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| bounty | 1. noun – a premium or reward. This is sometimes offered by a government. 2. noun – a generous gift. 3. |
| embark | 1. verb – to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey. 2. 2. verb – to start an enterprise or business. 3. 3. verb – to put or receive on board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle. 4. verb – to involve someone in an enterprise. 5. verb – to venture or invest something into a business. |
| celestial | 1. adjective – pertaining to the sky or visible heaven. 2. pertaining to the spiritual or invisible heaven; heavenly; divine. 3. of or pertaining to celestial navigation. 4. of or pertaining to the former Chinese Empire or the Chinese people. 5. noun – an inhabitant of heaven. 6. a citizen of the Celestial Empire |
| homage | 1. noun – respect or reverence paid or rendered 2. noun – the formal public acknowledgement by which a feudal tenant or vassal declared himself to be the man or vassal of his lord, owing him fealty and service. 3. noun – the relation established of a vassal to his lord. 4. noun – something done or given in acknowledgement or consideration of the worth of another. |
| alight | 1. verb - to dismount from a horse; to descend from a vehicle 2. verb - to settle or stay after descending 3. verb - to encounter or notice something accidentally 4. adverb-provided with light; lighted up 5. adjective - on fire; burning |
| scant | 1. adjective - barely sufficient in amount or quantity 2. adjective - limited; meager; not large 3. verb- to make scant; diminish 4. adjective - inadequately supplied; short 5. verb - to deal with or treat inadequately; slight 6. verb - to limit in amount or share; stint |
| decorum | 1. Noun - Dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress 2. Noun - The quality or state of being decorous; orderliness; regularly. |
| scour | 1. verb - To dirt, grease, ECT., from or to cleanse or polish by hard rubbing, as with a rough or abrasive material. 2. verb - To clear or dig out (a channel, drain, ect.) as by the force of water, by removing debris 3. verb - To purge thoroughly, as an animal. |
| terrestrial | 1. adjective - pertaining to, consisting of, or representing the earth as distinct from other planets. 2. adjective - of or pertaining to land as distinct from water. 3. adjective – growing on land; not aquatic. 4. adjective – growing in the ground; not epiphytic or aerial. 5. noun - an inhabitant of earth, esp. a human being. |
| meteor | 1. noun – a meteoroid has entered the earth’s atmosphere 2. noun – a shooting star 3. noun - any person or object that moves, progresses, becomes famous, with spectacular speed |
| ignite | 1. verb – to set on fire; kindle 2. verb – to heat intensely; roast 3. verb – to take fire; begin to burn |
| crude | 1. adj. – in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural. 2. adj. – lacking in intellectual subtlety, perceptivity, etc.; rudimentary; undeveloped. 3. adj. – lacking finish, polish, or completeness. 4. adj. – lacking culture, refinement, tact. 5. adj. – unripe; not mature. |
| eddy | 1. noun - A current at variance with the main current in a stream of liquid or gas, esp. one having a rotary or whirling motion 2. noun - a small whirlpool 3. noun - any similar current, as of air, dust, or fog. 4. noun - a current or trend, as of opinion or events, running counter to the main current. |
| churn | 1. noun - a container or machine in which cream or milk is agitated to make butter. 2. noun - any of various containers or machines similar in shape or action to a butter churn, as a device for mixing beverages. 3. noun - a large milk can. 4. noun - an act of churning stocks by a stockbroker. |
| translucent | 1. Adj. - Allowing radiation (most commonly light) to pass through, but causing diffusion. Frosted glass, for example, is translucent to visible light. Compare it to transparent. 2. Adj. - To shine through; Trans through 3. Adj. - Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen; partially transparent. 4. Adj. - Allowing light to pass through |
| scarcity | 1. Noun - Insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth 2. Noun - rarity; infrequency. 3. Noun - Insufficiency of amount or supply; shortage 4. Noun - an infrequency of occurrence of something |
| agitate | 1. verb – to move or force into violent 2. verb – to shake or move briskly 3. verb – to move to and fro; impart regular motion to. 4. verb – to disturb or excite emotionally; arouse; perturb. |
| reverent | 1. adjective – feeling or exhibiting, deeply respectful behavior |
| fracas | 1. Noun - a noisy, disorderly disturbance or fight |
| instigate | 1.Verb - twisted in a violent manner; distorted 2.Verb - To urge, provoke, or incite to some action or course |
| opaque | 1. adjective – not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light; not allowing light to pass through. 2. adjective – not transmitting radiation, sound, heat, etc. |
| satire | 1. noun – the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, 2. noun – a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision or ridicule. 3. noun - a literary genre comprising such compositions. |
| refine | 1. verb – to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities 2. verb – to purify from what is coarse, vulgar, or debasing; make elegant or cultured 3. verb – to bring to a finer state or form by purifying 4. verb – to make more fine, subtle, or precise |
| sheer | 1. adjective – transparently thin 2. adjective – unmixed with anything else 3. adjective – unqualified; utter sheer nonsense 4. adjective – extending down or up very steeply; almost completely vertical 5. adjective – bright; shining 6. verb – to deviate from a course, as a ship; |
| caricature | 1. noun – a picture, description, that exaggerates the peculiarities or defects of persons or things. 2. noun – the art or process of producing such pictures, descriptions 3. noun – any imitation or copy so distorted or inferior as to be ludicrous. |
