Lodge-Delirium

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    • Def (v.): make or become firmly fixed or embedded in a particular place
      • “She swallowed her ring, and it was ___ in her stomach for weeks.”
      Lodge
    • Def (n.): stay or sleep in another person's house, paying money for one's accommodations.
      • “My aunt was ___ at our place.”
      Lodge
    • Def (n.): an unlucky accident; problem 
      • “Losing all his money in Las Vegas a ___ that he will never forget.”
      Mishap
    • Def (n.):  the quality or state of lasting only for a short time
      • “I was transfixed by the ___ of my youthful appearance.
      Ephemerality
    • Def (adj.): lasting for a very short time; brief, sudden 
      • “My grandmother reminded me that my youth is ___.”
      Fleeting
    • Def (adj.): aggressively greedy or grasping; suggests excessive and utterly selfish acquisitiveness or avarice.
      • “The ___ politician violated the Constitution of the United States.”
      Rapacious
    • Def (adj.):  extremely unpleasant, frightening, and confusing, and similar to situations described in the novels of Franz Kafka;  having a nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or illogical quality
      • “She lost her job, her sister died, her husband cheated, and she lost her house. It was truly ___.”
      Kafkaesque
    • Def (n.):  a long, rambling story or statement; a set of confused and meaningless statements.
      • “My sisters and I engaged in ___ all night; we talked about why the grass is green and the smell of trees.”
      Rigmarole
    • Def (n.): a lengthy and complicated procedure.
      • “We had to undergo the ___ of filing for divorce, diving the money, and fighting for custody.”
      Rigmarole
    • Def (adj.): showing or feeling active opposition or hostility toward someone or something; averse; against 
      • “His views were ___ to those of his parents; he is an example of how younger generations are usually liberal.”
      Antagonistic
    • Def (v.): describe or regard as worthy of disgrace or great disapproval.
      • “His grandmother ___ poor people; she wanted her son to marry a woman from a renowned family.”
      Stigmatize
    • Def (adj.): spoken or done without preparation; spontaneous, improvised 
      • “Yau made ___ comments at the interview.”
      Extemporaneous
    • Def (adj.): (of a person or their tendencies) not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed.
      • “His messy nature is truly ___. We have tried to speak to him about it, but he refused to listen.”
      Incorrigible
    • Def (adv.): in a way that is impossible to change or improve; used about a bad quality or humorously about a good quality
      • “He is ___ clumsy and boorish.”
      Incorrigibly
    • Def (n.):  humor or frivolity, especially the treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect; humor or lack of seriousness, especially during a serious occasion 
      • “He tried to add ___ to the problem to lighten the mood.”
      Levity
    • Def (v.): put forward (an idea, theory, or point of view) for consideration by others; suggest 
      • “I tried to ___ the idea of switching from paper to metal straws.”
      Propound
    • Def (adj.):  characterized by grotesqueness, extravagance, complexity, or flamboyance
      • “Her mansion’s decor is rather ___ and lavish.”
      Baroque
    • Def (adv.): in a nimble way.
      • “The dancer leaped ___ and impressed the audience.”
      Nimbly
    • Def (adj.): quick and light in movement or action; agile; lithe 
      • “The ___ squirrel jumped from tree to tree trying to find food.”
      Nimble
    • Def (n.): a problem that makes someone produce false memories about events, or the false memories themselves; Confabulation differs from lying in that the person is not consciously attempting to deceive.
      • “Annie was devastated to hear her mother come up with ___–false and contradictory memories.”
      Confabulation
    • Def (n.): a sequence of real or imaginary images like those seen in a dream; dream-like visions
      • “At night, he experienced a ___ of horror; he saw werewolves, followed by evil witches, then vampires sucking his blood.”
      Phantasmagoria
    • Def (n.): a mental state in which you are confused, disoriented, and not able to think or remember clearly.
      • “She was in ___, unable to focus on the present.”
      Delirium
    • Def (n.): wild excitement or ecstasy.
      • “It was Christmas Day and children woke up in a ___ of joy.”
      Delirium
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