Mrs. Gus’s amazing vocabulary words

What does ‘AVERSION’ mean?

Word Parts: avert tion

• A strong urge

• A strong dislike

• A tourist attraction

• A bad habit

Answer explanation

A very strong dislike of something

What does ‘DENOUNCE’ mean?

Clue: Nounce=Announce

• Publicly declare to be evil

• to say something is a good idea

• To break or destroy

• To travel to a different country

Answer explanation

To publicly declare that something is wrong or evil

What does ‘NAÏVE’ mean?

• Lack of bravery

• Lack of intelligence

• Blind

• Lack of experience

Answer explanation

Someone without much experience

What does ‘PREPOSTEROUS’ mean?

Clue: Someone might say “ That’s Preposterous! Where did you ever come up with that?!”

• a good idea

• Utterly absurd

• Very strange

• Absolutely horrible

Answer explanation

Lacking common sense; Absurd

What does ‘PANTOMIME’ mean?

What 4-letter word do you see inside PANTOMIME?

• A person lacking intelligence

• A performance using gestures

• An object lacking much color

• To pretend something is real

Answer explanation

performance using only gestures without talking or using the actual objects

What does ‘INFERNO’ mean?

• An out of control fire

• A forest fire

• Lava when it is inside the volcano

• An oil fire

Answer explanation

an out of control fire

What does ‘BENEVOLENT’ mean?

Clue: BENE is Latin for good

• Sassy

• Arrogant

• Generous

• Courageous

Answer explanation

Being generous or kind

What does ‘MALICE’ mean?

• To cause pain

• To cause disappointment

• To interfere

• an important event

Answer explanation

To cause pain to another