DEFINITIONS
OCCURRING EVERY DAY
WHAT IS QUOTIDIAN?
LEARNER OR ROOKIE
WHAT IS NOVICE
IT INVOLVES MAKING SOMEONE LESS ANGRY
WHAT IS PLACATE
Echoing for miles and miles, the funeral ___________ made the stormy day even more grim.
WHAT IS KNELL
ITS THE OPPOSITE OF ZENITH
WHAT IS NADIR
IT'S THE LOWEST POINT
WHAT IS NADIR?
cure-all OR remedy
WHAT IS PANACEA
CHARACTERIZED BY A LOT OF NOISE
WHAT IS RAUCOUS?
The crowd was _________ when the firefighter carried the woman from the burning building.
WHAT IS JUBILANT
LACKING MATURITY
WHAT IS SOPHOMORIC?
TO EASE THE ANGER OF
WHAT IS PLACATE
SUPPRESS OR SUBDUE
WHAT IS QUELL
IT OFTEN CONVEYS A SENSE OF MASTERY
WHAT IS PROWESS?
The _________ carried the child to term for its biological parents
WHAT IS SURROGATE
often used sarcastically or ironically to highlight the impossibility of finding a single solution
WHAT IS PANACEA?
to spread throughout
WHAT IA PERMEATE
GLOOMY OR SULLEN
WHAT IS MOROSS?
OFTEN CONNOTES SOMEONE WHO IS LEARNING
WHAT IS NOVICE
The Tropicana Hotel, a Las Vegas’ landmark, will be ____________ to make way for a baseball stadium.
WHAT IS RAZED?
describes an athletes outstanding performance
WHAT IS PROWESS?
ONE ACTING IN PLACE OF ANOTHER
WHAT IS SURROGATE
OUTDATED OR ARCHAIC
WHAT IS OBSOLETE
IT IS OFTEN USED IN THE CONTEXT OF OLD OR UNWANTED BUILDINGS
WHAT IS RAZE
My day was boring, but the ___________ came when I accidentally spilled a bowl of spaghetti on my lap.
WHAT IS NADIR?
IMPLIES THE ACT OF EXERTING CONTROL OVER IT
WHAT IS QUELL?