1. distill
v. to remove one liquid from a mixture of liquids by boiling;toget something valuable from a confusing mix of ideas
2. entrepreneurial
adj. Able to create business opportunities from a wide variety of circumstances
3. extract
v. To take out
4. haggle
v. To argue back and forth about a price
5. intrepid
adj. Fearless
6. merchant
n. A person who makes a living by selling things
7. proportionately
adv. In an amount appropriate to each of several recipients
8. prototype
n. The first one made of a machine or system
9. reward
n. Something one gets for having done well
10. shuttle
v. To move back and forth often between two places
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HOMEWORK 1 : Find the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to each word in the left-hand column.Write the letter in the blank.
1. haggle
2. intrepid
3. extract
4. entrepreneurial
5. proportionately
(a)brave
(b)in appropriate amounts
(c)argue about price
(d)take out
(e)business-oriented
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HOMEWORK 2 :Circle the word that best completes each sentence.1.To avoid disease,many people drink only (distilled / extracted) water,which has been boiled to evaporation and then recondensed on a coldsurface.
2. Most business travelers do not find it exciting to (haggle / shuttle) between one location and another.
3. According to the laws in this state,tobacco can be sold only by certain licensed (merchants / entrepreneurs) at special tobacco stores.
4. One early (reward / prototype) of the computer was called ENIAC and was as big as an average-sized laboratory.
5. The children were punished (intrepidly / proportionately),with the leader getting a longer sentence than the followers.
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