Insults
Lacking significance through having been overused, unoriginal, and trite.
What is Hackneyed?
When two people are fighting, a good friend does this
What is to intercede?
The woman took this during the three months after she had her baby.
What is a hiatus?
Meaning to rise above or go beyond, surpass
What is to transcend?
After working so long in a dead-end job, he became ____________ and wasn't very optimistic about finding a better job.
Jaded
Used to describe something gruesome, horrible, or revolting
What is Lurid?
To draw or bring out; evoke a feeling or answer in a person
What is to elicit?
Once a month, the company brings in actors to help us _____________ what it would be like to work with clients.
Simulate
After the hurricane came through and destroyed our house, it left it in a state of _________________.
Decadence
dulled or hardened by overindulgence
What is jaded?
My friend did this action when she tried to reassure me that I shouldn't feel embarrassed about falling down the bleachers in front of everyone & that no one saw.
What is to assuage?
"If you want to go skydiving over the weekend, that is your ___________. But it is not for me."
What is Prerogative?
Her _____________ attitude towards me during practice made me not want to help her during the game.
petulant
To take offense: "She took _________ at his remark"
What is an example of umbrage?
We formed a _____________ with the other class to complete our school project.
Coalition
My promotion at work was the ________________ that I needed to know I was doing a good job. (noun)
Approbation
NASA has machines to help astronauts prepare for their journey by _____________ what it would be like in space.
Simulate (simulating)
Innuendo
What is an insult or indirect intimation about a person or thing; especially of disparaging or a derogatory nature?
In what ways can you exposulate about how the Bear's season is going so far?
They may never lose again!
After I secured the new client, my bosses told me my work on the project was __________ and rewarded me with a promotion. (adj.)
Meritorious
I moved away from my small town to the big city because I was tired of my _________________ life.
Provincial
He went to jail for fraud because he was trying to pay his employees with _____________ money.
Unctuous