EnigmaThe man went to the oracle, and received an enigma saying, “ going west, is going east. And going east is going west.” The man was very puzzled by this.
AugmentThe girl augmented the balloon to increase its size.
PerniciousThe poison was pernicious. The girl was told not to drink it.
ImpromptuIn Academic Decathlon, we are learning how to do an impromptu. So we can do it at the competition off-hand.
PlagiarismBart Simpson got in trouble for plagiarizing Iraq reports.
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EmaciateThe sick girl became emaciate when she got sick.
VicariousThe mother lived vicariously through her daughter because there was a lot of things she wished she could do as a teen.
OfficiousThe officious secretary gave everyone that came into the office advice, even if they did not want it.
AmbiguityThe ambiguity of the teacher’s instructions made it very difficult to understand exactly what she wanted.
EgregiousThe egregious remarks from the politician caused him to be removed from the elections because his beliefs were outrageous.
ErsatzThe ersatz sugar was bad imitation of the real thing because it was artificial.
GoogolThe googol is an insane number because it is such a large number.
SerendipityThe woman had serendipity when it came to knowing how to make lots of money.
Non-SequiturTo answer that the sky is blue is a non-sequitur response to the question, “What’s up?”.
microcosmSan Francisco is considered a microcosm.
redundancyThe redundancy in the story made it boring to read because it repeated itself.
disparageJack Sparrow was disparaged from his position for refusing to follow orders from a ranking officer.
dearthThe dearth during the depression as the worst the United States had ever seen.
TentativeThe tentative schedule for the rock tour will be posted online until everything gets confirmed.
furtiveHarry and Hermonine made a furtive plan to save Serious from certain death.

20 Vocab Sentences