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5th Day Review
To strengthen your word power, keep adding words from all the sources you use during the day. The words learned while reading this book give you a firm basis. School texts, newspapers, magazines, etc., should all give you the opportunity to corroborate* the fact that your vocabulary is growing, and they should also be the source for new words.
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____ 1. cliché |
a. astounded |
____ 2. countenance |
b. one of no importance |
____ 3. debacle |
c. witty, humorous |
____ 4. effrontery |
d. ridicule |
____ 5. equanimity |
e. hairy |
____ 6. flabbergasted |
f. prove wrong, disprove |
____ 7. gaunt |
g. flinch, draw back |
____ 8. hirsute |
h. self-control |
____ 9. lampoon |
i. collapse, ruin |
____ 10. mien |
j. hypocritically religious |
____ 11. nonentity |
k. a moralistic story |
____ 12. parable |
l. gay, lively |
____ 13. pensive |
m. bearing, appearance |
____ 14. refute |
n. stir up, stimulate |
____ 15. sanctimonious |
o. boldness |
____ 16. stupor |
p. approve, tolerate* |
____ 17. vivacious |
q. haggard, thin |
____ 18. whet |
r. reflective, thoughtful |
____ 19. whimsical |
s. a commonplace phrase |
____ 20. wince |
t. insensible condition, daze |
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____ 21. tongue in one's cheek |
u. make a fuss, cause trouble |
____ 22. to leave no stone unturned |
v. to make every effort, to try one's best |
____ 23. to pull up stakes |
w. not to be sincere |
____ 24. to raise Cain |
x. to quit a place |
Check your answers on page 316. Look back at the story to check the use of each word in its context. This will help fix it in your mind.
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Analogy Review
(From Weeks 3135)
Continue to review these thirty words taken from the past five weeks of vocabulary learning. By this time you should be fully at ease with the use of synonym and antonym analogies. Write the letter of the word that best completes the analogy in the space provided.
____ 1. WHIMSICAL:SERIOUS::FERVID: a. sick b. old c. lasting d. calm
____ 2. ATTENUATE:STRENGTHEN::PROPAGATE: a. expand b. confine c. broadcast d. worsen
____ 3. HIRSUTE:BALD::PENSIVE:
a. thoughtless b. free c. occasional d. considerate
____ 4. LAMPOON:RIDICULE::REPROACH: a. destroy b. allow c. reappear d. reprimand
____ 5. OSTENSIBLE:ACTUAL::SPURIOUS: a. angry b. dedicated c. real d. intense
____ 6. CALUMNY:PRAISE::PITTANCE: a. worry b. plenty c. depth d. freedom
____ 7. DEBILITATE:STRENGTHEN::FOMENT: a. open b. walk away c. calm down d. respect
____ 8. DISCREET:CARELESS::IMPETUOUS: a. thoughtful b. sensitive c. troubling d. irate
____ 9. ANOMALY:RARITY::DEBACLE: a. argument b. danger c. ruin d. hardship
____10. ABJURE:PARTAKE::EVANESCE a. complete b. hide c. remain d. find
____11. AU COURANT:OUT-OF-DATE::TENACIOUS: a. easy going b. wasteful c. slow starting d. handicapped
____12. COMPLACENT:SATISFIED::DELETERIOUS: a. overwhelming b. tasteless c. harmful d. impossible
____13. DIVULGE:HIDE::CONDONE: a. finish b. criticize c. open d. weaken
____14. FACETIOUS:HUMOROUS::TRIVIAL:
a. long standing b. well meaning c. customary d. unimportant
____15. SUCCINCT:BRIEF::GAUNT: a. old b. wise c. haggard d. related
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Wordsearch 35
Using the clues listed below, fill in each blank in the following story with one of the new words you learned this week.
Beam Me Up, Scotty
In 1966 a television program appeared that quickly established itself as the most successful science fiction series, moved on to become six popular films, and continues in reruns to be seen somewhere in this country every night of the year. This original series, Star Trek, became so popular that there are huge fan clubs across the country and the stars of the original series are mobbed when they make personal appearances.
What makes this form of science fiction so popular? Some may say that each story of the future is a 
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showing us our own world through a presentation of other worlds. There are those who would 
__________ this analysis and argue that it is the odd characters, the 
__________ aliens, who attract us. We watch with
__________ as worlds battle, knowing it will turn out well in the end.
After many years and many TV episodes and movies, "Star Trek" and its successors continue to 
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our appetite and bring excitement to our screens. As long as space remains an almost total mystery, the unexplained will capture our imaginations.
Clues
1st Day
3rd Day
3rd Day
2nd Day
4th Day
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