Lulu could not walk home, because an immense tree had fallen and blocked the entire road. "Immense" means...

When Kiki got a tiny papercut on her finger, she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor. "Melodramatic" means...

Her early interest in airplanes foreshadowed her later career as a pilot. "Foreshadowed" means...

The note he passed was meant for Julie, but it was intercepted by Jacob, who read it in a whisper to all his giggling friends. "Intercept" means...

A dog whistle makes a high-pitched sound that is only audible to dogs, so humans are not able to hear it. "Audible" means...

Alice noticed that the roses had withered when a dead petal fell into her cereal bowl. "Withered" means...

The Food Drive takes place biannually, once in December and once in May. "Biannual" means...

The stray kitten was fed a special formula with extra vitamins and nutrients to help it recover from malnutrition. "Malnutrition" means...

With the field torn up by the players' cleats, and a cold rain pouring down, conditions for the game were dismal. "Dismal" means...

The two girls responded in unison, "We didn't do anything!", which only made the principal more suspicious. "Unison" means...

Benji was confused, because the results of his experiment contradicted what he had learned in science class: instead of being drawn together, the magnets were pushed away. "Contradicted" means...

As Tommy walked home with the money he had stolen from the church in his pocket, powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach. He wished he could turn around and bring the money back. "Remorse" means...

When the mother came home, she was appalled at the state of the kitchen: flour all over the counters, egg yolks on the floor, and a mountain of dirty dishes in the sink. "Appalled" means...