1. New Year's Day is thought of as a good time to make New Year's resolutions—the decisions to do better in the year just beginning than you did in the year just ended.

Resolutions is a (an) .   It means .  

2. Make sure, too, that the cost of your hobby does not go beyond your budget or your estimated income and expense.

Budget is a (an)  ( noun ) .  

It means .  

          ( estimation of income and expense )

3. Before the Crusades, kings had existed, but their role was more or less that of a figurehead, a chief in name only, in the complicated feudal system.

Figurehead is a (an) .  It means .  

B. Locate the word or phrase that signals the antonym clue and underline it. Then underline the antonym clue. Finally, select the best meaning for the italicized word.

1. The Oveges method of teaching made science and mathematics fun instead of a chore.

Chore means ________. ( C )

(a) attraction  

(b) tiring task  

(c) duty

2. Though he was often shy in social settings, science brought out the showman in him.

Showman means ________. ( A )

(a) personality attracting public attention

(b) timid character

(c) quick temper

3. Although the Greeks were said to be democratic, slaves and women had few rights.

Democratic means ________. ( A )

(a) respecting people's rights  

(b) warlike  

(c) peace-loving