Word Bank: deliberately, derision, despair, diligent, fatigue, felicitous, fervent, impudent, insolence, keen, lingered, meagerness, merit, mock, obliged, resentful, tedious, terse, treacherous, vast.
When it looked like all hope was lost for winning the war, the commander told his troops no to ___________ because thousands of extra troops were being sent for backup.
despair?
The comedian got so tired of the ________ of an audience member who heckled him constantly during the show that he finally asked security to remove the disrespectful person.
mock?
Tina was nervous about entering high school because she thought the older kids might ______ her for being a freshmen
terse?