Music
What is a thin porridge?
Gruel
Golden retrievers are ______ dogs. They are obedient and listen to their owners easily.
Docile
The bedbug _______ has spread through the entire house.
infestation
bouillon
The Prime Minister's traffic convoy was a HINDRANCE to pedestrians. What is another word for hindrance?
obstruction
Who was the 44th president on the USA?
Barack Obama
Who the author is directing his or her message towards.
Audience
Many travellers ______ to tourist scams and lose alot of money.
succumb
the ________ of traffic woke Sally up from her slumber.
cacophony
what is the most expensive spice in the world?
Saffron
The _______ security guard was pre-occupied with his mobile phone and didn't notice the thief.
obtuse
The kindergarten children put on a play which turned out to be a complete ________.
Debacle
"Hybrid cars have a much smaller carbon footprint than traditional midsize vehicles." What kind of language device is used here?
compare & contrast
What is the most watched show on Netflix in 2022?
Stranger Things
Using "sound-effect" words (e.g. "clap," "buzz).
"We heard an ominous hiss from the kitchen."
onomatopoeia
a speech is a type of ____________ writing
informative / persuasive
name any ONE of the four capital cities the Danube river flows through.
Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Belgrade
Which word you learnt today has a similar meaning to ORNATE?
Grandiloquent
Women were allowed to vote / __________ only in the 1960s in the USA.
enfranchised
Using words with the same first letter repeatedly close together in a phrase or sentence. What language device is used?
"She purchased the pretty purple parka."
Alliteration
In the sentence, “Sailing is fun,” sailing is this, also called a verbal noun.
Gerund
this prefix refers to being "against," "in opposition to," or "opposite of."
anti
If you have cryophobia, what are you afraid of?
ice / coldness
A phrase or assertion that appears to contradict itself (but the contradiction itself may have its own meaning). Eg: I must be cruel only to be kind (Hamlet III.IV.181)
Paradox
In grammar, it’s the highest degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
superlative