Business and Personal LawChapter 6:
How Contracts Come to an EndFlex Your ReadingThe entire BusinessWeek article "Cleaning Up at the Casino" by Eamon Javers can be found by clicking on the link below: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_34/c3948003_mz003.htm?chan=search There are several strategies you can use to help fine tune your reading skills. For this article, work on vocabulary development. See if you can figure out the meaning of these words, found in the article, by looking at the context. Predict the possible meaning. Then, use the dictionary to look up the word. Were your predictions correct? Word | Predict the Meaning | Actual Meaning | | | | controversial | | | lobbyist | | | casino | | | defraud | | | outrageous | | |
Merriam-Webster provides an online dictionary. http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm Dictionary.com offers word definitions, synonyms and writing resources. http://dictionary.reference.com/ FindLaw offers an online searchable dictionary. http://dictionary.lp.findlaw.com/ Nolo offers an online searchable dictionary. http://www.nolo.com/glossary.cfm Law.com provides a searchable dictionary by legal term, definition, or letter of the alphabet. http://dictionary.law.com/ |