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Word Masters-Three
Word Masters - Blackmon
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| repository | a receptacle or place where things are deposited, stored, or offered for sale; a burial place; a person to whom something is entrusted or confided |
| whet | to make keen or eager; stimulate; to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction |
| mellifluous | sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding; flowing with honey; sweetened with or as if with honey |
| decadence | moral degeneration or decay; unrestrained or excessive self-indulgence |
| wheedle | to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts; to obtain (something) by artful persuasions |
| sanctimonious | making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness; |
| axiom | a self-evident truth that requires no proof; a universally accepted principle or rule |
| dragoon | to force by oppressive measures; coerce(esp. formerly) a European cavalryman of a heavily armed troop. |
| fastidious | excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please; requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking. |
| conjecture | the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.to conclude or suppose from grounds or evidence insufficient to ensure reliability |
| renege | to go back on one's wordto play a card that is not of the suit led when one can follow suit; break a rule of play. |
| overwrought | extremely or excessively excited or agitatedelaborated to excess; excessively complex or ornate |
| exigency | urgencythe need, demand, or requirement intrinsic to a circumstance, condition, etc |
| wreak | to inflict or execute (punishment, vengeance, etc.)to carry out the promptings of (one's rage, ill humor, will, desire, etc.), as on a victim or object |
| intemperate | given to or characterized by excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages; immoderate in indulgence of appetite or passion; unrestrained |
| toady | A person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons |
| implore | to beg urgently or piteously for (aid, mercy, pardon, etc.) |
| precipitate | to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly; to cast down headlong; fling or hurl down |
| rectitude | rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue; correctness |
| abdicate | to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, esp. in a formal manner |
| cognizant | Fully informed; conscious |
| flux | a flowing or flow; continuous change, passage, or movement; to flow (verb) |
| importune | to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence; to make improper advances toward (a person). |
| devout | earnest or sincere; hearty; devoted to divine worship or service; pious; religious |
| covenant | an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified; a solemn agreement between the members of a church to act together in harmony with the precepts of the gospel. |
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