Vocabulary (Week 5 of 6)

Errant


source sentence: "The errant message raised some false hopes."

context clues: "raised", "false", "hopes"

definition: deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Errant

original sentence: Though the teacher was amusing, he kept throwing out errant phrases.


Vigilance


source sentence: "Dr. Keiji Fukuda, WHO's top flu expert, said vigilance was all important because it was not known how severe the outbreaks would become."

context clues: "important", "known", "severe outbreaks", "expert"

definition: state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Vigilance

original sentence: It is always good vigilance practice when crossing the street.


Moderate


source sentence: "On President Barack Obama's 100th day in office, the GDP report at least provided signs that the nation is seeing its economic slide start to moderate."

context clues: "report", "signs", "economic slide", "seeing"

definition: kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Moderate

original sentence: The moderate driving length to school isn't the problem, it is the parking.