CHAPTER III: WORKSHEET #69 of Dr. Jedidiah's Diary

WORKSHEET #69

Let’s practice some expressions from the episode #69 of Dr. Jedidiah’s Diary! 

 

    1.   Expanding the pall______________ care program is crucial for ensuring dignified care for all serious illnesses. (*meaning “program provides symptom relief and support for serious illnesses, helping patients and families manage pain, stress, and emotional needs alongside curative treatments”)  

 

    2.   What your dad expect from you sounds so prelap_______________ (*meaning “of or relating to the time before the Fall of Adam and Eve”) to my ears. You’re a teenager living in the 21^st century!

 

    3.   I love this painting in which a couple of swans are pla____________ floating on the river. (*meaning “calmly and peacefully, so you can use it to describe someone acting tranquil or something moving smoothly”)

 

    4.   When I came back home from school, mom’s kitchen used to be suff_______________ with (*meaning “to be filled with/ be overspread with…) freshly baked chocolate chip cookies.

 

    5.   The way they taught national or international history at school in Korea was not very effective to draw students’ attention or arouse their interest in the subject, because the memo___________ education of history made the students bored and tired of memorizing every single information. (*meaning “ (used as an adjective and/or adverb) involving or requiring memorization/ by heart/ by memory”)

 

    6.   Mr. Ray was such a cruci___________________ who passionately solves daily crossword puzzle from the newspaper. (*meaning “a designer or aficionado of crossword puzzles”)

 

    7.   YJ and I used to take turns to play with our toddler boy; one was studying by day and the other was lucu________________ by night. (*meaning “write or study laboriously, especially at night by lamplight, producing scholarly or complex work”)

 

    8.   The film critic gave the movie a public excori_____________ by calling it a cinematic disaster. (*meaning “1. harsh/severe scold/denounce/public criticism or 2. (physically) a medical/physical skin abrasion”)

 

    9.   Cindy and Patrick decided to go __________________ ways after 10 years of being together as a couple. (*meaning “to end a relationship”)

 

    10. The possibility of ra_________ment between the two countries seems unlikely. I wonder when the war between the two nations would end. (*meaning “an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations”)

 

    11. It d__________ed on my sister that she forgot to bring the shopping list she had put on the table. (*meaning “(to describe a sudden realization) someone came to realize/ learn/ or know that….”)

 

    12. Matt, the host of the quiz show, says it was such a grati______________ show today. (*meaning “pleasing/ giving or causing satisfaction”)

 

    13.  Prenuptial or pre-c____bial contracts are the legal document of agreements made by a couple before marriage to define property rights, assets, debts, and spousal support in case of divorce or death. (*meaning “of or relating to matrimonial/ marital/ nuptial”)

 

    14.  Can’t you just stop t___________ng him about his appearance? You’re too rude! (*meaning “a silly or foolish person (noun)  or  to tease/ make fun of someone” or the act of teasing someone (noun)”  )

 

    15. I guess it’d take her at least a couple of weeks to fully accli___________  herself to the job’s demands and the new work environment. (*meaning “to get used to …/ to become accustomed to…”)

 

    16.  Diagnosed with A______, baseball legend Lou Gehrig's legendary career was cut short by the progressive neurodegenerative disease. (*meaning “a disease also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that attacks nerve cells (motor neurons) controlling voluntary muscles, leading to muscle weakness, wasting, and eventual paralysis, affecting movement, speech, swallowing, and breathing, with no known cure”)

 

    17.  He was so annoyed by the way his colleague Jeffrey took a ____________ at him in public. (*meaning “to make a remark that is intended to playfully make fun of someone’s mistakes or embarrass or make joke about someone”)

 

    18.  I think he is the politician who has a _________ ear for voter concerns. (*meaning “an idiom for someone insensitive to musical nuances (tone-deaf) or subtle language, meaning they miss subtleties in pitch, rhythm, or appropriate expression, like a writer with a tin ear for dialogue”)