2. THIS is the noun form of the verb “aspire.” “Her _____________________ was to join the U.S. Marines and fight for her country.”

3. THIS is the noun form of the verb “aspire.” “Her _____________________ was to join the U.S. Marines and fight for her country.” Answer: ASPIRATION

4. What’s the word?

5. Answer: FLUSTERED

6. Sometimes when a celebrity dies, we find out they were secretly an _____________ whose entire life centered around drugs or alcohol; it’s sad.

7. Answer: ADDICT

8. The bully’s tactic was to ___________ people enough that no one ever actually challenged him. Good thing for him, too, because he didn’t even know how to fight.

9. Answer: INTIMIDATE

10. The atomic bomb made its official world __________ in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945.

11. Answer: DEBUT

12. Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s _________ as President was longer than any other President; during wartime, presidents are allowed to serve more than 8 years.

13. Anwer: STINT

14. What’s the word?

15. Answer: OBNOXIOUS

16. Propaganda is a government’s ________ attempt to brainwash its citizens to feel a certain way. They might use advertisements or celebrity endorsements to make people think a certain way.

17. Answer: BLATANT

18. I took some _________ pictures at the party in addition to the ones of people posing. I think it’s more honest to show how people were caught in the spur of the moment!

19. Answer: CANDID

20. It’s important for teachers not to show their political __________ during class discussions. We wouldn’t want anyone to think we were pushing our beliefs on them!

21. Answer: BIAS

22. What’s the word?

23. Answer: ADDICT

24. It is so ___________ when people post selfies of themselves just for the compliments. #Iwokeupthisway #noyoudidnt

25. Answer: OBNOXIOUS

26. It always seems like I think of the best _________ to an argument hours after it’s over when I’m trying to fall asleep. Ugh! Why couldn’t I have been so clever in the heat of the argument?

27. Answer: RETORT

28. Some lawyers give witnesses a free pass from prosecution and __________ if they’re willing to testify against the people they committed the crime with. That way at least one person goes to jail.

29. Answer: IMPUNITY

30. Even though I had studied all night, I still got a little ____________ when the teacher passed out the test. But I took some deep breaths, remembered all of my hard work, and got the butterflies out of my stomach.

31. Answer: FLUSTERED

32. After the tensions had been building up for a while, I finally _________ my friend and we were able to talk out our differences.

33. Answer: CONFRONTED

34. In order to ________ in the program, you must submit a letter of interest explaining why you’d like to join and what you can contribute to the team.

35. Answer: ENROLL

36. The courtroom drama ________ when the victim’s mother started screaming at the defendant. It was nuts!

37. Answer: INTENSIFIED

38. What’s the word?

39. Answer: CONFRO NT What’s the word?

40. Answer: CONFRO NT What’s the word?

42. Coming Up with Words

43. Name ALL 15 of your Wordly Wise 6 vocabulary words. Write them on the piece of paper. (If no one gets all 15, the team who gets the most will get the points)

44. Addict Aspire Blatant Bias Candid Confront Debut Enroll Fluster Impunity Intensify Intimidate Obnoxious Retort Stint