Lesson 5 Vocabulary

Spencer's parents wished he were not so willing to take risks as they watched him climb the rocks.

• depictive

• conscientious

• audacious

• rebuke

My sister is always accusing me of being very untidy and careless in my personal habits.

• mutiny

• Serene

• slovenly

• rankle

Poison ivy grows in a very large amounts at the southern end of the island.

• audacious

• prudent

• profusion

• lackadaisical

When making loans, bankers are expected to act with care to avoid anything that might be too risky.

• pilfer

• conscientious

• depict

• prudent

An act of defiance against one's superior is a serious crime.

• Mutiny

• inkling

• embark

• rankle

Unlike many of the early colonist, Roger Williams, acting in a principled and honest manner, paid the Narragansetts for the lang he wanted to occupy.

• audiacious

• confiscate

• serene

• conscientious

Helena had the first faint suggestion she had won the election when reported arrived.

• pilfer

• mutiny

• inkling

• slovenly

I hope you are not a person for whom an imagined slight continues to irritate just as much as a real one.

• rebuke

• rankle

• pilfer

• depict

The group's dancing was so lacking in enthusiasm that they looked bored

• confiscate

• lackadaisical

• serenity

• rebuke

Before mountaineers can start out on an expedition, they need supplies.

• depict

• embark

• rebuke

• pilfer