Chapter 16 Flashcards
Me and Helen ________________ toward the front of the room. Andy Bennett starts __________________, which gets a big laugh from the class
walk up the aisle; whistling the wedding march
It kills me that my sorry sitch has made this knuckle dragger a _________ class clown
bona fide
bona fide
genuine; real
I glance at Helen, who stands stiffly. Her cheeks ____________
cherrying.
Excellent. Mrs. Turris ______________ her fingers on her desk
interlaces
Mmm, I say, the possible excuses ___________________ my skull
ping-ponging around
Well because we had a brainstorming session, Mrs. Turris. we ______________ all these ideas around and then just scribbled them in a notebook so we could keep the juices flowing
spitballed
All right. May I see the notebook, then? Mrs. Turris looks straight at Helen when she asks this, like she knows where the __________ is
weak link
Poor girl. Can’t even lie to ________
save her own skin
Mrs. Turris __________ her fingers. Okay let me make this easy for you. You weren’t at the library yesterday
tents
What? I make an appropriately _______________ expression
incensed
incensed
in·censed /inˈsenst/ adjective adjective: incensed very angry; enraged. "I was absolutely incensed"
make 3 sentences with incense
in·censed /inˈsenst/ adjective adjective: incensed very angry; enraged. "I was absolutely incensed"
She turns and _______________ Helen. Isn’t that right, dear?
Helen can’t _____ Mrs. Turris’s _________
peers; hold gaze
You live near th Barrytown Library? I say, _________ innocence
feigning
