week thirty two 1100 words
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WEEK 32 DAY 1
NEW WORDS
profound
alleviate
prodigious
expedite
celerity
ANYONE FOR GOOGLE?
As automation permeates" many new areas of life, its effect upon us becomes concomitantly* more profound: Information processing, blogs, search engines of all types have found their ways into businesses, as well as our homes, schools, and libraries. Here they alleviate the burden of storing and providing us with an accumulation of information that is becoming more prodigious in this era of specialization and threatening to Inundate" our society. Youngsters in the primary grades now know how to manipulate their computers to extract information that would have taken their grandparents an eternity to produce. Machines whose celerity can scan thousands of words in nanoseconds help expedite the selection of pertinent" information for those schoolchildren.
Sample Sentences Insert your new words below.
- We hoped that the arbiter" would the solution to the fracas" that had been so elusive " for a long time.
- He accepted the lucrative" position with .
- It is easy to construe" a superficial" remark to be a one.
- If we cannot the harmful effects entirely, at least we can attenuate" them.
- The enemy made a effort to repress" the uprising.
Definitions Match the new words with their definitions.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
ivory tower-isolated from life; not in touch with life's problems
Many artists have been said to be living in an ivory tower.
WEEK 32 DAY 2
NEW WORDS
usurp
paltry
condone
trivial
bizarre
EVERYONE IS TALKING
Can anyone under the age of 20 remember a time when the dial telephone was the only method of voice communication over long distances? What a bizarre concept this must seem for today's youth. It has become an antiquated" cultural form of personal contact. The instrument for the modern communicator is the cell phone, which has usurped the wire-connected stationary model. With cell phone companies competing for customers, they eschew" offering a paltry number of minutes of talking time. The cell phone user can take advantage of a plethora" of special deals and carry on with significant or trivial conversations for seemingly endless time, and in almost any location. Often, these personal talks are held in the most public places, and those within hearing find it difficult to condone the inconvenience caused by the indiscriminate" use of this ubiquitous" instrument.
Don't look back at the "new words.” Did you spot bizarre as a reintroduced word?
Sample Sentences (note the similarity of trivial and paltry)
- Most of us scoff" at and belittle" behavior.
- They exacerbated" a difference of opinion into a prodigious" conflict.
- It is during a period of ferment" that a dictator can power.
- Do you expect me to that reprehensible" act with such celerity?*
- The most defects may have a deleterious" effect upon the efficacy" of that new process.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
to feather one's nest-to enrich oneself on the sly or at every opportunity
He played up to his senile* aunt in the hope of
Jeathering his nest when she made out her will.
WEEK 32 DAY 3
NEW WORDS
menial
venerable
extraneous
ambiguous
succinct
THE FUTURE IS HERE
We have ardently" taken to the cell phone as a replacement for the venerable dial-up model. The most striking feature of the cell phone Is the variety of uses to which It can be put. The dial-up phone Is restricted to the menial task of mere conversation. For the garrulous" person who Isn't restricted to one place, the mobile cell phone has a myriad" of uses. Should one be in an area that requires silence, there is an ability to utilize the succinct text messaging feature. Should one come upon an ambiguous event that one wishes to keep, one may photograph It or make It Into a film for further study. Do not preclude" from the list of uses the access to your computer, music, and weather reports. One can hardly Imagine an extraneous technical marvel that will not embellish" the cell phone in the future.
Sample Sentences Complete the sentences with the new words.
- The prodigy" revered" the master.
- To those who could understand every nuance" of the cryptic" message. there was nothing about It.
- He could say the most vitriolic* things in a way.
- Although she did not find it congenial." we cajoled" our daughter into doing some of the tasks around the house.
- The astute" voter is not susceptible" to the many shibboleths" that saturate" a politician's speech
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TODAY'S IDIOM
the writing on the wall-an incident or event that
shows what will happen in the future
In retrospect" he should have seen the writtng on the wall when his
girlfriend gave him only a cursory" greeting on his birthday.
WEEK 32 DAY 4
NEW WORDS
archaic
emulate
facetious
rabid
salubrious
IT'S HAPPENING NOW
The flood of new technology makes each modem marvel appear archaic within the briefest time period. An assiduous" examination of today's communication methods will make clear how quickly a rabid purchaser of the newest product will want to emulate friends and buy the next one. The cell phone that can track down the location of a user, or the music-downloading pod that has a potential" to record almost countless songs are soon to be replaced with more powerful and exciting products. It would not be facetious to claim that scientists will persevere" in devising ways for us to contact each other by voice, photographs, and print messages that give us access" to a more salubrious social network.
Sample Sentences Use the new words in these sentences.
- Some maintain that the ascetic" leads a life.
- With all candor." I cannot wish for a return to the times when a moribund" society provided an opulent" existence for some, but a loathsome" life for the majority.
- There is something about an egotist' who has the temerity" to begin a speech with, "In all humility" ....
- It ls not prudent" to malign" or castigate," or be derogatory" in any way toward a political adherent."
- The wish to a great person ls laudable."
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TODAY'S IDIOM
on the bandwagon-joining with the majority; going along with the trend
Most advertisements showing many people using a product hope to
convince the viewer to get on the band.wagon and buy the item.
WEEK 32 DAY 1
REVIEW
When you can analyze a sentence and determine from the context the meaning of a previously unknown word, you are functioning at the best level. These words will become a permanent part of your ever-growing vocabulary.
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