Topic : Historical facts Full Phrase : In the late 1700s, there was a person in France named Tarrare, who became a sensation because he ate inordinate amounts of food as well as inedible objects, such as stones Level Phrase BECAUSE HE ATE INORDINATE AMOUNTS OF FOOD AS WELL AS INEDIBLE OBJECTS Questions & Answers…
Topic : Great Minds Full Phrase : Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains Level Phrase MAN IS BORN FREE, AND EVERYWHERE HE IS IN CHAINS Questions & Answers The punishment was __ than he’d expected HARSHER Shot to prevent a disease VACCINE It’s common __ to be polite to everyone DECENCY…
Topic : Great Minds Full Phrase : Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me Level Phrase TWO THINGS AWE ME MOST, THE STARRY SKY ABOVE ME AND THE MORAL LAW WITHIN ME Questions & Answers The Underworld tree ELM Something connected to the anvil HAMMER The…
Topic : Great Minds Full Phrase : There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse Level Phrase NO SUCH THING AS FREEDOM OF CHOICE UNLESS THERE IS FREEDOM TO REFUSE Questions & Answers (plural) Storage of old artifacts MUSEUMS (syn.) Absent-minded, scatterbrained FORGETFUL Who was Sherlock Holmes? SLEUTH…
Topic : Great Minds Full Phrase : The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues Level Phrase MINDS ARE CAPABLE OF THE GREATEST VICES AS WELL AS OF THE GREATEST VIRTUES Questions & Answers To inhale and exhale BREATHE I have __ experience of these hardships FIRSTHAND…
Topic : Proverbs Full Phrase : Two dogs over one bone seldom agree Level Phrase TWO DOGS OVER ONE BONE SELDOM AGREE Questions & Answers You are getting on my __ NERVES Like father, like __ SON She was fired for industrial __ SABOTAGE (syn.) Feud, grudge VENDETTA His resolve didn’t __ for a second…
Topic : Proverbs Full Phrase : Live for a century, learn for a century Level Phrase LIVE FOR A CENTURY, LEARN FOR A CENTURY Questions & Answers Sarcastically humorous IRONIC Public disorder RIOT Prelude to a musical work OVERTURE Showing veneration REVERENT Mystical creature with a horn UNICORN I’ve __ discovered a new island RECENTLY…
Topic : Proverbs Full Phrase : As Norwegians like to say, all weather is passing Level Phrase AS NORWEGIANS LIKE TO SAY, ALL WEATHER IS PASSING Questions & Answers Not entire or complete PARTIAL His voice shook, and it was a __ sign of lying TELLTALE To refuse to give up PERSIST Let’s meet at…
Topic : Proverbs Full Phrase : Any half-truth is actually a whole lie Level Phrase ANY HALF-TRUTH IS ACTUALLY A WHOLE LIE Questions & Answers Not healthy ILL Dante’s “Inferno” HELL (syn.) To twist, thrash WRITHE To assign to a category CLASSIFY I didn’t expect you to sink so __ LOW Very long-living animal TORTOISE…
Topic : Proverbs Full Phrase : “Manners maketh man” means that people are judged based on their behavior towards others Level Phrase “MANNERS MAKETH MAN” MEANS THAT PEOPLE ARE JUDGED BASED ON THEIR BEHAVIOR Questions & Answers (syn.) To disappear, evaporate VANISH The king in full __ appeared in the room REGALIA Snide, cutting remark…