Word Routes 003

List of Highlighted Vocabulary

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• barley: a grain used for food and beer
• black & white answer: a simple answer with no uncertainty
• brothel: a place where prostitutes work, where people pay for sex
• bully: a person who repeatedly hurts or intimidates others
• chef: a professional cook
• creepy: strange and making you feel uncomfortable
• cultural bias: unfair judgment based on culture
• darling: a loving way to address someone
• diety: a god or goddess
• dizzy: feeling like everything is spinning
• Dungeons & Dragons: a fantasy tabletop role-playing game
• harassment: repeated unwanted or threatening behavior
• hops: flowers used to flavor beer
• housewife: a married woman managing the home
• humongous: extremely large
• infatuated: filled with strong (but short-lived) love
• Louvre Museum: the famous art museum in Paris
• lupus: an autoimmune disease affecting the body
• lycanthrope: a person who becomes a wolf
• mankind: all human beings
• midwife: a person who helps deliver babies
• partner: a person in a relationship or team
• pimp: a person controlling sex workers for profit
• platonic relationship: a close relationship without romance
• riddle: a puzzle using words
• spaced out: not paying attention or mentally absent
• stay-at-home dad: a father caring for home and children
• stay-at-home mom: a mother caring for home and children
• surgeon: a doctor who performs operations
• sweetheart: a loving name for someone
• Teen Wolf: a 1985 comedy film starring Michael J. Fox
• to harass somebody: to repeatedly bother or threaten someone
• to wander: to walk without a clear direction
• underwhelmed: less impressed than expected
• werewolf: a person who changes into a wolf
• wife: a married woman in a marriage
• wifwife: a female werewolf
• wolf: a wild animal
• wolf’s den: a wolf’s home or shelter
• wolf’s lair: a wolf’s hiding place or home
• Wolfenstein: a video game series about fighting Nazis
• woman: an adult female person
• work husband / wife: a close, non-romantic workplace friend
• world: the Earth and all its people
• yeast: a fungus used in baking and brewing