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Wordly Wise 5, Ch. 1
Friends for Life
Question | Answer |
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accustom | v. to make familiar |
accustomed | 1. usual 2. used to |
alert | adj. watchful, wide-awake v. to warn to be ready n. a warning signal |
assign | v. 1. to select for a position or for what has to be done 2. 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 at hand |
distraction | n. something that draws one's thought 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 n. a person in a doctor's care |
patience | n. a willingness to wait for someone or something without complaining |
pedestrian | n. a person who is walking; someone traveling on foot |
retire | v. to stop working because one has reached a certain age 2. to go to bed |
retirement | n. the state of no longer working |