Word Detective

Can you remember (or find by a quick scanning of the article) the following words or phrases, using the clues given?

1. Two synonymous verbs for the Ukrainian verb jiiKyBaTH (Parag­
raph 3)

2. A verbal phrase meaning "to live" (Paragraph 5)

3. A verb meaning "to decrease, to fall, to decline" (Paragraph 5)

4. A verb meaning "to swallow hurriedly" which in the given context
means "to use at an increasing rate" (Paragraph 6)

Finding Synonymous Vocabulary

Find the words from the selection that are close in meaning to the italicized words. The words are given in order of their appearance.

1. These men dug wells near the great salt deposits and pumped up the
very strong salt solution.

2.... people had been getting along with the weak glow from candles.

3. When a need exists something usually appears to fill it.

4.... they began to search for a better way...

5.... he liked the idea of facing a new problem and solving it successful-

Ly.

6.... drilled a very small hole by driving into the ground...

7. Drake sat upset, looking down sadly...

8.... it reached the pool of oil imprisoned between layers of hard rock.

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