Word of the Day 2

PERPETUATE

• To make something (like a belief or situation) continue on and on

• to see the worth or quality of; to recognize and be grateful for

• To mistake the meaning of; to interpret wrongly

• To make something (like a belief or situation) stop

DOMESTICATE

• To tame; to bring animals under control

• to make something (like a situation or belief) continue indefinitely

• To secretly listen to a conversation

• to see the worth or quality of

EAVESDROP

• To appreciate

• To listen secretly to a conversation

• to mistake the meaning of

• to bring under human control

APPRECIATE

• To see the worth or quality of: to recognize and be grateful for

• To listen secretly to a conversation

• to mistake the meaning of

• to bring under human control

MISCONSTRUE

• To appreciate

• To listen secretly to a conversation

• to mistake the meaning of

• to bring under human control

It's easy to ____________ shyness as unfriendliness.

• appreciate

• eavesdrop

• misconstrue

• perpetuate

I moved a little closer so that I could _________________ on their conversation.

• ignore

• eavesdrop

• appreciate

• misconstrue

Jackson _____________ the myth that his house is haunted

• misconstrues

• perpetuates

• appreciates

• domesticates

Horses and oxen have been ____________________ to work on farms.

• engrossed

• perpetuated

• called

• domesticated

Mom ______________ it when I help keep the house clean.

• perpetuates

• celebrates

• appreciates

• domesticates