abbess abbot
abbey4.
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abbess
v. to lower in position, estimation or the like; to degrade
n. the lady superior of a nunnery
Forms: abased; abased; abasing
Forms: abbesses
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abbot
n. the group of buildings which collectively form the
n. the superior of a community of monks
dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns Forms: abbots
abdomen
abdicate6.
5.
Forms: abbeys
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abdomen
v. to give up (royal power or the like)
n. in mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly Forms: abdomens
abduction
abdominal8.
7.
Forms: abdicated; abdicated; abdicating
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abduction
adj. of, pertaining to or situated on the abdomen
n. a carrying away of a person against his will or illegally
aberration
abed10.
9.
Forms: abductions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– abed
aberration
adv. not able to get up
n. deviation from a right, customary or prescribed course
abeyance
abet12.
11.
Forms: aberrations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– abet
abeyance
v. to aid, promote or encourage the commission of (an
n. a state of suspension or temporary inaction
offense)
abhorrent
abhorrence14.
13.
Forms: abetted; abetted; abetting
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– abhorrence
abhorrent
n. the act of detesting extremely
adj. very repugnant; hateful
abject
abidance16.
15.
Forms: no plural –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– abidance
abject
n. obedience
adj. sunk to a low condition
able-bodied
abjure18.
17.
Forms: no plural ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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abjure
able-bodied
v. to recant, renounce or repudiate under oath
adj. competent for physical service
abnegate
ablution20. abominable
abnormal22. abomination
abominate24. aborigine
aboriginal26.
25.
23.
21.
19.
Forms: abjured; abjured; abjuring –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ablution
abnegate
n. a washing or cleansing, especially of the body
v. to renounce (a right or privilege)
Forms: ablutions
Forms: abnegated; abnegated; abnegating
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abominable
adj. not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard
adj. very hateful
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– abominate
abomination
v. to hate violently
n. a very detestable act or practice
Forms: abominated; abominated; abominating
Forms: abominations
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aborigine
adj. primitive; unsophisticated
n. native; indigenous person; member of a people considered to be the earliest known inhabitants of a country or region
abrade
aboveboard28.
27.
Forms: aborigines –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– aboveboard
abrade
adv. without concealment, fraud or trickery
v. to wear away the surface or some part of by friction
abridge
abrasion30.
29.
Forms: abraded; abraded; abrading –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– abrasion
abridge
n. area which is rubbed off; process of rubbing off
v. to make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles
abrogate
abridgment32. abscess
abrupt34.
33.
31.
Forms: abrasions
Forms: abridged; abridged; abridging
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– abridgment
abrogate
n. a condensed form as of a book or play
v. to abolish; to repeal
Forms: abridgments
Forms: abrogated; abrogated; abrogating
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abrupt
abscess
adj. beginning, ending or changing suddenly or with a
n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some
break
tissue of the body
abscond
abscission36.
35.
Forms: abscesses –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– abscission
abscond
n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation
v. to depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest Forms: absconded; absconded; absconding
absent-minded
absence38.
37.
Forms: abscissions
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– absence
absent-minded
n. the fact of not being present or available
adj. lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business
absolve
absolution40. absorption
absorb42. abstemious
abstain44.
43.
41.
39.
Forms: absences –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– absolution
absolve
n. forgiveness or passing over of offenses
v. to free from sin or its penalties
Forms: no plural
Forms: absolved; absolved; absolving
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– absorb
absorption
v. to drink in or suck up
n. the act or process of sucking up
Forms: absorbed; absorbed; absorbing
Forms: absorptions
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– abstain
abstemious
v. to keep oneself back (from doing or using something)
adj. characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink or food
abstruse
abstinence46.
45.
Forms: abstained; abstained; abstaining –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– abstinence
abstruse
n. self denial
adj. dealing with matters difficult to be understood
abundant
absurd48.
47.
Forms: no plural –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– absurd
abundant
adj. inconsistent with reason or common sense
adj. plentiful
abut
abusive50.
49.
Forms: more absurd; most absurd ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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abusive
abut
adj. employing harsh words or ill treatment
v. to touch at the end or boundary line
academic
abyss52.
51.
Forms: abutted; abutted; abutting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– abyss
academic
n. bottomless gulf
adj. of or pertaining to an academy, college or university
academy
academician54.
53.
Forms: abysses –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– academician
academy
n. a member of an academy of literature, art or science
n. any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught
accelerate
accede56. access
accept58. accession
accessible60.
59.
57.
55.
Forms: academicians
Forms: academies
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– accede
accelerate
v. to agree
v. to move faster
Forms: acceded; acceded; acceding
Forms: accelerated; accelerated; accelerating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– accept
access
v. to take when offered
n. a way of approach or entrance; passage
Forms: accepted; accepted; accepting
Forms: accesses
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– accessible
accession
adj. approachable
n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office or government
acclaim
accessory62. accompaniment
accommodate64.
63.
61.
Forms: accessions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– accessory
acclaim
n. a person or thing that aids the principal agent
v. to utter with a shout
Forms: accessories
Forms: acclaimed; acclaimed; acclaiming
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– accommodate
accompaniment
v. to furnish something as a kindness or favor
n. a subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part
accompany
accompanist66.
65.
Forms: accommodated; accommodated; accommodating Forms: accompaniments ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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accomplice68. accost
accordion70. accouter
account72.
71.
69.
67.
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accompanist
accompany
n. person who joins or supports others
v. to go with or be associated with, as a companion
Forms: accompanists
Forms: accompanied; accompanied; accompanying
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– accomplice
accomplish
n. an associate in wrong-doing
v. to bring to pass
Forms: accomplices
Forms: accomplished; accomplished; accomplishing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– accordion
accost
n. a portable free-reed musical instrument
v. to speak to
Forms: accordions
Forms: accosted; accosted; accosting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– account
accouter
n. a record or statement of receipts and expenditures or
v. to dress
of business transactions
accumulate
accredit74. accurate
accuracy76. accusation
accursed78.
77.
75.
73.
Forms: accounts
Forms: accoutered; accoutered; accoutering
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– accredit
accumulate
v. to certify; recognize; assign; license
v. to become greater in quantity or number
Forms: accredited; accredited; accrediting
Forms: accumulated; accumulated; accumulating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– accuracy
accurate
n. exactness; preciseness
adj. conforming exactly to truth or to a standard
Forms: accuracies
Forms: more accurate; most accurate
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– accursed
accusation
adj. doomed to evil, misery or misfortune
n. a charge of crime, misdemeanor or error
accuse
accusatory80.
79.
Forms: accusations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– accusatory
accuse
adj. tending to blame
v. to charge with wrong doing, misconduct or error
acerbity
accustom82. acetic
acetate84.
83.
81.
Forms: accused; accused; accusing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– accustom
acerbity
v. to make familiar by use
n. sourness, with bitterness and astringency
Forms: accustomed; accustomed; accustoming
Forms: acerbities
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acetate
acetic
n. a salt of acetic acid
adj. of, pertaining to or of the nature of vinegar
achillean
ache86.
85.
Forms: acetates –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ache
achillean
v. to be in pain or distress
adj. invulnerable
acid
achromatic88.
87.
Forms: ached; ached; aching –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– achromatic
acid
adj. colorless
n. a sour substance
acknowledge
acidify90.
89.
Forms: acids –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– acidify
acknowledge
v. to change into a sour tasting solution that dissolves
v. to recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of
metals and other materials
acme
acknowledgment92. acquaint
acoustic94.
93.
91.
Forms: acidified; acidified; acidifying
Forms: acknowledged; acknowledged; acknowledging
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– acknowledgment
acme
n. recognition
n. the highest point; summit
Forms: acknowledgments
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– acoustic
acquaint
adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing
v. to make familiar or conversant
acquiescence
acquiesce96. acquisition
acquire98.
97.
95.
Forms: acquainted; acquainted; acquainting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– acquiesce
acquiescence
v. to comply; to submit
n. passive consent
Forms: acquiesced; acquiesced; acquiescing
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– acquire
acquisition
v. to get as one's own
n. anything gained or made one's own, usually by effort or labor
acquittal
acquit100.
99.
Forms: acquired; acquired; acquiring
Forms: acquisitions
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acreage
acquittance102.
101.
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acquit
acquittal
v. to free or clear, as from accusation
n. a discharge from accusation by judicial action
Forms: acquitted; acquitted; acquitting
Forms: acquittals
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– acquittance
acreage
n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation or
n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land
responsibility
acridness
acrid104.
103.
Forms: no plural
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– acrid
acridness
adj. harshly pungent or bitter
n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper
actionable
acrimonious106. actuary
actuality108.
107.
105.
Forms: no plural –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– acrimonious
actionable
adj. full of bitterness
adj. liable to a lawsuit
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– actuality
actuary
n. any reality
n. one who calculates insurance risks and premiums according to statistical probabilities
acumen
actuate110.
109.
Forms: actualities
Forms: actuaries
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– actuate
acumen
v. to move or incite to action
n. quickness of intellectual insight or discernment; keenness of discrimination
adamant
acute112.
111.
Forms: actuated; actuated; actuating
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– acute
adamant
adj. having fine and penetrating discernment
n. any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability
addle
addendum114. adhere
adduce116.
115.
113.
Forms: acuter; acutest
Forms: adamants
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– addendum
addle
n. something added or to be added
v. to make inefficient or worthless; to muddle
Forms: addenda, addendums
Forms: addled; addled; addling
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adherent
adherence118.
117.
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adduce
adhere
v. to bring forward or name for consideration
v. to stick fast or together
Forms: adduced; adduced; adducing
Forms: adhered; adhered; adhering
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– adherence
adherent
n. attachment
adj. clinging or sticking fast
adieu
adhesion120.
119.
Forms: no plural –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– adhesion
adieu
n. the state of being attached or joined
int. good-by; farewell
adjacent
adjacency122. adjunct
adjudge124.
123.
121.
Forms: no plural –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– adjacency
adjacent
n. the state of being adjacent
n. object or device which is near or bordering upon
Forms: adjacencies
Forms: adjacents
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– adjudge
adjunct
v. to award or bestow by formal decision
n. something joined to or connected with another thing but holding a subordinate place
adjutant
adjuration126.
125.
Forms: adjudged; adjudged; adjudging
Forms: adjuncts
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– adjuration
adjutant
n. a vehement appeal
adj. auxiliary
admissible
administrator128.
127.
Forms: adjurations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– administrator
admissible
n. one who manages affairs of any kind
adj. having the right or privilege of entry
admonish
admittance130. ado
admonition132. adroit
adoration134.
133.
131.
129.
Forms: administrators –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– admittance
admonish
n. entrance or the right or permission to enter
v. to warn of a fault
Forms: admittances
Forms: admonished; admonished; admonishing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– admonition
ado
n. gentle reproof
n. unnecessary activity or ceremony
Forms: admonitions
Forms: no plural
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adoration
adroit
n. profound devotion
adj. having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers
adulterate
adulterant136.
135.
Forms: adorations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– adulterant
adulterate
n. a corrupted substance
v. to make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients Forms: adulterated; adulterated; adulterating
advent
adumbrate138.
137.
Forms: adulterants
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– adumbrate
advent
v. to represent beforehand in outline or by emblem
n. the coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state or personage Forms: advents
adversity
adverse140.
139.
Forms: adumbrated; adumbrated; adumbrating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– adverse
adversity
adj. opposing or opposed
n. misfortune
advertiser
advert142. advocacy
advisory144.
143.
141.
Forms: adversities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– advert
advertiser
v. to refer incidentally
n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers
Forms: adverted; adverted; adverting
Forms: advertisers
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– advisory
advocacy
adj. not mandatory
n. the act of pleading a cause
aerial
advocate146.
145.
Forms: advocacies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– advocate
aerial
n. one who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or
adj. of, pertaining to or like the air
ecclesiastical court
aeronautics
aeronaut148. aerostatics
aerostat150.
149.
147.
Forms: advocates –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– aeronaut
aeronautics
n. person who navigates the air; a balloonist
n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
Forms: aeronauts
Forms: no plural
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aerostatics
affect
affable152.
151.
n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, the air
pressure and mechanical properties
Forms: aerostats
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– affable
affect
adj. easy to approach
v. to act upon
affiliate
affectation154. affix
affirmative156.
155.
153.
Forms: affected; affected; affecting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– affectation
affiliate
n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt
n. some auxiliary person or thing; partner
Forms: affectations
Forms: affiliates
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– affirmative
affix
adj. answering yes; to a question at issue
v. to fasten
affront
affluence158. afoot
afire160. afresh
aforesaid162. agglomerate
afterthought164.
163.
161.
159.
157.
Forms: affixed; affixed; affixing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– affluence
affront
n. a profuse or abundant supply of riches
n. an open insult or indignity
Forms: no plural
Forms: affronts
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– afire
afoot
adv. ablaze; burning
adv. in progress
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– aforesaid
afresh
adj. mentioned previously
adv. once more, after rest or interval
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– afterthought
agglomerate
n. an idea that comes later than its appropriate or
v. to pile or heap together
expected time
aggravate
aggrandize166. aggregate
aggravation168.
167.
165.
Forms: afterthoughts
Forms: agglomerated; agglomerated; agglomerating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– aggrandize
aggravate
v. to cause to appear greatly
v. to make heavier, worse or more burdensome
Forms: aggrandized; aggrandized; aggrandizing
Forms: aggravated; aggravated; aggravating
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aggravation
aggregate
n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a
n. the entire number, sum, mass or quantity of something
crime, offense, misfortune, etc. Forms: aggregates
aggression
aggress170. aghast
aggrieve172.
171.
169.
Forms: aggravations
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– aggress
aggression
v. to make the first attack
n. an unprovoked attack
Forms: aggressed; aggressed; aggressing
Forms: aggressions
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– aggrieve
aghast
v. to give grief or sorrow to
adj. struck with terror and amazement
agitate
agile174.
173.
Forms: aggrieved; aggrieved; aggrieving –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– agile
agitate
adj. able to move or act quickly, physically or mentally
v. to move or excite (the feelings or thoughts)
aide-de-camp
agrarian176.
175.
Forms: agitated; agitated; agitating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– agrarian
aide-de-camp
adj. pertaining to farmers and farming
n. an officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general
airy
ailment178. alabaster
akin180.
179.
177.
Forms: aides-de-camp –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ailment
airy
n. slight sickness
adj. delicate; ethereal
Forms: ailments
Forms: airier; airiest
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– akin
alabaster
adj. of similar nature or qualities
n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum
albino
alacrity182.
181.
