Group 3 Vocabulary Definitions

• • • • • • • • • • Abhorrent= hateful Admonish= warn Ambrosial= delicious Confine= imprison Decade= 10 years Detonate= explode Ephemeral= short-lived Gullible= easily deceived Haggle= argue Immerse= place in liquid • • • • • • • • • • Insomnia= sleeplessness Lapse= mistake Probe= investigation Render= give Repast= meal Replenish= refill Score= 20 Snub= insult Sutures= stitches Unwittingly= unintentionally

Pretest 3: “Commonsense” Contexts

1. Admonished means warned or scolded.

11. Probe means investigation.

12. Haggle means argue.

2. Repast means meal.

13. Lapse means mistake.

3. Replenished means refilled.

4. Insomnia means sleeplessness.

14. Ephemeral means short lived.

15. Abhorrent means hateful. 5. Rendering means giving.

6. Score means 20.

7. Decade means 10 years.

8. Sutures means stitches.

16. Snub means insult.

17. Unwittingly means unintentionally.

18. Detonated means exploded.

9. Gullible means easily deceived.

10. Confined means imprisoned.

19. Immersed means placed in liquid. 20. Ambrosial means delicious.

Exercise 2.14

1. Their fame was ephemeral.

2. She is an insomniac.

3. The shoppers were haggling.

4. Were the stitches removed?

5. No one likes confinement.

6. He is very gullible.

7. Unwittingly, I snubbed you.

8. We abhor their behavior.

9. Has your policy lapsed?

10.The offenders were admonished.

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Exercise 2.18

1. We respected them, but they treated us with 2. If yellow is __________ to you, choose another color.

3. Many windows were shattered by the __________.

4. Liz read the poem beautifully, but your __________ was even better.

5. Gregg was so __________ in his book that he didn’t see us enter.

6. A team of experienced __________ is investigating the crash.

7. If you are king or queen for a day, your glory will be __________.

8. Most authors are soon forgotten, but a few achieve __________ fame.

9. The rebellious inmate was put into solitary __________.

10. It was his first warning. Never before had he been __________.