DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
The INCREMENTAL snowfall throughout the day left an ACCRUAL that broke the records, shut down the city, and led to a week of snow days and school closures!
What is increase and sum of that increase?
100
As if REITERATING the ___________ importance of doing homework daily was not enough, the advisor _______the same GESTICULATION representing a throat being cut each time the dashboard was reviewed.
a. threat... brandished
b. rule... played
c. promise...shouted
d. reminder... performed
What is D -- reminder... performed
200
Being DISCONCERTED
What is flustered or perturbed?
200
Mortified
What is embarrassed; humiliated; ashamed?
200
The opposite meaning of decorum (following the rules of civility and good manners)!
What is IMPROPRIETIES?
200
A sleepy teenager curled up under a comforter in her bed is an example of this word!
What is ENSCONCED?
200
As the student _____ through a prodigious amount of English questions, his vibrant ______ on life kept him focused and energized despite the number of hours it took.
A. sped... attitude
B. waded... outlook
C. sifted... depression
D. complained... cheat-sheet
C. complained...
What is B -- waded... outlook
300
An example of a heinous crime committed during World War II.
What is the Holocaust?
300
CIRCUMSPECT
What is careful and thoughtful?
300
The opposite of STELLAR!
What is earthly or ordinary?
300
DeJuan remained STOIC even when the doctor began stitching up the six inch cut on his foot made by the broken glass.
What is unaffected; able to endure pain without emotion?
300
The arrival of thousands of zealous ________ made the small group's ____________ grow lackluster in the face of such odds.
A. Republicans... voting rights
B. fans... game
C. zombies... confidence
D. diners... turkeys
What is C -- zombies... confidence
400
To agree without argument; comply
What is acquiesce?
400
Entertainer or storyteller
What is RACONTEUR?
400
The opposite meaning of choleric.
What is even-tempered, easy-going, calm?
400
Because of his refusal to bend any rule, Master Gunnery Sergeant Slaughter is known to be a MARTINET.
What is strict?
400
In order to introduce some ______ into their humdrum lives, Littleman and Jackson decided to venture off to the city's ________ and hang out with the suburbanites for a chuckle or two.
What is LEVITY and ENVIRONS
500
Moral, honest, decent!
What is probity?
500
Surplus, overabundance
What is SURFEIT?
500
The opposite meaning of convenient or practical.
What is expedient?
500
The EMOLUMENTS JaQuita earned working at the concession stand amounted to only enough money for a Happy Meal.
What is payment or fees?
500
The ________ dish left an unpleasant taste in my mouth, but, out of respect for my dear, old granny, I ________ myself well and did not misbehave by complaining.