Vocab List 0

Let's say you've been hit in the face with a mustard sandwich. That's the only thing on the sandwich. Mustard. A lot of it, really. Now, mustard is pretty well-known for possessing a rather strong smell, and since the mustard is dripping off of your cheeks and chin and nose, that smell has set up camp on your brand new, limited edition Cyndi Lauper t-shirt. Cyndi Lauper, man! Throwback and everything. Anyway, just like the mustard dripped off of your face and down to your shirt, the stench is now wafting up from your shirt and into your nose. So what are you hoping the smell will do?

• abstain

• abate

• adverse

• arid

Deserts, much like a cat's soul, are famously _____________.

• aesthetic

• arid

• amicable

• asylum

Life may be full of _______, it's true, but it's also full of opportunity and hope, and we should never give up.

• abstain

• aberration

• asylum

• adversity

Which of these is an antonym for amicable?

• mean-spirited

• power-hungry

• lazy

• hopeful

Who would most likely need asylum?

• Someone rich, who has many homes and lots of servants

• Someone who owns an unusually high number of Stranger Things action figures

• Someone whose hometown has become filled with violence

• Someone who is just starting to learn how to read in a second language

Normally, I eat three pounds of tapioca pudding and a bag of Cheese Noodles for lunch, but today was an ______________: I had four pounds of pudding.

• asylum

• aesthetic

• aberration

• abate

Which of these is a synonym for aesthetic?

• style

• habit

• variety

• ability

In which situation is someone abstaining from something?

• The first thing I do practically every morning is get on my phone and check my social media: IG, Twitter, SnapChat, MoleHole, Verimixium, Schloppy, TooHoo, MorningGaze, Lip Balm, Meezer, Twillow... Anyway, a lot of them. But this week, I'm going phone-free. Just giving myself a break, ya know?

• Mornings are my me time. I wake up at nine and then I hit the recliner. After all, sleep is tiring! I get my coffee, my journal, my Netflix, my knitting, my cats, my extra socks, my sketchpad, my travel-size mouthwash, my thermal blanket, my nuclear launch codes, and my booklight, and I just go, man. I just go.

• Every morning, I eat a doughnut. The doughnut tastes good. While I eat the doughnut, I ponder the spelling of doughnut. Why do some people write it donut? I don't get that. Is there a difference? Am I actually eating a donut? I think I like the idea of eating a doughnut better. There's more goodness there. You need that ugh in the middle. Like, UGH THIS IS A GOOD DOUGHNUT.

• This morning, I was supposed to meet a friend for breakfast. But then that friend called me and said he wouldn't be able to make it because his house had been washed away in a typhoon and he needed to chase after it to try to find his birth certificate because it was the only copy he had and he needed it in order to get a passport so he could visit his grandma in Sweden this summer. But I think that's selfish. Now I guess I'm going to eat breakfast alone. Some friend.

Which sentence uses a vocab word correctly?

• We walked down the sidewalk in the slowly abating light.

• During the weekend, my friend abated.

• We abated the anger from the discussion.

• The joy was abated from the room the moment he walked in.

Which sounds better?

• We encountered an adversity when we arrived at the drive-thru.

• Our vacation was riddled with adversity.