Vocabulary Week 6

Yearning, a longing for

• Somber

• Contemptuous

• Speculating

• Wistful

Contemptuous

• Gloomy

• Deep hatred

• Worshipful

• Observational

Respectful, in Awe

• Speculating

• Reverent

• Objective

• Somber

Expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations

• Objective

• Reverent

• Contemptuous

• Somber

Dark, serious

• Wistful

• Reverent

• Contemptuous

• Somber

To assume a business risk in hope of gain

To guess, assume

• Objective

• Contemptuous

• Speculating

• Risk

When Blake stood up and spoke about his favorite team the Patriots, he had a _________ sound to his voice. The audience could just how much he respected the team and their skills.

• Objective

• Wistful

• Somber

• Reverent

Brandon’s expression became _______ when he thought about the holidays, and the family members he'd get to see that he hasn't seen in a long time.

• Wistful

• Contemptuous

• Objective

• Speculating

___________music played as we were testing, and it really helped us focus. It was the opposite of upbeat and helped us tap into the seriousness of the assessment.

• Somber

• Objective

• Wistful

• Speculating

When Byron kept joking about the Wake Forest football team, he clearly had a _______tone when calling them the "Wakey-Fakies."

• Objective

• Contemptuous

• Speculating

• Gloomy