Savvy Vocabulary Chapters 1-5

Talk a lot in a foolish way.

• eager

• persnickety

• prattled

• punctuated

Be quick to do something.

• punctuated

• eager

• prattled

• hastened

To insert punctuation marks in sentences.

• persnickety

• punctuated

• eager

• hastened

Doing something in a way that shows it is not worthy.

• persnickety

• prattled

• dismissively

• punctuated

Wanting to do or have something very much

• eager

• hastened

• persnickety

• prattled

Worrying to much about trivial or minor details.

• prattled

• hastened

• persnickety

• punctuated

Complete the sentence. John wouldn't stop ______________ on and talking foolishly about his new game.

• prattling

• eager

• punctuated

Complete the sentence.

Rocket looked at Bobbie __________________ and didn't think she was worth his time.

• hastened

• dismissively

• persnickety

• eagerly

Complete the sentence. Grandmother Dolop always ____________ her jars correctly when she labeled them.

• persnickety

• eagerly

• dismissively

• punctuated

Complete the sentence. Fish ______________ his movements when it got closer to party time.

• hastened

• eager

• prattled

• dismissively