Hiatus-Sibilant

• Def (n.): a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process.

  • “There was a ___ in the party. It was so loud, then it went quiet.”

  Hiatus
• Def (adj.): (especially of a defendant's behavior) stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.

  • “The ___ criminal continued to be impish.”

  Contumacious
• Def (n.): a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them; materialist 

  • “He is a ___ who deprecates the history of artifacts.”

  Philistine
• Def (adj.):  hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts; tasteless, uncultured 

  • “His ___ lifestyle explains why he bought the most expensive paintings without knowing their history.”

  Philistine
• Def (n.): amusement, especially as expressed in laughter; great joy 

  • “Her outfit caused great ___ among the group of opulent women.”

  Mirth
• Def (n.):  a very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one.

  • “He careened off the ___ of the mountain.”

  Precipice
• Def (adj.): eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant

  • “He was ___ after Martha offended his masculinity.”

  Truculent
• Def (v.): to appease someone or make them happy by doing a particular thing

  • “After lying to her, Martin tried to ___ by buying her all the flowers at the farmer’s market.”

  Propitiate
• Def (n.): a spoken curse.

  • “After his parents vituperated him, Augustin whispered ___.”

  Imprecation
• Def (n.):  an award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit.

  • “The Diana Award is the greatest ___ a high school student can win.”

  Accolade
• Def (v.): diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry).

  • “Seeing her eat like before ___ my worries about her eating disorder.”

  Allay
• Def (v.): relieve or alleviate (pain or hunger).

  • “We ate almonds to ___ our voracious hunger.”

  Allay
• Def (v.): interpret (a word or action) in a particular way.

  • “He ___ a narrative that everyone believed.”

  Construe
• Def (v.): abandon or mitigate a harsh intention or cruel treatment; back down; change one’s mind 

  • “He had planned to kill her but ___ after all.”

  Relent
• Def (v.): (especially of bad weather) become less severe or intense; ease off; relax, abate 

  • “The storm ___ after 2 hours.”

  Relent
• Def (v.): reprimand or censure (someone); to express disapproval or criticism of someone’s actions or behavior 

  • “His family ___ his licentious nature.”

  Reprove
• Def (adj.): no longer produced or used; out of date.

  • “AI will render many jobs ___.”

  Obsolete
• Def (v.):  strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.

  • “Her mother ___ her daughter to help out her brother.”

  Exhort
• Def (v.): to construct or finish (a road) by compacting into a solid mass a layer of small broken stone on a convex well-drained roadbed and using a binder (such as cement or asphalt) for the mass.

  • “The city workers ___ the path to the building.” 

  Macadamize
• Def (n.): an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect; paradise

  • “Joséphine delved into ___ in her dreams, which often woke her up from her slumber.”

  Utopia
• Def (adj.): having, containing, or producing the sound of or a sound resembling that of the s or the sh in sash; making a hissing sound 

  • “She spoke in a ___ language.”

  Sibilant