Powerful Vocabulary Lesson 5

It is _________ to say “thank you” for a gift.

• radiant

• courteous

• brash

• somber

Everyone stared when Lewis arrived wearing a(n) _________ weather-beaten bear-skin coat.

• outlandish

• serene

• overcast

• brash

The water was so_______ you could see ten feet down to the bottom.

• overcast

• exotic

• radiant

• transparent

The group returned on a damp, dark, ________ day in September.

• sparse

• brash

• overcast

• radiant

The _______ wooden bridge swung beneath their feet, terrifying them at every step.

• explosive

• treacherous

• courteous

• radiant

The battered houses were in a(n) _________ state after the hailstorm.

• overcast

• frightful

• solitary

• brash

The dry grass was thin and_________ , with many bare patches.

• sparse

• exotic

• transparent

• solitary

The _______and cocky rider leaped upon the horse bareback and galloped wildly away.

• serene

• outlandish

• brash

• solitary

The ______ pony only came up to his waist.

• miniature

• explosive

• frightful

• courteous

The general’s temper was _________ ; he would burst out yelling without warning.

• sparse

• explosive

• somber

• outlandish