Wordly Wise: 7-11
Wordly Wise book 7, series 3000, lesson 11.
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- Cataclysm
- n. A sudden and violent change; a catastrophe.
- Burgeon
- v. To grow and expand rapidly; to flourish.
- Culinary
- adj. Having to do with cooking.
- Scourge
- n. Something that causes great pain and suffering; a social evil.
- Palatable
- adj. Acceptable or pleasing, especially to the sense of taste.
- Panacea
- n. Something that is supposed to cure all ills or difficulties; a cure-all.
- Hybrid
- 1.) adj. n. the offspring of two animals or plants of different species or varieties. 2.) adj. n. Anything that is of mixed origin or composition.
- Gourmet
- 1.) adj. n. A person who likes fine food and is a good judge of its quality.
- Plebian
- adj. Of or pertaining to the common people; common; unrefined.
- Agrarian
- adj. Having to do with farming or agriculture.
- Stalemate
- n. A halt in a struggle because both sides are equally strong and neither side will give in; a deadlock.
- Denigrate
- v. To attack the reputation of; to criticize in a deragatory manner.
- Temperate
- adj. Mild, moderate; restrained.
- Grandiloquent
- adj. Using lofty or pompous speech or expression.
- Manifold
- adj. Having many different kinds, forms, or parts.