Lodge-Delirium

• 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