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2009 - 2010 WordMasters 3rd Challenge 8th Grade 25 words

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  1. dogma
    a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  2. rejuvenate
    make younger or more youthful
  3. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  4. peccadillo
    a petty misdeed
  5. impend
    be imminent or about to happen
  6. crepuscular
    like twilight; dim
  7. maverick
    someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
  8. enervate
    weaken mentally or morally
  9. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
  10. turncoat
    a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
  11. forge
    create by hammering
  12. delectable
    extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
  13. bombast
    pompous or pretentious talk or writing
  14. cosset
    treat with excessive indulgence
  15. rhetorical
    of or relating to rhetoric
  16. qualm
    uneasiness about the fitness of an action
  17. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
  18. somnolent
    inclined to or marked by drowsiness
  19. maxim
    a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
  20. relegate
    assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
  21. imminent
    close in time; about to occur
  22. convention
    the act of convening
  23. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  24. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  25. contrivance
    the faculty of contriving; inventive skill