1. Iskills Level 3

2. The adversary of my adversary is my friend. Adversarial (adj)

3. High school students are good at alienating anyone who is too different from them. Alien (n): a stranger Alienation (n): the condition of being alienated Alienated (adj)

4. The duplicitous secretary used artifice to make us believe she was a sweet old grandmother, all while stealing money every chance she had. Artificial (adj): fake, not real, not natural but made by people

5. He had to coerce his daughter to go to school on Monday morning. Coercion (n) Coercive (adj)

6. The craven general was dismissed from the Army. Don’t be a craven, dude! It’s only a little test.

7. ESLI’s Fall Festival will be a feast of culinary diversity!

8. The demise of a president always causes a National Day of Mourning. The victims met their demise in a great holocaust. Her demise was painful and unhappy. You CANNOT use demise as a verb!

9. The news of her acceptance to Harvard exhilarated Sarah so much she jumped for joy. Stepping outside on a cold morning exhilarates me! Exhilaration (n) Exhilarating (adj)

10. A good farmer knows when to fallow his fields and when to plant them. The fallow deer is a very sweet animal to look at.

11. The students harassed their teacher repeatedly because they wanted their grades. Harassment (n) Harassed (adj)

12. The inclement weather kept us all cooped up inside the whole week. No one who has committed a crime wants an inclement judge. Inclemency (n)

13. After making a good profit, the business was able to liquidate its loan. The nervous investor decided to liquidate his stock and put his money in the bank instead. Liquidation (n)

14. When I was young, I liked to spend long hours musing about what I would be when I grew up. She mused for a moment, then answered his question with a certain “Yes.” Musings (n): the results of musing

15. The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe had so many children already that finding another added a negligible amount of work to her day.

16. Repeating nasty gossip only perpetuates it. We hope that having a Fall Festival will be perpetuated. Perpetual (adj): something that is repeated or has no end.

17. You do not want to set the precedent of letting students use their cell phones on one test, because they will want to use them on every test.

18. The teacher was so angry with her students for not doing their homework that the quiz she gave them was definitely punitive! The judge’s precedent helped later judges decide punitive damages for people who stole music.

19. The child tried to redress breaking the lamp by fixing lunch for his mother. Mother accepted her little boy’s redress and kissed him. The judge ordered the man to pay a punitive fine of $2500 to redress his crime.

20. If there is anything I can do to make your sojourn here easier, please tell me. International students sojourn in the US while they finish college.

21. His urbane charm puts everyone at ease. I wish I were more urbane at parties, but I never know what to say!