305 Essential Words.

A.

1. We will have to postpone our meeting unless more members show up.
2. Rex underestimated the skill of the other tennis player, and he was beaten badly.
3. With only a mediocre typing ability, Veronica never expected to be hired.
4. Germs are a menace to our health.
5. Although Rip was challenged to tell all he knew, he remained silent.
6. We invited only the most prominent people in town to our fund-raising party.
7. When her job in the city was abolished Daisy went home to the farm.
8. Unforeseen problems kept coming up each day, making it harder and harder for me
   to finish my work.
9. I believe in our doctor and like the adequate reasons he gave us for keeping Grandma
   in the hospital.
10. Don’t you get angry when someone ignores your questions?

B.

1. consent — d)refuse
2. valid — j)untrue
3. ignite — a)put out
4. reveal — h)hide
5. urgent — b)not important
6. victorious — i)beaten
7. survive — c)die
8. mount — g)get off
9. prohibit — e)allow
10. miniature — f)large

C.

1. “Charges Against Me Are, Absurd.“ Complains Governor
2. High School Principal to Prohibit Student Autos
3. Postpone Flight of Space Shuttle for 48 Hours 
4. Witness Promises to Reveal Truth Today
5. “Best Novel in a Decade “Says Critic 
6. Sick Child Visited by Specialist Prominent
7. Flu Germs Menace Elderly Citizens 
8. Stolen jewels Are Objects of Massive Search 
9. Huge Unemployment in Urban Areas 
10. Weatherman Apologizes for Gloomy Weekend Forecast

D.

1. be undecided as well as show reluctance — hesitate
2. an untruth but one that is practiced by even the best writers — fiction
3. ponderous or large and is the opposite of capsule — massive
4. ten decades and has the same root as cent — century
5. finish as well as make an inference — conclude
6. ridiculous yet in a certain phrase is close to sublime — absurd
7. easily understood as well as evident and apparent — obvious
8. save and in its origin bears a relation to family — preserve
9. a dream or hope as well as sight — vision
10. one of a kind and also rare or without equal — unique

E. 

Dear Rona,

My first day at the Herricks Junior High here in Sandy, Utah was a weird one. Everyone knew each
other, and I was like an alien from outer space. After having spent seven years in classes with you in Miami, I have to adjust to a new state, a new city, a new neighborhood, and a new school!

To be perfectly frank, I hesitate to guess how I’ll manage to survive because I really miss you
and the whole gang back in sunny Florida. You and I always talked about swimming and scuba diving but here all the kids are into skiing. I’m sure that I’ll dread my first time on the big slopes because I have a tendecy to fear new experiences. To start with, I’ll have to swap my swim gear for down jackets, mittens, and ear muffs. Brrr!

Back to Herricks Jr. High. We have only 140 kids in this less than urban school where there is
absolutely no need for a security guard. A quick glimpse of my program reveals* that I have five
major subjects, including French. In addition, ma cherie, I have Phys. Ed. three times a week, plus
Computer Lab., Home Eco. (we made jello the first day!) and Music. It’s obvious I won’t have time
to loaf.

There is a Senior Prom and a class trip to Los Angeles, if I can get my Mom to consent I have
to conclude this letter now because they gave me a ton of homework.