"Tell Tale Heart" Vocabulary

I could tell by her crossed arms, angry scowl o her face, and brisk answers, that she was ________ opposed to the plan we were proposing for the use of the fundraising money.

She was so ______ in her scheme to manipulate the teacher into changing her grade, that it nearly worked! I couldn't believe it!

When they walked up on the stage, I could not believe their ______ in taking the microphone out of the emcee's hand and beginning to yell at the audience. Since everyone saw them walk up on stage, I was shocked it took so long for security to detain them and escort them off stage!

His ​ (a)   knowledge about security systems allowed him and his team to ​ (b)   a seamless plan to break into the shop and steal all the valuable merchandise.

If I had had the ​ (a)   to stretch well before I started exercising, I probably wouldn't have gotten this ​acute pain in my shin. I knew stretching would help prevent injury, but I didn't know how badly this shin splint would hurt!

Although I was being very ​stealthily as I crept down the hall to the kitchen to get a midnight snack, I did not anticipate my ​ (a)   to scream when my cat jumped out of a doorway unexpectedly and landed on my head!

I could tell he was ______ about the decision to sneak out to the boardwalk, even though his parents had forbid he from going. I didn't understand why he was so reluctant after all the other crazy rules he had already broken!

Although I was so appalled about how poorly his dog was behaving, I tried to ______ from making a comment, or revealing my true feelings through my facial expressions, because I knew how much he'd been working on training the dog.

Evan has ______ knowledge about pickleball! Even though he's never played in his life, he knows every rule, every exception, every detail there is to know about the game! He's clearly on expert!

The humidity outside is _____. I feel like I can barely breathe and it's hard to do any exercise outside in this humidity because it makes it so hard to breathe.