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A1. abase2. abash

abase

v. cause to feel shame; chagrin; humble

abash

v. cause to be embarrassed

Forms: abased; abased; abasing Forms: abashed; abashed; abashing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. abate4. abdominous

abate

v. become less in amount or intensity; slack off; slack; die

away

abdominous

adj. having a large belly; paunchy; potbellied

Forms: abated; abated; abating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. abduce6. aberrant

abduce

v. advance evidence for; cite

aberrant

adj. markedly different from an accepted norm; deviate

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. abetment8. abeyance

abetment

n. the verbal act of urging on; instigation

abeyance

n. temporary cessation or suspension

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. ablution10. abominate

ablution

n. washing

abominate

v. find repugnant; execrate

Forms: abominated; abominated; abominating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. abortive12. abrasive

abortive

adj. failing to accomplish an intended result; unsuccessful

abrasive

adj. sharply disagreeable

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. abrogate14. abscond

abrogate

v. revoke formally

abscond

v. run away; absquatulate; decamp; run off; go off; make

off

Forms: abrogated; abrogated; abrogating Forms: absconded; absconded; absconding

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absolute

adj. not capable of being violated or infringed; inviolable

absolve

v. let off the hook; free

Forms: absolved; absolved; absolving

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. absorbing18. abstain

absorbing

adj. capable of arousing and holding the attention;

fascinating; gripping; riveting

abstain

v. choose not to consume; desist

Forms: abstained; abstained; abstaining

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. abstract20. abstracted

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abstract

adj. intangible; unconnected to concrete reality

abstracted

adj. lost in thought; scatty

Forms: more abstract; most abstract

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. abusive22. abuzz

abusive

adj. characterized by physical or psychological

maltreatment

abuzz

adj. noisy like the sound of a bee

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. abye24. accede

abye

v. make amends for; atone

accede

v. agree or express agreement; acquiesce

Forms: acceded; acceded; acceding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. accelerate26. accessible

accelerate

v. cause to move faster; speed up

accessible

adj. easy to get along with or talk to

Forms: accelerated; accelerated; accelerating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. acclimate28. acclivity

acclimate

v. adapt; adjust

acclivity

n. an upward slope or grade (as in a road); rise; raise;

climb; upgrade

Forms: acclimated; acclimated; acclimating Forms: acclivities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. accost30. accoutre

accost

v. approach with an offer of sexual favors

accoutre

v. provide with military equipment

Forms: accosted; accosted; accosting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. accredited32. accretion

accredited

adj. given official approval to act; licensed; licenced

accretion

n. expansion or increase due to gradual buid-up or

additions

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. acetose34. acidulent

acetose

adj. tasting or smelling like vinegar; vinegary; vinegarish

acidulent

adj. being sour to the taste; acidulous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. acidulous36. acme

acidulous

adj. being sour to the taste; acidulent

acme

n. the highest point (of something); apex

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––37. acned38. acquittal



acned

adj. (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the

skin; pimply; pustulate

acquittal

n. act of declaring innocent

Forms: acquittals

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acrid

adj. harsh or corrosive in tone; bitter; blistering; caustic;

virulent

actuarial

adj. of or relating to the work of an actuary

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––41. actuate42. acuate

actuate

v. give an incentive for action; propel; move; prompt;

incite

acuate

adj. ending in a sharp point; sharp; needlelike

Forms: actuated; actuated; actuating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––43. acuity44. acumen

acuity

n. a quick and penetrating intelligence; sharpness;

keenness

acumen

n. shrewdness shown by keen insight

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––45. adactylia46. adamant

adactylia

n. congenital absence of fingers and/or toes; adactylism

adamant

adj. impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason;

inexorable; intransigent

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addendum

n. textual matter that is added onto a publication;

postscript

addle

v. become rotten

Forms: addenda, addendums Forms: addled; addled; addling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––49. addlepated50. adherent

addlepated

adj. stupid and confused; puddingheaded; muddleheaded

adherent

n. someone who believes and helps to spread the

doctrine of another

Forms: adherents

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––51. adiposis52. adiposity

adiposis

n. the property of excessive fatness; stoutness

adiposity

n. having the property of containing fat; fattiness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––53. adjunct54. adjuration

adjunct

n. a construction that can be used to extend the meaning

of a word or phrase but is not one of the main

constituents of a sentence

adjuration

n. a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do

something

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adjutant

n. assistant to a commanding officer

adorn

v. furnish with power or authority

Forms: adorned; adorned; adorning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––57. adroit58. adulterate

adroit

adj. quick or skillful or adept in action or thought

adulterate

v. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or

inferior substance; stretch

Forms: adulterated; adulterated; adulterating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––59. advent60. adventitious

advent

n. coming of Christ

adventitious

adj. associated by chance and not an integral part

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––61. adverse62. adversity

adverse

adj. in an opposing direction

adversity

n. a stroke of ill fortune

Forms: adversities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––63. aegis64. aery

aegis

n. shelter; protection; sponsorship; auspices

aery

adj. characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; airy;

ethereal

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––65. affable66. affected

affable

adj. diffusing warmth and friendliness; cordial; genial

affected

adj. being excited or provoked to the expression of an

emotion; stirred; touched

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––67. affiance68. affidavit

affiance

v. give to in marriage; plight

affidavit

n. written statement made under oath

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––69. affiliation70. affinity

affiliation

n. the act of becoming formally connected or joined

affinity

n. attraction; closeness

Forms: affinities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––71. affirmation72. affix

affirmation

n. declaration that something is true

affix

v. attach or become attached to a stem word

Forms: affixed; affixed; affixing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––73. affluence74. affront

affluence

n. abundant wealth

affront

v. treat, mention, or speak to rudely

Forms: affronted; affronted; affronting

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agape

adv. open-mouthed; shocked

agenda

n. a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting); order

of business

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agglomeration

n. the act of collecting in a mass

aggrandize

v. add details to; lard; embellish; aggrandise; blow up;

dramatize

Forms: aggrandized; aggrandized; aggrandizing

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aghast

adj. struck with fear, dread, or consternation; dismayed;

shocked

agility

n. the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick

and nimble; lightness; lightsomeness; nimbleness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––81. agio82. aglow

agio

n. a fee charged for exchanging currencies; premium;

exchange premium

aglow

adj. softly bright or radiant; lucent; luminous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––83. agnate84. agnostic

agnate

n. one related on the father's side; patrilineal kin; patrisib;

patrilineal sib

agnostic

n. a person who claims that they cannot have true

knowledge about the existence of God (but does not

deny that God might exist)

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––85. agog86. agrarian

agog

adj. highly excited

agrarian

adj. relating to rural matters

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––87. ailing88. albinal

ailing

adj. somewhat ill or prone to illness; sickly; unwell; under

the weather; seedy

albinal

adj. of or pertaining to or affected by albinism; albinic;

albinistic

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––89. alchemy90. alias

alchemy

n. a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval

times

alias

n. a name that has been assumed temporarily; false

name

Forms: alchemies Forms: aliases

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––91. alienate92. alimental

alienate

v. make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated

alimental

adj. of or providing nourishment; nourishing; nutrient;

nutritious; nutritive

Forms: alienated; alienated; alienating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––93. alimentary94. alimony



alimentary

adj. of or providing nourishment; nourishing; nutrient;

nutritious; nutritive

alimony

n. court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another

after they are separated

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alkene

n. any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon; olefin

allay

v. satisfy (thirst); assuage

Forms: allayed; allayed; allaying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––97. allege98. alleviant

allege

v. report or maintain; say

alleviant

n. remedy that alleviates pain without curing; alleviator

Forms: alleged; alleged; alleging

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––99. alliteration100. alloy

alliteration

n. use of the same consonant at the beginning of each

stressed syllable in a line of verse; beginning rhyme;

head rhyme

alloy

n. the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value

of something

Forms: alloys

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allure

v. dispose or incline or entice to

alluring

adj. highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire;

enticing; tempting

Forms: allured; allured; alluring

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allusion

n. passing reference or indirect mention

alluvial

adj. of or relating to alluvium

Forms: allusions

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aloft

adv. at a great height

aloneness

n. solitude; singularity; uniqueness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––107. aloof108. alterative

aloof

adv. adapart; reserved

alterative

adj. tending to cure or restore to health; remedial;

sanative; therapeutic

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––109. altercation110. altruistic

altercation

n. noisy quarrel; fracas

altruistic

adj. showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others

Forms: altercations

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––111. alveolate112. amass



alveolate

adj. pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb);

cavitied; honeycombed; pitted

amass

v. get or gather together; accumulate; pile up; compile;

hoard

Forms: amassed; amassed; amassing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––113. amazon114. ambidextrous

amazon

n. aggressive woman

ambidextrous

adj. marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by

pretending one set of feelings and acting under the

influence of another; double-dealing; duplicitous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––115. ambience116. ambivalence

ambience

n. the atmosphere of an environment

ambivalence

n. mixed feelings or emotions

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––117. amble118. ambrosia

amble

n. a leisurely walk (usually in some public place); saunter;

stroll; perambulation

ambrosia

n. legendary food of the gods; something that tastes

wonderful

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––119. ambulatory120. ambuscade

ambulatory

adj. able to walk about

ambuscade

v. wait in hiding to attack; bushwhack; waylay; lurk; lie in

wait

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––121. ameban122. amebiasis

ameban

adj. pertaining to or resembling amoebae; amoeban;

amoebous; amebous

amebiasis

n. infection by a disease-causing ameba; amebiosis;

amoebiosis

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––123. ameliorate124. amend

ameliorate

v. get better; improve

amend

v. set straight or right; remedy; repair

Forms: ameliorated; ameliorated; ameliorating Forms: amended; amended; amending

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––125. amenities126. amiable

amenities

n. things that make you comfortable and at ease;

conveniences

amiable

adj. diffusing warmth and friendliness; cordial; genial

Forms: amenities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––127. amicable128. amnesia

amicable

adj. characterized by friendship and good will

amnesia

n. partial or total loss of memory; blackout

Forms: more amicable; most amicable

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––129. amnesty130. amok



amnesty

n. pardon; clemency

amok

adv. adin a state of rage

Forms: amnesties

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––131. amoral132. amorous

amoral

adj. lying outside the sphere of morals

amorous

adj. expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance;

romantic

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––133. amorphous134. amphibian

amorphous

adj. without real or apparent crystalline form;

uncrystallised

amphibian

adj. able to live both on land and water

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––135. amphitheater136. ample

amphitheater

n. stadium; arena

ample

adj. fairly large; sizeable

Forms: amphitheaters Forms: ampler; amplest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––137. amplify138. amputate

amplify

v. increase the volume of

amputate

v. cut off a limb

Forms: amplified; amplified; amplifying Forms: amputated; amputated; amputating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––139. amulet140. amylaceous

amulet

n. a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the

neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil

or disease

amylaceous

adj. resembling starch; amyloid; amyloidal; farinaceous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––141. amyotonia142. anachronism

amyotonia

n. lack of normal muscular tension or tonus; atonia

anachronism

n. a person who seems to be displaced in time

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––143. analgesic144. analogous

analgesic

adj. capable of relieving pain; anodyne

analogous

adj. parallel; similar

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––145. analogy146. anarchist

analogy

n. the religious belief that between creature and creator

no similarity can be found so great but that the

dissimilarity is always greater

anarchist

n. an advocate of anarchism; syndicalist

Forms: analogies Forms: anarchists

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––147. anarchy148. anathema



anarchy

n. lawlessness

anathema

n. a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by

excommunication

Forms: anathemas

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––149. anathematize150. anchoritic

anathematize

v. curse or declare to be evil

anchoritic

adj. characterized by ascetic solitude; eremitical; hermitic;

hermitical

Forms: anathematized; anathematized; anathematizing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––151. ancillary152. andiron

ancillary

adj. furnishing added support; adjuvant; appurtenant;

auxiliary

andiron

n. metal supports for logs in a fireplace; dog

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––153. androgyny154. anele

androgyny

n. showing characteristics of both sexes; bisexuality

anele

v. administer an oil or ointment to; oil; embrocate

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––155. anemia156. anesthetic

anemia

n. genus of terrestrial or lithophytic ferns having pinnatifid

fronds

anesthetic

n. a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––157. aneurismal158. anguish

aneurismal

adj. relating to or affected by an aneurysm; aneurysmatic;

aneurismatic

anguish

n. extreme distress of body or mind

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––159. animadversion160. animated

animadversion

n. harsh criticism or disapproval

animated

adj. made to appear to move as living creatures do

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––161. animosity162. animus

animosity

n. a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility; bad blood

animus

n. a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility; bad blood

Forms: animosities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––163. anneal164. annexe

anneal

v. bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by

a process of gradually heating and cooling; normalize

annexe

n. an addition that extends a main building; extension;

wing

Forms: annealed; annealed; annealing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––165. annihilate166. annotate



annihilate

v. kill in large numbers; extinguish; eradicate; wipe out;

decimate; carry off

annotate

v. provide analytical notes

Forms: annihilated; annihilated; annihilating Forms: annotated; annotated; annotating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––167. annuity168. annul

annuity

n. income from capital investment paid in a series of

regular payments

annul

v. cancel officially; countermand; reverse; rescind

Forms: annuities Forms: annulled; annulled; annulling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––169. annular170. annunciate

annular

adj. shaped like a ring; annulated; circinate; ringed; ring-

shaped; doughnut-shaped

annunciate

v. foreshadow or presage; harbinger; foretell; herald

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––171. anodyne172. anomalous

anodyne

n. a medicine used to relieve pain; painkiller; pain pill

anomalous

adj. deviating from the general or common order or type

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––173. anomaly174. anonymity

anomaly

n. exception; deviation

anonymity

n. the state of being anonymous

Forms: anomalies Forms: anonymities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––175. antagonistic176. antecedents

antagonistic

adj. incapable of harmonious association

antecedents

n. significant events and incidents in a person's early life

Forms: antecedents

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––177. anthropoid178. anthropologist

anthropoid

adj. resembling human beings

anthropologist

n. a social scientist who specializes in anthropology

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––179. anthropomorphic180. anticlimax

anthropomorphic

adj. suggesting human characteristics for animals or

inanimate things; humanlike

anticlimax

n. a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––181. antipathy182. antiquated

antipathy

n. the object of a feeling of intense aversion

antiquated

adj. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier

period; archaic

Forms: antipathies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––183. antiseptic184. antithesis



antiseptic

n. a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry

disease without harming body tissues

antithesis

n. the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a

feeling of balance

Forms: antiseptics Forms: antitheses

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––185. antsy186. anvil

antsy

adj. nervous and unable to relax; fretful; itchy

anvil

n. the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes

Forms: anvils

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––187. apathetic188. apathy

apathetic

adj. marked by a lack of interest

apathy

n. the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things

generally; numbness; spiritlessness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––189. ape190. aperient

ape

n. person who resembles a nonhuman primate

aperient

n. a purging medicine; physic

Forms: apes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––191. apex192. aphasia

apex

n. the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun

and solar system appear to be moving relative to the

fixed stars

aphasia

n. inability to use or understand language (spoken or

written) because of a brain lesion

Forms: apexes, apices

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––193. aphorism194. apiary

aphorism

n. a short pithy instructive saying; apophthegm

apiary

n. a shed containing a number of beehives

Forms: apiaries

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––195. aplomb196. apocalyptic

aplomb

n. great coolness and composure under strain; cool;

poise; sang-froid

apocalyptic

adj. of or relating to an apocalypse

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––197. apogee198. apologue

apogee

n. apoapsis in Earth orbit

apologue

n. a short moral story (often with animal characters);

allegory

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––199. apoplexy200. apostate



apoplexy

n. a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the

rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen

lack in the brain

apostate

n. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or

religion or political party or friend etc.; renegade;

turncoat; recreant; ratter

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––201. apostatize202. apothecary

apostatize

v. abandon one's beliefs or allegiances; tergiversate

apothecary

n. a health professional trained in the art of preparing and

dispensing drugs; chemist; pill pusher; pill roller

Forms: apothecaries

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––203. apothegm204. apotheosis

apothegm

n. a short pithy instructive saying; apophthegm

apotheosis

n. the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)

Forms: apotheoses

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––205. appal206. apparition

appal

v. fill with apprehension or alarm

apparition

n. an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly

Forms: appalled; appalled; appalling Forms: apparitions

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––207. appease208. appeasing

appease

v. make peace with

appeasing

adj. intended to pacify by acceding to demands or

granting concessions; placative; placatory

Forms: appeased; appeased; appeasing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––209. appellation210. application

appellation

n. identifying word or words by which someone or

something is called and classified or distinguished from

others; designation; appellative

application

n. the action of putting something into operation

Forms: applications

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––211. appraise212. appreciate

appraise

v. consider in a comprehensive way

appreciate

v. increase the value of; apprise

Forms: appraised; appraised; appraising Forms: appreciated; appreciated; appreciating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––213. apprehend214. apprehensive

apprehend

v. anticipate with dread or anxiety

apprehensive

adj. in fear or dread of possible evil or harm

Forms: apprehended; apprehended; apprehending

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––215. apprisal216. appurtenances



apprisal

n. informing by words; notification

appurtenances

n. right associated with ownership of property

Forms: appurtenances

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––217. apropos218. aptitude

apropos

adv. adwith reference to; regarding

aptitude

n. inherent ability

Forms: aptitudes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––219. aquiline220. arbitrator

aquiline

adj. curved down like an eagle's beak

arbitrator

n. someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue;

umpire

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––221. arboretum222. arbour

arboretum

n. a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for

exhibition

arbour

n. a framework that supports climbing plants; bower;

pergola

Forms: arboretums, arboreta

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arcane

adj. requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

archaic

adj. little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier

ancestral type

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––225. archives226. archness

archives

n. collection of records especially about an institution

archness

n. inappropriate playfulness; pertness; sauciness

Forms: archives

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––227. ardor228. argent

ardor

n. feelings of great warmth and intensity; fervor; fervour;

fervency; fire; fervidness

argent

adj. of lustrous grey; silvery; silverish

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––229. argot230. argufy

argot

n. a characteristic language of a particular group (as

among thieves); jargon; lingo; patois; vernacular

argufy

v. have a disagreement over something; scrap; altercate

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––231. aria232. aristocracy

aria

n. an elaborate song for solo voice

aristocracy

n. the most powerful members of a society

Forms: arias Forms: aristocracies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––233. armada234. arquebus



armada

n. a large fleet

arquebus

n. an obsolete firearm with a long barrel; hackbut; hagbut

Forms: armadas

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––235. arraign236. array

arraign

v. accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy

array

n. an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired

directional characteristics

Forms: arraigned; arraigned; arraigning Forms: arrays

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––237. array238. arrears

array

v. align oneself with a group or a way of thinking

arrears

n. an unpaid overdue debt

Forms: arrayed; arrayed; arraying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––239. arrogance240. arroyo

arrogance

n. overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner

toward inferiors; hauteur; high-handedness; lordliness

arroyo

n. intermittent river

Forms: arroyos

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––241. articled242. articulate

articled

adj. bound by contract; bound; indentured

articulate

n. animal belonging to a subdivision of animals whose

bodies and limbs are composed of segments jointed

together

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––243. artifacts244. artisan

artifacts

n. man made object

artisan

n. a skilled worker who practices some trade or

handicraft; journeyman; artificer

Forms: artisans

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––245. artless246. ascendancy

artless

adj. natural; unaffected; uncultured

ascendancy

n. the state that exists when one person or group has

power over another; ascendence; ascendency; control

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––247. asceticism248. ascribable

asceticism

n. rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint

ascribable

adj. capable of being assigned or credited to; imputable;

referable

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––249. ascribe250. aseptic



ascribe

v. attribute or credit to; assign; attribute

aseptic

adj. free of or using methods to keep free of pathological

microorganisms

Forms: ascribed; ascribed; ascribing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––251. ashen252. asinine

ashen

adj. pale; gray

asinine

adj. devoid of intelligence; inane; mindless; vacuous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––253. askance254. askew

askance

adv. distrustfully

askew

adv. adcrookedly; slanted; at an angle

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––255. aslant256. aspersion

aslant

adj. having an oblique or slanted direction; diagonal;

slanted; slanting; sloped; sloping

aspersion

n. the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––257. aspirant258. aspiration

aspirant

n. an ambitious and aspiring young person; hopeful;

wannabe; wannabee

aspiration

n. the act of inhaling; intake; breathing in

Forms: aspirants Forms: aspirations

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––259. assail260. assailable

assail

v. attack in speech or writing

assailable

adj. not defended or capable of being defended;

undefended; open

Forms: assailed; assailed; assailing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––261. assent262. assert

assent

v. agree or express agreement; acquiesce

assert

v. declare; insist on

Forms: assented; assented; assenting Forms: asserted; asserted; asserting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––263. assessment264. assiduity

assessment

n. the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or

event

assiduity

n. great and constant diligence and attention;

concentration

Forms: assessments

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––265. assumption266. assurance

assumption

n. hypothesis

assurance

n. promise; pledge

Forms: assumptions Forms: assurances

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––267. asteroid268. astigmatism



asteroid

n. any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of

rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly

between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)

astigmatism

n. unequal curvature of the lens of the eye creating a

distorted image

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––269. astral270. astringent

astral

adj. being or relating to or resembling or emanating from

stars

astringent

adj. tending to draw together or constrict soft organic

tissue

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––271. astronomical272. astute

astronomical

adj. inconceivably large; galactic

astute

adj. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; shrewd

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––273. asunder274. asylum

asunder

adv. apart; in shreds

asylum

n. shelter; refuge; mental home

Forms: asylums

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––275. asymmetric276. atar

asymmetric

adj. characterized by asymmetry in the spatial

arrangement or placement of parts or components

atar

n. essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers; athar;

ottar

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––277. atavism278. atheistic

atavism

n. a reappearance of an earlier characteristic; throwback

atheistic

adj. pertaining to the belief that God does not exist

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––279. atone280. atrocity

atone

v. turn away from sin or do penitence

atrocity

n. an act of atrocious cruelty

Forms: atoned; atoned; atoning Forms: atrocities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––281. atrophy282. attenuate

atrophy

n. any weakening or degeneration (especially through

lack of use)

attenuate

v. become thin; diminish

Forms: attenuated; attenuated; attenuating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––283. attest284. attribute

attest

v. certify; confirm

attribute

n. an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an

entity

Forms: attested; attested; attesting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––285. attribute286. attrition



attribute

v. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme

attrition

n. the act of rubbing together

Forms: attributed; attributed; attributing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––287. auberge288. audacious

auberge

n. a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers; inn;

lodge

audacious

adj. disposed to venture or take risks; venturesome;

venturous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––289. audit290. augury

audit

n. a methodical examination or review of a condition or

situation

augury

n. an event that is experienced as indicating important

things to come; foretoken; preindication

Forms: auguries

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––291. august292. aureole

august

adj. profoundly honored; venerable

aureole

n. an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of

a saint; halo; nimbus; glory; gloriole

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––293. auroral294. auspices

auroral

adj. characteristic of the dawn

auspices

n. kindly endorsement and guidance; aegis

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––295. auspicious296. austere

auspicious

n. favorable; beneficent

austere

adj. practicing great self-denial; spartan

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––297. austerity298. authenticate

austerity

n. the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from

worldly pleasures); nonindulgence

authenticate

v. establish the authenticity of something

Forms: austerities Forms: authenticated; authenticated; authenticating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––299. authoritative300. autocrat

authoritative

adj. sanctioned by established authority; authorised

autocrat

n. a cruel and oppressive dictator; despot

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––301. automation302. autonomous

automation

n. equipment used to achieve automatic control or

operation

autonomous

adj. (of persons) free from external control and constraint

in e.g. action and judgment; self-reliant

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––303. avaricious304. avaritia

avaricious

adj. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth;

grabby; grasping; greedy; prehensile

avaritia

n. reprehensible acquisitiveness; covetousness; rapacity

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––305. aver306. averse



aver

v. declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; assert;

avow; swan; swear

averse

adj. (usually followed by 'to') strongly opposed

Forms: averred; averred; averring

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––307. avert308. aviary

avert

v. turn away or aside

aviary

n. a building where birds are kept; volary

Forms: averted; averted; averting Forms: aviaries

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––309. avid310. avocation

avid

adj. marked by active interest and enthusiasm

avocation

n. an auxiliary activity; hobby; pursuit; sideline; spare-

time activity

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––311. avuncular312. awash

avuncular

adj. being or relating to an uncle

awash

adj. covered with water; flooded; inundated; overflowing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––313. awe314. awl

awe

n. a feeling of profound respect for someone or

something; veneration

awl

n. a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching

small holes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––315. awry316. axiom

awry

adv. addistorted; crooked

axiom

n. premise; basic assumption

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––317. azure

azure

adj. of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that

of a clear October sky; sky-blue; bright blue

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––



B1. babble2. bacchanalian

babble

v. divulge confidential information or secrets; let the cat

out of the bag

bacchanalian

adj. used of riotously drunken merrymaking; bacchic;

carousing; orgiastic

Forms: babbled; babbled; babbling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. bacchic4. badger

bacchic

adj. used of riotously drunken merrymaking; carousing;

orgiastic

badger

v. persuade through constant efforts

Forms: badgered; badgered; badgering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. badinage6. baffling

badinage

n. frivolous banter

baffling

adj. making great mental demands; knotty; problematic;

problematical; tough

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. bait8. balderdash

bait

v. attack with dogs or set dogs upon

balderdash

n. trivial nonsense; piffle

Forms: baited; baited; baiting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. baleful10. balk

baleful

adj. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic

developments; menacing

balk

v. stoop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to

continue; foil

Forms: balked; balked; balking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. balker12. ballast

balker

n. a person who refuses to comply; noncompliant

ballast

n. an electrical device for starting and regulating

fluorescent and discharge lamps

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. ballyhoo14. balm

ballyhoo

n. blatant or sensational promotion; hype; plug

balm

n. ointment; cream; lotion

Forms: balms

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. balmy16. bamboozle

balmy

adj. mild and pleasant; soft

bamboozle

v. conceal one's true motives from especially by

elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end;

hoodwink; lead by the nose; play false

Forms: balmier; balmiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. bandy18. bane

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bandy

v. fight

bane

n. something causing misery or death; scourge; nemesis

Forms: bandied; bandied; bandying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. bantam20. bantering

bantam

adj. very small; lilliputian; midget; petite; tiny; flyspeck

bantering

adj. cleverly amusing in tone; tongue-in-cheek

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. barb22. barbarian

barb

n. one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main

shaft of a feather

barbarian

adj. without civilizing influences; savage; uncivilized;

uncivilised; wild

Forms: barbs

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. barbate24. bard

barbate

adj. having hair on the cheeks and chin; bewhiskered;

whiskered; whiskery

bard

n. an ornamental caparison for a horse

Forms: bards

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. barefaced26. barf

barefaced

adj. unrestrained by convention or propriety; bodacious;

brassy; brazen; insolent

barf

n. the matter ejected in vomiting; puke

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. barf28. baring

barf

v. purge; cast; sick; chuck; honk; hrow up

baring

n. the removal of covering; uncovering; husking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. baronial30. barrage

baronial

adj. impressive in appearance; noble; stately

barrage

n. the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than

hit a specific target; battery; bombardment; shelling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. barrister32. barterer

barrister

n. lawyer; attorney

barterer

n. a trader who exchanges goods and not money

Forms: barristers

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. baseless34. bash

baseless

adj. without a basis in reason or fact; idle; unfounded;

unwarranted; wild

bash

v. hit hard; whop; whap; bonk

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. bask36. bate



bask

v. be exposed

bate

v. diminish; decrease

Forms: basked; basked; basking Forms: bated; bated; bating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––37. bauble38. baulk

bauble

n. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing;

gewgaw; novelty; trinket

baulk

v. refuse to comply; jib

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––39. bawdy40. beatific

bawdy

adj. humorously vulgar; ribald

beatific

adj. marked by utter benignity; saintlike; saintly; sainted

Forms: bawdier; bawdiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––41. beatitude42. becloud

beatitude

n. one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of

the Sermon on the Mount

becloud

v. make less visible or unclear; obnubilate; haze over

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––43. bedamn44. bedaze

bedamn

v. wish harm upon; anathemize; imprecate; maledict

bedaze

v. overcome as with astonishment or disbelief

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––45. bedazzle46. bedizen

bedazzle

v. cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from

intense light; daze

bedizen

v. dress up garishly and tastelessly

Forms: bedizened; bedizened; bedizening

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––47. bedraggle48. beef

bedraggle

v. make wet and dirty, as from rain

beef

v. complain; grouse; crab; squawk; bellyache; holler

Forms: bedraggled; bedraggled; bedraggling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––49. befit50. befoul

befit

v. accord or comport with; beseem

befoul

v. spot, stain, or pollute; defile; maculate

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––51. befoulment52. befuddle

befoulment

n. the state of being polluted; pollution

befuddle

v. make stupid with alcohol

Forms: befuddled; befuddled; befuddling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––53. beget54. begild



beget

v. make children; engender; sire; generate

begild

v. decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold;

engild

Forms: begot; begotten, begot; begetting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––55. begrimed56. begrudge

begrimed

adj. thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; grimy;

grubby; grungy; raunchy

begrudge

v. wish ill or allow unwillingly

Forms: begrudged; begrudged; begrudging

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––57. beguile58. behemoth

beguile

v. attract; enamor; captivate; entrance; enchant

behemoth

n. a person of exceptional importance and reputation;

giant; heavyweight; titan

Forms: beguiled; beguiled; beguiling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––59. beholden60. behoove

beholden

adj. under a moral obligation to someone

behoove

v. be appropriate or necessary

Forms: behooved; behooved; behooving

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––61. belabor62. belated

belabor

v. beat soundly

belated

adj. after the expected or usual time; tardy

Forms: belabored; belabored; belaboring

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––63. beleaguer64. belittle

beleaguer

v. surround so as to force to give up; surround; hem in;

circumvent

belittle

v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

Forms: beleaguered; beleaguered; beleaguering Forms: belittled; belittled; belittling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––65. belligerent66. bellying

belligerent

adj. engaged in war; war-ridden; warring

bellying

adj. curving outward; bulbous; bulging; bulgy; protuberant

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––67. bemused68. bendable

bemused

adj. perplexed by many conflicting situations or

statements; confounded; confused; lost

bendable

adj. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without

breaking; pliant; waxy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––69. benefactor70. beneficent



benefactor

n. a person who helps people or institutions (especially

with financial help)

beneficent

adj. generous in assistance to the poor; eleemosynary;

philanthropic

Forms: benefactors

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––71. beneficiary72. benign

beneficiary

n. the semantic role of the intended recipient who

benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the

clause

benign

adj. kind; favorable; gentle

Forms: beneficiaries

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––73. bent74. bequeath

bent

n. a special way of doing something; hang

bequeath

v. leave or give by will after one's death; leave

Forms: bequeathed; bequeathed; bequeathing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––75. berate76. bereavement

berate

v. censure severely or angrily; reprimand; jaw; dress

down; call down

bereavement

n. state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved

one

Forms: berated; berated; berating Forms: bereavements

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––77. bereft78. berretta

bereft

adj. sorrowful through loss or deprivation; grief-stricken;

grieving

berretta

n. a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; birretta

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––79. berserk80. beset

berserk

adj. frenzied as if possessed by a demon; demoniac;

demoniacal

beset

v. decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)

Forms: beset; beset; besetting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––81. bespoke82. bestow

bespoke

adj. (of clothing) custom-made; made-to-order; tailored;

tailor-made

bestow

v. contribute; add; bring; grant

Forms: bestowed; bestowed; bestowing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––83. bestower84. betise

bestower

n. person who makes a gift of property; presenter;

conferrer

betise

n. a stupid mistake; folly; foolishness; imbecility

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––85. betroth86. bevy



betroth

v. give to in marriage; affiance; plight

bevy

n. a flock of birds (especially when gathered close

together on the ground)

Forms: betrothed; betrothed; betrothing Forms: bevies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––87. bewail88. bicameral

bewail

v. regret strongly; bemoan

bicameral

adj. consisting of two chambers

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––89. bicker90. bicornate

bicker

v. argue over petty things; pettifog; squabble; brabble

bicornate

adj. having two horns or horn-shaped parts; bicornuate;

bicornuous

Forms: bickered; bickered; bickering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––91. bifurcate92. bifurcated

bifurcate

adj. resembling a fork; branched; forked; fork-like;

forficate; pronged; prongy

bifurcated

adj. divided into or made up of two parts

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––93. bigmouthed94. bigotry

bigmouthed

adj. unwisely talking too much; blabby; talkative

bigotry

n. the intolerance and prejudice

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––95. bilious96. bilk

bilious

adj. irritable as if suffering from indigestion; dyspeptic;

liverish

bilk

v. escape, either physically or mentally

Forms: bilked; bilked; bilking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––97. binge98. biquadrate

binge

v. overeat or eat immodestly; overindulge

biquadrate

n. an algebraic equation of the fourth degree; quartic;

fourth power

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––99. bivouac100. blackguard

bivouac

n. temporary camp

blackguard

n. someone who is morally reprehensible; dog; hound;

heel

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––101. blackjack102. blackleg

blackjack

v. exert pressure on someone through threats; pressure

blackleg

v. take the place of work of someone on strike; rat

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––103. blackleg104. blanch



blackleg

n. someone who works (or provides workers) during a

strike; rat

blanch

v. turn pale; whiten

Forms: blanched; blanched; blanching

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––105. bland106. blaring

bland

adj. smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of

sophistication; suave

blaring

n. a loud harsh or strident noise; cacophony; clamor; din

Forms: blander; blandest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––107. blase108. blasphemous

blase

adj. nonchalantly unconcerned

blasphemous

adj. characterized by profanity or cursing; profane

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––109. blastoderm110. bleak

blastoderm

n. a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula; blastodisc;

germinal area

bleak

adj. unpleasantly cold and damp; raw

Forms: bleaker; bleakest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––111. blende112. blinding

blende

n. an ore that is the chief source of zinc; sphalerite

blinding

adj. shining intensely; dazzling; fulgent; glaring; glary

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––113. bloated114. blowhard

bloated

adj. puffy; swollen

blowhard

n. a very boastful and talkative person; boaster; line-

shooter; vaunter

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––115. blowsy116. bludgeon

blowsy

adj. characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern;

slatternly; sluttish

bludgeon

n. a club used as a weapon

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––117. bluejacket118. bluff

bluejacket

n. a serviceman in the navy; sailor; sailor boy

bluff

n. deceit; deception

Forms: bluffs

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––119. blunder120. blurt

blunder

n. an embarrassing mistake; blooper; bungle; pratfall;

foul-up

blurt

v. utter impulsively; blunder out; blunder; ejaculate

Forms: blunders Forms: blurted; blurted; blurting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––121. bobber122. bode



bobber

n. a small float usually made of cork; cork; bobfloat

bode

v. indicate by signs; portend; prognosticate; omen;

presage

Forms: boded; boded; boding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––123. boding124. bogus

boding

n. a feeling of evil to come; presentiment

bogus

adj. fraudulent; phony; phoney; bastard

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––125. boisterous126. bolster

boisterous

adj. violently agitated and turbulent; rough

bolster

v. add padding to

Forms: bolstered; bolstered; bolstering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––127. bombast128. bonce

bombast

n. pompous or pretentious talk or writing; rant; claptrap;

blah

bonce

n. informal terms for a human head; noodle; noggin;

dome

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––129. bonnie130. boob

bonnie

adj. very pleasing to the eye; comely; fair; sightly

boob

v. commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious

mistake; blunder; goof

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––131. boon132. bootleg

boon

n. a desirable state

bootleg

adj. distributed or sold illicitly; black-market; contraband;

smuggled

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––133. bouillon134. bouldered

bouillon

n. a clear seasoned broth

bouldered

adj. abounding in rocks or stones; stony

Forms: bouillons

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––135. boule136. bounderish

boule

n. an inlaid furniture decoration; buhl

bounderish

adj. (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace; lowbred;

rude; underbred; yokelish

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––137. bountiful138. bourgeois

bountiful

n. plentiful

bourgeois

n. a member of the middle class

Forms: bourgeois

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––139. bourgeon140. bovine



bourgeon

v. produce buds, branches, or germinate; germinate;

pullulate; burgeon forth; sprout

bovine

adj. dull and slow-moving and stolid

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––141. bowdlerize142. bowlegged

bowdlerize

v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered

indelicate; expurgate; castrate; shorten

bowlegged

adj. having legs that curve outward at the knees

Forms: bowdlerized; bowdlerized; bowdlerizing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––143. bracing144. brackish

bracing

adj. imparting vitality and energy; fresh; refreshing;

refreshful; tonic

brackish

adj. slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of

seawater and fresh water)

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––145. braggadocio146. braggart

braggadocio

n. vain and empty boasting; rodomontade; rhodomontade

braggart

n. a very boastful and talkative person; boaster;

blowhard; line-shooter; vaunter

Forms: braggadocios

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––147. bravado148. brawn

bravado

n. a swaggering show of courage

brawn

n. possessing muscular strength; muscle; muscularity;

sinew; heftiness

Forms: bravadoes, bravados

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––149. brazen150. breadth

brazen

adj. made of or resembling brass (as in color or

hardness)

breadth

n. the extent of something from side to side

Forms: breadths

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––151. brevity152. bribable

brevity

n. the attribute of being brief or fleeting; transience

bribable

adj. capable of being corrupted; dishonest; purchasable;

venal

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––153. brinded154. brindled

brinded

adj. having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a

patchy coloring; tabby

brindled

adj. having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a

patchy coloring; brinded; tabby

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––155. bristling156. brittle



bristling

adj. stiff or rigid with anger

brittle

adj. (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently

easily cracked or fractured

Forms: brittler; brittlest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––157. broach158. brocade

broach

v. bring up a topic for discussion

brocade

n. thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern

Forms: broached; broached; broaching

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––159. brochure160. brook

brochure

n. a small book usually having a paper cover; folder;

leaflet; pamphlet

brook

v. put up with something or somebody unpleasant;

endure; stick out

Forms: brochures

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––161. brumous162. brusque

brumous

adj. filled or abounding with fog or mist; hazy; misty

brusque

adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness; curt

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––163. bubbliness164. bucolic

bubbliness

n. the property of giving off bubbles; frothiness

bucolic

adj. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to

raising sheep or cattle

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––165. buffoonish166. bugaboo

buffoonish

adj. like a clown; clownlike; zany

bugaboo

n. a source of concern

Forms: bugaboos

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––167. bulwark168. bumbling

bulwark

n. a protective structure of stone or concrete; groyne;

mole; seawall; jetty

bumbling

adj. lacking physical movement skills, especially with the

hands; butterfingered; ham-fisted; ham-handed;

handless; heavy-handed; left-handed

Forms: bulwarks

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––169. bumpkinly170. bungle

bumpkinly

adj. awkwardly simple and provincial; rustic;

unsophisticated

bungle

v. spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly

Forms: bungled; bungled; bungling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––171. bunglesome172. burbling



bunglesome

adj. difficult to handle or manage especially because of

shape; clumsy; ungainly

burbling

adj. uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; effusive;

gushing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––173. bureaucracy174. burgeon

bureaucracy

n. any organization in which action is obstructed by

insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape

burgeon

v. grow and flourish

Forms: bureaucracies Forms: burgeoned; burgeoned; burgeoning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––175. burlesque176. burly

burlesque

v. make a parody of; parody

burly

adj. sturdy; strong

Forms: burlesqued; burlesqued; burlesquing Forms: burlier; burliest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––177. burnish178. burnished

burnish

v. polish and make shiny; furbish

burnished

adj. made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing;

lustrous; shining; shiny

Forms: burnished; burnished; burnishing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––179. burnoose180. bursiform

burnoose

n. a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece;

burnouse

bursiform

adj. shaped like a pouch; pouchlike; saclike

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––181. busby182. bushel

busby

n. tall hat; shako

bushel

v. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is

torn or broken; fix; doctor; furbish up; restore; touch on

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––183. busybodied184. buttress

busybodied

adj. intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner;

meddling; officious

buttress

v. make stronger or defensible

Forms: buttressed; buttressed; buttressing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––185. buxom

buxom

adj. (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous;

zoftig

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C1. cabalistic2. cabby

cabalistic

adj. having a secret or hidden meaning; qabalistic;

cryptic; cryptical; sibylline

cabby

n. someone who drives a taxi for a living; cabdriver;

cabman; hack driver; hack-driver; livery driver

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. cache4. cacography

cache

n. a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or

weapons); hoard; stash

cacography

n. poor handwriting; scrawl

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. cacophony6. cadaver

cacophony

n. loud confusing disagreeable sounds

cadaver

n. the dead body of a human being; corpse; stiff; clay;

remains

Forms: cacophonies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. cadaverous8. cadence

cadaverous

adj. corpse-like; ghastly

cadence

n. the close of a musical section; meter; metre; measure;

beat

Forms: cadences

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. cajole10. calamitous

cajole

v. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or

flattering; blarney; coax; inveigle

calamitous

adj. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire

consequences; disastrous; fatal; fateful

Forms: cajoled; cajoled; cajoling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. calamity12. calligraphy

calamity

n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;

disaster; tragedy; cataclysm

calligraphy

n. beautiful handwriting; chirography

Forms: calamities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. calling14. callous

calling

n. the particular occupation for which you are trained;

vocation

callous

adj. having calluses; thickened

Forms: more callous; most callous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. callow16. callowness

callow

adj. young and inexperienced

callowness

n. lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life;

juvenility

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. calorific18. camaraderie

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calorific

adj. heat-generating

camaraderie

n. the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability;

comradeliness; comradery; comradeship

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. cameo20. canasta

cameo

n. engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a

brooch or ring)

canasta

n. a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four

jokers; meld

Forms: cameos

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. canker22. cannular

canker

n. a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid

of

cannular

adj. constituting a tube; tubelike; tube-shaped; vasiform

Forms: cankers

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. canny24. cantata

canny

adj. showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with

others; clever

cantata

n. a musical composition for voices and orchestra based

on a religious text

Forms: cannier; canniest Forms: cantatas

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. canter26. canto

canter

n. a smooth three-beat gait

canto

n. a major division of a long poem

Forms: canto; cantos

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. canvass28. capacious

canvass

v. study; examine; scrutinize

capacious

adj. large in capacity

Forms: canvassed; canvassed; canvassing Forms: more capacious; most capacious

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. capillary30. capitulate

capillary

adj. long and slender with a very small internal diameter

capitulate

v. surrender under agreed conditions

Forms: capitulated; capitulated; capitulating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. capricious32. capsulate

capricious

adj. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than

by necessity or reason; whimsical

capsulate

v. enclose in a capsule; capsulize; capsulise

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. caption34. carafe

caption

n. brief description accompanying an illustration

carafe

n. a bottle with a stopper

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. carapace36. carat



carapace

n. hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such

as arthropods and turtles; cuticle; shield

carat

n. the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an

alloy; kt

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––37. carbonic38. carcinogenic

carbonic

adj. relating to or consisting of or yielding coal

carcinogenic

n. causing or tending to cause cancer

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––39. cardinal40. careen

cardinal

adj. being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order

careen

v. move sideways or in an unsteady way; shift; tilt

Forms: careened; careened; careening

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––41. careworn42. carillon

careworn

adj. showing the wearing effects of overwork; haggard;

raddled

carillon

n. playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––43. carinate44. cark

carinate

adj. having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting

the keel of a ship; keeled

cark

v. disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried

or alarmed; disquiet; trouble; distract; disorder

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––45. carnage46. carnal

carnage

n. the savage and excessive killing of many people; mass

murder; butchery

carnal

adj. of or relating to the body or flesh

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––47. carnivorous48. carousal

carnivorous

adj. feeding on animals (used of plants as well as

animals)

carousal

n. revelry in drinking; bender; toot; booze-up

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––49. carp50. carping

carp

v. raise trivial objections; chicane

carping

adj. persistent petty and unjustified criticism; faultfinding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––51. carrell52. carrion

carrell

n. small individual study area in a library; cubicle; stall

carrion

n. the dead and rotting body of an animal

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––53. carryall54. cartographer

carryall

n. a capacious bag or basket; tote; tote bag

cartographer

n. a person who makes maps

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––55. cascade56. caste



cascade

n. a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened

to a rain shower

caste

n. social status or position conferred by a system based

on class

Forms: cascades Forms: castes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––57. castigation58. casualty

castigation

n. verbal punishment

casualty

n. someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a

military engagement

Forms: castigations Forms: casualties

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––59. cataclysm60. catapult

cataclysm

n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;

disaster; tragedy

catapult

n. an engine that provided medieval artillery used during

sieges; bricole; mangonel; onager

Forms: catapults

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––61. cataract62. catastrophe

cataract

n. a large waterfall

catastrophe

n. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface

Forms: cataracts Forms: catastrophes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––63. catechism64. categorical

catechism

n. book containing the main principles of Christianity

categorical

adj. not modified or restricted by reservations; flat;

unconditional

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––65. catharsis66. cathartic

catharsis

n. purging; purification

cathartic

n. a purging medicine; physic; aperient

Forms: catharses

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––67. catholic68. caulk

catholic

adj. free from provincial prejudices or attachments

caulk

v. make watertight; stop up leaks

Forms: caulked; caulked; caulking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––69. causal70. caustic

causal

adj. involving or constituting a cause

caustic

adj. of a substance, especially a strong acid; erosive;

vitriolic; mordant

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––71. cauterize72. cavalcade



cauterize

v. make insensitive or callous; cauterise

cavalcade

n. a procession of people traveling on horseback

Forms: cauterized; cauterized; cauterizing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––73. cavalier74. cavalla

cavalier

n. a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil

War

cavalla

n. large mackerel with long pointed snout; cero

Forms: cavaliers

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––75. cavil76. caviler

cavil

v. raise trivial objections; chicane

caviler

n. a disputant who quibbles; pettifogger

Forms: caviled, caviled; caviled, caviled; caviling, caviling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––77. cavort78. cede

cavort

v. play boisterously; lark; rollick; skylark; disport; sport

cede

v. relinquish possession or control over; deliver; give up

Forms: ceded; ceded; ceding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––79. celerity80. celestial

celerity

n. a rate that is rapid; rapidity; rapidness; speediness

celestial

adj. of heaven or the spirit; supernal

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––81. celibate82. censor

celibate

adj. abstaining from sexual intercourse

censor

n. a person who is authorized to read publications or

correspondence

Forms: censors

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––83. censure84. centaur

censure

v. rebuke formally; criminate

centaur

n. fabled monster being half man and half horse

Forms: censured; censured; censuring Forms: centaurs

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––85. centigrade86. centrifugal

centigrade

adj. of or relating to a temperature scale on which the

freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point

of water is 100 degrees

centrifugal

adj. conveying information to the muscles from the CNS

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––87. centrifuge88. centripetal

centrifuge

n. an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate

particles from a suspension; separator

centripetal

adj. of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and

passing toward the central nervous system

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––89. centurion90. cephalitis



centurion

n. leader of 100 soldiers in the Roman army

cephalitis

n. inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus;

phrenitis

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––91. cerebral92. cerebration

cerebral

adj. of or relating to the cerebrum or brain

cerebration

n. the process of using your mind to consider something

carefully; thought process; intellection; mentation

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––93. ceremonious94. cerulean

ceremonious

adj. rigidly formal or bound by convention

cerulean

n. a light shade of blue; sapphire; lazuline; sky-blue

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––95. cessation96. cession

cessation

n. a stopping

cession

n. the act of ceding

Forms: cessations

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––97. cesspit98. chafe

cesspit

n. a covered cistern; sink; sump

chafe

v. warm by rubbing, as with the hands

Forms: chafed; chafed; chafing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––99. chaff100. chaffing

chaff

n. foil in thin strips

chaffing

adj. teasing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––101. chagrin102. chalice

chagrin

n. strong feelings of embarrassment; mortification

chalice

n. a bowl-shaped drinking vessel

Forms: chalices

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––103. champion104. chanceful

champion

v. protect or fight for

chanceful

adj. of uncertain outcome; dicey; dodgy

Forms: championed; championed; championing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––105. chantey106. chaotic

chantey

n. a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors

chaotic

adj. confused; lacking order

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––107. chaparral108. chapeau

chaparral

n. dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or

bushes; bush

chapeau

n. headdress that protects the head from bad weather; lid

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––109. chapfallen110. chapiter



chapfallen

adj. brought low in spirit; crestfallen; deflated

chapiter

n. the upper part of a column that supports the

entablature; cap

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––111. charisma112. chase

charisma

n. personal magnetism

chase

v. cut a furrow into a columns

Forms: charismata Forms: chased; chased; chasing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––113. chasm114. chassis

chasm

n. a deep opening in the earth's surface

chassis

n. the skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel

frame supported on springs that holds the body and

motor

Forms: chasms

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––115. chaste116. chasten

chaste

adj. abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse

chasten

v. correct by punishment or discipline; subdue

Forms: chaster; chastest Forms: chastened; chastened; chastening

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––117. chasteness118. chastise

chasteness

n. lack of ornamentation; simplicity; simpleness

chastise

v. censure severely; objurgate; chasten; correct

Forms: chastised; chastised; chastising

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––119. chatoyant120. chaw

chatoyant

adj. varying in color when seen in different lights or from

different angles; iridescent; shot

chaw

n. a wad of something chewable as tobacco; cud; quid;

plug; wad

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––121. check122. checkered

check

v. verify; examine

checkered

adj. marked by changeable fortune

Forms: checked; checked; checking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––123. cherubic124. chevvy

cherubic

adj. having a sweet nature befitting an angel; seraphic;

sweet

chevvy

v. annoy continually or chronically; hassle; harry; plague;

provoke

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––125. chicanery126. chide

chicanery

n. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract

money from them); guile; wile; shenanigan

chide

v. censure severely or angrily; rebuke; lecture; reprimand;

scold; berate; bawl out

Forms: chicaneries Forms: chided, chid; chided, chid, chidden; chiding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––127. chiding128. chimerical



chiding

n. rebuking a person harshly; objurgation; tongue-lashing

chimerical

adj. produced by a wildly fanciful imagination

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––129. chipper130. chirology

chipper

adj. having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air;

debonaire; jaunty

chirology

n. telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand;

chiromancy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––131. chivalrous132. choreography

chivalrous

adj. being attentive to women like an ideal knight; knightly

choreography

n. a notation used by choreographers

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––133. chouse134. chronicle

chouse

v. defeat someone through trickery or deceit; shaft;

screw; chicane; jockey

chronicle

v. record in chronological order

Forms: chronicled; chronicled; chronicling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––135. churlish136. ciliated

churlish

adj. having a bad disposition

ciliated

adj. having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––137. cinnamene138. circlet

cinnamene

n. a colorless oily liquid; phenylethylene; vinylbenzene

circlet

n. decorated metal band worn around the head

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––139. circuitous140. circumlocution

circuitous

adj. deviating from a straight course; roundabout

circumlocution

n. an indirect way of expressing something

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––141. circumscribe142. circumspect

circumscribe

v. surround; restrict

circumspect

adj. heedful of potential consequences

Forms: circumscribed; circumscribed; circumscribing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––143. circumvent144. cirque

circumvent

v. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing;

fudge; evade

cirque

n. a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; cwm

Forms: circumvented; circumvented; circumventing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––145. cissy146. citadel

cissy

adj. having unsuitable feminine qualities; epicene;

sissified; sissyish; sissy

citadel

n. a stronghold into which people could go for shelter

during a battle

Forms: citadels

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––147. cite148. civil



cite

n. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a

quoted passage; acknowledgment; credit; reference;

mention; quotation

civil

adj. of or in a condition of social order

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––149. clabber150. clairvoyant

clabber

v. turn into curds; clot

clairvoyant

adj. foreseeing the future; second-sighted

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––151. clairvoyant152. clamber

clairvoyant

n. fortuneteller

clamber

v. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling; shin; shinny;

skin; struggle; sputter

Forms: clambered; clambered; clambering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––153. clamor154. clangor

clamor

n. loud and persistent outcry from many people; clamour;

clamouring; hue and cry

clangor

n. a loud resonant repeating noise; clank; clash; crash

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––155. clangoring156. clapper

clangoring

n. a loud resonant repeating noise; clangour; clank;

clash; crash

clapper

n. metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a

sound by hitting the side

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––157. clarion158. claustrophobia

clarion

n. a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone

claustrophobia

n. a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––159. claver160. clavicle

claver

v. talk socially without exchanging too much information;

shoot the breeze; chat; confabulate; confab

clavicle

n. bone linking the scapula and sternum

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––161. cleaver162. cleft

cleaver

n. a butcher's knife having a large square blade; chopper

cleft

n. a long narrow opening; crevice; fissure; scissure

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––163. cliche164. clientele

cliche

n. banality; commonplace; bromide

clientele

n. customers collectively; business

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––165. climactic166. clime

climactic

adj. consisting of or causing a climax

clime

n. the weather in some location averaged over some long

period of time

Forms: climes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––167. clique168. clogging



clique

n. an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose;

ingroup; inner circle; pack; camp

clogging

adj. preventing movement; impeding; obstructive

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––169. cloister170. coagulate

cloister

n. convent; monastery

coagulate

v. cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened

state

Forms: cloisters Forms: coagulated; coagulated; coagulating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––171. coalesce172. coalesced

coalesce

v. fuse or cause to grow together

coalesced

adj. joined together into a whole; consolidated; fused

Forms: coalesced; coalesced; coalescing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––173. cocker174. coda

cocker

v. treat with excessive indulgence; cosset; baby; coddle;

mollycoddle; spoil; indulge

coda

n. the closing section of a musical composition

Forms: codas

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––175. codicil176. codify

codicil

n. addition to a will

codify

v. organize into a code or system, such as a body of law

Forms: codified; codified; codifying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––177. coeval178. cog

coeval

adj. of the same period; contemporaneous

cog

n. tooth on the rim of gear wheel

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––179. cogent180. cognate

cogent

adj. powerfully persuasive; weighty

cognate

adj. related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in

nature

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––181. cognitive182. cognizance

cognitive

adj. of or being or relating to or involving cognition

cognizance

n. range or scope of what is perceived

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––183. cohere184. cohorts

cohere

v. have internal elements or parts logically connected so

that aesthetic consistency results

cohorts

n. group; team; friends

Forms: cohered; cohered; cohering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––185. coiffure186. coincident



coiffure

n. the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's

hair); hair style

coincident

adj. matching point for point

Forms: coiffures

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––187. coinciding188. colander

coinciding

adj. occurring or operating at the same time; concurrent;

co-occurrent; cooccurring; simultaneous

colander

n. bowl-shaped strainer

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––189. coldcock190. colic

coldcock

v. knock down with force; dump; knock down; floor

colic

n. acute abdominal pain (especially in infants); gripes;

griping

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––191. collaborate192. collage

collaborate

v. cooperate as a traitor

collage

n. any collection of diverse things

Forms: collaborated; collaborated; collaborating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––193. collation194. colloquy

collation

n. careful examination and comparison to note points of

disagreement

colloquy

n. formal conversation

Forms: colloquies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––195. collusion196. colossal

collusion

n. agreement on a secret plot

colossal

adj. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe;

stupendous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––197. colourize198. coltish

colourize

v. add color to

coltish

adj. given to merry frolicking; frolicky; rollicking; sportive

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––199. comatose200. combustible

comatose

adj. in a state of deep and usually prolonged

unconsciousness

combustible

adj. capable of igniting and burning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––201. comely202. comestible

comely

adj. very pleasing to the eye; fair; sightly

comestible

n. any substance that can be used as food; eatable;

pabulum; victual; victuals

Forms: comelier; comeliest Forms: comestibles

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––203. comeuppance204. comity



comeuppance

n. an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved;

comeupance

comity

n. a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and

respect

Forms: comities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––205. commandeer206. commemorative

commandeer

v. draft into active service; take over

commemorative

adj. intended as a commemoration

Forms: commandeered; commandeered;

commandeering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––207. commensurate208. comminute

commensurate

adj. corresponding in size or degree or extent

comminute

v. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or

abrading; crunch; bray

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––209. commiserate210. communal

commiserate

v. feel or express sympathy or compassion; sympathise

communal

adj. relating to a small administrative district or

community

Forms: commiserated; commiserated; commiserating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––211. commutate212. compact

commutate

v. reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current)

each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current

compact

adj. briefly giving the gist of something; succinct;

summary

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––213. compact214. compelling

compact

n. a small and economical car

compelling

adj. tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––215. compensatory216. compilation

compensatory

adj. serving to make up for or atone

compilation

n. the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––217. complacent218. complement

complacent

adj. contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions

complement

v. make complete or perfect

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––219. compliance220. compliant

compliance

n. the act of submitting

compliant

adj. disposed or willing to comply

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––221. complot222. component



complot

v. engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear

together; conjure; machinate

component

n. ingredient; single piece which forms part of a larger

whole; element

Forms: components

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––223. comport224. compound

comport

v. bear; deport; conduct; carry

compound

v. combine so as to form a whole

Forms: comported; comported; comporting Forms: compounded; compounded; compounding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––225. compress226. compromise

compress

v. squeeze together; compact; contract

compromise

v. expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or

disrepute

Forms: compressed; compressed; compressing Forms: compromised; compromised; compromising

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––227. compunction228. concatenate

compunction

n. a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed);

self-reproach

concatenate

v. link together

Forms: concatenated; concatenated; concatenating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––229. concave230. conceit

concave

adj. curving inward

conceit

n. the trait of being unduly vain; vanity

Forms: conceits

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––231. conceited232. conceiver

conceited

adj. characteristic of false pride; egotistical; swollen; vain

conceiver

n. someone who creates new things; mastermind

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––233. concenter234. concentric

concenter

v. bring into focus or alignment; focalize; focalise; focus

concentric

adj. having a common center; homocentric

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––235. conception236. concerted

conception

n. the creation of something in the mind; excogitation;

design

concerted

adj. involving the joint activity of two or more; conjunctive;

cooperative

Forms: conceptions

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––237. concession238. conciliatory

concession

n. a point conceded or yielded

conciliatory

adj. intended to placate

Forms: concessions

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––239. concluding240. conclusive



concluding

adj. occurring at or forming an end or termination; last;

terminal

conclusive

adj. forming an end or termination

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––241. concomitant242. concord

concomitant

n. an event or situation that happens at the same time as

or in connection with another; attendant; co-occurrence

concord

n. harmony; peace; agreement

Forms: concords

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––243. concubine244. concurrent

concubine

n. a woman who cohabits with an important man; doxy;

paramour

concurrent

adj. occurring or operating at the same time; coinciding;

co-occurrent; cooccurring; simultaneous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––245. condign246. condiments

condign

adj. fitting or appropriate and deserved

condiments

n. seasoning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––247. condole248. conducive

condole

v. express one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of

someone's death

conducive

n. encouraging; helpful

Forms: condoled; condoled; condoling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––249. conferment250. confidant

conferment

n. the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift;

conferral

confidant

n. someone to whom private matters are confided

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––251. conflagration252. conflate

conflagration

n. a very intense and uncontrolled fire

conflate

v. mix together different elements; flux; commingle; fuse;

combine; merge

Forms: conflagrations

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––253. confluence254. conflux

confluence

n. assemblage

conflux

n. a flowing together; merging

Forms: confluences

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––255. conformity256. confound

conformity

n. hardened conventionality

confound

v. mistake one thing for another

Forms: confounded; confounded; confounding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––257. confrere258. congeal



confrere

n. a person who is member of one's class or profession;

fellow

congeal

v. become gelatinous

Forms: congealed; congealed; congealing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––259. congenial260. congenital

congenial

adj. (used of plants) capable of cross-fertilization or of

being grafted

congenital

adj. present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; innate

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––261. conglomeration262. congruence

conglomeration

n. an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a

(more or less) rounded mass

congruence

n. the quality of agreeing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––263. conifer264. conjecture

conifer

n. any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones

conjecture

n. reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions

from incomplete evidence

Forms: conjectures

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––265. conjugal266. conniption

conjugal

adj. of or relating to marriage or to the relationship

between a wife and husband

conniption

n. a display of bad temper; scene

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––267. connivance268. connotation

connivance

n. encouragement; implied permission

connotation

n. an idea that is implied or suggested

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––269. connubial270. consanguinity

connubial

adj. of or relating to marriage or to the relationship

between a wife and husband

consanguinity

n. kinship; blood relation

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––271. conscientious272. conscript

conscientious

adj. guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense

of right and wrong

conscript

n. person who has been drafted into military service

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––273. consecrate274. consensus

consecrate

v. render holy by means of religious rites; hallow; sanctify

consensus

n. agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a

group as a whole

Forms: consecrated; consecrated; consecrating Forms: consensuses

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––275. consequential276. conservatory



consequential

adj. having important issues or results

conservatory

n. a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a

pleasing manner; indoor garden

Forms: conservatories

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––277. conserves278. consign

conserves

n. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar; preserves

consign

v. send to an address

Forms: consigned; consigned; consigning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––279. console280. consort

console

v. give moral or emotional strength to; solace

consort

n. a family of similar musical instrument playing together

Forms: consoled; consoled; consoling Forms: consorts

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––281. consort282. conspiracy

consort

v. keep company

conspiracy

n. intrigue; plot

Forms: consorted; consorted; consorting Forms: conspiracies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––283. consternation284. constraint

consternation

n. fear resulting from the awareness of danger

constraint

n. the act of constraining

Forms: constraints

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––285. constringe286. construe

constringe

v. become tight or as if tight; narrow

construe

v. make sense of; see

Forms: construed; construed; construing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––287. contagion288. contaminate

contagion

n. the communication of an attitude or emotional state

among a number of people

contaminate

v. make radioactive by adding radioactive material

Forms: contagions Forms: contaminated; contaminated; contaminating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––289. contemn290. contempt

contemn

v. look down on with disdain; scorn; disdain

contempt

n. scorn; disdain

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––291. contend292. contentious

contend

v. be engaged in a fight; struggle

contentious

adj. involving or likely to cause controversy

Forms: contended; contended; contending

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––293. contest294. contiguous



contest

v. make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation;

repugn

contiguous

adj. having a common boundary or edge

Forms: contested; contested; contesting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––295. continence296. contortions

continence

n. voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge

contortions

n. bending; distorting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––297. contraband298. contrite

contraband

n. goods whose importation or exportation or possession

is prohibited by law

contrite

adj. feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or

offenses; rueful; ruthful

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––299. contrition300. contrived

contrition

n. sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation;

contriteness

contrived

adj. artificially formal; hokey; stilted

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––301. contriver302. controvert

contriver

n. a person who makes plans; deviser

controvert

v. prove to be false or incorrect

Forms: controverted; controverted; controverting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––303. contumacious304. contusion

contumacious

adj. wilfully obstinate

contusion

n. the action of bruising

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––305. conundrum306. convene

conundrum

n. a difficult problem; enigma; brain-teaser

convene

v. call together

Forms: convened; convened; convening

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––307. conventional308. converge

conventional

adj. customary; routine; formal

converge

v. meet; assemble

Forms: converged; converged; converging

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––309. conversant310. converse

conversant

adj. (usually followed by 'with') well informed about or

knowing thoroughly

converse

n. a proposition obtained by conversion

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––311. convert312. convex

convert

n. proselyte

convex

adj. curving or bulging outward

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––313. conveyance314. convivial



conveyance

n. transmission; transfer

convivial

adj. occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good

company

Forms: conveyances

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––315. convoke316. convoluted

convoke

v. call together

convoluted

adj. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious;

involved; knotty; tangled; tortuous

Forms: convoked; convoked; convoking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––317. copacetic318. coping

copacetic

adj. completely satisfactory; copesetic; copesettic

coping

n. brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall; cope

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––319. coppice320. coprolith

coppice

n. a dense growth of bushes; copse; thicket

coprolith

n. a hard mass of fecal matter; faecalith; stercolith

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––321. coquette322. cordial

coquette

n. a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit

men; vamp; vamper; minx; tease; prickteaser

cordial

adj. sincerely or intensely felt

Forms: more cordial; most cordial

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––323. cordon324. coriaceous

cordon

n. a series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or

guarding some place or thing

coriaceous

adj. resembling or made to resemble leather; leatherlike;

leathery

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––325. corium326. cornered

corium

n. the deep vascular inner layer of the skin; derma

cornered

adj. forced to turn and face attackers; trapped; treed

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––327. cornice328. corollary

cornice

n. the topmost projecting part of an entablature

corollary

n. an inference that follows directly from the proof of

another proposition (logic)

Forms: cornices Forms: corollaries

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––329. corporeal330. correlation

corporeal

adj. affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to

the mind or spirit; somatic

correlation

n. a statistic representing how closely two variables co-

vary; coefficient

Forms: correlations

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––331. corrosive332. corrugated



corrosive

adj. spitefully sarcastic

corrugated

adj. shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––333. cosmic334. coterie

cosmic

adj. inconceivably extended in space or time

coterie

n. an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose;

ingroup; inner circle; pack; camp

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––335. countenance336. countenance

countenance

v. consent to, give permission; let

countenance

n. formal and explicit approval; endorsement; warrant;

imprimatur

Forms: countenanced; countenanced; countenancing Forms: countenances

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––337. countermand338. counterpart

countermand

v. cancel officially; lift; reverse; repeal; overturn; rescind;

vacate

counterpart

n. a duplicate copy; twin

Forms: countermanded; countermanded;

countermanding

Forms: counterparts

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––339. coup340. courier

coup

n. a brilliant and notable success

courier

n. a person who carries a message

Forms: coups Forms: couriers

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––341. couturier342. covenant

couturier

n. someone who designs clothing; clothes designer;

designer

covenant

n. a signed written agreement between two or more

parties (nations) to perform some action

Forms: covenants

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––343. covetous344. cow

covetous


grabby; grasping; greedy; prehensile

cow

v. subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a

feeling of awe

Forms: cowed; cowed; cowing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––345. coy346. cozen

coy

adj. modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures

cozen

v. be false to; be dishonest with; deceive; lead on; delude

Forms: coyer; coyest Forms: cozened; cozened; cozening

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––347. crabbed348. crabbiness



crabbed

adj. annoyed and irritable; cross; fussy; grouchy; grumpy;

bad-tempered; ill-tempered

crabbiness

n. a disposition to be ill-tempered; crossness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––349. crabby350. cragged

crabby

adj. annoyed and irritable; cross; fussy; grouchy; grumpy;

bad-tempered; ill-tempered

cragged

adj. having hills and crags; hilly; mountainous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––351. cranch352. craven

cranch

v. press or grind with a crushing noise; craunch; grind

craven

adj. lacking even the rudiments of courage

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––353. credo354. credulity

credo

n. any system of principles or beliefs

credulity

n. tendency to believe readily

Forms: credos

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––355. crescendo356. crescent

crescendo

n. a gradual increase in loudness (music)

crescent

adj. resembling the new moon in shape; semilunar;

lunate

Forms: crescendos, crescendi

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––357. crestfallen358. crevice

crestfallen

adj. brought low in spirit; deflated

crevice

n. a long narrow opening; fissure; scissure

Forms: crevices

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––359. crimson360. cringing

crimson

v. turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; flush;

redden

cringing

adj. totally submissive; grovelling; wormlike; wormy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––361. crinkled362. criteria

crinkled

adj. uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves;

rippled; wavy; wavelike

criteria

n. a basis for comparison; a reference point against

which other things can be evaluated; standard

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––363. crone364. crosshatch

crone

n. an ugly evil-looking old woman; beldame; witch

crosshatch

n. shading consisting of multiple crossing lines; hachure

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––365. crosspatch366. crotchety

crosspatch

n. a bad-tempered person; crank; churl

crotchety

adj. having a difficult and contrary disposition; ornery

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––367. cruddy368. crusted



cruddy

adj. characterized by obscenity; foul; nasty; smutty

crusted

adj. having a hardened covering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––369. crypt370. cryptic

crypt

n. a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber

(beneath a church)

cryptic

adj. having a puzzling terseness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––371. cubby372. cubicle

cubby

n. a small secluded room; snuggery; snug

cubicle

n. small area set off by walls for special use; stall; kiosk

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––373. culinary374. cull

culinary

adj. of or relating to or used in cooking

cull

v. look for and gather

Forms: culled; culled; culling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––375. culmination376. culpable

culmination

n. a final climactic stage; apogee; a concluding action

culpable

adj. deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or

injurious; blameable; blameful; censurable

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––377. cultivable378. cumber

cultivable

adj. (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively;

cultivatable; tillable

cumber

v. hold back; constrain

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––379. cumbersome380. cumulative

cumbersome

adj. not elegant or graceful in expression; inapt; inept; ill-

chosen

cumulative

adj. increasing by successive addition

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––381. cunctation382. cupidity

cunctation

n. the act of procrastinating; shillyshally

cupidity

n. extreme greed for material wealth; covetousness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––383. curator384. curdled

curator

n. the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)

curdled

adj. transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid

mass; grumous; grumose

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––385. curmudgeon386. cursory

curmudgeon

n. a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of

stubborn ideas

cursory

adj. hasty and without attention to detail; perfunctory

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––387. curtail388. cuspate



curtail

v. terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper

end or its full extent; cut short

cuspate

adj. having cusps or points; cusped; cuspidal; cuspidate;

cuspidated

Forms: curtailed; curtailed; curtailing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––389. cussed390. custodian

cussed

adj. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; obstinate;

unrepentant

custodian

n. one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals;

steward

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––391. cuticular392. cyan

cuticular

adj. epidermic; dermal

cyan

adj. of a bluish shade of green; teal

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––393. cyclostyle394. cynical

cyclostyle

v. print with an implement with small toothed wheels that

cuts small holes in a stencil

cynical

adj. believing the worst of human nature and motives;

misanthropical

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––395. cynosure396. czarina

cynosure

n. something that strongly attracts attention and

admiration

czarina

n. the wife or widow of a male monarch or emperor

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––397. czarist

czarist

adj. of or relating to or characteristic of a person having

great power

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––



D1. dabbled2. daftness

dabbled

adj. covered with bright patches (often used in

combination); splashed; splattered

daftness

n. informal terms for insanity; flakiness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. dais4. dallier

dais

n. a platform raised above the surrounding level to give

prominence to the person on it; pulpit; rostrum; ambo;

stump; soapbox

dallier

n. someone who wastes time; mope; lounger

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. dally6. dank

dally

v. consider not very seriously; play

dank

adj. unpleasantly cool and humid

Forms: dallied; dallied; dallying Forms: danker; dankest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. dapper8. dapperness

dapper

adj. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners;

jaunty; natty; raffish

dapperness

n. stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance;

rakishness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. dappled10. daub

dappled

adj. having spots or patches of color

daub

v. coat with plaster; plaster; smear

Forms: daubed; daubed; daubing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. daunt12. dauntless

daunt

v. cause to lose courage; scare off; pall; frighten off;

scare away; frighten away; scare

dauntless

adj. invulnerable to fear or intimidation; fearless; hardy;

intrepid; unfearing

Forms: daunted; daunted; daunting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. dawdle14. deadlock

dawdle

v. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress,

development, etc.; fall back; fall behind

deadlock

n. a situation in which no progress can be made or no

advancement is possible; impasse; stalemate; standstill

Forms: dawdled; dawdled; dawdling Forms: deadlocks

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. deadpan16. debacle

deadpan

adj. deliberately impassive in manner; impassive; poker-

faced; unexpressive

debacle

n. a sound defeat; drubbing; slaughter; trouncing;

whipping

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. debauch18. debauchee

debauch

v. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality;

pervert; subvert; demoralize; profane

debauchee

n. a dissolute person; rounder

Forms: debauched; debauched; debauching

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. debaucher20. debilitate

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debaucher

n. someone who assaults others sexually; ravisher

debilitate

v. make weak; drain

Forms: debilitated; debilitated; debilitating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. debonair22. debonnaire

debonair

adj. having a cheerful; charming jaunty

debonnaire

adj. having a sophisticated charm; suave

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. debris24. debunk

debris

n. the remains of something that has been destroyed or

broken up; junk; rubble; detritus

debunk

v. expose while ridiculing

Forms: debunked; debunked; debunking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. debutante26. decadence

debutante

n. a young woman making her entry into society

decadence

n. the state of being degenerate in mental or moral

qualities; decadency

Forms: debutantes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. decant28. decapitate

decant

v. pour out

decapitate

v. cut the head of; decollate

Forms: decanted; decanted; decanting Forms: decapitated; decapitated; decapitating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. decelerate30. deciduous

decelerate

v. reduce the speed of

deciduous

adj. shedding foliage at the end of the growing season (of

plants and shrubs)

Forms: decelerated; decelerated; decelerating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. deciliter32. decimate

deciliter

n. a metric unit of volume (capacity)

decimate

v. kill in large numbers; extinguish; eradicate; wipe out;

carry off

Forms: decimated; decimated; decimating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. declivity34. decoke

declivity

n. a downward slope or bend; fall; decline; declination;

declension; downslope

decoke

v. remove carbon from (an engine); decarburize;

decarburise

Forms: declivities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. decollete36. decomposition



decollete

adj. (of a garment) having a low-cut neckline; low-necked

decomposition

n. the analysis of a vector field; disintegration; the organic

phenomenon of rotting; decay

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––37. decorum38. decoy

decorum

n. propriety in manners and conduct

decoy

n. something used to lure fish or other animals into

danger so they can be trapped or killed; lure

Forms: decorums Forms: decoys

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––39. decreed40. decrepitude

decreed

adj. fixed or established especially by order or command;

ordained; prescribed

decrepitude

n. a state of deterioration due to old age or long use

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––41. decry42. decrypt

decry

v. express strong disapproval of; objurgate; excoriate

decrypt

v. convert code into ordinary language; decipher

Forms: decried; decried; decrying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––43. deducible44. deface

deducible

adj. capable of being deduced

deface

v. mar or spoil the appearance of; blemish

Forms: defaced; defaced; defacing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––45. defamation46. defection

defamation

n. an abusive attack on a person's character or good

name; slander; denigration

defection

n. the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or

your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing

beliefs or causes)

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––47. deferment48. defile

deferment

n. act of putting off to a future time; deferral

defile

v. spot, stain, or pollute; maculate

Forms: defiled; defiled; defiling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––49. definitive50. deflect

definitive

adj. supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement

deflect

v. impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)

