ptivity will
develop into permanent retention of words and phrases.

EXERCISES

1. Tell of some new word you have added to your vocabulary recently.
Explain when you met it, how it happened to impress you, what you
learned of it.

2. In studying a foreign language how did you fix in your mind the
words which permanently stuck there?

3. Look over a page in a dictionary. Report to the class on some
interesting material you find.

4. Make a list of ten slang or technical expressions. Explain them in
exact, clear language.

5. Find and bring to class a short printed passage, which because of
the words, you cannot understand. Unusual books, women's fashion
magazines, technical journals, books of rules for games, financial
reports, contain good examples.

6. How much do you know about any of the following words?

chassis fuselage orthodox sable
comptometer germicide plebescite self-determination
covenant layman purloin soviet
ethiopian morale querulous vers libre
farce nectar renegade zoom

7. Comment on the words in the following extracts:

"Of enchanting crimson brocade is the slipover blouse which
follows the lines of the French cuirasse. Charmingly simple,
this blouse, quite devoid of trimming, achieves smartness by
concealing the waistline with five graceful folds."

"The shift bid consists in bidding a suit, of which you have
little or nothing, with the ultimate object of transferring
later to another declaration, which is perfectly sound. The
idea is to keep your adversaries from leading this suit up
to your hand, which they will likely avoid doing, thinking
that you are strong in it."

"While sentiment is radically bearish on corn there is so
little pressure on the market other than from shorts that a
majority of traders are inclined to go slow in pressing the
selling side on breaks until the situation becomes more
clearly defined. The weekly forecast for cool weather is
regarded as favorable for husking and shelling, and while
there was evening up on the part of the pit operators for the
double holiday, some of the larger local professionals went
home short expecting a lower opening Tuesday."

8. Make a list of ten new words you have learned recently.

Suffixes and Prefixes. Definite steps for continuous additions can be
mapped out and covered. Careful attention to prefix