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Theme 4 Study Guide
document	circular	sculptor	alibi	rascally	desperately
modify	scholarship	straightway	thrifty	fascinated	triumphantly
device	prosthetic	retorted	plentifully	acceptable	repentant
disabilities	muttered	strengthening	roguish	discards	injustice
script	circumstances	decreed	generous	trickle	implored
famine

Directions:  Finish the sentences by adding the correct vocabulary word.

A ______________________ happens when a lot of people have no food to eat. 

The mayor _________________________ that every neighborhood will have a recycling center. 

Which word describes something that meets with your approval?  _______________________

The man rewarded the boy ___________________________ for returning his lost watch. 

She served _________________________ helpings of turkey on Thanksgiving Day. 

A ______________________ of water flowed from the faucet. 

Which word means “throws away”?  _________________________________ 

My brother couldn’t figure out the riddle, so he _________________________ me to tell him the answer. 

A person who has lost a hand may choose to use a _____________________ device on that arm. 

Which word describes the way a person might search for something very valuable that has been lost? ________ 

Since she is _______________________, she always shops at flea markets. 

Which word describes how a person who has just won a race might cross the finish line?  _________________ 

Will knew he had to go to the police _____________________, without waiting for them to come to him. 

Which word means “sorry”?  ____________________________ 

He is _______________________ with all sports, so he goes to a lot of sports events. 

Which word is the opposite of the word fairness?  ________________________________ 

Always completing homework assignments is a sign of good ____________________. 

Which word names something that actors use?  ____________________________ 

Hiding his coat when he was trying to leave was a ________________________ move. 

Which word names the events that surround a situation?  ___________________________ 

He took a _______________________ breath of air to get up the courage to go inside. 

A ring has a ____________________________ shape. 

“Our prime suspect!” said the officer.  “Where were you when the statue was stolen?  What is your ___________________?” 

An inventor who wants to make an invention better must ____________________ it. 

“I don’t need one,” Will ____________________. 

Trained dogs can help people with certain __________________ to live and travel more safely. 

“We’ll see about that,” the officer _____________________ quietly. 

A thermometer is a ____________________ used to measure temperature. 

Soon the statue was returned to the _________________________ who had carved it. 

The museum displayed a famous __________________ by Thomas Jefferson. 

Someone who plays mean tricks is ________________________.

 Answers:

 Famine

Decreed

Acceptable

Plentifully

Generous

Trickle

Discards

Implored

Prosthetic

Desperately

Thrifty

Triumphantly

Straightaway

Repentant

Fascinated

Injustice

Scholarship

Script

Rascally

Circumstances

Strengthening

Circular

Alibi

Modify

Retorted

Disabilities

Muttered

Device

Sculptor

Document

Roguish