Definition 1
Fiasco (n)
The complete failure or collapse of something
Make a sentence with: crucial
The beheading of Charles I is a crucial piece of British history.
Make a sentence with: garnish
Charles II liked to add all kinds of fancy garnishes to his dishes at his lavish parties.
Pale, lacking color; weak and lifeless
Pallid
China has 5,000 years of collective history and ____________.
heritage
Opus (n)
An impressive piece of work, especially music or other work of art.
Make a sentence with: mercenary
The Roundheads paid many mercenaries to fight for them in the English Civil War.
Make a sentence with: dregs
Mary I felt that certain groups of people were the dregs of society and needed to be persecuted.
Based on reasoning, sensible
rational
Fred offered my the rest of his chips, but when I reached in the bag all that remained were the ___________.
dregs
Garnish (v, n)
to decorate, especially food
a decoration for food
Make a sentence with: parable
The parable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" teaches children not to lie.
Make a sentence with: negligent
Charless II was a negligent monarch, he spent all his time partying and not enough time governing.
Shared; involving give-and-take between two parties or things; working in both directions
Reciprocal
Loud grandmothers on phone are so annoying, they really _____________ me.
exasperate
Stricture (n)
A limitation or restriction, a hard criticism
Make a sentence with: exasperate
The people of England were exasperated by the Puritan's strict rules during Cromwell's rule.
Make a sentence with: oblivion
The names of the soldiers who made up the Royalist army have, for the most part, faded into oblivion.
a thin outer layer; a surface appearance or decoration
veneer
When the astronaut drifted off from the space station, the astronaut floated off into the great ___________.
abyss
Inert (adj)
Make a sentence with: embody
Charles I embodied the absolutist monarch, he is a perfect example of the Divine Right of Kings.
Make a sentence with: befall
When
A limitation or restriction, harsh criticism
stricture
Because Magda and Bartek failed to write their script, their drama performance was a total ____________.
fiasco