AVID 22-23 Vocab Quiz #1

He was bent over it, polishing the leaves with ____ care, like some crazed gardener from Alice in Wonderland.

Their sharp eyes carefully took in the more polished, ____ stance of Carlisle, who, flanked by Emmett and Jasper, stepped guardedly forward to meet them.

Twilight

And she implored Mr. Prentice to use his skill and ____ to their uttermost extent.

Maxwell, W. B. (William Babington)

As a journalist, I found it ____ to experience things from the other side of the fence.

Into Thin Air

“Well, they say it takes one to know one, don’t they?” she ____.

How to Disappear Completely

“Don’t talk about your father like that on Christmas Eve. Shame on you,” Mrs. Meecham ____

The Great Santini

Hoping to find favor with Cluny he had put himself at the head of the party, helping them to carry the ____ object.

Redwall

There were also signs of construction—a barrel-shaped cement mixer and a dumpster filled with ____.

The Smartest Kid in the Universe

But Allen nodded like he wrestled with the rent-versus-buy ____ every day.

Lawn Boy Returns

Klaus sighed, and ____—a word which here means “gave to Count Olaf even though he didn’t want to”—the book on nuptial law.

The Bad Beginning