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What is a statement that is accepted as true and self-evident?
axiom
If I am straying from the proper course of standards, what vocabulary word would I be demonstrating?
errant
The root word FORM means what?
shape
To discourage, delay, or stop someone from doing something is to ____________them (I will take two words here).
deter and forestall
Cara says she is not going to the game in a definitive manner. What does definitive mean?
done with authority and decisively
If something is atrocious or egregious, is it baleful?
probably because baleful means threatening harm and atrocious and egregious means horrifying wicked, bad, or unpleasant
If I am experiencing accretion, is my pile of coins getting smaller or larger?
larger
What does the suffix -ship mean?
skill or state of being
What is an emollient?
something that soothes or softens the skin
If I am disbursing money, what am I doing?
distributing it
He ran with celerity. How did he run?
swiftly
What do the words perfunctory and cursory have in common?
Both mean hastily or not thoroughly done; done with minimum effort
What do the suffixes -ish and -ive have in common?
Both mean having the nature or quality of
If I am acerbic and censorious, am I giving you a compliment?
No, both words means sharply critical or bitterly sarcastic
The people were in beleaguered circumstances. Was their situation good or bad?
bad
The suffixes -tion, -sion, and -ment mean what?
the act of or process of
An ability at which one excels is what vocabulary word?
forte
The word gustatory is relating to the sense of ________.
taste
What word means a downward slope?
declivity
The root word LEGAL means what?
The root word MAGNI means what?
big or large
Define debilitate.
To make weak or infirm
What do the words capacious and bevy have in common?
Both mean large
If I broach a subject, what am I doing?
bringing up or mentioning a subject
If I acquiesce, what am I doing?
agreeing with you or complying with you