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Vocabulary Jeopardy for February 28th

AB
incensedfoaming at the mouth
lenientmerciful
riskGo out on the limb
knee jerk reactionimpulsive
don't put all your eggs in one basketwager
plaguedbeleaguered
perfectionistmeticulous
grudgeresentment
promptexpeditious
combsearch
charmwoo
dodgebeat around the bush
deprivetake from
apologeticremorseful
nounsubject
verbpredicate
adjectivesensory imagery
adverbanswers question "how" you did something
transition wordsconnect one thing to another
modifieradjective or adverb
pronounhe, she, we, they, it, her.....
long in the toothold
voraciousinsatiable
warycautious
submissivemeek
spuriousdoubtful
economicalconservative with resources
reconciliationcompromise, treaty
parchedcotton-mouth
noviceapprentice
interjectionwow! What! Yes! REally!
inconsequentialtrivial
inevitableunavoidable
disdainscorn
benevolentamicable
oxymorona figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).
puna joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings. "the pigs were a squeal (if you'll forgive the pun)"



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