Vocabulary #4

Weeds grew ________ in the garden, making it look more like a jungle than a vegetable patch.

There was a shocking _______ of marshmallows at the campfire, leaving everyone roasting sticks instead.

Despite pleas for mercy, the ___________ math teacher gave the class extra homework over the weekend.

Miss Keck's students love to waste time at the beginning of class by asking her pointless, ______ questions to try to distract her from starting her lesson.

The basketball player threw up his hands in shock when the ref failed to call the _______ foul made by the other team.

Despite the tempting smell of fresh-baked cookies, Benny’s _____ kept him from stealing even a crumb.

It was an __________ mistake to put ketchup on ice cream, but Tommy did it anyway.

Under ________ by the intense detective work of his mom, Bob finally admitted that he ate the last donut.

With a look of _________, the squirrel pretended to share the acorn but quickly scurried away with it.

Jenny was so _________ after losing her sock in the dryer that she started writing it a goodbye letter.