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Un-American Words
Are You Confused?
Don't Cross the Line
Making a Transition
Roots Matter
100
I want to believe that you will show up, but your ___ is to RSVP and not show up.
What is modus operandi?
100
a set of beliefs, rules, fundamental truths (principal, principle)
What is PRINCIPLE?
100
We were dirty, hungry, and without a penny.
What is "We were dirty, hungry, and penniless"?
100
I have been under a lot of pressure lately; _____, I'm in a bad mood. THEREFORE, HOWEVER, CONSEQUENTLY, SPECIFICALLY
What is CONSEQUENTLY?
100
MORTICIAN, REMORSE, MORTALITY come from this language
What is LATIN?
200
NY Fashion Week showcases ___ that the ordinary housewife would never have occasion to wear.
What is haute couture?
200
to buy a policy to protect against potential accidents. (ensure, insure, assure)
What is INSURE?
200
During the day, we went on long hikes, rowed around the lake, OR JUST LEISURE TIME.
During the day, we went on long hikes, rowed around the lake, or just relaxed.
200
Caracas is a beautiful place to visit; ____, it can be a dangerous place to visit. THEREFORE, LIKEWISE, NEVERTHELESS, MOREOVER
What is NEVERTHELESS?
200
MONOPOLY, MONORAIL, MONOTONE, MONONUCLEOSIS come from this language
What is GREEK?
300
This average-looking Joe has a ____ that makes him irresistible to females.
What is je ne sais quoi?
300
Separate, different, individual (discrete, discreet)
What is DISCRETE?
300
Yosemite is a park with spectacular scenery and WHICH HAS HALF-TAME BEARS.
Yosemite is a park with spectacular scenery and half-tame bears.
300
I love to go to the gym; ____ my sister prefers to exercise at home. FOR INSTANCE, OTHERWISE, HOWEVER, CONSEQUENTLY
What is HOWEVER?
300
ANTEBELLUM, BELLICOSE, BELLIGERENT come from this language
What is Latin?
400
We have had several ___ after school study sessions to prepare for Tuesday's EOC.
What is ad hoc?
400
An admiring comment (compliment, complement)
What is COMPLIMENT?
400
My roommate liked to repair things around the house and HIS OWN COOKING.
What is My roommate liked to repair things around the house and to eat his own cooking.
400
The music students study theory and music history; ___, they practice their instruments daily. LIKEWISE, OVERALL, SPECIFICALLY, FOR EXAMPLE
What is LIKEWISE?
400
GRADUATE, GRADIENT, GRADE, DEGRADE come from this language
What is Latin?
500
The artist spent a lifetime working on his ____, but he never completed it -- unfortunately.
What is magnum opus?
500
to bring forth/out a response (elicit, illicit)
What is ELICIT?
500
Two things that I found hard to learn as a freshman were to get enough sleep and TRIMMING EXPENSES.
What is Two things that I found hard to learn as a freshman were to get enough sleep and to trim expenses.
500
Computer games are getting cheaper all the time; ___, their image and sound qualities are constantly improving. CONSEQUENTLY, THEREFORE, HOWEVER, MOREOVER
What is MOREOVER?
500
ANARCHY, MONARCHY, ARCHITECT come from this language.
What is Greek?