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Vocabulary Practice
Use the definitions in the Vocabulary Preview or a dictionary to support your work.
Practice 1. Circle the word or phrase whose meaning is opposite to the meaning of the vocabulary word.
Vocabulary Word
Words or Phrases to choose From
keen
stupid careful interesting
significant
important major worthless
typical
average uncommon modern
arbitrary
comical unacceptable reasonable
repetitive
once secure frequent
Practice 2. Complete each sentence, paying attention to the bold vocabulary word. 1. Unexpected events can happen; for instance,
two tigers recently escaped from our city zoo.
2. I enjoy films and TV shows that feature detectives solving crimes.
3. When people from different cultures meet, they might have different ways of preparing foods and eating.
4. If you do not perform the steps in sequence, then the experiment will not work.
Practice 3. Use each vocabulary word to complete an analogy. livelihood operator repetitive
1. Singer is to microphone as operator is to telephone. 2. Employment is to livelihood as exercise is to fitness. 3. Random is to disorder as repetitive is to pattern.
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