Wordly Wise 11 Lesson 1

Define arcane.

• Understood by only a few; mysterious.
• To summon or cause to assemble.
• To embarrass or humiliate.
• The area around the edges; the outermost part.

Define mortify.

• To summon or cause to assemble.
• To embarrass or humiliate.
• The area around the edges; the outermost part.
• To say or do over again; to repeat.

Define convene.

• To embarrass or humiliate.
• The area around the edges; the outermost part.
• To say or do over again; to repeat.
• To summon or cause to assemble.

Define periphery.

• The area around the edges; the outermost part.
• To say or do over again; to repeat.
• Understood by only a few; mysterious.
• To summon or cause to assemble.

Define reiterate.

• To summon or cause to assemble.
• To embarrass or humiliate.
• The area around the edges; the outermost part.
• To say or do over again; to repeat.

Define levity.

• To move back and forth from lack of balance; waver.
• Understood by only a few; mysterious. 
• Excessive frivolity; a lack of seriousness; joking.
• The area around the edges; the outermost part. 

Define increment.

• Of dubious authenticity or origin; spurious.
• An increase, addition or gain, often by regular, consecutive amounts. 
• The area around the edges; the outermost part. 
• To move back and forth from lack of balance; waver.

Define vacillate.

• The area around the edges; the outermost part. 
• To move back and forth from lack of balance; waver.
• To move energetically with the body or limbs.
• To say or do over again; to repeat. 

Which vocabulary word means to motion energetically with the body or limbs?

• Apocryphal
• Vacilate
• Gesticulate
• Reiterate

Which vocabulary word represents one who tells stories with skill and wit?

• Expedient
• Periphery
• Reiterate
• Raconteur