Wordly Wise Book 3 Revised Chapter 2 Word List 2

Front 1

ajar

Back 1

slightly open

Front 2

ardent

Back 2

1.full of eagerness
2.having great enthusiasm

Front 3

avert

Back 3

1.to turn away
2.to keep from happening
3.to avoid

Front 4

burly

Back 4

big and strong

Front 5

choir

Back 5

a group of singers

Front 6

derive

Back 6

1.to receive from a source
2.to come from a certain source
3.to obtain by figuring out

Front 7

distinguished

Back 7

1.famous
2.outstanding
3.to tell apart
4.to note as separate or different

Front 8

gore

Back 8

1.clotted
2.a three-sided piece of cloth sewn into a garment
3.to stab a wound with a horn or tusk
4.full of blood
5.horrible to look at or to hear about

Front 9

helm

Back 9

1.the wheel or tiller used to steer a boat
2.the place if position of command in an undertaking

Front 10

nag

Back 10

1.to annoy or disturb by always complaining or scolding
2.a horse, especially an old workhorse

Front 11

rumple

Back 11

1.crease
2.wrinkle
3.disarrange
4.a crease
5.a wrinkle

Front 12

somber

Back 12

1.dark and gloomy
2.sad or serious

Front 13

thrash

Back 13

1.to beat severely
2.to move about in a violent way
3.to discuss fully until settled

Front 14

veteran

Back 14

1.a person that has served in the armed forces, espacially during war time
2.a person with some kind of experience in some kind of work