Match the following

• Aptitude

• something recalled to the mind

• Recollection

• having strong feelings of irritation or annoyance

• Solemnly

• capacity for learning

• Profound

• very seriously

• Exasperated

• characterized by intensity of feeling or quality

Match the following

• Chastisement

• valuable status or reputation

• Meticulously

• timid, meek, self-conscious

• Prestige

• punishment or reprimand

• Sheepish

• the act of getting or gaining something

• Acquisition

• marked by extreme care in the consideration or treatment of details

“Jonas always chuckled when he heard a parent, ​ (a)   , call sharpley to a toddler, ‘That’s enough, Twenty-three!’” (63).

• Exasperated
• Solemnly
• Recollection
• Profound
• Chastisement
• Sheepish

“‘Have you checked your rules, Jonas?’ Pierre was always whispering ​ (a)   ” (64).

• Solemnly
• Recollection
• Profound
• Aptitude
• Meticulously
• Prestige

“The speech was much the same each year: ​ (a)   of the time of childhood and the period of preparation, the coming responsibilities of adult life, the ​ (b)   importance of the Assignment, the seriousness of the training to come” (65).

• Recollection
• Profound
• Exasperated
• Solemnly
• Acquisition
• Sheepish

“‘She mentioned that there was one who had singular skills at caretaking, another who loved newchildren, one with unusual scientific ​ (a)   , and a fourth for whom physical labor was an obvious pleasure’” (65).

• Aptitude
• Recollection
• Chastisement
• Acquisition
• Prestige
• Profound

“Finally, the Chief Elder paid tribute to the hard work of her committee, which had performed the observations so ​ (a)   all year” (66).

• Meticulously
• Solemnly
• Prestige
• Profound
• Aptitude
• Chastisement

“Birthmother was an important job, if lacking ​ (a)   ” (67).

• Prestige
• Recollection
• Aptitude
• Chastisement
• Acquisition
• Exasperated

“He kept turning his head and glancing back at Jonas until the group leader had to give him a silent ​ (a)   , a motion to sit still and face forward” (68).

• Chastisement
• Acquisition
• Solemnly
• Recollection
• Aptitude
• Prestige

“Asher laughed, too, looking ​ (a)   but pleased at the special attention” (68).

• Sheepish
• Exasperated
• Solemnly
• Profound
• Meticulously
• Prestige