Forms: no plural –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– alacrity
albino
n. cheerful willingness
n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris
alchemy
album184.
183.
Forms: no plural
Forms: albinos
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alcohol186.
185.
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album
alchemy
n. a book whose leaves are so made to form paper
n. chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the
frames for holding photographs or the like
pursuit of changing base metals to gold
Forms: albums
Forms: no plural
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alcoholism
alder
alcove188. aldermanship
alderman190. alien
alias192. alienate
alienable194.
193.
191.
189.
187.
n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent odor and burning taste
use of alcoholic beverages
Forms: alcohols
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– alcove
alder
n. a covered recess connected with or at the side of a
n. any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus of the
larger room
oak family
Forms: alcoves
Forms: alders
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– alderman
aldermanship
n. a member of a municipal legislative body who usually
n. the dignity, condition, office or term of office of
exercises also certain judicial functions
government official
Forms: aldermen
Forms: aldermanships
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alien
n. an assumed name
n. person who owes allegiance to a foreign government
Forms: aliases
Forms: aliens
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– alienable
alienate
adj. capable of being sold or confiscated
v. to cause to turn away
aliment
alienation196. allay
alkali198.
197.
195.
Forms: alienated; alienated; alienating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– alienation
aliment
n. estrangement
n. means that nourish and support
Forms: alienations
Forms: aliments
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allay
allegory
allege200.
199.
n. anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, v. to calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; to etc
mitigate
Forms: alkalis, alkalies
Forms: allayed; allayed; allaying
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alleviate202. allot
alliance204. allude
allotment206. alluvion
allusion208.
207.
205.
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allege
allegory
v. to assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as
n. the setting forth of a subject under the guise of another
in court
subject of aptly suggestive likeness
Forms: alleged; alleged; alleging
Forms: allegories
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– alleviate
alley
v. to make less burdensome or less hard to bear
n. a narrow street, garden path, walk or the like
Forms: alleviated; alleviated; alleviating
Forms: alleys
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– alliance
allot
n. any combination or union for some common purpose
v. to assign a definite thing or part to a certain person
Forms: alliances
Forms: allotted; allotted; allotting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– allotment
allude
n. portion
v. to refer incidentally or by suggestion
Forms: allotments
Forms: alluded; alluded; alluding
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– allusion
alluvion
n. an indirect and incidental reference to something
n. flood
without definite mention of it
almanac
ally210. altar
aloof212.
211.
209.
Forms: allusions
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ally
almanac
n. a person or thing is united in a relationship with
n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together
another
with certain astronomical information
Forms: allies
Forms: almanacs
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altar
adv. not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with
n. any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may
others
be offered or incense burned
alteration
alter214. alternate
altercate216.
215.
213.
Forms: altars –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– alter
alteration
v. to make change in
n. change or modification
Forms: altered; altered; altering
Forms: alterations
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altercate
alternate
v. to contend angrily or zealously in words
n. one chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other Forms: alternates
altitude
alternative218. altruism
alto220. amalgam
altruist222. amateur
amalgamate224.
223.
221.
219.
217.
Forms: altercated; altercated; altercating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– alternative
altitude
n. something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen
n. vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-
or done instead of something else
level, as the sea
Forms: alternatives
Forms: altitudes
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– alto
altruism
n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part
n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest
Forms: altos
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– altruist
amalgam
n. philanthropist; person who is very unselfish
n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal
Forms: altruists
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– amalgamate
amateur
v. to mix or blend together in a homogeneous body
adj. practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession
ambidextrous
amatory226.
225.
Forms: amalgamated; amalgamated; amalgamating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– amatory
ambidextrous
adj. designed to excite love
adj. having the ability of using both hands with equal skill
ambitious
ambiguous228.
227.
or ease –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ambiguous
ambitious
adj. having a double meaning
adj. eagerly desirous and aspiring
ambulance
ambrosial230.
229.
Forms: more ambitious; most ambitious –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ambrosial
ambulance
adj. divinely sweet, fragrant or delicious
n. a vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded
ambush
ambulate232.
231.
Forms: ambulances ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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ambulate
ambush
v. to walk about
n. the act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy
amenable
ameliorate234.
233.
Forms: ambulated; ambulated; ambulating
Forms: ambushes
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ameliorate
amenable
v. to relieve, as from pain or hardship
adj. willing and ready to submit
amicable
americanism236.
235.
Forms: ameliorated; ameliorated; ameliorating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– americanism
amicable
n. a peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is adj. done in a friendly spirit used in the United States
amorous
amity238.
237.
Forms: americanisms
Forms: more amicable; most amicable
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– amity
amorous
n. friendship
adj. having a propensity for falling in love
amour
amorphous240.
239.
Forms: no plural –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– amorphous
amour
adj. without determinate shape
n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature
ampersand
ampere242. amphitheater
amphibious244.
243.
241.
Forms: amours –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ampere
ampersand
n. the practical unit of electric-current strength
n. the character &; the logical conjunction 'AND'
Forms: amperes
Forms: ampersands
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– amphibious
amphitheater
adj. living both on land and in water
n. an edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena
amply
amplitude246.
245.
Forms: amphitheaters –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– amplitude
amply
n. largeness
adv. sufficiently
amusement
amputate248.
247.
Forms: amplitudes ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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amputate
amusement
v. to remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the
n. diversion
body Forms: amusements
anagram
anachronism250.
249.
Forms: amputated; amputated; amputating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– anachronism
anagram
n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time
n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase Forms: anagrams
analogy
analogous252.
251.
Forms: anachronisms
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analogy
adj. corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as n. reasoning in which from certain and known relations or in form, proportion or relations
resemblance others are formed
analyze
analyst254.
253.
Forms: analogies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– analyst
analyze
n. person who analyzes or makes use of the analytical
v. to examine minutely or critically
method
anathema
anarchy256. ancestry
anatomy258.
257.
255.
Forms: analysts
Forms: analyzed; analyzed; analyzing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– anarchy
anathema
n. absence or utter disregard of government
n. anything forbidden, as by social usage
Forms: no plural
Forms: anathemas
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– anatomy
ancestry
n. that branch of morphology which treats of the structure n. family origin; genealogy; line of descent of organisms
anemia
anecdote260. anemometer
anemic262.
261.
259.
Forms: anatomies
Forms: ancestries
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– anecdote
anemia
n. a brief account of some interesting event or incident
n. deficiency of blood or red corpuscles
Forms: anecdotes
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– anemic
anemometer
adj. affected by a condition caused by a lack of red blood n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of cells
wind
anew
anesthetic264.
263.
Forms: anemometers ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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angelic266.
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anesthetic
anew
adj. pertaining to or producing loss of sensation
adv. once more
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– angelic
anglo-saxon
adj. saintly
n. member of an ancient Germanic people who invaded and settled parts of Britain
angular
anglophobia268.
267.
Forms: anglo-saxons –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– anglophobia
angular
n. hatred or dread of England or of what is English
adj. sharp-cornered
animadversion
anhydrous270.
269.
Forms: no plural –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– anhydrous
animadversion
adj. withered
n. the utterance of criticism or censure
animalcule
animadvert272. animosity
animate274. annals
annalist276.
275.
273.
271.
Forms: animadversions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– animadvert
animalcule
v. to pass criticism or censure
n. germ; microscopic organism
Forms: animadverted; animadverted; animadverting
Forms: animalcules
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– animate
animosity
v. to make alive
n. hatred
Forms: animated; animated; animating
Forms: animosities
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– annalist
annals
n. historian
n. a record of events in their chronological order, year by year
annihilate
annex278. annual
annotate280.
279.
277.
Forms: annalists
Forms: annals
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– annex
annihilate
v. to add or affix at the end
v. to destroy absolutely and completely
Forms: annexed; annexed; annexing
Forms: annihilated; annihilated; annihilating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– annotate
annual
v. to make explanatory or critical notes on or upon
adj. occurring every year
annunciation
annuity282.
281.
Forms: annotated; annotated; annotating ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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anode284.
283.
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annuity
annunciation
n. an annual allowance, payment or income
n. proclamation
Forms: annuities
Forms: annunciations
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– anode
anonymous
n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current
adj. of unknown authorship
enters an electrolyte or the like
antarctic
antagonism286.
285.
Forms: anodes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– antagonism
antarctic
n. mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting
adj. pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it
forces, principles or persons
antecede
ante288.
287.
Forms: antagonisms –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ante
antecede
v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the
v. to precede
cards are dealt
antechamber
antecedent290.
289.
Forms: anted, anteed; anted, anteed; anteing
Forms: anteceded; anteceded; anteceding
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– antecedent
antechamber
n. person who or that which precedes or goes before, as
n. a waiting room for those who seek audience
in time, place, rank, order or causality
antediluvian
antedate292.
291.
Forms: antecedents
Forms: antechambers
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– antedate
antediluvian
v. precede in time
adj. of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah
antemundane
antemeridian294. anterior
antenatal296. anthology
anteroom298.
297.
295.
293.
Forms: antedated; antedated; antedating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– antemeridian
antemundane
adj. before noon
adj. pertaining to time before the world's creation
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– antenatal
anterior
adj. occurring or existing before birth
adj. prior
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anteroom
anthology
n. a waiting area
n. a collection of extracts from the writings of various authors Forms: anthologies
anthropology
anthracite300. antic
anthropomorphous302.
301.
299.
Forms: anterooms
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– anthracite
anthropology
n. hard coal
n. the science of man in general
Forms: no plural
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– anthropomorphous
antic
adj. having or resembling human form
n. a grotesque, ludicrous or fantastic action
anticlimax
antichrist304. antidote
anticyclone306. antipathize
antilogy308.
307.
305.
303.
Forms: antics –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– antichrist
anticlimax
n. any opponent or enemy of Jesus, whether a person or
n. a gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or
a power
impressiveness of what is said
Forms: antichrists
Forms: anticlimaxes
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– anticyclone
antidote
n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure with
n. anything that will counteract or remove the effects of
currents flowing outward
poison, disease or the like
Forms: anticyclones
Forms: antidotes
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– antilogy
antipathize
n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas
v. to show or have a feeling of antagonism, aversion or dislike
antiphony
antiphon310.
309.
Forms: antilogies
Forms: antipathized; antipathize; antipathizing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– antiphon
antiphony
n. a response or alteration of responses, generally
n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively
musical
antiquary
antipodes312.
311.
Forms: antiphons
Forms: antiphonies
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– antipodes
antiquary
n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth
n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc
antique
antiquate314.
313.
Forms: only plural
Forms: antiquaries
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antiquate
antique
v. to make old or out of date
adj. pertaining to ancient times
antislavery
antiseptic316.
315.
Forms: antiquated; antiquated; antiquating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– antiseptic
antislavery
n. anything that destroys or restrains the growth of
adj. opposed to human servitude
putrefactive micro-organisms
antistrophe
antispasmodic318.
317.
Forms: antiseptics –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– antispasmodic
antistrophe
adj. controlling or preventing spasms
n. the inversion of terms in successive classes as in 'the home of joy and the joy of home'
antonym
antitoxin320.
319.
Forms: antistrophes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– antitoxin
antonym
n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products
n. a word directly opposed to another in meaning
of micro-organisms
apathy
anxious322. apex
aperture324. apiary
aphorism326. apology
apogee328. apostate
apostasy330.
329.
327.
325.
323.
321.
Forms: antitoxins
Forms: antonyms
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– anxious
apathy
adj. distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter
n. insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling
Forms: more anxious; most anxious
Forms: apathies
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– aperture
apex
n. hole
n. the highest point, as of a mountain
Forms: apertures
Forms: apexes, apices
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– aphorism
apiary
n. proverb
n. a place where bees are kept
Forms: aphorisms
Forms: apiaries
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– apogee
apology
n. the climax
n. a disclaimer of intentional error or offense
Forms: apogees
Forms: apologies
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apostasy
apostate
n. a total departure from one's faith or religion
adj. false
apothecary
apostle332. appall
apotheosis334. apparition
apparent336.
335.
333.
331.
Forms: apostasies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– apostle
apothecary
n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine
n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up
authority
prescriptions
Forms: apostles
Forms: apothecaries
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– apotheosis
appall
n. deification
v. to fill with dismay or horror
Forms: apotheoses
Forms: appalled; appalled; appalling
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– apparent
apparition
adj. easily understood
n. ghost
appellate
appease338.
337.
Forms: apparitions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– appease
appellate
v. to soothe by quieting anger or indignation
adj. capable of being appealed to
append
appellation340. apposite
appertain342.
341.
339.
Forms: appeased; appeased; appeasing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– appellation
append
n. the name or title by which a particular person, class or
v. to add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate
thing is called
or supplementary
Forms: appellations
Forms: appended; appended; appending
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– appertain
apposite
v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association,
adj. appropriate
classification, possession or natural relation
appraise
apposition344. apprehend
appreciable346.
345.
343.
Forms: appertained; appertained; appertaining –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– apposition
appraise
n. the act of placing side by side, together or in contact
v. to estimate the money value of
Forms: appositions
Forms: appraised; appraised; appraising
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appreciable
apprehend
adj. capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect
v. to make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law
approbation
apprehensible348.
347.
Forms: apprehended; apprehended; apprehending –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– apprehensible
approbation
adj. capable of being conceived
n. sanction
aqueduct
appropriate350.
349.
Forms: approbations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– appropriate
aqueduct
adj. suitable for the purpose and circumstances
n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance
arbiter
aqueous352.
351.
Forms: more appropriate; most appropriate
Forms: aqueducts
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– aqueous
arbiter
adj. of, pertaining to or containing water
n. person who is chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters
arbitrate
arbitrary354.
353.
Forms: arbiters –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– arbitrary
arbitrate
adj. fixed or done capriciously
v. to act or give judgment as umpire
arboreal
arbor356.
355.
Forms: arbitrated; arbitrated; arbitrating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– arbor
arboreal
n. a tree
adj. of or pertaining to a tree or trees
arboretum
arborescent358.
357.
Forms: arbors –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– arborescent
arboretum
adj. having the nature of a tree
n. a botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs
arcade
arboriculture360.
359.
Forms: plurals: arboretums, arboreta –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– arboriculture
arcade
n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs
n. a vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops etc., opening from it
archaic
archaeology362.
361.
Forms: no plural
Forms: arcades
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archaeology
archaic
n. the branch of anthropology concerned with the
adj. antiquated
systematic investigation of the relics of man
archangel
archaism364. archdeacon
archbishop366.
365.
363.
