Definition
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Use it in a sentence
100

What is the meaning of stifling? 

A. absurd and ridiculous

B. making one feel restricted

C. empty; lifeless                                

    

B. making one feel restricted

100

What is the meaning of scarcity?

being in short supply

100

What can make someone feel stifled? 

Something that makes one feel restricted

                                   


    

100

There is a ______ of paper so our teacher can't make photocopies. 

stifling • descendants • desolate • scarcity • forlorn • preposterous

                                   


    

scarcity

200

What is the meaning of descendants? 

A. a family line related to a single ancestor

B. absurd and ridiculous

C. empty; lifeless                                

   

A. a family line related to a single ancestor

200

What is the meaning of forlorn?

to be sad; hopeless

200

What is an example of something that is desolate?

Something that is empty; lifeless

200

My father and I are ________ of a French prince who lived three hundred years ago

stifling • descendants • desolate • scarcity • forlorn • preposterous

descendants

300

What is the meaning of desolate? 

A. empty, lifeless

B. absurd and ridiculous

C. being in short supply                              

   

A. empty, lifeless

300

What is the meaning of descendants?

a family line related to a single ancestor

300

What is something that can be in scarcity in a desert?

Something that is in short supply in a desert.

300

Maddy just told me aliens visited her house last night. That sounds ________________________.    

stifling • descendants • desolate • scarcity • forlorn • preposterous

                                   


    

                                   


    

preposterous

400

What is the meaning of scarcity? 

A. empty, lifeless

B. absurd and ridiculous

C. being in short supply

C. being in short supply

400

What is the meaning of stifling?

making one feel restricted

                                   


    

400

What can sound preposterous to others? (especially if they come up with rules)

Something that is absurd and ridiculous

400

The schoolyard looks ________________ during summer vacation because it's  empty.

stifling • descendants • desolate • scarcity • forlorn • preposterous 

                                   


    

    

desolate

500

What is the meaning of forlorn? 

A. empty, lifeless

B. making one feel restricted

C. to be sad; hopeless

C. to be sad; hopeless

500

What is the definition of preposterous?

absurd and ridiculous

                                   


    

500
Why might someone be forlorn?

Something makes someone feel sad or hopeless. 

500

Jamie looked _______________ after he received his report card because he got all failing grades.

stifling • descendants • desolate • scarcity • forlorn • preposterous 

                                   


    


    

forlorn

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