Wordly Wise Vocabulary 12 Lesson 8

Having an unpleasant, sickly sweet taste.

• Abrogate

• Parochial

• Mawkish

• Recourse

As a dry run with the equipment, the family bivouacked in the back yard. (Synonym)

• Landscaped

• Camped

• Cooked

• Vacationed

An original inhabitant, especially one displaced by later setlers.

• Recourse

• Aborigine

• Cetacean

• Purvey

The lovely Art Deco railway station languished in desuetude for years after train service into the city stopped, until it was revived as a shopping center. (Antonym)

• disfavor

• obscurity

• neglect

• utilization

With Katie's wedding just days away and her original baker ill, she was frantic to find someone to purvey the petit fours for the bridal lunch. (Antonym)

• Produce

• Consume

• Supply

• Transport

How do people likely feel about things they decry?

• Critical

• Curious

• Confused

• Congratulatory

An item of equipment; an accessory.

• Parochial

• Bivouac

• Appurtenance

• Abrogate

The blue whale has been aptly named the _____________ of the deep.

• Animus

• Abrogate

• Leviathan

• Amorphous

The repeal of the Volstead Act in 1933 ________ Prohibition.

• Ratified

• Inchoate

• Subsumed

• Abrogated

The Better Business Bureau may be able to provide recourse to dissatisfied consumers. (Synonym)

• Advice

• Help

• Solace

• Attorneys