English 2

Front 1

Scavenge

Back 1

To clean waste from.

Hint 1

The vulture scavenged the carcass for any left over meat.

Front 2

Immure

Back 2

Lock up or confine

Hint 2

All the prisoners have been immured for may years.

Front 3

Gesticulate

Back 3

Express or show through direct movement

Hint 3

He gesticulated that he was in immense pain.

Front 4

Efflorescence

Back 4

Process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

Hint 4

He pointed to the efflorescence of the brown algae.

Front 5

Uncommunicative

Back 5

Not inclined to talk or give information

Hint 5

The prisoner was uncommunicative about the fight.

Front 6

Crumple

Back 6

To gather something into small folds or wrinkles

Hint 6

He crumpled up the drawer and tossed it into the trash like a basketball.

Front 7

Swathe

Back 7

To wrap in swaddling clothes.

Hint 7

I was already swathed about the scar.

Front 8

Irrelevance

Back 8

The lack of relation to topic or situation at hand.

Hint 8

His argument was full of irrelevance towards the topic of snowboarding.

Front 9

Immerse

Back 9

To cause to be thrown into.

Hint 9

He immersed himself in the bushes so he was hidden from the police.

Front 10

Submerge

Back 10

To put under water.

Hint 10

The small child submerged the rubber ducky in the tub as if it was searching for food.

Front 11

List 2

Back 11

List 2

Hint 11

List 2

Front 12

Whittle

Back 12

Cut into small bits, pare shavings from

Hint 12

I saw my friend whittling the tip of a stick

Front 13

Underlay

Back 13

Place something underneath or below.

Hint 13

There are 4 more boards that underlay the table.

Front 14

Discursive

Back 14

Tending to cover a wide range of subjects

Hint 14

The school assembly was very discursive.

Front 15

Hiatus

Back 15

Interruption in the intensity or amount of something.

Hint 15

There was a hiatus in all of the craziness of the assembly.

Front 16

Tensely

Back 16

In stressed manor.

Hint 16

The principle was standing in front of the large amount of students tensely.

Front 17

Snivel

Back 17

Cry/whine while sniffling.

Hint 17

The young boy had sniveled after being scolded.

Front 18

Crass

Back 18

Lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence.

Hint 18

The large person was crass. Looking blank, emotionless.

Front 19

Emboss

Back 19

To carve, mold, or stamp in surface so it stands out in relief.

Hint 19

The leather worked had embossed a small logo on the tan colored gloves.

Front 20

Dangle

Back 20

To hang freely

Hint 20

There was a large piece of meat dangling in front of the large male lion.

Front 21

Impalpable

Back 21

Not perceivable to the touch

Hint 21

The snake like creatures were almost impalpable to the small child.

Front 22

Ludicrous

List 3

Back 22

Laughably and obviously absurd; foolish

Hint 22

The young child was acting ludicrously

Front 23

Ineffectual

Back 23

Insufficient to produce a result; useless

Hint 23

The old phone was ineffectual compared to my new one.

Front 24

Jeer

Back 24

To abuse vocally; To taunt or mock

Hint 24

The older boy jeered the young disabled boy during recess.

Front 25

Inarticulate

Back 25

Incomprehensible; unable to speak with clarity

Hint 25

The young boy was inarticulate describing what happened.

Front 26

Leviathan

Back 26

Something very large; giant sea creature in the Bible

Hint 26

The hippo was like a leviathan compared to the small impala.

Front 27

Clamor

Back 27

A loud outcry; great expression of discontent

Hint 27

The young by let out a great clamor asking fr help.

Front 28

Mutinously

Back 28

Unruly; insubordinate or constituting a mutiny

Hint 28

With an empty treasury and unpaid mutinous troops, no faculty could have helped Requesens to succeed

Front 29

Crestfallen

Back 29

Dispirited and depressed; dejected

Hint 29

The old man was crestfallen when his wife passed.

