lasting or existing for a short time; not permanent
What is temporary?
100
a structure that carries water
What is an aqueduct?
200
Fill in the blank:
Sherlock was able to _________ who the murder was based on the evidence that linked the victims together.
What is deduce?
200
word for word
What is verbatim?
200
representing an equally balanced state
What is equation?
200
existing or occurring at the same time
What is simultaneous?
200
A koala, who sleeps for up to 20 hours a day, would be described as this.
What is inert?
300
consecutive
What is following in order or succession of something?
300
"Two wrongs don't make a right" is an example of this.
What is a proverb?
300
equal in power
What is equipotent?
300
to put on a false appearance; disguise
What is dissimulate?
300
a clever trick; a craft device
What is artifice?
400
to bring forward in argument or as evidence
What is adduced?
400
edict
What is an order or command?
400
nullify
What is to declare something void or make it futile?
400
Fill in the blank:
Many medieval ballads incorporate both supernatural and ________ elements together.
What is temporal?
400
poignant
What is the affecting or moving of emotions or pertaining to a pungent smell.
500
Regan and Goneril from King Lear might be considered this because, unlike Cordelia, they exaggerated in saying how much they loved him in hopes of getting land.
What is obsequious?
500
Fill in the blank:
Pip wished that Mr. Pumblechook would quit talking and leave him alone; he detested the man's pompous attitude and ___________.
What is verbiage?
500
Fill in the blank:
Having had no previous children, _________ women face more uncertainties in labor.
What is nulliparous?
500
Fill in the blank:
Typically, lawyers possess a gift in ___________ speaking since they argue based on new information presented in the courtroom.
What is extemporaneous?
500
Fill in the blank:
With considerable ________, the intern completed the organizational procedures as mentioned in the handbook.