wordmasters March-April 24 words

a sign of something about to happen

turn on a pivot

something of sentimental value

become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

moving slowly

a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen

raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness

a quarrel about petty points

draw back, as with fear or pain

negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt

make calm or still

(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some

the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements

characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed

a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

turn on or around an axis or a center

having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships