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  • Wretched: Alice woke up feeling WRETCHED. She was covered with sweat and had a bad headache.
    happy
    horrible
    fine
  • Remedy: The richest man in town was losing his hearing and he offered a large reward to anyone could find a REMEDY for his condition
    bandaid
    door
    fix
  • Ignorant: Bob never realized how IGNORANT he had been about cooking until he lived alone and had no idea how to make his meals
    not knowing
    hungry
    smart
  • Observe: The teacher stopped the students after she OBSERVED them running in the hall.
    jumped
    yelled
    saw
  • 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.
    dirty
    friendly
    stuck up
  • Peculiar: Since it was a school day, she thought it was PECULIAR that she saw no children on the street during her drive to work
    odd
    nice
    normal
  • Gradual: Alice was not happy learning French in such a GRADUAL way. She wanted to learn it all immediately.
    difficult
    slow
    fast
  • Substantial: After receiving the smallest piece of pizza at the party, Kevin was disappointed. He had hoped for a more SUBSTANTIAL piece.
    tasty
    smaller
    bigger
  • Haste: We can still make it to the movie on time if we make HASTE!
    speed
    forget it
    slow down
  • Unpleasant: Brian felt that Ms Golding was much more UNPLEASANT than usual and he suspected that she did not have her coffee this morning.
    not happy
    smiling
    happy
  • 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?
    confused
    smart
    hungry
  • Outcast: If a wolf refuses to help its pack hunt, it becomes an OUTCAST and must go on alone.
    friend
    rabbit
    reject
  • 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.
    speed up
    get behind
    give up
  • Native: Although most of the students came from different countries, Mark was a NATIVE of the town, born and raised
    foreigner
    smart
    local
  • Confiscate: Joanne's mother came up to the school to get the cell phone the teacher had CONFISCATED
    charged
    used
    taken
  • Impatient: After waiting hours for his call for two nights in a row, Carol grew IMPATIENT with Jack and decided that she would call him first
    smart
    not wanting to wait
    curious
  • Discard: Dad had no need for the broken air conditioner, so he DISCARDED it on the corner by the trash
    threw it out
    folded
    ate
  • Dreary: The kids wanted to go to the park today, but it was raining, dark and just an overall DREARY day.
    sunny
    bright
    dull
  • Absurd: Bob thought that Jose's ideas about their substitute teacher being an alien were ABSURD
    correct
    ridiculous
    important
  • Enormous: After taking the test, Frank felt as though an ENORMOUS amount of work had been finished.
    huge
    small
    easy
  • CONSUME: John was so hungry that he CONSUMED the muffin and went back for a second.
    threw away
    cooked
    ate
  • Quarrel: Max was sick of QUARRELING with his wife about money when all he wanted was to enjoy her company.
    fighting
    eating
    singing
  • Content: While others eat eggs, pancakes and bacon for breakfast, Mike was CONTENTwith a piece of toast and a glass of orange juice.
    scared
    disgusted
    satisfied
  • Conclude: After finding crumbs all over Spot's bed, mom CONCLUDED that the dog had eaten all the cookies.
    walked
    saw
    understood
  • Brilliant: Vince had to put his sunglasses on because the rays of the sun were so BRILLIANT.
    dark
    bright
    rainy
  • Fortunate: Because he had such good friends and family, Malcolm considered himself FORTUNATE in life.
    upset
    blessed
    hungry
  • Coax: After the bird escaped, Chris tried to COAX it back into the cage with treats.
    hold
    forget
    guide
  • Severe: Most people feared the king because his rulings were final and his punishments were painful and SEVERE.
    strong
    colorful
    weak
  • Obedient: Unlike her older brother Jerome, who stayed out all hours of the night, Kate OBEDIENTLY followed the curfew her parents set.
    respectfully
    sleepily
    unruly
  • Singe: The iron was so hot that Martha SINGED her shirt while ironing it.
    folded
    dirtied
    burnt
  • Murmur: On the way to her room after just having been grounded, Tom MURMURED something under his breath.
    yelled
    looked at
    whispered
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