Warrior Words

Question 1

Gregarious

Answer 1

enjoying companionship

Question 2

Sounds like:

Answer 2

Greg, Gary, and us

Question 3

Story:

Answer 3

A social, extroverted couple is getting ready to leave on vacation. As the husband puts his suitcase by the front door, he sees two of his friends sitting in the living room. His wife explains, “I’m inviting several friends to go with us.” “So far, it’s Greg, Gary, and us,” she says. “But I’m still waiting to hear from Audrey, Fred, Nora, and…”

Question 4

depleted

Answer 4

emptied; drained; used up

Question 5

Sounds like:

Answer 5

the pleated (pants)

Question 6

Story:

Answer 6

A saleswoman apologizes to a woman who has been searching through a rack of pants. “I’m sorry,” she says, “the pleated pants are all gone.”

Question 7

tenacious

Answer 7

strong; persistent; determined to hold on

Question 8

Sounds like:

Answer 8

tennis shoes

Question 9

Story

Answer 9

After the women’s tennis finals at Wimbledon, the winner tries to take off her tennis shoes, but she can’t. Even with the help of her opponent, the judge, two ball boys, and seventeen spectators pulling at her shoes, the shoes are determined to hold on. (Tennis shoes can be tenacious).

Question 10

wane

Answer 10

grow gradually smaller

Question 11

Sounds like:

Answer 11

the name “Wayne”

Question 12

Story:

Answer 12

A guy named Wayne is gradually getting smaller, and his clothes are getting too big for him.

Question 13

ludicrous

Answer 13

absurd; ridiculous

Question 14

Sounds like:

Answer 14

Sounds like: Lou to cross

Question 15

Story:

Answer 15

Lou is at the edge of a 24-lane superhighway, waiting for a break in the 80 mph traffic, so he can cross the road. A friend yells from a passing car, “Lou, to cross right here is absurd and ridiculous. There hasn’t been a break in traffic since 1986!” “Isn’t that ludicrous?” Lou says to himself, “Does that guy really think I can hear him with all these cars going by?” (LOL)

Question 16

obsolete

Answer 16

no longer usable; outdated

Question 17

Sounds like:

Answer 17

Hobb so late

Question 18

Story:

Answer 18

Hobb is riding in a horse and buggy. He arrives late for an important meeting. His co-workers are annoyed at his lateness, and wonder why he’s driving such an outdated vehicle.

Question 19

digress

Answer 19

to move away from the main topic when writing or speaking; to go off on a tangent

Question 20

Sounds like:

Answer 20

die grass

Question 21

Story:

Answer 21

A guest speaker at a Garden Club is supposed to be talking about how to bring dead grass back to life. After a few minutes, the man begins to go off-topic and tell his audience about a really fun cookout he went to last week, a great recipe for chicken, and how his brother Mark cheated at monopoly when they are kids, and blah, blah, blah…

Question 22

. articulate (ar-TICK-u-let) adj.

Answer 22

Able to speak clearly and effectively

Question 23

Sounds like:

Answer 23

Artie Kool-Aid

Question 24

Story

Answer 24

Artie Kool-Aid is holding a glass of Kool-Aid while giving a speech: “Let me assure you, dear people, it would be an impossibility for me to speak so clearly and effectively without this amazing thirst-quenching concoction, Kool-Aid.”

Question 25

tirade (TY-rade) noun

Answer 25

– a long and bitter speech; diatribe

Question 26

Story

Answer 26

A dad goes to his closet to get his blue tie. It isn’t there. He looks for his red tie, the one with the little penguins on it. Gone. He searches for his green and white New York Jets tie. It’s missing, too. In fact, there isn’t a tie to be found. He storms up to raid (search) his teenage son’s closet and finds all of his ties hanging on a wooden rack. He then launches into a long and bitter 20-minute speech about his son’s lack of consideration. After his dad has finished, his son says “Does this mean I can’t borrow your black sweater tonight?” (LOL)