WHAT IS THE MEANING OF?
Contemptuous
a. showing contempt; scornful
b. courteous and considerate
What is showing contempt; scornful
She was on the __________ of tears when she found out she did not get into Stanford.
a. elegiac
b. verge
What is verge
(n) the action of repeating something aloud from memory.
What is recitation
Spite
a. a desire to help, assist, or aid someone
b. a desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone
What is
(n) a desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone.
(v) deliberately hurt, annoy, or offend (someone).
Samuel made Miguel a business ________________ Miguel could not turn down.
a. Recitation
b. Proposition
What is proposition
(adj) (of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something.
What is incredulous?
Immobile
a. not moving; motionless.
b. moving freely
c. a type of building that people live in, usually staying in one place
What is
(adj) not moving; motionless.
The sky grew dark, and the waves crashed ___________ into the shore.
a. Ominously
b. Incredulously
c. Carte blanche
What is ominously
(adj.) filled with or characterized by intense but unexpressed anger.
What is seething?
Mystify
1. to clarify or explain; to clear up
2. occurring in or characteristic of myths or folk tales.
3. utterly bewilder or perplex (someone); make obscure or mysterious.
4. relating to mystics or religious mysticism.
What is
(verb.) 1. utterly bewilder or perplex (someone).
2. make obscure or mysterious.
The lighthouse, with its beautiful scenery, is an ____________ place to host the dinner party
a. saccharine
b. elegiac
c. idyllic
d. raucous
What is idyllic
(adj) excessively sweet or sentimental.
What is saccharine?
Befuddled
a. unable to think clearly; confused or perplexed.
b. unhappy and dissatisfied; frustrated.
c. strive to achieve or attain something despite difficulty or resistance.
d. sharp; aware or alert.
What is
(adj.) unable to think clearly; confused or perplexed.
DAILY DOUBLE: Use the word elegaic in a sentence.
You must use the word correctly in a sentence to get full credit.
You must provide context so we can tell you understand the word's meaning.
The sentence must follow standard written English.
What is . . .
(n) complete freedom to act as one wishes or thinks best.
What is Carte Blanche?