Wordly Wise Lessons 1-5

To pretend to be sick to get out of something is to :

I am making a _________ to you, to not get involved in their argument.

• ponder

• privilege

• beseech

• revelry

To be devious about something is to:

• work hard to create it.

• find a way to get or do something dishonestly.

• force someone into making or breaking a promise.

• answer in a rude way.

A benefactor is:

• a person who begins a project that will end with helping students.

• a false promise made by a person who is desperate.

• a president of a non-profit company.

• a person who provides help, usually with money.

To warn someone is to:

An Academy Award is the highest honor Hollywood can _________ upon a film.

• bestow

• devoid

• muse

• subside

I tried to ignore his ________ insult, but it hurt me just the same.

• mortal

• wrath

• unwitting

• astute

An _______shopper tries to compare prices carefully before making a purchase.

• astute

• agrarious

• aggravated

• American

Something that is made up in the mind but has no connection with reality is a:

"prior "means:

• afterwards

• in the exact moment

• before

• eons ago