absorb Anything black absorbs most of the light rays that fall on it. He was so absorbed in his reading that he did not hear the telephone. accuse It is wrong to accuse a person of a crime unless you have proof that his is guilty. adjust You can adjust your chair to make it more comfortable. erroneous Years ago many people held the erroneous belief that the earth was flat. expend He had expended much time and energy on that experiment. fury It’s no use trying to argue with you when you fly into a fury. liberate Abraham Lincoln is the President who tried to liberate slaves. perplex He was so perplexed that he asked many persons for advice. sovereign When the thirteen colonies won the Revolutionary War, America became a sovereign nation. temperate The temperate areas of the world are found to be the north and south of the tropics.