365 Words for Clever Kids

Rowe Forsberg

Why say difficult when you can say puzzling , complicated , or perplexing ?

Curated by a literacy expert, these 365 aspirational words will

fire your child’s imagination,

help them label their emotions, and expand their vocabulary.

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Words Words Words Vocabulary is an essential ingredient for learning to read and for school success.

And when a child knows more words it means they have more knowledge about the world!

But sometimes it is hard to learn words if you don’t hear people use those words around you.

What I love most about this book is that so much care went into picking just the right words. These are the

rare words that children don’t hear often in everyday

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The just-right words combined with the fabulous

illustrations and definitions offer a fun and engaging way to build children’s vocabularies.

Meredith L. Rowe Saul Zaentz Professor of Early Learning and Development Harvard University, Graduate School of Education

Altitude

Nervous

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Week 1

Temperature What do these words mean?

Temperature

Ner vous

Altitude

A measure of how hot or cold something is

Being worried and afraid about what might happen

The height of an object in relation to the ground

Summit

Gr

i d a

t n e

Attempt

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Nimble Gradient

Nimble

Summit

Attempt

How steep a slope is

Quick and light in movement or action

The highest point of a hill or mountain

To make an effort to achieve or complete something

3

ur

Embarrassed

Di

st

ba

e c n

Devotee

Week 2

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Disturbance

Embarrassed

Devotee

An interruption of a peaceful situation

Feeling shy or ashamed about something

A person who is very interested in, and enthusiastic about, something

Extend Confident

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Gusto

Approve Approve

Confident

Gusto

Extend

To have a positive opinion of someone or something

Being certain of your abilities or qualities

Enjoyment and enthusiasm in doing something

To add to something in order to make it bigger or longer

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Embrace Doubt

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Week 3

Admission

What do these words mean?

Admission

Embrace

Doubt

Permission to enter a place

To hold someone closely in one’s arms as a sign of affection

A feeling of not being certain or sure about something

Amateur

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Apprehensive

Autograph

Apprehensive

Amateur

Famous

A signature of someone wellknown, usually written for a fan

Feeling worry that something bad may happen

Taking part in an activity for fun, not as a job

Known to or recognized by many people

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Banish

Fatigue

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Week 4

Feud

What do these words mean?

Banish

Feud

Fatigue

To send someone away and not allow them to come back

A disagreement between people, often long-running

A feeling of being extremely physically or mentally tired

Substitute Rivalry Tactic

Competition

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Rivalr y

Tactic

Competition

Substitute

A situation in which different sides compete for the same thing

An action or plan which helps someone achieve what they want

An event in which people take part in order to find out who is the best

To put someone in the place of someone else

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Determined Communicate

Strengthen

Poised

Week 5

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Communicate

Strengthen

Poised

To share or swap information or ideas with others

To make or become stronger

To be completely still but ready to move at any moment

Challenge

Fleetness

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Exercise

Determined

Fleetness

Challenge

Exercise

Really wanting to do something

The ability to run or move quickly

Something new and difficult that requires effort and determination

Physical activity that you do to make your body strong and healthy

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Contemptuous

Heartbroken

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Week 6

Compel

What do these words mean?

Hear tbroken

Contemptuous

Compel

Suffering from sadness and distress

Showing that you do not like or respect someone or something

To force someone to do something

Declare

Transference

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Hectic

Successful

Declare

Hectic

Transference

Achieving the results wanted or hoped for

To announce something in a clear way

A situation that is very busy and involves a lot of rushed activity

The process of moving something from one place to another

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Abundance

Lenient

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Week 7

Appetite

What do these words mean?

Lenient

Abundance

Appetite

Not as harsh or strong in punishment as would be expected

When there is more than enough of something

A desire for food or drink

Snubbed Extract

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Inconspicuous

Domestic

Snubbed

Inconspicuous

Extract

Belonging or relating to the home, house, or family

To be insulted on purpose by someone ignoring you

Not seen or attracting attention

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Chide Seize Appeal

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Week 8

Companion

What do these words mean?

