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| grit | (n) firmness or strength of character |
| nauseating(ly) | (adj, adv) producing the unsettling feeling in the stomach that accompanies the urge to vomit |
| pandemonium | (n) wild uproar and chaos |
| hypocritical | (adj) the quality of showing false claim to having admirable benefits, beliefs, or feelings |
| proverbial | (adj) expressed in a form that is widely known |
| cagey | (adj) cautious and secretive rather than open and honest |
| consolation | (n) a source of comfort to someone who is upset or disappointed |
| consolidated | (adj) to combine separate items or scattered material into a single mass |
| falter | (v) to become unsure and hesitant |
| ominous(ly) | (adj, adv) suggesting or indicating that something bad is going to happen |
| intoxicated | (adj) drunk; stupefied; intensely excited |
| regal | (adj) suitable for a king or queen |
| insufficient | (adj) not enough in amount or quality to satisfy some purpose or standard |
| exhilaration | (n) a feeling of happiness and excitement combined with ahightened sense of being alive |
| solemn | (adj) w/o joy or humor; characterized by ceremony or formality |
| vigorous | (adj) extremely strong and active, physically and mentally |
| crimson | (adj) with a deep rich red color with a tinge of purple |
| speculation | (n) a conclusion based on incomplete information |
| surplus | (n) excess amount |
| foundling | (n) orphan; waif; stray |
| prescribed | (ADJ - V) recommended; ordered; assigned |
| inclined | (adj) moved or persuaded to do something |
| reluctant | (adj) feeling no willingness to do something |
| grit | Until the early 1800's, this word meant sand, dust, or gravel. Now it has a figurative meaning of determination. |
| nauseated | This word is borrowed from a Latin word meaning "seasickness." |
| pandemonium | This word was the name of Satan's palace in John Milton's Paradise Lost. |
| hypocritical | This word stems from words meaning "pretending to be good." |
| proverbial | This word comes from a Latin word that means "common-saying" (as in proverb) and has been extended to mean "well-known." |
| console | This word can be traced to a Latin word that means "to soothe." |
| cagey | This word has an unknown American origin. If a person acts this way, he is acting as though he has done something wrong and wants to hide that fact. |
| consolidated | This word comes from the Latin word that means "to make solid." |
| falter | This word might be from a Scandinavian word meaning "to hesitate." |
| ominous | This word is from a Latin word that means "a prediction of bad things to come." |
| intoxicated | This word comes from a Latin word that means "filled with poison." |
| regal | This word comes from a Latin word that means "royal or king." |
| insufficient | This word comes from a Latin and Old French word meaning "not adequate." |
| exhilaration | This word comes from a Latin word meaning "cheerful/merry." |
| solemn | How would you act during a funeral service? |
| vigorous | This word comes from a Latin word meaning "to be lively, flourish, or thrive." |
| speculate | This word has a root that means "see." You ____ when you try to see into the future and determine an outcome. |
| surplus | This word comes from a Latin word meaning "excess or remainder." |
| foundling | This word was derived from the participle form of "to find." |
| prescribe | This word comes from a Latin word meaning "to order/to direct." |
| incline | This word comes from a Latin word meaning "to bend or lean." |
| reluctant | This word comes from a Latin word meaning "to struggle against." |
