meaning "having, showing, or done with good sense"
What is judicious
100
(adjective) shy, passive, timid
What is meek
100
I ______________ that I fed the dog, but the pleading eyes of the pup made me look like a liar.
What is avouched
100
(verb) freeze
What is broil
100
This word, which means ability or skill, could also be used to describe a staff of teachers.
What is faculty
200
meaning "a formal work on a subject, esp one that deals systematically with its principles and conclusions"
What is treatise
200
(verb) equivocate, deceive, fib
What is palter
200
The agent ____________ the salary negotiations between the player and the team's owner.
What is arbitrated
200
(verb) deny, abandon, discredit
What is avouch
200
This word, meaning reckless or excessive, sounds like something you might order at an Asian restaurant.
What is wanton
300
meaning "the quality or state of being obscene, reckless, or excessive"
What is wantonness
300
(verb) assume, guesstimate, hypothesize
What is surmise
300
Despite her obvious ________________, I found it hard to forgive her.
What is repentance
300
(adjective) intangible, imperceptible, invisible
What is palpable
300
This word, meaning you lack THIS in the medical world, was used figuratively by Shakespeare to call someone weak or cowardly.
What is marrowless
400
meaning "showing no regret for one's wrongdoings"
What is unrepentant
400
(noun) judge, mediator, referee
What is arbitrator
400
What was supposed to be a 1 page reflection about the trip turned into a 14 page _______________ on the various ways of acquiring discounted plane tickets.
What is treatise
400
(adverb) chastely, conservatively, piously
What is wantonly
400
This word, used on a kitchen appliance, literally means to expose to intense heat.
What is broil
500
meaning "the capability of being handled, touched, or felt"
What is palpability
500
(verb) renounce, retract, take back
What is abjure
500
In "Girls Gone Wild," sleazy producers profit off the ___________ behavior of young women whose ___________ are diminished due to alcohol consumption.
What is wanton and faculties
500
(adjective) affirming, confirmative
What is abjuratory
500
This word could mean that someone is authentically moral and devout, or that they are just trying to appear so.