WW 10-12

Question 1

gregarious definition

Answer 1

sociable; extroverted; enjoying companionship

Question 2

gregarious sounds like

Answer 2

Greg, Gary, and us

Question 3

A social, extroverted couple is getting ready to leave on vacation. As the husband puts his suitcase by the front door, he sees two of his friends sitting in the living room. His wife explains, “I’m inviting several friends to go with us.” “So far, it’s Greg, Gary, and us,” she says. “But I’m still waiting to hear from Audrey, Fred, Nora, and…”

Answer 3

gregarious story

Question 4

I’m inviting several friends to go with us. So far it’s Greg, Gary, and us, but I am still waiting to hear from Audrey, Fred, and Nora

Answer 4

Gregarious

Question 5

depleted definition

Answer 5

emptied; drained; used up

Question 6

depleted sounds like

Answer 6

the pleated (pants)

Question 7

A saleswoman apologizes to a woman who has been searching through a rack of pants. “I’m sorry,” she says, “the pleated pants are all gone.”

Answer 7

depleted story

Question 8

tenacious definition

Answer 8

strong; persistent; determined to hold on

Question 9

tenacious sounds like

Answer 9

tennis shoes

Question 10

After the women’s tennis finals at Wimbledon, the winner tries to take off her tennis shoes, but she can’t. Even with the help of her opponent, the judge, two ball boys, and seventeen spectators pulling at her shoes, the shoes are determined to hold on. (Tennis shoes can be tenacious).

Answer 10

tenacious story

Question 11

wane definition

Answer 11

grow gradually smaller

Question 12

wane sounds like

Answer 12

the name “Wayne”

Question 13

ludicrous definition

Answer 13

absurd; ridiculous

Question 14

ludicrous sounds like

Answer 14

Lou to cross

Question 15

A guy named Wayne is gradually getting smaller, and his clothes are getting too big for him.

Answer 15

wane story

Question 16

Lou is at the edge of a 24-lane superhighway, waiting for a break in the 80 mph traffic, so he can cross the road. A friend yells from a passing car, “Lou, to cross right here is absurd and ridiculous. There hasn’t been a break in traffic since 1986!” “Isn’t that ludicrous?” Lou says to himself, “Does that guy really think I can hear him with all these cars going by?”

Answer 16

ludicrous story

Question 17

obsolete definition

Answer 17

no longer usable; outdated

Question 18

obsolete sounds like

Answer 18

Hobb so late

Question 19

Hobb is riding in a horse and buggy. He arrives late for an important meeting. His co-workers are annoyed at his lateness, and wonder why he’s driving such an outdated vehicle.

Answer 19

obsolete sounds like

Question 20

digress defintion

Answer 20

to move away from the main topic when writing
or speaking; to go off on a tangent

Question 21

digress sounds like

Answer 21

die grass

Question 22

A guest speaker at a Garden Club is supposed to be talking about how to bring dead grass back to life. After a few minutes, the man begins to go off-topic and tell his audience about a really fun cookout he went to last week, a great recipe for chicken, and how his brother Mark cheated at monopoly when they are kids, and blah, blah, blah…

Answer 22

digress story

Question 23

articulate definition

Answer 23

able to speak clearly and effectively

Question 24

articulate sounds like

Answer 24

Artie Kool-Aid

Question 25

Artie Kool-Aid is holding a glass of Kool-Aid while giving a speech: “Let me assure you, dear people, it would be an impossibility for me to speak so clearly and effectively without this amazing thirst-quenching concoction, Kool-Aid.”

Answer 25

articulate story

Question 26

tirade definition

Answer 26

a long and bitter speech; diatribe

Question 27

tirade sounds like

Answer 27

tie raid

Question 28

A dad goes to his closet to get his blue tie. It isn’t there. He looks for his red tie, the one with the little penguins on it. Gone. He searches for his green and white New York Jets tie. It’s missing, too. In fact, there isn’t a tie to be found. He storms up to raid (search) his teenage son’s closet and finds all of his ties hanging on a wooden rack. He then launches into a long and bitter 20-minute speech about his son’s lack of consideration. After his dad has finished, his son says “Does this mean I can’t borrow your black sweater tonight?”

Answer 28

tirade story