Chide

Companion

Appeal

To speak to someone angrily because of their bad behavior

Someone who you spend time with

An urgent request for someone to do something

Incessant

Stubborn

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Coax

Seize

Stubborn

Coax

Incessant

To take something quickly and with a lot of force

Not willing to change an opinion or action

To gently talk someone into doing something

Something that continues without stopping

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Estimate Ingredient

Combination

Week 9

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Ingredient

Combination

Estimate

A food that is used with other foods when making a particular dish

The process of mixing things together

A rough guess or calculation of what something might be

Reveal

Amazed

Digest

Meager

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Digest

Reveal

Amazed

Meager

To change food in the stomach into things that can be used by the body

To show something that, until then, had been hidden

To be surprised and impressed

A very small amount of something

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Passive

Forbidden

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Week 10

Fortuitous What do these words mean?

Forbidden

For tuitous

Passive

Something that is not allowed

Something good that happens by chance

Said of someone who lets things happen and doesn’t take action

Conserve Moral

Extinct

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Conscious Extinct

Conscious

Conser ve

Moral

When something no longer exists

To be aware of what is happening around you

To protect something from damage or harm

A set of principles of right and wrong behavior

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Disperse

Idiosyncratic

Week 11

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Idiosyncratic

Disperse

Squawk

To have strange and unusual habits

To spread across a large area

A loud, harsh noise made by a bird

H

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Condemn Seldom

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Thorough

Thorough

Seldom

Holler

Condemn

Something that is done very carefully so that nothing is forgotten

Doesn’t happen very often

To cry out or shout to attract attention

To express strong disapproval 23

Pronunciation

Category

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Week 12

Dispute

What do these words mean?

Pronunciation

Dispute

Categor y

The way in which a word or letter is said

A disagreement between people

A group of things which are similar to each other in some way

Acquire

Wily Individuality

Benefit

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Individualit y

Acquire

Wily

Benefit

Qualities that make something different from something else

To get or buy something

To be good at getting what you want, especially by tricking people

The advantage gained from something

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Passion

Choreographer

Composition

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Week 13

Ensemble

What do these words mean?

Passion

Composition

Choreographer

A strong liking and interest for doing something, like a hobby or activity

A piece of music that someone has written

A person who puts together the moves for a dance performance

Accomplish

Gratuitous

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Pressure

Ensemble

Accomplish

Gratuitous

Pressure

A group of musicians, actors, or dancers who perform together

To achieve or complete something

Something that is uncalled for, or done without good reason

The force that is produced when someone pushes on something

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Distinctive

Flourish

Week 14

Endurance

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Endurance

Flourish

Distinctive

The ability to keep doing something difficult for a long time

To grow well or develop in a healthy way

Something that is easy to recognize because it is different

Unite

Wither

Cultivate

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Stamina Cultivate

Unite

Stamina

Wither

To prepare land and grow crops on it

To join together as a group

Physical or mental energy needed to do a tiring activity for a long time

When something becomes weak and dry

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Affluent

Ramparts Abode

Precarious

Week 15

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Precarious

Affluent

Rampar ts

Something is dangerously likely to fall or collapse

Having a lot of money or owning a lot of things

The defensive walls of a castle or city

Sabotage

Siege

Confine

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Abode

Confine

Sabotage

Siege

The place where someone lives

To keep someone in an enclosed space

To do something negative or destructive on purpose

The act of surrounding a place to force people to come out

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Persuade

Obstinate

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Week 16

Splashing

What do these words mean?

Obstinate

Splashing

Persuade

Not willing to be fair and change your behavior

Moving around in water, causing it to fly about noisily

To make someone do something by giving them a good reason to do it

Winsome Feign

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Emerge

Subterranean Emerge

Feign

Winsome

Subterranean

To move out of something and be seen

To pretend to have a particular feeling or attitude

To be attractive and charming

Situated beneath the earth’s surface; underground

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Advance

Distinguished

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Week 17

Chivalrous

What do these words mean?

