Noughts and Crosses Prologue

__________ is a verb that means "to give in to something" like when you __________ your carving for chocolate by eating a big piece of it.

__________ is an adjective that describes feeling shocked and disappointed. Being __________ happens suddenly, like when you find out your little sister has been blogging about your family, telling embarassing stories.

Something __________ is notably unusual. If your friend starts saying strange things you don't understand, ask her why she's suddenly become __________.

When plain old "fear" isn't enough to get across a deep feeling of dread about something on the horizon, use the more formal word __________.

__________ is a feeling of complete disgust. Your __________ of the feeling of sand between your toes means that going to the beach isn't much fun for you.

The goats are being used in lieu of herbicides that could damage native plant species.

In the sentence above, lieu has the same or almost the same meaning as:

• case

• respect

• need

• stead

Acting __________ means behaving a lazy, slow, or aimless way. Your idea of a perfect vacation might be lying __________ on the beach all day.

To be __________ is to lose your cool. When you're __________, you're embarrassed, agitated, or just confused.

Works of architecture, whatever they do, should not express contempt for the other buildings they must live among.

In this sentence, contempt means:

• a following of one thing after another in time

• an unbridgeable disparity

• the commitment of something other than money to a project

• a manner that is generally disrespectful

A __________ is a formal declaration of objection. If students at your school are fed up with the overly restrictive dress code, they might stage a __________. Washington, D.C. is often the site of political __________.