The D Words

I hope you don't intentionally damage the building with paint. You could get in trouble for ______________ the building which is vandalism.

• diring

• deciphering

• defacing

• delving

To delve into something means you are...

• digging deep into it

• very worried about it

• sad and depressed about it

• trying to solve or figure it out

If I tell you NOT to deviate from my instructions, I want you to...

• look only at the surface for the answer

• make the answer appear

• make sure you don't cause gloom and misery

• make sure you don't wander off or go astray.

The young prince was very brave. Some people describe him as ________.

• daunting

• dauntless

• distraught

• dejected

If you don't complete any of your work, you will suffer ______ consequences. It is likely that you will fail eighth grade.

• dispel

• dismal

• distraught

• dire

When I learned that my grandmother died, I was ____________ and couldn't stop crying.

• dejected

• defaced

• delved

• daunted

The military has special people who are able to _________ secret codes.

• dispel

• divulge

• delve

• decipher

Entering a haunted house is always very __________ for me.

• daunting

• dauntless

• dismal

• distraught

There was a _____________ atmosphere in the funeral home.

• dire

• dismal

• dispel

• divulge

To have my trust, you must never _________ any of the secret information that I share with you.

• distraught

• dispel

• divulge

• decipher