Vocabulary 7

Sammy wrote a brutal story about John online that wasn't true and John sued him for ____________________ and won.

• slander

• libel

• draconian

• defame

The kids considered the punishment to be ____________________ but the principal thought he was being pretty merciful.

• astute

• draconian

• misnomer

• elapse

Although Maya failed her first two quizzes, she began to understand how they were written and was ________________________ when she began to get A's on them every week!

• veer

• defame

• astute

• resurgent

In an attempt to _______________ her enemies' reputation, Beth thought that she could spread a vicious rumor about Callie.

• karma

• misnomer

• defame

• veer

Rex had to ________________ out of the way when a car started racing directly at him.

• astute

• veer

• elapse

• defame

She was telling lies to her friends about their coach and they were so serious that he could have sued her for __________________.

• elapse

• libel

• misnomer

• slander

The game went into overtime and since the 9th inning to the 14th, 3 hours had __________________.

• karma

• veered

• elapsed

• slander

Fred was very successful, calling him a loser was a __________________.

• karma

• misnomer

• artisan

• libel

The _______________________ of the 18th century took years to carve shapes into the wood that would make the interior of the building beautiful.

• resurgent

• astute

• artisans

• draconian

Although the riddle was very difficult to decode, the audience was __________________ and guessed the answer quickly.

• astute

• draconian

• misnomer

• resurgent