2. Chapters Seven - Ten

3. collapse or fall (verb)

4. Suffering from dehydration, the sick woman keeled over in the middle of the store and had to be revived by a paramedic. The huge waves during the storm caused the sailboat to keel over onto its side.

5. small leftover amounts (noun)

6. All weekend I cried as I watched the footage of the remnants of cities and towns destroyed by the Tsunami in Japan.

7. To hold back or keep under control (verb)

8. A seatbelt can restrain someone from hitting their head on the windshield in an accident. I was unable to restrain my laughter when the old man started to snore in the middle of church.

9. To distribute or give out (verb)

10. Only a pharmacist can dispense prescription medication. My mother is always trying to dispense her advice about my love life, even when I don’t want it.

11. natural talent and ability (noun)

12. I have always lacked confidence in my math aptitude, and never liked participating in math class.

13. To think of as coming from a particular cause, source, or author (verb)

14. I ascribed my brother’s bad mood to all the overtime hours he had to work this week.

15. horrible (adjective)

16. I find it despicable when people make judgments about others based on their skin color.

17. a restrictive or repressive force (noun)

18. The colonists revolted against the yoke of political oppression forced on them by the British.

19. possessed at birth; inherent (adjective)

20. The motivational speaker seemed to have an innate ability to inspire huge crowds of people.

21. Lazy; lacking ambition (adjective)

22. After studying in a shiftless way, the boy was not surprised that he failed his science test.

23. Completely unaware (adjective)

24. The little fish were completely oblivious to the shark lurking in the reef, waiting to devour them.

25. narrow crack (noun)

26. It took me ten minutes to pull my keys out of the crevice between the two seats in the car after I dropped them.

27. invent; make up (verb)

28. Lily concocted an ingenious plan to help Rosaleen escape from the hospital.

29. To walk with long, slow, easy strides (verb)

30. The hurt deer loped across the field, looking for a safe place to rest.

31. a first experience of something; an introduction (noun)

32. The parents were so proud to watch their child’s induction into the National Honor Society.