Units 1-6 Vocabulary Jeopardy

Units 1&2 Words

100

requiring mental or physical effort

laborious

200

to remove from office or power

depose

300

condition in which there is no change

stasis

400

misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official

malfeasance

500

POS

(unit 2)

to put, place

Units 3&4 Words

100

lacking color; dull

pallid

200

to attack the character of; to mock

denigrate

300

to speak of maliciously; insult

malign

400

violating a moral law; sinful

peccant

500

MAL

(unit 4)

bad

Units 5&6 Words

100

of or related to a wild celebration

bacchic

200

drowsy; sleepy

somnolent

300

a repayment; compensation

quittance

400

a lament or complaint

plaint

500

JOC

(unit 5)

joke

Synonym/Antonym

100

joy / misery

(unit 2)

ecstasy

200

truth / falseness

(unit 3)

candor

300

happy / morose

(unit 5)

jocose

400

drowsy / alert

(unit 6)

somnolent

500

VIGIL

(unit 6)

watchful

In a Sentence

100

After weeks of negotiation, the company finally allowed Jorge a _______________ for his work. a) requiem b) languor c) vigilante d) quittance

d) quittance

200

The Board of Education could not find a _______________ solution to the overcrowding of city schools. a) feasible b) opulent c) laborious d) quintessential

a) feasible

300

The elderly man expected the children to become _______________ during his long speech, but they listened attentively instead. a) extant b) restive c) staunch d) static

b) restive

400

During the holidays, the rafters of the old house were _______________ with flowers and ribbons. a) feted b) festooned c) elaborated d) deposed

b) festooned

500

VERD, VIRID

(unit 3)

green