Sadlier Vocabulary Unit 11

Meaning:

to close off or keep people or supplies from going in or out

Meaning:

the closing off of an enemy nation, city, port, or area, usually by the military; something that closes off or keeps out

• blockade

• blokade

• blocade

• blockaid

Meaning:

to sing; to recite in a tone that varies only a little or not at all

Meaning:

a song in such a tone; words or phrases repeated in rhythm

• chant

• chent

• chamt

• chante

Meaning:

to give up all hope, lose heart

Meaning:

total loss of hope; a cause of loss of hope

• despair

• despare

• despaire

• despayre

Meaning:

to raise or lift up; to increase in position or rank; to cheer up; to improve culturally, intellectually, or morally

• elevate

• elivate

• eluvate

• elovate

Meaning:

beyond the usual or expected; highly unusual or rare

• extraordinary

• extrordinary

• extrardinary

• extreordinary

Meaning:

brave, noble, or larger than life; involving extreme effort

• heroic

• heroik

• heroec

• heroc

Meaning:

a long, metal-tipped weapon used by knights or soldiers on horseback; any sharp, pointed instrument that resembles such a weapon

Meaning:

to pierce; to open a wound

• lance

• lanc

• lanse

• lans

Meaning:

a person on an assignment, often of a religious nature; someone sent by a church to a foreign land to teach religion and do charity work

Meaning:

related to or involved with such an assignment

• missionary

• missonary

• missunary

• missionery

Meaning:

having no meaning or effect

• pointless

• pontless

• poyntless

• pointles

Meaning:

to throw back, as heat. light, or sound; to give back an image of, as a mirror; to make apparent, show, or demonstrate; to think deeply about

• reflect

• reflekt

• refleckt

• reflectt