Forms: no plural –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– archaism
archangel
n. obsolescence
n. a chief spirit servant of God
Forms: archaisms
Forms: archangels
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– archbishop
archdeacon
n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church Forms: archdeacons
archipelago
archetype368.
367.
Forms: archbishops
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– archetype
archipelago
n. model; pattern
n. any large body of water studded with islands or the islands collectively themselves
ardor
ardent370.
369.
Forms: archetypes
Forms: archipelagos, archipelagoes
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ardent
ardor
adj. burning with passion
n. intensity of passion or affection
aristocracy
arid372.
371.
Forms: ardors –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– arid
aristocracy
adj. very dry
n. a hereditary nobility
armada
aristocrat374.
373.
Forms: aristocracies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– aristocrat
armada
n. a hereditary noble or one nearly connected with
n. a fleet of war-vessels
nobility
armory
armful376. arraign
aroma378.
377.
375.
Forms: aristocrats
Forms: armadas
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– armful
armory
n. a measure that defines the amount a person can hold
n. an arsenal
Forms: armfuls
Forms: armories
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aroma
arraign
n. an agreeable odor
v. to call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not
arrangement
arrange380.
379.
Forms: aromas
Forms: arraigned; arraigned; arraigning
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– arrange
arrangement
v. to put in definite or proper order
n. the act of putting in proper order or the state of being put in order
arrear
arrant382.
381.
Forms: arranged; arranged; arranging
Forms: arrangements
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– arrant
arrear
adj. notoriously bad
n. something overdue and unpaid
arrogant
arrival384.
383.
Forms: arrears –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– arrival
arrogant
n. a coming to stopping-place or destination
adj. unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc
well
artesian
arrogate386.
385.
Forms: arrivals –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– arrogate
artesian well
v. to take, demand or claim, especially presumptuously or n. a water hole drilled through impermeable strata without reasons or grounds
arthurian
artful388. artless
artifice390.
389.
387.
Forms: arrogated; arrogated; arrogating
Forms: artesian wells
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– artful
arthurian
adj. characterized by craft or cunning
adj. pertaining to a British King
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– artifice
artless
n. trickery
adj. ingenuous
ascension
ascendant392.
391.
Forms: artifices –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ascendant
ascension
adj. dominant
n. the act of rising
ascetic
ascent394.
393.
Forms: ascensions ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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ascetic
n. a rising, soaring or climbing
adj. given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion
asexual
ascribe396.
395.
Forms: ascents –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ascribe
asexual
v. to assign as a quality or attribute
adj. referring to reproduction without the combination of genetic material with another individua
askance
ashen398. aspirant
asperity400.
399.
397.
Forms: ascribed; ascribed; ascribing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ashen
askance
adj. pale
adv. with a side or indirect glance or meaning
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– asperity
aspirant
n. harshness or roughness of temper
n. one who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place
aspire
aspiration402. assassin
assailant404. assassination
assassinate406.
405.
403.
401.
Forms: asperities
Forms: aspirants
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– aspiration
aspire
n. an earnest wish for that which is above one's present
v. to have an earnest desire, wish or longing, as for
reach
something high and good, not yet attained
Forms: aspirations
Forms: aspired; aspired; aspiring
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– assailant
assassin
n. person who attacks
n. one who kills or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly
Forms: assailants
Forms: assassins
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– assassinate
assassination
v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the
n. murderer, as by secret assault or treachery
killing of some eminent person
assent
assay408.
407.
Forms: assassinated; assassinated; assassinating
Forms: assassinations
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– assay
assent
n. the chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore
v. to express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion
assessor
assess410.
409.
Forms: assays
Forms: assented; assented; assenting
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assets412.
411.
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assess
assessor
v. to determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be
n. an officer whose duty it is to estimate and determine
paid)
taxes
Forms: assessed; assessed; assessing
Forms: assessors
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– assets
assiduous
n. property in general, regarded as applicable to the
adj. diligent
payment of debts; anything of material value or usefulness
assimilate
assignee414.
413.
Forms: assets –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– assignee
assimilate
n. one who is appointed to act for another in the
v. to adapt
management of certain property and interests
assonant
assonance416.
415.
Forms: assignees
Forms: assimilated; assimilated; assimilating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– assonance
assonant
n. resemblance or correspondence in sound
adj. having resemblance of sound
assuage
assonate418.
417.
Forms: assonances –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– assonate
assuage
v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound
v. to cause to be less harsh, violent or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain or disease
astute
astringent420. athirst
atheism422.
421.
419.
Forms: assonated; assonated; assonating
Forms: assuaged; assuaged; assuaging
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– astringent
astute
adj. harsh in disposition or character
adj. keen in discernment
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– atheism
athirst
n. the denial of the existence of God
adj. wanting water
atomizer
athwart424.
423.
Forms: no plural –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– athwart
atomizer
adv. from side to side
n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
atonement
atone426.
425.
Forms: atomizers ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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atonement
v. to make amends for
n. amends, reparation or expiation made from wrong or injury Forms: atonement
atrocity
atrocious428.
427.
Forms: atoned; atoned; atoning
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– atrocious
atrocity
adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile or
n. great cruelty; reckless wickedness
cruel
attest
attache430. auburn
attorney-general432.
431.
429.
Forms: atrocities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– attache
attest
n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy
v. to certify as accurate, genuine or true
Forms: attaches
Forms: attested; attested; attesting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– attorney-general
auburn
n. the chief law-officer of a government
adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair
audible
audacious434. auditory
audition436.
435.
433.
Forms: attorneys –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– audacious
audible
adj. fearless
adj. loud enough to be heard
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– audition
auditory
n. the act or sensation of hearing
adj. of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing
augur
augment438. aura
augustinian440.
439.
437.
Forms: auditions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– augment
augur
v. to make bigger
v. to predict
Forms: augmented; augmented; augmenting
Forms: augured; augured; auguring
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– augustinian
aura
adj. pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines or the
n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from
religious orders called after him
persons
auricle
aural442.
441.
Forms: auras, aurae ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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auricle
adj. of or pertaining to the ear
n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins
auriferous
auricular444. auspice
aurora446.
445.
443.
Forms: auricles –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– auricular
auriferous
adj. of or pertaining to the ear or the sense of hearing
adj. containing gold
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– aurora
auspice
n. a luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the
n. favoring, protecting or propitious influence or guidance
atmosphere
autarchy
austere448.
447.
Forms: plurals: auroras, aurorae
Forms: auspices
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– austere
autarchy
adj. severely simple; unadorned
n. unrestricted power
authenticity
authentic450.
449.
Forms: autarchies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– authentic
authenticity
adj. of undisputed origin
n. the state or quality of being genuine or of the origin and authorship claimed
autocracy
autobiography452. automaton
autocrat454. autonomy
autonomous456.
455.
453.
451.
Forms: no plural –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– autobiography
autocracy
n. the story of one's life written by himself
n. absolute government
Forms: autobiographies
Forms: autocracies
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– autocrat
automaton
n. any person who claims or wields unrestricted or
n. any living being whose actions are or appear to be
undisputed authority or influence
involuntary or mechanical
Forms: autocrats
Forms: automatons, automata
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– autonomous
autonomy
adj. self-governing
n. self-government
autumnal
autopsy458.
457.
Forms: autonomies ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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autumnal
n. the examination of a dead body by dissection to
adj. of or pertaining to the fall
ascertain the cause of death
avalanche
auxiliary460. aver
avarice462. aversion
averse464.
463.
461.
459.
Forms: autopsies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– auxiliary
avalanche
n. one who or that which aids or helps, especially when
n. the fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a
regarded as subsidiary or accessory
mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock
Forms: auxiliaries
Forms: avalanches
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– avarice
aver
n. passion for getting and keeping riches
v. to assert as a fact
Forms: no plural
Forms: averred; averred; avering
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– averse
aversion
adj. reluctant
n. a mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing
aviary
avert466.
465.
Forms: aversions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– avert
aviary
v. to turn away or aside
n. a spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept
avocation
avidity468. awaken
avow470. aye
awry472. azure
azalea474.
473.
471.
469.
467.
Forms: averted; averted; averting
Forms: aviaries
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– avidity
avocation
n. greediness
n. diversion
Forms: no plural
Forms: avocations
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– avow
awaken
v. to declare openly
v. to arouse, as emotion, interest or the like
Forms: avowed; avowed; avowing
Forms: awakened; awakened; awakening
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– awry
aye
adv. out of the proper form, direction or position
adv. an expression of assent
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azure
n. a flowering shrub
n. the color of the sky
Forms: azaleas
Forms: no plural
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baconian
bacterium
adj. relating to, or characteristic of the works of a
n. a microbe
philosopher an English philosopher and statesman
baffle
badger4. baize
bailiff6. baleful
bale8.
7.
5.
3.
Forms: bacteria –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– badger
baffle
v. to pester; to annoy
v. to foil or frustrate
Forms: badgered; badgered; badgering
Forms: baffled; baffled; baffling
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bailiff
baize
n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under
n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-
arraignment
covers, curtains, etc.
Forms: bailiffs
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bale
baleful
n. a large package prepared for transportation or storage
adj. malignant
balsam
ballad10. barcarole
banal12.
11.
9.
Forms: bales –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ballad
balsam
n. any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject
n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for
and usually in lyric form
healing
Forms: ballads
Forms: balsams
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– banal
barcarole
adj. commonplace
n. a boat-song of Venetian gondoliers
barograph
baritone14.
13.
Forms: barcaroles –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– baritone
barograph
adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than
n. an instrument that registers graphically and
tenor
continuously the atmospheric pressure
bask
barometer16.
15.
Forms: barographs –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– barometer
bask
n. an instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure
v. to make warm by genial heat
per unit of surface
baste
bass18.
17.
Forms: barometers
Forms: basked; basked; basking
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bass
baste
adj. low in tone or compass
v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking
battalion
baton20. batter
batten22.
21.
19.
Forms: basted; basted; basting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– baton
battalion
n. an official staff borne either as a weapon or as an
n. a body of infantry composed of two or more
emblem of authority or privilege
companies, forming a part of a regiment
Forms: batons
Forms: battalions
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– batten
batter
n. a narrow strip of wood
n. a thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery
bawl
bauble24. beatitude
beatify26. becalm
beau28. bedaub
beck30. bedlam
bedeck32. befriend
befog34.
33.
31.
29.
27.
25.
23.
Forms: battens
Forms: batters
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bauble
bawl
n. a trinket
v. to proclaim by outcry
Forms: baubles
Forms: bawled; bawled; bawling
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– beatify
beatitude
v. to make supremely happy
n. any state of great happiness
Forms: beatified; beatified; beatifying
Forms: beatitudes
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– beau
becalm
n. an escort or lover
v. to make quiet
Forms: beaus, beaux
Forms: becalmed; becalmed; becalming
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– beck
bedaub
v. to give a signal to by nod or gesture
v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky
Forms: becked; becked; becking
Forms: bedaubed; bedaubed; bedaubing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bedeck
bedlam
v. to cover with ornament
n. madhouse; uproar
Forms: bedecked; bedecked; bedecking
Forms: bedlams
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beget36. belay
belate38. believe
belie40. belle
belittle42.
41.
39.
37.
35.
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befog
befriend
v. to confuse
v. assist; aid; stand by
Forms: befogged; befogged; befogging
Forms: befriended; befriended; befriending
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– beget
begrudge
v. to produce by sexual generation
v. to envy one of the possession of
Forms: begot; begotten, begot; begetting
Forms: begrudged; begrudged; begrudging
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– belate
belay
v. to delay past the proper hour
v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat
Forms: belated; belated; belating
Forms: belayed; belayed; belaying
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– belie
believe
v. to misrepresent
v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others
Forms: belied; belied; belying
Forms: believed; believed; believing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– belittle
belle
v. to disparage
n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
belligerent
bellicose44. benediction
bemoan46. benefice
benefactor48.
47.
45.
43.
Forms: belittled; belittled; belittling
Forms: belles
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bellicose
belligerent
adj. warlike
adj. manifesting a warlike spirit
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bemoan
benediction
v. to lament
n. a solemn invocation of the divine blessing
Forms: bemoaned; bemoaned; bemoaning
Forms: benedictions
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– benefactor
benefice
n. a doer of kindly and charitable acts
n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service
beneficial
beneficent50. benefit
beneficiary52.
51.
49.
Forms: benefactors
Forms: benefices
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– beneficent
beneficial
adj. characterized by charity and kindness
adj. helpful
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beneficiary
benefit
n. one who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds
n. helpful result
of an estate or property Forms: benefits
benevolent
benevolence54.
53.
Forms: beneficiaries
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– benevolence
benevolent
n. any act of kindness or well-doing
adj. loving others and actively desirous of their well-being
benignant
benign56. benison
benignity58. bereave
bequeath60. beseech
berth62.
61.
59.
57.
55.
Forms: no plural –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– benign
benignant
adj. good and kind of heart
adj. benevolent in feeling, character or aspect
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– benignity
benison
n. kindness of feeling, disposition or manner
n. blessing
Forms: benignities
Forms: benisons
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bequeath
bereave
v. to give by will
v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief
Forms: bequeathed; bequeathed; bequeathing
Forms: bereaved, bereft; bereaved, bereft; bereaving
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– berth
beseech
n. a bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc
v. to implore
Forms: berths
Forms: besought, beseeched; besought, beseeched;
besmear
beset64. bestrew
bestial66.
65.
63.
beseeching –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– beset
besmear
v. to attack on all sides
v. to sabase; defile; dirty; sully
Forms: beset; beset; besetting
Forms: besmeared; besmeared; besmearing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bestial
bestrew
adj. animal
v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn
bethink
bestride68. betimes
betide70.
69.
67.
Forms: bestrewed; bestrewn, bestrewed; bestrewing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bestride
bethink
v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse
v. to remind oneself
Forms: bestrode, bestrid; bestrid, bestridden; bestriding
Forms: bethought; bethought; bethinking
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betide
betimes
v. to happen to or befall
adv. soon; early
betrothal
betroth72. bewilder
bevel74. bibliomania
bibliography76.
75.
73.
71.
Forms: betided; betided; betiding –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– betroth
betrothal
v. to engage to marry
n. engagement to marry
Forms: betrothed; betrothed; betrothing
Forms: betrothals
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bevel
bewilder
n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees
v. to confuse the perceptions or judgment of
Forms: bevels
Forms: bewildered; bewildered; bewildering
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bibliography
bibliomania
n. a list of the words of an author or the literature bearing
n. the passion for collecting books
on a particular subject
bibulous
bibliophile78.
77.
