Test 6 LA Vocab Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Inundate | To flood |
Fruitless | Useless |
Poignant | Moving, painful to the feeling |
Garbled | Confused, mixed up |
Sanguine | Optimistic |
Idiom: To feather one's nest | Grow rich by taking advantage of circumstances |
Phelgmatic | Calm, hard to rouse to action |
Corroborate | Confirm, support |
Comprehensive | Thourough |
Zealous | Enthusiastic |
Coerce | To force |
Idiom: Fair weathered friends | Unreliable, They fail in time of distress |
Elapse | To slip by |
Meticulous | Careful |
Domicile | Home |
Lax | Careless, negligent |
Sporadic | Occasional |
Idiom: To sow one's wild oats | To lead a wild, carfree life |
Rash | Too hasty, reckless |
Conjecture | Guess |
Obviate | Do away with, eliminate |
Lurid | Sensational |
Quip | Joke |
Idiom: Windfall | Unexpected financial gain |
Diatribe | Bitter criticism |
Inhibition | Restraint |
Fortuitous | Accidental |
Incoherent | Disjointed |
Ilk | Kind, sort |
Idiom: To wear one's heart on one's sleeve | To make one's feelings evident |
Prestigious | Illustrious |
Placard | Poster |
Integral | Essential |
Remuneration | reward, pay |
Nominal | Slight |
Idiom: To wash dirty linen in public | To openly discuss open affairs |
Expunge | Erase |
Flamboyant | Showy, colorful |
Anathema | Something greatly detested |
Schism | Split |
Utopia | Place of perfection |
Idiom: To save face | To avoid disgrace |
Timorous | Fearful |
Truncated | Cut short |
Jaunty | Sprightly, gay |
Fractious | Quarrelsome |
Ostentatious | Showy |
Idiom: Indian summer | Warm autumn weather |
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