Vocab 1.6

James, you need to cease tapping your pencil because other people are trying to concentrate.

• stop

• continue

You don't want to wrap your presents in plastic wrap because plastic wrap is transparent and everyone will know what you got.

• opaque

• clear

She tried to pay me with play money, as though I were a simpleton who would accept it.

• genius

• fool

I became a vegetarian when I found out about the dreadful treatment that factory farmed animals receive.

• mild

• frightful

Rob is a cool guy and normally he makes great conversation, but when he gets around Vicky all he does is stammer.

• enunciate

• stutter

Having read all of the Fightland books, Jessica was so eager to see the Fightland movie that she lined up at the movie theater at midnight dressed as her favorite character.

• excited

• uninterested

If you have something to say about my teaching style, Mr. Carter, please say it to me now instead of muttering it under your breath later.

• whispering

• yelling

The principal loved the students' proposal to build the new playground with the fundraising money.

• requirement

• submission

No matter how much the old woman yelled at him about not receiving her check, the mailman stayed calm and remained civil.

• discourteous

• courteous

Kevin thinks that he is the center of the universe. I guess that when someone gets to be as good as he is at football, it's hard to remain humble.

• meek

• overbearing