complete the sentence
synonyms
antonyms
simple definitions
literary terms
100
My teacher became ____________ when no one did their homework.
What is irate
100
bondage
What is servitude?
100
passive
What is militant?
100
dangerous
What is perilous
100
An actor speaks to the audience and is not heard by other characters on stage.
What is aside
200
The river behind my house ___________ through the woods and all the way to another neighborhood.
What is meander?
200
to tempt
What is tantalize
200
simple
What is intricate
200
take the place of
What is supplant
200
A humorous play on words, often involving homonyms (words that sound the same but mean different things)
What is pun
300
The camping provisions for the last night had grown ____________; we had to catch our own fish!
What is sparse
300
strange
What is alien
300
asset
What is liability
300
to increase or spread rapidly
What is proliferate
300
Direct comparison between two things to suggest likeness
What is metaphor
400
She wanted to go on a date with the boy when he asked her, but she knew her friend liked him too; it was quite the _____________.
What is dilemma?
400
unruly
What is incorrigible?
400
trivial
What is momentous
400
absurd, ridiculous
What is preposterous
400
A character that contrasts with another character, highlighting the differences in each character's personality.
What is foil
500
We knew immediately that she was sick because she looked positively ___________.
What is ghastly.
500
to dupe
What is hoodwink
500
obscure
What is eminent?
500
to intiminate or overcome with fear
What is daunt
500
An adjective that is used to describe a character in place of the character's name.
What is epithet
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