Wordly Wise Book 10 Lesson 6

The word RECOMPENSE

MOST NEARLY means:

• (n.) Compensation for a loss, service, or injury;

• (v.) To repay, payback; To reward, as for a service

• (n.) Physical, mental, or moral weakness or flaw (v.) To rebuke or scold severely and at length

• (n.) An opinion or doctrine that is different from society's accepted beliefs

The word EXPENDABLE

MOST NEARLY means:

• (adj.) full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious.

• (v.) To overlook, forgive, or disregard

• (adj.) considered to be not worth keeping or maintaining.

• (v.) To treat with irreverence or contempt; (adj.) Nonreligious in subject matter, form, or use

The word INFIRMITY

MOST NEARLY means:

• (n.) Physical, mental, or moral weakness or flaw

• (n.) An opinion or doctrine that is different from society's accepted beliefs

• (v.) To treat with irreverence or contempt;

• (n.) Slavery

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the definition:

(n.) An opinion or doctrine that is different from society's accepted beliefs

• HERESY

• BALEFUL

• PROFANE

• INFIRMITY

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the definition:

(adj.) full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious.

• AMELIORATE

• DIMINUTIVE

• SERVITUDE

• BALEFUL

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the definition:

(n.) Regret or remorse due to a wrongdoing

• CONDONE

• COMPUNCTION

• BALEFUL

• REPAST

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the definition:

(adj.) Extremely small in size; Tiny

• COMPUNCTION

• BALEFUL

• DIMINUTIVE

• INFIRMITY

Having a Thanksgiving _____ together is a wonderful American tradition of overeating as a family.

Which word BEST COMPLETES this sentence?

• EUPHEMISM

• REPAST

• CIRCUMVENT

• CONDONE

Instead of telling Suzy her dog died, her mother used a(n) _____ and told Suzy her dog had moved on to a happier place.

Which word BEST COMPLETES this sentence?

• EUPHEMISM

• RECOMPENSE

• CONDONE

• CIRCUMVENT

Butlers aren't living a life of _____, because it is their choice whether they wish to work or not.

Which word BEST COMPLETES this sentence?

• AMELIORATE

• SERVITUDE

• HERESY

• DIMINUTIVE