Wordmaster Definitions (Word List 1) 2011-2012 ! (:

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Aggreive (V)

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to oppress or wrong grievously; injure by injustice. to afflict with pain, anxiety, etc.

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Aplomb (N)

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imperturable self-possession, poise, or assurance. the perpendicular, or vertical, postion.

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Appease (V)

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to bring to a state of peace, calm, or content; pacify; soothe. to satisfy, allay, or relieve; assuage. to yield or concede to the belligerent demands of (a nation, group, person, etc.) in a conciliatory effort, sometimes at the expense of justice or other principles.

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Astute (Adj.)

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of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious. clever; cunning; ingenious; shrewd.

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Calamitous (Adj.)

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causing or involving a disaster.

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Constrict (V)

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to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress. to slow or stop the natural course or development of.

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Debacle (N)

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a general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or rout. a complete collapse or failure. a breaking up of ice in a river, a violent rush of waters or ice.

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Equivocal (Adj.)

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allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, especially with intent to deceive or misguide; suspectible of double interpretation; deliberately ambiguous. of doubtful nature or character; questionable; suspicious.

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Eviscerate (V)

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to remove the entrails from; disembowel: to eviscerate a chicken. to deprive of vital or essential parts.

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Exemplary (Adj.)

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worthy of imitation; commendable. serving as an illistration or speciman; illustrative; serving as a model or pattern.

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Exploit (N,V)

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a striking or notable deed; feat; spirited or heroic act. to utiilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account. to use selfishly for one's own ends. to advance or further through expolitation; promote.

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Fortuitous (Adj.)

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happening or produced by chance; accidental. lucky; fortunate.

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Inane (N,Adj.)

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lacking sense, significance, or ideas; silly. empty; void. pointless. something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.

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Incite (V)

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to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action.

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Infamy (N)

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extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act.

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Maw (N)

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the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, especially a carnivorous mammal. the crop or craw of a fowl. the stomach, especially that of an animal. a cavernous opening that resembles the open jaws of an animal. the symbolic or theoretical center of a voracious hunger or appetite of any kind.

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Myriad (N,Adj.)

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a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things; ten thousand. having innumerable phases, aspects, variations, etc.

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Opportunist (N)

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a person who practices opportunism, or the policy of adapting actions, decisions, etc. to effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles.

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Patent (N,V)

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the exclusive right granted a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years. an invention or process prrotected by this right. an official document conferring such a right; letters patent; patent leather. readily open to notice or observation; evident; obvious.

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Patron (N)

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a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like. a person who supports with $, gifts, efforts, or endorsement an artist, writer, museum, cause, charity, institution, special event, or the like.

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Slander (N,V)

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defamation; calumy. a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report. to utter slander against or circulate slander; defame.

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Stratogem (N)

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a plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or decieving an enemy. from strategos "general."

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Travesty (N,V)

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a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject. characterized by grotesque or ludicrous incongruity of style, treatment, or subject matter. a literary or artistic composition so inferior in quality as to be merely a grotesque imitation of its model.

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Wax (N,V,Adj.)

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any of various secretions of certain insects and plants. compare vegetable wax, wax insect. any of a group of substances composed of hydrocarbons, alcohols, fatty acids, and esters that are solid at ordinary temperatures. cerumen; earwax; sealing wax. a person or object suggesting wax, as in manageability or malleability. to rub with wax.

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Wreak (V)

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to inflict or execute(punishment, vengeance, etc.) to carry out the promptings of (one's rage, ill humor, will, desire, etc.) as on a victim or object.