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Word: fester

Definition: rankle; produce irritation or resentment; (of a cut or wound) generate pus or rot; Ex. His insult festered in my mind for days.


More Vocab Words

::: foible - small weakness of character; slight fault; CF. feeble
::: terminus - last stop of railroad; end
::: extrude - force or push out; thrust out; shape (plastic or metal) by forcing through a die
::: acrid - bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterly pungent
::: impassioned - (of speech) filled with passion; fervent
::: arboretum - place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited
::: plume - feather, esp. large or showy one; something that rises into the air (like the shape of a feather); Ex. plume of smoke:
::: brandish - wave around (a weapon); flourish
::: corpulent - very fat; N. corpulence
::: choreography - art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances