When old friends get together, they tend to _____ back to their younger selves as they reminisce about the past.

The old _____ don't judge a book by its cover simply means not to judge people or situations before you know all the details.

When the school year began, the beginners band made _____ sounds as they learned to play new instruments.

All the antiques we found in the attic turned out to be a _____! We made thousands selling them to a local shop.

The boy _____ past the other students trying to get to the front of the lunch line.

In ELA, we usually read _____ of books, not the entire novel.

If you do not _____ with your group, you will have to work alone.

He said he woke up on the wrong side of the bed, and it was obvious because of his _____ mood.

Her small dream of owning a restaurant _____ into more than she could have ever imagined; she just opened her fifth location this week!

The king made an official _____ that upset many of his subjects: taxes would increase.

When the barbarians attacked, the citizens fled to the _____ for protection.

The professor _____ over me as I took my exam, and it made me so nervous I failed.

Don't be a _____; there is no excuse for laziness.

The team received _____ from their fans and their opponents after their amazing comeback in the fourth quarter.

The thunderstorm _____ them from cutting the grass because their yard was too muddy.

She _____ for an answer to the difficult question and found it in the most unexpected place.

Her _____ attitude caused people to walk all over her and constantly use her to their advantage.

My brother and I _____ so often as children that people are surprised we are so close as adults.

After the hurricane, bulldozers were brought in to clear the _____ left behind.

A proverb or wise saying

A source of wealth or treasure

Rude, lacking politeness

To work together

To state an order or a law

sounding badly or harsh

to develop to a higher level

A passage taken from a long piece of text

to feel around for something

To float or suspend over

to bump or push

someone who moves slow or lags behind

applause, enthusiastic praise

To make impossible, to shut out

to go back to

broken stone/brick, ruins

slave-like

a watch (often at night)

To argue in a noisy way, or to herd

Ridiculous or silly behavior

Declared openly and without shame; acknowledged

(v) to talk back and forth playfully; (n) talk that is playful and teasing

generous, plentiful

overcrowded; filled to capacity

harm, loss, disadvantage

sturdy, long-lasting

energetic, willing/able to start something new

economical, thrifty, avoiding waste or luxury

with extreme care or caution

more than enough, or too much

in disguise

to make useless, to take away all effect/power

well known, a legend

to cripple, disable, or injure

to make small

slanting, not straightforward

to change course/direction, to swerve

to regard with reverence/respect

reckless, irresponsible, heartless

To assign or distribute

To collect or assemble

Bold, adventurous, daring

To obey or go along with

lacking, not having

superior, better, upper-class

to come to terms with; to wrestle or fight with

to take away strength or ability

to urge on, stir up, or provoke

long life or duration

a lot, in great numbers

a point of view, how things appear

to bother, disturb, or confuse

immense, very large

connected or related to the topic at hand

very nervous or easily frightened

a rope or chain attached to something; to attach/fasten with a rope

together, as one

to compete or strive for

deliberate, done on purpose/according to one's will

Did you know that pressure from sunlight alone is sufficient to ______the orbit of a satellite travelling in the solar system?

Did you know that pressure from sunlight alone is sufficient to ______the orbit of a satellite travelling in the solar system?

This narrowness of _______tends to significantly limit clinical psychology's scope of research and practice.

The alien tribes people's hair was fine, silky soft, predominately black or silver, yet still with a(n) _______of other colors, and long.

We were plagued by a ______tiny flies.

The _________of my older family members (up to 99 years of age) has enabled my sisters and I to meet not only our great-grandparents, but most of their siblings and an aunt of my great-grandpa!

Be prudent and avoid a negative person who can _____a confrontation at work.

If he feels even remotely threatened, Shachar can take out all his enemies with punches, kicks, and even groin attacks in order to ____________ attackers to the point of near death.

And he's designed a special _________to lift log butts off the ground to snake them out instead of tearing up the forest floor by dragging them.

Individual members of Congress have also proposed a moratorium on companies moving offshore, to allow time to __________with the difficult question of reforming America's tax system.

To __________God a secondary place in life was, to me, inconceivable.

In some countries, only the ______can afford an education for their children.

It seems to me, based on poor monetary habits, that some people simply attend the university to _________ debt for themselves.

Not surprisingly, the pictures in this children's story book are ______of any real socio-political or historical content.

Fear will often force people to ___________with injust rules.

She was a _________letter writer. On overage, she would mail out 50 letters a day!

If you wish to change legislation, why don't you take it up with the __________ authority?

Usually he was not _______nor afraid of trains or engines, but today was an exception.

The curse _________ them to each other for the rest of their existences.

The cow had broken its _________and was in the cornfield.

She was arrested Monday on suspicion of voluntary manslaughter and causing ______harm to a child.