1. After her performance, the critics' praise was ________. They thought she was the best thing ever.
2. Before you turn in your paper, make sure to ____________ it for any mistakes.
3. His way of speaking is very ____________. He never takes just 20 or 30 words to say something when he can use 200 -300 words.
4. This is in contrast to his friend, who is so ___________, even around his friends, you might think he is rude.
5. (2) If you wait long enough, Mom's anger will _________, and then she might let you try to ____________ for your terrible behavior.
6. Jaggery was brutal in his punishment if he thought the men were _________(ing) their duty.
7. I didn't have time to ___________ a plausible story, so I had to tell the truth.
8. My mother ___________(ed) me for forgetting to use good manners.
9. Even though they looked broken-down and decrepit, the sailors were very _________ when it came to climbing in the rigging of the ship.

Charlotte Doyle Vocabulary 3/10/08
laconic, unstinting, verbose, scrutinize, abate, reprove, concoct, shirk, atone, dexterous

1. After her performance, the critics' praise was ________. They thought she was the best thing ever.
2. Before you turn in your paper, make sure to ____________ it for any mistakes.
3. His way of speaking is very ____________. He never takes just 20 or 30 words to say something when he can use 200 -300 words.
4. This is in contrast to his friend, who is so ___________, even around his friends, you might think he is rude.
5. (2) If you wait long enough, Mom's anger will _________, and then she might let you try to ____________ for your terrible behavior.
6. Jaggery was brutal in his punishment if he thought the men were _________(ing) their duty.
7. I didn't have time to ___________ a plausible story, so I had to tell the truth.
8. My mother ___________(ed) me for forgetting to use good manners.
9. Even though they looked broken-down and decrepit, the sailors were very _________ when it came to climbing in the rigging of the ship.

Charlotte Doyle Vocabulary 3/10/08
laconic, unstinting, verbose, scrutinize, abate, reprove, concoct, shirk, atone, dexterous

1. After her performance, the critics' praise was ________. They thought she was the best thing ever.
2. Before you turn in your paper, make sure to ____________ it for any mistakes.
3. His way of speaking is very ____________. He never takes just 20 or 30 words to say something when he can use 200 -300 words.
4. This is in contrast to his friend, who is so ___________, even around his friends, you might think he is rude.
5. (2) If you wait long enough, Mom's anger will _________, and then she might let you try to ____________ for your terrible behavior.
6. Jaggery was brutal in his punishment if he thought the men were _________(ing) their duty.
7. I didn't have time to ___________ a plausible story, so I had to tell the truth.
8. My mother ___________(ed) me for forgetting to use good manners.
9. Even though they looked broken-down and decrepit, the sailors were very _________ when it came to climbing in the rigging of the ship.