abase

abash

abate

abbreviate

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abdicate

aberrant

aberration

abet

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abeyance

abhor

abide

abject

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abjure

ablution

abnegation

abode

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abolish

abominable

abominate

aboriginal

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abortive

abrasive

abridge

abrogate

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abscission

abscond

absolute

absolve

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abstain

abstemious

abstinence

abstract

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shorten

subside or moderate

embarrass

lower; degrade; humiliate; make

humble; make (oneself) lose
self-respect

assist usually in doing something

deviation from the normal; mental

wrong; encourage

disorder

(of a condition) wretched; as low as

dwell; abide by: comply with; put up

possible; lacking pride; very humble;

with; tolerate; Ex. abide by the rules; Ex.

showing lack of self-respect; Ex. abject

I can't abide rude people.

abnormal or deviant

renounce; give up (position, right, or

responsibility)

detest; hate

suspended action

washing

renounce upon oath

loathe; hate

detestable; extremely unpleasant

cancel; put an end to

abolish

condense or shorten

rubbing away; tending to grind down

unsuccessful; fruitless

pardon (an offense)

complete; totally unlimited; having

depart secretly and hide

cutting off; separation

apology

dwelling place; home

renunciation; self-sacrifice;
self-abnegation

being the first of its kind in a region;

primitive; native; indigenous; N.
aborigine

complete power; certain; not relative;

Ex. absolute honesty/ruler; CF.
absolutism

theoretical; not concrete;

restraint from pleasant things, esp.

sparing in eating and drinking;

refrain; withhold from participation;

nonrepresentational

eating or drinking; CF. abstention: act of

temperate

intentionally not use one's vote;

abstaining from vote

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abusive

abut

abysmal

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abyss

academic

accede

accelerate

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accessible

accessory

acclaim

acclimate

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acclivity

accolade

accommodate

accomplice

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accord

accost

accoutre

accretion

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accrue

acerbity

acetic

acidulous

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acknowledge

acme

acne

acoustics

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acquiesce

acquittal

acrid

acrimonious

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bottomless

border upon; adjoin

coarsely insulting; physically harmful

obscure; profound; difficult to

understand

move faster

agree

related to a school; not practical or

enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit

directly useful

applaud; praise; greet with great

adjust to climate or environment; adapt

approval; announce with great approval;

additional object; useful but not

Ex. The new drung has been acclaimed

essential thing

easy to approach; obtainable

as the most important discoveries for

years; N: strong expression of approval
and praise

partner in crime

oblige or help someone; adjust or bring

award of merit; strong praise and

into harmony; adapt; make enough

approval

sharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivity

space for; ADJ. accommodative; CF.

accomodating: helpful and obliging

growth or increase in size by gradual

equip; N. accoutrement

approach and speak first to a person

agreement

vinegary

bitterness of speech and temper; ADJ.

come to one as a gain; accumulate over

addition; growth; increase; increase by

natural growth; Ex. towers and other
accretions of the castle; V. accrete

slightly sour (in taste or manner); sharp;

caustic

acerbic: bitter; acrid (in taste, manner,

time; come about by addition; Ex.

or tone)

benefits that accrue from scientific

research; Ex. interest accruing in a bank
account; N. accrual

science of sound; quality that makes a

skin disease (on the face)

peak; pinnacle; highest point

recognize; admit

stinging; caustic; bitter in words or

bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp;

deliverance from a charge; V. acquit:

assent; agree passively; comply without

manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-natured

bitterly pungent

free from a charge or accusation;

protest

room easy or hard to hear in

animosity in speech or behavior

discharge from a duty; conduct (oneself)

in a specified manner

acrophobia

actuarial

actuary

actuate

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acuity

acumen

acute

adage

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adamant

adapt

addendum

addiction

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addle

address

adept

adhere

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adherent

adjacent

adjoin

adjourn

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adjunct

adjuration

adjutant

admonish

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adore

adorn

adroit

adulation

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adulterate

advent

adventitious

adversary

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motivate; activate; cause to act

wise saying; proverb

someone who advises insurance

calculating; pertaining to insurance

companies

statistics

fear of heights

(of the senses) sharp; quickly

mental keenness; sharpness of

sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or

perceptive; keen; penetrating; brief and

judgment; ability to judge quickly and

hearing)

severe; Ex. acute sense of

well; Ex. business acumen

smell/analysis/pain

compulsive habitual need

addition; appendix to book; something

make or become suitable for a specific

that is added (as at the end of a speech

use; alter; modify; adjust; N. adaptation:

or book)

act of adapting; composition recast into

hard; inflexible

a new form; Ex. The play is an adaption

of a short novel.

stick fast; be a devotd follower; N.

expert at; very skilled

adhesion: adhering; devotion; loyality

direct a speech to; speak to; deal with

make or become confused; muddle;

or discuss; direct one's efforts or

drive crazy; become rotten (egg)

attention to; make with a destination; N:

formal speech

suspend until a later time; move from

be next to

adjoining; neighboring; close by

supporter; follower

warn or speak to with gentle

staff officer assisting the commander;

solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat

something attached to but holding an

disapproval; reprove

assistant

earnestly; enjoin solemnly

inferior position

flattery; admiration that is more than is

skillful (in using mind or hand)

decorate

love deeply and respect highly

accidental; casual; happening by

arrival

one place to another

necessary or deserved

opponent; enemy

chance

make impure or of poorer quality by

adding inferior or tainted(contaminated)
substances

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adversity

advert

advocacy

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advocate

aegis

aerie(aery,eyrie,eyry)

aesthetic

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affable

affected

affidavit

affiliation

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affinity

affirmation

affliction

affluence

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affront

afterlife

agape

agenda

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agglomeration

aggrandize

aggregate

aghast

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agility

agitate

agnostic

agog

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agrarian

airy

alacrity

alchemy

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support; active pleading on behalf of

refer

someone or something

artistic; dealing with or capable of

nest of a large bird of prey

great hardship or affliction; misfortune;

going against; opposing; unfavorable;

calamitous event

hostile

shield; protection; defense

speak in favor of; support (an idea or

appreciating the beautiful (of a person

plan); urge; plead for

or building); CF. aesthete; CF.

aesthetics

joining; associating with

written statement made under oath (for

artificial; pretended

use as proof in a court of law)

abundance; wealth

easily approachable; easy to talk to;

warmly friendly

state of distress; trial; cause of distress

positive assertion; confirmation; solemn

feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong

or suffering; V. afflict: inflict grievous

pledge by one who refuses to take an

affinity for her; Ex. many affinities

suffering on

oath; V. affirm; ADJ. affirmative; CF.

between two languages

affirmative action: positive

discrimination

items of business at a meeting

openmouthed

life after death; later part of one's life

insult; offense; intentional act of

disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings
of intentionally

filled with great surprise or fear; horrified

highly excited; intensely curious

sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass

make greater; increase in power,

collection; heap; V. agglomerate: gather

or whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex.

wealth, rank, or honor; N.

into a rounded mass; N. aggolmeate:

aggregate 100 dollars

aggrandizement

jumbled mass; heap

one who is skeptical of the existence or

stir up; disturb

nimbleness; ability to move quickly

of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial;

pertaining to land or its cultivation; Ex.

unreal

agrarian reform

knowability of a god or any ultimate

reality

medieval chemistry

cheerful promptness without reluctance

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alias

alienate

alimentary

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alimony

allay

allege

allegiance

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allegory

alleviate

alliteration

allocate

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alloy

allude

allure

alluvial

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alms

aloft

aloof

altercation

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altruistic

amalgam

amalgamate

amass

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amazon

ambidextrous

ambience

ambiguous

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ambivalence

amble

ambrosia

ambulatory

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supplying nourishment

loyalty

make unfriendly or hostile; estrange;

an assumed name esp. by a criminal

separate; change the ownership of

(usually to mislead people); ADV. alias

state without proof

calm; pacify

nook; recess

payments made regularly to an

ex-spouse after divorce

assign; set apart for a particular

repetition of beginning sound in poetry

relieve (pain)

purpose

pertaining to soil deposits left by running

story, play, or picture in which

characters are used as symbols; fable

entice; attract; tempt

water

refer indirectly; N. allusion: indirect

mixture as of metals; something added

reference

that lowers in value or purity; V: mix;

make less pure; lower in value or
quality; spoil;

noisy quarrel

apart; not open in one's relationship with

upward; high up in the air

money or goods given to the poor

unselfishly generous; concerned for

other people; reserved; ADV.

collect (gradually, in a very large

(of societies or groups) combine; unite

combination of different things; mixture

amount)

in one body

of metals (containing mercury) used for

others; N. altiruism: unselfish concern

filling holes in teeth

for the welfare of others; unselfishness;

OP. egoism

unclear or doubtful in meaning; having

more than one possible interpretation

environment; atmosphere; Ex.

capable of using either hand with equal

restraurant with a pleasant ambience;

ease

female warrior

ADJ. ambient: completely surrounding;

Ex. ambient temperature

able to walk

food of the gods

walking at an easy unhurried pace; V:

the state of having contradictory or

walk slowly and aimlessly

conflicting emotional attitudes or

opinions

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ameliorate

amenable

amend

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amenities

amiable

amicable

amiss

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amity

amnesia

amnesty

amok(amuck)

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amoral

amorous

amorphous

amphibian

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amphitheater

ample

amplify

amputate

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amulet

anachronism

analgesia

analgesic

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analogous

analogy

anarchist

anarchy

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anathema

ancestry

anchor

ancillary

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correct; change ; generally for the better

obedient; compliant; readily managed;

improve

act of lying in wait to attack by surprise;

responsive; willing to be led;

sudden attack made from a concealed

answerable or accountable legally;

position; Ex. lie in ambush; V.

responsible; able to be tested by

wrong; faulty; Ex. something amiss;

peaceful; politely friendly; not

ADV.

quarrelsome; Ex. amicable settlement

in a state of rage; Ex. run amok

pardon (allowed by government to

agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly

life pleasant; social courtesies

loss of memory

political criminals)

able to live both on land and in water; N.

cut off part of body; prune (a limb)

causing insensitivity to pain; N.

formless; lacking shape or definition

convenient features that helps to make

friendship; peaceful relationship as

between nations

moved by sexual love; loving; of sexual

nonmoral; having no understanding of

love; Ex. amorous advances

right and wrong

increase in size or effect; expand;

enough; abundant; spacious; large in

oval building with tiers of seats; CF.

broaden or clarify by expanding;

size; Ex. ample opportunity/garden; N.

arena

intensify; make stronger; Ex. amplify

amplitude: quality of being ample;

one's remarks with a graph

abundance; largeness of space

condition of being unable to feel pain

an error involving time in a story;

charm; talisman; an object worn

something or someone misplaced in

believed to protect against evil, bad luck

time; ADJ. anachronistic

absence of governing body; state of

person who seeks to overturn the

similarity; parallelism; comparing two

disorder

established government; advocate of

similar things

comparable; similar

abolishing authority

serving as an aid or accessory;

secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in

auxiliary; N.

place; N. anchorage

family descent; ADJ. ancestral

solemn curse; someone or something

regarded as a curse; V. anathematize

anecdote

anemia

anesthetic

anguish

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angular

animadversion

animated

animosity

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animus

annals

anneal

annex

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annihilate

annotate

annuity

annul

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anodyne

anoint

anomalous

anomaly

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anonymity

antagonism

antecede

antecedents

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antediluvian

anthem

anthology

anthropoid

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anthropologist

anthropomorphic

anticlimax

antidote

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acute pain; extreme suffering

substance that removes sensation with

condition in which blood lacks red

short story of an amusing or interesting

or without loss of consciousness; N.

corpuscles; ADJ. anemic

event

anesthesia

active enmity

lively; spirited

critical remark; V. animadvert: comment

sharp-cornered; having an angle; not

critically with disapproval

rounded (body); bony; lean; gaunt; stiff

in manner

attach; add to a large thing; take

reduce brittleness and improve

possession of; incorporate (territory)

toughness by heating and cooling

into a larger existing political unit (by

(metal or glass)

records arranged in yearly parts; history

hostile feeling or intent; animosity;

hostility; disposition

force); N: building added to a large one

make void

yearly allowance

comment; make explanatory notes

destroy

irregularity

abnormal; irregular

consecrate; put oil on (in a religious

drug that relieves pain or trouble;

ceremony)

opiate; ADJ. Ex. anodyne statement

hostility; active opposition; V.

preceding events that influence what

precede

antagonize: cause to become an

state of being nameless;

comes later; ancestors or early

enemy; N. antagonist: person who is

anonymousness; ADJ. anonymous

background

opposed to another; opponent;

adversary; principal character in
oppostion to the protagonist

manlike; resembling a human being; N.

book of literary selections by various

song of praise or patriotism; Ex. national

authors; CF. omnibus

anthem

having human form or characteristics

remedy to counteract a poison or

letdown in thought or emotion;

disease; Ex. antidote to the economic

something unexciting, ordinary, or

troubles

disappointing coming after something

important or exciting

antiquated; extremely ancient

student of the history and science of

humankind

antipathy

antiquated

antique

antiquity

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antiseptic

antithesis

antler

anvil

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apathy

ape

aperture

apex

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aphasia

aphorism

apiarist

apiary

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apiculture

aplomb

apocalyptic

apocryphal

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apogee

apolitical

apologist

apoplexy

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apostate

apothecary

apothegm(apophthegm)

apotheosis

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appall

apparent

apparition

appease

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quality of being very old; ancient times;

made in an earlier period and usu.

obsolete; old-fashioned; outdated

aversion; dislike or opposition

contrast; direct opposite of or to; ADJ.

substance that prevents infection in a

antithetic or antithetical

wound; ADJ.

opening; hole; adjustable opening in a

imitate or mimic (a person's behavior or

lack of caring; indifference; lack of

camera that limits the amount of light

manner)

concern or interest in important matters;

valuable; N: object that was made in an

earlier period and that is rare or
valuable

iron block used in hammering out

bony growth on the head of a deer

metals

tip; summit; climax; highest point

Ex. He was sunk in apathy after his

failure; ADJ. apathetic

a place where bees are kept

(of a story) widely believed but untrue

person who keeps bees

pithy maxim or saying; ADJ. aphoristic

loss of speech due to injury or illness

prophetic; pertaining to revelations

poise; composure in difficult situations;

bee-keeping

especially of disaster; N. apocalypse

assurance; self-confidence

stroke; loss of consciousness caused by one who writes in defense of a cause or

having an aversion or lack of concern

highest point; the point farthest from the

too much blood in the brain

institution; N. apologia

for political affairs

earth; OP. perigee

elevation to godhood; an ideal example

pithy, compact saying

druggist; pharmacist

one who abandons his religious faith or

of something

pacify or soothe; Ex. appease a crying

baby; N. appeasement

political beliefs; N. apostasy

ghost; phantom

evident; easily seen or understood;

appearing as such; Ex. apparent
improvement

dismay; shock deeply

appellation

append

application

apposite

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appraise

appreciate

apprehend

apprehensive

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apprise

approbation

appropriate

appurtenances

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apropos

aptitude

aquiline

arable

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arbiter

arbitrary

arbitrate

arboreal

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arboretum

arcade

arcane

arch-

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archaeology

archaic

archetype

archipelago

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archives

ardor

arduous

argot

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appropriate; fitting

diligent attention; diligence; V. apply

attach

name; title

arrest (a criminal); dread; perceive; N.

be thankful for; increase in worth; be

estimate value of; N. appraisal

apprehension

thoroughly conscious of; ADJ.

oneself

fearful; discerning

appreciable: enough to be felt; Ex.

appreciable difference

subordinate possessions; something

acquire; take possession of for one's

added to a more important thing

own use without permission; set aside

approval

inform

fitness; talent

with reference to; regarding; Ex.

for a particular purpose; allocate; CF.

misappropriate

fit for growing crops; Ex. arable land

curved; hooked; of or like an eagle; Ex.

aquiline nose

remarks apropos (of) the present

situation; ADJ. ADV.

of or living in trees

act as judge (at the request of both

unreasonable or capricious; random;

person with power to decide a matter in

sides)

tyrannical; Ex. arbitrary ruler

dispute; judge who is in a position ot

make influential judgments; Ex.
supreme arbiter of fashion in beachware

chief; first; Ex. archbishop

esoteric; secret; mysterious; known only

a covered passageway usually lined

place where different trees and shrubs

to the initiated; Ex. arcane ritual; Ex.

with shops

are studied and exhibited

antiquated; no longer used; belonging to

study of artifacts and relics of early

the past; N.

mankind

heat; passion; zeal; ADJ. ardent

public records; place where public

arcane process closed to the uninitiated

listener

group of closely located islands

slang; speech spoken by only a small

group of people

prototype; primitive pattern

hard; strenuous; Ex. arduous work

records are kept

aria

arid

aristocracy

armada

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aromatic

arraign

array

arrears

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arrhythmic

arrogance

arroyo

arsenal

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artery

artful

articulate

artifacts

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artifice

artisan

artless

ascendancy

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ascertain

ascetic

ascribe

aseptic

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ashen

asinine

askance

askew

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asperity

aspersion

aspirant

aspire

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fleet of warships

hereditary nobility; privileged class;

(of land) dry; barren; unproductive

government by nobility; N. aristocrat

being in debt; money that should have

marshal; draw up in order; arrange in

been paid; work that should have been

order; clothe splendidly; adorn; N: fine

done

clothes; ordered group; Ex. in battle

operatic solo; a song sung by one

person in an opera or oratorio

charge in court; indict

fragrant; having a sweet smell; N.

aroma: strong pleasant smell

array

storage place for military equipment

gully; narrow channel formed by

pride; haughtiness; ADJ. arrogant:

lacking rhythm or regularity; N.

rainwater

unpleasantly self-important (with a

arrhythmia

strong confidence in one's own

importance and a lack of respect for
other people)

object made by human beings, either

hand-made or mass-produced

effective; distinct; expressing ideas

exhibiting art or skill; deceitful; cunning;

clearly; having clear sounds; having

CF. artifice

blood-vessel; CF. vein

joints; Ex. articulate speech; V: express

thoughts and feeling clearly; pronounce
clearly; unite by joints

controlling influence; position of

without guile; open and honest

a manually skilled worker

deception; trickery

refer; attribute; assign

practicing self-denial; avoiding physical

find out for certain; make certain

controlling influence; CF. in the

ascendant

preventing infection; having a cleansing

effect

pleasures and comforts; austere; Ex.

ascetic life of Buddhist monks; N.
asceticism

crookedly; slanted; at an angle

with a sideways or indirect look (with

stupid; Ex. asinine remarks

ash-colored; deadly pale

disapproval or distruct); Ex. look

askance at

seek to attain (position or status); long

for; Ex. aspire to become president; Ex.
aspire to/after the leadership

seeker after position or status

slanderous remark; Ex. cast aspersions

sharpness; roughness; severity (of

on

temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a

Russian winter

assail

assay

assent

assert

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assiduous

assimilate

assuage

assumption

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assurance

asteroid

astigmatism

astral

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astringent

astronomical

astute

asunder

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asylum

asymmetric

atavism

atheistic

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atone

atrocity

atrophy

attentive

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attenuate

attest

attire

attribute

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attrition

atypical

audacious

audit

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state strongly or positively; demand

agree; accept; N. assessment

recognition of (rights, claims, etc.);

analyze (to discover what materials are

assault

present); evaluate (soil or ore)

make a claim to (by forceful action); Ex.

assert one's independence

absorb; take (food) into the body and

something taken for granted; the taking

mak less severe; ease or lessen (pain);

digest it; understand (knowledge)

over or taking possession of; Ex. her

satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)

completely and be able to use properly;

assumption of power; V. assume

diligent

cause to become homogeneous (the

people of a country or race in the wasy
of behaving or thinking)

relating to the stars

eye defect which prevents proper focus;

small planet

OP. stigmatism

firm statement that something is

certainly true; promise or pledge;
certainty; confidence in one's own
ability; self-confidence; V. assure ADJ.
assured

into parts; apart; V. sunder

wise; shrewd; keen; seeing quickly

enormously large or extensive

something that is to one's advantage

binding; causing contraction (stopping

bleeding); harsh or severe; stringent;
Ex. astringent criticism

denying the existence of God; N.

resemblance to remote ancestors rather

not identical on both sides of a dividing

place of refuge or shelter; protection

atheism

than to parents; reversion to an earlier

central line

(religious or political)

brutal deed; ADJ. atrocious

make amends for; pay for; Ex. atone for

testify; bear witness

make thin; weaken

type; throwback; ADJ. atavistic

alert and watchful; listening carefully;

paying attention; considerate;

wasting away; V: weaken and lose flesh

thoughtful; politely helpful; Ex. attentive

and muscle (through lack of blood or

audience; Ex. He was attentive to the

lack of use)

old lady; N. attentions: act of courtesy

and consideration

essential quality; V: ascribe; explain

clothe; N: clothing; array; apparel

rubbing away by friction; gradual

examination of accounts of a business;
official examination; V.

daring; bold; N. audacity

not normal; not typical

decrease in numbers or strength;

reduction in the work force without firing
employees; wearing away of opposition
by means of harassment; Ex. a war of
attrition

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augury

august

aureole

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auroral

auspicious

austere

authenticate

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authoritarian

authoritative

autocratic

automaton

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autonomous

autopsy

auxiliary

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avantgarde

avarice

avenge

aver

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averse

aversion

avert

aviary

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avid

avocation

avow

avuncular

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awe

awful

awl

awry

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sun's corona; halo; bright circle of light

impressive; majestic

omen; prophecy; sign of coming events;

increase; add to

V. augur: predict; foretell; be a sign of

(something in future)

prove genuine

forbiddingly stern; ascetic; without

favoring success; giving signs of future

pertaining to the aurora borealis; CF.

comfort or enjoyment; severely simple

success; Cf. auspices

aurora australis

and unornamented; Ex. a monk's

austere life; Ex. austere grandeur of the
cathedral; N. austerity

mechanism that imitates actions of

having absolute unchecked power;

having the weight of authority; regarded

subordinating the individual to the state;

humans; machine that works by itself

dictatorial; N. autocrat, autocracy

as providing knowledge that can be

completely dominating another's will;

trusted; reliable; peremptory and

Ex. authoritarian regime/father

dictatorial; Ex. authoritative

dictionary/manner; CF. definitive

great mass of falling snow and ice

state confidently; declare as true

offering or providing help; additional or

examination of a dead body;

subsidiary; N: helper; assistant

postmortem; V.

take vengence for something or on

greediness for wealth

self-governing; N. autonomy

group of artists whose work is based on

behalf of someone; Ex. They avenged

the newest ideas and methods; CF.

his death by burning the village; Ex. He

vanguard

swore to avenge his brother; Ex. They

avenged themselves on their enemy.

enclosure for birds; large cage

prevent; avoid; turn away (eyes or

firm dislike

reluctant; disinclined; not liking or

thought); Ex. An accident was averted

opposed; Ex. averse to cats/doing the

by his quick thinking; Ex. She averted

house work

her eyes from the terrible sight.

of or like an uncle

declare openly; N. avowal

secondary or minor occupation

greedy; extremely eager for; Ex. avid

learner; N. avidity

distorted; crooked; bent; Ex. Our plans

have gone awry.

pointed tool used for piercing

terrible; very bad

solemn wonder; feeling of respect

mixed with wonder and fear; V: fill with
awe; ADJ. awesome

axiom

azure

babble

bacchanal

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Bacchanalia

bacchanalian

backslide

badger

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badinage

baffle

bait

baleful

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balk

ballast

balm

balmy

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banal

bandy

bane

bank

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bantering

bar

barb

bard

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barefaced

bargain

baroque

barrage

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barrister

barterer

base

bask

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noisy party with a lot of drinking

chatter idly or foolishly; make

sky blue

self-evident truth requiring no proof

drunken

the ancient Roman festival in honor of

continuous sounds like water running

gently over rounded stone; N.

pester; annoy continually with demands;

revert (to bad habits); N. reverter

persuade by asking again and again;

Bacchus

Ex. The children badgered me into

taking them into the cinema; N: a kind of
mountain animal

evil; malignant in intent or effect; deadly;

harass; tease; torment; Ex. badger

frustrate; perplex

teasing conversation; banter; joking talk

having a malign influence; portending

baiting; N: food or other lure used to

evil; ominous; threatening; Ex. baleful

catch fish or trap animals

something that relieves pain; oily liquid

heavy substance used to add stability or

stop short, as if faced with an obstacle,

with a pleasant smell from trees

weight; V. supply with ballast

and refuse to continue; foil; stop or get

look

soft and mild (of air); fragrant

in the way of; frustrate

heap; piled-up mass; embankment;

posion; cause of ruin; ADJ. baneful:

discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a

hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking

lateral tilting (as of an aircraft in turning);

harmful; poisonous

frivolous manner; exchange (words)

originality; clich\'ed

V: pile up; protect with a bank; tilt in

heatedly; quarrel; Ex. bandy words with

turning

poet

sharp projection from fishhook, arrow,

railing in a courtroom; legal profession;

joking talk; good-naturedly ridiculing;

or other object; openly cutting remark

vertical line dividing a staff into equal

N.V. banter

measures; Ex. prisoner at the bar; V:

shut in or out with bars; forbid; exclude;
CF. barrister

barrier laid down by artillery fire;

agreement between two groups or

shameless and noticeable; blatant; bold;

overwhelming profusion; large number

people; something for sale at a price

unconcealed; having no covering on the

of questions or statements; Ex. a

advantageous to the buyer; V:

face; Ex. barefaced lie

barrage of criticism

negotiate; trade; Ex. bargaining power

luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth

highly ornate

contemptible; morally bad; inferior in

trader; V. barter: trade; exchange good

counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher

value or quality; Ex. base

for other goods rather than money

court of law; CF. bar

motives/conduct; Ex. base metal such

as iron

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bastion

bate

battalion

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bauble

bawdy

bearing

beatific

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beatitude

bedizen

bedraggle

beeline

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befuddle

beget

begrudge

beguile

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behemoth

beholden

behoove(behove)

belabor

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belated

beleaguer

belie

belittle

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bellicose

belligerent

bemoan

bemused

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benediction

benefactor

beneficent

beneficial

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army unit made up of four or more

companies

giving or showing bliss; blissful

let down; lessen the force of; moderate; stronghold; something seen as a source
restrain; Ex. with bated breath; CF.

of protection; Ex. the last bastion of

abate

male chauvinism

deportment; connection

indecent; obscene; about sex in a rude

illegitimate child

trinket; cheap jewel; trifle

funny way; CF. bawd

direct quick route

wet thoroughly; ADJ. bedraggled:

dress with vulgar finery

blessedness; state of great happiness

confuse thoroughly

draggled

deceive; mislead or delude; cheat; pass

envy; give or allow unwillingly; grudge;

father; become the father of; produce;

time pleasantly; charm or attract; Ex.

Ex. We shouldn't begrudge him his

give rise to

beguiling smile

success.

harp on; dwell on tediously; explain or

be suited to; be incumbent upon; be

obligated; indebted; owing thanks;

huge creature; something of monstrous

go over excessively or to a ridiculous

right and necessary; Ex. It behooves

obliged or indebted from gratitude

size or power

degree; assail verbally; beat severely;

one to do.

contradict; give a false impression;

besiege or attack (with an army);

delayed

disguise; Ex. The poor sales belied our

harass; beset

attack physically

disparage; depreciate

high hopes; Ex. Her smile belies her

true feeling of displeasure.

confused; lost in thought; preoccupied

lament; moan for; express sorrow or

quarrelsome

warlike

gift giver; patron; person who does good

blessing

disapproval of

helpful; useful; advantageous

kindly; doing good

or who gives money for a good purpose

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benefit

benevolent

benign

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benison

bent

bequeath

berate

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bereaved

bereavement

bereft

berserk

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beseech

beset

besiege

besmirch

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bestial

bestow

betoken

betray

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betroth

bevy

beware

bewitch

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bicameral

bicker

bid

biennial

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bifurcated

bigot

bigotry

bilious

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advantage; anything that brings helpl,

kindly; favorable; not malignant

generous; charitable; having a wish to

advantage, or profit; money provided

person entitled to benefits or proceeds

(disease); Ex. benign tumor

do good

by the government to the people;

of an insurance policy or will

fund-raising public entertainment; Ex.

unemployment benefit; V: receive
benefits; be beneficial to; give benefits

scold strongly

leave to someone by means of a will;

determined; Ex. bent on advancing in

hand down in his will; N. bequest

the business; N: natural talent or

blessing

inclination

mad with violent anger; frenzied; madly

deprived of (something valuable);

state of being deprived of something

deprived of (someone beloved through

excited

lacking

valuable or beloved; state of being

death)

bereaved or bereft

soil; defile; make dirty

surround with armed forces; harass

harass or trouble from all directions;

(with requests); annoy continually

hem in

signify; indicate; be a sign of

confer

beastlike; brutal; inhuman; very cruel

cast a spell over; captivate completely

be cautious (of)

large group; Ex. a bevy of starlets

become engaged to marry

every two years

command; utter (a greeting); offer as a

quarrel

two-chambered as a legislative body

one who is intolerant (in matters of

divided into two branches; forked

be unfaithful; reveal (unconsciously or

beg; plead with

unwillingly); Ex. Her trembling hands

betray her anxiety.

price; N: offer of a price; amount

offered; earnest effort to gain
something; Ex. bid for freedom

suffering from indigestion; sick from

having too much bile; irritable; easily
irritated

stubborn intolerance

religion or politics)

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billow

billowing

biting

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bitter

bivouac

bizarre

blackball

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blanch

bland

blandishment

blare

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blasphemy

blas\'e

blatant

bleak

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blemish

blight

blighted

bliss

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blithe(blithesome)

bloated

blotch

blowhard

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bludgeon

blue

blues

bluff

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blunder

blunt

blurt

blush

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sharply painful to the body or mind; Ex.

swelling out in waves; surging

biting wind/remarks

large wave of water; a great swell or

swindle; cheat

surge (of smoke); V: surge, swell, roll in

billows

vote against (an applicant); ostracize; N:

fantastic; violently contrasting;

temporary encampment; camp without

having a sharp biting taste; causing

negative vote

noticeably odd; strikingly

tents; V.

sharp pain to the body or mind; filled

unconventional

with resentment, disappointment, or

other unpleasant feelings; Ex. bitter
wind/sorrow/tears

loud or harsh roar or screech; dazzling

flattery

blaze of light

soothing or mild (food); agreeable;

bleach; whiten; make white or pale

causing no trouble or offence

cold or cheerless; frigid; unlikely to be

extremely (offensively) obvious; loudly

bored with pleasure or dissipation;

irreverence; sacrilege; cursing; bad

favorable; depressing

offensive; Ex. blatant lie; N. blatancy

uninterested or bored

language about God or holy things; V.

blasphem; ADJ. blasphemous; CF.
sacrilege

complete happiness; ADJ. blissful

suffering from a disease; destroyed

plant disease; V: infect with blight; ruin;

mar; spoil the beauty or perfection of; N:

destroy

flaw or defect (that spoils perfection);

Ex. blemishes in the crystal; CF.
unblemished

talkative boaster; braggart

spot; blot; CF. blot+botch

(unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with

gay; joyous

water or air

pretense (of strength); deception; high

state of depression or melancholy; style

cliff; ADJ: rough but good-natured

of slow, mournful music (evolved from

gloomy; depressed

club; heavy-headed weapon; V.

error; stupid mistake

southern Black American songs)

become red in the face (from

utter impulsively from nervousness or

having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in

embarrassment or shame); become red

excitement

speech or manner; brusque; V: make or

or rosy; N.

become blunt

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bode

bog

bogus

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bohemian

boisterous

bolster

bolt

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bombardment

bombast

bombastic

bookish

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boon

boor

boorish

boost

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botch

bouillon

bound

bountiful

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bourgeois

bout

bovine

bowdlerize

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brackish

brag

braggadocio

braggart

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braid

brand

brandish

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counterfeit; not authentic; intentionally

soft wet land; V: hinder or be hindered;

false; Ex. bogus interview

Ex. bogged down in the mud

foreshadow; portend

blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily;

bully; speak in a noisy or bullying
manner; CF. breeze, gust, gale

door bar; fastening pin or screw; length

support; reinforce

violent; rough; noisy

unconventional (in an artistic way)

pompous; using inflated language

grandiloquent, pompous speech

attack (as with missiles or bombs); V.

of fabric; large roll of cloth; V: dash or

dart off; fasten (adoor); gobble down

fond of books and reading

bombard

lift by pushing up from below; increase;

rude; insensitive

rude, insensitive person

blessing; benefit; something very helpful

clear beef (or meat) soup

mismanage; blow

cowlike; placid and dull; slow-thinking;

match; short period of great activity; Ex.

middle class; selfishly materialistic; too

calm

wrestling bout; bout of drinking/flu

interested in material possessions

boasting

boast

somewhat saline

raise; N: push upward; increase

leap or spring; limit or confine;

generous; graciously generous;

constitute the limit of; N: leap or

showing bounty

jumping; boundary; ADJ: certain; having

a duty to do something (legally or
morally); confined by bonds; CF.
bounce, rebound

expurgate; CF. Thomas Bowdler

boaster; bragger

trademark; mark burned on the hide of

swagger; assumed air of defiance; false
show of bravery

wave around (a weapon); flourish

an animal; mark burned into the flesh of

plait; interweave strands or lengths of;

criminals; mark of disgrace; V: mark

make by weaving strands together; N:

with a brand; give a lasting bad name;

braided segment (as of hair)

stigmatize; Ex. The press branded him

a liar.

brave

brawl

brawn

brawny

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brazen

breach

breadth

breed

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brevity

bridle

brim

brindled

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brink

brisk

bristle

bristling

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brittle

broach

brocade

brochure

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broil

bromide

brooch

brood

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brook

browbeat

browse

bruise

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brunt

brusque

buccaneer

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muscular; having well-developed

human muscle; muscular strength;

muscles

sturdiness

produce young; rear; bring up; produce

width; extent

(an undesirable condition); N: kind or

noisy quarrel

face courageously; Ex. brave the storm

breaking of contract or duty; fissure or

insolent; without shame; bold; Ex.

gap; opening; V.

brazen lie; V: face with bold

sort of animal or plant

self-assurance or with unshamed

confidence

tawny or grayish with streaks or spots

uppermost edge of a cup; projecting rim

harness fitted about a horse's head

(of animals)

(as on a hat); Ex. The glass was full to

(used to restrain); curb; check; V: put a

the brim; V: be full to the brim

bridle on; control or restrain; show

conciseness; shortness of duration

anger

rising like bristles; showing irritation

pamphlet

short stiff hair; V: (hair or fur) stand up

quick and active; marked by liveliness

edge (at the top of a cliff); Ex. on the

stiffly

and vigor

brink of the Grand Canyon

rich, figured(patterned) fabric

introduce as a subject; moot; open up

hard but easily broken; difficult;

unstable; Ex. brittle situation

sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or

ornamental clasp; pin

worry anxiously; N: the young of certain

platitude; chemical compound used to

cook by direct heat; N.

calm excitement

animals; group of young birds hatched

at one time

injure without breaking the skin; N.

graze; feed on growing grass; skim or

bully; intimidate

glance at casually

rustic; pastoral

pirate

tolerate; endure; Ex. brook no

interference; N: small stream

blunt; abrupt; curt; not wanting to waste

main impact or shock (of an attack or

time being nice

blow); Ex. brunt of the argument

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buffoon

buffoonery

bugaboo

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bulge

bulk

bullion

bully

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bulwark

bump

bungle

buoyant

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bureaucracy

burgeon

burlesque

burnish

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bust

buttress

buxom

cabal

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cache

cacophonous

cadaver

cadaverous

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cadence

cadet

cajole

calamity

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calculated

caldron(cauldron)

caliber

calligraphy

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bugbear; object of baseless terror

clowning

stupid person; clown

strike forcefully; slap; batter; knock out;

N: table with food set out for people to
server themselves; meal at which
people help themselves to food that's
been set

one who is habitually cruel to weaker

gold and silver in the form of bars

people; V.

size or volume (esp. when very large);

protruding part; swelling of a surface;

main part; Ex. The bulk of the work has

Ex. The apple made a bulge in his

already been done; ADJ. bulky: having

pocket; V: swell outward; protrude

great size

able to float; cheerful and optimistic; N.

mismanage; blunder; botch; blow; spoil

buoyancy; Ex. buoyancy of

by clumsy behavior

hit or knock against with force; N.

or other strong defense; person who

wood/water/American market

make shiny by rubbing; polish

strong wall built for defense; earthwork

defends

give an imitation that ridicules; imitate

grow rapidly; grow forth; send out buds;

overregulated administrative system

mockingly

Ex. burgeoning computer industry; CF.

marked by red tape; ADJ. bureaucratic

bludgeon

small group of persons secretly united

full-bosomed; plump; jolly

to promote their own interests

support; prop up; N. stationary structure

piece of sculpture showing a person's

to support wall; Ex. flying buttress

head, shoulders, and upper chest; V:

break up; arrest; Ex. crimebuster

like a corpse; pale

corpse; dead human body

discordant; inharmonious; N.

hiding place; V.

cacophony: unpleasant mixture of loud

sounds

disaster; misery

persuade by praise or false promise;

student at a military school

coax; wheedle

rhythmic rise and fall (of words or

sounds); beat; regular beat of sound;
rhythm

beautiful writing; excellent penmanship

ability; quality; diameter of the inside of

a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high
caliber

large kettle

deliberately planned; likely

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callow

callus

calorific

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calumny

camaraderie

cameo

camp

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canard

candor

canine

canker

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canny

cant

cantankerous

cantata

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canter

canto

canvass

capacious

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capacity

capillary

capitulate

caprice

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capricious

capsize

caption

captious

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carafe

carapace

carat(karat)

carcinogenic

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heat-producing; N. calorie

area of thick hard skin

youthful; immature; inexperienced

hardened; unfeeling; without sympathy

for the sufferings of others; unkind

group sharing a common cause or

shell or jewel carved in relief; star's

opinion

special appearance in a minor role in a

good-fellowship; CF. comrade

malicious misrepresentation; slander

frankness; open honesty; ADJ. candid

unfounded false rumor; exaggerated

film

any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; CF.

related to dogs; doglike

cancer

story set to music to be sung by a

false report

ill-humored; irritable

chorus (shorter than an oratorio)

insincere speech or expression of piety;

shrewd in money matters; thrifty

jargon of thieves; special words used by

a particular group of people

spacious

determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.;

division of a long poem

slow gallop; V. CF. trot

having a very fine bore; resembling a

mental or physical ability; role; position

hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary

or duty; ability to accommodate; Ex. in

attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF.

my capacity as president

go through (a region) to solicit votes or

orders; conduct a survey; N.

whim; sudden change of mind without

surrender; give up all resistance

any real cause

capillarity

faultfinding; too critical

title; chapter heading; text under

(of a boat) turn over

unpredictable; fickle

unit of weight for precious stones;

shell covering the back (of a turtle,

glass water bottle; decanter

measure of the purity of gold

tortoise, crab, etc.)

illustration

causing cancer; N. carcinogen

cardinal

cardiologist

careen

career

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carefree

caricature

carillon

carnage

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carnal

carnivorous

carousal

carping

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carrion

cartographer

cascade

caste

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castigation

castrate

casual

casualty

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cataclysm

catalyst

catapult

cataract

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catastrophe

catcall

catechism

categorical

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cater

catharsis

cathartic

catholic

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rush wildly; go at full speed

lurch; sway from side to side; move with

doctor specializing in ailments of the

chief; most important; N: priest; cardinal

irregular swinging movement; stagger

heart

number: number that shows quantity

rather thatn order

destruction of life; slaughter; killing of

a set of bells (often in a tower) capable

large numbers of people or animals

of being played

petty criticism; fault-finding; fretful

drunken revel; V. carouse

distortion; burlesque

meat-eating; N. carnivore; CF. herbivore fleshly; sensual; concerning the desires

complaining; quibble

one of the hereditary classes in Hindu

free from worries; having no problems

of the body

small waterfall

map-maker

rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture

serious or fatal accident; person killed

happening by chance; irregular;

remove the sex organs (of a male

punishment; severe criticism or

or wounded in an accident or battle

occasional; informal; showing or feeling

animal or person)

disapproval

society; social stratification; prestige

little interest; Ex. casual

reader/labor/remark

great waterfall; eye abnormality

slingshot; hurling machine; V: fire from

agent which brings about a chemical

deluge; upheaval; earthquake; violent

(causing a gradual loss of eyesight)

catapult

change while it remains unaffected and

and sudden event or change

unchanged; CF. catalysis

without exceptions; made without any

doubt in mind; unqualified; absolute

book for religious instruction in

shout of disapproval or displeasure

question-and-answer form; religious

(made at the theater or a sports match);

instruction by question and answer; V.

boo; V.

calamity ; disaster

catechize

(of likings and interests) universal;

purgative; medicine that causes the

purging or cleansing of any passage of

provide food and drink (for); cater to: try

general; broad; including many different

bowels to empty; ADJ.

the body; purging and weakening of

to satisfy (desires of a bad kind)

parts; wide-ranging liberal; Ex. catholic

strong emotions as a result of

opinions/tastes

experiencing a dramatic work of art

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caulk(calk)

causal

caustic

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cauterize

cavalcade

cavalier

cavil

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cede

celerity

celestial

celibate

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cemetery

censor

censorious

censure

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centaur

centigrade

centrifugal

centrifuge

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centripetal

centurion

cerebral

cerebration

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ceremonious

certitude

cessation

cession

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chafe

chaff

chaffing

chagrin

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burning; corrosive; able to burn by

implying a cause-and-effect

make watertight (by blocking up cracks

private meeting of a group of people in

chemical action; sarcastically biting; (of

relationship; N. causality

as in a ship)

a political party to select officers or

remarks) intended to hurt; bitter;

determine policy; CF. the Caucus club

harmful; OP. harmless

of Boston

quibble; make frivolous objections; find

casual and offhand; arrogant; N: knight

fault unnecessarily

procession of riders or horse-drawn

burn (a wound or snakebite, etc.) with

carriages; parade; CF. cavalry

hot iron or caustic substance to stop

bleeding and prevent infection

abstaining from sexual intercourse;

heavenly

speed; rapidity

unmarried; N. celibacy

yield (title or territory) to (esp. after

losing a war); surrender formally; N.
cession

blame; criticize; express strong

severely critical

(in ancient Rome) overseer of morals

disapproval; N: severe criticism; strong

(also taking the census); person who

disapproval

eliminates inappropriate matter; V.

machine that separates substances by

radiating; departing from the center

whirling them

thought; working of the brain

denoting a widely used temperature

place for burying the dead

mythical figure, half man and half horse

scale (basically same as Celsius)

pertaining to the brain or intellect;

Roman army officer (commanding a

intellectual rather than emotional; CF.

company of about 100 soldiers)

tending toward the center

cerebrum

yielding to another; ceding

stoppage

certainty

marked by formality; extremely formal

and polite; CF. ceremony: conventional
social courtesy

worthless products of an endeavor;

warm by rubbing; make sore by rubbing;

vexation (caused by humiliation or

annoyance and disappointment;

bantering; joking

husk(outer seed cover) separated from

N.

injured pride)

grain; Ex. separate the wheat from the

chaff

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chameleon

champion

championship

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chancellor

chant

chaotic

chapel

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chaperon

chaplain

char

charisma

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charlatan

charm

chary

chase

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chasm

chassis

chaste

chasten

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chastise

chauvinist

check

checkered(chequered)

