Krisjan and Johan had gotten complacent after several years of no lions attacking their cattle for several years, so they stopped patrolling and checking the herd twice a day. This was a mistake, and they found out why when they found their prize bull savagely massacred in the far edge of the main pasture.

What does complacent mean in this context?

Contemptuous means almost the same thing as _______.

Egotistical has the word "ego" in it, which means I, so egotistical means you are ___________.

The next-door neighbors are too ________ to drive a Ford or Chevrolet; they think they have to have a BMW or Mercedes.

Johan was very __________ and rude to his teacher when she asked him not to eat in class. He stamped his foot on the ground and said he could do whatever he wanted when he wanted. He sits now in ISS with Benjamin.

If you swagger around, are called pretentious, and even ostentatious, it means that you are probably___________.

Supercilious means almost the same thing as _________.

Smug is to complacent as ______ is to ______.

Something that everyone says, like "apple of my eye," is a ________. Others might include, "best thing since sliced bread," "ninety to nothing," and "right as rain."

There was a TV show on the Disney channel a long time ago called Avonlea about a little town on Prince Edward Island in Canada. They had a one-room school house, and Hetty King was the teacher. She was passing out their graded essays and said that they were "insipid drivel." She meant that their essays were...

Johan's _________ grades may have very well prevented him from getting into college. If he had actually tried in school, the story would be very different. Instead, he is farming full-time with Krisjan.

Trite means almost the same thing as ________.

Vapid means almost the same thing as ________.

Haughtiness, disdain for others, arrogance, contempt for others, pretentiousness, and ostentation are qualities that are associated with ________.