5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 644
|
Word
|
Type
|
Used in a Sentence
|
Synonym
|
weak
|
adj.
|
She was an old, weak woman.
|
feeble
|
adj.
|
The chair was old and weak.
|
rickety
|
weakness
|
noun
|
He mistook kindness for weakness.
|
feebleness
|
noun
|
She had a weakness for candy.
|
fondness
|
wealth
|
noun
|
He had amassed great wealth.
|
riches
|
noun
|
This state has a wealth of farm crops.
|
abundance
|
wealthy
|
adj.
|
She is a wealthy woman.
|
rich
|
weapon
|
noun
|
He had a gun for a weapon.
|
protection
|
wear
|
verb
|
What will you wear to the dance?
|
put on clothes
|
verb
|
The tires will wear badly on this road.
|
deteriorate
|
verb
|
The drugs began to wear off.
|
diminish effect gradually
|
weary
|
adj.
|
We were weary from our trip.
|
tired
|
adj.
|
They were weary of his long speech.
|
bored
|
|