After seeing the picture of the starving children, we felt compassion or pity for their suffering.
What does the word compassion mean?
100
show
Tony would not reveal his project, but kept it hidden.
What does reveal mean?
100
fat, lots of meat
Animals that get pudgy, like pigs, cows, and ducks are good to eat because of the amount of meat they have.
What does pudgy mean?
100
clean
Mom had to sterilize, or clean, the bottles.
What does sterilize mean?
100
helpful
Even though fruit is beneficial for your body, it can stop being helpful if you eat too much.
What does beneficial mean?
200
scolded
Mary admonished her students for their actions and they knew they were in trouble!
What does admonished mean?
200
not normal
The teacher seemed quirky, but she was very normal.
What does quirky mean?
200
hopeless
People may feel destitute when they have no job, no education, or no reason to be happy. It seems like nothing will ever get better.
What does destitute mean?
200
wet
The dog was comletely saturated because he was left out in the rain.
What does saturated mean?
200
disappeared
As the astronauts docked at the space station, they turn around to see the earth, but it had vanished from their sight.
What does vanished mean?
300
afraid
joe was reluctant to take the job of captain on the team because he was afraid he wouldn't be very good at it.
What does reluctant mean?
300
bright, glittering
They thought the diamonds would shine radiantly, but they were dark instead.
What does radiantly mean?
300
annoying
Pesky animals such as mosquitoes, flies, and raccoons are a part of everyday life.
What does pesky mean?
300
book lover
Marie is quite a bibliophile. Her love for books is evident by her enormous library.
What does bibliophile mean?
300
promise
The weather man said he could guarantee good weather tomorrow because he was certain it would be a beautiful day.
What does guarantee mean?
400
drawings
The artist used oil paints to draw the illustrations.
What does illustrations mean?
400
not pretty, ugly
Usually, monsters are hideous, but the Sirens were quite pretty.
What does hideous mean?
400
hatred
His rancor, or hatred, of his brother made him not speak with him for years.
400
bouncing
After ricocheting, or bouncing, off the walls, the ball crashed through the window.
400
gathered
The people congregated, or gathered, for the protest.
500
proper, straight
The lady sat primly in her chair, looking very proper.
What does primly mean?
500
hesitate, stop to think
The witness did not prevaricate when asked a question. Instead, she answered right away.
What does prevaricate mean?
500
anger
When you incense someone, you do something they don't like.
What does incense mean?
500
took back
When it was proven the senator had taken a bribe, he was forced to relinquish his position. He thought it was best to give up his job.
What does relinquish mean?
500
embarassed, humiliated
My most humiliating day was probably the day that I was mortified to see I had worn one black shoe and one brown shoe.
What does mortified mean?