This word means "a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause."
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Aimee Radel
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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desolate
trepidation
melancholy
insipid
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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This word means "deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness."
deplorable
desolate
impetuous
pestilent
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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This word means "destroy utterly; obliterate; defeat utterly."
trepidation
succumbed
inexplicable
annihilate
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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This word means "destructive to life; deadly."
melancholy
insipid
trepidation
pestilent
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This word means "a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen."
annihilate
trepidation
insipid
deplorable
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This word means "lacking flavor; lacking vigor or interest."
inexplicable
impetuous
deplorable
insipid
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This word means "deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad in quality."
insipid
deplorable
inexplicable
impetuous
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