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Do you think it’s all right to cheat on your income taxes? At least just a little? It’s wrong,

of course, but doesn’t everybody do it?
How do you feel about marital in delity? Are you inclined to overlook the occasional
philandering of the male partner, since, after all, to invent a cliché, men are essentially
polygamous by nature?
If your answers are in the a rmative, how are you reacting to such legal or ethical
transgressions?

You condone them.

10. changing hostility

Unwittingly you have done something that has aroused anger and resentment in your

best friend. You had no desire to hurt him, yet he makes it obvious that he feels pretty
bitter about the whole situation. (Perhaps you failed to invite him to a gathering he wanted
to come to; or you neglected to consult him before making a decision on a matter in which
he felt he should have some say.) His friendship is valuable to you and you wish to restore
yourself in his good graces. What do you do?

You try to placate him.

USING THE WORDS

Can you pronounce the words?

1. disparage dis-PAIR′-Əj

2. equivocate ee-KWIV′-Ə-kayt′

3. titillate TIT′-Ə-layt′

4. adulate AJ′-Ə-layt′

5. proscribe prō-SKRĪB′

6. obviate OB′-vee-ayt′

7. militate MIL′-Ə-tayt

8. malign mƏ-LĪN′

9. condone kƏn-DŌN′

10. placate PLAY′-kayt′

Can you work with the words?