Distinguished

Chivalrous

Advance

To look very noble and respectable

To have the qualities of a knight: noble, brave, and honorable

To move forward, sometimes in order to attack someone

Impact Aggressive

Frivolous

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Venerable Impact

Frivolous

Venerable

Aggressive

Force or action of one object hitting another

To behave in a silly way and not take anything seriously

Someone who deserves respect because they are old and wise

To behave in an angry and violent way toward someone

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Arouse

Contented

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Discontented

Week 18

Contribute What do these words mean?

Arouse

Discontented

Contented

To wake someone up from sleep and stir them to action

The feeling of being unhappy or unsatisfied

The feeling of being happy or satisfied

Harmony

Overflowing

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Tranquil Contribute

Overflowing

Harmony

Tranquil

To help bring about a result

When something is so full that the contents go over the sides

A pleasant musical sound made by two notes being sung at the same time

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Aircraft

Punt

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Hi

Absurd

nd ra nc Week 19

e What do these words mean?

Hindrance

Aircraft

A person or thing that makes it more difficult for you to do something

A vehicle that can fly, like an airplane

Absurd Something that is ridiculous or that does not make any sense

Distance

Essential

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Luggage

Punt

Distance

Luggage

Essential

A kick where you drop the ball and kick it before it reaches the ground

The length of space between two points or places

The suitcases and bags that you take with you when you travel

Something that is necessary or needed

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Perilous

Luscious

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Week 20

Scenic

What do these words mean?

Scenic

Luscious

Perilous

Lovely looking natural surroundings

Having a nice sweet taste, often juicy

Something risky that can be dangerous

D elib er

a te

Douse

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Inhabit

Conceited

Inhabit

Deliberate

Conceited

Douse

To live in a place

A careful or unhurried way of moving or acting

Being too proud of yourself and your actions and abilities

To make something wet by pouring a lot of liquid over it

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Explicit Succumb

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Week 21

Principled What do these words mean?

Principled

Explicit

Succumb

Behaving in an honest way

Clear and exact

To give in, often to temptation

Disproportionate

Inferior

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Impromptu Inferior

Impromptu

Disproportionate

Wriggle

To be not as good as someone or something else

Done without any planning

Too large or too small in comparison to something else

To move somewhere using short, quick twisting movements

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Irresistible Fragrant

Week 22

Offering

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Declining

Ample

Offering

Irresistible

Declining

Something that you give or offer to someone

Something that someone cannot refuse because it is too nice

Saying no to an invitation or offer

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Fragrant

Ample

Bargain

Ostentatious

A pleasant, sweet smell

More than enough of something

Good value, often because it is sold at a lower price than normal

A showy display to impress and make people take notice

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Vain Tropical

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Exclaim

Week 23

Immerse What do these words mean?

Tropical

Immerse

Exclaim

When the weather is hot and humid

To plunge or dip into water

To cry out or speak suddenly

Hesitant

Skilled

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Encourage

Vain

Hesitant

Encourage

Skilled

Being overly proud of your appearance or achievements

When you are unsure about something

To give someone the confidence to do something

Having or showing the ability to perform an activity or task well

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Pompous Residence

Awkward

Considerable

Week 24

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Pompous

Residence

Awkward

To behave or speak in a serious way because you think you are important

The place where a person lives

Causing difficulty, often something that is hard to deal with

Pledge

Momentous

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Drought Considerable

Drought

Momentous

Pledge

Very large in size or amount

A long period of time during which no rain falls

Very important, especially because of the effects on future events

A serious or formal promise 49

Beckon Recover

Comfort

Week 25

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Beckon

Comfor t

Recover

To make a gesture to instruct someone to approach or follow

The act of alleviating another’s discomfort or pain

To become well again after an illness or injury

Compassion Alleviate

Feeble

Lamentable

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Compassion

Feeble

Lamentable

Alleviate

A feeling of sympathy for someone who is suffering

To be weak because of age or illness

When conditions or circumstances are very bad

To make pain or suffering less horrible

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Acquainted

Gregarious

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Hysterical

Week 26

Assistance What do these words mean?

