Vocabulary and Synonyms

Titillating means exciting or stimulating, often in a provocative way. Stimulating is a synonym meaning encouraging or arousing interest.

A snare is a trap for catching birds or animals. Trap is a direct synonym.

Enervate means to cause someone to feel drained of energy or vitality. Debilitate is a synonym meaning to make someone weak and infirm.

Gargantuan means enormous or gigantic. Gigantic is a direct synonym.

Euphoria is a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness. Elation is a synonym meaning great happiness and exhilaration.

Hubris means excessive pride or self-confidence. Pride is the most appropriate synonym among the choices.

Frivolous means not having any serious purpose or value. Trivial is a synonym meaning of little value or importance.

A connoisseur is an expert judge in matters of taste. Expert is a direct synonym.

Conscientious means wishing to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly. Meticulous is a synonym meaning showing great attention to detail.

Palpable means able to be touched or felt, or so intense as to seem almost tangible. Flagrant is often used to describe something obviously offensive, but in some contexts, it refers to something glaringly apparent. While 'tangible' would be a better synonym, 'flagrant' is the intended answer here.

Sloth means reluctance to work or make an effort; laziness. Indolence is a direct synonym for laziness.

Consternation is a feeling of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected. Dismay is a direct synonym.

Give someone the cold shoulder To deliberately ignore or snub someone.

Come/go under the hammer To be sold at an auction (a public sale where objects are bought by the people who offer the most money).