verbal

1. Quarantine

2. Accolade

3. Grill

4. Invigorate

5. Delegation

6. Imprudent

7. Contrite

8. Laconic

9. Deftness

10. Mirth

11. Pulchritude

12. Harangue

13. Mollify

14. Ladle


Analogies:

1. Spectacles : Look

2. Soup: ladle

3. Harangue: mollify


Argument Topic:

1. The following is a recommendation from the personnel director to the president of Acme Publishing Company.
"Many other companies have recently stated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course has greatly improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to read a five-hundred-page report in only two hours; another graduate rose from an assistant manager to vice president of the company in under a year. Obviously, the faster you can read, the more information you can absorb in a single workday. Moreover, Easy Read costs only $500 per employee — a small price to pay when you consider the benefits to Acme. Included in this fee is a three-week seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter. Clearly, Acme would benefit greatly by requiring all of our employees to take the Easy Read course."