Dr. Jedidiah's Diary: WORKSHEET #26.

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”)