Some skilled actors can_______ emotions they might have never felt in life.
simulate
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Define Lurid
Causing shock, horror, or revulsion pale of sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
200
(v.) to make pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of
simulate
200
Provide one synonym of the word "transcend"
Possible answers: surpass, outstrip
200
Provide one antonym of "simulate"
None
200
Bright sensational, and often ______ , some old-time movie posters make today's newspapers look tame.
lurid
300
prerogative
special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence
300
(adj.) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
petulant
300
Provide two synonyms of the word "meritorious"
Possible answers: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable
300
Provide two antonyms of "unctuous"
Possible answers: gruff, blunt
300
She seemed to feel that a snooze at her desk was not an annoying habit but the ____ of a veteran employee.
Prerogative
400
meritorious
worthy, deserving recognition or praise
400
(n.) shade cast by trees ; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion
Umbrage
400
Provide three synonyms of the word "umbrage"
Irritation, pique, annoyance
400
Provide two antonyms of "prerogative"
None
400
She hesitated to offer her opinion, fearing that they would take ___ a her criticism.
umbrage
500
Unctuous
excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty; oily pliable
500
(adj.) pertaining to an outlying area; local narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the country side (n.)
provincial
500
Provide 4 synonyms of the word "lurid"
Possible answers: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly
500
Provide three antonyms of "provincial"
Possible Answers: cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded
500
Many years of ___ service could not dissaude him from feeling that he had not had chosen work that he liked