Critical Vocabulary #5

As the waves pushed and pulled alongside the shoreline, the swimmers __________ as the water came near.

• shuddered

• receded

• smug

• illuminated

The cook used a _______________to prepare a gourmet spaghetti and meat sauce meal for the students at Glenarden Woods.

• smug

• shudder

• humdrum

• vat

The _____________routine of his daily commute and office work left him longing for excitement and adventure.

• smug

• humdrum

• recede

• heinous

The scary movie made the children ___________, but they laughed it off and had fun.

• illuminated

• shudder

• receded

• humdrum

The students were ___________ during the food fight; they began to scream and run throughout the hallways.

• heinous

• recede

• humdrum

• hysterical

The bright, full moon ______________the path through the forest, making it easier for us to find our way back to the campsite.

• receded

• shuddered

• illuminated

• humdrum

The villain in the cartoon did some really ______ things, like stealing candy from all the children in the show.

• heinous

• smug

• hysterical

• humdrum

After acing the math test, Sarah couldn't help but wear a __________ smile all day, making her classmates a little jealous.

• humdrum

• smug

• illuminate

• heinous