He enjoyed eating junk food and got very fat. He did not realize how much weight he would ____.
emphasize
influence
gain
exaggerate
I love strawberry jam and so I smear a lot of it on my toast. I use a knife to _____ it.
spread
quirk
result
serial
Teachers should point out how important education is. This is something that all teachers should ______.
emphasize
depict
character
elaborate
It's usually not polite to ______ at someone.
orient
point
narrative
matter
I do not watch a lot of television, but there is a police show that I watch every week. I enjoy watching that _____.
quirk
spread
serial
result
The modern artist's style of painting was different from a more traditional _______ approach.
theme
style
stylistic
surge
Historians don't know if the stories of King Arthur, a medieval king, are true or are just an imaginary ______.
narrative
point
orient
matter
Physicists know that everything that exists is made up of small particles of ______.
matter
point
narrative
orient
I studied hard for the test. My work paid off and I was pleased with the _____.
serial
quirk
result
spread
Teachers want be good role models and help students become good citizens. Teachers want to be a good _____.
emphasize
influence
exaggerate
gain
Leonardo da Vinci was a great artist. He could paint a portrait of any person he wanted to ____.
elaborate
character
depict
broad
The mission to the moon was detailed, complex and complicated. The mission was very ____.
elaborate
emphasize
broad
depict
A compass is a tool to find the north direction. To go in the right direction, you can use the compass to ____ yourself.
matter
orient
narrative
quirk
There were many imaginary people in the Star Wars movie. The villian in the movie was Darth Vader, who was a main _____.
elaborate
depict
character
broad
The lightning storm caused an electrical _____ that broke our computer.
theme
stylistic
style
surge
The security guard was very big and muscular, and his shoulders were very ______.
character
depict
broad
elaborate
We soon noticed that the alien's behavior was strange. For example, catching and eating flies was a digusting _____.
quirk
point
orient
narrative
The fairytale was about happiness in a magical land. The story had a fantasy ______.
theme
stylistic
surge
spread
He has had many adventures, but he makes his experiences sound more amazing than they really were. He tends to _____.
emphasize
elaborate
depict
exaggerate
The boys wanted to be mixed martial artists, so they studied many kinds of fighting. They studied more than one ______.
style
theme
stylistic
surge