W.W. lesson 13

1. W.W. lesson 13 By: Seean Kim

2. Agenda N. -A list of things to be done or considered. Many of the actions on David’s daily agenda, which is written in his secret notebook, included condescending to people with less money than him and thinking of ways to make more money.

3. Ardent • Adj. • Intensely eager; passionate. Even though I acknowledged David was ardent about making more money, I needed it more, so I used his methods of making money and left him with nothing. Ardor • N. Passionate intensity of feeling. David’s ardor for money caused him to rob Bill Gates, even though he was being guarded by Mr. T and the FBI.

4. Brevity • N. • Conciseness of expression; shortness of duration. The brevity of David’s speech disappointed Mr. Tetreault, so he gave David the lowest grade possible for the “Required Time Duration” category.

5. Chaperon or Chaperone N. A person who accompanies younger people to see that they behave properly. All the students hate chaperones because they are usually strict and restrict the freedom of speech within the group of students. V. To be a chaperon to. Schools only let trusted adults chaperon school trips so that there is a sense of security in the trip.

6. Contemplate • V 1. To give careful thought to; to ponder. David contemplated ways to make more money, but after giving to much thought to it, his head started to hurt and he gave up. • V 2. To have plans for; to intend David’s contemplation of the future included his attendance at Yale University.

7. Deter • V. To discourage or prevent from taking action. I was deterred from robbing David when I found out he had hired a SWAT team and Mr. T to safeguard his money. Deterrent N. Anything that prevents or discourages. Mr. T is the major deterrent that prevents me from robbing anyone who hires him (like David).

8. Flair • N. • A natural skill or ability; a talent. David had a flair for the stock market because he made a 3095% increase in his investment on the first day.

9. Innovation • N. • Something new; a new way of doing something. David’s major money innovation was becoming a landlord, which made much more money than his previous job, which was picking spare change off the floors of our school building.

10. Integral • Adj. • Necessary to complete something; essential. Bad presidents (like President Bush) are integral to the success of David’s plan to take over the world, which was eerily similar to Hitler’s plan.

11. Intellect • N. 1. • The ability to think and understand David’s intellect was called into question since he had such trouble with the easy questions. 2. A person with great intelligence. - David was such an intellect that he was able to solve AP calculus when he was 5 years old.

12. Ogle V. To stare at, often in a flirtatious and bold manner. David often ogles the bodies of women because he is observing them so that one day he will be able to draw pictures that will sell for good money.

13. Risqué • Adj. • Bordering on being indecent or improper David’s risque comments to women often earned him a smack in the face; eventually, he learned to be more polite.

14. Stymie • V. To thwart; to make difficulties for or find problems with. I stymied David’s plan to take over the world by beating him up and putting him in jail.

15. Vivacity • N. -Liveliness of manner or appearance When David found out there had been a 56% decrease in his stock values, everyone noticed his usual vivacity was missing. Vivacious- Adj. -Full of life and spirit. We could tell that David was vivacious today because he had the heart to donate a few pennies to unicef.

16. Wrangle • V. To quarrel in a noisy or angry way. David wrangled with everyone when they accused him of bribing people; since he found it so offensive, we thought he actually did bribe people.