It’s time to review this week’s words: circumstance A circumstance is a certain situation. ambition When you have ambition, you have big goals for your life that you want to make come…
Weekly Quiz
With the Wordsmyth Vocabulary Center activities, you can study the words of the week, play games with them, and assess your knowledge of their meanings with a quiz. Go to the Vocabulary…
scapegoat
noun one made to bear the blame for the wrongs of others.The police chief fired the officer in question, but the problem in the department was much larger and the young officer…
sympathy
noun definition: When you feel sad because another person is sad, you are feeling sympathy. When you have sympathy, you understand and feel sorry about the sadness or trouble that another person…
misinterpret
transitive verb to comprehend incorrectly; misunderstand.She was offended because she misinterpreted the offer he was making. See the full entry