The events for the conference were listed in chronological order. They began with the first event of the day and ended with the closing ceremonies in the evening. What does chronological mean?
What is in order?
100
The boy sent a venomous, not loving, look in Max's direction. What does venomous mean?
What is spiteful, hateful?
100
Projectiles include those items that are shot forward such as a cannon shell, bullet, or rocket. What is a projectile?
What is something shot forward?
100
The sun made the lake water shimmer. What does shimmer mean?
What is sparkle or shine?
100
He walked nonchalantly to his next class, unlike the other students who were racing to get there. What does nonchalantly mean?
What is easy going, uncaring, chill, relaxed
200
No matter what is going on in Mary's life, she always remains nonchalant, or calm. What does nonchalant mean?
What is calm
200
We should be careful not to ostracize those who are different from us. It is much better for all if we are welcoming to everyone. What does ostracize mean?
What is exclude, leave out?
200
Animals from the equine group, such as horses and zebras, are hoofed mammals. What does equine mean?
What is horse, horse related?
200
My opponent hopes he finishes the 100-yard dash before me so he can win the gold medal. What does opponent mean?
What is challenger?
200
The graduation will commence at 7:00 and end at 9:30. What does commence mean?
What is start, begin?
300
A melancholy sadness fell over the crowd after hearing shocking news. What does melancholy mean?
What is depressed or sad
300
The lead dog was so incompetent that he had to be replaced by one that was more useful to the pack! What does incompetent mean?
What is useless
300
Confections such as cake, candy, and sweets should be eaten in small amounts. Confections are?
What are sweets, sweet foods, sugary foods?
300
The fish made my line twitch, so I gave it a pull. What does twitch mean?
What is jerk, move?
300
Mom was emphatically against the new taxes while dad was not sure how he felt. What does emphatically mean?
What is definitely, for sure
400
Terry was obstinate; she was being stubborn and refused to see any movie other than the one she wanted. What does obstinate mean?
What is stubborn?
400
Mark was pretty diffident when he was younger, but he's one of the most outgoing kids in class now. What does diffident mean?
What is shy
400
Josh was meticulous in his work as an artist. He took great pains to be detailed, precise, and thorough with all of hispaintings. What does meticulous mean?
What is careful?
400
When she began to jabber, everyone ignored her because they couldn't understand what she was saying anyway. What does Jabber mean?
What is speak quickly, hard to understand
400
The lemon had an acrid taste, unlike the chocolate chip cookie I had for lunch. What does acrid mean?
What is bitter?
500
The musical cadence was a delight. What does cadence mean?
What is rhythm
500
In court, Carl defended himself against the spurious accusations that he had robbed the local bank. The truth was revealed when the real crook was revealed. What does spurious mean?
What is false, untruthful
500
Many great orators such as Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, and James Madison laid the foundation for our constitution. What is an orator?
What is a speaker?
500
The runner was last in the race. He began to feel great duress to get ahead of the other racers. He needed to win to keep his standing in the sport. What does duress mean?
What is pressure?
500
The behavior in the classroom was calm, but the behavior in the cafeteria was obstreperous. What does obstreperous mean?