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cherubic

chicanery

chide

chimerical

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chip

chisel

chivalrous

choice

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position of champion; defense or

support militantly; fight for; N: person

lizard that changes color in different

support; competition held to determine a

who fights for or supports strongly (a

situations

champion

principle, movement, person, etc.)

small church (in a prison, college, or

in utter disorder

hospital)

goblet; consecrated cup

tune(melody) in which a number of

legal official of high rank; CF.

words are sung on the same note; V:

chancellery(chancellory): position of a

sing (a chant); utter (a slogan) in the

chancellor

manner of a chant

divine gift; great popular charm or

appeal; magnetism

make or become black by burning;

clergyman attached to a chapel

reduce or be reduced to carbon or

older person who accompanies and

supervises a young unmarried woman

charcoal(black substance made by

burning wood) by incomplete
combustion

ornament a metal surface by indenting;

cautious; unwilling to take risks; sparing

quality of pleasing; amulet; action or

quack; pretender to knowledge (esp. in

follow rapidly to catch

or restrained about giving; OP. bold

formula thought to have magical power;

medicine)

spell; V: attract; cast a spell on; bewitch

discipline; punish in order to correct;

morally pure; virginal; abstaining from

framework and working parts of an

CF. castigate

illicit sexual acts; modest; simple (of a

automobile; framework to which

style of writing); not highly decorated;

components are attached

abyss; very deep crack

austere

marked by great changes in fortune;

stop motion; curb or restrain

blindly devoted patriot; zealous

with many changes of fortuene; CF.

adherent of a group, cause, or sex;

checked: having a pattern of squares

ADJ. chauvinistic; CF. chauvinism;

punish as by beating; criticize severely

Nicolas Chauvin

fantastically improbable; highly

scold; rebuke (someone who has done

unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy;

wrong)

trickery; deception

CF. seraph: winged angel of the highest

fire-breathing female creature

delicate; of very fine quality

angelic; innocent-looking; N. cherub;

order

courteous; faithful; brave; N. chivalry

swindle or cheat; N: wedgelike tool for

lose a small piece from the surface or

cutting

edge; N: small piece broken off

something; CF. French fry; Potato
chip/crisp

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choleric

chore

choreography

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chortle

chorus

chronic

chronicle

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chuckle

churlish

ciliated

cipher

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circlet

circuit

circuitous

circumlocution

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circumscribe

circumspect

circumvent

cistern

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citadel

cite

civil

clairvoyant

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clamber

clamor

clandestine

clangor

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clap

clapper

clarion

clasp

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art of representing dances in written

daily domestic task (such as cleaning,

hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable;

group of people who sing together (esp.

symbols; arrangement of dances

cooking, and shopping); unpleasant

easily angered; CF. cholera

during religious services); place for

task

report; record (in chronological order)

long established as a disease

choir

phrase repeated throughout a song or

chuckle with delight; N.

poem

nonentity; worthless person or thing;

having minute hairs; CF. cilium; CF.

boorish; rude; N. churl: boor; yahoo

laugh quietly

zero; secret code; V.

cilia: eyelash

indirect or roundabout expression (by

roundabout

closed circular line around an area;

small ring; band of gold, silver, jewel,

using an uncecessarily large number of

circumference; regularly repeated

etc. (worn on the head, arms, or neck

words esp. when trying to avoid

journey from place to place

as decoration)

outwit; defeat by behaving more

prudent; cautious; acting after careful

limit; confine; draw a line around

cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get

thought

answering a difficult question directly)

reservoir or water tank

around

having foresight; fortuneteller; N.

clairvoyance

having to do with citizens; not military or

quote; commend; Ex. cited for bravery

religious; courteous and polite; Ex.

in an official record

fortress

married in a civil ceremony; Ex. civil

strife/disorder/law; N. civility; CF. civic

loud resounding noise; sound of

secret

repeated clanging

loud continous noise; continuous

climb by crawling with difficulties;

demand or complaint made by a large

scramble

number of people; V: make a clamor;

express (a demand) continually and
loudly; ADJ. clamorous

strike the palms of the hands together

hold firmly within arms

shrill, trumpetlike sound; kind of trumpet

used in former times

striker (tongue) of a bell

with a sudden explosive sound; come

together suddenly with a sharp sound;
put or send promptly; Ex. clap the thief
in jail; N: clapping; loud or explosive
sound; CF. applause

claustrophobia

clavicle

cleave

cleft

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clemency

clich\'e

clientele

climactic

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clime

clip

clipper

clique

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cloister

clot

clout

clown

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cloying

coagulate

coalesce

coalition

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coax

coda

coddle

codicil

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codify

coercion

coeval

cog

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cogent

cogitate

cognate

cognitive

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N: split

split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to;

collarbone

fear of being locked in

phrase dulled in meaning by repetition;

disposition to be lenient in deciding

platitude; ADJ. clich\'ed

punishments; mildness as of the

N. cleavage; ADJ. cloven

relating to the highest point; N. climax;

body of customers

CF. climatic

weather; ADJ. clement

small exclusive group of people

sailing vessel built for great speed

cut off with shears; fasten; N: something

climate

clipped off (as a short extract from film);

clasp or fastener

act stupidly; play the fool; N.

partnership; league; union of separate

great influence (especially political or

half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or

social); hard blow with fist

blood); V.

combine; fuse; N. coalescence

congeal; thicken; clot; N. coagulant

political parties

monastery or convent

distasteful (because excessive);

excessively sweet or sentimental; V.
cloy: become unpleasant through too
much sweetness or excess

supplement to the body of a will; later

treat gently; indulge excessively;

concluding section of a musical or

addition to a will

pamper; mollycoddle; baby; cook in

literary composition

persuade by flattery

water just below boiling point; Ex.

coddled eggs

tooth projecting from a wheel

living at the same time as; existing

use of force to get someone to object;

arrange (laws or rules) as a code;

during the same period of time;

compelling; V. coerce

classify; N. code: system of words used

contemporary; of the same age

instead of ordinary writing; collection of

laws, rules, established social customs

having to do with knowing or perceiving

having a common origin; related

related to the mental processes; N.

linguistically; allied by blood; similar or

cognition: the mental process of

akin in nature; Ex. cognate languages;

knowing

N.

think over; ponder

convincing

cognizance

cohabit

cohere

cohesion

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cohorts

coiffure

coin

coincidence

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colander

collaborate

collage

collate

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collateral

collation

collected

colloquial

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colloquy

collusion

colossal

colossus

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coma

comatose

combustible

comeback

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comely

comestible

comeuppance

comity

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commandeer

commemorate

commemorative

commensurate

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tendency to keep together

stick together

live together

knowledge; ADJ. cognizant; having

knowledge; aware

the chance occurrence, at the same

make coins; invent or fabricate (a word

time, of two or more seemingly

or phrase); N. coinage: word or phrase

hairstyle

common quality; armed band; a group

connected events; V. coincide: happen

recently invented

of between 300 and 600 soldiers under

at the same time; be in agreement; CF.

group of people who share some

one commander (in the ancient Rome)

coincident; CF. coincidental

examine and compare in order to verify

work of art put together from fragments

authenticity; arrange in order (the

work together; cooperate treasonably

utensil with perforated bottom used for

with the enemy

straining

a light meal; collating

security given for loan; ADJ: secondary;

sheets of a book before they are bound)

pertaining to conversational or common

composed; calm; self-possessed

speech; informal; N. colloquialism:

descended from the same person but

colloquial expression

through different sons or daughters

gigantic statue; person or thing of great

huge

size or importance

retort; quick clever reply; return to

conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to

informal discussion; conversation

cheat or deceive others; V. collude

easily burned; N. CF. combustion

in a coma; extremely sleepy

former status

deep prolonged unconsciousness

caused by disease, poison, or a severe
blow

courtesy; civility; Ex. comity of nations

deserts; well-deserved punishment or

something fit to be eaten

misfortune; rebuke

equal in extent; of the same size

attractive; agreeable; having a pleasing

appearance

remembering; honoring the memory of;

honor the memory of; serve as a

take (private property) for military use

Ex. commemorative stamp

memorial to; Ex. commemorate the

without needing permission or giving

100th anniversary/those who died in the

payment; draft for military purposes

war

commiserate

commodious

commonplace

commonwealth

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communal

commune

compact

compartment

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compassion

compatible

compelling

compendium

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compensatory

compilation

compile

complacency

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complaisant

complement

complementary

compliance

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compliant

complicity

component

comport

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compost

composure

compound

comprehend

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comprehensive

compress

comprise

compromise

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nation governed by the people; republic;

ordinary; N: something ordinary or

spacious and comfortable

feel or express pity or sympathy for

people of a nation

common; trite remark

one of the parts into which an enclosed

space is divided

agreement; contract; ADJ: tightly

small (often rural) community whose

held in common; public; of a group of

packed; firm; brief; concise; Ex.

members share work and income; V:

people; of a commune

compact statement

exchange thoughts or feelings; Ex.

commune with nature

brief, comprehensive summary; ADJ.

compendious

overpowering; irresistible in effect;

harmonious; in harmony with; able to

sympathy for the suffering of others;

holding one's attention; that compels

exist together

ADJ. compassionate

assemble; gather; accumulate; make (a

listing of information in tabular or book

making up for; repaying

report or a book) from facts and

form; compiling

one to do something; Ex. a compelling

adventure story; V. compel

self-satisfaction; smugness; ADJ.

complacent

information found in various places; Ex.

compile a dictionary

conformity in fulfilling requirements;

serving to complete something

readiness to yield; disposition to yield to

complete; consummate; make perfect;

trying to please; obliging; willing to

N.

please others

participation; involvement (in a

readily acting in accordance with a rule,

questionable act or a crime)

order, or the wishes or others; yielding;

others; V. comply

bear one's self; behave; Ex. comport

element; ingredient

oneself; N. comportment

comforming to requirements

combine; produce by combining;

include; understand

increase; make worse by adding to or

mental calmness

increasing; exacerbate; ADJ: consisting

mixture of decaying organic matter used

as fertilizer; V: put or make compost

of two or more parts; N: combination of

two or more parts; area enclosed by a
wall containing a group of buildings;

force into less space; squeeze; contract;

broad; including a lot or everything;

concessions; endanger the interests or

adjust or settle by making mutual

put into fewer words; N: thick mass of

thorough; inclusive

reputation of; put into danger, disrepute,

cloth pressed to part of the body to stop

or a dishonorable position; Ex.

bleeding or swelling, reduce fever, etc.

compromise one's principle; N.

include; consist of

compulsion

compulsive

compulsory

compunction

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compute

concatenate

concave

concede

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conceit

concentric

conception

concerted

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concession

conciliatory

concise

conclave

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conclusive

concoct

concomitant

concord

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concordat

concur

concurrent

condescend

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condign

condiments

condole

condone

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conducive

conduit

confidant(confidante)

confide

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remorse; strong uneasiness caused by

obligatory; that must be done

resulting from compulsion

guilt

admit; acknowledge as being true (often

compelling; strong desire that is difficult

to control; irresistible impulse

hollow; curved inwards; OP. convex

link as in a chain

reckon; calculate

beginning; forming of an idea;

having a common center

vanity or self-love; too high opinion of

reluctantly); yield; grant; Ex. concede a

goal

mutually agreed on; done together by

agreement; Ex. concerted effort; CF. in

fertilization; V. conceive: form an idea in

one's own value; extravagant metaphor

concert: working together

the mind; devise; become pregnant; CF.

(in poetry)

inception

an act of yielding; conceding; something

private secret meeting

brief and compact

reconciling; soothing; V. conciliate:

conceded; point, right, etc. given

reconcile; soothe; win the friendly

unwillingly; privilege of maintaining a

feelings (by removing anger)

business in a certain place; Ex. oil

concessions in the North sea; CF.
concessionaire

harmony; accord

that which accompanies; Ex. Deafnes is

prepare by mixing or combining; make

a frequent concommitant of old age;

up in concert; devise (something false)

ADJ: existing or happening together

so as to deceive; Ex. concoct an

with something else

elaborate excuse for being late; N.

decisive; ending all debate

concoction

(derog.) bestow courtesies with a

happening at the same time; in

agree; coincide; happen at the same

superior air; descend to the level of one

agreement

time

overlook; forgive; give tacit approval;

express condolences; N. condolence:

seasonings; spices

excuse

sympathy for someone who has

formal agreement

considered inferior

adequate; (of punishment) severe and

well deserved

experienced great sorrow

tell in confidence (to a person one

trusted friend (to whom one tells one's

trusts); be confident about

secret)

aqueduct; passageway for fluids

helpful; contributive; V. conduce; Ex.

conduce to/towards

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confidential

confine

confiscate

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conflagration

confluence

conformist

conformity

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confound

congeal

congenial

congenital

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conglomerate

conglomeration

congruence

congruent

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conifer

conjecture

conjugal

conjure

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connivance

connoisseur

connotation

connubial

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consanguineous(consang
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consanguinity

conscientious

conscript

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consecrate

consensus

consequential

conservatory(conservatoir
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self-assurance; calm unworried feeling

seize; take possession of (private

shut in an enclosed space; restrict; keep

spoken or written in secret; trusted with

based on a strong belief in one's

property) by official order (usu. as a

within limits; N. confinement

private matters; Ex. confidential

abilities; strong belief in the ability of a

secretary

person or plan; trust or faith in a person

punishment); commandeer

or thing; something confided; secret;

ADJ. confident

harmony; agreement with established

person who uncritically conforms to the

flowing together; the place where two

rules or customs; similarity; Ex. behave

customs of a group; OP. nonconformist:

rivers flow together; crowd; gathering

in conformity with; V. conform: be

one who does not conform to accepted

together

similar; act in agreement; comply; Ex.

beliefs of norms

great fire

conform to the rule; CF. conformance

existing at birth

pleasant; friendly; in agreement with

freeze; coagulate

confuse; puzzle

mass of material sticking together

corporation made up of several different

one's tastes and nature; Ex. congenial

weather

in agreement; harmonious;

correspondence of parts; harmonious

corresponding; coinciding exactly; CF.

relationship; CF. congruity

companies in diversified fields; mass of

congruous

various material gathered together; rock

consisting of small stones held together
by clay; V.

cause to appear by magic; summon (a

devil or a spirit) by magical power;

pertaining to marriage

surmise; guess; V.

pine tree (usu. evergreen);

practice magic (esp. by very quick

cone-bearing tree; ADJ. coniferous; CF.

movement of the hands); evoke; conjure

deciduous; CF. evergreen

up: bring into the mind; Ex. The

magician conjured a rabbit out of his
hat.

pertaining to marriage or the

suggested or implied meaning of an

person competent to act as a judge of

pretense of ignorance of something

matrimonial state

expression; V. connote

art, etc. (whose judgments are

wrong; assistance; permission to offend;

respected); a lover of an art

V. connive: feign ignorance (of a

wrong); cooperate secretly in an illegal
action; conspire

draftee; person forced into military

scrupulous; through and careful; Ex.

service; V.

conscientious worker

kinship; relationship by birth

having a common ancestor

school of the fine arts (especially music

self-important; significant; consequent;

general agreement; opinion reached by

dedicate; sanctify; declare as sacred;

or drama); glass-enclosed area; CF.

following as a result; Ex. consequential

a group

Ex. consecrate one's life to helping the

conservancy

air; CF. subsequent

poor

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consistency

console

consolidation

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consonance

consonant

consort

conspiracy

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conspire

consternation

constituency

constituent

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constitution

constraint

construe

consummate

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contagion

contaminate

contempt

contend

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contention

contentious

contest

context

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contiguous

continence

contingent

contortions

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contraband

contravene

contrite

contrivance

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unification; process of becoming firmer

lessen sadness or disappointment; give

absence of contradictions; uniformity;

send to a person or place for sale;

or stronger; V. consolidate: merge;

comfort; allay the sorrow of; N.

degree of thickness or firmness; Ex.

deliver officially; entrust; put into the

strengthen

consolation

consistency of thick cream; CF. viscous

care of another; set apart (for a special

purpose); N. consignment; CF.
consignor, consignee

treacherous plot; secret plan against the

associate with; keep company; N:

law (by two or more people)

husband or wife (or a ruler)

supporter; voter; member of a

voters represented by an elected

constituency; component

official; district so represented; group of

work together; combine; Ex. Events

supporters (or constituents)

conspired to produce great difficulties.

complete; V.

explain; interpret; Ex. construe her

harmonious; in agreement; N.

harmony; agreement

great shock; dismay

take part in a conspiracy; (of events)

restraint; compulsion; repression of

constituting; system of laws;

silence as meaning that she agreed;

feelings; reticence; V. constrain: hold

composition of something; physical

CF. misconstrue

back; restrain; compel; oblige; confine

makeup or structure of a person; Ex.

forcibly; imprison

men with strong constitutions

pollute

infection (by contact); ADJ. contagious;

struggle; compete; assert earnestly;

scorn; disdain; ADJ. contemptuous; CF.

state strongly

contemptible

CF. infectious: that can be passed by

infection in the air

writings preceding and following the

dispute; argue about the rightness of;

quarrelsome; controversial; likely to

assertion; claim; thesis; struggling;

passage quoted; circumstance in which

compete for; try to win; Ex. contest the

cause arguments

competition

an event occurs

election results; Ex. contest a seat in

self-restraint; sexual chastity; sexual

adjacent to; touching upon

Parliament; N.

dependent on something uncertain or in

twistings; distortions; V. contort: twist
violently out of shape; CF. contortionist

the future; conditional; happening by

chance; accidental; N: a group of

abstinence; voluntary control over

soldiers, ships to a larger force; CF.

bladder and bowel functions; ADJ.

contingency: future event that may or

continent

may not occur; possibility

something contrived; machine or

apparatus; clever deceitful plan;
scheme

penitent; repentant; N. contrition

contradict; oppose; violate (a rule, law,

illegal trade; smuggling; smuggled

or custom); N. contravention

goods; ADJ.

contrive

contrived

controvert

contumacious

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contusion

conundrum

convene

convention

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conventional

converge

conversant

converse

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convert

convex

conveyance

conviction

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convivial

convoke

convoluted

convulsion

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copious

coquette

cordial

cordon

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cornice

cornucopia

corollary

coroner

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corporeal

corpulent

corpus

corpuscle

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stubborn and disobedient; resisting

oppose with arguments; attempt to

unnatural and forced; artificial; not

invent or fabricate in a clever way (by

authority (esp. disobedient to an order

refute; contradict; ADJ. controversial; N.

spontaneous; Ex. The ending was

improvisation); manage; Ex. contrive to

made by a court)

controversy

rather contrived.

attract his attention

social or moral custom; established

come together; assemble; call to meet;

riddle; difficult problem

bruise

practice; formal meeting; international

Ex. convene the council

approach; tend to meet; come together

ordinary; typical; not nuclear; Ex.

agreement

opposite; ADJ.

familiar with; having knowledge of

conventional weapons

judgment that someone is guilty of a

vehicle; transfer; act of conveying; Ex.

crime; strongly held belief

public conveyance

curving outward

one who has adopted a different religion

or opinion; V: change into another form;
(persuade to) adopt a particular religion
or belief

violent uncontrollable shaking

coiled around; twisted; involved;

call together; Ex. convoke Parliament;

pleasantly merry; festive; joyous; gay;

movement (caused by illness); V.

complicated; intricate; complex; N.

N. convocation

characterized by joviality; jovial

convulse; ADJ. convulsive

convolution: twist; one of the convex

plentiful

folds of the surface of the brain

extended line of men or fortifications to

warmly friendly; gracious; heartfelt; Ex.

flirt; flirtatious woman; woman who tries

prevent access or egress; V.

cordial welcome

to attract the admiration of men without

sincere feelings; V.

public official who investigates any

natural consequence (which naturally

horn (or horn-shaped container)

projecting molding on building (usually

death thought to be of other than natural

follows from something else)

overflowing with fruit and grain; symbol

above columns or pillars);

causes

red or white cell in the blood

of abundance; horn of plenty

collection (of writings or information);

Ex. the corpus of Shakespear's works;
Cf. corpse

very fat; N. corpulence

bodily (rather than spiritual); of a bodily

form; material; tangible

correlate

correlation

corroborate

corrode

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corrosive

corrugated

cosmic

coterie

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countenance

countermand

counterpart

coup

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couple

courier

court

covenant

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covert

covetous

cow

cower

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coy

cozen

crabbed

craft

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crass

crave

craven

credence

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credential

credo

credulity

creed

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destroy or wear away gradually by

confirm; support; strengthen

mutual relationship

either of the correlated things; V.

pertaining to the universe; vast

wrinkled; ridged

eating away by chemicals or disease;

chemical action (over a long period)

group that meets socially; select circle;

close group of people with shared

(of language) fierce

interests

highly successful action or sudden

thing that completes another; things

cancel; revoke (an order)

approve; support; tolerate; Ex.

attack; coup(s) d'\'etat; CF. coup de

very much alike; thing that has the

countenance his rude behavior; N: face;

gr\^ace: deathblow or shot which kills

same purpose in a different system

appearance

binding agreement between two groups

attempt to gain; seek; woo; risk; behave

or people; compact; V: enter into a

so as to invite; attempt to gain the favor

covenant; promise

of by attention; Ex. court disaster

shrink quivering as from fear; cringe

terrorize; intimidate

messenger

join; unite; OP. uncouple

avaricious; desirous of (someone else's

secret; hidden; implied; OP. overt

possessions); V. covet: desire eagerly

(someone else's possessions)

skill (esp. with one's hands); skill in

sour; bad-tempered; peevish; difficult to

deceiving people; guile; ADJ. crafty:

read as handwriting

cheat; hoodwink; swindle

lack of self-confidence; modest;

cleverly deceitful; cunning

belief

shy (flirtatiously); showing a (pretended)

coquettish; CF. job offer

cowardly

desire; want intensely

very unrefined; grossly insensible; crude

and undiscriminating; Ex. crass
behavior

system of religious or ethical belief

belief on slight evidence; gullibility;

naivet\'e; ADJ. credulous

creed

evidence concerning one's authority;

written proof of a person's position; Ex.
The new ambassador presented his
credentials to the court.

creep

cremate

crescendo

crest

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crestfallen

crevice

cringe

crinkle

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criteria

crochet

crone

cross

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crossbreed

crotchety

crust

crux

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crypt

cryptic

cubicle

cue

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cuisine

culinary

cull

culmination

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culpable

culprit

culvert

cumbersome

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cumulative

cunning

cupidity

curator

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top (as of a hill or wave); showy

increase in the volume or intensity as in

incinerate (a corpse); N. crematory,

move with body close to the ground;

feathers on the head of a bird

a musical passage; climax; CF.

crematorium

move stealthily or slowly; N.

crescent

wrinkle

shrink back as if in fear; cower

crack; fissure

dejected; dispirited

bad-tempered; showing ill-humor; angry

hag; ugly old woman

make (a piece of needlework) by

standards used in judging; CF. criterion

looping thread with a hooked needle; N.

CF. crotchet

essential or main point; Ex. the crux of

hard outer covering (as of earth or

(of someone old) eccentric; odd;

hybridize; N: hybrid; CF. interbreed; CF.

the problem; ADJ. crucial: of deciding

snow)

whimsical; bad-tempered; N. crotchet:

inbreed

importance

odd or whimsical notion

word or signal (as in a play to prompt

small chamber used for sleeping or

another actor's speech or entrance);

work

mysterious; hidden; secret

secret recess or vault usually used for

burial; underground room (under a

reminder or hint; V: give a cue to

church)

highest point; climax; V. culminate in:

pick out from others (to kill the weakest

reach the highest point in; end in; Ex. a

members); reject; select; collect

series of minor clashes culminating in

(information); N.

relating to cooking or kitchen

style of cooking; Ex. French cuisine

one guilty of a crime

deserving blame; blameworthy

war

heavy and awkward to carry or wear;

artificial channel for water; drain

burdensome; Ex. cumbersome

crossing under a road

parcel/uniform

superintendent; manager (in charge of a greed (for wealth); CF. cupid; CF. Cupid clever in deceiving; sly; N: cleverness in
museum or a library)

deceiving; deceit

growing by addition; accumulative

curb

curfew

curmudgeon

cursive

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cursory

curtail

cynical

cynosure

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dabble

dainty

dais

dally

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damn

dank

dapper

dappled

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dart

daub

daunt

dauntless

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dawdle

daze

dazzle

deadlock

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deadpan

dearth

debar

debase

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debauch

debilitate

debonair

debunk

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(of writing) flowing; running; having the

churlish, miserly individual;

regulation requiring all people to leave

chain or strap used with a bit to restrain

successive letters joined

bad-tempered old person

the streets at stated times; signal (as a

a horse; something that checks; V:

bell) announcing the hour of a curfew

check; restrain

shorten; reduce

casual; hastily done with little attention

object of general attention; person or

skeptical or distrustful of human

thing that is a center of attention; CF.

motives; N. cynicism; CF. cynic: person

Ursa Minor

who believes all people are motivated

to detail

by selfishness

trifle with; toy with; treat without the

raised platform for speakers or other

delicate; delicately beautiful; fastidious;

work at in a nonserious fashion; splash

necessary seriousness; procrastinate;

important people

not easy to please; Ex. dainty

around; move noisily in a liquid

waste time

spotted

bold; fearless

movement/dress

neat and trim (in appearance); (of small

damp; unpleasantly wet

condemn; criticize severely; condemn to

men) neat in appearance and quick in

everlasting punishment; doom; bring to

movements; neat; spry

ruin; N. damnation

intimidate; frighten; discourage;

smear (as with paint); cover with

dishearten

something sticky; Ex. daub one's

move or throw suddenly and quickly

clothes with mud/paint; N: small bit of

sticky substance; Ex. a daub of paint

standstill resulting from the opposition of

make blind with a sudden intense light;

stun as with a blow or shock; bemuse;

loiter; hang around; waste time doing

two unrelenting forces; stalemate

amaze; fill with wonder

benumb; N.

nothing

degrade; reduce in quality or value;

bar; forbid; exclude; Ex. debarred from

scarcity

wooden; impassive; with no show of

degenerate; lower in esteem; disgrace;

jury services

feeling; with an expressionless face

N. debasement

expose as false, exaggerated,

(of men) friendly, charming, and

weaken (esp. through heat, hunger,

corrupt morally; seduce from virtue; N.

worthless, etc.; ridicule

fashionably dressed; aiming to please;

illness); enfeeble

debauchery: wild behavior (with sex and

CF. of good disposition

alcohol)

debut

debutante

decadence

decant

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decapitate

decelerate

deciduous

decimate

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decipher

declivity

decomposition

decorous

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decorum

decoy

decree

decrepit

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decrepitude

decry

deducible

deface

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defalcate

defame

default

defeatist

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defect

defection

defer

deference

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defiance

defile

definitive

deflect

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pour off gently (wine or liquid)

decay; fall to a lower level (of morality,

young woman making formal entrance

d\'ebut; first public appearance; formal

civilization, or art); ADJ. decadent

into society

presentation of a young woman to

society

kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth

falling off at a specific season or stage

man); destroy or kill a large part of

of growth as of leaves; Ex. deciduous

slow down

behead

downward slope

decode; CF. indecipherable

lure or bait; V.

propriety; orderliness and good taste in

tree/teeth

proper (in behavior, conduct, or

decay; V. decompose: decay; break and

appearance)

separate into simple parts

weak and in bad condition from old age

authoritative order; edict; judgment of a

or hard use; Ex. decrepit old chair/man

court of law; V: order or judge by decree

manners; appropriateness of behavior

or conduct

mar; disfigure

derived by reasoning; V. deduce: infer;

express strong disapproval of; condemn

state of collapse or weakness caused

derive by reasoning

openly (something dangerous to the

by illness or old age

public); disparage; Ex. decry the

violence of modern films

resigned to defeat or failure; accepting

failure to act; failure to perform a task or

harm someone's reputation; malign;

defeat or failure as a natural outcome;

be present; V.

speak evil of; slander; N. defamation;

N. CF. defeatism

embezzle

ADJ. defamatory

courteous regard for another's wish;

give in respectfully; submit; delay till

courteous yielding to another's wish or

later; exempt temporarily; N. deferment;

opinion (showing respect); ADJ.

CF. show respect, comply with,

deferential; OP. effrontery

courteous

turn aside; turn away from a straight

most reliable; authorative and complete;

pollute; make filthy or dirty; corrupt

refusal to yield; resistance; V. defy;

course

that cannot be improved; conclusive;

morally; profane; desecrate; N: narrow

ADJ. defiant

decisive; definite; Ex. definitive decision

passage or gorge through mountains

by the supreme court

desertion

shortcoming; V: desert (in order to join

the opposite one)

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defray

defrock

deft

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defunct

degenerate

degradation

dehydrate

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deify

deign

delete

deleterious

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deliberate

delineate

delirium

delta

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delude

deluge

delusion

delusive

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delve

demagogue

demean

demeanor

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demented

demerit

demise

demographic

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demolition

demoniac(demoniacal)

demotic

demur

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neat; skillful

remove water from; dry out

strip a priest or minister of church

provide for the payment of; undertake

destroy leaves; deprive of leaves (by

authority; unfrock

the payment of; pay

the use of chemicals); N. defoliant

humiliation; debasement; degeneration;

become worse in quality; deteriorate;

dead; no longer in use or existence

V. degrade: debase; disgrace;

ADJ: having become worse; Ex. a

degenerate; reduce (something) in

degenerate species; N: depraved or

worth; demote (someone); reduce in

corrupt person

rank

harmful

erase; strike out

condescend; stoop

turn into a god; make a god of; idolize;

Ex. Kings were deified; CF. deity

flat plain of mud or sand between

mental disorder marked by confusion;

portray; depict; sketch; describe; N.

consider; ponder; ADJ: done on

branches of a river

uncontrolled excitement; ADJ. delirious

delineation

purpose; slow

deceptive; likely to delude; misleading;

false belief; hallucination; deluding; Ex.

flood; rush; V.

deceive

raising vain hopes; Ex. delusive

delusions of grandeur; Ex. under the

promises

delusion that

behavior; bearing

disgrace; humiliate; debase in dignity;

person who appeals to people's

dig; search deeply; investigate

behave

prejudice; false leader of people; CF.

demagoguery

related to population balance; N.

death

fault; bad quality

insane

of or pertaining to the people

fiendish; cruel; N. demon: evil

destruction; V. demolish

demography: statistical study of human

population

object (because of doubts, scruples);

raise an objection (showing qualms);
hesitate; Ex. demur at the idea of
working on Sunday

supernatural being; devil

demure

denigrate

denizen

denomination

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denotation

denounce

depict

deplete

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deplore

deploy

deport

depose

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deposition

depravity

deprecate

depreciate

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depredation

deputize

deranged

derelict

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dereliction

deride

derision

derivation

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derivative

dermatologist

derogatory

descry

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desecrate

deserts

desiccate

desolate

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religious group; unit in a system; name

(animal, person, or plant) inhabitant or

or designation; CF. denominator:

resident of a particular place; regular

common trait or characteristic

visitor

reduce; exhaust

portray

blacken; defame

(of a woman or child) grave; quiet and

serious; coy; pretending to be demure

condemn; criticize; N. denunciation

meaning; distinguishing by name; V.

denote: indicate; refer to directly; mean;
CF. connotation

dethrone; remove from office; give a

send out of the country; behave; N.

deposition; testify

deportation, deportment

spread out (troops) in an extended

regret; express sorrow and severe

though shallow battle line; distribute

disapproval for something bad; Ex.

(persons or forces) systematically or

deplore their violent behavior; ADJ.

strategically

deplorable: very bad; deserving severe

disapproval; Ex. deplorable living
condition

lessen in value; belittle; represent as of

express disapproval of; deplore; protest

extreme corruption; wickedness; V.

testimony under oath; deposing;

little value

against; belittle; ADJ. deprecatory

deprave

dethroning

negligent; (of someone) neglectful of

insane

work or appoint as a deputy; N. deputy:

plundering; destruction

duty; (of something) deserted by an

person who has the power to take

owner; abandoned; N: abandoned

charge when the leading person is away

property; homeless or vagrant person

deriving; origin or source of something;

ridicule; ADJ. derisive; CF. derisory

Ex. the derivation of the word

catch sight of (something distant)

(of a place) deserted; unpopulated; (of a

person) lonely; forlorn; joyless

ridicule; treat with contempt; make fun

neglect of duty; abandonment

of; OP. respect

expressing a low opinion; disparaging;

one who studies the skin and its

unoriginal; obtained from another

V. derogate: detract; disparage

diseases

source; Ex. derivative prose style; N.

dry up

what someone deserves

profane; violate the sanctity of

desolate

desperado

desperate

despise

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despoil

despondent

despot

destitute

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desultory

detached

detain

determinate

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determination

deterrent

detonation

detraction

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detrimental

deviate

devious

devise

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devoid

devolve

devotee

devout

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dexterous

diabolical

diadem

dialectical

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diaphanous

diatribe

dichotomy

dictum

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look on with scorn; regard as worthless

having lost all hope; despairing;

or distasteful; ADJ. despicable:

reckless and violent because of loss of

contemptible

hope or despair; undertaken as a last

reckless, desperate outlaw

make desolate; forsake; abandon and

desert

resort

extremely poor; lacking means of

tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; CF.

without hope and courage; depressed;

subsistence; utterly lacking; devoid; Ex.

despotism

gloomy; N. despondency: loss of hope

destitute of any experience

plunder; sack; Ex. despoil the village

with gloom; dejection

having a fixed order of procedure;

keep waiting; prevent from leaving or

emotionally removed; free from

aimless; haphazard; digressing at

precisely defined; invariable; fixed;

going; N. detention

emotional involvement; calm and

random

conclusive; final

objective; physically separate; N.

detachment; CF. attachment

slandering; aspersion; detracting; CF.

explosion

something that discourages or deters

detractor

resolve; firmness of purpose;

measurement or calculation; decision

think up; invent; plan; bequeath; N:

roundabout; erratic; deviating from the

turn away from (a principle, norm);

bequest

straight course; not straightforward; not

move away from an accepted standard;

completely honest; Ex. devious route

swerve; depart; diverge; N. deviation;

harmful; damaging; N. detriment

Ex. deviation of the path of light by a

prism

pious; deeply religious; sincere; earnest;

enthusiastic follower; enthusiast; Ex.

deputize; pass or be passed to others

Ex. my devout hope

devotee of Bach

(power, work, or property); Ex. devolve

empty; lacking

on/upon/to

relating to the art of debate; mutual or

crown

diabolic; devilish; fiendish

reciprocal; Ex. dialectical situation; N.

skillful; skill in using hands or mind; N.

dexterity

dialectic: art of arriving at the truth by

the exchange of logical arguments

authoritative and weighty statement

division into two opposite parts; split;

bitter scolding or denunciation;

(made by a judge in court); saying;

branching into two parts (especially

invective; abuse

maxim; CF. obiter dictum: incidental,

contradictory ones)

nonbinding remark (something said in

passing)

sheer; transparent

didactic

die

diffidence

diffuse

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dignitary

digression

dilapidated

dilate

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dilatory

dilemma

dilettante

diligence

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dilute

diminution

din

dinghy

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dingy

dint

diorama

dire

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dirge

disabuse

disaffected

disapprobation

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disarray

disavowal

disband

disbar

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disburse

discernible

discerning

disclaim

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wordy; verbose; rambling; spread out

shyness; lack of self-confidence;

metal block used for shaping metal or

(of speech or writing) intended to teach

(like a gas); V: spread out in all

timidity; ADJ. diffident

plastic; device for stamping or

a moral lesson; teaching; instructional;

impressing; mold; CF. dice

N. didacticism

person of high rank or position

directions; disperse; N. diffusion; CF.

suffuse

expand; dilate on/upon: speak or write

falling to pieces; in a bad condition;

wandering away from the subject; V.

at length on (a subject)

ruined because of neglect; Ex.

digress

dilapidated old car/castle; N.

dilapidation

steadiness of effort; persistent hard

aimless follower of an art or a field of

work

knowledge (not taking it seriously);

equally unfavorable options; problem;

amateur; dabbler; CF. delight

choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives

continued loud noise; V: make a din;

lessening; reduction in size; V. diminish

small boat (often ship's boat)

situation that requires a choice between

instill by wearying repetition

delaying; tending to delay

make (a liquid) less concentrated;

reduce in strength; Ex. dilute the
influence of the president

warning of disaster; disastrous; (of

life-size, three-dimensional scene from

needs and dangers) very great; urgent;

nature or history; three-dimensional

Ex. dire prediction/need of food

scene with modeled figures against a

means; effort; Ex. by dint of hard work

(of things and place) dirty and dull; Ex.

dingy street/curtain

painted background

disapproval; condemnation

disloyal; lacking loyality; V. disaffect:

correct a false impression; undeceive;

funeral song; slow mournful piece of

cause to lose affection or loyalty

free from a wrong belief

music (sung over a dead person)

make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the

dissolve; disperse; (of a group) break up

denial; disclaiming; repudiating;

state of disorder; a disorderly or untidy

legal profession

and separate; Ex. The club has

disowning; V. disavow; CF. disclaim

state; Ex. with her clothes in disarray

disbanded.

disown; renounce claim to; deny; CF.

mentally quick and observant; having

distinguishable; perceivable; Ex.

pay out (as from a fund); N.

disclaimer

insight; perceptive; able to make good

discernible improvement

disbursement; CF. purse

judgments; V. discern: perceive

disclose

discombobulated

discomfit

discompose

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disconcert

disconsolate

discord

discordant

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discount

discourse

discredit

discrepancy

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discrete

discretion

discriminate

discriminating

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discursive

disdain

disembark

disenfranchise

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disengage

disfigure

disgorge

disgruntle

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dishearten

disheveled

dishonor

disinclination

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disingenuous

disinter

disinterested

disjointed

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disturb the composure of; confuse

frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert;

discomposed; confused

reveal; N. disclosure

conflict; lack of harmony; dissonance

hopelessly sad (at the loss of

confuse; upset; embarrass; perturb

(when musical notes are played)

something)

lack of consistency or agreement as

defame; disgrace; destroy confidence

serious speech, writing, or conversation;

disregard; regard (a story or news) as

unimportant; deduct from a cost

embarrass; perturb

not harmonious; conflicting

between facts; difference; Ex.

in; disbelieve; N. CF. discreditable:

formal discussion (either written or

discrepancy between two descriptions

causing discredit; shameful

spoken); conversation; V.

able to see differences; discerning;

distinguish; make distinctions on the

prudence; ability to adjust actions to

prejudiced; N. discrimination

basis of preference

circumstances; freedom of action or

separate; unconnected

judgment; ADJ. discreet; CF.

discretionary

disfranchise; deprive of a civil right; OP.

debark; go ashore (from a ship); unload

enfranchise

cargo from a ship; CF. embark

make discontented

surrender something (stolen); eject;

treat with scorn or contempt

(of a person or writing) digressing;

rambling (without any clear plan)

mar the appearance of; spoil

vomit; OP. gorge

uncouple; separate; disconnect; stop

fighting; OP. engage

unwillingness

disgrace; N. ADJ. dishonorable

untidy (of hair or clothing); V. dishevel

discourage

disconnected; lacking coherence; V.

unprejudiced; free from bias and

dig up; unearth; OP. inter

not naive; not candid; sophisticated;

disjoint: disconnect; disjoin

self-interest; objective

worldly wise; OP. ingenuous

disjunction

dislodge

dismantle

dismember

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dismiss

disparage

disparate

disparity

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dispassionate

dispatch

dispel

dispense

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disperse

dispirited

disport

disproportion

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disputatious

disquietude

disquisition

dissection

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dissemble

disseminate

dissension

dissent

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dissertation

dissident

dissimulate

dissipate

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dissolution

dissonance

dissuade

distant

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cut into small parts; cut (a body) apart

take apart; disassemble

limb from limb

remove (forcibly); force out of a position;

act or state of separation; disunity; CF.

Ex. dislodge the food caught in his

disjunctive: expressing a choice

throat; CF. lodge

between two ideas; CF. conjunction;

CF. conjunctive

difference; condition of inequality; OP.

basically different; impossible to

parity

compare; unrelated

belittle

eliminate from consideration; no longer

consider; put out of court without further
hearing; reject; discharge from
employment; direct to leave; ADJ.
dismissive; N. dismissal

distribute; prepare and give out

scatter; drive away; cause to vanish

speediness; prompt execution;

calm; impartial; not influenced by

personal feelings

(medicines); N. dispensation:

message sent with all due speed; V:

dispensing; religious system; official

send to a specified destination; finish

exemption from an obligation or a rule

promptly; kill

lack of proportion (between the parts);

amuse; Ex. disport oneself; CF. divert

lacking in spirit

scatter; Ex. disperse the cloud/crowd

analysis; cutting apart in order to

formal systematic inquiry; explanation of

uneasiness; anxiety; V. disquiet: make

argumentative; fond of argument

examine

the results of a formal inquiry; long

anxious

ADJ. disproportionate

formal speech or written report

disagree

disagreement of opinions causing strife

distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds)

within a group

squander; waste foolishly; scatter

pretend; conceal by feigning; dissemble

disguise; hide the real nature of;

pretend

dissenting (with an opinion, a group, or

formal essay; treatise

a government); rebellious; N.

reserved or aloof; cold in manner; Ex.

persuade not to do; discourage; N.

distant greeting; ADV. distantly

dissuasion

discord

disintegration; reduction to a liquid form;

looseness in morals; sensual
indulgence; debauchery; ADJ. dissolute:
lacking in moral restraint; leading an
immoral life

distend

distill

distinct

distinction

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distinctive

distort

distract

distrait

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distraught

diurnal

diva

diverge

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diverse

diversion

divest

divine

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divulge

docile

docket

doctrinaire

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doctrine

document

doddering

doff

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dogged

doggerel

dogmatic

doldrums

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dolorous

dolt

domicile

dominant

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honor; excellence; difference; contrast;

clearly different; clearly noticed

refine (a liquid by evaporating and

discrimination; Ex. graduated with

subsequent condensation); concentrate;

distinction; Ex. a writer of real distinction

separate the most important parts from;

expand; swell out

Ex. distill fresh water from sea water;

CF. brew

absentminded; distracted

take (one's attention) off something;

twist out of shape; give a false account

clearly different from others of the same

upset emotionally; make anxious; ADJ.

of; misrepresent; N. distortion

kind

daily; occurring during the daytime

upset; distracted by anxiety; very

distracted

vary; go in different directions from the

operatic singer; prima donna

same point; ADJ. divergent: differing;

anxious and troubled almost to the point

deviating

of madness; Ex. distraught with

grief/worry

perceive intuitively (by or as if by

strip (as of clothes); deprive (as of

act of turning aside; pastime; V. divert:

differing in some characteristics (from

magic); foresee the future; foretell;

rights); dispossess; N.

turn aside from a course; distract;

each other); various; N.

dowse; ADJ. N. divination

divestiture(divestment)

amuse

diversity:variety; dissimilitude; lack of

resemblance

unable to compromise about points of

program as for trial; book where such

doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding; marked

entries are made; list of things to be

by inflexible attachment to a doctrine

done; agenda; label fixed to a package

without regard to its practical difficulties

listing contents or directions; V:

obedient; easily managed; submissive

reveal

provide written evidence (for a claim);

teachings in general; particular principle

record with documents; N.

