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100

If I needed to read something again, I would need to _______________ it.

reread

100

To do something skillfully (like drive a car, fly a plane, swing a bat)

maneuver

100

Something you'd look through to be able to see better...also known as eyeglasses

spectacles

100

If I am retelling a story, it should be in whose words?

my own

100

You walk in with funky feet. You walk out with feet worth showing off. You just got a _______________!

pedicure

200

That basketball player must be the ________________ in the world, standing at 7'7"!!

tallest

200

When someone has been freed, they've been ______________________.

emancipated

200

I especially like being one of these at an Ohio State football game!

spectator

200

If the narrator of the story is a character in the story, the story is written from this point of view.

First person

200

The wall was an ______________ to me continuing my journey on the path.

impediment

300

Oh man, I totally judged that situation wrong, I must have ________________ it.

misjudged

300

The thief was wearing these when put into the cop car.

manacles

300

While you wear spectacles on your eyes, this similar word is something crazy or exciting you see with your eyes

spectacle

300

This could be a picture, example, definition, etc and its purpose is to support a main idea.

detail

300

My Fitbit is this.

pedometer

400

If I unearth something, that means I'm doing what?

digging it up

400

Whew! We use this word when we talk about building something by hand. The work was ____________

manual

400

If I say cats are the worst pet, and you say cats are the best pet, we both have a different _________________.

perspective

400

When I'm trying to figure out the central message or lesson from a story, I am trying to determine its ______________________

theme

400

This person is the one you see at the light, just waiting to cross the street.

pedestrian

500

If I was a liar, someone could accuse me of being __________________.

dishonest

500

A command issued

mandate

500

When someone is studying something or looking at it in great detail.

inspect

500

The turning point in a story is called this.

climax

500

People who are hiking across Egypt to view various pyramids are on an ________________________.

expedition

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