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Wordly Wise - Lesson 2 - Week of 9/29
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affect
To bring about a change in.
Ex: Do you think changing schools will
affect
my grades?
To pretend to be or to have.
Ex: The reporter
affected
an interest in buying a used car in order to get the salesperson to talk to her.
calculate
To find the answer by using arithmetic.
Ex: I gave my sister the check so she could
calculate
her share of the bill.
To figure out by reasoning.
Ex: You'd better
calculate
the risks carefully before going on a long trip with that old car.
climate
The average weather conditions of an area.
Ex: Florida's warm
climate
is perfect for growing oranges.
column
A row of figures or words running down a printed page; anything arranged like that.
Ex: Do all the problems in the first
column
on page 30.
A tall, usually stone support that holds up something.
Ex: Forty-six marble
columns
support the roof of the Parthenon in Athens.
A regular newspaper or magazine article usually written by the same person.
Ex: My mother writes a weekly sports
column
for Newsday.
decay
To rot.
Ex: Leaves left on the ground will
decay
over the winter.
A breaking down or rotting.
Ex: Dentists say tooth
decay
can be prevented by regular brushing and flossing.
exceed
To be more than.
Ex: The final score of Monday's game
exceeded
our best hopes.
To go beyond what is allowed.
Ex: The officer who stopped me told me never to
exceed
the speed limit again.
excess
- More than enough; an extra amount.
excessive
- Too much or too great.
Ex: Last winter my parents paid an
excessive
amount for heating oil.
forbid
To order not to do something.
Ex: A state law
forbids
smoking in hospitals.
forbidden
- Not allowed.
Ex: Eating in class is forbidden.
grove
A group of trees growing together with open space between them.
Ex: The children walked hand in hand through the
grove
of lemon trees.
limb
An arm, leg, or wing.
Ex: Bats use their webbed front and back
limbs
to fly.
A large tree branch.
Ex: The owl was perched on the top
limb
of the tree.
mammoth
Very large; huge.
Ex: The
mammoth
Seattle Skydome holds over fifty thousand people.
mature
To become fully grown or developed.
Ex: Rabbits
mature
in about six months and are then able to bear young.
Fully grown or developed; adult.
Ex: My brother looks very
mature
for only eleven.
permit
To allow.
Ex: Some towns
permit
overnight parking downtown.
A written notice that allows a person to do something.
Ex: You need a
permit
to go fishing in that lake.
resist
To refuse to give in to; to withstand.
Ex: Some kinds of corn
resist
disease better than others.
To work or fight against.
Ex: The armies of Genghis Khan were so powerful, it was useless to
resist
them.
scorch
To burn slightly.
Ex: If you press a shirt with an iron that is too hot, you might
scorch
the cloth.
scorching
- Very hot.
Ex: On such a
scorching
July day, the only thing I wanted after work was a swim in the ocean.
tower
To stand above or higher than what is around it.
Ex: The Statue of Liberty
towers
above New York Harbor.
towering
- Very high; tall.
Ex: Looking up at the
towering
skyscrapers gave me a stiff neck.
Author
Costi
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284503
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Wordly Wise - Lesson 2 - Week of 9/29
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affect, calculate, climate, column, decay, exceed, forbid, grove, limb, mammoth, mature, permit, resist, scorch, tower
Updated
9/30/2014, 5:06:23 PM
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