(religious, legal, etc.) taught; dogma;

describe in a docket

take off; OP. don

shaky; infirm from old age; V. dodder

tenet; ADJ. doctrinal

blues; listlessness(lack of spirit or

energy); slack(inactive) period; period of opinionated; holding stubbornly to one's
stagnation; ocean area near the equator

poor verse

opinion; arbitrary; doctrinal

determined; stubborn; stubbornly

persevering; tenacious; Ex. Inspector

where ships cannot move because

Javert's dogged pursuit of Jean Valjean

there is no wind; Ex. in the doldrums

exercising the most influence; high and

home; V. ADJ. domiciled: having one's

easily seen; stronger than the other part

domicile; Ex. He is domiciled in Britain.

of a system; not recessive

slow-thinking stupid person; CF. dull

sorrowful; N. dolor

dominate

domineer

don

doom

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dormant

dormer

dorsal

dossier

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dotage

dote

dour

douse

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dowdy

downcast

dowry

dowse

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doze

drab

draconian

draft

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drama

drastic

draught

draw

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dregs

dribble

drip

drivel

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droll

drone

drone

droop

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condemnation to a severe penalty; ruin;

put on; OP. doff

rule over tyrannically

fate (esp. a tragic or ruinous one); V.

control; rule; enjoy a commanding

position in; overlook from a height;

file of documents on a subject or

relating to the back of an animal; Ex.

person; file; CF. bundle of papers

dorsal fin

window projecting upright from roof; CF. sleeping; temporarily inactive; lethargic;
sleeping room

latent

sullen; gloomy; stubborn

be excessively fond of; show signs of

senility; feeblemindedness of old age;

mental decline

Ex. In one's dotage

labeled on the back

plunge into water or liquid; dip;

immerse; drench; wet throughly;
extinguish; throw water over; dowse

use a divining rod to search for

money or property brought by a bride to

disheartened; dejected; sad; directed

untidy (of a woman or clothes); slovenly;

underground water or minerals

her husband at marriage

downward

dressed in an unattractive way; shabby;

CF. unattractive woman

first rough form; conscription; draught;

extremely severe; Ex. draconian

dull; lacking color; cheerless ; Ex. drab

V: make a draft of; conscript

punishment; CF. Draco: Athenian

coat/life

sleep lightly; nap

politician

choosing of a lot or card

current of air (through a room or to a

strong; violent and severe; Ex. drastic

prose or verse composition to be

fire); act of pulling roads; act of

changes/measures

performed by actors; play; exciting and

swallowing liquid or amount of liquid

unusual situation

swallowed at a time

nonsense; foolishness; V: talk nonsense

fall or let fall in drops; shed drops; N:

flow or fall in drops; let saliva flow out

sediment in a liquid; lees; worthless

action or sound of falling in drops; liquid

slowly from the mouth; move a ball; N.

residue

idle person who lives on other people's

queer and amusing

that falls in drops

bend or hang downward; become

weakened; Ex. His shoulders drooped
with tiredness; N.

talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee; N.

work; male bee

dross

drudge

drudgery

dubious

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ductile

dulcet

dull

dumbfound(dumfound)

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dummy

dupe

duplicity

duration

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duress

dutiful(duteous)

dwindle

dynamic

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dynamo

dys-

dysentery

dyslexia

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dyspeptic

d\'ebris

d\'eb\^acle

d\'ecollet\'e

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d\'enouement

earmark

earn

earthly

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earthy

ebb

ebullient

eccentric

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questionable; (of something) causing

hard unpleasant work; menial work

do drudgery; N: person who drudges

waste matter; worthless impurities

astonish (making dumb); ADJ.

(of colors or surfaces) not bright; cloudy;

sweet sounding; pleasing to the ear;

malleable; pliable; (of metals) easily

dumbfounded, dumfounded,

overcast; boring; (of edge or sound) not

melodious

pulled into shape; flexible; (of someone)

doubt; (of someone) filled with doubt; N.

dubiety

dumbstruck

sharp; not rapid; sluggish; slow in

easily influenced or controlled

thinking and understanding; stupid; V.

length of time something lasts

double-dealing; hypocrisy; being

someone easily fooled or deceived; V:

imitation of a real object used as a

dishonest and deceitful; ADJ.

deceive

substitute; effigy

(of people or their behavior) respectful;

forcible restraint, especially unlawfully;

obedient (filled with a sense of duty)

coercion by threat; illegal coercion; Ex.

duplicitous

energetic; vigorously active

shrink; reduce gradually

a promise made under duress

word blindness; learning disorder

inflammatory disorder of the lower

marked by impairment of the ability to

intestinal tract

abnormal; impaired

generator for producing electricity;

energetic person

read

(of a dress) having a low-cut neckline;

sudden disastrous downfall or defeat;

rubble; wreckage; scattered remains of

suffering from indigestion; N. dyspepsia:

CF. d\'ecolletage: low neckline (on a

complete disaster

something broken or destroyed

indigestion; difficulty in digesting food

of this earth; terrestrial; worldly; not

gain for the performance of service or

set aside (money or time) for a

final outcome; final development of the

divine; possible; Ex. no earthly reason

labor; gain (something that one

particular purpose

plot of a play or other literary work; the

dress)

deserves); deserve

end of a story when everything is

explained

irregular; odd; unconventional;

showing excitement; overflowing with

(of the tide) recede; lessen; diminish; N.

unrefined; coarse; of earth; Ex. earthy

whimsical; bizarre; not concentric

enthusiasm; boiling; N. ebullience; N.

OP. flow: rise of tide

remarks; OP. ethereal

ebullition: state of boiling

eccentricity

ecclesiastic

eclectic

eclipse

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ecliptic

ecologist

economy

ecosystem

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ecstasy

eddy

edict

edifice

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edify

eerie

efface

effective

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effectual

effectuate

effeminate

effervescence

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effete

efficacy

effigy

effluvium

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effrontery

effulgent

effusion

ego

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egoism

egotism

egotistical

egregious

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darken; extinguish; outshine; surpass;

selective; composed of elements drawn

ecclesiastical; pertaining to the church;

cause an eclipse

from disparate sources; selecting

N: minister; priest; cleric; clergyman

oddity; idiosyncrasy

individual elements from a variety of

sources; N. eclecticism

person concerned with the

ecological community together with its

efficiency or conciseness in using

interrelationship between living

environment

something; thrifty management of

organisms and their environment;

resources

person concerned with the detrimental

path of the sun and the planets

effects of human civilization on the

environment; CF. ecology

building (of imposing size)

decree (especially one issued by a

swirling current of water, air, etc.; V.

sovereign); official command

rapture; very strong feeling of joy and

happiness; any overpowering emotion;
ADJ. ecstatic: causing or experiencing
ecstasy

effectual; producing a strong response;

rub out; remove the surface of

weird; causing fear because strange

instruct; correct morally

having womanly traits

effect; produce; achieve; Ex. effectuate

able to produce a desired effect; valid

striking; in operation; in effect; Ex.

effective speech/photograph

inner excitement or exuberance;

showing high spirits; emitting bubbles

a reconciliation

forming inside; bubbling from

fermentation or carbonation; ADJ.
effervescent; V. effervesce

noxious(harmful) smell

dummy; likeness of a person made of

power to produce desired effect; ADJ.

having lost one's original power; barren;

wood, paper, or stone; Ex. burn an

efficacious: effectual

worn out; exhausted

shining brightly; brilliant

rudeness without any sense of shame;

effigy of the President

one's opinion of oneself; self-esteem

pouring forth; unrestrained outpouring of

feeling; V. effuse: pour out; ADJ.

shameless boldness; presumptousness;

effusive: pouring forth; gushing

nerve; cheek

notorious; conspicuously bad or

egotistic; excessively

tendency to speak or write of oneself

excessive interest in one's self; belief

shocking

self-centered(egocentric);

excessively; conceit; self-importance

that one should be interested in one's

self-important; conceited

self rather than in others; selfishness;

ADJ. egoistic, egoistical

egress

ejaculation

elaborate

elaboration

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elastic

elated

elegy

elevation

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elicit

elixir

ellipsis

elliptical

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elope

eloquence

elucidate

elusive

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elysian

Elysium

emaciated

emanate

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emancipate

emasculate

embargo

embark

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embed(imbed)

embellish

embezzlement

embitter

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emblazon

embody

emboss

embrace

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addition of details; intricacy

work out carefully; add more detail or

exclamation; abrupt ejection (to

exit; opening for going out; act of going

information; ADJ.

discharge sperm); V. ejaculate

out; OP. ingress

elevated position; altitude; height; flat

poem or song expressing lamentation

filled with excited joy and pride;

able to spring back into shape; quick to

upright side of a building; angle made

(for the dead); ADJ. elegiacal, elegiac

overjoyed; in high spirits; joyful and

recover (as from disappointment); able

by pointing a gun; Ex. The elevation of

proud; Ex. elated crowd; V. elate; N.

to adapt to change; Ex. elastic plans; N:

her style is much admired; Ex. front

elation

elastic material

elevation of the house

elliptic; oval; of an ellipse; containing an

omission of words from a text; mark

cure-all; panacea; something

draw out fact or information (by

ellipsis; ambiguous either purposely or

used to indicate an omission (when the

invigorating

discussion or from someone)

because key words have been left out

meaning can be understood without

them); PL. ellipses

evasive; not frank; baffling; hard to

explain; make clear; clarify; enlighten;

expressiveness; persuasive speech;

run away secretly with the intention of

grasp, catch, or understand; V. elude:

CF. lucid

ADJ. eloquent: movingly expressive;

getting married

escape from; escape the understanding

expressing ideas well so that the

or grasp of; Ex. elude the hunter; Ex.

hearers can be influeneced

His name eludes me.

issue forth; come out

thin and wasted (from hunger or illness)

place or condition of bliss

relating to paradise; blissful

commence; go on board a boat; begin a

ban on commerce or other activity

weaken; castrate

set free; liberate

make bitter; fill with painful or bitter

taking for one's own use in violation of

adorn; ornament; enhance as a story

enclose; place in something; fix firmly in

feelings; make sad and angry; Ex. He

trust; stealing (of money placed in one's

(by adding fictitious details)

a surrounding mass

was embittered by many

care)

journey

disappointments.

hug; clasp with the arms; adopt or

produce a design in raised relief;

give a bodily form to; incorporate;

ornament richly (a shield or flag); N.

espouse; accept readily; encircle;

decorate with a raised design

include

emblazonment

include; Ex. embrace the

cause/socialism; Ex. all-embracing; CF.
brace; CF. bracelet

embroider

embroil

embryonic

emend

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emetic

eminent

emissary

emollient

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emolument

empathy

empirical

emulate

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enact

enamored

encipher

encircle

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enclave

encomiastic

encompass

encroachment

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encumber

endear

endearment

endemic

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endorse

endue

enduring

energize

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enervate

enfranchise

engage

engaged

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correct (usually a text); N. emendation:

undeveloped; rudimentary; N. embryo:

throw into confusion; involve in strife,

decorate with needlework; ornament (a

correction of errors; improvement

organism in the early stage of

dispute, or quarrel; entangle; CF.

story) with fancy or fictitious details;

development

imbroglio

embellish

substance causing vomiting; ADJ.

soothing or softening remedy (for the

agent (sent on a mission to represent

rising above others; high; lofty;

skin); ADJ.

another); messenger

distinguished; Ex. eminent position

imitate; rival; try to equal or excel

based on experience

ability to identify with another's feelings,

salary; payment for an office;

ideas, etc.; identification with and

compensation

(through imitation)

understanding of another's feelings; V.

empathize; CF. sympathy

surround

encode; convert a message into code;

in love; Ex. enamored of his own

put into cipher

beauty; V. enamor: inspire with love

gradual intrusion; Ex. I resent all these

surround; include; Ex. His activities

praising; eulogistic; N. encomium: very

encroachments on my valuable time; V.

encompass publishing and computers.

high praise; eulogy

fond word or act; expression of affection

make beloved; Ex. endear her to

make (a bill) into law

territory enclosed within an alien land

encroach: take another's possessions or

right gradually or stealthily; intrude; Ex.
encroach on/upon

prevailing among a specific group of

people or in a specific area or country;

everyone; ADJ. dear: loved; cherished;

peculiar to a particular region or people;

high-priced

burden; N. encumbrance

CF. pandemic

invigorate; give energy to; make forceful

and active

lasting; surviving; V. endure: bear (pain

provide with some quality; endow

approve; support; write one's signature

or suffering) for a long time; remain

on the back of; N. endorsement; CF.

alive (in spite of difficulties); last; survive

dorsal

attract; employ; hire; pledge oneself;

employed; busy; betrothed; involved in

confront; fight; enter into confliction;

admit to the rights of citizenship

conflict

interlock; lock together; participate; N.

(especially the right to vote); CF.

engagement: agreement to marry;

franchise

arrangement to meet someone or to do

something; battle

weaken; take away energy from

engaging

engender

engross

engulf

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enhance

enigma

enjoin

enlist

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enliven

enmity

ennui

enormity

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enrapture

ensconce

ensue

entail

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enterprise

enterprising

enthrall

entice

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entity

entomology

entourage

entrance

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entreat

entree(entr\'ee)

entrepreneur

enumerate

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enunciate

environ

eon(aeon)

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surround and swallow up

occupy fully; absorb

cause; produce; give rise to

charming; attractive

(cause to) join the armed forces; obtain

command; order; forbid

puzzle; mystery; ADJ. enigmatic:

increase; make greater (as in value,

obscure; puzzling

reputation, or usefulness); improve

ill will; hatred; hostility

make lively or spirited; animate

settle comfortably; place comfortably (in

please intensely; fill with rapture and

a secure place)

delight

(help, sympathy, or support)

hugeness (in a bad sense); excessive

boredom; listlessness and

wickedness; Ex. enormity of the crime;

dissatisfaction resulting from lack of

ADJ. enormous

interest; CF. annoy

make necessary; require; necessitate;

follow (as a result)

involve; limit the inheritance of

(property) to a specified succession of
heirs; Ex. entail A on/upon B

lure; persuade to do (something wrong);

capture; enslave; captivate; hold the

attract; tempt

complete attention of (as if magic); hold

full of initiative; showing enterprise

initiative; business organization; plan

willingness to take new ventures;

spellbound

(that is difficult or daring); Ex. their latest

enterprise to sail round the world in a
small boat

put under a spell(condition caused by

group of attendants; retinue; CF.

study of insects

real being

magical power); carry away(fill with

surround

businessperson (who assumes the risk

entrance; a way in; right to enter; main

plead; ask earnestly

of a business venture); contractor; ADJ.

dish of a meal; Ex. entree into the

entrepreneurial

exclusive circle

ornament worn on the shoulder (of a

long period of time; an age; longest

enclose; surround; N. environs:

announce; proclaim; utter or speak,

uniform, etc.)

division of geologic time containing two

surrounding area (as of a city)

especially distinctly; pronounce clearly;

strong feeling) with emotion; put into a

trance; fill with delight

list; mention one by one

or more eras

articulate; Ex. This theory was first

enunciated by him.

ephemeral

epic

epicure

Epicurean

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epigram

epilogue

episodic

epistemologist

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epitaph

epithet

epitome

epoch

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equable

equanimity

equestrian

equilibrium

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equine

equinox

equipoise

equitable

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equity

equivocal

equivocate

erode

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erotic

errant

erratic

erroneous

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erudite

escapade

eschew

esoteric

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believing that pleasure is good and

suffering is bad and should be avoided;

connoisseur of food and drink; gourmet; long heroic poem, novel, or similar work
ADJ. epicurean; CF. Epicurus

N.

short-lived; fleeting

of art (celebrating the feats of a hero);

ADJ: (of stories or events) resembling
an epic; grand

philosopher who studies the nature of

(of a story or play) loosely connected;

short speech at conclusion of dramatic

knowledge; N. epistemology

made up of separate and loosely

work

witty thought or saying, usually short

connected parts; N. episode: incident in

the course of an experience

period of time

balance of opposing forces; balance of

perfect example or embodiment; brief

word or phrase characteristically used

inscription in memory of a dead person

(as on a tombstone)

summary; Ex. epitome of good

to describe a person or thing;

manners; V. epitomize: make an

descriptive phrase to characterize a

epitome of; be an epitome of; embody

person (often contemptous)

rider on horseback; ADJ.

calmness of temperament; composure

the mind; equanimity

fair; impartial; OP. inequitable

tranquil; of even calm temper; (of

temperature) steady; uniform

balance; balancing force; equilibrium

period of equal days and nights; the

resembling a horse; Ex. equine face

beginning of spring and autumn; Ex.

vernal/autumnal equinox; ADJ.
equinoctial

eat away; wear away gradually by

use equivocal language to deceive

(of words or statements) ambiguous;

abrasion; Ex. The sea erodes the rocks.

people; lie; mislead; attempt to conceal

intentionally misleading; (of behavior)

the truth; N. equivocation

questionable; OP. unequivocal

odd; irregular in movement or behavior;

wandering (esp. in search of

pertaining to passionate love or sexual

unpredictable

adventure); straying from proper moral

love

mistaken; wrong; incorrect

fairness; justice; OP. inequity

standards; Ex. knight-errant

hard to understand; known only to the

avoid habitually; Ex. eschew alcoholic

prank; flighty conduct; reckless

(of a person or book) learned; full of

chosen few, esp. initiates; N. esoterica

drinks

adventure that disobeys rules

learning; scholarly; N. erudition

espionage

espouse

esteem

estimable

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estranged

ethereal

ethnic

ethnology

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ethos

etymology

eugenic

eulogistic

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eulogy

euphemism

euphony

euphoria

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euthanasia

evanescent

evasive

evenhanded

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eventual

evince

evocative

evoke

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ewe

exacerbate

exact

exacting

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exalt

exasperate

except

exceptionable

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(of a person) worthy of esteem;

respect; value; judge; N.

admirable; deserving esteem; possible

adopt; support (an idea or aim); marry;

spying

N. espousal

to estimate

like a spirit or fairy; unearthly light;

separated; alienated; V. estrange:

different races of human beings; CF.

study of humankind; study of the

relating to races

heavenly; unusually refined; Ex. She

alienate (people in a family); N.

anthropology

has an ethereal beauty; CF. ether:

estrangement

upper air

praising; full of eulogy

pertaining to the improvement of race;

study of word parts; study of the origins

N. eugenics: study of hereditary

of words

improvement of the human race

underlying character of a culture, group,

etc.; character or ideas peculiar to a
specific person, group, or culture; Ex.
the company ethos

feeling of exaggerated or

sweet sound; ADJ. euphonious

unfounded(ungrounded; baseless)

mild expression in place of an

expression of praise, often on the

unpleasant one; ADJ. euphemistic

occasion of someone's death; V.

well-being; feeling of great happiness or

eulogize

well-being (when unreasonable); ADJ.

euphoriaric

impartial; fair

not frank; trying to hide the truth;

fleeting; vanishing; soon disappearing;

eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a

V. evanesce

mercy killing

duty or responsibility) or escape from by

deceit

call forth (memory or feeling); Ex. That

tending to call up (emotions, memories)

show clearly

old film evoked memories of my

happening at last as a result; Ex.

eventual victory

childhood; N. evocation

extremely demanding; Ex. exacting

demand and obtain by force; Ex. exact

standard of safety

a promise from him; N. exaction

worsen; aggravate; embitter

female sheep

objectionable; likely to cause dislike;

exclude; N. exception: objection;

vex; annoy or make angry (by testing

raise in rank or dignity; praise highly;

offensive; CF. unexceptionable: entirely

exclusion; ADJ. exceptional: unusual; of

the patience)

inspire; Ex. exalt the imagination; ADJ.

acceptable

unusually high quality

exalted; N. exaltation

excerpt

exchequer

excise

exclaim

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excoriate

exculpate

execrable

execrate

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execute

executioner

executive

executor

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exegesis

exemplary

exemplify

exempt

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exertion

exhale

exhilarating

exhort

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exhume

exigency

exiguous

existential

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exodus

exonerate

exorbitant

exorcise

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exotic

expansive

expatiate

expatriate

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cry out suddenly; N. exclamation; ADJ.

cut away; cut out; N: government tax on

treasury; Ex. Chancellor of the

selected passage (written or musical)

exclamatory

good produced and used inside a

exchequer

taken from a longer work; V.

clear from blame or guilt

scold with biting harshness; censure

country; N. excision

curse; express abhorrence for; detest

very bad; detestable

strongly; strip the skin off

person designated to execute the terms

person having administrative authority;

person administering capital

put into effect; carry out; kill as a lawful

of a will

one branch of government executing

punishment

punishment; N. execution

laws; ADJ: relating to executing

not subject to a duty or obligation; free

show by example; furnish an example;

serving as a model; outstanding; Ex.

explanation, especially of biblical(of the

from a duty; V.

serve as an example of; Ex. His pictures

exemplary punishment/behavior; N.

bible) passages

exemplify that sort of painting.

exemplar: typical example; model

urge (by strong argument or advice);

invigorating and refreshing; cheering; V.

breathe out; OP. inhale

Ex. The general exhorted his men to

exhilarate: make cheerful and excited;

work; V. exert oneself: make a great

fight bravely; N. exhortation

Ex. exhilarated by the ride in the sports

effort

effort; expenditure of much physical

car

pertaining to existence; pertaining to the

small in amount; minute

urgent situation; ADJ. exigent

philosophy of existentialism

drive out evil spirits

exile; someone who has withdrawn from

dig out of the ground; remove from a

grave

(of costs or demands) excessive;

acquit; exculpate; free from blame or

exceeding reasonable bounds

guilt

talk at length; speak or write in detail

departure (of a large number of people)

(of a person) outgoing and sociable;

not native; from another part of the

his native land; V: exile; banish; leave

broad and extensive; able to increase in

world; strange; intriguingly unusual; Ex.

one's country

size

exotic flower/dress

expedient

expedite

expeditious

expenditure

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expertise

expiate

expletive

explicate

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explicit

exploit

exploit

expository

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expostulation

exposure

expos\'e

expound

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expropriate

expunge

expurgate

exquisite

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extant

extemporaneous

extenuate

extirpate

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extol

extort

extradition

extraneous

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extrapolation

extricate

extrinsic

extrovert

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payment or expense; expending;

done with speed; quick; N. expedition

hasten; make go faster

suitable (for a particular purpose

something expended; output; Ex.

although not necessarily morally

receipt for the expenditure; Ex.

correct); practical; politic(prudent); N:

expenditure of all the energy

something expedient

explain in detail; interpret; clarify; CF.

meaningless word; interjection; profane

explicable

oath; swear-word

make amends for (a sin)

explanatory; serving to explain; N.

make use of, sometimes unjustly; N.

brave and successful act; deed or

exposition: explaining; exhibition

exploitation

action, particularly a brave deed; CF.

specialized knowledge (in a particular

field); expert skill

totally clear; definite; outspoken

crossing the Atlantic ocean

explain

public revelation of something

risk, particularly of being exposed to

protest; remonstrance; reasoning with

discreditable

disease or to the elements; unmasking;

someone to correct or dissuade; V.

act of laying something open; Ex.

expostulate

exposure of governmental corruption

delicate; very finely made; extremely

clean; remove offensive parts of a book

beautiful; Ex. exquisite piece of jewelry

root up; uproot; destroy completely

weaken; mitigate; lessen the

cancel; remove a word or name (from a

take possession of (often for public use

book or list); erase

and without payment)

not planned; impromptu; extempore

(of something written or painted) still in

seriousness of (bad behavior)

existence

not essential; irrelevant; superfluous;

surrender of prisoner by one state to

wring from; get money by threats, etc.;

praise very highly; glorify

external; coming from the outside; Ex.

another; Ex. extradition treaty; V.

obtain by force or threats; CF.

extraneous details/noise/to the subject

extradite

extortionate: exorbitant

person interested mostly in external

external; not essential or inherent;

free from an entanglement or difficulty;

projection; conjecture; V. extrapolate:

objects and actions

extraneous; OP. intrinsic

disentangle

infer (unknown information) from known

information

extrude

exuberance

exude

exult

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fabricate

facade(fa\c{c}ade)

facet

facetious

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facile

facilitate

facsimile

faction

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factious

factitious

factotum

faculty

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fake

fallacious

fallible

fallow

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falsify

falter

fanaticism

fancied

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fancier

fanciful

fancy

fanfare

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far-fetched

farce

fashion

fastidious

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rejoice

flow out slowly; discharge (gradually);

overflowing abundance; joyful

force or push out; thrust out; shape

give forth; N. exudation

enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness;

(plastic or metal) by forcing through a

ADJ. exuberant: high-spirited and lively;

die

growing abundantly and strongly

joking (often inappropriately); unserious;

small plane surface (of a gem(precious

front or face (of building); superficial or

build; lie; make up (a story) in order to

humorous

stone)); a side

false appearance

deceive; Ex. fabricate the whole story;

CF. fabric: underlying structure; Ex.
fabric of society

easily accomplished; ready or fluent;

party; clique (within a large group);

copy

help bring about; make less difficult

dissension

superficial; not deep; N. facility: ability to

do something easily and well; ease in
doing resulting from skill or aptitude;
something that facilitates an action;
amenity;

mental or bodily powers; teaching staff

(of land) plowed but not sowed (to

handyman; person who does all kinds of

artificial; produced artificially; sham;

inclined to form factions; causing

work; CF. do everything

false; Ex. factitious tears

dissension

liable to err

false; based on a fallacy; misleading; N.

not genuine; N: one that is not genuine;

fallacy: false idea or notion; false

impostor; sham; V: counterfeit; Ex. fake

reasoning; Ex. popular fallacy; Ex.

the results of the experiment/the

fallacy of the argument

signature

excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a

hesitate; weaken in purpose or action;

make (something written) false by

belief or cause; N. fanatic; ADJ. fanatic

walk or move unsteadily through

changing

improve the quality); uncultivated

imagined; unreal

weakness; N.

call by bugles or trumpets; showy

imagination (of a whimsical or fantastic

whimsical; visionary; imaginary;

breeder or dealer of animals; one who

display; spectacular public display

nature); capricious liking; V: imagine; be

produced by imagination; Ex. fanciful

has a special interest, as for raising

fond of; ADJ. decorative; elaborate

scheme

specific plant or animal

difficult to please; squeamish; fussy;

finicky

give shape to; make; Ex. fashion the pot broad comedy; mockery; humorous play
out of clay

full of silly things happening; ADJ.

farcical

too improbable to be believed;

implausible; Ex. far-fetched story

fatalism

fathom

fathomless

fatuous

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fauna

favoritism

fawning

faze

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feasible

feature

febrile

fecundity

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feebleminded

feign

feint

felicitous

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felicity

feline

fell

fell

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felon

feral

ferment

fermentation

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ferocious

ferret

fertile

fervent

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fervid

fervor

fester

festive

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smugly and unconsciously foolish;

inane; silly; N. fatuity, fatuousness

disconcert; dismay; embarrass

too deep to be measured or understood; comprehend; investigate; determine the

unfathomable

belief that events are determined by

depth of; N. unit of measurement for the

forces or fates beyond one's control;

depth of water

ADJ. fatalistic; CF. fatal: causing death

courting favor by cringing and flattering;

display of partiality toward a favored

animals of a period or region; CF. flora

V. fawn: exhibit affection as a dog; seek

person

favor or attention by obsequiousness

fertility; fruitfulness; ADJ. fecund: very

feverish

productive of crops or young

distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes

practical; able to be carried out;

or mouth); features: overall appearance

practicable

of the face; prominent or distinctive

quality; prominent article; film; V: make
prominent

(of a word or remark) apt; suitably

trick; shift; sham blow; feigned attack to

expressed; well chosen

draw away defensive action; V.

cut or knock down (a tree or a person);

cruel; (of a disease) deadly

pretend

of a member of the cat family; N.

bring down (with a missile)

deficient in intelligence; very stupid

happiness; appropriateness (of a

remark, choice, etc.); quality of being
felicitous

chemical reaction that splits complex

agitation; commotion(noisy and excited

organic compounds; unrest; agitation

activity); unrest (of a political kind); V.

(of an animal) not domestic; wild

person convicted of a grave crime; CF.

felony: serious crime

produce by fermentation; undergo

fermentation; cause (a state of trouble)

drive or hunt out of hiding; hunt with

ardent; zealous; hot

producing many young, fruits, or seeds;

ferrets; drive out (as from a hiding

(of land) producing good crops; V.

place); expel; uncover or discover by

fertilize

searching; N. small fierce animal which

fierce; violent; N. ferocity

catches rats and rabbits by going into

their holes

joyous; celebratory; relating to a feast or rankle; produce irritation or resentment;

festival

glowing ardor; intensity of feeling;

(of a cut or wound) generate pus or rot;

quality of being fervent or fervid; zeal;

Ex. His insult festered in my mind for

intense heat

days.

ardent; zealous; hot

fete(f\^ete)

fetid(foetid)

fetish(fetich)

fetter

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feud

fiasco

fiat

fickle

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fictitious

fidelity

fiend

figment

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figurative

figure

figurine

filch

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filial

filibuster

filigree

filing

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filth

finale

finery

finesse

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finicky

finish

finished

finite

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firebrand

fissure

fit

fitful

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shackle; restrict the freedom of; N.

object believed to have spiritual powers;

chain or shackle for the foot of a

object of excessive attention or

with a feast; N. (outdoor) festival or

prisoner; CF. foot

reverence; CF. fetishism

feast; CF. feast

changeable (in affections or friendship);

command; arbitrary order; Ex.

faithless

presidential fiat; CF. let it be done

malodorous; foul

total failure; CF. bottle

honor at a festival; celebrate or honor

bitter prolonged quarrel (usually

between two peoples or families); V.
CF. Romeo and Juliet; CF. feudal,
feudalism

invention; something invented;

evil spirit; devil

loyalty; accuracy

imaginary; non-existent; purposely

imaginary thing; Ex. figment of your

invented to deceive; untrue; Ex.

imagination

fictitious name/boyfriend; CF. fictional

steal (things of small value)

small ornamental statuette(very small

statue)

written symbols; number; amount

not literal but metaphorical; using a

represented in numbers; outline or

figure(impression) of speech

silhouette of a thing or human body;

person (well-known); impression;
diagram; pattern; group in a dance;

particle removed by a file

delicate ornamental lacelike metalwork

block legislation or prevent action in a

pertaining to or befitting a son or

lawmaking body by making very slow

daughter; Ex. filial respect

long speeches; N; freebooter

delicate skill; V: handle with finesse

beautiful clothes for a special occasion

conclusion; concluding part

dirty matter; ADJ. filthy

limited

properly made and complete; Ex.

surface texture; completeness of

too particular; fussy; difficult to please;

finished product/performance

execution

too concerned with unimportant details

or quality; Ex. finicky about her food

spasmodic; intermittent; irregular

sudden outburst of an illness or feeling;

convulsion caused by epilepsy

crevice; crack

piece of burning wood; hothead;

troublemaker; person who stirs up
trouble

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flag

flagrant

flail

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flair

flamboyant

flashy

flaunt

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flay

fleck

fledgling(fledgeling)

fleece

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fleet

flick

flicker

flighty

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flinch

flip

flippant

flirt

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flit

floe

flora

florescence

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florid

flotsam

flounder

flourish

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flout

flowery

fluctuate

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beat with or as if with a flail; move

conspicuously wicked, bad, or offensive;

droop; grow feeble; decline in vigor or

flabby; lacking firmness; weak; Ex.

wildly; thresh grain by hand; strike or

blatant; outrageous

strength; ADJ. flagging; CF. unflagging

flaccid muscles

display ostentatiously; Ex. ``Honey, if

showy; gaudy; giving a momentary

ornate; highly elaborate; richly colored;

talent

you've got it, flaunt it !''

brilliance

ostentatious; showy; CF. flame

wool coat of a sheep; V: shear the

inexperienced; N: young bird that has

spot; mark with flecks; N: small mark or

strip off skin; plunder; remove the skin

fleece from; rob by a trick; swindle;

acquired wing feathers and is learning

spot

from; criticize harshly

plunder

to fly; inexperienced person

(esp. of a woman's behavior) capricious;

burn unsteadily or fitfully; move

light stroke as with a whip; V: move with

fast; rapid; N. ADJ. fleeting: passing

often changing, esp. from one lover to

waveringly; N: flickering movement or

a light quick blow; strike with a light

quickly; ephemeral

another; impulsive

light; brief sensation; Ex. flicker of

quick blow (as from a whip); Ex. flick the

excitement

switch

behave in a way that attracts (sexual)

lacking proper seriousness; Ex. flippant

send (something) spinning, often into

hesitate; shrink back (in fear of

attention; deal triflingly with; N: one (or

remarks about death; N. flippancy

the air, by striking with a light quick

something unpleasant); Ex. She did not

blow; turn over; Ex. flip over

flinch in the face of danger.

flat mass of floating ice

fly; fly or move lightly or quickly; dart

slap; toss about; N: threshing tool

consisting of a stick swinging from the
end of a long handle

woman) given to flirting; ADJ. flirtatious

condition or period of flowering

plants of a region or era

lightly; pass swiftly by; Ex. a bee flitting

from flower to flower

grow well; prosper; make sweeping

struggle and thrash about; proceed

gestures; wave; brandish; Ex. The trees

clumsily or falter (as in water, mud,

flourished in the sun. N: showy

snow, etc.); proceed in confusion

drifting wreckage

ruddy; (of a complexion) reddish;

flowery; very ornate; CF. rose

movement or gesture; embellishment or

ornamentation (esp. in handwriting)

smoothness of speech; ADJ. fluent

waver; shift; rise and fall as if in waves;

change or vary irregularly

full of flowers; full of ornate expressions

reject; mock; show contempt for; scorn;

Ex. flout the rules

fluke

flush

fluster

fluted

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flutter

flux

fodder

foible

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foil

foil

foist

foliage

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foment

foolhardy

foppish

foray

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forbearance

ford

forebears(forbears)

foreboding

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forensic

forerunner

foreshadow

foresight

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forestall

forfeit

forge

forgo(forego)

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forlorn

formality

formidable

forsake

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redden; blush; flow suddenly and

having vertical parallel grooves (as in a

confuse; make nervous and confused;

abundantly; wash out by a rapid brief

unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune;

pillar); V. flute: make long parallel

N.

flow of water; N: reddish tinge; blush;

accidental stroke of good luck; ADJ.

inward curves in; N. flute: long rounded

brief rush; rush of strong feeling; Ex.

fluky

groove incised on the shaft of a column

flush of pride; ADJ: having surfaces in

the same plane; even; blushing

small weakness of character; slight

coarse food for cattle, horses, etc.; feed

flowing; series of changes; fluctuation;

(of a bird with large wings) wave (the

fault; CF. feeble

for livestock; CF. food

Ex. in a state of flux

wings) lightly, rapidly, and irregularly;

vibrate rapidly or erratically; fly by
waving quickly; flitter; N.

masses of leaves; CF. defoliate

insert improperly; impose upon another

defeat; frustrate; prevent from being

contrast; one that by contrast enhances

by coercion; palm off; pass off as

successful; thwart; CF. fail

the distinctive characteristics of another

rash; reckless; foolishly daring

stir up; incite; instigate; promote the

genuine or worthy; CF. fist

raid; sudden raid or military advance; V.

vain about dress and appearance; N.

fop: man who takes too much interest in

growth of (something evil or unpleasant)

his clothes and appearance

premonition of evil; feeling of coming

ancestors

evil; V. forebode: be a warning of

place where a river can be crossed on

patience; forgiveness; V. forbear: refrain

foot; V.

from (in a generous and forgiving way);

(something unpleasant)

be patient; Ex. forbear to send him to

prison

ability to foresee future happenings;

give an indication beforehand; be a sign

predecessor; one that comes before

suitable to debate or courts of law; of or

prudence in providing for the future

of (what is coming); portend; prefigure

and indicates the approach of another

used in legal proceedings and the

tracking of criminals; Ex. forensic
science/medicine

counterfeit; reproduce fraudulently; form

give up; do without

by heating in a forge and hammering

something surrendered as punishment

into shape; move with a sudden

for a crime or breach of contract; V: lose

increase of speed or power; Ex. forged

as a forfeit; N. forfeiture

prevent by taking action in advance

ahead in the last two years; N: furnace

where metals are heated

desert; abandon; renounce

menacing; arousing fear; threatening;

ceremonious quality; ceremonious

difficult to defeat; Ex. formidable

adherence to rules; something done just

foe/question

for form's sake; Ex. mere formality

sad and lonely; wretched; desolate

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forte

forthcoming

forthright

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fortitude

fortuitous

forum

forward

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foster

foul

founder

founder

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fracas

fractious

frail

franchise

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frantic

fraudulent

fraught

fray

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freebooter

frenetic(phrenetic)

frenzied

fresco

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fret

friction

frieze

frigid

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fringe

frisk

fritter

frivolous

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straightforward; direct; frank

happening in the near future; ready;

strong point or special talent in a

renounce under oath; abandon; make a

willing to help; Ex. No answer was

person's character

solemn promise to give up; CF. abjure

accidental; by chance; N. fortuity

bravery; courage; strength of mind

forthcoming.

presumptuous or bold

public square of an ancient Roman city;

public place for open discussion; court
of law

rear; bring up (for a certain period only);

person who establishes (an

fail completely; sink; CF. flounder

organization or business)

right or privilege granted by authority;

weak; N. frailty

right to vote; license to sell a product in

very bad or disagreeable; very dirty; Ex. encourage; promote the development of
foul

(feelings or ideas); Ex. help foster

smell/flavor/temper/language/air/deed/w

friendly relations; ADJ: giving parental

eather/means; N. act against the rules;

care although not related by blood; Ex.

V. make or become foul; commit a foul

foster parents

unruly; peevish; cranky; bad-tempered;

brawl(noisy quarrel or fight) in which a

Ex. fractious horse

number of people take part; melee

a particular territory

brawl; fight; V: wear away or unravel by

filled (with something unpleasant); full;

cheating; deceitful; Ex. fraudulent

wild; distraught as from fear or worry;

rubbing; have loose threads developing;

Ex. fraught with danger and difficulties;

means; N. fraud: deception; swindle

Ex. frantic with fear

cause to become worn out (a person's

CF. freight

frenzied; frantic

pirate or plunderer who makes war in

temper or nerves); CF. rub

painting on wet plaster (usually fresh)

madly excited; N. frenzy: violent wild

excitement

intensely cold; cold in manner; Ex. frigid

ornamental horizontal band on a wall

zone

order to grow rich

clash or conflict in opinion; rubbing

be annoyed or vexed; Ex. fret over your

against

poor grades; N: irritation of mind; ADJ.

fretful

lacking in seriousness; flippant;

waste (time or money on unimportant

move about playfully; froric; ADJ. frisky:

decorative edge of hanging threads;

self-indulgently carefree; unworthy of

things)

playful

edge

serious attention; relatively unimportant;

trivial

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frolic

frolicsome

frond

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fructify

frugality

fruitful

fruition

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frustrate

fuddle

fugitive

fulcrum

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fulminate

fulsome

fumble

functional

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functionary

fundamental

funereal

furor

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furrow

furtive

fusillade

fusion

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fuss:

fussy

futile

gadfly

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gaffe

gainsay

gait

galaxy

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fern leaf; palm or banana leaf

prankish; gay; playful; merry; frisky

play and jump about happily; frisk; Ex.

long loose garment (worn by monks)

frolicking young lambs

bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization;

producing results; profitable; prolific;

thrift; economy; ADJ. frugal: practicing

Ex. come to/be brought to fruition

producing in abundance

economy; costing little; inexpensive

bear fruit; produce fruit

support on which a lever rests or pivots

fleeting or transitory; lasting only a short

make stupid or confused as with

thwart; defeat; prevent from

time; roving(wandering); running away

alcholic drink; N. in a fuddle: confused

accomplishing a purpose

disgustingly excessive; offensively

thunder; explode; issue a severe

denunciation

or fleeing as from the law; N: one who

flees; Ex. fugitives at large

made for practical use only (without

move the fingers and hands awkwardly

decoration); functioning; Ex. functional

(in search of something); mishandle or

flattering; Ex. fulsome

modern furniture; CF. functionalism

drop a ball that is in play; bungle; botch;

praise/expressions of admire

spoil by mishandling; N.

frenzy; great anger and excitement; CF.

sad; solemn; suitable for a funeral

basic; primary; essential

fury

union; coalition; V. fuse

official (who performs a particular

function)

simultaneous firing or outburst (of

stealthy; quiet and secret (trying to

long shallow trench made by a plow;

missiles, questions, etc.)

escape notice); sneaky; Ex. furtive

deep wrinkle in the skin; V.

glance

trouble or worry over trifles; make

animal-biting fly; irritating person

useless; hopeless; ineffectual

fastidious; finicky; easily upset

nervous; pay too much attention to; N:

needless concern or worry (about a
trivial thing); anxious nervous condition;
display of attention; Ex. make a fuss
over the baby

large isolated system of stars, such as

the Milky Way; collection of brilliant
personalities

manner of walking or running; speed

deny

social blunder

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gall

gall

galleon

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galley

gallows

galvanic

galvanize

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gambit

gambol

gamely

gamut

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gangrene

gape

garbled

gargantuan

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gargoyle

garish

garner

garnish

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garrulous

gastronomy

gauche

gaudy

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gaunt

gavel

gawk

gazette

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genealogy

generality

generate

generic

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large three-masted sailing ship

bitterness of feeling; nerve; effrontery;

annoy; exasperate; chafe; N: skin sore

windstorm; gust of wind; emotional

CF. gall bladder

caused by rubbing (as on the skin of a

outburst (laughters, tears); Ex. gale of

horse); exasperation

laughter

stimulate or shock by an electric

of the production of electricity by the

framework from which a noose is

low ship with sails (rowed along by

current; stimulate by shock; shock into

action of an acid on a metal; having the

suspended (used for execution by

slaves)

action; stir up; coat with rust-resistant

effect of an electric shock; Ex. galvanic

hanging)

zinc by using electricity

cell; galvanic effect; CF. Luigi Galvani

entire range

in a spirited manner; with courage; Ex.

romp; skip about; leap about playfully;

opening in chess in which a piece is

fight gamely against a superior boxer;

frolic; N.

sacrificed; action made to produce a

ADJ. game

huge; enormous; gigantic; CF. the hero

of Gargantua and Pantagruel

mixed up; jumbled; distorted; V. garble:

future advantage

open widely; open the mouth wide;

mix up or distort (a message) to such an stare wonderingly with the mouth open;
extent as to make misleading or

decay of body tissue caused by

insufficient blood supply (usually

CF. agape

following injury); ADJ. gangrenous

overbright in color; unpleasantly bright;

waterspout carved in grotesque figures

gaudy

on a building

unintelligible

decorate; add a garnish to; decorate

gather; store up; amass

(food or drink) with small items such as

lemon slices; N.

flashy; showy

clumsy (in social behavior); coarse and

art and science of preparing and serving loquacious; wordy; talkative; N. garrulity

uncouth

good food; CF. gastronome

official periodical publication;

stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed

hammerlike tool; mallet(wooden

lean and angular; thin and bony;

newspaper

awe

hammer) used by a presiding officer or

emaciated; barren

an auctioneer; V.

characteristic of an entire class or

species; of a genus

cause; produce; create

vague statement; general statement

record of descent; lineage; ancestry;

which is not detailed; quality of being

study of ancestry

general; greater part; most; Ex.

generality of people

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geniality

genre

genteel

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gentility

gentle

gentry

genuflect

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genus

geriatrics

germ

germane

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germinal

germinate

gerontocracy

gerontology

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gerrymander

gestate

gesticulation

ghastly

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gibberish

gibe

giddy

gild

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gingerly

girth

gist

glacial

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glamor

glare

glaring

glaze

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well-bred; elegant; striving to convey an

particular variety of art or literature

cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy;

appearance of refinement; Ex. genteel

ADJ. genial: cheerful and

poverty

good-tempered

bend the knee as in worship

people of standing(rank or position);

kindly; soft; mild; of good family

people of good family or high social

beginning; origin

those of gentle birth; high social class;

refinement; quality of being genteel

position; class of people just below

nobility

pertinent; bearing upon(having

earliest form of an organism; seed or

connection with) the case at hand;

bud; something that may develop into

appropriate

something larger or more important;

medical treatment and care of old age

division of animals or plants, below a

family and above a species

microbe

study of the sociological phenomena

government ruled by old people

cause to sprout; sprout

associated with old age

pertaining to a germ; creative; Ex.

germinal idea

horrible; terrifying; resembling ghosts;

motion; gesture; V. gesticulate: make

evolve as in prenatal growth; N.

change voting district lines in order to

CF. aghast

gestures (while speaking)

gestation: period of development from

favor a political party; N. CF. Elbridge

conception until birth

Gerry + (sala)mander

light-hearted; not serious; frivolous;

mock; make jeering remarks; N: jeering

nonsense; nonsensical or unintelligible

dizzy; causing dizziness; Ex. giddy

remarks

talk or writing; babbling

distance around something;

very carefully; ADJ.

cover with a thin layer of gold

youth; Ex. giddy climb/height

like a glacier; of an ice age; extremely

essence; main point; substance

cold; Ex. glacial epoch; CF. iceberg

circumference

cover with a thin and shiny surface;

(of something bad) highly conspicuous;

shine intensely and blindingly; stare

apply a glaze to; N: thin, smooth, shiny

harshly bright; shining intensely and

fixedly and angrily; N.

coating (as for pottery); Ex. unglazed

blindingly

pottery

compelling charm; ADJ. glamorous

gleam

glean

glib

glimmer

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glitter

gloat

gloss

glossary

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glossy

gloss_over

glow

glower

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glut

glutinous

glutton

gnarl

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gnarled

gnome

goad

gobble

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gorge

gorge

gory

gossamer

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gouge

gouge

gourmand

gourmet

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gracious

gradation

graduate

graduated

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shine erratically; twinkle; N: dim or

fluent (with insincerity or superficiality);

gather leavings; gather grain left behind

unsteady light; faint indication; Ex.

facile; slick

by reapers; gather bit by bit (facts or

glimmer of hope

brief flash of light; glow; V.

information) often with difficulty

brief explanation of words used in the

brief explanation note or translation of a

express evil satisfaction; look at or think

shine brightly with flashing points of

text

difficult expression; V.

about with evil satisfaction; view

light; Ex. glittering diamond ring; N:

malevolently; Ex. The thief gloated over

sparkling light; attractiveness; glamor;

the stolen jewels.

