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Lesson 18
1.) abroad - Exaggeration adds to the humor of Mark Twain’s accounts of his travels abroad.
2.) anguish - The captives’ anguish is expressed eloquently in the poem.
3.) commence - The school year will commence on September 9, 2011.
4.) commend - The teacher liked to commend the students who earned perfect scores on the test.
5.) controversy - The plan to build a new power station in an unspoiled rural area created controversy.
6.) cordial - The guests received a cordial welcome at the television studio.
7.) dissent - Only one senator was expected to dissent during voting.
8.) earnest - The victim’s earnest appeal for help could not be ignored.
9.) elicit - The fiery speech would surely elicit an angry response from the crowd.
10.) exhilaration - The baseball fans showed their exhilaration by running onto the field and carrying the players off shoulder high.
11.) genuine - This is a genuine diamond, not a fake.
12.) hoax - We knew the player’s injury was a hoax when he jumped to his feet and laughed at us.
13.) manipulate - The deft players quickly figured out how to manipulate the controls of the video game.
14.) recount - The judge asked the witness to recount what happened just before the accident.
15.) skeptic - When it comes to astrology, my cousin remains a skeptic.
Bonus Word 1: pedal
Bonus Word 2: recipe
Lesson 19
1.) breach - Water poured through the breach in the dam.
2.) clammy - The speaker was so nervous his hands were clammy with sweat.
3.) construct - We planned to construct the tree house from pieces of scrap lumber.
4.) elaborate - The elaborate meal took hours to prepare.
5.) fragrant - We awoke to the fragrant aroma of freshly baked bread.
6.) furnish - he parents’ club raised money to furnish money for the art project.
7.) haven - The local school was a haven for those made homeless by the hurricane.
8.) install - We want to install a large skylight over the kitchen sink.
9.) massive - A massive meteorite collided with the Mexican coast 65 million years ago, making a crater nearly 200 miles across.
10.) repel - To repel mosquitoes, use this spray before going out in the woods.
11.) restore - The police restored the stolen goods to the rightful owners.
12.) retaliate - When my friend hid my bat, I thought I could retaliate by hiding her softball mitt.
13.) stench - The stench of rotting fish drove the investigators away from the dock.
14.) strewed - The wind strewed papers all over the yard.
15.) vicinity - The wind strewed papers all over the yard.
Bonus Word 1: maroon
Bonus Word 2: refuse
Lesson 20
1.) abilities – The superhero’s abilities included being able to fly and make himself invisible.
2.) ascent – The hiker’s ascent up Mt. Everest was nearly impossible with the stormy weather.
3.) account – I deposited the money into my checking account.
4.) ache – My feet started to ache after the long hike.
5.) addresses – A great place to organize the addresses of your friends is in an address book.
6.) adolescent – In sixth grade, you are an adolescent.
7.) admiral – The sailor dreamed of being the admiral of his own ship one day.
8.) algebra – In eighth grade math, you will learn more about algebra.
9.) alibis – All of the suspects in the investigation had strong alibis on the night the crime occurred.
10.) allergic – She was allergic to peanuts.
11.) alphabet – There are 26 letters in the English alphabet.
12.) although – Although the weather was warm this weekend, it will soon be cold again.
13.) amateur – As an amateur juggler, he had already developed impressive skills to entertain the audience.
14.) ambulance – You could hear the sirens from the ambulance speeding down the street.
15.) aristocrat – Serving the nobility was the aristocrat’s main responsibility.
Bonus Word 1: asteroid – An asteroid streaked across the night sky.
Bonus Word 2: astronaut – An astronaut was in the news recently because he fell off of his bike and was injured.
Lesson 21
1.) daughter – His daughter was to be married to the prince.
2.) decimal – When you multiply a number by 10, you move the decimal one place to the right.
3.) desert – Out in the desert, you probably will not observe evidence of liquefaction.
4.) Detroit – Detroit is the capital city of Michigan.
5.) doughnut – My favorite type of doughnut is plain glazed.
6.) dominoes – The game of dominoes in Spanish is known as “Decimales”.
7.) drought – 2011 will not be a drought year in California.
8.) dungeon – The princess was afraid to explore the dungeon, fearing what she might find there.
9.) denominator – The denominator is the bottom half of a fraction.
10.) dependent – Our trip was dependent on saving enough money to pay for fuel.
11.) disturbance – Our guests caused a disturbance for my pets, causing the cat and dog to run under the porch.
12.) banquet – At the banquet, you could choose from many appetizing dinner entrees.
13.) barbecue – I like to barbecue chicken and make potato salad during the summer.
14.) bargain – “What a bargain!” she said to the clerk, after finding an iPod on sale for $1.00.
15.) bazaar – The tour guide suggested that we plan to visit the bazaar while we were touring Morocco.
Bonus Word 1: behavior – We were on our best behavior when we visited the museum.
Bonus Word 2: boomerang – It took lots of practice to master throwing the boomerang.
Lesson 22
1.) boundary – Boundaries of the harbor were marked with bouys.
2.) bruise – A giant bruise appeared on the player’s arm after the baseball bounced off of it.
3.) bureau – Opening the bureau drawer, she discovered a family heirloom.
4.) butcher – Dave was the butcher at the Lucky’s grocery store in San Carlos.
5.) bulldozer – At the mine, a bulldozer moved giant piles of earth.
6.) blizzard – On the East Coast, they are experiencing their eighth blizzard of the winter.
7.) bicycle – A bicycle ride sounds delightful today!
8.) echoes – Entering the haunted mansion, my first footstep echoes down the hall.
