week twenty two 1100 words

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WEEK 22   DAY 1

NEW WORDS

juxtapose

plight

covert

cope

incompatibility

 

FEMALE ALCOHOLICS

When we Juxtapose the words "woman· and "alcoholic· many readers are surprised. However, the plight of America's several million female alcoholics is rapidly increasing in intensity. But the statistics are inexact because it is estimated that there are nine covert alcoholics for every one under treatment. Women drink to help themselves to cope with life's vicissitudes* They drink because of financial pressures, incompatibility, frustration.* and related reasons.

Sample Sentences Use the new words in the following sentences.

Question No. /

1. If we were to our philosophies, your materialism* would conflict with my idealism.

2. Judge Felder commented with asperity" upon the wife's charge of

3. Just how our club's president is able to with so many disparate" personalities is something I'll never understand.

4. The of the refugees who wandered about in a desultory* fashion moved us to tears.

5. Woodrow Wilson stated that he found agreements to be reprehensible.*

Definitions Match the new words with their meanings.

Question No. /

Find the correct word.

plight incompatibility Juxtapose covert cope
secret. hidden
predicament, dangerous situation
to be a match for, to be able to handle
quality of being mismated, lack of harmony
to place side by side

TODAY'S IDIOM

plea bargain-to agree to plead guilty to a lesser charge

so as to avoid trial for a more serious offense.

The defendant finally took his lawyer's advice and agreed

to a plea bargain of third-degree assault.

 

 

WEEK 22   DAY 2

NEW WORDS

incapacitated

fabricate

connubial

demur

appellation

 

A PROFILE OF THE WOMAN WHO DRINKS TO EXCESS

The typical alcoholic woman is above average in intelligence, in her forties. married, with two children. She started drinking socially in high school or college. Although frequently incapacitated. she can fabricate a story skillfully and thus conceal her true physical condition. She often attributes her alcoholism to connubial stress, boredom, or depression. A large percentage of the women give family histories of alcoholism. Most female drinkers would demur at the appellation of "alcoholic"-and that makes their treatment all the more difficult.

IMPORTANT  NOTE: How good a detective are you? Did you spot one of the new words that had been introduced earlier? (Fabricate) It should be part of your vocabulary now. From time to time in the lessons that follow, your alertness will be tested as a previously learned word is reintroduced.

Sample Sentences Use the new words in the following sentences.

Question No. /
  1. Dave's metamorphosis* from an honest person to one who could an alibi so adroitly* was amazing.
  2. The widow grew maudlin* as she reminisced about her former bliss.
  3. I will have to even If I receive a bona fide* invitation to run for the G.O. council.
  4. Because he was the scion* of the richest family on our block, Lenny was given the of "Rockefeller."
  5. He was ashamed to admit that a pesky* skin rash him for weeks at a time.

Definitions Match the new words with their meanings.

Question No. /

Find the correct word.

incapacitated fabricate appellation demur connubial
related to marriage
to lie, concoct"
to object
disabled, made unfit
a name

TODAY'S IDIOM

in apple pie order-in neat order, good condition

The house was in dreadful condition when Mrs. Maslow arrived,

but when she left it was in apple pie order.

 

 

WEEK 22   DAY 3

NEW WORDS

escalation

indifference

potential

cumulative

recondite

 

NEFARIOUS* EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL

Aside from the reasons offered earlier, doctors have other interesting reasons for the escalation in female drinking. They also indict* social acceptance and indifference to alcohol's potential danger as contributory factors. If women realized the harmful extent of the cumulative effect of alcohol, they might taper off in their public and recondite drinking. Forty-three percent of the female alcoholics in a survey showed evidence of liver damage, and a quarter of the whole group had a high white-blood-cell count. Almost five percent of the patients died shortly after their release from the hospital.

Sample Sentences If you can still see clearly after all the references to liquor, use the new words in the following sentences.

