WORDLY WISELesson 5 Word List

Definitions

Adjective: 1. Happening suddenly, without warning.

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Adjective:1. When the bus made an abrupt stop, several people were thrown off balance.

AbruptSentences

Abrupt: Troy Polamalu abruptly stopped the football

player.

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Verb: 1. To do what one sets out to do.

Noun: Achievement1. Something done that takes skill or effort.

AchieveSentences

Verb: 1. Even though she was blind and deaf, Helen Keller achieved her goal of graduating from college.

Noun:1. Landing astronauts on the moon was a great achievement.

Achieve: Landing the huge jump was an achievement for the stuntman.

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Verb:1. To try; to make an

effort.Noun:

1. A try.

Verb:1. When I attempted to leave class early, the teacher asked me to wait until the period was over.

Noun:1. The athlete cleared the

bar in the high jump on her third attempt.

AttemptSentences:

Attempt: The lady attempted to high jump.

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Noun:1. A feeling that someone or something is bad or unworthy.

Noun:1. Their classmates felt nothing but contempt for those who refused to help the new student.

ContemptSentences:

Contempt: The toddler felt contempt for her father for coming into her

room.

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Verb:1. To interest and amuse.

2. To have guests.

3. To have in mind.

Verb:1. My little brother Ramon entertained himself for hours with his new paints.

2. We entertained some old friends on Thanksgiving weekend.

3. Lin is entertaining the idea of going to soccer camp next summer.

EntertainSentences:

Entertain: The toddlers entertained themselves!

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Verb:1. To get a quick look at.

Noun:1. A quick or hasty look.

Verb:1. I glimpsed a black bear near our campground.

Noun:1. I was thrilled to get a glimpse of Pavarotti leaving the opera house.

GlimpseSentences:

Glimpse: We caught a glimpse of The Lochness Monster.

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Verb: 1. To make fun of.

Adjective: 1. Not real; pretended.

Verb: 1. Cinderella’s stepsisters mocked her for thinking she could go to the ball.

Adjective: 1. Mock turtle soup is really made of veal broth, not turtle meat.

MockSentences:

Mock: Simba and Zazu mocked the hyennas’ intelligence.

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Verb:1. To keep on doing or trying.2. To go on and on.

Noun: Persistence1. Sticking to something; not giving up.

Verb:1. In spite of many falls on the ice, I persisted and finally did a figure-eight. 2. If this rain persists, we’ll have to cut our vacation short.

Noun: Persistence1. Emil’s persistence was rewarded when the tenth law school he applied to accepted him.

PersistSentences:

Persistent : Elmo persistently tries to get David to play soccer with him.

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Verb: Persuade1. To win someone over by arguing or asking.

Adjective: Persuasive 1. Having the power to persuade.

Verb: Persuade1. Frank finally persuaded me to read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Adjective: Persuasive 1. Mary was so persuasive that we agreed to help her paint her room.

PersuadeSentences:

Persuade: The child tries to persuade his parents to buy him a toy.

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Noun:1. A stage in a series of changes.

Noun:1. The full moon is one of the phases of the moon.

PhaseSentences:

Phase: The caterpillar is one of the 4 phases in the life cycle of the butterfly.

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Adjective:1. Odd or unusual in a pleasing or old-fashioned way.

Adjective:1. Wooden shoes seem quaint to Americans, but not to the people of Holland.

QuaintSentences:

Quaint: Bilbo lived in a quaint cottage in The Shire.

Definitions

Verb:1. To remember.

2. To call or take back.

RecallSentences:

Verb:1. Do you recall what

time we left for the soccer game?

2. The manufacturer recalled the cars because of a problem in the steering.

Recall: The high chair was recalled due to parts that could cause injuries.

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Verb:1. To refuse to accept or use.

Noun:1. Something that falls short of what is acceptable.

Verb:1. The school board rejected the plan for the new gym because its cost was excessive.

Noun:1. Peter buys factory rejects at the pottery store for much less than the price of perfect pieces.

RejectSentences:

Reject: The toys that were labeled wrong were rejected by Target stores.

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Verb:1. To go over carefully in order to correct or improve.

2. To change in order to bring up to date.

Verb:1. I don’t like to revise my stories, but I have to admit they get better when I do.

2. The publishers of that dictionary revise it every eight or ten years.

ReviseSentences:

Revise: The teacher shows how to revise and edit his writing.

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Adjective:1. Quick to notice or feel.

2. Easily affected by even slight change.

Adjective:1. My doctor is very sensitive to my feelings.

2. Film used in cameras is very sensitive to light.

SensitiveSentences:

Sensitive: The man’s hand swelled up because of his sensitivity to bee

stings.