Wordmasters#3
Wordmasters Challenge #3 Grade 8
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- reciprocate
- 1. to give in return; 2. to exchange
- cabal
- 1. a small group of people engaged in a secret plot - especially political; 2. the plot or scheme of such a group
- cohort
- 1. a friend or associate; 2. any large group of people
- usurp
- 1. to tale and hold by illegal means; 2. to seize a right or osition forcibly or illegally; 3. to wronfully take over another's property or authority
- lugubrious
- 1. sad or mournful in an exaggerated way; gloomy
- supercede
- 1. to take over the position or influence of - replace; to cause to be replaced or set aside
- invincible
- 1. too strong to be defeated, overcome, or surmounted
- forsake
- 1. to abandon or desert; 2. to give up or renounce
- cavalcade
- 1. a procession; 2. a series or sequence of colorful people or events
- incorrigible
- 1. incapable of being controlled; 2. firmly established, unchangeable
- ad hoc
- for the special purpose or end presently under consideration; 2. concerned or dealing with a specific subject, purpose, or end
- rehabilitation
- 1. restoration to good health; 2. restoration of reputation, rank, or status
- nemesis
- 1. that which one cannot beat; 2. retribution or punishment (or its source); 3. (cap) Greek Goddess of vengance or retribution
- wrest
- 1. to take, take away, or obtain with a forcible twist or yank; 2. to extract by effort and persistence
- phalanx
- 1. a body of infantry soldiers in ancient Greece kept in close formation for protection; 2. any group of people massed together for a common purpose; 3. any of the bones in the fingers and toes
- fallacious
- 1. containing or based on an unsound argument; in error; illogical
- capstone
- 1. the topmot or finishing stone of a structure; 2. the crowning achievement
- espouse
- 1. to take up or commit oneself to a cause or idea; 2. to take in marriage
- ply
- 1. to employ as a weapon or tool; 2. to follow or work at; 3. to offer repeatedly 4.) to cross a given route frequently
- patina
- 1. a greenish, browinsh, or reddish crust or film produced by oxidation on old metals; 2. a surface glass or attractive quality imported by time; 3. any superficial attractiveness
- implore
- 1. to beg urgently; beseech
- insurrection
- 1. an act or instance of open rebellion against a government or other authority; uprising
- endemic
- 1. common in, native to, or restricted to a place or population; 2. something peculiar to a locality
- saccharine
- 1. excessively sweet, like sugar; 2. falsely sweey, cloying, overly sentimental
- indigenous
- 1. having origin in a country or locality; native