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Vocab Cartoon #4
Vocabulary Cartoons Lesson 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Askew (to one side, crooked) | Everything was knocked askew when the boy ran in to the desk |
| Aspire (to seek, attain, or achieve a goal) | Many people aspire to be firefighters when they grow up |
| Assuage (to sooth, to make less severe) | A good massage is used to assuage sore muscles |
| Astute (clever) | The businessman in the suit looks very astute and clever |
| Asunder (in separate parts) | The toddler stumbled into my room and knocked my castle asunder |
| Atrophy (to wither away) | The deck material atrophied after too many years of neglect |
| Atypical (not typical, abnormal) | The SWAT Team plan for storming the building was very atypical because it did not follow the standard procedures. |
| Austere (severely simple and plain) | The Amish lead a very austere life style in avoiding many of the modern inventions. |
| Badger (to tease, annoy, harass persistently) | The boy badgered his mom to buy him the game that he desperately wanted |
| Ballistics (the study of the dynamics or flight characteristics of projectiles) | The ballistic gel layer in body armor helps reduce the impact force of bullets when they hit a body |
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