Definition Challenge
A massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
What is a juggernaut?
The newspaper tabloid ___________ that the movie star and director were having creative differences.
What is Alleged?
Means the same as rank.
What is echelon?
This word describes someone who is in a bad mood.
Identify POS for "exacerbate."
What is a verb?
To overcome the distrust of, win over.
What is conciliate?
I enjoy the delightful ______________ between Manny and Trey during 6th period.
What is badinage?
Opposite of energetic.
What is Lackadaisical?
This happens when you change your story.
What is recant.
Identify POS for the words "arrant."
What is an adjective?
Stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way.
What is fatuous?
Whenever she talks about her childhood, she recites an interminable ___________ of grievances.
What is litany?
Means same as demolish.
What is raze?
This words describes many of Edgar Allan Poe's works.
What is macabre?
Identify POS for "recant"
What is a verb?
An inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth.
What is paucity?
Shouting and name calling are sure to ____________ any quarrel.
What is exacerbate?
Means same as drench or flood.
When you reach the upper one of these, you have arrived at the top.
What is echelon?
Identify POS for the words "slough"
What is a verb.
Of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood.
What is Saturnine?
In Shakespeare's plays, disturbances in the heavens usually ____________ disaster.
What is portend?
Opposite of take on or acquire.
What is slough?
This word describes what you become at school when spring sets in.
What is lackadaisical?
Identify POS for the word "badinage"
What is a noun.