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WordMasters: Grade 7 Gold Division Nov-Dec '08 25 words

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  1. foreboding
    a feeling of evil to come
  2. provoke
    provide the needed stimulus for
  3. swank
    imposingly fashionable and elegant
  4. valor
    the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
  5. laud
    praise, glorify, or honor
  6. hysterical
    characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria
  7. prerogative
    a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
  8. conjure
    summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
  9. prodigious
    so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
  10. extrovert
    (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
  11. pique
    a sudden outburst of anger
  12. auspicious
    auguring favorable circumstances and good luck
  13. temerity
    fearless daring
  14. reprimand
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  15. palatable
    acceptable to the taste or mind
  16. chivalry
    the medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct
  17. augur
    predict from an omen
  18. salubrious
    promoting health; healthful
  19. egotist
    a conceited and self-centered person
  20. parse
    analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence)
  21. gregarious
    instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  22. amenity
    pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
  23. dredge
    a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
  24. copious
    large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)
  25. sovereign
    a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right