Verbs
Adjectives/Adverbs
Nouns
In the Real World
Wild Card
100
This word means to remain or stay in a way that suggests one is reluctant to leave
What is linger?
100
weak as water
What is paltry?
100
an organization sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, established chiefly to instruct young people, originally in rural areas, in modern farming methods and other useful skills, as carpentry and home economics.
What is the 4-H Club?
100
the _______ child was charming but hard to talk to.
What is reticent?
100
Use the world "Immense" as an adjective, adverb or noun in a complete sentence.
The Pacific Ocean is an immense body of water. His laugh echoed immensely, triumphantly from the depths of his prison cell. The immensity of the project required hundreds of specialists, laymen and resources.
200
to struggle or engage with hardship
What is contend?
200
devoid of freshness or originality
What is banal?
200
Trains and buses often stop here.
What is a depot?
200
Rice farmers are feeling the effects of the drought, with __________ forecasts for summer crop production figures.
What is dire?
200
Use the word "abstemious" in a complete sentence as an adjective or adverb.
"Abstemious" means to be restrained or moderate. Healthy Kids Australia suggest parents be firm and abstemious with treats. This could be due to their abstemious lifestyles; though religious faith seems to increase happiness.
300
a specific way of tying something together
What is truss?
300
Although outspoken and rebellious in many ways, Puritans are often thought of as ______________ people.
What is austere?
300
A sincere petitioner
What is a supplicant?
300
There they were. The old pots and pans. The outhouse. The same curtains, so worn out the sun practically bled through the chrysanthemum print. Dee had a hard time returning to the old ________________ house she grew up in.
What is ramshackle?
300
Replace the word "comfortable" with an appropriate vocabulary word. At first, the film seems as if it will wrap itself in the "comfortable" warmth of reading and romantic deferment, but a grimmer mystery emerges.
What is genial?
400
to make an impression; to have an effect or impact
What is impinge?
400
Nuclear mass destruction is the most _______________ argument for world peace.
What is ostensible?
400
Many anime fans consider themselves _____________ in one subject or another.
What is a maven?
400
"But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars--their fate is in the fiery lake of burning _____. This is the second death."
What is sulfur?
400
When she walks, you notice her strange stomping gait and swinging shoulders, the "irregular" squint and misshapen teeth.
What is intermittent?
500
Some say social pressures often do this
What is impinge?
500
in a roundabout way
What is oblique?
500
Many westerners consider _______________ similar to the wake tradition.
What is shiva?
500
Fickle Winds, __________Sunshine Start to Stress U.S. Power System
What is Intermittent?
500
Use the word "oblique" in a complete sentence as an adjective or adverb.
Her oblique answers were witty but downright confusing. The image can be obvious, but it's rendered oblique by words. There were oblique references to complications from abdominal surgery.