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WM 3- SEEK 7th

SEEK 7th grade Wordmasters three

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Affinity (n) relationship by marriage; a: sympathy marked by community of interest: kinship b: an attraction to or liking for something: an attractive force between substances or particles that causes them to enter into and remain in chemical combination;
Bilk to block the free development of; frustrate; to cheat out of something valuable; defraud; to evade payment of
Brazen (adj.) made of brass; sounding harsh and loud like struck brass; of the color of polished brass; marked by contemptuous boldness, a brazen disregard for the rules
Charisma (n) a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (as a political leader); a special magnetic charm or appeal; the charisma of a popular actor
Cite (v) to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court);to quote by way of example, authority, or proof; cites several noteworthy authors; to refer to ;
Commiserate (v) to feel or express sympathy; condole, commiserates with them on their loss; to feel or express sorrow or compassion for
Constancy (n) steadfastness of mind under duress; fortitude, fidelity, loyalty; a state of being constant or unchanging
Crass (adj.) gross; especially having or indicating such grossness of mind as precludes delicacy and discrimination; being beneath one's dignity; crass concerns of daily life; used as a pejorative
Demeanor (n) behavior toward others : outward manner
Despondent (adj.) feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression; despondent about his health
Depose to remove from a throne or other high position; to put down; deposit;
Ecstatic (adj.) of, pertaining to, or characterized by ecstasy; subject to or in a state of ecstasy; rapturous
Elucidate (v) to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis; elucidate a text; to give a clarifying explanation
Empathy (n) the imaginative projection of a subjective state into an object so that the object appears to be infused with it; the action of understanding,
Exile (n) the state or a period of forced absence from one's country or home; the state or a period of voluntary absence from one's country or home; a person who is in exile
Gall (n) bile ; especially; bile obtained from an animal and used in the arts or medicine; something bitter to endure; bitterness of spirit; rancor; brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence
Invoke (v) to petition for help or support b: to appeal to or cite as authority; to call forth by incantation; conjure; to make an earnest request for; solicit; to put into effect or operation; implement; bring about; cause
Mien (n) air or bearing especially as expressive of attitude or personality; demeanor; of aristocratic mien; appearance, aspect; dresses of formal mien
Ominous (adj.) being or exhibiting an omen; portentous; especially; foreboding or foreshadowing evil; inauspicious
Panache (n) an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet; dash or flamboyance in style and action; verve
Perfidious (adj.) deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
Reticent (adj.) inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech; reserved;
Spleen (n) a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end
Urbane (adj.) having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities; an urbane manner; reflecting elegance, sophistication, etc., esp. in expression; He maintained an urbane tone in his letters.
Visage (n) the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance; aspect; appearance.
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