CCF Vocab Words

feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with.

• Desperate

• Absurd

• Ordinary

• Sad

with no special or distinctive features; normal.

• Unique

• Ordinary

• Intent

• Colossal

A sparkling light reflected from something wet.

• Glisten

• Colossal

• Shine

• Absurd

To make a statement about a fact, occurrence, or intention

• Speech

• Intent

• Absurd

• Announce

A ______ sadness attached itself to Charlie.

• Absurd

• Colossal

• Ordinary

• desperate

extremely large or great

• puny

• small

• colossal

• average

purpose, or determination to do something

• Announce

• Glisten

• Desperate

• Intent

Indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way.

• Praise

• Announce

• Criticize

• Ordinary

The opposition ______ the president's failure to make jobs.

• laughed

• criticized

• enjoyed

• opposed

His cheeks _____ with tears.

• fill

• glistened

• wiped

• criticized