Wordmasters 6 Spring
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25 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Solace | Noun comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort. |
| Roil | Verb to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment. |
| Pernicious | Adj causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie. |
| Salve | Noun a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores. |
| Distort | Verb to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers. |
| Turbulent | Adj being in a state of agitation or tumult; disturbed: turbulent feelings or emotions. |
| Fissure | Noun a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts. |
| Snub | Verb to treat with disdain or contempt, especially by ignoring. |
| Artless | Adj free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous: an artless child. |
| Shrine | Noun a building or other shelter, often of a stately or sumptuous character, enclosing the remains or relics of a saint or other holy person and forming an object of religious veneration and pilgrimage. |
| Garble | Verb to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble: to garble instructions. |
| Wan | Adj of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color: His wan face suddenly flushed. |
| Rampage | Noun violent or excited behavior that is reckless, uncontrolled, or destructive. |
| Defile | Verb to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint; debase. |
| Staid | Adj of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious. |
| Foray | Noun a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port. |
| Culminate | Verb to reach the highest point, summit, or highest development (usually followed by in ). |
| Ruddy | Adj of or having a fresh, healthy red color: a ruddy complexion. |
| Burgher | Noun an inhabitant of a town, especially a member of the middle class; citizen. |
| Thwart | Verb to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose. |
| Rampant | Adj violent in action or spirit; raging; furious: a rampant leopard. |
| Drivel | Noun saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver. |
| Perturb | Verb to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate. |
| Cunning | Noun skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; |
| Vagabond | Adj wandering from place to place without any settled home; nomadic: a vagabond tribe. |
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