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WordMasters Xixi Zheng

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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chimera

n. a mythological, fire-breathing monster
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dovetail

v. to join or fit together compactly or harmoniously
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obdurate

adj. stubbornly refusing to change opinion or course of action

virtuoso

n. a person highly skilles in artistic pursuit
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abrade

v. to scrape or wear away

crepuscular

adj. of, resembling, or relating to twilight
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advocate

n. a person who supports or recommmends cause of policy
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placate

v. to make someone less angry or hostile
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impregnable

adj. unable to be captured or broken into
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hiatus

n. a puse or gap in a sequence, series, or process
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imbue

v. to inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality
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malleable

adj. easily bendable or influenced
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rasp

n. a harsh, grating noise
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collude

v. to conpire
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pernicious

adj. having a harmful effect, in a gradual, sublte way
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divest

v. to deprive someone of power, rights, possession

mitigate

v. to make less server, serious, or painful

itinerant

adj. traveling from place to place
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dilettante

n. a person who cultivates an interest with no real knowledge
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excise

v. charge extra on goods

incandescent

adj. emitting light after heated; passionate

wrath

n. extreme anger

militate

v. to be a powerful factor in preventing

immutable

adj. unchanging over time; unable to be changed
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citadel

n. a fortress on high ground protecting a city