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fan • ta • sy n., daydream; imagined image. Doug had fantasies of becoming a professional basketball player.

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prod • i • gy n., person of highly unusual talent. Beethoven’s father wanted him to be a child prodigy like Mozart, but Beethoven was a late bloomer.

li • a • ble adj., likely. If Waylon doesn’t hurry, he is liable to miss his brother Skip who is leaving on a flight for Copenhagen in fifteen minutes.

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or • gan • dy n., sheer, crisp cotton fabric used for dresses. Rita decided to make a party dress out of pale pink organdy.

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cor • sage n., small bouquet of flowers worn pinned to the shoulder of a garment. Remembering that Rita’s dress would be pink, her brother bought her a corsage of white roses.

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psych v., cause to feel nervous or less self-confident. Our soccer team’s confident attitude psyched the other team, making them uncertain of victory.