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VOCABULARY RATINGS
9 & below: Amusing
10–12: Hysterical
13–15: Gut-busting134- flummox—[B] confuse. Sanjit is
easily flummoxed by any changes to
his schedule. - crudivore—[C] eater of raw
food. To help boost my health,
I’m declaring myself a crudivore. - hoosegow—[A] jail. After
protesting a touch too loudly
in court, Tara found herself in
the hoosegow. - mollycoddle—[A] treat with
an absurd degree of attention.
“Lillie’s my only grandchild—I’ll
mollycoddle her all I want!” - donnybrook—[B] wild brawl.
After the saloon ran out of ale, a
cowboy donnybrook erupted. - cantankerous—[B] hard
to deal with. The comic was greeted
by a cantankerous crowd at
his debut. - codswallop—
[C] nonsense.
“Oh, codswallop!
I never went near that
bowl of sweeties,”
Dad barked. - doozy—[A]
extraordinary, one of
a kind. That was a
doozy of a storm—
luckily, we dodged
the two downed trees. - discombobulate—[C] upset or
frustrate. The goal of the simulator:
discombobulate even the sharpest
of pilots. - hootenanny—[B] folksinging
event. After the concert, let’s head up
the hill for the hootenanny. - yahoo—[C] dumb person. Please
try not to embarrass me at Eva’s
party, you big yahoo. - kerfuffle—[C] disturbance.
I was referring to that minor kerfuffle
at Alfie's last playdate. - absquatulate—[A] abscond or
flee. Upon opening the door, Claire
watched the new puppy absquatulate
with her favourite trainers. - skullduggery—[B] underhanded
behaviour. During contract
negotiations, the chairman was
infamous for
resorting
to skullduggery. - flibbertigibbet
—[A] silly and flighty
person. Do I really
have to spend the
entire ride with that
flibbertigibbet sitting
next to me?!
WORD OF THE DAY*
ILLIQUATION:
The melting of one thing
into anotherAlternative suggestions:
"How my daughter feels
when she has to tackle
her maths homework”“When someone feels
sick after too much
liquor consumption”