Forms: deflected; deflected; deflecting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––51. defoliate52. defray

defoliate

v. strip the leaves or branches from

defray

v. bear the expenses of

Forms: defoliated; defoliated; defoliating Forms: defrayed; defrayed; defraying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––53. defrock54. deft



defrock

v. divest of church officials

deft

adj. skillful in physical movements; dextrous

Forms: defrocked; defrocked; defrocking Forms: defter; deftest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––55. degraded56. deify

degraded

adj. lowered in value

deify

v. exalt to the position of a God

Forms: deified; deified; deifying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––57. deign58. dejeuner

deign

v. do something that one considers to be below one's

dignity; descend

dejeuner

n. a midday meal; tiffin

Forms: deigned; deigned; deigning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––59. delete60. delineate

delete

v. remove or make invisible; cancel; erase

delineate

v. describe in vivid detail

Forms: deleted; deleted; deleting Forms: delineated; delineated; delineating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––61. delirium62. delta

delirium

n. a usually brief state of excitement and mental

confusion often accompanied by hallucinations

delta

n. the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet

Forms: deliriums, deliria Forms: deltas

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––63. delude64. deluge

delude

v. be false to; cozen

deluge

n. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto

normally dry land; alluvion

Forms: deluded; deluded; deluding Forms: deluges

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––65. delusion66. delusive

delusion

n. a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; hallucination

delusive

adj. inappropriate to reality or facts

Forms: delusions

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––67. delve68. demagogue

delve

v. turn up, loosen, or remove earth; cut into; turn over

demagogue

n. a political leader who seeks support by appealing to

popular passions and prejudices; rabble-rouser

Forms: delved; delved; delving

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––69. demean70. demeaning



demean

v. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; disgrace;

put down

demeaning

adj. causing awareness of your shortcomings;

humiliating; mortifying

Forms: demeaned; demeaned; demeaning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––71. demeanor72. demented

demeanor

n. (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves

toward other people; behavior; behaviour; conduct;

deportment

demented

adj. affected with madness or insanity; disturbed; mad;

sick; unbalanced; unhinged

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––73. demise74. demode

demise

n. the time when something ends

demode

adj. out of fashion; ex; old-fashioned; outmoded; passe;

passee

Forms: demises

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––75. demographic76. demolition

demographic

adj. of or relating to demography

demolition

n. the act of demolishing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––77. demoniac78. demonic

demoniac

adj. berserk; possessed (predicate)

demonic

adj. extremely evil or cruel; diabolical; fiendish; hellish;

infernal; satanic; unholy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––79. demotic80. demur

demotic

adj. of or for the common people

demur

v. take exception to; except

Forms: demurred; demurred; demurring

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––81. denigrate82. denotation

denigrate

v. charge falsely or with malicious intent; smirch; asperse;

calumniate; smear; sully; besmirch

denotation

n. the most direct or specific meaning of a word or

expression; extension

Forms: denigrated; denigrated; denigrating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––83. denounce84. denudate

denounce

v. give away information about somebody; tell on; betray;

give away

denudate

v. lay bare; strip

Forms: denounced; denounced; denouncing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––85. depict86. depilator



depict

v. give a description of; describe; make a portrait of;

portray

depilator

n. a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair

Forms: depicted; depicted; depicting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––87. deplete88. depose

deplete

v. use up (resources or materials); use up; eat

depose

v. make a deposition; depone

Forms: depleted; depleted; depleting Forms: deposed; deposed; deposing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––89. depravity90. deprecate

depravity

n. a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice

deprecate

v. belittle; vilipend

Forms: depravities Forms: deprecated; deprecated; deprecating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––91. depreciate92. depredation

depreciate

v. lose in value; devaluate; devalue

depredation

n. an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding;

ravage

Forms: depreciated; depreciated; depreciating Forms: depredations

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––93. deranged94. derelict

deranged

adj. driven insane; half-crazed

derelict

adj. in deplorable condition; dilapidated; ramshackle;

tatterdemalion; tumble-down

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––95. deride96. derision

deride

v. treat or speak of with contempt

derision

n. the act of deriding or treating with contempt

Forms: derided; derided; deriding Forms: derisions

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––97. derisory98. derivative

derisory

adj. incongruous; idiotic; laughable; ludicrous;

nonsensical; preposterous; ridiculous

derivative

adj. resulting from or employing derivation

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––99. dermatologist100. descry

dermatologist

n. a doctor who specializes in the physiology and

pathology of the skin

descry

v. catch sight of; espy; spy

Forms: descried; descried; descrying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––101. desecrate102. desiccate



desecrate

v. remove the consecration from a person or an object;

deconsecrate

desiccate

v. lose water or moisture; dry up

Forms: desecrated; desecrated; desecrating Forms: desiccated; desiccated; desiccating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––103. desolate104. desperado

desolate

v. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; devastate;

ravage; scourge

desperado

n. a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier);

criminal; felon; crook

Forms: desolated; desolated; desolating Forms: desperadoes, desperados

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––105. despicable106. despise

despicable

adj. morally reprehensible; vile; slimy; unworthy;

worthless; wretched

despise

v. look down on with disdain; scorn; disdain

Forms: despised; despised; despising

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––107. despoiled108. despondent

despoiled

adj. having been robbed and destroyed by force and

violence; raped; ravaged; sacked

despondent

adj. without or almost without hope

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––109. despotism110. desultory

despotism

n. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute

dictator; absolutism; authoritarianism; one-man rule;

shogunate; totalitarianism; tyranny

desultory

adj. marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or

purpose

Forms: despotisms

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––111. detached112. determinate

detached

adj. separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a

special assignment; come off; come away

determinate

adj. not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex;

definitive

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––113. detonation114. detraction

detonation

n. the act of detonating an explosive

detraction

n. discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation

(especially by slander)

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––115. detrimental116. deviate

detrimental

adj. (sometimes followed by 'to') causing harm or injury;

prejudicial; prejudicious

deviate

v. cause to turn away from a previous or expected course

Forms: deviated; deviated; deviating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––117. devious118. devoid



devious

adj. deviating from a straight course; roundabout

devoid

adj. completely wanting or lacking; free; innocent

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––119. devolve120. devotee

devolve

v. grow worse; drop; degenerate

devotee

n. an ardent follower and admirer; lover

Forms: devolved; devolved; devolving Forms: devotees

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––121. devouring122. devout

devouring

adj. (often followed by 'for') ardently or excessively

desirous; esurient; greedy

devout

adj. earnest; heartfelt

Forms: devouter; devoutest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––123. dexterous124. diabolical

dexterous

adj. skillful in physical movements; dextrous

diabolical

adj. extremely evil or cruel; fiendish; hellish; infernal;

satanic; unholy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––125. diadem126. dialectic

diadem

n. an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying

sovereignty; crown

dialectic

n. a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining

factor in their interaction

Forms: diadems

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––127. diaphanous128. diarrheal

diaphanous

adj. so thin as to transmit light; filmy; see-through; sheer;

transparent

diarrheal

adj. pertaining to abnormally frequent and fluid bowel

movements

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––129. dichotomy130. dicot

dichotomy

n. being twofold

dicot

n. flowering plant with two cotyledons; magnoliopsid;

exogen

Forms: dichotomies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––131. die132. diffidence

die

n. a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in

gambling to generate random numbers

diffidence

n. lack of self-confidence; self-distrust

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––133. diffusing134. diffusion

diffusing

adj. spreading by diffusion; dispersive; disseminative

diffusion

n. the process in which there is movement of a substance

from an area of high concentration of that substance to

an area of lower concentration

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––135. digression136. dilapidated



digression

n. wandering from the main path of a journey

dilapidated

adj. in deplorable condition; derelict; ramshackle;


––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––137. dilatory138. dilute

dilatory

adj. wasting time; poky; pokey

dilute

v. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or

inferior substance; adulterate; stretch

Forms: diluted; diluted; diluting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––139. diminution140. din

diminution

n. the act of decreasing or reducing something; reduction;

step-down

din

n. the act of making a noisy disturbance; ruction; ruckus;

rumpus; tumult

Forms: diminutions

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––141. dinghy142. dingy

dinghy

n. a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for

seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled;

rowboat

dingy

adj. causing dejection; dark; disconsolate; gloomy; grim

Forms: dinghies Forms: dingier; dingiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––143. dint144. diorama

dint

n. interchangeable with 'means' in the expression 'by

means of'

diorama

n. a picture (or series of pictures) representing a

continuous scene

Forms: dints Forms: dioramas

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––145. dipped146. dire

dipped

adj. having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in

horses); swayback; swaybacked

dire

adj. causing fear or dread or terror; dreaded; dreadful;

horrendous; horrific; terrible

Forms: direr; direst

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––147. disabuse148. disaffected

disabuse

v. free somebody (from an erroneous belief)

disaffected

adj. discontented as toward authority; malcontent;

rebellious

Forms: disabused; disabused; disabusing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––149. disapprobation150. disarray

disapprobation

n. an expression of strong disapproval

disarray

n. untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance)

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––151. disband152. discerning



disband

v. stop functioning or cohering as a unit

discerning

adj. able to make or detect effects of great subtlety

Forms: disbanded; disbanded; disbanding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––153. disclaim154. disclose

disclaim

v. disavow; deny

disclose

v. unwrap; let on; bring out; reveal; break; give away

Forms: disclaimed; disclaimed; disclaiming Forms: disclosed; disclosed; disclosing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––155. discombobulated156. disconcert

discombobulated

adj. having self-possession upset

disconcert

v. cause to lose one's composure; untune; discomfit

Forms: disconcerted; disconcerted; disconcerting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––157. discordant158. discount

discordant

adj. lacking in harmony; dissonant; inharmonic

discount

v. give a reduction in price on

Forms: discounted; discounted; discounting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––159. discourse160. discredit

discourse

n. extended verbal expression in speech or writing;

preaching; treatment

discredit

v. reject as false

Forms: discourses Forms: discredited; discredited; discrediting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––161. discrepancy162. discrete

discrepancy

n. an event that departs from expectations; variant

discrete

adj. constituting a separate entity or part

Forms: discrepancies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––163. discretion164. discrimination

discretion

n. the trait of judging wisely and objectively

discrimination

n. the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are

distinguished

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––165. discursive166. disdain

discursive

adj. proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument

rather than intuition; excursive; rambling

disdain

n. a communication that indicates lack of respect by

patronizing the recipient; patronage

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––167. disembowel168. disgorge

disembowel

v. remove the entrails of; draw

disgorge

v. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;

purge; cast; regurgitate; throw up

Forms: disgorged; disgorged; disgorging

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––169. disgraced170. disgruntle



disgraced

adj. suffering shame; dishonored; shamed

disgruntle

v. put into a bad mood or into bad humour

Forms: disgruntled; disgruntled; disgruntling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––171. dishearten172. dishevel

dishearten

v. take away the enthusiasm of

dishevel

v. disarrange or rumple; tangle

Forms: disheartened; disheartened; disheartening

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––173. disheveled174. disinclination

disheveled

adj. in disarray; frowzled; rumpled; tousled

disinclination

n. a certain degree of unwillingness; hesitation;

indisposition

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––175. disingenuous176. disinter

disingenuous

adj. not straightforward or candid

disinter

v. dig up for reburial or for medical investigation

Forms: disinterred; disinterred; disinterring

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––177. disinterested178. disjointed

disinterested

adj. showing lack of favoritism; impartial (vs. partial)

disjointed

adj. lacking orderly continuity; garbled; illogical; scattered;

unconnected

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––179. dislodge180. dismantle

dislodge

v. remove or force from a position of dwelling previously

occupied

dismantle

v. take off or remove

Forms: dislodged; dislodged; dislodging Forms: dismantled; dismantled; dismantling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––181. dismember182. dismiss

dismember

v. divide into pieces; discerp

dismiss

v. declare void

Forms: dismembered; dismembered; dismembering Forms: dismissed; dismissed; dismissing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––183. disparage184. disparate

disparage

v. express a negative opinion of; pick at

disparate

adj. including markedly dissimilar elements

Forms: disparaged; disparaged; disparaging

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––185. dispassion186. dispassionate

dispassion

n. objectivity and detachment; dryness

dispassionate

adj. unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––187. dispel188. disperse



dispel

v. cause to separate and go in different directions; break

up; scatter

disperse

v. cause to become widely known; circularize; propagate;

broadcast; spread; diffuse; pass around

Forms: dispelled; dispelled; dispelling Forms: dispersed; dispersed; dispersing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––189. dispirited190. disport

dispirited

adj. filled with melancholy; depressed; downcast;

downhearted; down in the mouth

disport

v. play boisterously; lark; rollick; run around

Forms: disported; disported; disporting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––191. disputatious192. disquieted

disputatious

adj. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or

disagree, even to engage in law suits; disputative;

litigious

disquieted

adj. afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or

trouble or grief; disturbed; upset; worried

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––193. disquisition194. dissection

disquisition

n. an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or

discussion

dissection

n. detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a

time (as of a literary work)

Forms: dissections

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––195. dissemble196. disseminate

dissemble

v. behave unnaturally or affectedly; act

disseminate

v. cause to become widely known; circularize; propagate;

broadcast

Forms: dissembled; dissembled; dissembling Forms: disseminated; disseminated; disseminating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––197. dissertation198. dissident

dissertation

n. a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from

research

dissident

adj. disagreeing, especially with a majority

Forms: dissertations

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––199. dissimulate200. dissuade

dissimulate

v. hide (feelings) from other people

dissuade

v. turn away from by persuasion

Forms: dissimulated; dissimulated; dissimulating Forms: dissuaded; dissuaded; dissuading

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––201. distant202. distill

distant

adj. located far away spatially

distill

v. undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a

liquid state and fall in drops; condense

Forms: distilled; distilled; distilling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––203. distortion204. distrait



distortion

n. the mistake of misrepresenting the facts

distrait

adj. having the attention diverted especially because of

anxiety

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––205. diurnal206. diva

diurnal

adj. of or belonging to or active during the day; having a

daily cycle or occurring every day

diva

n. a distinguished female operatic singer

Forms: divas, dive

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––207. divagate208. divergent

divagate

v. lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main

subject of attention or course of argument in writing,

thinking, or speaking; wander

divergent

adj. tending to move apart in different directions

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––209. diverse210. diversion

diverse

adj. distinctly dissimilar or unlike

diversion

n. an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from

the point of the principal attack

Forms: diversions

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––211. diversity212. divest

diversity

n. the condition or result of being changeable

divest

v. remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; undress

Forms: diversities Forms: divested; divested; divesting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––213. divine214. docket

divine

v. search by divining, as if with a rod

docket

n. the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a

summary of the court's activities; agenda; schedule

Forms: divined; divined; divining

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––215. doctrinaire216. document

doctrinaire

adj. stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for

practicality or suitability

document

v. support or supply with references

Forms: documented; documented; documenting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––217. dodder218. doddering

dodder

v. walk unsteadily; totter; paddle; waddle

doddering

adj. mentally or physically infirm with age; gaga; senile

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––219. doddery220. doff



doddery

adj. mentally or physically infirm with age; gaga; senile

doff

v. remove

Forms: doffed; doffed; doffing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––221. dogged222. doggerel

dogged

adj. stubbornly unyielding; persistent; pertinacious;

tenacious; unyielding

doggerel

n. a comic verse of irregular measure; jingle

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––223. doldrums224. dolorous

doldrums

n. boredom; depression

dolorous

adj. showing sorrow; lachrymose; tearful; weeping

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––225. dolourous226. dolt

dolourous

adj. showing sorrow; lachrymose; tearful; weeping

dolt

n. a person who is not very bright; stupe; dullard; pudding

head; pudden-head; poor fish; pillock

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––227. domineer228. don

domineer

v. rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and

autocratic manner

don

v. put clothing on one's body; get into; assume

Forms: domineered; domineered; domineering Forms: donned; donned; donning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––229. dormer230. dorsal

dormer

n. a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to

accommodate a vertical window

dorsal

adj. on or near the back

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––231. doss232. dossier

doss

v. sleep in a convenient place; crash

dossier

n. a collection of papers containing detailed information

about a particular person or subject (usually a person's

record)

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––233. dotage234. dote

dotage

n. senility; infatuation

dote

v. shower with love

Forms: doted; doted; doting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––235. dour236. douse

dour

adj. showing a brooding ill humor; glowering; glum;

saturnine; sullen

douse

v. cover with liquid; dowse; soak; sop; souse

Forms: doused, dowsed; doused, dowsed; dousing,

dowsing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––237. dousing238. downcast



dousing

n. the act of wetting something by submerging it; ducking

downcast

adj. filled with melancholy and despondency; grim; blue;

depressed; dispirited; low-spirited

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––239. downiness240. downlike

downiness

n. a light softness; fluffiness

downlike

adj. flossy; fluffy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––241. drab242. dregs

drab

adj. causing dejection; dark; dingy; disconsolate; drear;

dreary

dregs

n. sediment; particles which settle at the bottom of wine

or other liquor

Forms: drabber; drabbest Forms: dregs

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––243. droll244. drone

droll

adj. comical in an odd or whimsical manner

drone

v. talk in a monotonous voice

Forms: droller; drollest Forms: droned; droned; droning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––245. drone246. drooler

drone

n. a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single

continuous tone; bourdon

drooler

n. a person who dribbles; slobberer

Forms: drones

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––247. dross248. drudgery

dross

n. the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten

metals

drudgery

n. hard monotonous routine work; grind; donkeywork

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––249. drudging250. dubious

drudging

adj. doing arduous or unpleasant work; labouring; toiling

dubious

adj. not convinced

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––251. ductility252. dulcet

ductility

n. the malleability of something that can be drawn into

threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets

dulcet

adj. pleasing to the ear; mellifluous; mellisonant; sweet

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––253. dulcify254. dupe

dulcify

v. make sweeter in taste; edulcorate; dulcorate

dupe

n. a person who is tricked or swindled

Forms: dupes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––255. dupery256. duress

dupery

n. something intended to deceive; hoax; humbug; put-on

duress

n. compulsory force or threat

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––257. dustup258. dutiful



dustup

n. an angry dispute; row; words; run-in

dutiful

adj. willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––259. dwindle260. dyspeptic

dwindle

v. become smaller or lose substance; dimish

dyspeptic

adj. irritable as if suffering from indigestion; liverish

Forms: dwindled; dwindled; dwindling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––261. dyspneic

dyspneic

adj. not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty;

dyspnoeic; dyspneal; dyspnoeal

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––



E1. earreach2. earthy

earreach

n. the range within which a voice can be heard; hearing

earthy

adj. sensible and practical

Forms: earthier; earthiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. ebb4. ebullient

ebb

v. fall away or decline

ebullient

adj. joyously unrestrained; high-spirited

Forms: ebbed; ebbed; ebbing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. ebullition6. eclectic

ebullition

n. an unrestrained expression of emotion; outburst;

blowup

eclectic

adj. selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. eclipse8. ecologist

eclipse

v. outshine; surpass; outdo

ecologist

n. a biologist who studies the relation between organisms

and their environment

Forms: eclipsed; eclipsed; eclipsing Forms: ecologists

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. economy10. ecstasy

economy

n. an act of economizing

ecstasy

n. street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine;

XTC; go; disco biscuit; cristal

Forms: economies Forms: ecstasies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. eddo12. eddy

eddo

n. edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants; dasheen

eddy

n. a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the

current of a fluid doubles back on itself

Forms: eddies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. eerie14. effectual

eerie

adj. inspiring a feeling of fear

effectual

adj. having legal efficacy or force

Forms: eerier; eeriest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. effeminate16. effeminize

effeminate

adj. having unsuitable feminine qualities; epicene; cissy;

sissified; sissyish; sissy

effeminize

v. give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality

or appearance to; effeminise; womanize

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. efficacy18. effigy

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efficacy

n. capacity or power to produce a desired effect

effigy

n. a representation of a person (especially in the form of

sculpture); simulacrum

Forms: effigies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. effluvium20. effrontery

effluvium

n. a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous

waste)

effrontery

n. audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no

right to; assumption

Forms: effluviums, effluvia Forms: effronteries

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. effusive22. egest

effusive

adj. extravagantly demonstrative; gushy

egest

v. eliminate from the body; eliminate; pass

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. egoism24. egotism

egoism

n. selfishness; vanity

egotism

n. an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others;

self-importance

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. egregious26. egress

egregious

adj. conspicuously and outrageously bad or

reprehensible; flagrant; glaring; gross; rank

egress

n. act of exiting; going out

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. egression28. ejaculation

egression

n. the act of coming (or going) out; emergence

ejaculation

n. the discharge of semen in males

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. elated30. eldritch

elated

adj. full of high-spirited delight; joyful; jubilant

eldritch

adj. suggesting the operation of supernatural influences;

uncanny; unearthly

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. elicit32. elixir

elicit

v. extract from; bring out

elixir

n. substance which supposedly prolongs life

Forms: elicited; elicited; eliciting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. ellipsis34. elliptical

ellipsis

n. omission or suppression of parts of words or

sentences

elliptical

adj. characterized by extreme economy of expression or

omission of superfluous elements

Forms: ellipses

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. eloquence36. elysian



eloquence

n. powerful and effective language; smoothness

elysian

adj. being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest

inspiration by the gods; inspired

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––37. emaciated38. emanate

emaciated

adj. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;

gaunt; haggard; pinched; skeletal; wasted

emanate

v. give out (breath or an odor)

Forms: emanated; emanated; emanating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––39. emancipate40. embed

emancipate

v. free from slavery or servitude

embed

v. attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when

reporting on a war

Forms: emancipated; emancipated; emancipating Forms: embedded; embedded; embedding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––41. embezzlement42. embonpoint

embezzlement

n. the fraudulent appropriation of funds; defalcation;

misapplication; misappropriation

embonpoint

n. the bodily property of being well rounded; roundness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––43. embroil44. embryonic

embroil

v. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of

action; sweep; sweep up; drag; drag in

embryonic

adj. in an early stage of development

Forms: embroiled; embroiled; embroiling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––45. emend46. emendation

emend

v. make improvements or corrections to

emendation

n. a correction by emending

Forms: emended; emended; emending

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––47. emetic48. emigree

emetic

n. a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting;

vomitive; nauseant

emigree

n. someone who leaves one country to settle in another;

outgoer

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––49. eminent50. emmet

eminent

adj. of imposing height; soaring; towering

emmet

n. social insect living in organized colonies; pismire

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––51. emolument52. empale

emolument

n. compensation received by virtue of holding an office or

having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees)

empale

v. pierce with a sharp stake or point; spike

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––53. empathy54. empirical



empathy

n. understanding and entering into another's feelings

empirical

adj. learned through observation

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––55. emptor56. enamored

emptor

n. a person who buys; vendee

enamored

adj. marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; in love;

potty; smitten

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––57. enate58. enceinte

enate

n. one related on the mother's side; matrilineal kin;

matrisib; matrilineal sib

enceinte

adj. in an advanced stage of pregnancy; expectant;

gravid

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––59. enclave60. encomiastic

enclave

n. an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the

foreign territory that surrounds it

encomiastic

adj. formally expressing praise; panegyric; panegyrical

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––61. encomium62. encompass

encomium

n. a formal expression of praise; panegyric; paean; pean

encompass

v. include in scope; comprehend; cover

Forms: encomiums, encomia Forms: encompassed; encompassed; encompassing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––63. encroachment64. encrypt

encroachment

n. influencing strongly; impact

encrypt

v. convert ordinary language into code; cipher; cypher;

inscribe; write in code

Forms: encroachments

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––65. endearment66. endemic

endearment

n. the act of showing affection

endemic

adj. native; local; indigenous

Forms: endearments

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––67. endogen68. endorse

endogen

n. a monocotyledonous flowering plant; liliopsid

endorse

v. sign as evidence of legal transfer

Forms: endorsed; endorsed; endorsing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––69. endue70. enduring

endue

v. give qualities or abilities to; gift; empower; invest

enduring

adj. patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble

Forms: endued; endued; enduing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––71. energize72. enervate



energize

v. raise to a higher energy level; energise

enervate

v. disturb the composure of; unsettle

Forms: energized; energized; energizing Forms: enervated; enervated; enervating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––73. enervating74. enfeoff

enervating

adj. causing debilitation; enfeebling; weakening

enfeoff

v. put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of

service, in feudal society

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––75. enfranchise76. engraved

enfranchise

v. grant voting rights

engraved

adj. cut or impressed into a surface; graven; incised;

inscribed

Forms: enfranchised; enfranchised; enfranchising

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––77. enhance78. enigma

enhance

v. make better or more attractive

enigma

n. a difficult problem; brain-teaser

Forms: enhanced; enhanced; enhancing Forms: enigmas, enigmata

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––79. enigmatic80. enmity

enigmatic

adj. resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought

enmity

n. the feeling of a hostile person; ill will

Forms: enmities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––81. ennead82. ennui

ennead

n. the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one;

niner; Nina from Carolina

ennui

n. the feeling of being bored by something tedious;

tedium

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––83. enologist84. enormity

enologist

n. a specialist in wine making; fermentologist

enormity

n. atrociousness; offensiveness

Forms: enormities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––85. enraptured86. ensconce

enraptured

adj. rhapsodic; excited; delighted

ensconce

v. fix firmly

Forms: ensconced; ensconced; ensconcing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––87. enshroud88. entice

enshroud

v. conceal; hide; cover

entice

v. provoke someone to do something through (often false

or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; tempt

Forms: enticed; enticed; enticing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––89. entity90. entomology



entity

n. that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its

own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

entomology

n. the branch of zoology that studies insects

Forms: entities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––91. entreat92. entrepreneur

entreat

v. ask for or request earnestly; adjure; press; conjure

entrepreneur

n. someone who organizes a business venture and

assumes the risk for it

Forms: entreated; entreated; entreating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––93. enumerate94. enunciate

enumerate

v. determine the number or amount of

enunciate

v. express or state clearly; vocalize; vocalise

Forms: enumerated; enumerated; enumerating Forms: enunciated; enunciated; enunciating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––95. environ96. envisage

environ

v. extend on all sides of simultaneously; ring; skirt; border

envisage

v. form a mental image of something that is not present

or that is not the case; ideate

Forms: environed; environed; environing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––97. enwrap98. enwrapped

enwrap

v. enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a

covering; enclose

enwrapped

adj. giving or marked by complete attention to;

engrossed; intent

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––99. eon100. epaulet

eon

n. long period of time

epaulet

n. adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn

on the shoulder

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––101. epic102. epilogue

epic

n. a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds; epos

epilogue

n. a short passage added at the end of a literary work

Forms: epics

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––103. episodic104. epistemologist

episodic

adj. limited in duration to a single episode

epistemologist

n. a specialist in epistemology

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––105. epitome106. epitomize

epitome

n. a brief abstract (as of an article or book)

epitomize

v. embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical

example of; epitomise

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––107. epoch108. equable



epoch

n. period; era

equable

adj. not easily irritated; good-tempered; placid

Forms: epoches

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––109. equestrian110. equine

equestrian

n. a man skilled in equitation; horseback rider

equine

adj. of or belonging to the family Equidae

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––111. equinox112. equipoise

equinox

n. either of two times in a year when the sun crosses the

celestial equator

equipoise

n. equality of distribution; counterbalance

Forms: equinoxes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––113. equitable114. equity

equitable

adj. fair to all parties as dictated by reason and

conscience

equity

n. conformity with rules or standards

Forms: equities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––115. equivocate116. erode

equivocate

v. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to

mislead or withhold information; tergiversate; prevaricate;

palter

erode

v. remove soil or rock; fret

Forms: equivocated; equivocated; equivocating Forms: eroded; eroded; eroding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––117. erose118. erotic

erose

adj. having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as

though gnawed; jaggy; notched; toothed

erotic

adj. giving sexual pleasure

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––119. errant120. erratic

errant

adj. uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable

erratic

adj. likely to perform unpredictably

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––121. erudite122. escapade

erudite

adj. having or showing profound knowledge

escapade

n. any carefree episode

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––123. escarp124. esoteric

escarp

n. a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification;

protective embankment

esoteric

adj. confined to and understandable by only an

enlightened inner circle

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––125. especial126. espial



especial

adj. surpassing what is common or usual or expected

espial

n. the act of detecting something; spying; spotting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––127. espionage128. espouse

espionage

n. the systematic use of spies to get military or political

secrets

espouse

v. adopt; sweep up; support an idea or principle

Forms: espoused; espoused; espousing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––129. estranged130. ethereal

estranged

adj. caused to be unloved

ethereal

adj. heavenly; light; airy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––131. ethnic132. ethnology

ethnic

adj. not acknowledging the God of Christianity and

Judaism and Islam; pagan

ethnology

n. the branch of anthropology that deals with the division

of humankind into races and with their origins and

distribution

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––133. ethos134. etymology

ethos

n. characteristic nature of a people or community or era

etymology

n. the study of the sources and development of words

Forms: etymologies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––135. eugenic136. eulogistic

eugenic

adj. pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring

produced

eulogistic

adj. formally expressing praise; panegyric; panegyrical

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––137. euphemism138. euphony

euphemism

n. an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted

for one that is considered offensive or too harsh

euphony

n. any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds

Forms: euphonies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––139. euphoria140. euthanasia

euphoria

n. a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation

euthanasia

n. the act of killing someone painlessly (especially

someone suffering from an incurable illness)

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––141. evenhanded142. evince

evenhanded

adj. without partiality

evince

v. give expression to

Forms: evinced; evinced; evincing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––143. evoke144. ewe



evoke

v. call to mind; paint a picture

ewe

n. female sheep

Forms: evoked; evoked; evoking Forms: ewes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––145. exacerbate146. exacting

exacerbate

v. exasperate or irritate; aggravate

exacting

adj. trying; severe; demanding

Forms: exacerbated; exacerbated; exacerbating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––147. exalt148. excerpt

exalt

v. raise in rank, character, or status

excerpt

n. a passage selected from a larger work; extract;

selection

Forms: exalted; exalted; exalting Forms: excerpts

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––149. exchequer150. excise

exchequer

n. the funds of a government or institution or individual

excise

v. remove by cutting

Forms: exchequers Forms: excised; excised; excising

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––151. excoriate152. execrable

excoriate

v. tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading

execrable

adj. deserving a curse

Forms: excoriated; excoriated; excoriating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––153. execrate154. execute

execrate

v. curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten

with divine punishment; anathemize; comminate;

anathemise; anathematize; anathematise

execute

v. sign in the presence of witnesses

Forms: execrated; execrated; execrating Forms: executed; executed; executing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––155. exegesis156. exemplary

exegesis

n. interpretation

exemplary

adj. serving to warn; monitory

Forms: exegeses

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––157. exemplify158. exertion

exemplify

v. clarify by giving an example of; instance

exertion

n. use of physical or mental energy; travail; sweat

Forms: exemplified; exemplified; exemplifying Forms: exertions

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––159. exhort160. exhume



exhort

v. force or impel in an indicated direction; press

exhume

v. dig up for reburial or for medical investigation

Forms: exhorted; exhorted; exhorting Forms: exhumed; exhumed; exhuming

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––161. exiguous162. existential

exiguous

adj. extremely scanty

existential

adj. relating to or dealing with existence (especially with

human existence)

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––163. exodus164. exonerate

exodus

n. the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the

departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by

Moses

exonerate

v. pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; clear;

discharge; exculpate

Forms: exonerated; exonerated; exonerating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––165. expedite166. expertise

expedite

v. process fast and efficiently

expertise

n. skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge

Forms: expedited; expedited; expediting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––167. expiate168. expletive

expiate

v. make amends for; abye; atone

expletive

n. a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning

but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line

Forms: expiated; expiated; expiating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––169. explicit170. exploit

explicit

adj. in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a

term

exploit

v. work excessively hard

Forms: exploited; exploited; exploiting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––171. exploit172. expostulation

exploit

n. a notable achievement

expostulation

n. an exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof

Forms: exploits

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––173. exposure174. expunge

exposure

n. abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving

as infant out in the open)

expunge

v. remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a

line; excise

Forms: exposures Forms: expunged; expunged; expunging

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––175. extant176. extenuate



extant

adj. still in existence

extenuate

v. reduce the seriousness of

Forms: extenuated; extenuated; extenuating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––177. extirpate178. extol

extirpate

v. destroy; eradicate; uproot

extol

v. praise, glorify, or honor; exalt; glorify; proclaim

Forms: extirpated; extirpated; extirpating Forms: extolled; extolled; extolling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––179. extolment180. extort

extolment

n. an expression of approval and commendation; kudos

extort

v. obtain (money, information, etc.) through threat or

intimidation

Forms: extorted; extorted; extorting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––181. extradition182. extrapolation

extradition

n. the surrender of an accused or convicted person by

one state or country to another (usually under the

provisions of a statute or treaty)

extrapolation

n. act of guessing or inferring

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––183. extricate184. extrinsic

extricate

v. release from entanglement of difficulty; disentangle;

disencumber

extrinsic

adj. not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or

originating from the outside

Forms: extricated; extricated; extricating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––185. extrovert186. extrude

extrovert

n. a person whose interests are directed outward

extrude

v. form or shape by forcing through an opening

Forms: extruded; extruded; extruding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––187. exuberant188. exude

exuberant

adj. produced or growing in extreme abundance;

luxuriant; profuse; riotous

exude

v. make apparent by one's mood or behavior

Forms: exuded; exuded; exuding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––189. exult190. exuviate

exult

v. express great joy; rejoice; triumph; jubilate

exuviate

v. cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; moult; slough

Forms: exulted; exulted; exulting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––



F1. fabricate2. fabricated

fabricate

v. make up something artificial or untrue; cook up; make

up; invent

fabricated

adj. formed or conceived by the imagination; fictional;

fictitious

Forms: fabricated; fabricated; fabricating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. facade4. facet

facade

n. a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal

something unpleasant

facet

n. a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone)

