Lesson 26

Vocabulary

assetAn asset is a resource, person, or object that is valuable to have.How is sunscreen an asset on a sunny beach?Turn and tell your partner. Form your sentence like this: “Sunscreen is an asset on a sunny beach because …”

intentlyWhen you do

something intently, you do it with great concentration.How would someone intently watching a movie behave?1. talk a lot to the people around them2. watch the movie very attentively

profuselySomething done profusely is done in great quantity.

Would you expect someone who talks profusely to say…1. a lot?2. a little?

ordealAn ordeal is a very difficult experience that is unpleasant to go through.Why would pedaling a bike up a steep hill be an ordeal?1. It takes a lot of effort.2. It takes very little effort.

terrainTerrain is the kind of land that is found in a place; for example, terrain might be rocky, hilly, or swampy.

Turn and tell your partner. Begin your sentence like this: “I think the terrain in a desert would be _______ because …”

How would you describe the terrain in a desert?

dismalSomething that is dismal is bleak and depressing.

1. good day?

If you have a dismal look on your face, are you most likely having a

2. bad day?

perilPeril is great danger.Could not looking both ways before crossing a street put someone in peril?Thumbs up=yes; Thumbs down=noTurn and explain to your partner. Begin your sentence like this: “Not looking both ways before crossing a street (could/could not) put someone in peril because…”

esteemTo esteem something means to judge it to be of value.How could you show you esteem someone?1. ignore them2. listen respectfully to them