| Word * | Part of Speech | Definition | Audio Available? |
|---|---|---|---|
| cadet | Noun | A student at a military school who is training to be an officer | Yes |
| defend | Verb | To ward off an attacker | Yes |
| defend | Verb | To protect one's assets, or allies | Yes |
| depend | Verb | To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided | Yes |
| depend | Verb | To rely on for support, maintenance, help, etc. | Yes |
| depend | Verb | To trust; to rely; to be certain | Yes |
| repel | Verb | To put off | Yes |
| repel | Verb | To unattract; to act with a force that drives or keeps away something such as mosquitoes | Yes |
| repel | Verb | To push back or away by a force, as one body acting upon another | Yes |
| attend | Verb | To be at an event | Yes |
| attend | Verb | To pay attention to; to commit oneself to; to give thought and care to | Yes |
| consent | Noun | Voluntary agreement or permission | Yes |
| consent | Verb | To express willingness, to give permission | Yes |
| compel | Verb | To force or coerce | Yes |
| compel | Verb | To exact or produce by force | Yes |
| compel | Verb | To overpower; to subdue | Yes |
| behind | Preposition | At the back of | Yes |
| behind | Preposition | To the back of | Yes |
| behind | Preposition | after, time-wise or motion-wise | Yes |
| behind | Preposition | In support of | Yes |
| behind | Noun | The rear; bottom; the buttocks | Yes |
| beside | Preposition | Next to; at the side of | Yes |
| beside | Preposition | Not relevant to | Yes |
| derive | Verb | To obtain or receive something from something else | Yes |
| derive | Verb | To find the origin or descent of a word or phrase | Yes |
| derive | Verb | To originate from | Yes |
| recite | Verb | To repeat aloud some passage, poem, or other text previously memorized, often before an audience | Yes |
| recite | Verb | To list or determine the amount of something | Yes |
| recite | Verb | To deliver a recitation | Yes |
| retire | Noun | The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires, such as a bedroom to sleep | Yes |
| retire | Verb | To withdraw; to take away | Yes |
| retire | Verb | To withdraw from circulation, or from the market | Yes |
| retire | Verb | To cause to retire, specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list | Yes |
| retire | Verb | To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat; to go into privacy | Yes |
| retire | Verb | To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; | Yes |
| retire | Verb | To withdraw from a public station, from working, or from business | Yes |
| retire | Verb | To go to bed | Yes |
Vocabulary Word Activities
- Use the word in an original sentence.
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- Know how to pronounce the word.
- Which parts of speech is the word used as (e.g. noun, verb)?
- What are other forms of the word such as plurals or tenses.
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- What is the origin or etymology of the word?
- What words rhyme with this word?
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