Forms: facades

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. facile6. facilitate

facile

adj. expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; fluent;

silver; silver-tongued; smooth-spoken

facilitate

v. make easy; assist forward; promote

Forms: facilitated; facilitated; facilitating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. facsimile8. faction

facsimile

n. duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio; fax

faction

n. a dissenting clique

Forms: factions

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. factious10. factitious

factious

adj. dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority

opinion)

factitious

adj. not produced by natural forces

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. factotum12. faculty

factotum

n. a servant employed to do a variety of jobs

faculty

n. the body of teachers and administrators at a school

Forms: faculties

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. fain14. faineant

fain

adj. having made preparations; prepared

faineant

adj. disinclined to work or exertion; lazy; otiose; slothful;

work-shy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. faint16. fallow

faint

v. pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress

due to a loss of blood supply to the brain; swoon; pass

out

fallow

adj. undeveloped but potentially useful

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. famed18. famished

famed

adj. widely known and esteemed; famous; illustrious;

notable; noted; renowned

famished

adj. extremely hungry; sharp-set; starved; esurient

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. fanaticism20. fancied

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fanaticism

n. excessive intolerance of opposing views; zealotry

fancied

adj. formed or conceived by the imagination; fictional;

fictitious

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. fancier22. fanciful

fancier

n. a person having a strong liking for something

fanciful

adj. having a curiously intricate quality

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. fancify24. fanfare

fancify

v. make more beautiful; embellish; prettify

fanfare

n. flourish played by trumpets

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. fantastic26. farce

fantastic

adj. extravagantly fanciful in design, construction,

appearance

farce

n. mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with

pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of

butter and bound with eggs

Forms: more fantastic; most fantastic Forms: farces

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. fasciculus28. fatalism

fasciculus

n. a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers); fascicle

fatalism

n. a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are

predetermined in advance for all time and human beings

are powerless to change them

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. fate30. fathom

fate

v. decree or designate beforehand; doom; designate

fathom

v. measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding

line

Forms: fathomed; fathomed; fathoming

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. fatso32. fauna

fatso

n. a rotund individual; roly-poly; butterball

fauna

n. a living organism characterized by voluntary

movement; beast; brute; creature

Forms: faunas, faunae

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. faux34. fawning

faux

adj. not genuine or real; imitation; simulated

fawning

adj. attempting to win favor by flattery; sycophantic;

toadyish

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. faze36. feasible

faze

v. disturb the composure of; enervate; unsettle

feasible

adj. capable of being done with means at hand and

circumstances as they are; practicable; viable; workable

Forms: fazed; fazed; fazing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––37. febricity38. febrile



febricity

n. a rise in the temperature of the body; pyrexia;

feverishness

febrile

adj. of or relating to or characterized by fever

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––39. feckless40. fecundity

feckless

adj. generally incompetent and ineffectual

fecundity

n. the quality of something that causes or assists healthy

growth

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––41. feign42. fell

feign

v. make a pretence of; sham

fell

adj. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict

pain or suffering; cruel; roughshod; savage; vicious

Forms: feigned; feigned; feigning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––43. fellate44. felon

fellate

v. provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation;

blow; go down on

felon

n. a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the

area surrounding the nail

Forms: felons

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––45. ferment46. ferret

ferment

n. a process in which an agent causes an organic

substance to break down into simpler substances

ferret

v. search and discover through persistent investigation

Forms: ferments Forms: ferreted; ferreted; ferreting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––47. fervent48. fervid

fervent

adj. extremely hot

fervid

adj. extremely hot

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––49. fester50. festinate

fester

v. generate pus; rankle; produce irritation or resentment

festinate

v. act or move at high speed; hurry; look sharp

Forms: festered; festered; festering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––51. fete52. fetid

fete

v. have a celebration

fetid

adj. offensively malodorous; foul; noisome; smelly;

stinking

Forms: feted; feted; feting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––53. fetter54. feudatory

fetter

v. chain; shackle

feudatory

n. a person holding a fief; liegeman; liege subject

Forms: fettered; fettered; fettering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––55. fiasco56. fiat



fiasco

n. a sudden and violent collapse

fiat

n. decree; command

Forms: fiascos, fiascoes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––57. figment58. figurative

figment

n. a contrived or fantastic idea

figurative

adj. consisting of or forming human or animal figures

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––59. figurine60. filch

figurine

n. a small carved or molded figure

filch

v. make off with belongings of others; cabbage; purloin;

hook; sneak

Forms: filched; filched; filching

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––61. filial62. filibuster

filial

adj. of a son or daughter

filibuster

v. give long speeches in order to delay or prevent a

decision from being made

Forms: filibustered; filibustered; filibustering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––63. filiform64. filigree

filiform

adj. thin in diameter; filamentlike; threadlike; thready

filigree

n. delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or

silver or other fine twisted wire); fillagree

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––65. fille66. finagle

fille

n. a young woman; missy; young lady; young woman

finagle

v. achieve something by means of trickery or devious

methods; manage

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––67. finale68. finical

finale

n. the concluding part of any performance; closing

curtain; finis

finical

adj. exacting especially about details; fussy; particular;

picky

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––69. finicky70. finite

finicky

adj. exacting especially about details; fussy; particular;

picky

finite

adj. having limitations; having bounds

Forms: finickier; finickiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––71. firebrand72. fitful

firebrand

n. someone who deliberately foments trouble; inciter;

instigant

fitful

adj. intermittently stopping and starting

Forms: firebrands

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––73. flag74. flail



flag

v. become less intense; slacken off

flail

v. strike; beat; hit

Forms: flagged; flagged; flagging Forms: flailed; flailed; flailing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––75. flair76. flatulency

flair

n. a shape that spreads outward

flatulency

n. a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal; gas

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––77. flay78. fleck

flay

v. strip the skin off

fleck

v. make a spot or mark onto; blob; blot

Forms: flayed; flayed; flaying Forms: flecked; flecked; flecking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––79. fleece80. fleece

fleece

n. outer coat of especially sheep and yaks

fleece

v. shear the wool from

Forms: fleeces Forms: fleeced; fleeced; fleecing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––81. flick82. flinch

flick

n. film; moving picture; motion-picture show

flinch

v. draw back, as with fear or pain; funk; cringe; shrink;

wince; recoil; quail

Forms: flicks Forms: flinched; flinched; flinching

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––83. flint84. flippancy

flint

adj. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings;

granitic; obdurate; stony

flippancy

n. inappropriate levity

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––85. flit86. floe

flit

v. move along rapidly and lightly; fleet; dart

floe

n. a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at

sea

Forms: flitted; flitted; flitting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––87. florid88. floridity

florid

adj. inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated

with outdoor life; sanguine

floridity

n. extravagant elaborateness; showiness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––89. flotsam90. flourish

flotsam

n. the floating wreckage of a ship

flourish

v. move or swing back and forth; wave

Forms: flourished; flourished; flourishing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––91. flout92. fluctuation



flout

v. laugh at with contempt and derision; barrack; gibe

fluctuation

n. the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes

Forms: flouted; flouted; flouting Forms: fluctuations

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––93. fluke94. flummox

fluke

n. parasitic flatworms having external suckers for

attaching to a host; trematode worm

flummox

v. be a mystery or bewildering to; stick; get

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––95. fluster96. fluted

fluster

v. cause to be nervous or upset

fluted

adj. decorated with channels or grooves

Forms: flustered; flustered; flustering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––97. fodder98. fogyish

fodder

n. food fed to livestock

fogyish

adj. (used pejoratively) out of fashion; mossy; stodgy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––99. foil100. foil

foil

n. light sword; thin metal sheets

foil

v. frustrate; balk; prevent someone from succeeding

Forms: foils Forms: foiled; foiled; foiling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––101. foiled102. foist

foiled

adj. disappointingly unsuccessful; discomfited; frustrated;

thwarted

foist

v. insert surreptitiously or without warrant

Forms: foisted; foisted; foisting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––103. foliage104. foment

foliage

n. leaves

foment

v. bathe with warm water or medicated lotions

Forms: fomented; fomented; fomenting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––105. foolhardy106. foppish

foolhardy

adj. marked by defiant disregard for danger or

consequences; rash; reckless

foppish

adj. affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner

Forms: foolhardier; foolhardiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––107. foray108. ford

foray

n. an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas

of competence)

ford

n. the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a

car or on a horse

Forms: fords

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––109. forebears110. foreboding



forebears

n. ancestor

foreboding

n. an unfavorable omen

Forms: forebodings

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––111. forensic112. foreshadow

forensic

adj. used or applied in the investigation and

establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law

foreshadow

v. indicate by signs; portend; prognosticate; betoken;

augur

Forms: foreshadowed; foreshadowed; foreshadowing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––113. foresight114. forestall

foresight

n. seeing ahead; farsightedness; prospicience

forestall

v. act in advance of; counter

Forms: forestalled; forestalled; forestalling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––115. forgo116. formality

forgo

v. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error,

offense, or crime; throw overboard; waive; forego

formality

n. ceremony; procedure

Forms: forwent; forgone; forgoing Forms: formalities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––117. formidable118. forsake

formidable

adj. inspiring fear; unnerving

forsake

v. leave someone who needs or counts on you; desolate;

desert

Forms: forsook; forsaken; forsaking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––119. forswear120. forte

forswear

v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief,

usually under pressure; retract; resile

forte

n. individual's strong point; talent

Forms: forswore; forsworn; forswearing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––121. fortitude122. foster

fortitude

n. courage; endurance

foster

v. help develop, help grow

Forms: fostered; fostered; fostering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––123. founder124. founder

founder

v. stumble and nearly fall

founder

n. a worker who makes metal castings

Forms: foundered; foundered; foundering Forms: founders

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––125. fracas126. fractious



fracas

n. noisy quarrel

fractious

adj. unpredictably difficult in operation

Forms: fracases, fracas

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––127. frailty128. franchise

frailty

n. moral weakness

franchise

n. license to market a company's goods or services

Forms: frailties Forms: franchises

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––129. frantic130. frenzied

frantic

adj. marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; mad;

unrestrained

frenzied

adj. excessively agitated; phrenetic

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––131. fresco132. fret

fresco

n. a durable method of painting on a wall by using

watercolors on wet plaster

fret

v. worry; annoy; irritate

Forms: frescoes, frescos Forms: fretted; fretted; fretting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––133. friction134. frieze

friction

n. effort expended in moving one object over another with

pressure; rubbing

frieze

n. a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap

Forms: frictions Forms: friezes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––135. frigid136. frippery

frigid

adj. devoid of warmth and cordiality; frozen; glacial; icy;

wintry

frippery

n. something of little value or significance; frivolity

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––137. friskiness138. fritter

friskiness

n. lively high-spirited playfulness; sportiveness

fritter

v. spend frivolously and unwisely; dissipate; shoot; fool

Forms: frittered; frittered; frittering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––139. frivolous140. frizzly

frivolous

adj. not serious in content or attitude or behavior

frizzly

adj. (of hair) in small tight curls; frizzy; kinky; nappy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––141. frolicsome142. frond

frolicsome

adj. given to merry frolicking; frolicky; rollicking; sportive

frond

n. compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––143. fructify144. fugitive



fructify

v. bear fruit

fugitive

adj. lasting for a markedly brief time; momentaneous;

momentary

Forms: fructified; fructified; fructifying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––145. fulcrum146. fulsome

fulcrum

n. the pivot about which a lever turns

fulsome

adj. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in

manner or speech; oily; oleaginous; smarmy; soapy;

unctuous

Forms: fulcrums, fulcra

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––147. functionary148. fundamental

functionary

n. a worker who holds or is invested with an office

fundamental

adj. far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially

on the nature of something

Forms: functionaries Forms: more fundamental; most fundamental

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––149. funereal150. funk

funereal

adj. suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial

funk

v. draw back, as with fear or pain; cringe; shrink; wince;

recoil; quail

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––151. furor152. fusillade

furor

n. a sudden outburst (as of protest)

fusillade

n. rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; volley; burst

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––153. fusion154. fusspot

fusion

n. the act of fusing (or melting) together

fusspot

n. thinks about unfortunate things that might happen;

worrywart

Forms: fusions

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––155. futile

futile

adj. unproductive of success; sleeveless; vain

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––



G1. gabby2. gadfly

gabby

adj. full of trivial conversation; garrulous; loquacious;

talkative; talky

gadfly

n. any of various large flies that annoy livestock

Forms: gadflies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. gaffe4. gage

gaffe

n. a socially awkward or tactless act; solecism; slip;

gaucherie

gage

v. place a bet on; stake; game; punt

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. gala6. galaxy

gala

n. a gay festivity; jamboree; blowout

galaxy

n. system of stars held together by gravity

Forms: galaxies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. gall8. gall

gall

v. irritate or vex

gall

n. the trait of being rude and impertinent; impertinence;

impudence; insolence; cheekiness; freshness

Forms: galled; galled; galling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. galleon10. galvanize

galleon

n. a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more

masts

galvanize

v. stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock

Forms: galvanized; galvanized; galvanizing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. gambit12. gamely

gambit

n. a chess move early in the game in which the player

sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an

advantageous position

gamely

adv. bravely; heroically

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. gape14. garble

gape

v. be wide open; yaw

garble

v. make false by mutilation or addition; warp

Forms: gaped; gaped; gaping

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. garbled16. garboil

garbled

adj. lacking orderly continuity; disjointed; disordered;

illogical; scattered; unconnected

garboil

n. a state of commotion and noise and confusion; uproar

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. gargantuan18. gargoyle

gargantuan

adj. of great mass; giant; jumbo

gargoyle

n. an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure

of a person or animal

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. garish20. garner

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garish

adj. tastelessly showy; cheap; flash; gaudy

garner

v. assemble or get together; collect; pull together

Forms: garnered; garnered; garnering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. garotte22. garroter

garotte

v. strangle with an iron collar; scrag

garroter

n. someone who kills by strangling; strangler; throttler;

choker

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. garrulity24. garrulous

garrulity

n. the quality of being wordy and talkative;

loquaciousness; loquacity; talkativeness

garrulous

adj. full of trivial conversation; loquacious; talkative; talky

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. gasp26. gastronomy

gasp

v. breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; heave

gastronomy

n. the art and practice of choosing and preparing and

eating good food

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. gauche28. gaudy

gauche

adj. lacking social polish; unpolished

gaudy

adj. (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous

display; jazzy; showy; sporty

Forms: gaudier; gaudiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. gaunt30. gawk

gaunt

adj. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;

emaciated; haggard; pinched; skeletal; wasted

gawk

v. look with amazement; gawp

Forms: gaunter; gauntest Forms: gawked; gawked; gawking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. gawky32. gazette

gawky

adj. lacking grace in movement or posture; clunky;

ungainly; unwieldy

gazette

n. a newspaper or official journal

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. gelid34. gemmed

gelid

adj. extremely cold; glacial; icy; polar

gemmed

adj. covered with beads or jewels or sequins; jeweled;

jewelled; sequined; spangled; spangly

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. genealogy36. generality

genealogy

n. the study or investigation of ancestry and family history

generality

n. statement which is unspecific or lacking in detail

Forms: genealogies Forms: generalities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––37. generic38. genesis



generic

adj. general; of or pertaining to a class or kind

genesis

n. the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation

Forms: no plural

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––39. geniality40. genre

geniality

n. a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to

talk to); amiability; amiableness; bonhomie

genre

n. a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a

characteristic form or technique

Forms: genres

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––41. genteel42. gentility

genteel

adj. marked by refinement in taste and manners;

cultivated; cultured; polite

gentility

n. elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and

expression

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––43. gentry44. genuflect

gentry

n. the most powerful members of a society

genuflect

v. bend the knees and bow in a servile manner

Forms: genuflected; genuflected; genuflecting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––45. germane46. germinal

germane

adj. relevant and appropriate

germinal

adj. containing seeds of later development; seminal

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––47. germinate48. gerontocracy

germinate

v. cause to grow or sprout

gerontocracy

n. a political system governed by old men

Forms: germinated; germinated; germinating Forms: gerontocracies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––49. gerrymander50. gestate

gerrymander

v. divide unfairly and to one's advantage

gestate

v. be pregnant with; carry; expect

Forms: gerrymandered; gerrymandered; gerrymandering Forms: gestated; gestated; gestating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––51. gesticulation52. geta

gesticulation

n. a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion

geta

n. footwear usually with wooden soles; patten; sabot

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––53. getable54. getup

getable

adj. capable of being obtained; obtainable; procurable

getup

n. a set of clothing (with accessories); rig; turnout

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––55. gibberish56. gibe

gibberish

n. unintelligible talking

gibe

v. laugh at with contempt and derision; flout; barrack

Forms: gibed; gibed; gibing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––57. gibelike58. giddy



gibelike

adj. abusing vocally; jeering; mocking; taunting

giddy

adj. lacking seriousness; empty-headed; featherbrained;

light-headed; lightheaded; silly

Forms: giddier; giddiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––59. gilt60. gimp

gilt

adj. having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; gold;

golden

gimp

v. walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury;

hobble; hitch

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––61. gingerly62. girth

gingerly

adv. cautiously; carefully

girth

n. stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly

that holds the saddle in place

Forms: girths

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––63. gist64. glacial

gist

n. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of

some idea or experience; core; center

glacial

adj. extremely cold; gelid; icy; polar

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––65. glaring66. glaze

glaring

adj. conspicuously and outrageously bad or

reprehensible; flagrant; gross; rank

glaze

v. fill or fit with glass; cover with glass or something sweet

Forms: glazed; glazed; glazing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––67. glean68. gleeful

glean

v. gather, as of natural products

gleeful

adj. full of high-spirited delight; joyful; jubilant

Forms: gleaned; gleaned; gleaning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––69. glimmer70. glistening

glimmer

v. shine brightly, like a star or a light

glistening

adj. reflecting light; lustrous; sheeny; shiny; shining

Forms: glimmered; glimmered; glimmering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––71. gloat72. glob

gloat

v. gaze at or think about something with great self-

satisfaction, gratification, or joy

glob

n. a compact mass; lump; clump; chunk

Forms: gloated; gloated; gloating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––73. gloomful74. gloss over



gloomful

adj. depressingly dark; sulky

gloss over

v. cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; hush up

Forms: glossed over; glossed over; glossing over

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––75. glossary76. glower

glossary

n. an alphabetical list of technical terms in some

specialized field of knowledge

glower

v. look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to

signal disapproval

Forms: glossaries Forms: glowered; glowered; glowering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––77. glowering78. glut

glowering

adj. showing a brooding ill humor; glum; moody; morose;

saturnine; sour; sullen

glut

v. supply with an excess of

Forms: glutted; glutted; glutting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––79. glutinous80. gnarled

glutinous

adj. having the sticky properties of an adhesive; gummy;

mucilaginous; pasty; sticky; viscid; viscous

gnarled

adj. used of old persons or old trees; knotted; knotty;

knobbed

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––81. gnarly82. gnome

gnarly

adj. used of old persons or old trees; knotted; knotty;

knobbed

gnome

n. a short pithy saying expressing a general truth

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––83. goad84. goitre

goad

v. tease; drive

goitre

n. abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; struma;

thyromegaly

Forms: goaded; goaded; goading

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––85. gorge86. gorge

gorge

n. gullet

gorge

v. overeat or eat immodestly

Forms: gorges Forms: gorged; gorged; gorging

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––87. gory88. gouge

gory

adj. accompanied by bloodshed; sanguineous;

slaughterous; butcherly

gouge

v. make a groove in

Forms: gorier; goriest Forms: gouged; gouged; gouging

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––89. gourmand90. gourmet



gourmand

n. a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to

excess; trencherman

gourmet

n. a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment

(especially good food and drink); gastronome; bon vivant;

epicurean; foodie

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––91. graduated92. granary

graduated

adj. taking place by degrees

granary

n. a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed

Forms: granaries

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––93. grandeur94. granger

grandeur

n. the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of

character or ideals or conduct; magnanimousness

granger

n. a person who operates a farm; sodbuster

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––95. granulate96. graphic

granulate

v. form granulating tissue

graphic

adj. evoking lifelike images within the mind; pictorial; vivid

Forms: granulated; granulated; granulating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––97. grapple98. graspable

grapple

v. grip or seize, as in a wrestling match

graspable

adj. capable of being apprehended or understood;

perceivable; understandable

Forms: grappled; grappled; grappling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––99. grate100. gratify

grate

v. scratch repeatedly

gratify

v. yield (to)

Forms: grated; grated; grating Forms: gratified; gratified; gratifying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––101. gratis102. gratuity

gratis

adv. free of charge

gratuity

n. an award (as for meritorious service) given without

claim or obligation

Forms: gratuities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––103. gregarious104. grievance

gregarious

adj. outgoing; sociable

grievance

n. a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that

causes resentment and is grounds for action

Forms: grievances

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––105. grill106. grimace



grill

v. barbecue; interrogate; cross-examine

grimace

n. a contorted facial expression

Forms: grilled; grilled; grilling Forms: grimaces

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––107. grisly108. gritrock

grisly

adj. shockingly repellent; gruesome; macabre; sick

gritrock

n. a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––109. grok110. grotesque

grok

v. get the meaning of something; comprehend; savvy;

dig; grasp; compass; apprehend

grotesque

adj. ludicrously odd; fantastical

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––111. grotto112. grouse

grotto

n. a small cave (usually with attractive features)

grouse

v. complain; crab; beef; squawk; bellyache; holler

Forms: grottoes, grottos Forms: groused; groused; grousing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––113. grovel114. grudging

grovel

v. show submission or fear; creep; cringe; cower

grudging

adj. petty or reluctant in giving or spending; scrimy

Forms: groveled, grovelled; groveled, grovelled;

groveling, grovelling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––115. gruel116. grueling

gruel

n. a thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal)

grueling

adj. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion;

backbreaking; hard; heavy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––117. gruesome118. gruff

gruesome

adj. shockingly repellent; grisly; macabre; sick

gruff

adj. deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or

illness or emotion; husky

Forms: gruffer; gruffest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––119. guck120. guffaw

guck

n. any thick, viscous matter; goop; gook; muck; ooze

guffaw

n. a burst of deep loud hearty laughter

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––121. guileless122. gullible

guileless

adj. free of deceit

gullible

adj. easily tricked because of being too trusting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––123. gustatory124. gusty

gustatory

adj. of or relating to gustation; gustatorial

gusty

adj. blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts

Forms: gustier; gustiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––125. guttle126. gybe



guttle

v. eat greedily; raven; pig

gybe

v. shift from one side of the ship to the other; jib; change

course

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––127. gyroscope

gyroscope

n. rotating mechanism in the form of a universally

mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in

any direction

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H1. habitue2. hackles

habitue

n. a regular patron; fixture

hackles

n. a feeling of anger and animosity

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. hackneyed4. haemal

hackneyed

adj. repeated too often; commonplace; old-hat;

shopworn; threadbare

haemal

adj. relating to the blood vessels or blood; hematal;

haematal

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. haggle6. hale

haggle

v. wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.);

chaffer; huckster

hale

adj. exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health

Forms: haggled; haggled; haggling Forms: haler; halest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. hallowed8. hallucination

hallowed

adj. worthy of religious veneration

hallucination

n. an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. halting10. hamper

halting

adj. fragmentary from emotional strain

hamper

v. put at a disadvantage

Forms: hampered; hampered; hampering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. handbuild12. hap

handbuild

v. make without a potter's wheel; coil

hap

n. an accidental occurrence

Forms: haps

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. hapless14. harass

hapless

adj. deserving or inciting pity; pathetic; piteous; poor;

wretched

harass

v. exhaust by attacking repeatedly

Forms: harassed; harassed; harassing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. harassed16. harbinger

harassed

adj. troubled persistently especially with petty

annoyances; harried; pestered; vexed

harbinger

n. something that precedes and indicates the approach of

something or someone; predecessor; herald; precursor

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. harbor18. hardy

harbor

v. hold back a thought or feeling about; shield

hardy

adj. invulnerable to fear or intimidation; dauntless;

fearless; intrepid; unfearing

Forms: harbored; harbored; harboring Forms: hardier; hardiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. harlotry20. harping

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harlotry

n. offering sexual intercourse for pay; whoredom

harping

n. tedious dwelling on a subject

Forms: harpists

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. harrow22. harry

harrow

v. bother; harass

harry

v. make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in

wartimes

Forms: harrowed; harrowed; harrowing Forms: harried; harried; harrying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. hatch24. hatchway

hatch

n. an opening in a wall or floor

hatchway

n. entrance; opening; scuttle

Forms: hatches

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. haughtiness26. hazardous

haughtiness

n. overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner

toward inferiors; hauteur; high-handedness; lordliness

hazardous

adj. involving risk or danger; wild

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. hazy28. headlong

hazy

adj. blurry; foggy; fuzzy; muzzy

headlong

adv. rashly; recklessly

Forms: hazier; haziest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. headstrong30. heathen

headstrong

adj. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition;

self-willed; willful; wilful

heathen

adj. not acknowledging the God of Christianity and

Judaism and Islam; pagan; ethnic

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. heathen32. heckler

heathen

n. a person who does not acknowledge your god; gentile;

infidel

heckler

n. someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and

questions and objections

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. hedonism34. heedless

hedonism

n. an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure

as the highest good

heedless

adj. characterized by careless unconcern

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. hegemony36. helminthic

hegemony

n. the dominance or leadership of one social group or

nation over others

helminthic

adj. capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms;

parasiticidal

Forms: hegemonies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––37. hencoop38. heresy



hencoop

n. a farm building for housing poultry; henhouse

heresy

n. a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion

Forms: heresies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––39. heretic40. hermetic

heretic

n. a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field

(not merely religion)

hermetic

adj. sealed by fusion so as to be airtight; obscure and

mysterious; occult

Forms: heretics

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––41. hermitage42. herpetologist

hermitage

n. retreat; isolated dwelling

herpetologist

n. a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians

Forms: hermitages

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––43. heterodox44. heterogeneous

heterodox

adj. characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or

standards

heterogeneous

adj. originating outside the body

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––45. hew46. heyday

hew

v. strike with an axe

heyday

n. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity; peak;

bloom; blossom; efflorescence; flush

Forms: hewed; hewed, hewn; hewing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––47. hibernal48. hibernate

hibernal

adj. characteristic of or relating to winter; hiemal

hibernate

v. be in an inactive or dormant state

Forms: hibernated; hibernated; hibernating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––49. hierarchy50. hieratical

hierarchy

n. the organization of people at different ranks in an

administrative body; pecking order

hieratical

adj. associated with the priesthood or priests; sacerdotal

Forms: hierarchies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––51. hieroglyphic52. higgle

hieroglyphic

n. a writing system using picture symbols

higgle

v. wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.);

chaffer; huckster

Forms: hieroglyphics

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––53. hilarity54. hindmost



hilarity

n. great merriment; mirthfulness; glee; gleefulness

hindmost

adj. located farthest to the rear; rearmost

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––55. hindrance56. hinterlands

hindrance

n. the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding;

interference

hinterlands

n. back country

Forms: hindrances Forms: hinterlands

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––57. hireling58. hirsute

hireling

n. a person who works only for money

hirsute

adj. having or covered with hair

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––59. histrion60. histrionic

histrion

n. a theatrical performer; player; thespian; role player

histrionic

adj. characteristic of acting or a stage performance

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––61. hitchhike62. hoard

hitchhike

v. travel by getting free rides from motorists; thumb

hoard

v. get or gather together; accumulate; pile up; amass;

compile

Forms: hoarded; hoarded; hoarding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––63. hoary64. hoax

hoary

adj. gray; white; ancient; old

hoax

n. something intended to deceive; dupery; humbug; put-

on

Forms: hoarier; hoariest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––65. hoggish66. holocaust

hoggish

adj. resembling swine; piggy; porcine; swinish

holocaust

n. the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi

regime from 1941 until 1945

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––67. holster68. homage

holster

n. a belt with loops or slots for carrying small hand tools

homage

n. respectful deference

Forms: holsters

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––69. hombre70. homeostasis

hombre

n. an informal term for a youth or man; bozo

homeostasis

n. tendency of a system to safeguard internal stability

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––71. homespun72. homily

homespun

adj. hand-woven

homily

n. a sermon on a moral or religious topic

Forms: homilies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––73. homogeneous74. honcho



homogeneous

adj. all of the same or similar kind or nature

honcho

n. a person who exercises control over workers; gaffer;

boss

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––75. hoodwink76. hooks

hoodwink

v. conceal one's true motives from especially by

elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end;

lead by the nose; play false

hooks

n. large strong hand (as of a fighter); maulers

Forms: hoodwinked; hoodwinked; hoodwinking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––77. hopple78. horde

hopple

v. strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of

a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side

moving in unison

horde

n. a moving crowd; swarm

Forms: hordes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––79. hortatory80. horticultural

hortatory

adj. giving strong encouragement; hortative

horticultural

adj. of or relating to the cultivation of plants

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––81. hotfoot82. hovel

hotfoot

v. move fast; hasten; hie; speed; race; pelt along; rush

along

hovel

n. small crude shelter used as a dwelling; hutch; shack;

shanty

Forms: hovels

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––83. hover84. howling

hover

v. linger in an area; waver; vacillate

howling

n. a long loud emotional utterance; ululation

Forms: hovered; hovered; hovering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––85. hubbub86. hubris

hubbub

n. loud confused noise from many sources; brouhaha;

katzenjammer

hubris

n. overbearing pride or presumption

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––87. hue88. huffing

hue

n. color; aspect; outcry

huffing

n. an act of forcible exhalation; snorting

Forms: hues

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––89. hulk90. humane



hulk

v. appear very large or occupy a commanding position;

predominate

humane

adj. showing evidence of moral and intellectual

advancement

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––91. humdrum92. humid

humdrum

adj. tediously repetitious or lacking in variety

humid

adj. containing or characterized by a great deal of water

vapor

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––93. hummock94. humus

hummock

n. a small natural hill; hillock; hammock

humus

n. a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini,

lemon juice and garlic; hommos; hoummos; humous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––95. hunched96. hunker

hunched

adj. having the back and shoulders rounded; round-

shouldered; stooped; stooping; crooked

hunker

v. sit on one's heels; scrunch

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––97. hurtle98. husbandry

hurtle

v. throw forcefully; cast

husbandry

n. the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

Forms: hurtled; hurtled; hurtling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––99. hybrid100. hydrophobia

hybrid

n. crossbreed

hydrophobia

n. an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-

blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a

rabid animal); lyssa; madness

Forms: hybrids

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––101. hymnal102. hyperbole

hymnal

n. a songbook containing a collection of hymns; hymnary

hyperbole

n. extravagant exaggeration

Forms: hyperboles

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––103. hypercritical104. hypocritical

hypercritical

adj. inclined to judge too severely

hypocritical

adj. professing feelings or virtues one does not have

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––105. hypothetical

hypothetical

adj. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate

evidence; supposed; suppositional; suppositious;

supposititious

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––



I1. ichthyology2. icon

ichthyology

n. the branch of zoology that studies fishes

icon

n. image; statue; idol

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. iconoclastic4. ictus

iconoclastic

adj. destructive of images used in religious worship

ictus

n. a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease;

raptus

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. ideology6. idiom

ideology

n. imaginary or visionary theorization

idiom

n. expression; set phrase

Forms: ideologies Forms: idioms

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. idiosyncrasy8. idiosyncratic

idiosyncrasy

n. a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to

an individual; mannerism

idiosyncratic

adj. peculiar to the individual

Forms: idiosyncrasies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. idolatry10. idyllic

idolatry

n. the worship of idols

idyllic

adj. peaceful; charmingly rustic; picturesque

Forms: idolatries

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. igneous12. ignite

igneous

adj. fiery; of or pertaining to fire

ignite

v. arouse or excite feelings and passions; wake; heat; fire

up

Forms: ignited; ignited; igniting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. ignominious14. illicit

ignominious

adj. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing

disgrace or shame; inglorious; opprobrious; shameful

illicit

adj. contrary to or forbidden by law; outlawed; unlawful

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. illuminate16. imbalance

illuminate

v. explain; light up; brighten; elucidate

imbalance

n. instability; unequal distribution of weight

Forms: illuminated; illuminated; illuminating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. imbecility18. imbibe

imbecility

n. a stupid mistake; folly; foolishness

imbibe

v. receive into the mind and retain

Forms: imbecilities Forms: imbibed; imbibed; imbibing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. imbroglio20. imbue

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imbroglio

n. a very embarrassing misunderstanding

imbue

v. suffuse with color

Forms: imbroglios Forms: imbued; imbued; imbuing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. immobility22. immolate

immobility

n. the quality of not moving

immolate

v. offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to

destruction

Forms: immolated; immolated; immolating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. immoveable24. immure

immoveable

adj. fixed in place; unchangeable

immure

v. confine; imprison

Forms: immured; immured; immuring

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. immurement26. impair

immurement

n. the state of being imprisoned; incarceration

impair

v. make imperfect; spoil; deflower; vitiate

Forms: impaired; impaired; impairing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. impale28. impalpable

impale

v. kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole

impalpable

adj. not perceptible to the touch

Forms: impaled; impaled; impaling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. impasse30. impassive

impasse

n. a street with only one way in or out; dead-end street

impassive

adj. poker-faced; unexpressive; apathetic

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. impeccable32. impecunious

impeccable

adj. not capable of sin

impecunious

adj. not having enough money to pay for necessities;

penniless; penurious; pinched

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. impediment34. impending

impediment

n. any structure that makes progress difficult; obstructer

impending

n. approaching; coming soon; looming

Forms: impediments, impedimenta

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. impenetrable36. imperial

impenetrable

adj. impossible to understand

imperial

adj. belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; purple;

regal; royal

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––37. imperiousness38. impermeable



imperiousness

n. overbearingness

impermeable

adj. preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse

through

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––39. impertinent40. impervious

impertinent

adj. improperly forward or bold; impudent; overbold;

smart; saucy; sassy; wise

impervious

adj. not admitting of passage or capable of being affected

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––41. impetus42. impinge

impetus

n. the act of applying force suddenly

impinge

v. advance beyond the usual limit

Forms: impinged; impinged; impinging

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––43. impinging44. impious

impinging

n. the physical coming together of two or more things;

striking

impious

adj. lacking due respect or dutifulness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––45. impishness46. implacable

impishness

n. puckishness; whimsicality

implacable

adj. incapable of being placated

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––47. implausible48. implement

implausible

adj. highly imaginative but unlikely

implement

v. pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue;

follow out; carry out; put through; go through

Forms: implemented; implemented; implementing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––49. implication50. implore

implication

n. a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close

connection (especially an incriminating involvement)

implore

v. call upon in supplication; pray

Forms: implications Forms: implored; implored; imploring

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––51. imply52. impolitic

imply

v. have as a necessary feature

impolitic

adj. not expedient; unwise

Forms: implied; implied; implying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––53. imponderable54. importunate

imponderable

adj. difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision

importunate

adj. expressing earnest entreaty

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––55. importune56. imposture



importune

v. beg persistently and urgently

imposture

n. pretending to be another person

Forms: importuned; importuned; importuning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––57. impotent58. impregnable

impotent

adj. (of a male) unable to copulate

impregnable

adj. incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––59. impropriety60. improvident

impropriety

n. an act of undue intimacy; indecorum; liberty

improvident

adj. not given careful consideration; shortsighted

Forms: improprieties

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––61. improvise62. imprudent

improvise

v. manage in a makeshift way

imprudent

adj. lacking wise self-restraint

Forms: improvised; improvised; improvising

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––63. impuissance64. impunity

impuissance

n. powerlessness revealed by an inability to act

impunity

n. exemption from punishment or loss

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––65. impute66. inadvertently

impute

v. attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source

inadvertently

adv. mistakenly; unintentionally

Forms: imputed; imputed; imputing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––67. inane68. inanimate

inane

adj. devoid of intelligence; mindless; vacuous

inanimate

adj. lifeless; spiritless

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––69. inarticulate70. inaugurate

inarticulate

adj. without or deprived of the use of speech or words

inaugurate

v. be a precursor of; introduce

Forms: inaugurated; inaugurated; inaugurating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––71. incandescent72. incantation

incandescent

adj. characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or

brilliance

incantation

n. a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have

a magical effect

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––73. incarnate74. incarnation

incarnate

adj. invested with a bodily form especially of a human

body

incarnation

n. manifestation of a deity or spirit in an earthly form

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––75. incense76. incensed



incense

v. make furious

incensed

adj. angered at something unjust or wrong; outraged;

umbrageous

Forms: incensed; incensed; incensing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––77. incentive78. inception

incentive

n. an additional payment (or other remuneration) to

employees as a means of increasing output

inception

n. an event that is a beginning

Forms: incentives

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––79. incidence80. incidental

incidence

n. the striking of a light beam on a surface

incidental

adj. following or accompanying as a consequence;

accompanying; concomitant; ensuant; resultant; sequent

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––81. incipient82. incisive

incipient

adj. only partly in existence

incisive

adj. suitable for cutting or piercing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––83. incite84. incitive

incite

v. urge on; egg on

incitive

adj. arousing to action or rebellion; inflammatory;

instigative; rabble-rousing; seditious

Forms: incited; incited; inciting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––85. inclement86. incline

inclement

adj. used of persons or behavior

incline

n. slope; grade; slant

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––87. inclined88. inclusive

inclined

adj. having made preparations; prepared

inclusive

adj. including much or everything

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––89. incognito90. incommodious

incognito

adv. anonymously; in disguise

incommodious

adj. uncomfortably or inconveniently small

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––91. incompatible92. incongruity

incompatible

adj. incongruous; unsuitable

incongruity

n. the quality of disagreeing

Forms: incongruities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––93. inconsequential94. inconsistency



inconsequential

adj. not following logically as a consequence

inconsistency

n. the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a

harmonious uniformity among things or parts

Forms: inconsistencies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––95. incontinent96. incorporate

incontinent

adj. not having control over urination and defecation

incorporate

v. combine; blend; unify; unite; include

Forms: incorporated; incorporated; incorporating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––97. incorporeal98. incorrigible

incorporeal

adj. without material form or substance

incorrigible

adj. impervious to correction by punishment

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––99. incredulity100. incredulous

incredulity

n. doubt about the truth of something; skepticism; mental

rejection

incredulous

adj. not disposed or willing to believe

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––101. increment102. incriminate

increment

n. the amount by which something increases

incriminate

v. accuse; serve as evidence against

Forms: incriminated; incriminated; incriminating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––103. incubate104. incubus

incubate

v. sit on (eggs); cover

incubus

n. someone who depresses or worries others

Forms: incubated; incubated; incubating Forms: incubi, incubuses

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––105. incur106. indemnify

incur

v. receive a specified treatment (abstract); find; obtain

indemnify

v. make amends for; repair

Forms: incurred; incurred; incurring Forms: indemnified; indemnified; indemnifying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––107. indenture108. indeterminate

indenture

v. bind a person in service to another for a specified

period of time

indeterminate

adj. uncertain; indefinite; unclear; ambiguous

Forms: indentured; indentured; indenturing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––109. indicative110. indignation

indicative

adj. showing; pointing out; suggestive

indignation

n. a feeling of righteous anger

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––111. indignity112. indiscriminate



indignity

n. humiliation; insult

indiscriminate

adj. not marked by fine distinctions

Forms: indignities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––113. indisputable114. indissoluble

indisputable

adj. impossible to doubt or dispute

indissoluble

adj. used of decisions and contracts

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––115. indite116. indocile

indite

v. compose; write in words

indocile

adj. of persons; ungovernable; unruly

Forms: indited; indited; inditing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––117. indolence118. indubitably

indolence

n. inactivity resulting from a dislike of work

indubitably

adv. unquestionably; without a doubt

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––119. inductive120. indue

inductive

adj. of or pertaining to electric or magnetic induction

indue

v. give qualities or abilities to; gift; empower; invest;

endue

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––121. inebriety122. ineffectual

inebriety

n. a temporary state resulting from excessive

consumption of alcohol; intoxication; tipsiness; insobriety

ineffectual

adj. lacking in power or forcefulness; unable

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––123. ineluctable124. inept

ineluctable

adj. impossible to avoid or evade:; unavoidable

inept

adj. revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or

finesse

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––125. inequity126. inerrancy

inequity

n. injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or

standards

inerrancy

n. infallibleness

Forms: inequities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––127. inertia128. infantile

inertia

n. inactivity; immobility

infantile

adj. childish; puerile

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––129. infatuate130. infatuated

infatuate

v. arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to

behave in an irrational way

infatuated

adj. marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; in love;

potty; smitten

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––131. infer132. infernal



infer

v. derive; conclude

infernal

adj. being of the underworld

Forms: inferred; inferred; inferring

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––133. infiltrate134. infinitesimal

infiltrate

v. pass through an enemy line

infinitesimal

adj. infinitely or immeasurably small

Forms: infiltrated; infiltrated; infiltrating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––135. infirmity136. inflated

infirmity

n. the state of being weak in health or body (especially

from old age); debility; feebleness; frailness;

valetudinarianism

inflated

adj. swollen; filled with air or gas; expanded

Forms: infirmities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––137. influx138. infraction

influx

n. the process of flowing in

infraction

n. a crime less serious than a felony; violation;

infringement

Forms: influxes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––139. infringe140. ingeminate

infringe

v. advance beyond the usual limit; impinge

ingeminate

v. say, state, or perform again; iterate; restate; retell

Forms: infringed; infringed; infringing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––141. ingenious142. ingenuous

ingenious

adj. showing inventiveness and skill

ingenuous

adj. lacking in sophistication or worldliness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––143. ingrained144. ingrate

ingrained

adj. (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted;

implanted; planted

ingrate

n. a person who shows no gratitude; ungrateful person

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––145. ingratiate146. inimical

ingratiate

v. gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts

inimical

adj. not friendly

Forms: ingratiated; ingratiated; ingratiating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––147. inimitable148. iniquitous

inimitable

adj. defying imitation

iniquitous

adj. characterized by iniquity; ungodly

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––149. initiatory150. injurious



initiatory

adj. serving to set in motion; first; maiden

injurious

adj. harmful to living things

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––151. inkling152. innate

inkling

n. a slight suggestion or vague understanding;

glimmering; glimmer

innate

adj. present at birth but not necessarily hereditary

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––153. innocuous154. innovation

innocuous

adj. lacking intent or capacity to injure

innovation

n. the act of starting something for the first time;

foundation; institution; origination; creation

Forms: innovations

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––155. inopportune156. inordinate

inopportune

adj. untimely; unsuitable; inappropriate

inordinate

adj. beyond normal limits; undue; unreasonable

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––157. inquisitor158. insalubrious

inquisitor

n. an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition

insalubrious

adj. detrimental to health; unhealthy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––159. inscrutable160. insensate

inscrutable

adj. of an obscure nature; deep; mysterious; mystifying

insensate

adj. without compunction or human feeling; inhuman

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––161. insensible162. insipid

insensible

adj. unresponsive to stimulation

insipid

adj. lacking interest or significance or impact

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––163. insolence164. insolvent

insolence

n. an offensive disrespectful impudent act

insolvent

adj. unable to meet or discharge financial obligations

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––165. insouciant166. instigate

insouciant

adj. marked by blithe unconcern; nonchalant

instigate

v. serve as the inciting cause of

Forms: instigated; instigated; instigating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––167. insubordinate168. insubstantial

insubordinate

adj. disposed to or engaged in defiance of established

authority; resistive

insubstantial

adj. lacking in nutritive value

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––169. insularity170. insulting

insularity

n. the state of being isolated or detached; insularism;

detachment

insulting

adj. expressing extreme contempt; scornful

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––171. insuperable172. insurgent



insuperable

adj. incapable of being surmounted or excelled

insurgent

adj. in opposition to a civil authority or government;

subversive

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––173. insurrection174. intangible

insurrection

n. organized opposition to authority; revolt; rising;

uprising

intangible

adj. impalpable; cannot be seen or touched

Forms: insurrections

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––175. integral176. integrate

integral

adj. of or denoted by an integer

integrate

v. mix; merge; blend; join; unite

Forms: integrated; integrated; integrating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––177. intellect178. intelligentsia

intellect

n. a person who uses the mind creatively

intelligentsia

n. an educated and intellectual elite

Forms: intellects

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––179. inter180. interdict

inter

v. place in a grave or tomb; inhume; lay to rest

interdict

v. command against; proscribe; veto; disallow; nix

Forms: interred; interred; interring Forms: interdicted; interdicted; interdicting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––181. interlaced182. interloper

interlaced

adj. having a pattern of fretwork or latticework; latticed;

latticelike

interloper

n. trespasser

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––183. interminable184. intermittent

interminable

adj. tiresomely long

intermittent

adj. stopping and starting at irregular intervals

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––185. internecine186. interpolate

internecine

adj. characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both

sides

interpolate

v. insert something new

Forms: interpolated; interpolated; interpolating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––187. interregnum188. intersperse

interregnum

n. the time between two reigns, governments, etc.

