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Word Voyage 4

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1.) The fabled food of the gods, which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it. 2.) Something especially delicious. 3.) A dessert made from shredded coconuts and oranges, sometimes including other ingredients such as marshmallow.

Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.

1.) To make quiet; to calm; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred). 2.) To satisfy, allay or relieve. 3.) To buy off (an aggressor) by concessions usually at the sacrifice of principles.

1.) Warmth or heat of passion or affection; intense devotion; eagerness; zeal. 2.) Heat, in a literal sense.

1.) To attack with violence, or in a vehement manner; to assault. 2.) To attack by words, ridicule, criticism, etc. 3.) To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like. 4.) To make an impact on; beset.

1.) Not understanding. 2.) Discouraged by failure to accomplish a goal and uncertain how to proceed; -- used especially of feelings of defeat and discouragement.

1.) To stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified. 2.) To stop short and stubbornly refuse to go on. 3.) To place an obstacle in the way of; hinder; thwart.

1.) A professional poet and singer whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men. 2.) Hence: A poet.

1.) An artificial mound, especially over a grave. 2.) A hill.

1.) Impudent; immodest; shameless. 2.) Made of brass. 3.) Resembling brass, as in sound, color or strength.

1.) Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt. 2.) The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake. 3.) Any saline solution.

Watchful and discreet; attentive to all the circumstances of a case or the probable consequences of an action; cautious; prudent; wary.

1.) A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense. 2.) Any strongly fortified place.

A singular or odd man, especially one who is old..

Of enormous size or extent; gigantic; huge.

The act of accompanying, usually for protection. The protection provided by an escort. A ship, fleet, group of vehicles, etc., accompanied by a protecting escort.

Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless.

1.) Artfully subtle or shrewd; crafty; sly. 2.) Showing or made with ingenuity. 3.) Charmingly cute or appealing.

1.) The flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea. 2.) A flowing backward or away. 3.) A point of decline.

To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract.

To expel or banish (a person) from his or her country; expatriate. To separate from home, country, etc.

Striking or notable deeds; feats; heroic acts.

Showed or felt a lively or triumphant joy; rejoiced exceedingly.

To mock or insult; to treat with contempt; to scoff at.

Prevented from succeeding at something; frustrated; blocked.

Craft; artful deception; duplicity; wile.

Regarded as holy; sacred; venerated.

1.) A scolding or intense verbal attack; diatribe. 2.) A loud, vehement speech addressed to a large public assembly; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting.

Annoyed or harassed as if by or as if by repeated attacks; worried.

1.) Of, pertaining to or characterized by rash or sudden action or emotion; impulsive. 2.) Rushing with force and violence; furious; forcible; violent.

Displeasure at that which is unjust, offensive or disgraceful; anger mingled with contempt, disgust, or abhorrence.

1.) Lacking aptitude for a particular task; awkward. 2.) Generally awkward or incompetent. 3.) Inappropriate, unsuitable.

Haughty and contemptuous in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful; insulting.

1.) Bright; shining; luminous; reflecting light evenly. 2.) Splendid; illustrious; brilliant.

1.) Humiliated or shamed, as by injury to one's pride. 2.) To subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering.

1.) A sweetish secretion of blossoms which attracts birds and insects. 2.) The juice of a fruit, especially when not diluted. 3.) The drink of the gods; hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage.

1.) Elaborately adorned or decorated; beautifully sumptuous. 2.) Embellished with rhetoric; florid, as a style of composition.

1.) To yearn deeply; long painfully. 2.) To fail gradually in health or vitality from grief, regret, or longing.

1.) To rob or take goods by force, or without right, as in a war. 2.) To take wrongfully, as by pillage, robbery or fraud.

1.) An indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous. 2.) Threatening or disquieting significance.

1.) Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feeling; pricking; biting; acrid. 2.) Acutely distressing to feelings or the mind; poignant; caustic; severe. 3.) Mentally stimulating or appealing.

1.) To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink back. 2.) To roll, spring, or fly back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward.

Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal.

1.) Boisterous merrymaking. 2.) An occasion of merrymaking or noisy festivity. (often plural)

1.) To bring out of a state of sleep, inactivity, depression, etc. 2.) To stir or incite to strong indignation or anger.

1.) To surge or foam as if boiling. 2.) To be in a state of agitation or excitement.

