Word Bank: deliberately, derision, despair, diligent, fatigue, felicitous, fervent, impudent, insolence, keen, lingered, meagerness, merit, mock, obliged, resentful, tedious, terse, treacherous, vast.
While most museum visitors displayed respect for the artiste's work, there was one ___________ young man who attempted to tear the painting off the wall.
impudent?
The skinny bridge, mad of twine and pine boards, looked so _____________ that most hikers reused to cross it
treacherous?
The student interpreted his teacher's criticism of his artwork as _________, but the teacher quickly explained that her criticism wasn't meant to be contemptuous, it was simply meant to help him improve his work.
derision?