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 cour di-, du- -dom -fy il-, im-
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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
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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 Everyone has fears, but ( ic) _____ people need to gain (free ) _____ from the extreme fears that devastate them and their families The purpose of ( therapy) _____ is to ( mote ) mental health Florence and I felt (fool ) _____ when we sang “the Star- Spangled Banner” as a ( et) _____ and forgot the words halfway through 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.
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