Wednesday, February 20, 2019

VOCABULARY: (to) INHERIT

Now if we're going to talk about words in the news, here's a big one.

Example ONE:

"As you know, our administration inherited many problems across government and across the economy. To be honest, I inherited a mess. It's a mess. At home and abroad, a mess. Jobs are pouring out of the country; you see what's going on with all of the companies leaving our country, going to Mexico and other places, low pay, low wages, mass instability overseas, no matter where you look. The Middle East is a disaster. North Korea -- we'll take care of it folks. We're going to take care of it all. I just want to let you know, I inherited a mess."


Another iteration of his use of the same word was his Tweet, "No president ever worked harder than me (cleaning up the mess I inherited)!"


Who else is using this term, (to) inherit?

Karl Lagerfeld’s cat Choupette could inherit part of his fortune


Now we're talking about inheriting $$$ money! 

Next we find words related to the concept of inheritance: Which of the following words is related to the concept of inheritance?

a) cat hair
b) her
c) heir 

The correct answer is the noun, (an) heir.

What word forms are related to this verb (to) inherit?  Circle the noun in the sentence below from the above article about Choupette:

A judge later reduced the pampered pooch’s inheritance to $2 million, according to the New York Times, ruling that the total sum exceeded what was necessary to care for the dog.