Ms. Albright Vocabulary List #3

The intrepid artists boldly addressed issues in their art that others were too afraid to address.

• brave

• tired

• pessimistic

• angry

The paparazzi accost celebrities in restaurants, on the street, coming out of their homes, and in other private moments by shoving cameras in their faces and yelling out to get a response.

• confront

• avoid

• badger

• invite

His girfriend knew something was up by the furtive way that he kept checking his phone under the table.

• secretive

• interminable

• laconic

• paradoxical

His girlfriend always had a plethora of responses about why she wasn't where she said she'd be; however, all of them seemed pretty thin.

• large amount

• tinge

• drudgery

• shortage

The students badgered the hapless substitute to believe that they had to attend schedule for only a half day, so he let them go home at noon. As a result, the substitute teacher was not only fired, but he was made fun of in the newspaper.

• unlucky; foolish

• smart

• intrepid

• clever

The irate customer accosted the server and insisted they had waited too long for more water.

• angry

• sad

• impressed

• optimistic

Under the pretext going to the bathroom, the student went to the vending maching instead.

• a false reason

• a pre-trip before the real trip

• a text that comes before another

• a true story

You don't have to fabricate a complicated story about why you didn't do your homework because I know doing more work after 8 hours of interminable drudgery is a lot to ask.

• to create; to make up

• to advertise

• to tell the truth

• to do interpretative dance

fabricate : pretext :: carefully measure :

• tinge

• hapless

• interminable

• furtive

accost : confront :: fabricate :

• invent

• ignore

• hide

• sew