Vocab. #2 12th Grade

Johan thinks he is the best farmer in the Free State, the best looking guy in Brandfort, and the smartest person in his class. His brother Krisjan said he was very arrogant, which means_______________.

Krisjan and Johan had gotten complacent after several years of no lions attacking their cattle for several years, so they stopped patrolling and checking the herd twice a day. This was a mistake, and they found out why when they found their prize bull savagely massacred in the far edge of the main pasture.

What does complacent mean in this context?

Contemptuous means almost the same thing as _______.

Egotistical has the word "ego" in it, which means I, so egotistical means you are ___________.

The next-door neighbors are too ________ to drive a Ford or Chevrolet; they think they have to have a BMW or Mercedes.

Johan was very __________ and rude to his teacher when she asked him not to eat in class. He stamped his foot on the ground and said he could do whatever he wanted when he wanted. He sits now in ISS with Benjamin.

If you swagger around, are called pretentious, and even ostentatious, it means that you are probably___________.

Supercilious means almost the same thing as _________.

Smug is to complacent as ______ is to ______.

Something that everyone says, like "apple of my eye," is a ________. Others might include, "best thing since sliced bread," "ninety to nothing," and "right as rain."