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Wordly Wise Lesson 12 Words
Ability
n. Power or knowledge; skill
Amiable
adj. Friendly; good natured and pleasant
Bliss
n. Complete joy or happiness
Blissful adj. Very happy; joyful
Caress
v. To touch in a tender or loving way
n. A tender or loving touch or hug
Clutch
v. To grasp or hold tightly to
n. The part of a machine that connects and disconnects the power from the rest of the machine
Coax
v. To persuade or urge in a gentle way
Furious
adj. 1. Very, very angry
2. Very fast, strong, or wild
n. 1. Great anger
2. Wild and uncontrolled force
Gesture
n. 1. A movement of the arm or hand
2. Something done to show one’s feelings
v. To make a movement of the arm or hand
Mope
v. To be sad and gloomy; to lost interest in the things that usually bring pleasure
Prefer
v. To like better; to choose first
Preference n. That which is preferred
Recover
v. To get back to a normal state; to get well again
2. To get back what was stolen or lost
Recovery n. 1. A return to a normal state
2. The act of getting back what was lost or stolen
Replace
v. 1. To take the place of
2. To put back in place
Replacement n. A person or thing that takes the place of another
Request
v. To ask for
n. The thing asked for
Separate
v. To set or keep apart
adj. Not together; not joined
Shun
v. To take special pains to avoid; to keep away from
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Ail
v.To cause sickness, pain, or trouble
Ailment n. An illness; a disease
Ailing adj. In poor health
Banish
v. 1. To force someone out of the country
2. to get rid of completely
Communicate
v. To make known; to give or exchange information
Communication n. The exchange of information between people
Communicative adj. Willing to speak; eager to talk
Console
v. to make less sad; to comfort
Consolation n. Comfort
Cower
v. To shrink from, as if from fear
Deliberate
adj. Carefully thought out; not hasty
v. To think carefully in order to make up one’s mind
Depth
n. Distance from the top to bottom ot front to back; deepness
Depths n. pl. The innermost part or deepest part
Desire
v. to wish for; to want very much
n. A strong wish
Desirable adj. Pleasing, agreeable
Livelihood
n. The means of supporting oneself
Misfortune
n. 1. Bad luck; trouble
2. An unlucky event
Orphan
n. A child whose parents are dead
Precipice
n. A very high and steep cliff
Precipitous adj. 1. Very steep
2. Hasty, abrupt, done without careful thought
Regain
v. To get back
Slay
v. To kill violently (skin, past participle)
Symptom
n. A sign of something
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Affect
v. 1. To bring about a change in
2. To pretend to be or to have.
Calculate
v. 1. To find the answer by using arithmetic
2. To figure out by reasoning
Climate
n. The average weather conditions of an area
Column
n. 1. A row of figures or words runniing down a printed page; anything arranged like that
2. A tall, usually stone support that holds up something
3. A regular newspaper or magazine article usually written by the same person
Decay
v. To rot
n. A breaking down or rotting
Exceed
v. To be more than
2. To go beyond what is allowed
Excess n. More than enough, an extra ammount
Excessive adj. Too much or too great
Forbid
v. To order not to do something
Forbidden adj. Not allowed
Grove
n. A group of trees growing together with open space between them
Limb
n. An arm, leg, or wing
A large tree branch
Mammoth
adj. Very Large, huge
Mature
v. To become fully grown or developed
adj. Fully grown or developed; adult
Permit
v. To allow
n. A written notice that allows a person to do something
Resist
v. 1. To refuse to give in to; to withstand
2. To work or fight against
Scorch
v. To burn slightly
Tower
v. To stand above or higher than what is around it
Towering adj. Very high; tall
Wordly Wise Lesson 3 Words
Approach
v. To go closer to
n. 1. A coming closer (My grandparents dread the approach of winter)
2. A road or way that leads to a place
Burrow
v. 1. To dig a hole or tunnel into or under something
2. To dig deeply into; to search
n. A hole or tunnel dug by an animal as a home or for protection
Cease
v. To stop to; to come or bring to an end
Destructive
adj. Causing harm or damage
Destruction n. Harm or damage
Drowsy
adj. Tired or sleepy
Famished
adj. Very hungry
Forecast
v. To figure out and say what will happen before it takes place
n. A telling of what will happen
Hibernate
v. To spend the winter in a resting state
Migrate
v. To move from one country or region to another
Migration n. The act of migrating
Migratory adj. moving from one place to country or another, usually regularly
Nestle
v.1. To settle down comfortably, as if in a nest
2. To lie in a sheltered, partly hidden place
Observe
v. 1 To see, to notice
2. To comment, to remark
3. To mark an event or day
4. To obey
Prepare
v. to make or get ready
Preparation n Something done to get ready
Reduce
v. To make or become smaller or less
Reduction n the act of reducing or the amount by which something is reduced
Severe
adj. 1. Very strict or hard
2. Hard to bear or deal with
Venture
v. to dare to do, to go, or to say
n. Something that involves the risk of a loss