Wordly Wise 2

Question 1

affect

Answer 1

v. To bring about change (Do you think changing schools will affect my grades?)
v. To pretend to be or to have (She affected an interest in the choir, because she wanted to go on the choir trip.)

Question 2

mammoth

Answer 2

adj. Very large, huge (The mammoth National Stadium in Singapore holds over fifty thousand people.)

Question 3

column

Answer 3

n. A row of figures or words arranged in a line down a page (Find the answers to the math questions in the first column.)
n. A tall, usually stone, support (Forty-six marble columns hold up the Parthenon in Greece.)
n. A regular magazine or newspaper article usually written by the same person (My mother writes a weekly sports column for the News Tribune.)

Question 4

scorch

–scorching

Answer 4

v. To burn slightly (If you press a shirt with an iron that is too hot, you may scorch it.)
Scorching - adj. Very hot (On such a scorching day, all I wanted to do was swim in the ocean after school.)

Question 5

exceed

• -excess
• -excessive

Answer 5

v. To be more than (The final score exceeded our best hopes.)
v. To go beyond what is allowed (The officer who stopped me told me never to exceed the speed limit again.)
n. Excess - More than enough (Use what you need and save the excess.)
adj. Excessive - Too much or too great (Last winter my parents paid an excessive amount for gas.)

Question 6

resist

Answer 6

v. To refuse to give in, to withstand (Some types of corn resist disease better than others.)
v. To work or fight against (It was hard to resist the idea of staying in bed for a little longer.)

Question 7

grove

Answer 7

n. A group of trees growing together (The children walked hand in hand through the grove of lemon trees.)

Question 8

mature

Answer 8

v. To become fully grown or developed (Rabbits mature in about six months and are then able to leave their parents.)
adj. Fully grown, developed or adult (My brother looks very mature for only eleven.)

Question 9

permit

Answer 9

v. To allow (My parents do not permit me to stay out later than 7pm.)
n. A written notice that allows someone to do something (You have to have a permit to fish in this lake.)

Question 10

decay

Answer 10

v. To rot (Leaves left on the ground will rot over the winter.)
n. A breaking down or rotting (Dentists say tooth decay can be stopped with regular brushing and flossing.)

Question 11

tower

–towering

Answer 11

v. To stand above or higher than what is around it (The Statue of Liberty towers above New York harbor.)
Towering - adj. Very high or tall (Looking up at the towering skyscrapers made my neck stiff.)

Question 12

limb

Answer 12

n. An arm, leg or wing (Bats use their front and back limbs to fly.)
n. A large tree branch (The owl sat on the limb of the tree.)

Question 13

calculate

Answer 13

v. To find the answer using arithmetic / math (We need to calculate the answers to the math questions on the quiz.)
v. To figure out by reasoning (You should calculate the risks of riding that old bicycle.)

Question 14

forbid

–forbidden

Answer 14

v. To order not to do something (School rules forbid running in the hallways.)
adj. Forbidden - Not allowed (Eating in class is forbidden.)

Question 15

climate

Answer 15

n. The average weather conditions of an area