BY SHANNA HALL

(VERB) TO GET AS ONE'S OWN BY SOME MEANS OR EFFORT. ACQUIRE ALSO MEANS BECOME THE OWNER OF.

I ACQUIRED BABYSITTING MONEY LAST SATURDAY.

(VERB) TO STIR INTEREST IN, TO MAKE CURIOUS, OR TO EXCITE THE MIND.

THE LITTLE GIRL WAS INTRIGUED WHEN SHE SAW THE CUPCAKE.

(NOUN) A PERSON OR THING THAT CAUSES TROUBLE OR BOTHER.

SHOPPING CAN BE A DELIGHT TO SOME PEOPLE OR A NUISANCE TO OTHERS.

(VERB) TO POUND, CRUSH, OR GRIND TO A POWDER OR DUST.

TO MAKE COFFEE, YOU NEED TO PULVERIZE THE COFFEE BEANS.

(ADJECTIVE) OF, RELATING TO, OR CONSTITUTING A CLAUSE THAT FUNCTIONS AS A NOUN, ADJECTIIVE, OR ADVERB. IT ALSO MEANS PLACED IN OR OCCUPYING A LOWER CLASS, RANK, OR POSITION.

THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND HIS SUBORDINATE OFFICERS HAD TO CATCH THE CRIMINAL.

(ADJECTIVE) TAKING PLACE ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS

THE WORLD CUP IS A QUADRENNIAL EVENT.

(ADJECTIVE) UNDISTURBED; TRANQUIL; CALM; QUIET

THE CABIN IN THE NORTH WOODS IS VERY PLACID AND CALM.

(ADJECTIVE) EVIL IN NATURE, OR EFFECT; TENDING TO PRODUCE DEATH OR DETERIORATION.

THE CLOWNS AT VALLEY SCARE ARE MALIGNANT.

(ADJECTIVE) SHOWING KINDNESS AND GENTLENESS, AS IN BENIGN FACES; A MILD TYPE OR CHARACTER THAT DOES NOT THREATEN HEALTH OR LIFE, AS IN BENIGN TUMOR

THE NEW STORE OWNER IS A BENIGN OLD GENTLEMAN.

(ADJECTIVE) MARKED BY OR DISPOSED TO DOING GOOD, AS IN BENEVOLENT DONOR; ORGANIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DOING GOOD, AS IN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

A BENEVOLENT BUSINESS MAN GAVE EACH OF HIS EMPLOYEES A RAISE.

(VERB) TO PRY INTO OTHER PEOPLE'S BELONGINGS OR ACTIVITIES WITHOUT BEING ASKED OR WANTED.

YOUNG CHILDREN LIKE TO MEDDLE WITH OLD MEN ON THEIR LAWNS.

(NOUN) TEN THOUSAND; A GREAT NUMBER, AS IN A MYRIAD OF IDEAS

THE MYRIAD FISH OF THE SEA IS AMAZING.

(ADJECTIVE) LUSH AND GREEN, COVERED WITH VEGETATION.

THE AMAZON RAINFOREST IS EXTREMELY VERDANT.

(ADJECTIVE) DESERVING RECOGNITION, REWARD, OR PRAISE

ANYONE WHO GOES OUT OF THEIR WAY TO DO A GOOD DEED IS MERITORIOUS.

(ADJECTIVE) STRUCK WITH TERROR, AMAZEMENT OR HORROR

THE LITTLE GIRL WAS AGHAST BECAUSE SHE SAW A SPIDER.

(ADJECTIVE) DESCRIBES SOMETHING EXPERIENCED THROUGH SOMEONE OR SOMETHING ELSE.

THE OLD MAN LIKED TO LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH HIS GRANDSON.