Flush Ch 1 vocab

The ship captain told us to clean the ____________ from the decks.

• skiff

• bilge

• inflatable

2. It was an _____________ to say Ali was the greatest boxer of his generation.

• understatement

• impressive

• appendix

The doctor said that my grandfather's condition was _______.

• impressive

• inflatable

• stable

Jeremy has the unfortunate _________ of speaking out in class.

• understatement

• insist

• tendency

Mr. Carmen didn't mean to be ______________ when he made that suggestion.

• stable

• interfering

• impressive

I must ____________ that you all leave your cell phones at the door.

• bilge

• interfering

• insist

When I complained about a pain in my side, my mother knew it was my ________.

• inflatable

• skiff

• appendix

The only lifeboat to be found aboard was an _______________ raft.

• impressive

• inflatable

• interfering

The home run that Jenna hit was most ____________.

• impressive

• stable

• understatement

See if you can rent a ___________ for us to go fishing in.

• bilge

• stable

• skiff