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Wordmaster 2
Vocabulary
25
General Vocab
7th Grade
01/07/2015

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Cards

Term

Sirroco

 

noun

Definition
a hot dry wind
Term

highhanded

 

adjective

Definition
condescending or presumptous
Term

larder

 

noun

Definition
food supply
Term

recur

 

verb

Definition
to come up again
Term

fervent

 

adjective

Definition
hot or burning
Term

elicit

 

 

verb

Definition
educe, evoke
Term

aurole

 

noun

Definition
a zone of altered rock, halo
Term

steadfast

 

adjective

Definition
firmly fixed
Term

authorize 

 

verb

Definition
to give permission
Term

abyss

 

noun 

Definition
a deep hole
Term

profound

 

adjective

Definition
far beneath obvious
Term

siphon

 

noun

Definition
a tube bent into legs of unequal length
Term

torchbearer

 

noun

Definition
leader in a movement, campaign
Term

impassioned

 

adjective

Definition
passioned, filled with intense feeling
Term

foment

 

verb

Definition
to instigate or foster
Term

beeline

 

noun

Definition
a direct route traveled quickly
Term

pensive

 

verb

Definition
expressing or revealing thoughtfullness
Term

exult

 

verb

Definition
to show joy
Term

cavil

 

verb

Definition
to raise trivial objections
Term

uproarious

 

verb

Definition
to make an uproar
Term

brood

 

noun

Definition
a number of young produced or hatched at one time
Term

hinterland

 

noun

Definition
the land lying behind a coastal region
Term

prim

 

adjective

Definition
precise or proper
Term

trample

 

verb

Definition
to tread over
Term
sluice
Definition
drain
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