The Plastic Flamingo Vocabulary

Question 1

to claim some territory by planting a flag or stake in the ground

Answer 1

stake

Question 2

the quality of liveliness, excitement and style

Answer 2

pizzazz

Question 3

French for “flaming”, in English it has negative connotations,
meaning showy and flashy

Answer 3

flamboyant

Question 4

to create something through magic spells and witchcraft

Answer 4

conjure

Question 5

in a way that attracts attention by being unusual or extreme

Answer 5

strikingly

Question 6

to gather together like birds do.

Answer 6

flock

Question 7

a memento of a trip

Answer 7

souvenir

Question 8

having the same or similar meaning to something else,
closely associated with

Answer 8

synonymous

Question 9

humble, not fancy

Answer 9

modest

Question 10

to provide eagerly especially with food, drink or help

Answer 10

cater

Question 11

a design style popular in the 1920s and 1930s that is
characterized by streamlined lines and geometrical shapes

Answer 11

art deco

Question 12

well supplied, full of

Answer 12

replete

Question 13

a recurring pattern or decorative design

Answer 13

motif

Question 14

happening in the opposite way to what is expected, and
typically causingwryamusementbecause of this.

Answer 14

ironic

Question 15

a fancy French word for long feathers

Answer 15

plumes

Question 16

to carve a design or word into some surface

Answer 16

inscribe

Question 17

expressing forcefully and with emphasis

Answer 17

emphatic

Question 18

a mark of being special, prestigious or stylish

Answer 18

cachet

Question 19

a stimulus, a flick of the finger

Answer 19

fillip

Question 20

a place in the desert where there is water. It is green and verdant
in the midst of the desert

Answer 20

oasis

Question 21

a member of organized crime

Answer 21

gangster

Question 22

a Motor Hotel, a cheaper type of lodging that caters to
motorists. Usually you can drive to the room without going through the lobby

Answer 22

motel

Question 23

having to do with signs and symbols

Answer 23

semiotic

Question 24

the new young shoot of a plant

Answer 24

sprout

Question 25

corresponding in size, degree or proportion

Answer 25

commensurate

Question 26

having to do with the chemical properties that make electrons move

Answer 26

electrochemical

Question 27

a stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids.

Answer 27

electrons

Question 28

having to do with the wetlands, beaches and marshes

Answer 28

littoral

Question 29

having the color of a bright pinkish red (like raw bloody meat)

Answer 29

incarnadine

Question 30

acting shy and ladylike

Answer 30

demure

Question 31

a shade of a color

Answer 31

hue

Question 32

to become commonplace quickly

Answer 32

proliferate

Question 33

wealth

Answer 33

affluence

Question 34

creatures that do not have a spine.  The six most common types of invertebrates are the following— poriferans (sponges), cnidarians (such as sea jellies and corals), echinoderms (such as sea urchins and sea stars), mollusks (such as octopuses, snails, and clams), annelids (worms), and arthropods (such as insects, spiders, and lobsters).

Answer 34

invertebrates

Question 35

made up of salt water

Answer 35

saline

Question 36

having the properties of an alkali, or containing alkali; having a pH greater than 7

Answer 36

alkaline

Question 37

a simple, nonflowering, and typically aquatic plant of a large group that includes the seaweeds and many single-celled forms. Algae contain chlorophyll but lack true stems, roots, leaves, and vascular tissue.

Answer 37

algae

Question 38

a mythical fiery bird that supposedly made a nest of fragrant cinnamon and wood when it aged. At the end of its life it caught fire and burned itself to ash. In the ashes would be found an egg from which the phoenix would be reborn again as a new young bird. It was a symbol of resurrection

Answer 38

Phoenix

Question 39

having both cold and warm weather, neither too hot or too cold

Answer 39

Temperate

Question 40

to walk in shallow water

Answer 40

Wade

Question 41

methane without one hydrogen atom

Answer 41

Methyl

Question 42

having to do with the areas of the globe that are just north or south of the tropics

Answer 42

Subtropical