Front 30

Impervious

Back 30

Incapable of being penetrated or affected.

Hint 30

The hardened shell of the tank was impervious to the bullets.

Front 31

Enterprise

Back 31

An undertaking or business organization; industrious

Hint 31

The newest business by the boys was prestige worldwide enterprises.

Front 32

Egregious

Back 32

Extremely bad

Hint 32

The child had very egregious behavior

Front 33

Odious

Back 33

Instilling hatred or intense displeasure

Hint 33

He felt odious towards the science substitute

Front 34

Prosaic

Back 34

Plain, lacking liveliness

Hint 34

The painting looked very prosaic

Front 35

Vex

Back 35

To confuse or annoy

Hint 35

The smart phone vexed the small puppy

Front 36

Capricious

Back 36

Subject to whim, fickle

Hint 36

The capricous tendencies made it hard for the young boy to do homework

Front 37

Assiduous

Back 37

Hard-working, diligent

Hint 37

The new kid in my class is very assiduous

Front 38

Feral

Back 38

Wild, savage

Hint 38

The feral pig terrified the small boy

Front 39

Decry

Back 39

To criticize openly

Hint 39

I decried my teacher for being incorrect

Front 40

Burnish

Back 40

To polish, shine

Hint 40

I burnished the wooden table to make it look presentable

Front 41

Zephyr

Back 41

A gentle breeze

Hint 41

If it weren't for the zephyr this day would be miserable

Front 42

Cerebral

Back 42

Of or relating to the brain

Hint 42

does she have a cerebral condition?

Front 43

Susceptible

Back 43

Yielding readily to or capable of

Hint 43

I am very susceptible to breaking my knee again.

Front 44

Impediment

Back 44

Something immaterial that interferes with action or progress

Hint 44

My brother has a lisp which is a speech imediment

Front 45

Woe

Back 45

Misery resulting from affliction

Hint 45

There is a wisdom that is a woe ; but there is a woe that is madness.

Front 46

Whimper

Back 46

Cry weakly or softly

Hint 46

I heard the small puppy whimper next door

Front 47

Perseverance

Back 47

Persistent determination

Hint 47

That man has more perseverance than I've ever seen!

Front 48

Persistent

Back 48

Never-ceasing

Hint 48

The football player was persistent and played on.

Front 49

Ambidextrous

Back 49

Equally skillful with each hand

Hint 49

I heard your brother is ambidextrous

Front 50

Minion

Back 50

Servile or fawning dependant

Hint 50

The dog acted as if he was the mans minion.

Front 51

Decrepit

Back 51

Worn and broken down by hard use

Hint 51

The old deck was decrepit after lots of years of being played on.

Front 52

Half-breed

Back 52

Offensive term for an offspring of parents of different races (especially of Caucasian and NativeAmerican ancestry)

Hint 52

The young boy was crying because everyone called him "half breed"

Front 53

Vow

Back 53

Promise

Hint 53

The two people stated their vows and became a married couple.

Front 54

Pummel

Back 54

Strike, usually with the fist

Hint 54

The bully was pummeled by a much older kid for hurting his brother.

Front 55

Stroll

Back 55

Walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

Hint 55

The old man and his wife took a stroll every morning.

Front 56

Bureau

Back 56

An administrative unit of government

Hint 56

The F.B.I. is the federal bureau of investigation.

Front 57

Impending

Back 57

To lose in time; about to occur

Hint 57

His impending fate was near

Front 58

Rummage

Back 58

Search haphazardly

Hint 58

He rummaged through the back pack for a snack

Front 59

Petrify

Back 59

To change into stone

Hint 59

The small boy was fascinated by the petrified wood.

Front 60

Articulate

Back 60

Characterized by clear expressive language

Hint 60

I am very articulate

Front 61

Tautology

Back 61

A statement that is necessarily true

Hint 61

When you jump you temporarily float.