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Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins
Actions or statements that trick people into believing something that is not true
chicanery
discombobulate
belie
abjure
To weaken; reduce mental or moral vigor; to lessen the vitality or strength of.
impeach
belie
enervate
facetious
Speech that is meant to be funny but that is usually regarded
as annoying, silly, or not proper
gamete
belie
enervate
facetious
Having or showing a tendency to argue or fight; warlike
comatose
morose
bellicose
obtuse
an award or an expression of praise
accolade
angst
euphemism
gauche
Damaging or harmful to the body or the environment
bourgeois
deleterious
incognito
ambidextrous
showing a lack of awareness about the proper way to behave: socially awkward.
accolade
incognito
bellicose
gauche
An expensive and wasteful project usually paid for with public money.
anomaly
boondoggle
epiphany
Laissez-faire
Not eating and drinking too much.
diffident
anomalous
abstemious
feckless
Indubitable. Not able to be doubted or questioned.
feckless
incontrovertible
Laissez-faire
diffident
A moment in which you suddenly see or understand something in a new or very clear way.
kowtow
bowdlerize
boondoggle
epiphany
1) Worthless, irresponsible. 2) weak, ineffective.
feckless
diffident
incontrovertible
anomalous
discordant noise; a mixture of harsh, jarring, or chaotic sounds.
cacophony
hubris
metamorphosis
acumen
disdainful dismissal of important matters; showing a lack of proper concern.
cacophony
circumlocution
cavalier
lexicon
to fix beliefs in someone's mind, especially by repeating them.
inculcate
bona fide
hubris
acumen
exaggerated pride or self-confidence
cacophony
hubris
lexicon
bona fide
the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, especially in practical matters.
circumlocution
cacophony
acumen
precipitation
colloquy
a long-haired breed of sheepdog.
a person who boasts about achievements or possessions
a discussion of theological ideas; a conversation
A state of constant movement, change, or renewal
enmity
a state of constant movement, change, or renewal
an unreal image presented to the senses
feeling or being actively opposed to someone or something
modesty of shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence
flux
a conversation (especially a discussion of theological questions)
being in constant movement, change, or renewal
an ingredient in laundry detergent that makes whites whiter.
a person who boasts about achievements or possessions.
A grave robber
goblin
ghoul
fuzzy lumpkin
cockatrice
A spirit in the form of a wailing woman who appears to the members of a family as a sign that one of them is about to die. (Irish Folklore)
boggart
pooka
Annabelle Lee
banshee
A whale, a sea monster, or anything of immense size and power
pooka
phantasm
leviathan
a reanimated corpse, said to suck the blood from sleeping persons at night, a preternatural undead being.
vampire
lycanthrope
will-o-the-wisp
wooly-booger
An evil twin. (German for double-walker) a paranormal double of a living person, typically representing evil or misfortune
Nosferatu
doppelganger
changeling
H.R. Pufinstuf
one who reanimates the dead; who practices a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; a black art.
Necromancer
Break dancer
Churl
Babadook
The Bible uses this special word to describe the worst of the worst--unspeakably bad things...Proverbs 6:16-19 lists seven things which are known by this term: "haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief, a false witness who utters lies, and one who spreads strife among brothers."
celebration
abomination
epiphany
Joyness
A Phoenix
A Gorgon
a many-headed, serpent-like creature that guarded an Underworld entrance beneath Lake Lerna if you chop off one head, two would grow in it’s place. It was destroyed by Hercules in his second Labor
Hyperdrive
Hydra
GrootSlang
Snuffleupagus
a fire-breathing female monster with a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail
Lamia
Gorgon
Chimera
Chimes
Evil, horrible, terrible, extremely wicked, vile, tyrannical
precarious
nefarious
gregarious
impundulu
the highest point of a mountain; the most successful point; culmination.
pinnacle
tentacle
ventricle
cynical
(adj) unreasonably prone to go to law to settle disputes; quarrelsome
obsolete
litigious
judiciary
fickle
(adj) Threatening harm; menacing, malignant
complacent
baleful
detrimental
incremental
