Mood & Mindset
This is the term for the emotional or cultural meaning a word carries, beyond its dictionary definition.
What is connotation?
When you ditch your weird socks just to match everyone else's, you're doing this.
What is conforming?
The word for tossing your stuff everywhere instead of putting it away, and your floor becomes a minefield of socks, snacks, and school papers.
What is strew?
When someone hears bad news and shrugs, you might describe them with this word.
What is callous?
If a person is friendly, easy to talk to, and always smiling, this word fits them well.
What is affable?
If someone looks quietly sad on a gray day without saying much, you might describe their mood with this word.
What is melancholy?
A word for crossing over into a new space—or a new part of life.
What is a threshold?
A tool that lets the small stuff through and holds back the chunks—like when you’re draining pasta or sorting sand from rocks.
What is a sieve?
Trying to win an argument against a brick wall might feel like this—completely pointless.
What is futile?
A dog wagging its tail nonstop or a person bouncing with excitement could be described with this word.
What is exuberant?
A student speaking passionately about a cause they care about is showing this intense emotional energy.
What is fervor?
Someone who takes a different route than everyone else is choosing to do this.
What is deviate?
When a sound, like a buzzing light or hallway chatter, spreads through the room and fills the space, it does this.
What is permeates?
If a character in a story faces serious danger, they are in this.
What is peril?
When one person’s comment turns a group project into an all-out debate team, it’s this kind of remark.
What is divisive?
If someone has a natural tendency to doodle in every notebook, you might say they have this.
What is proclivity?
A scientist who wins major awards and is known worldwide for their work would be described with this word.
What is eminent?
If something is hard to understand or hidden from view, you could describe it with this word.
What is obscure?
A puddle that doesn’t move or a situation that never changes could both be described with this word.
What is stagnant?
Giving your last slice of pizza to someone else without expecting them to owe you—this word captures that kind of selfless move.
What is altruism?
This word describes the kind of boredom that feels deep and draining, like nothing really matters.
What is ennui?
When you make your own choices without relying on anyone else, you are exercising this.
What is autonomy?
Imagine a marching band, a fire drill, and a blender... all at once.
What is a cacophony?
That perfect comeback you think of five minutes too late, or the dream you can’t quite remember—both are examples of this slippery word.
What is elusive?
If someone would climb over their own grandma to get more gold, this word might fit their hunger for wealth.
What is avaricious?