Wordly Wise Lesson 4 accurate--deteriorate
despair
(noun) A total lack of hope
accuracy
(noun) Correctness, exactness.
departure
(noun) The act of leaving
course
(noun) The path over which something moves.
destination
(noun) The place to which something or someone is going.
depart
(verb) To leave; to go away from a place
despair
(verb) To lose hope
deteriorate
(verb) To make or become worse.
course
A subject or set of subjects to be studied.
course
A way of acting or behaving.
A way of acting
Because it is raining so hard, our best course is to wait in the car until the storm ends.
Correctness
I question the accuracy of your report because others have described the accident quite differently.
Without mistakes
In science class we make accurate drawings of the plants we study.
Not exact
My approximate weight is a hundred and ten pounds.
to become worse
Smoking causes the lungs and heart to deteriorate.
The place to which something or someone is going
Tell the clerk your destination when you buy your ticket.
leaves
The bus for Detroit departs at ten o'clock.
A subject
The high school science course includes several field trips.
A total lack of hope
The look of despair on their faces told me that the situation was worse than I had feared.
The path over which something moves.
The spaceship is now on a course for Mars.
Able to give a correct reading
This clock is so accurate that it gains less than one second a year.
The act of leaving
We were sad after the departure of our friends.
To lose hope
When neither the library nor the bookstore had it, I despaired of ever finding the book I wanted.
accurate
Without mistakes or errors in facts.
accurate
(adj) Able to give a correct reading or measurement.
approximate
(adj) Not exact, but close enough to be reasonably correct.