Wordly Wise 7 Lesson 14

4. Paul Bunyan, the _____ lumberjack of fantastic size and strength, is the hero of many "tall tales."
5. I believe that she _____ to students by giving them better grades than they deserve.
7. My father gave me a look of _____ when I said I had asked for extra homework.
8. The cancelled check was ______ proof that the bicycle had been paid for.
9. Even though he is nine years old, he maintains a _____ belief in the tooth fairy.
14. Our neighbor claimed that my brother was the boy who broke his window but he could not provide proof to back up his _____.
15. This is the ______ troublemaker.
16. The farmer frightened away the fox that _____ by the henhouse.
17. The treasurer kept a _____ record of all moneys received and paid out.
18. The owner of the _____ assured us that the animals were well cared for.
20. The _____ conditions in Haiti forced many to flee their homeland.

1. The British prime minister is the _____ of the American president.
2. The teacher was _____ when the student claimed to have read the novel in two hours.
3. You cannot believe this _____ newspaper story that a six-month-old baby speaks three languages.
6. The children listened for over an hour to the storyteller's _____ tales.
10. The police _____ that the two teenagers took the car without permission.
11. The acrobats on the trapeze _____ the circus audience.
12. I was _____ to believe that sending off the coupon would win me a free vacation.
13. Henry's explanation of why he was late seems _____, so I'll accept it.
19. Rare orchids and other _____ flowers decorated the tables at the wedding.