Word Master Round # 3 Words
1. skinflint – noun
a. a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means
b. miser – a mean person who is stingy with money
2. cull – verb, noun
a. to select from a group
b. choose; to reduce or control the size of (as a herd) by removal (as by hunting) of especially weaker animals; also : to hunt or kill (animals) as a means of population control
c. something rejected especially as being inferior or worthless
3. prodigal – adjective, noun
a. profuse or wasteful expenditure, lavish, recklessly spendthrift (wasteful spender)
b. yielding abundantly; luxuriant; profuse
c. one who spends or gives lavishly and foolishly; one who has returned after an absence
4. subsidiary – adjective, noun
a. furnishing aid or support; serving to aid, assist, or supplement; secondary in importance
b. company wholly controlled by another; a person or thing who is given aid or assistance
5. thrash – verb, noun
a. to separate the seeds of the husk by beating
b. to beat or strike with a stick or whip; to flog
c. to sail against the winds or tide
d. to defeat; vanquish
e. to swing, beat or strike in a violent manner
f. to go over again and again, to hammer out or forge a plan
g. rock music, heavy metal or punk rock, that is extremely fast and loud
6. deliberate – verb, adjective
a. to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully
b. careful and thorough consideration
c. awareness of the consequences
d. slow, unhurried, and steady as though allowing time for decision on each individual action involved
7. outcome – noun
a. something that follows as a result or consequence
b. aftermath, upshot, impact, verdict
8. disdain – noun, verb
a. a feeling of contempt for someone or something seen as unworthy or inferior, scorn (extreme dislike)
b. to look on with scorn; to treat with haughty contempt
c. to treat or reject as beneath one’s dignity
9. luminous – adjective
a. emitting or reflecting glowing light
b. clear, enlightening (with light or through knowledge)
c. shining, illustrious (famous)
d. bright
10. arsenal – noun
a. a stock of weapons
b. a store or supply
c. government establishment for storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing, guns, ammunition, and other war materials.
11. lambaste – verb
a. to assault violently, beat, whip
b. to attack verbally, to harshly criticize; blame; censure
c. to scold
12. impetuous – adjective
a. to act without consideration, rash, impulsive
b. forceful and violent movement or action (example: water gushing)
13. outbreak – noun
a. a sudden or violent increase
b. a sudden eruption or outburst
c. revolt – an armed uprising against government
14. whet – verb, noun
a. to sharpen by rubbing on or with something ( example: you can sharpen a knife by rubbing it on a stone)
b. to hone
c. to excite or stimulate (examples: appetite or taste buds)
15. frugal – adjective
a. characterized by or reflecting economy in the use of resources; sparing, living without waste, thrifty, meager – not costly
16. wastrel – noun
a. vagabond, tramp, hobo
b. waif
i. a homeless person; especially an orphan child
ii. abandoned young animal
iii. property found (washed up by the sea) that is not claimed
iv. stolen good thrown away by a thief
c. one who wastes; especially one who wastes money
d. a wasteful person; spendthrift ;prodigal
e. an idler or a loafer
17. ponder – verb
a. to weigh in the mind, appraise
b. to think about in a quiet way, reflect on
18. turbulent – adjective
a. causing unrest, violence, or disturbance
b. to show agitation; tempestuous (stormy – as in fighting in a relationship)
c. exhibiting physical turbulence (air)
19. unrest – noun
a. a disturbed or uneasy state; turmoil (confusion, agitation, or commotion)
20. jettison – noun, verb
a. a voluntary sacrifice of cargo to lighten a ship’s load in time of distress
b. to discard (something) as unwanted or burdensome
c. to drop from an aircraft of spacecraft in flight (Apollo 13 clip)
21. boisterous – adjective
a. rough, turbulent, and stormy; violent
b. loud, noisy, lacking restraint or discipline
i. rambunctious, unruly, rowdy
22. eruption – noun
a. A sudden, often violent outburst;
b. an appearance of a rash or blemish on the skin
c. the emergence of a tooth through the gums
d. The release of gas, ash, molten materials, or hot water into the atmosphere or onto the Earth's surface from a volcano or other opening in the Earth's surface.
23. appraise – verb
a. to set a value on; to estimate the amount
b. the evaluate the worth, significance, or status
c. to give and expert judgment on the value
24. vexed – adjective, verb
a. debated or discussed at length
b. to bring trouble, distress, or agitation;
c. to bring physical distress; to irritate or annoy, harass, , puzzle, baffle
d. to shake or toss about
25. tributary – adjective, noun
a. to obtain protection, or to purchase peace (a subject (lower level person) pays the higher ranked lord or king)
b. contributing materials or supplies to a common fund; creating a contribution
c. a ruler or state that makes payments to a conqueror
d. a steam feeding a larger stream or lake