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WordMasters Grade 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| niche | an ornamental recess in a wall as for a statue or other |
| niche | a place or position suitable for a person or thing |
| niche | a distinct segment of a market |
| niche | the position or function of an organism in a community |
| niche | pertaining to or intended for a market niche |
| repeal | to revoke or withdraw formally or officially |
| repeal | to revoke or annul by express legislative enactment |
| repeal | the act of repealing |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so as to lay bare the threads of the warp and wolf |
| threadbare | wearing threadbare clothes |
| threadbare | meager, scanty, or poor |
| threadbare | hackneyed; trite |
| patrician | befitting or characteristic of persons of very good background |
| patrician | of or belonging to the patrician families of ancient Rome |
| patrician | a person of noble or high rank |
| patrician | a person of very good background |
| patrician | a member of the original seatorial aristocracy in ancient rome |
| patrician | a title or dignity conferred by the emperor |
| patrician | a member of a hereditary ruling class in certain midevil German, Swiss, and Italian free cities |
| patrician | of high social rank or noble family |
| jettison | to cast goods overboard in order to lighten a vessel |
| jettison | to throw off as an obstacle or burden |
| jettison | to discard |
| jettison | the act of casting goods from a vessel or aircraft to ighten or stabilize it |
| jettison | jetsam |
| prolific | producing offspring, young, fruit, etc. |
| prolific | producing in large quantities or with great frequency |
| prolific | characterized by abundant production |
| prolific | profusely producive or fruitful |
| subterfuge | an article or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequeces, etc. |
| quell | to suppress; put an end to; extinguish |
| quell | to vanquish; subdue |
| quell | to quiet or allay |
| sumptuous | entailing great expence, as from choice materials |
| sumptuous | luxuriously fine or large; lavish; splendid |
| esteem | to regard highly or favorably |
| esteem | to consider as of a certain value or of a certain type |
| esteem | to set a value on |
| esteem | favorable opinion or judgement |
| esteem | opinion or judgement; estimation; valuation |
| relinquish | to renounce or surrender |
| relinquish | to give up; put aside or desist from |
| relinquish | to let go; release |
| affluent | having an abundance of wealth, property, or other material |
| affluent | abounding in anything; abundant |
| affluent | flowing freely |
| affluent | a tributary stream |
| affluent | an affluent person |
| ledge | a relatively narrow, projecting part, as a horizontal, shelflike projection on a wall |
| ledge | a more or less flat shelf of rock protruing from a cliff or slope |
| ledge | a reef, ridge, or line of rocks in the sea or other body of water |
| ledge | a layer or mass of rock underground |
| ledge | a lode or vein |
| ledge | a member similar to but larger than a cleat |
| dominant | ruling, governing, or controlling; having or exerting authority or influence |
| dominant | occupying or being in a commanding or elevated position |
| dominant | predominant; main; major; chief |
| dominant | of or pertaining to a dominant |
| dominant | pertaining to or based on the dominant |
| mature | complete in natural growth or development |
| mature | ripe, as fruit, or fully aged |
| mature | fully developed in body or mind |
| mature | pertaining to or characteristics of full development |
| mature | completed, perfected, or elaborated in full by the mind |
| contempt | the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean |
| contempt | an act showing such disrespect |
| contempt | the state of being depressed |
| swarm | a body of honeybees that emigrate from a hive and fly off |
| swarm | a body of bees settled together |
| swarm | a great number of things or people |
| swarm | a group of aggregation of free-floating or free-swimming cells or organisms |
| swarm | a cluster of earthquakes or other geologic phenomena of features |
| outlandish | freakishly or grotesquely strange or odd |
| outlandish | having a foreign appearance |
| outlandish | remote from civilized area |
| outlandish | alien |
| boor | a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person |
| boor | a country bumpkin |
| boor | peasant |
| boor | boer |
| guffaw | a loud, unrestrained burst of laughter |
| guffaw | to laugh loudly and boisterously |
| straightforward | going or directed straight ahead |
| straightforward | direct; not roundabout |
| straightforward | free from crookedness or deceit |
| jeer | to speak or shout derisively |
| jeer | to treat with scoffs or derision |
| jeer | to drive away by derisive shouts |
| jeer | a jeering utterance |
| serpentine | of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent |
| serpentine | having a winding course, as a road |
| serpentine | shrewed; wily; cunning |
| serpentine | a device on a harquebus lock for holding the match |
| serpentine | a cannon having any of various bore sizes |
| serpentine | a school figure made by skating two figure eights that share one loop |
| pauper | a person without any means of support, especially a destibute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity |
| pauper | a very poor person |
Created by:
Cleah312
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