Definitions
What is Supine?
Lying face upward.
Serene
Calm, peaceful, and untroubled.
Taut
Loose, slack, or relaxed.
Frogs return to the pond every spring to ______ thousands of eggs.
A) Slake
B) Spawn
C) Shunt
D) Seethe
B) Spawn
Slender and elegant (often describing a person's figure).
Svelte
What is Symmetry?
The quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis.
Specter
Ghost, phantom, or apparition.
Sedentary
Active, mobile, or migratory.
Before starting the mission, the spies had to ______ their watches.
A) Surmise
B) Tantalize
C) Synchronize
D) Slake
C) Synchronize
Tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or persistent.
Tenacious
What is Squalid?
Extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect.
Tawdry
Gaudy, showy, or cheap (often describing jewelry or clothing).
Spurious
Genuine, authentic, or real.
The hikers stopped at the mountain stream to ______ their thirst.
A) Spawn
B) Shunt
C) Slake
D) Seethe
C) Slake
Angry or bitter disagreement over fundamental issues; conflict.
Strife
What is Skullduggery?
Underhanded or unscrupulous behavior; trickery.
Seethe
Boil, bubble, or be filled with intense but unexpressed anger.
Surreptitious
Open, public, or overt.
The aroma of the bakery served to ______ the hungry pedestrians outside.
A) Synchronize
B) Surmise
C) Tantalize
D) Spawn
C) Tantalize
A tapering structure hanging from the roof of a cave, formed of calcium salts.
Stalactite
What is Sublime?
Of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe.
Surmise
Guess, conjecture, or suspect.
Succinct
Verbose, wordy, or rambling.
The electrician had to ______ the power to a backup generator while fixing the main line.
A) Slake
B) Seethe
C) Shunt
D) Tantalize
C) Shunt
A mound or tapering column rising from the floor of a cave.
Stalagmite