Test 10 LA Vocab Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Megalomania | Desire for money |
Profligate | Wasteful |
Strife | Argument, Dissagrement |
Legion | A large number |
Coup | Revolution |
To Play Possum | To try to fool someone` |
Amnesty | General Pardon |
Expatriate | An Exile |
Exonerate | To free from guilt |
Fiat | An official order |
Mendacious | Lying |
Idiom: It's an ill wind that blows nobody good | Someone who benefits from others misfortune |
Parcimonious | Someone who hoards money |
Pecuniary | Financial |
Dismantle | Take Apart |
Sumptuous | Lavish |
Underwrite | Agree to finance |
Idiom: To know the ropes | To be fully acquainted with the procedures |
Restrictive | Confining |
Balk | To refuse to move |
Blunt | Plain Spoken |
Nostalgia | Yearning for the past |
Rife | Widespread |
Idiom: Behind the eight ball | In trouble |
Reviled | Scolded |
Derogatory | Making fun of |
Indict | Accuse |
Nebulous | Unclear, Vague |
Pesky | Annoying |
Idiom: Left Holding the Bag | To be left to suffer the blame |
Redolent | Fragrant |
Repose | State of rest |
Omnivorous | Eating any kind of food |
Disparate | Different |
Abstemious | Moderate in eating or drinking |
Idiom: A lick and a promise | To do something in a hasty and superficial manner. |
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