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WordlyWise Book 4 Lesson 4

Terms in this set (38)

active (adjective)
1. (of a person) engaging or ready to engage in physically energetic pursuits; lively; quick ("Ben is always _____: he runs, bikes, and fences every day." )
active (adjective)
2. doing things for an organization, cause, or campaign (rather than just give money) ("Josh is an _____ member of the school's chess team." )
active (adjective)
3. (of a thing) working; operative ("The biggest _____ volcano is Mauna Loa in n Hawaii." )
to astound (verb)
to greatly surprise; to amaze; to shock ("You never fail to _____ me with your excuses." )
astounding (adjective)
very surprising; amazing; shocking ("The number of hours a pro-athlete has to train is _____ to the average person." )
to attend (verb)
1. to go to or be present at (a meeting, event, or function) ("I'd love to _____ every ping-pong club tournament, but I can't." )
to attend (...to) (verb)
2. to deal with, give practical help and care to; to look after (a person or thing) ("Every Wednesday afternoon, Jo has to _____ to her grandmother." )
to cherish (verb)
1. to cling to an idea or feeling ("Pat & Sue _____ the hope that their dad will survive the accident." )
to cherish (verb)
2. to protect and care for (someone) lovingly; to hold (something) dear; to keep (a hope or ambition) in one's mind ("I _____ my friends from summer camp.")
to contract (verb)
1. to enter into a legally binding agreement ("The sports agent wants his player to _____ with the Yankees." )
to contract (verb)
2. to catch or develop (a disease or infection) ("This winter, there is an increased chance to _____ COVID." )
to contract (verb)
3. to make smaller; to become smaller; (of a muscle) to become shorter or tighten ("Hearts are muscles that _____ about seventy times a minute." )
contract (noun)
a written or spoken agreement that is enforceable by law ("In 2020, Patrick Mahomes signed the largest _____ in sports history." )
eager (adjective)
wanting very much ("Stevie is _____ to play with his new toy." )
eagerly (adverb)
with a great deal of enthusiasm, wanting ("Samantha raised her hand _____ to answer the question." )
to expose (verb)
1. (of a person) to make (something) unpleasant known about that person ("Cho & Kobe made a social media account to _____ all their classmates' lies." )
to expose (verb)
2. to make (something) visible, especially by uncovering it ("The melting glaciers _____ more and more dead bodies that had been frozen for centuries." )
to expose (verb)
3. to leave (someone or something) unprotected or uncovered ("To ____ your body to the summer sun can cause skin cancer." )
grace (noun)
1. beauty of form or movement ("Sonia moved with the _____ of a trained boxer." )
grace (noun)
2. a short prayer said before a meal ("Before dinner, the nuns say _____." )
grace period (noun)
3. an extra time to do or pay something ("My math teacher gave me a _____ period of two days to finish the homework." )
graceful (adjective)
having beauty of movement ("I love watching the _____ figure skaters." )
to impose (verb)
1. to force someone to accept or put up with (something unpleasant or unfamiliar) ("Marisol tries to _____ her beliefs on her friends." )
to impose (...on) (verb)
2. to take advantage of people by demanding their attention or commitment ("The houseguest clearly overstayed her welcome and _____ on the hosts." )
modest (adjective)
1. (of a person) not thinking too highly of oneself; humble ("Paul is a _____ student who always downplays his fabulous grades." )
modest (adjective)
2. (of clothing) simple; not fancy or extreme; not drawing attention ("Cynthia's style is _____, yet elegant." )
modest (adjective)
3. (of an amount) not too much; moderate ("A _____ amount of chocolate will not harm you." )
modesty (noun)
the quality of being unassuming, not drawing attention ("Aza's _____ often makes people think she's shy." )
parallel (adjective)
lying in the same direction (as something else) and always the same distance apart ("_____ lines never touch each other." )
to paralyze (verb)
1. to cause (a person or part of the body) to loss of movement ("Polio can _____ a person's legs." )
to paralyze (verb)
2. to make (a person) helpless or powerless, especially through fear ("I was _____ with fear when the alligator swam toward me." )
paralysis (noun)
condition of being made powerless or motionless
pessimist (noun)
a person who expects the worst things to happen; a person who has no hope ("Saba is a _____: she never expects anything good." )
pessimistic (adjective)
without hope, joy, or confidence; gloomy ("Don't be so _____: the team can still win." )
to recite (verb)
to say (a poem or passage) aloud before an audience, usually from memory; to state (names, facts, etc.) in order ("Bella could _____ the entire poem without a mistake." )
recital (noun)
a program of music or dance; a performance ("We went to watch my brother's piano _____." )
to respond (verb)
to answer (to someone's remark or question) ("Simon didn't want to _____ to my question." )
response (noun)
something said or done in reply (to someone else's remark or question) ("Mara's _____ to my question was very short." )
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