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Unit15—A Letter to American Jews B T L E W E Part Four ENTER Word Study Phrases and Expressions Word Building Language Study Word Study Word list: perplex corollary Plummet coax abate 11. solace installment inveterate invincible supplant couch discontented dishearten equivalent ethos Word Study 1. perplex v. a. to cause one to be completely confused b. to make more complicated Examples: She was perplexed by her husbands moodiness. This problem is hard enough to perplex even the teacher. I have no wish to perplex the issue. Word Study 2. Corollary n. a. a proposition that follows from (and is often appended to) one already proved b. a direct or natural consequence or result Examples: The number of prisoners increased as a corollary of the governments determination to combat violent crime. “Blind jealousy is a frequent corollary of passionate love“. The huge increases in unemployment were the corollary of expenditure cuts. Word Study 3. plummet v. a. to fall or drop straight down at high speed b. to decrease rapidly in value or amount Examples: The damaged aircraft plummeted down to A climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully. Hardware sales plummeted. Word Study 4. coax v. to persuade (someone) gradually or by flattery to do something or to obtain something from Example: The trainees were coaxed into doing hard, boring work. Try to coax him out of resigning. She coax her son to take his medicine He could coax tears and laughter from his audience. He gently coaxed life back into my frozen toes. Word Study 5. abate derivatives v. (of something perceived as hostile, threatening, or negative) to become less intense or widespread Examples: The ache in my head abated. The demand has considerably abated. The heat has abated. n. abatement abatable unabatedly Word Study 6. couch v. to express (something) in language of a specified style n. a long upholstered piece of furnitur