What part of speech is the made-up word?
Name that part of speech!
Is the word being used right?
Name that fish!
100

We decided to blorpize the process.

verb

(to+verb=infinitive form of verb)

100

You're targeting the wrong demographic.

noun
100

Contravene is a verb meaning "to violate or go against." Is the word being used right in the following sentence?

The company's contravene of the law enraged the politician.

No. Contravention, the noun form, would work.

100

This type of fish has a long rostrum (nose or snout) that is shaped like a tool you'd use for cutting wood.

sawfish

200

I need some blorp, and I need it fast!

noun

You could replace the word with another noun. The word is being modified by the word some, and it's also functioning as the direct object of need. (Direct objects get the action of the verb and answer the question "What?" as in, "I verb what?":  I kicked what? I kicked THE BALL.  I ate what? I ate THE CANDY. Direct objects are nouns.)

200

The demographic data tells a different story.

adjective

200

Coeval is an adjective meaning "of the same time period."  Is the word used correctly in the following sentence?

[The] two stars [are] thought to be coeval because they have nearly the same mass and brightness

Yes.

Sentence from Merriam-Webster

200

Dory from Finding Nemo is what kind of fish?

blue tang

300

What a blorpful evening!

adjective

(The word blorpful is modifying the noun evening.)

300

Their polytheism was evident from the many temples in the city.

noun

300

Temporize is a verb meaning "to stall for time."  Is the word being used correctly in this sentence?

Unable to marry Stella without destroying Vanessa, or to openly welcome Vanessa without destroying Stella, he was ' thus involved in the most miserable embarrassment; he continued to temporize.

Yep.

(Sentence from sentence.yourdictionary.com)

300

Multiple fish are capable of walking or living outside of water, at least temporarily. I've listed seven. Name any of them.

Northern snakehead

Mudskipper

Leaping blenny

Climbing perch

Walking catfish

Mangrove rivulus

Sculpin

400

That was blorpably unacceptable.

adverb

Note the "ly."

The word is modifying unacceptable, which is an adjective. Adverbs modify anything that isn't a noun.

400

The polytheistic beliefs led them to build many temples in order to avoid offending any gods.

adjective

400

Lexical is an adjective meaning "of or relating to the words/vocab of a language." Is this word being used right in the following sentence?

The word "quit" is not in my lexical.

No.

A better word here would be lexicon, a noun.

400

The mangrove rivulus normally lives in pools of water, but when these pools up, the fish have a survival trick. For up to 66 days, they can live outside of the water by packing themselves inside of WHAT?

damp spaces in rotten wood

500

I stared blorp the box.

preposition

But let's be real here. Prepositions are function words, and they are pretty stable. We don't invent new prepositions the way we invent new nouns or verbs. It's highly likely you know all of the prepositions you'll ever need for the rest of your life.

500

No need to equivocate. Just tell the truth.

verb

500

Eulogy (n.): a formal speech praising a person who has died

Eulogize (v.): to make a formal speech praising a person who has died; to praise

Which word fits?

There's no need to ________________ a man who caused so much grief.

eulogize

500

Males that are too small to scare of competitors may change their color pattern and body shape to look female in order to sneak past larger males and mate with females.

Cuttlefish