504 Essential Words slide 38, / words to learn/ slide 39 Fill in the Blanks, Matching

Fill in the Blanks
Place one of the new words in each of the blanks below.

1. The old man had lived for seven decades.
2. He had the vision that some day there would be peace on earth.
3. Only a minority of the senators were against welfare.
4. No one has ever had even a glimpse of the future.
5. People used to think it was an absurd idea that human beings could ever fly.
6. We make frequent visits to Florida in the winter.
7. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask.
8. There was only a solitary man on the beach.
9. The conflict was over the highcost of bread.
10. Recent studies have shown that the cost of living has gone up rapidly.
11. The gun alone was evidence enough to convict the killer.
12. The stories Henry told people about his adventures turned out to be merely fiction.

Matching
Match the 12 new words in Column I with the definitions in Column II.

1. vision — h. sense of sight
2. fiction — g. that which is imagined or made up
3. frequent — b. happening often
4. absurd — plainly not true or sensible
5. minority — i. smaller number or part
6. evidence — d. that which makes clear the truth or falsehood of something
7. conflict — j. direct opposition
8. decade — a. ten years
9. glimpse — f. a short, quick view
10. recent — e. occurring not long ago
11. solitary — c. alone
12. hesitate — fail to act quickly