Terms/Vocab
Known as a bookworm
What is pedantic?
Whining; sniffing repeatedly
What is sniveling?
Change in form
What is metamorphosis?
They were ____ing their way along the ___, curvy road.
What are wend and serpentine?
Saliva
What is drivel?
Giving your opinions
What is editorializing?
Their marriage of twenty years was a/an ___ one, so they had no ___s about the future of their marriage.
What are intimate and qualms?
They attempted to ___ their ___ to save their city. After all, he had been their enemy for years.
What are ostracize and nemesis?
The two candidates began ___ing the reputations of each other while they ___ied insults back and forth.
What are impugn and bandy?
Antonym of boorish
What is propriety?
Has a big appetite
What is voracious?
Poor hygiene and untidy
What is slovenly?
To gain favor through one's actions
What is ingratiate?
Things looked very bleak for Harold's potential promotion since John, his ___, was in charge of hiring and promotions.
What is nemesis?
Major difference between a phrase and a clause
What are subject and predicate or verb?
Lying; false statements
What is mendacious?
The runner had a steady ____ throughout the race, but he still came in second.
What is gait?
Claudius' plan to pour ___into Hamlet's drink ended in a ___ because he killed, instead, his beloved wife.
What are venom and debacle?
The youngest child was ___ for ___ing her parents to buy the newest toys on the market.
What are notorious and entreating or beseeching?
Thesis statement of a research science essay is also known as this
What is hypothesis?
Language that surprises others
What is wit?
It was a/an ____ that the ____ serial killer had been released back into society!
What are abomination and notorious?
Antonym of imperfect
What is impeccable?
The ___ con artist tried to ___ her by selling her fake jewelry.
What are wily and bilk?
Four strategies for writing a definition essay
What are negation, category, etymology, and synonym?