Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
100
A synonym for prohibit
What is proscribe?
100
Another word for stingy.
What is parsimonious?
100
That slope was _______. Another word for steep.
What is precipitous?
100
A synonym for poor.
What is indigent?
200
Extreme wickedness
What is enormity?
200
weird; not conventional
What is eccentric?
200
boring; dull; lacking liveliness
What is vapid?
200
having two or more possible meanings; similar to ambiguous
What is equivocal?
200
an award or expression of praise
What is accolade?
300
to sooth; to cause someone to feel less angry
What is placate?
300
When someone refuses to do what other people tell him to do, he is being _________, meaning stubborn.
What is obdurate?
300
Whether we go to the beach is ______, meaning dependent, upon the weather.
What is an example of contingent?
300
unlucky; very unfortunate
What is hapless?
300
to disappear gradually... "The smoke dissipated."
What is dissipate?
400
Jackson Pollack's paintings are not realistic or concrete representations of real world things. What's another word for not realistic or concrete?
What is abstract?
400
sticking to the point; explaining clearly; cutting to the heart of the matter
What is incisive?
400
to stray away from a topic
What is digress?
400
a brilliant often unexpected victory
What is coup?
400
to repeat excessively
What is belabor?
500
something completely unexpected from the norm
What is an anomaly?
500
the state of being near... Example: My school is within close __________ to my home.
What is proximity?
500
a scheming plan/activity
What is machination?
500
to never give up; to be mercilessly persistent
What is relentless?
500
a person who is smugly ignorant... Example: He is a __________ who doesn't care if the city's orchestra goes bankrupt.
What is a philistine?
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