1. Aspire

1. 1. Aspire • It was so hot outside, I began to aspire. • The beautiful girl is an aspiring model. • Don’t let the monster aspire you. • Have you seen my aspire?

2. 2. Accentuate • The red door accentuated the white building. • The girl wore beautiful jewelry to accentuate her outfit. • Usually when the teacher accentuates a word, it is important to know. • All of the above

3. 3. Boisterous • The man was very boisterous when he carried the young baby. • Boisterous means to honor the memory of something important. • The boisterous cheers of an excited crowd motivated the team to score. • None of the above.

4. 4. Chronology • Chronology is a change in a gene or chromosome. • My favorite thing to do is chronology. • The lawyer disputed the chronology of events leading up to the murder. • Both A and B

5. 5. Cower • I cowered down in fright when I saw the huge spider crawl across the floor. • Don’t try to cower your way out of this! • If you get bored, try to cower. It is always fun. • All of the above

6. 6. Decorum • I am not trying to decorum you. • Whatever you do, don’t yell decorum when you are in a movie theatre! • She sat with church-like decorum at the funeral service. • All of the above

7. 7. Deign • Don’t you dare deign me. I am already scared of snakes. • There was a large deign on my paycheck last month. • The movie star didn’t deign so much as a nod in our direction. • All of the above

8. 8. Divergence • The divergence of the two companies will likely cause conflict because they once worked together in the same business. • I don’t believe in divergence; it sounds too witch-like. • Both A and B • None of the above

9. 9. Bamboozle • Bamboozle means very strange or odd. • The winds were very bamboozle today; they almost knocked me over. • I am going to bamboozle the clothes store; they test their make-up on animals. • None of the above

10. 10. Embellish • We added jewels and beads as an embellishment on our scrapbook pages. • Christmas lights embellish our house each year in December. • Both A and B • None of the above

11. 11. Efface • The kid had to efface his answer when the teacher told him it was wrong. • I was so efface when I saw the great score on my test! • I show great efface when I am around my grandparents. • All of the above

12. 12. Effervescence • That boy can be so effervescence; he is so stubborn! • The woman showed effervescence as she bounced around the room and spoke kindly to everyone around her. • The man showed effervescence when he sat in a corner and didn’t talk all night long. • None of the above

13. 13. Emulate • I tried to emulate my mother playing basketball to cheer my sister up; however, I looked nothing like her. • The green emulated the windows. • The movie Wizard of Oz is emulate; it’s wonderful! • None of the above

14. 14. Enigma • Enigma means mystery or puzzle. • The person who robbed the store was enigma to everyone; we could not figure out who did it. • Both A and B • None of the above

15. 15. Eradicate • Adolf Hitler tried to eradicate all Jewish people during the Holocaust; he didn’t want a single one left. • Eradicate means to be beautiful or heavenly fine. • We will eradicate the two liquids to make one. • All of the above