Put Your Fists Up
Happy Go Lucky
Lazy Bones
You're So Rude!
The Gamut
100
Context: Demonstrators _____________ with police. Defined: scuffle, fight, brawl, grapple, wrestle
tussled
100
Defined: optimistic, cheery, hopeful, buoyant, positive, confident
sanguine
100
Context: After her breakup, my roommate _________________ in self-pity. Defined: to roll around in; take satisfaction, indulge (oneself), delight, revel, relish
wallowed
100
Defined: excessive confidence or boldness; audacity, nerve, impertinence, gall, daring; chutzpah
temerity
100
Defined: glowing or gleaming with a soft radiance; flickering, fluttering, incandescent, twinkling, dancing, radiant, brilliant
lambent
200
Defined: aggressively or boldly approach someone with harmful or hostile intent; confront, call to, shout to
accost
200
Context: The crowd was _____________ when the firefighter carried the woman from the burning building. Defined: feeling or expressing great happiness & triumph; elated, exuberant, gleeful, walking on air, euphoric
jubilant
200
Context: The ______________ whale floated, wallowing in the water for hours. What word means lethargic, dormant, lacking motion? And what are its 2 synonyms? D_ _ L & S_ _ G_ISH
torpid, dull, sluggish
200
What word means pompous, excessively confident, verbose, pretentious, puffed up? And what are its 2 synonyms? O_T_ _ TA_IO_ _ & HIGH_A_UT_ _
bombastic, ostentatious, highfalutin
200
What word means present, appearing, or found everywhere; omnipresent, ever-present, pervasive, universal, worldwide, global? And what is its antonym: R_R_?
ubiquitous, rare
300
Defined: eager or quick to fight, quarrel, or argue; combative, quarrelsome, bellicose, argumentative, antagonistic
pugnacious
300
What means the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way; good luck, good fortune, providence? And what are its 2 synonyms? L_ _ K & FO_ _UI_Y
serendipity, luck, fortuity
300
Defined: 1— appearance: scruffy, untidy, messy, unkempt, disheveled, bedraggled, rumpled 2—work: careless, slipshod, haphazard, negligent
slovenly
300
Curt is defined as rudely brief; abrupt, blunt, clipped, snappy What other word of the day is a synonym?
terse
300
Defined: heavy, bulky; labored and dull or tiresome; clumsy, awkward, lumbering, slow, cumbersome, uncoordinated, clodhopping
ponderous
400
The brothers had always vied for favoritism from their parents. What are two ways to define vie?
compete, contend, contest, struggle, fight, battle, cross swords, jockey
400
What word means a thing that is helpful or beneficial; gift, blessing, godsend, bonus, plus, benefit? And what is its root word in Latin? B _ _ _ _
boon & "bonus"
400
Context: The counselor attributed Penny’s _____________ and ______________ performance in school to the illness of her mother. Defined: unimaginative, dull, humdrum, colorless, bland, insipid, vapid, flat, boring, monotonous, dreary & Defined: indifferent; marked by a lack of energy or enthusiasm, spiritless, lifeless, inactive, inert, sluggish, lethargic
lackluster & listless
400
Defined: impertinence, effrontery, audacity, cockiness, brazenness, boldness; disrespect, rudeness, nerve, sauce, sass, temerity
impudence
400
An imbroglio is defined as an extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation; problem, predicament, trouble, quandary, entanglement, muddle, mess. What are its 2 Synonyms: Q_ _ G_I_E & M_R_S_
quagmire & morass
500
Nemesis is an opponent that cannot be beaten or overcome; a source of harm or ruin; archrival, adversary, foe, opponent, arch enemy. What is this word's origin and from whom is its name derived?
Greek Mythology: the goddess of vengeance & retribution is “Nemesis”
500
Context: Professor Stein’s esprit so charmed her students that they managed to be passionate about all aspects of chemistry, even the densely written lab reports. What are two ways to define esprit?
Defined: the quality of being lively, vivacious, or witty; sprightliness or liveliness of spirit
500
Fervor is the antithesis of laziness. Defined: passion, ardor, intensity, zeal, eagerness, enthusiasm, excitement, vigor, energy, fire, spirit. Fervor comes from the Latin word "fervere," which means what?
Origin: Latin fervere ‘to boil’
500
Curmudgeons are defined as: a bad tempered or surly person, a grouch, a grump, someone in a constant bad mood List 3 famous curmudgeons.
Ebenezer Scrooge Mr. Burns Oscar the Grouch
500
PITTANCE #153. (N.) [PIT unce] Context: The musician was insulted because she was offered so little money, a mere pittance, for a two hour concert. Defined: a very small or inadequate amount of money paid to someone as an allowance or wage; a tiny amount, next to nothing, very little. What are 2 of the 3 informal definitions that were also included in the definitions?
peanuts, chicken feed, chump change
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