Vocabulary

Vocab 1

100

The coach attributed the team's success to the _______ among the players.

a. loathing

b. contempt

c. camaraderie

d. aesthetic

What is camaraderie?

200

Choose the correct word:

(adj.) Fragile, easy to break

a. inconsistent

b. frangible

c. caustic

d. cumbersome

What is frangible?

300

Define "litany". (ex., The team blamed its losses on a litany of injuries.)

What is "a tedious recital or repetitive series"?

400

**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**

The ________ gardener planted so many flowers that a number of them did not have the necessary space in which to grow.

a. zealous

b. tedious

c. pretentious

d. rigorous

What is zealous?

500

Choose the correct word:

(v.) to remove the moisture from; to dry out

a. stimulate

b. admonish

c. indict

d. desiccate

What is desiccate?

Vocab 2

100

Define "metamorphosis". (ex., It took him many years to undergo the metamorphosis from player to coach.) 

What is "a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one?"

200

Choose the correct word:

(adj.) overflowing

a. cohesive

b. rife

c. barren

d. meager

What is rife?

300

The _______ teacher warned the class that he would accept no excuses for tardiness.

a. meticulous

b. obscure

c. heinous

d. procrustean

What is procrustean?

400

Choose the correct word:

(n.) a robber or bandit

a. brigand

b. tumult

c. zealot

d. criteria

What is brigand?

500

Define "cosmopolitan." (ex., The club has an eclectic and cosmopolitan atmosphere.)

What is "including or containing people from many different countries; also, worldly or sophisticated?"

Vocab 3

100

Choose the correct word:

(v.) to shorten

a. preclude

b. deplore

c. truncate

d. circumvent

What is truncate?

200

**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**

Death Valley and the Badlands are both characterized by their lack of _______ soil.

a. dormant

b. arable

c. indigenous

d. belligerent

What is arable?

300

Define "expedite." (ex., I asked the supplier to expedite the order because we need it by tomorrow.)

What is "to make something happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly?"

400

The _______ funeral scene temporarily interrupted the comical tone of the play.

a. lugubrious

b. stringent

c. docile

d. negligent

What is lugubrious?

500

Choose the word matching the synonyms and antonyms:

Syn.: passionate; enthusiastic        

Ant.: uninterested; indifferent

a. imminent

b. static

c. ardent

d. contingent

What is ardent?

Vocab 4

100

Choose the correct word:

(adj.) causing great mental or physical pain

a. idling

b. wrenching

c. subtly

d. minute

What is wrenching?

200

Define "theocracy." (ex., The mayor is such a religious man that he runs the small town like a theocracy and insists all community activities begin with a prayer.)  

What is " government that derives its authority directly from religion?" 

300

Choose the correct word:

(n.) composure; mental calmness

a. disparity

b. equanimity

c. nuance

d. ascension

What is equanimity?

400

Define "nonchalant." (ex., Many of the students displayed a nonchalant attitude towards studying.)

What is "unconcerned or indifferent?"

500

**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**

The delusional man wandered down the street conversing with some invisible ________.

a. coalition

b. interval

c. interlocutor

d. travesty

What is interlocutor?

Random Trivia

100

The city where you can find the Eiffel Tower and The Louvre

What is Paris, France?

200

The iconic company started by Steve Jobs

What is Apple?

300

The national bird of the United States

What is the bald eagle?

400

**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**

The number of minutes in one week

What is 10,080?

500

Cynophobia

What is a fear of dogs?