n. POWER OR KNOWLEDGE; SKILL

Corbin has the _____ to dribble with both his left and right hands which makes him difficult to defend on the basketball court.

adj. FRIENDLY; GOOD NATURED AND PLEASANT

Cara's friend Lizzie is a very ____ girl who is well liked by her friends and teachers.

n. COMPLETE JOY OR HAPPINESS

The Schwinger family experiences complete ____ when they find a geocache for which they have been searching.

adj. VERY HAPPY; JOYFUL

Cara was almost ____ after playing her two piano pieces perfectly for the recital.

CLUTCH

adj.1.VERY,VERY ANGRY

n.GREAT ANGER

FURY

FURIOUS

n. A MOVEMENT OF THE ARM OR HAND

The door man made a _____ for us to pass through the doorway. 

n. SOMETHING DONE TO SHOW ONE'S FEELINGS

In a ____ of kindness, Corbin asked how Matthew was doing after he had had a hard day.

GESTURE

v. TO MAKE A MOVEMENT OF THE ARM OR HAND

When Mom is talking on the phone and she wants us to be quiet, she _____ to us by putting her finger to her mouth.

v. TO BE SAD AND GLOOMY; TO LOSE INTEREST IN THE THINGS THAT USUALLY BRING PLEASURE

After losing the football game, Corbin and his teammates just ____ around the house.  They did not even want to play video games.

v. TO LIKE BETTER; TO CHOOSE FIRST

Cara _____ chocolate ice cream to vanilla ice cream.

n. THAT WHICH IS PREFERRED

My mom asked my dad if he had a preference for sitting by the window or by the aisle in an airplane.

v. TO GET BACK TO A NORMAL STATE; TO GET WELL AGAIN

Charley had a bad cold, but now seems to have _____.  He is back at school doing just fine.

RECOVER

v. TO GET BACK WHAT WAS LOST OR STOLEN

Our car was broken in to and we were never able to _____ what was stolen.

n. A RETURN TO A NORMAL STATE

My _____ from the accident I had was very hard and required a lot of hard work.

n. THE ACT OF GETTING BACK WHAT WAS LOST OR STOLEN

The people helped in the _____ of all the pieces of paper that were blown away by the gust of wind.

v. TO TAKE THE PLACE OF

Since Stacy is sick, Molly will have to _____ her as Dorothy in the school play.

REPLACE

v. TO PUT BACK IN PLACE

After knocking down all the picture framese, Charley carefully _____ them all to their original spots.

n. A PERSON OR THING THAT TAKES THE PLACE OF ANOTHER

When the handle on the coffee pot broke, my mom quickly ordered a ______ so she could still make her coffee every morning.

v. TO ASK FOR

Corbin wasn't sure what to do on his project so he ____ some help from his mom and dad.

n. THE THING ASKED FOR

Corbin's _____ was for Santa to bring him a new game boy player.

v. TO SET OR KEEP APART

Most people try and keep their cats and dogs _____ because they usually do not get along very well.

adj. NOT TOGETHER; NOT JOINED

Corbin and Charley has ____ bedrooms but share a bathroom.

v. TO TAKE SPECIAL PAINS TO AVOID; TO KEEP AWAY FROM

The children ____ the dog because he was so dirty and smelly and looked like he might bite.