Blue Word Wall - Post #1

Complete the sentence: When our neighbor Mrs. Shider celebrated her eightieth birthday, friends and relatives threw a terrific party to pay tribute to her ______ and indomitable spirit in dealing with her colon cancer.

• guise
• gibe
• fortitude
• adulterate

External appearance usually plain, or dull, to conceal the true nature of something

• Bereft
• Dour
• Guise
• Augment

Render poorer in quality by adding another substance, typically an inferior one

• Ambidextrous
• Adulterate
• Augment
• Deploy

Gape means to deprive or to lack

• True
• False

Dour is similar to the words: Gloomy or Harsh

• True
• False

To Utter mocking or scoffing words

• Bereft
• Dour
• Fortitude
• Gibe

To make larger, enlarge size

• Ambidextrous
• Augment
• Adulterate
• Gibe

Strength through pain and adversity 

• Fortitude
• Guise
• Gibe
• Bereft

Which means the opposite or almost the opposite of: augment

• Spur
• Defend
• Align
• Diminish

Synonymous with: gibe

• Invitation
• Ridicule
• Subpoena
• Idea