Use the adjective ______ to describe your friend who is "the life of the party."

If you do something ______, you do it in a serious, heartfelt way. You might ______ promise your friend that you'll never forget her birthday again, or ______ ask your grandmother if there's anything you can do to help her out while she's recovering from surgery. If you ______ study for your upcoming French exam, it means you're really buckling down to learn those vocabulary words. The Old English root of ______ is eornost, which means "seriousness or serious intent."

A ______ is someone who hoards his or her own wealth and doesn’t share or spend any of it. If you remember the old saying “You can’t take it with you!” — then you won't end up acting stingy like a ______.

______ describes someone who feels stuck. A decision must be made, a plan acted on, but the ______ person just doesn't know what to do.

A toddler might recognize the word ______ from the nursery rhyme: "Jack be ______ / Jack be quick / Jack jump over / The candlestick," but may not be ______ enough to deduce the meaning. ______, from the 14th century Old English næmel, meaning "quick to grasp," can refer to one's mental quickness or physical agility.

In this sentence, nimble means: They are seeking employees who are nimble, curious and innovative.

In this sentence, earnestly means: I'd feel terrible laughing at the goofy love song my friend wrote and performed in front of an audience, especially if he sang it earnestly

In this sentence, miser means: He was a miser and had a lot of money.

In this sentence, convivial means: Exceedingly red-eyed and grim, as if he had been up all night at a party which had taken anything but a convivial turn, Jerry Cruncher worried his breakfast rather than ate it, growling over it like any four-footed inmate of a menagerie.