Th century B.C. , prescribed the death penalty for almost every violation.)

The head counselor ran our camp according to his own Draconian Code.

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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