List 3 Vocab

The coach knew exactly who to go to when he came up with a new plan for the team: the player with the most __________.

• usurp

• ecstatic

• initiative

• teem

to feel bitter or indignant about

The flu was a ________ illness last year. Many people got sick.

The solder was quite _______, and was ready to take on the enemy at a moment's notice.

• belligerent

• haughty

• emaciated

• monotonous

Freshman orientation was ______ with nervous incoming ninth graders.

• emaciated

• succumbed

• benign

• teeming

Doing the dishes was a boring, _______ chore, and she loathed doing it every day.

• monotonous

• benign

• haughty

• belligerent

to use or manipulate to one's advantage

The vicious rumor that was spread around school about the girl will definitely ______ her reputation.

• succumb

• usurp

• sully

• teem

If your friends pressure you to do something you don't want to, and you give in to that pressure, you ______ to it.

• benign

• succumb

• resent

• formidable

kind in disposition or manner; harmless

• haughty

• sully

• exploit

• benign