List 1
Having a spirit of friendliness.
What is a amicable?
Soak (tea, herbs, etc.) in liquid to extract the flavor or healing properties.
What is infuse?
The quality or state of being of only moderate quality; not very good.
What is mediocrity?
To feel very excited, emotional, etc. about somebody that you think is attractive.
What is swoon?
List 1:
Those old prank shows on MTV are so _____________; their goal is to make everyone look incredibly stupid.
What is a asinine?
A large number of something occurring or arriving in rapid succession.
What is a cascade?
An official messenger bringing news.
What is a herald?
People who roam from place to place making attacks.
What is a marauder?
To stop something such as violent behavior or protests.
What is a quell?
List 1:
After the passing of my grandmother, I was ____________; I had lost something so important to me.
What is bereft?
To state positively, validate or confirm.
What is a affirm?
Large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.
What is cumbersome?
Intervene on behalf of another.
What is intercede?
The sound quality of being deep, full or reverberating.
What is resonance?
List 2:
Opossums are famous for being able to ______________ death; there's even a figure of speech about it!
What is feign?
Characterized by severity and sudden onset.
What is acute?
The process of removing salt from seawater.
What is desalination?
The state of not being able to decide what to do in a difficult situation
What is quandary?
Not showing interest or intelligence.
What is vapid?
List 2:
I came to school with a sore throat and a cough, so everything I said sounded _______________ and croaky.
What is guttural?
In a courteous and friendly way; graciously.
What is cordially?
Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on.
What is curtail?
Follow a winding course.
What is meander?
To look at or examine somebody/something carefully.
What is scrutinize?
List 3:
My brother is so ___________ you might even consider him as stubborn as a donkey.
What is obstinante?
Able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action.
What is caustic?
The last remaining part.
What are dregs?
Causing shock or disgust.
What is a lurid?
A situation in which there is no change or development.
What is stasis?
List 3:
Does anyone remember that famous basketball clip of the player who broke his knee? The bone was so broken, it was practically ___________ out of his leg!
What is protruding?
Terrible and without hope.
What is abject?
Smelling extremely unpleasant.
What is fetid?
Having little or no practical relevance, typically because the subject is too uncertain to allow a decision.
What is moot?
Bending and twisting like a snake.
What is serpentine?
List 4:
School lunch does very little to ____________ my hunger, especially on meatloaf day.
What is sate?
Sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; compassion.
What is commiseration?
Improper language, behavior, or character.
What is impropriety?
Existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval.
What is primordial?
A watery discharge from the eyes.
What is rheumy?
List 4:
No one will believe me, but I swear I saw the ____________ of my uncle just after he died on Halloween.
What is wraith?
Feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected.
What is consternation?
An infection of the bowels that causes severe diarrhea with loss of blood
What is dysentery?
Made and sold by a particular company and protected by a registered trademark.
What is proprietary?
In a quick or secret way so that other people do not notice.
What is surruptitiously?
Lists 1, 2, 3, and 4 (in order):
The person entered the room wearing a men's suit coat and a skirt, a rather ______________ fashion statement. They greeted everyone ______________ and with a smile. Eventually, they moved to speak with the professor who seemed to be ______________ of the person's gender. Regardless, the professor prattled on and on about cows; as a former farmer, he was a ______________ of knowledge on the bovine breed.
What are androgynous, genially, oblivious, and wellspring?
An extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property.
What is conflagration?
Confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding).
What is corroborate?
Too ready or eager to sue someone or something in a court of law; likely to engage in lawsuits.
What is litigious?
Praising important or powerful people too much and in a way that is not sincere, especially in order to get something from them.
What is sycophantic?
Lists 1, 2, 3, and 4 (in no particular order):
Sariah took in the ______________ view of the Grand Canyon which surrounded her. The deep ______________ was beautiful and she was tempted to ______________ a rock into the gulf just to see how far down it went; after all, the canyon was ______________ with little pebbles to throw.
What is panoramic, chasm, jettison, and rife?