8th Grade WordMasters I

Tanya S. (United States of America)
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  1. bountiful
    producing in abundance
  2. concord
    a harmonious state of things and of their properties
  3. consensus
    agreement in the judgment reached by a group as a whole
  4. corrosive
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  5. disavow
    refuse to acknowledge
  6. dispel
    cause to separate and go in different directions
  7. fiend
    an evil supernatural being
  8. jettison
    throw away, of something encumbering
  9. oust
    remove from a position or office
  10. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  11. portent
    a sign of something about to happen
  12. premonition
    an early warning about a future event
  13. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
  14. pungent
    strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell
  15. quash
    declare invalid
  16. querulous
    habitually complaining
  17. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  18. schism
    division of a group into opposing factions
  19. shrew
    small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
  20. skinflint
    a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
  21. spawn
    the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or mollusks
  22. sumptuous
    rich and superior in quality
  23. sunder
    break apart or in two, using violence
  24. talisman
    a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil
  25. trenchant
    having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought
Created on Thu Oct 21 09:47:40 EDT 2010

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