Vocabulary #4

Weeds grew (a)   in the garden, making it look more like a jungle than a vegetable patch.

There was a shocking (a)   of marshmallows at the campfire, leaving everyone roasting sticks instead.

Despite pleas for mercy, the (a)   math teacher gave the class extra homework over the weekend.

Miss Keck's students love to waste time at the beginning of class by asking her pointless, (a)   questions to try to distract her from starting her lesson.

The basketball player threw up his hands in shock when the ref failed to call the (a)   foul made by the other team.

Despite the tempting smell of fresh-baked cookies, Benny’s (a)   kept him from stealing even a crumb.

It was an (a)   mistake to put ketchup on ice cream, but Tommy did it anyway.

Under (a)   by the intense detective work of his mom, Bob finally admitted that he ate the last donut.

With a look of (a)   , the squirrel pretended to share the acorn but quickly scurried away with it.

Jenny was so (a)   after losing her sock in the dryer that she started writing it a goodbye letter.