List #10.75 - Back to School Flashcards
What does it mean to “bamboozle” someone?
To fool someone by tricking them.
When you see your mom come back from the salon with bright green spiky hair and your jaw drops to the floor in total shock, you’re.
What vocabulary word is being described here?
Flabbergasted;
Totally shocked and speechless.
After the tower fell, there was dust and smoke everywhere. Up was down; right was left. People felt confused from the chaos that was closing in.
What vocabulary word is being described here?
discombobulate;
To confuse
The teenagers appeared to be upstanding, but it was really just a guise.
What vocabulary word is being described here?
shenanigans;
deceitful tricks; trickery
Little Red Riding Hood took the longer path, and as she passed the flowers she thought, “Maybe grandmother would prefer a nice nosegay…”
What vocabulary word is being described here?
lollygag;
To take one’s time getting from point ‘A’ to point ‘B’.
Define malarkey.
ridiculous and meaningless words/talk.
nonsense
There was a fight in the hallway. Mr. Neice would say, “There was a ______ during passing period.”
What vocabulary word is being described here?
kerfuffle;
a disorderly outburst.
This term could be easily synonymous with malarkey.
It’s described as “when you give too much attention to something,” like the Kardashians, but really, it’s NBD.
brouhaha;
when you say something is SUPER important, but then it’s nothing, like traffic on the freeway.
What do Sponge Bob,
Homer, and Caillou have in common?
They are nincompoops!
Stupid, foolish people
Once Joe Gardner and 22 fall back to Earth unexpectedly, Moonwind makes a hasty exit (From the movie Soul).
What vocabulary word is being described here?
skedaddle;
To run away in panic.
This is a type of bread.
pumpernickle
When your work is super rushed and you definitely didn’t put much pride toward it.
What vocabulary word is being described here?
perfunctory;
working hastily with very little attention to detail.
