I wouldn't drink any ________________ (motionless)
water - it's more likely to be harmful than moving water.
What is stagnant?
100
to sum up
What is recapitulate?
100
gloomy; very serious
What is somber?
100
The fortuneteller _____________(e)d (to inspect) Lidia's palm, then smiled and said, "I see many good things here."
What is peruse?
200
Keith awoke with a start ____________ (conscious of)
that something cold and wet was dripping on his head.
What is cognizant?
200
to cancel or write-off
What is rescind?
200
Speaking of a(n) ___________________ (talkative) politician, former president Gerald Ford said, "I once walked in while he was in the second hour of a five-minute talk."
What is loquacious?
200
After running his lawnmower over a metal toy for the second time that summer, the father subjected his kids to an angry _______ (verbal attack) about their carelessness.
What is diatribe?
200
The Hatfields and the McCoys were Kentucky families famous for their __________ (hostility). The two families hated one another for many years.
What is enmity?
300
to be wise or self-interested
What is expedient?
300
antonyms for this word are watertight and supportable
What is untenable?
300
difficult to understand; blurry; not clear
What is opaque?
300
discordant; blaring; unpleasant noise
What is cacophany?
300
My grandmother was a very traditional old-world Catholic who thought it was ____________(insult to something holy) even to tell a joke about a priest.
What is blasphemy?
400
laughable
What is ludicrous?
400
to speak evil
What is vilify?
400
Speaking of a particularly ___________ (grouchy, bad-tempered) gentleman, the lady said, "He looks and acts as if he'd been nursed on a sour pickle."
What is irascible?
400
two words that have the same meanings but are used as antonymns for one another
What is accolade and censure?
400
a rebel; non-conformist
What is heretic?
500
Bernie hates to bring dates home; his mother _______s
(to shock) him by showing them his baby pictures.
What is appall?
500
Who knows what Rosemarie is really going to do about the party? She keeps saying ______________(vague) things like "I'd really love to! But I'm just not sure it's possible."
What is equivocal?
500
"Alligators in the sewers, " "the poisonous snake in the rolled-up carpet," and "the black widow spider in the girl's beehive hairdo" are examples of "urban legends" - ______
(ficticious) stories that are told as if they were true.
What is apocryphal?
500
monument or structure
What is edifice?
500
Please take this houseplant home with you - I have no idea how to care for it, and the poor thing just _______(e)s (to wither) on my windowsill.