9.) electrical – Our kitchen was having electrical problems when the refrigerator went out.
10.) elephant – An adult African elephant can weigh up to 14,000 pounds.
11.) emergency – In an earthquake emergency drill, duck and cover under your desk.
12.) emigrate – She will emigrate from Europe to the United States.
13.) enchilada – I am going to make cheese enchiladas for dinner!
14.) endurance – The marathon runner’s endurance was impressive!
15.) enemies – Enemies of the king surrounded his castle.
Bonus Word 1: engineer – In fifth grade science yesterday, the students worked to engineer a cargo ship.
Bonus Word 2: erosion – Erosion of the Earth’s surface can be caused by water or wind.
Lesson 23
1.) especially
2.) exhaust
3.) cactus
4.) calculate
5.) California
6.) capital
7.) capitol
8.) caribou
9.) carnivore
10.) cartilage
11.) caution
12.) champion
13.) Chicago
14.) chimpanzee
15.) choreograph
Bonus Word 1: cinnamon
Bonus Word 2: constellation
Lesson 24
1.) coyote
2.) cumulus
3.) fallow
4.) farewell
5.) faucet
6.) fauna
7.) February
8.) fledgling
9.) foreign
10.) flounder
11.) freight
12.) frequency
13.) frontier
14.) frustrate
15.) geologist
Bonus Word 1: geometry
Bonus Word 2: giraffe
Lesson 25
1.) gigantic
2.) gravitation
3.) guerrilla
4.) glisten
5.) gopher
6.) gnat
7.) gravity
8.) guitar
9.) journalist
10.) justice
11.) judge
12.) Kansas
13.) karate
14.) kimono
15.) knead
Bonus Word 1: knapsack
Bonus Word 2: knowledge
Lesson 26
1.) knuckle
2.) Kentucky
3.) Nebraska
4.) naughty
5.) negotiation
6.) nitrogen
7.) nuclear
8.) nucleus
9.) nursery
10.) nutrient
11.) haiku
12.) handkerchief
13.) Hawaii
14.) headache
15.) hectare
Bonus Word 1: heredity
Bonus Word 2: hibernate
Lesson 27
1.) hesitate
2.) hoard
3.) hoard
4.) hurdle
5.) hoarse
6.) launch
7.) laundry
8.) league
9.) lemonade
10.) lettuce
11.) license
12.) likelihood
13.) Louisiana
14.) lunar
15.) lure
Bonus Word 1: oasis
Bonus Word 2: observatory
Lesson 28
1.) October
2.) Oklahoma
3.) orchestra
4.) ordinal
5.) Oregon
6.) oyster
7.) ought
8.) oxygen
9.) ignorant
10.) imagination
11.) immigrant
12.) immune
13.) ignorant
14.) infinite
15.) instrument
Bonus Word 1: intelligence
Bonus Word 2: interpretation
Lesson 29
1.) interval
2.) inversion
3.) invitation
4.) macaroni
5.) Maine
6.) maneuver
7.) manufacture
8.) medicine
9.) migrate
10.) megabyte
11.) moisture
12.) mourn
13.) Montana
14.) muscular
15.) mysteries
Bonus Word 1: Philadelphia
Bonus Word 2: phase
Lesson 30
1.) physician
2.) pigeon
3.) pioneer
4.) playwright
5.) prairie
6.) preservative
7.) principle
8.) principal
9.) pirouette
10.) quarrel
11.) quotient
12.) quantity
13.) Tennessee
14.) theories
15.) theme
Bonus Word 1: thieves
Bonus Word 2: thorough
Lesson 31
1.) thoughtless
2.) thousandth
3.) throttle
4.) tomb
5.) tortilla
6.) totalitarian
7.) threshold
8.) temperature
9.) tremble
10.) trapezoid
11.) trousers
12.) turquoise
13.) typhoon
14.) vacant
15.) vacuum
Bonus Word 1: vane
Bonus Word 2: variable
Lesson 32
1.) vault
2.) vertical
3.) vessel
4.) viceroy
5.) videos
6.) rebellion
7.) receipt
8.) refugee
9.) rehearse
10.) relativity
11.) replenish
12.) representative
13.) request
14.) resign
15.) resistance
Bonus Word 1: rodeo
Bonus Word 2: royalty
Lesson 33
1.) urban
2.) urgent
3.) usually
4.) unnecessary
5.) union
6.) Utah
7.) Virginia
8.) virus
9.) volunteer
10.) voyage
11.) safely
12.) sardine
13.) Saturday
14.) saucer
15.) scarcity
Bonus Word 1: scarves
Bonus Word 2: scheme
Lesson 34
1.) scientific
2.) scuba
3.) wrench
4.) Washington
5.) Wyoming
6.) wrist
7.) wrinkle
8.) wren
9.) wreath
10.) windpipe
11.) whittle
12.) whine
13.) whether
14.) wharf
15.) weird
Bonus Word 1: sympathy
Bonus Word 2: syllable
Lesson 35
1.) suffix
2.) surgeon
3.) sphere
4.) cue
5.) bass
6.) refrain
7.) sole
8.) forge
9.) incense
10.) novel
11.) poach
12.) corporal
13.) forearm
14.) buffet
15.) league
Bonus Word 1:
Bonus Word 2:
Lesson 36
1.) driveway
2.) countdown
3.) twenty-one
4.) brother-in-law
5.) overcoat
6.) teammate
7.) high school
8.) sleeping bag
9.) close-up
10.) videotape
11.) applesauce
12.) foolproof
13.) cold front
14.) science fiction
15.) receipt
Bonus Word 1:
Bonus Word 2: