Flashcards: Wordmasters Gold 6th grade 11/2011
All 73 terms
Terms | Definitions |
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 luster | the visual property of something that shines with reflected light |
| brandish | the act of waving - noun waving back and forth vigorously - verb |
| mellow | become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial - verb, state of being calm, low energy - noun (I feel ----) |
| wastrel | (n.) a wasteful person, spendthrift; a good-for-nothing |
| relent | give in, as to influence or pressure |
| superfluous | more than is needed, desired, or required, serving no useful purpose - adj |
| penchant | a strong liking, a strong inclination or liking - noun |
| wield | handle effectively, To use, control, or manage, as a weapon, or instrument, especially with full command. |
| defunct | no longer existing or functioning, having ceased to exist or live - adjective |
| aversion | the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away, strong dislike - noun |
| surmount | be or do something to a greater degree, reach the highest point of - verb |
| apathetic | showing little or no emotion or animation, marked by a lack of interest - adj |
| pique | a sudden outburst of anger - noun, cause to feel resentment or indignation - verb |
| succomb | (v.) to give way to superior force, yield, to give up or give into, to yeild; to cease to exist, to die |
| unbridled | not restrained or controlled - (adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |
| resonance | the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities - noun, having the character of a loud deep sound, a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system |
| flail | noun- an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; verb- give a thrashing to, to wave or swing vigorously; to thrash |
| pungent | adj., sharp biting or acrid especially in taste or smell, capable of wounding, , causing a sharp sensation; stinging, biting |
| zealot | noun- a fervent and even militant proponent of something; someone passionately devoted to a cause - fanatic; a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans |
| dredge | noun - a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed; Verb - remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water, cover before cooking - chicken tenders are ------- in flour before fried |
| vital | adj. manifesting or characteristic of life, full of spirit, performing an essential function in the living body |
| sinew | noun - muscular strength, a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment, a tendon |
| plumb | noun - the metal bob of a plumb line, verb - , adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical, examine thoroughly and in great depth, measure the depth of something, adj. - exactly vertical |
| prudent | adj. - showing wise self-restraint in speech and behavior especially in preserving prudent silence, careful and sensible, wise, careful, cautious |
| qualm | noun - uneasiness about the fitness of an action, (n.) a pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt; a feeling of faintness or nausea |
| bicker | verb used without object: to engage in petulant or peevish argument, wrangle; to run rapidly, quickly, rush, hurry - a stream ---- down the valley |
| reproach | VERB: to find fault with (a person, group, etc...) blame, censure; to upbraid; to be a cause of blame or discredit to NOUN: blame or censure conveyed in disapproval an expression of upbraiding censure or reproof. |
| avid | adj. enthusiastic, ardent, dedicated, keen - "an ____ movie goer;" greedy, keenly desirous, eager (often followed by for, or, of) ____for pleasure; ____ of power. |
| episode | NOUN: an incident in the course of a series of events in a persons life or experience, etc...; an incident seen etc...; within a narrative usually fully developed and either integrated within the main story or digressing from it; one of a number of loosely connected but usually thematically related scenes or stories constituting a literary work, music, movies, radio |
| voluble | adj. characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words - a ____spokesman for the cause |
| vascillate | VERB: to waiver in mind or opinion; be indecisive, iresolute ex. his tendency to ____makes him a poor leader; to sway unsteadly; waiver; totter; stagger |
| nominal | adj. being such in name only; so-called; putative: ____treaty; the ___ head of the country; of a price, consideration, etc. named as a mere matter of form, being trifling in comparison with the actual value minimal; of pertaining to or constituting a name or names |
| blight | NOUN: the rapid and extensive discoloration wilting and death of plant tissues; a disease so characterized any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration - extravagance was the _____ of the family. |
| bland | adj. pleasantly gentle or agreeable ex. ____ affable manner; soothing or balmy as air ex. a ____ southern breeze; not irritating of food or medicines ex. a ____ diet; not highly flavored, mild, tasteless ex. a _____ sauce; lacking in special interest, liviliness individuality |
| lavish | very generous, (adj.) overly generous, extravagant; abundant; (v.) to spend or give freely or without limit, overly GENEROUS, extravagant; abundant; to spend or give freely or without limit |
