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Adjectives
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implacable
What is an adjective for something or someone that cannot be pacified?
100
paroxysm
What is a wild fit?
100
exacerbate
What is to make worse?
100
one swallow does not make a summer
don't jump to conclusions based on limited evidence
100
forthwith
What is the adverb for immediately
200
reprehensible
What is an adjective describing something or someone worthy of blame
200
effigy
What is a likeness of a hated person?
200
stymie
What is to impede?
200
a bitter pill to swallow
a humiliating defeat
200
oust
What is antonym from Week 7 for "to accept"?
300
monolithic
What is a word to describe something that is massively solid?
300
jurisdiction
What is range of authority
300
terminate
What is to put an end to?
300
an ax to grind
having a selfish background motive
300
I'm from Missouri
I have to be convinced
400
The decision appeared to be random and __________ , so the people protested.
arbitrary
400
A weekend ________ at a party lead to an all debacle at school on Monday.
skirmish
400
Since his father is the Sheriff, Justin feels free to ______ the law in his small town.
flout
400
Plessy v Ferguson is a ____________ as it formed the foundation for Brown v Board of Education.
cause celebre
400
quell
flamboyant:brightness::quench: a. eschew b. thirst c. deride d. quell
500
implacable
reprehensible:blameworthy::unforgiving:: a.implacable b. indigent c. arbitrary d. fray
500
paroxysm
conflict:skirmish:: stress: a. effigy b. paroxysm c. quell d.obsolescence
500
harass
inhibit:stop::bother: a. stymie b. flout c. elicit d. harass
500
figurative language example (not simile, metaphor, or onomatopoeia)
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