Question No. /
  1. Many derogatory* statements were heard from those who were opposed to further of the conflict.
  2. With complete toward his personal safety, Lt. Regan openly challenged the puissant* forces of the enemy.
  3. When destitution* grips an area, there is excellent for trouble.
  4. The effect of the summer's sultry* weather was to shorten everyone's temper.
  5. The poet's language precluded* any understanding of her theme.

Definitions Match the new words with their meanings.

Question No. /

Find the correct word.

indifference potential (adj.) cumulative escalation recondite
secret, hidden, obscure
lack of concern
possible
an Increase, intensification
accumulated

TODAY'S IDIOM

apple polishing-trying to gain favor by gifts or flattery

If the way to advancement in this company is through apple polishing, I quit!

 

 

WEEK 22   DAY 4

NEW WORDS

palliate

delude

prelude

chimerical

acknowledge

 

DANGER SIGNALS

A potential" female alcoholic should be cognizant* of certain danger signals:

  1. a. Using alcohol in an attempt to palliate her problems.
  2. b. Deluding herself about the extent of her drinking habits.
  3. c. Drinking at regular time periods, both day and night.
  4. d. Reliance upon alcohol as a prelude to a major social obligation.
  5. e. Making unrealistic promises about terminating- her drinking.
  6. f. Using alcohol as a medication for real or chimerical illnesses. If in evaluating* her drinking, a woman acknowledged that several of the danger signals applied to her, she should see a physician.

Sample Sentences Use the new words In the following sentences.

Question No. /
  1. Monte refused to the extrinsic* pressures that were causing him to do poorly In his sophomore year.
  2. We must not allow fulsome* praise to us about our actual abilities.
  3. The drugs could only the symptoms, not provide the cure.
  4. As a to his performance, the bullfighter vowed to do penance* for his sins.
  5. The scheme sounded , we were Indoctrinated* to believe that it could work.

Definitions Match the new words with their meanings.

Question No. /

Find the correct word.

chimerical delude palliate prelude acknowledge
visionary, imaginary, fantastic
admit
alleviate, relieve without curing
Introduction
to fool

TODAY'S IDIOM

the Draconian Code--a very severe set of rules (Draco, an Athenian lawmaker

of the 7th century B.C., prescribed the death penalty for almost every violation.)

The head counselor ran our camp according to his own Draconian Code.

 

 

WEEK 22   DAY 5

REVIEW

If you're driving, don't drink! Alcohol does not mix with gasoline! We have seen those slogans on many billboards. Here's a new one: "If you use words. use good ones!" Match the twenty words with their meanings. Write the letter that stands for the definition in the appropriate answer space.

Question No. /

Find the definitions of the words.

delude appellation covert acknowledge cumulative demur connubial cope chimerical escalation
admit
Intensification
a name
related to marriage
accumulated
to object
imaginary. fantastic
secret
to fool
to be a match for

Question No. /

Find the definitions of the words.

indifference recondite incompatibility plight Juxtapose palliate prelude potential (adj.) fabricate incapacitated
possible
obscure. hidden
to lie
to place side by side
introduction
relieve without curing
lack of harmony
predicament
disabled
lack of concern

Question No. /

Find the idioms of the words.

Draconian Code apple polishing In apple pie order plea bargain
in good condition
trying to gain favor
admit guilt on a lesser charge
severe set of rules

juxtapose
پهلوی هم گذاشتن
plight
گرفتاری
covert
نهان
cope
مقابله
incompatibility
ناسازگاری
incapacitated
ناتوان
fabricate
ساختن
connubial
وابسته به زناشویی
demur
درنگ کردن
appellation
نام.عنوان
escalation
تشدید
indifference
بی علاقگی
potential
پتانسیل
cumulative
انباشته
recondite
پیچیده
palliate
کاهش دادن
delude
فریب دادن
prelude
مقدمه
chimerical
واهی.خیالی
acknowledge
اذعان

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