Word Power Words Final

perennial

Time and time again; occurring year after year (adj.)

bilateral

Two-sides (adj.)

sesquicentennial

150th anniversary (n.)

tricentennial

300th anniversary (n.)

chronometer

Accurate timepiece 'measurer of time' (n.)

extrovert

One with an outgoing personality (n.)

expedite

To get (something) done without delay (v.)

sesquipedalianism

Practice of using words 'a foot and a half long' (n.)

impede

To put obstacles in the way of (v.)

sinecure

Job with little responsibility and good pay (n.)

introvert

One whose personality is turned inward (n.)

explicit

Expressed clearly and directly (adj.)

implicit

Expressed indirectly (adj.)

bilingual

Fluent in two languages (adj.)

trisect

To cut into three, usually equal, parts (v.)

tripod

A three-legged stand (n.)

centenarian

Person who has reached the age of 100 (n.)

podiatrist

Foot doctor (n.)

pentagon

Figure with five angles or sides (n.)

octagon

Figure with eight angles or sides (n.)

decagon

Figure with ten angles or sides (n.)

decade

Ten-year period (n.)

octet

A composition for eight musicians (n.)

chirography

Handwriting (n.)

septuagenarian

Seventy-year-old person (n.)

octogenarian

Eighty-year-old person (n.)

nonagenarian

Ninety-year-old person (n.)

dejected

Cast down in spirits (adj.)

sedentary

Requiring, or involved in, sitting (adj.)

eject

To throw out (v.)

inject

To get (words) in (v.)

reject

To refuse to accept; to throw back (v.)

sedate

Serious, proper, dignified (adj.)

supersede

To take the place of; to make (a previous law, plan, etc.) no longer operative (v.)

obsession

An intense preoccupation; something constantly on one's mind (n.)

nihilism

Philosophy that all is for nothing, that nothing has any value (n.)

pedestrian

Descriptive of writing, language, or style that is slow, labored, dull, etc. (adj.)

subside

To become reduced in force or intensity (v.)

assiduous

Steadily and diligently applying oneself to a task (adj.)

annihilate

To destroy completely (v.)

insidious

Working subtly for evil purposes; suddenly springing a trap (adj.)

sensuous

Responding pleasurably to stimulation of the senses (adj.)

presentiment

A feeling that something is about to happen (n.)

dissent

To express feelings or opinions contrary to those expressed by the majority (v.)

assent

To agree (v.)

sentient

Capable of feeling (adj.)

Resentful

Feeling hurt, angry, offended, etc.

sensory

Pertaining or referring to five senses (adj.)

sentimental

Romantic or tender feelings (adj.)

dissension

Friction, discord, or conflict in feelings within a group (n.)

exurbanite

One who lives beyond the suburbs of a city and commutes to work in the city (n.)

intramural

Within the walls of an institution (adj.)

muralist

One who paints pictures on walls (n.)

insensible

Without feelings; unconscious; indifferent (adj.)

urbane

Polished, cultured, suave (adj.)

consensus

General agreement in feelings or opinions (n.)

introspect

To look into one's own mind (v.)

sensual

Causing, addicted to, or indulging in erotic or sexual feelings (adj.)

extramural

Outside the walls of an institution (adj.)

extrasensory

Beyond the ordinary means of perception through the five senses (adj.)

intravenous

Directly into the veins (adj.)

immure

To imprison behind walls; to seclude (oneself) as if behind walls (v.)

circumfluent

Surrounding; flowing around (adj.)

refluent

Flowing back (adj.)

reflux

A backflow (n.)

confluent

Flowing together (adj.)

influx

An airflow (n.)

effluent

Flowing out (adj.)

efflux

An outflow (n.)

effluvium

A noxious, harmful, evil, malodorous, etc. Outflow (n.)

affluent

Wealthy (adj.)

fluctuate

To flow and ebb; to change continually (v.)

bibliophile

Book collector (n.)

pejorative

A word showing disapproval, contempt, etc. (n.)

sophisticated

Wise in the ways of the world (adj.)

philanthropist

One who tries to benefit mankind (n.)

misanthropist (or misanthrope)

People-hater (n.)

misogynist

Woman-hater (n.)

millennium

A time when peace and harmony will prevail, perhaps 1,000 years from now (n.)

sophistry

Ingenious but fake reasoning (n.)

sophomoric

Naïve, foolish, and opinionated but trying (unsuccessfully) to sound wise and mature (adj.)

confidant (or confidante)

Person with whom one shares secrets (n.)

bona fide

In good faith (adj.)

perfidy (or perfidiousness)

Deliberate, malicious disloyalty (n.)

diffident

Lacking self-confidence

polytheism

Worship of many gods (n.)

polyglot

Made up of a diverse ethnic population speaking many languages (adj.)

atheist

One who does not believe in God (n.)

theology

Study of God and religion (n.)

infidelity

Disloyalty to the marriage vows (n.)

cloistered

Sheltered; protected from the seamy side of life (adj.)

exclude

To shut out (v.)

claustrophobia

Morbid dread of confined places (n.)

agoraphobia

Morbid dread of wide-open spaces (n.)

acrophobia

Morbid dread of heights (n.)

preclude

To prevent; to close off the possibility of something happening (v.)

recluse

One who withdraws from the world and lives alone (n.)

seclude

To shut off from contact with others (v.)

phobic

Tending to have morbid or irrational fears (adj.)

monotheism

Belief in one God (n.)