Vocabulary List Eight

Because the professor is not a good teacher, he is indifferent when his students tell him that his complex lectures _______ their brains.

• addle

• chide

• digress

• amble

Because Gail is on a horse for the first time, she is going to ________ during her ride.

• beshrew

• bauble

• carrion

• amble

The _______ plays were known for their ludicrous plot lines and character’s repulsive behavior.

• inauspicious

• antic

• chide

• addle

The evil stepmother wore a _______ expression whenever she looked at her unwanted stepdaughter.

• environ

• inauspicious

• dowdy

• baleful

The haughty Russian tour guide spoke of the Constitution as if it were merely ________, irritating the Americans in the crowd.

• bauble

• antic

• environ

• chide

My children are not allowed to listen to music with _______ lyrics.

• amble

• digress

• dowdy

• bawdy

Horrified at discovering an empty baking pan, I yelled at my roommates, "_________ all of you who ate my brownies!"

• Beshrew

• chide

• antic

• bauble

Because animals are regularly killed on the highway, there is always a supply of ________ for the scavengers.

• inauspicious

• environ

• carrion

• bauble

I knew that Mrs. Perkins would probably ______ me for having terrible penmanship, so I decided to type the final draft of my essay on the computer.

• antic

• addle

• beshrew

• chide

As your new class president, I will end homework, lower student crime, and mandate hours of recess, but I ________.

• digress

• baleful

• amble

• addle