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Hapless Headlines
(From Weeks 3640)
From the list of vocabulary words below choose the best ones to complete each of the newspaper headlines.
a.Therapy
b.Facile
c.Fatal
d.Decrepit
e.Confront
f.Retort
g.Vehemently
h.Tacit
i.Legerdemain
j.Vapid
k.Phobia
l.Clique
m.Fatuous
n.Repertoire
o.Motivate
p.Capitulate
q.Glib
r.Lassitude
s.Mentor
t.Vertigo
1.U.S. Diplomats __________ Chinese over Alleged A-bomb Tests
2.Psychologist Claims Success in Treating Flying __________
3.Rebels __________, Throw Down Arms
4.Auto Accident Proves __________ to Family
5.__________ Salesman Arrested in Con Game
6.Witness __________ Denies Allegation
7.Pentagon Asks for Funds to Replace "__________" Aircraft
8.New Company Director Praises Former __________
9.La Bohème is Mainstay of Opera Star's __________
10.Speech __________ Urged After Stroke
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Analogy Review
(From Weeks 3640)
When selecting your answer from among several in a multiple choice review or test, always seek the word that is nearest or most appropriate. In most cases the four choices offered will include one or two that are close in meaning. Your knowledge and command of the words will permit you to ignore the "distracters." Select the one answer that best completes the analogy and write the corresponding letter in the space provided.
____ 1. TURPITUDE:BLAME::OPPROBRIUM: a. wisdom b. insult c. approval d. loss
____ 2. EXTOL:CRITICIZE::COVET: a. ignore b. desire c. forget d. hope
____ 3. COPIOUS:ABUNDANT::STAUNCH: a. firm b. lasting c. dying d. correct
____ 4. MALLEABLE:RIGID::PASSÉ:
a. acceptable b. dull c. ancient d. fashionable
____ 5. FLAY:SCOLD::VACILLATE: a. choose b. hesitate c. imitate d. decide
____ 6. PROCRASTINATE:BEGIN::AUGMENT: a. challenge b. decide c. decrease d. build
____ 7. AUDACITY:SHYNESS::RETICENCE:
a. reluctance b. depression c. openness d. friendliness
____ 8. COVET:DISLIKE::INGRATIATE: a. repulse b. integrate c. praise d. select
____ 9. VENIAL:UNPARDONABLE::CANDID: a. clear b. daring c. wishful d. secretive
____ 10. STIGMATIZE:DISGRACE::VILIFY: a. reward b. malign c. support d. lie
____ 11. NASCENT:EXPIRING::FELICITOUS: a. humorous b. careless c. sad d. gracious
____ 12. VINDICATE:CONVICT::AUGMENT: a. argue b. trust c. reduce d. lose
____ 13. HEINOUS:VILE::HALCYON: a. ancient b. distant c. sorrowful d. peaceful
____ 14. ERUDITE:SCHOLARLY::GERMANE: a. appropriate b. evil c. foreign d. silly
____ 15. CHICANERY:HONESTY::AUSTERITY: a. poverty b. adornment c. rigidity d. approval
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Wordsearch 40
Using the clues listed below, fill in each blank in the following story with one of the new words you learned this week.
In Thailand, Mum's the Word
In this country we take for granted our right to speak out about our elected officials in any way we wish, without
fear of arrest or imprisonment. The most disrespectful language is allowed. While some may take __________
at an insult against the president, our Constitution protects that right.
Now, consider the country of Thailand. That land in southeastern Asia is ruled by a king. What happens to an individual who fails to 
__________ this monarch? There is a case of a person who joked that if he were king he
could sleep late every day and drink wine in the afternoon. For this somewhat 
__________ remark, he was sent to prison for seven years. Or take the story of the woman who was hanging up the king's photograph. When the police asked her what she was doing, she replied, "I'm nailing it up there on my wall." She said "it" instead of ''the
king's photograph" and for this 
__________ alleged insult, she also was sent away for seven years.
While some U.S. citizens may 
__________ our leaders, in Thailand the less said the better. Clues
2nd Day
1st Day
4th Day
4th Day
2nd Day
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