Good at judging what people or situations are really like; well judged and likely to be right in practical matters.

1.) To allay; to quench; to extinguish. 2.) To cool or refresh.

1.) To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept. 2.) To despise; to treat with contempt. 3.) To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.

1.) To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate. 2.) To scatter; to disperse.

Done by surreptitious procedure; accomplished clandestinely; unperceived; secret; furtive.

(Of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.

1.) Pliant; flexible; easily bent; limber. 2.) Characterized by ease, responsiveness, and adaptability in mental action. 3.) Compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance.

A person who asks by humble and earnest entreaty; a petitioner.

1.) Abounding or swarming with something. 2.) Prolific or fertile.

1.) To oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose. 2.) To frustrate or baffle (a plan, purpose, etc.).

A three-pronged instrument or weapon.

1.) Unrestrained; not controlled. 2.) Loosed from the bridle.

1.) Having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; weird; ghostly. 2.) Mysterious; arousing superstitious fear or dread; uncomfortably strange.

1.) Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent. 2.) Characterized by caution; guarded.

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VOCABULARY

From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. $$ \begin{matrix} \text{renown} & \text{forte} & \text{confute} & \text{brinkmanship}\\ \text{dynasty} & \text{recumbent} & \text{tribulation}\\ \end{matrix} $$ Damian mounted his new ______ bicycle, but he immediately crashed into a light pole because he was not used to sitting back while riding a bike. After a few minutes of ______, though, he was able to ride around in the parking lot without falling down. Damian's friends ______ his decision to spend a lot of money on what they called a novelty item, but Damian was ______ for wasting money on things that sat in the basement and collected dust when he tired of them. His credit card sprees would stop eventually, Damian was bound to lose his game of financial ______, in which he waited to pay his bills until he received threatening notices from the bank.

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Read the following passage and then choose the best revision for the underlined portions of the paragraph. The questions will require you to make decisions regarding the revision of the reading selection. Some revisions are not of actual mistakes, but will improve the clarity of the writing. People, unlike most beasts, have the ability to sweat. Coupled with our hairless skin, sweating allows people to keep their body temperature down during long periods of effort. Our cooling, ability, large knees, and elastic tendons, allow us to outrun a horse-in the long run, of course. That's right: over long distances, human beings can outrun almost every running mammal on earth. This ability might not have saved our ancestors from saber tooth tigers, but it provided them a distinct advantage $\underline{\mathrm{while \ tracking \ the \ many \ tasty \ quadrupeds \ living \ on \ the \ plains.}}$ F. NO CHANGE G. while tracking the quadrupeds, many of which were tasty, living on the plains. H. while tracking the tasty plains animals. J. while they tracked down animals, which they knew were tasty, on the plains.

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From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. junta, sedentary, mollify, subversive, patina, placebo, tantamount. The _____ on the brass buttons of General Blanco's uniform sparkled in the sun when he stepped outside the capital office and fished in his pockets for his pill box. Only his doctor knew that the general was about to take a[n] _____ that consisted of little more than sugar. Days before, the general had demanded treatment for recurring chest pains. The doctor found nothing wrong with the general, so he prescribed a psychological treatment for what he thought was a psychological illness. General Blanco's malady was likely the result of a very stressful situation. At the time the pains began, he was a member of a five-person _____ that had seized control of an impoverished nation, and plenty of _____ citizens would have liked nothing more than to eliminate the militant rulers and reinstall the exiled dictator. Blanco had acquired some experience that was _____ to leading a nation, but little experience in dodging assassins.

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From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. abate, droll, decorum, austere, dole, duplicity, abhor. Typhoon Paka hammered the island of Guam for twelve hours before the winds _____. Gusts over one hundred fifty miles an hour devastated the previously green island, creating _____ living conditions for residents in the weeks to come, especially for the estimated five thousand people who lost their homes. Residents able to witness Paka in action were astounded by the serious but almost _____ sight of Paka's invisible forces tossing around automobiles, dumpsters, and palm trees as though they were children's toys. In the days following Paka, residents adhered to traditional post-typhoon _____ by cleaning up hundreds of tons of debris, checking on the condition of friends and neighbors, repairing property, and, because of the lack of electricity, hosting mass barbecues before food perished in warm refrigerators. Luckily, food was not in short supply, but water had to be _____ out by several agencies in the weeks following the tempest.

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