intersperse

v. introduce one's writing or speech with certain

expressions

Forms: interregnums, interregna Forms: interspersed; interspersed; interspersing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––189. intervene190. intimate



intervene

v. occur between other event or between certain points of

time

intimate

v. imply as a possibility

Forms: intervened; intervened; intervening Forms: intimated; intimated; intimating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––191. intimidation192. intractable

intimidation

n. a communication that makes you afraid to try

something

intractable

adj. inflexible; stubborn; unyielding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––193. intransigence194. intrepid

intransigence

n. the trait of being intransigent

intrepid

adj. invulnerable to fear or intimidation; dauntless;

fearless; hardy; unfearing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––195. intrinsically196. introspective

intrinsically

adv. in an essential manner; naturally

introspective

adj. given to examining own sensory and perceptual

experiences; self-examining

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––197. introvert198. intrude

introvert

n. person who tends to focus on their own thoughts and

feelings

intrude

v. thrust oneself in as if by force

Forms: intruded; intruded; intruding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––199. intuition200. inundate

intuition

n. an impression that something might be the case;

suspicion

inundate

v. fill or cover completely, usually with water; submerge

Forms: intuitions Forms: inundated; inundated; inundating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––201. inured202. invalidate

inured

adj. made tough by habitual exposure; hardened

invalidate

v. take away the legal force of or render ineffective; vitiate

Forms: invalidated; invalidated; invalidating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––203. invective204. inveigle

invective

n. abusive or venomous language used to express blame

or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will; vitriol

inveigle

v. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or

flattering; palaver; blarney; coax; sweet-talk

Forms: inveigled; inveigled; inveigling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––205. invert206. inveterate



invert

v. reverse; turn upside down

inveterate

adj. habitual

Forms: inverted; inverted; inverting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––207. invidious208. invincible

invidious

adj. containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice

invincible

adj. incapable of being overcome or subdued;

unvanquishable

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––209. inviolability210. invulnerable

inviolability

n. invulnerability; sacredness

invulnerable

adj. immune to attack

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––211. iota212. irascible

iota

n. the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet

irascible

adj. characterized by anger

Forms: iotas

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––213. ironic214. irony

ironic

adj. characterized by often poignant difference or

incongruity between what is expected and what actually

is

irony

n. a trope that involves incongruity between what is

expected and what occurs

Forms: ironies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––215. irreconcilable216. irrelevant

irreconcilable

adj. impossible to reconcile

irrelevant

adj. having no bearing on or connection with the subject

at issue

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––217. irremediable218. irreparable

irremediable

adj. impossible to remedy or correct or redress

irreparable

adj. impossible to repair, rectify, or amend

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––219. irrepressible220. irresolute

irrepressible

adj. unrestrainable; uncontrollable

irresolute

adj. uncertain how to act or proceed

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––221. irreverent222. irrevocable

irreverent

adj. not revering god

irrevocable

adj. incapable of being retracted or revoked

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––223. isotope224. isthmus

isotope

n. one of two or more atoms with the same atomic

number but with different numbers of neutrons

isthmus

n. a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an

anatomical structure

Forms: isthmuses, isthmi

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––225. itinerary



itinerary

n. a proposed route of travel

Forms: itineraries

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J1. jaded2. jambon

jaded

adj. dulled by surfeit

jambon

n. meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked);

gammon

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. jampack4. jargon

jampack

v. crowd to capacity; ram; chock up; cram; wad

jargon

n. specialized technical terminology characteristic of a

particular subject

Forms: jargons

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. jaundiced6. jaunt

jaundiced

adj. showing or affected by prejudice or envy or distaste

jaunt

n. a journey taken for pleasure; outing; pleasure trip;

expedition; sashay

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. jaunty8. jawbone

jaunty

adj. having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air;

debonaire

jawbone

v. talk idly or casually and in a friendly way; schmooze;

schmoose

Forms: jauntier; jauntiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. jeer10. jeer

jeer

v. laugh at with contempt and derision; flout; barrack;

gibe

jeer

n. showing your contempt by derision; mockery; scoff;

scoffing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. jell12. jeopardy

jell

v. become gelatinous; congeal

jeopardy

n. a source of danger; peril; risk; endangerment

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. jerkwater14. jesting

jerkwater

adj. small and remote and insignificant; pokey; poky

jesting

adj. characterized by jokes and good humor; jocular;

joking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. jetting16. jingoism

jetting

adj. propelled violently in a usually narrow stream;

spurting; squirting

jingoism

n. fanatical patriotism; superpatriotism; ultranationalism

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. jingoistic18. jinrikisha

jingoistic

adj. fanatically patriotic; nationalistic; ultranationalistic;

superpatriotic

jinrikisha

n. a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; rickshaw

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. jocose20. jocoseness

jocose

adj. characterized by jokes and good humor; jocular;

joking

jocoseness

n. the trait of merry joking; merriness; humorousness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. jocular22. jollity

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jocular

adj. characterized by jokes and good humor; joking

jollity

n. joviality

Forms: jollities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. jolly24. jolty

jolly

v. be silly or tease one another; josh; banter

jolty

adj. causing or characterized by jolts and irregular

movements; bumpy; jolting; jumpy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. jongleur26. jostle

jongleur

n. a singer of folk songs; minstrel; poet-singer;

troubadour

jostle

v. come into rough contact with while moving

Forms: jostled; jostled; jostling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. jounce28. jovial

jounce

n. a sudden jarring impact; shock

jovial

adj. full of or showing high-spirited merriment; jolly;

merry; mirthful

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. jubilation30. judicious

jubilation

n. the utterance of sounds expressing great joy

judicious

adj. marked by the exercise of good judgment or common

sense in practical matters; heady

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. juggernaut32. junket

juggernaut

n. a crude idol of Krishna

junket

n. a trip taken by an official at public expense

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. junta34. jurisprudence

junta

n. a group of military officers who rule a country after

seizing power

jurisprudence

n. the collection of rules imposed by authority

Forms: juntas

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. jutting

jutting

adj. extending out above or beyond a surface or

boundary; projecting; protruding; relieved

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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K1. kaleidoscope2. kayoed

kaleidoscope

n. an optical toy in a tube

kayoed

adj. knocked unconscious by a heavy blow; stunned

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. keel4. ken

keel

v. walk as if unable to control one's movements; lurch;

swag; careen

ken

n. the range of vision

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. kerfuffle6. kibosh

kerfuffle

n. a disorderly outburst or tumult; commotion; flutter;

hurly burly

kibosh

v. stop from happening or developing; block

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. killjoy8. kindle

killjoy

n. person who ruins the fun or enjoyment of others

kindle

v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); evoke;

raise; provoke

Forms: kindled; kindled; kindling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. kindred10. kinetic

kindred

adj. related by blood or marriage

kinetic

adj. supplying motive force

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. kismet12. kleptomaniac

kismet

n. fate; destiny

kleptomaniac

n. someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence

of an economic motive

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. knavery14. knead

knavery

n. lack of honesty

knead

v. manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for

medicinal or relaxation purposes

Forms: knaveries Forms: kneaded; kneaded; kneading

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. knell16. knit

knell

n. the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or

a funeral or the end of something

knit

v. weave by joining loops of yarn or thread

Forms: knitted, knit; knitted, knit; knitting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. knoll18. knottiness

knoll

n. a small natural hill; hillock; hummock; hammock

knottiness

n. puzzling complexity; tortuousness

Forms: knolls

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. knotty20. knowable

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knotty

adj. tangled in knots or snarls; snarly

knowable

adj. capable of being known; cognisable; cognoscible

Forms: knottier; knottiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. kudos22. kyphosis

kudos

n. an expression of approval and commendation;

extolment

kyphosis

n. an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column;

hunchback

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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L1. labile2. labyrinth

labile

adj. changeable; unstable

labyrinth

n. a complex system of interconnecting cavities

Forms: labyrinths

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. lacerate4. lachrymose

lacerate

v. deeply hurt the feelings of

lachrymose

adj. showing sorrow; tearful; weeping

Forms: lacerated; lacerated; lacerating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. lackluster6. lagoon

lackluster

adj. dim; dull; very boring

lagoon

n. a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of

sand or coral; lagune

Forms: lagoons

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. laity8. lallygag

laity

n. in Christianity, members of a religious community that

do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy

lallygag

v. be about; lounge; loaf; hang around; mill around

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. lambaste10. lambency

lambaste

v. censure severely or angrily; rebuke; rag; reprimand

lambency

n. an appearance of reflected light; glow

Forms: lambasted; lambasted; lambasting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. lament12. lamentable

lament

v. regret strongly; bewail; bemoan

lamentable

adj. bad; pitiful; sad; sorry

Forms: lamented; lamented; lamenting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. lampoon14. lancinate

lampoon

v. ridicule with satire

lancinate

adj. painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; knifelike;

piercing; stabbing; lancinating

Forms: lampooned; lampooned; lampooning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. languish16. languor

languish

v. become feeble

languor

n. inactivity; sluggishness; phlegm; flatness

Forms: languished; languished; languishing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. lank18. larceny

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lank

adj. long and lean

larceny

n. the act of taking something from someone unlawfully;

thievery; thieving; stealing

Forms: lanker; lankest Forms: larcenies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. larder20. largess

larder

n. a small storeroom for storing foods or wines; buttery

largess

n. liberality in bestowing gifts; magnanimity;

openhandedness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. lariat22. lassitude

lariat

n. a long noosed rope used to catch animals; riata; reata

lassitude

n. weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy;

lethargy; slackness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. lateral24. latitude

lateral

adj. lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a

body

latitude

n. scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought

Forms: latitudes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. laudable26. laudatory

laudable

adj. worthy of high praise; praiseworthy

laudatory

adj. full of or giving praise; praising

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. lavalier28. lavish

lavalier

n. jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck;

lavalliere

lavish

adj. characterized by extravagance and profusion; lush;

plush; plushy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. laxative30. leaven

laxative

adj. stimulating evacuation of feces

leaven

v. influence; cause gradual change

Forms: leavened; leavened; leavening

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. lechery32. lectern

lechery

n. unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity

lectern

n. desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at

the proper height for a lecturer

Forms: lecheries

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. leechlike34. leery

leechlike

adj. of plants or persons; bloodsucking

leery

adj. openly distrustful and unwilling to confide;

suspicious; untrusting; wary

Forms: leerier; leeriest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. leeway36. leftover



leeway

n. space or time to maneuver; additional money

leftover

adj. not used up; odd; remaining; unexpended

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––37. legacy38. legend

legacy

n. inheritance; bequest

legend

n. brief description accompanying an illustration

Forms: legacies Forms: legends

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––39. legerdemain40. leniency

legerdemain

n. trick; magic; conjuration; illusion; deception

leniency

n. lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by

judges or parents or teachers

Forms: leniencies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––41. leonine42. lethal

leonine

adj. of or characteristic of or resembling a king of beasts

lethal

adj. of an instrument of certain death

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––43. lethargic44. levee

lethargic

adj. deficient in alertness or activity

levee

n. an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river

from overflowing

Forms: levees

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––45. levitate46. levity

levitate

v. be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity

levity

n. a manner lacking seriousness

Forms: levitated; levitated; levitating Forms: levities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––47. lexicographer48. liability

lexicographer

n. person who writes or compiles a dictionary

liability

n. the quality of being something that holds you back

Forms: liabilities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––49. liaison50. libelous

liaison

n. a channel for communication between groups; contact;

inter-group communication

libelous

adj. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue;

defamatory; denigrative; denigrating; denigratory;

slanderous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––51. libertine52. libidinous

libertine

n. a dissolute person; rounder

libidinous

adj. driven by lust; lustful

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––53. libido54. libretto



libido

n. sexual instinct

libretto

n. the words of an opera or musical play

Forms: libidos Forms: librettos, libretti

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––55. licentious56. ligneous

licentious

adj. lacking moral discipline

ligneous

adj. made of wood

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––57. liken58. lilliputian

liken

v. consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous;

equate

lilliputian

adj. small; tiny

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––59. lilting60. limbo

lilting

adj. characterized by a buoyant rhythm; swingy; tripping

limbo

n. state of oblivion

Forms: limbos

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––61. limn62. limner

limn

v. describe; portray

limner

n. a painter or drawer of portraits; portrayer

Forms: limned; limned; limning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––63. limpid64. lineage

limpid

adj. transparent; easy to understand

lineage

n. inherited properties shared with others of your

bloodline; derivation; filiation

Forms: lineages

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––65. lineaments66. linguistic

lineaments

n. facial details; characteristics

linguistic

adj. of or relating to the scientific study of language

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––67. lionize68. liquidate

lionize

v. assign great social importance to; celebrate

liquidate

v. settle the affairs of by determining the debts and

applying the assets to pay them off

Forms: lionized; lionized; lionizing Forms: liquidated; liquidated; liquidating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––69. lissom70. list

lissom

adj. moving and bending with ease; lithe; lithesome;

slender; supple; svelte; sylphlike

list

v. enumerate

Forms: listed; listed; listing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––71. litany72. lithe



litany

n. a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the

priest with responses from the congregation

lithe

adj. moving and bending with ease; slender; supple;

svelte; sylphlike

Forms: litanies Forms: lither; lithest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––73. litigation74. litoral

litigation

n. process of contesting in a court of law

litoral

n. the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean;

littoral zone; sands

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––75. litotes76. livid

litotes

n. manner of speaking which uses a negative to state a

positive

livid

adj. bluish; very angry

Forms: litotes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––77. loath78. locality

loath

adj. (usually followed by 'to') strongly opposed

locality

n. a surrounding or nearby region; neighborhood;

neighbourhood; neck of the woods

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––79. lode80. lofty

lode

n. a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite

boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks

lofty

adj. having or displaying great dignity or nobility; majestic;

proud

Forms: loftier; loftiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––81. logroll82. loiter

logroll

v. work toward the passage of some legislation by

exchanging political favors such as trading votes

loiter

v. be about; lounge; mess about; mill around

Forms: loitered; loitered; loitering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––83. loll84. longevity

loll

v. be lazy or idle; bum around; loaf; frig around; lounge

about

longevity

n. length of life

Forms: lolled; lolled; lolling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––85. looted86. lope

looted

adj. wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value;

plundered; ransacked

lope

v. run easily

Forms: loped; loped; loping

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––87. lout88. low



lout

n. an awkward stupid person; oaf; lubber; lump; gawk

low

v. moo

Forms: lowed; lowed; lowing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––89. lowering90. lucrative

lowering

adj. darkened by clouds; sullen; threatening

lucrative

adj. producing a sizeable profit; remunerative

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––91. lucre92. lucullan

lucre

n. the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period

of time (including depreciation and other non-cash

expenses); net profit; earnings

lucullan

adj. characterized by extravagance and profusion; lush;

plush; plushy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––93. ludicrous94. lugubrious

ludicrous

adj. incongruous; derisory; idiotic; laughable;

nonsensical; preposterous; ridiculous

lugubrious

adj. excessively mournful

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––95. lull96. lumen

lull

n. a period of calm weather

lumen

n. a cavity or passage in a tubular organ

Forms: lumens, lumina

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––97. luminary98. lunar

luminary

n. a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; guiding light;

notable; notability

lunar

adj. of or relating to or associated with the moon

Forms: luminaries

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––99. lurk100. luster

lurk

v. wait in hiding to attack; bushwhack; waylay;

ambuscade; lie in wait

luster

n. a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain

Forms: lurked; lurked; lurking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––101. lustrous102. luxate

lustrous

adj. reflecting light; sheeny; shiny; shining

luxate

v. move out of position; splay; slip

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––103. luxuriant

luxuriant

adj. produced or growing in extreme abundance; profuse;

riotous

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M1. macabre2. mace

macabre

adj. shockingly repellent; grisly; gruesome; sick

mace

n. spiked club used as a weapon

Forms: maces

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. macerate4. machiavellian

macerate

v. cause to grow thin or weak

machiavellian

n. a follower of Machiavelli's principles

Forms: macerated; macerated; macerating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. machinations6. maculated

machinations

n. act of plotting or scheming; conspiracy

maculated

adj. dirty; stained

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. maddening8. madrigal

maddening

adj. extremely annoying or displeasing; vexing

madrigal

n. an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. maelstrom10. magisterial

maelstrom

n. a powerful circular current of water (usually the result

of conflicting tides)

magisterial

adj. used of a person's appearance or behavior; imposing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. magnate12. magniloquent

magnate

n. a very wealthy or powerful businessman; king; mogul;

power; top executive; tycoon

magniloquent

adj. lofty in style; tall

Forms: magnates

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. magnitude14. maim

magnitude

n. relative importance

maim

v. injure or wound seriously and leave permanent

disfiguration or mutilation

Forms: magnitudes Forms: maimed; maimed; maiming

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. maladroit16. malaise

maladroit

adj. awkward; clumsy

malaise

n. physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression);

uneasiness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. malapropism18. malcontent

malapropism

n. the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with

one that sounds similar

malcontent

n. a person who is discontented or disgusted

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. malediction20. malefactor

malediction

n. the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and

usually serves as an insult)

malefactor

n. someone who has committed a crime or has been

legally convicted of a crime; crook; outlaw

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. malefic22. malevolent

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malefic

adj. having or exerting a malignant influence; malign; evil

malevolent

adj. having or exerting a malignant influence; malign; evil

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. malfeasance24. malicious

malfeasance

n. wrongful conduct by a public official

malicious

adj. having the nature of or resulting from malice

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. malign26. malignant

malign

v. speak unfavorably about; traduce; drag through the

mud

malignant

adj. spiteful; harmful; deadly

Forms: maligned; maligned; maligning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. malingerer28. malleable

malingerer

n. someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or

incapacity; shammer

malleable

adj. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out;

pliable; pliant; tensile; tractile

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. malodorous30. maltreated

malodorous

adj. having an unpleasant smell; unpleasant-smelling; ill-

smelling; stinky

maltreated

adj. subjected to cruel treatment; mistreated

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. manacle32. mandate

manacle

v. confine or restrain with handcuffs; bind

mandate

n. order; command

Forms: manacled; manacled; manacling Forms: mandates

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. mandatory34. manducate

mandatory

adj. required by rule; required

manducate

v. chew (food); jaw

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. manger36. mangled

manger

n. a container from which cattle or horses feed; trough

mangled

adj. having edges that are jagged from injury; torn

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––37. mangy38. maniacal

mangy

adj. having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap

maniacal

adj. wildly disordered

Forms: mangier; mangiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––39. manifest40. manifestation

manifest

adj. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or

judgment; patent; plain; unmistakable

manifestation

n. demonstration or indication or something

Forms: manifestations

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––41. manifesto42. manifold



manifesto

n. public statement listing policies and objectives

manifold

adj. many and varied

Forms: manifestos, manifestoes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––43. manipulate44. mannered

manipulate

v. treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic

purposed

mannered

adj. having unnatural mannerisms

Forms: manipulated; manipulated; manipulating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––45. mantic46. mantled

mantic

adj. resembling or characteristic of a prophet or

prophecy; sibylline; sibyllic; vatic; vatical

mantled

adj. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak;

draped; wrapped

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––47. manumit48. marital

manumit

v. free from slavery or servitude

marital

adj. of or relating to the state of marriage; married

Forms: manumitted; manumitted; manumitting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––49. maritime50. marked

maritime

adj. bordering on or living or characteristic of those near

the sea

marked

adj. noticeable; significant; conspicuous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––51. marque52. marred

marque

n. a name given to a product or service; brand

marred

adj. blemished by injury or rough wear

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––53. marshal54. marsupial

marshal

v. lead ceremoniously, as in a procession

marsupial

n. mammals of which the females have a pouch (the

marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed

and carried

Forms: marshaled, marshalled; marshaled, marshalled;

marshaling, marshalling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––55. martinet56. martyrize

martinet

n. someone who demands exact conformity to rules and

forms; moralist

martyrize

v. torture and torment

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––57. masochist58. masque

masochist

n. someone who obtains pleasure from receiving

punishment

masque

n. a party of guests wearing costumes and masks; mask

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––59. masticate60. materialism



masticate

v. chew (food); manducate; jaw

materialism

n. belief that physical comfort is the highest value

Forms: masticated; masticated; masticating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––61. maternal62. matriarch

maternal

adj. related on the mother's side

matriarch

n. a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in

cartoons)

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––63. maul64. mausoleum

maul

v. injure badly by beating

mausoleum

n. a large burial chamber, usually above ground

Forms: mauled; mauled; mauling Forms: mausoleums, mausolea

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––65. mauve66. maxillary

mauve

adj. of a pale to moderate greyish violet color

maxillary

n. the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––67. maxim68. mayhem

maxim

n. expression of general truth; code of behavior

mayhem

n. violent and needless disturbance

Forms: maxims

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––69. mealymouthed70. meandering

mealymouthed

adj. hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly

as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy

meandering

adj. of a path e.g.; winding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––71. meddlesome72. mediate

meddlesome


meddling; officious; busy; busybodied

mediate

v. intervene; reconciliate

Forms: mediated; mediated; mediating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––73. medley74. meek

medley

n. a musical composition consisting of a series of songs

or other musical pieces from various sources; pastiche

meek

adj. evidencing little spirit or courage

Forms: medleys Forms: meeker; meekest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––75. megalomania76. melee

megalomania

n. a psychological state characterized by delusions of

grandeur

melee

n. a noisy riotous fight; battle royal

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––77. meliorist78. mellifluous



meliorist

n. a disputant who advocates reform; crusader; social

reformer

mellifluous

adj. pleasing to the ear; mellisonant; sweet

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––79. memento80. memorialize

memento

n. a reminder of past events

memorialize

v. commemorate; record

Forms: mementos, mementoes Forms: memorialized; memorialized; memorializing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––81. mendicant82. menial

mendicant

n. a pauper who lives by begging

menial

adj. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work);

lowly

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––83. mentor84. mercantile

mentor

n. a wise and trusted guide and advisor

mercantile

adj. relating to or characteristic of trade or traders

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––85. mercurial86. merged

mercurial

adj. relating to or containing or caused by mercury

merged

adj. formed or united into a whole; integrated; unified

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––87. merger88. mesmeric

merger

n. an occurrence that involves the production of a union;

unification

mesmeric

adj. attracting and holding interest as if by a spell;

mesmerizing; spellbinding

Forms: mergers

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––89. mesmerism90. metallurgical

mesmerism

n. the act of inducing hypnosis; suggestion

metallurgical

adj. of or relating to metallurgy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––91. metaphor92. metaphysical

metaphor

n. a figure of speech in which an expression is used to

refer to something that it does not literally denote in order

to suggest a similarity

metaphysical

adj. highly abstract and overly theoretical

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––93. meteoric94. methodical

meteoric

adj. fast and brilliant

methodical

adj. performed in a systematic way; orderly

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––95. metricate96. mewl

metricate

v. change from one system to another; convert; change

over

mewl

v. cry weakly or softly; pule

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––97. mezcal98. miasma



mezcal

n. a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; peyote;

Lophophora williamsii

miasma

n. unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other

sources

Forms: miasmas, miasmata

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––99. miasmal100. microcosm

miasmal

adj. filled with vapor; vaporous; vapourous

microcosm

n. a miniature model of something

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––101. midget102. migrant

midget

n. a person who is markedly small; nanus

migrant

n. traveler who moves from one region or country to

another

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––103. milieu104. militant

milieu

n. the environmental condition

militant

adj. engaged in war; war-ridden; warring

Forms: milieus, milieux Forms: more militant; most militant

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––105. millennium106. millinery

millennium

n. one thousand years

millinery

n. hats for women

Forms: millenniums, millennia

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––107. mimicry108. mincing

mimicry

n. the resemblance of an animal species to another

species or to natural objects

mincing

adj. affectedly dainty or refined; niminy-piminy; prim; twee

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––109. minion110. mint

minion

n. a servile or fawning dependant

mint

v. form by stamping, punching, or printing; strike

Forms: minions

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––111. minuscule112. minute

minuscule

adj. very small

minute

adj. characterized by painstaking care and detailed

examination

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––113. minutia114. mirage

minutia

n. a small or minor detail

mirage

n. something illusory and unattainable

Forms: minutiae

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––115. mire116. mirid



mire

v. soil with mud or muck; muck up

mirid

n. a variety of leaf bug; capsid

Forms: mired; mired; miring

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––117. mirth118. misadventure

mirth

n. great merriment; glee; gleefulness

misadventure

n. an instance of misfortune; mischance

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––119. misanthrope120. misapprehension

misanthrope

n. someone who dislikes people in general

misapprehension

n. an understanding of something that is not correct

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––121. misbegot122. miscellany

misbegot

adj. born out of wedlock; spurious

miscellany

n. an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and

ballads etc.

Forms: miscellanies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––123. mischance124. misconstrue

mischance

n. an instance of misfortune

misconstrue

v. interpret in the wrong way; misconceive;

misunderstand; misapprehend; be amiss

Forms: mischances Forms: misconstrued; misconstrued; misconstruing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––125. miscreant126. misdemeanor

miscreant

n. a person without moral scruples

misdemeanor

n. a crime less serious than a felony; infraction; violation;

infringement

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––127. miserly128. misgivings

miserly

adj. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or

indicative of lack of generosity; tight

misgivings

n. apprehension; worry; doubt

Forms: misgivings

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––129. mishap130. mismated

mishap

n. an instance of misfortune; mischance

mismated

adj. not easy to combine harmoniously; unsuited

Forms: mishaps

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––131. misogynist132. missile

misogynist

n. a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular

missile

n. a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a

targets but is not self-propelled

Forms: missiles

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––133. mite134. mnemonic



mite

n. any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often

infesting animals or plants or stored foods

mnemonic

adj. of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the

memory; mnemotechnical

Forms: mites

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––135. mobile136. mode

mobile

adj. affording change (especially in social status)

mode

n. style; way; manner; fashion

Forms: more mobile; most mobile Forms: modes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––137. modeled138. modicum

modeled

adj. resembling sculpture; sculptured; sculpturesque

modicum

n. a small or moderate or token amount

Forms: modicums, modica

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––139. modish140. modulation

modish

adj. in the current fashion or style

modulation

n. variation

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––141. mogul142. mollycoddle

mogul

n. a very wealthy or powerful businessman; king;

magnate; power; top executive; tycoon

mollycoddle

v. treat with excessive indulgence; cosset; cocker; baby;

spoil; indulge

Forms: mollycoddled; mollycoddled; mollycoddling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––143. molt144. molten

molt

v. cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; exuviate; moult;

slough

molten

adj. reduced to liquid form by heating; liquified

Forms: molted; molted; molting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––145. momentous146. momentum

momentous

adj. of very great significance

momentum

n. the product of a body's mass and its velocity

Forms: momenta, momentums

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––147. momism148. monarchy

momism

n. excessive protection; overshielding

monarchy

n. an autocracy governed by a king who usually inherits

the authority

Forms: monarchies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––149. monastic150. monochromatic



monastic

adj. of communal life sequestered from the world under

religious vows; conventual

monochromatic

adj. having or appearing to have only one color;

monochromic; monochromous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––151. monolithic152. monotheism

monolithic

adj. characterized by massiveness and rigidity and total

uniformity

monotheism

n. belief in a single God

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––153. monumental154. moodiness

monumental

adj. imposing in size or bulk or solidity

moodiness

n. having temperamental and changeable moods

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––155. morbid156. mordant

morbid

adj. caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or

pathology; pathologic; pathological

mordant


vitriolic

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––157. mores158. moribund

mores

n. traditional customs of a community

moribund

adj. being on the point of death

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––159. morose160. mortician

morose


moody; saturnine; sour; sullen

mortician

n. one whose business is the management of funerals;

funeral undertaker; funeral director

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––161. mortify162. mosaic

mortify

v. undergo necrosis; sphacelate

mosaic

n. arrangement of aerial photographs forming a

composite picture

Forms: mortified; mortified; mortifying Forms: mosaics

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––163. mosh164. mote

mosh

v. dance the slam dance; thrash

mote

n. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything; particle;

corpuscle; speck

Forms: motes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––165. motility166. motionless

motility

n. a change of position that does not entail a change of

location; move

motionless

adj. static; still; stationary

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––167. motley168. mottled



motley

adj. having sections or patches colored differently and

usually brightly; multicolor; particolored; varicolored;

varicolo

mottled

adj. having spots or patches of color

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––169. mountebank170. muckrake

mountebank

n. a flamboyant deceiver

muckrake

v. explore and expose misconduct and scandals

concerning public figures

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––171. muddle172. muggins

muddle

v. mix up or confuse; puddle

muggins

n. a person who lacks good judgment; saphead; tomfool

Forms: muddled; muddled; muddling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––173. muggy174. mulct

muggy

adj. hot or warm and humid; sticky

mulct

v. impose a fine on

Forms: muggier; muggiest Forms: mulcted; mulcted; mulcting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––175. multifarious176. multilingual

multifarious

adj. having many aspects; miscellaneous

multilingual

adj. using or knowing more than one language

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––177. multiplicity178. mundane

multiplicity

n. a large number

mundane

adj. belonging to this earth or world

Forms: multiplicities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––179. murkiness180. murmurous

murkiness

n. the quality of being cloudy; muddiness

murmurous

adj. characterized by soft sounds; soughing; susurrous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––181. muse182. musky

muse

v. reflect deeply on a subject; think over; meditate;

contemplate; reflect

musky

adj. of or pertaining to the smell secreted by certain

animals

Forms: mused; mused; musing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––183. mussitate184. mustelid

mussitate

v. talk indistinctly; maunder

mustelid

n. fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals; musteline

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––185. musty186. mutable



musty

adj. stale and unclean smelling; frowsty

mutable

adj. capable of or tending to change in form or quality or

nature

Forms: mustier; mustiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––187. muted188. mutilate

muted

adj. being or made softer or less loud or clear; softened

mutilate

v. destroy or injure severely

Forms: mutilated; mutilated; mutilating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––189. mutinous190. mutter

mutinous

adj. consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny

mutter

v. make complaining remarks or noises under one's

breath; grumble; croak; gnarl

Forms: muttered; muttered; muttering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––191. myopic192. myriad

myopic

adj. lacking foresight or scope; unforesightful

myriad

n. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one

thousand

Forms: myriads

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––193. mythical

mythical

adj. based on or told of in traditional stories; mythologic;

mythological

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N1. nadir2. naivete

nadir

n. the point below the observer that is directly opposite

the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which

celestial bodies appear to be projected

naivete

n. lack of sophistication or worldliness; naiveness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. nape4. narcissist

nape

n. the back side of the neck; nucha

narcissist

n. someone in love with themselves

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. narrative6. nascent

narrative

adj. consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story

nascent

adj. being born or beginning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. natation8. natator

natation

n. the act of someone who floats on the water

natator

n. a person who travels through the water by swimming;

bather

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. natty10. nauseate

natty


jaunty; raffish; rakish; spiffy; snappy; spruce

nauseate

v. cause aversion in; sicken; churn up

Forms: nattier; nattiest Forms: nauseated; nauseated; nauseating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. nautical12. necromancy

nautical

adj. relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation

or seamen; marine

necromancy

n. conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. necrose14. negation

necrose

v. undergo necrosis; mortify; sphacelate

negation

n. operation on logical values

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. negligible16. neigh

negligible

adj. not worth considering; trifling

neigh

v. make a characteristic sound, of a horse; whicker;

whinny

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. neigh18. nemesis

neigh

n. the characteristic sounds made by a horse; whicker;

whinny

nemesis

n. vengeful opponent

Forms: nemeses

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. neologism20. neophyte

neologism

n. the act of inventing a word or phrase; coinage

neophyte

n. a new convert being taught the principles of

Christianity by a catechist

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. nepotism22. nether

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nepotism

n. favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those

in power (as by giving them jobs)

nether

adj. located below or beneath something else

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. nettle24. nib

nettle

v. cause annoyance in; rag; get to; bother

nib

n. horny projecting mouth of a bird; neb; pecker

Forms: nettled; nettled; nettling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. nicety26. niggardly

nicety

n. a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude;

shade; subtlety; refinement

niggardly

adj. petty or reluctant in giving or spending; scrimy

Forms: niceties

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. niggle28. nigrify

niggle

v. argue over petty things; pettifog; bicker; squabble;

brabble

nigrify

v. make or become black; melanise; black

Forms: niggled; niggled; niggling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. nihilism30. nimiety

nihilism

n. complete denial of all established authority and

institutions

nimiety

n. a quantity much larger than is needed; surplusage

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. nincompoop32. nirvana

nincompoop

n. a stupid foolish person; ninny

nirvana

n. heavenly state that exists beyond the cycle of

reincarnation

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. nisus34. nitwitted

nisus

n. an effortful attempt to attain a goal; pains; strain

nitwitted

adj. lacking sense or understanding or judgment (of

especially persons)

