Vocabulary Practice ("MFN"):

As I took a long and (1) ______________ route home from school (I just wanted to see some new sights), I noticed the (2)________________ smell of liver and onions (3)______________(ing) from an old, (4)_________________ house that looked barely big enough for a kitchen to cook in. Obviously the people inside were (5)______________ to be living in such (6)_____________ conditions. But, even though I usually hate liver and onions, the smells coming from this ramshackle house were (7)______________.
 

(8)Before you sign anything, be sure to _____________ it very carefully.
 

Even though he was so (9)____________ that it looked like he hadn’t eaten in weeks, he still had a menacing attitude that made him seem like a very formidable (10)______________.

peruse, gaunt, dilapidated, circuitous, emanate, adversary, pungent, squalid, destitute, splendid