Noughts and Crosses One. Sephy

__________ 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.

(a)  

When you're __________, you're angry about an unfair situation. If you discovered that a teacher gave ten extra points on a test to all students who sat in the front row, you'd be __________.

(a)  

Maybe that warmth is genuine, maybe I should be ashamed of my dour, cynical thoughts.

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

• unimaginative

• shiftless

• envious

• distrustful

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.

(a)  

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

(a)  

If you've ever become so frustrated with someone or something that you feel like you're at the end of your rope, you have experienced (a)   . You are fed up!

As an attempt to placate me, it was pretty transparent.

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

• penalize

• pester

• prepare

• pacify

mingle has the same or almost the same meaning as:

• crash

• remedy

• unify

• disguise

The beluga's distinct bright, white skin had been ________ a shade of brown from the water, but the animal was in otherwise healthy condition.

• grated

• tangled

• pierced

• tinged

placate has the same or almost the same meaning as:

• appease

• decimate

• exacerbate

• decapitate