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. nocturnal36. nomadic

nocturnal

adj. of the night

nomadic

adj. migratory; peregrine; roving; wandering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––37. nomenclature38. nonchalance

nomenclature

n. a system of words used to name things in a particular

discipline; language

nonchalance

n. the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care;

indifference

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––39. noncommittal40. nondescript



noncommittal

adj. refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of

action or view or the like

nondescript

adj. lacking distinct or individual characteristics

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––41. nonimmune42. nonionized

nonimmune

adj. (often followed by 'to') likely to be affected with;

nonresistant; unresistant

nonionized

adj. not converted into ions; unionized; unionised;

nonionic

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––43. nonnatural44. nonplus

nonnatural

adj. existing outside of or not in accordance with nature;

preternatural; transcendental

nonplus


Forms: nonplussed, nonplused; nonplussed, nonplused;

nonplussing, nonplusing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––45. nonplused46. nosey

nonplused

adj. filled with bewilderment; nonplussed; puzzled

nosey

adj. offensively curious or inquisitive; prying; snoopy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––47. nostalgia48. nostrum

nostalgia

n. longing for something past

nostrum

n. patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––49. notoriety50. noxious

notoriety

n. the state of being known for some unfavorable act or

quality

noxious

adj. injurious to physical or mental health

Forms: notorieties Forms: more noxious; most noxious

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––51. nuance52. nubbiness

nuance

n. a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude;

shade; subtlety; refinement

nubbiness

n. looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth);

tweediness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––53. nubile54. nullify

nubile

adj. of girls or women who are eligible to marry

nullify

v. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of;

negate

Forms: nullified; nullified; nullifying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––55. numismatist56. nuptial

numismatist

n. a collector and student of money (and coins in

particular); coin collector

nuptial

adj. of or relating to a wedding; spousal

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––57. nurseling58. nurture



nurseling

n. an infant considered in relation to its nanny; suckling

nurture

v. provide with nourishment; sustain

Forms: nurtured; nurtured; nurturing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––59. nutrient

nutrient

n. any substance (such as a chemical element or

inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green

plant and used in organic synthesis

Forms: nutrients

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O1. oaf2. obeisance

oaf

n. an awkward stupid person; stumblebum; goon; lubber;

lummox; lump; gawk

obeisance

n. the act of obeying

Forms: obeisances

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. obelisk4. obfuscate

obelisk

n. a character used in printing to indicate a cross

reference or footnote

obfuscate

v. make obscure or unclear

Forms: obelisks Forms: obfuscated; obfuscated; obfuscating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. obit6. obituary

obit

n. a notice of someone's death; necrology

obituary

n. a notice of someone's death; necrology

Forms: obituaries

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. objective8. objective

objective

adj. impartial; unbiased

objective

n. aim; purpose; goal

Forms: more objective; most objective Forms: objectives

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. obligatory10. oblique

obligatory

adj. required by obligation or compulsion or convention

oblique

adj. indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way

Forms: more oblique; most oblique

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. obscure12. obscure

obscure

adj. remote and separate physically or socially

obscure

v. vague; hazy; dark; dim

Forms: obscurer; obscurest Forms: obscured; obscured; obscuring

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. obsequy14. obsession

obsequy

n. funeral ceremony

obsession

n. an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with

something or someone

Forms: obsequies Forms: obsessions

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. obsidian16. obsolete

obsidian

n. acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of

lava without crystallization

obsolete

adj. no longer in use

Forms: obsidians

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. obstetrician18. obstinate

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obstetrician

n. a physician specializing in obstetrics

obstinate

adj. resistant to guidance or discipline; perverse;

wayward

Forms: more obstinate; most obstinate

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. obstreperous20. obtrusive

obstreperous

adj. boisterously and noisily aggressive

obtrusive

adj. sticking out

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. obtuse22. occident

obtuse

adj. slow to learn or understand; dull; dumb; slow

occident

n. the hemisphere that includes North America and South

America; New World

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. oculist24. odious

oculist

n. a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and

treatment of diseases of the eye

odious

adj. unequivocally detestable; execrable

Forms: oculists Forms: more odious; most odious

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. odoriferous26. odorous

odoriferous

adj. having a natural fragrance; perfumed; scented;

sweet; sweet-scented; sweet-smelling

odorous

adj. having a natural fragrance; perfumed; scented;

sweet; sweet-scented; sweet-smelling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. odyssey28. offbeat

odyssey

n. a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing

the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy

offbeat

adj. informal terms; quirky; way-out

Forms: odysseys

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. offensive30. offhand

offensive

adj. causing or able to cause nausea; noisome; queasy;

loathsome; sickening; vile

offhand

adj. casually thoughtless or inconsiderate

Forms: more offensive; most offensive

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. officious32. ogle

officious


meddling; busy; busybodied

ogle

v. look at with amorous intentions

Forms: ogled; ogled; ogling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. ominous34. omnipresent



ominous

adj. presaging ill fortune

omnipresent

adj. existent everywhere at all times

Forms: more ominous; most ominous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. oneirism36. onomatopoeia

oneirism

n. absentminded dreaming while awake; daydream;

daydreaming; air castle; castle in the air; castle in Spain

onomatopoeia

n. using words that imitate the sound they denote

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––37. onslaught38. onus

onslaught

n. assault; mighty attack

onus

n. an onerous or difficult concern; encumbrance;

incumbrance

Forms: onslaughts Forms: onuses

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––39. opaline40. opaque

opaline

adj. having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; opalescent;

pearlescent

opaque

adj. not clearly understood or expressed

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––41. opiate42. opportune

opiate

n. a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium

derivative

opportune

adj. suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous

especially for a particular purpose

Forms: more opportune; most opportune

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––43. opprobrium44. optician

opprobrium

n. a state of extreme dishonor

optician

n. a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of

vision

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––45. optimum46. optional

optimum

adj. most desirable possible under a restriction expressed

or implied

optional

adj. possible but not necessary

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––47. optometrist48. opus

optometrist

n. a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order

to prescribe corrective glasses

opus

n. a musical work that has been created; composition;

piece; piece of music

Forms: opuses, opera

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––49. oracular50. oratorio



oracular

adj. resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought

oratorio

n. a musical composition for voices and orchestra based

on a religious text

Forms: oratorios

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––51. ordain52. ordeal

ordain

v. issue an order

ordeal

n. a primitive method of determining a person's guilt

Forms: ordained; ordained; ordaining Forms: ordeals

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––53. ordinance54. ordination

ordinance

n. law; statute; regulation

ordination

n. the act of ordaining

Forms: ordinances

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––55. orient56. orientation

orient

v. adjust to a specific need or market

orientation

n. a course introducing a new situation or environment

Forms: oriented; oriented; orienting Forms: orientations

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––57. orifice58. ornithologist

orifice

n. an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity;

porta

ornithologist

n. a zoologist who studies birds

Forms: orifices

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––59. orthodox60. orthography

orthodox

adj. observant; conservative

orthography

n. a method of representing the sounds of a language by

written or printed symbols

Forms: more orthodox; most orthodox Forms: orthographies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––61. oscillate62. osseous

oscillate

v. move or swing from side to side regularly

osseous

adj. composed of or containing bone; bony

Forms: oscillated; oscillated; oscillating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––63. ostentatious64. ostracize

ostentatious

adj. (of a display) tawdry or vulgar

ostracize

v. avoid speaking to or dealing with

Forms: more ostentatious; most ostentatious Forms: ostracized; ostracized; ostracizing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––65. outlandish66. outlawed



outlandish

adj. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;

eccentric; freaky; flaky

outlawed

adj. banned

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––67. outmoded68. outskirts

outmoded

adj. ex; old-fashioned; passe; passee

outskirts

n. outlying areas (as of a city or town)

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––69. outspoken70. outstrip

outspoken

adj. characterized by directness in manner or speech;

forthright; frank; point-blank; straight-from-the-shoulder

outstrip

v. go far ahead of; distance

Forms: outstripped; outstripped; outstripping

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––71. outturn72. outwit

outturn

n. what is produced in a given time period; turnout

outwit

v. beat through cleverness; outsmart; outfox; beat

Forms: outwitted; outwitted; outwitting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––73. ovalbumin74. ovation

ovalbumin

n. the white part of an egg; albumen

ovation

n. enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied

by loud applause)

Forms: ovations

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––75. overbearing76. overbold

overbearing

adj. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain

of those one views as unworthy; imperious; lordly;

prideful; sniffy; supercilious; swaggering

overbold

adj. impudent; smart; saucy; sassy; wise

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––77. overcast78. overhaul

overcast

adj. filled or abounding with clouds; sunless

overhaul

v. make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to;

modernise

Forms: overhauled; overhauled; overhauling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––79. overweening80. overwrought

overweening

adj. presumptuously arrogant

overwrought

adj. deeply agitated especially from emotion

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––81. ovoid82. oxygenate

ovoid

adj. rounded like an egg; elliptical; oval; oval-shaped;

ovate; oviform; prolate

oxygenate

v. impregnate; aerate

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––



P1. pachyderm2. pacifist

pachyderm

n. any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having

very thick skin: elephant

pacifist

n. someone opposed to violence as a means of settling

disputes; disarmer

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. pacify4. paean

pacify

v. fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)

paean

n. voiced or written song of rejoicing

Forms: pacified; pacified; pacifying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. paginate6. painstaking

paginate

v. number the pages of a book or manuscript; page

painstaking

adj. characterized by extreme care and great effort;

scrupulous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. paladin8. palatable

paladin

n. someone who fights for a cause; hero

palatable

adj. acceptable to the taste or mind

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. paleontology10. palette

paleontology

n. the earth science that studies fossil organisms and

related remains; fossilology

palette

n. one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit

of armor

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. palimpsest12. pall

palimpsest

n. a manuscript on which more than one text has been

written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and

still visible

pall

v. lose interest or become bored with something or

somebody; weary; fatigue; jade

Forms: palled; palled; palling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. pallet14. pallid

pallet

n. board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix

paints and the range of colors used

pallid

adj. lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness

Forms: pallets Forms: more pallid; most pallid

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. palmy16. palpitate

palmy

adj. very lively and profitable; prospering; prosperous;

roaring; thriving

palpitate

v. beat rapidly

Forms: palpitated; palpitated; palpitating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. palter18. paltry

palter


mislead or withhold information; tergiversate; prevaricate

paltry

adj. contemptibly small in amount

Forms: paltrier; paltriest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. pan20. panacea

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pan

v. express a totally negative opinion of; trash

panacea

n. hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; catholicon;

cure-all

Forms: panned; panned; panning Forms: panaceas

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. panache22. pandemic

panache

n. a feathered plume on a helmet

pandemic

adj. existing everywhere

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. pandemonium24. pander

pandemonium

n. a state of extreme confusion and disorder; bedlam;

topsy-turvydom; topsy-turvyness

pander

v. arrange for sexual partners for others; procure

Forms: pandemoniums Forms: pandered; pandered; pandering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. panegyric26. panoramic

panegyric

n. a formal expression of praise; paean; pean

panoramic

adj. as from an altitude or distance

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. pantomime28. pantry

pantomime

n. a performance using gestures and body movements

without words; dumb show

pantry

n. a small storeroom for storing foods or wines; buttery

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. papistical30. papyrus

papistical

adj. of or relating to or supporting Romanism; Romanist;

romish; Roman Catholic

papyrus

n. paper reed; ancient document

Forms: papyri, papyruses

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. parable32. paradigm

parable

n. proverb; short tale that teaches a moral lesson

paradigm

n. the generally accepted perspective of a particular

discipline at a given time

Forms: parables

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. paradox34. paragon

paradox

n. statement that seems to be self-contradictory

paragon

n. model of excellence or perfection of a kind; nonpareil;

saint; apotheosis; nonesuch; nonsuch

Forms: paradoxes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. parallelism36. parameter

parallelism

n. similarity by virtue of corresponding

parameter

n. variable which determines the form of a function

Forms: parameters

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––37. paramount38. paramour



paramount

adj. having superior power and influence; predominant;

predominate; preponderant; preponderating

paramour

n. a woman who cohabits with an important man; doxy

Forms: paramours

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––39. paranoia40. parched

paranoia

n. a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of

persecution or grandeur

parched

adj. toasted or roasted slightly

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––41. parlance42. parochial

parlance

n. a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers

of a language

parochial

adj. narrowly restricted in outlook or scope

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––43. paroxysm44. parquet

paroxysm

n. a sudden uncontrollable attack; convulsion

parquet

n. wooden floor

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––45. parry46. parsimonious

parry


fudge; evade; put off; circumvent; elude

parsimonious

adj. excessively unwilling to spend

Forms: parried; parried; parrying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––47. partial48. partiality

partial

adj. incomplete; biased; having a liking for something

partiality

n. an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion

over alternatives

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––49. partisan50. passe

partisan

adj. devoted to a cause or party

passe

adj. out of fashion; ex; old-fashioned; outmoded

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––51. pastiche52. pastille

pastiche

n. a work of art that imitates the style of some previous

work

pastille

n. a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat; cough

drop; troche

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––53. pastoral54. pastorale

pastoral

adj. (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically

rustic

pastorale

n. a musical composition that evokes rural life; idyll; idyl

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––55. patent56. pathetic



patent

adj. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or

judgment; manifest; plain; unmistakable

pathetic

adj. inspiring scornful pity; silly

Forms: more pathetic; most pathetic

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––57. pathological58. pathos

pathological

adj. of the study of diseases; sickly

pathos

n. a style that has the power to evoke feelings

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––59. patina60. patinate

patina

n. a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal

patinate

v. coat with a green incrustation

Forms: patinas

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––61. patness62. patois

patness

n. timely convenience; timeliness

patois

n. common language

Forms: patois

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––63. patriarch64. patrician

patriarch

n. a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

patrician

adj. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or

aristocracy; blue; blue-blooded; gentle

Forms: patriarchs

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––65. patronize66. paucity

patronize

v. be a regular customer or client of; patronage; support;

keep going

paucity

n. an insufficient quantity or number

Forms: patronized; patronized; patronizing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––67. pauper68. pauperize

pauper

n. a person who is very poor

pauperize

v. reduce to beggary; pauperise

Forms: paupers

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––69. peach70. pecs

peach

v. divulge confidential information or secrets; let the cat

out of the bag; talk

pecs

n. either of two large muscles of the chest; pectoralis;

musculus pectoralis

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––71. pedagogue72. pedagogy



pedagogue

n. someone who educates young people

pedagogy

n. the activities of educating or instructing; teaching;

didactics; educational activity

Forms: no plural

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––73. pedant74. pedantic

pedant

n. a person who pays more attention to formal rules and

book learning than they merit; scholastic

pedantic

adj. marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning

especially its trivial aspects

Forms: more pedantic; most pedantic

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––75. pediatrician76. pejorative

pediatrician

n. a specialist in the care of babies; pediatrist;

paediatrician

pejorative

adj. expressing disapproval

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––77. pell-mell78. pellucid

pell-mell

adv. in a hurried and disorganized fashion

pellucid

adj. intelligible; clear in meaning; understandable

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––79. penance80. penchant

penance

n. voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some

wrongdoing; self-abasement

penchant

n. a strong liking; predilection; taste

Forms: penances

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––81. pendant82. pendulous

pendant

n. hanging down from something; ornament (hanging

from a necklace, etc.)

pendulous

adj. swinging; hanging loosely

Forms: pendants

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––83. penitent84. penniless

penitent

adj. feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds

penniless

adj. not having enough money to pay for necessities;

penurious; pinched

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––85. pensive86. penumbra

pensive

adj. meditative; thoughtful; musing

penumbra

n. partly lighted area around any shadow

Forms: more pensive; most pensive Forms: penumbrae, penumbras

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––87. penurious88. penury

penurious

adj. excessively unwilling to spend

penury

n. a state of extreme poverty or destitution; pauperism;

pauperization

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––89. peon90. peppiness



peon

n. a laborer who is obliged to do menial work; navvy;

galley slave

peppiness

n. liveliness and energy; ginger

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––91. peppy92. perceptive

peppy

adj. marked by lively action; spirited; zippy

perceptive

adj. having the ability to perceive or understand

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––93. perdition94. perdurable

perdition

n. hell; purgatory; inferno

perdurable

adj. very long lasting; undestroyable

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––95. peregrination96. peregrine

peregrination

n. traveling or wandering around

peregrine

adj. migratory; roving; wandering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––97. perennial98. perfervid

perennial

adj. lasting throughout the whole year

perfervid

adj. characterized by intense emotion; fiery; impassioned;

torrid

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––99. perfidious100. perforate

perfidious

adj. tending to betray; treacherous

perforate

v. pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance

Forms: perforated; perforated; perforating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––101. perigee102. perimeter

perigee

n. periapsis in Earth orbit

perimeter

n. the size of something as given by the distance around

it

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––103. periphery104. permeable

periphery

n. the outside boundary or surface of something; outer

boundary

permeable

adj. allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through

Forms: peripheries

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––105. permeant106. peroration

permeant

adj. spreading or spread throughout; permeative;

pervasive

peroration

n. conclusion of a speech in which a speaker reviews the

major points of their report

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––107. perpetrate108. perquisite

perpetrate

v. perform an act, usually with a negative connotation;

pull

perquisite

n. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or

group (especially a hereditary or official right); exclusive

right

Forms: perpetrated; perpetrated; perpetrating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––109. personable110. perspicacious



personable

adj. (of persons) pleasant in appearance and personality

perspicacious

adj. mentally acute or penetratingly discerning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––111. perspicuity112. pert

perspicuity

n. clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous;

plainness

pert

adj. bold; insolent; forward

Forms: perter; pertest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––113. pertinacious114. perturb

pertinacious

adj. stubbornly unyielding; persistent; tenacious;

unyielding

perturb

v. throw into great confusion or disorder; throw out of

kilter

Forms: perturbed; perturbed; perturbing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––115. perusal116. pervasive

perusal

n. reading carefully with intent to remember; poring over;

studying

pervasive

adj. spreading or spread throughout; permeative

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––117. perverse118. perversion

perverse

adj. deviating from what is considered moral or right or

proper or good; perverted; reprobate

perversion

n. the action of perverting something (turning it to a

wrong use)

Forms: more perverse; most perverse

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––119. pessimism120. pest

pessimism

n. a general disposition to look on the dark side and to

expect the worst in all things

pest

n. any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal

that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.

Forms: pests

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––121. pester122. pestilential

pester

v. annoy persistently; bug; beleaguer

pestilential

adj. likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease;

pestiferous; plaguey

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––123. pestle124. petiteness

pestle

n. a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing

substances in a mortar

petiteness

n. the property of being very small in size; tininess;

weeness

Forms: pestles

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––125. petrify126. petty



petrify

v. make rigid and set into a conventional pattern

petty

adj. small; little; unimportant

Forms: petrified; petrified; petrifying Forms: pettier; pettiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––127. petulant128. phaeton

petulant

adj. easily irritated or annoyed; fractious; irritable;

nettlesome; peevish

phaeton

n. large open car seating four with folding top; tourer

Forms: more petulant; most petulant

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––129. pharisaical130. phenomena

pharisaical

adj. excessively or hypocritically pious; pietistical;

sanctimonious; self-righteous

phenomena

n. event or circumstance that can be observed

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––131. philanderer132. philatelist

philanderer

n. flirt; gallivanter; womanizer

philatelist

n. a collector and student of postage stamps

Forms: philatelists

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––133. philistine134. philology

philistine

n. a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient

Philistia around the 12th century BC

philology

n. the humanistic study of language and literature

Forms: philistines

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––135. phlegmatic136. phoney

phlegmatic

adj. showing little emotion

phoney

adj. fraudulent; phony; bastard

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––137. physiognomy138. physiological

physiognomy

n. facial features

physiological

adj. of or consistent with an organism's normal

functioning

Forms: physiognomies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––139. piddle140. piebald

piddle

n. liquid excretory product; pee; weewee; water

piebald


usually brightly; multicolor; painted

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––141. pied142. pierced

pied


usually brightly; multicolor; particolored

pierced

adj. having a hole cut through; perforate; punctured

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––143. piety144. pigment



piety

n. righteousness by virtue of being pious

pigment

n. coloring material used as paint or dye

Forms: pieties Forms: pigments

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––145. pillage146. pillock

pillage

v. steal goods; loot; reave; strip; rifle; ransack; foray

pillock

n. a person who is not very bright; stupe; dullard; dolt;

pudding head

Forms: pillaged; pillaged; pillaging

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––147. pillory148. pinafore

pillory

v. criticize harshly or violently; crucify

pinafore

n. a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; pinny

Forms: pilloried; pilloried; pillorying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––149. pine150. pinion

pine

v. have a desire for something or someone who is not

present; yen; languish

pinion

v. cut the wings off (of birds)

Forms: pined; pined; pining Forms: pinioned; pinioned; pinioning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––151. piquant152. piscatorial

piquant

adj. attracting or delighting

piscatorial

adj. relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––153. pithy154. pittance

pithy

adj. concise and full of meaning

pittance

n. an inadequate payment

Forms: pithier; pithiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––155. pivotal156. pizzaz

pivotal

adj. being of crucial importance

pizzaz

n. the activeness of an energetic personality; oomph; zing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––157. placate158. placebo

placate

v. cause to be more favorably inclined; conciliate;

assuage; appease; mollify; gentle; gruntle

placebo

n. tablet that contains no medication but has medical

effects due to purely psychological reasons

Forms: placated; placated; placating Forms: placebos, placebos

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––159. placid160. plagiarize

placid

adj. not easily irritated; good-tempered

plagiarize

v. copy another person's written work without giving the

proper acknowledgement

Forms: more placid; most placid Forms: plagiarized; plagiarized; plagiarizing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––161. plaintive162. planless



plaintive

adj. expressing sorrow

planless

adj. aimlessly drifting; aimless; directionless; rudderless;

undirected

Forms: more plaintive; most plaintive

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––163. plauditory164. plausible

plauditory

adj. applauding; commending

plausible

adj. given to or characterized by presenting specious

arguments

Forms: more plausible; most plausible

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––165. plenitude166. pleonastic

plenitude

n. a full supply; plenteousness; plentitude

pleonastic

adj. repetition of same sense in different words;

tautologic; tautological

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––167. plethora168. pliable

plethora

n. extreme excess; superfluity; embarrassment

pliable


breaking; pliant; waxy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––169. pliant170. plonk

pliant


breaking; waxy

plonk

v. set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a

noise; plop; plunk; plump down; plunk down; plump

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––171. pluck172. plummet

pluck

n. the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord

plummet

v. drop sharply

Forms: plucks Forms: plummeted; plummeted; plummeting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––173. podgy174. podiatrist

podgy

adj. short and plump; pudgy; tubby; roly-poly

podiatrist

n. a specialist in care for the feet

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––175. podium176. poignancy

podium

n. a platform raised above the surrounding level to give

prominence to the person on it; pulpit; rostrum; ambo;

stump; soapbox

poignancy

n. a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or

sorrow)

Forms: podiums, podia

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––177. polarize178. polemic

polarize

v. separate into opposing groups; contrapose

polemic

n. a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)

Forms: polarized; polarized; polarizing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––179. politic180. polity



politic

adj. smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of

sophistication; suave; bland

polity

n. shrewd or crafty management of public affairs

Forms: polities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––181. poltroon182. polygamist

poltroon

n. an abject coward; recreant

polygamist

n. someone who is married to two or more people at the

same time

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––183. polyglot184. pomposity

polyglot

adj. having a command of or composed in many

languages

pomposity

n. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous

and puffed up with vanity; pompousness;

pretentiousness; puffiness; splashiness; inflation

Forms: no plural

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––185. pontifical186. pore

pontifical

adj. puffed up with vanity; pompous; portentous

pore

v. direct one's attention on something; center; centre;

rivet

Forms: pored; pored; poring

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––187. porous188. portent

porous

adj. allowing passage in and out

portent

n. a sign of something about to happen; presage;

prognostic; prognostication; prodigy

Forms: more porous; most porous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––189. portly190. poseur

portly

adj. euphemisms for 'fat'

poseur

n. a person who habitually pretends to be something he

is not

Forms: portlier; portliest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––191. posterity192. posthumous

posterity

n. all future generations

posthumous

adj. occurring or coming into existence after a person's

death

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––193. postulate194. posture

postulate

n. to presume; to suppose

posture

v. viewpoint; standpoint; attitude

Forms: postured; postured; posturing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––195. potable196. potent



potable

adj. suitable for drinking

potent

adj. (of a male) capable of copulation

Forms: more potent; most potent

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––197. potentate198. potential

potentate

n. a ruler who is unconstrained by law

potential

adj. expected to become or be

Forms: potentates

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––199. pother200. potpourri

pother

n. an excited state of agitation; fuss; tizzy; flap

potpourri

n. a jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as

perfume

Forms: potpourris

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––201. pouffe202. poultice

pouffe

n. thick cushion used as a seat; puff; hassock

poultice

n. a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of

meal; plaster

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––203. powdered204. practicable

powdered

adj. consisting of fine particles; pulverized; pulverised;

small-grained; fine-grained

practicable

adj. capable of being done with means at hand and

circumstances as they are; viable; workable

Forms: more practicable; most practicable

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––205. practical206. praetorial

practical

adj. feasible; useful; workable; applicable

praetorial

adj. of or relating to a Roman judge

Forms: more practical; most practical

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––207. pragmatic208. pragmatist

pragmatic

adj. guided by practical experience and observation

rather than theory; practical

pragmatist

n. a person who takes a practical approach to problems

and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of

her actions

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––209. prate210. prattle

prate

v. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and

incessantly; piffle; palaver; tittle-tattle

prattle

v. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and

incessantly; blab; gibber; blabber; gabble

Forms: prated; prated; prating Forms: prattled; prattled; prattling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––211. preachify212. preamble



preachify

v. express moral judgements; sermonize; moralize

preamble

n. a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution

(usually explaining its purpose)

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––213. precarious214. precedent

precarious

adj. not secure

precedent

adj. preceding in time, order, or significance

Forms: more precarious; most precarious

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––215. precedent216. precept

precedent

n. previous legal decision serving as an authoritative rule

precept

n. a doctrine that is taught; commandment

Forms: precedents Forms: precepts

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––217. precipice218. precipitate

precipice

n. a very steep cliff

precipitate

v. hurl or throw violently

Forms: precipices Forms: precipitated; precipitated; precipitating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––219. precipitate220. precise

precipitate

adj. done with very great haste and without due

deliberation; precipitant; precipitous

precise

adj. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions)

characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth

Forms: more precise; most precise

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––221. preclude222. precursor

preclude

v. make impossible, especially beforehand; close out

precursor

n. antecedent; predecessor

Forms: precluded; precluded; precluding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––223. predatory224. predilection

predatory

adj. living by or given to victimizing others for personal

gain

predilection

n. a strong liking; taste

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––225. preemie226. preeminent

preemie

n. an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation;

premature infant; preterm infant; premie

preeminent

adj. greatest in importance or degree or significance or

achievement

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––227. preen228. prefatory

preen

v. dress or groom with elaborate care; plume; dress

prefatory

adj. serving as an introduction or preface

Forms: preened; preened; preening

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––229. prehensile230. prelate



prehensile


grabby; grasping; greedy

prelate

n. a senior clergyman and dignitary; high priest; primate

Forms: prelates

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––231. premeditate232. premonition

premeditate

v. think or reflect beforehand or in advance

premonition

n. an early warning about a future event

Forms: premeditated; premeditated; premeditating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––233. premonitory234. preponderance

premonitory

adj. warning of future misfortune

preponderance

n. exceeding in heaviness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––235. presage236. prescience

presage

v. indicate by signs; portend; prognosticate; omen;

betoken; foreshadow

prescience

n. the power to foresee the future

Forms: presaged; presaged; presaging

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––237. presentiment238. prestige

presentiment

n. a feeling of evil to come; boding

prestige

n. a high standing achieved through success or influence

or wealth etc.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––239. presumptuous240. pretending

presumptuous

adj. excessively forward

pretending

n. the act of giving a false appearance; simulation;

feigning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––241. preternatural242. prevail

preternatural

adj. existing outside of or not in accordance with nature;

transcendental

prevail

v. use persuasion successfully

Forms: prevailed; prevailed; prevailing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––243. prevailing244. prevaricate

prevailing

adj. most frequent or common; predominant; dominant;

rife

prevaricate


mislead or withhold information; tergiversate; palter

Forms: prevaricated; prevaricated; prevaricating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––245. prey246. prickling

prey

n. animal hunted or caught for food

prickling

n. a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles; tingling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––247. prim248. primaeval



prim

adj. exaggeratedly proper; prudish; puritanical; square-

toed; straitlaced; strait-laced

primaeval

adj. having existed from the beginning; primeval;

primordial

Forms: primmer; primmest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––249. primogeniture250. primordial

primogeniture

n. right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest

son

primordial

adj. having existed from the beginning; primeval;

primaeval

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––251. primp252. pristine

primp

v. dress or groom with elaborate care; plume; dress

pristine

adj. immaculately clean and unused

Forms: primped; primped; primping

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––253. privation254. privy

privation

n. act of depriving someone of food or money or rights

privy

adj. (followed by 'to') informed about something secret or

not generally known

Forms: privations

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––255. probe256. probity

probe

v. investigate; research; study

probity

n. complete and confirmed integrity

Forms: probed; probed; probing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––257. proclivity258. procrastinate

proclivity

n. a natural inclination; leaning

procrastinate

v. postpone; put off until a later time; delay

Forms: proclivities Forms: procrastinated; procrastinated; procrastinating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––259. procurement260. prod

procurement

n. the act of getting possession of something; procural

prod

v. poke or thrust abruptly; stab; poke; dig

Forms: prodded; prodded; prodding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––261. prodigal262. profane

prodigal

adj. recklessly wasteful; profligate; spendthrift

profane

v. violate the sacred character of a place or language;

outrage; violate

Forms: profaned; profaned; profaning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––263. profligate264. profound



profligate

adj. unrestrained by convention or morality; degraded;

dissipated; dissolute; libertine; riotous; fast

profound

adj. situated at or extending to great depth; unplumbed;

unsounded

Forms: profounder; profoundest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––265. profusion266. progenitor

profusion

n. the property of being extremely abundant; richness;

cornucopia

progenitor

n. an ancestor in the direct line

Forms: progenitors

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––267. progeny268. prognosticate

progeny

n. the immediate descendants of a person; issue

prognosticate

v. indicate by signs; portend; omen; presage; betoken;

forecast

Forms: prognosticated; prognosticated; prognosticating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––269. prohibitive270. projectile

prohibitive

adj. tending to discourage (especially of prices)

projectile

n. any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

Forms: more prohibitive; most prohibitive Forms: projectiles

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––271. proletarian272. proliferate

proletarian

n. a member of the working class (not necessarily

employed); worker

proliferate

v. cause to grow or increase rapidly

Forms: proliferated; proliferated; proliferating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––273. prolix274. prolong

prolix

adj. tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at

great length

prolong

v. lengthen or extend in duration or space; keep up

Forms: prolonged; prolonged; prolonging

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––275. prompt276. promulgate

prompt

v. assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the

next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned;

cue

promulgate

v. put a law into effect by formal declaration

Forms: prompted; prompted; prompting Forms: promulgated; promulgated; promulgating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––277. pronation278. prone

pronation

n. rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms

face downward

prone

adj. lying face downward

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––279. propellant280. propensity



propellant

n. any substance that propels

propensity

n. a disposition to behave in a certain way

Forms: propensities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––281. prophetic282. prophylactic

prophetic

adj. foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention

prophylactic

adj. preventing or contributing to the prevention of

disease

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––283. propinquity284. propitiate

propinquity

n. the property of being close together

propitiate

v. make peace with

Forms: propitiated; propitiated; propitiating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––285. propitious286. proponent

propitious

adj. presenting favorable circumstances

proponent

n. a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an

idea; exponent

Forms: more propitious; most propitious

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––287. propound288. propriety

propound

v. put forward, as of an idea

propriety

n. correct or appropriate behavior; correctitude

Forms: propounded; propounded; propounding Forms: proprieties

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––289. propulsive290. prosaic

propulsive

adj. tending to or capable of propelling; propelling

prosaic

adj. not challenging; unglamorous; unglamourous

Forms: more prosaic; most prosaic

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––291. prosody292. prosperity

prosody

n. study of poetic meter

prosperity

n. the condition of prospering

Forms: no plural

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––293. prostrate294. prosy

prostrate

v. throw down flat, as on the ground

prosy

adj. lacking wit or imagination; earthbound

Forms: prostrated; prostrated; prostrating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––295. protean296. protract

protean

adj. taking on different forms

protract

v. lengthen in time; extend; draw out

Forms: protracted; protracted; protracting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––297. protrude298. protuberance



protrude

v. stick out; project; bulge

protuberance

n. the condition of being protuberant

Forms: protruded; protruded; protruding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––299. provenance300. provender

provenance

n. where something originated or was nurtured in its early

existence; place of origin; provenience

provender

n. a stock or supply of foods; viands; victuals

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––301. provident302. provincial

provident

adj. careful in regard to your own interests

provincial

adj. characteristic of the provinces or their people

Forms: more provincial; most provincial

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––303. provisional304. proviso

provisional

adj. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed

upon; provisionary; tentative

proviso

n. a stipulated condition

Forms: provisos, provisoes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––305. provoke306. prow

provoke

v. annoy continually or chronically; hassle; harry

prow

n. front part of a vessel or aircraft; stem

Forms: provoked; provoked; provoking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––307. proximity308. proxy

proximity

n. a Gestalt principle of organization holding that objects

or events that are near to one another are perceived as

belonging together as a unit

proxy

n. a power of attorney document given by shareholders of

a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at

a corporate meeting

Forms: proxies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––309. prude310. prudent

prude

n. a person excessively concerned about propriety and

decorum

prudent

adj. careful and sensible

Forms: more prudent; most prudent

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––311. prudish312. prune

prudish

adj. exaggeratedly proper; prim; prissy; puritanical;

square-toed; straitlaced; tight-laced

prune

v. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; rationalize;

rationalise

Forms: pruned; pruned; pruning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––313. psychiatrist314. psychopathic



psychiatrist

n. a physician who specializes in psychiatry; shrink

psychopathic

adj. suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder;

psychopathological

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––315. psychosis316. pterodactyl

psychosis

n. any severe mental disorder in which contact with

reality is lost or highly distorted

pterodactyl

n. extinct flying reptile

Forms: psychoses

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––317. ptyalize318. puerile

ptyalize

v. expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the

mouth; ptyalise; spew; spue

puerile

adj. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; juvenile

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––319. pugilist320. pugnacious

pugilist

n. someone who fights with his fists for sport

pugnacious

adj. ready and able to resort to force or violence

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––321. puissant322. pulchritude

puissant

adj. powerful; forceful

pulchritude

n. physical beauty (especially of a woman)

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––323. pulmonary324. pulsate

pulmonary

adj. relating to or affecting the lungs; pulmonic

pulsate

v. produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the

form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to

produce pulses

Forms: pulsated; pulsated; pulsating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––325. pulverize326. pummel

pulverize

v. become powder or dust; pulverise; powderise

pummel

v. strike, usually with the fist; biff

Forms: pulverized; pulverized; pulverizing Forms: pummeled, pummelled; pummeled, pummelled;

pummeling, pummelling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––327. punctilious328. pundit

punctilious

adj. marked by precise accordance with details

pundit

n. someone who has been admitted to membership in a

scholarly field; savant

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––329. pungency330. puny

pungency

n. a strong odor or taste property; sharpness; raciness

puny

adj. (used especially of persons) of inferior size; shrimpy

Forms: punier; puniest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––331. purgatory332. purge



purgatory

n. place of purification

purge

v. excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)

Forms: purgatories Forms: purged; purged; purging

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––333. purloo334. pursy

purloo

n. thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game;

poilu

pursy

adj. breathing laboriously or convulsively; short-winded;

winded

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––335. purveyor336. pussyfoot

purveyor

n. someone who supplies provisions (especially food)

pussyfoot

v. go stealthily or furtively; creep

Forms: purveyors

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––337. putative338. putrid

putative

adj. purported

putrid

adj. morally corrupt or evil

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––339. pyre340. pyromaniac

pyre

n. wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite

pyromaniac

n. a person with an obsessive desire to light fires

Forms: pyres

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––



Q1. quack2. quadruped

quack

n. the harsh sound of a duck

quadruped

n. an animal especially a mammal having four limbs

specialized for walking

Forms: quacks

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. quadruplex4. quaff

quadruplex

adj. having four units or components; fourfold; four-fold

quaff

v. swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; swig

Forms: quaffed; quaffed; quaffing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. quagmire6. quail

quagmire

n. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot;

morass; slack

quail

v. draw back, as with fear or pain; funk; cringe; shrink;

wince; recoil

Forms: quailed; quailed; quailing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. quaint8. qualified

quaint

adj. attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily

authentic); olde worlde

qualified

adj. certified; licensed

Forms: quainter; quaintest Forms: more qualified; most qualified

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. qualms10. quandary

qualms

n. pang of the conscience; regret; sorrow

quandary

n. state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring

a choice between equally unfavorable options

Forms: qualms Forms: quandaries

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. quarry12. quarry

quarry

n. animal hunted or caught for food

quarry

v. hew; chisel; dig; excavate

Forms: quarries Forms: quarried; quarried; quarrying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. quash14. quay

quash

v. declare invalid; void; avoid; nullify

quay

n. wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline

Forms: quashed; quashed; quashing Forms: quays

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. queasy16. quell

queasy

adj. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; uneasy;

unquiet

quell

v. overcome or allay; appease

Forms: queasier; queasiest Forms: quelled; quelled; quelling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. querulous18. queue

