WAI Lesson 10
access (noun) - the way or route to get somewhere
alternate (adjective) - every other
alternative (noun) - option, available
confide (verb) - to impose faith in someone by telling him/her a secret
confine (verb) - to hold captive, to keep within limits
excess (adjective) - surplus, extra
initiative (noun) - a novel/new approach, to act independently
legitimate (adjective) - legal, justifiable
massive (adjective) - enormous, huge, gigantic
merge (verb) - to blend
mutual ( adjective) - shared equally
nutritious (adjective) - full of nutrients
phase ( noun) - stage/level in a process of development
random (adjective) - without an order/plan/purpose
ravage (verb) - destroy, damage greatly
remorse (noun) - regret, guilt for wrong-doing
rustic (adjective) - rural, belonging to countryside, raw, unrefined, simple
sombre (adjective) - serious, dark and gloomy
thrifty (adjective) - miserly, economic use of resources
wane (verb) - to grow weak, gradually decrease/lessen
FILL IN THE BLANKS -
B. 1. resort
2. perverse
3. consorts
4. averse
C.
1. phase
2. mutual
3. rustic
4. wane
5. massive
6. thrifty
7. random
8. nutritious
9. initiative
10. confide
11. remorse
12. merge
13. legitimate
14. ravage
15. sombre
16. confine
LESSON 8
B.
1. respectful
2. respectable
3. respective
C.
1. prediction
2. supplant
3. prior
4. prevail
5. provincial
6. token
7. spurn
8. commodities
9. significant
10. mature
11. federal
12. prevalent
13. malady
14. stupendous
15. mortality
16. municipal
17. posterity
18. prevails
LESSON 9
1. acquit (verb)- to exempt, to spare
2. adhere (verb)- follow, stick to, abide by
3. adjacent ( adjective)- next to
4. alleged (adjective)- accused
5. censure (noun)- criticism, condemnation
6. census (noun)- government survey of counting population held every decade
7. compunction (noun)- worry, guilt, doubt, remorse
8. consistent (adjective)- regular, tireless
9. consolidate (verb)- to strengthen, to put together or summarise
10. controversy (noun)- dispute, disagreement
11. designate (verb)- to assign, to appoint
12. disclose (verb)- to reveal
13. distil (verb)- to purify
14. emit (verb)- to discharge, to release
15. expire (verb)- to terminate, to die
16. faculty (noun)- group of educators, teaching department
17. fundamental (adjective)- foundational, basic
18. incur (verb) - to suffer, sustain
19. instil (verb)- to inculcate, to put into
20. remit (verb)- to revoke
B.
1. emit
2. censure
3. remit
4. census