WORDMASTERS YELLOW LIST

Pluck

• to pull off
• to pull out from the place
• (verb)

Wrest

• —verb (used with object) to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.

Brazen

• — adjective made of brass. like brass, as in sound, color, or strength.

harridan

• —noun a scolding, vicious woman; hag; shrew.

Encumber

• —verb to impede or hinder; hamper; retard: Red tape encumbers all our attempts at action.

wan

• —adjective of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color: His wan face suddenly flushed.

ploy

• —noun a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.

jostle

• —verb to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.

stringent

• —adjective rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe: stringent laws.

catastrophe

• —noun a sudden and widespread disaster: the catastrophe of war.

nettle

• —noun any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Compare nettle family.

ostenatious

• —adjective characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.

glut

• —verb (used with object), glut·ted, glut·ting. to feed or fill to satiety; sate: to glut the appetite.

incense

• —noun an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.

severe

• — adjective, se·ver·er, se·ver·est. harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.

precipice

• —noun a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face.

retaliate

• — verb to return like for like, especially evil for evil: to retaliate for an injury.

peevish

• —adjective cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent

verge

• —noun the edge, rim, or margin of something: the verge of a desert; to operate on the verge of fraud.

rehabilitate

• —verb to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.

pacific

• —adjective tending to make or preserve peace; conciliatory: pacific overtures.

toady

• —noun, plural toad·ies. an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.

endow

• — verb (used with object) to provide with a permanent fund or source of income

obsequoius

• —adjective characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference

rectify

• —verb (used with object), rec·ti·fied, rec·ti·fy·ing. to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.