Vocab 1-10

Define the underlined word.

The school map you drew might confound our new students. They can't read your handwriting.

• to confuse or mix someone up

• to find a coin

• to find a con

Define the underlined word.

Grandpa, I think you misconstrue how e-mail works. You don't need to put a stamp on the computer screen.

• to do something wrong

• to miss a strue

• to get the wrong idea about something; to misunderstand

Define the underlined word.

When it comes to what's cool, my dad gets gets it but my mom is oblivious.

• to be a bad dresser

• to be unaware of what is happening

• to obliviate

Define the underlined word.

You don't have to be too canny to outsmart my little brother. Sometimes I still think he is an alien.

• to can he

• to can someone

• to be clever or smart

Define the underlined word.

When the girls put on their best dresses for school, we boys knew it was an overt attempt to get our attention.

• something that is open to view; not secret

• something that is over

• something that is closed

Define the underlined word.

Meeting in the hall was a bad idea. From now on we should meet in a more covert location.

• out in the open

• obvious

• not shown openly; secret

Define the underlined word.

Sometimes it feels like the bell for my science class takes an interminable length of time to ring.

• an intern

• something that seems forever, as if there's no end in sight

• a short amount of time

Define the underlined word.

When we built our beach house out of straw, we did not think about longevity.

• something small

• a long life or a long amount of time

• easily destroyed

Define the underlined word.

When people talk about tumors, they are usually deadly, or benign.

• something that is harmful

• something that is harmless

Define the underlined word.

Giant spiders are definitely not innocuous.

• safe, but creepy

• scary

• safe and harmless