Semester 1 Vocab Challenge

Vocab: I am so hungry. Where are the _____?

• hors d'oeuvres

• contenders

• meagers

• derelicts

Vocab: After his injury at the track meet, the doctor _____ Sammy's ankle so he could still compete in the race later in the day.

• loathed

• swathed

• culled

• grappled

Vocab: Her ____ clothing made everyone notice her as she walked down the hallway wearing a hat full of feathers and a fur coat in May.

• scrumptious

• eccentric

• self-appointed

• smart-aleck

Vocab: The detective had to _____ through all of the newspaper articles to find information about the heirs.

• humiliate

• loathe

• cull

• guffaw

Vocab: The strong man at the gym was able to life the 500-pound weights. He would be described as which of the following words?

• burly

• putrid

• cull

• contender

As the truck rolled down the hill, its ___________ increased.

• leverage

• momentum

• stupor

• fortitude

Because the neglected dog was very _______, its skin hung from its fragile bones.

• scrawny

• sullen

• potable

• contaminated

The car accident left him _________ bruised and swollen.

• parched

• mesmerized

• grotesquely

• nonperishable

The toddler's cranky and _______ mood quickly changed as soon as his mom played his favorite song.

• gnawing

• resilient

• parched

• sullen

Bits of rock dust filled the air as the jack hammer continued to ________ the boulder.

• pulverize

• emblem

• stupor

• parched