Acme Company fired its entire accounting staff today. It intends to ____ these employees with part-time workers. (to replace)
What is supplant?
100
Intelligent
What is sagacious? (adjective)
100
Large
What is voluminous? (adjective)
200
Nearness
What is proximity? (noun)
200
Time off
What is respite? (noun)
200
Trying to create an impression of ____ despite his nervousness, Abbott strolled to the speaker's stand smiling and whistling a little tune. (lack of concern)
What is nonchalance?
200
Worn-out
What is hackneyed? (adjective)
200
Nonstop
What is incessant? (adjective)
300
New
What is fledgling? (adjective)
300
Joy
What is exuberance? (noun)
300
Beagles are ____ eaters — their owners say they will eat anything that is not nailed down — so they tend to become fat unless they get enough exercise. (greedy)
What is voracious?
300
An antisocial person
What is misanthrope? (noun)
300
Lively
What is effervescent? (adjective)
400
A decline
What is decadence? (noun)
400
Squirm
What is writhe? (verb)
400
I do not think it is ____ to spend some extra money to get well-made shoes. Cheap ones fall apart so fast that you soon end up buying another pair. (extravagant)
What is prodigal?
400
Gloomy
What is morose? (adjective)
400
Showing no distress
What is stoic? (adjective)
500
Drowsiness
What is torpor? (noun)
500
Secret
What is surreptitious? (adjective)
500
The boss, a ____ man, insists that we save old memos and letters and use the backs of pages as note paper. (stingy)