Music to My Ears
For his "Thriller" video, Michael Jackson made a disclaimer saying that although ghosts, etc. were featured in the video, he doesn't believe in the _______
The opposite of lackadaisical or lax is
stringent
During the 1960s, for a lot of women, Jackie Kennedy _________d grace and class.
epitomize
A synonym for this verb means to guess.
surmise
An alternate name for the 90s song by "Tony, Toni, Tone" about the dryness on the West Coast could be "It Never ______s in Southern California."
precipitates
the opposite of experienced
callow
When my memory starts to slip, and I start rambling about ______, then it will be time to put me in a home.
drivel
The VP is the _______ president of the senate.
ex officio
In his braggadocious reggae song, Shaggy goes on and on about how great he is.
bombastic
the opposite of "to rejoice or praise"
inveigh
After being in a POW camp during the Vietnam War, the late John McCain was overcome with a feeling of ______ from exhausting torture sessions and his injuries.
lassitude
My wish for you is that approach your college interview with ______.
aplomb
Tamia croons that there's an ________ in her house who doesn't belong there.
interloper
the opposite of "to worsen"
ameliorate
The fallout ________d the air in Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
permeate
Mr. Rogers seemed to be ______ly good and pure. When he testified before Congress, everyone sat quietly, listening to his "baked in" goodness.
intrinsically
Prince's song told us to party like it's about to tip into the new__________
millennium
the opposite of "to alienate"
ingratiate
Churchill _______ us to never, never, never give up.
exhorted
My neighbor's trees are _______ onto my property, overstepping the boundary lines.
infringing