1.) dare·dev·il    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (dârdvl) n.  One who is recklessly bold.

adj. Recklessly bold. See Synonyms at adventurous.

daredevil·ry or daredevil·try (-tr) n.

2.) bilk    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (blk) tr.v. bilked, bilk·ing, bilks

a)      To defraud, cheat, or swindle: made millions bilking wealthy clients on art sales.

b)      To evade payment of: bilk one's debts.

c)      To thwart or frustrate: “Fate... may be to a certain extent bilked” (Thomas Carlyle).

d)      To elude.

n. One who cheats.

Obsolete. A hoax or swindle.

3.) in·car·cer·ated    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (n-kärs-rt) tr.v. in·car·cer·at·ed, in·car·cer·at·ing, in·car·cer·ates

a)      To put into jail.

b)      To shut in; confine.

c)      in·carcer·ation n.
in·carcer·ator n.

d)      in·car·cer·at·ed (n-kärs-rtd) adj. Confined or trapped, as a hernia.

4.) in·car·cer·at·ed (n-kärs-rtd) adj. Confined or trapped, as a hernia.  charla·tanic (-tnk) or charla·tani·cal adj. / charla·tan·ism or charla·tan·ry n./ char·la·tan (shärl-tn)
n. A person fraudulently claiming knowledge and skills not possessed.  Charlatan n : a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes [syn: mountebank]

5.) de·bunk    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (d-bngk) tr.v. de·bunked, de·bunk·ing, de·bunks  To expose or ridicule the falseness, sham, or exaggerated claims of: debunk a supposed miracle  rug.  de·bunker n

a)      debunk v : expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims" [syn: expose]

6.) rep·re·hen·si·ble    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (rpr-hns-bl)
adj.   Deserving rebuke or censure; blameworthy. See Synonyms at blameworthy/ repre·hensi·bili·ty or repre·hensi·ble·ness n. / repre·hensi·bly adv.

Reprehensible adj : bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife" [syn: condemnable, criminal, deplorable]

7.) spoils n. spoils  Goods or property seized from a victim after a conflict, especially after a military victory.  Incidental benefits reaped by a winner, especially political patronage enjoyed by a successful party or candidate.

b)      An object of plunder; prey.

c)      Refuse material removed from an excavation.

Archaic. The act of plundering; spoliation.

Phrasal Verb: spoil for : To be eager for: spoiling for a fight.

ex·po·sé    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (ksp-z) n.  1. An exposure or a revelation of something discreditable. 2. A formal exposition of facts.

ex·pose    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (k-spz)
tr.v. ex·posed, ex·pos·ing, ex·pos·es

1.  
   1. To subject or allow to be subjected to an action, influence, or condition: exposed themselves to disease; exposed their children to classical music.
   2. To subject (a photographic film, for example) to the action of light.
   3. To deprive of shelter or protection; lay open to danger or harm: troops that were exposed to gunfire.
2. To make visible: Cleaning exposed the grain of the wood. See Synonyms at show.
3.  
   1. To make known (something discreditable).
   2. To reveal the guilt or wrongdoing of: expose a criminal.
4. To engage in indecent exposure of (oneself).

8.) ex·poser n.Main Entry: ex·pose Pronunciation: ik-'spOz Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: ex·posed; ex·pos·ing
1 : to make liable to or accessible to something (as a disease or environmental conditions) that may have a detrimental effect <children exposed to diphtheria>
2 : to lay open to view: as a : to conduct (oneself) as an exhibitionist b : to reveal (a bodily part) especially by dissection

9.) way·lay    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (wl) tr.v. way·laid, (-ld) way·lay·ing, way·lays  To lie in wait for and attack from ambush. See Synonyms at ambush.  To accost or intercept unexpectedly.  waylayer n.

10.) ca·ve·at    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (kv-t, kv-, käv-ät) n. A warning or caution: “A final caveat: Most experts feel that clients get unsatisfactory results when they don't specify clearly what they want” (Savvy).  A qualification or explanation.

1. Law. A formal notice filed by an interested party with a court or officer, requesting the postponement of a proceeding until the filer is heard.

v. ca·ve·at·ed, or ca·ve·at·ted ca·ve·at·ing, or ca·ve·at·ting ca·ve·ats or ca·ve·ats
v. intr. Law  To enter a caveat.

v. tr. Informal  To qualify with a warning or clarification: The spokesperson caveated the statement with a reminder that certain facts were still unknown.

Main Entry: ca·ve·at
Pronunciation: 'ka-vE-"ät, -"at; 'kä-vE-"ät, 'kA-vE-"at
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, may he/she beware
1 a : a warning enjoining one from certain acts or practices b : an explanation to prevent a misinterpretation
2 : a notice to a court or judicial officer to suspend a proceeding until the opposition can be heard <a caveat entered in the probate court to stop the proving of the will> —caveat verb

11.) sub·ju·gate    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (sbj-gt) tr.v. sub·ju·gat·ed, sub·ju·gat·ing, sub·ju·gates  To bring under control; conquer. See Synonyms at defeat.  To make subservient; enslave.

subju·gation n. / subju·gator n.

subjugate v 1: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" [syn: repress, quash, keep down, subdue, reduce] 2: make subservient; force to submit or subdue [syn: subject]

12. au·da·cious    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (ô-dshs) adj.  Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold. See Synonyms at adventurous. See Synonyms at brave.  Unrestrained by convention or propriety; insolent.  Spirited and original: an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas.

au·dacious·ly adv. / au·dacious·ness n.

audacious adj 1: invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers" [syn: brave, dauntless, fearless, intrepid, unfearing] 2: unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bold-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell [syn: barefaced, bodacious, bold-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent] 3: disposed to venture or take risks; "audacious visions of the total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"; "a venturesome investor"; "a venturous spirit" [syn: daring, venturesome, venturous]

13. ode    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (d) n.  A lyric poem of some length, usually of a serious or meditative nature and having an elevated style and formal stanzaic structure.

