Gift of Magi
Gift of Magi/ Group 1 Vocab
Group 1 Vocab
Group 1 Vocab
Group 1 Vocab
100
Urges on, stirs up.
What is instigates?
100
Ruins.
What is ravages?
100
Art of making motion pictures.
What is cinematograpgy?
100
Overstate; go beyond the limits of the actual truth; magnify (ant. minimize).
What is exaggerate?
100
Excessively concerned with trifles or details; hard to please; fussy; particular; fastidious; persnickety.
What is finicky?
200
Reduce in value.
What is depreciate?
200
Tactful, respectful.
What is discreet?
200
Worthy of content; contemptible (ant. laudable).
What is despicable?
200
Overstatement (ant. understatement).
What is exaggeration?
200
Verb- make sore; irritate mentally; annoy; vex Noun- brazen boldness; nerve (ant. meekness).
What is gall?
300
Waterfall.
What is cascade?
300
Bewilderness; perplex; fill with confusion; puzzle; frustrate
What is baffle?
300
Look down on with contempt or disgust; loathe; regard as inferior (ant. admire).
What is despise?
300
Arouse by words; advise struggle, urge.
What is exhort?
300
Lacking significance or sense; pointless; silly; insipid; jejune; vapid.
What is inane?
400
Pure or clean in style, not ornate.
What is chaste?
400
Frustrating; bewildering.
What is baffling?
400
Exuberance.
What is ebullience?
400
Urgent recommendation or advice.
What is exhortation?
400
Foolishness, shallowness.
What is inanity?
500
Attractive in a cheap, flashy way.
What is meretricious?
500
Movies; motion-picture industry.
What is cinema?
500
Overflowing with enthusiasm; exuberant; effervescent; high-spirited; vivacious.
What is ebullient?
500
Specialized skill or technical knowledge; know-how; expertness.
What is expertise?
500
Compensate for less, damage, or injury; reimburse; repay.
What is indemnify?
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