Gregarious

Acquainted

Hysterical

Someone who enjoys being with other people

Knowing or being familiar with someone

A state of uncontrolled excitement, anger, or panic

Committed

Ecstatic

Affectionate

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Assistance

Committed

Ecstatic

Affectionate

Helping someone by sharing work

In a long-term emotional relationship with someone

When you’re feeling happiness and excitement

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Oblige Defy

Scrumptious

Indulgent

Week 27

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Scrumptious

Defy

Oblige

Tasting very good

To refuse to do what someone wants

To make someone do something

Quench

Reckless Blissful

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Indulgent

Blissful

Reckless

Quench

Allowing someone to have or do what they want

Describes the feeling of complete happiness

Doing something dangerous and not worrying about the harm it may cause

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Turbulent

Briny

Fractious

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Alert

Week 28

Gallop

What do these words mean?

Fractious

Briny

Turbulent

To be upset or angry very quickly about small things

Describes water that contains a lot of salt, like the sea

Describes air or water that moves very strongly and suddenly

Tentative

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Gallop

Aler t

Tentative

Sweltering

The fast run or speed of a horse

Quick to see and act in a situation

To be cautious because you’re unsure or afraid

Very hot, so much so that it is uncomfortable

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Week 29

Earnestly

What do these words mean?

Sturdy

Rescuing

Accident

Being strong and well built

Saving someone from a dangerous or difficult situation

An event that happens by chance and can result in injury

Warble

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Earnestly

Distressed

Warble

Anxious

To be serious in your intention

To be upset and troubled by something

When a bird sings softly

To be worried

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Dismal Sufficient

Week 30

Demolish

What do these words mean?

Wavy

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Demolish

Sufficient

Dismal

To destroy something completely

Enough of something

Gloomy or dreary

Cemetery

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Wav y

Bewildered

Sculpt

Cemeter y

Not straight or curly, but curving slightly

To be confused and unsure about what to do

To create or shape an object to represent something

A place where people who have died are buried

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Conquer

Brisk

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Week 31

Fiery

What do these words mean?

Conquer

Fier y

Brisk

To overcome something

Something that is burning strongly and brightly

An activity or action done quickly and in an energetic way

Accompany Arduous

Caution

Attentive

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Caution

Arduous

Accompany

Attentive

Taking care to avoid danger or make a mistake

Something that is difficult and needs a lot of energy and effort

To go somewhere with someone

Looking at or observing something closely

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Leisure

Frequently

Exuberant

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Week 32

Vacant

What do these words mean?

Frequently

Vacant

Leisure

Something that happens often

Something that is empty

Free time when someone is not working or busy

Obscure

Impudent Wholly

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Exuberant

Obscure

Impudent

Wholly

Full of energy and excitement

To stop something from being seen or heard

To be rude and disrespectful toward another person

Completely

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Twilight

Derelict

Coerce

Week 33

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Timid

Coerce

Derelict

Twilight

To force someone to do something that they do not want to do

A place that is in a poor condition because it hasn’t been looked after

The end of the day, when the sun is setting and it’s nearly nighttime

Gloomy

Squeal

Spirit

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Timid

Gloomy

Squeal

Spirit

Shy, worried, and easily frightened

Dark in a way that makes it difficult to see

A long, high-pitched cry or noise

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Exaggerate Magical Prank

Week 34

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Prank

Exaggerate

Magical

A practical joke or trick played on someone else

To describe something as being larger, better, or worse than it is

Produced by, or as if by, magic

Vanished

Deceive

Gullible

Inside

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Inside

Gullible

Vanished

Deceive

Being on an inner surface or side

Too willing to believe everything other people do or say

Disappeared suddenly

To make someone believe that something false is the truth

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Muse Masterpiece

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Week 35

Innovative

What do these words mean?

