Less is More
Stress Central: School
Writing! Writing! Writing!
How Egreg'ious'!
Appearance is Everything
100
(v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure
What is dissipate?
100
(n.) a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work
What is annotation?
100
(v.) to restate in other words; (n.) a statement that presents a given idea in new language
What is paraphrase?
100
(adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal
What is pernicious?
100
(adj.) showing great variety; composed of different elements or many colors; (n.) a jester's costume; a jester
What is motley?
200
(v.) to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
What is mitigate?
200
(v.) to delay, put off until later
What is procrastinate?
200
(adj.) extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush
What is redundant?
200
(adj.) making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou
What is sanctimonious?
200
(adj.) untidy, dirty, careless
What is slovenly?
300
(v.) to scatter or spread widely
What is disseminate?
300
(adj.) exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding
What is recondite?
300
(adj.) implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in
What is implicit?
300
(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone
What is acrimonious?
300
(adj.) poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste
What is dowdy?
400
(v.) to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses
What is extenuate?
400
(v.) to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly
What is inculcate?
400
(adj.) dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic
What is prosaic?
400
(adj.) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety
What is punctilious?
400
(adj.) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
What is austere?
500
(adj.) vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy
What is evanescent?
500
(adj.) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit (describes school perfectly)
What is specious?
500
(v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify (for those whose vocabulary is a little too colorful)
What is expurgate?
500
(adj.) moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline
What is abstemious?
500
(adj.) pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance
What is debonair?
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