| limber | noun: a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson, verb: cause to become limber, (used of persons' bodies) adj.: capable of moving or bending freely |
| token | noun: something serving to represent or indicate some fact, feeling, etc. ex. black is a ____ to represent mourning; a characteristic, indication or mark of something, evidence or proof ex. malnutrition is a ____ of poverty; a coin or object used in arcades |
| tightwad | noun: a miserly person; a close fisted or stingy person |
| strew | verb: to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface scatter or sprinkle ex. to ______ seed in a garden; cover or overspread (surface, place etc.) with something scattered or sprinkled |
| chaff | noun: the husks of grain in grasses that are separated during threshing; straw cut up for fodder; worthless matter, refuse; the membranous, usually dry brittle bracts of the flower of certain plants |
| stint | verb used without object: to be frugal, getting along on a scanty allowance ex. don't ____ on the food. They ____ for years in order to save money; cease action, desist, to bring to an end; to limit to a certain amount, number, share or allowance often unduly set limits to restrict |
| pantomime | noun: the art of technique of conveying emotions, actions fellings, etc. by gestures without speech; a play or entertainment inwhich performers express themselves mutely by gestures often to the accompaniment of music; a significant gesture without speech |
| hoard | noun: a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc. ex. a vast _____ of silver VERB: to accumulate for preservation, futrure use, etc. in hidden or carefully guarded place: to _____ food during a shortage; to accumulate money, food, or the like ex. he _____ all the food for himself not leaving much for others. |
| squander | verb: to spend or use (money, time, etc...) extravagantly or wastefully; to scatter; extravagant or wasteful expenditure |
| slapdash | adverb: in a hasty, haphazard manner ex. he assembled the motor ______; in a reckless, careless manner ADJECTIVE: hasty careless, off done, marked by great carelessness |
| portent | noun: an indication or omen of something about to happen especially something momentous; threatening or disquieting significance; a prodigy or marvel |
| disinclined | adj. lacking desire or willingness; unwilling, averse ex. I'm _____ to go to the movies, unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval |
| pang | noun: sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing ex. a _______ of remorse, a _______ of desire; a sudden brief sharp pain or physical sensation or spasm |
| dole | noun: a portion or allotment of money, food, etc. especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance; a dealing out of distributing especillay in charity; a form of payment to the unemployment instituted by the British govt. in 1918 |
| dispense | verb: to deal out, distribure: to _____ wisdom; to minister: to _____ the law without bias; pharmacology (medicine) to make up and distribute, grant a dispensation |
| pith | The soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants. The soft inner part of a feather, a hair, etc. The important or essential part; essence; core; heart. Significant weight; substance; solidity. Spinal cord or bone marrow. Strength, force, or vigor; mettle. |
| confisticate | To seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use. To seize by or as if by authority; appropriate summarily. |
| resilient | Springing back; rebounding. Returning to the original form or position after being bent, compressed or stretched. Recovering readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like; buoyant. |
| hull | The husk, shell, of outer covering of a seed or fruit. The calyx of certain fruits, as the strawberry. Any covering of envelope. To remove the hull of. To shell (peas or beans) The hollow, lowermost portion of a ship, floating partially submerged and supporting the remainder of the ship. The boat like fuselage of a flying boat on which the plane lands of takes off. The cigar-shaped arrangement of girders enclosing the gas bag of a rigid dirigible. |
| harbinger | A person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald. Anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign: Frost is a harbinger of winter. A person sent in advance of troops, a royal train, etc., to provide or secure lodgings and other accommodations. To act as harbinger to; herald the coming of. |
| jettison | To cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency. To throw off (something) as an obstacle or burden; discard. |
| poignant | Keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret. Keen or strong in mental appeal: a subject of poignant interest. Affecting or moving the emotions: a poignant scene. Pungent to the smell: poignant cooking odors. |
| backlash | A sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil. A strong or violent reaction, as to some social of political change: a backlash of angry feeling among Southern conservatives within the party. The space between the thickness of a gear tooth and the width of the space between teeth in the mating gear, designated to allow for a film of lubricant, binding from heat expansion and eccentricity, or manufacturing inaccuracies. Play of lost motion between loosely fitting machine parts. A snarled line on a reel, usually caused by a faulty cast. |
