Verbs
Verbs
Nouns/Adjectives
Adjectives
Literary Terms
100
to speed up, step up, quicken
What is to accelerate
100
to dry up, dehydrate, to shrivel with heat
What is parch?
100
observer, spectator, one who looks on or observes
What is a bystander?
100
horrible, revolting, ghastly, gory, hideous
What is gruesome?
100
a statement that seems false but is not, puzzling Ex. never say never
What is paradox?
200
to poll, survey, solicit
What is canvass?
200
to continue steadily, persevere, keep at it
What is persist?
200
a sadness, gloominess, dejection
What is a melancholy?
200
sad, gloomy, unappy, depressed
What is depression?
200
a comparison using 'like' or 'as'
What is a similie?
300
to attract, tempt, lure
What is entice?
300
to nitpick, to squabble, to split hairs
What is quibble?
300
a difficult or painful experience, a trial, a test
What is an ordeal?
300
less of normal strength or size, undersized, small, weak
What is puny?
300
combining two opposite words that make up a single idea Ex. deafening silence
What is oxymoron?
400
to wear away gradually, corrode, abrade
What is erode?
400
to approve, endorse, to uphold
What is ratify?
400
treated unfairly or cruelly, ground underfoot
What is downtrodden?
400
royal, kinglike, fit for a king, majestic
What is regal?
400
an exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
500
to thrash about in a clumsy way, wallow
What is flounder?
500
to smother, to strangle, to hold back
What is stifle?
500
lifelike, vivid, colorful, descriptive
What is graphic?
500
having life or necessary to life, essential, key, crucial
What is vital?
500
a polite word used instead of a harsher one
What is an euphemism?
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