WORD FORMATION

Muscle Cars

Muscle cars were never intended to be valuable. In fact, the whole idea behind

muscle cars was to make them (1) ... and fast. Muscle cars were stripped-down EXPENSIVE

versions of the most (2) ... homely, and basic mass-produced cars to ever roll out UTILITY

of Detroit. These rattle trap, bare bones, crude devices were built to conform to

a price point with little regard given to sophistication or (3) ..., and aimed squarely LONG

at the (4) ... market. And this market couldn't get enough of them. These were the YOUNG

cars every red-blooded American kid wanted. The image, the speed, the lifestyle

were all highly addictive. Looking back, the muscle car years were (5) ... brief RELATIVE

moment in time that we will never see the likes of again. It was a perfect storm,

just what the market wanted, and was presented at the right place in the right time.

So how did these seemingly (6) ... cars, built in large numbers and owned by DISPOSE

kids who (7) ... tried to kill them from the first twist of the key, become so valuable? LITERAL

More importantly, why did they become so valuable? Most people are astounded

when they hear the recent sales results of the most (8) ... muscle cars. We call them DESIRE

two-comma cars, cars that are worth so much money that you need two commas

to separate all the zeroes in the price.

Carnivorous Plants

Most carnivorous plants stand alone in the plant world not only in their unique

method of (1) ... nutrition, but in the extraordinary degree to which the leaves SUPPLEMENT

have been changed from our idea of a typical leaf-blade to meet this end.

Some have evolved into pitcher forms, often (2) ... of strange flowers, while REMINISCE

others have developed the power of movement, reminding one in their actions

of steel traps, mouse traps, or even sea anemones. The (3) ... to bizarre USUAL
appearance of most is curious enough, but the varied and often (4) ... artful ASTONISH

methods employed in the (5) ... of the prey, frequently combined with added SEDUCE

(6) ... of technique which may be peculiar to a species, cannot fail to fascinate. REFINE

Carnivorous plants occur both amongst the flowering plants and in the Fungi.

While some reference will be made to the principle trap types of the latter, they

remain a subject in themselves, and it will be the former which concerns us

here. On these, a number of works have already been published In English,

mainly in the United States. While the (7) ... of these have been brief works MAJOR

of a popular kind there have been some (8) ... exceptions. Quite apart from NOTE

the interest provided by their traps, it should be not forgotten that they are

attractive plants in themselves; some are indeed beautiful.

The Cup of Humanity

Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the

eighth century, it entered the realm of poetry as one of the polite (1) ... . AMUSE

The fifteenth century saw Japan ennoble it into a religion of aestheticism-

Teaism. Teaism is a cult founded on the (2) ... of the beautiful among the ADORE

sordid facts of everyday (3) ... .It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery EXIST

of mutual charity, the (4) ... of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the ROMANTIC

(5) ..., as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this PERFECT

impossible thing we know as life. The Philosophy of Tea is not mere

aestheticism in the ordinary acceptance of the term, for it expresses (6) ... CONJOIN

with ethics and religion our whole point of view about man and nature.

It is hygiene, for it enforces (7) ... ; it is economics, for it shows comfort in CLEAN

(8) ... rather than in the complex and costly; it is moral geometry, inasmuch SIMPLE

as it defines our sense of proportion to the universe.

Visual Skills

There are several ways to find photographs for viewing. (1) ... of original prints EXHIBIT

in museums, galleries, and similar settings allow you to see photographs in the

form of (2) ... most likely favoured by the photographer. Books and magazines PRESENT

are a good source of photographs for viewing. Many monographs and (3) ... have COLLECT

been printed with a quality that approaches that of display prints. Several books

that feature the images of widely (4) ... photographers are listed in the bibliography. CLAIM

When examining photographs for the purpose of enhancing your seeing, try to

suspend critical judgment and assess your (5) ... feelings about each image. INTUITION

Do you like or dislike the image? Do you think it works well for its intended purpose?

Look (6) ... at the photographs you like and try to figure out why you like them. CARE

(7) ... look at photographs that do not appeal to you and determine why. Try to CONVERSE

avoid judging photographs based on how closely they follow compositional (8) ... . GUIDE

The Worlds of Christopher Columbus

In the world of the late twentieth century, events on one continent (1) ... influence ROUTINE

developments on the others, for good or for ill. In the broad expanse of (2) ... HISTORY

time, however, these (3) ... connections developed quite recently, starting EXTEND

in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In one sense, the process began

with Christopher Columbus's four voyages, the first (4) ... excursions to have ATLANTIC

far-reaching and long-lasting consequences. In another sense, however,

Columbus's voyages were less a beginning than the (5) ... of a centuries-old CONTINUE

human process of (6) ... and migration. When Columbus was born , Europe, EXPLORE

Africa, and Asia were each part of the Old World of the Easter Hemisphere,

but they were also separate worlds culturally, (7) ... and politically. Columbus's RELIGION

voyages shattered that (8) ... once and for all, in what is arguably the most ISOLATE

fateful encounter between disparate human groups that history has ever known.