Wordmasters 2012 Complete List
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 crusade | a movement on behalf of a cause (typically concerning religion and very militaristic |
| subvert | to overthrow or undermine |
| ebullient | marked by enthusiasm, showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm; |
| scepter | a rod or staff held by rulers as a symbol of sovereignty |
| mollify | to soften, to make feel better; to reduce in intensity, to make less rigid or softer |
| impassive | showing or feeling no emotion |
| trappings | conventional outward form |
| bolster | to support |
| indolent | lazy, slothful |
| coxcomb | A conceited foolish man |
| skew | to go around; to swerve, to slant at an angle |
| incendiary | deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife |
| deterrent | something to discourage |
| entice | tempt |
| conciliatory | to avoid argument; unbiased |
| demagogue | an orator or political leader who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience |
| kindle | Set fire or ignite |
| intransigent | refusing to agree or compromise |
| rampage | an eruption of violently uncontrolled anger |
| forment | to foster |
| barren | not producing, void of life |
| annals | a chronological account of events in successive years |
| institute | to establish, set up; an organization for the promotion of learning |
| mulish | being stubborn; unyielding |
| dilettante | an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge; dabbler |
| defraud | a. to deprive of something by deception or fraud |
| effervescent | bubbling b. vivacious, lively; sparkling |
| minion | a. a servile dependent, follower, or underling b. a subordinate or petty official |
| eradicate | a. To pull up by the roots b. to do away with as completely as if by pulling up by the roots |
| surmise | a. to form a notion of from scanty evidence b. an idea based on scanty evidence, conjecture |
| dragoon | a. a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed mounted troops a. to subjugate or persecute by harsh use of troops b. : to force into submission or compliance especially by violent measures |
| fawn | to show affection —used especially of a dog b : to court favor by a cringing or flattering manner c. tan color |
| reserved | a. restrained in words and actions b. : kept or set apart or aside for future or special use |
| abet | a. to actively second and encourage (as an activity or plan) b. : to assist or support in the achievement of a purpose |
| oration | a. an elaborate discourse delivered in a formal and dignified manner |
| collusion | a. secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose |
| tractable | a. capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : DOCILE b. : easily handled, managed, or wrought |
| manifesto | a. a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| reciprocate | a. to give and take mutually b. to return in kind or degree |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser; marked by grasping meanness and little generosity |
| taciturn | temporarily disciplined to talk |
| feral | a. of, relating to, or suggestive a wild beast a. not domesticated or cultivated : |
| rescind | to take away b. to negate (a contract) and restore the parties to the positions they would have occupied had there been no contract c. to make void (as an act) by action of the enacting authority or a superior authority |
| panacea | a. a remedy for all ills or difficulties |
| mountebank | a. a person who sells quack medicines from a platform b. a boastful unscrupulous pretender c. to beguile or transform by trickery |
| Acerbic | a. acid in temper, mood, or tone |
| Loquacious | a. full of excessive talk b. given to fluent or excessive talk |
| confide | a. to have confidence : TRUST, to show confidence by imparting secrets |
| hew | a. to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument b. : to fell by blows of an ax c. : to give form or shape to with or as if with heavy cutting blows |
| nostrum | a. a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness b. a usually questionable remedy or scheme |
| fulminate | a. an often explosive salt b. to utter or send out with denunciation |
| fracas | a. a noisy quarrel |
| malleable | a. capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers b. capable of being altered or controlled by outside forces or influencesb : having a capacity for adaptive change |
| gape | verb a. to open the mouth wide b. to gaze stupidly or in openmouthed surprise or wonder c. yawn noun b. an openmouthed stare c. an unfilled space or extent d. the median margin-to-margin length of the open mouth e. the width of an opening |
| expunge | a. to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion b. : to efface completely : DESTROY c. : to eliminate (as a memory) from one's consciousness |
| antagonist | one that contends with or opposes another b. an agent of physiological antagonism |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication\ |
| season | noun a. a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature b. a suitable or natural time or occasion c. one of the four quarters into which the year is commonly divided d. a period of the year characterized by or associated with a particular activity or phenomenon e. the time of a major holiday f. the schedule of official games played or to be played by a sports team during a playing season Verb a. to give (food) more flavor or zest by adding seasoning or savory ingredients b. to treat (as wood or a skillet) so as to prepare for use c. to make fit by experience |
| wheedle | a. to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| vivacious | a. lively in temper, conduct, or spirit |
| Extirpate | to destroy completely b. to pull up by the root c. to cut out by surgery |
| countervail | a. to exert force against, counteract b. to exert force against an opposing and often bad or harmful force or influence |
| forge | a. : a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : SMITHY b. : a workshop where wrought iron is produced or where iron is made malleable |
| craven | a. lacking the least bit of courage b. defeated, vanquished |
| domestication | a. to bring into domestic use : ADOPT b. : to adapt (an animal or plant) to life in intimate association with and to the advantage of humans c. : to make domestic : fit for domestic life d. : to bring to the level of ordinary people |
| Abyss | the bottomless gulf, pit, or chaos of the old cosmogonies b. an immeasurably deep gulf or great space c. intellectual or moral depths |
| resilient | a. capable of withstanding shock without permanent deformation or rupture b. tending to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change |
| inveterate | a. firmly established by long persistence b. confirmed in a habit |
| wile | a trick or stratagem intended to ensnare or deceive; also: a beguiling or playful trick b. skill in outwitting c. to lure by or as if by a magic spell |
| Sycophant | a. a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| seethe | a. to soak or saturate in a liquid b. to be in a state of rapid agitated movement c. to suffer violent internal excitement |
| ruse | a. A wily subterfudge |
| colloquial | a. of or relating to conversation : CONVERSATIONAL b. a: used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation; also: unacceptably informal b: using conversational style |
| interloper | an illegal or unlicensed trader b. one that intrudes in a place or sphere of activity |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely b. causing abundant growth, generation, or reproduction c. marked by abundant inventiveness or productivity |
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