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spelling 11/14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| affluence | wealth, riches, prosperity; great abundance from poverty |
| arrears | unpaid and overdue debts; an unfinished duty |
| cascade | a steep narrow waterfall; something falling or rushing forth in quantity; to flow downward |
| cringe | to shrink back or hide in fear or submisiveness |
| crotchety | cranky, ill-tempered; full of odd whims |
| format | the size, shape or arrangement of something |
| immobile | not movable, not moving |
| impassable | blocked so that nothing can go through |
| innovation | something new, a change; the act of introducing a new method, idea, device |
| jovial | good-humored, in high spirits; merry |
| manacle | a handcuff, anything that chains or confines, to chain or restrain |
| martial | warlike, fond of fighting; relating to war, the army or military life |
| minimum | the smallest possibile amount; the lowest permissible or possible |
| nimble | quick and skillful in movement; agile; clever |
| onset | the beginning, start, an attack or assault |
| partition | something that divides (such as a wall) the act of dividning something into parts |
| perishable | likely to spoil or decay |
| retrieve | to find and bring back, get back, recover, to put right, make good |
| sinister | appearing evil or dangerous; threatening evil or harm |
| taut | tightly drawn, tense, neat in good order |