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querulous

adj. habitually complaining; whiney; whiny

queue

n. line; file; row

Forms: queues

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. quibble20. quiescent

quibble

v. argue over petty things; pettifog; bicker; squabble;

brabble

quiescent

adj. motionless; inactive

Forms: quibbled; quibbled; quibbling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. quietude22. quip

quietude

n. tranquility; silence; noiselessness; stillness

quip

n. witty remark; sally

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. quirk24. quisling

quirk

n. a narrow groove beside a beading

quisling

n. someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying

force

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. quiver26. quizzical

quiver

n. the act of vibrating; shiver

quizzical

adj. perplexed (as if being expected to know something

that you do not know)

Forms: quivers

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. quorum28. quotidian

quorum

n. a gathering of the minimal number of members of an

organization to conduct business

quotidian

adj. found in the ordinary course of events; routine;

unremarkable; workaday

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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R1. rabid2. raconteur

rabid

adj. marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense

devotion to a cause or idea; overzealous

raconteur

n. a person skilled in telling anecdotes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. ragamuffin4. rail

ragamuffin

n. a dirty shabbily clothed urchin

rail

v. send by train; construct a fence

Forms: railed; railed; railing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. raiment6. rakish

raiment

n. especially fine or decorative clothing; regalia

rakish

adj. marked by a carefree unconventionality or

disreputableness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. ramate8. ramble

ramate

adj. having branches; ramose; ramous

ramble

n. stroll; promenade

Forms: rambles

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. ramification10. ramify

ramification

n. an arrangement of branching parts

ramify

v. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork;

fork; furcate; separate

Forms: ramified; ramified; ramifying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. ramp12. rampant

ramp

n. a movable staircase that passengers use to board or

leave an aircraft

rampant

adj. behaving wildly; abundant

Forms: ramps Forms: more rampant; most rampant

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. rampart14. ramshackle

rampart

n. an embankment built around a space for defensive

purposes; wall

ramshackle

adj. in deplorable condition; derelict; dilapidated;


Forms: ramparts

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. rancid16. rancor

rancid

adj. smelling of fermentation or staleness

rancor

n. a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will; gall;

rancour

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. rancour18. random

rancour

n. a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will; gall;

rancor

random

adj. lacking any definite plan or order or purpose

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. rankle20. rant

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rankle

v. gnaw into; grate

rant

v. talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner; jabber;

spout; rabbit on; rave

Forms: rankled; rankled; rankling Forms: ranted; ranted; ranting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. rapacious22. rapport

rapacious

adj. devouring or craving food in great quantities;

ravening; ravenous; voracious; wolfish

rapport

n. a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and

agreement between people

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. rarefied24. rarify

rarefied

adj. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated; high-

flown; high-minded; lofty

rarify

v. make more complex, intricate, or richer; elaborate

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. rase26. raspy

rase

v. tear down so as to make flat with the ground;

dismantle; tear down; take down; pull down

raspy

adj. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; rasping;

rough; scratchy

Forms: raspier; raspiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. rataplan28. ratifier

rataplan

n. the sound made by beating a drum; drumbeat

ratifier

n. someone who expresses strong approval; indorser

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. ratify30. ratiocination

ratify

v. approve and express assent, responsibility, or

obligation

ratiocination

n. logical and methodical reasoning

Forms: ratified; ratified; ratifying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. rationalization32. rationalize

rationalization

n. act of inventing possible reasons for an action that are

not based on the true reasons

rationalize

v. invent possible reasons for an action which are not the

true reasons

Forms: rationalized; rationalized; rationalizing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. ravage34. rave

ravage

v. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; devastate;

desolate; scourge

rave

n. an extravagantly enthusiastic review

Forms: ravaged; ravaged; ravaging Forms: raves

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. ravel36. ravenous



ravel

v. tangle or complicate; knot

ravenous


rapacious; ravening; voracious; wolfish

Forms: raveled, ravelled; raveled, ravelled; raveling,

ravelling

Forms: more ravenous; most ravenous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––37. ravine38. raze

ravine

n. a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one

formed by running water)

raze

v. tear down so as to make flat with the ground; rase;

dismantle; tear down; take down; pull down

Forms: ravines Forms: razed; razed; razing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––39. reactionary40. realm

reactionary

adj. extremely conservative; far-right

realm

n. a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are

communicating about

Forms: more reactionary; most reactionary Forms: realms

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––41. realty42. reaper

realty

n. property consisting of houses and land; immovable

reaper

n. farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields

Forms: reapers

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––43. reave44. rebate

reave

v. steal goods; loot; strip; rifle; ransack; pillage; foray

rebate

n. a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––45. rebuff46. rebus

rebuff

v. force or drive back; fight off; drive back

rebus

n. a puzzle where you decode a message consisting of

pictures representing syllables and words

Forms: rebuffed; rebuffed; rebuffing Forms: rebuses

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––47. rebuttal48. recalcitrant

rebuttal

n. opposition; refutation; contradiction

recalcitrant

adj. marked by stubborn resistance to authority

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––49. recapitulate50. recasting

recapitulate

v. summarize; conclude

recasting

n. changing a particular word or phrase; rephrasing

Forms: recapitulated; recapitulated; recapitulating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––51. receptive52. recession



receptive

adj. able to absorb liquid (not repellent)

recession

n. the act of becoming more distant

Forms: recessions

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––53. recidivate54. reciprocate

recidivate

v. go back to bad behavior; regress; retrogress; fall back

reciprocate

v. alternate the direction of motion of

Forms: reciprocated; reciprocated; reciprocating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––55. recluse56. reconcile

recluse

n. one who lives in solitude; solitary; solitudinarian;

troglodyte

reconcile

v. accept as inevitable; submit

Forms: reconciled; reconciled; reconciling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––57. reconciler58. recondite

reconciler

n. someone who tries to bring peace; pacifier;

peacemaker

recondite

adj. difficult to penetrate

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––59. reconnaissance60. recount

reconnaissance

n. the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information

about an enemy or potential enemy)

recount

v. tell; narrate

Forms: recounted; recounted; recounting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––61. recourse62. recrimination

recourse

n. something or someone turned to for assistance or

security; resort

recrimination

n. mutual accusations

Forms: recourses

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––63. rectitude64. recumbent

rectitude

n. righteousness as a consequence of being honorable

and honest

recumbent

adj. lying down

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––65. recuperate66. redoubtable

recuperate

v. get over an illness or shock; convalesce

redoubtable

adj. worthy of respect or honor

Forms: recuperated; recuperated; recuperating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––67. redress68. redundant



redress

n. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil;

remediation

redundant

adj. repetition of same sense in different words;

tautologic; tautological

Forms: more redundant; most redundant

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––69. reefy70. reek

reefy

adj. full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals;

shelvy; shoaly

reek

v. give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.

Forms: reeked; reeked; reeking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––71. refashion72. refectory

refashion

v. make new; redo; make over

refectory

n. a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery)

Forms: refectories

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––73. refereeing74. reforge

refereeing

n. the act of umpiring; officiating

reforge

v. cast or model anew; remodel

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––75. refraction76. refractory

refraction

n. the amount by which a propagating wave is bent

refractory

adj. stubborn; obstinate

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––77. refrain78. refreshed

refrain

v. choose not to consume; desist

refreshed

adj. with restored energy; reinvigorated

Forms: refrained; refrained; refraining

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––79. refute80. regal

refute

v. prove to be false or incorrect; controvert

regal

adj. belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; purple;

royal

Forms: refuted; refuted; refuting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––81. regatta82. regeneration

regatta

n. a meeting for boat races

regeneration

n. restoration to good condition; renewal

Forms: regattas

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––83. regicide84. regime

regicide

n. the act of killing a king

regime

n. mode of rule; system of government

Forms: regimes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––85. regimen86. rehabilitate



regimen

n. government; reign; mode of rule

rehabilitate

v. restore to a state of good condition or operation

Forms: rehabilitated; rehabilitated; rehabilitating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––87. reimburse88. reiterate

reimburse

v. repay; refund; compensate for a loss

reiterate

v. say, state, or perform again; ingeminate; restate

Forms: reimbursed; reimbursed; reimbursing Forms: reiterated; reiterated; reiterating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––89. rejoinder90. relapse

rejoinder

n. reply; answer; response

relapse

v. go back to bad behavior; recidivate; regress;

retrogress; fall back

Forms: relapsed; relapsed; relapsing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––91. relegate92. relent

relegate

v. assign to a class or kind

relent

v. give in, as to influence or pressure; soften

Forms: relegated; relegated; relegating Forms: relented; relented; relenting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––93. relic94. relinquish

relic

n. something of sentimental value; token

relinquish

v. release, as from one's grip; release

Forms: relics Forms: relinquished; relinquished; relinquishing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––95. relish96. remediable

relish

n. the taste experience when a savoury condiment is

taken into the mouth; flavour

remediable

adj. capable of being remedied or redressed

Forms: relishes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––97. reminiscence98. remissness

reminiscence

n. the process of remembering (especially the process of

recovering information by mental effort)

remissness

n. the quality of being lax and neglectful; slackness

Forms: reminiscences

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––99. remnant100. remonstrance

remnant

n. a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been

used or sold; oddment

remonstrance

n. the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest;

remonstration; objection

Forms: remnants Forms: remonstrances

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––101. remorse102. render



remorse

n. a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed);

self-reproach

render

v. give; submit; do; provide

Forms: rendered; rendered; rendering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––103. rendezvous104. rendition

rendezvous

n. a date

rendition

n. the act of interpreting something as expressed in an

artistic performance; interpretation

Forms: rendezvous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––105. renege106. renounce

renege

v. fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; renegue on; go

back on

renounce

v. cast off; repudiate

Forms: reneged; reneged; reneging Forms: renounced; renounced; renouncing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––107. renovate108. renown

renovate

v. give new life or energy to; reanimate; revive; repair;

quicken; vivify; revivify

renown

n. the state or quality of being widely honored and

acclaimed

Forms: renovated; renovated; renovating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––109. reparable110. reparation

reparable

adj. capable of being repaired or rectified

reparation

n. compensation for a past injury; correction of problems

or malfunctions

Forms: reparations

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––111. repartee112. repeal

repartee

n. adroitness and cleverness in reply

repeal

v. cancel officially; lift; countermand; reverse; overturn;

rescind; vacate

Forms: repealed; repealed; repealing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––113. repellent114. repercussion

repellent

adj. incapable of absorbing or mixing with

repercussion

n. a movement back from an impact; rebound; backlash

Forms: more repellent; most repellent

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––115. repertoire116. replenish



repertoire

n. a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets)

that an artist or company can perform and do perform for

short intervals on a regular schedule

replenish

v. fill something that had previously been emptied; fill

again

Forms: repertoires Forms: replenished; replenished; replenishing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––117. replicate118. repository

replicate

v. duplicate; copy

repository

n. a burial vault (usually for some famous person)

Forms: replicated; replicated; replicating Forms: repositories

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––119. reprehensible120. reprieve

reprehensible

adj. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure;

deplorable; vicious

reprieve

n. postponement; delay

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––121. reprimand122. reprise

reprimand

v. censure severely or angrily; rag; trounce; reproof;

lecture

reprise

n. repetition of a musical theme

Forms: reprimanded; reprimanded; reprimanding Forms: reprises

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––123. reproach124. reprobate

reproach

n. disgrace or shame

reprobate

n. a person without moral scruples

Forms: reproaches Forms: reprobates

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––125. reprobation126. reprove

reprobation

n. severe disapproval

reprove

v. take to task

Forms: reproved; reproved; reproving

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––127. repudiate128. repugnance

repudiate

v. reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust

repugnance

n. the relation between propositions that cannot both be

true at the same time; inconsistency

Forms: repudiated; repudiated; repudiating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––129. repulsion130. reputable

repulsion

n. the act of repulsing or repelling an attack

reputable

adj. having a good reputation

Forms: more reputable; most reputable

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––131. reputed132. requiem



reputed

adj. known as; regarded as

requiem

n. a Mass celebrated for the dead

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––133. requisite134. requite

requisite

n. anything indispensable; requirement; necessary

requite

v. make repayment for or return something

Forms: requisites Forms: requited; requited; requiting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––135. rescind136. reserve

rescind

v. cancel officially; lift; countermand; reverse; repeal;

overturn; vacate

reserve

n. stock; supply; military force that is not on active duty

but can be mobilized as needed

Forms: rescinded; rescinded; rescinding Forms: reserves

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––137. residue138. resignation

residue

n. something left after other parts have been taken away;

residual; residuum; rest

resignation

n. act of quitting a position; relinquishment

Forms: residues Forms: resignations

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––139. resilient140. resinous

resilient

adj. elastic; lively; springy

resinous

adj. having the characteristics of pitch or tar; resiny; tarry

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––141. resolve142. resolve

resolve

v. determine; decide

resolve

n. a formal expression by a meeting

Forms: resolved; resolved; resolving Forms: resolves

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––143. resonant144. respiration

resonant

adj. serving to bring to mind; remindful; reminiscent

respiration

n. the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation;

ventilation

Forms: respirations

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––145. responsiveness146. restitution

responsiveness

n. quality of being quick to react

restitution

n. getting something back again; restoration; regaining

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––147. restive148. restraint

restive

adj. impatient especially under restriction or delay

restraint

n. a device that retards something's motion

Forms: restraints

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––149. resumption150. resurgent

resumption

n. beginning again

resurgent

adj. rising again as to new life and vigor

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––151. resuscitate152. retain



resuscitate

v. return to consciousness

retain

v. keep in one's mind

Forms: resuscitated; resuscitated; resuscitating Forms: retained; retained; retaining

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––153. retaliate154. retentive

retaliate

v. make a counterattack and return like for like, especially

evil for evil

retentive

adj. having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining

water

Forms: retaliated; retaliated; retaliating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––155. reticent156. retiring

reticent

adj. reluctant to draw attention to yourself; retiring

retiring

adj. reluctant to draw attention to yourself

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––157. retort158. retraction

retort

n. a vessel where substances are distilled or

decomposed by heat

retraction

n. the process of pulling or holding or drawing a part back

Forms: retorts

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––159. retrench160. retribution

retrench

v. make a reduction, as in one's workforce

retribution

n. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in

retaliation for something harmful that they have done)

especially in the next life; payback

Forms: retrenched; retrenched; retrenching

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––161. retroactive162. retrograde

retroactive

adj. taking effect on a past date

retrograde

v. get worse or fall back to a previous condition;

retrogress

Forms: retrograded; retrograded; retrograding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––163. retrospective164. revelry

retrospective

adj. concerned with or related to the past

revelry

n. unrestrained merrymaking

Forms: revelries

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––165. reverberate166. reverent

reverberate

v. echo; resound

reverent

adj. showing great reverence for god; worshipful

Forms: reverberated; reverberated; reverberating Forms: more reverent; most reverent

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––167. revulsion168. rhapsodize



revulsion

n. intense aversion; horror

rhapsodize

v. say (something) with great enthusiasm

Forms: rhapsodized; rhapsodized; rhapsodizing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––169. rhetoric170. rhomb

rhetoric

n. study of the technique and rules for using language

effectively (especially in public speaking)

rhomb

n. a parallelogram with four equal sides; diamond

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––171. rider172. rife

rider

n. addition or appendix to a document

rife

adj. excessively abundant

Forms: riders Forms: rifer; rifest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––173. rift174. rig

rift

n. a personal or social separation (as between opposing

factions); break; severance; falling out

rig

v. equip with sails or masts; set up

Forms: rifts Forms: rigged; rigged; rigging

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––175. rigid176. rigor

rigid

adj. hard; stiff; inflexible

rigor

n. excessive sternness; severeness; harshness;

inclemency; hardness; stiffness

Forms: more rigid; most rigid Forms: rigors

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––177. rile178. risque

rile

v. make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

risque

adj. suggestive of sexual impropriety; gamey; juicy;

naughty; racy; spicy

Forms: riled; riled; riling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––179. riveting180. rivulet

riveting

adj. capable of arousing and holding the attention;

fascinating; gripping

rivulet

n. a small stream; run; runnel; streamlet

Forms: rivulets

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––181. rococo182. roil

rococo

adj. having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation

roil

v. make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

Forms: roiled; roiled; roiling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––183. roiling184. roister



roiling

adj. (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; roiled; roily; turbulent

roister

v. engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking; riot

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––185. romanize186. roofy

romanize

v. write in the Latin alphabet; Latinize; Latinise

roofy

n. street names for flunitrazepan; rophy; rope; roach;

forget me drug; circle

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––187. rook188. roseate

rook

v. deprive of by deceit; swindle; goldbrick; defraud; scam

roseate

adj. of something having a dusty purplish pink color;

rosaceous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––189. roseola190. roster

roseola

n. any red eruption of the skin; efflorescence; skin rash

roster

n. a list of names

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––191. rostrum192. rote

rostrum

n. beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of

certain insects such as e.g. weevils

rote

n. memorization by repetition

Forms: rostrums, rostra

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––193. rotunda194. rotundity

rotunda

n. a large circular room

rotundity

n. the fullness of a tone of voice

Forms: rotundas

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––195. rousing196. rout

rousing

adj. stirring; stimulating; exciting

rout

v. defeat disastrously

Forms: routed; routed; routing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––197. roving198. rubberize

roving

n. travelling about without any clear destination;

vagabondage

rubberize

v. coat or impregnate with elastic material

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––199. rubble200. rubicund

rubble

n. the remains of something that has been destroyed or

broken up; junk; detritus

rubicund


with outdoor life; florid; sanguine

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––201. rubric202. ruddy



rubric

n. category name

ruddy

adj. of a color at the end of the color spectrum; blood-red;

carmine; cerise; cherry; crimson

Forms: ruddier; ruddiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––203. rudimentary204. rueful

rudimentary

adj. basic; elementary; fundamental

rueful

adj. feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or

offenses; ruthful

Forms: more rudimentary; most rudimentary

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––205. ruminate206. rummy

ruminate

v. chew cud

rummy

adj. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; odd;

peculiar; queer; singular

Forms: ruminated; ruminated; ruminating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––207. rundle208. runic

rundle

n. one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder;

rung

runic

adj. relating to or consisting of runes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––209. runniness210. runt

runniness

n. the property of flowing easily; liquidity; liquidness

runt

n. disparaging terms for small people; peewee; half-pint

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––211. runtiness212. ruse

runtiness

n. smallness of stature; stuntedness

ruse

n. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––213. rustic214. rusticate

rustic

adj. characteristic of the fields or country

rusticate

v. live in a country area

Forms: more rustic; most rustic Forms: rusticated; rusticated; rusticating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––215. ruthless

ruthless

adj. without mercy or pity; unpitying

Forms: more ruthless; most ruthless

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––



S1. saboteur2. saccharine

saboteur

n. a member of a clandestine subversive organization

who tries to help a potential invader

saccharine

adj. overly sweet; syrupy; treacly

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. sacrilegious4. sacrosanct

sacrilegious

adj. grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred

sacrosanct

adj. must be kept sacred

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. sadistic6. saga

sadistic

adj. deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting

pain on another

saga

n. a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family

Forms: sagas

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. sagacious8. sage

sagacious

adj. skillful in statecraft or management

sage

n. any of various plants of the genus Salvia

Forms: more sagacious; most sagacious Forms: sages

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. saline10. sallow

saline

adj. containing salt

sallow

adj. unhealthy looking

Forms: sallower; sallowest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. salubrious12. salutary

salubrious

adj. favorable to health of mind or body

salutary

adj. tending to promote physical well-being

Forms: more salutary; most salutary

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. salvage14. salving

salvage

v. collect discarded or refused material

salving

adj. having a softening or soothing effect especially to the

skin; softening

Forms: salvaged; salvaged; salvaging

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. sanguinary16. sanguine

sanguinary

adj. marked by eagerness to resort to violence and

bloodshed

sanguine


with outdoor life; florid

Forms: more sanguine; most sanguine

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. sap18. sarcasm

sap

v. excavate the earth beneath

sarcasm

n. witty language used to convey insults or scorn; satire;

caustic remark

Forms: sapped; sapped; sapping Forms: no plural

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. sardonic20. sartorial

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sardonic

adj. disdainfully or ironically humorous

sartorial

adj. of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring

Forms: more sardonic; most sardonic

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. sate22. satellite

sate

v. fill to satisfaction; replete; fill

satellite

n. any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star

Forms: sated; sated; sating Forms: satellites

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. satiate24. satiny

satiate

v. overeat or eat immodestly; overindulge; glut; stuff;

engorge

satiny

adj. having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light;

silken; silky; silklike; slick

Forms: satiated; satiated; satiating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. satire26. satirical

satire

n. witty language used to convey insults or scorn; caustic

remark

satirical

adj. exposing human folly to ridicule

Forms: satires

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. saturnine28. saunter

saturnine


moody; morose; sour; sullen

saunter

v. walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

Forms: sauntered; sauntered; sauntering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. savant30. savor

savant

n. someone who has been admitted to membership in a

scholarly field; pundit

savor

v. take pleasure in a taste or odor; enjoy; delight in

Forms: savants Forms: savored; savored; savoring

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. savory32. scabbard

savory

adj. pleasing to the sense of taste; savoury

scabbard

n. a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet

Forms: savorier; savoriest Forms: scabbards

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. scad34. scaffold

scad

n. any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae

scaffold

n. a temporary arrangement erected around a building for

convenience of workers

Forms: scaffolds

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. scale36. scamper



scale

v. climb; ascend; weigh

scamper

n. rushing about hastily in an undignified way; scurry

Forms: scaled; scaled; scaling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––37. scapegoat38. scarper

scapegoat

n. someone who is punished for the errors of others

scarper

v. flee; run; turn tail; lam; run away; escape

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––39. scavenge40. scenario

scavenge

v. clean up; cleanse

scenario

n. a postulated sequence of possible events

Forms: scavenged; scavenged; scavenging Forms: scenarios

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––41. sceptic42. schematic

sceptic

n. someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs;

doubter

schematic

adj. diagrammatic

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––43. schnorr44. scintillate

schnorr

v. obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling;

scrounge; cadge

scintillate

v. shine; sparkle; glow

Forms: scintillated; scintillated; scintillating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––45. scoff46. scotch

scoff

v. treat with contemptuous disregard

scotch

v. make a small cut or score into

Forms: scoffed; scoffed; scoffing Forms: scotched; scotched; scotching

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––47. scram48. scranch

scram

v. leave immediately; fuck off; get

scranch

v. make a crushing noise; scraunch; crackle

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––49. scrimp50. scruple

scrimp

v. subsist on a meager allowance; skimp

scruple

v. have doubts about

Forms: scrupled; scrupled; scrupling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––51. scrupulous52. scrutinize

scrupulous

adj. characterized by extreme care and great effort

scrutinize

v. examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of

verification; scrutinise; inspect

Forms: scrutinized; scrutinized; scrutinizing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––53. scuffle54. scurrilous



scuffle

v. fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters

scurrilous

adj. expressing offensive reproach

Forms: scuffled; scuffled; scuffling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––55. scurry56. scurvy

scurry

v. move about or proceed hurriedly; skitter; scuttle

scurvy

adj. of the most contemptible kind; low-down; miserable;

scummy

Forms: scurried; scurried; scurrying Forms: scurvier; scurviest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––57. seamy58. sear

seamy

adj. morally degraded; sleazy; sordid; squalid

sear

v. scar; burn; brand

Forms: seamier; seamiest Forms: seared; seared; searing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––59. seasoned60. secession

seasoned

adj. rendered competent through trial and experience

secession

n. formal separation from an alliance or federation

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––61. seclusion62. secrete

seclusion

n. the act of secluding yourself from others

secrete

v. place out of sight

Forms: seclusions Forms: secreted; secreted; secreting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––63. sectarian64. secular

sectarian

adj. narrow-minded; having a limited perspective

secular

adj. characteristic of those who are not members of the

clergy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––65. sedate66. sedateness

sedate

adj. dignified and somber in manner or character and

committed to keeping promises; sober; solemn

sedateness

n. a trait of dignified seriousness; solemnity; solemness

Forms: sedater; sedatest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––67. sedative68. sedulous

sedative

n. depressant; downer

sedulous

adj. marked by care and persistent effort

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––69. seedy70. seemly

seedy

adj. morally degraded; sleazy; sordid; squalid

seemly

adj. according with custom or propriety; comme il faut;

decent; decorous

Forms: seedier; seediest Forms: seemlier; seemliest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––71. seep72. seine



seep

v. pass gradually or leak through or as if through small

openings

seine

n. a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the

top and weights at the bottom

Forms: seeped; seeped; seeping

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––73. seismic74. semblance

seismic

adj. subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth

vibration

semblance

n. picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or

thing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––75. seminal76. seminary

seminal

adj. containing seeds of later development

seminary

n. a theological school for training ministers or priests or

rabbis

Forms: seminaries

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––77. senility78. sensify

senility

n. the state of being senile

sensify

v. make sensitive or aware; sensibilize; sensibilise

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––79. sensual80. sensuous

sensual

adj. sexually exciting or gratifying

sensuous

adj. taking delight in beauty

Forms: more sensual; most sensual

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––81. sententious82. sentinel

sententious

adj. concise and full of meaning

sentinel

n. a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated

event; sentry; watch; spotter; scout; picket

Forms: sentinels

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––83. sepulcher84. sequential

sepulcher

n. sepulchre; sepulture

sequential

adj. in regular succession without gaps; serial;

successive

Forms: sepulchers

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––85. sere86. serendipity

sere

adj. dry; withered

serendipity

n. good luck in making unexpected and fortunate

discoveries

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––87. serenity88. serfdom

serenity

n. the absence of mental stress or anxiety; peace of

mind; repose; heartsease; ataraxis

serfdom

n. the state of being under the control of another person;

vassalage

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––89. serpentine90. serrate



serpentine

adj. twisting; winding; sly; wily; treacherous

serrate

adj. notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the

apex; saw-toothed; toothed; notched

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––91. serrated92. servile

serrated

adj. notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the

apex; saw-toothed; toothed; notched

servile

adj. relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for

slaves or servants

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––93. servility94. servitude

servility

n. abject or cringing submissiveness; subservience

servitude

n. state of subjection to an owner or master or forced

labor imposed as punishment

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––95. setoff96. severance

setoff

n. structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly;

offset

severance

n. the act of severing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––97. severity98. sextant

severity

n. excessive sternness; harshness; rigor; rigorousness;

inclemency; stiffness

sextant

n. a measuring instrument for measuring the angular

distance between celestial objects

Forms: severities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––99. shackle100. sham

shackle

v. restrain with fetters

sham

v. make believe with the intent to deceive; pretend; affect;

dissemble

Forms: shackled; shackled; shackling Forms: shammed; shammed; shamming

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––101. shambles102. shard

shambles

n. a building where animals are butchered;

slaughterhouse

shard

n. a broken piece of a brittle artifact; fragment

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––103. sheaf104. sheathe

sheaf

n. a package of several things tied together for carrying

or storing

sheathe

v. plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh

Forms: sheaves Forms: sheathed; sheathed; sheathing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––105. sherbet106. shew

sherbet

n. a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar,

but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin

shew

v. establish the validity of something, as by an example,

explanation or experiment; establish; show

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––107. shimmer108. shinny



shimmer

v. emit a soft flickering light

shinny

v. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling; skin; struggle;

sputter

Forms: shimmered; shimmered; shimmering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––109. shirk110. shirking

shirk

v. avoid dealing with

shirking

n. the evasion of work or duty; soldiering; goofing off;

goldbricking

Forms: shirked; shirked; shirking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––111. shoddy112. shrew

shoddy

adj. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or

inadvertently

shrew

n. small mouselike mammal with a long snout

Forms: shoddier; shoddiest Forms: shrews

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––113. shrewd114. shun

shrewd

adj. used of persons; conniving; scheming

shun

v. expel from a community or group; ostracize; ostracise;

cast out; blackball

Forms: shrewder; shrewdest Forms: shunned; shunned; shunning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––115. shunt116. shyster

shunt

v. shift; divert; alter the course of

shyster

n. a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses

unscrupulous or unethical methods

Forms: shunted; shunted; shunting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––117. sibling118. sibylline

sibling

n. a person's brother or sister

sibylline

adj. having a secret or hidden meaning; qabalistic;

cryptic; cryptical

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––119. sidereal120. sidestep

sidereal

adj. (of divisions of time) determined by daily motion of

the stars

sidestep


fudge; evade; put off; circumvent; parry

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––121. silt122. simian

silt

n. mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake

simian

adj. relating to or resembling an ape

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––123. simper124. simplistic



simper

v. smile affectedly or derisively

simplistic

adj. characterized by extreme and often misleading

simplicity

Forms: simpered; simpered; simpering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––125. simulate126. sinecure

simulate

v. make a pretence of; sham; feign

sinecure

n. an office that involves minimal duties

Forms: simulated; simulated; simulating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––127. sinewy128. singular

sinewy

adj. (of a person) possessing physical strength and

weight; muscular; powerful

singular

adj. the single one of its kind

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––129. sinuous130. sire

sinuous

adj. curved or curving in and out; wiggly

sire

v. make children; engender; father; mother; generate;

bring forth

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––131. sixpenny132. skeptic

sixpenny

adj. of trifling worth

skeptic

n. someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs;

doubter

Forms: skeptics

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––133. skimp134. skinflint

skimp

v. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; scant

skinflint

n. a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend;

scrooge; churl

Forms: skimped; skimped; skimping

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––135. skittish136. skulduggery

skittish

adj. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses);

spooky; nervous

skulduggery

n. verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of

you in some way; slickness; hanky panky; jiggery-pokery;

skullduggery

Forms: no plural

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––137. skulk138. slacken

skulk

v. move stealthily

slacken

v. slow down; decelerate

Forms: skulked; skulked; skulking Forms: slackened; slackened; slackening

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––139. slag140. slake



slag

n. the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten

metals; dross

slake

v. cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water

Forms: slaked; slaked; slaking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––141. slander142. slapdash

slander

n. an abusive attack on a person's character or good

name; defamation; denigration

slapdash

adj. marked by great carelessness; slipshod; sloppy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––143. sleazy144. sleeper

sleazy

adj. shabby; base; despicable

sleeper

n. railroad passenger car with beds

Forms: sleazier; sleaziest Forms: sleepers

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––145. sleight146. slither

sleight

n. adroitness in using the hands

slither

v. pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly

Forms: slithered; slithered; slithering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––147. sloth148. slough

sloth

n. laziness; slow-moving tree-dwelling mammal

slough

v. cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; exuviate; moult

Forms: sloths Forms: sloughed; sloughed; sloughing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––149. slovenly150. slub

slovenly

adj. negligent of neatness especially in dress and person

slub

n. soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; burl

Forms: slovenlier; slovenliest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––151. sluggard152. sluggish

sluggard

n. an idle slothful person

sluggish

adj. slow; inactive; lethargic

Forms: more sluggish; most sluggish

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––153. sluice154. slumbery

sluice

n. manmade water channel equipped with a valve or gate

for regulating water flow

slumbery

adj. inclined to or marked by drowsiness; slumbrous;

somnolent

Forms: sluices

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––155. slur156. smattering

slur

n. stain; blemish; mark; insult; disgrace

smattering

n. a slight or superficial understanding of a subject

Forms: slurs

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––157. smirk158. smolder



smirk

n. a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of

pleasure

smolder

v. have strong suppressed feelings

Forms: smoldered; smoldered; smoldering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––159. snicker160. snivel

snicker

n. a disrespectful laugh; snigger

snivel

v. cry or whine with snuffling; blubber; blub; snuffle

Forms: sniveled, snivelled; sniveled, snivelled; sniveling,

snivelling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––161. sobriety162. sodden

sobriety

n. abstaining from excess

sodden

adj. wet through and through

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––163. sodding164. solace

sodding

adj. without qualification; unadulterated

solace

n. the act of consoling

Forms: solaces

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––165. solder166. soldierly

solder

v. join; unite; fuse; mend

soldierly

adj. (of persons) befitting a warrior; warriorlike; martial

Forms: soldered; soldered; soldering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––167. solecism168. solemnity

solecism

n. a socially awkward or tactless act; slip; gaucherie

solemnity

n. gravity; seriousness; formality

Forms: solemnities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––169. solicitous170. soliloquy

solicitous

adj. showing hovering attentiveness

soliloquy

n. a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the

illusion of unspoken reflections

Forms: soliloquies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––171. solstice172. somatic

solstice

n. either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its

greatest distance from the celestial equator

somatic

adj. affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to

the mind or spirit; corporeal

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––173. somnambulist174. sonorous

somnambulist

n. someone who walks about in their sleep; noctambulist

sonorous

adj. full and loud and deep

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––175. sophist176. sophistication



sophist

n. someone whose reasoning is subtle and often

specious

sophistication

n. falsification by the use of sophistry

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––177. sophistry178. sophomoric

sophistry

n. a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in

reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone;

sophistication

sophomoric

adj. youthful; immature

Forms: sophistries

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––179. soporific180. sordid

soporific

adj. inducing mental lethargy

sordid

adj. meanly avaricious and mercenary

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––181. spangle182. spanking

spangle

n. adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material

used to decorate clothing; diamante

spanking

adj. quick and energetic; lively; merry; rattling; snappy;

zippy

Forms: spangles

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––183. spartan184. spasmodic

spartan

adj. practicing great self-denial; austere

spasmodic

adj. occurring in spells and often abruptly

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––185. spat186. spate

spat

n. a young oyster or other bivalve

spate

n. the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden

rain or melting snow

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––187. spatial188. spatula

spatial

adj. pertaining to or involving or having the nature of

space

spatula

n. a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or

spread soft substances

Forms: spatulas

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––189. spawn190. specious

spawn

v. reproduce; bring forth

specious

adj. based on pretense

Forms: spawned; spawned; spawning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––191. spectral192. spectrum

spectral

adj. resembling or characteristic of a phantom; ghostly;

phantasmal; spiritual

spectrum

n. a broad range of related objects or values or qualities

or ideas or activities

Forms: spectra, spectrums

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––193. spendthrift194. sphinx-like



spendthrift

n. someone who spends money prodigally; spender;

scattergood

sphinx-like

adj. resembling a creature with the body of a lion and the

face of a woman

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––195. splice196. spontaneity

splice

v. join by interweaving strands

spontaneity

n. the quality of being spontaneous and coming from

natural feelings without constraint

Forms: spliced; spliced; splicing Forms: spontaneities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––197. spoonerism198. sporadic

spoonerism

n. transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words

sporadic

adj. recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable

instances

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––199. sportive200. sprawling

sportive

adj. given to merry frolicking; frolicky; rollicking

sprawling

adj. spreading out in different directions; rambling;

straggly

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––201. spruce202. spry

spruce


jaunty; natty; raffish; rakish; spiffy; snappy

spry

adj. moving quickly and lightly; quick

Forms: sprier, spryer; spriest, spryest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––203. spume204. spurious

spume

v. make froth or foam and become bubbly; suds

spurious

adj. intended to deceive

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––205. squabble206. squalid

squabble

n. a quarrel about petty points; spat; tiff; pettifoggery; fuss

squalid

adj. foul and run-down and repulsive; sordid

Forms: squabbles

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––207. squander208. squat

squander

v. spend extravagantly; waste; ware

squat

adj. having a low center of gravity

Forms: squandered; squandered; squandering Forms: squatter; squattest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––209. squishy210. staccato

squishy

adj. easily squashed; spongelike

staccato

adj. detached; having distinct breaks between successive

tones

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––211. staggering212. staid



staggering

adj. so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm;

stupefying

staid

adj. characterized by dignity and propriety

Forms: staider; staidest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––213. stainless214. stalemate

stainless

adj. (of reputation) free from blemishes; unsullied;

untainted; untarnished

stalemate

n. drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible

moves would place his king in check

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––215. stalwart216. stamina

stalwart

adj. used especially of persons

stamina

n. enduring strength and energy; toughness

Forms: more stalwart; most stalwart

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––217. stanch218. standpat

stanch

v. stop the flow of a liquid; staunch; halt

standpat

adj. old-fashioned and out of date; unprogressive;

nonprogressive

Forms: stanched; stanched; stanching

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––219. stash220. static

stash

v. save up as for future use; cache; lay away; hive up;

squirrel away

static

adj. showing little if any change; unchanging

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––221. statutory222. staunch

statutory

adj. prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a

statute

staunch

v. stop the flow of a liquid; halt

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––223. stealth224. stealthy

stealth

n. avoiding detection by moving carefully

stealthy

adj. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; sneaky;

surreptitious

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––225. steep226. stellar

steep

v. let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse

stellar

adj. being or relating to or resembling or emanating from

stars

Forms: steeped; steeped; steeping

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––227. stem228. stem from

stem

v. arise; come from; originate

stem from

v. occur as a result of

Forms: stemmed; stemmed; stemming Forms: stemmed from; stemmed from; stemming from

