Completing the Sentence
Synonyms
Mystery Questions
Synonyms
Completing the Sentence III
100
Although you lost the hockey game, you can at least take ____________________ in the fact that you score all of 3 of the goals.
What is solace?
100
grand, magnificent, imposing
What is stately?
100
When she opened her closet for the first time in years, she caught a whiff of stale, _______________________ air that made her gag.
What is musty?
100
wield; flourish; flaunt; wave
What is brandish?
100
We had to _____ our laughter when the ballet dancer tripped and knocked over a piece of scenery, because we were afraid everyone would hear us.
What is suppress?
200
As we watched the local doppler radar on the Weather Channel, we saw a skull-and-crossbones over our city, surely a(n) ________________ sign of really bad weather.
What is ominous?
200
include; contain; cover; involve
What is comprise?
200
Some say that a death row pardon two minutes too late is ____________________, but I think it's just a bad coincidence.
What is ironic?
200
agree; assent; comply; consent
What is accede?
200
The popular girls wanted the homecoming court to _____ only of people from their group, so they told people not to vote for anyone else.
What is comprise?
300
We tried to _____ all the weeds from our garden, but they came back the next day.
What is extirpate?
300
dishonest; untrustworthy; reprobate; crooked
What is venal?
300
unpropitious, inauspicious, portentous, threatening
What is ominous?
300
lithe; flexible; bending; yielding
What is supple?
300
She soon realized that she reached her physical _____ when she ran the marathon, and that everything was downhill from now on.
What is pinnacle?
400
That's old lady McPheed, whose _____ manner and meddlesome ways cause her to always help when it isn't needed.
What is officious?
400
lanned; deliberate; intentional; calculated
What is premeditated?
400
widespread, unrestrained, extravagant, prevalent
What is rampant?
400
distinct, forthright, unambiguous, clear
What is explicit?
400
We continued to _____ with the teacher's demands for hours worth of homework assignments because we wanted a good grade.
What is accede?
500
The _____ man rummaged through the dumpster in hopes of finding a meal but instead he found a million dollars and became rich.
What is destitute?
500
incongruous; paradoxical; satirical; sardonic
What is ironic?
500
The tree's limbs were so ____________________ that we could bend them all the way to the ground and fashion a catapult to launch small objects.
What is supple?
500
inconvenient; ill-timed; unfortunate; bad
What is inopportune?
500
The mansion was so ____________________ that I had no doubts the owner was a member of the royal family.
What is stately?
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