1. Vocabulary #7

2. antiseptic (adj) preventing infection or decay • anti = against

3. cascade (v) pour; rush; fall

4. deleterious (adj) harmful to health, well-being • de = down • let = little • ous= full of

5. evanescent (adj) vanishing; fleeting • e(f/x) = out

6. gainsay (v) to deny or contradict

7. indulgent (adj) lenient; patient • in = in or not

8. macerate (v) 1. to cause to become soft or separated into constituent elements by or as if by steeping in fluid; 2. to torment • ate = cause

9. ostensible (adj) apparent; declared

10. quiescent (adj) inactive; at rest

11. saturnine (adj) heavy; grave; gloomy • ine = nature of

12. trek (v) to make a journey

13. welter (v) to roll about or wallow

14. condition (n) factor affecting something (the game) • con = together • tion = act or state

15. evaluate (v) to examine and judge something (the game) • e(f/x) = out • val = worth • ate = cause

16. mechanics (n) how something (the game) works • ics = art

17. modify (v) to make small changes to something • fy = make

18. playtesting (v) attempting to play the game to determine strengths and weaknesses of the game, rules, etc.

19. prototype (n) original used as a model • proto = first

20. randomizer • (n) things that make the situation less predictable • ize = make

21. tweak (v) to adjust something slightly