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When you buy a new car, repairs are SOMETHING THAT WILL EVENTUALLY HAPPEN.
What is "INEVITABLE?"
100
The suspect made the FALSE claim that he had been home sleeping that night, when he was actually at the bank.
What is SPURIOUS?
100
This word can mean strange or hard to understand.
What is CRYPTIC?
100
Lazy and not very hard working.
What is ASSIDUOUS?
100
Job BENEFITS are things like health insurance and paid sick time. This latin root means "well" or "good"
What is "bene" (as in benevolent)?
200
The DEDICATED student studied her vocabulary all weekend, even taking a few minutes at a party to check her flash cards.
What is "ASSIDUOUS?"
200
Sho Yano's mother noticed how SMART he was AT A YOUNG AGE, so it was no surprise that he enrolled at Loyola University at the age of 9.
What is PRECOCIOUS?
200
This is a quality that many teenagers, owls, and other night-hunting animals have in common.
What is NOCTURNAL?
200
Differentiate or rebel
What is CONFORM?
200
If "ambulate" means "to move", then "noctambulist" is another name for this kind of person.
What is a sleepwalker?
300
The KIND AND GENEROUS principal told the students that their hard work had made the school proud.
What is BENEVOLENT?
300
The SNOBBY waiter told the teenagers that his restaurant doesn't carry "kid's meals."
What is CONDESCENDING?
300
Find yourself a positive model to follow. This word is the verb that means to imitate.
What EMULATE?
300
Someone who works all the time, leaving no time for fun.
What is a HEDONIST?
300
This word comes from the latin for "early ripening."
What is PRECOCIOUS?
400
In the 1950s, most men wore hats outside. If you did not DO THE SAME THING, you might get some stares.
What is CONFORM?
400
The PARTY ANIMAL decided to call in sick so she could spend the day at the beach with her friends.
What is a HEDONIST?
400
This is a often a good word to describe a large school project that you put off until the last minute and then do a bad job on.
What is a FIASCO?
400
Accurate and true
What is SPURIOUS?
400
"Condescending" is the adjectival form (word modifying a noun, like "condescending waiter"). This is the adverbial form (word describing a verb), as in: The waiter spoke _______.
Condescendingly
500
Though his teacher didn't tell him he had to join the speech team, Jerome could FIGURE OUT that his teacher thought it would be a good idea.
What is INFER?
500
Although "Doctorate of Philosophy" has a nice ring to it, the woman decided to SHORTEN it to "PhD."
What is ABBREVIATE?
500
The teacher finished grading the student's excellent essay. First, he put a gold star on it. Then, he wrote "Amazing work!" on the top. He finished by drawing a smiley face on it. The student liked the gold star, but thought the other two were unnecessary, so told the teacher it was WHAT?
What is SUPERFLUOUS?
500
Mean and stingy
What is BENEVOLENT?
500
Someone who wants to fit in with everyone else is called this.
What is a CONFORMIST?