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Final Jeopardy Separating Contractions
Final Jeopardy He had OR He would The contraction “he’d” can be separated into which two words?
$200 Advocacy Support of an idea or cause
$400 Alacrity A cheerful response
$600 Beguile To trick, to mislead and to persuade with charm
$800 Castigate To punish; to criticize or make fun of in a very serious manner
$1000 Entreaty A plea or request
$200 desolate Many consider the desert to be a __________ place. Not many people live there.
$400 affinity I have an __________ for chocolate ice cream and will try to eat it as often as possible.
$600 enmesh The spiders goal was to __________ as many flies as possible within its web.
$800 agile Many consider the Olympic athlete to be very __________ and should have little difficulty winning the track and field event.
$1000 alacrity As the students walked into the classroom they were greeted with great __________ from the teacher. She was friendly and had a big smile on her face.
$200 Discern Differentiate, recognize as distinct or different
$400 Beguile Deceive, cheat, con, dupe, delude
$600 Alacrity Good-natured, friendly, sociable, cheerful, pleasant
$800 Enmesh Embroil, implicate, incriminate, snare, snarl, tangle
$1000 Bestow Grant, give, present, award, endow
$200 bestial The boy who was raised by wolves displayed __________ behavior; he was very tough and violent.
$400 candid When the actress was questioned about her co-star, she held nothing back and gave a very __________ response.
$600 discern When the twins wear the exact same outfit, it is difficult to __________ who is who.
$800 facile While the adults found the video game complicated, the teenagers thought it was __________ and easily played.
$1000 entreaty Although I felt bad he had to beg to survive, I rejected the homeless man’s __________ for money.
$200 True Many agile people become gymnasts or dancers.
$400 True It is a comfort to grieving families when medals of honor are bestowed on their loved ones.
$600 False Desolate areas are populated by many people.
$800 True In the play Othello, Iago is a beguiling character.
$1000 False A pessimist would always whole-heartedly and positively advocate for looking on the bright side of life.
$200 advocacy Animal rights __________ groups fight against the abuse of all animals.
$400 beguile The car salesman tried to __________the customer with an offer of free gas for a year.
$600 bestow The king will __________ a title and land to the knight that could rescue the princess.
$800 castigate My mother was a cruel woman who never missed an opportunity to __________ my father.
$1000 consecrate The monks will __________ consecrate the temple as a house of worship.
$400 Assure Promise
$800 Evident Very clear or understood
$1200 Conspicuous Very easy to notice
$1600 Genuine Truly or sincerely
$2000 Tone A way of speaking that shows a certain feeling
$400 Principle A basic truth or belief
$800 Recommend To suggest a certain action
$1200 Reinforce To make something stronger
$1600 Image How a person appears to other people
$2000 Fiction An invented story
$400 Rebel To act out against someone who has power
$800 Impress To make someone admire something
$1200 Pressure A force or stressful demand
$1600 Authority Someone who knows a lot about something
