Wordly Wise Lesson 15

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Wordly Wise Lesson 15

• By Audrey Ghanian

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Ascertain

• V. To find out for certain
• Andrea went up to her teacher to ascertain
  whether she got an A or not her paper didnt
  have a grade on it.

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Chastise

• V. 1. To punish by beating
• A long time ago, slaves were chastised if the did
  not meet their masters orders.
• 2. To rebuke or criticize severely.
• Many artists have the work chastised some people
  just dont understand that art can be anything.

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Cull

• V. To select and remove weak or inferior members
  from
• When hunting, lions cull individuals from the
  herd and kill them these are their easiest prey.

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Defer

• V.1. To put off or postpone
• Ryan deferred his party date to next Saturday it
  had rained on the original date.
• 2. To yield out of respect for the knowledge or
  authority of another
• I deferred the decision to my mother when she
  picked Iron Man as the we were going to go see.
• Deference n. Submitting to the wishes of another
  because of respect
• Emma learned that if she did not show deference
  to her father she would get grounded, so she did
  clean her room when he asked her to.

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Desist

• V. To refrain from continuing something
• I told my sister to desist in her singing it was
  starting to hurt my ears!

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Discredit

• V. 1. To hurt the reputation of
• I was discredited by getting a D on my test
  instead of an A now I wasnt the Straight-A
  Girl anymore.
• 2. To destroy confidence or trust in
• When Erica told other people my secret, she was
  discredited in my eyes.

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Encroach

• V. To advance little by little beyond the usual
  limits or boundaries
• These days, buildings are encroaching on
  wildlifes habitat, giving the animals nowhere to
  go.

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Foreboding

• N. A strong feeling that something bad is going
  to happen.
• With foreboding, we stepped into the cemetery at
  night to look for our dog as soon as we found
  him, we left before something could happen.

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Humane

• Adj. Compassionate, kind to other human beings or
  animals
• It is humane to help a starving animal but there
  is one catch now it will never leave you. ?

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Irrational

• Adj. Lacking sound judgment, not governed by
  reason
• For some irrational reason, Bobby punched Johnny
  in the face when he was asked why he did it,
  Bobby couldnt give a solid explanation

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Lurid

• Adj.1. Causing horror, extremely gruesome
• The horror movie gave me lurid thoughts and
  nightmares for about a month!
• 2. Glowing with the redness of flames seen
  through a haze
• When the sun sets, you can see the lurid reds
  that look like red-hot pokers.

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Perpetuate

• V. To cause to continue indefinitely
• Having homework only perpetuates the hatred of
  school by the students.

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Restive

• Adj. Showing impatience because of restrictions
  or delays
• I became restive after our plane had been sitting
  on the runway for 45 minutes without moving.

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Stamina

• N. Physical strength or courage to resist hard
  ship, illness, or fatigue.
• One must have a lot of stamina if one would like
  to run miles without getting exhausted.

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Surveillance

• N. Close observation of a person or area
• Before the police accuse their suspect of the
  crime, they sometimes use surveillance to get the
  proof they need.

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CREDITS

• I got my all my definitions from Wordly Wise 3000
  book 5