Definitions
a revival or rebirth, especially in thinking or activity
What is renaissance?
surcharge
What is a charge added to the usual cost?
If you ______ too long in making a decision, someone else will buy the car you want.
What is dally?
The political artist drew backlash for the ______ he drew of the president.
What is caricature?
to waste time, to dawdle
what is dally?
ordinary writing or speech, other than poetry or music
What is prose?
broach
What is to bring up a subject for discussion?
A blanket of fog _________ the small town in the valley after every spring rain, rendering the houses invisible from the highway on the hill.
What is enshroud?
After a long hike, the campers began to _____ on hot dogs and snacks
What is gorge?
to eat or swallow greedily
what is gorge?
no longer used or useful; very old
What is antiquated?
hone
What is to sharpen?
The great leader __________ many small tribes into his own to make a single, powerful nation.
What is amalgamated?
Of Mice and Men is a _____ novel.
What is prose?
an exaggerated portrayal of one's features
what is caricature?
pertaining to or constituting a major crime
What is felonious?
demented
What is mentally ill; insane?
At a funeral, it would be in poor taste to _______ the subject of the departed's last will and testament.
What is broach?
Tim got annoyed when he had to pay a ______ for Internet access in his hotel room.
a narcotic used to cause sleep or bring relief from pain
what is opiate?
to combine
What is amalgamate?
enshroud
What is to cover up; to conceal?
The mosquitoes will ________ you if you venture near the swamp.
what is beleaguer?
Early scientists thought the earth was flat and it was ________ to think otherwise.
What is felonious?
to besiege by encircling (as with an army), to harass
beleaguer