Vocab Set 1

I had to take a ____________ walk to school because I was running so late.

• poignant

• hasty

• wary

• tumult

Ms Fernandez is currently taking boxing lessons; she would like to _____ her skills.

• vow

• foretell

• hone

• assert

Salva was ready to face the _____ of traveling to several refugee camps.

• assert

• crucible

• hone

• poignant

Who would have been brave enough to ______ football's future 50 years ago?

• assert

• vow

• fortell

• hone

When Andy and Ms Frady got married, she made a ____ to love him even when he forgets to respond to her text messages.

• tumult

• poignant

• vow

• crucible

Some people laughed, but I felt like the moment was too ____ to be amusing.

• poignant

• hasty

• asserted

• vow

Everyone was mad at Mrs Weddle, so she resigned from her position to ___ her accusers.

• pacify

• hone

• assert

• vow

The 8th graders were all ____ of the food in the cafeteria; it was a weird green color and smelled funny.

• wary

• poignant

• hone

• foretell

It was hard to see when the buses arrived to campus because of the ___ happening in the lobby of the building.

• hone

• vow

• tumult

• crucible

Ms Frady ____ that she was funnier, smarter, and much more charming than Ms Fernandez.

• asserted

• honed

• vowed

• foretold