This adjective, beginning with a G, means strange in a way that is unpleasant or offensive.
grotesque
If your face is ________________ with frustration as you build a model sailboat, you’re furrowing your brows and wrinkling your nose — and should probably find a new hobby.
contorted
acquire means to: A. knit B. get C. gleam
B. get
Unscramble the letters to make a word. GUTANEM
augment
This adjective, beginning with an I, means making somebody feel healthy and full of energy.
invigorating
If something is without color, it is ______________.
hueless
Unscramble the letters to make a word. LESMOD
seldom
The noun form of the adjective poor is _________.
poverty
The antonym of justice is __________.
injustice
Something that’s really intense or painful is _____________.
excruciating
Unscramble the letters to make a word. EIVNIDARATIMITS
administrative
The next time you go to the dentist, make sure you know the word ________________. This drug causes a temporary loss of feeling, making it your best friend if the drill has to be used.
anesthetic
Jonas slept soundly, but was _________ at night.
fretful
This word probably comes from the Old Norse skreppa, "thin person," and fittingly, and is also a mildly derogatory term for a small person.
shrimp
You can ______________ , or openly criticize, someone who is behaving inappropriately.
condemn
An elephant has a ___________ trunk.
sinuous
Unscramble the letters to make a word. TEGRER
regret
Rosemary was very self-__________ and serene.
possessed
A thing that is thought of, or added later, and is often not carefully planned is an __________.
afterthought
permeate means to: A. shrink B. spur C. penetrate
C. penetrate
_______________ means "give power or authority to."
Empower
If you are trying to fit in, you are trying to __________________ .
assimilate
Someone who flees or runs away from the police to avoid capture is a __________.
fugitive
Therapy helping people get better after illness or injury by giving them special activities to do is called ____________.
occupational therapy
Unscramble the letters to make a word. ZAHPADHAR
haphazard
Anything _________ has to do with your genes and DNA.
genetic
Describe a slow-moving river or a weak breeze or a listless manner with the slightly poetic adjective beginning with an L..
languid
This verb, beginning with an M, means to damage somebody's body very severly.
mutilate
Unscramble the letters to make a word. REYAN
yearn
If you make sure that your house or car or even a database stays in good working condition, you are keeping up on the __________.
maintenance
A __________ is a blood vessel.
vein
pervade means to: A. confuse B. complement C. penetrate
C. penetrate
This verb means to move forward like a horse.
trot
This adjective, beginning with an E, means very happy, excited and enthusiastic.
ecstatic
__________ humor mocks or ridicules, usually by saying the opposite of what is actually meant.
Sarcastic