Learn, Relax and Enjoy - 9

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Do you know what these G + letters  are

G PLUS 1	abbreviation for an enlisted soldier in the USA	GI
G PLUS 1	abbreviation for great	GT
G PLUS 2	a precious stone or jewel	GEM
G PLUS 2	semi solid like jelly	GEL
G PLUS 3	a spiritual leader	GURU
G PLUS 3	to bite steadily at	GNAW
G PLUS 4	a strong desire for more than is needed	GREED
G PLUS 4	a bright smooth surface	GLOSS
G PLUS 5	dirty or unwashed	GRUBBY
G PLUS 5	idle of loose talk	GOSSIP
G PLUS 6	a female god	GODDESS
G PLUS 6	give out weak or unsteady light	GLIMMER
G PLUS 7	someone who gives their time or money easily	GENEROUS
G PLUS 7	magnificent of richly colored	GORGEOUS
G PLUS 8	an other word meaning usually	GENERALLY
G PLUS 8	when a seed starts to grow	GERMINATE
G PLUS 9	medical care of old people	GERIATRICS
G PLUS 9	the science of the diseases of women	GYNECOLOGY
G PLUS 9	the elected people who are ruling the country	GOVERNMENT
G PLUS 10	using the hands to accompany speaking	GESTICULATE

Peace

There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them.

One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror, for peaceful towering mountains were all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had mountains too. But these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky from which rain fell and in which lightening played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all. 

But when the King looked, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest... perfect peace.

Which picture do you think won the prize?

The King chose the second picture. Do you know why? 

"Because," explained the King, "peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace."

 Select the appropriate choice

1)A __________ seemed to befall the entire community as it heard the horrid news.  A. malfeasance B. blasphemy    C. largess     D. malaise

 "Malaise" is a feeling of illness or mental uneasiness.

2)A kind of ____________ seemed to occur when David graduated from high school. He became a serious student all of a sudden.

 A. metamorphosis B. milieu       C. epithet      D. accolade

 "metamorphosis" is a radical or magical change.

3)Esmerelda's dissertation was on such an ___________ subject that no one could understand it.  A. equitable     B. esoteric      C. auspicious    D. austere

 "Esoteric" means difficult to understand.

4)Sherman's hold on his job has become so _________ that no one is sure he'll be working there next month.  A. serendipitous    B. eminent    C. putative

 D. tenuous              "Tenuous" means flimsy, "by the skin of your teeth."

5)The UConn women basketball team's perfect season ___________ in a championship win over Tennessee.  A. culminated           B. fulminated C. fomented            D. alleviated    

 "To culminate" means to reach a full climax, to finish at the peak. 

Tongue Twisters

Three free throws

A noisy noise annoys an oyster

Sure the ship’s shipshape, sir.

Inchworms itching

Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs

Out Of The Box July 14, 2017