| A | B |
|---|
| Euphemism | pleasant expression instead of bad one It was a ____when Mary said, her dead cat went to the big kitty litter box in the sky. |
| evanescent | vanishing, brief The shooting star was _____, we only saw it for a second. |
| exacerbate | make worse Not cleaning the the wound ____the infection. |
| exacting | extremely demanding The ____math teacher even took points off for not writing the date. |
| exalt | glorify, view highly The peasants ____the king by singing his name. |
| exasperate | annoy thoroughly Reed saying, "dong, don" all night _____the rest of us. |
| exemplify | illustrate by example Having his homework done every night ____a good student. |
| exhaustive | thoroughly tiring Running up and down the stairs 10 times was _____. |
| exhort | give a serious warning By threatening the team to play good, the coach ____his authority. |
| exigency | emergency, urgent When the fire started, they knew the _____to call 911 immediately. |
| judicious | using good judgement The jury was ____as they listened to all the facts before giving the sentence. |
| juxtapose | place side by side Putting his baby picture next to his senior one, ____them. |
| kinetic | having motion Bouncing around, the atoms were _____. |
| labyrinth | maz We made our way through the corn field _____,but almost got lost. |
| laconic | using few words Talking a little, the _____teacher didn't give us very good instructions. |
| lament | to mourn Dressing in shorts, John ___that he wore them in freezing weather. |
| a | equals a |
| b | equals b |
| c | equals c |
| d | equald d |