1. A choric song of classical Greece, often accompanied by a dance and performed at a public festival or as part of a drama.
2. A classical Greek poem modeled on the choric ode and usually having a three-part structure consisting of a strophe, an antistrophe, and an epode.

odic (dk) adj.

-ode suff.  Way; path: electrode.  Electrode: dynode.

ode n : a lyric poem with complex stanza forms

14.) com·man·deer    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (kmn-dîr) tr.v. com·man·deered, com·man·deer·ing, com·man·deers  To force into military service. To seize for military use; confiscate.  To take arbitrarily or by force. See Synonyms at appropriate.

Commandeer v : take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami" [syn: hijack, highjack, pirate]

15.) scath·ing    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (skthng) adj.  Bitterly denunciatory; harshly critical: “a scathing tract on the uselessness of war” (Pierre Brodin).  Harmful or painful; injurious.

 scathing·ly adv.

Scathing adj : marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing" [syn: blistering, scalding, vituperative]

16.) graft¹    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (grft) v. graft·ed, graft·ing, grafts
v. tr. To unite (a shoot or bud) with a growing plant by insertion or by placing in close contact.  To join (a plant or plants) by such union.  To transplant or implant (living tissue, for example) surgically into a bodily part to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect. To join or unite closely: graft new customs onto old.

v. intr. To make a graft. To be or become joined.

n. A detached shoot or bud united or to be united with a growing plant.

The union or point of union of a detached shoot or bud with a growing plant by insertion or attachment.

A plant produced by such union.

1. Material, especially living tissue or an organ, surgically attached to or inserted into a bodily part to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect.
2. The procedure of implanting or transplanting such material.
3. The configuration or condition resulting from such a procedure.

grafter n.

17.) in·fil·trate    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (n-fltrt, nfl-) . in·fil·trat·ed, in·fil·trat·ing, in·fil·trates v tr. To pass (troops, for example) surreptitiously into enemy-held territory.

a)      To penetrate with hostile intent: infiltrate enemy lines; terrorists that had infiltrated the country. To enter or take up positions in gradually or surreptitiously, as for purposes of espionage or takeover: infiltrated key government agencies with spies.

b)      To cause (a liquid, for example) to permeate a substance by passing through its interstices or pores.

c)      To permeate (a porous substance) with a liquid or gas.

v. intr. To gain entrance gradually or surreptitiously.

n. One that infiltrates, especially an abnormal substance that accumulates gradually in cells or body tissues.

in·filtra·tive (-tr-tv) adj. /in-filtra·tor n./ in·fil·trate (n-fltrt, nfl-)
v. in·fil·trat·ed, in·fil·trat·ing, in·fil·trates

1. To cause a liquid to permeate a substance by passing through its interstices or pores.
2. To permeate a porous substance with a liquid or gas.

n.  An abnormal substance that accumulates gradually in cells or body tissues.

Main Entry: ¹in·fil·trate Pronunciation: in-'fil-"trAt, 'in-(") Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -trat·ed; -trat·ing transitive senses
1 : to cause (as a liquid) to permeate something by penetrating its pores or interstices <infiltrate tissue with a local anesthetic>
2 : to pass into or through (a substance) by filtering or permeating infiltrate intransitive senses
: to enter, permeate, or pass through a substance or area

18.) du·bi·ous    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (db-s, dy-) adj.

a)      Fraught with uncertainty or doubt; undecided.

b)      Arousing doubt; doubtful: a dubious distinction.

c)      Of questionable character: dubious profits.

dubi·ous·ly adv. / dubi·ous·ness n.

dubious adj 1: fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"; "dubious about agreeing to go" [syn: doubtful] 2: open to doubt or suspicion; "the candidate's doubtful past"; "he has a dubious record indeed"; "what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false"; "it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney [syn: doubtful, dubitable, in question(p)] 3: not convinced; "they admitted the force of my argument but remained dubious"

19.) shrine    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (shrn) n.  A container or receptacle for sacred relics; a reliquary.  

a)      The tomb of a venerated person, such as a saint.  

b)      A place at which devotion is paid to a venerated person.  

c)      A site hallowed by a venerated object or its associations: Independence Hall, shrine of American liberty.

tr.v. shrined, shrin·ing, shrines To enshrine.

Shrine n : a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person v : enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral" [syn: enshrine]

20.) com·mem·o·rate    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (k-mm-rt) tr.v. com·mem·o·rat·ed, com·mem·o·rat·ing, com·mem·o·rates

a)      To honor the memory of with a ceremony. See Synonyms at observe.

b)      To serve as a memorial to.

com·memo·rator n.

commemorate v 1: mark by some ceremony or observation; "We marked the anniversary of his death" [syn: mark] 2: call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony; "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War" [syn: remember] 3: be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" [syn: memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise, record]

21.) fet·ter    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (ftr) n.

a)      A chain or shackle for the ankles or feet.

b)      Something that serves to restrict; a restraint.

tr.v. fet·tered, fet·ter·ing, fet·ters

a)      To put fetters on; shackle.

b)      To restrict the freedom of. See Synonyms at hamper¹.

Fettered adj : bound by chains fastened around the ankles [syn: in bonds(p), in fetters(p), shackled]

22.) ep·i·thet    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (p-tht