'Words are like leaves, and where they most abound
Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found,"
Alexander Pope, Essay on Criticism
Words to Learn This Week
warden
acknowledge
justice
delinquent
reject
deprive
spouse
vocation
unstable
homicide
penalize
beneficiary
Read the following story to see how the new words are used in it.
A New Way to Treat Prisoners
The warden of a prison today will readily acknowledge the new trend in prison reform. In an attempt to provide a different brand of justice for society's delinquents, officials now reject the idea that prison should completely deprive the convict of freedom. Thus, in some prisons inmates are allowed to leave the prison grounds to visit their spouses or to pursue their vocation. Even the more unstable convict who may have committed homicide is not penalized as harshly as before. The hope is that if persons emerge from prison less defiant than they do now, society will be the beneficiary.
Place one of the new words in each of the blanks below.
01. Wayne's parents yelled at him because he was known as a _____________.
02. The courts will ___________ you if you don't obey the law.
03. Are you satisfied with your ___________ or are you thinking of getting a different job?
04. Five persons were being questioned by the police about the brutal ____________ .
05. I ___________ the fact that I received the tapes.
06. When Steve asked his girlfriend to marry him, he did not anticipate that she would ______________ him.
07. The __________ ofthe prison set up stricter rules.
08. Mrs. Fried's ___________ came home weary after each day's work.
09. It is often _____________ persons who commit serious crimes.
10. Clara fell as ifshe had been __________ ofthe better things in life.
11. ________ was served when the villain was put behind bars.
12. Joseph was the _________ of large sums of money from his uncle's insurance policy.
