CHAPTER IV: WORKSHEET #86 of Dr. Jedidiah's Diary

WORKSHEET #86

Let’s practice some expressions from the episode #86 of Dr. Jedidiah’s Diary! 

 

    1.   She was like the sunshine in his teneb_____________ life. (*meaning “dark; gloomy; causing gloom”)

 

    2.   Jean got tired of the way he ina_________ tried to cheer her up with silly jokes. (*meaning “not suited to circumstances; improperly; inappropriately; incongruously”)

 

    3.   My friends and I laughed so hard at our high school reunion, reminiscing about our funny old days when we were calling one another “coo________”! (*meaning “head lice or imaginary disease. "Cootie" is a small insect that lives in people's hair (a head louse) It is also a child's term for an imaginary germ or disease that one can catch by touching a person who is disliked or socially avoided”)

 

    4.   He was a total tatter________________ living in a dilapidated, crummy old hut. (*meaning “a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person”)

 

    5.   The film Dunkirk depicts the massive evacuation of allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk, showcasing collective heroism of gall_______ soldiers. (*meaning “spirited; brave; courageous; heroic”)  

 

    6.   I love helping people in need. So volunteering at the soup kitchen is right up my ___________. (*meaning “to one’s taste; in one’s specialty”)

 

    7.   Luke is a grumpy and belli___________ old guy living next door to her. (*meaning “combative, aggressive, hostile, pugnacious, quarrelsome, contentious, truculent, or warlike”) To top it all off, he is such a bili__________ person that no one wants to be around. (*meaning “1. (figurative) temperament: irritable, grouchy, bad-tempered, peevish, or grumpy  2. appearance/color: sickly, green or yellow, nauseatingly unpleasant”)  

 

    8.   He has no business acumen. All he brings out on the table for new projects is a non-_____________. (*meaning “an issue, plan, etc., that does not get or deserve to get under way”)

 

    9.   Robert seems to have tha_____phobia that drives him crazy while he has to sit still without anything particular to do in a day. (*meaning “an intense and irrational fear of being idle, sitting still, or having nothing to do, often leading to constant stimulation-seeking or restlessness/An overwhelming anxiety about periods of inactivity or lack of stimulation”)

 

     10.  Seth is so ada_____________ that he won’t join their trip this summer. (*meaning “refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind”)

 

     11.  Hank and his buddies used to shoot ____________ after school. (*meaning “to play basketball, especially casually by simply shooting and not engaging in a game”)

 

     12.  The aroma of freshly brewed coffee waf______ all the way through to his bedroom early in the morning. (*meaning “to pass or cause to pass easily or gently through or as if through the air”)

 

     13. After mass shootings, the N______  suggests arming security guards in schools as a preventative measure. (*meaning “National Rifle Association”)