Week 3

Anguish

Meaning: extreme pain, suffering, or deep sadness.

Usage: The character in the story shows deep emotional anguish.

Meaning: very difficult and requiring a lot of effort, energy, or determination.

Usage: The students faced an arduous exam.

Arduous

Meaning: to confuse or puzzle someone so that they find it difficult to understand something.

Tenses: Perplexed (Past tense, Past Participle Form), Perplexing (Present Participle Form)

Usage: The difficult question perplexed the students.

Perplex

Vindicate

Meaning: to prove that someone is right, justified, or not guilty after being blamed or doubted.

Tenses: Vindicated (Past tense, Past Participle Form), Vindicating (Present Participle Form)

Usage: The evidence vindicates her claim.

Meaning: full of energy, excitement, and happiness.

Usage: The children were exuberant when they heard about the holiday.

Exuberant

Novice

Meaning: a person who is new to a skill, job, or activity and has little experience.

Usage: She was a novice when she first joined the team.

Contemplate

Meaning: to think deeply about something.

Tenses: Contemplated (Past tense, Past Participle Form), Contemplating (Present Participle Form)

Usage: She took some time to contemplate her future plans.

Endeavor

Meaning: to try very hard to achieve something.

Tenses: Endeavored (Past tense, Past Participle Form), Endeavoring (Present Participle Form)

Usage: She endeavors to do her best in every task.

Covet

Concur

Meaning: to strongly desire something that belongs to someone else.

Tenses: Coveted (Past tense, Past Participle Form), Coveting(Present Participle Form)

Usage: He covets the success of famous entrepreneurs.

Meaning: to agree with someone’s opinion, idea, or decision.

Tenses: Concurred (Past tense, Past Participle Form), Concurring (Present Participle Form)

Usage: She concurs that education is very important.