Small Steps 3-5 Vocab

Because the power is out, we will ___________ have to use flashlights to see.

• temporarily

• indignation

• phlegm

• still

When Peg first found out that she had three types of polio, she was in a state of _________.

• scalded

• despair

• coaxed

• diaphragm

Peg and her parents were _________ when the mean nurse refused to turn Peg.

• indignant

• vowed

• scalded

• despair

Peg _______ that she would walk again for Dr. Bevis.

• indignation

• plunked

• protested

• vowed

It is hard to clear your throat from _______ when you have a cold.

• snot

• despair

• phlegm

• coax

The nice nurse _______ Peg to drink fluids when she was still in the oxygen tent.

• coaxed

• temporarily

• protested

• phlegm

Peg's _______ was so weak that she had to breathe deep from her belly.

• diaphragm

• legs

• contagious

• head

When Peg's mom and dad wanted to bring Peg a milkshake, the nurse ________ because Peg's chart said "no milk".

• indignation

• vowed

• protested

• scalded

When Peg received the hot pack treatments, she felt as if the hot packs _________ her skin.

• scalded

• spoiled

• plunked

• diaphragm

The nurse was _________ the hot packs carelessly onto Peg's back.

• plunking

• coaxing

• indignation

• temporarily