The ChallengeThe Challenge

By Abbi St.ClairBy Abbi St.Clair

gracefulgraceful

• She is a graceful dancer.

• with beauty of motion or style

divideddivided

• Divide the candy between the two children.

• to separate

advancedadvanced

• He took advanced courses in mathematics.

• difficult, complex

privatelyprivately

• She had a private room at the hospital.

• secret, keeping personal matters exclusively to oneself:

replacementreplacement

• My TV broke and I bought a replacement.

• that takes the place of another

excitementexcitement

• The children felt great excitement on the rollercoaster ride.

• a strong, pleasant feeling

adorableadorable

• That little girl is just adorable!

• lovable, cute

heavingheaving

• They gave the rock a heave over the cliff.

• to raise or lift with effort or force

forgivenessforgiveness

• He told a lie but later asked his friend for forgiveness.

• freeing from guilt or obligation

mileagemileage

• The mileage between San Francisco and L.A. is approx. 400 miles.

• the distance in miles between two points

barelybarely

• I hurt my foot and can barely walk.

• almost not at all, just, hardly

forcefulforceful

• The police used forceful methods to get the suspect to confess to the crime.

• using force, strength

scarcelyscarcely

• I can scarcely live on the money I earn.

• almost not, hardly

blamingblaming

• I blame him for the accident.

• is responsible for

entirelyentirely

• Of course he is our landlord; he owns the entire building.

• complete, whole

usableusable

• The machine is usable now after repair.

• serviceable, capable of being used:

sincerelysincerely

• Please believe me; I am sincerely interested in helping you.

• honestly, truly

amusementamusement

• When our friend starts to tell jokes, our amusement doesn't stop.

• pleasure, delight:

lifelesslifeless

• Lifeless bodies from the airplane crash lay on the ground.

• dead

manageablemanageable

• Cleanup after a hurricane is difficult, but manageable.

• able to be done,

Challenge WordsChallenge Words

• deflated

• disciplined

• consecutively

• silhouetted

• refinement

deflateddeflated

• Someone deflated the tires of our car; we're stuck!

• to let the air out of

disciplineddisciplined

• The military training school produced highly disciplined soldiers.

• showing control resulting from training of mind and body

consecutivelyconsecutively

• following one after the other in regular order:

• She had a pain in her stomach for three consecutive days Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

silhouettedsilhouetted

• A silhouette of the side view of the boy's face shows the shape of his nose.

• outline that is filled in with a dark color, against a light background:

refinementrefinement

• The kings and queens of France demanded refinement in dress and in manners.

• a polished form, a state of greater perfection