WORKSHEET #26
Let’s practice some expressions from the
episode #26 of Dr. Jedidiah’s Diary!
1. For
a haunting effect, they draped thin, wispy go_______er across the porch
to resemble ghostly cobwebs for our Halloween decoration. (*meaning “a film
of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather”)
2. Our community centers offer programs
to help at-____________ youth succeed in school. (*meaning “people who are exposed to harm or
danger”)
3. The movie is about a quiet but
impactful man who fights against corruptions among policy makers in the society.
I thought that type of hero is what we need much more than self-proclaimed swash____________ing
and glib statesmen. (*meaning “swaggering or behaving in a brave and
exciting way like a fighter in the past”)
4. Based on Christian teachings, a
murderer who genuinely repents and seeks ato______________ from God can
receive it, even if the victim's parents do not forgive him. Do you agree that
divine forgiveness is considered separate and distinct from human forgiveness? (*meaning
“reparation or expiation from sin”)
5. After weeks of trying to get an answer
from the HOA manager, the frustrated resident felt he was only getting the
_________around. (*meaning “being deliberately kept from getting the
information or help you need, often by being sent to different people or
departments with evasive answers or excuses”)
6. She said it was an adven_________________
encounter with the nasty guy, but I believe they were kind of predestined to
meet each other. (*meaning “accidental, a result of chance, rather than
planned or inherent to the original mission”)
7. Sean fell into a deep sl_____________
of depression after divorce. (*meaning “a swampy, muddy area or a deep
depression of despair”)
8. Joshua’s days have always been going
like clock____________. There is no such thing as changes, delays, or
messing up with plans in his life. (*meaning “to do something with perfect
regularity or precision”)
9. Anna always seems to wig_________
out of her responsibilities and commitments when things going tough. That’s
why her colleagues don’t trust her. (*meaning “to avoid doing something: you
don't want to do, often in a clever or dishonest way/ or physically To
physically escape: from a tight space by twisting and contorting your body”)
10. Who
would fall for that put___________ politician’s poor excuses and lies that
he hasn’t taken kickbacks at all? (*meaning “decaying/rotting/emitting a
fetid smell or something that is morally corrupt or evil can also be described
with this word”)
11. It takes forever war veterans to bounce back to his
normal life. Quite a lot of them say they are still re______________ from his
traumatic experiences in the war zone. (*meaning “to feel very
confused or shocked and struggle/ lose one’s balance and stagger”)
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