Unit 1
Define Congeal (+100 points for the part of speech)
What is to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid (verb)
Define Brackish (+100 points for part of speech)
What is having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink (adjective)
Define Exhume (+100 points for part of speech)
What is to remove from a grave; to bring to light (verb)
Synonym of overt
What is clear, obvious, manifest, patent
The athletes promised the coach they would train vigorously and ____ bad habits.
A) belabor
B) cavort
C) exhume
D) eschew
What is D) eschew
Define Insatiable (+100 points for part of speech)
What is so great or demanding as not to be satisfied (adjective)
Define Talisman (+100 points for part of speech)
What is an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet (noun)
Define Substantive (+100 points for part of speech)
What is real, having a solid basis; considerable in number or amount; meaningful and on topic (adjective)
Antonym of tenable
What is indefensible, unjustifiable
The woman often spoke of the ____ days of her childhood.
A) avid
B) halcyon
C) coherent
D) unwonted
What is B) halcyon
Define Belabor (+100 points for part of speech)
What is to work on excessively; to thrash soundly (verb)
Define Sacrilege (+100 points for part of speech)
What is improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred (noun)
Define Feckless (+100 points for part of speech)
What is lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable (adjective)
Antonym of unwonted
What is usual, customary, typical
They hatched a _____ plot to steal from the woman's house.
A) nefarious
B) substantive
C) largesse
D) taciturn
What is A) nefarious
Define Encomium (+100 points for part of speech)
What is a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute (noun)
Define Histrionic (+100 points for part of speech)
What is pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic (adjective)
Define Piquant (+100 points for part of speech)
What is stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative (adjective)
Synonym of carping
What is nit-picking, caviling
The government and the public failed to give ____ to the reports of an impending water shortage.
A) animadversion
B) credence
C) belabor
D) reconnaissance
What is B) credence
Define Acquisitive (+100 points for part of speech)
What is able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property (adjective)
Define Pejorative (+100 points for part of speech)
What is tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling (adjective)
Define Decry (+100 points for part of speech)
What is to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate (verb)
Synonym of dissemble
What is dissimulate, mask, feign
The inexperienced filmmaker was disheartened by the ____ of the film critic.
A) primordial
B) celerity
C) animadversion
D) eulogy
What is C) animadversion