Masterpiece

Abstract

Muse

An outstanding piece of work from an artist

Art that does not represent images of our everyday world

A person that gives someone ideas and helps them create art

Analysis

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Innovative

Appreciate

Antique

Analysis

Using new and different methods or ideas

To understand the worth of something and value it highly

An object that was created a very long time ago

A detailed study of something to try to understand it

71

Flamboyant Concentrate

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Week 36

Conscientious

What do these words mean?

Conscientious

Concentrate

Flamboyant

Putting a lot of effort into your work

To direct attention or effort toward something

To be very noticeable and attract a lot of attention

Misinterpret

Accuse

Nonplussed

Brusque

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Misinterpret

Brusque

Accuse

Nonplussed

To understand something wrongly

Quick and rude in behavior or in the way you say something

To claim someone has done something wrong

To be confused and unsure how to react 73

Flurry

Sacrifice

Emulate

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Week 37

Dilapidated What do these words mean?

Emulate

Sacrifice

Dilapidated

To copy something or someone because you admire them a lot

To give up something that is important to you to help someone else

In a state of ruin as a result of age or not being looked after properly

Thrust

Impressive

Fondness

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Flurr y

Impressive

Thrust

Fondness

A small swirling mass of something moved by sudden gusts of wind

Something that leaves a feeling of awe or admiration

To push suddenly and strongly

Having a liking for someone or something

75

Utensils Discussion Audible

Week 38

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What do these words mean?

Audible

Utensils

Discussion

Loud enough to be heard

Tools or objects that you use in order to help you to cook or eat

When people talk about something and share their ideas or opinions

Soda

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Available

Ravenous Ravenous

Soda

Voracious

Available

To be very, very hungry

A sweet fizzy drink

Eating a large amount of food quickly and eagerly

Able to be used

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Accelerate Debris

Cooperate Not for resale, duplication, or

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Week 39

Prevent What do these words mean?

Accelerate

Cooperate

Prevent

When something begins to move more quickly

To be helpful by doing what someone asks you to do

To stop something from happening or someone from doing something

Billboard

Nuisance

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Economical

Debris

Billboard

Economical

Nuisance

What is left over when something has been destroyed

A very large board on which posters are displayed for advertising

Something that does not require a lot of money to use

A person or thing causing annoyance 79

Calendar

Adhere

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Week 40

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What do these words mean?

Calendar

Informed

Adhere

A chart or device showing all the days, weeks, and months of the year

Having or showing a lot of knowledge of a subject

To stick firmly

Definite

Ambition

Debate

Evident

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Debate

Definite

Evident

Ambition

A conversation about a subject in which people have opposing views

Firm, clear, and unlikely to be changed

Something that you notice easily and clearly

A strong wish to do or achieve something

81

Constellation

Gigantic

Community

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Week 41

Pioneering What do these words mean?

Communit y

Constellation

Pioneering

All the people who live in a particular area or place

A pattern of stars in the night sky

Using ideas and methods that have never been used before

Fle

et

ing

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Curious Vast Gigantic

Vast

Fleeting

Curious

Something that is very large

A very large space

Moving quickly and lasting for a very short time

When someone is eager to know or learn something

83

Oozing

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Week 42

Destruction

What do these words mean?

Destruction

Oozing

Exasperated

Causing so much damage to something that it cannot be fixed

When liquid slowly trickles or seeps out of something

Frustrated or angry because of something that is happening

Exasperated

Arrange Insolent

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Chaos Chaos

Insolent

Mischievous

Arrange

A state of complete disorder and confusion

Rude and not showing respect

Behaving in a bad way, but not meaning to cause serious harm

To move and organize things into a particular order or position

85

Cabin

Transit

Twisty

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Week 43

Scoundrel

What do these words mean?

