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Mystery Word
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Word Detective
Flip It! (Opposites)
Which Word Wins
100
My bestie's last text could mean she's joking OR she's mad, and I can't tell which. I'm the word for that kind of confusing message.
ambiguous
100
My cat is so ___ that she naps twenty hours a day and still looks tired.
indolent
100
Friendly and easy to talk to. Hint: the camp counselor everyone loves.
affable
100
The opposite of a total couch-potato mood: lively, bubbly, and full of energy.
vivacious
100
Someone says your outfit is weird and you fire back the perfect comeback. That comeback is a ___.
retort
200
I'm what you do when you hand your little brother the last cookie so he stops crying. You calm him down with a treat.
placate
200
My mom waved at me in the mall in front of everyone, and I was completely ___.
mortify (mortified)
200
Kind and generous. Hint: the neighbor who hands out full-size candy bars on Halloween.
benevolent
200
The opposite of a birthday-party mood: serious, quiet, and gloomy.
somber
200
You're staring out the car window on a long ride, deep in thought about life. You're being ___.
pensive
300
I'm the fancy word for happiness so big it basically sparkles. Snow day, new puppy, winning the championship - that's me.
felicity
300
After he broke my phone, my brother gave ___ apologies - sorry, sorry, sorry, SORRY.
profuse
300
Cheerfully hopeful that things will go well. Hint: how you feel before tryouts when you practiced all summer.
sanguine
300
The opposite of dragging your feet: doing something with quick, cheerful speed.
alacrity
300
A penguin at the beach. A ball gown at gym class. Totally out of place = ___.
incongruous
400
I'm the word for 'can't be taken back.' The second you hit send on that text, I'm in charge.
irrevocable
400
When the teacher said 'no homework tonight,' the class erupted into total ___.
tumult
400
Impossible to stop or change. Hint: bedtime, according to your parents.
inexorable
400
The opposite of wishing someone well: secretly wanting something bad to happen to them.
malevolence
400
It's 3pm after a huge lunch and you're slow, sleepy, and moving like a sloth. You're ___.
torpid
500
I'm the word for a total non-answer. 'Do you like my haircut?' 'It's... interesting.' That answer is me - unclear on purpose.
equivocal
500
The puppy gave us such a ___ look when we left for school - the saddest little face ever.
doleful
500
Big-hearted enough to forgive. Hint: what you are when your friend apologizes for eating your fries and you let it go.
magnanimous
500
The opposite of arguing back: quietly giving in with a 'fine, whatever.'
acquiescence
500
You post a video of your new shoes every day for a week so everyone sees them. You're being ___.
ostentatious