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WM Blue List

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

DEARTH

  • —noun
  • lack scarcity and dearness of food; famine.
  • an inadequate supply; scarcity
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GRATIFY

  • —verb
  • to give pleasure to by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings

CHOLERIC

  • —adjective
  • extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible: a choleric disposition.

THRESHOLD

  • noun
  • the sill of a doorway
  • the entrance to a house or building.

WREAK

  • —verb
  • to inflict or execute (punishment, vengeance, etc.)
  • to carry out the promptings of as on a victim or object

STOIC

  • — adjective
  • taught people should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief
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VENDETTA

  • —noun
  • the members of the family of a murder gain vengeance by killing the slayer
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CONDONE

  • verb
  • to disregard or overlook
  • to pardon or forgive (an offense); excuse.
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ROBUST

  • adjective
  • strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous
  • strongly or stoutly built

PANOPLY

  • noun
  • a wide-ranging and impressive array or display: the dazzling panoply of the maharaja's procession
  • a complete suit of armor
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CONFER

  • verb
  • to consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation.

POIGNANT

  • adjective
  • keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.
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METTLE

  • noun
  • courage and fortitude
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WITHHOLD

  • verb
  • to hold back; restrain or check.

VINDICTIVE

  • —adjective
  • disposed or inclined to revenge, vengeful

TRAVESTY

  • — noun
  • a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject
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IMPOSE

  • verb
  • to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.
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PIQUANT

  • adjective
  • agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart
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DIATRIBE

  • noun
  • a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism
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APPEASE

  • verb
  • to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm
  • to satisfy, allay, or relieve, assuage

SUMPTUOUS

  • adjective
  • entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc; costly
  • luxuriously ne or large; lavish; splendid

HEDONIST

  • noun
  • a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self gratification

CASTIGATE

  • verb
  • to criticize or reprimand severely
  • to pnish in order to correct
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OROTUND

  • adjective
  • characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness
  • (talking about voice or speech)
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BRINK

  • noun
  • the edge or margin of a stepp place or of land bordering water
  • any extreme edge; verge
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