Scoundrel

Cabin

Transit

Someone who behaves very badly, like a thief

A compartment for passengers

Carrying people by vehicle from one place to another

Exhilarating Fearsome

Argue

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Twist y

E xhilarating

Argue

Fearsome

Not arranged in a straight line but full of sharp bends and turns

A strong feeling of happiness and excitement

To speak angrily to someone, telling them that you disagree with them

Arousing fright or terror 87

F l u c t u a te

Article

Employ

Week 44

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Fluctuate

Employ

Ar ticle

To change a lot in an irregular way

To be given work and paid for it

A piece of writing that is published in a newspaper or a magazine

Committee

Candidate

Shake

Signature

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Candidate

Shake

Signature

Committee

Someone who is being considered for a position, like a job

To grip or join hands

A person’s name written by that person as a form of identification

A group of people chosen to represent an organization

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Isolation

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Week 45

Impenetrable What do these words mean?

Isolation

Negligent

Impenetrable

Keeping something separate from other things

Not being careful or giving enough attention to your responsibilities

Impossible to pass through or enter

Unsurpassed Social

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Modesty

Conclude

Social

Conclude

Unsurpassed

Modesty

Marked by pleasant time spent with one’s friends or companions

To decide something after thinking carefully about it

Better than anyone or anything else of its kind

Not trying to make people notice your abilities and achievements

91

Convict

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Conceal

Week 46

Balance What do these words mean?

Conceal

Convict

Balance

To hide something from being seen or known about

A person who has been found guilty of a crime

The ability to remain steady when you are standing up

Plundered

Abet

Motive

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Consume

Motive

Plundered

Abet

Consume

The reason for doing something

When something precious has been stolen from a place

To help someone to do something wrong

To eat or drink, especially a lot of something

93

Endearing

Trivial Prosperous

Week 47

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Endearing

Trivial

Prosperous

Inspiring love and affection

Having little value or importance

To be rich and have lots of material items

Fund

Invest

Secure

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Waited

Fund

Invest

Waited

Secure

An amount of money, often kept for a purpose

To use your money in a way that you hope will increase its value

Remained in place in expectation of something or someone

To fix something firmly and correctly so it is not likely to move, fall, or break

95

Comprehend

Unfathomable

Coarse

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Sawdust What do these words mean?

Coarse

Unfathomable

Comprehend

Rough or harsh texture

Something that cannot be understood

To understand something

Insubstantial

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Bench

Sawdust

Robust

Bench

Insubstantial

Dust and small pieces of wood produced when you saw wood

Something strong and firmly built

A long, narrow table in a workshop

Something lacking in strength and solidity

97

Torrential

Departing Nauseous

Trembling

Week 49

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Depar ting

Torrential

Trembling

Leaving, often in order to start a journey

Falling quickly and in huge amounts

Shaking slightly because you are frightened or cold

Vivid

Flustered

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Torment Nauseous

Flustered

Torment

Vivid

A feeling of being sick and that you might vomit

A feeling of being upset and confused

Something or someone that causes suffering or anger

Very bright in color 99

Entertain

Inspire

Celebrate

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Overjoyed

What do these words mean?

Celebrate

Enter tain

Inspire

To do something enjoyable because of a special occasion

To keep a group of people interested and enjoying themselves

To make someone feel that they want to do something and can do it

Simultaneously

Lavish

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Equipment Overjoyed

Equipment

Lavish

Simultaneously

A feeling of extreme happiness and joy

A set of necessary tools for a particular purpose

Something large and expensive which leaves a feeling of awe

Happening or being done at exactly the same time

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Enterprise

Kneading

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Cooking

What do these words mean?

Scald

Enterprise

Kneading

To injure yourself with very hot liquid or steam

A large or important project, especially one that is new or different

To press something firmly with your hands and fingers

Measuring

Segment

Petite

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Cooking

Petite

Measuring

Segment

Preparing food for the table by a heating process

Little or small

Discovering the exact size or amount of something

One part of something 103

Symmetry

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Week 52

Elated

What do these words mean?

Garment

Wretched

Symmetr y

A piece of clothing

Feeling very deep unhappiness

Something that is made up of exactly the same parts facing each other

Tradition Flame Charred

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Parcel

Elated

Tradition

Charred

Parcel

Feeling very happy or excited

Handing down of beliefs or acts from one generation to the next

When an object has turned black as a result of burning

A package

Flame A glowing fire

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Index Abet 93 Approve 5 Chaos 85 Abode 30–31 Arduous 63 Charred 105 Abstract 70 Argue 87 Chide 16 Absurd 38 Arouse 36 Chivalrous 34 Abundance 14 Arrange 85 Choreographer 26 Accelerate 78 Article 88 Coarse 96 Accident 58 Assistance 52–53 Coax 17 Accompany 63 Attempt 3 Coerce 66 Accomplish 27 Attentive 63 Combination 18 Accuse 73 Audible 76 Comfort 50 Acquainted 52 Autograph 7 Committed 53 Acquire 25 Available 77 Committee 89 Adhere 80 Awkward 48 Communicate 10 Admission 6 Balance 92 Community 82 Advance 34 Banish 8 Companion 16 Affectionate 53 Bargain 45 Compassion 51 Affluent 30 Beckon 50 Compel 12 Aggressive 35 Bench 97 Competition 9 Aircraft 38 Benefit 25 Composition 26 advance, uncorrected proof.

Alert 56–57 This is anBewildered 61 Comprehend 96 Not for resale, duplication, or Alleviate 51 Billboard 79 Conceal 92 Altitude 2reposting.

Blissful 55 Conceited 41 Please do not quote without Amateur 7 Briny 56 Concentrate 72 comparison to the finished book.

Amazed 19 Brisk 62 Conclude 91 Ambition 81 Brusque 73 Condemn 23 Ample 44–45 Cabin 86 Confident 5 Analysis 71 Calendar 80 Confine 31 Antique 71 Candidate 89 Conquer 62 Anxious 59 Category 24 Conscientious 72 Appeal 16 Caution 63 Conscious 21 Appetite 14 Celebrate 100 Conserve 21 Appreciate 71 Cemetery 61 Considerable 48–49 Apprehensive 7 Challenge 11 Constellation 82

Consume 93 Distinguished 34 Contemptuous 12 Distressed 59 Contented 36 Disturbance 4 Contribute 36–37 Domestic 15 Extinct 21 Convict 92 Doubt 6 Extract 15 Cooking 102–103 Douse 41 Exuberant 64–65 Cooperate 78 Drought 49 Famous 7 Cultivate 29 Earnestly 58–59 Fatigue 8 Curious 83 Economical 79 Fearsome 87 Debate 81 Ecstatic 53 Feeble 51 Debris 78–79 Elated 104–105 Feign 33 Deceive 69 Embarrassed 4 Feud 8 Declare 13 Embrace 6 Fiery 62 Declining 44 Emerge 33 Flamboyant 72 Definite 81 Employ 88 Flame 105 Defy 54 Emulate 74 Fleeting 83 Deliberate 41 Encourage 47 Fleetness 11 Demolish 60 Endearing 94 Flourish 28 Departing 98 Endurance 28 advance, uncorrected proof.

Fluctuate 88 Derelict 66 This is anEnsemble 26–27 Not Enterprise 102 for resale, duplication, or Flurry 74–75 Destruction 84 Flustered 99 Determined 10­– 11reposting.