Forms: bibliographies
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bibliophile
bibulous
n. person who loves books
adj. fond of drinking
biennial
bide80.
79.
Forms: bibliophiles –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bide
biennial
v. to await
n. a plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second
bigamist
bier82.
81.
Forms: bided; bode; bided; biding
Forms: biennials
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bier
bigamist
n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end
n. person who has two spouses at the same time
for carrying a corpse to the grave
bight
bigamy84.
83.
Forms: biers
Forms: bigamists
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bigamy
bight
n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a
n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by
legal spouse living
a long curve of a coast-line
bilingual
bilateral86.
85.
Forms: no plural ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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biograph88. biped
biology90. bitterness
birthright92.
91.
89.
87.
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bilateral
bilingual
adj. two-sided
adj. speaking two languages
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– biograph
biography
n. a bibliographical sketch or notice
n. a written account of one's life, actions, and character
Forms: biographers
Forms: biographies
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– biology
biped
n. the science of life or living organisms
n. an animal having two feet
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– birthright
bitterness
n. a privilege or possession into which one is born
n. acridity, as to the taste
blaspheme
blase94.
93.
Forms: birthrights –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– blase
blaspheme
adj. sated with pleasure
v. to indulge in profane oaths
blaze
blatant96.
95.
Forms: blasphemed; blasphemed; blaspheming –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– blatant
blaze
adj. noisily or offensively loud or clamorous
n. a vivid glowing flame
bleak
blazon98. blithe
blemish100. blockade
blithesome102.
101.
99.
97.
Forms: blazes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– blazon
bleak
v. to make widely or generally known
adj. desolate
Forms: blazoned; blazoned; blazoning
Forms: bleaker; bleakest
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– blemish
blithe
n. a mark that mars beauty
adj. joyous
Forms: blemishes
Forms: blither; blithest
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– blithesome
blockade
adj. cheerful
n. the shutting up of a town, a frontier or a line of coast by hostile forces
bodice
boatswain104.
103.
Forms: blockades ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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boatswain
bodice
n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general
n. a woman's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist
charge of the rigging, anchors, etc Forms: bodices
boisterous
bodily106. bolero
bole108.
107.
105.
Forms: boatswains
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bodily
boisterous
adj. corporeal
adj. unchecked merriment or animal spirits
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bole
bolero
n. the trunk or body of a tree
n. a Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing
bolster
boll110. bombard
bomb112. bombast
bombardier114. bore
boorish116.
115.
113.
111.
109.
Forms: boleros –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– boll
bolster
n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton
v. to support, as something wrong
Forms: bolls
Forms: bolstered; bolstered; bolstering
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bomb
bombard
n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material
v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech
Forms: bombs
Forms: bombarded; bombarded; bombarding
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bombardier
bombast
n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and
n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on
shells
unimportant subjects
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– boorish
bore
adj. rude
v. to weary by tediousness or dullness
bosom
borough118.
117.
Forms: bored; bored; boring –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– borough
bosom
n. an incorporated village or town
n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman
botanize
botanical120.
119.
Forms: boroughs
Forms: bosoms
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– botanical
botanize
adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants
v. to study plant-life
bountiful
botany122.
121.
Forms: botanized; botanized; botanizing ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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bowdlerize124.
123.
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botany
bountiful
n. the science that treats of plants
adj. showing abundance
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bowdlerize
bowler
v. to expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by
n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball
omitting words or passages
brae
boycott126.
125.
Forms: bowdlerized; bowdlerized; bowdlerizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– boycott
brae
v. to place the products or merchandise of under a ban
n. hillside
brandish
braggart128.
127.
Forms: boycotted; boycotted; boycotting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– braggart
brandish
n. a very boastful and talkative person; a vain boaster
v. to wave, shake or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear
bravo
bravado130.
129.
Forms: brandished; brandished; brandishing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bravado
bravo
n. an aggressive display of boldness
int. well done
braze
bray132.
131.
Forms: bravadoes, bravados –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bray
braze
n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of v. to make of or ornament with brass a horn
breach
brazier134.
133.
Forms: brays
Forms: brazed; brazed; brazing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– brazier
breach
n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals
n. the violation of official duty, lawful right or a legal obligation
breech
breaker136.
135.
Forms: breaches –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– breaker
breech
n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc
n. the buttocks
brevity
brethren138.
137.
Forms: breakers ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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brethren
brevity
n. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession,
n. shortness of duration
association or the like
bridle
bric-a-brac140.
139.
Forms: only plural –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bric-a-brac
bridle
n. objects of curiosity or for decoration
n. the head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins
brigadier
brigade142.
141.
Forms: bridles –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– brigade
brigadier
n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments
n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general
brimstone
brigand144.
143.
Forms: brigades
Forms: brigadiers
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– brigand
brimstone
n. one who lives by robbery and plunder
n. sulfur
bristle
brine146.
145.
Forms: brigands –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– brine
bristle
n. water saturated with salt
n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brushmaking, etc
briticism
britannia148.
147.
Forms: bristles –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– britannia
briticism
n. the United Kingdom of Great Britain
n. a word idiom or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British
broach
brittle150. brogan
broadcast152. brokerage
brogue154.
153.
151.
149.
Forms: briticisms –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– brittle
broach
adj. fragile
v. to mention for the first time
Forms: brittler; brittlest
Forms: broached; broached; broaching
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– broadcast
brogan
adj. disseminated far and wide
n. a coarse, heavy shoe
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bromine156.
155.
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brogue
brokerage
n. any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that
n. the business of making sales and purchases for a
of the Irish people
commission
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bromine
bronchitis
n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with
n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes
brooch
bronchus158. browbeat
brotherhood160.
159.
157.
a suffocating odor –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bronchus
brooch
n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying
n. an article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook
air into the lungs
on the underside
Forms: bronchi
Forms: brooches
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– brotherhood
browbeat
n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity
v. to overwhelm or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty or rude address or manner
buffoon
brusque162. bulbous
buffoonery164. bulrush
bullock166. bumper
bulwark168.
167.
165.
163.
161.
Forms: brotherhoods
Forms: browbeat; browbeaten; browbeating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– brusque
buffoon
adj. somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech
n. a clown
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– buffoonery
bulbous
n. low drollery, coarse jokes, etc
adj. swollen
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bullock
bulrush
n. an ox
n. papyrus
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bulwark
bumper
n. anything that gives security or defense
n. a cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health
bungle
bumptious170.
169.
Forms: bulwarks
Forms: bumpers
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bumptious
bungle
adj. full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit
v. to execute clumsily
buoyant
buoyancy172. bureaucracy
bureau174.
173.
171.
Forms: bungled; bungled; bungling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– buoyancy
buoyant
n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas
adj. having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat
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bureaucracy
n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc
n. government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business Forms: bureaucracies
burgher
burgess176.
175.
Forms: bureaus, bureaux
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– burgess
burgher
n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the
n. an inhabitant; city resident
legislature of Maryland or Virginia Forms: burghers
bursar
burnish178.
177.
Forms: burgesses
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– burnish
bursar
v. to make brilliant or shining
n. a treasurer
butt
bustle180. buttress
butte182.
181.
179.
Forms: burnished; burnished; burnishing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bustle
butt
v. to hurry
v. to strike with or as with the head or horns
Forms: bustled; bustled; bustling
Forms: butted; butted; butting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– butte
buttress
n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain or natural turret,
n. any support or prop
generally isolated
by-law
183.
Forms: buttes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– by-law n. a rule or ordinance adopted by an association, a corporation or the like ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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cabal
cabalism
n. a number of persons secretly united for effecting by
n. superstitious devotion to one's religion
cacophony
cabinet4.
3.
intrigue some private purpose –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cabinet
cacophony
cadence
cadaverous6.
5.
n. the body of men constituting the official advisors of the n. a disagreeable, harsh or discordant sound or executive head of a nation
combination of sounds or tones
Forms: cabinets
Forms: cacophonies
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cadaverous
cadence
adj. resembling a corpse
n. rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops
caitiff
cadenza8.
7.
Forms: cadences –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cadenza
caitiff
n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised,
adj. cowardly
for a solo voice or instrument
cajolery
cajole10.
9.
Forms: cadenzas –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cajole
cajolery
v. to impose on or dupe by flattering speech
n. delusive speech
calculus
calculable12.
11.
Forms: cajoled; cajoled; cajoling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– calculable
calculus
adj. that may be estimated by reckoning
n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness
callow
callosity14.
13.
Forms: calculuses, calculi –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– callosity
callow
n. the state of being hard and insensible
adj. without experience of the world
calumny
calorie16.
15.
Forms: callosities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– calorie
calumny
n. amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1
n. slander
kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade
calvinism
calvary18.
17.
Forms: calories
Forms: calumnies
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calvinism
n. the place where Christ was crucified
n. the system of doctrine taught by a French theologian and reformer
came
calvinize20.
19.
Forms: no plural –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– calvinize
came
v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism
n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows
campaign
cameo22. canary
canaanite24.
23.
21.
Forms: calvinized; calvinized; calvinizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cameo
campaign
n. any small engraved or carved work in relief
n. a complete series of connected military operations
Forms: cameos
Forms: campaigns
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– canaanite
canary
n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the
adj. of a bright but delicate yellow
Promised Land or western Palestine
candor
candid26. canon
canine28.
27.
25.
Forms: canaanites –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– candid
candor
adj. straightforward
n. the quality of frankness or outspokenness
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– canine
canon
adj. characteristic of a dog
n. any rule or law
cantata
cant30.
29.
Forms: canons –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cant
cantata
v. to talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected
n. a choral composition
solemnity
cantonment
canto32.
31.
Forms: canted; canted; canting
Forms: cantatas
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– canto
cantonment
n. one of the divisions of an extended poem
n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered
capillary
capacious34.
33.
Forms: canto; cantos ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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capillary
adj. roomy
n. a minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells Forms: capillaries
caprice
capitulate36. captious
caption38. carcass
captivate40. cardinal
cardiac42. caricature
caret44.
43.
41.
39.
37.
35.
Forms: more capacious; most capacious
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– capitulate
caprice
v. to surrender or stipulate terms
n. a whim
Forms: capitulated; capitulated; capitulating
Forms: caprices
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– caption
captious
n. a heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc
adj. hypercritical
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– captivate
carcass
v. to fascinate, as by excellence, eloquence or beauty
n. the dead body of an animal
Forms: captivated; captivated; captivating
Forms: carcasses
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cardiac
cardinal
adj. pertaining to the heart
adj. of prime or special importance
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– caret
caricature
n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted n. a picture or description in which natural characteristics words, etc., should be inserted
are exaggerated or distorted
carnal
carnage46. carouse
carnivorous48.
47.
45.
Forms: caricatures –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– carnage
carnal
n. massacre
adj. sensual
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– carnivorous
carouse
adj. eating or living on flesh
v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner
cartilage
carrion50. caste
cartridge52. casual
castigate54.
53.
51.
49.
Forms: caroused; caroused; carousing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– carrion
cartilage
n. dead and putrefying flesh
n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cartridge
caste
n. a charge for a firearm or for blasting
n. the division of society on artificial grounds
Forms: cartridges
Forms: castes
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casualty56.
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castigate
casual
v. to punish
adj. accidental; by chance
Forms: castigated; castigated; castigating
Forms: more casual; most casual
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– casualty
cat-o-nine-tails
n. a fatal or serious accident or disaster
n. an instrument consisting of cords, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy
cataract
cataclysm58.
57.
Forms: casualties –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cataclysm
cataract
n. any overwhelming flood of water
n. opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness
cathode
catastrophe60.
59.
Forms: cataracts –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– catastrophe
cathode
n. any great and sudden misfortune or calamity
n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery
catholicity
catholicism62.
61.
Forms: catastrophes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– catholicism
catholicity
n. the system, doctrine and practice of the Roman
n. universal prevalence or acceptance
causal
caucus64.
63.
Church –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– caucus
causal
n. a private meeting of members of a political party to
adj. indicating or expressing a cause
select candidates
cauterize
caustic66.
65.
Forms: caucuses –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– caustic
cauterize
adj. sarcastic and severe
v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron
censor
cede68.
67.
Forms: cauterized; cauterized; cauterizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cede
censor
v. to pass title to
n. an official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication
census
censorious70.
69.
Forms: ceded; ceded; ceding
Forms: censors
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census
adj. judging severely or harshly
n. an official numbering of the people of a country or district
centiliter
centenary72.
71.
Forms: censuses –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– centenary
centiliter
adj. pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a
n. a metric unit of volume
centurion
centimeter74.
73.
hundred years –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– centimeter
centurion
n. a European unit of length
n. a captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army
ceremonial
cereal76. cessation
ceremonious78.
77.
75.
Forms: centimeters –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cereal
ceremonial
adj. pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds
adj. characterized by outward form or ceremony
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ceremonious
cessation
adj. observant of ritual
n. discontinuance, as of action or motion
chagrin
cession80.
79.
Forms: cessations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cession
chagrin
n. surrender, as of possessions or rights
n. keen vexation, annoyance or mortification, as at one's
chancery
chameleon82.
81.
failures or errors –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– chameleon
chancery
adj. changeable in appearance
n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court
characteristic
chaos84.
83.
Forms: chanceries –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– chaos
characteristic
n. any condition of which the elements or parts are in
n. a distinctive feature
utter disorder and confusion
charlatan
characterize86.
85.
Forms: characteristics –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– characterize
charlatan
v. to describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities
n. a quack
chasten
chasm88.
87.
Forms: characterized; characterized; characterizing ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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chastise90.
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chasten
n. a yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface
v. to purify by affliction
Forms: chasms
Forms: chastened; chastened; chastening
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– chastise
chastity
v. to subject to punitive measures
n. sexual or moral purity
chattel
chateau92.
91.
Forms: chastised; chastised; chastising –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– chateau
chattel
n. a castle or manor-house
n. any article of personal property
chiffon
check94.
93.
Forms: chateaus, chateaux –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– check
chiffon
v. to hold back
n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc
cholera
chivalry96.
95.
Forms: checked; checked; checking
Forms: chiffons
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– chivalry
cholera
n. the knightly system of feudal times with its code,
n. an acute epidemic disease
choral
choleric98.
97.
usages and practices –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– choleric
choral
adj. easily provoked to anger
adj. pertaining to, intended for or performed by a chorus
christen
christ100.
99.
or choir –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– christ
christen
n. a title of Jesus
v. to name in baptism
chromatic
christendom102.
101.
