11th------ Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Ambiguous | Able to interpret in more than one way; not clear. |
Dissident | A person oppossed to establish ideas or beliefs; especially in politics. |
Embellish | To decorate, to beautify by adornment; to enhance (a statement or narrative) with fictitious additions. |
Fritter | To spend or waste a little at a time. To break or tear into small pieces or shreds. |
Inadvertent | Unintentional; accidental |
Inane | without sense or meaning; foolish |
Juxtapose | To place close together; compare or contrast |
lethargy | a great lack of energy; inactivity due to laziness |
Sporadic | Happening now and then |
Subsidize | To support financially; provide a grant or contribution. |
ambiguous | Unclear, obscure, vague |
dissident | a rebel, a dissenter, heretic |
embellish | to decorate, ornamentation; ornament; |
fritter | to waste, to dwindle, shrink, degenerate, to break into fragments |
inadvertent | Unintentional, not attentive; heedless inattentive, thoughtless, careless, negligent. |
sporadic | Irregular, on and off, infrequently, intermittent, periodic |
subsidize | to pay for to back, to capitalize, to finance, to fund, to grubstake, to stake, to bankroll, to put up money for |
inane | silly empty; void, pointless. |
juxtapose | to put side by side, compare, contrast |
lethargy | Inactivity -- sluggishness, , apathy lassitude, torpor, torpidity, stupor, languor |
Her answer was so _________, I could tell she really did not know the answer. | ambiguous |
The ____________ voiced his objections to the angry crowd. | dissident |
If you ________ your story too much your mother will catch your lie. | embellish |
Please do not ________ away your time. | fritter |
His errors were ____________, he was not really paying attention. | inadvertent |
The silly student continuously interrupts the class with _________ comments. | inane |
The writer __________ satire with tragedy in his essay. | juxtaposed |
Growing teens who skimp on sleep can usually be recognized by their __________ in school. | lethargy |
His attendance was so __________ that I feared he would never graduate from college. | sporadic |
My mother helped _________ my rent in college so I only needed a part-time job. | subsidize |
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Clarym
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