Schoolhouse Rock
This refers to something that moves you to sympathy or compassion.
(a) hatred
(b) piteous
(c) sorrow
piteous
This describes something that sucks life out of another being.
(a) carnivorous
(b) parasitic
(c) marsupial
parasitic
Refers to the main source of a supply, often with gold or silver.
(a) treasury
(b) motherlode
(c) fountainhead
motherload
An addictive narcotic made from poppy seeds.
(a) cocaine
(b) marijuana
(c) opium
opium
If you say something mean to someone, it is considered _______________.
(a) cohesive
(b) derogatory
(c) ostensible
derogatory
This means something spreads throughout.
(a) pervaded
(b) unique
(c) comparable
pervaded
A raised platform, often used for speeches.
(a) scaffold
(b) elevator
(c) dais
dais
Headgear for a horse that helps control it.
(a) saddle
(b) bridle
(c) bootstrap
bridle
The taking advantage of something, like people or resources.
(a) engagement
(b) beautification
(c) exploitation
exploitation
To move away from the main point of conversation or argument.
(a) digress
(b) supplant
(c) postulate
digress
You do this if you decode or solve something.
(a) innoculate
(b) decipher
(c) promulgate
decipher
Another way to refer to friends or associates.
(a) benefactors
(b) utilitarians
(c) comrades
comrades
This refers to slaps, whacks, hits, etc.
(a) bricks
(b) piques
(c) licks
licks
Something that is highly interesting is ___________.
(a) baleful
(b) arcane
(c) engrossing
engrossing
A dialect of Spanish associated with the border areas of Mexico and the United States.
(a) Spanglish
(b) Chicano
(c) Esperanto
Chicano
This is a feeling you have when something is going to happen no matter what you do.
(a) nihilism
(b) fatalism
(c) creationism
fatalism
Refers to a feeling about something before it happens.
(a) presentiment
(b) happenstance
(c) heartburn
presentiment
If you are deeply embarrassed, you are __________.
(a) mortified
(b) ebullient
(c) effervescent
mortified
Someone who works to fight against slavery.
(a) reconstructionist
(b) valedictorian
(c) abolitionist
abolitionist
A passageway or hallway.
(a) gangway
(b) corridor
(c) traverse
corridor
This means something is stated clearly.
(a) soporific
(b) explicit
(c) angst
explicit
A formal call for help or support, sometimes in the form of a prayer.
(a) eulogy
(b) bereavement
(c) invocation
invocation
Language used by a particular group or type of people.
(a) Pig Latin
(b) laconic
(c) argot
argot
Refers to the school you attended.
(a) pro hac vice
(b) ex post facto
(c) alma mater
alma mater
Malcolm X referred to him as "the father of History."
(a) Caesar
(b) Herodotus
(c) Cleopatra
Herodotus