Ex. glitter of the sun on the waves

eyes or metals); show redness and heat

explain away with the intention of

smooth and shining; N. gloss: shiny

(in the face) after hard work or because

deceiving or hiding faults

shine brightly without a flame (as of

scowl; glare; look or stare angrily

protruding knot on a tree; V.

brightness on a surface; superficially

of strong feelings; N: light produced by

attractive appearance; Ex. gloss of good

a heated body; brilliance of a color

manners

someone who eats too much; ADJ.

sticky; viscous; gluey

gluttonous: given to gluttony; greedy;

overstock; fill beyond capacity (with

food); fill to excess; N: oversupply

CF. gluttony: habit of eating too much

urge on; drive with a goad; cause

eat very quickly

(someone) to do something by

dwarf; underground spirit who guards

continued annoyance; Ex. They goaded

treasure hoards

twisted

him into doing it by saying he was a

coward; N: sharp-pointed stick for
driving cattle; stimulus; CF. annoy
continually

sheer; very light; like cobwebs; N: soft

bloody; N. gore: blood (from a wound)

and sheer fabric; cobweb

stuff oneself (with food); glut; CF.

narrow canyon; steep rocky cleft; ravine

gorgeous: dazzlingly beautiful

(made by a stream which runs through

it)

connoisseur of food and drink; epicure

epicure; person who takes excessive

tear out; cut out (as if with a gouge); Ex.

overcharge (with high price); extort

pleasure in food and drink

gouge his eyes out; N: chisel for cutting

from; Ex. gouge the public; CF. usury

out hollow areas in wood

arranged by degrees (of height,

arrange into categories or grades;

series of gradual stages; degree in such

kind in a generous way (to someone

difficulty, etc.)

divide into marked intervals (for use in

a progression

less important)

measurement); Ex. graduated ruler

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grandeur

grandiloquent

grandiose

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granulate

graphic

graphite

grapple

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grate

gratify

gratis

gratuitous

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gratuity

gravity

graze

gregarious

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grievance

grill

grim

grimace

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grisly

groom

groove

gross

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grotesque

grotto

grouch

grouse

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grovel

growl

grudge

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affectedly grand; pretentious;

(of a person or speech) using high

high-flown; ridiculously exaggerated;

sounding or important-sounding

impressive; great in size or scope;

language; pompous; bombastic

impressiveness; stateliness; majesty

storehouse for grain

grand; Ex. grandiose ideas

wrestle; come to grips with; take hold of

black form of carbon used in lead

pertaining to the art of delineating;

form into grains or granules; N. granule:

and struggle with; Ex. grapple with the

pencils

vividly described

grain or particle

free; without charge; ADJ.

please; satisfy; Ex. gratify a desire

make a harsh noise; have an

burglar

given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for;

done without good reason; Ex.

unpleasant effect; shred by rubbing

gratuitous comment

against a rough surface; Ex. grated

cheese N: framework of metal bars to
hold fuel in a fireplace

(of an animal) feed on growing grass;

sociable; (of an animal) tending to form

cause (an animal) to feed on grass;

a group

scrape (esp. the skin) or touch lightly in

seriousness; ADJ. grave

tip

cause of complaint; complaint

passing; brush; Ex. We can't graze the

cattle till summer; N: surface wound

facial distortion to show feeling such as

causing great fear; unrelenting;

question severely; cook on a grill; broil;

pain, disgust, etc; V.

determined in spite of fear; Ex. grim

N: cooking surface of parallel metal bars

smile

total; fragrant; clearly wrong; (of

long narrow channel made in a surface

man employed to take care of horses;

ghastly; horrifying; Ex. grisly remains of

people's behavior) coarse; corpulent;

to guide the movement of something;

V: make neat and trim; clean and brush

the bodies

Ex. gross insolence/behavior; V: earn

Ex. groove of the record

(an animal)

complain; fuss; grumble; grouch; N:

bad-tempered complaint; person who

small cavern

plump chickenlike game bird

keeps complaining; V: complain;

and unnatural (causing fear or

grumble

amusement)

as a total amount; N: 12 dozens

fantastic; comically hideous; strange

unwilling; reluctant; stingy(giving

deep feeling of dislike; Ex. grudge fight;

low, guttural, menacing sound (as of a

crawl or creep on ground; remain

reluctantly)

V.

dog)

prostrate; behave in a servile manner

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grueling

gruesome

gruff

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grumble

grunt

guffaw

guile

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guileless

guise

gull

gullible

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gush

gust

gustatory

gusto

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gusty

guy

gyroscope

habitat

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habituate

hackles

hackneyed

haggard

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haggle

hail

halcyon

hale

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halfhearted

hallowed

hallucination

halting

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rough-mannered; (of a voice) rough;

grisly; horrible

exhausting; Ex. grueling marathon race

thin liquid porridge

boisterous laughter; V.

utter a deep guttural sound (as a pig

complain; mutter discontentedly;

does); N.

grouch; N.

trick; deceive; hoodwink; N: person who

outward appearance; costume; Ex. in a

without deceit

is easily tricked; dupe

new guise

affecting or relating to the sense of taste

strong abrupt rush of wind; V. CF.

(of liquid) pour out in large quantities

bluster

from a hole; make an excessive display

hoarse

deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning; Ex.

persuade her by guile

easily deceived

eager enjoyment; zest; enthusiasm

of feeling (without true feeling); Ex.

Blood gushed from the wound.

natural home of a plant or animal; CF.

apparatus used to maintain balance,

cable or chain attached to something

habitation

ascertain direction, etc.

that needs to be braced or steadied;

windy

CF. guide

wasted away; gaunt; Ex. haggard faces

commonplace; trite

of the rescued miners

healthy

hairs on back and neck, especially of a

accustom or familiarize; addict

dog; Ex. make someone's hackles rise

calm; peaceful; Ex. halcyon days

frozen rain drop; V: salute or greet;

argue about prices (in an attempt to

precipitate hail

bargain)

exhibiting little interest or enthusiasm

hesitant; faltering; not fluent; Ex. halting

delusion; false idea; false perception of

blessed; consecrated; Ex. hallowed

steps/voice; V. halt: proceed or act with

objects with a compelling sense of their

ground; V. hallow: set apart as holy

uncertainty; falter; hesitate; waver; stop

reality; objects so perceived; V.

hallucinate; ADJ. hallucinatory

hamper

handsome

hap

haphazard

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hapless

harangue

harass

harbinger

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harbor

hardy

harping

harrowing

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harry

hatch

haughtiness

haunt

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haven

havoc

hazard

hazardous

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hazy

headfirst

headlong

headstrong

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healthful

healthy

heckler

hedonist

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heed

heedless

hegemony

heinous

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random; by chance; happening in an

chance; luck

unplanned manner; Ex. haphazard

large in quantity; generous; Ex.

obstruct; prevent the free movement of

handsome reward

growth of the town

forerunner (which foreshadows what is

annoy by repeated attacks

to come)

long, passionate, and vehement

unfortunate; luckless

speech; V.

agonizing; distressing; traumatic; V.

tiresome dwelling on a subject; V. harp:

(of people or animals) sturdy; robust; (of

give protection (by giving food and

harrow: break up and level (soil) with a

dwell on(think or speak a lot about)

plants) able to stand inclement(stormy)

shelter); provide a refuge for; hide; keep

harrow; inflict great distress on;

tediously

weather

in mind (thoughts or feelings); Ex.

agonize; N: farming machine to break

harbor a grudge/criminal; N: place of

up the earth

shelter; refuge

(of a spirit) visit (a place); come to mind

pride; arrogance; ADJ. haughty

deck opening; lid covering a deck

harass, annoy, torment (by repeated

continually; visit (a place) regularly;

opening; V: emerge from an egg;

attacks); raid

frequent; Ex. haunted house; Ex.

produce (young) from an egg

haunted by his last words; N: place

much frequented

dangerous

venture; put in danger; risk; Ex. hazard

widespread damage; disorder; chaos

a guess; N: possible source of danger

willful; stubborn; unyielding; determined

hasty; rash; headfirst; ADV.

place of safety; refuge; harbor; Ex. tax

haven

moving with the head leading; headlong

slightly obscure; misty; unclear; N.

to have one's own way; CF. no

haze: light mist or smoke; confused

'excessive'

state of mind

one who believes that pleasure is the

person who verbally harasses others; V.

sole aim in life; CF. hedonism: practice

heckle: verbally harass as with gibes

of living one's life purely for pleasure

(by interrupting a speaker or speech)

atrocious; wicked; hatefully bad; Ex.

dominance especially of one nation over

heinous crime

others

possessing good health; healthful

conducive to good health; Ex. healthful

mountain air

not noticing; disregarding

pay attention to; N: close attention

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hem

herald

herbivorous

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herd

hereafter

heresy

hermetic

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hermetic

hermitage

herpetologist

heterodox

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heterogeneous

hew

heyday

hiatus

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hibernal

hibernate

hide

hideous

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hierarchy

hieroglyphic

high-flown

hilarity

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hindmost

hindrance

hindsight

hinterlands

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hireling

hirsute

historic

historical

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grain-eating; CF. herbivore

messenger; sign of something to come;

surround tightly so that movement is

steering wheel of a ship; position of

V: announce; proclaim; Ex. unheralded

impossible; Ex. hem in; N.

control

researcher

concerning alchemy or magic; obscure

opinion contrary to popular belief;

and mysterious; occult

opinion contrary to accepted religion;

life after death

group of animals; crowd; one who looks

after a herd; Ex. shepherd/goatherd; Ex.

ADJ. heretical; CF. heretic

herd instinct; Ex. herdsman; V: come

together in a herd; look after a herd; Ex.
herd cattle

(of beliefs) against accepted opinion;

one who studies reptiles; CF.

unorthodox; unconventional

herpetology: branch of zoology that

home of a hermit

sealed by fusion so as to be airtight;

airtight

deals with reptiles and amphibians

gap; pause; gap or interruption in space

time of greatest success or power;

or time; break

prime

cut to pieces with ax or sword; chop; N.

dissimilar; mixed; not homogeneous;

consisting of dissimilar elements or
plants

repulsive to the sight; ugly; repugnant;

skin of an animal

Ex. hideous face/scream

boisterous mirth(merriment; laughter);

sleep throughout the winter; N.

wintry; wintery; of or like winter

hibernation

highly pretentious or inflated

picture writing; ADJ.

ADJ. hilarious: full of laughter

arrangement by rank or standing;

authoritarian body divided into ranks;
body of persons having authority

back country; inner part of a country;

understanding the nature of an event

OP. foreland

after it has actually happened

connected with history; based on events

important in history; Ex. historic battle

block; obstacle; V. hinder

hairy; having a lot of hair

furthest behind; farthest to the rear

one who serves for hire (usually used

in history (whether regarded as

contemptuously); one who works solely

important or not)

for compensation; Ex. hireling politician

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hive

hoard

hoary

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hoax

holocaust

holster

homage

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homely

homeostasis

homespun

homily

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homogeneous

hone

hoodwink

horde

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horoscope

hortatory

horticultural

hostage

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hostility

hothead

hovel

hover

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hubbub

hubris

hue

hue_and_cry

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hull

humane

humanitarian

humble

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white with age

stockpile; accumulate for future use; N:

box for bees; V: cause to go in a hive

supply stored for future use

theatrical; excessively dramatic or

emotional; affected; of actors or acting;
N. histrionics: histrionic behavior

honor; tribute; great respect; Ex. pay/do

leather pistol case (that hangs on a belt

homage to

around the waist)

destruction by fire; CF. burnt whole; CF. trick which makes someone take action;
Holocaust

practical joke; Ex. hoax mail; V.

sermon; tedious moralizing lecture;

domestic; made at home; spun or

tendency of a system or organism to

not good-looking; unattractive

serious warning; ADJ. homiletic

woven at home; simple and ordinary;

maintain relative stability or internal

Ex. homespun philosophy

equilibrium; CF. homeo-: constant; Ex.

homeotherm

crowd; swarm

deceive; delude

sharpen (a tool); N: whetstone for

of the same kind; uniform in

sharpening a tool

composition throughout

person who is kept as a prisoner by an

pertaining to cultivation of gardens; N.

encouraging; exhortive; marked by

diagram of the positions of stars at a

enemy so that the other side will do

horticulture: science or art of cultivating

exhortation; CF. exhort

given moment (eg. of a person's birth)

what the enemy demands

fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants;

used by astrologers

CF. agriculture: science or art of farming

or growing crops

hang about; (of birds or aircraft) stay in

shack; small wretched house

the air in one place; (of people) wait

person who does things too quickly

unfriendliness; hatred; enmity; ADJ.

without thinking; ADJ. hotheaded

hostile

arrogance; excessive self-conceit

confused uproar; loud noise; din

nearby; stay around one place; waver;

be in an uncertain state

outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong

color; aspect; Ex. opinions of every hue

protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new

rule

of low rank or position; modest; having

a low opinion of oneself and a high

one devoted to the promotion of human

marked by kindness or consideration;

husk; dry outer covering of a seed;

opinion of others; unassuming; not

welfare; CF. humanism

kind and compassionate; humanitarian

frame or body of a ship

proud; V. humiliate: make humble;

cause to feel ashamed or to lose the
respect of others

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humid

humility

hummock

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humor

humus

hurl

hurtle

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husband

husbandry

hut

hybrid

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hydrophobia

hygiene

hyperbole

hypercritical

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hypnosis

hypochondriac

hypocritical

hypothetical

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hysteria

ichthyology

icon(ikon)

iconoclastic

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ideology

idiom

idiosyncrasy

idle

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idolatry

idyll(idyl)

idyllic

igneous

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small hill; hillock

humbleness of spirit

crash; rush; move with great speed; Ex.

throw forcefully; shout out violently

hurtling runaway train

damp; N. humidity

dull; monotonous

substance or rich soil formed by

indulge; comply with the wishes of; N.

decaying vegetable matter; CF. soil

quality that makes something amusing;

state of mind; mood; Ex. in a bad
humor; Ex. out of humor

mongrel; mixed breed; V. hybridize

crude dwelling; shack

excessively exacting; too critical

exaggeration; overstatement; ADJ.

(without noticing good qualities)

hyperbolic: of hyperbole; of a hyperbola

frugality; thrift; economy; agriculture;

use sparingly; conserve; save; Ex.

farming; Ex. animal husbandry; CF.

husband one's energy; CF. house

husbandman

holder

science and practice of the promotion

fear of water; rabies

and preservation of health; ADJ.

hygienic: showing careful attention to
cleanness (to prevent disease); Ex.
hygienic condition

based on assumptions or hypotheses;

pretending to be virtuous; deceiving; N.

person unduly worried about his health;

induced sleeping state; ADJ. hypnotic;

supposed; N. hypothesis

hypocrisy: profession of beliefs one

worrier without cause about illness;

V. hypnotize

does not possess; CF. hypocrite

ADJ. CF. hypochondria: neurosis that

one is or is becoming ill; CF. abdomen

attacking cherished traditions; N.

religious image; idol; image or

iconoclast: one who attacks traditional

representation

study of fish; CF. ichthyo-: fish

excessive or uncontrollable excitement;

N. hysteric: person suffering from

ideas; one who destroys sacred images

hysteria; CF. hysterics: attack of

hysteria

individual trait usually odd in nature;

not working; not employed or busy; lazy;

behavioral peculiarity; eccentricity;

expression whose meaning as a whole

system of ideas characteristic of a

group or culture

without purpose; useless; lacking

attitude, behavior, or opinion peculiar to

differs from the meanings of its

substance; baseless; not based on

a person; anything highly individual or

individual words; distinctive style (of

truth; Ex. idle worker; Ex. talk idly; V.

eccentric; ADJ. idiosyncratic

expression); Ex. idiom of the modern

popular music; ADJ. idiomatic

produced by fire; of fire; volcanic; (of

charmingly carefree; simple and happy;

short poem idealizing rural life; simple

worship of idols; excessive admiration

rocks) formed from lava; Ex. igneous

Ex. idyllic scene

happy period of life (in the country);

or devotion; ADJ. idolatrous

meteorite

scene from such a time; Ex. idyll of two

young lovers

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ignoble

ignominy

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illimitable

illuminate

illusion

illusive

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illusory

imbalance

imbecility

imbibe

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imbroglio

imbue

immaculate

imminent

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immobility

immolate

immune

immure

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immutable

impair

impale

impalpable

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impart

impartial

impassable

impasse

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impassioned

impassive

impeach

impeccable

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deep disgrace; shame or dishonor; ADJ.

unworthy; not noble; dishonorable; Ex.

ignominious; Ex. ignominous defeat

ignoble deed

deceiving; based on illusion; causing

misleading vision or visual image; false

brighten; clear up or make

illusion; deceptive

idea or belief; CF. delusion

understandable; enlighten; enable to

kindle; light; catch fire or set fire to

infinite; limitless

understand; Ex. illuminating remarks

drink in

weakness of mind; state of being an

lack of balance or symmetry;

imbecile; N. imbecile: stupid person;

disproportion

illusive; deceptive; not real

fool

impending; near at hand

spotless; flawless; absolutely clean

saturate(soak thoroughly); fill; Ex. imbue

someone with feelings

complicated situation (as in a play);

painful or complex misunderstanding
(as in a play); entanglement; confused
mass (as of papers); V. embroil

imprison; shut up in confinement; CF.

resistant to; free or exempt from; N.

wall

immunity

imperceptible(not easily understood);

pierce (with a sharp point); Ex. impaled

intangible; OP. palpable: tangible; easily

by the spear

offer or kill as a sacrifice (by fire)

state of being immovable

injure; hurt; damage

unchangeable

not biased; fair; N. impartiality

grant a share of; make known; Ex. news

perceptible

predicament(dangerous condition) from

not able to be traveled or crossed

which there is no escape; situation

to impart

allowing for no further progress

faultless

charge (a public official) with crime in

without feeling; expressionless;

office; raise doubts about; indict; Ex.

imperturbable; stoical; Ex. impassive

impeach a witness's credibility

face

(of speech) filled with passion; fervent

impecunious

impede

impediment

impel

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impending

impenetrable

impenitent

imperative

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imperceptible

imperial

imperil

imperious

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impermeable

impersonal

impertinent

imperturbable

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impervious

impetuous

impetus

impiety

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impinge

impious

implacable

implausible

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implement

implicate

implication

implicit

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implode

implore

imply

impolitic

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drive or force onward; drive to take

hindrance; stumbling-block; speech

hide; retard or obstruct the progress of;

action; urge to action

defect preventing clear articulation; Ex.

block

without money

speech impediment

absolutely necessary; that must be

not repentant

not able to be pierced or entered;

done; critically important; expressing

beyond understanding; impossible to

command; Ex. It is imperative that; N:

understand; Ex. impenetrable mystery

nearing; approaching; about to happen

something that must be done

domineering; too commanding; haughty;

put in danger

like an emperor; related to an empire;

unnoticeable; impossible to perceive;

CF. imperialism

undetectable

insolent; rude; not pertinent; N.

not being a person; not showing

impervious; not permitting passage

impertinence

personal feelings; Ex. impersonal

through its substance; impossible to

force/manner/organization

permeate

CF. imperial/emperor

unshakably calm; placid

irreverence; lack of respect for God or

moving force; momentum; force of a

violent; hasty; rash; impulsive; without

impenetrable; incapable of being

piety

moving body; incentive; stimulus;

careful thought; Ex. impetuous decision

damaged or distressed; incapable of

impulse

being affected (in one's opinions); Ex.

impervious to water/criticism

unlikely (to be true); unbelievable; Ex.

incapable of being pacified; impossible

implausible alibi

to appease; Ex. implacable enemy

irreverent

infringe; encroach; influence; touch;

collide with; Ex. The effects are
impinging on every aspect of our lives.

understood but not stated; implied;

something hinted at or suggested;

incriminate; involve incriminatingly;

unquestioning and complete; Ex. implicit

implying; implicating

show to be involved (in a crime); Ex.

with tools; Ex. implement the

implicate someone in the crime

plan/suggestion; N: tool or instrument

beg

burst inward; CF. vaccum tube

trust

not wise; not expedient; not politic

suggest a meaning not expressed;

signify

put into effect; enforce; carry out; supply

imponderable

import

importunate

importune

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imposture

impotent

impoverish

imprecation

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impregnable

impregnate

impromptu

impropriety

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improvident

improvise

imprudent

impudence

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impugn

impuissance

impunity

impute

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inadvertently

inalienable

inamorata

inane

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inanimate

inarticulate

inasmuch_as

inaugurate

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incandescent

incantation

incapacitate

incarcerate

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beg persistently; make repeated

urging; always demanding;

significance; importance; meaning

weightless; that cannot undergo precise

requests (in an annoying way)

troublesomely urgent or persistent

curse; swearword

make poor; deprive of natural strength

weak; ineffective; lacking in physical

assuming a false identity; masquerade;

or something important; Ex.

strength or power

CF. impostor

make pregnant; fill thoroughly; saturate

invulnerable; impossible to capture or

evaluation; CF. pound

impoverished soil

improperness; unsuitableness

without previous preparation; off the

cuff(end of a sleeve); on the spur of the

enter by force; Ex. impregnable

moment

fort/argument; CF. take

impertinence; insolence

lacking caution; not prudent; injudicious

compose on the spur of the moment

thriftless; not providing for the future

attribute; ascribe; charge; N. imputation

freedom from punishment or harm; CF.

powerlessness; feebleness

dispute or contradict (often in an

punish

insulting way); attack as false or

questionable; challenge; gainsay; CF.
fight

silly; senseless; Ex. inane remarks; N.

woman whom a man loves

inanity

begin formally; install in office; induct

not to be taken away; nontransferable;

Ex. inalienable rights

since; owing to the fact that

speechless; producing indistinct

into office by a formal ceremony; N.

speech; not articulate; not expressing

inauguration; ADJ. inaugural

oneself clearly

imprison

unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly

disable; N. incapacity: lack of capacity

lifeless; not animate

singing or chanting of magic spells;

strikingly bright; shining with intense

magical formula; (the saying of) words

heat; emitting visible light when heated;

used in magic; CF. enchant

Ex. incandescent light bulb; CF. candle

incarnate

incarnation

incendiary

incense

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incentive

inception

incessant

inchoate

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incidence

incident

incidental

incinerate

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incipient

incisive

incite

inclement

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incline

inclined

inclusive

incognito

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incoherent

incommodious

incompatible

incongruity

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inconsequential

inconsistency

incontinent

incontrovertible

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incorporate

incorporeal

incorrigible

incredulity

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enrage; infuriate(make furious); make

arsonist; ADJ: causing fire; of arson; Ex.

act of assuming a human body and

endowed with flesh; invested with bodily

extremely angry; outrage; N: aromatic

incendiary bomb

human nature; one who personifies

form; personified; Ex. devil incarnate; V:

substance burned to produce a pleasant

something; personification; Ex. previous

give bodily form to; embody

odor

incarnation/reincarnation

(of desire, wish, plan) recently begun;

uninterrupted; unceasing

start; beginning

not explicit; at the beginning of

spur; motive; something which

encourages one to greater activity

development; rudimentary; elementary;

Ex. inchoate mass

burn to ashes

not essential; minor; N: something

event; event that causes a crisis

incidental

rate of occurrence; particular

occurrence; Ex. high incidence of infant
mortality

stormy; unkind; unmerciful; CF. clement arouse to action; goad; motivate; induce

(appreciatively) cutting; sharp; Ex.

to exist; Ex. incite a riot/the crowd to

incisive remarks; V. incise: make a cut

rebellion

into

with identity concealed; using an

tending to include all; all-inclusive; Ex.

tending or leaning toward; bent; V.

assumed name; ADJ.

inclusive charge

incline: slant; dispose; be disposed;

beginning; in an early stage

slope; slant; Ex. steep incline

tend

lack of harmony; absurdity; ADJ.

inharmonious; N. incompatibility

not spacious; inconvenient

unintelligible; muddled; unable to

incongruous: lacking in harmony;

express one's thoughts in an orderly

inappropriate

manner; illogical; lacking cohesion; not

coherent

indisputable; impossible to dispute; not

lacking self-restraint; not continent;

open to question; unquestionable

licentious

state of being self-contradictory; lack of

insignificant; unimportant

uniformity or steadiness; ADJ.

inconsistent: displaying a lack of
consistency; erratic; contradictory;
incompatible

tendency to disbelief

uncorrectable

without a material body; insubstantial

introduce something into a larger whole;

include; embody; give material form to;
ADJ.

incredulous

increment

incriminate

incrustation

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incubate

incubus

inculcate

incumbent

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incur

incursion

indecision

indecisive

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indefatigable

indelible

indemnify

indentation

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indenture

indeterminate

indicative

indices

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indict

indifferent

indigence

indigenous

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indigent

indignation

indignity

indiscriminate

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indisputable

indissoluble

indite

indoctrinate

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hard coating or crust; V. incrust:

accuse of or implicate in a crime; serve

encrust; cover with a crust

as evidence against; cause to seem or

increase

withholding belief; skeptical; showing

disbelief

make guilty of a crime; Ex. incriminating

evidence

hatch; warm (eggs) with the body to

burden; very worriying problem; mental

promote hatching; maintain at optimal

currently holding an office; N: person

obligatory; imposed as an obligation;

teach (ideas or principles); instill

care; nightmare; male devil; CF.

environment conditions for

who holds an office

succubus

development; be holding in one's body

an infection which is going to develop
into a disease; N. incubation

marked by indecision; inconclusive; Ex.

irresolution; inability to make up one's

temporary invasion; CF. excursion:

indecisive battle

mind

short journey

notch; deep recess; V. indent; CF. tooth

make secure against damage or loss;

not able to be erased

compensate for damage or loss; CF.

bring upon oneself

tireless; untiring; showing no sign of

getting tired

make uninjured

signs; indications; Ex. indices of a

suggestive; implying; serving to indicate

uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite

bind as servant or apprentice to master;

student's potential; CF. index:

bind by indenture; N: contract binding

something that reveals or indicates;

one party into the service of another for

sign; Ex. cost-of-living index

a specified time (as between an

apprentice and his master)

native; Ex. plant indigenous to the New

poverty

World

unmoved or unconcerned by; having no

charge; N. indictment

interest in; mediocre; neither good nor

bad

treatment or situation that causes

choosing at random; confused; not
based on careful distinctions

shame or loss of dignity, respect;

anger at an injustice; Ex. righteous

offensive or insulting treatment;

indignation; ADJ. indignant

poor; destitute

humiliating or degrading treatment; Ex. I

suffered the indignity of having to say
that in front of them.

cause to accept a doctrine without

questioning it; Ex. indoctrinated with
mindless anti-communism

write; compose

permanent; impossible to dissolve or

disintegrate

too certain to be disputed; beyond doubt

indolent

indomitable

indubitable

induce

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induct

inductive

indulge

indulgent

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industrious

inebriate

inebriated

ineffable

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ineffectual

ineluctable

inept

inequity

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inerrancy

inert

inestimable

inevitable

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inexorable

inextricable

infallible

infamous

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infantile

infer

infernal

infest

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infidel

infiltrate

infinitesimal

infirmity

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persuade; lead to do something; bring

unable to be doubted; which cannot be

unconquerable; unyielding

lazy

about; N. inducement

doubted; unquestionable

humoring; yielding; lenient; showing

indulgence

yield to; gratify; allow oneself a special

pertaining to induction or proceeding

place formally in office; install; admit as

pleasure; Ex. indulge one's every

from the specific to the general

a member; initiate; N. induction:

whim/a child/in a big cigarette; N.

inducting; process of deriving general

indulgence

principles from particular facts

unutterable; not to be uttered; taboo;

habitually intoxicated; drunk; N.

make drunk; intoxicate; N. intoxicated

diligent; hard-working; N. industry

that cannot be expressed in speech;

inebriety

person

unsuited; inappropriate; lacking skill;

irresistible; not to be escaped;

not effective; not having a desired

incompetent; CF. inapt: (of statements

unavoidable

effect; weak

impossible to estimate; (apprec)

inactive; lacking power to move; unable

infallibility

invaluable; of immeasurable worth

to move or act; Ex. chemically inert; N.

indescribable; unspeakable;
inexpressible; Ex. ineffable name/joy

unfairness; ADJ. inequitable

or ideas) inappropriate

unavoidable

inertia: state of being inert; force which

keeps a thing in the position or state

notoriously bad; notorious; well known

unerring; never making mistakes

from which it is impossible to get free;

relentless; unyielding; implacable; not

for being bad; Ex. infamous behavior; N:

that cannot be untied; Ex. inextricable

capable of being changed by entreaty or

infamy: infamous act; evil fame or

troubles; Ex. inextricable two histories

efforts; Ex. inexorable price rises

deduce; conclude; N. inference

childish; infantlike

pass into or through; penetrate or enter

unbeliever (with respect to a particular

(an organization) sneakily; Ex. infiltrate

religion)

reputation

inhabit in numbers large enough to be

pertaining to hell; devilish; N. inferno:

harmful; Ex. Mice infested the house;

place of fiery heat or destruction

Ex. shark-infested waters

weakness

very small

the troops into enemy territory; CF.

infiltrator

inflated

influx

infraction

infringe

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ingenious

ingenue

ingenuous

ingrained

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ingrate

ingratiate

inherent

inhibit

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inhibited

inimical

inimitable

iniquitous

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initiate

injurious

inkling

innate

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innocuous

innovation

innuendo

inopportune

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inordinate

inquisitive

inquisitor

inroad

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insalubrious

insatiable

inscrutable

insensate

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violate (a law); encroach (the right of

violation (of a rule or regulation); breach

flowing into

another person)

exaggerated; pompous; enlarged (with

air or gas)

deeply established; firmly rooted; Ex.

naive and trusting; young;

ingrained dirt/prejudice

unsophisticated; candid

ing\'enue; young innocent girl

marked by inventive skill; clever;

restrain; prohibit; retard or prevent; N.

firmly established by nature or habit;

become popular with; bring (oneself) in

ungrateful person (not expressing

inhibition

intrinsic

favor of another; Ex. ingratiate himself

thanks)

resourceful; N. ingenuity

with the boss

wicked; immoral; unrighteous; N.

matchless; not able to be imitated

iniquity; Ex. den of iniquity

(of someone) unfriendly; hostile; (of

(of a person) unable to express what

something) harmful; detrimental; CF.

one really feels

enemy

inborn

hint; slight indication

harmful; causing injury

begin; originate; receive into a group;

introduce to a new field or activity; Ex.
initiate someone into the mysteries of a
secret religion; N: one who has been
initiated

untimely; inappropriate or ill-timed;

indirect or subtle (derogatory) hint;

poorly chosen

insinuation; Ex. sexual innuendo

change; something newly introduced;

harmless

introduction of something new; V.

innovate: begin or introduce (something
new); be creative; ADJ. innovative

hostile invasion; advance that lessens

questioner (especially harsh);

the quantity or difficulty of something;

investigator; person making an

Ex. The long illness made serious

inquisition

eager for knowledge; unduly curious

beyond reasonable limits; unrestrained;

excessive; Ex. inordinate demands

inroads on his savings; CF. raid

without feeling; lacking sense; foolish

difficult to understand; impenetrable; not

not easily satisfied; unquenchable; Ex.

unwholesome; not healthful; Ex.

readily understood; mysterious

insatiable appetite

insalubrious place

insensible

insidious

insightful

insinuate

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insipid

insolence

insolvent

insomnia

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insouciant

instigate

institute

institution

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institutionalize

insubordination

insubstantial

insularity

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insuperable

insurgent

insurmountable

insurrection

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intangible

integral

integrate

integrity

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intellect

intelligentsia

inter

interdict

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interim

interjection

interloper

intermediary

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hint; imply; suggest indirectly; creep in;

discerning; perceptive

treacherous; stealthy; sly; working or

unconscious; unresponsive; insensitive;

introduce or insert (oneself) by artful

spreading harmfully in a stealthy

unaware; imperceptible; Ex. insensible

means; Ex. insinuate himself into the

manner; Ex. insidious spreading of dry

of his danger/to pain; Ex. insensible

boss's favor; CF. ingratiate

rot

change; CF. not the opposite of

sensible

wakefulness; inability to sleep

bankrupt; lacking money to pay; N.

impudent disrespect; haughtiness; ADJ.

lacking in flavor; lacking interest; dull;

insolvency

insolent; CF. haughty + rude

Ex. insipid food/character

instituting; (building for the)

organization for a special purpose; V:

start; urge; provoke; incite; Ex. instigate

without concern or care; unconcerned;

organization; established custom,

establish

a search/quarrel

indifferent

narrow-mindedness; isolation; ADJ.

lacking substance; insignificant; frail;

disobedience; rebelliousness; ADJ.

make into an institution; put or confine

insular: of an island; isolated;

immaterial

insubordinate

in an institution

overwhelming; unbeatable; insuperable

rebellious; N.

insurmountable; unbeatable; Ex.

practice, or relationship in a society;

mental hospital; Ex. institution of
marriage

narrow-minded; CF. peninsula

rebellion; uprising

insuperable difficulties

honesty; uprightness; wholeness; state

make whole; combine; make into one

complete; necessary for completeness;

not able to be perceived by touch;

of being whole and undivided;

unit

Ex. integral part

vague

bury; N. interment

intellectuals; members of the educated

higher mental powers; person of great

elite (often used derogatorily)

intellectual ability

exclamation; Ex. ``Ouch''

meantime; Ex. in the interim; ADJ.

completeness

prohibit; forbid; N.

intermediate; acting as a mediator; N:

mediator; go-between

intruder; one who interferes

taking place during an interim; Ex.

interim paper

interminable

intermittent

internecine

interpolate

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interregnum

interrogate

interstice

intervene

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intimate

intimidate

intolerant

intoxicate

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intractable

intransigence

intrepid

intrigue

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intrinsic

introspective

introvert

intrude

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intuition

inundate

inured

invalid

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invalidate

invective

inveigh

inveigle

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inverse

invert

inveterate

invidious

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insert between

mutually destructive

periodic; on and off; stopping and

endless

starting at intervals

come between; interfere; Ex. intervened

narrow space between things

to prevent a fight; N. intervention

question closely; cross-examine;

period between two successive reigns

cross-question

or governments

frighten; N. intimidation

hint; suggest; imply; ADJ: marked by

make drunk; stimulate or excite; Ex.

not willing to accept ways of thinking

intoxicated by all the money he might

different from one's own; CF. tolerant;

close relationship; familiar; private;

win

CF. tolerate

personal; Ex. intimate

knowledge/thoughts in the diary; N:
close friend or confidant; CF. intimacy

make secret plans; plot; arouse the

fearless

refusal of any compromise;

unruly; difficult to manage; Ex.

curiosity of; N: secret scheme; plot;

stubbornness; ADJ. intransigent:

intractable problem/child

secret love affair

uncompromising

put or force in without being asked;

one who is introspective or inclined to

looking within oneself; N. introspection:

trespass; enter as an uninvited person;

think more about oneself; ADJ.

self-examination

Ex. intrude one's own opinion into the

introverted

essential; inherent; built-in

report; CF. thrust in

one incapacitated(disabled) by a

accustomed; hardened; Ex. inured to

flood; overflow; submerge; cover

immediate insight; power of knowing

completely; Ex. inundated with work

without reasoning; ADJ. intuitive; V.

chronic illness; ADJ: incapacitated by

the Alaskan cold; V. inure: make used

illness; not valid; null; V: allow to leave

to something undesirable; harden; CF.

(a military force) because of ill-health

unfeeling

deceive; lead astray by deception;

denounce; utter censure or invective;

wheedle(cajole); Ex. inveigle her into

Ex. inveigh against the evils of drink

intuit: know by intuition

abuse

weaken; destroy; make invalid; nullify

turn upside down or inside out; reverse

opposite

joining the club; CF. interest dishonestly

designed to create ill will or envy;

tending to rouse ill will or envy; Ex.
invidious comparison

deep-rooted; habitual; CF. grow old

the position or condition of

invincible

inviolable

invocation

invoke

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invulnerable

iota

irascible

irate

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iridescent

irksome

ironic

irony

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irreconcilable

irrefutable

irrelevant

irremediable

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irreparable

irrepressible

irreproachable

irresolute

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irretrievable

irreverence

irrevocable

isotope

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isthmus

itinerant

itinerary

jab

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jabber

jaded

jargon

jaundice

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call and bring into use (a right or law);

prayer for help (used in invoking);

secure from corruption, attack, or

call on/upon (a higher power or god) for

calling upon as a reference or support;

violation(or profanation); unassailable;

help; ask for; beg for; conjure (a spirit);

act of invoking

Ex. inviolable oath/rights; N. inviolability

irritable; easily angered

very small quantity

unconquerable

Ex. invoke the veto power; Ex. invoke

one's advisor/God

angry; CF. ire: anger; wrath

incapable of injury; impossible to

damage or injure

hidden sarcasm or satire; use of words

expressing irony; occurring in an

that seem to mean the opposite of what

unexpected and contrary manner

annoying; tedious; V. irk: annoy

exhibiting rainbowlike colors; Ex.

iridescent oil slick; N. iridescence

they actually mean; use of words to

convey the opposite of their literal
meaning

incurable; uncorrectable; impossible to

not applicable; unrelated

remedy

indisputable; incontrovertible;

impossible to reconcile; incompatible;

undeniable

not able to be resolved

uncertain how to act; weak; lacking in

beyond reproach; blameless;

unable to be restrained or held back;

not able to be corrected or repaired;

resolution; indecisive; N. irresolution

impeccable; Ex. irreproachable conduct

impossible to hold back

impossible to repair

varying from of an element

unalterable; irreversible; impossible to

lack of proper respect or reverence;

impossible to recover or regain; CF.

revoke

ADJ. irreverent

retrieve

plan of a trip; record of a trip

wandering; traveling from place to place

narrow neck of land connecting two

(to perform work); Ex. itinerant preacher

larger bodies of land

chatter rapidly or unintelligibly

poke abruptly with something sharp;

punch with short blows

medical condition in which the skin, the

language used by special group;

tired or uninterested by surfeit; fatigued;

white part of the eyes, etc. turn yellow;

technical terminology; gibberish;

surfeited; worn out; wearied; Ex. jaded

V: affect with jaundice; affect with

nonsensical or incoherent talk

appetite

prejudice, envy, or hostility; bias

jaundiced

jaunt

jaunty

jeopardize

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jest

jetsam

jettison

jibe

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jingoist

jocose

jocular

jocund

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jollity

jostle

jovial

jubilation

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judiciary

judicious

jug

juggernaut

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jumble

juncture

junket

junta

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juridical

jurisdiction

jurisprudence

juxtapose

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kaleidoscope

ken

kernel

killjoy

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endanger; imperil; put at risk; N.

cheerful and pleased with life;

jeopardy: danger

lighthearted; animated; easy and

or resentful) from long and

carefree; dapper in appearance; Ex.

disappointing experience of human

jaunty person/hat

affairs; Ex. with a jaundiced eye

agree; be in harmony with; gibe

merry

throw overboard (from a ship or plane)

said or done in jest or playfully; marked

trip; short journey

yellowed; prejudiced (envious, hostile,

things thrown from a ship (to lighten the

playful remark or act; V. act or speak

ship)

playfully

given to(having a tendency of) joking

extremely aggressive and militant

by joking

patriot; warlike chauvinist; N. jingoism:

extreme nationalism

rejoicing; great joy

shove; bump; push against (someone)

gaiety; cheerfulness; ADJ. jolly: merry;

rather roughly; Ex. jostled by the crowds

gay

pitcher; container for holding liquids

sound on judgment; wise

judicial branch of government

group of persons joined in political

trip especially one taken for pleasure by

crisis; point in time; joining point; joint;

mix in a confused way

intrigue; cabal; group of military officers

an official at public expense

act of joining

science of law

right and power to apply the law;

of the law and its administration; CF.

authority

judicial: of courts of law; CF. judiciary

irresistible crushing force; overwhelming

good-natured; merry; cheerful

advancing force that crushes everything

in its path

ruling a country after seizing power (by

force)

place side by side; CF. next

tube in which patterns made by the

grouch; spoilsport; one who intentionally

central or vital part; core; whole seed

range of knowledge; Ex. beyond one's

reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of

spoils the pleasure of others

(as of corn)

ken

glass, etc. produce interesting

symmetrical effects; series of changing
events; Ex. kaleidoscope of European
history; CF. beautiful

kindle

kindred

kinetic

kismet

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kleptomaniac

knack

knave

knead

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kneel

knell

knit

knoll

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knotty

kudos

labile

laborious

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labyrinth

lace

laceration

lachrymose

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lackadaisical

lackluster

laconic

lag

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laggard

lagoon

laity

lament

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lampoon

lance

lancet

languid

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fate; destiny; Ex. Kismet is the Arabic

producing motion; of motion

word for fate.

related; belonging to the same group;

start a fire; ignite; inspire; arouse

similar in nature or character; Ex.

kindred languages; N: relative; kin;
kinship

mix; work dough; mix and work into a

untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel;

uniform mass (with the hands); Ex.

jack; N. knavery

special talent; art

person who has a compulsive desire to

steal

knead dough

little round hill; hillock

contract into wrinkles; grow together;

tolling of a bell especially to indicate a

join together closely; make (a fabric or

funeral, disaster, etc.; sound of the

garment) by interwining yarn or thread;

funeral bell; V.

go down on one's knee(s)

Ex. knit the brow; Ex. The bones should

knit together in a few weeks.

demanding much work or care; tedious

producing tears; tearful

likely to change; unstable; Ex.

honor; glory; acclaim or praise for

emotionally labile; N. lability

exceptional achievement

torn ragged wound; V. lacerate: tear

cord used to draw and tie together two

(the skin as with broken glass); wound

opposite edges (as of a shoe); delicate

intricate; difficult; tangled; CF. knot

maze

fabric made of fine threads; V: draw

together by tying a lace

move or develop more slowly; straggle;

brief and to the point; using few words;

Ex. lag behind the rest; N.

terse

lacking luster(shine; gloss); dull

lacking interest or effort; lacking

purpose or zest; lazy; halfhearted;
languid

grieve; express sorrow; N. lamentation

laypersons; laymen; persons not

shallow body of water or lake near a

slow; sluggish; N: one who lags;

connected with the clergy

sea; lake separated from a sea by

straggler

sandbars or coral reefs

lacking energy or vitality; weary;

sluggish; listless

small surgical tool for making incisions

pierce with a lance; cut into; N:

ridicule; N: written attack ridiculing or

spearlike weapon

satirizing a person, group, or institution

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languor

lank

lap

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larceny

larder

largess

lascivious

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lassitude

latch

latent

lateral

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latitude

laud

lavish

lax

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layman

leash

leave-taking

leaven

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lechery

lectern

leery

leeway

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legacy

legato

legend

legerdemain

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legislature

leniency

leonine

lethal

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take in food or drink with one's tongue;

long and thin; Ex. Lank, gaunt, Abraham

lack of physical or mental energy;

lose animation or strength

splash gently; Ex. waves lapping the

Lincoln

lassitude; depression

generous gift (given to people who do

pantry; place where food is kept

theft; Ex. petit larceny

present but not yet noticeable or active;

fastening or lock consisting of a

languor; weariness; listlessness

dormant; hidden; N. latency; CF.

movable bar that fits into a notch; V:

potential

close with a latch

liberal; wasteful; generous or wasteful in

praise; N. ADJ. laudable: praiseworthy;

giving or using; abundant; profuse;

ADJ. laudatory: expressing praise

shore; N: front area from the waist to

the knees of a seated person

lustful

not have enough)

of or coming from the side

careless; negligent; not paying enough

attention; Ex. lax service

freedom from narrow limitations

great; Ex. decorated lavishly; V. give in

abundance

restraining rope fastened to the collar of

man who is not a cleric; man who is

lighter; enliven; N: agent, such as yeast,

add leaven to; cause to rise or grow

farewell or departure

an animal (to control it); Ex. a dog on a

nonprofessional

that causes dough to rise (by

leash

fermentation); element that lightens or

enlivens

room to move; margin; latitude; Ex.

