week thirty four 1100 words
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WEEK 34 DAY 1
NEW WORDS
site
vigil
cumbersome
interrogate
divulge
ANOTHER PLAN
Robert was far from tranquil* as he waited in the lobby for almost an hour after the performance had begun. Disgruntled.* he quit the site of his vigil He had to face the fact that he was making no tangible* progress. Tomorrow he would telephone several women's residences. It was a cumbersome way of going about the hunt, but it was all that he could think of at the moment. He would interrogate the desk clerks, and perhaps he might uncover a pertinent* clue to Evelyn's whereabouts. If he could only get someone to divulge her hiding place! Perhaps tomorrow would culminate* in success.
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- With rancor* he faced the job of transporting the voluminous* records to his new office.
- Before they began to the criminal, they had to admonish* him that his testimony might be used to Incarcerate* him.
- The hunter maintained a discreet* and wary* as he waited for the propitious* moment to bag his quarry*.
- Even under duress,* he was adamant* and would not the secret.
- The newly married couple selected the for their new home with meticulous* care.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
to take a leaf out of someone's book-to imitate or follow the example
The chip off the old block* took a leaf from his father's
book and never sowed wild oats*.
WEEK 34 DAY 2
NEW WORDS
fluctuate
unmitigated
commodious
antiquated
disheveled
A HOPE DASHED
The next day, Wednesday, saw Robert become more frustrated.* He would fluctuate between high hopes of finding Evelyn and unmitigated despair when he was almost ready to desist* in his search. The phone calls had elicited* almost nothing. Robert had rushed to one women's residence when the clerk described a girl who might Just be Evelyn. The desk clerk phoned to her room on the pretext* that she had a special delivery letter. Robert waited in the commodious lobby, replete* with large, antiquated pieces of furniture. He watched from a discreet* distance as she came down the stairs. One look at her wan* face, slovenly* dress, and disheveled hair was enough to inform Robert that he needed no further scrutiny.* This could not be his Impeccable* Evelyn.
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- He wasn't exactly an liar; he merely embellished* the truth a little.
- In his sumptuous* house he had a den in which he kept an array* of trophies as incontrovertible* evidence of his skill.
- ls it banal* to say that good manners are in our milieu?*
- The current trend* in the stock market is for stocks to in a sporadic* fashion.
- The nondescript.* indolent* beggar was in a condition.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
brass tacks--the real problem or situation
after some moments of congenial* levity,* they got down to brass tacks.
WEEK 34 DAY 3
NEW WORDS
tenacious
facade
asinine
grimace
calumny
TO THE POLICE
Thursday was his next-to-last day. He had been tenacious In following up every lead. Now he was behind the eight ball.* He could hardly galvanize* himself to do anything else. The facade of hope he had worn for almost a week was crumbling; there was nothing left to be sanguine* about. In desperation he turned to the police and placed his problem within their jurisdiction.* They asked many questions, and they requested that he not expurgate* anything. Some of the questions seemed asinine When they Inquired about his relationship to the missing girl, he replied, with a grimace. "Fiancee." When they suggested she might be hiding in that part of the city where the "punk" coterie' congregated, he was Incredulous* and accused the police of calumny against her good name and reputation.
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- He held on to his antiquated* beliefs with a obsession.*
- The woman was noted for her vituperative* against her Innocuous,* although senile,* neighbor.
- She could not abjure* a when she saw the disheveled figure.
- How of the boy to fabricate* that bizarre* story!
- His face wore the most doleful* .
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TODAY'S IDIOM
hook, line, and sinker-completely, all the way
The teacher fell for the practical joke hook, line, and sinker.
WEEK 34 DAY 4
NEW WORDS
pittance
au courant
fastidious
noisome
unkempt
EVELYN DISCOVERED
Failure was Imminent.* and Robert was bereft* of hope. It was now Friday. Despite his abstemious* and parsimonious* way of living, his money had been reduced to a mere pittance. A perverse* impulse brought him to the section where young people in strange clothing and with uncouth* manners made him recoil* in unmitigated* disgust. He had never been au courant with the "hippies" and "punks." He was always fastidious about proper dress and behavior. A moment later he saw her! Evelyn! She was sitting at a table in a coffee shop, surrounded by a coterie* of the most noisome individuals he had ever seen. Evelyn was not Incongruous.* for she herself was unkempt so this was her new habitat! At that instant Robert knew as an incontrovertible* fact that he had lost her. With a grtrnace.* he turned and walked, a doleful* and melancholy figure, toward the bus depot and home.
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- Styles are such transient* things that what is today, is archaic* tomorrow.
- The tip he had been offered was a mere , and the taxi driver threw it on the ground in disdain.*
- Children think mothers are asinine* to get upset about rooms.
- It was Inevitable* that they discover the hidden body by its aroma.
- He was so about table manners that he lost his equanimity* when his son reached for the bread.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
lily-livered-cowardly
The lily-livered gangster got cold feet* and spilled the beans.*
WEEK 34 DAY 5
REVIEW
As an "old hand" at vocabulary-building by the context method, you realize that this is the most natural and effective way. However, you also know that there is work and self-discipline too. You should carry these fine qualities right through life. The words you learn are valuable, the method is equally so.
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