Vocab

troublesome or oppressive; burdensome

indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; omen

knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foreknowledge; foresight

without decoration; strict

drearily commonplace; predictable; trite

worn out through overuse; trite

uninteresting; unchallenging; lacking taste or savor

unimaginative; dull

inducing or tending to induce sleep

lacking liveliness, animation or interest; dull

disastrous or ludicrous defeat or failure; fiasco

impair the strength of; weaken

noisy and disorderly

the representation of something as existing or happening in the wrong time period

characteristic of an earlier time; antiquated; old

habitually late

lasting for only a brief time

fragrant; aromatic; suggestive

of, relating to, or limited by time

the __ task was so difficult that Ona thought she'd never get through it.

A red morning sky is a terrible __for all sailors- it means that stormy seas are ahead.

Preetha's __ was such that people wondered if she was psychic; how else could she know so much about the future?

The gray walls and bare floors of his monastery cell provided an even more __ setting than Brother Austen had hoped for.

The poet's imagery was s o __ that I think she cribbed her work from Poetry for Dummies.

All Hal could offer in the way of advice were __old phrases that I'd heard a hundred times before.

That __ movie was so predictable that I walked out.

Rebecca made a __ mosaic consisting of identical, undecorated tiles.

the congressman's speech was so __ that even his cat was yawning.

Valierie's date was so __ that she thought he was sleeping with his eyes open.

Jim's interview was a complete __; he accidentally locked himself in the bathroom, sneezed on the interview multiple times, and knocked over the president of the company.

Deb ran the New York City Marathon without proper training; the expereince left her __ for weeks.

the _ applause was so deafening that the pianist couldn't hear the singer.

I noticed an __ in the museum's ancient Rome display: a digital clock ticking behind a statue of Venus.

"How dost thou?" is an _ of saying "How are you?"

Always waiting until the last moment to leave home in the morning, Dylan was a _ student.

The importance of SAT scores is truly _; when you are applying, they are crucial, but once you get into college, no one cares how well you did.

The aroma of apple pie wafted into my room, __ of weekends spent baking with my grandmother.

One's enjoyment of a Starbuck's mocha latte is bound by __ limitations; all too soon, the latte is gone.