Wordly Wise 3000 Book 6 Lesson 2

Front 1

alacrity

Back 1

n. 1) Promptness in responding.
2) Eagerness.

Hint 1

1) The seller of the car accepted my first offer with such aclacrity that I wished I had offered less.
2) At the beginning of recess, the children ran to the playground with aclacrity.

Front 2

array

Back 2

n. 1) A large group of people or things.
2) An orderly arrangement or display.
v. 1) To place in order.
2) To dress up.

Hint 2

n. 1) The ship's cabin contained an array of charts and maps.
n.2) The array of delectable sweets on the dessert tray tempted the diners.
v. 1) The marching band was arrayed at the entrance to the stadium for the Thanksgiving game.
v. 2) The guests had arrayed themselves in elaborate attire for the Viennese ball.

Front 3

deduce

Back 3

v. To draw a conclusion from given facts.

Hint 3

Your carrying an umbrella leads me to deduce that you expect it to rain.

Front 4

encumber; encumberance

Back 4

v. 1) To weigh down or burden.
2) To impede the action of.

Hint 4

v. 1) I stumbled through the door encumbered by two heavy suitcases. 2) Large sheets of ice encumbered the ships.
n. The debt was an encumbrance to the young couple as they saved money to buy their first house.

Front 5

fraught

Back 5

adj. Full of or accompanied by (usu. followed by with).

Hint 5

We abandoned the idea of the trip when we learned it would be fraught with danger.

Front 6

haphazard

Back 6

adj. Marked by lack of plan, order, or direction.

Hint 6

He described in humorous detail his haphazard travels around Europe.

Front 7

incontrovertible

Back 7

adj. Impossible to dispute; unquestionable.

Hint 7

His statement that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are increasing is introvertible.

Front 8

inexplicable

Back 8

adj. Hard to explain or impossible to understand.

Hint 8

The dissappearance of ships that traveled through the Bermuda Triangle is inexplicable to me.

Front 9

ingenious; ingenuity

Back 9

adj. Marked by imagination, resourcefulness or cleverness.

Hint 9

Converting garbage into energy is an ingenious idea!

Front 10

laggard

Back 10

n. One who falls behind others because of moving slowly or loitering; a straggler.

Hint 10

n.- The laggards were way behind the others.
adj.- We have been laggard in getting the roof repaired.

Front 11

sustenance

Back 11

n. Something that provides nourishment; food needed to live.

Hint 11

Roots and berries provided sustenance for the sailors after they were forced to abandon their ship.

Front 12

torrid

Back 12

adj. 1) Intensely hot or dry.
2) Burning with passion.

Hint 12

1) It's foolish to walk barefoot on the torrid desert sand.
2) The letter was filled with torrid declarations of love.

Front 13

traverse

Back 13

v. to pass over, across, or through.

Hint 13

Route 66, not the nation's oldest or longest road, traverses the United States, joining many small American towns together.

Front 14

ubiquitous

Back 14

adj. Appearing to be present in large numbers or many different places.

Hint 14

Tourists with cameras are ubiquitous in Europe every summer.

Front 15

zenith

Back 15

n. 1) The highest point; the peak. 2) The point in the sky directly above the observer.

Hint 15

1) Winning the Nobel Prize for Literature is, for some writers, the zenith of their career. n.2) The comet we saw in the sky appeared to be midway between the horizon and the zenith.