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5th Day Review

How many of the new words have now become a part of your "working vocabulary"? At first, their use may be conscious, even studied. However, the squeaks will soon disappear. Try a few this weekend.

Match the twenty words with their meanings. Write the letter that stands for the definition in the appropriate answer space. (Note the resemblance between flamboyant and ostentatious).

Review Words	Definitions
____ 1. anathema	a. well-known
____ 2. diatribe	b. quarrelsome
____ 3. expunge	c. kind, sort
____ 4. flamboyant	d. poster
____ 5. fortuitous	e. disjointed
____ 6. fractious	f. sprightly
____ 7. ilk	g. accidental
____ 8. incoherent	h. in name only, slight
____ 9. inhibition	i. restraint
____ 10. integral	j. reward
____ 11. jaunty	k. a curse
____ 12. nominal	l. bitter criticism
____ 13. ostentatious	m. erase
____ 14. placard	n. colorful
____ 15. prestigious	o. cut short
____ 16. remuneration	p. essential
____ 17. schism	q. fearful

____ 18. timorous	r. showy
____ 19. truncated	s. split
____ 20. utopia	t. place of perfection

Idioms
____ 21. wear one's heart on one's sleeve	u. make one's feelings evident
____ 22. wash dirty linen in public	v. warm autumn weather
____ 23. save face	w. to avoid disgrace
____ 24. Indian summer	x. openly discuss private affairs

Now check your answers on page 309. Make a record of those words you missed.

Words for Further Study	Meanings
1. _______________	_______________
2. _______________	_______________
3. _______________	_______________
4. _______________	_______________
5. _______________	_______________
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Sensible Sentences?
(From Week 12)

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

1.The senator went into a lengthy (diatribe, remuneration) about government waste in the military budget.

2.Most reformers are seeking to create a (schism, utopia).

3.Lorraine was criticized sharply for the (ostentatious, nominal) way in which she furnished her apartment.

4.Anyone so (ilk, timorous) should not have been selected to guard the castle.

5.My brother was promoted to a (prestigious, flamboyant) job in his company.

6.Although his speech was (anathema, jaunty) we were able to sense its underlying seriousness.

7.The failing grade was (expunged, truncated) from her record when she submitted the excellent term paper.

8.I got my job as a result of a (fractious, fortuitous) meeting with the director of personnel.

9.The bookkeeper is such as (integral, incoherent) part of our organization that we pay her a very high salary.

10.We marched in front of the embassy with (placards, inhibitions) held high.

11.Don't (save face, wash your dirty linen in public) if you plan to run for office.

Answers are on Page 309

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Wordsearch 12

Using the clues listed below, fill in each blank in the following story with one of the new words you learned this week.

Regis, Oprah, Sally Jessy, et. al.

The television talk shows of our era, featuring such __________ public figures as Regis Philbin, Oprah Winfrey, and Sally Jessy Raphael, attract millions of daytime viewers and constitute a powerful influence on the American scene. When the media can hold the attention of so sizable a chunk of couch potatoes, it pays to scrutinize it closely.

A student at Stanford University, doing her doctoral thesis on the unusual popularity of the afternoon talk shows, noted the fierce competition among those programs for guests who are off the beaten track. According to her:

"Almost every irregular, __________ life-style you can think of has already been featured on one of the shows

and probably on all of them, when you add Montel Williams, Jerry Springer, and others of that __________

who serve as network hosts. They have shown teenagers who marry people in their sixties, daughters and mothers who date the same man, men who have gone through a marriage ceremony with other men, women with prominent

tattoos, and other people who are totally free of __________."

"__________ for our guests is so small," said a producer, "that these shows are inexpensive to put on. And say what you want about good taste, millions watch us every day, and as long as the ratings are that healthy, sponsors will pay good money to be identified with us."

Clues

2nd Day

3rd Day

1st Day

1st Day

2nd Day

Answers are on Page 309

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