Name that Word
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Tell me the definition
Tell me a synonym
Easy mix-ups
100

the state of being operated automatically


What is automation?

100

The _____ movie was about a dog who became president of the United States. 

ludicrous


100

Prognosticate

What is: to foretell from signs or symptoms

100

A synonym of tally

What is... count, poll, record, total

100

One is to be full to overflowing. The other is great in quantity, number, abundant. 

What are abound and copious?

200

To give a false appearance of; to assert as if true

What is feign?

200

You should take _____ notes in class in order to have good materials to study.  

What is copious

200

Diabolic

What is: devilish, evil 

200

A synonym of eminent

What is... famous, prominent, esteemed

200

One is having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding/superficial/shallow. The other is affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.

What are glib and pompous?

300

successful, well-known and respected

What is eminent?

300

The judge sentenced the teenage boy to two hundred hours of community service for his _____ acts of vandalism. 

wanton

300

Voracious

What is having a huge appetite (not always with food)

300

A synonym of indiscriminate

Careless, thoughtless, nonselective

300

One is undisciplined or unruly/not able to be controlled. The other is without care or making distinctions, thoughtless.

What are wanton and indiscriminate?
400

Awaiting a chance to entrap; Harmful but enticing

What is insidious?

400

Her _______________ manner made everyone feel at home and comfortable in the dormitory.

What is matronly?

400

parochial

What is narrowminded; limited only to things that directly affect someone. 

400

A synonym of teem


What is... overflow, abound, swarm

400

One is is to be full to overflowing while the other is to restore something that has been depleted.

What are abound and replete?

500

A wicked act or thing

What is an iniquity?

500

I emptied my backpack at the end of the semester and found food wrappers, old study guides, headphones, and many other _________.

What are sundries?

500

Sundry

What is: made up of different things; relating to "everybody"

500

A synonym of sundry

What is... assorted, diverse, varied

500

One is wickedness typical of a devil. The other is deviation from what is right/wickedness/a gross injustice. 

What are diabolic and iniquity?