27 terms
Wordly Wise 3000 Book 5 Lesson 1
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accustom
v. To make familiar.
accustomed
adj. Usual.
accustom
Used to.
alert
adj. Watchful; wide-awake.
alert
v. To warn to be ready.
alert
n. A warning signal.
assign
v. To select for a position or for what has to be done.
assign
v. To give out, as a piece of work to be done.
assignment
n. Whatever is given out as work to be done.
budge
v. To move or shift.
burly
adj. Big and strongly built.
companion
n. One who spends time with or does things with another.
compatible
adj. Getting along well together.
concept
n. A general idea or thought about something.
distract
v. To draw one's thoughts or attention away from the subject.
distraction
n. Something that draws one's thought's or attention away.
jostle
v. To push or shove.
obedient
adj. Doing what one is asked or told.
obedience
n. The state or condition of doing what one is told.
obstacle
n. Something that prevents one from moving forward.
patient
adj. Willing to wait without complaining.
patient
n. A person in a doctor's care.
patience
n. A willingness to wait for someone or something to stop complaining.
pedestrian
n. A person who is walking; someone traveling on foot.
retire
v. To stop working because one has reached a certain age.
retire
v. To go to bed.
retirement
n. The state of no longer working.