Forms: christened; christened; christening –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– christendom
chromatic
n. that part of the world where Christianity is generally
adj. belonging, relating to or abounding in color
chronometer
chronology104.
103.
professed –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– chronology
chronometer
n. the science that treats of computation of time or of
n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable
investigation and arrangement of events
precision
circulate
cipher106.
105.
Forms: chronologies ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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circumference108.
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circulate
v. to calculate arithmetically
v. to disseminate
Forms: ciphered; ciphered; ciphering
Forms: circulated; circulated; circulating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– circumference
circumlocution
n. the boundary-line of a circle
n. indirect or roundabout expression
circumscribe
circumnavigate110.
109.
Forms: circumferences –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– circumnavigate
circumscribe
v. to sail around the world
v. to confine within bounds
Forms: circumnavigated; circumnavigated;
Forms: circumscribed; circumscribed; circumscribing
citadel
circumspect112.
111.
circumnavigating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– circumspect
citadel
adj. showing watchfulness, caution or careful
n. any strong fortress
consideration
claimant
cite114.
113.
Forms: citadels –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cite
claimant
v. to refer to specifically
n. one who asserts a right or title to something
clamorous
clairvoyance116. clandestine
clan118.
117.
115.
Forms: cited; cited; citing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– clairvoyance
clamorous
n. intuitive sagacity or perception
adj. urgent in complaint or demand
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– clan
clandestine
n. a tribe
adj. surreptitious
clarify
clangor120.
119.
Forms: clans –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– clangor
clarify
n. clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains or bells;
v. to render intelligible
clamor
classify
clarion122.
121.
Forms: clarified; clarified; clarifying ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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classify
n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle
v. to group, sort, arrange systematically; make confidential
clemency
clearance124.
123.
Forms: classified; classified; classifying –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– clearance
clemency
n. a certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel
n. mercy
has complied with the law and may sail
close-hauled
clement126.
125.
Forms: clemencies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– clement
close-hauled
adj. compassionate
adj. having the sails set for sailing as near to the wind as possible
clumsy
clothier128.
127.
Forms: sailing toward wind –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– clothier
clumsy
n. one who makes or sells fabrics
adj. awkward of movement
coagulate
coagulant130.
129.
Forms: clumsier; clumsiest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– coagulant
coagulate
adj. producing coagulation
v. to change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action or by a ferment
coalition
coalescence132.
131.
Forms: coagulated; coagulated; coagulating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– coalescence
coalition
n. the act or process of coming together so as to form
n. combination in a body or mass
one body, combination or product
codicil
coddle134.
133.
Forms: coalitions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– coddle
codicil
v. to treat as a baby or an invalid
n. a supplement adding to, revoking or explaining in the body of a will
coercion
coerce136.
135.
Forms: coddled; coddled; coddling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– coerce
coercion
v. to force
n. forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical
cogent
coercive138.
137.
Forms: coerced; coerced; coercing ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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cognate140. cohesion
cohere142.
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cogent
adj. serving or tending to force
adj. appealing strongly to the reason or conscience
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cognate
cognizant
adj. akin
adj. taking notice
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cohere
cohesion
v. to stick together
n. consistency
coincide
cohesive144.
143.
Forms: cohered; cohered; cohering –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cohesive
coincide
adj. having the property of consistency
v. to correspond
coincident
coincidence146.
145.
Forms: coincided; coincided; coinciding –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– coincidence
coincident
n. a circumstance so agreeing with another: often
adj. taking place at the same time
implying accident
collapse
collaborate148.
147.
Forms: coincidences –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– collaborate
collapse
v. to cooperate with another or others, especially in
v. to shrink, fall in or fail
literary or scientific pursuits
colleague
collapsible150.
149.
Forms: collaborated; collaborated; collaborating
Forms: collapsed; collapsed; collapsing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– collapsible
colleague
adj. that may or can collapse
n. an associate in professional employment
collector
collective152.
151.
Forms: colleagues –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– collective
collector
adj. consisting of a number of persons or objects
n. person who makes a collection, as of objects of art,
considered as gathered into a mass or sum
books or the like
collide
collegian154.
153.
Forms: collectors –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– collegian
collide
n. a college student
v. to meet and strike violently; to crash into each other
collision
collier156.
155.
Forms: collided; collided; colliding ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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collision
n. one who works in a coal-mine
n. violent contact
colloquialism
colloquial158.
157.
Forms: collisions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– colloquial
colloquialism
adj. pertaining or peculiar to common speech as
n. form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation
distinguished from literary
collusion
colloquy160.
159.
Forms: colloquialisms –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– colloquy
collusion
n. conversation
n. a secret agreement for a wrongful purpose
comely
colossus162. comical
comestible164. commentary
commemorate166.
165.
163.
161.
Forms: colloquies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– colossus
comely
n. any strikingly great person or object
adj. handsome
Forms: colossi, colossuses
Forms: comelier; comeliest
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– comestible
comical
adj. fit to be eaten
adj. funny
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– commemorate
commentary
v. to serve as a remembrance of
n. a series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work
Forms: commemorated; commemorated;
Forms: commentaries
commissariat
commingle168.
167.
commemorating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– commingle
commissariat
v. to blend
n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs
commitment
commission170.
169.
Forms: commingled; commingled; commingling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– commission
commitment
v. to empower
n. the act or process of entrusting or consigning for safekeeping
commodity
committal172.
171.
Forms: commissioned; commissioned; commissioning
Forms: commitments
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commodity
n. the act, fact or result of committing or the state of being n. something that is bought and sold
commute
commotion174.
173.
Forms: commodities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– commotion
commute
n. a disturbance or violent agitation
v. to put something, especially something less severe, in place of Forms: commuted; commuted; commuting
comparative
comparable176. compensate
comparison178.
177.
175.
Forms: commotions
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– comparable
comparative
adj. fit to be compared
adj. relative
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– comparison
compensate
n. examination of two or more objects with reference to
v. to remunerate
their likeness or unlikeness
competent
competence180. competitor
competitive182. complacent
complacence184. complaisant
complaisance186. complex
complement188.
187.
185.
183.
181.
179.
Forms: comparisons
Forms: compensated; compensated; compensating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– competence
competent
n. adequate qualification or capacity
adj. qualified
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– competitive
competitor
adj. characterized by rivalry
n. a rival
Forms: more competitive; most competitive
Forms: competitors
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– complacence
complacent
n. satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings
adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– complaisance
complaisant
n. politeness
adj. agreeable
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– complement
complex
v. to make whole; to make perfect
adj. composite; made up of interconnected parts
complicate
compliant190.
189.
Forms: more complex; most complex –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– compliant
complicate
adj. yielding
v. to make complex, difficult or hard to deal with
complicity
complication192.
191.
Forms: complicated; complicated; complicating ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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compliment194.
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complicity
n. an intermingling or combination of things or parts,
n. participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a
especially in a perplexing manner
wrong-doer
Forms: complications
Forms: complicities
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– compliment
component
v. to address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise n. a constituent element or part
composure
comport196.
195.
Forms: complimented; complimented; complimenting
Forms: components
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– comport
composure
v. to conduct or behave (oneself)
n. calmness
comprehension
comprehensible198. compress
comprehensive200.
199.
197.
Forms: comported; comported; comporting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– comprehensible
comprehension
adj. intelligible
n. ability to know
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– comprehensive
compress
adj. large in scope or content
v. to make smaller using pressure; condense
compression
compressible202. compulsion
comprise204. compunction
compulsory206. concede
compute208. conceive
conceit210. concession
concerto212.
211.
209.
207.
205.
203.
201.
Forms: compressed; compressed; compressing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– compressible
compression
adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass
n. constraint, as by force or authority
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– comprise
compulsion
v. to consist of
n. coercion
Forms: comprised; comprised; comprising
Forms: compulsions
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– compulsory
compunction
adj. forced
n. remorseful feeling
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– compute
concede
v. to ascertain by mathematical calculation
v. to surrender
Forms: computed; computed; computing
Forms: conceded; conceded; conceding
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– conceit
conceive
n. self-flattering opinion
v. to form an idea, mental image or thought of
Forms: conceits
Forms: conceived; conceived; conceiving
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concession
n. a musical composition
n. anything granted, yielded or admitted in response to a demand, petition or claim Forms: concessions
conciliatory
conciliate214.
213.
Forms: concertos, concerti
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– conciliate
conciliatory
v. to obtain the friendship of
adj. tending to reconcile
concord
conclusive216.
215.
Forms: conciliated; conciliated; conciliating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– conclusive
concord
adj. sufficient to convince or decide
n. harmony
concur
concordance218.
217.
Forms: concords –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– concordance
concur
n. balance
v. to agree
concurrent
concurrence220. condensation
concussion222.
221.
219.
Forms: concurred; concurred; concurring –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– concurrence
concurrent
n. agreement
adj. occurring or acting together
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– concussion
condensation
n. a violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden
n. the act or process of making compact or more compact
blow
condescend
condense224. conduce
condolence226.
225.
223.
Forms: condensations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– condense
condescend
v. to abridge; to shorten
v. to come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors
Forms: condensed; condensed; condensing
Forms: condescended; condescended; condescending
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– condolence
conduce
n. expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow
v. to bring about
or misfortune
conductible
conducive228. confectionery
conduit230.
229.
227.
Forms: condolences
Forms: conduced; conduced; conducing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– conducive
conductible
adj. contributing to an end
adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted
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conduit
confectionery
n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube,
n. candy or pastry; pastry shop; bake shop
pipe or passageway for a fluid Forms: confectioneries
confederate
confederacy232. conferee
confer234.
233.
231.
Forms: conduits
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– confederacy
confederate
n. a number of states or persons in compact or league
n. one who is united with others in a league, compact or
with each other, as for mutual aid
agreement
Forms: confederacies
Forms: confederates
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– confer
conferee
v. to bestow
n. receiver of a degree; one who is granted something
confidant
confessor236.
235.
Forms: conferred; conferred; conferring –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– confessor
confidant
n. a spiritual advisor
n. one to whom secrets are entrusted
confidence
confide238. confinement
confident240. conflagration
confiscate242.
241.
239.
237.
Forms: confessors –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– confide
confidence
v. to reveal in trust
n. the state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another
Forms: confided; confided; confiding
Forms: confidences
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– confident
confinement
adj. assured
n. restriction within limits or boundaries
Forms: more confident; most confident
Forms: confinements
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– confiscate
conflagration
v. to appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the
n. a great fire, as of many buildings, a forest or the like
public use or treasury
confluent
confluence244.
243.
Forms: confiscated; confiscated; confiscating
Forms: conflagrations
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– confluence
confluent
n. the place where streams meet
n. a stream that unites with another
conformance
conformable246. conformity
conformation248.
247.
245.
Forms: confluences –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– conformable
conformance
adj. harmonious
n. the act or state or conforming
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conformation
conformity
n. structure; adaptation; adjustment
n. acting in accordance with prevailing norms or standards; correspondence in character; agreement;
congeal
confront250. congest
congenial252.
251.
249.
compliance –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– confront
congeal
v. to encounter, as difficulties or obstacles
v. to coagulate
Forms: confronted; confronted; confronting
Forms: congealed; congealed; congealing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– congenial
congest
adj. having kindred character or tastes
v. to collect into a mass
coniferous
congregate254.
253.
Forms: congested; congested; congesting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– congregate
coniferous
v. to bring together into a crowd
adj. cone-bearing trees
conjoin
conjecture256. conjugate
conjugal258.
257.
255.
Forms: congregated; congregated; congregating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– conjecture
conjoin
n. a guess
v. to unite
Forms: conjectures
Forms: conjoined; conjoined; conjoining
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– conjugal
conjugate
adj. pertaining to marriage, marital rights or married
adj. joined together in pairs
conjunction
conjugation260.
259.
persons –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– conjugation
conjunction
n. the state or condition of being joined together
n. the state of being joined together or the things so joined
connoisseur
connive262.
261.
Forms: conjunctions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– connive
connoisseur
v. to be in collusion
n. a critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art
connubial
connote264.
263.
Forms: connived; connived; conniving
Forms: connoisseurs
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connote
connubial
v. to mean; to signify
adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony
consanguineous
conquer266.
265.
Forms: connoted; connoted; connoting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– conquer
consanguineous
v. to overcome by force
adj. descended from the same parent or ancestor
conscientious
conscience268.
267.
Forms: conquered; conquered; conquering –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– conscience
conscientious
n. the faculty in man by which he distinguishes between
adj. governed by moral standard
conscript
conscious270.
269.
right and wrong in character and conduct –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– conscious
conscript
adj. aware that one lives, feels and thinks
v. to force into military service
consecutive
consecrate272.
271.
Forms: conscripted; conscripted; conscripting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– consecrate
consecutive
v. to set apart as sacred
adj. following in uninterrupted succession
conservatism
consensus274.
273.
Forms: consecrated; consecrated; consecrating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– consensus
conservatism
n. a collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons n. tendency to adhere to the existing order of things
conservatory
conservative276.
275.
Forms: consensuses –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– conservative
conservatory
adj. adhering to the existing order of things
n. an institution for instruction and training in music and declamation
consignee
consign278.
277.
Forms: more conservative; most conservative
Forms: conservatories
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– consign
consignee
v. to entrust
n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted
consistency
consignor280.
279.
Forms: consigned; consigned; consigning –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– consignor
consistency
n. one who entrusts
n. a state of permanence
consolidate
console282.
281.
Forms: consistencies ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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consonance284. conspicuous
consort286.
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consolidate
v. to comfort
v. to combine into one body or system
Forms: consoled; consoled; consoling
Forms: consolidated; consolidated; consolidating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– consonance
consonant
n. the state or quality of being in accord with
adj. being in agreement or harmony with
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– consort
conspicuous
n. a companion or associate
adj. clearly visible
conspire
conspirator288.
287.
Forms: consorts –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– conspirator
conspire
n. person who agrees with others to cooperate in
v. to plot
accomplishing some unlawful purpose
constellation
constable290. constituency
consternation292.
291.
289.
Forms: conspirators
Forms: conspired; conspired; conspiring
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– constable
constellation
n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace
n. an arbitrary assemblage or group of stars
Forms: constables
Forms: constellations
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– consternation
constituency
n. panic
n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body
constrict
constituent294. consulate
consul296.
295.
293.
Forms: constituencies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– constituent
constrict
n. person who has the right to vote at an election
v. to bind
Forms: constituents
Forms: constricted; constricted; constricting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– consul
consulate
n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to n. office of an official chosen by a government to represent his country
represent its interests in a foreign country
consumption
consummate298.
297.
