Avalos Week 6 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Burgeon | to grow and flourish |
Castigate | to punish or criticize harshly |
Bombastic | pompous in speech and manner |
Elegy | a sorrowful poem or speech |
Bolster | support, prop up |
Pedant | someone who shows off learning |
Aberrant | deviating from what is normal or expected |
Caustic | biting in wit |
Zeal | passion, excitement |
Stolid | unemotional, lacking sensitivity |
Garrulous | tending to talk a lot |
Fanatical | acting excessively enthusiastic, filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion |
Deride | to speak of or treat with contempt, to mock |
Diffident | lacking self-confidence |
Iconoclast | one who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions |
Soporific | causing sleep or lethargy |
Laconic | using few words |
Naïve | lacking sophistication or experience |
Desiccate | to dry out thoroughly |
Perfunctory | done in a routine way; indifferent |
Tacit | done without using words |
Permeate | to penetrate |
Adulterate | to make impure |
Diatribe | an abusive, condemnatory speech |
Rarefy | to make thinner or sparser |
Eloquent | persuasive and moving, especially in speech |
Obstinate | stubborn, unyielding |
Venerate | to respect deeply |
Emulate | to copy; to try to equal or excel |
Embellish | to add ornamental or fictitious details |
Metaphor | a figure of speech comparing two different things, a symbol |
Capricious | changing one's mind quickly and often |
Candid | impartial and honest in speech |
Malleable | capable of being shaped |
Catalyst | something that brings about a change in something else |
Gregarious | outgoing, sociable |
Specious | deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious |
Aesthetic | concerning the appreciation of beauty |
Abyss | an extremely deep hole |
Waver | to fluctuate between choices |
Advocate | to speak in favor of |
Abscond | to leave secretly |
Fervid | intensely emotional, feverish |
Dilate | to make larger, expand |
Paragon | model of excellence or perfection |
Stigma | a mark of shame or discredit |
Efficacy | effectiveness |
Veracity | filled with truth and accuracy |
Taciturn | silent, not talkative |
Fawn | to grovel |
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