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WEEK 14 DAY 1
NEW WORDS
aspire
inveigh
nettle
overt
relegate
SUNDAY MORNING AT PEARL HARBOR
At breakfast time on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, Dorie Miller was serving coffee aboard the battleship West Virginia. Dorie was black, and the highest job to which he could then aspire in the U.S. Navy was that of messman. While Dorie was technically a member of a great fighting fleet, he was not expected to fight. Most Army and Navy officers inveighed against blacks as fighting men. Although blacks were nettled by such overt prejudice, Dorte Miller apparently accepted being relegated to the role of a messhall servant. Now, as he poured the coffee, Dorie was wondering why the airplanes above were making so much noise on a peaceful Sunday morning.
Sample Sentences Use the new words in the proper blanks.
1. Although the comic's quips" seemed to be mild, they began to the nightclub's owner.
2. I had a premonition" that Eli would to the position of captain.
3. The pickets agreed to against the law that curtailed* their freedom.
4. acts of violence by the prisoner jeopardized* his parole.
5. When they tried to the star to a minor role she was furious.
Definitions Match the new words with their meanings.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
to bury the hatchet-to make peace
After not speaking to each other for a year, they decided to bury the hatchet.
WEEK 14 DAY 2
NEW WORDS
supine
mammoth
repulse
havoc
raze
THE INFAMOUS* ATTACK
The coffee cups suddenly went spinning as an explosion knocked Dorte Miller flat on his back. Jumping up from his supine position, the powerfully built messman from Waco, Texas, headed for the deck. Everywhere that Dorte looked he saw smoke and mammoth warships lying on their sides. Overhead, dozens of Japanese dive bombers controlled the skies without a U.S. plane to repulse their attack. The havoc was enormous. Without hesitating, Dorte Joined a team that was feeding ammunition to a machine gunner who was making an Ineffectual" attempt to protect their battleship from being razed by the torpedo planes.
Sample Sentences Use the new words in the proper blanks.
1. From a position, the hunter emitted* the animal's mating call.
2. Following the revolution, the people the subterranean" dungeons of the dictator.
3. Management is sure to any request for increased remuneration."
4. placards" announced the opening of the new movie.
5. The virulent" plague caused among the populace.
Definitions Match the new words with their meaning.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
Philadelphia lawyer-a lawyer of outstanding ability
His case is so hopeless that it would take a Philadelphia lawyer to set him free.
WEEK 14 DAY 3
NEW WORDS
lethal
scurry
incisive
precipitate
stereotype
THE HEROISM OF DORIE MILLER
Men all around Miller were succumbing" to the lethal spray of Japanese bullets. He dragged his captain to safety and turned back to see that the machine-gunner had been killed. Dorie took the big gun and trained it on the incoming bombers. Within the space of ten minutes he was credited with destroying four bombers while dodging the bullets of their fighter escorts. The enemy scurried away, having struck the incisive blow that precipitated U.S. entrance into World War II. Amidst the dead bodies and the ruined fleet were the heroes such as Dorie Miller. The Navy had told him that he did not have to fight but: he hadn't listened. The Navy had attempted to stereotype him, but Dorie changed all that.
Sample Sentences Use the new words in the proper blanks.
1. Our editor castigated" the proposal with his commentary.
2. Poe's hero watched the rats across his Inert" body.
3. The jockey received a kick from the fractious" horse.
4. A quarrel was among the relatives after they heard the terms of the reprehensible" will.
5. The laconic" Clint Eastwood was a of the strong, silent Western hero.
Definitions Match the new words with their meanings.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
to gild the lily-to praise extravagantly
There was no need for the announcer to gild the lily
because we could see how beautiful the model was.
WEEK 14 DAY 4
NEW WORDS
stentorian
singular
valor
bias
sinecure
"FOR DISTINGUISHED DEVOTION TO DUTY"
Some months later Dorie Miller was serving on an aircraft carrier when Admiral Chester Nimitz, the Commander of the Pacific Fleet, came aboard to preside over a special awards ceremony. In stentorian tones the Admiral presented Miller with the prestigious" Navy Cross. commending him for a singular act of valor and "disregard for his own personal safety." Miller's heroism helped to shatter the bias against African-Americans in the armed forces. Although he could have accepted a sinecure at a U.S. naval base, Dorie chose to remain in the combat zone where he was killed in action in December, 1943.
Sample Sentences Use the new words in the proper blanks.
1. The director was ousted" from his when he angered the mayor.
2. In his customary tones, the sergeant reprimanded" those who thought the army was a haven" for incompetents.
3. The word "surrender" is anathema" to people of .
4. A viable" peace was brought about as a result of the diplomat's contribution.
5. The bigot's" precipitated" a fistfight.
Definitions Match the new words with their meanings.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
to steal one's thunder-to weaken one's position
by stating the argument before that person does
I had planned to be the first to resign from
the club. but my cousin stole my thunder.
WEEK 14 DAY 5
REVIEW
Many people agree that a lawyer should be skillful with words. A Philadelphia lawyer," it goes without saying, must have an extensive vocabulary In order to help him or her present a case. Match the twenty words with their meanings. Write the letter that stands for the definition in the appropriate answer space.
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