1. Directions & Guidelines
You may not use your book or notes during the game.
Each team must select a speaker—the only person who can tell me the answers.
If a team gets their question wrong, the next team will have a chance to steal the points. Despite which team answers the question correctly, the next team in line to choose a question will go.
The winning team will receive 5 points to be added to their unit test grade.

2. Definitions
Synonyms
Antonyms
Similar
Words
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3. A preliminary statement.

4. What is preamble?

5. Someone who participates in a conversation. Relating to laughter.

6. What are interlocutor, risible?

7. Transparent; clear. A difficult and embarrassing situation
Transparent; clear. A difficult and embarrassing situation. Boorish or vulgar.

8. What are pellucid, imbroglio, churlish?

9. A suspension of an activity. Carefree and lighthearted
A suspension of an activity. Carefree and lighthearted. Impossible to defend or justify. Likely.

10. What are moratorium, blithe, untenable, wont?

11. Of the same time period. Childish; juvenile
Of the same time period. Childish; juvenile. Feeling of offense; resentment. Harmless. Mutually destructive.

12. Who are coeval, puerile, umbrage, innocuous, internecine?

13. Shrunken; gnarled.

14. What is wizened?

15. Organizer; proprietor. Harmonic; melodic.

16. What are impresario, dulcet?

17. Delicate; breakable. Subservient; ignoble. Provoking; exciting.

18. What are frangible, servile, provocative?

19. DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Concoct; design; engineer
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Concoct; design; engineer. Discursiveness; indirectness; evasion. Berate; condemn; remonstrate. Fluctuate; swing; waffle.

20. What are contrive, circumlocution, inveigh, vacillate?

21. Luxurious; ostentatious; grandiose. Insular; dogmatic
Luxurious; ostentatious; grandiose. Insular; dogmatic. Sycophant; flatterer. Disaffect; antagonize. Obsolete; outmoded.

22. Where is sybaritic, sectarian, toady, estrange, archaic?

23. Stinginess.

24. What is largesse?

25. Disruption; gap. Exclude; lack.

26. What are nexus; comprise?

27. Stasis. Genuine; authentic. Lengthen; increase.

28. What are metamorphosis, apocryphal, truncate?

29. Nonexistent. Barren; infertile. Bright; illuminated
Nonexistent. Barren; infertile. Bright; illuminated. Abdicate; relinquish.

30. What are ubiquitous, arable, stygian, usurp?

31. Disapproval; rejection. Aromatic; fragrant. Vague.
Gluttonous; greedy.
Disapproval; rejection.
Aromatic; fragrant.
Vague.
Enlighten; comfort; encourage.

32. What are abstemious, kudos, putrid, eidetic, disconcert?

33. Two words that mean “universal truth.”

34. What are axiom and maxim?

35. Two words that mean “ancient; extremely old; outmoded.”

36. What are archaic and antediluvian?

37. Two words that mean “persistent.”

38. What are dogged, assiduous?

39. Three words that mean “arrogant/arrogance or excessively proud/pride.”

40. What is haughty, contemptuous, hubris?

41. Three words meaning “abundance/an abundance.”

42. What are rife, plethora, replete?

43. A ___________________ is not cosmopolitan.

44. What is a bumpkin?

45. Definitions: Every day language
Definitions: Every day language. To remove vulgar or objectionable material.

46. What are vernacular, expurgate?

47. Historically, penecillin was seen as a ________________ to relieve the symptoms associated with _____________________.

48. What are panacea and malaise?

49. Two deliberately misleading stories/arguments.

50. Two deliberately misleading stories/arguments.

51. Who are canard and sophistry?

52. The word that means the opposite of flippancy.

53. What is revere?

54. Final Jeopardy
Write the Number of Points you Wish to Risk and the Answer:

55. Write three context-rich sentences for the following words:
Final Jeopardy
Write three context-rich sentences for the following words:
Solecism, Etymology, & Accoutrement.