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Analogy Review
(From Weeks 1620)
The richness of the English language is apparent when one examines the many meanings that can be derived from individual words, as well as the many different words that have approximately the same meaning. These review exercises offer an opportunity to apply the synonyms available for some of the words you have studied. Place the letter of the word that best completes the analogy in the space provided.
____ 1. MENDACIOUS:UNTRUE::PARSIMONIOUS: a. favorable b. wealthy c. rare d. miserly
____ 2. NEBULOUS:VAGUE::DEROGATORY: a. distant b. disparaging c. lengthy d. dull
____ 3. SEDENTARY:INACTIVE::GREGARIOUS: a. glamorous b. obvious c. rough d. sociable
____ 4. INNATE:UNNATURAL::SPONTANEOUS: a. rehearsed b. new c. dangerous d. friendly
____ 5. EXTANT:MISSING::TRENCHANT: a. deep b. vague c. approachable d. resistant
____ 6. PERPETRATE:COMMIT::CONCOCT: a. dispose b. use c. devise d. shorten
____ 7. INDIGENOUS:FOREIGN::CURSORY: a. brief b. insulting c. watchful d. thorough
____ 8. BALK:COOPERATE::REVILED: a. changed b. studied c. praised d. confused
____ 9. MYRIAD:COUNTLESS::URBANE: a. rural b. polished c. secret d. ill
____ 10. CUPIDITY:GENEROSITY::PROGENY: a. ancestors b. skill c. children d. relatives
____ 11. ITINERANT:FIXED::LATENT: a. obvious b. shared c. valuable d. prompt
____ 12. MANIFOLD:SIMPLE::ASSIDUOUS: a. regrettable b. careless c. charming d. dangerous
____ 13. RIFE:RARE::PROFLIGATE:
a. knowledgeable b. important c. miserly d. certify
____ 14. EXULT:REJOICE::ATTEST: a. oppose b. perform c. disturb d. certify
____ 15. DEEM:JUDGE::PEREGRINATE: a. travel b. lie c. disappear d. judge
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Wordsearch 20
Using the clues listed below, fill in each blank in the following story with one of the new words you learned this week.
Chlorine Compounds on Trial
The chances are that the water supply where you live is disinfected by chlorine, one of the elements on the periodic
table. Yet, 
__________ complaints about chlorine continue 
__________, identifying it as a health and environmental risk.
Greenpeace, the environmental activist group, stands ready to 
__________ chlorinated organic elements, alleging that they are toxic. The Federal Environmental Protection Agency is reexamining the health hazards that are prevalent when materials containing chlorine are processed at high temperatures. And, worldwide, nations are banning chlorine compounds that destroy the earth's protective ozone layer. Harsh treatment, it would seem, for one of nature's basic elements, a component of the table salt we use.
When we enter a pool that is 
__________ with the aroma of chlorine, we don't associate it with the
__________ element now being blamed for tumors, reproductive problems, arrested development, destruction of wildlife, and sundry other ills that plague our planet.
A scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund thinks that chlorinated chemicals should be phased out. "We know they will be persistent if they get into the environment," she said. "They are soluble, so they will build up in the fat of fish, birds, and people."
Clues
1st Day
4th Day
1st Day
2nd Day
1st Day
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21st Week
1st Day
New Words
scion |
indoctrinate |
opulence |
obsequious |
fulsome |
Locked in an Ivory Edifice*
Prince Siddhartha Gautama was the scion of a family of warrior-kings in northern India. He was being indoctrinated for the time when he would assume his father's throne. Growing up in an atmosphere of opulence, the young prince was constantly shielded from the cruel realities of the world. An army of obsequious servants and tutors catered to his every desire, providing Siddhartha with instruction in riding, fencing, dancing, and paintingwhile lavishing fulsome praise upon him. It wasn't until the prince was thirty that he took the first step that led to his becoming the Buddha, one of the world's greatest spiritual leaders.
Sample Sentences
Use the new words in the following sentences. (Which two words are almost synonymous?)
1.It was not until the wreckers began to dismantle* the old edifice* that they discovered its real __________.
2.As the __________ of a family of wealthy bankers, Rothschild never had to face the vicissitudes* of life.
3.Uriah Heep's __________ manner nettled* all but the most gullible.*
4.In order to __________ the captive, his jailers repeatedly reviled* capitalism while praising communism.
5.The actress received __________ compliments from her friends but trenchant* criticism from the reviewers. Definitions
Match the new words with their meanings.
6. scion |
____ a. seeking favor, fawning |
7. indoctrinate |
____ b. child, descendant |
8. opulence |
____ c. wealth, riches |
9. obsequious |
____ d. excessive, insincere |
10. fulsome |
____ e. to teach certain principles |
Today's Idiom
two strings to one's bowtwo means of achieving one's aim
The salesman had two strings to his bowif a phone call didn't get results, he would appear in person.
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