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2 Instructions for using this template. Remember this is Jeopardy, so where I have written “Answer” this is the prompt the students will see, and where I have “Question” should be the student’s response. To enter your questions and answers, click once on the text on the slide, then highlight and just type over what’s there to replace it. If you hit Delete or Backspace, it sometimes makes the text box disappear. When clicking on the slide to move to the next appropriate slide, be sure you see the hand, not the arrow. (If you put your cursor over a text box, it will be an arrow and WILL NOT take you to the right location.)

3 Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin.

4 Click here for Final Jeopardy

5 Definitions Units 9-15 Antonyms Completing The Sentence 10 Points 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points Synonyms Definitions Units 8-11 70 Points 60 Points 80 Points 90 Points 100 Points 60 Points 70 Points 80 Points 90 Points 100 Points 60 Points 70 Points 80 Points 90 Points 100 Points

6 To appease, pacify Saturate Conciliate Exacerbate raze

7 conciliate

8 A weak point, failing, minor flaw: Penitent Shambles Foible Charlatan

9 foible

10 Of a gloomy or surly disposition Macabre Lackadaisical Saturnine Fatuous

11 saturnine

12 An inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth: Juggernaut Paucity Echelon Litany

13 paucity

14 In general, a magician or wizard: Eclectic Cabal Necromancer Detritus

15 necromancer

16 Relating to shepherds and cowherds, pastoral: Bucolic Paltry Chary Dilettante

17 bucolic

18 The act of traveling: Mandate Peregrination Dilettante Pedantry

19 peregrination

20 A small group working in secret: Detritus Cabal Necromancer Eclectic

21 cabal

22 Distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically: Obtusely Penitently Askance Sporadically

23 askance

24 Having little or no money Impecunious Delectable Eclectic Onerous

25 impecunious

26 A false rumor, fabricated story: Efficacy Canard Cynosure Machination

27 canard

28 Fond of good food, comfort, and ease: Epicurean Nascent Seraphic Restive

29 epicurean

30 To present as an addition or correction: Requite Languish Interpolate Espouse

31 interpolate

32 The lowest point Nadir Fetish Impeccability Aesthete

33 nadir

34 A substitute: Nostrum Euphemism Behemoth Chicanery

35 euphemism

36 An outcast: Euphemism Pariah Blandishment minutiae

37 pariah

38 The power to produce a desired result: Affront Opprobrium Machination Efficacy

39 efficacy

40 A means for exposing one to public contempt or ridicule: Obeisance Aperture Rectitude Pillory

41 pillory

42 Built-in: Wizened Febrile Beatific Innate

43 innate

44 Rendering or making blessed: Cacophonous Imminent Visionary Beatific

45 beatific

46 An example of scholarship without pedantry Wit Footnotes Tedium Nit-picking

47

48 Ready to move beyond the rudiments: Shortcuts Basics Applications Charts

49 basics

50 Partly submerged in the slough Water Mire Nest Hole

51 mire

52 Bucolic getaways Coastal Frenetic Popular rustic

53

54 Sloppy reasoning that attenuates the strength of her argument: Bolsters Parodies Dilutes Contradicts

55 dilutes

56 A tendency to be chary around strangers: Trusting Hostile Friendly Reserved

57 reserved

58 The power to mandate stricter product-safety standards: Write Flout Modify Order

59 order

60 Alleged that she was a witness to the accident: Admitted Contended Proved Denied

61 contended

62 Impeccable manners: Coarse Peculiar Old-fashioned Flawless

63 flawless

64 The steel behemoth looming before us: Sculpture Factory Colossus Beams

65 colossus

66 Performed like a tyro: Child Rookie Coward Veteran

67 veteran

68 An eclectic design: Monolithic Diverse Unusual Pedestrian

69 monolithic

70 The defunct address Nonexistent Alive Renounce sullied

71 alive

72 Engender student interest in studying abroad impenitent Deem Acquaint Deter

73 deter

74 Fraught with uncertainty Lacking in Charged with Heightened by Immobilized by

75 Lacking in

76 Received a pittance in return: Reprimand Trifle Fortune Surprise

77 fortune

78 The surprise coup by the military: Success Putative threat Blunder

79 blunder

80 A fatuous comment: Perceptive Foolish Brief Recent

81 perceptive

82 An imperturbable manager: Unflappable Experienced Excitable skillful

83 excitable

84 The hapless victim: Zenith Reversible Lucky Terse

85 lucky

86 The measure, which enjoyed bipartisan support in Congress, was passed by ___ in both houses. Mandate Collusion Acclamation Peregrination

87 acclamation

88 The face of an Olympic medal winner may be ___ with pride and patriotism. Refulgent Redolent Chary Unremitting

89 Refulgent

90 The audience grew ___ while waiting for the long-delayed concert to begin. Improvident Nascent Restive Mutable

91 restive

92 The employee’s abominable behavior made him a ___ in the company. Euphemism Nostrum Pariah Coup

93 pariah

94 In a spelling bee, ever more difficult words serve to ___ out the less able spellers. Abrogate Winnow Burnish Sequester

95 Winnow

96 The heiress angered her parents by ___ the views of a left-wing radical group. Discomfiting Espousing Requiting Interpolating

97 espousing

98 Presidents often complain the reporters ask ___ questions. Ghoulish Cognizant Captious ethereal

99 captious

100 To maintain their integrity, elected officials must disregard ___ designed to buy their vote. Blandishments Manifests Behemoths Minutiae

101 blandishments

102 Since the stock market had taken a downturn, she was ___ about investing her savings. Refulgent Imperturbable Chary Unremitting

103 chary

104 Promotion to each ___ of the civil service is supposed to depend on merit and seniority. Arrant Irrefutable Fatuous Macabre

105 arrant

106 Make your wager

107 Select any five words from units 8-15 and use them correctly in a complete story. You have three minutes.

108 5 vocabulary words used correctly in a complete storyline-students would vote on best story to break a tie.


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