Mr. Porecca acted as a ____________ and the children stopped throwing the pencils at Mr. Yack.

A person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class.

With her many degrees in English, Mrs. Celsi is the __________ of an English teacher.

Greater in size than the usual or expected.

The crowd was so _____________ that it packed the stadium to capacity.

To overwhelm.

To ____________ the opponent, the fighter kept delivering punches to the body.

Extremely hungry; voracious.

Because Darla was so ______________, she devoured her entire steak dinner.

Existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent.

Mrs. Martin's experiment was almost ____________ with the explosion.

Generous or large in area or extent; roomy.

Mrs. Osbourn's kitchen was rather ___________ leaving plenty of room for a dining table.

The quality or condition of being urgent; pressing importance.

With extreme ___________, Mr. Yack tried to cover his mistake.

the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

The _____________ of the story was deemed a hero after she saved the city.

a character in a story who is presented as the main enemy or rival

The ______________ in the story tried to destroy the entire village of the poor people.