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100
elementary, simple
What is recondite? (synonyms: mystical, deep)
100
to sacrifice, to burn
What is immolate? (antonym: to save)
100
At hearing she had won the lottery, she dropped the phone and stood ________.
What is agape? (synonyms: shocked, astonished) (antonym: unfazed)
100
Try as they may to seem dignified, Politicians are a favorite of comedians to _______.
What is deride? (synonyms: insult, jeer) (antonyms: flatter praise)
100
a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism (noun)
What is aspersion?
200
beautiful, shapely
What is grotesque? (synonyms: ugly, misshapen)
200
poison, mutagen, toxin
What is carcinogen? (antonyms: n/a)
200
My ___________ sister sincerely thinks that she can do whatever she wants to me simply because she is a year older than me.
(synonyms: bossy, overbearing) (antonyms: humble, weak)
200
In awe, her mouth hung open _______ So to shut it, we had to mask it with tape.
What is agape? (synonyms: shocked, astonished) (antonyms: clear, unfazed)
200
a burden or impediment (noun)
What is encumbrance?
300
solution, success
What is quagmire? (synonyms: predicament, impasse)
300
to bound, to cavort
What is gambol? (antonym: to relax)
300
He always smells so awful, but he seems so oblivious to it that I wonder if he actually has __________ senses
What is olfactory? (synonyms: n/a) (antonyms: anosmic)
300
I don't really care who you most hate, regardless of their character, it is rude to ________.
What is immolate? (synonyms: to sacrifice, to burn) (antonym: to save)
300
ambition to equal or excel (noun)
What is emulation?
400
pushover
What is martinet? (synonyms: authoritarian, stickler)
400
coinage, slang
What is neologism? (antonym: time-worn word)
400
Thank goodness for the dictionary's additions of "jeggings" and "totes", for how could we possibly function without such __________?
What is neologism? (synonyms: coinage, slang) (antonyms: time-worn)
400
He became a very easy target to ______ When all he would do was hand off his work with a bribe.
What is gibe? (synonyms: to scorn, to flout) (antonyms: to compliment, to honor)
400
to produce, cause, or give rise to (verb)
What is engender?
500
to vindicate, to commend
What is censure? (synonyms: to blame, to accuse)
500
cliched, conventional
What is hackneyed? (antonyms: fresh, original)
500
He was in between a rock and a hard place, or to put it more eloquently, he was in a ____________.
What is quagmire? (synonyms: predicament, impasse) (antonyms: solution, success)
500
If you are in the mood to lose an intellectual fight, the person to argue with should be recondite.
What is recondite? (synonyms: mystical, deep) (antonyms: elementary, simple)
500
extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources (noun)
What is parsimony?