WORKSHEET #92
Let’s practice some expressions from the
episode #92 of Dr. Jedidiah’s Diary!
1. Senator Bernie Sanders has always been
a respectable statesman who tries his best to educate and help people to stay
woke and step up as a dou______ citizen of this nation against all odds.
(*meaning “brave, determined, and resilient, often used to depict fighters,
defenders, or persistent individuals”)
2. Everyone in the studio went ber___
(*meaning “to go crazy or mad/ to act violently or uncontrollably) when
the South Korean court had sentenced former first lady Kim, Keon-Hee to only 20
months in prison for the indisputable corruption.
3. Larry stood out in the group of
gorgeous socialites. He looked da_____ in the navy blue suit. (*meaning “neat and trim in dress and
appearance – typically used of a man”)
4. Henry had to
st_________
himself (*meaning “to restrict, limit, or skimp on something
(often food, money, or resources) to save”) in buying necessities in life to
save money for his children’s future.
5. Laura used to be a talkative girl who
loves rambunctious parties with her friends every Saturday night, but I don’t
see a jolly blabber mouth in her anymore. She became taci_______ (*meaning
“(of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech, saying little”) and
painfully _______drawn (*meaning “not wanting to communicate with
other people”) today.
6. They may cheer for a single report
they agree with, but will turn and ________bast (*meaning “to criticize
someone/something harshly”) the same reporter or publication when they do
not.
7. Anne baked a rich dark chocolate cake
for her boyfriend on Valentine’s day because she had no idea about his xoco_________,
(*meaning “an irrational or disproportionate fear of chocolate, can cause
severe anxiety around Valentine's Day or Easter, causing sufferers to avoid the
taste, smell, or even the touch of it”)
8. Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassinator of
President JFK, shouted that he was just a p__________, claiming that he
was a decoy set up to take the blame for a larger conspiracy. (*a person who
is easily taken advantage of, manipulated, or framed to take the blame for
others. It implies someone gullible or used as a scapegoat”)
9. I’m not a party person, but I have to bite
the ________ to throw one for the year-end event at my shop. (*meaning “to
decide to do something difficult or unpleasant that one has been putting off or
hesitating over”)
10. Gardeners often ra__________
roses to promote blooming. (*meaning “ (used as a noun/ intransitive verb/
transitive verb) an ancient method of propagation in sugarcane in which
subterranean buds on the stubble give rise to a new crop stand/ to sprout or spring up from the root/ to
grow or produce (a crop) from or on ratoons )
11. He has a native abho__________ of violence
and injustice. (*meaning “a deep, intense, or passionate hatred, disgust, or
aversion toward a specific subject, action, or idea”)
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