Wordly Wise 3000 Unit 12

(n) A consequence or result, often a negative one.

• aftermath

• aphorism

• cohort

• enormity

(n) A short statement of truth or principle; an adage.

• aphorism

• catharsis

• cataclysm

• stalemate

(n) A releasing of the emotions, often through the arts, that brings about spiritual renewal or a relieving of tension.

• catharsis

• panacea

• hybrid

• gourmet

(n) 1. A group that is moving or working together.

2. One who assists another, especially in a dubious or criminal activity; an accomplice.

• cohort

• enormity

• odyssey

• partisan

(adj) Deserving blame or censure.

• culpable

• capable

• palatable

• culinary

(adj) Devilish; wicked or evil.

• diabolical

• premeditated

• scurrilous

• innocuous

(n) 1. The state or quality of being monstrous or outrageous.

2. The state or quality of being huge, immense.

• enormity

• catharsis

• odyssey

• posterity

(v) To utter taunting, sarcastic words.

(n) A taunting, scornful remark.

• gibe

• necessitate

• burgeon

• denigrate

(adj) Harmless; unlikely to offend.

• scurrilous

• grandiloquent

• temperate

• manifold

(v) To require; to make necessary.

• necessitate

• gibe

• scourge

• denigrate