__________ tornadoes rip through northern Illinois.
11 words
200
funnel
A tornado is shaped like a _______.
300
predator/prey
First word: an animal that kills and eats other animals. Second word: the opposite.
"Rhyn watched her, unmoving, like a ______ watches its _______."
300
merely
You usually use it when you want to convey that what follows this word is not much, many or that important. " Mr. Obama said that he was ________ explaining the obvious when he spoke of domestic politics affecting international affairs."
300
portrait
a painting, drawing, or photograph of someone, especially of their face only; a description of someone or something, for example in a book. "Blue eyes in Eleanor's modern _______ come from a contemporary writer's description."
400
commitment
It is a promise to do something that involves dedication and responsibility. "For the first time she thought about the fact that he had no _________ to them at all, yet he had risked his life for them."
400
derives
It means come from, or to obtain or receive something from some source. "This word ________ from an ancient Celtic word."
400
conventional
It is a synonym for traditional, usual. "He wanted a ___________ marriage with a wife and kids."
400
investment
money used in a way that may earn you more money.
"new tax incentives that will attract foreign _______"
500
remnant
Something left over;a surviving trace or vestige. "Not till the 13th of February were the miserable __________ of the population permitted to rebuild their houses and cultivate their fields once more. "
500
Follow suit
It means to do the same as someone else has just done. "If other stores lower their prices, we'll have to __________."
500
VARIOUS/NUMEROUS
Two synonyms for many.
500
features
an important part or aspect of something; a characteristic. "Each room has its own distinctive __________."