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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
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