(of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious

leeway for the deadline

sleight(dexterity) of hand; CF. light of

explanatory list of symbols on a map

reading desk or stand for a public

gross lewdness; lustfulness; ADJ.

speaker

lecherous; N. lecher: lecherous man

(of music) played smoothly

gift made by a will; something handed

hand

deadly

down from an ancestor

like a lion

mildness; permissiveness; ADJ. lenient:

legislating branch of government; CF.

not severe in judgment or punishment

legislate: make laws

lethargic

levee

levitate

levity

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levy

lewd

lexicographer

lexicon

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liability

liaison

libel

libertine

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libidinous

libido

libretto

license

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licentious

lien

ligneous

lilliputian

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limber

limbo

limn

limp

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limpid

lineage

lineaments

linger

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linguistic

lionize

liquidate

list

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lack of seriousness or steadiness;

rise and float in the air (especially by

earthen or stone embankment to

drowsy; dull; N. lethargy: state of

frivolity; lightness of manner

magical means); CF. light

prevent flooding; CF. raise

sluggishness and inactivity

compiler of a dictionary; CF.

lustful

dictionary

debauched person; dissolute or

licentious person; rou\'e; CF. free

impose (a fine); collect (a payment);

lexicography: work of compiling a

impose or collect (a tax); Ex. levy a tax

dictionary

on tobacco

defamatory written statement; act of

contact that keeps parties in

drawback; handicap; debts; obligation;

writing something that smears a

communication; communication

responsibility; condition of being liable;

person's character; V. ADJ. libelous

between groups; one that maintains

ADJ. liable: likely; responsible (for

communication; go-between; secret

paying)

love affair; V. liaise: keep a connection

official or legal permission; latitude of

text of an opera or oratorio; CF. book

action or speech; excessive freedom

psychic and emotional energy or urges

lustful

behind human activity; sexual desire

that causes harm or damage; V.

extremely small; CF. Lilliput in Gulliver's

like wood

legal claim or right on a property

Travels

walk lamely; ADJ: lacking firmness;

amoral; lewd and lascivious;

unrestrained

draw; outline; describe; CF. line ?

weak

region near heaven or hell where

flexible; supple; pliable; V.

certain souls are kept; prison (slang);

Ex. Purgatory and Limbo

loiter or dawdle; be slow in leaving;

features especially of the face;

delay going; continue or persist; be slow

distinctive shape or contour of the face;

to disappear; Ex. The smell lingered for

CF. line

descent; ancestry

crystal clear

treat (a person) as a celebrity

pertaining to language

days.

tilt (as of a ship); lean over (to one side)

settle accounts; pay off (a debt); clear

up; eliminate; kill or abolish

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litany

lithe

litigation

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litotes

litter

livid

loath

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loathe

lode

loft

lofty

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log

loiter

loll

longevity

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lookout

loom

lope

lopsided

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loquacious

lot

lottery

lounge

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lout

low

lubricate

lucid

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lucrative

lucre

ludicrous

lugubrious

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lawsuit; N. litigant: one party in a

flexible; supple; CF. limber

lawsuit; V. litigate

supplicatory prayer; prayer in which the

lacking in spirit or energy; languid

priest calls out and the people replies in

the same words

reluctant; unwilling; disinclined; Ex.

lead-colored; black and blue (as from a

waste material thrown away (as bits of

understatement for emphasis; Ex. ``not

Romeo and Juliet were both loath for

bruise); ashen; enraged; extremely

paper scattered untidily); V: cover

bad(=pretty good)''

him to go.

angry

untidily with scattered litter

very high

room or space under the roof; attic

metal-bearing vein(long deposit of an

detest; ADJ. loathsome: arousing

ore)

loathing; offensive; Ex. loathsome smell

hang about/around; stand idly about;

record of a voyage or flight; record of

linger

day-to-day activities; section of a trunk;

long life; long duration

lounge about

V.

heavier or larger on one side than the

gallop slowly

other; Ex. lopsided way of walking

appear or take shape (usually in an

act of keeping watch; high place

enlarged, indistinct, or distorted form);

commanding a wide view; person who

Ex. The shadow of the gallows loomed

keeps watch

threateningly. N: apparatus for making

thread into cloth

stand, sit, or lie in a lazy, relaxed way

contest in which winners are selected in

object used in making a determination

a drawing of lots

at random; fate; piece of land

easily understood; clear; intelligible; N.

apply a lubricant to; N. lubricant:

moo; make the sound of a cow

lucidity

substance that reduces friction

mournful; sorrowful

laughable; ridiculous; trifling

talkative; N. loquacity

clumsy person; ADJ. loutish; CF. from

countrysides ?

money; profit; Ex. filthy lucre

profitable; producing wealth

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lumber

lumen

luminary

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luminous

lunar

lunatic

lurid

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lurk

luscious

lush

lust

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luster

lustrous

luxuriant

luxuriate

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macabre

mace

macerate

Machiavellian

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machinations

maculated

madrigal

maelstrom

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magisterial

magistrate

magnanimity

magnate

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magniloquent

magnitude

maim

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moment of calm; period of reduced

celebrity (in a specific field); dignitary;

unit of light energy (one candle's worth)

object that gives light (as a celestial

move heavily or clumsily; Ex. The bear

activity; Ex. a lull in the rain; V: cause to

lumbered through the woods; N: timber

become less active; cause to sleep or

body)

rest; Ex. lull the opponents into a false

sense of security; CF. lullaby

wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome;

insane; Ex. lunatic asylum

pertaining to the moon

horrible; Ex. lurid details of the murder

intense sexual desire; intense

Ex. luminous paint/road signs

(of a plant or grass) growing very well

pleasing to taste or smell; delicious

eagerness; V.

take pleasure in great comfort

shining (esp. in the dark); issuing light;

stealthily lie in waiting; slink; exist

unperceived

abundant; growing healthily and in large

shining; brilliant; Ex. lustrous hair

shine; gloss (of a polished surface)

gruesome; grisly; ghastly; CF. of death

amounts; excessively ornate; rich and

splendid; fertile; Ex. luxuriant
forests/prose; CF. luxurious, luxuriate

crafty; double-dealing; of the political

soften by soaking in liquid; waste away;

ceremonial staff used as a symbol of

doctrine of Machiavelli, which holds that

Ex. macerate powdered wood to make

authority; clublike medieval weapon

craft and deceit are justified in pursuing

paper

political power

violent whirlpool; violent or tublent

pastoral song; song for several singers

situation; CF. stream

without instruments

person of prominence or influence;

generosity; ADJ. magnanimous:

powerful or influential person (in

generous

spotted; stained; CF. immaculate

to achieve an evil end; V. machinate

official with power to administer the law

authoritative; imperious; commanding;

of a magistrate; Ex. magisterial study of

business or industry); Ex. oil magnate

Roman law; Ex. magisterial manner

temporary expedient or substitute (in

mutilate; injure lastingly; disable;

the case of urgent need); Ex. makeshift

cripple; Ex. maimed for life

shelter

evil schemes or plots; schemes or plots

greatness (in size or extent); extent

boastful; pompous

maladroit

malady

malaise

malapropism

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malapropos

malcontent

malediction

malefactor

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maleficient

malevolent

malfeasance

malicious

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malign

malignant

malingerer

malleable

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malodorous

mammal

mammoth

manacle

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mandate

mandatory

maneuver(manoeuver)

mange

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mangle

mangy

maniacal

manifest

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manifestation

manifesto

manifold

manipulate

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comic misuse of a word; CF. Mrs.

uneasiness; vague feeling of ill health

Malaprop

(without any particular pain or

illness

clumsy; not skillful; awkward; bungling

person dissatisfied with existing state of

inappropriate; ADV.

appearance of disease)

evildoer; criminal

curse

affairs; discontented person; ADJ:

discontented

hateful; spiteful; expressing malice; N.

wrongdoing; misconduct (by a public

wishing evil; exhibiting ill will; N.

malice: desire to harm others; spite

official)

malevolence

(of a metal) capable of being shaped by

one who feigns illness to escape duty;

tending to cause death; highly injurious;

speak evil of; bad-mouth(criticize

pounding(beating); pliable; (of

V. malinger: feign illness to avoid work

aggressively malevolent; Ex. malignant

spitefully); defame; ADJ: harmful; Ex.

tumor

malign influence

vertebrate animal whose female suckles

foul-smelling

someone) impressionable(easily

doing evil; N. maleficience

influenced); easily controlled; tractable

restrain; handcuff; N.

gigantic; enormous

its young

order; charge; authoritative command;

skin disease (esp. of domestic animals)

strategic military or naval movement

marked by loss of hair

(done for training purposes); carefully

to given to a government; region under

planned process; stratagem; V: carry

administration; V: give a mandate to;

out a military maneuver; use maneuvers

place under a mandate; Ex. mandated

in gaining an end

territory

evident; visible; obvious; V: show plainly

obligatory; compulsory; of a mandate

power to govern another country; power

raging mad; insane; N. maniac: insane

shabby; wretched; suffering from

tear or cut to pieces; mutilate or

person; CF. mania: disorder of the

mange; of bad appearance

disfigure; Ex. badly mangled bodies

mind; intense enthusiasm

operate with one's hands; control or

many in number or kind; numerous;

public declaration of principles;

outward demonstration; manifesting;

play upon (people, forces, etc.) artfully;

varied

statement of policy

indication of the presence of something;

maneuver; Ex. how to manipulate

Ex. manifestation of his pronounced

publicity and men; ADJ. manipulative

musical bent

mannered

mannerism

mantle

manumit

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mar

maraud

margin

marginal

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marital

maritime

marked

maroon

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marred

marrow

marshal

marsupial

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martial

martinet

martyr

mash

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masochist

mason

masquerade

mass

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masticate

mat

materialism

maternal

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matin\'ee(matinee)

matriarch

matriculate

matrimony

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emancipate; free from slavery or

loose sleeveless outer garment; cloak;

bondage

something that covers or envelops; the

distinctive behavioral trait; affected style affected; not natural; Ex. mannered way
in art (according to a set of styles)

of speech

spoil the appearance of

layer of the earth between the crust and

the core

of a margin; barely within a limit; Ex.

border; room; allowance beyond what is

move in search of plunder; Ex.

marginal effect/writing ability

needed; Ex. margin of safety

marauding army

leave helpless on a deserted island or

noticeable; targeted for vengeance or

bordering on(adjacent to) the sea;

coast; ADJ. red brown

attack; Ex. marked improvement/man

nautical; of the ships or the sea; Ex.

pertaining to marriage

Maritime Provinces

one of a family of mammals that nurse

put in order; guide ceremoniously to the

soft fatty tissue that fills most bone

damaged; disfigured; V. mar: spoil;

their offspring in a pouch(pocket of skin

correct place; Ex. marshal the children

cavities and is the source of blood cells

disfigure

or leather); CF. kangaroo, opossum,

into the museum; N: military officer;

wombat

official

crush into mash; convert into mash; N:

one who voluntarily suffers death for his

strict disciplinarian; person who

warlike; of war; Ex. martial art/law

mixture of ground grain and nutrients

or her religion or cause; great sufferer;

demands total obedience to rules and

fed to livestock and fowl

Ex. martyr to his rheumatism

orders; CF. Jean Martinet

Christian religious ceremony; CF. Mass:

wear a mask or disguise; pretend; N:

one who builds or works with stone or

person who enjoys his own pain; CF.

ceremony of the Eucharist

costume party or ball at which masks

brick; N. masonry: work of a mason;

masochism

are worn; pretense; disguise

stonework or brickwork

preoccupation with physical comforts

not shiny; matte; having a dull finish; N:

and things; excessive regard for worldly

flat piece of material used as a floor

concerns (rather than spiritual matters)

covering; V.

enroll (in college or graduate school);

woman who rules a family or larger

dramatic or musical performance given

CF. matrix

social group

in the afternoon

motherly; N. maternity: motherhood

state of being married

chew

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maudlin

maul

mausoleum

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mauve

maverick

mawkish

maxim

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mayhem

meager

mealymouthed

meander

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meddlesome

mediate

mediocre

meditation

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medium

medley

meek

megalomania

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melancholy

melee

mellifluous

memento

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memoir

memorial

memorialize

menace

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menagerie

mendacious

mendicant

menial

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monumental tomb; large stately tomb;

handle roughly; batter; injure by beating;

CF. Mausolos

Ex. mauled by his overexcited fans; N:

algebraic symbols; mold or die; Ex. the

heavy long-handled hammer

matrix of Western civilization

proverb; truth pithily stated

mushy(sentimental) and gushy;

effusively sentimental

point of origin; array of numbers or

rebel; nonconformist (in a group)

pale purple

scanty; inadequate

injury to body; crime of willfully maiming

icky-sticky sentimental; excessively and

objectionably sentimental

wind or turn in its course; follow a

indirect in speech (when something

winding or turning course; move

unpleasant must be said); hypocritical;

or crippling a person; violent disorder;

aimlessly and idly

evasive

Ex. mayhem in the zoo; CF. maim

reflection; thought; V. meditate

ordinary; commonplace; neither good

nor bad

settle a dispute through the services of

interfering; V. meddle: interfere

an outsider; act as an intermediary;

produce by mediating; Ex. mediate a
cease-fire

mania for doing grandiose things;

submissive; patient and long-suffering

mixture

mental disorder characterized by

element that is a creature's natural

environment; appropriate occupation or

delusions of wealth, power, or

means of expression; channel of

importance

communication; compromise; middle

position between extremes

token; reminder of the past; keepsake;

(of words or a voice) sweetly or

Ex. memento of your visit

smoothly flowing; melodious; having a

fight

gloomy; morose; blue; N. ADJ.

melancholic; CF. melancholia

pleasant tune

threat; V: threaten

commemorate

something, such as a monument or

memoirs; autobiography; biography

holiday, intended to honor the memory

of a person or event; ADJ:
commemorative

suitable for servants; lowly; mean; N:

someone who does menial work (esp.
servant in a house)

beggar; ADJ: living as a beggar

lying; habitually dishonest; N. mendacity

collection of wild animals on exhibition;

zoo

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mercantile

mercenary

mercurial

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meretricious

merger

merit

merit

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mesmerize

metallurgical

metamorphosis

metaphor

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metaphysical

mete

meteoric

meter

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methodical

meticulous

metrical

metropolis

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mettle

miasma

microcosm

migrant

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migratory

milieu

militant

militate

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militia

millennium

mime

mimicry

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capricious; quick and changing; fickle;

motivated solely by money or gain; N.

concerning trade or merchants

counselor; teacher

good quality deserving praise; merits:

deserve; ADJ. meritorious: deserving

combination (of two business

flashy; tawdry; attractive on the surface

aspect of character or behavior

reward or praise

corporations); act of merging

but of no real value; Ex. metericious

containing the element mercury; Ex.

mercurial temper; CF. mood

deserving approval or disapproval; Ex.

argument/jewel; CF. prostitute

judge each plan on its own merits; V:

deserve; earn

implied comparison; CF. simile

change of form; Ex. metamorphosis of

pertaining to the art of removing metals

hypnotize; N. mesmerism; CF. Franz

caterpillar to butterfly; V.

from ores; N. metallurgy: science that

Mesmer

metamorphose: change by

deals with extracting metals from ores

metamorphosis

arrangement of words in the form of

like a meteor; swift; momentarily

measure; distribute; administer; Ex.

pertaining to speculative philosophy; of

poetry (by accentual rhythm)

brilliant; Ex. meteoric rise to fame; N.

mete out justice/punishment

metaphysics; N. metaphysics: branch of

meteor

philosophy that examines the nature of

reality

large city

metric; written in the form of poetry; Ex.

excessively careful (with great attention

systematic; N. method: systematic

metrical translation of Homer

to detail); painstaking; scrupulous

method of procedure

changing its habitat; wandering; Ex.

small representative world; world in

swamp gas; heavy vaporous

courage (to continue bravely in spite of

migrant birds/workers; N: one that

miniature; Ex. microcosm of English

atmosphere often emanating from

difficulties); spirit; ADJ. mettlesome

migrates

society

decaying matter; pervasive corrupting

influence; noxious atmosphere or
influence

work against; Ex. militate against the

combative; bellicose; N.

social environment; means of

wandering; V. migrate: move from one

chances of promotion; CF. serve as a

expression; Ex. feel out of one's milieu;

region and settle in another; move

soldier

Ex. His proper milieu is watercolor.

periodically from one region to another

pantomime(act without dialogue);

thousand-year period (as in the New

army composed of ordinary citizens

mimicry; mimer; V: mimic; pantomime

Testament); hoped-for period of

rather than professional soldiers

imitation

happiness and prosperity

minatory

mincing

mingle

miniature

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minion

minuscule(miniscule)

minute

minutiae

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mirage

mire

mirth

misadventure

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misanthrope

misapprehension

miscellaneous

miscellany

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mischance

mischief

misconduct

misconstrue

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miscreant

misdemeanor

miserly

misgivings

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mishap

misnomer

misogamy

misogynist

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missile

missive

mite

mitigate

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affectedly dainty(delicate); V. mince: cut

small model; small painting; ADJ: small

mix together in close association

(esp. meat) into very small pieces; walk

menacing; threatening

with exaggerated primness; walk in an

unnatural way, taking little short steps;
Ex. The actor minced across the stage;
CF. mincemeat; CF. mincer

petty or trivial details; CF. minutia

extremely small; CF. minutes: official

extremely small

servile dependent; obsequious follower

entangle; stick in swampy ground; stick

unreal reflection; optical illusion

record of the proceedings at a meeting

mischance; ill luck; Ex. death by

merriment; laughter

misadventure

or sink in mire; N: bog; deep mud; Ex.

sucked deeper into the mire

mixture of writings on various subjects;

made up of a variety of parts

collection of various items

interpret incorrectly; misinterpret;

error; misunderstanding; V.

one who hates mankind; misanthropist

misapprehend

immoral behavior; bad management; V.

misjudge

behavior (of children) causing trouble

ill luck

with no serious harm; damage; harm;

Ex. mischief to the crops; ADJ.
mischievous: causing mischief; playfully
troublesome

doubts

stingy; mean

minor crime; misdeed; wrongdoing

wretch; wrongdoer; villain; Ex. kindness

to the miscreant; CF. believe

hater of woman; CF. misogyny

hatred of marriage

wrong or improper name; incorrect

unfortunate accident

designation

appease; moderate; make or become

very small object or insect-like creature;

less in force or intensity

small coin

letter; written statement; CF. sent

object to be thrown or projected

mnemonic

mobile

mock

mode

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modicum

modish

modulate

mogul

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molecule

mollify

mollycoddle

molt(moult)

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molten

momentous

momentum

monarchy

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monastic

monetary

mongrel

monochromatic

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monochrome

monogram

monograph

monolithic

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monotheism

monotony

monumental

moodiness

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moratorium

morbid

mordant

mores

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prevailing style; current fashion;

ridicule; deride; imitate often in derision

movable; not fixed; N. mobility

pertaining to memory; assisting the

manner; way of doing something; Ex. in

memory; N: device, such as as formula

the latest mode; Ex. simple mode of life

or rhyme, used as a mnemonic aid

powerful person; Ex. oil moguls; CF.

tone down in intensity; change the

fashionable; conforming to the current

limited quantity; small amount; Ex. He

Mogol, Moghul; CF. Mongolian

intensity or tone of; regulate; change

fashion

does not have a modicum of sense; CF.

from one musical key to another; Ex.

moderate

modulate from E to G

periodically shed or cast off hairs or

pamper; coddle; baby; indulge

feathers (for replacement by a new

excessively

soothe an angry person

atoms) of a substance that has all the

growth)

government under a single ruler

having only one color

properties of that substance

quantity of motion of a moving body;

very important; N. moment; CF.

impetus; moving force

momentary

plant or animal (esp. a dog) of mixed

pertaining to money

breed; ADJ.

solidly uniform; unchangeable;

the smallest particle (one or more

scholarly article

unyielding; N. monolith: large block of

melted; Ex. molten lava

related to monks or monasteries;

removed from worldly concerns

design composed of one or more initials

painting in only one color; ADJ.

of a name; V.

stone

fits of depression or gloom; ADJ.

massive; impressively large; built as a

sameness leading to boredom;

moody: given to changeable moods;

monument

monotonousness; ADJ. monotonous;

subject to periods of depression;

belief in one God

CF. monotone

gloomy CF. mood:state of mind or

emotion

conventions; moral standards; moral

biting; sarcastic; stinging; (apprec.)

given to unwholesome or unhealthy

legal delay of payment or action; Ex.

customs

incisive; cutting; Ex. mordant pen/wit

thought; moody; characteristic of

declare moratorium on the building of

disease; Ex. morbid curiosity; N.

new houses

morbidity; CF. disease

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moribund

morose

mortar

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mortician

mortify

mosaic

mote

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motif

motility

motley

mottled

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motto

mountebank

muddle

muggy

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mulct

multifarious

multiform

multilingual

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multiplicity

mundane

munificent

mural

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murky

murmur

muse

musky

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muster

musty

mutablility

mute

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vessel in which substances are crushed

ill-humored; sullen; sullenly melancholy

dying; at the point of death; CF. death

with a pestle

small speck (esp. of dust)

mortuary; place where bodies are kept

before burial or cremation

picture made of small colorful inlaid

humiliate by embarassing excessively;

tiles; ADJ.

shame; punish the flesh; discipline

undertaker; CF. death

(one's body) by self-denial; Ex. mortified

by her blunder; Ex. mortify the flesh;
CF. cause to die

blotched in coloring; spotted; Ex.

multi-colored (as of a garment worn by

ability to move spontaneously; ADJ.

theme; recurrent thematic element in a

mottled face; V. mottle: mark with

a jester); mixed; heterogeneous; CF.

motile: moving spontaneously

musical or literary work; single or

blotches of different colors

jester: one who jests (as a paid fool at

repeated pattern; figure

medieval courts)

(of weather) warm and damp

confuse; mix up confusedly; N: state of

charlatan; boastful pretender

confusion

having many languages; fluent in

having many forms

principle

varied; greatly diversified; Ex.

defraud a person of something; swindle;

multifarious activities

Ex. mulct the boy of his legacy

very generous in giving; Ex. munificent

worldly as opposed to spiritual;

state of being numerous or multiple;

benefactor; N. munificience

everyday; of the ordinary; Ex. mundane

large number; Ex. multiplicity of details;

existence; CF. world

ADJ. multiple: of more than one element

several languages

wall painting

brief statement used to express a

having the odor of musk; N. musk:

ponder at length; N: source of

low, indistinct, continuous sound; V. CF.

dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague;

odorous substance secreted by an

inspiration (esp. of a poet)

mumble

Ex. murky night/fog; N. murk: partial or

Asian deer

complete darkness; gloom

silent; without speech; not pronounced;

ability to change in form; fickleness;

stale (in odor or taste); spoiled by age;

gather; assemble (troops); Ex. muster

unable to speak; N: one who is

ADJ. mutable: able to change; fickle;

CF. moist

up one's strength for the ordeal; N.

incapable of speech; V: soften the

CF. mutate; CF. mutant

sound, color, shade of

muted

mutilate

mutinous

mutter

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myopic

myriad

mystic

nadir

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naivet\'e(naivety)

narcissist

narrative

nascent

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natal

natation

natty

nausea

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nauseate

nauseous

nautical

navigable

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nebula

nebulous

necromancy

nectar

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nefarious

negate

negligence

negligible

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nemesis

neologism

neophyte

nepotism

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utter (complaining words) indistinctly in

unruly; rebellious; Ex. mutinous

maim; injure lastingly; deprive of a limb

silent; muffled; toned down; Ex. muted

low tones

teenagers; N. mutiny: open rebellion;

or an essential part

traffic noise

CF. mutineer

lowest point; point on the celestial

of hidden meaning and spiritual power;

very large number; ADJ. CF. ten

nearsighted; lacking foresight; N.

sphere diametrically opposite the zenith

Ex. mystic ceremonies; N. CF.

thousand

myopia

mysticism

incipient; coming into being or

related to telling a story; N: narrated

conceited person; N. narcissism; CF.

quality of being unsophisticated;

existence; Ex. nascent ability in music

account; story; V. narrate: tell (a story);

narcissus

simplicity; artlessness; gullibility; ADJ.

CF. narration

naive(na\"ive): ingenuous; lacking

worldliness; simple; credulous

feeling of sickness and desire to vomit;

neatly or smartly dressed; dapper;

disgust; CF. seasickness

smart; Ex. natty dresser

(of a body of water) wide and deep

pertaining to ships or navigation

swimming

connected with birth; CF. prenatal; CF.

postnatal

causing nausea; feeling nausea

enough to allow ships to pass through;

cause to become sick; fill with disgust;

fill nausea

(of a ship or aircraft) able to be steered

black magic; sorcery; dealings with the

drink of the gods; sweet liquid collected dead; art that professes to communicate
by bees

with the spirits of the dead so as to

vague; hazy; cloudy; of a nebula; Ex.

diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas;

nebulous proposal

galaxy

cancel out; nullify; cause to have no

very wicked

predict the future; CF. necromancer;

CF. necro+divination; CF. necro-: death;
Ex. necropolis

so small, trifling, or unimportant as to be neglect; failure to take reasonable care;

easily disregarded

ADJ. negligent: neglectful; lax; not

effect; deny; N. negation

taking enough care

favoritism (to a relative); CF. nephew

recent convert; new member of a

religious group; beginner; CF. plant

new or newly coined word or phrase

someone seeking revenge; source of

downfall or ruin; CF. Nemesis

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nettle

nexus

nib

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nicety

niggardly

niggle

nihilist

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nimble

nip

nirvana

nocturnal

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noisome

nomadic

nomenclature

nominal

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nonchalance

noncommittal

nondescript

nonentity

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nonplus

nonsense

noose

nostalgia

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nostrum

notable

notch

notoriety

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nourish

nourishment

nova

novelty

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beak(bill); pen point

connection

irritate; annoy; vex; ADJ. nettlesome

lower; Ex. nether garments/regions

one who considers traditional beliefs to

spend too much time on minor points

meanly stingy; parsimonious; N.

precision; accuracy; minute distinction

be groundless and existence

(esp. when finding fault); find fault; Ex.

niggard: stingy person

or difference; Ex. to a nicety: exactly;

meaningless; absolute skeptic;

niggle over details; ADJ. niggling

precisely; Ex. distinguish between

revolutionary terrorist; CF. nihilism

niceties

done or active at night; Ex. nocturnal

in Buddhist teachings, the ideal state in

snip off; stop something's growth or

quick in movement; agile; quick in

animals/raids; CF. nocturne

which the individual loses himself in the

development; bite; make numb with

understanding; Ex. nimble climber/mind

attainment of an impersonal beatitude

cold; Ex. nip the plan; Ex. A guard dog

nipped the postman; Ex. fingers nipped
by the extreme chill

in name only; of a name; trifling; (of a

terminology(system of specialized

wandering; N. nomad: tribe who

foul smelling; very unpleasant;

sum of money) very small; CF.

words); system of names or naming

migrates from place to place

unwholesome

nominate: propose as a candidate;

things

appoint

person of no importance; nonexistence

undistinctive; ordinary; ordinary-looking;

neutral; refusing commitment to a

indifference; lack of concern;

Ex. nondescript fellow in a crowd

particular opinion; unpledged;

composure; ADJ. nonchalant:

undecided

unconcerned; cool; indifferent; Ex.

nonchalant attitude to his debts

homesickness; longing for the past; Ex.

speech or writing with no meaning;

put at a loss; bring to a halt by

nostalgia for the clothes of 1920s; ADJ.

foolish behavior or language; Ex. make

confusion; perplex; CF. no more

nostalgic

(a) nonsense of: spoil; cause to fail

disrepute; ill fame

loop formed in a rope

V-shaped cut in a surface; V.

conspicuous; worthy of note;

questionable medicine; quack medicine;

remarkable; important; distinguished;

CF. our (remedy)

noted

something new; newness; ADJ. novel:

star that suddenly becomes much

new; original

brighter and then returns to its original

brightness

something that nourishes; food

provide with food necessary for life and

growth

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noxious

nuance

nubile

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nugatory

nullify

numismatist

nuptial

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nuptial

nurse

nurture

nutrient

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nutrition

nutritious

oaf

oath

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oatmeal

obdurate

obeisance

obelisk

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obese

obfuscate

obituary

objective

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obligatory

oblique

obliterate

oblivion

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oblivious

obloquy

obnoxious

obscure

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marriageable; of marriageable age; CF.

shade of slight difference in meaning or

connubial

color; subtle distinction

of marriage or the wedding ceremony;

person who collects coins; N.

N; nuptials; wedding ceremony

numismatics: study or collection of

harmful; CF. obnoxious

beginner

make invalid; make null; invalidate

worthless; futile

money, coins, and medals

nourishing substance; ADJ: providing

nourish; feed; educate; rear; care for

suckle; take care of (as a nurse); bear in

related to marriage or the wedding

nourishment

while it is growing or developing; foster;

mind; Ex. nursing mother; Ex. nurse a

ceremony; N. nuptials: wedding

cultivate; N: something that nourishes;

hope/grudge against someone

ceremony

providing nourishment

process of nourishing or being

rearing

solemn promise; blasphemous use of

stupid awkward person; CF. elf

sacred words to express strong

nourished; CF. malnutrition

feelings; swear-word; Ex. ``For Christ's

sake''

tall column tapering(becoming gradually

bow (to show respect and obedience)

narrower toward the end) and ending in

stubborn; refusing to change one's

crushed oats used for making porridge

belief

a pyramid

not influenced by emotions; fair; N: goal;

death notice (esp. in a newspaper);

aim

ADJ.

confuse; muddle; cause confusion;

excessively fat; N. obesity

make needlessly complex; make so

confused as to be difficult to understand

obscurity; condition of being completely

destroy completely; wipe out; Ex.

indirect; slanting (deviating from the

binding; required; compulsory; V. oblige:

forgotten; forgetfulness

obliterate the village

perpendicular or from a straight line);

constrain; make grateful; do a favor;

Ex. oblique reference

accommodate

dark; vague; unclear; not well known;

offensive; disagreeable; Ex. obnoxious

Ex. obscure meaning/village; V: darken;

smell

cover; make unclear; Ex. obscure the

moon/meaning

slander; disgrace; infamy

inattentive or unmindful; unaware;

wholly absorbed; forgetful(having the
habit of forgetting)

obsequious

obsequy

obsessive

obsidian

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obsolete

obstetrician

obstinate

obstreperous

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obtrude

obtuse

obviate

Occident

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occlude

occult

oculist

odds

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odious

odium

odoriferous

odorous

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odyssey

offensive

offhand

officious

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ogle

olfactory

oligarchy

ominous

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omnipotent

omnipresent

omniscient

omnivorous

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related to thinking about something

black volcanic rock

constantly; of an obsession;

funeral ceremony

preoccupying; N. obsession: compulsive

slavishly attentive; servile; full of servile

compliance; sycophantic

preoccupation with a fixed idea;

compulsive idea; V. obsess: preoccupy
the mind of excessively

boisterous; noisy and uncontrollable

stubborn; hard to control or treat; Ex.

physician specializing in

obstinate cough; N. obstinacy

delivery(assisting in giving birth) of

outmoded; no longer used

babies; N. obstetrics; CF. midwife

push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or

the West

make unnecessary; get rid of; Ex.

blunt; not sharp; stupid; slow in

intrude; impose (oneself or one's ideas)

obviate the need

understanding

on others; butt in; stick out or extrude;

thrust out; Ex. obtrude A on B; ADJ.
obtrusive; N. obtrusion; CF. unobtrusive

chances; probability; disagreement; Ex.

physician who specializes in treatment

mysterious; secret; supernatural;

shut; close; obstruct; Ex. A blood clot

The odds are that it will rain. Ex. at odds

of the eyes

beyond human comprehension; CF.

occluded an artery.

with

having an odor

mysterious to human ?; OP. bare

giving off an odor

detestation; quality of being odious;

arousing strong dislike; hateful(causing

hatefulness; disrepute (resulting from

hatred); vile

hateful conduct)

meddlesome; excessively pushy in

casual; done without prior thought or

offering one's services; overly eager in

preparation

attacking; insulting; distasteful; V.

long, eventful, adventurous journey

offend: violate; hurt the feelings of; N.

offering unwanted services or advices;

offense: offending; violating of a moral

Ex. officious bellboy

or social code; crime; attack; Ex. first

offense

threatening; of an evil omen

government by a privileged few

concerning the sense of smell

look at amorously; make eyes at; Ex.

old men ogling young girls

eating both plant and animal food;

devouring everything

all-knowing

universally present; ubiquitous

all-powerful; having unlimited power

onerous

onomatopoeia

onslaught

onus

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ooze

opalescent

opaque

opiate

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opportune

opportunist

opprobrium

optician

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optimist

optimum

optional

optometrist

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opulence

opus

oracular

orator

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oratorio

ordain

ordeal

ordinance

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ordination

orgy

orient

orientation

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orifice

ornate

ornithologist

orthodox

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burden; responsibility

medicine to induce sleep or deaden

vicious assault; fierce attack; Ex.

words formed in imitation of natural

unexpected onslaught of the enemy

sounds

dark; not transparent; N. opacity

iridescent; lustrous; like an opal; N.

(of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly; N:

opalescence

mud or thick liquid as at the bottom of a

pain; something that relieves emotions

or causes inaction; sleep-producing

burdensome

river

drug containing opium

maker and seller of eyeglasses

infamy; disgrace arising from shameful

individual who sacrifices principles for

conduct; vilification(slander); scorn;

expediency by taking advantage of

contempt; Ex. opprobrium hurled

circumstances; N. opportunism

timely; well-chosen

against him; ADJ. opprobrious:

expressing contempt; shameful or
infamous

one who fits glasses to remedy visual

not compulsory; left to one's choice; N.

most favorable; optimal; N: most

person who looks on the bright side; N.

defects

option: act of choosing; choice; freedom

favorable condition

optimism

or power to choose; something

available as a choice; Ex. have no
option; Ex. two options

public speaker

of an oracle; prophetic; uttered as if with

work (esp. musical composition); Ex.

extreme wealth; luxuriousness;

divine authority; mysterious or

magnum opus: masterpiece; CF. opera

abundance; ADJ. opulent: possessing

ambiguous; hard to understand; N.

great wealth; abundant

oracle: wiser person; prophecy made by

an oracle

decree; authoritative order

severe trial or affliction; difficult

decree or command; grant holy orders;

dramatic poem set to music; long

experience; trial(test of patience or

predestine; install as a minister, priest,

musical work with singing but without

endurance); affliction

or rabbi; N. ordainment; CF. ordination

acting; CF. cantata

act of finding oneself in society;

get one's bearings; adjust; make familiar

wild drunken revelry; unrestrained

ceremony conferring holy orders;

orienting

with a situation; orientate

indulgence in an activity; Ex. orgy of

ceremony of ordaining a priest

shopping

traditional; (of someone) conservative in

scientific student of birds; N.

belief; adhering to an established

ornithology: scientific study of birds

doctrine

excessively or elaborately decorated

mouthlike opening; small opening (esp.

to a cavern or passage of the body);
CF. mouth

orthography

oscillate

osseous

ossify

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ostensible

ostentatious

ostracize

oust

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outcast

outfit

outgoing

outlandish

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outlaw

outlook

outmoded

outrage

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outskirts

outspoken

outstrip

outwit

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ovation

overbearing

overblown

oversee

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overt

overthrow

overture

overturn

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overweening

overwhelm

overwrought

ovoid

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change or harden into bone; become

made of bone; bony

vibrate pendulumlike; waver

hard and unchanging in one's ideas

correct spelling; CF. ortho-: straight;

correct; Ex. orthodontics

expel; drive out; force out; N. ouster:

banish from a group; exclude from

showy; trying to attract attention;

apparent; appearing as such;

ousting

public favor; ban; Ex. His friends

pretentious; N. ostentation: showy

professed(pretended); pretended; Ex.

ostracized him. N. ostracism

display

ostensible purpose of the expedition

sociable; eager to mix socially with

clothing or equipment for a special

one that has been excluded from a

others

purpose; Ex. cowboy outfit

society; ADJ.

act of extreme violence or viciousness;

no longer in fashion or use; no longer

point of view; view from a particular

fugitive from the law (excluded from

resentful anger; V: commit an outrage

stylish; old-fashioned

bizzare; peculiar; unconventional

place; expectation for the future;

legal protection); V: declare (someone)

on; produce anger in; ADJ. outrageous:

prospect; Ex. outlook on life; Ex.

to be an outlaw; deprive of the

offensive

pleasing outlook; Ex. weather outlook

protection of the law; declare illegal; Ex.

Drinking has been outlawed.

outsmart; defeat by behaving more

outrun; surpass; outdo

candid; blunt

cleverly

watch over and direct; supervise; N.

fringes; outer borders (as of a city); Ex.

outskirts of Boston

inflated; exaggerated

bossy; domineering and arrogant;

oversight: unintentional failure to notice

decisively important; Ex. overbearing

or do something; supervision

manner/importance; V. overbear:

enthusiastic applause

dominate

turn over; capsize; topple

musical introduction to a long musical

topple; N.

piece; first offer or proposal (to begin

open to view; public; not secret; CF.

covert

talks in the hope of reaching an

agreement); Ex. overtures for peace

egg-shaped; CF. ovum; CF. ovulate

nervous or excited; extremely agitated;

(of water) cover completely; defeat

hysterical; wrought-up; CF. wrought:

completely by much greater force; Ex.

made or done

overwhelmed by grief

arrogant; presumptuous

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pacifist

pacify

padre

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paean

painstaking

palatable

palate

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palatial

paleontology

palette

palimpsest

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pall

pallet

palliate

pallid

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palm

palpable

palpitate

paltry

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pan

panacea

panache

pandemic

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pandemonium

pander

panegyric

pang

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panoramic

pantomime

papyrus

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chaplain (in the armed forces)

soothe; make calm or quiet; subdue;

one opposed to force; antimilitarist;

bring peace to

ADJ. N. pacifism: opposition to war as a

thick-skinned animal

means of resolving disputes

roof of the mouth; sense of the taste

agreeable; pleasing to the taste

parchment or piece of writing material

board on which painter mixes

used for second time after original

pigments(coloring matters)

writing has been erased

taking pains; showing hard work; taking

song of praise or joy; Ex. paeans

great care; very careful and through

celebrating the victory

study of prehistoric life or fossils; CF.

of or suitable for a palace; magnificent

paleo-: ancient or prehistoric; Ex.

paleography: study of ancient written
documents

pale; wan; Ex. pallid complexion

ease pain (without curing); make less

small poor bed; Ex. straw pallet

become boring; grow tiresome

severe or offensive (a crime or illness)

insignificant; petty; trifling; contemptible;

throb; beat rapidly; flutter; tremble; Ex.

tangible; (of something bad) easily

conceal in the palm of the hand; palm

Ex. paltry sum; CF. trash

Her heart began to palpitate.

perceptible; obvious; Ex. palpable

off: pass off; Ex. palm off some bad

blunder

oranges onto the lady/the painting as a

real Renoir

widespread; affecting the majority of

flair; manner of doing things without any

people; N: pandemic disease; CF. all

difficulty (causing admiration);

people

flamboyance; bunch of feathers (on a

cure-all; remedy for all diseases

criticize harshly

cater to (the low desires of others)

wild tumult(commotion); wild noisy

helmet); Ex. with great panache;

sudden sharp feeling of pain

formal praise; encomium; Ex. I don't

deserve such panegyrics.

short simple story teaching a moral

ancient paper made from stem of

papyrus plant

disorder; CF. Paradise Lost

acting without dialogue; V.

denoting an unobstructed and

comprehensive view; N. panorama:
unbroken view of a wide area

paradigm

paradox

paragon

parallel

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parallelism

parameter

paramount

paramour

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paranoia

paraphernalia

paraphrase

parasite

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parched

parchment

pare

pariah

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parish

parity

parlance

parley

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parochial

parody

paroxysm

parquet

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parry

parsimony

partial

partiality

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partisan

partition

parvenu

passive

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similar; analogous; corresponding; N:

parallel line; person or thing that is

model of perfection; Ex. paragon of

something apparently contradictory in

model; example that serves as a model;

parallel (to another); similarity; V: be

virtue

nature (that may nonetheless be true);

pattern; list of all the inflectional forms of

similar to; make parallel; Ex. Your

statement that looks false but is actually

a word

experience parallels mine; CF.

correct

unparalleled

illicit lover

foremost in importance; supreme; CF.

limit; independent variable; Ex.

state of being parallel; similarity;

para-: beyond; above; Ex. paranormal

parameters of the problem; Ex. within

analogy

the parameters of the budget

animal or plant living on another; toady;

restate a passage in one's own words

equipment; odds and ends used in a

psychosis marked by delusions of

sycophant; CF. para-: beside

while retaining thought of author; N:

particular activity; personal belongings;

grandeur or persecution; N: ADJ:

restatement of a text in other words

Ex. photographic paraphernalia; CF.

paranoid, paranoiac

married woman's property exclusive of

her dowry

social outcast; Ex. Mariah the pariah

cut away the outer covering or skin of

writing material made from the skin of a

extremely dry; very thirsty; V. parch:

(with a knife); trim; Ex. pare

sheep or goat

make or become extremely dry (by

apples/expenses

exposure to heat)

conference (between opponents); CF.

language; manner of speaking; idiom;

equality; close resemblance; CF.

area in the care of a single priest and

speak

Ex. in legal/common parlance

disparate

served by one main church

floor made of wood strips inlaid in a

fit or attack of pain, laughter, rage;

humorous imitation; spoof; takeoff;

narrow in scope or outlook; provincial;

mosaic like matter; CF. strip: long

sudden outburst

travesty; V.

related to parishes

state of being partial; inclination;

incomplete; favoring one side over

stinginess; excessive frugality; ADJ.

ward off a blow; deflect; Ex. He parried

favorable bias; special fondness;

another; having a liking for something

parsimonious

the unwelcome question very skillfully;

narrow piece

preference

not active; acted upon; receiving an

N.

upstart; newly rich person

divide into parts

one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a

action without acting in return; accepting

party (with dislike of any others); N:

without resistance

strong supporter of a party; guerrilla

pass\'e

pass_off

paste

pastiche

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pastoral

pastry

patent

pathetic

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pathological

pathos

patina

patois

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patriarch

patrician

patrimony

patronize

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paucity

pauper

peccadillo

pecuniary

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pedagogue

pedagogy

pedant

pedantic

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peddle

pedestal

pedestrian

pediatrician

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pedigree

pedigree

peer

peerless

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imitation of another's style in musical

smooth viscous mixture as of

present falsely; represent falsely to be

old-fashioned; past the prime

composition or in writing; work of art

flour(powder made by crushing grain)

openly imitating the works of other

and water (used as an adhesive); V:

artists

cause to adhere by applying paste

causing sadness, compassion, pity;

touching

obvious; easily seen; open for the public

paste of flour and water (eaten when

rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor

to read; of or protected by a patent; Ex.

baked)

patent to everyone; N.

local or provincial dialect

support; act superior toward; treat in a

green crust on old bronze works or

tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or

pertaining to disease; N. pathology:

copper; tone slowly taken by varnished

literature that produces these feelings;

study of disease

painting

Ex. pathos that runs through the novel

property inherited from a father

noble; aristocratic; N: person of high

condescending manner; be a customer

rank; aristocrat; CF. member of the

of; N. patron: one that supports; regular

governing classes in ancient Rome; CF.

customer; N. patronage; CF. boycott

plebian

father and ruler of a family or tribe

pertaining to money

slight offense or fault; CF. sin

very poor person

scarcity; dearth

bookish; showing off learning; marked

scholar who overemphasizes book

teaching; art of education

teacher; CF. child leader

by an excessive ostentatious concern

learning, trivial details of learning, or

for book learning; N. pedantry

technicalities

physician specializing in children's

ordinary; dull; unimaginative(lacking in

support or base as for a pillar or statue

travel about selling (wares); CF. foot

diseases; N. pediatrics

imagination); going on foot; Ex.

ancestry; lineage

pedestrian prose; N.

having no equal; incomparable

one who has equal standing with

line of ancestors; ancestry; lineage;

another; nobleman; V: look intently; N.

