Wordly Wise 3000 Level 7, Lesson 10

Match the following

• to turn away

• aquatic

• growing or living in or on water

• bleak

• cheerful; carefree

• avert

• without much hope

• blite

• to say firmly; to declare

• assert

Match the following

• cold and dreary

• bleak

• done in or upon water

• blithe

• to keep from happening

• aquatic

• a firm statement or declaration

• avert

• not showing proper care; heedless

• assertion

Match the following

• in a carefree manner

• lethal

• self-assured; bold and confident

• dwindle

• to become less

• blithely

• capable of causing death

• assertive

• well behaved

• docile

Match the following

• to watch closely and frequently

• monitor

• heavy and slow moving

• nimble

• a difficult or dangerous conditon

• plight

• able to move quickly and easily

• mutilate

• to hurt or damage by cutting into

• ponderous

Match the following

• Awesomeness

• vigilant

• an edge, border, or brink

• monitor

• watchful; ready for danger

• nimble

• showing quickness of thinking

• verge

• a video screen

• Sheehan

The story is not merely silly; it ​ (a)   on the ridiculous

• verges
• nimbles
• asserts
• dwindles

Swimming is a (a)n ​ (a)   sport.

• aquatic
• ponderous
• bleak
• blithe

I knew she was happy when she walked ​ (a)   out the door.

• blithely
• assertively
• aquaticly
• lethaly

The boat propeller ​ (a)   the manatee when we collided.

• mutilated
• averted
• dwindled
• verged

Health authorities remain ​ (a)   for any signs of the epidemic's return.

• vigilant
• assertive
• bleak
• ponderous