Mary wanted to go to the rock concert with her friends but her mother was ( ), saying, "You will do no such thing!"
A) Contemptuous
B) Adamant
C) Toady
D) Culpable
E) Scathing
What is B, adamant?
100
Ebeneezer Scrooge was a ( ); he was so ( ) that he refused to give his employee a holiday, fearing that such an act of generosity would threaten his profit margin.
A) Philanthropist, magnanimous
B) Virtuoso, greedy
C) Miser, avaricious
D) Entrepreneur, prosperous
E) Fool, grandiose
What is C: miser, avaricious?
100
The first part of this word meaning "replace" is a word meaning "to eat dinner." Carrots and begonias take the rear.
What is supplant?
100
This word rhymes with "fight" and means "common."
What is trite?
200
Cordial
What is polite?
200
The lawyer ( ) her argument by presenting DNA evidence to the court
A) Indicted
B) Vindicated
C) Concurred
D) Rebutted
E) Corroborated
What is E: corroborated?
200
The ( ) factory owner refused to allow anything made in a ( ) manner off the conveyor belt.
A) Demanding, painstaking
B) Indulgent, sloppy
C) Ingenuous, fastidious
D) Punctilious, slipshod
E) Cerebral, scrupulous
What is D: punctilious, slipshod
200
Even though such a person might clench his or her hand, this type of person would never fight in a war.
What is a pacifist?
200
This word rhymes with "recount" (verb) and means "disregard."
What is discount?
300
Exorbitant
What is outrageously expensive?
300
The ( ) toddler was like a bull in a china shop at daycare, breaking everything in sight.
A) Docile
B) Intractable
C) Lithe
D) Erudite
E) Adroit
What is B: intractable?
300
To some, Philip's constant whistling was a ( ), while for others it was a charming ( ).
A) Bother, automaton
B) Conjecture, habit
C) Nuisance, idiosyncrasy
D) Annoyance, whim
E) Melody, tune
What is C: nuisance, idiosyncrasy?
300
This type of person might use clever, but underhanded, jingles in order to overthrown the government.
What is a subversive?
300
This word rhymes with "override" and means "belittle."
What is chide?
400
Indomitable
What is too strong to be defeated?
400
Brushing one's teeth is so ( ) that one barely has to concentrate to do it.
A) Flagrant
B) Incongruous
C) Perfunctory
D) Rousing
E) Insipid
What is C: perfunctory?
400
The ( ) cat was friendly one moment and ( ) the next.
A) Unpredictable, inane
B) Languid, antagonistic
C) Mercurial, hostile
D) Temperamental, penurious
E) Fickle, wry
What is C: mercurial, hostile?
400
The politician caused quite a this when she appeared at the PETA protest wearing a fox coat.
What is furor?
400
This word, meaning "create," rhymes with a word meaning "edit."
What is devise?
500
Vicarious
What is felt indirectly by imagining someone else's experiences?
500
Copernicus' theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun was viewed as ( ) when he first proposed it by people who firmly believed in the geocentric model.
A) Heretical
B) Orthodox
C) Fanatical
D) Hackneyed
E) Credulous
What is A: heretical?
500
Even though the last hockey game had been a ( ), Coach Carlyle was ( ) that the team would win the next game.
A) Tribulation, acrimonious
B) Fiasco, amiable
C) Misadventure, truculent
D) Lull, petulant
E) Debacle, sanguine
What is E: debacle, sanguine?
500
A person who has absolute power, and probably also drives a fancy car
What is an autocrat?
500
This word rhymes with the name of a country in the Middle East and means "ordinary."