To the pickiest eater, the slightest __________ in the amount of salt can change a dish.
What is nuance?
100
The flight of butterflies can be described as __________; they look as though they are playing without a care in the world, flitting from one flower to the next.
What is whimsical?
100
they're, there, or their?
I lived in Boston for many years and would happily move back ___________.
OR
Paul and Mike found ____________ money in the sofa.
OR
____________ not ready yet, so they will present on Monday.
there, their, they're
100
There is a large ____________ between the people who make decisions in this country and people who have to live with the decisions made in this country.
What is disparity?
100
Ice cream sizes are _____________ with the ages of people; the younger you are, the smaller your dish.
What is commensurate?
200
Audiences love slap-stick comedy; people are drawn to the ____________ of other people falling down.
What is hilarity?
200
The silly antics of playful dads is appropriately amusing to toddlers and utterly __________ to teenagers.
What is ludicrous?
200
than or then?
I'm flying to Toronto ___________ flying home.
OR
I would rather eat cake ________ eat cookies.
What is then, than?
200
EITHER the direct opposite OR a figure of speech where contrasting ideas are put together into one phrase
What is antithesis?
200
That boy is so weird! He is downright __________!
What is droll?
300
A common way to explain and understand how the world works is to create an ____________ between something already understood and something being taught, like a balloon and the lungs.
What is analogy?
300
Both as a noun and a verb, this word means playful talk.
What is banter?
300
I or me?
This is for Jane and __________.
OR
Jane and _______ need one.
What is me, I?
300
A ______________ garden has one type of flower, fruit, or vegetable.
What is homogeneous?
300
I know you're just playing, but he's your boss. You can't make such ________ comments.
What is flippant?
400
_____________ is easily found at large gatherings of people who care for each other and enjoy each other's company, like weddings and birthday parties.
What is mirth?
400
_______________, like "Jury: 12 people to decide who has the better lawyer", use humor to explain life.
What is witticism?
400
affect or effect?
The ___________ of the hurricane were felt by all of the coastal states.
OR
The hurricane __________ the fishing business in all of the coastal states.
What is effect, affect?
400
When April started hanging out with the wrong crowd, she began making poor choices and bad grades which ___________ from her plan of attending an Ivy League school.
What is deviated?
400
I'm trying to have a serious conversation with you. Why do all of your comments have to be so ___________?
What is facetious?
500
There is not necessarily _____________ between how hard a person works and how much money they earn.
What is congruence?
500
On the board walk, the artist drew a ____________ of me that really ____________ my nose!
What is caricature?
500
farther or further?
The _________ you run, the more money you make for charity.
OR
The Voyager spacecraft traveled __________ than any other craft.
What is farther, further?
500
In pre-Revolutionary times, the Americans dumping of tea into the Boston harbor was __________ to an act of war against the British.
What is tantamount?
500
A ____________ garden has a wide variety of flowers, fruit, and vegetables.