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100

(adj) a person new to or inexperienced in a field or situation

What is a novice? 

100

(noun) restoration, modernization, refurbishment

What is renovation?

100

(noun) a feeling of intense irritation or annoyance

What is exasperation?

100

(noun) a play on words

What is a pun?

100

(adj) arrogantly superior and disdainful

What is haughty?

200

(adj) having a red or flushed complexion

What is florid?

200

(adj) certain to happen or unavoidable

What is inevitable?

200

(adj) causing annoyance, anger, or other strong reactions

What is provocative?

200

(adj) feeling or appearing calm and relaxed

What is nonchalant?

200
(adj) happening by accident or by chance rather than by design

What is fortuitous?

300

(adj) lacking interest or excitement

What is mundane?

300

(noun) deep respect for something or someone

What is reverence?

300

(noun) the repetition of vowel sounds - often in poetry

What is assonance?

300

(adj) acting or done quickly and without thought

What is impetuous?

300

(adj) making something seem less serious or more forgivable 

What is extenuating?

400

(noun) to have a strong desire to follow your impulses

What is spontaneity? 

400

(adj) lacking significance through having been overused

What is hackneyed?

400

(noun) the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles

What is integrity? 

400

(adj) ordinary/run-of-the-mill/commonplace

What is prosaic?

400

(noun) a feeling of great happiness and triumph

What is jubilation?

500

(noun) ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish

What is opulent? 

500

(noun) someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the individual's employer

What is a lobbyist?

500

(adj) deceitful and untrustworthy

What is perfidious? 

500
(adj) characterized by vulgar and over-the-top display/designed to impress or attract notice

What is ostentatious?

500

(adj) characterized by bitterness or resentment

What is rancorous?