READING 700

ENDORSE

ENDORSE

• To support.
• To express approval.
• To support a product or service.
• Declare one's support or approval of something.
• The report was endorsed by the college. 

ERODE

ERODE

• To wear away.
• To gradually destroy.
• The rocks were eroded by the sea.

GRUESOME

GRUESOME

• Frightening.
• Horrible, shocking.
• Causing horror.
• The killing int he movie was gruesome.

hYPOCRITE

HYPOCRITE

• A person who is not honest.
• Someone who claims they are something that they aren't.
• Insincere person.
• When the priest got caught stealing, everyone knew he was a hypocrite. 

IDEALISTIC

IDEALISTIC

• Full of ideas.
• Ideas are more important. Search for the meaning of life.
• Idealistic people want to live in a perfect world.
• The idealistic teacher thought she could change the world.

illusion

ILLUSION

• A false impression.
• A mistaken view of reality.
• A false idea or belief.
• He had the illusion that marriage was perfect.

iMPACT

IMPACT

• A force.
• The force of one thing striking another.
• The impact of the car hitting the pole caused the deaths of three people.

IMPLY

IMPLY

• To suggest.
• To say indirectly.
• Strongly suggest the truth or the existence of something.
• He implied that he was naive when he called her "unworldly".

novice

novice

• A beginner.
• Someone who is new to a field.
• A person who is inexperienced.
• He was a novice at politics.

OBSTACLE

OBSTACLE

• Something that prevents movement.
• Something that blocks something else.
• Something that gets in the way of something.
• He could not finish college because money was an obstacle.
• The obstacle on the road caused a traffic jam.