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lethargy - noun. Definition: Sluggishness; laziness Example: Taking cold medication can cause lethargy, so be careful when driving. recondite – adj. Definition: hard to understand; over one’s head Example: Algebra was always recondite to me, so I often had to get extra help.
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lethargy - noun Definition: Sluggishness; laziness Example: Taking cold medication can cause lethargy, so be careful when driving.
recondite – adj. Definition: hard to understand; over one’s head Example: Algebra was always recondite to me, so I often had to get extra help.
conspicuous - adj. Definition: Standing out; easily seen or noticed; obvious Example: The man in the clown suit was conspicuous in the business meeting. All the other men were in suits and ties.
archaic – adj. Definition; ancient; outdated Example: DVD’s will soon be archaic due to advances in technology and multimedia.
theme/moral - noun Definition: The author’s central message; what the author wants you to learn from a story or passage.
Affixes: Prefix: mis Definition: ill, wrong, wrongly, incorrectly Examples: misprint, mistrust, mistrial Suffix: -ial Definition: of, relating to, connected with Examples: colonial, beneficial, confidential