When you hit "double digits" on your tenth birthday, you have been alive for a...

At first we were worried about our new puppy because he seemed so _____________, but when we took him to the vet, we were told he was fine. He was probably just the runt of the litter.

Mrs. Stephenson asked where my essay was. I tried to ___________ a good excuse, but she could tell I was just making that story up.

I'm a literature girl, so one of my least favorite subjects in school was always ___________________.

I wanted to go for a more subtle sign that would blend in with all the surrounding signs in the village, but was business partner really wanted out sign to stand out from the rest. What word best describes the sign my partner wants?

I had a limited amount of food to last through the month, I had to go on a ____________ diet that limited what I could eat daily and would ensure I had enough food for every day.

After he fell and hit his head we weren't sure if he was okay. It wasn't until his speech became so hard to understand that we knew we had to get him to the hospital. Which word best describes his speech?

I know you don't enjoy doing homework, but unfortunately, you don't just get to ____________ out of it because you don't like it. It's just not up to you to decide.

Sure, I could carry around my old abacus and use that to do all my math equations, but why would I? I can just use a calculator which is much smaller, newer, and better. Which word best describes my abacus?

Which 2 words are most closely related? (Pick the 2 words that you think have the most to do with each other.)

Which word is most likely to be used when someone is have a hard time understanding what someone else is saying?

If something is obsolete, you would probably _____not to use it at all.

Which word best describes the kind of mistakes a detective would hope that a suspect made? These mistakes would make the detective's job so much easier!

The word "archaic" means out-of-date, very old, and (most likely) useless. Which word is the most similar to the word archaic?

Eating this kind of diet could lead to you feeling pretty puny. What kind of diet could make you feel so puny?

We went to one of those "escape room" places this weekend. We had to use only the materials in that room to figure out how to escape with in one hour. Which word best describes what we did while in the escape room?

Which one of these words is the only word that might be used to try to insult someone?

Only 2 of the vocabulary words this week were nouns (a person, place, thing or idea/concept). Choose the 2 words that are nouns.

Only 2 of our vocabulary words were verbs (a thing you would do) this week. Choose the 2 words that are verbs.