Transcript Wordly Wise 1 - Ms. Cochren: LA 7

Wordly Wise
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Language Arts 7
Thurston Middle School
Amy Cochren
1. admonish
To warn;
To criticize gently
2. aghast
Struck with horror; shocked
3. annihilate
To destroy completely;
To reduce to utter ruin
4. benefactor
A person who provides help,
especially by giving money
5. bestow
To give as an honor;
To present as a gift
6. devious
Having many twists and turns;
Sneaky;
Not frank or honest
7. devoid
Lacking;
empty;
entirely without
8. heed
To pay attention to;
Attention;
Notice
9. mortal
A human being;
Causing death;
Very severe
10. muse
To think about in a quiet,
careful way
11. pioneer
A person who goes before others
and opens the way for them to
follow;
To open the way for others
12. plague
A deadly disease that spreads
rapidly from one person to
another;
Anything that causes
destruction or suffering
13. subside
To sink to a lower level;
To become quieter or less active
14. unwitting
Not done on purpose;
unintended
15. wrath
Forceful anger; fury
Wordly Wise 3:
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admonish
aghast
annihilate
benefactor
bestow
6. devious
7. devoid
8. heed
9. mortal
10. muse
List:
11. pioneer
12. plague
13. subside
14. unwitting
15. wrath
nouns
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admonition
benefactor
heed
mortal
pioneer
plague
7. wrath
adjectives
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aghast
devious
devoid
heedful
heedless
mortal
7. unwitting
8. wrathful
verbs
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admonish
annihilate
bestow
heed
muse
pioneer
7. plague
8. subside
Question:
What is the adjective form of
wrath?
Question:
Who is a pioneer in the field of
cooking?
Question:
What is the noun form of
admonish?
Question:
In what situation might a
person receive a ticket for
being heedless?
Question:
What other than water can
subside? Name three things.
Question:
What might plague the mind of
a sixth grader on the night
before middle school begins?
Question:
What did Prometheus bestow
on humankind?
Question:
Did Pandora’s curiosity subside
when Zeus warned her not to
look inside the box?
Question:
Did Pandora know what she
was doing when she helped
Zeus carry out her plan?
Question:
Would it be correct to call Pandora
a benefactor of humankind?
Question:
What was Zeus’s devious plan?
Question:
What warning did Zeus give
Pandora when he presented her
with the box?
Question:
Did Hephaestus obey Zeus’s order?
Question:
How did Zeus’s curiosity affect
Pandora?
Question:
What plagued humankind?
Question:
Did Zeus show any pity for
Prometheus?
Question:
In what way did Marie Curie
take a lead in the world of
science?
Question:
Who suffered because of
Zeus’s wrath?
Question:
Why can we say that Marie
Curie opened a Pandora’s box?