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2nd Day

New Words

supine

mammoth

repulse

havoc

raze

ri puls′

The Infamous* Attack

The coffee cups suddenly went spinning as an explosion knocked Dorie Miller flat on his back. Jumping up from his supine position, the powerfully built messman from Waco, Texas, headed for the deck. Everywhere that Dorie looked he saw smoke and mammoth warships lying on their sides. Overhead dozens of Japanese dive bombers controlled the skies without a U.S. plane to repulse their attack. The havoc was enormous. Without hesitating, Dorie joined a team that was feeding ammunition to a machine gunner who was making an ineffectual* attempt to protect their battleship from being razed by the torpedo planes.

Sample Sentences

Use the new words in the proper blanks.

1.From a __________ position, the hunter emitted* the animal's mating call.

2.Following the revolution, the people __________ the subterranean* dungeons of the dictator.

3.Management is sure to __________ any request for increased remuneration.*

4.__________ placards* announced the opening of the new movie.

5.The virulent* plague caused __________ among the populace.

Definitions

Match the new words with their meaning.

6. supine	____ a. ruin
7. mammoth	____ b. drive back
8. repulse	____ c. huge
9. havoc	____ d. lying on the back
10. raze	____ e. destroy

Today's Idiom

Philadelphia lawyera lawyer of outstanding ability

His case is so hopeless that it would take a Philadelphia lawyer to set him free.

Answers are on Page 309

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3rd Day

New Words

lethal

scurry

incisive

precipitate

stereotype

The Heroism of Dorie Miller

Men all around Miller were succumbing* to the lethal spray of Japanese bullets. He dragged his captain to safety and turned back to see that the machine-gunner had been killed. Dorie took the big gun and trained it on the incoming bombers. Within the space of ten minutes he was credited with destroying four bombers while dodging the bullets of their fighter escorts. The enemy scurried away, having struck the incisive blow that precipitated U.S. entrance into World War II. Amidst the dead bodies and the ruined fleet were the heroes such as Dorie Miller. The Navy had told him that he did not have to fight but he hadn't listened. The Navy had attempted to stereotype him, but Dorie changed all that.

Sample Sentences

Use the new words in the proper blanks.

1.Our editor castigated* the proposal with his __________ commentary.

2.Poe's hero watched the rats __________ across his inert* body.

3.The jockey received a __________ kick from the fractious* horse.

4.A quarrel was __________ among the relatives after they heard the terms of the reprehensible* will.

5.The laconic* Clint Eastwood is a __________ of the strong, silent Western hero.

Definitions

Match the new words with their meanings.

6. lethal	____ a. acute
7. scurry	____ b. run hastily
8. incisive	____ c. unvarying pattern
9. precipitate	____ d. deadly
10. stereotype	____ e. hasten
Today's Idiom

to gild the lilyto praise extravagantly

There was no need for the announcer to gild the lily because we could see how beautiful the model was. Answers are on Page 309

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