Forms: consuls ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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consummate
consumption
v. to bring to completion
n. gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc. or by using up, wearing out, etc.
contagion
consumptive300.
299.
Forms: consummated; consummated; consummating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– consumptive
contagion
adj. designed for gradual destruction
n. the communication of disease from person to person
contaminate
contagious302.
301.
Forms: contagions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– contagious
contaminate
adj. transmitting disease
v. to pollute
contemporaneous
contemplate304.
303.
Forms: contaminated; contaminated; contaminating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– contemplate
contemporaneous
v. to consider thoughtfully
adj. living, occurring or existing at the same time
contemptible
contemporary306. contender
contemptuous308. contiguous
contiguity310.
309.
307.
305.
Forms: contemplated; contemplated; contemplating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– contemporary
contemptible
adj. living or existing at the same time
adj. worthy of scorn or disdain
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– contemptuous
contender
adj. disdainful
n. one who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– contiguity
contiguous
n. proximity
adj. touching or joining at the edge or boundary
contingency
continence312.
311.
Forms: contiguities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– continence
contingency
n. self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites and
n. possibility of happening
passion
continuance
contingent314. continuity
continuation316.
315.
313.
Forms: contingencies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– contingent
continuance
adj. not predictable
n. permanence
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continuation
continuity
n. prolongation
n. uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation or development
contort
continuous318.
317.
Forms: continuations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– continuous
contort
adj. connected, extended or prolonged without separation v. to twist into a misshapen form or interruption of sequence
contradiction
contraband320.
319.
Forms: contorted; contorted; contorting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– contraband
contradiction
n. trade forbidden by law or treaty
n. the assertion of the opposite of that which has been said
contraposition
contradictory322. contribution
contravene324. contrite
contributor326.
325.
323.
321.
Forms: contradictions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– contradictory
contraposition
adj. inconsistent with itself
n. a placing opposite
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– contravene
contribution
v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of
n. the act of giving for a common purpose
Forms: contravened; contravened; contravening
Forms: contributions
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– contributor
contrite
n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin a common purpose
contrive
contrivance328.
327.
Forms: contributors –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– contrivance
contrive
n. the act planning, devising, inventing or adapting
v. to manage or carry through by some device or scheme
something to or for a special purpose
controller
control330.
329.
Forms: contrivances
Forms: contrived; contrived; contriving
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– control
controller
v. to exercise a directing, restraining or governing
n. person who or that which regulates or directs
influence over
contumacy
contumacious332.
331.
Forms: controlled; controlled; controlling
Forms: controllers
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contumacious
contumacy
adj. rebellious
n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority
contusion
contuse334.
333.
Forms: contumacies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– contuse
contusion
v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking
n. a bruise
of the skin
convalescence
convalesce336.
335.
Forms: contused; contused; contusing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– convalesce
convalescence
v. to recover after a sickness
n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease
convene
convalescent338.
337.
Forms: convalesced; convalesced; convalescing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– convalescent
convene
adj. recovering health after sickness
v. to summon or cause to assemble
converge
convenience340. conversant
convergent342. convertible
conversion344.
343.
341.
339.
Forms: convened; convened; convening –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– convenience
converge
n. fitness, as of time or place
v. to cause to incline and approach nearer together
Forms: conveniences
Forms: converged; converged; converging
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– convergent
conversant
adj. tending to one point
adj. thoroughly informed
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– conversion
convertible
n. change from one state or position to another or from
adj. interchangeable
one form to another
conveyance
convex346.
345.
Forms: conversions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– convex
conveyance
adj. curving like the segment of the globe or of the
n. that by which anything is transported
surface of a circle
convolution
convivial348.
347.
Forms: conveyances ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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convivial
convolution
adj. devoted to feasting or to good-fellowship in eating or
n. a winding motion
convoy
convolve350.
349.
drinking –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– convolve
convoy
v. to move with a circling or winding motion
n. a protecting force accompanying property in course of transportation
convulsion
convulse352.
351.
Forms: convolved; convolved; convolving –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– convulse
convulsion
v. to cause spasms in
n. a violent and abnormal muscular contraction of the body Forms: convulsions
coquette
copious354. cornucopia
cornice356.
355.
353.
Forms: convulsed; convulsed; convulsing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– copious
coquette
adj. plenteous
n. a flirt
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cornice
cornucopia
n. an ornamental molding running round the walls of a
n. the horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity
room close to the ceiling
coronation
corollary358.
357.
Forms: cornices
Forms: cornucopias
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– corollary
coronation
n. a proposition following so obviously from another that it n. the act or ceremony of crowning a monarch requires little demonstration
corporal
coronet360.
359.
Forms: corollaries
Forms: coronations
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– coronet
corporal
n. inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various
adj. belonging or relating to the body as opposed to the
degrees of noble rank less than sovereign
mind
corporeal
corporate362. corpse
corps364.
363.
361.
Forms: coronets –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– corporate
corporeal
adj. belonging to a corporation
adj. of a material nature; physical
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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corps
corpse
n. a number or body of persons in some way associated
n. a dead body
or acting together Forms: corpses
corpuscle
corpulent366. correlative
correlate368.
367.
365.
Forms: corps
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– corpulent
corpuscle
adj. obese
n. a minute particle of matter
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– correlate
correlative
v. to put in some relation of connection or
adj. mutually involving or implying one another
correspondence
corroborate
corrigible370.
369.
Forms: correlated; correlated; correlating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– corrigible
corroborate
adj. capable of reformation
v. to strengthen, as proof or conviction
corrode
corroboration372.
371.
Forms: corroborated; corroborated; corroborating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– corroboration
corrode
n. confirmation
v. to ruin or destroy little by little
corrosive
corrosion374.
373.
Forms: corroded; corroded; corroding –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– corrosion
corrosive
n. gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration
n. that which causes gradual decay by crumbling or
corruption
corruptible376. cosmic
cosmetic378.
377.
375.
surface disintegration –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– corruptible
corruption
adj. open to bribery
n. loss of purity or integrity
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cosmetic
cosmic
adj. pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the
adj. pertaining to the universe
cosmography
cosmogony380.
379.
complexion –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cosmogony
cosmography
n. a doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe
n. the science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography and geology
cosmopolitan
cosmology382.
381.
Forms: cosmogonies
Forms: cosmographies
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cosmopolitanism384.
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cosmopolitan
n. the general science of the universe
adj. common to all the world
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cosmopolitanism
cosmos
n. sophistication; worldliness
n. the world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement
counteract
counter-claim386.
385.
Forms: cosmos, cosmoses –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– counter-claim
counteract
n. a cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor
v. to work against; cancel out; negate
against the plaintiff
countercharge
counterbalance388. counterpart
counterfeit390.
389.
387.
Forms: counteracted; counteracted; counteracting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– counterbalance
countercharge
v. to oppose with an equal force
v. to accuse in return
Forms: counterbalanced; counterbalanced;
Forms: countercharged; countercharged;
counterbalancing
countercharging
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– counterfeit
counterpart
adj. made to resemble something else
n. something taken with another for the completion of either
counting-house
countervail392.
391.
Forms: counterparts –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– countervail
counting-house
v. to offset
n. an office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc.
courageous
countryman394.
393.
Forms: countervailed; countervailed; countervailing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– countryman
courageous
n. a rustic
adj. brave
courser
course396.
395.
Forms: countrymen –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– course
courser
n. line of motion or direction
n. a fleet and spirited horse
covenant
courtesy398.
397.
Forms: courses ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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covert400.
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covenant
n. politeness originating in kindness and exercised
n. an agreement entered into by two or more persons or
habitually
parties
Forms: courtesies
Forms: covenants
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– covert
covey
adj. concealed, especially for an evil purpose
n. a flock of quails or partridges
coxswain
cower402.
401.
Forms: coveys –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cower
coxswain
v. to crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame
n. person who steers a small boat
cranium
crag404.
403.
Forms: cowered; cowered; cowering –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– crag
cranium
n. a rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge
n. the skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain
craving
crass406.
405.
Forms: crags
Forms: craniums, crania
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– crass
craving
adj. coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to
n. a vehement desire
thin or fine
creamery
creak408. credence
creamy410.
409.
407.
Forms: crasser; crassest
Forms: cravings
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– creak
creamery
n. a sharp, harsh, squeaking sound
n. a butter-making establishment
Forms: creaks
Forms: creameries
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– creamy
credence
adj. smooth
n. belief
credulous
credible412. crematory
creed414.
413.
411.
Forms: creamier; creamiest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– credible
credulous
adj. believable
adj. easily deceived
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creed
crematory
n. a formal summary of fundamental points of religious
adj. a place for cremating dead bodies
belief
crevice
crevasse416.
415.
Forms: creeds –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– crevasse
crevice
n. a deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier
n. a small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces
critique
criterion418.
417.
Forms: crevices –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– criterion
critique
n. a standard by which to determine the correctness of a
n. a criticism or critical review
judgment or conclusion
crucible
crockery420.
419.
Forms: criteria, criterions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– crockery
crucible
n. earthenware made from baked clay
n. a trying and purifying test or agency
crustacean
crusade422.
421.
Forms: crucibles –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– crusade
crustacean
n. any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in
adj. pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing
behalf of an idea or principle
lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc
cryptogram
crustaceous424.
423.
Forms: crusades –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– crustaceous
cryptogram
adj. resembling a hard shell
n. anything written in characters that are secret or so
cudgel
crystallize426.
425.
arranged as to have hidden meaning –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– crystallize
cudgel
v. to bring together or give fixed shape to
n. a short thick stick used as a club
cull
culinary428.
427.
Forms: crystallized; crystallized; crystallizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– culinary
cull
adj. of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen
v. to pick or sort out from the rest
culprit
culpable430.
429.
Forms: culled; culled; culling ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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culprit
adj. guilty
n. a guilty person
cupidity
culvert432.
431.
Forms: culprits –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– culvert
cupidity
n. any artificial covered channel for the passage of water
n. avarice
curator
curable434. cursive
curio436.
435.
433.
through a bank or under a road –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– curable
curator
adj. capable of being remedied or corrected
n. a person having charge as of a library or museum
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– curio
cursive
n. a piece of bric-a-brac
adj. writing in which the letters are joined together
curt
cursory438.
437.
Forms: curios –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cursory
curt
adj. rapid and superficial
adj. concise, compressed and abrupt in act or expression
curtsy
curtail440.
439.
Forms: curter; curtest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– curtail
curtsy
v. to cut off or cut short
n. a downward movement of the body by bending the knees
cygnet
cycloid442. cynicism
cynical444.
443.
441.
Forms: curtailed; curtailed; curtailing
Forms: curtsies
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cygnet
adj. like a circle
n. a young swan
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cynical
cynicism
adj. exhibiting moral skepticism
n. contempt for the opinions of others and of what others
cynosure
445.
value –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– cynosure n. that to which general interest or attention is directed ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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daring2.
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D
daring
darkling
adj. brave
adv. blindly
dastard
darwinism4.
3.
Forms: more daring; most daring –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– darwinism
dastard
n. the doctrine that natural selection has been the prime
n. a base coward
dauntless
datum6.
5.
cause of evolution of higher forms –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– datum
dauntless
n. a premise, starting-point or given fact
adj. fearless
dead-heat
day-man8.
7.
Forms: data, datums –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– day-man
dead-heat
n. a laborer who changes jobs frequently
n. a race in which two or more competitors come out
death's-head
dearth10.
9.
even, and there is no winner –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dearth
death's-head
n. scarcity, as of something customary, essential or
n. human skull or representation of a man's skull
debatable
debase12.
11.
desirable –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– debase
debatable
v. to lower in character or virtue
adj. subject to contention or dispute
debut
debonair14.
13.
Forms: debased; debased; debasing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– debonair
debut
adj. having gentle or courteous bearing or manner
n. a first appearance in society or on the stage
decagram
decagon16. decalogue
decaliter18. decameter
decameron20. decapitate
decamp22.
21.
19.
17.
15.
Forms: debuts –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– decagon
decagram
n. a figure with ten sides and ten angles
n. a weight of 10 grams
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– decaliter
decalogue
n. a liquid and dry measure of 10 liters
n. the ten commandments
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– decameron
decameter
n. a volume consisting of ten parts or books
n. a length of ten meters
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decapod24. deceitful
deceit26.
25.
23.
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decamp
decapitate
v. to leave suddenly or unexpectedly
v. to behead
Forms: decamped; decamped; decamping
Forms: decapitated; decapitated; decapitating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– decapod
decasyllable
adj. ten-footed or ten-armed
n. a line of ten syllables
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– deceit
deceitful
n. falsehood
adj. fraudulent
decency
deceive28. deciduous
decent30. decimate
decimal32.
31.
29.
27.
Forms: deceits –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– deceive
decency
v. to mislead by or as by falsehood
n. moral fitness
Forms: deceived; deceived; deceiving
Forms: decencies
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– decent
deciduous
adj. characterized by propriety of conduct, speech,
adj. falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit
manners or dress
when ripe, etc
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– decimal
decimate
adj. founded on the number 10
v. to destroy a measurable or large proportion of
decisive
decipher34.
33.
Forms: decimated; decimated; decimating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– decipher
decisive
v. to find out the true words or meaning of, as something
adj. conclusive
hardly legible
declamatory
declamation36.
35.
Forms: deciphered; deciphered; deciphering –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– declamation
declamatory
n. a speech recited or intended for recitation from
adj. a full and formal style of utterance
declension
declarative38.
37.
memory in public –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– declarative
declension
adj. containing a formal, positive or explicit statement or
n. the change of endings in nouns and adjectives to
affirmation
express their different relations of gender
decorous
decorate40.
39.
Forms: plural: declension ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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decorate
decorous
v. to embellish
adj. suitable for the occasion or circumstances
decrepit
decoy42.
41.
Forms: decorated; decorated; decorating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– decoy
decrepit
n. anything that allures or is intended to allures into
adj. enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity
danger or temptation
deduce
dedication44. defalcate
deface46. defame
defamation48.
47.
45.
43.
Forms: decoys –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dedication
deduce
n. the voluntary consecration or relinquishment of
v. to derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from
something to an end or cause
given premises or principles
Forms: dedications
Forms: deduced; deduced; deducing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– deface
defalcate
v. to vandalize
v. to cut off or take away, as a part of something
Forms: defaced; defaced; defacing
Forms: defalcated; defalcated; defalcating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– defamation
defame
n. malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation
v. to slander
or good name of another
defendant
default50.
49.
