VOCABULARY REVIEW

Front

If you wanted to know something about the Miller family, all you had to do was look at their refrigerator - which was wallpapered in a ___________ array of calendars, schedules, and notes.

Back

complex

Front

Cluttered as it was, the fridge door represented an important Miller family __________: togetherness.

Back

principle

Front

"There's nothing to eat," she said in a _______ manner.

Back

detached

Front

The carrots looked old and ___1_____.

Back

shriveled

Front

She did find two plastic containers and peeked inside.  But whatever these food ____1____ began as weeks ago, they wee now in an advanced stage of _____2_____.

Back

1-specimens, 2-decomposition

Front

"It's Saturday.  Are you nervous, dear?" Mom waltzed into the kitchen, her hair swept up in an _______ bun.

Back

elegant

Front

Studying had made her confident. If anyone asked about tables, formulas, or ___1 ____, she would not be ___2____ to answer.

Back

1-equations, 2-reluctant

Front

The result of give-and-take and ____1____, the plan involved two cars, three events, five people, and one hand-drawn map of ___2____ notes and arrows.

Back

1-compromise, 2-complex

Front

Alex and Josie were __________ to answer because they didn't hear the question.

Back

reluctant

Front

It is essential that some sort of ____________ be reached between  my brother and me in order for my mom to be happy.

Back

compromise