Lexes
Lex's "Counter"
Lex Roots: Attempt 1
Geography
Historic Moments
200

The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the nose and the mouth in vertebrates.

What is Palate?

200

If recind is to revoke, cancel, or repeal a law, order, or agreement, then this word would be the antonym of it.

What is Enforce or Enact?

200

From the latin root noxa, meaning "harm".

What is Noxious?

200

This island was the first part of North America discovered by Eurasia.

What is Newfoundland?

200

This famous paper founded America and sparked the celebration of the 4th of July.

What is the Declaration of Independence?
400

This word originated in the 17th century after a fairy tale. This word translates to the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. 

What is Serendipity?
400

This word can be easily simplified to 'problem'.

What is Debacle?

400

It's origins coming from the late 1800's, from a guy named Don, this describes something unrealistic and impractical.

What is Quixotic?

400

These countries are the only two landlocked ones in the Americas.

What are Bolivia and Paraguay?

400

This famous statue, sculpted by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, was a gift from France to the United States.

What is the Statue of Liberty?

600

The word originated in early 19th century French, literally meaning "long speech", and also from the Italian word "tirata", meaning volley.

What is Tirade?

600

A lively person's counterpart can be called this.

What is Stolid?

600

The root of the word Truculent comes from latin, meaning "to overcome".

What is Trux?

600

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This city is known as the legislative capital of Sri Lanka.

600

This city is famous for its nuclear disaster that happened in 1986.

What is Chernobyl?

800

An adjective for this word would be derogatory, and it means to make a show of being morally superior.

What is Sanctimonious?

800

This English word made in the 16th century. An antonym for this word could be smart.

What is Dolt?

800

From late Old English rȳfe, and/or from Old Norse rīfr meaning "acceptable".

What is Rife?

800

This British overseas territory, located almost 12,000 Km away from England, is named after a British king.

What is the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands?

800

This famous event had a play written by Shakespeare himself. The play was based on a famous event in Rome.

What was the assassination of Julius Caesar?

1000

This word has Greek origin and a synonym of this word could be archetype.

What is Paradigm?

1000

An opposite for this word could be stimulant.

What is Soporific?

1000

From the Latin word that means "boiling up", from the verb ebullire, also from the roots e- (variant of ex-) "out" + bullire "to boil".

What is Ebullient?

1000

These islands are an Australian external territory approximately halfway between Sri Lanka and Australia.

What are the Cocos (Keeling) Islands?

1000

This Scottish Scientist invented a groundbreaking antibody in 1928.

Who was Alexander Fleming?

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