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Adjective Leaders and Noun Followers

(From Weeks 2124)

a.fulsome

b.covert

c.bona fide

d.lush

e.bizarre

f.susceptible

g.inviolable

h.taboo

i.catastrophic

j.inanimate

k.imprudent

l.maladjusted

m.connubial

n.heterogeneous

o.inordinate Directions

Write the letter corresponding to the vocabulary word (above) in the space provided opposite the noun (below) that it is most likely to precede.

____ 1. bliss

____ 2. diamond

____ 3. praise

____ 4. amount

____ 5. incident

____ 6. purchase

____ 7. meeting

____ 8. object

____ 9. earthquake

____ 10. law

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Wordsearch 24

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

Map Makers at Work

We are all caught up in the events that change history and the shape of the countries in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Each time a country changes its name or its borders, there are some people who have their work cut out for

them. They are the map makersthe cartographers. These skilled artists know it is __________ to believe that this year's borders will remain fixed. Has there ever been an __________ border?

Looking through an atlas of just a few years back, we realize it is simply an __________ of an ever-changing

world. If there is one thing for map makers to do, it is to realize how __________ it is for them to keep abreast of world events.

The study of world history is replete with exciting events that have shaken the economic and political past. Geography is the physical rendering of these events. As history moves and changes our lives, it is up to the

cartographer to take the __________ lines of a map and shape the picture of this world in motion. Clues

2nd Day

4th Day

1st Day

2nd Day

1st Day

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25th Week

1st Day

New Words

awesome

eruption

puny

debris

dispersed

The Explosion of Krakatoa

There are few sights that are more impressive and awesome than the eruption of an active volcano. There are few natural events that so singularly* dwarf man's puny attempts to control his environment. Perhaps the greatest volcanic eruption of modern times took place in 1883 when the island of Krakatoa in Indonesia blew up as the result of a volcanic explosion. An enormous tidal wave resulted that proved catastrophic* to the nearby coasts of Java and Sumatra. New islands were formed by the lava that poured out, and debris was scattered across the Indian Ocean for hundreds of miles. Volcanic material, dispersed seventeen miles into the atmosphere, created startlingly beautiful sunsets for years afterwards.

Sample Sentences

Relying on the contextual clues in the paragraph above, use the new words in the following sentences.

1.Fred had been known for his gentle ways, so his friends were stunned by the __________ of angry words that issued from him.

2.We were surprised by the __________ resistance put up by the voracious* tiger to its capture.

3.After her house had burned to the ground, Mrs. Wiley searched through the __________ for her valuable jewelry.

4.Many of those who witnessed the first atomic explosion reported that it was an __________ sight.

5.The fluffy seeds of the milkweed are __________ by the wind.

Definitions

Now take the final step in learning the new words.

6. awesome	____ a. scattered, spread, broken up
7. debris	____ b. weak, unimportant
8. dispersed	____ c. inspiring terror, weird
9. eruption	____ d. ruins, fragments
10. puny	____ e. bursting out

Today's Idiom

as broad as it is longit makes very little difference

Since both jobs pay $5.15 an hour and are equally boring, it is about as broad as it is long whether I take one or the other.

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