Concepts 10- Vocab Ch 8

I prefer to keep my house ___ because I cannot stand any dirt, dust, or clutter.

• retaliate

• blight

• immaculate

It is poor sportsmanship to ______ after winning a game to the losing team.

• gloat

• blatant

• qualm

Bobby has to ____ a plan to get his mom out of the house so he can set up for her surprise birthday party tonight.

• gaunt

• contrive

• garble

Sarah broke Natalie's new necklace, so Natalie _____ by smashing Sarah's favorite DVD.

• retaliated

• plagiarism

• garbled

Society views the internet in two ways; as a _____ that has caused more harm than good or as a valuable source of information.

• immaculate

• blight

• gloat

The student's ____ disregard for the school's rules caused him to have many white cards and detentions.

• blatant

• contrive

• gaunt

The cabinet's assembly instructions were so badly ____ that I could never figure out what to do next!

• qualm

• garbled

• retaliated

After being sick with the flu for two weeks, my sister was terribly ____ and needed to gain some weight to get back to a healthy weight.

• contrive

• blight

• gaunt

Thomas, an author, sued for _____ when the plot and characters from his novel appeared to be copied by another author three years after Thomas's novel was published.

• plagiarism

• gloat

• immaculate

As an honest young lady, Rebecca has a _____ with telling a little white lie. If she didn't like her friend's outfit, she felt guilty lying and saying she did like it.

• gaunt

• qualm

• blatant