Lesson 15
Vocabulary words – Student friendly definitions
1. issue – An issue is an edition of a newspaper or magazine.
2. advice – If you give someone advice, you tell what you think the person should
do.
3. consult – When you consult someone, you ask him or her for information.
4. recommend – When you recommend something, you tell someone that you think
it is good.
5. sensible – Something who is sensible makes good decisions and judgments.
6. devise – To devise is to figure out a way to do something.
7. luscious – Something that is luscious appeals to your senses, such as your sense
of taste.
8. shudder – If you shudder, you are trembling from fear or from being cold.
9. expertise – If someone has expertise, he or she knows a lot about a particular
topic or skill.
10. correspondence – If you send correspondence, you are communicating in writing.
Lesson 11 "Loved Best"
Vocabulary words – Student friendly definitions
1. swooned – If you had a terrible shock or surprise that made you faint or fall,
you might have swooned.
2. astonished – When you are amazed and surprised by something, you are
astonished.
3. envious – If you feel envious, you want something that someone else has.
4. rivalry – People who have rivalry are competing against one another for
something.
5. encouraging – An encouraging word from a friend make you feel that you can do
something well.
6. brief – If something is brief, it does not take much time.
7. chuckling – If you are chuckling, you are laughing quietly to yourself.
8. soothing – Something that is soothing makes you feel calm.
9. sobbed – Someone who sobbed cried very hard.
10. praised – If you praised someone, you told that person that he or she did
something well.