Definition
The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
What is HYPOTENUSE?
During my physics class yesterday, I had an ____________________________ and finally understood the theory we had been discussing for a week.
What is EPIPHANY?
Authenticate, endorse, verify
What is NOTARIZE?
Although the favorable winds and calm currents were quite the ______________ start for Magellan’s trip, it turned for the worse when he engaged the inhabitants of the Philippines and was subsequently killed in battle.
What is AUSPICIOUS?
Stay in one place
What is CIRCUMNAVIGATE?
Shrewdness shown by keen insight.
What is ACUMEN?
There has been a major ____________________ shift in American society since 9/11.
What is PARADIGM?
Contradict, Discredit, Call into question
What is BELIE?
Even though the teacher used a ______________ tone, the students still thought the vocabulary grade was worth fifty percent of their grade. So gullible.
What is FACETIOUS?
Unchanging, lack of progress, sameness
What is METAMORPHOSIS?
A doctrine that government should not interfere in commerce.
What is LAISSEZ-FAIRE?
The politician hoped to ____________________ the western states so his party could control the electoral regions.
What is GERRYMANDER?
Prejudice, cultural intolerance, ethnocentrism
What is XENOPHOBIA?
The talkative and ______________ junior business partners infuriated the senior board members because they never stopped interrupting.
What is LOQUACIOUS?
Singular, unlike
What is RECIPROCAL?
Pointless or silly.
What is FATUOUS?
The aging ____________________ of the cities roads and bridges are in urgent need of repair.
What is INFRASTRUCTURE?
Classification, taxonomy, terminology
What is NOMENCLATURE?
At the top of the summit, a ______________ ledge overlooked the western view of South Dakota.
What is PRECIPITOUS?
Modest, humble
What is HUBRIS?
Generally incompetent and ineffectual.
What is FECKLESS?
She is embarrassingly ___________________ to anyone in authority.
What is OBSEQUIOUS?
Grovel, bow, genuflect
What is KOWTOW?
We have tried to ___________________ a feeling of confidence in youngsters by repeating daily affirmations.
What is INCULCATE?
Faith, optimism, nationalism
What is NIHILISM?