Entertain 100 Please do not quote without Devotee 4 Equipment 101 comparison to the finished book.Fondness 75 Forbidden 20 Digest 19 Essential 39 Fortuitous 20 Dilapidated 74 Estimate 18 Fractious 56 Discontented 36 Evident 81 Fragrant 44–45 Discussion 76 Exaggerate 68 Frequently 64 Dismal 60 Exasperated 84–85 Frivolous 35 Disperse 22 Exclaim 46 Fund 95 Disproportionate 43 Exercise 11 Gallop 56–57 Dispute 24 Exhilarating 87 Garment 104 Distance 39 Explicit 42 Gigantic 82–83 Distinctive 28 Extend 5

Index continued Gloomy 67 Informed 80 Momentous 49 Gradient 3 Ingredient 18 Moral 21 Gratuitous 27 Inhabit 41 Motive 93 Gregarious 52 Innovative 70–71 Muse 70 Gullible 69 Inside 69 Nauseous 98–99 Gusto 5 Insolent 85 Negligent 90 Harmony 37 Inspire 100 Nervous 2 Heartbroken 12 Insubstantial 97 Nimble 3 Hectic 13 Invest 95 Nonplussed 73 Hesitant 47 Irresistible 44 Nuisance 79 Hindrance 38 Isolation 90 Oblige 54 Holler Kneading 102 Obscure 65 23 Lamentable 51 Obstinate 32 Hysterical 52 Idiosyncratic 22 Lavish 101 Offering 44 Immerse 46 Leisure 64 Oozing 84 Impact 35 Lenient 14 Ostentatious 45 Impenetrable 90 Luggage 39 Overflowing 37 Impressive 75 Luscious 40 Overjoyed 100–101 advance, uncorrected proof.

Impromptu 43 This is anMagical 68 Parcel 105 Not for resale, duplication, or Impudent 65 Masterpiece 70 Passion 26 Please do not quote without Incessant 17reposting.

Meager 19 Passive 20 Inconspicuous 15 Measuring 103 comparison to the finished book.Perilous 40 Individuality 25 Mischievous 85 Persuade 32 Indulgent 54–55 Misinterpret 73 Petite 103 Inferior 43 Modesty 91 Pioneering 82

Pledge 49 Seldom 23 Tradition 105 Plundered 93 Shake 89 Tranquil 37 Poised 10 Siege 31 Transference 13 Pompous 48 Signature 89 Transit 86 Prank 68 Simultaneously 101 Trembling 98 Precarious 30 Skilled 47 Trivial 94 Pressure 27 Snubbed 15 Tropical 46 Prevent 78 Social 91 Turbulent 56 Principled 42 Soda 77 Twilight 66 Pronunciation 24 Spirit 67 Twisty 86–87 Prosperous 94 Splashing 32 Unfathomable 96 Punt 38–39 Squawk 22–23 Unite 29 Quench 55 Squeal 67 Unsurpassed 91 Ramparts 30 Stamina 29 Utensils 76 Ravenous 77 Strengthen 10 Vacant 64 Reckless 55 Stubborn 17 Vain 46–47 Recover 50 Sturdy 58 Vanished 69 Rescuing 58 Substitute 9 Vast 83 an advance, uncorrected proof.

Residence 48 This is Subterranean 33 Venerable 35 Not for resale, duplication, or Reveal 19 Successful 12–13 Vivid 99 Please do not quote without Rivalry 9reposting.

Succumb 42 Voracious 77 Robust 97 Sufficient 60 Waited 95 comparison to the finished book.

Sabotage 31 Summit 3 Warble 59 Sacrifice 74 Sweltering 57 Wavy 60–61 Sawdust 96–97 Symmetry 104 Wholly 65 Scald 102 Tactic 9 Wily 25 Scenic 40 Temperature 2 Winsome 33 Scoundrel 86 Tentative 57 Wither 29 Scrumptious 54 Thorough 23 Wretched 104 Sculpt 61 Thrust 75 Wriggle 43 Secure 95 Timid 66–67 Segment 103 Torment 99 Seize 16–17 Torrential 98

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