ADJ. (of an animal) descended from of

peerage; CF. peeress

a chosen family; Ex. pedigree dog; CF.

crane's foot

peevish

pejorative

pell-mell

pellucid

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pen

penance

penchant

pendant(pendent)

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pending

pendulous

penetrate

penitent

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penology

pensive

penumbra

penury

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peon

perceptive

percussion

perdition

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peregrination

peremptory

perennial

perfidious

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perforate

perfunctory

perigee

perimeter

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peripatetic

peripheral

periphery

perjury

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(of a word or phrase) suggesting that

transparent; limpid(crystal clear); clear

in confusion; disorderly; Ex. dash

someone is of little value; negative in

bad-tempered; irritable; V. peeve: make

in meaning; easy to understand

pell-mell

connotation; having a belittling effect;

angry

Ex. Many women now considers

``housewife'' a pejorative expression,
because it patronized them.

hanging down from something; pending;

strong inclination; strong liking (esp. for

self-imposed punishment for sin; Ex. do

fenced enclosure for animals; confining

N: ornament (hanging from a necklace

something that is disapproved of by

penance for one's sins; CF. penitent

space; Ex. sheep pen; V: confine in a

etc.)

other people); Ex. penchant for fast cars

repentant; N.

enter into; pierce; permeate; see

pen; enclose

hanging; suspended

not yet decided or settled; impending;

through; grasp the inner significance of;

Ex. pending decision; PREP. while

understand

awaiting; until; Ex. delay the decision

pending his return

extreme poverty; stinginess; ADJ.

partial shadow (in an eclipse); CF.

penurious: very poor; stingy

almost shadow

dreamily or deeply thoughtful; sadly

study of prison management and

thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of

criminal rehabilitation

sadness; contemplative; CF. think over

damnation; complete ruin; hell

striking one object against another

insightful; showing a good ability at

landless agricultural worker; bond

sharply; Ex. percussion instrument; N:

perceiving and understanding; aware;

servant; menial worker; N. peonage

striking together of two bodies; sound

wise; of perception

caused by percussion

treacherous; disloyal; N. perfidy:

treachery

something long-lasting; perennial plant;

demanding and leaving no choice;

ADJ: lasting through the year or many

imperative; Ex. peremptory

years; lasting for a long time; enduring

decree/knock

outer boundary; length of the outer

point of moon's orbit when it is nearest

done routinely and with little care;

boundary; circumference

the earth; CF. apogee

journey; V. peregrinate

pierce; put a hole through

superficial; not thorough; lacking

interest, care, or enthusiasm; Ex.
perfunctory kiss

false testimony while under oath; V.

outside edge especially of a round

of a periphery; marginal; outer; of minor

walking about from place to place (to

perjure oneself: testify falsely under

surface; perimeter; Ex. periphery of the

importance; not central; Ex. peripheral

work); moving; Ex. peripatetic school of

oath

town

nerve/interest

philosophy

permeable

permissive

pernicious

peroration

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perpetrate

perpetual

perpetuate

perquisite(perk)

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persevere

persist

personable

personify

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perspicacious

perspicuity

perspicuous

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pertinacious

pertinent

perturb

peruse

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pervasive

perverse

perversion

pervert

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pessimism

pestilential(pestilent)

pestle

petrify

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petty

petulant

phalanx

pharisaical

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conclusion of an oration; perorating; V.

very harmful; deadly; very destructive;

allowing much freedom; lenient; Ex.

that can be permeated; penetrable;

perorate: conclude a speech; speak at

Ex. pernicious effect/anemia

permissive society

porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass

great length

through; V. permeate: spread or flow

throughout; charge

any gain above stipulated salary; Ex.

make perpetual; make something last

perquisites such as free meals and a

for a long time; preserve from extinction;

car

N. perpetuity

represent (an inanimate object) as a

everlasting

commit an offense; do (something

wrong)

attractive (in personality or appearance) continue in existence; last; continue in a

person; be the embodiment or perfect

course of action in spite of opposition;

example of; Ex. She is evil/patience

Ex. persist in/with something; ADJ.

personified; N. personification

persistent

continue steadily in spite of difficulties

(esp. of a girl or young woman)

(of something) plainly expressed; easy

clearness of expression; freedom from

(of someone) having insight;

impertinent; forward; trim; jaunty; Ex.

to understand; Ex. perspicuous

ambiguity

penetrating; astute

pert young miss/hat

comments

read through with care; N. perusal

disturb greatly

suitable; to the point; relevant

holding tenaciously to an action;

stubborn; persistent

purposely continuing to do something

corrupt; turn from right to wrong;

corruption; turning from right to wrong

wrong; stubbornly wrongheaded;

spread throughout; V. pervade: (of

misuse; Ex. perverted sexual

perverted; directed away from what is

smells, ideas, feelings) spread

desire/scientific knowledge; N: person

right; wicked and unacceptable; Ex.

throughout; charge; permeate

whose sexual behavior is not natural

perverse satisfaction; Ex. Hannibal

Lecter in a perverse mood; N. perversity

turn to stone; cause to become

tool for mashing or grinding substances

causing plague; tending to cause death;

belief that life is basically bad or evil;

stonelike; stun or paralyze

in a hard bowl or mortar

baneful; N. pestilence: fatal epidemic

gloominess; tendency to take the

disease (esp. bubonic plague)

gloomiest possible view of a situation;

ADJ. pessimistic

pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid

formation of infantry carrying

scrupulous attention to tradition;

overlapping shields and long spears;

self-righteous; hypocritical

group of men packed together (for

attack or defense)

touchy; peevish; ill-tempered

trivial; unimportant; very small;

small-minded; petty-minded

pharisee

phenomena

philanderer

philanthropist

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philatelist

philistine

philology

phlegmatic

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phobia

phoenix

phylum

physiognomy

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physiological

piebald

piecemeal

pied

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piety

pigment

pilfer

pillage

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pillory

pinch

pine

pinion

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pinnace

pinnacle

pious

piquant

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pique

piscatorial

pitfall

pith

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observable facts; subjects of scientific

lover of mankind; doer of good; N.

faithless lover; flirt

philanthropy

investigation; SG. phenomenon:

Pharisee: member of an ancient Jewish

observable fact; very unusual person,

group that emphasized strict

thing, or event; marvel; wonder; CF.

observance of the Mosaic law

phenomenons; ADJ. phenomenal: very

(considering themselves very holy);

unusual; extraordinary; of a

hypocritical self-righteous person

phenomenon
narrow-minded person, uncultured and
exclusively interested in material gain;

stamp-collector; N. philately: stamp

disturbed; CF. phlegm: sticky mucus

calm and unexcitable; not easily

study of language or words

uncultured person who is indifferent to

collecting

produced in the respiratory tract

artistic and cultural values; member of

an ancient people in Palestine; OP.
aesthete

face (as showing the character and the

major classification, second to kingdom,

symbol of immortality or rebirth; Ex.

mind); art of judging human character

of plants and animals; category ranking

phoenix rising from its ashes

from facial features

below a kingdom and above a class;

morbid fear

division

piebald; variegated(many-colored);

one part at a time; gradually; in stages;

multicolored

Ex. read a novel piecemeal

of different colors; mottled; spotted in

pertaining to the science of the function

different colors (esp. in black and

of living organisms; N. physiology

white); Ex. piebald horse; CF. pie+bald

plunder

steal things of small value; filch; snitch

coloring matter (usually powder to be

devoutness; reverence for God; ADJ.

mixed with water or oil)

pious

restrain or immobilize by binding the

long for; yearn; languish from longing or

squeeze between the thumb and a

punish by placing in a wooden frame or

wings or legs; N: bird's wing

grief; decline

finger, or other edges; Ex. I had to pinch

pillory; subject or expose to criticism

myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming.

and ridicule; N.

N: amount that can be held between the

thumb and a finger

pleasantly tart-tasting; spicy; pleasantly

devout; religious; N. piety

stimulating; Ex. piquant situation when

peak; highest point; acme; Ex. pinnacle

small boat

of fame

my old enemy asked for my help

core or marrow; spongelike substance

in the center of stems; essence;
substance

hidden danger; concealed trap

pertaining to fishing; CF. Pisces

irritation; resentment from wounded

pride (eg. loss in a contest); V: provoke;
arouse; annoy; cause to feel
resentment; Ex. pique her curiosity

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pittance

pivotal

placate

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placebo

placid

plagiarize

plaintive

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plait

plane

plaster

plasticity

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platitude

platonic

plaudit

plausible

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plebeian

plebiscite

plenary

plenitude

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plethora

pliable

pliant

plight

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ploy

pluck

plumage

plumb

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plumber

plume

plummet

plump

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pacify; bring peace to; conciliate;

of a pivot; central; critical; crucial

appease

expressing sorrow; mournful; Ex.

steal another's ideas or writings and

plaintive song

pass them off as one's own; Ex. ideas

small amount (of money); small

concise and meaningful; substantial;

allowance or wage

meaty

peaceful; calm; Ex. placid child/lake

harmless substance prescribed as a

dummy pill

plagiarized from my article; N.

plagiarism; CF. kidnap

ability to be molded; ADJ. plastic:

paste that hardens to a smooth solid

carpenter's tool for smoothing and

braid; interwine; interweave strands or

capable of being shaped or molded; Ex.

and is used for coating walls; V.

leveling wood; V. CF. flat

lengths of; make by weaving strands

plastic material such as clay

together; Ex. plaited hair; N: braided

length as of hair o fabric; CF. pigtail,
ponytail

conceivably true; having a show of truth

but open to doubt; specious

praise; enthusiastic approval;

purely spiritual; theoretical; without

trite remark; commonplace statement;

round(succession or series) of

sensual desire

ADJ. platitudinous

applause; ADJ. plauditory; CF. applaud

abundance; plenty; great amount;

(of power) complete; full; fully attended

direct vote by the entire electorate (on

common; vulgar; pertaining to the

completeness; fullness; CF. plenary,

by all qualified members; Ex. plenary

an important issue)

common people; N: common people in

plenty

power

difficult condition; condition or state

flexible; easily influenced

ancient Rome; CF. patrician

flexible; easily influenced; yielding;

excess; overabundance; Ex. a plethora

adaptable

of excuses

courage; V: pull off or out; pull out the

strategem to gain an advantage; tactic;

a line; V: examine very carefully or

hair or feathers of; ADJ. plucky:

Ex. management ploy

critically in order to understand;

courageous; brave

(esp. a bad state or condition);

predicament

exactly vertical; N: weight on the end of

feathers of a bird;

measure depth (by sounding); Ex.

plumb the depth of

pleasantly fat; nicely rounded

fall sharply; fall straight down; Ex. Stock

feather, esp. large or showy one;

one who installs and repairs pipes and

prices plummeted.

something that rises into the air (like the

plumbing(pipes)

shape of a feather); Ex. plume of smoke

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podiatrist

podium

poignancy

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poise

polar

polarity

polarize

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polemic

polemical(polemic)

politic

polity

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polygamist

polyglot

pomposity

ponderous

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pontifical

pore

porous

porridge

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portend

portly

pose

poseur

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posterity

posthumous

postmortem

postulate

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posture

potable

potent

potentate

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quality of being deeply moving;

keenness of emotion; ADJ. poignant:

pedestal; raised platform

touching; deeply moving; (of sorrow,

doctor who treats ailments of the feet;

society ruled by the wealthy

chiropodist; N. podiatrics

grief, etc.) painful; keenly distressing to

the mind; Ex. poignant memory/anxiety;
CF. prick

split into opposite extremes or camps

state of having two opposite qualities

of a pole; characterized by opposite

good judgment with composure;

extremes; Ex. polar opposites

balance; V: place in a carefully

balanced position

(particular form of) political organization;

prudent; judicious; well judged;

aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious

form of government of nation or state;

expedient; well devised

(rather than simply expressing opinions)

Ex. student polity

attack or defense of an opinion;

controversy or refutation; argument in
support of point of view; N. polemics: art
of debate or controversy

having great weight; weighty; unwieldy;

self-important behavior; acting like a

speaking several languages;

one who has more than one spouse at a

lacking lightness; dull; Ex. ponderous

stuffed shirt(pompous person); ADJ.

multilingual; Ex. polyglot person/society;

time; CF. bigamy; CF. polyandry

body/style of writing

pompous: self-important

N.

soft food made by boiling oatmeal

full of pores; like a sieve

study industriously; ponder; scrutinize;

pertaining to a bishop or pope;

Ex. pore over the book; N.

pompous or pretentious; CF. pontiff:

pope; bishop

person who pretends to be

assume a particular posture; put

sophisticated, elegant, etc., to impress

forward; present; affect a particular

others; person who poses; CF. pose

attitude (to impress others); Ex. pose a

stout; corpulent

foretell; presage; be a sign or warning

of; N. portent: sign; omen; forewarning

threat; N.

self-evident truth; something assumed

autopsy; ADJ: occurring after death; of

after death (as of child born after

descendants; future generations; Ex. go

without proof; V: assume the truth of (as

a postmortem

father's death or book published after

down to posterity; CF. posterior, anterior

a basis of an argument)

author's death); coming or occurring

after one's death; Ex. posthumous
fame/novel

monarch; sovereign

powerful; convincing; persuasive;

greatly influential

suitable for drinking; drinkable

assume an affected pose; act artificially;

N: pose; attitude

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potion

potpourri

poultice

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practicable

practical

pragmatic

pragmatist

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prance

prank

prate

prattle

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preamble

precarious

precedent

precedent

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precept

precinct

precipice

precipitant

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precipitate

precipitous

precise

preclude

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precocious

precursor

predator

predecessor

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predetermine

predicament

predilection

predispose

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soothing application applied to sore and heterogeneous mixture; medley; mixture

inflamed portions of the body

dose (of liquids); liquid dose

of dried flower petals a pot (to give a

expressing possibility; latent; N:

capacity for growth

pleasant smell to a room)

practical person; N. pragmatism:

practical (as opposed to idealistic);

based on experience; of or acquired

pragmatic way of dealing with things

concerned with practical worth or impact

through practice (rather than theory);

of something; Ex. pragmatic test of the

useful; Ex. practical man

feasible

skill

talk idly; babble; N. CF. prate

talk idly; speak foolishly; boast idly

mischievous trick

move about in a spirited manner

(proudly and confidently)

something preceding in time which may

preceding (in time, rank, etc.)

be used as an authority or guide for

unsafe; lacking in stability; uncertain;

introductory statement

risky; Ex. precarious living

future action; V. precede; CF.

unprecedented

something that causes a substance in a

cliff; dangerous position; Ex. on the

division of a city for election or police

practical rule guiding conduct; Ex.

chemical solution to separate out in

edge of the precipice

purposes; precincts: space that

mother's precept

solid form; OP. solvent

surrounds a building; Ex. precincts of

the college

hurl downward; throw headlong; hasten;

make impossible; prevent; exclude;

exact

steep; overhasty; precipitate

eliminate

cause to happen sooner; condense and

fall as rain or snow; cause (a solid
substance) to be separated from a
solution; ADJ. hasty; rash; premature;
sudden

predatory animal or bird; predatory

former occupant of a post

person; creature that seizes and

forerunner; predecessor

advanced in development; N. precocity

difficult situation; tricky or dangerous

determine in advance; predestine; settle

situation; dilemma

or decide beforehand; influence

devours another animal; person who

robs or exploits others; ADJ. predatory:
living by preying on other organisms;
plundering; N. predation

give an inclination toward (in advance);

make susceptible to; Ex. predispose
people to certain cancer; N.
predisposition

preference; partiality

markedly

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preempt

preen

prefatory

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prefigure

prehensile

prelate

prelude

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premeditate

premise

premonition

premonitory

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preponderance

prepossessing

preposterous

prerogative

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presage

prescience

presentiment

prestige

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presume

presumptuous

pretend

pretension

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pretentious

preternatural

pretext

prevail

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prevalent

prevaricate

prey

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introductory; of a preface

make oneself tidy in appearance; feel

prevent in advance; head off(forestall);

self-satisfaction or pride; (of a bird)

forestall by acting first; appropriate for

smooth or clean (feathers) with the

oneself before others; supplant; take the

beak; Ex. preen oneself on; CF. prune

place of; displace; Ex. preempt any

outstanding; superior

attempts; ADJ. preemptive

introduction; introductory performance

church dignitary; priest of high position

capable of grasping or holding (esp. by

or event; forerunner

in the church (esp. bishop)

wrapping around); Ex. prehensile tails

serving to warn

forewarning; presentiment; foreboding

assumption; postulate; proposition upon

plan in advance; Ex. premeditated

which an argument is based

murder

attractive; CF. preoccupying ?

superiority of power, quantity, etc.; V.

privilege; unquestionable right; CF. ask

absurd; completely unreasonable;

before

ridiculous

be a sign of; foreshadow

preponderate: be greater in power,

weight, or importance; ADJ.
preponderant

respect or admiration; impression

premonition; foreboding; feeling

ability to foretell the future; knowledge

foretell; be a warning or sign of; N:

produced by achievements or

something will happen; anticipatory fear

of actions before they occur; ADJ.

presentiment; foreboding; omen

reputation; ADJ: causing admiration;

prescient

ADJ. prestigious: having prestige

pretentiousness; claim (without

feign; pretend to: claim to possess;

going beyond what is right; excessively

take for granted; assume; act

foundation); Ex. I make no pretensions

make pretensions to; Ex. I don't pretend

forward; arrogant; taking liberties

overconfidently; take liberties; presume

to skill as an artist.

to much expertise; N. pretense

on/upon: take unfair advantage of

(someone's kindness or connection); N.
presumption

be widespread; triumph over; gain

excuse

beyond what is normal in nature;

ostentatious; showy; pompous; making

victory; prevail on: persuade; induce;

supernatural; Ex. preternatural

unjustified claims; overambitious; Ex.

Ex. Justice has prevailed; Ex. prevail on

strength/forces

pretentious films that claim to be art

lie; hide the truth (by equivocating)

widespread; generally accepted

someone to do something

proper to the point of affectation; very

target of a hunt; victim; V: hunt and eat

precise and formal; exceedingly proper

as prey; victimize; Ex. Cats prey on

mice.

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primary

primate

prime

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primogeniture

primordial

primp

pristine

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privation

privy

prize

probe

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probity

problematic

proclivity

procrastinate

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procurement

prod

prodigal

prodigious

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prodigy

profane

profligate

profound

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profusion

progenitor

progeny

prognosis

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prognosticate

prohibitive

projectile

proletarian

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period of ideal or peak condition;

group of mammals including humans

first in rank or importance; principal;

first in rank or importance; being first in

earliest or beginning stage; Ex. in the

earliest in time; Ex. primary stages; N.

time; original; Ex. man's primal

prime of life; Ex. prime of the

CF. first

innocence

year(spring); ADJ: first in importance or

rank; first; V: make ready; prepare

unspoiled; remaining in a pure state;

groom oneself with care; adorn oneself

characteristic of earlier times; primitive;

existing at the beginning (of time);

seniority by birth; state of being the

rudimentary

first-born child; right of the eldest child

Ex. an old book in pristine condition

(to inherit the entire property of one or

both parents)

explore with a probe or tools;

investigate; N: slender instrument used

pry; move with a lever; value highly;

secret; hidden; not public; made a

lack of the basic necessities or comforts

to explore a wound or body cavity;

device designed to investigate an

esteem; Ex. his most prized possession;

participant in something secret; Ex.

of life; hardship; want; CF. deprive

N: something captured during war-time

privy chamber government; Ex. be privy

unknown region; thorough investigation;

(esp. an enemy ship)

to a discussion; CF. private

inclination; natural tendency (esp.

causing a problem; open to doubt;

towards something bad)

doubtful; unsettled; questionable; Ex.

Ex. space probe

postpone; delay or put off

uprightness; honesty; incorruptibility

Whether the arena will ever be

completed is problematic.

enormous; marvelous; extraordinary;

wasteful; reckless with money; profuse;

poke (with a pointed object); stir up;

obtaining; V. procure: obtain by effort;

Ex. prodigious amount/memory

Ex. a mind prodigal of ideas; N.

urge; goad to action; N: pointed object

obtain (a prostitute) for another

prodigality

used to prod; prodding

deep; not superficial; complete; Ex.

wasteful (of money); dissipated; wildly

violate; desecrate (something holy);

highly gifted child; person with

profound

immoral; dissolute; N: profligate person;

treat unworthily; be profane for; ADJ:

exceptional talents; marvel; wonder

thinker/remark/silence/deafness; N.

N. profligacy

secular; nonreligious; irreverent for holy

profundity

forecasted course of a disease;

things

children; offspring; descendants

ancestor

prediction; CF. prognostic

great amount; plenty; overabundance;

excess; lavish expenditure; Ex.
profusion of choices; ADJ. profuse:
plentiful; copious; giving or given
abundantly; extravagant

member of the working class; blue collar

missile; fired or thrown object (such as

so high as to prohibit purchase or use;

predict (according to present

guy; N. proletariat: working class (who

stone or bullet)

tending to prevent the purchase or use

indications)

have to work for wages)

of something; prohibiting; inclined to

prevent or forbid; Ex. prohibitive tax

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prolific

prolixity

prologue

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prolong

prominent

promiscuous

promontory

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promote

prompt

promulgate

prone

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prong

pronounced

prop

propagate

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propellant(propellent)

propensity

prophetic

prophylactic

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propinquity

propitiate

propitious

proponent

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propound

propriety

propulsive

prosaic

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proscenium

proscribe

proselytize

prosody

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introduction (to a poem or play)

tedious wordiness; verbosity; ADJ.

producing offspring or fruit in

grow rapidly (in numbers); spread;

prolix: wordy; verbose; diffuse

abundance; fertile; fecund; abundantly

multiply; N. proliferation

fruitful; producing abundant works; Ex.

prolific writer

headland

mixed indiscriminately; indiscriminate;

protruding(sticking out); conspicuous;

not choosing carefully; indiscriminate in

notable; eminent

lengthen; extend; draw out

the choice of sexual partners; irregular,

particularly sexually; Ex. promiscuous
life/girl; N. promiscuity

inclined to; likely to (suffer); prostrate;

announce; proclaim a doctrine or law;

lying with the front downward; Ex. prone

make known by official publication

cause; urge; provoke; provide a cue (for

advance in rank; advance; help to

an actor); ADJ: done without delay;

flourish; advocate; help actively in

to disease/make mistakes; Ex.

done at the right time; punctual; on time;

forming; publicize or popularize; Ex.

accident-prone

N: reminder or cue

Milk promotes health; Ex. promote a

match/bill; Ex. promote a new product

increase in number by producing young;

support placed under or against

distinct; very noticeable; Ex.

pointed projecting part

multiply; spread; Ex. Most plants

something; V.

pronounced limp

used to prevent disease; N: something

of a prophet or prophecy; having to do

natural inclination

prophylactic; condom; N. prophylaxis:

with predicting the future; N. prophecy;

forward (such as an explosive charge or

prevention of disease

V. prophesy; N. prophet

a rocket fuel)

supporter; backer; opposite of opponent

favorable; auspicious; advantageous;

appease; conciliate; make peaceful;

nearness (in space or relationship);

fortunate; Ex. propitious day/sign

ADJ. propitiatory

proximity; kinship

driving forward; N. propulsion

fitness; quality of being proper; correct

put forth for consideration or analysis;

unimaginative; matter-of-fact(concerned

conduct; conformity to prevailing

set forth; Ex. propound a

with facts, not imagination or feelings);

customs and usages; CF. proprietor,

problem/theory

factual; CF. prose

proprietary

propagate by seed; Ex. newspaper

propagating their ideas

lacking in imagination; dull and

art of versification; study of the metrical

(induce someone to) convert to a

structure of verse

religion or belief; N. proselyte: new

convert to a doctrine or religion

prohibit; ostracize; banish; outlaw

substance which propels or drives

part of stage in front of curtain; front

arch of a stage

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prosperity

prosperous

prostrate

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protagonist

protean

protocol

prototype

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protract

protrude

protuberance

prot\'eg\'e

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provenance

provender

proverb

providence

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provident

provincial

provision

provisional

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proviso

provocative

prowess

proximity

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proxy

prude

prudent

prune

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prurient

pry

pr\'ecis

pseudonym

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stretch out full on ground; make

successful; rich; affluent; well-to-do;

good fortune and financial success;

become successful (esp. financially);

prostrate; enervate; Ex. prostrating

well-off

physical well-being

thrive; grow well; Ex. children

illness; ADJ: lying face down; having

prospering under his care

lost all strength

original work used as a model by others

diplomatic etiquette; ceremony and

able to take on many forms; versatile;

leader or noticeable supporter of an

etiquette observed by diplomats; first

CF. Proteus: sea god to change his

idea; chief character in a play or story

copy of a treaty before its ratification;

shape at will

Ex. Protocol demands that the queen

meet him at the airport.

person receiving protection and support

protrusion; swelling; bulge

from a patron

stick out; jut; project; Ex. protruding

prolong; lengthen in time; draw out

teeth

quality of being provident; divine care;

adage; someone or something well

dry food for livestock; fodder

place of origin; origin or source of

god's care; Providence: god; Ex. It

known for notoriety; ADJ. proverbial: of

something; Ex. Gunpowder is of

seemed like providence that the doctor

a proverb; widely known; ADV.

Chinese provenance; CF. come

happened to be there; ADJ.

proverbially

providential: of divine providence;

fortunate
act of providing; something provided;
tentative; temporary

preparatory measure; provisions:

pertaining to a province; limited in

providing for future needs; displaying

necessary supplies (esp. food);

outlook; narrow; unsophisticated

foresight; thrifty; preparing for

stipulation; condition in an agreement;

emergencies; OP. improvident

Ex. According to the provisions of the

agreement

nearness; ADJ. proximate

extraordinary ability; military bravery;

arousing anger or sexual interest;

stipulation; condition in an agreement;

Ex. prowess in battle

annoying; Ex. provocative in tight jeans;

provision

V. provoke: incite to anger; cause (an

unpleasant action or feeling); N.
provocation

cut away; trim

cautious; careful; prudential

excessively modest or proper person

authorized agent; authority to act for

(who is easily shocked by improper

another

things, esp. of a sexual nature); N.

prudery; ADJ. prudish: excessively
concerned with propriety

pen name; fictitious name assumed by

abstract; concise summing up of main

inquire impertinently (someone else's

having or causing lustful desires and

an author; ADJ. pseudonymous

points; concise summary of a text

private affairs); use leverage to raise or

thoughts; arousing immoderate sexual

open something; prize; N. pries: tool for

desire

prying

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psychiatrist

psychic

psychopathic

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psychosis

psychosomatic

pterodactyl

pucker

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pudding

puerile

pugilist

pugnacity

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puissant

pulchritude

pulmonary

pulpit

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pulsate

pulse

pulverize

pummel

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punctilious

pundit

pungent

punitive

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puny

purchase

purgatory

purge

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purport

purported

purse

purveyor

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pertaining to mental dearrangement; N.

of psyche; mental; of or possessing

psychopath: person with an antisocial

extraordinary mental powers

doctor who treats mental diseases

soul; mind

of the influence of the mind on the body

mental disorder; ADJ. N. psychotic

personality disorder

gather into wrinkles or folds; N: wrinkle

extinct flying reptile; CF. wing+finger

or fold

combativeness; disposition to fight;

(esp. with respect to disease)

boxer; CF. pugilism: boxing

childish; immature; CF. puer: boy

hot sweet dish

pertaining to the lungs

beauty; comeliness; ADJ.

powerful; strong; potent; N. puissance:

pulchritudinous

power

rhythmical throbbing of arteries; brief

throb; beat regularly; vibrate regularly

ADJ. pugnacious: (of people)

belligerent; combative in nature

raised platform used in preaching (in a

church)

pommel; beat or pound with fists

crush or grind into very small particles

sudden change in a normally constant

quantity; V: pulsate

punishing; Ex. punitive measures

stinging; acrid; sharp in taste or smell;

authority on a subject; expert; learned

minutely attentive (perhaps too much

(of speech or writing) caustic; N.

person

so) to fine points; stressing niceties of

pungency

conduct or form; N. punctilio,

punctiliousness: careful attention payed
to every small exact detail

remove or get rid of something or

place of spiritual expiation; temporary

secure grasp or hold; firm grasp or

someone unwanted; eliminate; free from

state or place in which the souls must

footing

blame or guilt; cleanse or purify (esp. of

expiate their sins

tiny; weak; insignificant

sin, guilt, or defilement); N.

furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer; V.

pucker; contract (lips) into wrinkles; N:

alleged; claimed; reputed or rumored;

intention; purpose; meaning; V: claim;

purvey: supply (eg. food); furnish; CF.

wallet

Ex. purported Satanists

profess; Ex. order which purports to be

provide

signed by the general

pushy

pusillanimous

putative

putrefy

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putrescent

putrid

puzzle

pyromaniac

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quack

quadruped

quaff

quagmire

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quail

quaint

qualified

qualify

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qualms

quandary

quarantine

quarry

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quarry

quash

quay

queasy

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queer

quell

quench

querulous

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query

queue

quibble

quicksilver

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make or become putrid; N. putrefaction

supposed; reputed; generally regarded

cowardly; lacking courage; fainthearted

disagreeably aggressive

becoming putrid; putrefying

as such; Ex. putative father of the child

person with an insane desire to set

baffle or confuse by a difficult problem;

decayed and foul-smelling; foul; rotten;

things on fire

ponder over a problem in an effort to

decayed; N. putridity

solve; clarify or solve by reasoning; Ex.

puzzle out the answer; N.

bog; marsh; soft, wet, boggy land;

drink with zest; drink with relish(zest;

predicament; complex or dangerous

hearty enjoyment); CF. sip

four-footed animal; ADJ. CF. biped

charlatan; impostor

cower; shrink back in fear; lose heart

situation from which it is difficult to free

oneself

reach a necessary standard; limit the

limited; restricted; V. qualify: limit the

odd in an old-fashioned way; odd;

meaning of something stated

meaning of; modify

old-fashioned; picturesque

isolation of a person, place, or ship to

dilemma; state of uncertainty; Ex. She is

uneasy feelings; misgivings; uneasy

prevent spread of infection; V: isolate in

in a quandary about whether to go.

fears especially about matters of

dig into (to get stone); N: mine;

quarantine

conscience; Ex. I have no qualms about

giving this assignment to Helen.

experiencing nausea; nauseated; easily

dock; wharf; pier; landing place (for

crush; suppress; squash; subdue;

person or animal of pursuit; victim;

nauseated; squeamish; Ex. feel a little

boats)

annul; Ex. quash a rebellion/the

object of a hunt; prey

queasy

decision of the low court

given to complaining; complaining;

assuage or satisfy (thrust); slake; douse

fretful; whining

or extinguish; put out; suppress

suppress; put an end to; put down

strange; eccentric; deviating from the

forcibly; extinguish; quiet; Ex. ``Army

normal

Quells Rebellion'' in newspaper; CF. kill

mercury

minor objection or complaint; V: raise

minor objections; carp; cavil

line (of waiting people or vehicles)

inquiry; question; V.

quiescent

quietude

quintessence

quip

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quirk

quisling

quiver

quiver

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quixotic

quizzical

quorum

quotidian

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rabble

rabid

rabies

raconteur

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raffle

rag

ragamuffin

rail

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raiment

rake

rake

rakish

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rally

ram

ramble

ramification

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ramify

ramp

rampant

rampart

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taunt; clever sarcastic remark; V.

purest and highest embodiment; perfect

tranquillity; calmness

example; apotheosis; most essential

dormant; temporarily inactive; at rest; N.

quiescence

element; Ex. quintessence of wit; ADJ.

quintessential; CF. fifth essence

tremble; shake; N.

case for arrows

traitor who aids invaders; CF. Vidkun

sudden sharp turn or twist; startling

Quisling

twist; caprice; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity

of behavior; Ex. by a quirk of fate

daily; commonplace; customary; Ex.

quotidian routine

minimal number of members necessary curious; suggesting puzzlement (without

to conduct a meeting

saying); questioning; teasing; mocking;

idealistic but impractical; CF. Don

Quixote

bantering; Ex. quizzical glance

story-teller; one who tells stories with wit

disease passed on by the bite of an

of or suffering rabies; like a fanatic;

and skill

infected animal (causing madness and

extremely zealous; furious; CF. rabies:

death)

hydrophobia

mob; noisy crowd

complain bitterly; scold; rant; Ex. the

dirty child in torn clothes; person

scrap of cloth; ADJ. ragged: old and

lottery; V: award as a prize in a raffle;

weaker railing against injustices

wearing tattered clothes

torn; seeming unfinished and imperfect;

Ex. raffle off a new car

Ex. ragged debut/performance

jaunty; stylish; sporty; morally corrupt;

immoral or dissolute person

dissolute; Ex. He wore his hat at a

angle of a slope; V: slant from the

clothing; garments; Ex. I have no

perpendicular

raiment fit to wear.

rakish and jaunty angle.

branching out; subdivision; one branch

wander aimlessly (physically or

male sheep; V. strike or drive against

come or bring together; call up or

of a system; one of the results following

mentally); digress

with a heavy impact

summon (forces, vital powers, etc.);

from an action or decision; Ex.

revive or recuperate (after illness or

ramifications of a business/the decision

difficulty); N: act of rallying; mass

gathering

defensive mound of earth

growing or spreading uncontrollably;

slope; inclined plane or roadway

branch out; divide into branches or

growing in profusion; unrestrained; Ex.

(connecting two levels)

subdivisions

rampant lawlessness/weed

ramshackle

rancid

rancor

random

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rank

rankle

ransack

rant

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rapacious

rapport

rapt

rapture

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rare

rarefied

rasp

raspy

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ratify

ratiocination

ration

rational

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rationale

rationalize

raucous

ravage

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rave

ravel

ravenous

ravine

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raze

reactionary

realm

reaper

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without definite purpose, plan, or aim;

long-lasting hatred; bitterness; Ex.

having the odor of stale or decomposing

(of a building or vehicle) poorly

haphazard; Ex. random shots; Ex.

negotiation without rancor; ADJ.

fat; rank

constructed; rickety; falling apart

chosen at random

rancorous

irritate; fester; annoy

offensive in odor or flavor

voracious; ravenous; taking everything

speak violently or excitedly; rave; talk

search thoroughly; pillage (going

excitedly showing anger; scold; make a

through a place); Ex. Enemy soldiers

grandiloquent speech; Ex. The priest

ransacked the town.

ranted about the devil.

great joy and delight; ecstasy; ADJ.

engrossed; absorbed; enchanted; Ex.

close relationship; emotional closeness;

rapturous

rapt listener

harmony

one can; excessively grasping;

plundering; subsisting on live prey; Ex.
rapacious birds

making a harsh noise; grating; harsh

(of a sound) grate on (eg. nerves);

made less dense (of a gas); V. rarefy:

(of air) thin in density; rarefied; Ex. rare

make a harsh noise; have an

make less dense; N. rarefaction

air of the mountains

reasoning; act of drawing conclusions

approve formally; confirm; verify

unpleasant effect; rub with something

rough; Ex. The cat's tongue rasped my
hand.

(of a person) having reason; (of ideas)

fixed portion; V: distribute as rations

based on reason; logical

from premises; V. ratiocinate: reason

logically

devastate; plunder; despoil; Ex. crops

(of voice) harsh and unpleasant; (of

make rational; devise false reasons for

fundamental reason or principle (on

ravaged by storms

people) disorderly and boisterous; Ex.

(one's behavior); offer an excuse; give a

which a system or principle is based);

raucous shouts

plausible reason for an action in place

fundamental reason or justification;

of a true, less admirable ones; N.

grounds for an action

rationalization

narrow valley with steep sides; gorge;

extremely hungry; voracious

CF. gully, canyon

fall apart into tangles; entangle; unravel overwhelmingly favorable review; V: talk
or untwist

wildly as if mad; Ex. raving lunatic

one who harvests grain; Ex. the Grim

kingdom; field or sphere; Ex. not within

strongly opposed to social or political

destroy completely; Ex. raze the city to

Reaper; V. reap: cut and gather (crop);

the realms of possibility

change; opposing progress; politically

the ground

harvest a crop

ultraconservative; N. OP. radical

rebate

rebuff

rebuke

rebus

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rebuttal

recalcitrant

recant

recapitulate

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recast

receptive

recess

recession

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recidivism

recipient

reciprocal

reciprocate

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recital

recite

reckon

recline

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recluse

reconcile

recondite

reconnaissance

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recount

recourse

recreant

recrimination

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rectify

rectitude

recumbent

recuperate

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representation of words in the form of

scold harshly; criticize severely

pictures or symbols; puzzle in which

reject bluntly; snub; beat back; Ex. She

return of part of a payment; discount; V.

rebuffed his invitation; N.

pictures or letters stand for words; Ex.

``R U 18'' is a rebus for ``Are you 18''.

summarize

disclaim or disavow; retract a previous

disobedient or resisting authority even

refutation; response with contrary

statement; openly confess error; Ex.

after being punished; obstinately

evidence; V. rebut: refute; disprove

recant one's faith/a statement

stubborn; determined to resist authority;

unruly; Ex. recalcitrant child

withdrawal; retreat; time of low

pause; temporary cessation; alcove;

quick or willing to receive (ideas,

reconstruct (a sentence, story, statue,

economic activity

secret inner place; Ex. parliament in

suggestions, etc.); Ex. receptive to the

etc.); fashion again

recess; V. CF. recessive

proposal

kind; give or take mutually; interchange;

mutual; given and received in return;

receiver

move backwards and forwards; N.

exchangeable; interacting; Ex.

reciprocity: reciprocal relationship;

reciprocal trade agreement

do or give something in return; repay in

habitual return to crime (even after
being punished); N. recidivist

mutual interchange of advantages

between two groups

lie down

count; calculate; regard as; think;

repeat aloud (something learned);

act of reciting publicly; detailed account;

suppose

describe; Ex. recite his complaints; N.

performance of music or dance (by a

recitation

solo performer)

make friendly again (after quarrel);

hermit; loner; ADJ. reclusive

survey of enemy by soldiers;

abstruse; not easily understood;

reconnoitering; V. reconnoiter: make a

profound; secret

make consistent (two ideas in

preliminary inspection of (esp. to gather

opposition); correct inconsistencies; Ex.

military information)

reconcile one's political principles with

one's religious beliefs

countercharges; V. recriminate

disloyal; cowardly; N: disloyal and

resorting to help when in trouble; Ex.

cowardly person

without recourse to

recover; return to health; regain; Ex.

reclining; lying down completely or in

moral correctness; moral uprightness;

recuperate losses

part

moral virtue; correctness of judgment

narrate or tell (a story); count over again

set right; correct; CF. rect-: right

recurrent

redolent

redoubtable

redress

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reduce

redundant

reek

refectory

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referendum

refraction

refractory

refrain

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refulgent

refurbish

refuse

refute

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regal

regale

regatta

regeneration

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regent

regicide

regime

regimen

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regiment

rehabilitate

reimburse

reinstate

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reiterate

rejoinder

rejuvenate

relapse

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remedy; compensation; Ex. seek

formidable; causing fear

redress for the damage to your car; V:

odorous; fragrant; suggestive (of an

occurring again and again

odor); Ex. redolent of onions/mystery

put right; remedy or rectify (a wrong);

make amends for

dining hall; room where meals are

emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke);

superfluous; more than is necessary;

diminish; bring to a weaker or more

served (in a school)

give off an unpleasant odor; give out

verbose; excessively wordy; repetitious

difficult condition; demote; lower in rank;

smoke; Ex. reeking chimney; N:

separate into components by analysis;

unpleasant odor; stench

Ex. reduced to the ranks; Ex. reduce the

house to rubble; N. reduction

abstain from; resist; forbear; N: chorus

unmanageable; disobedient and

bending of a ray of light

direct vote by all the people

renovate; make clean, bright, or fresh

effulgent; brilliant; brightly shining;

(make new) again; make bright by

gleaming; Ex. refulgent moon

stubborn; Ex. refractory horse

disprove; prove to be false; N. refutation

anything discarded or rejected as

worthless; trash

polishing; Ex. refurbish an old theater;

CF. furbish: polish

spiritual rebirth; Ex. regeneration of the

boat or yacht race

entertain

royal; of a monarch; Ex. regal manner

method of system or government

murder of a king or queen

a person who governs in place of a ruler

prisoners; V. regenerate: give or obtain

new life; reform spiritually

prescribed course of diet or exercise;

prescribed diet and habits; Ex. daily

who is ill, absent, or still a child; ADJ.

regimen of a dancer

Ex. the Prince regent

restore to a previous condition or

repay; pay back

position

return to a former state (esp. after

improvement); N.

make young again

restore to proper condition (health or

military unit; V: subject to strict order;

useful life); restore the former rank of

Ex. regimented society

reply; retort; comeback; V. rejoin: say in

repeat

reply

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relent

relevant

relic

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religious

relinquish

relish

remediable

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reminiscence

reminiscent

remiss

remission

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remit

remittance

remnant

remonstrate

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remorse

remote

remunerative

rend

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render

rendezvous

rendition

renegade

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renege

renounce

renovate

renown

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rent

reparable

reparation

repartee

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surviving remnant (from an extinct

having importance; pertinent; referring

become less severe; give in(surrender);

put into a lower or worse place; banish

culture); memento; keepsake; relics:

to the case in hand; N. relevance,

ADJ. relentless: unyielding;

to an inferior position; delegate; assign;

corpse; Ex. ancient relics; Ex. relics of

relevancy

continuously severe

his travel; Ex. His relics are buried at X.

