| word |
definition |
sentence |
| jersey |
knit pull-over shirt |
He wore a striped ___ instead of a shirt and tie. |
| slacks |
men or women's trousers or pants for informal wear |
The boys had to wear nice ___ instead of jeans to the dance, but they did not have to wear a suit. |
| flawed |
cracked or broken; not perfect |
The peach's stem was ___ with a crack that went clear into the seed. |
| cavity |
a hole or hollow place |
The flawed peach had a small ___ where a creature had entered it and gone into the seed. |
| feelers |
antennas or tentacles; such as an ant may have two of them on its head |
The bug in the apple could be seen when it poked out its two ___ from the cavity in the peach. |
| hoisted |
raised or lifted |
The bug ___ its body from out of the cavity of the peach. |
| boulevardier (pronounced bool-uh-vahr-deer) |
person who visits the most fashionable places in Paris |
Gaston was the grand bug that was visiting from the seed or the grand___. |
| precisely |
exactly |
That is ___ what I mean. |
| occupants |
those who live in; dwellers |
Gaston was one of the only ___ in this peach seed. |
| chauffeur(pronounced shoh-fer) |
a person employed as a driver |
The ___ picked up the little girl at her father's house to take her to the party. |
| flat |
private room in a house or building; apartment |
When the man returned to his ___, his daughter was dressed and ready to leave for the birthday party. |