Synonyms
Murder is an evil crime.
What is heinous?
If you are reckless rather than cautious, you are not being ----.
What is circumspect?
The loud noise jolted me out of my ----.
What is reverie?
This word means calmness, self-control.
What is composure?
Someone would be buried inside of this.
What is a mausoleum?
The Vikings plundered the villages.
What is pillaged?
If you get upset and agitated about the slightest little things, you do not have the ---- to run for Congress, where everyone will constantly attack you about something.
What is composure?
George tripped over his own feet, dropped the football, allowed the other team to recover it, then went the wrong direction and was tackled. The coach said, "He is the most ---- person I know."
What is hapless?
This word means the area adjoining or surrounding a place.
What is environs?
My new job at FedEx will start in December. In the ----, I am working at Arby's.
What is interim?
His unfortunate attempts to be a successful writer are shown by his many rejection letters from publishers.
What is hapless?
When the Princess put on a wig and dark glasses, she was able to be recognized as she walked through the mall.
What is incognito?
The bird nest was ---- up in the maple tree.
What is ensconsed?
This word means shockingly evil or wicked.
What is heinous?
The pirates ---- the town, stealing everything they could find.
What is pillaged?
Anatomy class trains students in what to expect their first year of medical school.
What is indoctrinates?
He has been hired to be the permanent principal, and will leave when Mrs. Graham takes over in January.
What is interim?
Rather than being on the sales floor with the manager, Milton wanted to work in the basement all by himself so that he could be -----.
What is autonomous?
This word means lost in thought, a daydream.
What is reverie?
No one recognized the famous movie star when she was traveling -----.
What is incognito?
"Be calm and cautious when you approach him so you don't scare him," whispered my dad as we tried to catch the little kitten hiding under our porch.
What is circumspect?
A religious cult is typically very objective or nonpartisan about teaching its followers its rules and ideals.
What is indoctrination?
During World War II, the people of German were in ---- to Hitler; therefore, they did not stop his ---- crimes.
What are thrall and heinous?
This word means to teach or train in the fundamentals, or to teach or instill from a partisan point of view.
What is indoctrinate?
When knowledge on a topic is built up over generations, an ---- has been formed.
Hint: This is a second meaning of this word.
What is an edifice?