I don’t want the teacher to ____ me for being late again, so I’m setting the alarm for a half hour earlier.

After Rachel exhibited ____ behavior at the football game, she was banned from future events.

Despite the fact that you used an ____ method to solve the problem, somehow you managed to arrive at the correct solution.

Fear can ____ your ability to react properly in an emergency.

The team proved it was not ____ when it lost the last game of the season.

Getting arrested was a ____ of unfortunate circumstances the parolee had tried to avoid.

The vinegar in the sauce was ____ and ruined the taste of the steak.

My donation is going to the local soup kitchen because I know it will use the funds to ____ food to the homeless.

Mark is an ____ juggler who can easily manager four flaming batons in the air without dropping one.

The yard looks incredibly ____ without any plants.

My teenage son stopped asking me to ____ him when he realized the ruling would require him to pay his own bills.

Fuel suppliers will ____ the national oil shortage by raising prices to increase their bottom lines.

When the professor misplaced his notecards, he found it difficult to give an ____ lecture.

After a stressful day of school, I am going to enjoy a ____ walk through the quiet park.

The ____ of the international health organization summarizes the group’s purpose.

Since there are so many rocks on the island, the terrain is extremely ____.

The ____ woman wanted to get a psychic reading even though she didn’t believe that people could see the future.

Because the roofer performed a ____ repair job, we had a leak in the kitchen within hours.

Despite its size, the ____ robot was able to lift over three hundred pounds.

SYNONYM: yearn, aim for, soar

ANTONYM: disregard

SYNONYM: reprimand, chastise

ANTONYM: praise, approve

SYNONYM: low, cheap, detestable

ANTONYM: praiseworthy, commendable

SYNONYM: undersized, miniature, tiny

ANTONYM: gigantic, huge, enormous

SYNONYM: mistaken, all wrong

ANTONYM: accurate, correct

SYNONYM: injure, disable, cripple

ANTONYM: improve, strengthen, promote

SYNONYM: unconquerable

ANTONYM: vulnerable

SYNONYM: swamp, bog, slough

ANTONYM: paradise, scenic

SYNONYM: brash, protruding

ANTONYM: reserved, recesed

SYNONYM: furnish, submit, effect

ANTONYM: retract, remove

DEFINITION: thoroughly skilled; an expert

DEFINITION: bare, dreary, dismal

DEFINITION: to free from slavery; to release or liberate

DEFINITION: to make improper use of for personal profit

DEFINITION: made or delivered on the spur of the moment

DEFINITION: drooping; without energy, sluggish

DEFINITION: an introduction to a speech or piece of writing

DEFINITION: rough, irregular; severe, stern

DEFINITION: inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true

DEFINITION: untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; clareless, sloppy