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.

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 __________.

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.

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

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 ___________. 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