Parts of Speech
Definitions
Complete the Sentence
Related Words
Opposed Words
100
Change wily to a noun
What is wiliness?
100
Having great variety; diverse
What is multifarious?
100
The violence in the film seemed ____________________ because it was not relevant to the plot.
What is gratuitous?
100
______________________ houses cost a/an _____________________ amount.
What are opulent/grandiose and exorbitant?
100
A benevolent person would not wish to be __________________
What is wily or ignoble?
200
Change intemperate to a noun
What is intemperance?
200
Wild and untamed; savage; having returned to an untamed state from domestication
What is feral?
200
In the parable of the Prodigal Son, the youngest son asks for his inheritance and spends it __________________ until there is nothing left. Penniless, he is forced to eat with the pigs.
What is intemperately/profligately?
200
At a formal party, it is best to have a polite ________________________ and act with _______________________.
What are demeanor and decorum?
200
A provincial person would be unlikely to know the __________________ from another place
What are mores?
300
Change opulence to an adjective
What is opulent?
300
Accepted standards and customs of social group
What are mores?
300
The student participated in _____________________ activities, including quiz bowl, volleyball, and theater.
What is multifarious?
300
A __________________ person will find it easy to ____________________ even his/her least gullible friend.
What are wily and beguile?
300
If someone is profligate, eventually he/she will no longer have a ___________________ of money
What is surfeit?
400
Change decorum to an adjective
What is decorous?
400
To fully satisfy an appetite or desire
What is satiate?
400
The soccer team's desire to win was never _______________ by a single victory. The players wanted to complete the season undefeated.
What is satiated?
400
Someone who spends money ________________________ is ______________________.
What are intemperately and profligate?
400
An ignoble person would be unlikely adopt this kind of attitude towards others
What is benevolent?
500
Change profligate to a noun
What is profligacy?
500
The way one behaves or presents oneself; one's manner
What is demeanor?
500
The ______________________ buildings in the city impressed the ______________________ tourist, who had never seen structures that tall in her hometown.
What are grandiose and provincial?
500
People use ____________________ talk to ____________________ themselves in front of their friends.
What are grandiose and aggrandize?
500
The opposite of acting with decorum would be this kind of behavior
What is unseemly?