Context Clues

Match it! Select the correct answer from the pull down...Good luck!

The man who lives next door spoke brusquely to the children, unlike his wife who is always polite. Brusquely means:

The eccentric old woman lived in a house that was anything but normal. Eccentric means:

Although the cabinet was ligneous, it wasn't made with real wood. Ligneous means:

Ashley loved the new jeans in the store, and she just had to have them. Although she didn't want to grovel, she decided to beg her parents to get them. Grovel means:

There was crazy pandemonium as people were trying to leave the rock concert.

0. A combination of fog and industrial smoke, called smog, has vitiated the air in and around many big cities. Vitiated means:

I know that Jeff is smart, so I was confused when he did such a vacuous thing as jump off the roof. Vacuous means:

Bobby thinks that it's funny to tantalize Sally by making fun of her curly hair, but it only makes the other kids mad at him. Tantalize means: