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WEEK 45  DAY 1

NEW WORDS

wistful

raiment

brigand

corpulent

rail

 

IN DAYS OF YORE

Current novels are replete* with lurid* crimes, carnages and death. Do you get wistful when you recall the romantic tales that begin with an innocent maiden travelling through the rustle* countryside? She is dressed in glittering raiment. The scene is Idyllic.* without warning, the group is set upon by a virile* brigand. Who in the most perfunctory* and callous* fashion, carries her off. Pandemonium* results! Her entourage* is in a state of bedlam.* her corpulent escort is Irate*, but unable to do anything to thwart* this debacle.* All he can do is rail against the catastrophe. What to do? What to do?

Sample Sentences Insert the new words in these sentences.

Question No. /
  1. The potpourri* of au courant* fashionable includes the fatuous* and the discreet.*
  2. While all disgruntled* men may against malevolent* or Machiavellian* leaders, democracy offers a way to ameliorate* Iniquities* through the ballot.
  3. Is there any veracity' in the platitude* that men are jocose?*
  4. To be candid,* there is little to be about in the *good old days.*
  5. They captured the , and he was incarcerated* for a mandatory* period.

Definitions Match the new words with their definitions.

Question No. /

Find the correct word.

corpulent wistful rail (v.) raiment brigand
scold, use abusive language
longing, pensive,* wishful
robber, bandit
dress, clothing
fleshy, obese,* excessively fat

TODAY'S IDIOM

to flog a dead horse-to continue to make an issue of something that is over

He thought he could keep the pot boiling* about his opponent's

winking at* crime, but he was .flogging a dead horse.

 

 

WEEK 45  DAY 2

NEW WORDS

raconteur

sullen

rift

emissary

ruminate

 

WOE IS ME!

The raconteur of our story about idyllic* times gone by goes on to elucidate* how the comely* heroine is taken to the bandits' hideout. There, a sullen crew of cutthroats is gathered. They don't wish to procrastinate;* she must be taken immediately to a foreign land where much treasure will be paid for her. Their cupidity* knows no bounds. The leader wants to hold her for ransom from her wealthy parents. The gang demurs;* they are reticent.* There is a rift among the criminals. Their leader remains truculent,* and they agree to wait for just two days for the ransom money. An emissary from the grief-stricken parents is expected at any moment. The wan* maiden, her spirits at their nadir,* has time to ruminate about her lugubrious* fate.

Sample Sentences Insert the new words in these sentences.

Question No. /
  1. He alluded* to the caused in the school by the plethora* of hirsute* boys who ignored the criterion* for appearance.
  2. Well known as a(n) , he was never chagrined* when asked to tell a story from his large repertoire.*
  3. Despite all attempts to mollify* her, she remained about the levity* caused by her slovenly* raiment.*
  4. The obscure* country, an aspirant* for membership in the United Nations, sent a(n) .
  5. An anomaly* of our modern technology* is that the more we need to know, the less time we have to .

Definitions Match the new words with their definitions.

Question No. /

Find the correct word.

ruminate raconteur sullen rift emissary
a skilled storyteller
ponder, reflect upon
a split, an opening
an agent
ill-humored, grim

TODAY'S IDIOM

the die is cast-an unchangeable decision has been made

The fat was in the fire* and the die was cast when he

decided to tell the white lie about how he had found the money.

 

 

WEEK 45  DAY 3

NEW WORDS

taut

livid

martinet

yen

bagatelle

 

TO THE RESCUE

Back at the castle, the situation is taut with emotion. The fair maiden's mother is livid with fear and anxiety; she has attacks of vertigo.* She talks about her daughter's audacity- in riding out into the ominous* forests despite many similar kidnappings. The girl's father, a martinet who rules his family with an iron hand, staunchly* refuses to pay the ransom. Iniquity- shall not be rewarded! At this moment of crisis a heroic knight volunteers to rescue our heroine; he has had a secret yen for the young beauty. Avoiding rhetoric.* he pledges his all to castigate* those responsible for this ignominious- deed. He holds his life as a mere bagatelle against the duty he owes his beloved mistress. At the propitious* moment, he rides off to do or die for her.

Sample Sentences Insert the new words in these sentences.

