v., to give up by leaving in time of danger/The captain gave the order to abandon the ship when it began to sink.

v., to lose or to give up completely/The trapped miners refused to abandon hope of rescue.

v., to withdraw help or support from one in need/The city had to abandon its plan to build housing for the poor because too many people objected.

n., an enemy or opponent/Carolina and Duke are adversaries in basketball.

v., to confuse; to prevent from understanding/Alice was baffled by the math problem she was supposed to do for homework.

n., a stupid or careless mistake/The president's comment was a major blunder which upset many people.

v., to make a stupid or careless mistake/The basketball player blundered when she fouled out of the game in the first half.

v., to move in a clumsy or careless way/The fat baseball player accidentally blundered into his teammate and knocked him down.

adj., very big; enormous/The colossal size of the Great Wall of China is what impresses tourists the most.

v., to discover something not easily noticed/The police officer did not detect anything unusual on the day that the necklace was stolen.

v., to pull or carry with effort/We hauled the canoe out of the water and onto the lake shore.

n., the amount caught or taken at one time/My little brother had quite a haul of candy after three hours of trick-or-treating!

n., the distance traveled or to be traveled/It's a long haul from here to Alaska.

v., to get the better of; to defeat/The thieves overpowered the security guards and left them tied up in the hallway.

v., to be very happy/The teenage girl rejoiced when she got an iPhone for her birthday.

v., to mock; to ridicule/People scoffed at the idea of self-driving cars.

n., one who keeps watch or guards a point of entry/Sentinels were posted to warn of the enemy's approach.

n., the surrounding of a place in order to force a surrender/When the city was under siege no supplies could be brought in to help the starving people.

adj., suggesting or leading to evil or harm/The villain's sinister words, "I'll be back for you!" sent shivers down our spines.

n., the winner in a contest or struggle/The victors of the World Cup semifinals will meet in the final game on Sunday.

adj., successful in a contest or battle/The victorious team received a trophy at the end of the game.

n., deep distress or misery/The man's woe was evident when he attended his wife's funeral.

n., trouble or misfortune/The homeless man told the volunteers about his woes..

adj., full of misery; unhappy/The orphan told a woeful tale of abuse and neglect.

adj., very bad; horrible; wretched/The airplane pilot made a woeful error which resulted in the plane crash.

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Wordly Wise Lesson12

Worldy Wise Vocab for lesson 12

Term	Definition
abandon	v., to give up by leaving in time of danger/The captain gave the order to abandon the ship when it began to sink.
abandon	v., to lose or to give up completely/The trapped miners refused to abandon hope of rescue.
abandon	v., to withdraw help or support from one in need/The city had to abandon its plan to build housing for the poor because too many people objected.
adversary	n., an enemy or opponent/Carolina and Duke are adversaries in basketball.
baffle	v., to confuse; to prevent from understanding/Alice was baffled by the math problem she was supposed to do for homework.
blunder	n., a stupid or careless mistake/The president's comment was a major blunder which upset many people.
blunder	v., to make a stupid or careless mistake/The basketball player blundered when she fouled out of the game in the first half.
blunder	v., to move in a clumsy or careless way/The fat baseball player accidentally blundered into his teammate and knocked him down.
colossal	adj., very big; enormous/The colossal size of the Great Wall of China is what impresses tourists the most.
detect	v., to discover something not easily noticed/The police officer did not detect anything unusual on the day that the necklace was stolen.
haul	v., to pull or carry with effort/We hauled the canoe out of the water and onto the lake shore.
haul	n., the amount caught or taken at one time/My little brother had quite a haul of candy after three hours of trick-or-treating!
haul	n., the distance traveled or to be traveled/It's a long haul from here to Alaska.
overpower	v., to get the better of; to defeat/The thieves overpowered the security guards and left them tied up in the hallway.
rejoice	v., to be very happy/The teenage girl rejoiced when she got an iPhone for her birthday.
scoff	v., to mock; to ridicule/People scoffed at the idea of self-driving cars.
sentinel	n., one who keeps watch or guards a point of entry/Sentinels were posted to warn of the enemy's approach.
siege	n., the surrounding of a place in order to force a surrender/When the city was under siege no supplies could be brought in to help the starving people.
sinister	adj., suggesting or leading to evil or harm/The villain's sinister words, "I'll be back for you!" sent shivers down our spines.
victor	n., the winner in a contest or struggle/The victors of the World Cup semifinals will meet in the final game on Sunday.
victorious	adj., successful in a contest or battle/The victorious team received a trophy at the end of the game.
woe	n., deep distress or misery/The man's woe was evident when he attended his wife's funeral.
woe	n., trouble or misfortune/The homeless man told the volunteers about his woes..
woeful	adj., full of misery; unhappy/The orphan told a woeful tale of abuse and neglect.
woeful	adj., very bad; horrible; wretched/The airplane pilot made a woeful error which resulted in the plane crash.

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