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| Stephanie, always a ____ person, offered to stay with her grandparents on Saturday night rather than go out with her friends. | compassionate (adj) |
| It took ____ strength, but Malcolm was able to lift the 500 pound bag of cattle feed into the back of the pickup. | brute (adj) |
| There are many who have claimed to have seen an ____ of Phyllis in the old Bernardsville Public Library. Her ghost is the talk of the town. | apparition (n) |
| Ms. Rez's literacy students kicked up a _____ reply when she assigned homework over the long weekend. | raucous (adj) |
| Jack was such a ____ ; he was much larger than the other guys and threatened them with his iron fists whenever he could catch them alone in the locker room. | brute (n) |
| Grandma gave her ___ ; we cousins would be allowed to use her beach house for the long Memorial Day weekend without adult supervision. | assent (n) |
| Crevasse, an extraordinary magician, creates ____ that trick people into believing that he can disappear and reappear with the wave of a wand. | illusions (n) |
| Although the Smithsons wanted a _____ pattern of stone pieces on their kitchen floor, they decided against it when they discovered that it would cost a fortune compared to a regular pattern. | random (adj) |
| Ben and Barb ___ the canoe onto their shoulders and headed for the shore of the lake where they planned on spending the day paddling the perimeter. | hoisted (v) |
| Judy had her eye on a vintage bicycle that she wanted to purchase, but she would have to ____ her time until the price dipped down a little bit; the $800.00 price tag was a few hundred over her limit. | bide (inf - verb at rest) |
| Washington Park was filled with old ____ who occupied the park benches and spat invectives at the joggers; these women really need to get a life. | crones (n) |
| Jennifer ____ stopped in the middle of her dance routine and ran off the stage; no one could possibly imagine what possessed her to do such a thing. | abruptly (adv) |
| The teacher performed ____ for her students every day, creating enjoyable games and activities; but alas the students could have cared less! | gyrations (n) |
| The two pit bulls gave a ____ look at the burglar and convinced him to drop the goods and retreat. | menacing (adj) |
| On a ___, I bought a lime green Vespa scooter; my husband thought that I had lost my mind and asked, "Are you thinking of moving to Rome"? | whim (n) |
| Annie and Sarah were ___ to the principal's office; Ms. Banister would be addressing their fresh, disrespectful behavior to the bus driver. | summoned (v) |
| If I don't have a cup of tea within minutes of waking, my disposition can be down right ____; the surly attitude will leave, however, once the tea has been consumed. | churlish (adj) |
| Betty ____ a plan for the new nursing home that she wanted to build; she was a young doctor specializing in geriatrics. | devised (v) |
| Mary and Robin's first apartment was in the ___ of the Easton Avenue Apartments; there was not a window in the place. | bowels (n) |
| Susan had to endure the taunts of her classmates whenever she wore her mother's old clothes and ___ her time for an opportunity to get back at them. | bided (v) |
| My mom gave her _____, and I was then allowed to attend the concert. | assent (n) |
| William sees frightening ___ in the eyes of the dragon that guards Alastor's stronghold. | illusions (n) |
| There was no particular method used for selection; students were selected on a ___basis to attend first period lunch. | random (adj) |
| Alastor feels that Calendar is just an old ___ and brushes her aside; he does not consider her to be a threat. | crone (n) |
| Mr. Beam ___ the flag to half staff in honor of the fallen soldiers in Iraq. | hoisted (v) |
| The ___ cries of the crows woke us at five o'clock this morning. | raucous (adj) |
| The magical forest was full of ____ , and one ghost in particular, of Sir Simon's horse Moonlight, lured Sir Simon off the path. | apparitions (n) |
| Mother Theresa was a hard-working and ____ individual, who dedicated her life to helping the poor and sick people of Calcutta. | compassionate (adj) |
| His ____ strength helped him to hoist the heavy sacks of cement onto the truck. | brute (adj) |
| After Lori ___ the one hundred pound bags of feed into the back of the truck, she felt completely weakened. | hoisted (v) |
| Ricky's grandmother was known as The ___ ; she was old and ugly and had straggly black hair. | Crone (n) |
| Winnie the Pooh was starving; he had squandered his honey supply and now was seeing ghostly ___ of bees, bee hives, and honey pots dripping with the golden sweet syrupy liquid. | apparitions (n) |
| In the middle of a lesson on long division, Jimmy called out, "Hey, did you see that melons are on sale at the Shop Rite?" That's so ____ . | random (adj) |
| Isabelle had to ___ her time waiting for The Jackson Five concert tickets; they were such a popular group and most concerts were completely sold out. | bide (inf - verb at rest) |
| The rats crawled freely in the __ of the ship; no one wanted to venture below deck. | bowels (n) |
| Today we had to ___ a plan to save energy for our end of the year environmental science project. | devise (v) |
| The children were at friends' houses for playdates, so I ___ all my girlfriends for an impromtu afternoon coffee and cake party. | summoned (v) |
| Captain Squid thought he had seen it all, but never had he seen such a ___ monster as the thirty-foot shark that was circling his boat. | menacing (adj) |
| Superduck used his super powers, learned from Merlin himself, to __ one hundred undead rabid chipmunks. | summon (v) |
| Paco Sanchez hid in the ___ of the El Grande Apartments while playing hide-and-go-seek with his friend Jesse. | bowels (n) |
| Cole's birthday party guests were so ___ that neighbors near and far called to complain about the loud noise. | raucous (adj) |
| The cheerleaders were famous for their synchronized ___; for some, it was a pleasure to watch and for others it was a ticket to a dizzy spell. | gyrations (n) |
| Thane ____ the metal with a diluted acid solution. | etched (v) |
| The Apple Store ___ my name on the back of the my iPod Touch. | etched (v) |
| We will not soon forget Hitler's brutal ___ . | tyranny (n) |
| Her __ was legendary; no one wanted to take Miss French's computer class; she screamed and belittled her students constantly. | tyranny (n) |
| Their ___ faces said much about the hard lives they endured. | wizened (adj) |
| Calendar's ___ face cracked into a smile as she watched William tour the leaden gallery. | wizened (adj) |
| Samantha added her voice to the __ in the cafeteria over the burnt pizza. | tumult (n) |
| After years of political __ , the Haitian government settled down to years of peace and compromise. | tumult (n) |
| wait until the storm ___ , and then we'll go for a sail. | subsides (v) |
| The volcano is slowly ___ , so soon we'll be able to hike up to the brim and peer into its fiery mouth. | subsiding (v) |
| Sounds of __ issued into the night. | revelry (n) |
| A night of __ was planned for capture of the State Championship. | revelry (n) |
| She shut her eyes in __ at the sight of the destruction after the tsunami. | anguish (n) |
| Philippe cried in __ when he saw the images of his beloved Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. | anguish (n) |
