Vocab 5

Question 1

Embody

Body

Answer 1

(Jimmy sculpted a body he never embodied)

To give a bodily form to. Verb

Question 2

Hoard

Stored

Answer 2

(A squirrel hoards nuts and stores them for winter)

To stockpile. Verb

Question 3

Entice

Mice

Answer 3

(You can entice cats with mice)

To lure. Verb

Question 4

Impair

Imp pair

Answer 4

(The imp pair impair her social life)

To hurt. Verb

Question 5

Innate

In Nate

Answer 5

(In Nate we see an innate ability)

Born with/part of you. Adjective

Question 6

Innovation

Inn ovation

Answer 6

(A real inn ovation for its innovation)

Something that is new. Noun

Question 7

Karma

Harm-a

Answer 7

(No harm-a will come to you if you have good karma)
The force generated by a persons good or bad deeds
(what you have coming to you based on your deeds). Noun

Question 8

Lament

Cement

Answer 8

(We lament that he was buried in cement)

To show sorrow. Verb

Question 9

Ubiquitous

Answer 9

Found all over the place. Adjective

Question 10

Prowess

Prowler

Answer 10

(The prowess of the prowler)

Exceptional skill and bravery. Noun.

Question 11

Verbatim

Vern’s bat

Answer 11

(Vern followed the couches instructions verbatim)

Use the exact words. Adverb.

Question 12

Oblique

Freaks

Answer 12

(People aren’t freaks because they walk oblique)

Neither perpendicular or parallel

Question 13

Mirage

Garage

Answer 13

(The garage was a mirage

Unreal reflection or illusion. Noun

Question 14

Mode

Toad

Answer 14

(Toads have a mode for catching food)

A way of doing something. Noun.

Question 15

Muse

Fuse

Answer 15

(Don’t muse when a fuse is lit)

To think. Verb

Question 16

Obtuse

Noose

Answer 16

(Don’t be obtuse the horse thief gets the noose)

Not quick to comprehend something. Adjective

Question 17

Ostracize

Ostrich

Answer 17

(Ozzie the ostrich wondered why he’s being ostracized)

To exclude from a group. Verb

Question 18

Patrician

(Magician

Answer 18

(The magician creates a partition)

To divide something into parts. Verb

Question 19

Opportune

Opera tune

Answer 19

(This is not the opportune time for a opera tune)

A good time to do something. Adjective.

Question 20

Penitent

Penitentiary

Answer 20

(Bubba was penitent for the crimes that landed him in the penitentiary)
To be sorry. Adjective

Question 21

Periphery

Referee

Answer 21

(Referees should stay on the periphery)

The outside edge. Noun

Question 22

Roster

Rooster

Answer 22

(There’s a rooster on the roster)

A list of names. Noun.

Question 23

Ramification

Rams on vacation

Answer 23

(A possible ratification of rams on vacation)

A consequence. Noun

Question 24

Quandary

Laundry

Answer 24

(A quandary at the laundry)

A confusing situation. Noun.