Wordly Wise - Lesson 2 - Week of 9/29

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.

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.

The average weather conditions of an area.

Ex: Florida's warm climate is perfect for growing oranges.

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.

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.

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.

To order not to do something.

Ex: A state law forbids smoking in hospitals.

forbidden - Not allowed.

Ex: Eating in class is forbidden.

A group of trees growing together with open space between them.

Ex:  The children walked hand in hand through the grove of lemon trees.

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.

Very large; huge.

Ex: The mammoth Seattle Skydome holds over fifty thousand people.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.