Wordly Wise Lesson 11 Book 7

• Having to do with farming or agriculture
• Ex.
• Demeter in the goddess of harvest and other agrarian things.

• To grow and expand rapidly; to flourish
• Ex.
• The burgeoning population of Las Vegas puts a strain on the area's resources.

• A sudden and violent change; a catastrophe
• Ex.
• The cataclysm of the Japanese earthquake caused many people to lose their homes.

• Having to do with cooking
• Ex.
• Many people despise the culinary side of life.

• To attack the reputation of; to critisize in a derogatory manner
• Ex.
• The sales man denigrated his competitor's products.

A person who likes fine food and is a good judge of its quality

• Using lofty or pompous speech or expression
• Ex.
• He began in grandiloquent fashion by adressing his listeners as "My fellow toilers in the vineyard of scientific truth."

• 1. The offspring of two animals or plants of different species or varieties
• 2. Anything that is of mixed origin or composition

• Having many different kinds, forms, or parts
• Ex.
• The person's job had manifold parts, with sorting papers to directing subordinates.

Acceptable or pleasing, espescially to the sense of taste

• Something that is supposed to cure all ills or difficulties; a cure-all
• Ex.
• Nuclear power plants were once hailed as the panacea for the world's energy problems.

• Of or pertaining to the common people; common; unrefined
• Ex.
• Although he was from a plebian family, he was well-educated and got to travel to many places.

• (n)
• 1. Something that causes great pain and suffering; a social evil
• (v)
• 2. To punish severely, espescially by whipping; to devastate

A halt in a struggle because both sides are equally strong or neither side will give in; a deadlock

• Mild, moderate, restrained
• Ex.
• Joseph does not like the temperate climates; he prefers the extreme heats of the tropics.

• Inclined or disposed to please
• Ex.
• His complaisant attitude made him well-liked by everyone else.