The YUNiversityさんのイラストまとめ

👩🏻‍🎓 Looking for “smart” words?

Try these:

• acute
• discerning
• erudite
• sagacious
• perspicacious
• perceptive
• astute

#vocabulary

Wither = (v.) become dry and shriveled

Weather = (n.) climate

Flowers *wither* in hot *weather*. 🌺🌞

Whither = (adv.) to where, to what place or state: *Whither* will Kakashi go for lunch? 🍣🍲

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The past tense of “pet” is *petted*, not “pet”:

In a humorous twist, the dog *petted* the boy.

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#grammar

Write 📝 = what authors do

Right = opposite of “left”; correct ✔

Rite = ceremony; custom

Wright = maker or builder 🛠

(Tricky, right?) 😏

[Comic by @PHDcomics]

#vocabulary #spelling

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Inimical

[ih-NIM-i-kuhl]

(adj.) unfriendly, hostile; harmful

The titan’s *inimical* gaze made me shudder with fear. 😨

#vocabulary #WordoftheDay

A lot = many, much

Allot = give, grant

Jo is *allotted* $1 for coffee. It’s not *a lot*.

Alot = a fictional beast created by @AllieBrosh

#spelling

“Sit on the fence” = avoid making a choice or decision; be indecisive

Jo is *sitting on the fence* about what to eat for lunch.

👨🏻‍🎨 by @OmNomDomz

#idiom

Envelop [en-VEL-uhp] = (v.) surround, enclose: Thick fog often *envelops* the town. 🌫️

Envelope [EN-vuh-lohp, AHN-vuh-lohp] = (n.) flat paper container for a letter: Jo hates licking *envelopes*. 👅✉