A beginning is to opening as an ending is to the ___________
What is finale?
100
To tell the truth
What is to perjure?
100
I won the Grammy for Album of the Year this year, surprising many people by beating Beyonce.
Who is Beck?
200
Light
What is luc- or lum-
200
When an oppressed group rises up against the controlling authority, it is known as this.
What is a rebellion?
200
Distraught is to sadness as _____________ is to happiness.
What is euphoric?
200
To be sweet with words.
What is acerbic or acrimonious?
200
I am the Prime Minister of this Middle Eastern who recently spoke before the U.S. Congress.
What is Israel?
300
Law or to swear
What is jur-
300
The poet Emily Dickinson was known as being this because she did not like to leave her house.
What is a recluse?
300
A ______________ is to cancer as lack of exercise is to obesity.
What is a pathogen?
300
After the war.
What is antebellum?
300
Revealing it has about one year of water supply remaining, this west coast state recently mandated stricter guidelines for water usage.
What is California?
400
To close or shut
What is claus-, clois-, clud-, or clus-
400
Dr. Jack Kevorkian became a point of controversy because he performed many "mercy killings", or this vocab word, of elderly or sick patients.
What is euthanasia?
400
A ____________ is to a pauper as rich is to poor.
What is a magnate?
400
To end shortly.
What is ad infinitum?
400
This huge coffee chain introduced its new "Race Together" campaign amid a storm of criticism and outrage.
What is Starbucks?
500
To say or to tell
What is dict-
500
Despite being thin, you might still experience heart trouble because of a poor diet; a diet high in cholesterol and saturated fats can block up, or this vocab word, your arteries.
What is occlude?
500
To _______________ is to learn as darken is to forget.
What is illuminate?
500
"I didn't do it!"
What is mea culpa or culpable?
500
Several members of this professional sports league recently retired early due to worries concerning the impacts of serious head trauma.