What is the verb that means to injure, spoil, damage, blemish, deface, or taint?
Mar
100
This noun means treachery, betrayal of trust, deceit, double-dealing, and unfaithfulness.
Perfidy
100
This noun means good luck, good fortune, or the occurrence of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
Serendipity
100
What adjective beginning with the letter C means shrewd, careful, astute, smart, sharp, and savvy?
Canny
100
This adjective means healthy!
Salubrious
200
This word's Latin root means "mangled or torn." What is the noun meaning tear, cut, gash, wound or abrasion?
Laceration
200
Fill in the blank: The musician was insulted because she was offered so little money, a mere ___________, for a two-hour concert.
Pittance
200
Feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph, elated, gleeful, or walking on air.
Jubilant
200
Fill in the blank: The president's speech ______________ the nation and resuscitated the economy.
Catalyzed
200
This adjective describes Atticus Finch and means benevolent, courageous, noble, and merciful.
Magnanimous
300
What is the adjective that best describes Scout Finch on the playground? It means eager or quick to fight, quarrelsome or argumentative.
Pugnacious
300
What adjective means heavy, bulky, slow, cumbersome, and clodhopping?
Ponderous
300
Fill in the blank: Factory workers voiced _______________ with the striking students. This word means mutual support within a group.
Solidarity
300
What is the noun that describes a rhythm, progression of sound, beat, or tempo?
Cadence
300
Fill in the blank: The royal family's ____________ made everyone else in their country rich. Defined: generosity in giving
Munificence
400
What is the word that can be either a verb or a noun and means scuffle or fight?
Tussle
400
What verb means to spread throughout, saturate, soak through, penetrate, and seep through?
Permeate
400
This blessed noun comes from the Latin word "bonus" meaning "good."
Boon
400
What adjective means deep blue in color like the sky?
Cerulean
400
This adjective means excessive greed, covetousness, money-grubbing, and materialism.
Avarice
500
This is another word for an opponent that cannot be beaten or overcome, a source of harm or ruin, an adversary, foe or opponent.
Nemesis
500
Penumbra means any area of partial shade or the shadow cast by the earth or moon over an area experiencing a partial eclipse. It's origin comes from the Latin "paean" meaning ‘almost’ + "umbra" which means what?
Shade
500
The noun camaraderie means mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together, team spirit, or companionship. Camaraderie comes from what root French word?
Camarade or comrad
500
What does the Latin root "circum" mean?
Around
500
This adjective means ill will, hatred, bitterness, and hostility.