Words to know
Renounce or relinquish a throne, right, or power
What is ABDICATE?
Gruesome; horrible; revolting
What is LURID?
Awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly
What is UNCOUTH?
Two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind
What is HANSOM?
Complete and humiliating failure
What is FIASCO?
Area overgrown with ferns and shrubs
What is BRACKEN?
A structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch
What is PORTICO?
Filthy or dirty; foul
What is SORDID?
Greenhouse, usually attached to a dwelling
What is CONSERVATORY?
Hater of humankind
What is MISANTHROPE?
Widows who hold property derived from deceased husbands
What is DOWAGERS?
One whose welfare is promoted by an influential person
What is PROTEGE?
***DAILY DOUBLE***
Obtained or gotten by care, effort, or the use of special means
What is PROCURED?
A decline to a lower condition, quality, or level
What is DEGRADATION?
Imitate for purposes of ridicule or satire
What is PARODY?
Fill with water and sink
What is FOUNDER?
Burned superficially or slightly; scorched
What is SINGED?
Vehicle carrying many passengers, used for public transport
What is OMNIBUS?
Tersely phrased statements of truth or opinion; adages
What is APHORISMS?
Clouded; opaque; obscured
What is TURBID?
Assumption of human form or nature
What is INCARNATION?
Gaudy; showy and cheap
What is TAWDRY?
Seeming to be without an end; endless
What is INTERMINABLE?
A concise, clever, often paradoxical statement
What is EPIGRAM?
Person who promotes or holds religious revivals
What is REVIVALIST?