Nouns
Adjectives
Verbs
More adjectives?!
Grab Bag
100
This might be what you see when someone attacks you strongly.
What is onslaught?
100
If someone is absolutely furious, you might describe them as this.
What is livid?
100
This word describes suppressing something, such as a riot.
What is quell?
100
If you are incredibly angry, you might act ____________ toward another person.
What is malignantly? (malignant)
100
Scout describes herself as being _________ from Jem and Dill the summer she starts visiting with Miss Maudie.
What is aloof?
200
When you are incredibly annoyed with your younger sister, you might feel this.
What is vexation?
200
A gentleman should always act in this manner.
What is gallant?
200
If your younger brother is afraid of monsters in the dark, you might give him a nightlight in order to do this to his fears.
What is assuage?
200
A storm looming on the horizon might thunder in this way.
What is ominously? (ominous)
200
Jem _____________ that he isn't afraid of the Radleys because he has walked past their house every day.
What is reckons?
300
If you have a very high reading level, you might have this thing toward book learning.
What is predilection?
300
A woman wearing a neon orange shirt with glittery unicorns might be described in this manner.
What is garish?
300
If a burly lumberjack swings his axe at a tree with all his might, he might have done this.
What is cleave?
300
A professor who spends an hour speaking in a monotone voice might be described as someone who lectures in this way.
What is tediously? (tedious)
300
When Scout pops out of the tire, she has to ___________ the nausea from the motion sickness.
What is quell?
400
This is when someone accepts that they might have lost something.
What is acquiescence?
400
There is no such thing as a ______________ motion machine, something which moves forever without outside assistance.
What is perpetual?
400
Many of your teachers will do this at length in discussing the importance of school for your future.
What is expound?
400
Someone who looks at your with suspicion might be looking at you in this way.
What is cynically? (cynical)
400
Atticus has to _____________ Mayella when she complains that he is making fun of her.
What is mollify?
500
If you get to know someone, eventually they become more than an _____________. (You will have to transform one of your words for this one.)
What is acquaintance?
500
If on your way to school you find a four leaf clover, a dollar in the street, and your friend has a surprise cup of coffee for you, you might feel this the day is this.
What is auspicious?
500
On Halloween, you might need to do this to any ghosts that linger around your house.
What is dispel?
500
Someone who gives vague answers that rarely make much sense might be someone who describes things in this way.
What is nebulously? (nebulous)
500
Early in the book, Scout describes how a general _____________ which direction is south by looking at some moss on a tree.
What is ascertains?