Vocabulary Final Review Jeopardy

Adjectives

100

apprehensive; "the math test"

Because they had not studied, the students felt apprehensive about the math test.

200

lethargic; "aliens"

The aliens felt lethargic after the large meal. They just wanted to lay down because they were tired. 

300

demented; "the doctor"

The doctor said that the patient was demented or insane after they started screaming that they heard ghosts speaking to them.

400

idiosyncratic; "toenails"

My idiosyncratic uncle collects all of his toenail clippings in a jar.

500

nonplussed; "giraffe"

The giraffe had a nonplussed or confused expression on its face when it was told that it was actually a deer.

Llamas

100

plurality; "of llamas"

On the farm, a plurality of llamas elected to spit at the children. Only one did not.

200

assuage; "llamaphobia, the fear of llamas"

In order to assuage llamaphobia, the fear of llamas, one should take a special pill that will make the fear go away.

300

nimbus; "llama fur"

All of the llama fur in the air looked like a nimbus, a cloud, floating above the ground.

400

parenthetical; "the llama's essay"

The llama's essay was full of parenthetical remarks. Every other sentence had some information in parenthesis (just like this).

500

jurisprudence; "llama"

According to the llama jurisprudence, no llama can be spit on by another llama.

Nouns

100

bureaucratic; "Amazon Inc."

The bureaucratic leaders at Amazon Inc. spend all day making more and more rules and policies. 

200

fugitive; "sheriff"

The escaped convict, or fugitive, ran away from the sheriff.

300

connoisseur; "waffles"

A connoisseur of waffles, the donkey knew exactly how many squares were on the average waffles surface.

400

sanctum; "to hide"

The reclusive hermit wanted to hide away in the sanctum of their hidden cave.

500

qualms; "chicken dance"

Zoey had many qualms about doing the chicken dance in front of the class.

Alpacas

100

castigate; "the baby alpaca"

In the father alpaca castigated the baby alpaca for trying to run away.

200

tawdry; "alpaca wool scarf" 

The tawdry alpaca wool scarf fell apart in a few days. Though it looked nice, it really was quite cheap.

300

syndicate; "a pack(group) of alpacas"

The syndicate of farm animals included the gaggle of geese and the pack of alpacas.

400

mnemonic; "an alpaca"

A helpful mnemonic to remember the difference between an alpaca or llama is this: llama starts with two "L"'s...which look like an equal sign "=". So llamas believe in equality, while alpacas do not.

500

insulate; "alpaca wool"

In the winter, one can use alpaca wool to insulate their clothing and keep heat inside.

Verbs

100

malinger; "pneumonia" 

The girl malingered from work today, calling in that she was sick with pneumonia when, in fact, she was at the beach.

200

inter; "grandma"

During the funeral, grandma's coffin was interred into the ground.

300

litigate; "car accident"

After the car accident, the woman who was hit threatened to litigate the person who had crashed into her car if they did not apologize.

400

enact; "administration"

The administration threatened to enact a curfew if the civil unrest did not stop immediately.

500

agitate; "the mayor"

The crowd outside the mayor's office agitated for police reform, publicly demanded action be taken!