Wordly Wise Book 9: Word List 3
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| abdicate | act of renouncing and resigning from a formal office | |
| acme | highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; | |
| alto | lowest female voice or a clef for instruments such as the viola | |
| articulate | 1)jointed, like a dummy; 2)give voice: put into words or an expression; 3)expressing yourself easily | |
| condolence | an expression of sympathy with another's grief; | |
| effervesce | 1) foam: form bubbles; 2)an excitable, bubbly personality | |
| eradicate | eliminate, kill in large numbers; destroy completely, as if down to the roots; | |
| facet | 1)any flat polished surface of a gemstone; 2)grouping of concepts of the same inherent type | |
| fractious | stubbornly resistant to authority or control;unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome; | |
| grotesque | distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; | |
| legendary | so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend | |
| moral | 1)arising from the sense of right and wrong; standards for behavior; 2) the significance of a story or event; lesson to be learned; 3) spiritual rather than physical | |
| partake | 1) have, give, or receive a share of; 2) consume | |
| relegate | 1)refer to another person for decision or judgment; 2)assign to a class or kind; 3)demote: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank, banish, expell; | |
| slapstick | slightly manic but physical comedy that relies on often violent behaviour to elicit laughter. | |
| statutory | required by law (statute); Related to legislation or prescribed in law or regulation | |
| turnkey | the jailor, guy who hold the keys and keeps you in jail | |
| untenable | indefensible: (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified |
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