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michelle-tran on June 1, 2008
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Terms | Definitions |
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 Wanton | (adj.) 1. done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably 2. deliberate and without motive or provocation; uncalled-for; headstrong; willful 3. without regard for what is right, just, humane, etc.; careless 4. sexually lawless or unrestrained 5. extravagantly or excessively luxurious, as a person, manner of living, or style 6. luxuriant, as vegetation 7. sportive or frolicsome, as children or young animals 8. having free play (n.) 9. a wanton or lascivious person, esp. a woman (v.) 10. to behave in a wanton manner; become wanton 11. to squander, esp. in pleasure |
| Wastrel | (n.) 1. a wasteful person; spendthrift 2. refuse; waste 3. a waif; abandoned child 4. an idler or good-for-nothing |
| Wassail | (n.) 1. a salutation wishing health to a person, used in England in early times when presenting a cup of drink or when drinking to the person 2. a festivity or revel with drinking of healths 3. liquor for drinking and wishing health to others on festive occasions, esp. spiced ale, as on Christmas Eve and Twelfth-night 4. a song sung in wassailing (v.) 5. to revel with drinking 6. to drink to the health or success of; toast |
| Winnow | (v.) 1. to free (grain) from the lighter particles of chaff, dirt, etc., esp. by throwing it into the air and allowing the wind or a forced current of air to blow away impurities 2. to blow upon; fan 3. to subject to some process of separating or distinguishing; analyze critically; sift 4. to separate or distinguish (valuable from worthless parts) (sometimes fol. by out) 5. to pursue (a course) with flapping wings in flying 6. to fan or stir (the air) as with the wings in flying 7. to fly with flapping wings; flutter |
| Xenophobe | (n.) a person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples |
| Yaw | (v.) 1. to deviate temporarily from a straight course, as a ship 2. (of an aircraft) to have a motion about its vertical axis 3. (of a rocket or guided missile) to deviate from a stable flight attitude by oscillation of the longitudinal axis in the horizontal plane (n.) 4. a movement of deviation from a direct course, as of a ship 5. a motion of an aircraft about its vertical axis 6. an angle, to the right or left, determined by the direction of motion of an aircraft or spacecraft and its vertical and longitudinal plane of symmetry 7. the angular displacement of the longitudinal axis |
| Yeoman | (n.) 1. a petty officer in a navy, having chiefly clerical duties in the U.S. Navy 2. a farmer who cultivates his own land 3. one of a class of lesser freeholders, below the gentry, who cultivated their own land, early admitted in England to political rights 4. a servant, attendant, or subordinate official in a royal or other great household 5. a subordinate or assistant, as of a sheriff or other official or in a craft or trade (adj.) 6. of, pertaining to, composed of, or characteristic of yeomen 7. performed or rendered in a loyal, valiant, useful, or workmanlike manner, esp. in situations that involve a great deal of effort or labor |
| Zeitgeist | (n.) the spirit of the time; general trend of thought or feeling characteristic of a particular period of time |
| Zenith | (n.) 1. the point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer 2. a highest point or state; culmination |
| Zephyr | (n.) 1. a gentle, mild breeze 2. any of various things of fine, light quality, as fabric, yarn, etc 3. Something that is airy, insubstantial, or passing 4. the Greek and Roman god of the west wind, considered the most pleasant of the winds |
| Ziggurat | (n.) (among the ancient Babylonians and Assyrians) a temple of Sumerian origin in the form of a pyramidal tower, consisting of a number of stories and having about the outside a broad ascent winding round the structure, presenting the appearance of a series of terraces |
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