel that events in our lifetime happen in a (3)__________ way, the stroke of midnight on December 31, 2000, ushered in a new century. It served as a time to reflect upon the (4)__________ of events in our lives, both positive and negative, that the 20th century encompassed. It is obvious to all that the past 100 years have altered the world in ways no one could anticipate at the end of the 19th century. There are many who (5)__________ into the past and make predictions for the new century. December 31, 2000, was a time for reflection and promise.

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