When the neighbors in the downstairs apartment cook sauerkraut, Allison goes for a walk to escape the _________ smell of the cabbage.
What is "pervasive"?
100
Roughness or harshness; severity
What is "asperity"?
100
Synonym for beneficial; favorable
What is "benign"?
200
The opposite of provocative
What is "tiresome"?
200
Dependent on luck or chance
What is "aleatory"?
200
He was already late for work, so Jamal struggled to remain calm when an __________ driver pulled out in front of him and then drove well below the posted speed limit.
What is "indecorous"?
200
A synonym for encouraging; inciting
What is "hortatory"?
200
A synonym for wildly excited
What is "frenetic"?
300
Antonym of culpable
What is "innocuous"?
300
Full and rich in sound (in speech)
What is "orotund"?
300
The Falcons were losing by thirty-five points at halftime, and the coach didn't feel that a __________ speech in the locker room would help.
What is "hortatory"?
300
Lacking good taste; improper
What is "indecorous"?
300
The definition is an explanation of text; a critical interpretation
What is an "exegesis"?
400
The opposite of corroborate
What is "to contradict"?
400
Tending to excite or stimulate
What is "provocative"?
400
During recess, the gloomy child stood out among her _______ classmates, all of whom were busy skipping ropes or playing kickball.
What is "blithe"?
400
To assign great social importance to; to treat as a celebrity
What is to "lionize"?
400
The definition is "a counter accusation"
What is "recrimination"?
500
The opposite of frenetic
What is "composed"?
500
Tending to induce sleep
What is "soporific"?
500
The crooked automobile dealer chuckled to himself after a _______ drove off the lot with a car that was worth half the price he had paid for it.