WM Fall 2008
Terms
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- handicap
- advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning
- foil
- a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
- abundant
- existing in great quantity or in plentiful supply.
- musty
- stale and unclean smelling
- melodious
- containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody
- rancid
- spoiled or bad smelling
- kindle
- cause to start burning
- extinguish
- put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
- scamper
- rushing about hastily in an undignified way
- blockade
- a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- squander
- spend extravagantly
- hindrance
- the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
- contort
- twist and press out of shape
- profuse
- plentiful; copious.
- raspy
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- plod
- to walk heavily
- sibling
- a person's brother or sister
- spurt
- marked by an increase of activty for a short period
- alloy
- a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
- reek
- a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
- quarantine
- enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
- fragrant
- pleasant-smelling
- grate
- a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- mongrel
- a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed.
- seep
- pass slowly through small openings; ooze; trickle; N. seepage