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Vocabulary Review: Identify the word that does not belong. Click the button next to the word that is different in meaning or connotation from the other words.

ultimate first final most important

person ghost phantom image

astonished shocked surprised frightening

malicious mean vengeful powerful

game hoax trick prank

taunt torment please tease

vanquish disappear evaporate vanish

chilling scary frightening cold

prevailing old current prevalent

Word Form Exercise: Use the above words in the order they appear, but change the form of the word that is italicized and bold-faced to fit the context of the sentence.

1. , the Bell witch ceased her haunting of the Bell family when Joshua Gardner broke up with Betsy Bell, leading many to believe the incidents were contrived by Richard Powell, a former teacher and suitor of Betsy.

2. are like ghosts in that they are the apparitions of dead people.

3. The stories about the phantom hitchhikers are impossible to verify; nevertheless, they are quite .

4. beheadings are being carried out in Iraq out of for the U.S. and coalition-led invasion.

5. Many teenagers pull Halloween to scare younger children and their neighbors.

6. After his war experience, Jason was by recurring nightmares of fierce battles.

7. Many children have from their homes without a trace. Pictures of many of these missing children appear on milk cartons and fliers in an attempt to find them.

8. All over the world, Auschwitz has become a symbol of terror and genocide.

9. Many tourists are staying out of the Middle East due to the of terrorism in that region of the world.

A List of common collocations found in or related to Chapter 4: Challenge yourself and use them in sentences.

to expose something as a hoax

to be the target of (a plot, an investigation, etc.)

to recount a story

the story goes like this

to be in a stupor

to summon a doctor (an ambulance, the fire department, the police)

to break up with someone

to explain something to someone's satisfaction

to find out that

to be impossible to verify

to be dressed in a (military / nurse's / school) uniform

to vanish into thin air

a little old lady

in the middle of the night

to offer to drive someone

to become engrossed in

it turned out that...

ultimate	first	final	most important
person	ghost	phantom	image
astonished	shocked	surprised	frightening
*malicious*	mean	*vengeful*	powerful
game	hoax	trick	*prank*
taunt	*torment*	please	tease
vanquish	disappear	evaporate	*vanish*
chilling	scary	frightening	cold
*prevailing*	old	current	prevalent