Doot Doot
Bibbity Bobbity
Alakazam
Ding da da Ding Ding
Boop!
100
to go beyond or over set limits; to break a rule
What is transgress?
100
a verb that needs a direct object to complete its meaning
What is transitive?
100
to assemble, especially for a meeting
What is convene?
100
environment; the surrounding atmosphere
What is ambience?
100
notice of a death with biographical information
What is an obituary?
200
straying from what is normal or accepted
What is an aberration?
200
irregular or inconsistent in movement, habit, quality, or ideas
What is erratic?
200
an incident in a person's life or in a story or play
What is an episode?
200
mass departure or emigration
What is an exodus?
200
arrival or coming into being
What is an advent?
300
synonym of underhanded, or deceptive
What is devious?
300
close antonym of "translucent"
What is impervious?
300
vocabulary word that is a synonym for "transitory"
What is transient?
300
synonym of "avoid" or "go around"
What is circumvent?
300
synonym of "to interfere" or "to interrupt"
What is intervene?
400
meaning of the Latin noun "iter, itineris"
What is journey?
400
meaning of the Latin root "trans"
What is across?
400
meaning of the Latin verb "erro, errare, erravi, erratum"
What is "to wander"?
400
meaning of the Latin noun "via"
What is "way" or "street"?
400
meaning of the Greek root "tele"
What is "at a distance"?
500
Why is the period of Advent, celebrated in Christianity, called "Advent"?
Because Christians are preparing for the arrival, or birth, of Jesus, and "advent" means "arrival."
500
Why is the departure of the Israelites from Egypt known as the Exodus?
Because an "exodus" is a mass departure or emigration.
500
Write a sentence that includes a transitive verb. Label the subject, verb, and direct object.
Example: The cow (subj.) ate (verb) the grass (direct object).
500
Name three English words that use the Greek root meaning "at a distance."
What is telepathy, television, telephone, telescope, telegraph, telegram, telethon, telecast...
500
Name something in the room that is translucent, and something in the room that is impervious to light.
Translucent: light covers, lampshade, etc. Impervious: walls, the roof, etc.
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