"He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met."
Abraham Lincoln, of a fellow lawyer
Words to Learn This Week
journalist
famine
revive
commence
observant
identify
migrate
vessel
persist
hazy
gleam
editor
Read the following story to see how the new words are used in it.
Flying Saucers Again
Whenever journalists face a news famine, they revive the undeniably interesting question: How can we explain UFOs-unidentified flying objects? The story usually commences with a description of the object by some observant night watchman who doesn't hesitate to identify the object as having migrated from outer space.
The vessel, he persists, appeared over the hazy lake at about 30 feet. A greenish gleam prohibited him from
seeing its exact shape, he admits. Newspaper editors love these stories because they keep the population
interested in knowledge about UFOs and keep them buying newspapers.
Place one of the new words in each of the blanks below.
01.The wedding will ___________ at eight o'clock.
02.When Abe lost his job, he had to ____________ to a place where he could find work.
03.We could tell Ira was happy by the bright _____________in his eyes.
04.Because of the __________ , people were dying in the streets.
05.Many people claim to have seen a ghostly ____________ sailing through the fog.
06.Can you __________ the flags of all the states in the United States?
07.He was __________ of all the rules of his religion.
08.The __________ sent five reporters to cover the big story.
09.They were trying to ___________ interest in old movies.
10.The travelers were stupid to ___________ in eating the food after they were told it was spoiled.
11. ________ weather kept the pilotfrom seeing the airfield clearly.
12. The young _________ applied for his first job at a small newspaper.
