Which vocabulary word can be defined as "brisk and cheerful readiness"
What is "alacrity"
100
Which vocabulary word means "A stopping, either final or temporary"
What is "Cessation"
100
Which vocabulary word is a synonym for "hint" or "clue"
What is "intimation"
100
Which vocabulary word is an antonym for "cessation"?
What is "beginning"
100
Complete the following sentence:
"Before Magellan made his voyage sailing around the world, he first ________________ his route on a globe"
What is "circumscribed"
200
Which vocabulary word means "impossible to remove, erase, or wash away"
What is "indelible"
200
Which vocabulary word means "extraordinarily bad; flagrant"
What is "egregious"
200
Which vocabulary word is a synonym for a "trip"
What is a "sojourn"
200
Which vocabulary word is an antonym for "pure" or "innocent"
What is "sordid"
200
When he arrived to the city for the first time, we could tell that he was new to the area by his ____________ dress; his coat was decorated from goats from a local village"
What is "provincial"
300
Which vocabulary word means "Satisfaction of a claim brought in court"
What is "redress"
300
Which vocabulary word means "harsh or corrosive in tone"
What is "vitriolic"
300
Which vocabulary word is a synonym for "corruption"
What is "turpitude"
300
Name an antonym for "provincial"
What is "urban"
300
"In Puritan societies anyone caught having an affair out of marriage was sent to prison for acts of moral ________________"
What is "turpitude"
400
Define "waive"
What is "To do without, to give up, to put off temporarily"
400
Which vocabulary word means "fluent in an offhand manner" or "offhand"
What is "glib"
400
Name a synonym for "tacit"
What is "implicit" or "understood"
400
Name an antonym for "acquiesce"
What is "object" or "deny" or "disapprove"
400
Please forgive me for handing in this essay. I had such a hard time with the thesis. The entire thing just ended up being a very random ______________ of my ideas about the play!
What is "amalgamation"
500
Define "Belie"
What is "to give a false impression of; to contradict"
500
Define "diffident"
What is "reserved, shy, not self-confident"
500
Name a synonym for "ephemeral"
What is "fleeting"
500
Name an antonym for "panacea"
What is "disease" or "injury"
500
"Upon his death bed, the benefactor decided to ________________ his fortune to a local school, where there is now a scholarship in his name."