Keisha's financial success is the result of her own hard work, not THE BELIEF THAT ONE'S FATE HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ADVANCE BY A HIGHER POWER.
What is PREDESTINATION?
100
It was clear that Percy had based his paper on the brief SUMMARY THAT IS NOT WORD FOR WORD on the book's back cover, rather than the book itself.
What is PARAPHRASE?
100
Hannah wanted to get a greeting card that was funny and original instead of BORING BECAUSE OF OVERUSE OR REPETITION.
What is TRITE?
100
Although Vance tried to be gracious to the losing team, he could hardly hide his FEELING OF GREAT HAPPINESS OR WELL-BEING at winning the championship.
What is EUPHORIA?
100
Despite his NOTICEABLY BAD OR OFFENSIVE violation of company policy, Todd was awarded Employee of the Year.
What is FLAGRANT?
200
Edie is learning the major scale, which is a BASIC IDEA OR PRINCIPLE of music, but her sister is an advanced piano student.
What is a RUDIMENT?
200
The speech teacher reminded his students to vary their phrasing rather than speaking in a(n) SAMENESS OF SOUND, STYLE, MANNER, OR COLOR.
What is MONOTONE?
200
Though Darryl's new neighbors call him a(n) SOMEONE NEWLY WEALTHY, he is very comfortable with his social status.
What is a PARVENU?
200
All the New Year's Eve partiers went home to sleep, and the streets seemed empty and DESERTED AND LONELY.
What is DESOLATE?
200
The play was completely predictable, from its conventional opening to its EXPECTED OR REQUIRED melodramatic ending.
What is OBLIGATORY?
300
The union members nominated an official to serve as a(n) INTERMEDIARY, GO-BETWEEN between the union and company employers.
What is a LIAISON?
300
No matter what INFLAMING; PROVOKING HEAT OR ANGER tactics the rebel leader employed, he could not anger the citizens enough to start a riot in the city.
What is INCENDIARY?
300
Wendell wondered when the informal gathering of small businessmen had become a powerful global GROUP OF COMPANIES OR INSTITUTIONS capable of making significant economic decisions.
What is a CONSORTIUM?
300
Was Mike's behavior ARTIFICIAL; ACQUIRED, or the result of qualities that naturally occur in his character?
What is ADVENTITIOUS?
300
Since she was supplied with all the funds she needed, the opera star saw no need to URGE OR BEG WITHOUT END her manager for additional support.
What is IMPORTUNE?
400
Our neighbor's PERFECT OR IDEAL, ESPECIALLY IN SKILL OR ACCOMPLISHMENT grilling skills mean that he was always asked to oversee cooking at our barbecues.
What is CONSUMMATE?
400
The educational PATTERN OR MODEL will be radically changed by the ideas that Professor Dewey has introduced.
What is a PARADIGM?
400
The showy cook was given to INTENDED TO ATTRACT ATTENTION; SHOWY tricks like juggling lemons and frying three eggs at the same time.
What is FLAMBOYANT?
400
Sarah was praised for her SHARPLY EFFECTIVE OR INSIGHTFUL essay on the current political situation in France.
What is TRENCHANT?
400
Unless the owner can come up with sufficient money in two weeks, the city will ATTACH ONESELF; TAKE OVER his property.
What is ANNEX?
500
A smaller work composed by the poet in his youth was a(n) ONE THAT PRECEDES ANOTHER to his lengthy masterpiece.
What is an ANTECEDENT?
500
Connie was able to EXAMINE OR ANALYZE the difficult poem with little trouble because she was familiar with the author's other works.
What is PARSE?
500
Jacob pointed out to the arrogant banker that members of the so-called COMMON PEOPLE; THE MASSES made up a majority of the bank's loan customers.
What is the HOI POLLOI?
500
Bob found that the solution given to him by the vet had a(n) EASING PAIN OR DISCORD effect on the kitten's irritated eye.
What is LENITIVE?
500
They will let the proposal CONCEIVE AND DEVELOP IN THE MIND OR BODY for several months in the minds of council members, and then they will bring it forth for discussion.