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WordMasters: Grade 8 Blue Division Jan-Feb '09

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  1. coterie
    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  2. denigrate
    attack the good name and reputation of someone
  3. mettlesome
    having a proud, courageous, and unbroken spirit
  4. cartel
    a consortium formed to limit commercial competition
  5. fawn
    a young deer
  6. literal
    limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
  7. parasite
    an animal or plant that lives in or on a host
  8. allay
    lessen the intensity of or calm
  9. languid
    lacking spirit or liveliness
  10. propensity
    a natural inclination
  11. abrade
    rub hard or scrub
  12. finite
    bounded in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent
  13. indolence
    inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
  14. relinquish
    turn away from; give up
  15. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  16. mortality
    the quality or state of being subject to death
  17. parry
    impede the movement of
  18. malleable
    capable of being shaped or bent
  19. incendiary
    capable of causing fires or catching fire spontaneously
  20. perturb
    disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried
  21. guileless
    innocent and free of deceit
  22. esteem
    the condition of being honored
  23. curb
    the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
  24. figurative
    not literal
  25. conciliator
    someone who tries to bring peace
Created on 二月 3, 2009

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