Impress

Impress: to affect especially forcibly or deeply : gain the admiration or interest of ; to implant firmly in the mind or fix in the memory

To set the scene...I was standing at the kitchen sink preparing lunch. All 4 children were sitting at the table patiently waiting for lunch. Dad's location was unknown.

Brock: Mommy, what does impress mean?

Mommy: It means to make someone think you're really good at something. Like if you wanted to impress someone with your piano playing, you would play a song you know really well for them. Or if you wanted to impress someone with your handwriting, you would write the best you know how. Or if Mommy wanted to impress someone with her cooking,

Dad from the other side of the house: SHE WOULD GET DAD TO COOK!

Brock: Oh, I see. Now I get it.

And that was our vocabulary lesson for lunch.