What is placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy?
100
The long, flowing fabric ___________ in the wind, rising, falling, and undulating in the breeze.
What is billows or billowed?
100
despondent
What is very sad and without hope, discouraged, depressed?
100
Feign
What is verb?
100
Reproachful
What is expressing disapproval or disappointment; critical?
200
Adamant
What is refusing to be persuaded or change one's mind?
200
After staying up late grading essays and skipping her morning cup of coffee, Ms. Nakigan became extremely _______________ and cranky as the day wore on.
What is persnickety?
200
Insolent
What is showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect?
200
Reproachful
What is adjective?
200
Emit
What is to give forth or release (a sound)?
300
Billow
What is to fill with air and swell outward?
300
My father was often _________________ of my brothers and I on weekend mornings; we liked to sleep in, yet he preferred that we wake up at the crack of dawn, make our beds, and get a head start on homework.
What is reproachful?
300
Interminable
What is incapable of being terminated; endless?
300
Menace
What is noun?
300
Intrepid
What is fearless, bold, or brave?
400
Menace (both definitions)
What is:
1. a dangerous or possibly harmful person or thing
2. someone who causes trouble or annoyance
400
It is ___________ that you return all of your library books before the end of school. Otherwise you will be charged an arm and a leg for the missing items.
What is vital?
400
Lethargic
What is sluggish, inert, inactive, and apathetic?
400
Vital
What is adjective?
400
Ignominy?
What is a deep, personal humiliation or disgrace?
500
Vital (both definitions)
What is:
1. absolutely necessary or important; essential
2. full of life, full of energy
500
She ____________ sickness every time we run the mile in gym class.
What is feigns?
500
Feign
What is to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of; to pretend deceptively?
500
Emit
What is verb?
500
Respite
What is a well-deserved break from something difficult or unpleasant?