Vocab Review - September 2024

"It is unfathomable that the student read thirty books this quarter." - Unfathomable means...

• Hard or impossible to believe

• Strange but not completely unusual

• Boring and not impressive

• Colorful and creative

"They approached the cat gingerly, trying not to scare him." - Gingerly means...

• Doing something that is dangerous.

• Doing something that is difficult.

• Doing something carefully.

• Doing something aggressively.

"He was dogged about achieving all A's this quarter." - Dogged means...

• Hiding the truth from people

• Connecting things together

• Stubbornly never giving up

• Having an attitude

"I had a premonition that tomorrow would be a bad day." - Premonition means...

• A destructive force.

• A bad feeling about the future.

• A positive outlook on life.

• A hidden meaning about the past.

"Dally behaved roguishly at the drive-in." - Roguish means...

• Finding the correct way to act

• Behaving in a safe, cautious way

• Extremely dangerous

• Mischievous in a flirting way

"After winning the game, he nonchalantly went to work on something else." - Nonchalant means...

• Finding that things are very difficult

• Casual or calm behavior

• Feeling nervous or anxious

• Having a new way to do something

"Ponyboy was sheepish after he saw how Dally acted at the drive-in." - Sheepish means...

• Smart and intelligent

• Hidden and secretive

• Embarrassed and ashamed

• Excited and having fun

"I got in trouble for something the whole class was doing, so I felt indignant." - Indignant means...

• Feeling bored because it is not exciting

• Feeling excited because something great happened

• Feeling sad because of something depressing

• Feeling annoyed because of something unfair

"Students often try to elude their homework." - Elude means...

• Escape in a sneaky way

• Work on something effectively

• Help others when they struggle

• Disrespect to others

"She looked at his messy room contemptuously." - Contemptuously means...

• With admiration or praise.
• Looking at something with disgust.

• With indifference or neutrality.
• With joy or excitement.