Per. 5/6 Short Story Vocab

Question 1

Kourtney ____ swept her hair into a perfect french braid in under 30 seconds.

Accepted Answer

deftly

Question 2

Mya approached the _____ house with ______; she'd lost a bet & had no choice but to touch the creepy abandoned building.

Accepted Answer

untenanted; resignation

Question 3

Jayden was frustrated that his renovation project could not move forward with approval from a town _____.

Accepted Answer

bureaucrat

Question 4

Yerick was ____ about training daily for the American Ninja Warrior course; his only goal was to win.

Accepted Answer

diligent

Question 5

Jada _____ the crumbled note on her desk which turned out to be an elaborate promposal by an admirer.

Accepted Answer

unfurled

Question 6

Ryan was written up for his _____ behavior after he stole all of Mrs. G's Pokemon cards and sold them on Ebay!

Accepted Answer

insolent

Question 7

Maggie maintained an impressive _____ while presenting the artwork to the entire gallery of critics.

Accepted Answer

poise

Question 8

Kourtney waved _____ to Lauren and Julia as she realized on the first day of school that they were in her class.

Accepted Answer

genially

Question 9

The second the vocab quiz was over, Danielle's knowledge of the words ____ from her brain immediately.

Accepted Answer

evanesced

Question 10

Jayden's ____ expression helped calm his classmates who were extremely anxious about the reading check.

Accepted Answer

stolid

Question 11

Julia didn't like her school desk, so she carted around a fancy ____ one to each of her classes.

Accepted Answer

mahogany

Question 12

Paige lay ____ in the sand after being forced to spend the day at the beach, a place she hated.

Accepted Answer

listlessly

Question 13

After spraying her perfume on herself 20+, the scent of Anella's perfume ____ every corner of the classroom.

Accepted Answer

suffused

Question 14

Mrs. G. tried to ____ the class how amazing Harry Potter was, but most of them could not be convinced.

Accepted Answer

convey

Question 15

Alexa _____ pursued the LAST Beanie Baby she was missing from her collection; she would get it no matter what!

Accepted Answer

doggedly

Question 16

Matt sat, _____, as Lauren told the most intriguing story about a REAL unicorn she once saw in her backyard.

Accepted Answer

rapt

Question 17

Tomasz, believing himself _____, took on Michael's challenge to a medieval duel with confidence.

Accepted Answer

infallible

Question 18

Paige made _____ plans with Zeb after school because she wasn't sure if she had a doctor's appointment or not that day.

Accepted Answer

tentative

Question 19

Zeb tried hard not to fall asleep as Yerick _____ about quantum physics for 3 hours straight.

Accepted Answer

blathered

Questions 19