Vocab 1
The coach attributed the team's success to the _______ among the players.
a. loathing
b. contempt
c. camaraderie
d. aesthetic
What is camaraderie?
Define "metamorphosis". (ex., It took him many years to undergo the metamorphosis from player to coach.)
What is "a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one?"
Choose the correct word:
(v.) to shorten
a. preclude
b. deplore
c. truncate
d. circumvent
What is truncate?
Choose the correct word:
(adj.) causing great mental or physical pain
a. idling
b. wrenching
c. subtly
d. minute
What is wrenching?
The city where you can find the Eiffel Tower and The Louvre
What is Paris, France?
Choose the correct word:
(adj.) Fragile, easy to break
a. inconsistent
b. frangible
c. caustic
d. cumbersome
What is frangible?
Choose the correct word:
(adj.) overflowing
a. cohesive
b. rife
c. barren
d. meager
What is rife?
**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**
Death Valley and the Badlands are both characterized by their lack of _______ soil.
a. dormant
b. arable
c. indigenous
d. belligerent
What is arable?
Define "theocracy." (ex., The mayor is such a religious man that he runs the small town like a theocracy and insists all community activities begin with a prayer.)
What is " government that derives its authority directly from religion?"
The iconic company started by Steve Jobs
What is Apple?
Define "litany". (ex., The team blamed its losses on a litany of injuries.)
What is "a tedious recital or repetitive series"?
The _______ teacher warned the class that he would accept no excuses for tardiness.
a. meticulous
b. obscure
c. heinous
d. procrustean
What is procrustean?
Define "expedite." (ex., I asked the supplier to expedite the order because we need it by tomorrow.)
What is "to make something happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly?"
Choose the correct word:
(n.) composure; mental calmness
a. disparity
b. equanimity
c. nuance
d. ascension
What is equanimity?
The national bird of the United States
What is the bald eagle?
**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**
The ________ gardener planted so many flowers that a number of them did not have the necessary space in which to grow.
a. zealous
b. tedious
c. pretentious
d. rigorous
What is zealous?
Choose the correct word:
(n.) a robber or bandit
a. brigand
b. tumult
c. zealot
d. criteria
What is brigand?
The _______ funeral scene temporarily interrupted the comical tone of the play.
a. lugubrious
b. stringent
c. docile
d. negligent
What is lugubrious?
Define "nonchalant." (ex., Many of the students displayed a nonchalant attitude towards studying.)
What is "unconcerned or indifferent?"
**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**
The number of minutes in one week
What is 10,080?
Choose the correct word:
(v.) to remove the moisture from; to dry out
a. stimulate
b. admonish
c. indict
d. desiccate
What is desiccate?
Define "cosmopolitan." (ex., The club has an eclectic and cosmopolitan atmosphere.)
What is "including or containing people from many different countries; also, worldly or sophisticated?"
Choose the word matching the synonyms and antonyms:
Syn.: passionate; enthusiastic
Ant.: uninterested; indifferent
a. imminent
b. static
c. ardent
d. contingent
What is ardent?
**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**
The delusional man wandered down the street conversing with some invisible ________.
a. coalition
b. interval
c. interlocutor
d. travesty
What is interlocutor?
Cynophobia
What is a fear of dogs?