athlete: sportsman or woman  award: prize -  asset: advantage -  drop-out : failure -  lucrative: profitable -    achieve: obtain - put on the back burner : give low priority to -  highlight: point out, show - Rep: Representative, member of Congress :   cheating: being dishonest -   entice: attract   tax-exempt: not having to pay tax  bestow: place -  spree: adventure -  resentment:  indignation - allowances:  money given - barely : hardly -  draft:  recruit