| fetters | A chain or shackle placed on the feet. Usually, fetters. Anything that confines or restrains: Boredom puts fetters upon the imagination. |
| reticent | Disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved. Reluctant or restrained. |
| drone | The male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey. A remote control mechanism, as a radio-controlled airplane or boat. A person who lives on the labor of others; parasitic loafer. A drudge. |
| intimidate | To make timid; fill with fear. To overawe of cow, as through the force of personality or by superior display of wealth, talent, etc. To force into or deter from some action by inducing fear: to intimidate a voter into staying away from the polls. |
| probing | To search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience. To examine or explore with a probe. A slender surgical instrument for exploring the depth or direction of a wound, sinus, or the like. An investigation, especially by a legislative committee, of suspected illegal activity. A projecting, pipe-like device on a receiving aircraft used to make connection with and receive fuel from a tanker aircraft during refueling in flight. A device, attached by cord to an oven, which can be inserted into roasts or other food so that the oven shuts off when the desired internal temperature of the food is reached. Any identifiable substance that is used to detect, isolate, or identify another substance, as a labeled strand of DNA that hybridizes with its complementary RNA or a monoclonal antibody that combines with a specific protein. |
| relic | A surviving memorial of something past. An object having interest by reason of its age or its association with the past: a museum of historic relics. Something kept in remembrance; souvenir; memento. The body, a part of the body, or some personal memorial of a saint, martyr, or other sacred person, preserved as worthy of veneration. A once widespread linguistic form that survives in a limited area but is otherwise obsolete. |
| obtain | To come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income. To attain or reach. To be prevalent, customary, or in vogue; prevail: the morals that obtained in Rome. To succeed. |
| persistant | Persisting, especially in spite of opposition, obstacles, discouragement, etc.; persevering: a most annoyingly persistent young man. Lasting or enduring tenaciously: the persistent aroma of verbena; a persistent cough. Constantly repeated; continued: persistent noise. Continuing or permanent. Having continuity of phylogenetic characteristics. Remaining attached beyond the usual time, as flowers, flower parts, or leaves. |
| memento | An object or item that serves to remind one of a person, past event, etc.; keepsake; souvenir. Anything serving as a reminder or warning. Either of two prayers in the canon of the Mass, one for persons living and the other for persons dead. |
| yield | To give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs. To produce or furnish: That investment will yield a handsome return. To give up, as to superior power or authority: They yielded the fort to the enemy. To give up or surrender: He yielded himself to temptation. To give up or over; relinquish or resign: to yield the floor to the senator from Ohio. To give as due or required: To yield obedience. To cause; give rise to: The play yielded only one good laugh. To give way to force, pressure, etc., so as to move, bend, or the like. Chemistry the quantity of product formed by the interaction of two or more substances, generally expressed as a percentage of the quantity obtained to that theoretically obtainable. The income produced by a financial investment, usually shown as a percentage of cost. A measure of the destructive energy of a nuclear explosion, expressed in kilotons of the amount of TNT that would produce the same destruction. |
| obselete | No longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression. Of a discarded or outmoded type; out of date: an obsolete battleship. Effaced by wearing down or away. Imperfectly developed or rudimentary in comparison with the corresponding character in other individuals, as of the opposite sex or of a related species. To make obsolete by replacing with something newer or better. |
| sheen | Luster; brightness; radiance. Gleaming attire -adjective Shining Beautiful |
| retaliate | To return like for like, especially evil for evil: to retaliate for an injury. To requite or make return for (a wrong or injury) with the like. |
| precise | Definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions. Being exactly that and neither more nor less: a precise temperature; a precise amount. Being just that and no other: the precise dress she had wanted. Definite or exact in statement, as a person. Carefully distinct: precise articulation. Excessively or rigidly particular: precise observance of regulations; precise grooming. |
| marrow | A soft, fatty, vascular tissue in the interior cavities of bones that is a major site of blood cell production. The inmost or essential part: to pierce to the marrow of a problem.Strength or vitality: Fear took the marrow out of him. Rich and nutritious food. Marrow2-noun A partner; fellow worker. A spouse; helpmate. A companion; close friend. |
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