(adj.) Severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
What is austere
100
Many people ____ until the last second to finish assignments.
What is procrastionate
100
"White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, ____him so: life's business being just the terrible choice." -Robert Browning
What is absolve
100
relegate (v.)
What is transfer, consign, demote, exile
100
Penury (n.)
What is extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency
200
(adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body
What is corpulent
200
Although I had heard the speech many times, I never seemed to get the _____ of it.
What is gist
200
"To think the world therefore a general _____, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an important imagination, and the way to happiness." -Thomas Traherne
What is bedlam
200
dissipate (v.)
What is disperse, strew, diffuse, waste
200
recapitulate (v.)
What is to review a series of facts; to sum up
300
(adj.) done for show, striving to make a big impression
What is pretentious
300
Getting a car was__________ on whether or not I got good grades this semester.
What is contingent
300
"It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the ______ he may abuse it." -George Washington
What is supposition
300
cadaverous (adj.)
What is corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly
300
munificent (adj.)
What is extremely generous, lavish
400
(adj.) pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance
What is debonair
400
Although she has had years of etiquette lessons, she remains ______.
What is gauche
400
“Novels so often provide an anodyne and not an antidote, glide one into _____ slumbers instead of rousing one with a burning brand.” -Virginia Woolf
What is torpid
400
crass (adj.)
What is crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse
400
provocative (adj.)
What is tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying