WoW

  WoW stands for the Word of the Week

Sheet Anchor - a person or thing that is very dependable and relied upon in the last resort.

Cacophony - an unpleasant mixture of sounds; harsh noise; discord

Cantankerous - bad tempered and uncooperative

Defy - resist or disobey; challenge or dare

Benevolent - friendly; generous; helpful

Cajole - to deceive by flattery; coax

Chasten - to discipline for the purpose of making better

Desecrate - to treat something usually sacred with disrespect

Digress - to get away from the main subject

Effervescence - full of life and excitement

Emulate - to copy or try to do better

Flaccid - flabby; limp; soft

Forthright - straightforward; direct; without hesitation

Garish - showy; overly decorated

Girth - circumference

Hiatus - a break in continuity; a gap in a series

Abscond - to depart secretly

Affable - easy to talk to; kind and polite

Insipid - without flavor; tasteless

Intermediary - mediator; go-between person

Jaunty - carefree; jolly

Judicious - showing good judgment; wise

Kindle - to light a fire

Laconic - expressed in only a few words

Lucid - clear; readily understood

Magnanimous - great-hearted; nobly generous

Malign - to speak badly of a person; slander

Neophyte - an inexperienced person

Nostalgic - longing for something one has known in the past; homesick

Obliterate - to wipe out; delete

Paltry - worthless

Philanthropy - the love of human-kind

Redolent - full of fragrance

Sonorous - a deep, loud sound

Taciturn - silent; not in the mood to talk

Verbose - containing more words than necessary; wordy

Wily - full of craftiness; sly

Zealot - an enthusiast; especially for a religion, a political party, or a cause