Week 1
A cynic is someone who always expects bad things to happen. My sister is a cynic, while I never worry
What is a cynic?
If something descended, it came down or spread around. The glider gently descended to Earth.
What is descended?
If you have accepted a situation, you understand that it can’t be changed. Eventually I saw reason and accepted the fact that we were moving.
What are accepted?
If you comfort someone, you say or do things to make the person feel better. It’s hard to comfort someone if you don’t know what the matter is.
What is comfort?
Something that is ferocious is very fierce, mean, and violent. The grizzly bear is the most ferocious animal I know.
What is ferocious?
If you act in defiance, you know something is not allowed, but you do it anyway. When Sam refused to join the others, he was acting in defiance of the rules.
What is defiance?
If you obliged, you did what you were asked or expected to do. Glynn didn’t want to rake the leaves, but he obliged
What is obliged?
Obstacles are objects that make it hard to get where you want to go. She was successful despite the many obstacles that stood in her way.
What is Obstacles?
If something is absurd, you think it is silly or ridiculous. We laughed and laughed at the absurd idea.
What is absurd?
If something is elaborately dressed or decorated, it has many complex artistic details. The bowl was elaborately decorated with scenes of everyday life.
What is elaborately?
A profound thought is one that is deep and meaningful. Kayla had her most profound thoughts at night.
What is reflects?
Someone who is mundane is ordinary and often dull. She is too mundane to appreciate the joys of mountain climbing.
What is mundane?
If you do something on command, you do it because you were told to. I’m training my puppy to sit on command.
What is command?
A taunt is something someone says to anger or upset someone else. After the first taunt, I learned to cover my ears.
What is taunt?
If you coveted something, you wanted it very much. More than anything else in the world, I coveted that bike.
What is an coveted?
If you act inadvertently, you do something by mistake or without realizing it. Although he had acted inadvertently, he still had to pay for the damage.
What is inadvertently?
If you considered something, you thought about it carefully. Jorge considered the suggestion but decided to write on a different topic.
What is considered?
Denying something means not believing that it’s true. There’s no use denying you were the one who broke the window.
What are Denying?
If you forfeit something, you lose it because you have broken a rule. If you trip your opponent, you forfeit the game.
What is a forfeit?
Something that is mighty is strong and powerful. The sea is a mighty force of nature.
What is mighty?
If you consumed something, you ate it. The squirrels consumed a pile of peanuts as we watched
What is consumed?
If you treat someone with disdain, you act as if he or she is unimportant or not as good as you are. Teresa treats everyone with disdain until she gets to know them.
What is disdain?
If you adapt to something, you figure out how to deal with it. It wasn’t easy to adapt to life in a big city.
What are adapt?
If you despised something, you felt a strong dislike for it. I have always despised the color red.
What are despised?
If something is distant, it is far away. Last year my best friend moved to a distant city.
What is distant?