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DMS Wordmasters III
DMS Wordmasters III 2014
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| breach | noun-a gap made by breaking down something solid,act of neglect of law or trust,break friendly relations(quarrel) verb-to break through |
| grapple | verb-to hold firmly 2.verb-to fight;The two martial artists were grappling. |
| elated | marked by happiness, ecstatic, showing physical happiness adjective |
| gravity | 1. (Noun) The force that attracts a body or any object with mass, towards the Earth. 2. (Adjective) extreme or alarming seriousness. |
| clamber | 1. to climb using both feet and hands; to climb with effort or difficulty |
| rampant | 1. flourishing or spreading unchecked 2. standing on one foot with it's forefeet in the air.Adjective. |
| vagabond | 1.(noun) Someone who wanders from place to place without a home or job. |
| retort | verb-1.) To reply in a smart and sharp way,. to return upon person uttering it,to answer by another to the contrary |
| lithe | 1.(adjective) bending readily; pilant; limber; flexible; supple |
| toll | 1.(noun) a charge payable for permission to use a particular bridge or road 2.(noun) the number of deaths, casualties, or injuries arising from particular circumstances, such as a natural disaster, conflict, or accident. |
| futile | 1.could not succeed;useless;vain;hopeless. 2. trifling or unimportant;lacking vigor or purpose. |
| eradicate | (verb)To get rid of entirely; destroy completely |
| embrace | 1.To hug to show friendship or love 2. A hug with both arms 3. To accept 4. To include 5. To surround |
| ruffian | 1.(noun)a tough, lawless person; roughneck; bully. 2.(adjective) tough; lawless; brutal. |
| vie | 1.(verb)to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title. 2. to put forward in competition or rivalry. 3.Obsolete . to stake in card playing. |
| brash | 1.(adj)impertinent; impudent; tactless: a brash young man. 2.hasty; rash; impetuous. 3.energetic or highly spirited. 4. brittle. noun 5.(n)a pile or stack of loose fragments 6.sudden illness of digestive tract |
| squabble | 1. (verb)to engage in a petty quarrel. squab·bling. 2.Printing. to disarrange and mix (composed type). noun 3.(n)a petty quarrel. |
| instill | 1.(v)to infuse slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings; insinuate; inject: to instill courtesy in a child. 2.to put in drop by drop. |
| crestfallen | 1.(adj)dejected; dispirited; discouraged. 2.having a drooping crest or head. |
| rampart | noun 1.(n)Fortification . a.a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification 2.anything serving as a bulwark or defense. 3.(v)to furnish with or as if with a rampart. |
| proliferate | 1.(v)to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division 2.to increase in number or spread rapidly and often excessively. |
| supple | 1.(adj)bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed; pliant; flexible 2.characterized by ease in bending; limber; lithe: supple movements. 3.compliant or yielding. 5.obsequious; servile. |
| rift | 1.(n) an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure 2.an open space, as in a forest or cloud mass 3.a break in friendly relations: 4.a difference in opinion, belief, or interest that causes such a break in friendly relations. |
| spurn | 1.(v) to reject with disdain; scorn. 2.to treat with contempt; despise. 3.to kick or trample with the foot. 4.to show disdain or contempt; scorn something. noun 5.(n)disdainful rejection. |
| impudent | 1.(adj)of, pertaining to, or characterized by impertinence or effrontery:insulting; rude 2.shameless or brazenly immodest. |
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