Vocab Quiz

1. I don't remember getting bit by anything venomous.
2. When I'm alone, I'm mostly stolid. 
3. I have never gotten suspended from school.
4. When I shaved, I looked transformed from old to young.
5. I anticipate to be able to drive legally soon.

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