Vocabulary Challenge: Lists 6-11
Challenge Three
The Challenge: Use the words in the box below to complete the sentences. Simply cut and past
the words into the lines on the sentences. Do not use your notes, but try to do these from
memory. When you’re done, show me the finished sentences.
improvise
sordid
annex
debacle
metropolis
versatile
meander
distraught
congenial
influx
enlightened
wane
embroil
buoyant
assimilate
interim
1. Pat went into class not understanding much about math. At the end of the year, he left feeling
________________ about the material.
2. Every person in the school liked him because he was _________________with all people: teachers, peers,
principals, and the cafeteria workers.
3. It was obvious that the speaker decided to __________________ because he had little materials prepared
for the speech.
4. Hanging out with those girls only _______________Tiffany into fights and arguments. Before hanging out
with them, she had little trouble in school and never was in a fight.
5. When the students walk by during class, they are loud, and the class often gets ____________________.
6. The house was in _________________ shape. There was no food in the refrigerator, there was no
furniture, and most of the doors and windows were covered in plywood.
7. After running their 40th lap around the school, the students’ strength began to ___________________, and
they simply had to take a break for water.
8. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia are Pennsylvania’s major _________________________.
9. The Walkers put an __________________ on their house because they were running out of room. Now,
they have plenty of space for all their needs.
10. Since the weather was so rainy and wet outside, she chose to go _______________ around the mall until
the rain stopped.
11. Troy Polamalu is a very ____________________ football player. He does deep coverage, he blitzes the
quarterback, and he stuffs running backs at the line of scrimmage. Most players do not offer so many
options.
12. It always takes new students a couple weeks to ___________________to the school building and their
classes.
13. The game was an absolute ________________________. It was 30-0 in the first quarter, the starting
running back broke his leg, the coach had a heart attack, and the fans threw rotten tomatoes at the players.
14. Here at Woodland Hills High School, we have a four-minute _______________________between classes.
15. There is always a major _________________ of students coming into the building at the beginning of the
school day.
16. Fortunately, my camera case was very ____________________when I fell in the water; unfortunately, my
car keys were not very buoyant at all!