Rise of the Fire Tamer (The Wordwick Games #1) (18 page)

Ruler Words

1. abate
   : reduce or lesson
   
2. abdicate
   : give up a position
   
3. aberration
   : something unusual, different from the norm
   
4. abhor:
   to really hate
   
5. abstain
   : to refrain from doing something
   
6. adversity
   : hardship, misfortune
   
7. aesthetic
   : pertaining to beauty
   
8. amicable
   : agreeable
   
9. anachronistic
   : out of the context of time, out of date
   
10. arid
    : very dry
    
11. asylum
    : sanctuary, place of safety
    
12. benevolent
    : friendly, helpful
    
13. bias:
    a prejudice towards something or against something
    
14. boisterous:
    enthusiastic, loud
    
15. brazen:
    bold
    
16. brusque:
    short, rude
    
17. camaraderie
    :
    togetherness, trust, group dynamic of trust
    
18. canny:
    careful
    
19. capacious:
    very large, spacious
    
20. capitulate:
    surrender
    
21. clairvoyant:
    can predict the future
    
22. collaborate:
    work together
    
23. compassion:
    sympathy
    
24. compromise:
    meeting in the middle, settling differences
    
25. condescending:
    patronizing
    
26. conditional:
    contingent upon something else, contingent upon
    
27. conformist:
    someone who follows the majority
    
28. convergence:
    coming together
    
29. deleterious:
    harmful
    
30. demagogue:
    rabble-rousing leader
    
31. digression:
    straying from main point
    
32. diligent:
    hard-working, dedicated
    
33. discredit:
    dishonor someone, prove something untrue
    
34. disdain:
    to regard with scorn
    
35. divergent:
    moving apart, going in different directions
    
36. empathy:
    feeling someone else’s feeling
    
37. emulate:
    following someone else's example
    
38. enervating:
    tiring
    
39. ephemeral:
    fleeting, temporary
    
40. evanescent:
    not lasting long
    
41. exemplary:
    outstanding
    
42. extenuating:
    something that makes the situation not as bad
    
43. florid:
    ornate
    
44. forbearance:
    patience, restraint
    
45. fortitude:
    strength
    
46. fortuitous:
    lucky
    
47. foster:
    promote, aid
    
48. fraught:
    filled with
    
49. frugal:
    thrifty
    
50. hackneyed:
    clichéd
    
51. haughty:
    being arrogant, talking down to people
    
52. hedonist:
    person who acts in pursuit of pleasure
    
53. hypothesis:
    unproven theory, educated guess
    
54. impetuous:
    rash, impulsive
    
55. impute:
    to assign or attribute to someone
    
56. inconsequential:
    without consequence, trivial, doesn't matter
    
57. inevitable:
    unavoidable, definitely going to happen
    
58. intrepid:
    fearless
    
59. intuitive:
    knowing something by instinct
    
60. jubilation:
    extreme happiness, joy
    
61. lobbyist:
    person who takes one side or the other, and persuades government officials
    
62. longevity:
    long (particularly long life)
    
63. mundane:
    boring, ordinary
    
64. nonchalant
    : casual, calm, at ease
    
65. opulent
    : wealthy
    
66. orator:
    speaker
    
67. ostentatious:
    flaunting wealth
    
68. parched:
    freed from water, dried up
    
69. perfidious
    : disloyal
    
70. pragmatic:
    practical
    
71. precocious:
    gifted/talented beyond one's years
    
72. pretentious:
    being self important, thinking you are better than others
    
73. procrastinate:
    to delay, often unnecessarily
    
74. prosaic
    : ordinary
    
75. prosperity:
    wealth
    
76. provocative
    : causes a fuss, inflammatory, likely to get people riled up
    
77. prudent
    : careful, wise
    
78. querulous
    : irritable, prone to argument
    
79. rancorous
    : hateful, unpleasant
    
80. reclusive:
    hermit, withdrawn
    
81. reconciliation
    : coming back together after a disagreement
    
82. renovation
    : being new, being redone
    
83. restrained
    : controlled, not free
    
84. reverence
    : deep respect
    
85. sagacity
    : wisdom
    
86. scrutinize
    : to look at carefully
    
87. spontaneous
    : being impulsive, acting without thinking
    
88. spurious
    : false, untrue
    
89. submissive
    : mild, meek
    
90. substantiate
    : to confirm, prove
    
91. subtle
    : shy, small, not showy
    
92. superficial
    : shallow
    
93. superfluous
    : unnecessary, too much
    
94. surreptitious:
    secret
    
95. tactful
    : polite
    
96. tenacious
    : persistent stubborn
    
97. transient
    : temporary, impermanent
    
98. venerable
    : respectable because of its age
    
99. vindicate
    : to free from blame
    

100.
wary
: careful, watchful

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