Week 1
Vernacular
What is everyday speech?
Decorous
What is proper?
Gesticulate
What is to make gestures especially when speaking?
obliterate
What is to destroy completely?
Bucolic
What is charmingly rural?
Brawn
What is muscular strength?
Incandescent
What is brilliant or giving of heat/light?
fabricate
What is to lie?
Copious
What is abundant or pleantiful?
Reiterate
What is to repeat or say again?
Hinder
What is something that delays progress?
Didactic
What is intended to teach?
Soporific
What is boring?
Extol
What is to praise highly?
Nonchalant
What is not showing any concern?
Pugnacious
What is eager to fight?
Deride
What is to ridicule?
Abridge
What is to shorten?
Convivial
What is fond of partying?
Belabor
What is to go over to an absurd extent?
Quell
What is to calm or pacify?
Distend
What is to swell?
Strident
What is shrill or high pitched?
Juxtapose
What is to place side by side?
Pretentious
What is making ridiculous claims?