This board helps players review Vocabulary through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as DEFINITION DETECTIVES, CONTEXT IS KEY, SYNONYMS AND SUBTLE MEANINGS, WORDS IN ACTION, ANTONYMS. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.
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To approach and speak to someone first, especially in a challenging or aggressive way.
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Accost
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The hills seemed to _____ as waves of wind swept through the tall grass.
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Undulate
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This adjective means open, visible, and not concealed.
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Overt
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A person carries a rabbit's foot because they believe it will bring good luck. What is the rabbit's foot being used as?
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Talisman
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The opposite of overt, meaning hidden or concealed.
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Covert
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DEFINITION DETECTIVES
- $100 — To approach and speak to someone first, especially in a challenging or aggressive way.
- Accost
- $200 — To be intensely eager for something or to desire it greedily.
- Avid
- $300 — Swiftness or rapidity of motion or action.
- Celerity
- $400 — To act in a shifty, indirect, or underhanded way.
- Devious
- $500 — To lack foresight or a broad, realistic view of a situation.
- Myopic
CONTEXT IS KEY
- $100 — The hills seemed to _____ as waves of wind swept through the tall grass.
- Undulate
- $200 — The critic's _____ revealed her strong disapproval of the novel.
- Animadversion
- $300 — The official was _____ dismissed, without delay or the usual formalities.
- Summarily
- $400 — The salty, unpleasant _____ water was difficult for the stranded sailors to drink.
- Brackish
- $500 — The country was swept into a political _____ of violence, chaos, and destruction.
- Maelstrom
SYNONYMS AND SUBTLE MEANINGS
- $100 — This adjective means open, visible, and not concealed.
- Overt
- $200 — This adjective describes someone who is theatrical, exaggerated, or melodramatic.
- Histrionic
- $300 — This adjective describes language that belittles or expresses contempt for someone.
- Pejorative
- $400 — This word describes someone who makes a humble, earnest plea.
- Suppliant
- $500 — This word describes a peaceful, prosperous period remembered as a golden age.
- Halcyon
WORDS IN ACTION
- $100 — A person carries a rabbit's foot because they believe it will bring good luck. What is the rabbit's foot being used as?
- Talisman
- $200 — A chess player sacrifices a minor piece early in the game to gain a strategic advantage later. What is this move called?
- Gambit
- $300 — Someone deliberately starts a fire in an abandoned building. What adjective describes something designed to start fires?
- Incendiary
- $400 — An archaeologist disturbs a burial site considered sacred by a community. What has the archaeologist been accused of committing?
- Sacrilege
- $500 — A school administrator evaluates whether a teacher's conduct meets accepted standards of professional appropriateness. What quality is being evaluated?
- Propriety
ANTONYMS
- $100 — The opposite of overt, meaning hidden or concealed.
- Covert
- $200 — The opposite of celerity, meaning slowness or lack of speed.
- Sluggishness
- $300 — The opposite of devious, meaning honest, straightforward, and direct.
- Forthright
- $400 — The opposite of incendiary in the sense of stirring up conflict, meaning calming or peace-making.
- Conciliatory
- $500 — The opposite of myopic in the figurative sense, meaning showing foresight and a broad perspective.
- Far-sighted
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