Mallory visits the library often. Everyone says she's a real "bookworm".

No one suspected that Jerry was a spy. On the surface he behaved like any normal citizen. When his covert activity was discovered and announced to the world, we were all shocked. Covert means: 

Kasey studied each day but never was able to get top scores. Her parents were still proud and told her she got an "A for effort".

If you put you car in reverse, it will move backward. What does reverse mean?

My uncle resides in Illinois. He has lived there all his life. What does resides mean?

“I am going to rescind the permission I gave for you to use my toys," T. J. announced angrily. I thought you would take good care of them, but I was wrong!” Rescind means: 

The teacher found five spelling errors on my test. I was disappointed because I didn't want to make any mistakes. What does errors mean?

Connie is never happy when everyone is getting along. She always instigates fights and then acts like little Miss Innocent. When you instigate something, you __________. 

When I brought a heavy volcano project to school, I asked Jake to "give me a hand".

Keisha wanted to do well on the spelling test. She knew that if she "passed with flying colors", she might make the spelling bee team.

Before Sophia accepted her new job, she asked what her annual salary would be. The manager told Sophia she would make about $25,000 a year. What does annual mean?

James was worried about the science text. He knew he would have to "hit the books" to do well.

Sophie likes to read on a Kindle, but her brother is "old school" and prefers books you can hold.