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The head counselor ran our camp according to his own Draconian Code.
W EEK 22 D AY 5
REVIEW
If you’re driving, don’t drink! Alcohol does not mix with gasoline! We have seen those
slogans on many billboards. Here’s a new one: “If you use words, use good ones!”
Match the twenty words with their meanings. *Reminder: Record answers on a sheet of paper.
REVIEW WORDS DEFINITIONS
1. acknowledge a. accumulated
2. appellation b. admit
3. chimerical c. relieve without curing
4. connubial d. to lie
5. cope e. to fool
6. covert f. a name
7. cumulative g. predicament
8. delude h. secret
9. demur i. intensification
10. escalation j. to be a match for
11. fabricate k. obscure, hidden
12. incapacitated l. imaginary, fantastic
13. incompatibility m. related to marriage
14. indifference n. possible
15. juxtapose o. to place side by side
16. palliate p. to object
17. plight q. introduction
18. potential (adj.) r. lack of concern
19. prelude s. lack of harmony
20. recondite t. disabled
IDIOMS
21. plea bargain u. trying to gain favor
22. in apple pie order v. severe set of rules
23. apple polishing w. admit guilt on a lesser charge
24. Draconian Code x. in good condition
Make a record of those words you missed.
*For reference only
WORDS FOR
FURTHER STUDY MEANINGS
1. _________________________ _________________________
2. _________________________ _________________________
3. _________________________ _________________________
WORDSEARCH 22
Using the clues listed below, record separately using one of the new words you learned this
week for each blank in the following story.
Clues
3rd Day
1st Day
4th Day
1st Day
4th Day
Hair Today,...
The fact that a hair salon might charge $40 for a woman’s shampoo and haircut but only $20
for the same services for a man is a matter of to most citizens. Not so to New York
City’s Commission on Human Rights, which claimed that such a disparity is discriminatory.
Commissioner Dennis De Leon has targeted “gender-based” pricing as a violation of city law.
Consider the of the salon owners. They the price difference, explaining
that it takes much longer to cut a woman’s hair and requires the use of additional products.
But a spokesperson for the Department of Consumer Affairs said that beauty parlors will have
to with the situation honestly, just as dry cleaners and used-car dealers did when they
were apprised of the law.
“I know that women are fighting for equality,” said the owner of a chain of unisex hair salons,
“but this is ridiculous. We cut a man’s hair in no time but we have to get more money from
our female customers because their styling and cutting takes so much longer.”
The argument might be the to an important court case. A city-proposed settlement,
however, is to have those salons that are cited for violations of the law offer free haircuts to
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women for a period of three months before having to pay a stiff fine for repeated offenses.
“It’s easier to comply,” shrugged one owner (bald, himself).
N EW W ORDS
Heterogeneous
het´ ər ə jē´ nē əs
Gamut
gam´ ət
Perspicacious
pėr´ spə kā´ shəs
Analogous
ə nal´ ə gəs
Maladjusted
mal´ ə jus´ tid
W EEK 23 D AY 1
FROM A TO Z
Ellis Sloane, a teacher of science at a large metropolitan high school, first paid little attention
to the fact that his two biology classes were so disparate* in their performance. In most
schools the classes are alphabetically heterogeneous, with youngsters’ names running the
gamut from Adams to Zilch. But Biology 121 had only A’s and B’s, whereas Biology 128 had
T’s, V’s, W’s, Y’s, and Z’s. Mr. Sloane, a perspicacious teacher, began to perceive*
differences between the two groups: while their reading scores and I.Q.’s were roughly
analogous, it was apparent that Biology 128 was replete* with maladjusted students, while
Biology 121 had the normal ones.
Sample Sentences Use the new words in the following sentences.
1. The Bureau of Child Guidance has been the salvation* for some ________________
children.
2. Our algebra class is a ________________ one in which bright students are juxtaposed*
with slower ones.
3. Senator Thorpe was ________________ enough to realize that the scurrilous* charge
would have little effect upon the voters.
4. Although the lawyer acknowledged* that the two cases were hardly ________________
, he still felt that he had a good precedent on his side.
