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6gr Dec Wordmaster
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fundamentally solid | Bedrock - adj |
| To speak in an angry way | Chide - verb |
| Dreamingly, thoughtful; sad, thoughtfulness | Pensive - adj |
| The part of the mouth or lower course of a river where the river meets the sea | Estuary - noun |
| Someone who is easily fooled or cheated | Dupe - noun |
| Easily bent or flexed; characterized by flexibility and grace | Lithe - adj |
| Unshakable in your belief/position (adj) | Adamant - adj |
| One who produces promotional material for commercial clients especially for the TV/radio | Huckster - noun |
| A series of songs performed by on person/band | Medley - noun |
| To persuade by flattery or promises | Cajole - verb |
| To turn away; to give up | Forsake - verb |
| To intimidate by overbearing looks or words | Browbeat - verb |
| Shifty; departing from the correct or accepting way; crooked | Devious - adj |
| To compel by force, intimidation or authority; to dominate or control | Coerce - verb |
| Having a large, plump body | Corpulent - adj |
| Someone who sells fake products or cheats you out of your money | Mountebank - noun |
| To put in harm or danger | Jeopardize - verb |
| A consecrated place such as a church, a place of refuge and protection | Sanctuary - noun |
| To laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff at or mock | Deride - verb |
| A protracted (long) speech usually marked by intemperate or harshly censored language | Tirade - noun |
| A fleet of ships, boats or planes | Flotilla - noun |
| Lacking food, clothing and other necessities | Indigent - noun, adj or adv |
| Having a circular or winding course; not being direct in action | Circuitous - adj |
| Bendable without breaking; easy to influence | Pliable - adj |
| An artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence or hide something; a strategy employed to conceal something | Subterfuge - noun |
Created by:
MrsKidd
on 2010-11-30