After driving the lawful ruler out of the country for good, the villainous duke ___________ the throne and crowned himself king.
What is usurped?
100
an extremely poor person
What is a pauper?
200
to overcome, rise above
What is surmount?
200
angelic, seraphic, beatific
What is cherubic?
200
to be vanquished, to be defeated, to succomb to
What is surmount?
200
The only way I could ___________ the argument peacefully was to walk away abruptly.
What is terminate?
200
to make, manufacture; to make up, invent
What is fabricate?
300
angry
What is irate?
300
ignore, wink at, turn a blind eye to
What is condone?
300
filch, rob, swipe, purloin
What is pilfer?
300
My cousin has so much imagination that he can __________ an excuse that even an experienced principal would believe!
What is fabricate?
300
appearance, air, aura, veneer, facade
What is a semblance?
400
famous, outstanding, deistinguised; projecting
What is eminent?
400
differ, dispute
What is dissent?
400
millionaire, tycoon
What is a pauper?
400
Though I was hurt by the tactless comment, I tried to show pleasure in it by twisting my lips into a feeble __________ of a smile.
What is semblance?
400
illustrious, renowned
What is eminent?
500
(n.) a follower, support; (adj.) attached, sticking to
What is adherent?
500
expel, dispel
What is exorcise?
500
emaciation, gauntness, scrawniness
What is obesity?
500
In this clever spoolf of horror movies, the local witch doctor encounters hilarious difficulties when he tries to __________ an evil demon that has taken up residence in the heroine's body.