a business owner or one who starts a business or businesses
What is entrepreneur
100
absurd; ridiculous
What is preposterous
100
The icy roads made travel ____________ for drivers.
What is precarious
100
enslave; capture
What is emancipate
100
It was _______________ of my friend, Jalie, to ask me for her birthday present.
What is presumptuous
200
accusation in reply
What is recrimination
200
distorted; strange-looking
What is grotesque
200
Muddy roads _______ (d/ed) the progress of the moving vans bringing our furniture to our new house.
What is impede
200
genuine and one and only original
What is facsimile
200
Dr. Stewart ____________ (d/ed) to attend Saturday school to make up unexcused absences so they will receive credit for their class.
What is exhort
300
a strange, peculiar, or particular habit someone has
What is idiosyncrasy
300
evil and ugly
What is sordid
300
The ballgame was called as soon as the umpire's storm detector signaled that a thunderstorm was ___________.
What is imminent
300
irrelevant; off topic
What is germane
300
My mom is no longer willing to accept my _________ of leaving my towel on the bathroom floor as a minor oversight on my part. She is now threatening to ground me!
What is foible
400
a mockery or a form of mimicking someone that is not nice or favorable
What is travesty
400
assuming; too forward or too familiar
What is presumptuous
400
Many students have an _____________ for school because they have not been successful; therefore, they do not like it much.
What is antipathy
400
harmful; poisonous; dangerous
What is innocuous
400
Joker and Penguin, archenemies of Batman, are __________ for their evil deeds.
What is notorious
500
area or region over which one or a group has authority
What is jurisdiction
500
dangerous; risky
What is precarious
500
The instruction manuals that came with my new computer used such __________ terms that I could not understand them. I had to call my friend who is a computer guru.
What is esoteric
500
holding a grudge; not forgiving
What is magnanimous
500
When someone asks me for directions, my response is never very _________. I am sure I confuse that person more than help him!