Definitions
Synonyms
Antonyms
IRL
Parts of Speech
100

Sacrifice

Something given up for the sake of another


An offering to a god


To give up something for another 


To offer something of value to a god 

100

Hoard

  • accumulation
  • backlog
  • cache
  • nest egg
  • trove


  • abundance
  • agglomeration
  • aggregation
  • collection
  • conglomeration
  • cumulation
  • fund
  • garner
  • heap
  • inventory
  • mass
  • pile
  • reserve
  • reservoir
  • riches
  • stock
  • store
  • supply
  • treasure
  • wealth


  • amassment
  • treasure trove
100

Grievous

  • acceptable
  • bearable
  • blessed
  • comforting
  • concealed
  • delightful
  • favorable
  • fortunate
  • good
  • happy
  • hidden
  • little
  • lucky
  • magnificent
  • mild
  • pleasing
  • tolerable
  • wonderful
  • harmless
  • pleasant
100

After acquiring horses in the 1760's, the Cheyanne became _____ buffalo hunters on the Great Plains. 

Nomadic 

100

Era

Noun

200

Recede

To Move back or to drop to a lower level

To become fainter 

200

Nomad

  • migrant
  • pilgrim
  • vagabond
  • wanderer


  • hobo
  • itinerant
  • rambler
  • roamer
  • rover
  • wayfarer
200

Invincible

  • beatable
  • breakable
  • conquerable

200

The ____ of space exploration began in the 1950's.

Era

200

Dumbfound

Verb & Adjective

300

Placate

To stop from being angry; to calm

300

Ruthless

  • barbarous
  • brutal
  • callous
  • cold-blooded
  • cruel
  • cutthroat
  • ferocious
  • fierce
  • harsh
  • inhuman
  • malevolent
  • merciless
  • rancorous
  • relentless
  • sadistic
  • savage
  • unforgiving
  • unrelenting
  • unyielding
  • vicious
  • vindictive
  • adamant
  • cold
  • dog-eat-dog
  • feral
  • grim
  • hard
  • hard-hearted
  • implacable
  • inexorable
  • ironfisted
  • killer
  • mortal
  • obdurate
  • pitiless
  • remorseless
  • revengeful
  • severe
  • stern
  • stony
  • surly
  • unappeasable
  • unfeeling
  • unmerciful
  • unsympathetic
  • without pity
300

Recede

  • develop
  • enhance
  • enlarge
  • expand
  • extend
  • face
  • forge
  • grow
  • increase
  • meet
  • prolong
  • raise
  • rise
  • strengthen
  • ascend
  • begin
  • continue
  • enter
  • advance
  • forward
300

The _____ held off the enemy for four days before capitulating. 

Garrison

300

Flourish

Verb & Noun

400

Dumbfound

To Make speechless with amazement


Speechless with amazement 

400

Flourish

  • embellishment
  • ornamentation
  • quirk
  • twist
  • curl
  • furbelow
  • garnish
  • plume
  • spiral
  • sweep

    • bloom
    • blossom
    • boom
    • develop
    • do well
    • expand
    • multiply
    • succeed
    • thrive

    • amplify
    • arrive
    • augment
    • batten
    • burgeon
    • flower
    • go
    • increase
    • score
    • wax
    • be on top of heap
    • bear fruit
    • come along
    • get ahead
    • get on
    • go great guns
    • hit it big
    • live high on hog
    • make out
    • brandish
    • display
    • flaunt
    • flutter
    • shake
    • sweep
    • swing
    • swish
    • twirl
    • vaunt
    • wag
    • wield
400

Placate

  • agitate
  • incite
  • irritate
  • provoke
  • upset
  • worry
  • aggravate
  • trouble
400

You would need $8,309 to pay off the _____ on the car loan. 

Principal

400

Principal

Adjective & Noun

500

Inundate

To Cover, as with water from a flood


To load with an excessive amount or number of something 

500

Grievous

  • appalling
  • atrocious
  • calamitous
  • damaging
  • deplorable
  • dire
  • dreadful
  • egregious
  • flagrant
  • glaring
  • heinous
  • intolerable
  • lamentable
  • monstrous
  • outrageous
  • shameful
  • shocking
  • tragic
  • unbearable
  • afflicting
  • agonizing
  • dismal
  • disquieting
  • distressing
  • disturbing
  • grave
  • harmful
  • heart-rending
  • heavy
  • hurtful
  • injurious
  • mournful
  • offensive
  • onerous
  • oppressive
  • pathetic
  • pitiful
  • sad
  • sharp
  • sorrowful
  • taxing
  • tough
  • troublesome
  • upsetting
  • villainous
  • weighty
  • wounding
500

Ensue

  • cause
  • cease
  • disregard
  • halt
  • neglect
  • precede
  • repress
  • stop
  • antecede
500

Fans _______ radio stations with requests to play Taylor Swift's new album. 

Inundated 

500

Hoard

Verb & Noun

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