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Vocabulary ReviewVocabulary Review

The smell of the The smell of the sweet and savory sweet and savory cookies ________ cookies ________ Grandma’s house, Grandma’s house, and could be and could be smelled in every smelled in every room.room.

Answer: Answer: PermeatedPermeated

The undercover The undercover cops sat ________ cops sat ________ in the restaurant in the restaurant as not to “blow as not to “blow their cover.”their cover.”

Answer: Answer: FurtivelyFurtively

We hadn’t realized how ________ he was until we realized that he kept leaving the table to wash his hands simply because he believed they were never clean enough.

Answer: Neurotic

Her _________ Her _________ interest in the boy interest in the boy was only done to was only done to spare his feelings spare his feelings when he asked her when he asked her out on a date in out on a date in front of his friends.front of his friends.

Answer: Answer: AffectingAffecting

Kevin was in Kevin was in ____________ when ____________ when he discovered that he discovered that his prized car was his prized car was stolen.stolen.

Answer: Answer: AnguishAnguish

After a long trial, the After a long trial, the defendant was defendant was ___________ of all ___________ of all charges and was charges and was released from prison.released from prison.

Answer: Answer: vindicatedvindicated

It is a _______ It is a _______ attempt to try to attempt to try to win an argument win an argument with my mom with my mom because she is because she is really always right. really always right.

Answer: Answer: futilefutile

Because she purchases Because she purchases only the finest material only the finest material for her clothes, Jessica for her clothes, Jessica looked at the sweater looked at the sweater quite ___________, as quite ___________, as though she were though she were observing serious data. observing serious data.

Answer: Answer: Clinically Clinically

The start time of the The start time of the concert was concert was ______________ for three ______________ for three hours because the hours because the singer was stuck in singer was stuck in traffic. traffic.

Answer: Answer: deferred deferred

The court’s formal The court’s formal ______________ of the ______________ of the young man charged young man charged him with burglary him with burglary and resisting arrest. and resisting arrest.

Answer: Answer: indictmentindictment

Kimberly worked Kimberly worked ____________ on the project ____________ on the project for several hours, for several hours, encountering many encountering many obstacles, until she felt that obstacles, until she felt that what she created was what she created was absolutely perfect. absolutely perfect.

Answer: Answer: DoggedlyDoggedly

I am not requesting, I am not requesting, but, in fact, but, in fact, ____________ you to ____________ you to please give me please give me another slice of that another slice of that heavenly cake.heavenly cake.

Answer: Answer: beseeching beseeching

The mother ___________ The mother ___________ watched her two year watched her two year old twins playing nicely old twins playing nicely with each other, so she with each other, so she decided not to enter decided not to enter their bedroom and their bedroom and bother them.bother them.

Answer: Answer: unobtrusivelunobtrusively y

When the teacher suddenly When the teacher suddenly gave his students a pop quiz gave his students a pop quiz that would count as half that would count as half their marking period grade, their marking period grade, ________ filled the room as ________ filled the room as the students complained the students complained very loudly. very loudly.

Answer: Answer: outrageoutrage

The statue was kept in a The statue was kept in a ____________ location in ____________ location in the house so all the the house so all the guests would be sure to guests would be sure to see it when they entered see it when they entered the front door. the front door.

Answer: Answer: conspicuousconspicuous