Forms: defamed; defamed; defaming –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– default
defendant
n. the neglect or omission of a legal requirement
n. a person against whom a suit is brought
defensive
defensible52. deference
defer54.
53.
51.
Forms: defendants –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– defensible
defensive
adj. capable of being maintained or justified
adj. carried on in resistance to aggression
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– defer
deference
v. to delay or put off to some other time
n. respectful submission or yielding, as to another's opinion, wishes or judgment
deficiency
defiant56.
55.
Forms: deferred; deferred; deferring ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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deficiency
adj. characterized by bold or insolent opposition
n. lack; shortage
definite
deficient58. deforest
deflect60. deformity
deform62. defray
defraud64. degenerate
degeneracy66.
65.
63.
61.
59.
57.
Forms: deficiencies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– deficient
definite
adj. not having an adequate or proper supply or amount
adj. having an exact signification or positive meaning
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– deflect
deforest
v. to cause to turn aside or downward
v. to clear of woods
Forms: deflected; deflected; deflecting
Forms: deforested; deforested; deforesting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– deform
deformity
v. to disfigure
n. a disfigurement
Forms: deformed; deformed; deforming
Forms: deformities
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– defraud
defray
v. to deprive of something dishonestly
v. to make payment for
Forms: defrauded; defrauded; defrauding
Forms: defrayed; defrayed; defraying
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– degeneracy
degenerate
n. process of becoming worse
v. to become worse or inferior
degrade
degradation68.
67.
Forms: degenerated; degenerated; degenerating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– degradation
degrade
n. diminution, as of strength or magnitude
v. to take away honors or position from
deify
dehydrate70. deist
deign72.
71.
69.
Forms: degraded; degraded; degrading –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dehydrate
deify
v. to deprive of water
v. to regard or worship as a god
Forms: dehydrated; dehydrated; dehydrating
Forms: deified; deified; deifying
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– deign
deist
v. to deem worthy of notice or account
n. person who believes in God but denies supernatural revelation
deject
deity74.
73.
Forms: deigned; deigned; deigning ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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dejection76. deleterious
delectation78. delineate
delicacy80. delirious
deliquesce82.
81.
79.
77.
75.
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deity
deject
n. a god, goddess or divine person
v. to dishearten
Forms: deities
Forms: dejected; dejected; dejecting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dejection
delectable
n. melancholy
adj. delightful to the taste or to the senses
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– delectation
deleterious
n. delight
adj. hurtful, morally or physically
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– delicacy
delineate
n. that which is agreeable to a fine taste
v. to represent by sketch or diagram
Forms: delicacies
Forms: delineated; delineated; delineating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– deliquesce
delirious
v. to dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption
adj. raving
of moisture from the air
deluge
delude84. demagnetize
delusion86.
85.
83.
Forms: deliquesced; deliquesced; deliquescing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– delude
deluge
v. to mislead the mind or judgment of
v. to overwhelm with a flood of water
Forms: deluded; deluded; deluding
Forms: deluged; deluged; deluging
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– delusion
demagnetize
n. mistaken conviction, especially when more or less
v. to deprive attractive properties
enduring
demeanor
demagogue88. demerit
demented90. demobilize
demise92. demonstrable
demolish94.
93.
91.
89.
87.
Forms: delusions
Forms: demagnetized; demagnetized; demagnetizing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– demagogue
demeanor
n. an unprincipled politician
n. deportment
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– demented
demerit
adj. insane
n. a mark for failure or bad conduct
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– demise
demobilize
n. death
v. discharge from military service; disband an army
Forms: demises
Forms: demobilized; demobilized; demobilizing
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demolish
demonstrable
v. to annihilate; to destroy; to ruin; to tear down
adj. capable of positive proof
demonstrative
demonstrate96.
95.
Forms: demolished; demolished; demolishing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– demonstrate
demonstrative
v. to prove indubitably
adj. inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts
demulcent
demonstrator98.
97.
Forms: demonstrated; demonstrated; demonstrating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– demonstrator
demulcent
n. one who proves in a convincing and conclusive
n. any application soothing to an irritable surface
dendroid
demurrage100.
99.
manner –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– demurrage
dendroid
n. the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of
adj. like a tree
denizen
dendrology102.
101.
sailing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dendrology
denizen
n. the natural history of trees
n. inhabitant
denomination
denominate104.
103.
Forms: denizens –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– denominate
denomination
v. to give a name or epithet to
n. a body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline
denote
denominator106.
105.
Forms: denominated; denominated; denominating
Forms: denominations
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– denominator
denote
n. part of a fraction which expresses the number of equal v. to designate by word or mark parts into which the unit is divided
denounce
denouement108.
107.
Forms: denoted; denoted; denoting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– denouement
denounce
n. that part of a play or story in which the mystery is
v. to point out or publicly accuse as deserving of
cleared up
punishment, censure or odium
denude
dentifrice110.
109.
Forms: denounced; denounced; denouncing ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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dentifrice
denude
n. any preparation used for cleaning the teeth
v. to strip the covering from
deplete
denunciation112.
111.
Forms: denuded; denuded; denuding –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– denunciation
deplete
n. the act of declaring an action or person worthy of
v. to reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion or waste
reprobation or punishment Forms: depleted; depleted; depleting
deplore
deplorable114.
113.
Forms: denunciations
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– deplorable
deplore
adj. contemptible
v. to regard with grief or sorrow
depopulate
deponent116.
115.
Forms: deplored; deplored; deploring –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– deponent
depopulate
adj. laying down
v. to remove the inhabitants from
deportment
deport118.
117.
Forms: depopulated; depopulated; depopulating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– deport
deportment
v. to take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony
n. demeanor
depositor
deposition120.
119.
Forms: deported; deported; deporting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– deposition
depositor
n. testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced
n. person who places in trust
to writing, for use as evidence in court
deprave
depository122. depreciate
deprecate124.
123.
121.
Forms: depositions
Forms: depositors
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– depository
deprave
n. a place where anything is kept in safety
v. to render bad, especially morally bad
Forms: depositories
Forms: depraved; depraved; depraving
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– deprecate
depreciate
v. to express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the
v. to lessen the worth of
opposite
depress
depreciation126.
125.
Forms: deprecated; deprecated; deprecating
Forms: depreciated; depreciated; depreciating
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depreciation
depress
n. a lowering in value or an underrating in worth
v. to make sad; discourage
depth
depression128. deride
derelict130.
129.
127.
Forms: depressed; depressed; depressing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– depression
depth
n. sadness; low spirits
n. deepness
Forms: depressions
Forms: depths
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– derelict
deride
adj. neglectful of obligation
v. to ridicule
derision
derisible132.
131.
Forms: derided; derided; deriding –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– derisible
derision
adj. open to ridicule
n. ridicule
derivative
derivation134.
133.
Forms: derisions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– derivation
derivative
n. process by which a word is traced from its original root adj. coming or acquired from some origin
dermatology
derive136.
135.
or primitive form and meaning –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– derive
dermatology
v. to deduce, as from a premise
n. the branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases
descendant
derrick138.
137.
Forms: derived; derived; deriving –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– derrick
descendant
n. an apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights
n. person who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc
descent
descendent140.
139.
Forms: derricks
Forms: descendants
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– descendent
descent
adj. proceeding downward
n. the act of moving or going downward
desert
descry142.
141.
Forms: descents ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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descry
desert
v. to discern
v. to abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned Forms: deserted; deserted; deserting
designate
desiccant144.
143.
Forms: descried; descried; descrying
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– desiccant
designate
n. any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or v. to select or appoint, as by authority absorbs moisture, as that of wounds
desistance
desist146.
145.
Forms: designated; designated; designating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– desist
desistance
v. to cease from action
n. cessation
desperado
despair148.
147.
Forms: desisted; desisted; desisting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– despair
desperado
n. utter hopelessness and despondency
n. person without regard for law or life
despicable
desperate150.
149.
Forms: plurals: desperadoes, desperados –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– desperate
despicable
adj. resorted to in a last extremity or as if prompted by
adj. contemptible
despondent
despond152.
151.
utter despair –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– despond
despondent
v. to lose spirit, courage or hope
adj. disheartened
despotism
despot154.
153.
Forms: desponded; desponded; desponding –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– despot
despotism
n. an absolute and irresponsible monarch
n. any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part
desultory
destitute156. deteriorate
deter158. determination
determinate160.
159.
157.
155.
Forms: despots
Forms: despotisms
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– destitute
desultory
adj. poverty-stricken
adj. not connected with what precedes
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– deter
deteriorate
v. to frighten away
v. to grow worse
Forms: deterred; deterred; deterring
Forms: deteriorated; deteriorated; deteriorating
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determinate
determination
adj. definitely limited or fixed
n. the act of deciding
detest
deterrent162.
161.
Forms: determinations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– deterrent
detest
adj. hindering from action through fear
v. to dislike or hate with intensity
detriment
detract164.
163.
Forms: detested; detested; detesting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– detract
detriment
v. to take away in such manner as to lessen value or
n. something that causes damage, depreciation or loss
estimation
deviate
detrude166. deviltry
devilry168. devise
devious170.
169.
167.
165.
Forms: detracted; detracted; detracting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– detrude
deviate
v. to push down forcibly
v. to take a different course
Forms: detruded; detruded; detruding
Forms: deviated; deviated; deviating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– devilry
deviltry
n. malicious mischief
n. wanton and malicious mischief
Forms: devilries
Forms: deviltries
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– devious
devise
adj. out of the common or regular track
v. to invent
dexterity
devout172.
171.
Forms: devised; devised; devising –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– devout
dexterity
adj. religious
n. readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work
diacritical
diabolic174. diagnosis
diagnose176.
175.
173.
Forms: devouter; devoutest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– diabolic
diacritical
adj. characteristic of the devil
adj. marking a difference
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– diagnose
diagnosis
v. to distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic
n. determination of the distinctive nature of a disease
phenomena
dialectician
dialect178.
177.
Forms: diagnosed; diagnosed; diagnosing
Forms: diagnoses
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dialect
dialectician
n. forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the
n. a logician
people of a particular district
diaphanous
dialogue180.
179.
Forms: dialects –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dialogue
diaphanous
n. a formal conversation in which two or more take part
adj. transparent
diatribe
diatomic182. didactic
dictum184.
183.
181.
Forms: dialogues –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– diatomic
diatribe
adj. containing only two atoms
n. a bitter or malicious criticism
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dictum
didactic
n. a positive utterance
adj. pertaining to teaching
differentia
difference186.
185.
Forms: dicta, dictums –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– difference
differentia
n. dissimilarity in any respect
n. any essential characteristic of a species by reason of which it differs from other species
differentiate
differential188.
187.
Forms: differences
Forms: differentiae
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– differential
differentiate
adj. distinctive
v. to acquire a distinct and separate character
diffident
diffidence190. diffusion
diffusible192.
191.
189.
Forms: differentiated; differentiated; differentiating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– diffidence
diffident
n. self-distrust
adj. affected or possessed with self-distrust
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– diffusible
diffusion
adj. spreading rapidly through the system and acting
n. dispersion
digraph
dignitary194.
193.
quickly –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dignitary
digraph
n. one who holds high rank
n. a union of two characters representing a single sound
dilapidated
digress196.
195.
Forms: dignitaries ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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digress
dilapidated
v. to turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell adj. fallen into decay or partial ruin on some incidental matter
dilatory
dilate198.
197.
Forms: digressed; digressed; digressing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dilate
dilatory
v. to enlarge in all directions
adj. tending to cause delay
dilettante
dilemma200.
199.
Forms: dilated; dilated; dilating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dilemma
dilettante
n. a situation in which a choice between opposing modes n. a superficial amateur of conduct is necessary Forms: dilettantes, dilettanti
dilute
diligence202.
201.
Forms: dilemmas
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– diligence
dilute
n. careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is
v. to make more fluid or less concentrated by admixture
undertaken
with something
dimly
diminution204.
203.
Forms: diluted; diluted; diluting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– diminution
dimly
n. reduction
adv. obscurely
diplomacy
diphthong206. diplomatic
diplomat208.
207.
205.
Forms: diminutions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– diphthong
diplomacy
n. the sound produced by combining two vowels in to a
n. tact, shrewdness or skill in conducting any kind of
single syllable or running together the sounds
negotiations or in social matters
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– diplomat
diplomatic
n. a representative of one sovereign state at the capital or adj. characterized by special tact in negotiations court of another
disagree
diplomatist210.
209.
Forms: diplomats –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– diplomatist
disagree
n. person who is remarkable for tact and shrewd
v. to be opposite in opinion
management
disappear
disallow212.
211.
Forms: disagreed; disagreed; disagreeing ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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disappoint214. disarrange
disarm216. disavowal
disavow218.
217.
215.
213.
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disallow
disappear
v. to withhold permission or sanction
v. to cease to exist, either actually or for the time being
Forms: disallowed; disallowed; disallowing
Forms: disappeared; disappeared; disappearing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– disappoint
disapprove
v. to fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish or desire of
v. to regard with blame
Forms: disappointed; disappointed; disappointing
Forms: disapproved; disapproved; disapproving
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– disarm
disarrange
v. to deprive of weapons
v. to throw out of order
Forms: disarmed; disarmed; disarming
Forms: disarranged; disarranged; disarranging
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– disavow
disavowal
v. to disclaim responsibility for
n. denial
disburden
disbeliever220.
219.
Forms: disavowed; disavowed; disavowing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– disbeliever
disburden
n. an atheist
v. to disencumber
discard
disburse222. disciple
discernible224.
223.
221.
Forms: disburdened; disburdened; disburdening –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– disburse
discard
v. to pay out or expend, as money from a fund
v. to reject
Forms: disbursed; disbursed; disbursing
Forms: discarded; discarded; discarding
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– discernible
disciple
adj. perceivable
n. person who believes the teaching of another or who adopts and follows some doctrine
discipline
disciplinary226.
225.
Forms: disciples –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– disciplinary
discipline
adj. having the nature of systematic training or subjection v. to train to obedience to authority
discolor
disclaim228.
227.
Forms: disciplined; disciplined; disciplining ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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discomfit230. disconsolate
disconnect232.
231.
229.
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disclaim
discolor
v. to repudiate; disavow; renounce; deny connection with
v. to stain
Forms: disclaimed; disclaimed; disclaiming
Forms: discolored; discolored; discoloring
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– discomfit
discomfort
v. to put to confusion
n. the state of being positively uncomfortable
Forms: discomfited; discomfited; discomfiting
Forms: discomforts
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– disconnect
disconsolate
v. to cut off
adj. grief-stricken
discord
discontinuance234.
233.
