Belie-Enmesh

• Def (v.): (of an appearance) fail to give a true notion or impression of (something); disguise or contradict.

  • “His tough carapace ___ his gentle nature.”

  Belie
• Def (adj.): extremely bad or unpleasant; awful, dreadful, appalling 

  • “The artist’s new ___ song flopped in the charts.”

  Execrable
• Def (n.): calm and unruffled self-assurance; the ability to not get upset or worried by a difficult situation

  • “During her study sessions, Kady adapts an impressive ___ that allows her to finish it all.”

  Imperturbability
• Def (n.): a pendant on a fine chain that is worn as a necklace

  • “The golden ___ rested on her warm chest.”

  Lavaliere

  
• Def (n.): referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way.

  • “Gilmore Girls is teeming with ___ scenes.”

  Ribald
• Def (v.):  touch or lean on; to cause to touch or lean for support

  • “The school ___ our home, so I get home fast.”

  Abut
• Def (n.): a huge or monstrous creature.

  • “A ___ roams through the glades.”

  Behemoth
• Def (n.): something enormous, especially a big and powerful organization.

  • “The organization is a ____ that continues to make great profits.”

  Behemoth
• Def (v.): criticize unfairly; disparage; belittle, diminish 

  • “Kitty ___ those working under her. Eventually, they all left her.”

  Denigrate
• Def (n.): a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language

  • “The show’s ___ amazed the guests.”

  Grandiloquence
• Def (adj.):  relating to or being a mood disorder characterized by alternating episodes of depression and elation in a form less severe than that of bipolar disorder

  • “We knew something was off when Daria’s ___ symptoms appeared.”

  Cyclothymic
• Def (adj.): in keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained.

  • “My boyfriend’s mother advised me to be more ___ if I wanted to keep dating her son.”

  Decorous
• Def (adj.): wanting to copy what someone else has done; jealousy 

  • “___ children tried to replicate what Jaime had created.”

  Emulous
• Def (v.):  erase (a mark) from a surface

  • “The names written on the tree ___ with time.”

  Efface
• Def (v.): to make (oneself) modestly or shyly inconspicuous

  • “Her new life required her to ___ a side of her old self.”

  Efface
• Def (n.):  a person who is undergoing psychoanalysis

  • “The ___ listened to the analyzer attentively.”

  Analysand
• Def (n.):  the quality or state of being similar to something.

  • “Twins share ___, even if they’re raised apart.”

  Similitude
• Def (n.): free or safe from injury or violation; untouched 

  “The artifacts at the museum remained ___ for years.”

  Inviolate
• Def (adj.): excessively sentimental; mawkish.

  • “The teacher delivered a ___ speech to his graduating class.”

  Sappy
• Def (v.):  criticize (someone or something) harshly; chastise 

  • “The owner of the restaurant ___ the employees because of the incident.”

  Lambaste
• Def (v.): obtain (something) by devious or dishonest means.

  • “Wendy ___ an Eras Tour ticket.”

  Finagle
• Def (v.): act in a devious or dishonest manner.

  • “The children ___ at school.”

  Finagle
• Def (v.):  cause to become entangled in something.

  • “It was heart-wrenching to see the turtles ___ in the nets.”

  Enmesh
• Def (v.): involve (someone) in a difficult situation from which it is hard to escape

  • “I ___ myself in a family affair that no one wants to be involved in.”

  Enmesh