ASC Posted Vocab Chapters 1-6

Ruby and her friend exchanged __________ glances across the room when their teacher wasn't looking.

• furtive

• blathered

• overt

• melodramatic

Furtive means:

• Overdramatic, exaggerated, and emotional

• Unavoidable or certain to happen

• Secretive

• Undeniable or undoubtable

Something that jumpstarts a reaction is a _________________.

• Prodigy

• Catalyst

• Gauntlet

• Grimace

Luis hoped his bike accident would be a ___________ for stricter bike laws.

• Grimace

• Prodigy

• Gauntlet

• Catalyst

The slight change in my soup recipe was ____________ to my family. They didn't notice the difference in taste.

• Melodramatic

• Imperceptible

• Superfluous

• Inevitable

A synonym for imperceptible is:

• Undetectable

• Melodramatic

• Obvious

• Superfluous

The newspaper was sued for ___________ after publishing lies about a celebrity.

• Defamation

• Blathering

• Grimacing

• Resurgence

The seven-year-old chess champion is considered a _________________.

• Catalyst

• Prodigy

• Grimace

• Resurgence

________________ means unnecessary; more than enough.

• Resurgence

• Demand

• Shortage

• Superfluous

My sister waved her arms in a ________________ manner to get my attention. You could see her from a mile away!

• Melodramatic

• Furtive

• Imperceptible

• Diminuitive