Death and Disease
A word used to describe the process by which things break down or rot.
E.g. After the tree fell in the forests, it started to _______, and fungi and insects slowly consumed it.
What is decay?
A king rules over a _____.
What is a realm?
This last week, I went camping with some friends and Rodrigo told us an _______ about a large fish that he caught.
What is an anecdote?
The farmer's wife took the linen threads and _______ them together to form cloth.
What is to weave?
I set out traps to _______ the rabbits that kept eating all of the vegetables in my garden.
What is to ensnare?
Poland was at peril when it was plagued by a ______ known as the Bubonic Plague.
The king exhibited great ______ when he charged headlong into the battle at the front of his army.
What is valor?
Before the battle began, Napoleon organized his army with his _______ in the center and his cavalry on the flanks.
What is infantry?
While sometimes it is good to be an individual, sometimes it is necessary to ______ to the rules of society.
What is to conform?
Some writers find that a set form like a sonnet _______ their creativity, but others find that it helps them.
What is to confine?
A synonym for a disease or ailment, beginning with the letter M.
The soldiers all gave their king a grand ________ when he arrived.
What is a salutation?
The student didn't realize that she made a huge _______ until after she got back her test and realized she only got 70%.
In the summer, farmers go into their fields and ______ the crops which they had sown earlier in the year.
What is to reap?
Juanita _______ from the window at the fields and crops below.
What is to gaze?
A cause of pain or harm?
What is an affliction?
It is important for kings to be careful of _______ when their courtiers and others may give them insincere praise to get something.
What is flattery?
"This statement is false," is an example of a _______.
What is a paradox.
What is to expound?
I _______ you to study well so that you will pass your exams and go to university.
What is to exhort?
After their king had died, the people of Denmark began to grieve, filling the air with _____ cries.
What is mournful?
After parliament proposed a new law, the king _______ and it became the official law of the land.
What is assented?
As he walked along the road back home, feeling downcast after being fired, his face showed a very sad ________.
What is demeanor?
I found my little brother's questions very annoying and I ______ at the thought of babysitting him all afternoon.
What is to chafe?
We didn't have much to do on Saturday, so we decided to _____ around and wandered the city streets without a plan.
What is to ramble?