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__ is a movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.
maneuver
A __ is a toy in the shape of a tube made by pieces of colored glass and mirrors.
kaleidoscope
An __ is a person who starts and runs a business, taking on financial risks.
entrepreneur
__ is the act of twisting out of shape.
distortion
The __ is the principal front of a building that faces onto a street or open space.
facade
A __ is a complicated irregular network of passages, a maze.
labyrinth
__ is a creamy dressing made from egg yolks, oil, and vinegar.
mayonnaise
__ means causing or showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way.
mischievous
A __ is a set of printed or written questions with a choice of answers, devised for the purposes of a survey or statistical study.
questionnaire
__ means wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
voracious
A __ is a sudden involuntary muscular contraction.
spasm
A __ is a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives.
dilemma
__ means having a harmful effect.
pernicious
__ means affected with a feeling of sickness in the stomach.
nauseous
__ means extremely interesting.
fascinating
__ is speech or writing intended to be effective and influence people.
rhetoric
__ is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
onomatopoeia
To __ means to put things that are not similar next to each other.
juxtapose
__ is a system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority.
hierarchy
__ is a person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behavior.
conscience
__ means present, appearing, or found everywhere.
ubiquitous
__ means playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way.
whimsical
__ is knowledge or experience of something.
acquaintance
__ is close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal.
surveillance
An __ is a passage between rows of seats in a building such as a church or theatre.
aisle