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Improving Vocabulary Skills

Improving Vocabulary Skills. Chapter Eighteen. Matching words with definitions. Great; large Cause to be or become; make Forward; forth Fear Two; double Resembling; like; characteristic of Heart Mental processes; mind State of being; condition Not. Sentence check one.

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Improving Vocabulary Skills

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  1. Improving Vocabulary Skills Chapter Eighteen

  2. Matching words with definitions • Great; large • Cause to be or become; make • Forward; forth • Fear • Two; double • Resembling; like; characteristic of • Heart • Mental processes; mind • State of being; condition • Not

  3. Sentence check one courdi-, du- -dom -fyil-, im- -ishmagni- phob pro- psycho- • Despite her (boy . . .) _____ hairdo, Paula looks very feminine. • (Wis . . . ) _____ is what we gain when we learn from our mistakes. • The parents were greatly (dis . . . aged) _____ when every attempt to find their son failed. • To keep the accident victim ( . . . mobile) _____, the paramedics tied her to a stretcher. • The reason these life-size dolls are so expensive is that only one hundred are ( . . . duced) _____ each year. • The funhouse mirror ( . . . fied) _____ my reflection so that I looked fifty pounds heavier. • I always ( . . . Plicate) _____ important papers and letters so that if the original gets lost, I still have the copy. • Barb’s ( . . . analyst ) _____ asked her to write down her dreams, as they might be helpful in understanding her problems. • If you want to find a job before all the graduates start looking for employment next month, you’d better (intensi . . .) _____ your search. • It’s lucky Santa Claus doesn’t have (claustro . . . ia) _____. Otherwise, he would be too frightened of confined spaces to come down the chimney.

  4. Sentence check Two courdi-, du- -dom -fyil-, im- -ishmagni- phob pro- psycho- 1-2. The apartment the realtor showed us was ( . . . ficent) _____, but it was ( . . . practical) _____ for us. Not only was it too large, but it would also make an uncomfortable dent in our budget. 3-4. Everyone has fears, but ( . . . ic) _____ people need to gain (free . . . ) _____ from the extreme fears that devastate them and their families. 5-6. The purpose of ( . . . therapy) _____ is to ( . . . mote ) mental health. 7-8. Florence and I felt (fool . . . ) _____ when we sang “the Star-Spangled Banner” as a ( . . . et) _____ and forgot the words halfway through. 9-10. The mayor didn’t allow racial tensions to (dis . . . age) _____ him. He just made more of an effort to (uni . . .) the city.

  5. Study five minutes for ch. 18 test. • cour • di-, du- • -dom • -fy • il-, im- • -ish • magni- • phob • pro- • psycho-

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