Quarter 1 Vocab

I hope you all _____________ the Quarter Quell.

• Deteriorate
• Detonate
• Decimate
• Scrutinize

Though I try to avoid it, I am not above using ___________ to get people to do what I want.

• coercion
• revelation
• conundrum
• forte

My husband and I have a _______________ partnership.

• symbiotic
• cathartic
• defunct
• bewildered

If Michigan State doesn't get their butts in gear this weekend, I am going to need _________________ in the form of brownie batter.

• consolation
• misdirection
• epic
• subterfuge

Despite writing the due dates on the board for all nine weeks, some students still act as though their book project is some sort of ___________________.

• revelation
• embolism
• respite
• precipice

Every time I try to run, my knees _____________ a little more; soon I'll need a replacement.

• Deteriorate
• surmise
• abhor
• pacify

I try to be ____________ in the beginning so you all know I am serious about my classroom expectations.

• Emphatic
• Unprecedented
• Apathetic
• Gregarious

Don't be so ______________; of course Fridays are the best days of the week.

• Obtuse
• Emphatic
• formidable
• covert

My dog died of an _____________.

• Embolism
• Subterfuge
• Conundrum
• Misdirectiong

The stress you all have about this test is almost ______________.

• Palpable
• oblivious
• audacious
• cathartic