5/28 - part 3

Maria did everything in her power to protect herself from the ______ that was ravaging the nation, including becoming very creative after she lost her face mask.

• Edict

• Pestilence

• Malevolence

• Paramour

• Odious

Marcus and Tom were kicked out of class for disrupting class with their asinine _____.

• Bawdys

• Monkeys

• Chastes

• Antics

• Bowers

Marissa is always filled with excitement when she notices the first buds of spring, knowing they ______ the end of the long cold summer months she despises so much.

• Herald

• Assail

• Rebuke

• Ominous

• Headstrong

Despite being the sole survivor of the crash, Chuck refused to let despair overwhelm him; he would not _____ on the island in hopes of rescue. He would do everything in his power to stay strong, physically and mentally.

• Knavish

• Languish

• Modest

• Pensive

• Nimble

While he has been arrested multiple times, none of Justin Bieber's transgressions have been particularly _____.

• Shrew

• Abhor

• Pernicious

• Tedious

• Vice

Incensed by the man's _____, the president put all of his resources into finding information to discredit his critic.

• Odious

• Discord

• Dotage

• Gall

• Festering

Mr. Han made the risky decision to commit _____ in order to convince the jury that his other transgressions were not premeditated.

• Rancorous

• Odious

• Perjury

• Yield

• Unsavory

Jakeem's mom _____ him for making a mess in the kitchen and not cleaning it up.

• Chaste

• Beseeched

• Nuptial

• Chided

• Conjured

The elf king consented to letting the pixies have their _____ in the sacred grove beneath the waterfall.

• Rebuke

• Amorous

• Nuptial

• Bower

• Enmity

Based on DNA evidence detectives determined that the victims had been _____ in the parking lot of a local grocery store before being murdered in the woods behind the school.

• Assailed

• Viced

• Zealoused

• Clouted

• Dsiparaged