Shades of Meaning

I already ate breakfast, but I am still _______ and could eat a small snack.

• hungry

• starving

"I had the best day ever!" Mrs. Cooper ________________.

• said

• exclaimed

I ______ that game so much that I could play it a dozen times.

• like

• love

Mr. Baskette must be __________ because he seems to know everything.

• smart

• a genius

After biking a 26 mile race, Nathan was ________.

• tired

• exhausted

I was ________ by the fly buzzing in the car.

• bothered

• angry

It won't take long to clean the _______ in the classroom.

• disaster

• mess

I _________ carrots and will never eat one again.

• dislike

• hate

Sammy was a little __________ that he forget to bring his library book back.

• terrified

• worried

Mrs. Mays ______ when she fell and broke her ankle.

• whined

• cried