Words 1
What word means a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice?
dilemma
What is a word for a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is?
exaggeration
What is a word for an official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals?
census
What word means belonging to the category that is salty or spicy rather than sweet?
savory
What is a word for a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise?
din
What word means lack of harmony among musical notes?
dissonance
What word means fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants?
smog
What word means stubborn?
obstinate
What word means deserving praise?
laudable
What word means hurriedly?
hastily
What word describes a mathematical shape with 12 faces?
dodecahedron
What is a word (of an argument, excuse, idea, etc.) used so often that it is no longer effective?
threadbare
What word means in a way that is not securely in position and is likely to fall or collapse?
precariously
What word means an evil spirit or demon?
fiend
What word means when something is said abruptly, especially as an interruption?
interjected
What word means in a casually calm and relaxed manner?
nonchalantly
What is a word for having a sharply strong taste or smell?
pungent
What word means to take off?
doff
What word means deserted, without inhabitants or visitors?
desolate
What word means having a jellylike consistency?
gelatinous
What word describes a piece of music that is meant to express a lot of emotion and does not have a regular form?
rhapsody
What word means sad and disappointed?
crestfallen
What is a word for a color between yellow and green?
chartreuse
What word means a disagreement between people or lack of harmony between notes sounding together?
discord
What word means producing a harsh, unharmonious mixture of sounds?
cacophonous