Word List #1

Question 1

Alternative

Answer 1

(of one or more things) available as another possibility

Question 2

Gentrify

Answer 2

change the character of (a poor urban area) through wealthier people moving in, improving housing, and attracting new businesses, typically displacing current inhabitants in the process.

Question 3

Parody

Answer 3

an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.

Question 4

Humdrum

Answer 4

lacking excitement or variety; dull; monotonous.

Question 5

Colleague

Answer 5

Fellow worker, someone you work with at your job

Question 6

Instinct

Answer 6

Natural tendency to act in a certain way in certain situations

Question 7

Condescending

Answer 7

Showing a feeling of superioty

Question 8

Context

Answer 8

Something spoken or written that is near another word that help to explain the meaning of

Question 9

Smolder

Answer 9

To burn slowly using smoke with no flames. Can also mean to have strong emotions on the inside and keeping it hidden.

Question 10

Apprehensive

Answer 10

Anxious that something bad will happen in the future

Question 11

Sage

Answer 11

To be wise

Question 12

Windfall

Answer 12

Unexpected good fortune