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Week 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ASKEW- Link CUE (uh SKOO) adj. Curly's Pool Cue ad become ASKEW. | to one side, crooked, awry, sidelong look of contempt |
| ASPIRE- Link RETIRE (uh SPIRE) V. Caleb ASPIRES to have a successful gaming YouTube channel | to seek, attain, or achieve a goal. |
| ASSUAGE-Link MASSAGE (uh SWAYJ) v. A good massage is known to ASSUAGE sore muscles and relive uptight feelings. | to sooth, to make less severe, to satisfy, ease, lessen |
| ASTUTE- Link SUIT (uh STEWT) adj. Larry thought a new suite would make him more ASTUTE for his job interview. | quick in discernment, shrewd, clever, keen |
| ASUNDER Link THUNDER (uh SUN dur) adj. The lightning and THUNDER tore the young lovers ASUNDER. | in separate parts, apart form each other in position |
| ATROPHY- Link TROPHY (AT ruh fee) v. Once a TROPHY champion, Ji m's muscles ATROPHIED due to a chronic illness. | to wither away |
| ATYPICAL- Link TYPICAL (ay TIP ih kull) adj. It was ATYPICAL of his boss to give a day off with pay. | not typical, abnormal |
| AUSTERE - Link STEER (aw STEER) adj. Modern design can have such an AUSTERE look, that it will make a room seem quite empty. | stern, as in manner, without excess, unadorned, severely simple and plain |
| BADGER - Link BADGER (BAJ er) v. I hate to be BADGERED by solicitors ringing the doorbell. | to tease, annoy, harass persistently |
| BALLISTICS - Link LIPSTICK (buh LISS sticks) n. Most warships carry BALLISTIC missiles. adj Detective Mullins specializes in BALLISTICS and is always called to a crime scene whenever a firearm is involved. n. | the study of dynamics or flight characteristics or flight characteristics of projectiles. |