Act I Vocabulary

In a nervous way

• Tension

• Anxiously

• Hysterically

• Bickering

When you bicker, you argue over very important things

• True

• False

Holding back; controlling one's emotions

• Control

• Holding

• Restraining

• Tension

Nervous, worried, or excited condition that makes relaxation impossible

• Anxious

• Tension

Arguing over unimportant things

Arguments; disagreements

If you are hysterical, you control your emotions well

• True

• False

In a way that shows uncontrolled emotions

Leo sat in his chair, _________ awaiting his test results.

Gary tried to ease the _______ in the room by making a joke.