Behavior Words
Verbs
Descriptives
Actions
Hodge Podge
100
Someone who is shy might display either of these types of behavior.
reticence (connotes discretion, avoidance of saying too much) or diffidence (connotes timidity or self-effacement)
100
If you absolutely cannot finish your essay by the due date, you might ____________ your teacher for an extension.
entreat
100
When the teacher is tired and overworked, she can be ________, impatient, and downright rude.
surly
100
Her _______________ of the principles of the school led to her being fired immediately, as the Board of Directors does not take kindly to criticism of that sort.
denunciation
100
Something that is old and well used but not well cared for may well be...
dilapidated
200
A generous and noble person can be said to be...
magnanimous
200
If your teacher does not grant you the extension, you might disguise yourself and ___________ her in the parking lot, giving her a concussion so that she will forget all about the assignment.
assail
200
She thought her brother was ____________ because he couldn't understand the joke she thought was glaringly obvious.
obtuse
200
His penury led to his illness, and his ____________ was severe and nearly insurmountable.
affliction
200
If you are speaking the language of a particular field of study, you are probably using...
jargon
300
A timid person who generally doesn't like to speak in front of people has this quality.
diffidence
300
In private you might ___________ your teacher for giving you so many assignments and not allowing an extension, but in person, you would never let her know you thought she was evil.
execrate
300
Her interest in the new girl was ____________; it turned out she really only wanted an invitation to the girl's Bat Mitzvah party.
spurious
300
The teacher's joke, although bad, caused such a ______________ of laughter in the student that she actually expelled through her nose the milk she had been drinking.
paroxysm
300
If you don't like doing homework--I mean really don't like doing homework--you are _____________ to homework.
averse
400
Parents of toddlers and teenagers need this quality in order to maintain their sanity and their even tempers.
forbearance
400
The sheer volume of homework was enough to ___________ even the most easy going students.
rankle
400
Those ______________ rumors about our sponsors are threatening to end our friendly alliance.
pernicious
400
The student's dutiful efforts and strong work ethic earned the teacher's ______________.
approbation
400
The Board of Directors decided that continuing to keep the surly, difficult teacher in her position as Head of the English Department was _____________, so they fired her.
untenable
500
A passionate person might display...
vehemence
500
In order to win that extension you desire, you might try to _____________ the teacher with the sheer brilliance of your eloquent argument.
enthrall
500
That ______________student is always trying to kiss up to the teachers in order to get a better grade.
obsequious
500
The sudden ______________ of her circumstances caused her extreme embarrassment, and she tried to hide the fact that she was now living in a homeless shelter.
degradation
500
I will make an ___________ to you: I hereby admit that the ______________ and repugnant deed--the assigning of pages and pages of homework--was indeed the work of evil forces beyond my control. I am ____________ by my own admission, but, despite my shame, I must admit the truth.
avowal; odious (could also be pernicious); abashed
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