5. The actress ran the ________________ of emotions in a poignant* performance that
thrilled the audience.
Definitions Match the new words with their meanings.
6. heterogeneous a. range
7. gamut b. acutely perceptive, shrewd
8. perspicacious c. poorly adjusted, disturbed
9. analogous d. comparable, similar
10. maladjusted e. dissimilar
T ODAY ’ S I DIOM
the distaff side —women (distaff was a staff used in spinning)
The men had brandy on the porch, while the distaff side gathered to gossip in the kitchen.
N EW W ORDS
Phenomenon
fə nom´ ə non
Mortality
môr tal´ ə tē
Decade
dek´ ād
Susceptible
sə sep´ tə bəl
Neurotic
n rot´ ik
W EEK 23 D AY 2
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
As Mr. Sloane pursued his investigation of the phenomenon, he discovered that a Dr. Trevor
Weston of the British Medical Association had corroborated* his findings. Dr. Weston had
studied British mortality rates over a decade, finding that people whose names began with
letters ranging from “S” to “Z” had a life expectancy that averaged twelve years fewer than
the rest of the population. Furthermore, those at the bottom of the alphabet tended to contract
more ulcers, were more susceptible to heart attacks, and were more likely to be neurotic than
those at the top of the alphabet.
Sample Sentences Use the new words in the following sentences.
1. Irritability is one of the salient* features of a ________________ personality.
2. After a ________________ of connubial* acrimony,* the couple decided to consult
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with a marriage counselor.
3. If a miner were to ponder* over the high ________________ rate in his occupation, he
might want to quit.
4. Ethan Frome soon learned that his querulous wife was ________________ to a variety
of ailments.
5. There was no paucity* of witnesses to describe the ________________ of the flying
saucer.
Definitions Match the new words with their meanings.
6. phenomenon a. death
7. mortality b. suffering from a nervous disorder
8. decade c. ten years
9. susceptible d. unusual occurrence
10. neurotic e. easily affected, unusually liable
T ODAY ’ S I DIOM
on the qui vive —on the alert
My mother is always on the qui vive for bargains.
N EW W ORDS
Pedagogue
ped´ ə gog
Enunciate
i nun´ sē āt
Inordinate
in ôrd´ n it
Irascible
i ras´ ə bəl
Introspective
in´ trə spek´ tiv
W EEK 23 D AY 3
THE PERILS OF THE ALPHABET
Dr. Weston is convinced that the pedagogue is the culprit.* Since teachers seat their pupils in
alphabetical order, the “S” to “Z” child is usually the last to receive his test marks, the last to
eat lunch, the last to be dismissed, and so on. As they are the last to recite, these youngsters
feel frustrated* because what they had to say had usually been enunciated earlier. The
inordinate amount of waiting that this group has to do causes them to become irascible and
jittery. “S” to “Z” people also become quite introspective, convinced that they are inferior to
those at the top of the alphabet.
Sample Sentences Use the new words in the following sentences.
1. Reporters were expecting the candidate to ________________ his policy on the
escalation* of the war.
2. His profligate* son made the parsimonious* old crank even more ________________.
3. Since Alice is so gregarious* it surprised me to learn that she is also an
________________ girl.
4. Mr. Ford is proud to be called a teacher, but he demurs* at the title of
________________.
5. In an attempt to show how assiduous* he was, the executive spent an
________________ amount of time on his report.
Definitions Match the new words with their meanings.
6. pedagogue a. irritable
7. enunciate b. excessive
8. inordinate c. to utter, proclaim
9. irascible d. looking into one’s own feelings
10. introspective e. teacher
T ODAY ’ S I DIOM
to get one’s back up —to become angry
Every time his mother mentioned getting a haircut, the young guitarist got his back up.
N EW W ORDS
Perpetuate
pər pech´ ü āt
Mandate
man´ dāt
Compensatory
kəm pen´ sə tô´ rē
Neutralize
nü´ trə līz
Catastrophic
kat´ ə strof´ ik
W EEK 23 D AY 4
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