Noughts and Crosses One. Sephy

Something __________ is flashing briefly and sharply with light. __________ conversations are smart and captivating.

To __________ is to stop or end. Your gym teacher may have trained the class so well that all chattering will _________ every time she blows her whistle.

__________ describes something sullen, gloomy, or persistent. You might look __________ on your way to picking up your last check from the job you just got fired from, and people should get out of your way.

feeble means:

• lacking or not affording physical or mental rest

• characterized by or preferring solitude

• lacking strength

• not processed or subjected to analysis

Emma was not convinced one way or the other, though she remained cynical and thought it was almost certainly trickery.

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

• capricious

• skeptical

• grandiose

• solictous

Still, I am able to momentarily placated, knowing that this is something my parents might have understood, if they were here right now.

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

• angered

• acclaimed

• ambushed

• appeased

wistfully has the same or almost the same meaning as:

• suddenly

• violently

• certainly

• longingly

The airline has been in labor talks with the APA for more than three years and plans to __________ negotiations in February after a four-month break.

• resume

• scale

• treasure

• burden

In a moment Nick would be coming; and an uncomfortable sensation in her throat warned her that through sheer nervousness and exasperation she might blurt something ill-advised.

In this sentence, exasperation means:

• the repetition of an experiment to test its validity

• actions that cause great irritation

• injury to the brain caused by a blow

• representation by drawing or painting etc

mingle means to:

• get involved or mixed-up with

• come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle

• travel a route regularly

• move as if through a sieve