Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Mixed Up Files Vocab
Vocabulary test- Thursday, March 1st, 2012
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hodgepodge | a motley assortment of things |
| chancellor | the person who is head of state (in several countries) |
| pagan | a person who does not acknowledge your God |
| telepathy | apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions |
| extravagant | spending too much money, especially on luxuries |
| pedestal | an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) |
| accurate | exact in performance or amount; strictly correct |
| sarcastic | expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds |
| acquisitions | something acquired |
| stealthily | in a sneaky, sly manner |
| monotony | lack of variety resulting in boredom |
| sauntered | walk leisurely and with no apparent aim |
| tyrannies | dominance through threat of punishment and violence |
| renaissance | the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries |
| sarcophagus | a stone box containing a coffin |
| fussbudget | a person who fusses or worries over small things |
| abroad | far away from home or one's surroundings |
| authenticity | undisputed credibility |
| impostor | a person who makes deceitful pretenses |
| canopy | a rooflike covering over a bed |
Created by:
bridge13
Popular English Vocabulary sets