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A term used to describe  a word with multiple related meanings

What is Polysemous

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The term used to describe these types of words: yellow, blue, flat, old, beautiful, fat

What is an Adjective

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The term used to describe these types of words: roof-roof, gua-gua, splat, boom, croaked, quack

What is Onomatopoeia

100

A term used when something illegal or wrong is said to have been done by someone, but has not been proven

What is Allegedly


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A term associated with an animal being gentle and not aggressive or dangerous.  

What is Docile

200

The term used to describe the central message or "big Idea" in a story

What is Theme

200

The term used to describe this types of words: TorC, desk, automobile, school, Mary

What is a Noun

200

A term used to describe a loud high pitched cry made when someone is frightened, hurt or surprised 

What is Shrieked

200

A term used to describe a struggle or fight over something

What is a Tussle

200

The term used to describe a word that replaces the name of a person, place, or idea in a sentence

What is a Pronoun

300

A term used to describe the flow of water in steps, or water that moves forward, then drops, moves forward then drops. Usually associated with peacefulness or paradise

What is Cascade

300

The term used to describe these types of words: jump, sit, walk, look, sing, drive, realize

What is a Verb

300

A term used to describe someone using a lot of energy and in a hurry or doing it very fast to accomplish something 

What is Furiously 

300

A polysemous word, that describes having to deal or confront something that is unpleasant (hard, scary, not easy)

What is Face

300

A term used to describe the following objects: forks, spoons, knives

What are Utensils

400

A term used to describe people or things being carried/transported  over water or through the air

What is Ferried

400

The term used to describe these types of words: loudly, always, soon, quickly, never

What is an Adverb

400

A term used to describe experiencing something from someone else or to share another person's experience without actually doing it or being there

What is Vicarious

400

A term used to describe when someone does not believe or think something to be true

What is Skeptical

400

The term used to describe words that tell how often, how, when. Can describe a verb, an adjective, or an adverb

What is Adverb


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A term used to describe a person doing something with great strength, energy and urgency to accomplish something and to the point of possibly hurting themselves 

What is Straining

500

The term used to describe these types of words: at, in, on, beside, below, over, under, upon,about

What is a Preposition


500

A term used to describe a "soft" reflection especially off water that seems to be moving slightly

What is Shimmering

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A term used to describe when something is not allowed or allowed to happen

What is Ban


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The term used to describe a moment or event that causes/motivates someone to write or to speak about a specific issue, problem, or situation.  Example, after a school shooting or mass shooting

What is Exigence

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