Words
hint.
inkling
family, class, or kind.
ilk
a cure-all.
panacea
usurp
to seize another’s power, rank, or object
restive
restless; uneasy
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate.
irk
harmless, but annoying
innocuous
aegis
shield; defense.
quagmire
soft, wet, boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! "oology" is the shortest -ology, and it's the study of . . . ?
eggs!
Who introduced the term "skim milk?"
Shakespeare, natch, in Henry IV Part I.
fledgling
young; new; inexperienced.
"Brunch," "spork," "chortle," and "shart" are all examples of two words combined together. What is the word for two words combined together?
portmanteau
excessive or insatiable desire or greed; cupidity
avarice
obvious; plain; apparent; evident
patent
efficacy
the power to produce a desired effect.
prosaic
dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact.
effusively sentimental
maudlin
spoonerisms, or verbal errors in which a speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words.
professed; pretended; apparent; outwardly appearing as such
ostensible
showing sincere remorse; filled with a sense of guilt and a desire for atonement
esoteric
obscure; hard to understand; known only to the chosen few, i.e., experts and scholars
One of Jason's favorite words.
vernissage
antipathy
firm dislike; hatred; instinctive repugnance
prodigal
recklessly extravagant; wasteful (in terms of goods or money)