Wordly Wise English

Question 1

Definitions of accustom

Answer 1

v. To make familiar
adj. Usual or used to

Question 2

Definitions of alert

Answer 2

adj. Watchful; wide awake
v. To warn to be ready
n. A warning signal

Question 3

Definitions of assign

Answer 3

v. To select for a position or for what has to be done or to give out, as a piece of work to be done
n. Whatever is given out as work to be done

Question 4

Definition of budge

Answer 4

v. To move or shift

Question 5

Definition of burly

Answer 5

adj. Big and strongly built

Question 6

Definition of companion

Answer 6

n. One who spends time with or does things with another

Question 7

Definition of compatible

Answer 7

adj. Getting along well together

Question 8

Definition of concept

Answer 8

n. A general idea or thought about something

Question 9

Definitions of distract and distraction

Answer 9

v. (distract) To draw one’s thoughts or attention away from the subject at hand
n. (distraction) Something that draws one’s thoughts or attention away

Question 10

Definition of jostle

Answer 10

v. To push or shove

Question 11

Definitions of obedient and obedience

Answer 11

adj. (obedient) Doing what one is asked or told
n. (obedience) The state or condition of doing what one is told

Question 12

Definition of obstacle

Answer 12

n. Something that prevents one from moving forward

Question 13

Definitions of patient and patience

Answer 13

adj. (patient) Willing to wait without complaining
n. (patient) A person in doctor’s care
n. (patience) A willingness to wait for someone or something without complaining

Question 14

Definition of pedestrian

Answer 14

n. A person who is walking; someone traveling on foot

Question 15

Definitions of retire and retirement

Answer 15

v. (retire) To stop working because one has reached a certain age or to go to bed
n. (retirement) The state of no longer working