Wordly Wise Lesson 11

Heavy material used to make a ship steady or control the rising and falling of a vessel like a balloon.

• buoyant; buoyance

• clamber; clambered

• detach; detached

• ballast

Answer explanation

Able to float; Cheerful and carefree.

• ballast

• buoyant; buoyance

• clamber; clambered

• detach; detached

To climb awkwardly.

• buoyant; buoyance

• detach; detached

• clamber; clambered

• eerie

To separate from; Lacking concern; not taking sides.

• clamber; clambered

• detach; detached

• eerie

• fathom; fathoms

Causing uneasiness; strange or mysterious.

• eerie

• detach; detached

• fathom; fathoms

• pique; piqued

To arouse or excite; A feeling of resentment caused by being ignored, insulted, etc.

• fathom; fathoms

• pique; piqued

• probe; probed

• realize; realized

To poke or prod; To examine closely; A long, slender instrument used to examine a mound or part of the body; A thorough investigation.

• pique; piqued

• realize; realized

• probe; probed

• rupture; ruptured

To be aware of; To bring into being; to make happen.

• probe; probed

• rupture; ruptured

• sphere; spherical

• realize; realized

To split or break; A breaking or tearing apart by force; The breaking of a friendly relationship.

• realize; realized

• rupture; ruptures

• sphere; spherical

• submerge; submerges

An object with all points on its surface equally distant from its center; ball or globe; An area of power, influence, or activity.

• rupture; ruptured

• sphere; spherical

• submerge; submerges

• tedious; tedium