Wordly Wise Lesson 6

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Wordly Wise Lesson 6
Made by Kevin Closs Edited by Mr. Tetreault
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Addict

• 1) N.- A person with a very strong desire for
  something
• Sentence- Junk food addicts need to change their
  eating habits
• 2) V.- To cause to have a very strong desire for
  something
• Sentence- Pushers try to addict people to illegal
  drugs
• 3) ADDICTION- N.- The condition of being addicted
• Sentence- We need more treatment centers for
  drug addiction.
• 4) ADDICTIVE- ADJ.- Likely to cause addiction
• Sentence- Cocaine is an addictive substance

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Aspire

• 1) v.- To have a strong desire for
• Sentence- Every NFL team aspires to win a Super
  Bowl
• 2) ASPIRATION- N.- A strong desire to achieve
  something
• Sentence- John sings in local clubs with
  aspirations to be an opera singer

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Bias

• 1) N.- A preference that prevents someone from
  being impartial
• Sentence- The lawyers in the town insist that
  Judge Lewis has a bias in favor of women
• 2) V.- To cause someone to have prejudice
• Sentence- Dont have a bias against Japanese food
  just because you had one bad meal at a Japanese
  restaurant

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Blatant

• 1) ADJ.- Very obvious in an offensive way
• Sentence- The governor's promised to cut taxes
  was a blatant attempt to be re-elected

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Candid

• 1) ADJ.- Expressed honestly and without holding
  back unpleasant truths
• Sentence- Tony asked the teacher for her candid
  opinion about his poem.

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Confront

• 1) V.- To stand up to to face boldly
• Sentence- Steve confronted confronted the burglar
  who had robbed many banks
• 2) To put or bring face to face
• Sentence- The police confronted the burglar with
  evidence and he admitted to the break-ins.
• 3) CONFRONTATION- A hostile meeting of two people
  with different views.
• SENTENCE- When armies of countries in war have a
  confrontation, people are killed.

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Debut

• 1) N.- A first public appearance
• Sentence- The actor made his debut by starring in
  a local play.
• 2)-V.- To make a first public appearance
• The new TV show will debut in October

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Enroll

• 1)- V. To sign up to become a member of a group
  to register
• Sentence- A small inheritance made it possible
  for me to enroll in an art school.
• 2) ENROLLMENT- N.- The number of people enrolled
• Sentence- The art class had an enrollment of six
  students

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Fluster

• 1) V.- To make nervous, embarrassed, or confused
• Sentence- The personal question flustered me, so
  I was unable to think of an answer

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Impunity

• 1) N.- Freedom from being harmed or punished
• Sentence- Those who think they could smoke
  cigarettes with impunity are wrong

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Intensify

• 1. V.- To increase to strengthen or deepen
• SENTENCE- Volunteers will intensify their efforts
  to find the missing child.

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Intimidate

• 1.V.- To frighten, especially by threatening
  someone
• SENTENCE- The pitchers scowl was intended to
  intimidate the batter
• INTIMIDATION. N- The act of intimidating
• SENTENCE- Jonas claimed that intimidation had
  been used to make her confess to the crime

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Obnoxious

• 1. ADJ.- Very unpleasant disgusting
• SENTENCE- An obnoxious diner at the next table
  ruined our meal by talking loudly

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Retort

• 1.V.- To reply in a quick and clever way
• SENTENCE- When Steve made fun of me I retorted
  that he smelled bad.
• 2.N.- A quick or clever reply
• Unable to think of a good retort, I remained
  quiet.

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Stint

• 1.N- A period of time devoted to a task
• SENTENCE- After college, Bob had a two year
  stint working for a bank
• 2.N.- A limit or restriction
• SENTENCE- Local benefactors gave without stint to
  help make a youth center
• 3.V.- To limit or restrict
• SENTENCE- Many parents stint on luxuries to pay
  for their childrens education