The 19th century feud between the Hatfield and McCoy families of Kentucky remains one of the most celebrated expressions of ____ in American history.
What is animosity
100
As if to prove how ____ the shack was, the door fell off when we tried to open it.
What is decrepit
200
ob so lete
What is lets
200
aminostity
What is animosity
200
frank, sincere
What is ingenuous
200
When the plane landed safely after losing an engine, the airline's president _____ the pilot for both his expertise and for his cool head.
What is commended
200
The record-breaking heat wave so ____ everyone that none of us wanted to venture outdoors except for a swim at the lake or to an air-conditioned movie.
What is stultified
300
con se crate
What is con
300
apprehenssive
What is apprehensive
300
to make ineffective or useless, cripple
What is stultify
300
Mother was a(n) ____ consumer of words; she read everything from philosophy to romances and even pored over cereal boxes if there was nothing else available.
What is omnivorous
300
The wrestler ____ his opponent with insults and scornful jokes.
What is derided
400
re pri sal
What is pro
400
reprisial
What is reprisal
400
an injury done in return for injury
What is reprisal
400
The government of the old U.S.S.R. effectively _____ political disagreement by neutralizing opposition groups and smothering speech that questions its policies
What is stultified
400
In the painting "Ernesta with Nurse," the artist Cecilia Beaux creates a portrait of _____ youth by painting a child's trusting eyes and innocent expression.
What is ingenuous
500
quan dary
What is quan
500
apahty
What is apathy
500
outmoded
What is obsolete
500
Word processors, personal computers, and printers have rendered the typewriter, invented by a Milwaukee printer and first manufactured in 1874, _____.
What is obsolete
500
When his grandmother died, he expected his friends' ____, but the vast number of sympathy cards overwhelmed him.