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––229. stentorian230. stereotyped



stentorian

adj. used of the voice

stereotyped

adj. lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality;

stereotypical; unimaginative

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––231. stickler232. stifle

stickler

n. someone who insists on something

stifle

v. be asphyxiated; asphyxiate

Forms: stifled; stifled; stifling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––233. stigma234. stilted

stigma

n. a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease

stilted

adj. artificially formal; hokey

Forms: stigmata, stigmas

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––235. stimulated236. stint

stimulated

adj. emotionally aroused; stirred up; aroused

stint

n. an individual's prescribed share of work

Forms: stints

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––237. stint238. stipend

stint

v. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; scant

stipend

n. a sum of money allotted on a regular basis

Forms: stinted; stinted; stinting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––239. stipple240. stodgy

stipple

v. apply small dots or dabs of paint or ink to a surface

stodgy

adj. excessively conventional and unimaginative and

hence dull

Forms: stippled; stippled; stippling Forms: stodgier; stodgiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––241. stoke242. stolidity

stoke

v. stir up or tend

stolidity

n. an indifference to pleasure or pain; stolidness

Forms: stoked; stoked; stoking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––243. stratified244. stratum

stratified

adj. arranged in layers

stratum

n. horizontal layer of material

Forms: strata, stratums

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––245. strew246. stricture

strew

v. cover

stricture

n. severe criticism

Forms: strewed; strewn, strewed; strewing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––247. stridence248. strident



stridence

n. having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound;

stridency

strident

adj. unpleasantly loud and harsh

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––249. strut250. studied

strut

n. pompous walk; supporting bar

studied

adj. produced or marked by conscious design or

premeditation

Forms: struts

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––251. stultify252. stupefy

stultify

v. mock; deride; degrade

stupefy

v. make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow

Forms: stultified; stultified; stultifying Forms: stupefied; stupefied; stupefying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––253. stygian254. stymie

stygian

adj. dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in

Hades

stymie

v. hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of;

block; hinder; stymy; embarrass

Forms: stymied; stymied; stymieing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––255. stymy256. suavity

stymy

v. hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of;

block; hinder; stymie; embarrass

suavity

n. the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating

in manner; blandness; smoothness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––257. subaltern258. subjective

subaltern

n. military officer below the rank of captain

subjective

adj. existing in the mind; personal

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––259. subjugate260. sublimate

subjugate

v. make subservient

sublimate

v. transform a solid directly into a gas

Forms: subjugated; subjugated; subjugating Forms: sublimated; sublimated; sublimating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––261. sublime262. subliminal

sublime

adj. exalted; noble; lofty

subliminal

adj. below the threshold of conscious perception

Forms: sublimer; sublimest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––263. submissive264. suborn

submissive

adj. obedient; meek, compliant, yielding

suborn

v. induce to commit perjury or give false testimony

Forms: suborned; suborned; suborning

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––265. subpoena266. subrogate



subpoena

n. official written document summoning a witness to

appear in court

subrogate

v. substitute one creditor for another, as in the case

where an insurance company sues the person who

caused an accident for the insured

Forms: subpoenas

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––267. subservient268. subsidiary

subservient

adj. abjectly submissive; submissive

subsidiary

adj. functioning in a supporting capacity; supplemental;

supplementary

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––269. subsidy270. substantiate

subsidy

n. a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that

benefits the public

substantiate

v. solidify, firm, or strengthen

Forms: subsidies Forms: substantiated; substantiated; substantiating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––271. substantive272. subterfuge

substantive

adj. existing independently; real; tangible

subterfuge

n. something intended to misrepresent the true nature of

an activity

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––273. subversive274. succinct

subversive

adj. in opposition to a civil authority or government

succinct

adj. briefly giving the gist of something; summary

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––275. succor276. succulent

succor

n. assistance in time of difficulty; succour; ministration

succulent

adj. full of juice

Forms: succors

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––277. suffragist278. suffuse

suffragist

n. an advocate of the extension of voting rights

(especially to women)

suffuse

v. become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam

of light

Forms: suffused; suffused; suffusing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––279. sully280. sultry

sully

v. charge falsely or with malicious intent; smirch; asperse;

denigrate; calumniate; smear; besmirch

sultry

adj. characterized by oppressive heat and humidity;

sulfurous; sulphurous

Forms: sullied; sullied; sullying Forms: sultrier; sultriest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––281. summation282. sunder



summation

n. addition; total

sunder

v. break apart or in two, using violence

Forms: sundered; sundered; sundering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––283. sundry284. sunk

sundry

adj. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different

kinds; mixed; motley

sunk

adj. doomed to extinction; undone; washed-up

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––285. superannuated286. supercilious

superannuated

adj. old

supercilious

adj. expressive of contempt; snide

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––287. supererogatory288. superimpose

supererogatory

adj. more than is needed, desired, or required;

redundant; spare; superfluous; supernumerary; surplus

superimpose

v. place on top of; lay over

Forms: superimposed; superimposed; superimposing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––289. supersede290. supinate

supersede

v. take the place or move into the position of; supervene

upon; supercede

supinate

v. turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is

downward or backward, or turn out (the leg)

Forms: superseded; superseded; superseding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––291. supine292. supplant

supine

adj. offering no resistance; unresisting

supplant

v. take the place or move into the position of; supersede;

supervene upon; supercede

Forms: supplanted; supplanted; supplanting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––293. supple294. suppliant

supple

adj. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or

bending freely

suppliant

adj. humbly entreating; supplicatory

Forms: suppler; supplest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––295. supplicate296. supposition

supplicate

v. ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer

supposition

n. the cognitive process of supposing

Forms: supplicated; supplicated; supplicating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––297. supposititious298. surd



supposititious

adj. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate

evidence; hypothetical; hypothetic; supposed;

suppositional; suppositious

surd

adj. produced without vibration of the vocal cords; hard

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––299. surfeit300. surly

surfeit

v. indulge (one's appetite) to satiety

surly

adj. inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of

menace

Forms: surfeited; surfeited; surfeiting Forms: surlier; surliest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––301. surmount302. surreptitious

surmount

v. be or do something to a greater degree; outmatch;

outgo; exceed; outdo; outperform

surreptitious

adj. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or

methods; hugger-mugger; hush-hush; secret;

undercover; underground

Forms: surmounted; surmounted; surmounting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––303. surrogate304. surveillance

surrogate

n. a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of

others

surveillance

n. close observation of a person or group (usually by the

police)

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––305. susceptible306. sustain

susceptible

adj. easily impressed emotionally

sustain

v. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;

substantiate; support; affirm

Forms: more susceptible; most susceptible Forms: sustained; sustained; sustaining

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––307. sustenance308. swank

sustenance

n. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means

of subsistence; sustainment; maintenance; upkeep

swank

v. display proudly; show off; ostentate

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––309. swarthy310. swathe

swarthy

adj. having a dark complexion

swathe

v. wrap in swaddling clothes

Forms: swarthier; swarthiest Forms: swathed; swathed; swathing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––311. swelter312. swerve

swelter

v. suffer from intense heat

swerve

v. turn sharply; curve; trend; veer; slue; slew; cut

Forms: sweltered; sweltered; sweltering Forms: swerved; swerved; swerving

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––313. swerving314. swill



swerving

n. the act of turning aside suddenly; veering

swill

v. drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic

drink)

Forms: swilled; swilled; swilling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––315. swindler316. swish

swindler

n. a person who swindles you by means of deception or

fraud; chiseller; chiseler; gouger; scammer; grifter

swish

v. move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing

sound; swosh; swoosh

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––317. swooning318. sybarite

swooning

adj. weak and likely to lose consciousness; light-headed;

lightheaded

sybarite

n. a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the

senses

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––319. sylvan320. synchronous

sylvan

adj. relating to or characteristic of wooded regions

synchronous

adj. pertaining to a transmission technique that requires a

common clock signal between the communicating

devices in order to coordinate their transmissions

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––321. synoptic322. synthetic

synoptic

adj. presenting or taking the same point of view

synthetic

adj. artificial; man-made

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––



T1. tacit2. taciturn

tacit

adj. implied by or inferred from actions or statements;

understood

taciturn

adj. habitually reserved and uncommunicative

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. tactile4. tainted

tactile

adj. producing a sensation of touch

tainted

adj. touched by rot or decay

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. talisman6. talon

talisman

n. a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the

neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil

or disease

talon

n. a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey

Forms: talismans Forms: talons

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. tamp8. tangential

tamp

v. press down tightly; pack

tangential

adj. touching at a single point

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. tanginess10. tanner

tanginess

n. a tart spicy quality; piquancy; piquantness; zest

tanner

n. person who makes animal hides into leather

Forms: tanners

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. tantalize12. tantamount

tantalize

v. harass with persistent criticism or carping; razz; rag;

cod

tantamount

adj. being essentially equal to something

Forms: tantalized; tantalized; tantalizing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. tantrum14. tapdance

tantrum

n. a display of bad temper; scene; conniption

tapdance

v. make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal

plates nailed to the sole of the shoes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. taper16. tarantula

taper

n. stick of wax with a wick in the middle; wax light

tarantula

n. large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict

painful but not highly venomous bites

Forms: tapers Forms: tarantulas, tarantulae

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. tarry18. taut

tarry

v. leave slowly and hesitantly

taut

adj. subjected to great tension

Forms: tarried; tarried; tarrying Forms: tauter; tautest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. tautological20. tawdry

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tautological

adj. repetition of same sense in different words

tawdry

adj. cheap and shoddy

Forms: tawdrier; tawdriest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. taxonomist22. tedium

taxonomist

n. a biologist who specializes in the classification of

organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and

origin and behavior; systematist

tedium

n. dullness owing to length or slowness; tiresomeness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. teeter24. tellurian

teeter

v. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion; totter

tellurian

adj. of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to

the sea or air; terrestrial; terrene

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. temerity26. temper

temerity

n. fearless daring

temper

v. restrain

Forms: no plural Forms: tempered; tempered; tempering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. temperament28. temperate

temperament

n. an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard

instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in

different keys

temperate

adj. not extreme

Forms: temperaments Forms: more temperate; most temperate

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. tempo30. temporal

tempo

n. rhythm; beat

temporal

adj. of this earth or world

Forms: tempos, tempi

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. temporize32. tenacious

temporize

v. draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time

tenacious

adj. sticking together

Forms: temporized; temporized; temporizing Forms: more tenacious; most tenacious

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. tenacity34. tendentious

tenacity

n. persistent determination; persistence; persistency;

tenaciousness; pertinacity

tendentious

adj. having or marked by a strong tendency especially a

controversial one

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. tender36. tensile



tender

v. offer formally; suggest

tensile


pliable; pliant; tractile

Forms: tendered; tendered; tendering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––37. tepid38. tepidity

tepid

adj. feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm;

lukewarm

tepidity

n. a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin;

tepidness

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––39. terminate40. terminology

terminate

v. fire; give notice; dismiss; sack

terminology

n. a system of words used to name things in a particular

discipline; language

Forms: terminated; terminated; terminating Forms: terminologies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––41. terminus42. ternary

terminus

n. last station; end

ternary

adj. having three units or components or elements; triple;

triplex

Forms: termini, terminuses

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––43. terrestrial44. terse

terrestrial

adj. of this earth

terse

adj. brief and to the point; laconic

Forms: terser; tersest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––45. tertiary46. tessellated

tertiary

adj. coming next after the second and just before the

fourth in position

tessellated

adj. decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone

fitted together in a mosaic

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––47. testator48. testy

testator

n. a person who makes a will

testy

adj. easily irritated or annoyed; fractious; irritable;

nettlesome; peevish

Forms: testier; testiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––49. tether50. thematic

tether

v. tie with a rope or chain

thematic

adj. of or relating to a melodic subject

Forms: tethered; tethered; tethering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––51. theocracy52. theoretical



theocracy

n. the belief in government by divine guidance

theoretical

adj. concerned with theories rather than their practical

applications

Forms: theocracies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––53. therapeutic54. thespian

therapeutic

adj. relating to or involved in therapy

thespian

adj. of or relating to drama

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––55. throes56. throng

throes

n. violent pangs of suffering

throng

n. a large gathering of people; concourse

Forms: throngs

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––57. throttle58. thwart

throttle

v. reduce the air supply

thwart

v. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;

spoil; scotch; cross

Forms: throttled; throttled; throttling Forms: thwarted; thwarted; thwarting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––59. tidings60. tightwad

tidings

n. information about recent and important events; word

tightwad

n. a miserly person

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––61. tilter62. timbre

tilter

n. a device for emptying a cask by tilting it without

disturbing the dregs

timbre

n. tone of voice; quality of sound

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––63. timid64. timidity

timid

adj. lacking conviction or boldness or courage; faint-

hearted

timidity

n. fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places

or activities

Forms: timider; timidest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––65. timorous66. tinder

timorous

adj. timid by nature or revealing timidity; trepid

tinder

n. material for starting a fire; touchwood; spunk; punk

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––67. tink68. tipple

tink

v. make or emit a high sound; clink; chink

tipple

v. drink moderately but regularly

Forms: tippled; tippled; tippling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––69. tirade70. tiro

tirade

n. broadside

tiro

n. someone new to a field or activity; tyro; initiate

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––71. titanic72. tithe



titanic

adj. of great force or power

tithe

n. an offering of a tenth part of some personal income

Forms: tithes

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––73. titillate74. title

titillate

v. excite pleasurably or erotically

title

n. distinctive appellation denoting rank or achievement

Forms: titillated; titillated; titillating Forms: titles

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––75. titter76. tittup

titter

n. a nervous restrained laugh

tittup

v. walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to

impress others; ruffle; prance; strut; sashay; cock

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––77. titular78. toady

titular

adj. existing in name only

toady

n. a person who tries to please someone in order to gain

a personal advantage; crawler; lackey; ass-kisser

Forms: toadies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––79. toga80. toil

toga

n. a one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome

toil

v. work hard; fag; travail; grind; drudge; dig; moil

Forms: togas, togae Forms: toiled; toiled; toiling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––81. tome82. tomfoolery

tome

n. a (usually) large and scholarly book

tomfoolery

n. foolish or senseless behavior; craziness; lunacy;

indulgence

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––83. tonic84. tonsure

tonic

n. medicine or agent that strengthens and invigorates

tonsure

n. shaving the crown of the head by priests or members

of a monastic order

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––85. topography86. torque

topography

n. precise detailed study of the surface features of a

region

torque

n. a twisting force

Forms: topographies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––87. torrent88. torso

torrent

n. an overwhelming number or amount; deluge

torso

n. the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; body

Forms: torrents Forms: torsos, torsi

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––89. tote90. touchstone



tote

v. carry with difficulty; tug

touchstone

n. a basis for comparison; measure

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––91. touchy92. tout

touchy

adj. difficult to handle

tout

v. show off; swash; shoot a line; brag; bluster; vaunt

Forms: touchier; touchiest Forms: touted; touted; touting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––93. tract94. tractable

tract

n. a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path

through the brain

tractable

adj. readily reacting to suggestions and influences

Forms: tracts

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––95. tractile96. trajectory

tractile


pliable; pliant; tensile

trajectory

n. the path followed by an object moving through space

Forms: trajectories

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––97. tranquillity98. transcend

tranquillity

n. a disposition free from stress or emotion; placidity;

serenity; tranquility

transcend

v. be superior or better than some standard; overstep;

pass; go past; top

Forms: transcended; transcended; transcending

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––99. transcribe100. transgression

transcribe

v. make a written or typewritten copy

transgression

n. the action of going beyond or overstepping some

boundary or limit

Forms: transcribed; transcribed; transcribing Forms: transgressions

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––101. transient102. transition

transient

adj. temporary; impermanent

transition

n. a passage that connects a topic to one that follows

Forms: transitions

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––103. transitoriness104. transmute

transitoriness

n. an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of

ending or dying

transmute

v. change form

Forms: transmuted; transmuted; transmuting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––105. transpire106. transport



transpire

v. give off (water) through the skin

transport

n. the act of moving something from one location to

another; transfer; transferral; conveyance

Forms: transpired; transpired; transpiring

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––107. trappings108. travail

trappings

n. decorations; ornaments; adornments

travail

n. use of physical or mental energy; exertion; sweat

Forms: travails

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––109. traverse110. treatise

traverse

v. cross; pass over

treatise

n. a formal exposition

Forms: traversed; traversed; traversing Forms: treatises

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––111. trek112. tremor

trek

n. journey

tremor

n. shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness

or stress or disease)

Forms: tremors

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––113. tremulous114. trenchant

tremulous

adj. (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear

trenchant

adj. clearly or sharply defined to the mind

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––115. trepidation116. tress

trepidation

n. a feeling of alarm or dread

tress

n. a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair; twist

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––117. tribulation118. tribunal

tribulation

n. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event;

visitation

tribunal

n. an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct

judicial business; judicature

Forms: tribulations Forms: tribunals

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––119. tributary120. trident

tributary

n. a branch that flows into the main stream; confluent;

affluent

trident

n. a spear with three prongs

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––121. trigger122. trilogy

trigger

v. initiate; start; bring about

trilogy

n. a set of three literary or dramatic works related in

subject or theme

Forms: triggered; triggered; triggering Forms: trilogies

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––123. trinket124. trite



trinket

n. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing; gaud;

gewgaw; novelty; fallal

trite

adj. repeated too often; commonplace; old-hat;

shopworn; threadbare; timeworn

Forms: trinkets Forms: triter; tritest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––125. trivia126. troth

trivia

n. something of small importance; trifle; small beer

troth

n. a solemn pledge of fidelity

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––127. trough128. truculence

trough

n. a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which

cattle or horses feed

truculence

n. obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness

Forms: troughs

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––129. trudger130. truism

trudger

n. someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed

manner; slogger

truism

n. an obvious truth

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––131. truncate132. tryst

truncate

v. shorten

tryst

n. a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)

Forms: truncated; truncated; truncating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––133. tucker134. tumescent

tucker

v. wear out completely; beat

tumescent

adj. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas;

tumid; turgid

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––135. tumult136. tundra

tumult

n. the act of making a noisy disturbance; ruction; ruckus;

rumpus

tundra

n. a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the

subsoil is permanently frozen

Forms: tumults Forms: tundras

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––137. turbid138. turbulence

turbid

adj. (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; mirky; murky

turbulence

n. irregular atmospheric motion

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––139. tureen140. turgidity

tureen

n. large deep serving dish with a cover

turgidity

n. pompously embellished language; flatulence

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––141. turmoil142. turncoat



turmoil

n. disturbance usually in protest; upheaval; hullabaloo

turncoat

n. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or

religion or political party or friend etc.; renegade;

recreant; ratter

Forms: turncoats

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––143. tussle144. tutelage

tussle

n. disorderly fighting; dogfight; rough-and-tumble

tutelage

n. attention and management implying responsibility for

safety; guardianship

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––145. tutelary146. twee

tutelary

adj. providing protective supervision

twee

adj. affectedly dainty or refined; niminy-piminy; prim

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––147. twisting148. tycoon

twisting

adj. marked by repeated turns and bends; twisty; winding;

voluminous

tycoon

n. a very wealthy or powerful businessman; business

leader; king; magnate; mogul; power; top executive

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––149. tyranny150. tyro

tyranny

n. dominance through threat of punishment and violence;

despotism

tyro

n. someone new to a field or activity; tiro; initiate

Forms: tyrannies Forms: tyros

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U1. ubiquitous2. ulterior

ubiquitous

adj. being present everywhere at once

ulterior

adj. coming at a subsequent time or stage; posterior

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. ultimate4. unanimity

ultimate

adj. being the last or concluding element of a series

unanimity

n. everyone being of one mind

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. unassuaged6. unassuming

unassuaged

adj. unsatisfied; not soothed

unassuming

adj. not arrogant or presuming

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. unattired8. unbarred

unattired

adj. having removed clothing; unclad; undressed;

ungarbed; ungarmented

unbarred

adj. not firmly fastened or secured; unlatched; unlocked;

unsecured

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. unbridled10. uncanny

unbridled

adj. not restrained or controlled; uncurbed; ungoverned

uncanny

adj. surpassing the ordinary or normal

Forms: uncannier; uncanniest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. unchained12. unconscionable

unchained

adj. not bound by shackles and chains; unshackled;

untied

unconscionable

adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation;

outrageous; steep; usurious

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. unction14. unctuous

unction

n. act of anointing; pouring of oil

unctuous

adj. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in

manner or speech; oily; oleaginous; smarmy; soapy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. undergird16. underscore

undergird

v. make secure underneath

underscore

v. draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to

Forms: undergirded, undergirt; undergirding Forms: underscored; underscored; underscoring

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. undoable18. undulate

undoable

adj. impossible to achieve; unrealizable

undulate

v. increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in

waves

Forms: undulated; undulated; undulating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. unearth20. unearthly

unearth

v. recover through digging

unearthly

adj. suggesting the operation of supernatural influences;

uncanny

Forms: unearthed; unearthed; unearthing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. unembodied22. unequaled

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unembodied

adj. not having a material body; bodiless; unbodied;

disembodied

unequaled

adj. alone; unique; unparalleled

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. unequivocal24. unerringly

unequivocal

adj. clearly defined or formulated

unerringly

adv. without error; accurately

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. unfaltering26. unfathomed

unfaltering

adj. marked by firm determination or resolution; steady;

stiff; unbendable; unshakable; unwavering

unfathomed

adj. situated at or extending to great depth; unplumbed;

unsounded

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. unfettered28. unfledged

unfettered

adj. not bound by shackles and chains; unshackled;

untied

unfledged

adj. young and inexperienced; callow

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. unflurried30. unfrock

unflurried

adj. free from emotional agitation or nervous tension;

unperturbed; unruffled

unfrock

v. dismiss from priestly office

Forms: unfrocked; unfrocked; unfrocking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. unfurl32. unguent

unfurl

v. unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or

spread out from a furled state

unguent

n. balm; ointment

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. unhallow34. unharmed

unhallow

v. remove the consecration from a person or an object;

deconsecrate

unharmed

adj. not injured; unscathed; whole

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. uniformity36. unilateral

uniformity

n. the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the

point of boredom)

unilateral

adj. tracing descent from either the paternal or the

maternal line only

Forms: uniformities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––37. unimpeachable38. uninhibited

unimpeachable

adj. completely acceptable

uninhibited

adj. unrestrained

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––39. unintimidating40. universal

unintimidating

adj. unfrightening

universal

adj. adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms,

operations

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––41. unkempt42. unmedical



unkempt

adj. not properly maintained or cared for

unmedical

adj. not having a medicinal effect or not medically

prescribed; nonmedicinal

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––43. unmingled44. unnameable

unmingled

adj. not mixed with extraneous elements; unmixed

unnameable

adj. too sacred to be uttered; unspeakable; unutterable

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––45. unobtrusive46. unprecedented

unobtrusive

adj. inconspicuous

unprecedented

adj. novel; unexampled

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––47. unprepossessing48. unravel

unprepossessing

adj. creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression

unravel

v. become undone

Forms: unraveled; unraveled; unraveling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––49. unrequited50. unripened

unrequited

adj. not returned in kind

unripened

adj. not fully developed or mature; immature

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––51. unruly52. unsavory

unruly

adj. of persons; ungovernable

unsavory

adj. not pleasing in odor or taste; unsavoury

Forms: unrulier, more unruly; unruliest, most unruly

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––53. unscathed54. unseemly

unscathed

adj. not injured; whole

unseemly

adj. not in keeping with accepted standards of what is

right or proper in polite society; unbecoming; uncomely;

untoward

Forms: unseemlier; unseemliest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––55. unsightly56. unsullied

unsightly

adj. unpleasant to look at

unsullied

adj. (of reputation) free from blemishes; untainted;

untarnished

Forms: unsightlier; unsightliest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––57. untellable58. unwarranted

untellable

adj. defying expression or description; ineffable;

unspeakable; unutterable

unwarranted

adj. lacking justification or authorization

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––59. unwieldy60. unwitting



unwieldy

adj. lacking grace in movement or posture; clunky;

ungainly

unwitting

adj. unaware because of a lack of relevant information or

knowledge; unknowing

Forms: unwieldier; unwieldiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––61. upbraid62. upshot

upbraid

v. express criticism towards

upshot

n. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some

previous phenomenon; outcome; result; event; issue

Forms: upbraided; upbraided; upbraiding

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––63. urbane64. urchin

urbane

adj. showing a high degree of refinement and the

assurance that comes from wide social experience;

svelte

urchin

n. poor and often mischievous city child

Forms: urchins

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––65. ursine66. usurp

ursine

adj. of or relating to or similar to bears

usurp

v. take the place of

Forms: usurped; usurped; usurping

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––67. usury68. uttered

usury

n. the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of

interest

uttered

adj. communicated in words; verbalized; verbalised

Forms: usuries

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––69. uxorious

uxorious

adj. foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife

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V1. vacillate2. vacuous

vacillate

v. move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike

pattern; waver

vacuous

adj. void of expression

Forms: vacillated; vacillated; vacillating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. vagabond4. vagary

vagabond

n. floater

vagary

n. an unexpected and inexplicable change in something

(in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.)

Forms: vagabonds Forms: vagaries

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. vagrant6. vagrant

vagrant

adj. continually changing especially as from one abode or

occupation to another; floating; vagabond

vagrant

n. floater; vagabond

Forms: vagrants

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. vainglorious8. valedictory

vainglorious

adj. feeling self-importance

valedictory

adj. of a speech expressing leave-taking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. validate10. valor

validate

v. confirm; sanction; legalize

valor

n. the qualities of a hero or heroine

Forms: validated; validated; validating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. vampire12. vanguard

vampire

adj. legendary creature believed to be a rejuvenated

corpse who sucks people's blood at night

vanguard

n. the position of greatest importance or advancement;

cutting edge

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. vantage14. variegated

vantage

n. the quality of having a superior or more favorable

position

variegated

adj. having a variety of colors

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. vassal16. vaunted

vassal

n. a person holding a fief; liegeman; liege subject;

feudatory

vaunted

adj. highly praised

Forms: vassals

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. veer18. vegetate

veer

v. shift to a clockwise direction

vegetate

v. grow

Forms: veered; veered; veering Forms: vegetated; vegetated; vegetating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. velocity20. vendetta

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velocity

n. distance travelled per unit time

vendetta

n. a feud in which members of the opposing parties

murder each other

Forms: velocities Forms: vendettas

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. veneer22. venerable

veneer

n. an ornamental coating to a building

venerable

adj. profoundly honored

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. venial24. venison

venial

adj. pardonable

venison

n. meat from a deer used as food

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. vent26. vent

vent

n. activity that frees or expresses creative energy or

emotion

vent

v. expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen; air

out; air

Forms: vents Forms: vented; vented; venting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. ventral28. ventriloquist

ventral

adj. of or near the belly

ventriloquist

n. a performer who projects the voice into a wooden

dummy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. venturesome30. venue

venturesome

adj. open to taking risks; willing to experience new things

venue

n. in law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. veracious32. veracity

veracious

adj. precisely accurate

veracity

n. unwillingness to tell lies

Forms: veracities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. verbalize34. verbatim

verbalize

v. express in words

verbatim

adj. in precisely the same words used by a writer or

speaker

Forms: verbalized; verbalized; verbalizing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. verbiage36. verbose

verbiage

n. the manner in which something is expressed in words;

phrasing; phraseology; choice of words

verbose

adj. using or containing too many words; windy; wordy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––37. verdancy38. verdant

verdancy

n. the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation; verdure

verdant

adj. characterized by abundance of verdure

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––39. verdigris40. verge



verdigris

n. a green patina that forms on copper or brass or bronze

that has been exposed to the air or water for long periods

of time

verge

n. edge; brink

Forms: verges

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––41. verisimilitude42. verity

verisimilitude

n. the appearance of truth

verity

n. an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or

aesthetic truth

Forms: verities

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––43. vernacular44. vernal

vernacular

n. the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished

from literary language)

vernal

adj. of or characteristic of or occurring in spring

Forms: vernaculars

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––45. versatile46. vertex

versatile

adj. fulfilling many functions

vertex

n. the highest point (of something); apex; acme

Forms: vertexes, vertices

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––47. vertigo48. verve

vertigo

n. a reeling sensation; lightheadedness

verve

n. an energetic style

Forms: vertigoes, vertigines

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––49. vestige50. vex

vestige

n. an indication that something has been present;

tincture; shadow

vex


Forms: vestiges Forms: vexed; vexed; vexing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––51. viable52. viand

viable

adj. capable of life or normal growth and development

viand

n. a choice or delicious dish

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––53. vicarious54. victuals

vicarious

adj. indirect; through another

victuals

n. any substance that can be used as food; eatable;

pabulum

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––55. vigilance56. vigor



vigilance

n. vigilant attentiveness; weather eye

vigor

n. an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing);

vigour; vim

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––57. vilify58. vindicate

vilify

v. spread negative information about; vituperate; rail

vindicate

v. clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with

supporting proof

Forms: vilified; vilified; vilifying Forms: vindicated; vindicated; vindicating

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––59. vindictive60. vintner

vindictive

adj. showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt

vintner

n. someone who makes wine; wine maker

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––61. viper62. virile

viper

n. venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow

venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw

virile

adj. (of a male) capable of copulation

Forms: vipers

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––63. virtual64. virtue

virtual

adj. existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact

virtue

n. a particular moral excellence

Forms: virtues

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––65. virtuoso66. virulent

virtuoso

n. a musician who is a consummate master of technique

and artistry

virulent

adj. harsh or corrosive in tone; acerbic; blistering; caustic;

sulfurous

Forms: virtuosos, virtuosi

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––67. virus68. visceral

virus

n. microorganism which functions as an infectious agent

visceral

adj. obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning

or observation

Forms: viruses

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––69. viscid70. viscous

viscid


mucilaginous; pasty; sticky; viscous

viscous


mucilaginous; pasty; sticky; viscid

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––71. vise72. visionary

vise

n. a holding device attached to a workbench

visionary

adj. not practical or realizable; Laputan; windy

Forms: vises

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––73. vitreous74. vitriolic



vitreous

adj. of or like glass

vitriolic


mordant

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––75. vituperative76. vivacious

vituperative

adj. marked by harshly abusive criticism

vivacious

adj. vigorous and animated

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––77. vivisection78. vixen

vivisection

n. the act of operating on living animals (especially in

scientific research)

vixen

n. a female fox

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––79. vociferous80. vogue

vociferous

adj. conspicuously and offensively loud; clamorous;

strident

vogue

n. a current state of general acceptance and use

Forms: vogues

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––81. volatile82. volition

volatile

adj. rapidly changing; fickle

volition

n. the act of making a choice

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––83. voluble84. voluminous

voluble

adj. marked by a ready flow of speech

voluminous

adj. large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––85. voluptuous86. voracious

voluptuous

adj. displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the

senses; luxuriant; sybaritic; voluptuary

voracious


rapacious; ravening; ravenous; wolfish

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––87. vouchsafe88. voyeur

vouchsafe

v. grant in a condescending manner

voyeur

n. a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs

of others; peeper

Forms: vouchsafed; vouchsafed; vouchsafing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––89. vulnerable90. vulpine

vulnerable

adj. capable of being wounded or hurt

vulpine

adj. resembling or characteristic of a fox

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W1. waffle2. waft

waffle

v. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

waft

v. blow gently

Forms: waffled; waffled; waffling Forms: wafted; wafted; wafting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. waggish4. waggle

waggish

adj. witty or joking

waggle

n. causing to move repeatedly from side to side; shake

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. waif6. waiver

waif

n. a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned

waiver

n. a formal written statement of relinquishment; discharge

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7. wallow8. wan

wallow

v. delight greatly in

wan

adj. lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or

unhappiness

Forms: wallowed; wallowed; wallowing Forms: wanner; wannest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9. wane10. wangle

wane

v. decrease in phase

wangle

v. tamper, with the purpose of deception; fake; falsify;

cook; misrepresent

Forms: waned; waned; waning Forms: wangled; wangled; wangling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11. wanton12. warble

wanton

adj. casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; loose;

promiscuous; sluttish

warble

v. sing by changing register; descant

Forms: warbled; warbled; warbling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13. ware14. warrant

ware

v. spend extravagantly; waste

warrant

v. stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or

condition of

Forms: warranted; warranted; warranting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15. warranty16. warren

warranty

n. a written assurance that some product or service will

be provided or will meet certain specifications; warrantee

warren

n. a colony of rabbits

Forms: warranties Forms: warrens

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––17. wary18. wastrel

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wary

adj. openly distrustful and unwilling to confide;

suspicious; untrusting

wastrel

n. someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently

Forms: warier; wariest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19. wax20. waylay

wax

v. increase in phase

waylay

v. wait in hiding to attack; bushwhack; lurk; ambuscade;

lie in wait

Forms: waxed; waxed; waxing Forms: waylaid; waylaid; waylaying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21. wean22. weather

wean

v. detach the affections of

weather

v. expose to atmospheric conditions

Forms: weaned; weaned; weaning Forms: weathered; weathered; weathering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23. weft24. welt

weft

n. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving;

filling; pick

welt

n. a raised or strengthened seam

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25. welter26. welter

welter

n. a confused multitude of things; muddle; fuddle;

smother

welter

v. be immersed in

Forms: weltered; weltered; weltering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––27. wench28. whelp

wench

n. informal terms for a (young) woman; skirt; chick; bird

whelp

n. young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf

Forms: whelps

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––29. whet30. whiff

whet

v. sharpen by rubbing

whiff

n. a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and

missing the ball for the third strike

Forms: whetted; whetted; whetting Forms: whiffs

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31. whimsical32. whinny

whimsical

adj. determined by chance or impulse rather than by

necessity or reason

whinny

v. make a characteristic sound, of a horse; whicker

Forms: whinnied; whinnied; whinnying

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––33. whirring34. whit



whirring

n. sound of something in rapid motion; birr

whit

n. a tiny or scarcely detectable amount; iota; tittle;

smidgen; smidgeon; smidgin; smidge

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––35. whittle36. whorl

whittle

v. cut small bits or pare shavings from

whorl

n. a structure consisting of something wound in a

continuous series of loops; volute; helix

Forms: whittled; whittled; whittling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––37. willful38. wily

willful

adj. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition;

self-willed; wilful

wily

adj. marked by skill in deception; cunning; foxy; guileful;

knavish; slick

Forms: wilier; wiliest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––39. wince40. windfall

wince

v. make a face indicating disgust or dislike

windfall

n. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a

sudden opportunity to make money); gold rush; gravy;

godsend; manna from heaven; bunce

Forms: winced; winced; wincing Forms: windfalls

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––41. winnow42. winsome

winnow

v. blow away or off with a current of air

winsome

adj. charming in a childlike or naive way

Forms: winnowed; winnowed; winnowing

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––43. wisecrack44. wispy

wisecrack

n. witty remark; sally; quip

wispy

adj. lacking clarity or distinctness; shadowy; vague

Forms: wispier; wispiest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––45. wistful46. withdrawn

wistful

adj. showing pensive sadness

withdrawn

adj. tending to reserve or introspection

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––47. wither48. witless

wither

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality

witless

adj. (of especially persons) lacking sense or

understanding or judgment; soft-witted

Forms: withered; withered; withering

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––49. witticism50. wizardry



witticism

n. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or

incongruity has the power to evoke laughter; humour;

wittiness

wizardry

n. exceptional creative ability

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––51. wizened52. wont

wizened

adj. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or

illness; shrunken; withered

wont

n. an established custom

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––53. wonted54. woozy

wonted

adj. commonly used or practiced; usual; accustomed;

customary; habitual

woozy

adj. having or causing a whirling sensation; vertiginous

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––55. wordy56. worldly

wordy

adj. using or containing too many words; verbose; windy

worldly

adj. very sophisticated especially because of surfeit

Forms: worldlier; worldliest

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––57. worm58. worst

worm

v. move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially

when struggling); wriggle; squirm; twist

worst

v. defeat thoroughly; mop up; whip; rack up

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––59. wrangle60. wrath

wrangle

v. herd and care for

wrath

n. belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong

(personified as one of the deadly sins); ire; ira

Forms: wrangled; wrangled; wrangling

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––61. wrawl62. wreak

wrawl

v. cry loudly, as of animals; yammer; yowl

wreak

v. cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; play

Forms: wreaked; wreaked; wreaking

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––63. wrest64. wriggling

wrest

v. obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also

metaphorically

wriggling

adj. moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike

fashion; wriggly; writhing

Forms: wrested; wrested; wresting

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––65. writ66. writhe



writ

n. legal order

writhe

v. move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially

when struggling); wriggle; worm; squirm; twist

Forms: writhed; writhed; writhing

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X1. xenophobia

xenophobia

n. a fear of foreigners or strangers

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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Y1. yack2. yaup

yack

n. noisy talk; yakety-yak; chatter; cackle

yaup

v. emit long loud cries; wail; roar; yawl

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3. yen4. yeoman

yen

n. the basic unit of money in Japan

yeoman

n. in former times was free and cultivated his own land

Forms: yen Forms: yeomen

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5. yield6. yield

yield

n. the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is

created (usually within a given period of time); production

yield

v. produce; supply

Forms: yields Forms: yielded; yielded; yielding

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yokel

n. a person who is not very intelligent or interested in

culture; hick; yahoo; hayseed; bumpkin; chawbacon

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Z1. zany2. zeal

zany

adj. crazy; wacky

zeal

n. prompt willingness; forwardness

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zenith

n. the point above the observer that is directly opposite

the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial

bodies appear to be projected

zephyr

n. breeze

Forms: zeniths Forms: zephyrs

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zestful

adj. marked by spirited enjoyment; zesty; barmy

zeta

n. the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet; alphabetic

character

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