Pensively means to be in deep thought, thoughtful, or dreamily in thought.

Raucous means

Emaciated means

If a food is bland it has a lot of flavor.

Disdainfully means that you are showing someone great respect.

Intermingled means

If something is spindly it is long, tall, and thin.

A veranda is a roofed platform along the outside of a building.

Ominously means

A chignon is like a bun or small wrapping of hair at the back of the head.

Reverberated means

If something is dismal it is happy and cheerful.

Feigned means

Morosely means

Emphatic means to express something clearly or insistently.

Sufficiently means

Ambled means

Malevolently means

Listlessly means you are full of energy.

Resiliency means

Someone who is formidable inspires fear or respect and is impressive in size or power.

Imperiously means that you are arrogant, domineering, and assuming all the power.

Dubious means

Synonyms for verge would include brink, edge, threshold.

Wheedle means

A mercantile is like a general store.

Promenading means

If you are indignant you are showing happiness and kindness because of proper treatment from someone or something.

A formidable character in our novel is

Cassie was on the _____ of telling her Mama and Big Ma what really happened to the bus.

Little Man was ______ about how bad the books were.

The Logan kids grew ____ quiet after hearing about the Berry Family.

Little Man was always ____ neat and never wanted to be dirty.

T.J. often found himself in _____ situations that made him make bad decisions.

Cassie was a bit _____ after her encounter with Lillian Jean in Strawberry because she could not really believe how unfairly she was treated by someone her own age.

The kids sat _____ through the lesson.

The clown that ran through the hallways during school caused a _____ and disrupted the classes.

During the chapel time the high school students _____ with the elementary students so they could get to know them better.

T.J. was an ____ looking boy because his family did not have a lot of money to buy food.

Cassie was not happy that T.J. managed to _____ his way back on to Stacey’s good side after the cheating incident at school.

The students in the class had ______ excitement over the news of a pop quiz.

The little boy ____ by the toy store window that was full of toys.

T.J.’s family did not have a______supply of food so the kids were very thin and malnourished.

The young child_____obeyed his mother when she said he could not have candy and Mt. Dew for breakfast.

Mama wore her hair in a _______.

Lillian Jean acted______ towards Cassie in Strawberry.

The young lady _____ answered the question.

He______came up with a plan to punish them.

Beautiful flowers grew on the______of the buildings.

The_____in Strawberry was a popular place to go to get supplies that were needed.

The dark clouds hung ______ from the sky making us wonder if a tornado was headed our way.

The family was______through the town looking at the Christmas lights.

The girl looked _______ at her test grade because she did not do as well as she had hoped she would.

The______of the rubber band was amazing, no matter what it went back to its original shape.

The tree has several long ______ branches that hang over the road.