Unit 3:  Lunch at Delmonico's
Make sure to read the attached passage, taking note of the boldface words and their contexts.  These words are among those you will be studying in Unit 3.  It may help you to complete the exercises in this unit if you refer to the way the words are used below.

Note the spelling, pronunciations, part(s) of speech, and definition(s) of each of the following words (attached).  Finally, study the lists of synonyms and antonyms.  
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1. Even those who do not like New York must admit that it is a truly ______________ city, quite unlike any other in the world.
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2. The American people must take action right now to deal with the problem of pollution that _______________ so large on our horizon.
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3. You may make friends very easily, but if you continue to be so _______________, you aren't going to keep them for long.
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4. The _____________ of her reputation as a friend of humanity has grown brighter with the years.
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5. All of the students in Sandra's advanced weaving class are making small rugs on their portable ______________.
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6. Glenn has such a store of ___________________ information in his head that we have nicknamed him "The Encyclopedia"!
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7. It's all right for us to disagree, but let's argue about the facts only, without _______________ in name-calling.
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8. "If you choose to play with fire," I warned them, " you right the risk of _________________ your fingers.
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9. Probably no __________________ in American history is so well known and beloved as Lincoln's address on the battlefield of Gettysburg.
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10. Neither threats nor force will _______________ me into doing something that in my heart I know is wrong.
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11.  Instead of ___________________ about the misfortunes that have befallen you, why don't you go out and do something to correct the situation?
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12.  The man was not just "a little careless" in handling the club's funds; he was ______________ dishonest!
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13.  It was really difficult to hear the speaker because of the steady _____________ of airplanes landing, taxiing, and taking off.
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14.  Each year the professional football season _____________________ in the Super Bowl.
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15. Modern scientists often try to _______________ their ideas and theories by conducting extensive experiments in their laboratories.
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16. This magazine is published not for a mass circulation but for a very small audience of highly ___________________ people.
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17. By Friday afternoon, all of us were ________________ for  relaxing, enjoyable weekend.
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18. I have my doubts about people who spend too much time telling the world how noble and _______________ they are.
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19.  The school board candidate delivered a stirring, twenty-minute _______________ on her plans for lowering the district's dropout rate.
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20. An important _______________ of what is commonly called luck is the willingness to take chances when an opportunity appears.
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21. The last thing I heard before falling asleep was the ________________ of their voices as they continued their endless discussion of politics.
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22.  In his many years in Congress, he has been ______________________ mainly by a strong desire to help the underdogs in our society.
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23.  Anyone who strives to be ______________ in American literature should be familiar with the strange, mysterious tales of Edgar Allan Poe.
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24. Though the colonies had long _________________ with resentment at the British, the cauldron of their discontent  did not boil over into rebellion until 1776.
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25. On a cold night, what I ___________________ for most is  hot bowl of chicken soup.
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1. Pick the correct synonym: the key "ingredient" in the process
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2.  Pick the correct synonym:  despite the danger that "appears" ahead
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3. Pick the correct synonym:  "trained" in a new computer language
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4. Pick the correct synonym:  an "utter" disaster
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5. Pick the correct synonym:  offered a "singular" opportunity
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6. Pick the correct synonym:  gave a long "sermon"
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7.  Pick the correct synonym:  the "murmur" of the bored crowd
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8. Pick the correct synonym:  "crave" Paris in the springtime
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9. Pick the correct synonym:  lost some of its "brilliance" with each performance
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10. Pick the correct synonym: attempted to "incite" others into action
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1. Pick the correct antonym:  was completely "unschooled" in physics and calculus
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2. Pick the correct antonym:  had a deserved reputation as a "workaholic"
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3. Pick the correct antonym:  summarized their demands in "a few words"
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4. Pick the correct antonym:  the "receding" danger
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5. Pick the correct antonym: a campaign that will "commence" in a week
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1. I'm normally fairly even-tempered, but I can become ______________ and irritable when I'm tired or frustrated.
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2. The dull conversation become much more __________ when it turned to a subject in which we were all interested.
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3. Indian elephant keepers usually use a short wooden ___________ to control and direct the movements of their huge charges.
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4. Those books that do not fit logically under any of the subjects indicated will be place in a group labeled "________________."
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5. I don't know which is worse--parents who are too strict with their children or parents who ____________ them too much.
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6. The mayor will deliver her annual Fourth of July __________ in City Square right after the parade.
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7. When storm clouds _______________ on the horizon, we hurried to find shelter.
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8. The man was the prime suspect in the crime until two eyewitnesses came forward to ____________ his alibi.
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9. Larry was the _______________ distinction of being the only student in our school ever to win varsity letters in four sports.
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10. When I saw how handsome my father looked in his brand-new jacket, I ____________________ for one exactly like it.
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11. Like some storm-tossed sea, her inventive brain _______________________ with all kinds of new and imaginative answers to old problems and questions.
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12. How pleasant it is for us city dwellers to smell the new-mown hay and listen to the _________ of bees in the clove patch.
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13. The resentment of the American colonists against the harsh policies of the British government ___________________ in armed rebellion.
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14. In every election, the candidates try to persuade their ___________________ that they know how to solve the problems and issues that most concern them.
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15. Like the traffic guard at a school crossing, the mother hen directed her large _____________________ across the yard toward a torn sack of feed.
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16. We put supports around the tree that had been partially uprooted by the storm, and it was soon standing ___________ again.
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17. I believe in being careful, but Dan is _______________________ miserly when it comes to spending money.
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18. Because of limited resources, only one half of the population of that underdeveloped nation is ________________.
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19. The sunlight shining on her hair gave it an almost metallic __________________.
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20. "You're supposed to ___________________ the meat," I shouted at him in dismay, "not burn it to a crisp!"
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