Which word in the following sentence can be replaced with one of your Quarter 3 Vocabulary Words?
The night guard kept a watchful eye on the museum.
watchful - vigilant
The player committed such a _______ foul that both coaches had to come out on the floor to break up the scuffle.
flagrant
Due to possible thunderstorms, the baseball team will practice on a _______ schedule.
tentative
Some might say the signatories _______ when it came to signing the Declaration of Independence. The document was created in June, but it wasn't signed by all members until July 4, 1776.
dawdled
motive, stimulus
incentive
Which word in the following sentence can be replaced with one of your Quarter 3 Vocabulary Words?
The gardener remarked, "Flowers start to bloom this time of year."
bloom - flourish
Riley yelled at Tyler not to _______ up the floor with the ball, as he was taking his time and looking out at the crowd.
dawdle
People sometimes forget that meteorologists are _______ and don't always predict the future.
fallible
The Space Race was a _______, 20th-century competition between two Cold War adversaries, the Soviet Union and the United States. Both were trying to achieve superior spaceflight capability at the same time.
simultaneous
obvious, glaring
flagrant
Which word in the following sentence can be replaced with one of your Quarter 3 Vocabulary Words?
The compliant dog listened to his owner's command and sat on the sidewalk.
compliant - docile
#15 Saint Peter's _______ bench of players jumped for joy as the clock sounded. They had just upset #2 Kentucky.
exuberant
"April showers bring May flowers" means that all of the rainstorms in April help the flowers to _______ in May.
flourish
Many _______ are named after Thomas Jefferson today, such as a hospital, university, bank, and high school.
affiliation
unconfirmed, not set in stone
tentative
Which word in the following sentence can be replaced with one of your Quarter 3 Vocabulary Words?
Mr. Nolen told his friends a funny narrative about a situation that happened during school.
narrative - anecdote
After transferring from Kentucky to Alabama, the player began to _______ on and off of the court.
flourish
The tornado _______ most of the houses, buildings, yards, and crops in the small town.
eradicated
Ben Franklin's eyesight was deteriorating over time, so he sought to _______ the problem by inventing the "bifocals."
eradicate
copacetic
Which word in the following sentence can be replaced with one of your Quarter 3 Vocabulary Words?
As the main witness of the crash, Pat concluded that the main reason for the accident was pure carelessness coming from the driver on the left.
carelessness - negligence
Now that NCAA athletes can accept money, many players have worked with various _______s, such as car companies, clothing brands, and charities.
affiliations
The frequent storms and power outages served as a(n) _______ for people to go out and buy candles, water bottles, and even generators.
incentive
George Washington made sure all of his troops were _______ before advancing across the Delaware River.
copacetic
union, corperation
affiliation