Vocabulary Energizers Ch. 2

1.     When Philip of Macedon sent a messenger to Sparta, the Spartans replied with the single word “If!”​ ​ (a)  

• laconic

• labyrinth

• egregious

• Machiavellian

​      In medieval and Renaissance England, Mary Magdalene was also thought to be the same Mary who was the sister of Lazarus and the reformed Mary who wept at the feet of Jesus. ​ ​ (a)  

• maudlin

• Machiavellian

• galvanize

• gregarious

conducted science experiments by shocking frog legs​ (a)   ​

• galvanize

• convivial

• ostracize

• circumspect

synonym for tantalize

• entice

• shun

• conundrum

• stimulate

synonym for labyrinth

• conundrum

• Machiavellian

• lethargic

• specious

antonym for laconic

• loquacious

• gregarious

• lethargic

• aboveboard

comes from the Latin for "sheep" or "herd"

• gregarious

• introspective

• prospective

• egregious

outstandingly bad

• specious

• egregious

• circumspect

• lethargic

excessively sentimental

• gregarious

• circumspect

• maudlin

• specious

cautious, watchful, careful

• specious

• circumspect

• Machiavellian

• egregious