Wordmasters study

denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.

• winnow

• secular

• rile

• pervasive

tread on and crush

• insignia

• cadger

• hovel

• trample

a person who sells small items, either door-to-door or from a stall or small store.

• cull

• huckster

• vanquish

• cadger

spread or cause to spread over a wide area or among a large number of people.

• diffuse

• fodder

• squall

• hovel

remove the fuse from (an explosive device) in order to prevent it from exploding.

• pluck

• defuse

• diffuse

• douse

a small, squalid, unpleasant, or simply constructed dwelling.

• rile

• winnow

• cadger

• hovel

made holy; consecrated.

• hallowed

• fetter

• sacred

• secular

select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources.

• pluck

• provisions

• cull

• trample

with impurities or unwanted elements having been removed by processing.

• sacred

• refined

• constrained

• insignia

pour a liquid over; drench.

• winnow

• squall

• douse

• rile