The best synonym for the word optimum is ___________.

My mom believes the _________ conditions for studying is a quiet space free from distractions.

(adj.)  small in amount or size

massive : ________ : : hydrated : dehydrated

Even though I only had a ________ fever, my parents insisted I stay home from school to get some rest.

v.) a quick shuffling pace

The crab ____________ across the sand on the beach, escaping the predator.

an antonym for scuttle is ___________

(n.) a commitment or agreement that one is bound to legally or morally

Members of National Junior Honors Society must fulfill their ________ of 10 hours of community service.

duty : __________ : : prodigy : genius

n.) a noisy fight or disturbance 

The teacher blew a whistle to quiet the loud ________ in the cafeteria.

A ruckus would NOT be ________.

(adj.) showing lack of knowledge or intelligence

uneducated : ___________ : : dismal : gloomy

The opposite of ignorant is ___________.

(v.) to succeed or do something good after one has failed or done something bad. 

God, thank you for sending your Son into the world to ________ us from our sins.

Kenny Kane told Max, “You won’t have to steal it because folks will give to a man of God, and what they love to hear about is a bad man who has _________________ himself.”

(n.) temporary lodgings or a place to stay

(n.) an unfair action

Kenny Kane tried to convince Max he was treated unfairly. He stated, “They took years away from me, might as well have cut out my heart with a knife, that’s how it was a to lie awake at night and think about the ______ done to me.”

injustice : _________ : : illiterate : educated

(adj.) having little or no education

The opposite of illiterate is __________

Kenny Kane explains to Max, “I learned how to preach the word to a lot of _______ convicts, but they were no more ignorant than a lot of other folks.”

When Kenny Kane takes Max to the old lady's house, he explains to Max, “The _________ could be better.  I’ll grant you that.  Soon as Iggy fixes things, we’ll be on our way.”

lodging : ___________ : : slight : minute

(adj.) acids, alkalis, bases and caustic solutions which corrode can damage or destroy elements such as metal

Kevin explains that his squirt gun contains, “Good old reliable H2SO4, an oily, colorless, _________ liquid used in dyes, paints, explosives, and many chemical experiments.”

adj.) having artificial body parts, especially electromechanical ones.

Max explains, “You’d think I could be as cool as Freak about the idea, because it’s him that’s going to get a new _________ body, but just thinking about it makes me want to jump up and run around.”

This image best represents a ________ body part.

(adj) a highly talented child or youth

Bennett sold her first painting when she was eight, earning the label of child ______.

Kevin said, "Talk about a _____________.  One year old and already he’s on his way to ninth grade.”

(v.) make or become unlikely to change, fail, or decline.

“Gwen is just standing there at the window wringing her hands and not saying anything, and then finally they come out and say he’s okay, it was just a bad spell, and they have him _______________.”

a synonym for stabilized is __________

(v.) to help bring about or make something easier

To facilitate is to ____________.

Kevin explains to Max why he has a weird little plastic button attached to his throat. “It’s called a tracheotomy.  Standard procedure to ________ breathing.”