Spelling (Unit 4: Week 5)

Question 1

crumb

Answer 1

• a bit / a piece

- After eating a cookie messily, Samantha still had crumbs left on her face.

Question 2

crumble

Answer 2

• fall apart

- The cheap house crumbled after a heavy rainstorm.

Question 3

design

Answer 3

• a drawing

- The principal really enjoyed the architectural design of the new school campus.

Question 4

designate

Answer 4

• choose

- Who will Mr. Wang designate as the class Teaching Assistant in June?

Question 5

solemn

Answer 5

• serious, formal

- When your teacher has a solemn expression on his/her face, you should be quiet.

Question 6

solemnity

Answer 6

• state of being serious

- Mr. Li announced the student of the week with solemnity.

Question 7

muscle

Answer 7

• part of the human body, strength

- Fighters, boxers, muay thai fighters, need to have muscles.

Question 8

muscular

Answer 8

• having muscle,

- The muscular firefighter lifted the unconscious body and ran out of the burning apartment.

Question 9

reject

Answer 9

• refuse, say no

- The vegetarian rejected the meat products at the buffet.

Question 10

rejection

Answer 10

• refuse, say no

- Not afraid of rejection, Miguel asked Stacy out the school dance in front of the whole grade.

Question 11

create

Answer 11

• make

- What can you create with Legos?

Question 12

creation

Answer 12

• what you made

- In a famous novel, a scientist stitched different corpses together to make a creation known as Frankenstein’s monster.

Question 13

public

Answer 13

• done in open view

- You shouldn’t fart in public.

Question 14

publicity

Answer 14

• promotion

- If you want to sell your product, you need to generate a lot of publicity and marketing.

Question 15

prejudice

Answer 15

• racism, hostility, bias

- He was a victim of racial prejudice