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WEEK 43 DAY 1
NEW WORDS
roster
stunted
atrophy
maim
ameliorate
IT TAKES MORE THAN MEDICINE
If one were to look at the roster of physical handicaps, one would reach the somber* conclusion that the list is a long one. Included would be stunted development of an arm or leg due to a birth anomaly.* Others would be the result of a crippling disease that has caused muscles to atrophy. The list would go on with illnesses and injuries that maim and debilitate.* Modem medicine has done much to ameliorate the physical problems. However, there are an inordinate* number of problems of the handicapped that have still to be alleviated.* People are not naturally callous,* but in some perverse* way they have the propensity* to repress* any concern with the physically handicapped. The social problems seem to be Inherent* in our own attitudes.
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- If you heap opprobrium* on an impious* child, it probably will not the conditions that led to the rebelliousness.
- The coach knew he would have to add experienced players to the to compensate* for the spate* of freshmen on the team.
- There seems to be voluminous* evidence that the mother's smoking will the baby's growth.
- The prodigy* allowed his musical talent to as he redirected his career.
- When it seemed that Reggie would his opponent, we broke up the fight.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
to burn the midnight oil-to study or work until very late
The radio was such an enigma* that he had to burn
The midnight oil for several nights in order to get it working.
WEEK 43 DAY 2
NEW WORDS
cynic
unctuous
benevolent
subservient
iniquity
DOING THE RIGHT THING
The obstacles that frustrate* the physically handicapped person who is seeking employment may tum him into a cynic. Too often a prospective employer, with a rather unctuous manner, actually tends to degrade* the handicapped by proffering* employment that is really beneath them and their abilities. The employer appears to be acting in a benevolent manner, but this attitude shows no compassion,* for he really expects the person seeking the Job to remain subservient. This iniquity cannot but give the handicapped a feeling that they are being discriminated against. He does not expect a sinecure.* but he has an aversion* to the prevalent* belief that he should consider himself lucky to find any employment.
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- We had to wince* as we watched the newcomer try to wheedle* and ingratiate* himself into the teacher's favor in the most manner.
- It is easy to become a when the same adults who inveigh* most vehemently* against the uncouth* actions that they say permeate* our youth drink to satiety* and behave fatuously.*
- We all have moments when we vacillate* between selfish and desires.
- While his demeanor* remained Imperturbable.* there was latent* anger at the ignominious* and role he had to play.
- Those who are complacent" about any in our society should be wary" of the unsavory* consequences for all.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
to lay one's cards on the table-to talk frankly
He knew he was out of his depth* so he laid his cards
on the table and asked for assistance.
WEEK 43 DAY 3
NEW WORDS
largess
criterion
repent
mollify
mercenary
A BETTER WAY
Why is there any question about the propriety* of hiring the physically handicapped? No one who understands their needs can condone* this attitude. The offering of employment should not be considered a largess. There should be no need to vindicate* the biting of a handicapped person, the only criterion should be what he is capable of doing. If this is the approach, the handicapped worker will not feel he is an encumbrance* to his boss. The employer, on the other hand, will find it conducive* to good work and will not repent his having tried something new just to mollify his conscience. Even for the most mercenary employer, there should be no reticence* in eliciting* the best that is possible from the handicapped worker.
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- He felt it would be ignominious* for him to accept any from the charlatan* whose Machiavellian* schemes had made him affluent.*
- Behind the facade* of ostensible* benevolence* there was a streak.
- The platitude, *I know what I like,* is often used to rationalize* our lack of a for things about which we are dubious.*
- When Mother is in a pique* about some infraction* of a rule, It takes all of our dexterity* to her.
- After every election we , in a belated* criticism, the apathy* and complacency* of so many people who failed to vote.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
a bolt from the blue-a great surprise
The windfall* from his distant cousin came like a bolt from the blue.
WEEK 43 DAY 4
NEW WORDS
pariah
aloof
pragmatic
vestige
guise
JUST BE YOURSELF
Socially, the handicapped person is often treated as a pariah. Most people hold themselves aloof from normal contact with those who are "different" this social separation propagates* additional feelings of antipathy*, If "normal" individuals would socialize with the handicapped individual, they would learn in a pragmatic way that these are people who happen to have a physical handicap; the handicap does not make them any less human. The iniquity- of assuming that physical superiority equals moral superiority prevents all of us from direct human relationships. As long as there is a vestige of feeling that handicapped people are inferior, then we are all handicapped in one way or another. Under the guise of physical superiority we demonstrate a moral turpitude* that is harmful to all.
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- After therapy*, there remained hardly a of his phobia*.
- He was stigmatized* as a when he had the audacity- to boast of his nefarious* and sordid* career printing bogus* money.
- Although many people say this is a propitious* time to invest in the stock market, there is a tenable argument for remaining .
- In the of maintaining national unity under military rule, there was a paucity* of even Innocuous* dissent*.
- *You can't argue with success,* was his reply to derogatory* remarks about a movie star who had only superficial* talent as an actor.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
to tell tales out of school-to reveal harmful secrets
The fat was in the fire* for the politician when his private secretary
started telling tales out of school about his secret sources of Income.
WEEK 43 DAY 5
REVIEW
There are various kinds of handicaps. One that we can do something about, and you are now doing it, is the language handicap. Our fullest potential can be realized only when there is no barrier between what we want to say or write and our ability to express ourselves.
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