3rd Quarter Vocabulary Test

The bank robbery was over so fast it was practically ​ (a)   . The guilty (b)   ran straight to the waiting van because a fast getaway was his number one ​ (c)   .

• instantaneous
• culprit
• priority
• meager
• wistful
• prevail

manipulate

• Influence or control someone or something

• Acting against something; opposing

• A faint light

• Surround and completely cover something

Move or back away

• recede

• libel

• meager

• dawdle

Showing poor manners and behavior; rude

• Uncouth

• Manipulate

• Libel

• Exalted

Large in body; sturdy

• Burly

• Exalted

• Wistful

• Instantaneous

Brighten or freshen up; restore

• refurbish

• dawdle

• exalted

• elaborate

Protect from harm or loss (often used in reference to the environment or culture)

• conserve

• manipulate

• refurbish

• engulf

Wonderful or marvelous

• prodigious

• onset

• recede

• libel

Having a feeling of longing or yearning for something is called being ​ (a)   .

• wistful
• adverse
• abominable
• burly
• exalted

We knew the screaming in the locker room was coming from the ​ (a)   boys who always tend to ​ (b)   and take 30 minutes to get changed after practice.

• boisterous
• dawdle
• nonconformist
• authorize
• glimmer
• amble