5- SYLLABLE WORDS
It comes before medley in Olympic swimming
INDIVIDUAL
HORROR MOVIES CONTAINING A LOT OF GORE IS NOT FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE EASILY NAUSEATED
SQUEAMISH
2 antonyms make up this phrase for a legal case with an obvious verdict
OPEN AND SHUT
Aided & this got you in legal trouble
ABETTED
Many small children have this kind of friend; title ones in kids' books include Jessica Crenshaw & Beekle
IMAGINARY
To add fake details to a real story to make it sound better
EMBELLISH
5-word phrase said when turning down fatty food or folding a poker hand
TOO RICH FOR MY BLOOD
Time to get on the ship! All this!
ABOARD
The Greek word oikos led to this word meaning thrifty in the use of money or other things
ECONOMICAL
In a chemical reaction sulfur combines with silver to create this dark coating
TARNISH
Thomas Carlyle described a leader as soft of speech...yet with an inflexible rigor of command: this metaphor
AN IRON FIST IN A VELVET GLOVE
This fabric worn on an extremity as a tribute is also called a brassard
ARMBAND
The spread of atomic weapons to different countries is called the nuclear type of this
PROLIFERATION
Estuaries & swamps have this type of water not quite as briny as the ocean
BRACKISH
In a 1901 novel a girl is seized by a Frenchman & perhaps carried off to this dreadful destiny
A FATE WORST THAN DEATH
This synonym for ridiculous is derived from Latin: that's completely...
ABSURD
Proverbially it seldom knocks twice
OPPORTUNITY
To grow of develop in a healthy or vigorous way
FLOURISH
To hastily depart to avoid capture perhaps with the money too
ABSCOND