Definition
an angry argument
What is altercation?
Destitute person
What is pauper?
Adversary or detractor
What is adherent?
Bands of _________ broke the frontier defenses of the province and began to plunder the rich farmlands of the interior.
What is marauders?
In this clever spoof of horror movies, the local witch doctor encounters hilarious difficulties when he tries to __________ a demon that has taken up residence in the heroine’s body.
What is exorcise?
to steal in small quantities
What is pilfer?
Finish, discontinue
What is terminate?
Diabolic or fiendish
What is cherubic?
“I am willing to wink at a harmless prank,” the dean remarked, “but I will not ________ outright vandalism.”
What is condone?
As the layer of clouds that hung over the city began to break up, the sun came pouring through the _____.
What is rift?
To overcome, rise above
What is surmount?
Facade
What is semblance?
Composed or unruffled
What is irate?
In order to fit the newspaper article into the space available, the editor had to ________ it by omitting secondary details.
What is abridge?
It is a real tribute to the ingenuity of the human mind that for thousands of years people have been ___________ new and interesting artwork for the appreciation of others.
What is fabricating?
A raider, plunderer
What is marauder?
Contrive, concoct
What is fabricate?
Concur or unanimity
What is dissent?
A screenplay or television drama with the same old boy-meets-girl plot can certainly be criticized as _______.
What is trite?
It is only through the exercise of their intelligence that people can begin to ___________ the difficulties they encounter in daily living.
What is surmount?
Overused, stale
What is trite?
Supplant
What is usurp?
agreement, accord
altercation
Though I was hurt by the tactless comment, I tried to show pleasure in it by twisting my lips into a feeble ____________ of a smile
What is semblance?
After so many years of distinguished service in the United States Senate, he can properly be called a(n) ____________ statesman.
What is eminent?