Vocabulary Words for Week Six
FREE FROM AGITATION, CALM
The President urged people to be COMPOSED during the crisis.
TO BE MADE UP OF, CONTAIN
Most Americans know that 50 states COMPRISE the United States.
A HOSTILE ENCOUNTER, FIGHT, BATTLE
The fierce and bloody CONFLICT dragged on for many years.
TO FORCE BY IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS
The nuns tried to CONSTRAIN the orphans by having a no smiling rule.
TO CONSIDER LONG AND CAREFULLY
After losing his job, the man had to CONTEMPLATE his next move.
THE ACT OF DESPISING (HATING)
The angry family showed their CONTEMPT for the man who robbed them.
A DISCUSSION MARKED BY EXPRESSION OF OPPOSING VIEWS
A CONTROVERSY arose as the two candidates for mayor debated the issues.
SLYNESS, CRAFTINESS
The thief was very CUNNING in his attempts to pick the pockets of people on the busy street.
AN EAGER DESIRE TO LEARN, INQUISITIVENESS
The child's natural CURIOSITY led her to discover how to do many things.
COMMONLY PRACTICED OR OBSERVED, HABITUAL.
It is CUSTOMARY to stand and face the flag while saying the Pledge of Allegiance.
