SHIFTLESS : OBJECTIVE

a. crafty : cunning

b. wary : caution c. disgruntled: complaint

d. partial : prejudice

e. callous : sympathy

Each line, when completed, should have three words similar in meaning. Enter all missing letters

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Fill each blank with the lesson word that best fits the meaning of the sentence.

Lower winter air fares will probably encourage more Northerners to ______ in the South this year.

Each line when completed, should have three words similar in meaning. Enter all missing letters

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There are few theaters here, but on Broadway there are theaters galore.

a. CLUE:

b. MEANING:

Fill each blank with the lesson word that best fits the meaning of the sentence.

Residents of the farming county insist that the construction of a large airport will not ______ with the ______ life they are determined to preserve.

Eliminate repetition by replacing the boldfaced word or words with a synonym from your lesson words.

_________ He is entangled in a web of lies and cannot disentangle himself.

Eliminate repetition by replacing the boldfaced word or words with a synonym from your lesson words.

_________Many youngsters will gladly forgo vegetables but are most reluctant to forgo dessert.

Each line, when completed, should have three words similar in meaning. Enter all missing letters.

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Fill each blank with the lesson word that best fits the meaning of the sentence.

The candidate attempted to _______ his achievements, but his exaggerations were _________d by the reporter's sharp questioning

Enter the lesson word that is most nearly the opposite of the boldfaced word or words.

Nations that __________ hostilities may find it difficult to end them.

Eliminate repetition by replacing the boldfaced word or words with a synonym from your lesson words.

People with an enormous appetite for knowledge usually do an enormous amount of reading.

DYNAMITE : DEMOLITION

a. food : agriculture

b. fog : atmosphere

c. oil : heating

d. lumber : forest

e. temperature : refrigeration

Here are some more commonsense contexts. Each contains a clue or clues to the meaning of the italicized word. Discover the meaning by using common sense, as in the previous examples. Then write the meaning in the space provided. "All was dark within, so that I could distinguish nothing by the eye."-ROBERT LoUIS StEVENSON

distinguish means ____________