Ex. relegate the old furniture to the

children's room; Ex. relegated to the
second division

reparable

enjoy; savor; N: enjoyment; zest

give up something (with reluctance);

of religion; (of a person) pious; having

yield; release; Ex. relinquish power/the

reverence for a deity

claim to the land/his hold on my arm

temporary moderation (of disease

symptoms); remitting of a debt or

negligent; careless about a duty

punishment; cancelation of a debt;

suggestive of something (in the past); of

recollection; V. reminisce: recollect the

reminiscence

past

remitting of money; amount of money

transmit (money) in payment; free

remitted

someone from a debt or punishment

distant in manner; aloof

deep regret for wrongdoing; guilt;

pardon; Ex. The disease went into

remission; Ex. Christians pray for the
remission of sins.

protest; objection; V. remonstrate: say

remainder

in protest

split; tear apart; N. rent; CF.

(of work) compensating; rewarding;

heartrending: causing deep sorrow

profitable; well-paid; V. remunerate:

self-reproach

reward; pay (someone) for work or

trouble

deserter; traitor; ADJ.

rendering; translation; artistic

meeting place; meeting at a set time or

give; deliver; provide; represent in

interpretation of a song, etc

place; V.

verbal or artistic form; depict; perform;

make; translate; Ex. render the song
beautifully

fame; ADJ. renowned

restore to good condition; renew

abandon; give up (by formal

break a promise; deny; go back on; Ex.

announcement); disown; repudiate; Ex.

renege on the contract/paying off the

renounce one's claim to the

debt

property/one's religion; N. renunciation

quick clever reply

compensation (for loss or wrong);

amends; Ex. make reparation for the
damage; CF. repair

capable of being repaired

tear made by rending; rip; split

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repeal

repel

repellent

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repercussion

repertoire

repine

replenish

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replete

replica

replicate

repose

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repository

reprehensible

representational

repress

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reprieve

reprimand

reprisal

reprise

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reproach

reprobate

reprobation

reprove

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repudiate

repugnance

repulse

repulsion

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reputable

reputed

requiem

requisite

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driving away; disgusting; offensive;

drive away; disgust; Ex. repel the

revoke; annul

meal; feast; banquet

repulsive; unattractive; N.

attack/moisture; Ex. repelled by the dirty

fret; complain; be annoyed; Ex. repine

list of works of music, drama, etc., a

rebound; reaction; reverberation; Ex.

over the undone work

performer is prepared to present; CF.

serious repercussion

room; CF. repulsion

fill up again

repertory

resting; state of being at rest; calmness;

reproduce; duplicate

copy

fully filled; filled to the brim or to the

V: lie at rest; relax; put or place; Ex.

point of being stuffed; abundantly

repose our hopes in a single man

supplied; Ex. report replete with errors

hold back (the natural expression of);

(of a style of art) showing things as they

deserving blame; blameworthy; V.

restrain; crush; oppress; Ex. repressed

actually appear in real life

reprehend: blame

retaliation

reprove severely; rebuke; N.

storehouse

child; Ex. repress a laugh/rebellion

musical repetition; repeating of a piece

postponement or cancelation of a

of music; repeat performance; recurrent

punishment; temporary stay; V:

action; Ex. reprise in the finale; Ex.

postpone or cancel the punishment of

constant reprises

censure; rebuke; N. reproof

morally disapproved person; person

blame (not angrily but sadly); express

hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of

disapproval or disappointment; N. ADJ.

decency; CF. disapproved by God ?

reproachful

reject with rudeness or coldness (an

disgust; strong dislike; loathing; ADJ.

disown; disavow; deny

ADJ. repulsive: causing disgust; tending

offer or friendship); drive back (an

repugnant: arousing disgust; repulsive

to drive away; V. repel (not `repulse')

enemy attack); CF. repulse $\neq$

distaste; disgust; act of driving back;

severe disapproval; CF. approbation

cause repulsion

necessary requirement; something

required; ADJ: required; necessary

mass for the dead; dirge

supposed; Ex. reputed father of the

child; V. repute: consider; N. repute:
reputation; esteem

respectable; having a good reputation

requisition

requite

rescind

resentment

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reserve

residual

residue

resign

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resignation

resilient

resolution

resolve

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resolve

resonant

resort

resound

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resourceful

respiration

respite

resplendent

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responsiveness

restitution

restive

restraint

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resumption

resurge

resurrect

resuscitate

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retain

retaliate

retard

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indignation; bitterness; displeasure; V.

repeal; annul; cancel (a law, decision, or

make return for; repay; reciprocate;

formal demand or request; Ex.

resent: feel anger about

agreement)

revenge; N. requittal

requisition for more computing

equipment; V.

give up (a position, right, or claim);

remainder; balance

submit (oneself) passively

remaining; left over; of a residue; N:

self-control; self-restraint; formal but

residue

distant manner; reticence; Ex. without

reserve: freely and openly; ADJ.
reserved: shy and uncommunicative

decide; settle; solve; separate; make a

determination; resoluteness; ADJ.

elastic; having the power of springing

patiently submissiveness; statement

determined decision; N. resolution

resolute: firm or determined in purpose

back; able to recover quickly (as from

that one is quitting a job; ADJ. resigned:

misfortune)

acquiescent

(of a place) be filled with sound; (of a

turn to for help; Ex. resort to violence;

(of a sound) echoing;

determination; resolution; firmness of

sound) sound loudly; sound back; echo;

N.

resounding(sounding loudly); deep and

purpose

Ex. hall resounded with laughter

full in sound; producing resonance; Ex.

resonant voice; N. resonance

brilliant; splendid in appearance;

time for rest; interval of relief; delay in

dazzling; glorious

punishment; reprieve

breathing; exhalation; ADJ. respiratory

clever and imaginative (in dealing with

difficult situations); N. resource,
resourcefulness

impatiently restless (induced by external

moderation or self-control; controlling

coercion or restriction); restlessly

returning something (lost or stolen) to

state of reacting readily to appeals,

force; restriction

impatient; obstinately resisting control;

the rightful owner; reparation;

orders, etc.; ADJ. responsive: readily

Ex. restive horses because of wolves;

indemnification; compensation for loss,

reacting; Ex. responsive to treatment

CF. not a general synonym for `restless'

damage, or injury

revive

rise again; flow to and fro; N.

taking up again; recommencement; V.

consciousness; Ex. resuscitate the

resurgence; ADJ. resurgent: (of ideas or

resume: begin or take up again; take or

drowned child

beliefs) experiencing revival; surging

occupy again; Ex. Kindly resume your

again

seats.

revive; bring back to life or

holding; able to retain things (esp. facts

delay (in development); ADJ. retarded:

repay in kind (usually for bad

keep; maintain possession of; employ

in the mind); having a good memory

(as of a child) slower in development

treatment); V. retaliate

(esp. a lawyer or advisor); N. retainer:

servant; fee paid to retain an advisor

reticent

retinue

retiring

retort

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retract

retrench

retribution

retrieve

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retroactive

retrograde

retrospective

revelry

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reverberate

reverend

reverent

reverie

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revert

revile

revoke

revulsion

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rhapsodize

rhapsody

rhetoric

ribald

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rickety

riddle

rider

rife

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rift

rig

rig

righteous

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quick sharp reply; V.

shy and reserved (of a person); modest;

following; attendants

Ex. her retiring personality

inclined to silence; uncommunicative;

reserved; Ex. He was reticent about the
reasons; N. reticence

recover; put right; find and bring in;

deserved punishment for wrongdoing;

cut down; cut down expenses;

withdraw; take back; draw back; Ex.

regain; Ex. retrieve the situation

punishment for offenses; compensation;

economize

retract a statement/an offer/claws; N.

vengeance; CF. pay back

retraction; CF. retractile

boisterous merrymaking; V. revel:

looking back on the past; N.

go backwards; recede; degenerate;

engage boisterous festivities; enjoy

retrospection; V. retrospect

deteriorate; ADJ.

taking effect before its enactment (as a

law) or imposition (as a tax); (of a law)

greatly; N: boisterous festivity or

having effect on the past as well as the

celebration

future

daydream; abstracted musing

respectful; worshipful; V. revere: regard

deserving reverence; N: priest

with reverence; N. reverence: profound

echo repeatedly; resound; Ex. The

thunder reverberated across the valley.

respect

sudden strong feeling of disgust;

cancel; retract; CF. irrevocable

attack with abusive language;

relapse; backslide; turn back to; return

vilify(slander)

to the former owner; N. reversion

art of effective communication; art of

excessively enthusiastic expression of

speak or write in an exaggeratedly

profane; N. ribaldry: ribald language or

using language effectively and

feeling; musical composition of irregular

enthusiastic manner; Ex. rhapsodize

joke

persuasively; style of speaking or

form (as if made up as one plays it)

over the beauty of the scenery

sudden violent change of feeling;

negative reaction; Ex. revulsion from the
scenes of torture

marked by vulgar lewd humor; wanton;

writing; grandiloquent language; ADJ.

rhetorical; CF. rhetorical question

(of something bad) widespread;

amendment or clause added to a

pierce with holes; permeate or spread

(of buildings) likely to break or fall apart;

abundant; current

legislative bill

throughout; Ex. The gunman riddled the

of rickets; CF. rickets; CF. vitamin D

car with bullets; Ex. The whole report is

riddled with errors; N. large sieve
(separating earth from stone)

morally upright; just

fix or manipulate; manipulate

arrangement of masts and sails; V:

narrow opening in a large mass; break

dishonestly for personal gain; Ex. rig the equip (a ship) with rigging; ADJ. rigging: in a friendly relation; Ex. through a rift in
election

ropes that hold up a ship's sails

the clouds; OP. reconcilation

rightful

rigid

rigor

rile

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rip

rivet

riveting

rivulet

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robust

rococo

roil

rolling

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romp

rooster

roseate

roster

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rostrum

rote

rotund

rotunda

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rotundity

rousing

rout

rou\'e

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rubble

rubric

ruddy

rudimentary

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rue

ruffian

rumble

ruminant

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irritate; vex; muddy

severity; Ex. rigors of the Russian winter

hard and unbending; stiff and

legally correct; Ex. rightful owner

unyielding; fixed in behavior or views;

strict; rigorous; Ex. rigid rule

small stream; CF. rill < rivulet < river

holding one's attention; absorbing;

metal pin used for fastening metal

tear or be torn quickly and violently; Ex.

engrossing

plates together; V: fasten with a rivet;

The sail ripped under the force of the

engross

wind; N.

strong; vigorous

(of land) rising and falling in long gentle

make liquids murky by stirring up

ornate; highly decorated; N. CF. 18th

slopes; happening continuously by

sediment; disturb

century

list (of names)

rosy; optimistic; Ex. roseate views

cock; adult male chicken

play or frolic boisterously; gambol; N.

circular building or hall covered with a

(of a person) fat and round

repetition; memorization through

raised platform for speech-making;

repetition without understanding; Ex.

pulpit

stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power

to local governments

dome

learn poetry by rote

lecherous man

put to rout; stampede; drive out; N:

lively; inducing excitement; stirring; V.

complete defeat and disorderly retreat

rouse: waken; arouse from sleep or

roundness; sonorousness of speech

depression; excite; stir up

elementary; not developed; crude; N.

reddish; (of the face) reddish and

title or heading (in red print); directions

fragments (esp. from a destroyed

rudiment: fundamental element or

healthy-looking

for religious ceremony; protocol

building)

make or move with a deep rolling sound

violent scoundrel; bully

regret; lament; mourn; Ex. He will rue

principle; Ex. rudiments of the language

animal that ruminates; ADJ.

(as thunder or stomach)

the day; N. ADJ. rueful

ruminate

rummage

run-down

runic

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ruse

rustic

rusticate

rustle

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ruthless

saboteur

saccharine

sacrilegious

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sacrosanct

sadistic

saga

sagacious

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sage

salacious

salient

saline

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sallow

salubrious

salutary

salvage

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sanctimonious

sanction

sanctuary

sanguinary

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sanguine

sap

sarcasm

sardonic

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mysterious; set down in an ancient

(of a place) dilapidated; in a bad

alphabet; N. rune: one of the letters of

condition; (of a person) weak or

an alphabet used by ancient Germanic

exhausted

ransack; thoroughly search

chew over and over (mentally or, like

cows, physically); mull over(ponder)

peoples (cut on stone or wood); magic

charm

make slight sounds like silk moving or

banish to the country; dwell in the

pertaining to country people;

being rubbed together

country

unsophisticated; simple; crude; uncouth;

trick to deceive; stratagem

(of furniture) rough with the bark left on;

N. rural person; rustic person

desecrating; profane; N. sacrilege:

cloying sweet; characteristic of sugar or

one who commits sabotage; destroyer

desecration, misuse, or theft of

saccharin

of property; N. sabotage: destruction of

something sacred

pitiless; merciless; cruel

property (usually carried out secretly)

wise; perceptive; shrewd; having

Scandinavian myth; any legend; long

inclined to cruelty; N. sadism: delight in

invioably sacred; most sacred;

insight; N. sagacity

heroic narrative

cruelty

inviolable

salty

prominent; projecting beyond a line;

lascivious; lustful; Ex. salacious monk

person celebrated for wisdom; wise

conspicuous; Ex. salient features

person; ADJ: wise

rescue (goods or property) from loss; N:

tending to improve; beneficial;

healthful; conducive to health or

(of the skin) yellowish and

saving; property saved

wholesome; Ex. The punishment had a

well-being; socially desirable; Ex.

unhealthy-looking; sickly in color; Ex.

salutary effect on the boy; CF. health

salubrious area; CF. health

sallow complexion due to jaundice

place of refuge; shelter; shrine; holy

approve; ratify; N: permission; penalty

displaying ostentatious or hypocritical

place; Ex. The outlaw was granted

intended to enforce compliance

devoutness; N. sanctimony: hypocritical

bloody; with much bloodshed

sanctuary in the church.

piety

scornfully mocking; disdainful; sarcastic;

cutting ironic remark; scornful remarks;

diminish; weaken; undermine the

optimistic; cheerful; hopeful; of the color

cynical; Ex. sardonic smile

stinging rebuke; ADJ. sarcastic

foundations of (a fortification); Ex. The

of blood; red

element kryptonite sapped his strength.

sartorial

sate

satellite

satiate

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satire

satirical

saturate

saturnine

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satyr

saunter

savant

savor

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savory

scabbard

scad

scaffold

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scale

scanty

scapegoat

scavenge

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scenario

schematic

scheme

schism

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scholarly

scintilla

scintillate

scion

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scoff

scorch

score

scotch

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satisfy fully (physical needs such as

small body revolving around a larger

hunger); sate; N. satiety: condition of

one

satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy

pertaining to tailors or tailoring; Ex. a

man of great sartorial elegance; CF.

being satiated

sartor: tailor

morose; gloomy; Ex. Do not be misled

soak thoroughly; imbue; impregnate;

by his saturnine countenance.

charge; fill to capacity

using satire; mocking

form of literature in which irony,

sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to
attack human vice and folly

enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or

scholar; learned person; CF. savoir:

quality; N: taste or smell; distinctive

know

stroll(go for a leisurely walk) slowly; N.

half-human, half-bestial being in the

court of Dionysus (resembling a goat),

quality

portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and

cunning; lecher; CF. faun; CF. goat:
lecherous man

temporary platform for workers (to work

a great quantity; Ex. scads of clothes

case for a sword blade; sheath

pleasant in taste; tasty; pleasing,

at heights above the ground); bracing

attractive, or agreeable; Ex. savory

framework; platform for execution

reputation

hunt through discarded materials for

someone who bears the blame for

usable items or food; search, especially

others; whipping boy; CF. escape+goat

meager; insufficient

climb up; ascend; remove or come off in

scales; N: flake of epidermis; ascending

for food; N. scavenger: one who

or descending series of musical tones

scavenges; animal that feeds on refuse

and carrion

systematic plan; plot; clever dishonest

division into factions (esp. within a
religious body); split

plan; orderly arrangement of elements;

of a schema or scheme; relating to an

plot outline; screenplay(script for a

Ex. health insurance scheme; Ex. a

outline or diagram; using a system of

movie); opera libretto; outline of

scheme to escape taxes; Ex. a color

symbols; N. schema: diagrammatic

possible future events

scheme; Ex. a story with no scheme; V:

representation; outline

contrive a scheme

detached plant shoot used in grafting;

sparkle; flash; be animated; be full of

trace; minute amount; shred; least bit;

full of learning; erudite; like a scholar;

descendant

life; Ex. scintillating conversation

Ex. There is not a scintilla of truth; CF.

Ex. scholarly journal

spark

number of points; written form of a

stamp out(put an end to); thwart; hinder;

musical composition; reason; group of

Ex. scotch the rumor; CF. cut

20; notch or incision; Ex. full/vocal

score; Ex. Don't worry on that score; V:
mark with lines or notches; Ex. score
the paper to make it easy to fold

sear; N.

laugh (at); mock; ridicule; Ex. scoff at

their threats

scourge

scowl

scrap

scrappy

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scraps

screech

scrimmage

scruple

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scrupulous

scrutinize

scuffle

scurrilous

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scurry

scurvy

scuttle

seamy

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sear

season

seasonable

seasonal

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seasoned

secession

seclusion

secrete

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sect

sectarian

secular

sedate

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sedentary

sedition

seduce

sedulous

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quarrelsome

small bit or fragment; discarded waste

frown angrily; N: angry frown

lash; whip (formerly used for

material; fight; Ex. a scrap of

punishment); source of severe

paper/cloth; V: break into parts for

punishment; V: whip; afflict

disposal; discard as worthless; fight;

quarrel

hesitate for ethical reasons; fret about;

disorderly fight between two or more

Ex. She did not scruple to read his

people

unpleasant high sharp sound; shriek; V.

leftover food

diary; N: uneasy feeling arising from

conscience; conscience

abusive; obscene; indecent; Ex.

struggle confusedly; move off in a

examine closely and critically; N.

conscientious; extremely thorough; Ex.

scurrilous remark

confused hurry; N. CF. scuffling twins ?

scrutiny

scrupulous worker

sordid; base; filthy; unwholesome; Ex.

sink (a ship) by cutting holes in the hull;

contemptible; despicable; N: disease

move hastily; hurry; move briskly

seamy side of city life

scrap; discard; N: small hatch in a ship's

caused by deficiency of Vitamin C

deck or hull

of a particular season; Ex. seasonal rise

occurring at the proper time or season;

in employment

opportune; Ex. seasonable intervention

enhance the flavor of by adding a spice, burn the surface of; char or burn; brand;
etc.; inure; harden; N. seasoning:

in the dispute

something used in seasoning

conceal; hide away or cache; produce

isolation; solitude; V. seclude: set apart

withdrawal; V. secede: withdraw

and release a substance into an

from others; isolate

formally from membership

composed (with no excitement); grave;

worldly; not pertaining to church matters

of a sect; narrow-minded; parochial; N:

separate religious body; faction; group

V: administer a sedative to; CF.

or religion; temporal

member of a sect; narrow-minded

of people with common beliefs within a

person

larger group

parch; cause (a plant) to wither

experienced

organism; CF. secretive

sedative

diligent; assiduous; paying attention; N.

lead away from proper conduct; entice;

conduct or language inciting rebellion;

requiring sitting; done while sitting; not

sedulity

ADJ. seductive

rebellion; resistance to authority;

moving from one place to another;

insubordination; ADJ. seditious

settled; Ex. sedentary job/population

seedy

seemly

seep

seethe

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seine

seismic

selective

self-indulgence

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self-righteous

semblance

seminal

seminary

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senility

sensitization

sensual

sensuous

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sententious

sentient

sentimental

sentinel

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septic

sepulcher

sequester

sere

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serendipity

serenity

serpentine

serrated

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servile

servitude

sever

severity

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be violently disturbed; boil; (of a liquid)

pass slowly through small openings;

move about wildly as if boiling; Ex. The

ooze; trickle; N. seepage

(of behavior) proper; appropriate

run-down; decrepit; disreputable; having

many seeds; Ex. seedy downtown hotel

nation was seething with discontent.

excessive indulgence of one's own

careful in choosing; having an effect

desire

only on certain things; not general; Ex.

pertaining to earthquakes

seine net; net for catching fish

eclectic weed killer

school for training future ministers;

related to seed or semen; germinal;

outward appearance; guise; Ex. We

sure of one's own righteousness;

secondary school, especially for young

creative; providing a basis for further

called in the troops to bring a/some

moralistic

women

development; influencing future

semblance of order to the city.

developments; Ex. seminal research in

a new field

giving pleasure to the senses;

devoted to the pleasures of the sense;

process of being made sensitive or

pertaining to the physical senses;

carnal; voluptuous; Ex. sensual

acutely responsive to an external agent

ADJ. senile: resulting from old age;

operating through the senses; sensuous

woman/curves/lips

or substance; V. sensitize: make or

showing the weakness of body or mind

become sensitive

from old age; Ex. senile dementia

swayed by sentiment; appealing to the

capable of sensation and conscious;

pithy; terse; concise; aphoristic

sentiments

aware; sensitive; Ex. sentient creature;

feeling of soft velvet on the skin

sentry; lookout

old age; feeblemindedness of old age;

N. sentience

sear; parched; dry

isolate; segregate; seclude; retire from

tomb; V: place in a sepulcher; ADJ.

of or causing sepsis; putrid; producing

public life

sepulchral

putrefaction; N. sepsis: poisoning of part

of the body (producing pus)

having a sawtoothed edge; Ex. serrated

winding; twisting; of or like a serpent;

calmness; placidity; ADJ. serene

leaf

Ex. serpentine course of the river; N.

accident; accidental good fortune or

serpent: snake

luck; CF. The Three Princes of Serendip

harshness; intensity; sternness;

separate; cut off (a part) from a whole;

slavery; compulsory labor imposed as a

austerity; ADJ. severe: harsh; strict;

break up (a relationship); N. severance;

punishment

extremely violent or intense

CF. severance pay: extra pay given an

employee upon leaving a position

gift for finding valuable things by

slavish; cringing; N. servility

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shack

shackle

shade

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sham

shambles

Shangri-la

shard

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shaving

sheaf

shear

sheathe

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shed

sheer

sherbet

shift

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shimmer

shirk

shoddy

shoot

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shove

shrew

shrewd

shrivel

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shudder

shuffle

shun

shunt

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shyster

sibling

sibylline

sidereal

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slight difference in degree; nuance;

chain; fetter; confine with shackles; N.

crude cabin

navigation tool used to determine a

degree of color; Ex. shades of

ship's latitude and longitude (by

meaning/grey

measuring the altitudes of stars)

fragment generally of broken pottery

imaginary remote paradise on earth;

(place or scene of) complete disorder or

pretend; feign; ADJ: not genuine; fake;

(glass, clay bowl, or cup)

CF. Lost Horizon

ruin; wreck; mess; Ex. After the

Ex. sham jewelry; N: something that is

hurricane, the coast was a shambles.

not what it appears; impostor; pretense;

Ex. The agreement was a sham.

place into a case; insert into or provide

remove (fleece or hair) by cutting;

bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of

very thin piece, usually of wood (cut

with a sheath; Ex. He sheathed his

remove the hair or fleece from; cut with

things tied together

from a surface with a sharp blade)

dagger; N. sheath: case for a blade

or as if with shears; N: shears; pair of

pure; thin and transparent; very steep

small roofed structure for storage and

scissors

change position or place; exchange

(one thing) for another; change in

flavored dessert ice

direction or position; Ex. shift the stolen

shelter; V: pour forth; lose by natural

goods; N. group of workers which takes

process; repel without allowing

turns with other groups; working period

penetration; radiate; cast; Ex. shed

of such a group

tears/light/water/skin/leaves

new growth from a plant

made of inferior material; sham; not

avoid (responsibility, work, etc.);

shine with a flickering light; glimmer

genuine; inferior; dishonest; Ex. shoddy

malinger

intermittently; Ex. The moonlight

goods/trick

make or become shrunken and wrinkled

clever; astute

(often by drying)

shimmered on the water; N.

scolding woman; very small mouselike

push forward; push roughly; Ex. pushing

animal

and shoving to get on the bus; N.

mix together; jumble; move (something)

shake uncontrollably; tremble; V.

move (a railway train) from one track to

keep away from; avoid deliberately; Ex.

another; turn aside; divert; sidetrack;

She has been shunned by her

from one place to another; slide (the

Ex. shunt traffic around an accident; N.

neighbors.

feet) along the ground while walking;

Ex. shuffle papers from one pile to
another; N.

relating to stars; Ex. sidereal day

prophetic; oracular; N. sibyl: woman

prophet (in the ancient world)

brother or sister

lawyer using questionable methods;

unscrupulous practioner

sidetrack

sift

significant

silt

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simian

simile

simper

simplistic

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simulate

sinecure

sinewy

singular

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sinister

sinuous

siren

skeptic

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skiff

skim

skimp

skinflint

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skirmish

skittish

skulduggery(skullduggery)

skulk

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slack

slacken

slag

slake

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slander

slap

slapdash

slaughter

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sediment deposited by running water (at

expressing a meaning; important; Ex.

put through a sieve to separate fine

switch (a railroad car) to a siding; divert

the entrance to a harbor or by a bend in

significant smile; N. significance:

from coarse particles; sort or examine

from a main issue; N. CF. siding: short

a river)

importance; meaning; V. signify: denote;

carefully

section of railroad track connected by

mean; signal; make known; matter; be

switches with a main track

significant

oversimplified

smirk; smile in a silly way; smile

comparison of one thing with another,

affectedly

using the word like or as

being only one; individual; unique;

(of meat) tough; strong and firm;

well-paid position with little

extraordinary; odd; Ex. singular

muscular; N. sinew: tendon; strong cord

responsibility; CF. sine cure: without

beauty/behavior

connecting a muscle to a bone

care; CF. San Serif

sceptic; doubter; person who suspends

apparatus for making sounds;

twisting; winding; bending in and out;

judgment until he has examined the

womanlike creature

not morally honest

monkeylike; N: ape or monkey

feign; imitate

evil; ominous

evidence supporting a point of view;

ADJ. skeptical; N. skepticism;
scepticism

miser; stingy person

provide or use scantily; live very

read or glance through quickly; touch

economically; Ex. skimp on necessities;

lightly in passing; brush; remove from

ADJ. skimpy: inadequate in amount;

the surface of a liquid

small light sailboat or rowboat

scanty; stingy; niggardly

move furtively and secretly; Ex. He

dishonest behavior or action; Ex.

inconstant; capricious; frivolous; not

skulked through the less fashionable

skulduggery in the election

serious; Ex. charming but skittish young

sections of the city.

satisfy (thirst); quench; sate

minor fight; minor battle in war; V.

woman; CF. skit

glassy residue from smelting metal;

slow up; loosen; make or become slack

dross; waste matter

moving slowly; sluggish; inactive; (of a

rope) loose; negligent; lax; Ex. slack
season; Ex. slack in one's work; N. V.

killing of animals for food; massacre; V:

hasty and careless; haphazard;

hit quickly with the flat part of the hand;

defamation; utterance of false and

butcher (animals) for food; kill in large

sloppy(carelessly done)

N. CF. smack

malicious statements; V. ADJ.

numbers

slanderous

slavish

sleazy

sledge

sleek

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sleeper

sleigh

sleight

slew

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slick

slight

slink

slipshod

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slither

sloth

slough

slovenly

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sluggard

sluggish

sluice

slur

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slur

sly

smart

smattering

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smear

smelt

smirk

smolder

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smother

smudge

smug

sneak

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smooth and shining (as from good

large sled drawn by work animals

health); V.

shabby and dirty; flimsy; insubstantial;

of or like a slave; servile; showing no

Ex. sleazy back-street hotel/fabric

originality; copied very closely; Ex.

slavish devotion/copy of the original

large quantity or number; Ex. slew of

dexterity; CF. sleight of hand:

large vehicle drawn by a horse over

one that achieves unexpected success;

errands left

legerdemain; quickness of the hands in

snow or ice

something originally of little value or

doing tricks

importance that in time becomes very

valuable

slovenly; careless; sloppy; untidy;

move furtively; ADJ. slinky: stealthy;

insult to one's dignity; snub; V: treat as if

make smooth or glossy; N: smooth

shabby; Ex. slipshod work

furtive; sneaky (as in ambush)

of small importance; insult; snub; ADJ.

surface; Ex. oil slick; ADJ: smooth;

small in size; of small importance

glossy; deftly executed; adroit; glib

slow moving tree-dwelling mammal;

slip or slide

untidy; careless in work habits; slipshod; (of a snake) shed or cast off (dead outer
N. sloven: one who is habitually untidy

skin); N: outer layer that is shed

laziness; ADJ. slothful: lazy; indolent

pronounce indistinctly; speak

artificial channel for directing or

lazy; slow; inactive; lethargic; CF. slug:

indistinctly; mumble

controlling the flow of water (with a gate

nail with no shell

or careless

lazy person

to regulate the flow)

slight knowledge; small scattered

intelligent; quick and energetic;

clever in deceiving; secretive; not telling

slander; insult to one's character or

number or amount; Ex. smattering of

fashionable; Ex. smart pace/restaurant;

one's intentions

reputation; V.

German

V: cause or feel a sharp pain; N:

smarting pain

smoulder; burn slowly without flame; be

conceited smile; offensively

melt (ore) for separating and removing

spread or cover with a sticky substance;

liable to break out at any moment; exist

self-satisfied smile (often at someone

the metal; melt or blend ores changing

N: mark made by smearing

in a suppressed state; Ex. smoldering

else's misfortune); V.

their chemical composition

self-satisfied; complacent

dirty mark with unclear edges made by

kill from lack of air; suppress; cover

rubbing; V.

thickly; Ex. smothered in little stickers

anger

move, give, or take in a quiet, stealthy

way; N: one who sneaks; ADJ. sneaky

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snip

snivel

snub

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snuffle

soar

sober

sobriety

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sodden

sojourn

solace

solder

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solecism

solemnity

solicit

solicitor

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solicitous

soliloquy

solitude

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soluble

solvent

solvent

somatic

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somber

somnambulist

somnolent

sonic

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sonnet

sonorous

soothsayer

sophist

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ignore or behave coldly toward; Ex. I

complain or whine tearfully; run at the

short quick cut with scissors; V: cut with

made a suggestion but she snubbed

nose; snuffle; Ex. Don't come back

scissors

me; N.

sniveling to me.

half-stifled(suppressed) laugh; V.

moderation (especially regarding

serious; solemn; not drunken;

rise or fly high in the air; Ex. The rocket

sniffle; sniff repeatedly (in order to keep

indulgence in alcohol); seriousness

abstemious or temperate; V: make or

soared into the sky.

liquid from running out of the nose)

temporary stay; V: stay for a time

thoroughly soaked; dull or stupid as if

become sober

repair or make whole by using a metal

comfort in sorrow or trouble;

alloy; N: metal alloy (usually tin and

consolation; V: comfort or console in

lead) used in the molten state to join

time of sorrow or trouble

from drink

metallic parts

lawyer in the lower court of law

entreat; request earnestly; seek to

seriousness; gravity

nonstandard grammatical construction;

obtain; Ex. solicit votes; CF. solicitor:

construction that is flagrantly incorrect

one who solicits; chief law officer

grammatically; violation of social

etiquette

point or time at which the sun is farthest

state of being alone; seclusion; ADJ.

talking to oneself (esp. in a play); CF.

anxious; worried; concerned; eager; Ex.

from the equator

solitary: existing or living alone (esp. by

monologue: soliloquy; long speech by

solicitous to do something; N. solicitude

choice); remote or secluded; single;

one person (often monopolizing a

sole; Ex. solitary life/inn; Ex. no solitary

conversation)

piece of proof

pertaining to the body; bodily; physical

substance that dissolves another; ADJ:

able to pay all depths; N. solvency

capable of dissolving another substance

of sound or its speed in air; CF.

half asleep; drowsy; N. somnolence

subsonic, supersonic

teacher of philosophy; quibbler;

employer of fallacious reasoning; N.
sophism: plausible but fallacious
argument

one who foretells the future

able to be dissolved in a liquid; able to

be worked out or solved

sleepwalker; V. somnambulate; N.

dark; gloomy; melancholy; depressing;

somnambulism

CF. shadow

resonant; producing a full deep sound;

14-line poetic verse form with a fixed

producing sound

rhyme pattern

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sophistry

sophomoric

soporific

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sordid

sound

sour

sovereign

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sovereignty

sow

spangle

spare

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sparse

spartan

spasmodic

spat

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spate

spatial

spatula

spawn

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specious

speck

spectral

spectrum

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speechless

spendthrift

sphinx-like

spin

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splice

spoilsport

spontaneity

spoof

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sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness;

immature; half-baked; like a sophomore

drowsy

seemingly plausible but fallacious

worldly wise and urbane; refined;

reasoning; sophism

complex; N. sophistication; V.
sophisticate

ruler in a monarchy; ADJ: (of a country)

having a sharp or acid taste; acid; tart;

in good condition; showing good

filthy; foul; base; vile; Ex. sordid

independent and self-governing; having

bad-tempered; V.

judgment or good sense; thorough;

bed/story

supreme power; supreme; excellent

complete; Ex. sound

mind/investment/training

give; use; refrain from harming; save

small shiny metallic piece sewn to

from experiencing; exempt; ADJ: kept in

clothing for ornamentation

plant or scatter seed

complete independence and

self-government (of a country);

reserve; free for other use; unoccupied;

supremacy of authority; power to govern

Ex. spare time

squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel

fitful; periodic; of or like a spasm; N.

without attention to comfort; lacking

spasm: sudden involuntary muscular

luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined;

contraction; sudden burst of energy or

Ex. spartan living condition/life

not thick; thinly scattered; scanty

emotion

lay eggs (in large numbers); produce

broad-bladed instrument used for

offspring (in large numbers); N: eggs of

spreading or mixing

relating to space

sudden flood or rush; Ex. spate of

accidents

aquatic animals

colored band produced when a beam of

ghostly; N. specter: spectre; ghost;

small piece or mark; Ex. speck of dust

seemingly reasonable but incorrect;

light passes through a prism; broad and

phantom

in the eye

misleading (often intentionally)

enigmatic; mysterious

someone who wastes money; CF. thrift:

unable for the moment to speak

accumulated wealth

(because of strong feeling); Ex.

continuous range; Ex. whole spectrum

of modern thoughts

rotate swiftly; make (thread) by twisting

(cotton, wool, etc.); N.

speechless with anger

parody

lack of premeditation; naturalness;

one who spoils the pleasure of others

join together end to end to make one

freedom from constraint; ADJ.

continuous length; fasten together;

spontaneous: self-generated;

unite; Ex. splice two strips of tape; N.

unpremeditated; happening without

being planned

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sporadic

sportive

sprightly

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sprout

spruce

spry

spurious

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spurn

squabble

squalor

squander

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squash

squat

squeamish

squelch

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staccato

stagnant

staid

stalemate

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stalwart

stamina

stammer

stamp

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stampede

stanch

standstill

stanza

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start

stately

static

statute

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lively

playful; frolicsome; merry; CF. sport:

occurring irregularly; intermittent

play or frolic; CF. sportsmanlike

accidental transposition of sounds in

successive words; Ex. ``Let me sew you
to your sheet'' for ``Let me show you to
your seat''; CF. William Spooner

false; counterfeit; forged; illogical; Ex.

(esp. of older people) vigorously active;

neat and trim in appearance; smart; Ex.

begin to grow; give off shoots or buds;

spurious arguments

nimble

Be spruce for your job interview; V.

N: new growth on a plant; shoot

waste; spend foolishly

condition of being squalid; filth;

minor quarrel; bickering; V: engage in a

reject disdainfully; scorn; Ex. She

degradation; dirty neglected state; ADJ.

minor quarrel; Ex. squabbling children

spurned all offers of help.

crush; quash; suppress

squalid: dirty; sordid; morally repulsive;

Ex. squalid story

produce a splashing sound (when

easily shocked or sickened by

short and thick; stocky; Ex. ugly squat

stepping through mud); crush; squash

unpleasant things; fastidious; Ex. A

tower; V. N.

nurse should not be squeamish.

deadlock; situation in which further

serious and sedate; sober; Ex. staid

(of water) not flowing (often

played in an abrupt manner; marked by

action is blocked

during the funeral ceremony

bad-smelling); motionless; stale; not

abrupt sharp sound; Ex. staccato

developing; inactive; dull; Ex. stagnant

applause

industrial output

step on heavily (so as to crush or

extinguish); put an end to; imprint or

speak with involuntarily pauses or

power of endurance; strength; staying

impress with a mark, design, or seal;

repetitions

power

shape with a die; characterize; N.

physically strong; brawny; steadfast;

strong in mind or determination; Ex.
stalwart supporter; N: stalwart follower

stamping; implement used to stamp;

impression stamped; mark

division of a poem (composed of two or

condition of no movement or activity;

stop or check flow of blood; Ex. stanch

more lines)

stop

the gushing wound

sudden frenzied rush (of panic-stricken

animals or people); V: participate in or
cause stampede; Ex. stampede before
the price rises

law enacted by the legislature

having no motion; unchanging; lacking

formal; ceremonious; grand in style or

move suddenly or involuntarily; Ex. start

development; N. stasis: stable state

size; majestic

at the sight of a snake

statutory

steadfast

stealth

steep

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stellar

stem

stem_from

stench

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stentorian

stereotype

sterile

stickler

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stifle

stigma

stilted

stink

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stint

stint

stipend

stipple

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stipulate

stock

stockade

stodgy

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stoic

stoke

stolid

stoop

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stout

straggle

strangle

stratagem

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soak; saturate; Ex. steep the fabric in

action of moving secretly or unseen;

the dye bath; ADJ: precipitous

slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness;

regulated by statute; Ex. statutory age

ADJ. stealthy

limit

strong foul odor; reek; stink

arise from; originate from

perfectionist; person who insists things

incapable of producing young; free from

be exactly right

microorganism; V. sterilize

steadily loyal; unswerving; steady

created by statute or legislative action;

stop or check (the flow of); Ex. stem the

pertaining to the stars; of a star

bleeding from the slashed artery; N:

performer; outstanding; Ex. stellar

main axis of a plant; stalk

attraction of the entire performance

one regarded as embodying a set

(of the voice) extremely loud; CF.

image or type; fixed and unvarying

Stentor: a loud herald in the Iliad

representation; standardized mental

picture often reflecting prejudice; V:
make a stereotype of; represent by a
stereotype

stench; V: emit a strong foul odor

bombastic; stiffly pompous; Ex. stilted

token of disgrace; brand; V. stigmatize:

suppress; extinguish; inhibit; smother or

rhetoric; CF. stiff: formal

mark with a stigma; characterize as

suffocate

disgraceful

paint or draw with dots or short strokes

pay for services

supply; allotted amount of work;

set limits in amount or number; be

assigned portion of work; limitation; Ex.

thrifty; ADJ. stinting, unstinting; CF.

two-year stint in the army; Ex. without

stint:savings

stint

dull; stuffy; boringly conservative; Ex.

wooden enclosure or pen; fixed line of

standard; kept regularly in stock or

state as a necessary condition (of an

stodgy book

posts used as defensive barrier

supply; typical; routine; common; Ex.

agreement); make express conditions;

stock sizes of paper; Ex. stock

specify; Ex. He stipulated payment in

excuse/character; N: goods for sale in a

advance

shop; OP. unique

bend forward and down; lower or

dull; impassive; showing little emotion

debase oneself; fall to a lower standard

when strong feelings are expected

stir up a fire or furnace; feed plentifully

stoical; impassive; unmoved by joy or

grief; N. CF. stoicism

of behavior by doing something;

condescend; Ex. stoop to lying

deceptive scheme; clever trick

kill by choking or suffocating; suppress

stray or fall behind (a main group);

rather fat; strong in body; sturdy;

spread out in a scattered group; Ex.

resolute; determined; strong in

straggling marathon racer; Ex.

determination; Ex. stout stick/supporter

straggling branch

stratified

stratum

strew

striated

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stricture

strident

stringent

strut

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strut

studied

studious

stultify

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stumble

stump

stun

stupefy

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stupor

sturdy

stygian

stymie

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suavity

subaltern

subdue

subjective

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subjugate

sublimate

sublime

subliminal

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submerge

submissive

subordinate

suborn

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marked with parallel bands; striped;

spread randomly; sprinkle; scatter; Ex.

layer of earth's surface; layer of society;

divided into classes; arranged into

grooved; Ex. striated rocks; V. striate;

flower girl strewing rose petals

PL. strata

strata; V. stratify

pompous walk; V: walk in a

(of rules) binding; rigid; marked by

loud and harsh; insistent; N. stridency

severe and adverse criticism; critical

self-important manner

scarcity of money; Ex. stringent

N. stria: thin groove or line

comments; limit or restriction

economic conditions

make stupid in mind; cause to appear or

given to diligent study

carefully contrived; calculated;

become stupid or inconsistent;

unspontaneous; deliberate; thoughtful;

suppress; frustrate or hinder; Ex.

