Wordly Wise I

Question 1

accustom

Answer 1

v. to make familiar

Question 2

accustomed

Answer 2

adj. usual or used to

Question 3

alert (adj)

Answer 3

adj. watchful; wide-awake

Question 4

alert (noun)

Answer 4

n. a warning signal

Question 5

alert

Answer 5

v. to warn to be ready

Question 6

assign

Answer 6

v. to select for a position or for what has to be done
Or
To give out, like homework that must be done

Question 7

assignment

Answer 7

n. whatever is given out as work to be done

Question 8

budge

Answer 8

v. to move or shift

Question 9

burly

Answer 9

adj. big and strongly built

Question 10

companion

Answer 10

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

Question 11

compatible

Answer 11

adj. getting along together

Question 12

concept

Answer 12

adj. getting along together

Question 13

distract

Answer 13

v. to draw one’s thoughts or attention away from the subject at hand

Question 14

distraction

Answer 14

n. something that draws one’s thoughts or attention away

Question 15

jostle

Answer 15

v. to push or shove

Question 16

obedient

Answer 16

adj. doing what one is asked or told

Question 17

obedience

Answer 17

n. the state or condition of doing what one is told

Question 18

obstacle

Answer 18

n. something that prevents one from moving forward

Question 19

patient (adj)

Answer 19

adj. willing to wait without complaining

Question 20

patient (noun)

Answer 20

n. a person in a doctor’s care

Question 21

patience

Answer 21

n. a willingness to wait for someone or something wihtout complaining

Question 22

pedestrian

Answer 22

n. a person who is walking; a person traveling on foot

Question 23

retire

Answer 23

v. to stop working because one has reached a certain age
Or
To go to bed

Question 24

retirement

Answer 24

n. the state of no longer working