Level C review 1-3 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Adage | proverb, wise saying |
Bonanza | A rich mass of ore in a mine; something very valuable, profitable, or rewarding; a source of wealth or prosperity; a very large amount; sudden profit or gain. |
Churlish | Lacking politeness or good manners; lacking sensitivity; difficult to work or deal with; rude |
Citadel | A fortress that over looks and protects a city; any strong or commanding place |
Collaborate | To work with, work together |
Decree | An order having force of law; to issue an order; to command firmly or forcefully |
Discordant | Disagreeable in sound, jarring; lacking in harmony, conflicted |
Evolve | To develop gradually; to rise to a higher level |
Excerpt | A passage taken from a book, article, etc.; to take such a passage; to quote |
Grope | To feel about hesitantly with the hands; to search blindly and uncertainly. |
Hover | To float or hang suspended over; to more back and forth uncertainly over or around |
Jostle | To make or force one's way by pushing or elbowing; to bump; shove, brush against; to compete for |
Laggard | A person who moves slowly or falls behind falling behind slow move, act or respond |
Plaudits | Applause; enthusiastic praise or approval |
Preclude | To make impossible, to prevent, shut out |
Revert | To return, go back |
Rubble | Broken stone or bricks; ruins |
Servile | Of or relating to a slave; behaving like or suitable for a slave or servant, menial; lacking spirit or independence, abjectly submissive |
Vigil | A watch, especially at night; any period of watchful attention |
Wrangle | To quarrel or argue in a noisy, angry way to obtain by argument; to herd |
Antics | Ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions |
Avowed | Declared openly and without shame, acknowledge |
Banter | To exchange playful remarks, tease talk that is playful and teasing |
Bountiful | Giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly |
Congested | Overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess |
Detriment | Harm or loss; injury damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss or damage |
Durable | Sturdy not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time |
Enterprising | energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination |
Frugal | Cheap |
Gingerly | With extreme care or caution |
Glut | To provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing; an oversupply |
Incognito | In disguised state |
Invalidate | To make valueless, take away all force or effect |
Legendary | Described in well known stories existing in old stories rather then real life. |
Maim | To cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate |
Minimize | to make as small as possible |
Oblique | Slanting or slopping; not straight forward |
Veer | To change direction or course suddenly turn aside shift swerve |
Venerate | To regard with reverence, look up to with great respect |
Wanton | Reckless, heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals a spoiled pampered person; one with low morals. |
allot | To assign or distribute |
amass | to bring together, collect, gather |
audacious | bold, adventurous |
comply | to yield a request or command |
allot | To assign or distribute |
amass | to bring together, collect, gather |
audacious | bold, adventurous |
comply | to yield a request or command |
devoid | not having or using, lacking |
elite | the choice part of a group or people or things. superior |
grapple | an iron hook used to grab and hold; to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with |
incapacitate | to deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligible |
instigate | to urge; to stir up |
longevity | long life, long duration, length of life |
myriad | in very great numbers; a very great number |
perspective | a point view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed physically or mentally |
perturb | to trouble, make uneasy; to disturb greatly; to throw in confusion |
prodigious | immense; extraordinary in bulk, size or degree |
relevant | connected with or related to the matter at hand |
skittish | extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; |
tether | a rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object; the outer limit of strength or resources |
unison | a sounding together; agreement or accord |
vie | to compete; to strive for victory or superiority |
willful | stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate |
unison | a sounding together; agreement or accord |
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