Category 1: Verbs in Action
$100: To cancel or declare something legally invalid.
Answer: What is annul?
$100: Bored or uninterested because you've seen something too much.
Answer: What is blasé?
$100: Decorated with complex or fancy patterns.
Answer: What is ornate?
$100: Something or someone that is seen as unimportant or nonexistent.
Answer: What is nonentity?
$100: After reading the book, she decided to carefully ___ the contract before signing.
Answer: What is peruse?
$200: To support, strengthen, or prop up.
Answer: What is bolster?
$200: To strongly disapprove or feel deep regret about something.
Answer: What is deplore?
$200: Full of tiny holes that allow liquid or air to pass through.
Answer: What is porous?
$200: The small part left after most is gone.
Answer: What is residue?
$200: The castle stood on a rocky ___, jutting out above the sea.
Answer: What is promontory?
$300: To gather or bring together, especially troops or courage.
Answer: What is muster?
$300: Worried or concerned for someone’s well-being.
Answer: What is solicitous?
$300: Lying face down or likely to do something.
Answer: What is prone?
$300: Help or protection in a time of need.
Answer: What is recourse?
$300: The board voted to ___ the careless manager from his position.
Answer: What is oust?
$400: To remove or kick someone out of a position or place.
Answer: What is oust?
$400: A feeling of doubt or uneasiness about doing something.
Answer: What is qualm?
$400: A high cliff or land jutting into water.
Answer: What is promontory?
$400: Someone who is overly focused on a single idea.
Answer: What is obsess (or obsessed person)?
$400: His room was so dull and plain, the opposite of ___ decorations.
Answer: What is ornate?
$500: To read or look at something very carefully.
Answer: What is peruse?
$500: Emotionally steady, serious, and respectable in behavior.
Answer: What is staid?
$500: To keep something going over time, or to nourish.
Answer: What is sustain?
$500: Behavior or objects that are silly and not important.
Answer: What is frivolous?
$500: Despite the challenges, they worked hard to ___ their friendship through the years.
Answer: What is sustain?