1. Flippant Adjective Disrespectful; brash
The flippant teenager cut in line at McDonalds, making the senior citizens wait even longer for their hot coffee.
                   

2. Astute Adjective Clever; shrewd; intellectually observant
SVU detectives are particularly astute, which helps them solve the most extreme cases.
                            
                 

3. Admonish Verb To warn; to advise
I admonish you to eat after you ride all of the roller coasters in the park.
                                        

4. Terse Adjective Concise; brief
The constructive criticism on my paper was terse and didn’t even elaborate on my writing structure.
                                       

5. Vehement Adjective Vigorous; earnest (synonym for zealous!)
The young girls’ vehement cries of witchcraft turned into complete hysteria in Salem.
                               

6. List Three Review
My teacher ___________ me to study for the test as it would be difficult.
Tony was a __________ child who never told his parents “thank you.”
The crowd’s cheers were ___________ as they cheered on the winning team.
Text messages have to be _________ because most people are only given 160 characters to form a message.
The dog had ________ senses; she sensed something was wrong even before the knock at the door.