Observe: The teacher stopped the students after she OBSERVED them running in the hall.

Brilliant: Vince had to put his sunglasses on because the rays of the sun were so BRILLIANT.

Singe: The iron was so hot that Martha SINGED her shirt while ironing it.

Coax: After the bird escaped, Chris tried to COAX it back into the cage with treats.

Conclude: After finding crumbs all over Spot's bed, mom CONCLUDED that the dog had eaten all the cookies.

Straggle: Vinnie thought that the run would be so easy, but after he got about 1 mile into it, he started to STRAGGLE behind all the other runners.

Wretched: Alice woke up feeling WRETCHED. She was covered with sweat and had a bad headache.

Bewilder: John was BEWILDERED when he saw the math teacher writing letters on the board that were to be added and multiplied. Aren't we in math class?

Murmur: On the way to her room after just having been grounded, Tom MURMURED something under his breath.

Absurd: Bob thought that Jose's ideas about their substitute teacher being an alien were ABSURD

Ignorant: Bob never realized how IGNORANT he had been about cooking until he lived alone and had no idea how to make his meals

Haughty: Megan did not like the new girl because she was rich, HAUGHTY and kept her nose in the air like she was better than everyone.

Substantial: After receiving the smallest piece of pizza at the party, Kevin was disappointed. He had hoped for a more SUBSTANTIAL piece.