DAEDALUS AND ICARUS

VOCABUARY ACT 1: Read each sentence carefully. Determine the meaning of the underlined word in each
sentence. Choose your answer from the choices below.

- distinguished, eminent - inventiveness - encourage, cheer, enliven

- clever, crafty - jealous - quest, interest, following
- parental (guidance) - Consider, believe - confuse, disturb, embarrass
- amateur, beginner, novice - maze, complex

1. He was an apprentice to a master craftsman

2. We have to admire his ingenuity in redesigning the machinery
3. Envious village elders would instigate whispering campaigns against them, or accuse them directly of
witchcraft.
4. I cannot conceive of such cruelty as to take a child away from its mother.
5. Mandela played a prominent role in the early years of the ANC.
6. In the story, the cunning fox outwits the hunters.
7. The novel starts when a child of unknown parentage is left at the house of the local priest.
8. All success comes from tireless effort and pursuit, and all happiness comes from daily struggle and
perseverance.
9. Finally, through a labyrinth of corridors she found his office.
10. A delicate, blissful fresh water fragrance to uplift, exhilarate and inspire. Ideal for customers who enjoy
wearing fresh, floral fragrances
11. The government has expressed "deep dismay" at police violence against protesters

VOCABUARY ACT 2: Choose below the most appropriate word to fill in the blank space in each item.

- ingenuity - pursuit - conceive

- prominent - envious - labyrinth
- cunning - apprentice - parentage
- exhilarate - dismay

1. Drug smugglers constantly use their ___________ to find new ways of getting drugs into a country.
2. She cast _________ glances at her sister's dress. She also wants the same.
3. I cannot __________ why you paid out so much money for that very poor catering service.
4. This themed experience is set in a _____________ of passages, caverns and secret chambers, 60 feet
below ground!
5. The government should be playing a more _________ role in promoting human rights.
6. We need to show a bit of _________ if we want to trick the enemy.
7. I know countless students whose inquiring minds _________ me. I like to hear the play of their ideas. I don't
know if they are getting As or Cs, and I don't care.
8. She sometimes stayed up painting all night in her __________of perfection.
9. He is of mixed ________: half Dutch, half English
10. Since it is her first job, she works in the hairdresser's as an __________.
11. She could not keep the __________ from her voice when she learned that she was accused of stealing.
Prominent – distinguished, eminent
Cunning – clever, crafty
Parentage - parental (guidance)
Apprentice – amateur, beginner, novice
Ingenuity – inventiveness
Envious – jealous
Conceive – Consider, believe
Labyrinth – maze, complex
Exhilarate – encourage, cheer, enliven
Pursuit – quest, interest, following
Dismay – confuse, disturb, embarrass