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5. lubricious l -BRISH′-Əs

6. lubricity l -BRIS′-Ə-tee

7. licentious lī-SEN′-shƏs

8. lewd L D

9. lustful LUST′-fƏl

10. lust LUST

Can you pronounce the words? (IV)

1. prurient PR R′-ee-Ənt

2. prurience PR R′-ee-Əns

3. pruritis pr r-Ī′-tis

4. pruritic pr r-IT′-ik

5. hypochondria hī-pƏ-KON′-dree-Ə

6. hypochondriacal hī′-pƏ-kƏn-DRĪ′-Ə-kƏl

7. hypotension hī′-pō-TEN′-shƏn

8. hypertension hī′-pƏr-TEN′-shƏn

9. hypotensive hī′-pō-TEN′-siv

10. hypertensive hī′-pƏr-TEN′-siv

This has been a long chapter, and we have discussed, more or less in detail, over one
hundred words. Just to keep everything straight in your mind now, see how successfully
you can work out the following matching exercises, which will concern any of the words
discussed in this chapter.

Can you work with the words? (I)

1. martinet a. lack of seriousness in an art or profession

2. sycophancy b. harridan, shrew

3. dilettantism c. excessive patriotism

4. tyro d. name from father

5. virtuoso e. venerable and influential old man