Phase the First

1.       mendacious—dishonest

2.       cadaverous—huge

3.       deprecating—disapproving

4.       swarthy—dark

5.       maladroit—awkward

6.       mien—demeanor

7.       serpentine—curving

8.       fatuous—foolish

9.       contentious—argumentative

10.       primeval—ancient

Phase the Second

11.    perfunctorily—mechanically

12.    unwonted—unusual

13.    innuendoes—sly remarks; hints

14.    transient—temporary; passing

15.    anomaly—abnormality

16.    supplications—pleas

Phase the Third

17.    verdant—green

18.    invidious—repugnant

19.    profundity—depth

20.    ponderous—heavy

21.    beneficent—kindly

22.    plaintive—melancholy; sad

23.    ebullition—outburst

24.    spurious—false

25.    slovenly—untidy

26.    superfluous—extravagant

27.    sordid—filthy

28.    cursory—hasty; careless

29.    enervating—weakening [as in destroying the nerve of]

English IV