Wordly Wise Book 7 Lesson 3

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Admonish

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v. To warn

Rescue workers admonished us to stay away from the flooding river.

2. To criticize gently

The coach admonished me for missing practice.

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Admonition

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n. A warning

We remembered our parents' admonition to stay close to shore while swimming.

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Aghast

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adj. Struck with horror; shocked

We were aghast at the photographs of starving children in Africa.

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Annihilate

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v. To destroy completely; to reduce to utter ruin

General Custer's army of over 200 men was annihilated at the battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.

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Benefactor

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n. A person who provides help, especially by giving money

People who donated more than $100 were listed as benefactors of the library

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Bestow

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v. To give as an honor; to present a gift

An academy award is the highest honor Hollywood can bestow on a film

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Devious

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adj. Having many twists and turns; winding

The climbers followed a devious route up the mountain

2. Sneaky; not frank nor honest

This devious scheme was intended to take advantage of vulnerable people

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Devoid

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adj. Lacking; empty; entirely without

Although he had experienced great misfortune, he was devoid of bitterness

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Heed

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v. To pay attention to

I hope you heed my advice

n. Attention; notice

Pay heed to the teacher's instructions before you begin the test

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Heedful

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adj. Paying careful attention

Heedful of the fog, I drove slowly

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Heedless

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adj. Failing to pay proper attention

They went ahead with their plans, heedless of our objections

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Mortal

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n. A human being, especially as constranted with a god

Achilles, a hero in Greek mythology, had a goddess for a father and a mortal for a father

adj. Of or relating to human beings

Being mortal, he accepted the fact that one day he would die

2. Causing death; fatal

India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi receieved a mortal wound delivered by an assassin in 1984

3. Very severe

My friends wouldn't go into the reptile house because he has a mortal fear of snakes

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Muse

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v. To think about in a quiet, careful way

I mused over whether to sell the house

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Pioneer

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n. A person who goes before others and opens the way for them to follow

Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two nineteenth-century women, were pioneers in the women's rights movement

v. To open the way for others

Isadora Duncan pioneered modern dance

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Plague

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n. A deadly disease that spreads rapidly from person to person

Those Londoners who could afford it to the country to escape the great plague of 1665

2. Anything that causes destruction or suffering

A plague of locusts destroyed the crop

v. To cause suffering or distress

After the tryouts, I was plagued by doubts that I would make the varsity team

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Subside

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v. To sink to a lower level

After the rain stopped, the floodwaters gradually subsided

2. To become quieter or less active

The baby's sobs gradually subsided

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Unwitting

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adj. Not done on purpose; unintended

I tried to ingone the unwitting insult, but his comment hurt me just the same

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Wrath

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n. Forceful anger; fury

It says in the Bible that envy and wrath shorten life

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Wrathful

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adj. Very angry

In Homer's story of the Trojan War, a wrathful Achilles seeks revenge on the killer of his friend Patroclus