Ending in "ous"
Action Words
Words that Describe
Person/Place/Thing
Part of Speech
100
clever, original, and inventive
What is ingenious?
100
publicly denounce
What is decry?
100
deliberate and unprovoked
What is wanton?
100
a large or excessive amount of
What is plethora?
100
Wanton
What is an adjective?
200
present, appearing, or found everywhere
What is ubiquitous?
200
erase or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant)
What is expunge?
200
lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite
What is hackneyed?
200
the action of taking something for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission: a sum of money or total of assets devoted to a special purpose.
What is appropriation?
200
Decry
What is a verb?
300
causing harm or damage
What is deleterious?
300
deliberately avoid using; abstain from
What is eschew?
300
reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
What is taciturn?
300
an extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property.
What is conflagration?
300
Alacrity
What is a noun?
400
excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters
What is garrulous?
400
revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement)
What is rescind?
400
ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish
What is opulent?
400
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
What is juxtaposition?
400
Hackneyed
What is an adjective?
500
noisy and difficult to control
What is obstreperous?
500
suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it
What is surmise?
500
brisk and cheerful readiness
What is alacrity?
500
Appropriation
What is a noun?
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