Question No. /
  1. The rabid* baseball fan lost his equanimity* and became when the star pitcher became pugnacious* and was removed from the game.
  2. There was a International situation caused by the proximity* of unidentified submarines to our coasts.
  3. When one enlists in the army, one expects to be under the aegis* of a .
  4. His for imbibing* and romping* with girls worked to his detriment*.
  5. The little boy tried to wheedle* a larger allowance from his father by the caustic* observations that It was a mere when compared to the allowances of his friends.

Definitions Match the new words with their definitions.

Question No. /

Find the correct word.

martinet yen taut livid bagatelle
tense, keyed up, on edge
pale
strong desire, strong longing
a trifle
strict disciplinarian

TODAY'S IDIOM

a cat's paw-a person used as a tool or dupe*

The spy used the innocent girl as a cat's paw to

get military information from the grapevine.*

 

 

WEEK 45  DAY 4

NEW WORDS

callow

appalled

penchant

decapitate

termagant

 

WELL DONE, SIR KNIGHT!

Seeking his adversaries.* the knight rides to their hideout. Despite his callow appearance, he is reputed* to disdain* danger and to be a prodigious* horseman. The kidnappers lose their equanimity* at his approach. They are appalled at the prospect, and they are in a quandary* as to which one will meet him on the field of combat. The leader, under duress,* rides out. *Do you have a penchant to die?" derides* the knight. More vituperative* remarks follow. They spur their horses toward each other. It takes but one blow for our hero to decapitate the villain. The others flee to avoid their Imminent* destruction. The knight takes the maiden on his horse, and they ride back to the castle. Their wedding soon follows. Little does the knight realize that the fair maiden is a garrulous* termagant who will make his life miserable with caustic* remarks. Still, the cliché. "And they lived happily ever after,* must conclude our fabricated* tale.

Sample Sentences Insert the new words in these sentences.

Question No. /
  1. We do not criminals because of our aversion* to such repugnant* punishments.
  2. I do not wish to deprecate* your for cowboy music, but I find it banal.*
  3. Why do you remain docile* while that besmirches, maligns* and belittles* you?
  4. Each long holiday weekend we are at the carnage* on our highways.
  5. It was deplorable* the way the capricious* girl led the youth on a merry chase.

Definitions Match the new words with their definitions.

Question No. /

Find the correct word.

termagant penchant decapitate callow appalled
a scolding woman, a shrew
youthful, inexperienced
a strong leaning in favor
dismayed, shocked
behead

TODAY'S IDIOM

coup de grace-the finishing stroke

When my girlfriend left me, it was a bitter pill to swallow,*

but the coup de grace was that she kept my engagement ring.

 

 

WEEK 45  DAY 5

REVIEW

 

Language grows and changes. In "days of yore" there were not nearly as many words in our language as we have today. Within the next 50 years hundreds of new words will be added. Educated and alert Individuals make new words part of their vocabulary as quickly as they come into accepted use.

 

Question No. /

Find the definitions of the words.

callow decapitate livid bagatelle corpulent penchant brigand emissary martinet appalled
excessively fat, fleshy, obese*
strict disciplinarian
Inexperienced, youthful
pale
a strong leaning in favor
behead
a trifle
bandit, robber
an agent
shocked, dismayed

Question No. /

Find the definitions of the words.

rail termagant raiment ruminate rift taut raconteur wistful sullen yen
strong desire, strong longing
use abusive language, scold
clothing, dress
an opening, a split
reflect upon, ponder
a skilled storyteller
wishful. pensive,* longing
on edge, keyed up, tense
grim, Ill-humored
a shrew, a scolding woman

Question No. /

Find the idioms of the words.

coup de grace the die Is cast to flog a dead horse a cat's paw
the finishing stroke
to continue to make an Issue of something that is over
an unchangeable decision has been made
a person used as a tool or dupe

wistful
آرزومند
raiment
جامه
brigand
راهزن
corpulent
فربه
rail
ریل
raconteur
داستان سرا
sullen
عبوس
rift
بریدگی
emissary
فرستاده
ruminate
نشخوار کردن
taut
محکم بسته شده
livid
کبود
martinet
منجنیق سنگ انداز
yen
ین
bagatelle
چیز بیهوده
callow
جوجه،نارس
appalled
وحشت زده
penchant
میل شدید
decapitate
سر بریدن
termagant
دادو بیداد کن

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