Ex. studied remark

supporting bar; support

stultifying effect of uninteresting work;

Ex. stultify free expression

stun; make numb (as with a drug);

make unconscious or numb as by a

base of a tree trunk left after the rest

trip and almost fall; proceed unsteadily;

amaze

blow; amaze; astound

has been cut down; V: walk in a heavy

act falteringly; N.

manner; baffle; puzzle

thwart; present an obstacle; stump

unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish;

strong and firm (in the body)

deathly; CF. Styx: the chief river in the

state of being stupefied; state of apathy;

daze; lack of awareness

subterranean land of the dead

influenced by personal feelings;

less intense; quieter; Ex. subdued

subordinate

occurring or taking place within the

lighting; Ex. subdue: conquer; make

mind; unreal; Ex. subjective sensation

less intense; quiet; Ex. subdue one's

of the ghostly presence

anger

below the threshold of conscious

causing deep feelings of wonder, joy,

perception; Ex. subliminal

respect, etc.; exalted; noble and

with socially acceptable activities;

advertisement

uplifting; utter

change between a solid state and a

urbanity; polish; ADJ. suave: smooth

and courteous

refine; purify; replace (natural urges)

conquer; bring under control

gaseous state

persuade to act unlawfully (especially to

occupying a lower rank; inferior;

commit perjury); N. subornation

submissive; N. V: put in a lower rank or

willing to obey orders; yielding; timid

place under water; dip; go under water;

cover completely (as with water); Ex.

class

submerged in work

subpoena

subsequent

subservient

subside

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subsidiary

subsidy

subsistence

substantial

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substantiate

substantive

subsume

subterfuge

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subtlety

subversive

succor

succulent

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succumb

suckle

suffocate

suffragist

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suffuse

suitor

sullen

sully

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sultry

summation

sumptuous

sunder

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sundry

superannuated

supercilious

supererogatory

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sink to a lower level; settle down; sink to

behaving like a slave; servile;

following in time or order; later

writ(written command issued by a court)

the bottom (as a sediment); descend;

obsequious; subordinate; N.

summoning a witness to appear in

grow quiet; become less; moderate;

subservience

court; V: summon with a subpoena

abate

of substance; material; solid; essential

existence; means of subsisting; means

direct financial aid by government, etc.;

serving to assist; subordinate;

or fundamental; ample; considerable;

of support; livelihood; V. subsist: exist;

V. subsidize: assist with a subsidy

secondary; of a subsidy; N.

well-to-do; wealthy

maintain life (at a meager level)

stratagem(deceptive scheme);

include (as a member of a group);

substantial; essential; pertaining to the

support (a claim) with evidence;

pretense; evasion; Ex. resort to a

encompass

substance; substantial; considerable;

establish with evidence; verify

harmless subterfuge

Ex. substantive issues

juicy; full of juice or sap; full of richness;

assist (someone in difficulty); aid;

tending to overthrow or ruin; V. subvert:

perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy;

N: succulent plant such as a cactus

comfort; N.

overthrow completely (an established

ADJ. subtle: delicate; so slight as to be

system); destroy completely; CF.

difficult to detect; able to make fine

undermine ?

distinctions; clever; Ex. subtle

mind/differences in meaning

advocate of the extension of voting

die or kill from lack of air; suppress

give or take milk at the breast or udder

rights (for women); CF. suffrage

yield (to something overwhelming); give

in; die; Ex. succumb to the illness

defile; soil; tarnish; Ex. sully one's

silently showing ill humor or resentment;

hands in menial labor

dark; gloomy

man who is courting a woman

spread through or over (with a color or

liquid); charge; Ex. A blush suffused her
cheeks.

separate; part; CF. asunder

grand suggesting great expense; lavish;

act of finding the total; summing-up;

(of weather) hot; sweltering; sensual;

rich; Ex. sumptuous feast

summary (esp. one given by the judge

voluptuous

at the end of a trial)

superfluous; more than needed or

haughty; arrogant; condescending;

retired or disqualified because of age;

miscellaneous; various; several; N.

demanded

patronizing; CF. eyebrow, cilium

outmoded; obsolete

sundries: small miscellaneous items

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superfluous

superimpose

supernumerary

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supersede

supine

supplant

supple

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suppliant

supplicant

supplicate

supposition

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supposititious

suppress

surfeit

surge

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surly

surmise

surmount

surpass

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surreptitious

surrogate

surveillance

susceptible

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suspend

suspense

sustain

sustenance

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suture

swagger

swamp

swarm

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person or thing excess of what is

place over something else

necessary; extra; ADJ: additional to the

excessive; overabundant; unnecessary;

of the surface; not deep; shallow; not

N. superfluity

thorough; trivial; Ex. superficial

usual or necessary number

flexible; limber; pliant

analysis/knowledge

take the place of unfairly; usurp; replace lying on back; passive; inactive; Ex. The
defeated pugilist lay supine; Ex. supine

replace; cause to be set aside; make

obsolete; N. supersession

acceptance of the decision

assumption; hypothesis; surmise; V.

petition humbly; pray to grant a favor

one who supplicates; ADJ.

entreating; beseeching; N.

satiate; feed or supply to excess; stuff;

put an end to forcibly; subdue; stifle;

assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical

suppose

powerful movement of or like a wave; V.

indulge to excess in anything; N:

overwhelm; inhibit the expression of;

surfeiting; excessive amount; Ex. surfeit

check; prevent from being published or

of food

made public; Ex. suppress a smile; Ex.

suppress the magazine/truth

exceed

overcome

guess; N.

bad-tempered; rude; cross

impressionable; easily influenced;

close observation of a person (esp. one

substitute; person or thing used in place

done secretly; secret; furtive; sneaky;

sensitive; having little resistance as to a

under suspicion); watching; guarding

of another; Ex. surrogate mother; ADJ.

hidden

suffer (harm or loss); experience;

state of being undecided; anxiety or

hold in abeyance; defer; hang from

food, nourishment; something that

support; prop; maintain; keep in

apprehension resulting from uncertainty

above; exclude for a period from a

maintains life; food

existence; nourish (to maintain life); Ex.

position; Ex. suspended state; Ex.

sustain the family/the trapped miners

suspend judgment; Ex. suspended from

disease; likely to suffer; receptive to;

capable of accepting; N. susceptibility

cause to stop for a period; interrupt;

sustaining; means of livelihood, support,

the team; N. suspension

large group of insects moving in a

wetland; marsh; V: flood; overwhelm;

walk or behave with an over-confident

stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a

mass; crowd of people or animals; V:

drench in with liquid

manner

wound or incision; material used in

move in a crowd or mass

sewing; V: sew together a wound

swarthy

swathe

sway

swear

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swear-word

swell

swelter

swerve

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swill

swindler

swipe

sybarite

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sycophant

syllogism

sylvan

symbiosis

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symmetry

synchronous

synoptic

synthesis

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synthetic

tablet

tacit

taciturn

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tact

tactful

tactile

taint

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takeoff

talisman

talon

tan

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vow; promise; use profane oaths; use

swing from side to side; influence

swath; wrap around; bandage; Ex. one's

(of a skin or complexion) dark; dusky;

offensive words

(someone) to change one's opinion; N.

head swathed in bandages

Ex. swarthy Italian ?

deviate; turn aside sharply from a

(of a person) suffer from oppressive

long wave of water that moves

word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody''

straight course; Ex. swerve from the

heat; be oppressed by heat

continuously without breaking; V.

hit with a sweeping motion; N.

cheater

drink greedily

pertaining to the woods or the country

logical formula consisting of a major

servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man;

ADJ. sycophantic

principle; Ex. The car swerved to the

right.

lover of luxury; person devoted to

pleasure and luxury; CF. Sybaris: an
ancient Greek city in Italy

interdependent relationship (between

groups, species) often mutually

premise, a minor premise and a

beneficial; ADJ. symbiotic; CF. together

conclusion; deceptive or specious

+ life

argument

combining parts or separate things into

providing a general overview; summary;

similarly timed; simultaneous with;

arrangement of parts so that balance is

a whole; the whole so formed; PL.

N. synopsis

occurring at the same time; V.

obtained; congruity; ADJ. symmetrical

syntheses; V. synthesize

habitually silent; talking little

synchronize

understood (without actually being

small round piece of medicine; flat piece

not natural; artificial; resulting from

expressed); not put into words; Ex. tacit

of stone or metal bearing an inscription;

synthesis; Ex. synthetic fiber; N.

agreement

Ex. stone tablet on the wall

contaminate; cause to lose purity;

pertaining to the organs or sense of

careful no to cause offence; OP.

skill or sensitivity in dealing with people

modify with a trace of something bad;

touch

tactless

without causing offence

charm; object believed to give

burlesque; act of leaving the ground

Ex. tainted reputation; N: stain; touch of

decay or bad influence; CF. touch

convert (hide) into leather; make brown

by exposure to the sun

claw of bird

supernatural powers to or protect its

bearer

tangential

tangible

tanner

tantalize

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tantamount

tantrum

taper

tarantula

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tardy

tarnish

tarry

tart

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tatter

taunt

taut

tautological

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tawdry

tawny

taxonomist

tedium

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teetotalism

temerity

temper

temperament

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temperate

tempestuous

tempo

temporal

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temporize

tenacious

tenacity

tenancy

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tease; excite by exposing something

person who turns animal hides into

able to be touched; real; concrete;

only slightly connected; not central;

desirable while keeping it out of reach;

leather

palpable; possible to realize or

peripheral; digressing; showing

understand; Ex. tangible proof

divergence; CF. tangent

torture with disappointment; CF.

Tantalus: Greek mythological figure

venomous spider

very thin candle; gradual decrease in

fit of bad temper; fit of petulance;

equivalent in effect or value; Ex. This

the width of a long object; V. make or

caprice; Ex. The child went into

invasion is tantamount to a declaration

become gradually narrower toward one

tantrums.

of war; CF. amount

make or become dull or discolored; N.

slow; sluggish; not on time; late; Ex.

end

sharp to the taste; acid-tasting; caustic;

linger; delay in starting or going; dawdle

sarcastic; Ex. tart apple/reply

needlessly repetitious; Ex. ``It was

tardy arrival

tight; strained; tense; ready; OP. slack

visible to the eye''; N. tautology:

deride or provoke; challenge in derision;

torn piece of cloth; ADJ. tattered: (of

N.

clothes) old and torn; (of a person)

needless repetition of the same sense;

dressed in old torn clothes

statement that is always true

boredom; weariness; ADJ. tedious

specialist in classifying (animals, etc.);

brownish yellow

cheap and gaudy; Ex. tawdry jewelry

CF. taxonomy: science of classification

characteristic frame of mind; disposition;

emotional excess; ADJ. temperamental: moderate; make less severe; tone down boldness; nerve; rashness; Ex. temerity

practice of abstaining totally from

of temperament; having frequent

or restrain; toughen (steel) as by

to ask for a pay increase after only three

alcoholic drinks; N. teetotaler;; ADJ.

changes of temper; Ex. temperamental

alternate heating and cooling

day's work

teetotal; CF. T + total

speed of music

stormy; violent; impassioned; N.

moderate; restrained; self-controlled;

tempest: violent storm

moderate in respect to temperature; CF.

dislike of sports; Ex. temperamental

actress

of time; not lasting forever; limited by

time; temporary; secular; worldly

temperance: moderation and

self-restraint; abstinence of alcoholic
drinks; Ex. temperance society

possession of land or building by rent;

period of a tenant's occupancy

firmness; persistence

holding fast (as to a belief); persistent

gain time as by postponing an action;

avoid committing oneself

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tend

tendentious

tender

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tenet

tensile

tension

tentative

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tenuous

tenure

tepid

terminal

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termination

terminology

terminus

terrestrial

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terse

tertiary

tessellated

testator

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testy

tether

thematic

theocracy

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theoretical

therapeutic

thermal

thesis

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thespian

thrall

thrash

threadbare

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offer formally; extend; Ex. tender one's

resignation/the exact fare; N: formal

promoting a particular point of view;

have a tendency; take care of; minister;

one that pays rent to use property

offer; money; Ex. legal tender; ADJ:

biased; having an aim; designed to

serve at; apply one's attention; attend

owned by another

doctrine; dogma

young and vulnerable; sensitive to the

further a cause; Ex. tendentious rather

touch; sore; soft; delicate; Ex. child of

than truth-seeking; CF. tend: move in a

tender years; Ex. tender wound

certain direction

not fully worked out or developed;

stretching; condition of being stretched;

capable of being stretched; of tension;

provisional; experimental; uncertain;

mental strain; strained relationship

Ex. tensile rubber

hesitant; not definite or positive; Ex.

between groups or people

tentative agreement/reply

part that forms the end; railroad or bus

lukewarm; slightly warm; half-hearted;

holding of an office or real estate; time

station; ADJ. forming an end; ending in

not eager; Ex. tepid reaction to the new

during which such an office is held

death; fatal; Ex. terminal cancer

film; Ex. tepid supporter

on or relating to the earth

last stop of railroad; end

terms used in a science or art; study of

thin; slim; rare

end; V. terminate

nomenclature

maker of a will; CF. testatrix

mosaic; inlaid; Ex. tessellated pattern

third in order or rank

concise; abrupt; pithy

government run by religious leaders

of a theme; relating to a unifying motif or

tie (an animal) with a rope or tether; N:

irritable; impatient and bad-tempered;

idea

rope or chain to which an animal is tied;

short-tempered; N. testiness

limit of one's endurance; Ex. the end of

one's tether

opinion put forward and supported by

pertaining to heat; producing heat;

reasoned arguments

warm; Ex. thermal bath; N: rising

curative; N. therapy

based on theory; not practical or

applied; hypothetical

current of warm air

worn through till the threads show;

beat with a whip or flail; defeat utterly;

slave; bondage; slavery; Ex. Her beauty

shabby and poor; hackneyed; Ex.

talk about thoroughly in order to find the

held him in thrall; CF. enthrall

threadbare excuses

answer; move wildly or violently; Ex.

The fishes thrashed about in the net.

pertaining to drama; N: actor or actress

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thresh

thrifty

thrive

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throb

throes

throng

throttle

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thwart

tickle

tightwad

tiller

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timbre

timidity

timorous

tinge

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tint

tipple

tirade

titanic

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tithe

titillate

title

titter

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titular

toady

toga

token

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toll

tome

tonsure

topography

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prosper; flourish

careful about money; economical; N.

beat (cereal plants) with a machine or

sign or warning (of coming danger); Ex.

thrift

flail to separate the grains from the

threat of rain; V: express a threat; give

straw

warning of (something bad); Ex. The

cloud threatens rain.

strangle; regulate the speed of with a

crowd (of people or things); V.

violent anguish

(of a heart or machine) beat rapidly or

throttle; N: valve that regulates the flow;

violently; N. Ex. hearthrob: heartbeat;

CF. throat ?

sweetheart

handle used to move boat's rudder (to

miser; excessively frugal person

steer)

give a slight degree of a color or quality

touch (the body) lightly so as to cause

block or hinder; baffle; frustrate

laughter; please

fearful; timid; demonstrating fear

lack of self-confidence or courage

quality of a musical tone produced by a

to; N: slight degree of a color or quality;

musical instrument (which distinguishes

Ex. tinged with grey/jealousy

it from others of the same pitch)

gigantic; N. titan

long angry denunciatory speech;

drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently;

diatribe; harangue; extended scolding;

N: alcoholic drink

slight degree of color; V: give a tint to

denunciation

name (of a book, film, etc.); mark of

nervous giggle; nervous laugh; V.

rank; formal appellation as of rank or

tickle; excite pleasantly; Ex. not to

tax of one-tenth (contributed to a

office (such as Lord or General); right or

titillate the audience but to enlighten it

church); V: pay a tithe

servile flatterer; yes man; sycophant; V:

of a title; in name only; nominal; having

claim to possession; championship; Ex.

title as head of the family; Ex. title to the
estate

outward sign; Ex. a token of our

Roman outer robe

gratitude

be a toady to; fawn

the title of an office without the

obligations; Ex. titular head of the
company

physical features of a region (such as

shaving of the head especially by

the shape and height); CF. topo-: place

person entering religious orders; V.

large volume; book

sound (a large bell) slowly at regular

intervals; N: sound of a bell; fixed tax or
charge

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torpedo

torpor

torque

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torrent

torrid

torso

tortuous

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toss

totem

totter

touching

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touchstone

touchy

tout

toxic

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tract

tractable

traduce

trajectory

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tramp

trample

trance

tranquillity

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transcendent

transcendental

transcribe

transgression

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transient

transition

transitory

translucent

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twisting force; force producing rotation

lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy; ADJ.

underwater explosive apparatus; V.

become unsteady and fall down

torpid: lethargic; lazy; inactive; (of an

animal) dormant; hibernating

winding; full of curves; Ex. tortuous

trunk of statue with head and limbs

(of weather) hot or scorching;

rushing stream; flood; Ex. The rain fell

mountain road

missing; human trunk

passionate; Ex. torrid love affairs

in torrents.

causing a feeling of pity or sympathy;

shake or move unsteadily; sway as if

animal, plant, or natural object serving

throw lightly; move or lift (the head) with

pathetic; V. touch: cause to feel pity or

about to fall

as a symbol of a clan or family;

a sudden motion; flip (a coin) to decide

representation of this; Ex. totem pole

something

promote or publicize (one's goods or

oversensitive; easily offended; irasible;

stone used to test the fineness of gold

service); praise excessively (as a form

delicate; needing delicate handling; Ex.

alloys; criterion; standard

of advertisement); CF. advertise

touchy situation

sympathy; ADJ. touched

poisonous; N. toxicity

path taken by a projectile; Ex. trajectory

expose to slander

of a bullet

docile; easily managed; (of something)

propaganda pamphlet (esp. by a

easily changed or molded; N. tractability

religious or political group); expanse of

land; region of indefinite size; system of
related organs; Ex. digestive tract

calmness; peace

violation of a law; sin; V. transgress: go

hypnotic state; ecstatic state;

step heavily with the feet; crush under

walk with a heavy step; travel on foot;

detachment from one's physical

the feet

N: vagrant; one who travels aimlessly

surrounding (as in contemplation or

about; long walk; sound of heavy

daydreaming); CF. transition

walking

copy; write a copy of; N. transcription

beyond (a limit); violate; do wrong

going beyond common thought or ideas;

exceeding ordinary limits; superior;

impossible to understand by practical

surpassing; V. transcend: go beyond;

experiences or practices; known only by

exceed; surpass; N. transcendancy

studying thoughts or intuition; OP.

empirical; CF. transcendentalism

partly transparent

transient; impermanent; fleeting; N.

going from one state of action to

staying for a short time; momentary;

transitoriness

another

temporary; N: one that is transient

transmute

transparent

transpire

transport

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transpose

trappings

traumatic

travail

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traverse

travesty

tread

treasure

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treatise

trek

tremor

tremulous

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trenchant

trepidation

tribulation

tribunal

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tribune

tribute

trickle

trickster

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trident

trifle

trifling

trigger

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trilogy

trim

trinket

trite

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strong emotion; rapture; Ex. in a

(of a fact) become known; be revealed;

permitting light to pass through freely;

transform; change; convert to

transport/transports of; V: move to

happen; give off (watery waste matter)

easily detected; obvious; clear; Ex.

something different

strong emotion; enrapture

through pores

transparent lie

strenuous work; toil; painful labor; labor

(of an experience) deeply shocking;

outward decorations; ornaments (as an

of childbirth

pertaining to an injury caused by

outward sign of rank)

reverse the order or position of

violence; N. trauma: serious wound;

emotional shock that causes lasting
psychological damage

copy or example of something that

keep as precious; cherish

walk; trample; N: grooved face of a tire;

completely misrepresents the true

horizontal part of a step

nature of the real thing; comical parody

go through or across

or imitation; treatment aimed at making

something appear ridiculous; Ex.
travesty of justice; OP. paragon

trembling; wavering

trembling; slight quiver (as of the earth

travel; journey; V: make a long difficult

article treating a subject systematically

or from nervous agitation)

journey

and thoroughly

court of justice

suffering; ordeal; distress; trial

fear; nervous apprehension

cutting; incisive; keen

person who cheats people

flow in drops or in a thin stream; N.

tax levied by a ruler; payment made by

official of ancient Rome elected by the

one nation to another in

plebians to protect their rights; protector

acknowledgment of submission; mark of

of the people

respect (such as praise or gift); Ex. pay

tribute to

set off; start

trivial; unimportant

something of little importance or value;

three-pronged spear

small amount; Ex. a trifle; V: treat

without seriousness; flirt

hackneyed; commonplace

knickknack; bauble; cheap jewelry

make neat or tidy by clipping; reduce by group of three related works (connected
removing what is unnecessary;

by a shared subject but each complete

ornament; decorate (round the edges);

in itself)

Ex. trim the cost; Ex. jacket trimmed

with fur; N. ADJ: tidy; in good order

trivia

troth

trough

truculence

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truism

truncate

trunk

tryst

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tumid

tumult

tundra

turbid

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turbulence

tureen

turgid

turmoil

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turncoat

turpitude

tutelage

tutelary

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tycoon

typhoon

tyranny

tyro

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ubiquitous

ulcer

ulterior

ultimate

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ultimatum

umbrage

unaccountable

unanimity

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aggressiveness; ferocity; ADJ. truculent:

long narrow container for feeding farm

pledge of good faith especially in

aggressive; pugnacious; fierce

animals; lowest point (of a wave,

betrothal; betrothal; Ex. by my troth

trifles; unimportant matters

business cycle, etc.); long narrow

depression as between waves

meeting arranged by lovers;

main wooden stem of a tree; human

arrangement between lovers to meet

body excluding the head and limbs;

cut the top off; shorten

self-evident truth

torso; prehensile nose of an elephant

(of a liquid) having the sediment

rolling treeless plain in Siberia and

commotion of a great crowd; riot; noise;

(of a part of the body) swollen;

disturbed; muddy; thick

arctic North America

uproar; ADJ. tumultuous: noisy and

distended; bombastic; pompous

disorderly

extreme confusion; great commotion

swollen; distended (as from liquid)

deep dish for serving soup

and confusion; Ex. throw the country

state of violent agitation; ADJ. turbulent:

violently agitated or disturbed

into turmoil

protective; pertaining to a guardianship;

guardianship; training; function of a

Ex. tutelary deities

tutor; instruction

beginner; novice

oppression; cruel government; ADJ.

depravity; baseness; Ex. moral turpitude

traitor

tropical hurricane or cyclone

wealthy and powerful businessperson;

tyrannical: of a tyrant or tyranny;

wealthy leader; magnate; Ex. business

despotic; V. tyrannize: treat tyrannically;

tycoon

oppress

final; not susceptible to further analysis;

intentionally hidden; beyond what is

sore place appearing on the skin inside

being everywhere; omnipresent; N.

fundamental; Ex. The sun is the ultimate

evident; situated beyond; unstated and

or outside the body; Ex. stomach ulcer;

ubiquity

source of energy.

often questionable; Ex. ulterior motive

ADJ. ulcerous; V. ulcerate

complete agreement; ADJ. unanimous

unexplicable; impossible to account for;

resentment; anger; sense of injury or

last demand; last warning; last

unreasonable or mysterious

insult; Ex. take umbrage at his rudeness

statement of conditions that must be

met; Ex. They have ignored our
ultimatum.

unassailable

unassuaged

unassuming

unbridled

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uncanny

unceremonious

unconscionable

uncouth

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unction

unctuous

underhand(underhanded)

underlying

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undermine

underscore

understate

undertaker

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undulating

unearth

unearthly

unequivocal

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unerringly

unexceptionable

unfaltering

unfeigned

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unfetter

unfledged

unfrock

ungainly

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unguent

uniformity

unilateral

unimpeachable

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violent; uncontrolled; Ex. unbridled

modest; Ex. the champion's

rage/greed

unassuming manner

boorish; clumsy in speech or behavior;

unscrupulous; not guided by

outlandish

conscience; excessive; beyond reason;

unsatisfied; not soothed

not open to attack; impregnable; not

subject to question

not done politely without due formalities

strange; mysterious; Ex. uncanny knack

oily; bland; insincerely suave

the act of anointing with oil; Ex. extreme

Ex. unconscionable demand

lying below; fundamental

done slyly and secretly (being

dishonest)

funeral director; one whose business is

to arrange burials

state with less truth than seems

unction

underline; emphasize

warranted by the facts; Ex. He

weaken gradually; sap; dig a mine

beneath

understated the seriousness of the

crime; N. understatement; OP.
overstate

plain; clear; obvious

not earthly; supernatural; weird; ghostly

dig up; discover (facts) by careful

moving with a wavelike motion; V.

searching; Ex. He unearthed some

undulate; CF. und: wave

secrets about her; OP. conceal

genuine; real

steadfast; firm; not changing

entirely acceptable; not offering any

infallibly; ADJ. unerring: making no

basis for criticism

mistakes

liberate; free from chains; V. unfetter

(of someone) awkward in movement;

defrock; strip a priest or minister of

immature; not having the feathers

clumsy; (of something) unwieldy; Ex.

church authority

necessary to fly; CF. fledgling

that cannot be impeached; beyond

one-sided; involving or affecting only

sameness; monotony; ADJ. uniform: the

doubt or question; blameless and

one side; Ex. unilateral declaration

same all over

ungainly dancer/instrument

exemplary

ointment

uninhibited

uninhibited

unintimating

unique

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unison

universal

unkempt

unmitigated

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unobtrusive

unprecedented

unprepossessing

unravel

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unregenerate

unrequited

unruly

unsavory

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unscathed

unseemly

unsightly

unsullied

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untenable

untoward

unwarranted

unwieldy

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unwitting

unwonted

upbraid

upright

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uproar

uproarious

upshot

urbane

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without an equal; single in kind

unfrightening

unrepressed; free in behavior and

having no inhibitions; free in behavior

feelings

and feelings

(of something bad) not moderated;

disheveled; uncared for in appearance;

characterizing or affecting all; general;

unity of pitch (in musical performance);

unrelieved or immoderate; without

not combed; CF. comb

present everywhere; of the universe;

complete accord; Ex. The choir sang in

qualification; absolute; Ex. unmitigated

cosmic; Ex. universal agreement; Ex. a

unison.

disaster

subject of universal interest

disentangle; solve

unattractive

having no previous example; novel;

inconspicuous; not blatant

unparalleled

distasteful; disagreeable; morally

disobedient; lawless; difficult to control

offensive; Ex. unsavory

not requited; not reciprocated; Ex.

making no attempt to change one's bad

unrequited love

practices

activity/reputation

untarnished; CF. sully

ugly; unpleasant to look at

unbecoming; not proper in behavior;

unharmed; Ex. escape the accident

indecent; Ex. leave with unseemly haste

unscathed

awkward (to carry or move);

unjustified; having no justification;

unexpected and adverse; unfortunate or

(of a position, esp. in an argument)

cumbersome; unmanageable

groundless; baseless; undeserved

unlucky; Ex. untoward encounter

indefensible; not able to be maintained

(sitting or standing) straight up; honest;

reprimand; severely scold

unaccustomed; unusual; Ex. He arrived

not knowing; unaware; unintentional;

with unwonted punctuality.

Ex. She was their unwitting accomplice;

moral

Ex. unwitting insult; CF. wit: know

suave; refined in manner; elegant

outcome; final result

marked by commotion or uproar; very

noisy (esp. with laughter); hilarious;
causing loud laughter; extremely funny

noisy confusion

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urge

urgent

ursine

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usage

usurp

usury

utopia

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uxorious

vacillate

vacuous

vagabond

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vagary

vagrant

vagrant

vain

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vainglorious

valediction

valedictory

valid

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validate

valor

vampire

vanguard

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vantage

vapid

vaporize

variegate

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variegated

varnish

vassal

vaunted

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bearlike; pertaining to a bear

compelling immediate action; pressing;

drive or force forward (by causing

mischievous child (usually a boy); CF.

persistent; importunate; Ex. urgent in

impulses); drive to take action; impel;

urchin: hedgehog; CF. porcupine: pig

his demands

entreat earnestly; Ex. urge horses; N:

with spikes ?; CF. sea urchin

impulse that prompts action

ideal place, state, or society; ADJ.

lending money at illegal high rates of

seize another's power or rank (without

act or manner of using; accepted

utopian

interest

legal authority); supplant; appropriate;

practice; way in which words are

N. usurpation; CF. take for one's own

actually used

use

wanderer (without a permanent home);

empty; lacking in ideas; inane; stupid;

waver (in opinion); fluctuate; sway to

excessively submissive or devoted to

tramp

Ex. vacuous expression; N. vacuity

and fro; N. vacillation

one's wife; CF. uxor: wife

full of self-admiration; conceited; without

wandering from place to place; roving;

homeless wanderer

capricious happening; caprice; whim;

result; unsuccessful; N. vanity

stray; moving in a random fashion; Ex.

CF. wander

vagrant thoughts; N. vagrancy

logically convincing; sound; legally

pertaining to farewell; N: farewell

saying farewell; expression of

boastful; excessively conceited; N.

acceptable; effective; Ex. valid

address (esp. at graduation exercises)

leave-taking

vainglory: great vanity

reasoning/passport

forerunners; foremost position of an

army; advance forces; foremost position

ghostly being that sucks the blood of the bravery; ADJ. valiant: possessing valor;

make valid; confirm; ratify

living

brave

turn into vapor (steam, gas, fog, etc.)

lacking liveliness; dull and

position giving an advantage (such as a

unimaginative; insipid and flavorless;

strategic point); CF. vantagepoint

in a trend or movement; CF. rearguard

change the appearance of (by marking

with different colors)

Ex. vapid lecture

boasted; bragged; highly publicized; V.

in feudalism, one who held land of a

paint used to coat a surface with a

vaunt: boast; brag

superior lord; subordinate or dependent

glossy film; glossy coating produced by

using this substance; Ex. nail varnish;
V.

(esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored

veer

vegetate

vehement

velocity

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venal

vendetta

vendor

veneer

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venerable

venerate

venial

venison

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venom

vent

vent

ventilate

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ventral

ventriloquist

venture

venturesome

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venue

veracious

veracity

verbalize

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verbatim

verbiage

verbose

verdant

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verdigris

verge

verisimilar

verisimilitude

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speed

forceful; intensely emotional; with

live in a monotonous way (without

marked vigor; strong; N. vehemence

interests or activity); CF. vegetation:

change in direction; swerve

plants of an area; CF. vegetarian; CF.

vegan

thin surface layer (of good quality wood,

seller

glued to a base of inferior material);

blood feud (esp. between two families);

capable of being bribed; corrupt; CF.

CF. Nina Williams

vernal

revere; treat with great respect

deserving high respect; commanding

cover; surface show; fa\c{c}ade; V.

meat of a deer; CF. cow: beef; CF. pig:

(of a fault or sin) forgivable; trivial

pork, ham, bacon; CF. calf: veal; CF.

respect; CF. command: deserve and get

sheep: mutton; CF. lamb: lamb

admit fresh air into to replace stale air

small opening; outlet (as of fumes or a

release or discharge through a vent;

poison (of an animal); hatred; Ex.

gas); Ex. He gave vent to his anger by

express (esp. unfairly); utter; Ex. He

remarks full of venom; ADJ. venomous

kicking the chair.

vented his wrath on his family.

(of a person) bold; adventurous; daring;

risk; expose to risk; dare; undertake a

someone who can make his or her

(of an action) risky

risk; N.

voice seem to come from another

abdominal

person or thing (without moving lips or

jaws); N. ventriloquism, ventriloquy

put into words; ADJ. verbal: of words;

truthfulness; adherence to the truth

(of a person) truthful

spoken rather than written; oral; of a

location; place (of a crime, trial,

gathering, etc.); CF. come

verb

green; covered with green plants or

wordy; N. verbosity

grass; lush in vegetation; Ex. verdant

pompous array of words; too many

word for word; in the same words;

unnecessary words; wordiness

repeating the actual words exactly

meadows

appearance of truth; quality of

having the appearance of truth or

appearing to be true or real; likelihood;

reality; probable or likely to be true;

Ex. verisimilitude of her performance as

plausible

Lady Macbeth

border; edge, rim, or margin; Ex. on the green coating or patina on copper which
verge of: very near to; V: border on

has been exposed to the weather

veritable

verity

vernacular

vernal

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versatile

vertebrate

vertex

vertigo

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verve

vestige

veto

vex

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viable

viand

vibrant

vicar

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vicarious

vicissitude

victuals

vie

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vigil

vigilant

vigilante

vignette

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vigor

vile

vilify

vindicate

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vindictive

vintner

violate

viper

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pertaining to spring

living language (as compared to the

quality of being true; lasting truth or

being truly so; real or genuine; actual;

official language); language spoken in a

principle; Ex. the verity of his testimony;

not false or imaginary

country or region; natural style; Ex.

Ex. one of the eternal verities

lapse into the vernacular

severe dizziness; giddiness

annoy; distress

summit; highest point; PL. vertices

having a backbone or spinal column; N: having many talents; capable of working

group of animals having a segmented

in many fields; having many uses or

spinal column

functions; N. versatility

vested power to reject a bill; exercise of

trace; remains; Ex. vestiges of some

enthusiasm (as in artistic performance

this right; V: prevent or forbid by

ancient religion

or composition); liveliness; vigor

food; CF. live

capable of maintaining life; feasible;

exercising the power of veto

parish priest; representative

full of vigor or energy; vibrating

practical or workable; Ex. viable scheme

experienced as if one were taking part

contend; compete

food; provisions; V. victual: provide with change (esp. from good to bad); change
food

of fortune; CF. the last emperor of

China

in the experience of another; done by a

deputy for other people; acting as a
substitute; Ex. vicarious thrill at the
movies; Ex. the vicarious sufferings of
Christ

small drawing placed at the beginning

one who without authority assumes law

watchful; on the alert; watchfully awake;

keeping watch (during normal sleeping

or end of a chapter; picture; short

enforcement powers

alert to spot danger; N. vigilance

hours); Ex. all-night vigil

slander; speak evil of; N. vilification

despicable; unpleasant; disgusting; Ex.

active strength; energy; enthusiasm;

vile slander

ADJ. vigorous

break (a law); defile; desecrate; assault

wine merchant; winemaker; seller of

disposed to revenge; vengeful; out for

sexually; Ex. violate graves

wine

revenge; spiteful; intended to cause

literary sketch; short written description

of a character or scene

clear from blame; free from blame or

accusation (with supporting proof);
exonerate; substantiate; justify or
support; avenge; Ex. vindicate one's
client; Ex. vindicate one's claim; CF.
vindicator

poisonous snake

harm; malicious; Ex. vindictive streak

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virtual

virtue

virtuoso

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virulent

virus

visage

visceral

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viscid

viscous

vise

vision

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visionary

vital

vitiate

vitreous

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vitriolic

vituperative

vivacious

vivid

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vivisection

vixen

vociferous

vogue

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volatile

volition

volley

voluble

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voluminous

voluptuous

voodoo

voracious

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highly skilled artist (esp. in music); Ex.

goodness; moral excellence; good

in essence; existing in essence though

manly; having masculine spirit or

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quality; advantage; Ex. by virtue of; Ex.

not in actual form; for practical

strength; full of strength

make a virtue of necessity

purposes; Ex. virtual ruler/space

face; appearance

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felt in one's inner organs; N. viscera:

internal body organs; CF. eviscerate

(of a disease or poison) extremely

harmful or poisonous; (of a feeling)
hostile; bitter; N. virulence; CF. virus;
CF. venom

eyesight; foresight; mental image

vice; tool for holding work in place;

(of a liquid) thick and sticky; gluey;

adhesive; gluey

produced by the imagination;

clamping device

viscid; CF. consistency

of glass; pertaining to or resembling

spoil the effect of; make inoperative;

full of life; animated; vibrant and lively;

produced by imagination; fanciful;

glass; V. vitrify: change into glass; CF.

corrupt morally

experience of seeing the supernatural

petrify

(of light or color) bright and distinct;

lively or animated; sprightly

evoking lifelike mental images; Ex. vivid

critical; of great importance; necessary

mystical; showing foresight; N: one

to stay alive; of life; living; breathing; N.

having foresight; one given to

vitality; V. vitalize

speculative impractical ideas

abusive; scolding; V. vituperate: berate;

causing sharp pain to the mind; caustic;

scold; rail against abusively

corrosive; sarcastic; of vitriol; N. vitriol:

red hair/description

sulphuric acid (which burns flesh

deeply); bitterly abusive expression;
caustic expression; CF. glass

popular fashion; Ex. Jeans became the

clamorous; noisy; V. vociferate: cry out

female fox; ill-tempered woman; CF.

vogue.

loudly (when complaining)

shrew

fluent; talkative; glib; N. volubility

simultaneous discharge of a number of

act of using one's will; act of making a

shots; V.

act of dissecting living animals

changeable; of a quickly changing

conscious choice; Ex. She selected this nature (as of temper); mercurial; tending
dress of her own volition.

to violence; evaporating rapidly; Ex.

volatile character/situation in the street

ravenous; eating large quantities of

food; exceedingly eager; insatiable; Ex.
voracious animal/reader

religion practiced chiefly in Haiti

sensual; of or giving sensual pleasure;

having great volume (as of a garment or

indulging in sensual pleasures; Ex.

container); bulky; large

voluptuous lines; Ex. voluptuous life of

the Romans; N. voluptuary: voluptuous
person

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vouch

vouchsafe

voyeur

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vulgar

vulnerable

vulpine

vulture

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vying

wade

waffle

waft

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wag

wage

waggish

waif

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waive

wake

wallow

wan

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wanderlust

wane

wangle

wanton

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warble

ward

warp

warrant

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warranted

warranty

warren

wary

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Peeping Tom; person who derives

grant condescendingly; guarantee; Ex.

give a personal guarantee; Ex. I can

whirlwind; whirlpool; center of

sexual gratification from observing the

vouchsafe your fair return on your

vouch for his integrity; N. voucher

turbulence; predicament into which one

sexual acts of others

investment

carrion-eating birds

like a fox; crafty

is inexorably plunged

susceptible to wounds or attack; N.

of the common people; deficient in

vulnerability

refinement; not refined; coarse; Ex.

vulgar display of wealth; N. vulgarism:
vulgarity; crudely indecent word; CF.
vulgarian: vulgar person; boor; lout

move gently (in air or in seas) by wind

speak equivocally about an issue; N.

or waves; Ex. leaves wafting past the

walk through a substance, such as

contending; CF. vie

water, that impedes movement

window

homeless child or animal; Ex. waifs and

humorous; mischievous; tricky

begin and continue (a war)

strays

shake repeatedly from side to side; Ex.

The dog wagged its tail; N: humorous
person; wit

having a pale or sickly color; pallid

roll in mud; indulge in; (of a ship) roll in

trail of ship or other object through

give up temporarily; yield; N. waiver:

a rough sea; become helpless; Ex.

water; path of something that has gone

waiving a right or claim; document that

wallow in the mud/luxury

before; Ex. hunger followed in the wake

waives a right or claim

of the war

unrestrained; gratuitously cruel; willfully

achieve by cleverness or trick; wiggle

decrease in size or strength (after being

malicious; unchaste; sexually improper;

out; fake; Ex. She tried to wangle an

full); grow gradually to an end; Ex. The

promiscuous; Ex. wanton

invitation to the party.

moon waxes and wanes every month;

spending/killing; CF. having no just

strong longing to travel

N.

cause

justification; written order that serves as

twist out of shape; N.

administrative division of a city; division

authorization (esp. a judicial writ); Ex.

in a hospital or prison; incompetent

search/death warrant; V: justify;

person placed under the protection of a

guarantee

guardian; V: guard; ward off: avert

very cautious; watchful

tunnels in which rabbits live;

overcrowded living area; crowded
conditions in which people live

guarantee; assurance by seller

(of a bird) sing; babble; N.

justified; authorized

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waver

wax

waylay

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wean

weary

weather

weird

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well-bred

welt

welter

welter

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wheedle

whelp

whet

whiff

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whim

whimsical

whimsy

whine

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whinny

whit

whittle

wholesome

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whorl

wiggle

willful

willowy

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wilt

wily

wince

windfall

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ambush; lie in wait for and attack

increase gradually (as the moon); grow

move or swing back and forth; be

waster; profligate

uncertain or unsteady in decision or

movement; Ex. wavering between
accepting and refusing

accustom a baby not to nurse;

eerie; strange; unnatural

pass safely through (a storm or difficult

tired after long work; V.

period); endure the effects of weather or

accustom (the young of a mammal) to

take nourishment other than by

other forces

suckling; give up a cherished activity;

cause to gradually leave (an interest or
habit); Ex. wean oneself from cigarettes

wallow (as in mud or high seas); lie

confusion; turmoil; confused mass;

soaked (as in blood); Ex. The victims

bewildering jumble; Ex. welter of data

raised mark from a beating or whipping

of good upbringing; well-mannered and

refined

weltered in their blood.

puff or gust (of air, scent, etc.);

sharpen; stimulate; Ex. whet someone's

young animal (esp. of the dog or cat

deceive, persuade, or obtain by flattery;

short-lasting smell; hint; Ex. whiff of

appetite

family); young wolf, dog, tiger, etc.

cajole; coax; Ex. wheedle a promise out

perfume/scandal

of her

complain (in a sad voice); make a high

whim; tendency to behave amusingly

sad sound (as in pain or supplication)

strangely; Ex. story full of whimsy

capricious; fanciful; amusingly strange

sudden capricious idea; fancy

conducive to mental or physical health;

pare; cut away thin bits (from wood);

small amount; smallest speck; Ex. not a

neigh like a horse; CF. neigh: make the

healthful

fashion in this way; reduce gradually;

whit of

sound which horses make

wriggle; move from side to side with

ring of leaves around stem; ring; circular

irregular twisting motions

arrangement; Ex. whorls on the fingers

move back suddenly; shrink back;

crafty; cunning; artful; N. wile: deceitful

loose freshness; droop

flinch; Ex. She winced as she touched

stratagem

trim

flexible; pliant; slender; CF. willow

fallen fruit; unexpected lucky event

wilful; intentional; headstrong

the cold body.

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winsome

wisp

wispy

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wistful

withdrawn

wither

withhold

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withstand

witless

witticism

wizardry

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wizened

woe

woeful

wont

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worldly

wrangle

wrath

wreak

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wrench

wrest

wretch

wring

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wrinkle

writ

writhe

wrongheaded

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wry

xenophobia

yen

yeoman

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thin; slight; barely discernible

small bunch (of hair); faint streak (of

charming (in a childlike way); agreeable;

sift; separate the chaff from grain by

smoke)

gracious; engaging

blowing; separate good parts from bad;

CF. wind

refuse to give; hold back; Ex.

(of a plant) dry up from loss of moisture;

withholding tax

lose freshness; shrivel; decay

introverted; retiring; remote

sadly thoughtful (because of desires or

memories); sadly pensive; vaguely
longing

sorcery; magic

witty saying; wisecrack(clever joking

lacking intelligence or wit; foolish; idiotic

stand up against; resist successfully

remark)

(the stated person's) habit or custom;

sad; (of something bad) deplorable;

great sorrow; deep inconsolable grief;

shriveled; withered; Ex. wizened

habitual procedure; ADJ. wonted:

deplorably bad; Ex. woeful housing

affliction; suffering; Ex. financial woes

apple/old lady

customary

conditions

inflict; Ex. wreak one's vengeance on

anger; fury

quarrel noisily; obtain through arguing;

engrossed in matters of this earth; not

herd cattle; N.

spiritual; of the material world

twist (to extract liquid); extract by

miserable person; bad or despicable

obtain by pulling violently; pull away;

twist; pull; strain; Ex. He wrenched the

twisting; wrench painfully (necks or

person; ADJ. wretched: miserable; bad;

take by violence; Ex. wrest victory from

gun out of her hands.

hands)

contemptible; vile

their grasp

stubbornly wrong

twist in coils; contort in pain

written command issued by a court

small ridge on a smooth surface (face or

(telling someone to do or not to do

cloth); V.

something)

man or farmer owning small estate;

strong desire; longing; urge; Ex. yen for

fear or hatred of foreigners; N.

(esp. of an expression of the face)

middle-class farmer

travel

xenophobe

twisted; with a humorous twist

(expressing displeasure)

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yoke

yokel

yore

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zany

zeal

zealot

zenith

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zephyr

zest

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time long past; Ex. in the days of yore

rustic; country bumpkin

join together; unite; N: crossbar used to

amount produced; crop; income on

joining two draft animals

investment; profit obtained from an

investment; V: produce; give in;
surrender

point directly overhead in the sky;

one who is zealous; fanatic; person who

eager enthusiasm (to a cause or ideal);

comic; crazy; N: clown; comical person

summit; acme; highest point

shows excessive zeal

ADJ. zealous

(given to outlandish behavior)

outer skin of an orange used for giving a

gentle breeze; west wind

special taste to food; spice; interest;

flavor; spirited enjoyment; Ex. add a
certain zest to the affair; Ex. zest for life