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The history, or derivation, of words is called “etymology.” This is a fascinating study and it gives insight to the background of words such as “canary,” and thousands of others. Knowing the history of a word helps you remember it.

Review Words

DEFINITIONS

  1. a. flood
  2. b. express disapproval
  3. c. intense, strong, powerful
  4. d. sincere, religious
  5. e. sweet or melodious to the ear
  6. f. abundant, overflowing
  7. g. slaughter
  8. h. uselessness
  9. i. criticize severely
  10. j. damaging character by false reports
  11. k. a made-up sensational story
  12. l. small, tiny
  13. m. cancel, abolish
  14. n. ill-disposed, ill-intentioned
  15. o. weak, delicate
  16. p. the complaining party, in law
  17. q. applied science
  18. r. believed, thought, supposed
  19. s. offhand, spur of the moment
  20. t. degradation by writing or publishing
  21. u. to be in temporary disgrace or trouble
  22. v. to obey or stick to a rule or policy
  23. w. a messy situation, a problem
  24. x. to have a poor base, or not sufficient preparation

REVIEW WORDS

  1. canard __________
  2. carnage __________
  3. defamatory __________
  4. deluge __________
  5. deprecate __________
  6. devout __________
  7. diminutive __________
  8. dulcet __________
  9. excoriate __________
  10. frail __________
  11. futility __________
  12. impromptu __________
  13. libel __________
  14. malevolent __________
  15. nullify __________
  16. plaintiff __________
  17. potent __________
  18. profuse __________
  19. reputed __________
  20. technology __________

Idioms

IDIOMS

  1. a pretty kettle of fish __________
  2. to be under a cloud __________
  3. to toe the mark __________
  4. to build upon sand __________

SENSIBLE SENTENCES? (From Weeks 41–44)

Choose the word that makes sense in each of the sentences below.

  1. The station’s switchboard was (deluged, deprecated) by phone calls when the popular soap opera was cancelled.
    • deluged
    • deprecated
  2. The (diminutive, frail) ballplayer proved that size doesn’t matter in some sports.
    • diminutive
    • frail
  3. Peter was surprised when his normally nervous boss seemed so (blasé, aloof) about the bad financial news.
    • blasé
    • aloof
  4. Our mouths began to water when the (dulcet, succulent) dish was set upon the table.
    • dulcet
    • succulent
  5. Coming from a small city in Costa Rica, Ligia was not used to the (potent, frenetic) pace of life in Boston.
    • potent
    • frenetic
  6. With (bogus, insidious) identification papers, the terrorists attempted to board the waiting airplane.
    • bogus
    • insidious
  7. When the time came for Lisa to select a subject to major in, she found herself in a (quandary, potpourri).
    • quandary
    • potpourri
  8. The (malevolent, benevolent) dictator was generally beloved by his people even though he limited their freedoms.
    • malevolent
    • benevolent
  9. Only a (negligible, manifest) amount of gas escaped from the laboratory during the experiment.
    • negligible
    • manifest
  10. The president of the School Board intended to (excoriate, nullify) the parents at the opening meeting.
    • excoriate
    • nullify

WORDSEARCH 44

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

Reprieve for Wolves

One of the most difficult problems to resolve has to do with the conflicting interests of environmentalists and profit-making businesses. Examples of this dilemma appear frequently. While the dispute about cutting down a forest to preserve owls has been in the news, there appeared another conflict in the state of Alaska. Hoping to increase the number of tourists who seek to hunt deer and caribou, the State of Alaska ordered the killing of some of the (1)__________ number of wolves that prey on those animals.

This resulted in a (2)__________ of letters and articles condemning the (3)__________ that would result from the anti-wolf policy. So, once again, the environmentalists, who maintain that the natural balance should not be interfered with, ran up against the Alaskan tourist industry, which wants to attract hunters who will increase the state’s revenue. After much publicity about the wolf hunt and articles that tended to (4)__________ this policy, Alaska decided to (5)__________ the proposed action.

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