Nouns Abound
Fancy 15
Verbs the Word
Sassy 16
Adjacent Adjectives
100

When a senator lies under oath, he commits both perjury and ____________.

What is malfeasance?

100

An ____________ person makes the same mistake over and over again without ever learning from these mistakes.

What is incorrigible?

100
A NJ myth includes the Mafia _____________ the state government to pay extra for pavement by making left turns illegal and having to pave extra jug-handle turns.

What is extorted?

100

When you want to earn someone's respect, the last thing you should do is ___________ to them. It will make you seem less and not worthy of respect.

What is grovel?

100

Jim has the same shoe size as the bloody footprints left at a murder scene in his small town. The police decided he could be __________.

What is culpable?

200

Shoplifting may only be a __________, but it still goes on your record and can affect your future job prospects.

What is misdemeanor?

200

The lawyer, hired to handle Mama's money as she battled the disease, had the nerve to _________ from her trust fund.

What is purloin?

200

Squatters will often live in a ___________ building because no one else would dare go in, so no one will be there to kick them out.

What is condemned?

200

With Zion Williamson, Duke easily ___________ every one of their games.

What is predominate?

200

Cheating is one of the most ________________ character traits anyone can have.

What is unscrupulous?

300

While it is a good idea to respond with ___________, it can be dangerous to blindly follow the words of authority.

What is deference?

300

Rapunzel is afraid to go out into the world because Mother Gothel has warned her of __________ and thugs.

What is ruffian?

300

When you allow yourself to believe someone else's criticism, you __________ yourself.

What is condescend?

300

While good guys always fight alone, or with a team of equals, bad guys always have __________.

What is lackeys?

300

The ___________ committee successfully ran the program for nearly three decades.

What is august?

400

Great Britain is knows for the _________ and colonization of the world.

What is subjugation?

400

The problem with the death penalty is new evidence could ___________ someone who has already been punished.

What is exonerate?

400

Identify the helping verb in the following sentence:

Helpful Deysha will give lazy Julio her homework after math class.

What is will?

400

A leader who is not comfortable with making decisions needs to surround himself with _________ who will always tell him he has good ideas.

What is sycophant?

400

My little brother is so ___________; he says and does everything I do!

What is slavish?

500

Identify the subject noun, direct object noun, indirect object noun, and object of preposition noun in the following sentence: 

Helpful Deysha will give lazy Julio her homework after math class.

subject: Deysha

DO: homework

ID: Julio

OoP: class

500

What two vocab words are almost exact opposites?

What is condemn and exonerate?

500

What is the action verb in the following sentence:

Helpful Deysha will give lazy Julio her homework after math class.

What is give?

500

A ____________ teacher has facial expressions that are neither warm nor friendly.

What is supercilious?

500

Identify the adjectives and the nouns they modify in the following sentence:

Helpful Deysha will give lazy Julio her homework after math class.

What is Helpful- Deysha, lazy- Julio, math- class?