adj. overbearing; proud; haughty

1. His ____ attitue made it hard for others to warm up to him. 

n. one who boasts a great deal

1. Leo cannot help being a ______. He boasts all day about his exploits on the basketball court. 

adj. self-satisfied; smug

1. _______ as an assistant dean, Mr.Rogers did not aspire to become a principal. 

adj. lacking respect; scornful

When rival cliques are ______ of each other, there's going to be trouble. 

adj. full of bitter scorn and pride; aloof

I can't keep my _______ comments to myself when Emily deliberately acts foolishly to get attention. 

adj. excessively self-absorbed; very conceited

1. Nathan is so _____; he thinks every girl on campus wants to meet him. 

adj. having great pride in oneself and dislike for others

______ Hannah is alway too busy thinking and talking about herself. 

adj. boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; rude

1. "No ____ remarks on the ball field, " warned the coach.  "Teammates must respect each other, even when they strike out." 

adj. having to do with extreme self-adoration and a feeling of superiority to everyone

Becky is so _______, she even chooses her friends based on how their looks complement hers. 

adj. having to do with showing off; pretentious

Wearing a pearl bracelet, two ruby rings, and diamond-studded earrings is a bit ________. 

adj. too forward or bold; overstepping proper bounds

1. Isn't it ____ of Julie to expect all her friends to do only what she wants to do on Friday nights?

2. _______ people would be better off with a bit of self-control and tact. 

adj. looking down on others; proud and scornful

While strutting to class with her nose in the air, ______ Sue notices no one. 

vb. to walk around in a proud, showy manner; to boast in a loud manner

Walking around the school with his customary ______, Pat conveys the impression that he owns the place. 

adj. dull or stale because of overuse; trite; hackneyed

Have you heard the ____ joke about the moron who threw the clock out the window in order to see time fly? 

n. an idea or expression that has become stale due to overuse

"I'm so hungry I could eat a rhinoceros, " gives an original twist to an old ______.

adj. unoriginal; taken from something already existing

English is a _______ language because it is made up of words from many other languages. 

adj. made commonplace by overuse; trite

Only hack writers rely on ______ expressions; that's what makes them hacks. 

adj. lacking vitality, energy, or brightness; boring

________ teachers, who can't engage their studets' interest, gives this school a bad name. 

adj. commonplace; ordinary

Woolf is an author who can find something magical even in such a ______ activity as brushing one's teeth. 

n. quality of being dull; an obvious remark uttered as if it were original

A recipe to induce sleep is a monotonous voice and a plethora of ________s. 

adj. dull; commonplace

What is more __ than a movie and pizza on a Friday night? 

adj. unoriginal and stale due to overuse

Because my essay was filled with cliches, Mr.Gill wrote _____ all over it. 

adj. lacking freshness and zest; flat; stale

Behind every uninspring, ____ TV sit-com you'll find an emptyheaded producer, director, and screen writer.