Forms: disconnected; disconnected; disconnecting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– discontinuance
discord
n. interruption or intermission
n. absence of harmoniousness
discover
discountenance236.
235.
Forms: discords –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– discountenance
discover
v. to look upon with disfavor
v. to get first sight or knowledge of, as something previously unknown or unperceived
Forms: discountenanced; discountenanced;
Forms: discovered; discovered; discovering
discreet
discredit238.
237.
discountenancing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– discredit
discreet
v. to injure the reputation of
adj. judicious
discriminate
discrepant240.
239.
Forms: discredited; discredited; discrediting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– discrepant
discriminate
adj. opposite
v. to separate, to distinguish; to treat differently; to show partiality
discussion
discursive242.
241.
Forms: discriminated; discriminated; discriminating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– discursive
discussion
adj. passing from one subject to another
n. debate
disengage
disenfranchise244.
243.
Forms: discussions ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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disenfranchise
disengage
v. to deprive of any right privilege or power
v. to become detached
Forms: disenfranchised; disenfranchised;
Forms: disengaged; disengaged; disengaging
disfigure
disfavor246.
245.
disenfranchising –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– disfavor
disfigure
n. disregard
v. to impair or injure the beauty, symmetry or appearance of
dishonest
dishabille248. disinfect
disillusion250.
249.
247.
Forms: disfigured; disfigured; disfiguring –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dishabille
dishonest
n. undress or negligent attire
adj. untrustworthy
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– disillusion
disinfect
v. to disenchant
v. to remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious diseases
disinherit
disinfectant252.
251.
Forms: disillusioned; disillusioned; disillusioning
Forms: disinfected; disinfected; disinfecting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– disinfectant
disinherit
n. chemical agent that destroys a harmful organism
v. to deprive of an inheritance
disjunctive
disinterested254. dismissal
dislocate256.
255.
253.
Forms: disinherited; disinherited; disinheriting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– disinterested
disjunctive
adj. impartial
adj. helping or serving to disconnect or separate
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dislocate
dismissal
v. to put out of proper place or order
n. displacement by authority from an office or an employment
disobedience
dismount258.
257.
Forms: dislocated; dislocated; dislocating
Forms: dismissals
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dismount
disobedience
v. to throw down, push off or remove otherwise from a
n. neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative
horse or the like
injunction
disown
disobedient260.
259.
Forms: dismounted; dismounted; dismounting ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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disobedient
disown
adj. neglecting or refusing to obey
v. to cut off (from an inheritance, family, etc.); repudiate; disavow; renounce
disparity
disparage262. dispensation
dispel264. dispossess
displace266.
265.
263.
261.
Forms: disowned; disowned; disowning –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– disparage
disparity
v. to regard or speak of slightingly
n. inequality
Forms: disparaged; disparaged; disparaging
Forms: disparities
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dispel
dispensation
v. to drive away by or as by scattering in different
n. something that is bestowed on or appointed to one
directions
from a higher power
Forms: dispelled; dispelled; dispelling
Forms: dispensations
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– displace
dispossess
v. to remove from office; oust
v. to deprive of actual occupancy, especially of real estate
disqualify
disputation268.
267.
Forms: displaced; displaced; displacing
Forms: dispossessed; dispossessed; dispossessing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– disputation
disqualify
n. verbal controversy
v. to debar
disregard
disquiet270. disrepute
disreputable272. disrupt
disrobe274. dissect
dissatisfy276. dissemble
dissection278.
277.
275.
273.
271.
269.
Forms: disqualified; disqualified; disqualifying –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– disquiet
disregard
v. to deprive of peace or tranquillity
v. to take no notice of
Forms: disquieted; disquieted; disquieting
Forms: disregarded; disregarded; disregarding
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– disreputable
disrepute
adj. lacking honor; having a bad reputation
n. a bad name or character
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– disrobe
disrupt
v. to unclothe
v. to burst or break asunder
Forms: disrobed; disrobed; disrobing
Forms: disrupted; disrupted; disrupting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dissatisfy
dissect
v. to displease
v. to cut apart or to pieces
Forms: dissatisfied; dissatisfied; dissatisfying
Forms: dissected; dissected; dissecting
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dissection
dissemble
n. the act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of
v. to hide by pretending something different
a plant or an animal
dissension
disseminate280. dissentient
dissent282.
281.
279.
Forms: dissections
Forms: dissembled; dissembled; dissembling
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– disseminate
dissension
v. to sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown
n. angry or violent difference of opinion
Forms: disseminated; disseminated; disseminating
Forms: dissensions
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dissent
dissentient
n. disagreement
n. person who disagrees
dissertation
dissentious284.
283.
Forms: dissentients –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dissentious
dissertation
adj. contentious
n. thesis
dissever
disservice286.
285.
Forms: dissertations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– disservice
dissever
n. an ill turn
v. to divide
dissipate
dissimilar288.
287.
Forms: dissevered; dissevered; dissevering –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dissimilar
dissipate
adj. different
v. to disperse or disappear
dissolute
dissipation290. dissolve
dissolution292. dissonant
dissonance294. dissuasion
dissuade296.
295.
293.
291.
289.
Forms: dissipated; dissipated; dissipating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dissipation
dissolute
n. the state of being dispersed or scattered
adj. lewd
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dissolution
dissolve
n. process of breaking up of a union of persons
v. to liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture
Forms: dissolutions
Forms: dissolved; dissolved; dissolving
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dissonance
dissonant
n. discord
adj. harsh or disagreeable in sound
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dissuade
dissuasion
v. to change the purpose or alter the plans of by
n. the act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans
persuasion, counsel or pleading
of through persuasion or pleading
distend
distemper298. distention
distensible300.
299.
297.
Forms: dissuaded; dissuaded; dissuading –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– distemper
distend
n. a disease or malady
v. to stretch out or expand in every direction
Forms: distempers
Forms: distended; distended; distending
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– distensible
distention
adj. capable of being stretched out or expanded in every
n. expansion
distillation
distill302.
301.
direction –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– distill
distillation
v. to extract or produce by vaporization and condensation n. separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile
distinction
distiller304. distrain
distort306. distraught
distrainor308.
307.
305.
303.
Forms: distilled; distilled; distilling
Forms: distillations
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– distiller
distinction
n. purifier; person or company that makes alcoholic
n. a note or designation of honor, officially recognizing
beverages
superiority or success in studies
Forms: distillers
Forms: distinctions
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– distort
distrain
v. to twist into an unnatural or irregular form
v. to subject a person to distress
Forms: distorted; distorted; distorting
Forms: distrained; distrained; distraining
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– distrainor
distraught
n. person who subjects another person to distress
adj. bewildered
disunion
distrust310.
309.
Forms: distrainors –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– distrust
disunion
n. lack of confidence in the power, wisdom or good intent n. separation of relations or interests
diurnal
disyllable312. divergent
divagation314.
313.
311.
of any person –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– disyllable
diurnal
n. a word of two syllables
adj. daily
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diverse316.
315.
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divagation
divergent
n. digression
adj. tending in different directions
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– diverse
diversion
adj. capable of various forms
n. pastime
divert
diversity318.
317.
Forms: diversions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– diversity
divert
n. dissimilitude
v. to turn from the accustomed course or a line of action already established Forms: diverted; diverted; diverting
divest
divertible320.
319.
Forms: diversities
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– divertible
divest
adj. able to be turned from the accustomed course or a
v. to strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments or
line of action already established
accouterments or disinvestment
divinity
divination322.
321.
Forms: divested; divested; divesting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– divination
divinity
n. the pretended forecast of future events or discovery of
n. the quality or character of being godlike
what is lost or hidden
divisor
divisible324. divulgence
divulge326.
325.
323.
Forms: divinities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– divisible
divisor
adj. capable of being separated into parts
n. that by which a number or quantity is divided
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– divulge
divulgence
v. to tell or make known, as something previously private
n. disclosure; act of exposing
or secret
docket
docile328. dogma
doe330.
329.
327.
Forms: divulged; divulged; divulging
Forms: divulgences
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– docile
docket
adj. easy to manage
n. the registry of judgments of a court
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– doe
dogma
n. the female of the deer
n. a statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority
dogmatize
dogmatic332.
331.
Forms: does, doe
Forms: dogmas, dogmata
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dogmatic
dogmatize
adj. making statements without argument or evidence
v. to make positive assertions without supporting them by argument or evidence
dolesome
doleful334. dolorous
dolor336. domesticity
domain338. dominance
domicile340. dominate
dominant342. domineer
domination344.
343.
341.
339.
337.
335.
333.
Forms: dogmatized; dogmatized; dogmatizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– doleful
dolesome
adj. melancholy
adj. melancholy
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dolor
dolorous
n. lamentation
adj. expressing or causing sorrow or pain
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– domain
domesticity
n. a sphere or field of action or interest
n. life in or fondness for one's home and family
Forms: domains
Forms: domesticities
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– domicile
dominance
n. the place where one lives
n. ascendancy
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dominant
dominate
adj. conspicuously prominent
v. to influence controllingly
Forms: more dominant; most dominant
Forms: dominated; dominated; dominating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– domination
domineer
n. control by the exercise of power or constituted
v. to rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance
authority
donator
donate346. donor
donee348.
347.
345.
Forms: domineered; domineered; domineering –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– donate
donator
v. to bestow as a gift, especially for a worthy cause
n. person who makes a contribution or present
Forms: donated; donated; donating
Forms: donators
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– donee
donor
n. a person to whom a donation is made
n. person who makes a contribution or present
doublet
dormant350.
349.
Forms: donors ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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dormant
doublet
adj. being in a state of or resembling sleep
n. one of a pair of like things
dowry
doubly352.
351.
Forms: doublets –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– doubly
dowry
adv. in twofold degree or extent
n. the property which a wife brings to her husband in marriage
dragnet
drachma354.
353.
Forms: dowries –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– drachma
dragnet
n. a modern and an ancient Greek coin
n. a trawl for trapping fish or small game; method by which someone or something is found or caught
drainage
dragoon356.
355.
Forms: drachmas, drachmae –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dragoon
drainage
n. in the British army, a cavalryman
n. emptying of liquid; channeling; sewage; waste water
dramatize
dramatist358. drought
drastic360.
359.
357.
Forms: dragoons –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dramatist
dramatize
n. person who writes plays
v. adapt for theatrical presentation; exaggerate
Forms: dramatists
Forms: dramatized; dramatized; dramatizing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– drastic
drought
adj. acting vigorously
n. dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither
drudgery
drowsy362.
361.
Forms: droughts –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– drowsy
drudgery
adj. heavy with sleepiness
n. hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation
duckling
dubious364. duet
ductile366. duplex
dun368.
367.
365.
363.
Forms: drowsier; drowsiest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dubious
duckling
adj. doubtful
n. a young bird
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ductile
duet
adj. capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread
n. a composition for two voices or instruments
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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dun
duplex
v. to make a demand or repeated demands on for
adj. having two parts
payment
durance
duplicity370.
369.
Forms: dunned; dunned; dunning –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– duplicity
durance
n. double-dealing
n. confinement
duteous
duration372. dutiful
dutiable374. dyne
dwindle376.
375.
373.
371.
Forms: duplicities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– duration
duteous
n. the period of time during which anything lasts
adj. showing submission to natural superiors
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dutiable
dutiful
adj. taxable
adj. obedient
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dwindle
dyne
v. to diminish or become less
n. measurement of force
Forms: dwindled; dwindled; dwindling ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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earnest2.
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earnest
earthenware
adj. ardent in spirit and speech
n. anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in
ebullient
eatable4. eccentricity
eccentric6.
5.
3.
the sun –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– eatable
ebullient
adj. edible
adj. showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– eccentric
eccentricity
adj. peculiar
n. idiosyncrasy
economize
eclipse8.
7.
Forms: eccentricities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– eclipse
economize
n. the obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into
v. to spend sparingly
the shadow of another body
ecstatic
ecstasy10.
9.
Forms: eclipses
Forms: economized; economized; economizing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ecstasy
ecstatic
n. rapturous excitement or exaltation
adj. enraptured
edict
edible12.
11.
Forms: ecstasies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– edible
edict
adj. suitable to be eaten
n. that which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a
editorial
edify14.
13.
rule of action –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– edify
editorial
v. to build up or strengthen, especially in morals or
n. an article presenting the opinion of the publishers
religion
efface
educe16. effective
effect18. effeminacy
effectual20.
19.
17.
15.
Forms: edified; edified; edifying
Forms: editorials
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– educe
efface
v. to draw out
v. to obliterate
Forms: educed; educed; educing
Forms: effaced; effaced; effacing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– effect
effective
n. a consequence
adj. fit for a destined purpose
Forms: effects
Forms: more effective; most effective
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effeminate22.
21.
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effectual
effeminacy
adj. efficient
n. lack of manly qualities; femininity
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– effeminate
effervesce
adj. having womanish traits or qualities
v. to bubble up
effete
effervescent24. efficacy
efficacious26. efficient
efficiency28.
27.
25.
23.
Forms: effervesced; effervesced; effervescing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– effervescent
effete
adj. giving off bubbles of gas
adj. exhausted, as having performed its functions
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– efficacious
efficacy
adj. effective
n. ability to produce the desired result
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– efficiency
efficient
n. the state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for adj. having and exercising the power to produce effects the performance of a duty
or results
efflorescent
efflorescence30. effrontery
effluvium32.
31.
29.
Forms: more efficient; most efficient –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– efflorescence
efflorescent
n. the state of being flowery or a flowery appearance
adj. opening in flower
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– effluvium
effrontery
n. a noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or
n. unblushing impudence
putrefying matter
effuse
effulgence34.
33.
Forms: effluviums, effluvia
Forms: effronteries
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– effulgence
effuse
n. splendor
v. to pour forth
egoism
effusion36.
35.
Forms: effused; effused; effusing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– effusion
egoism
n. an outpouring
n. the theory that places man's chief good in the
egotism
egoist38. egregious
egotist40.
39.
37.
completeness of self –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– egoist
egotism
n. one who advocates or practices egoism
n. self-conceit
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egotist
egregious
n. one given to self-mention or who is constantly telling of adj. extreme
eject
egress42.
41.
his own views and experiences –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– egress
eject
n. any place of exit
v. to expel
elasticity
elapse44.
43.
Forms: ejected; ejected; ejecting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– elapse
elasticity
v. to quietly terminate
n. that property of matter by which a body tends to return to a former shape after being changed
electrotype
electrolysis46.
45.
Forms: elapsed; elapsed; elapsing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– electrolysis
electrotype
n. the process of decomposing a chemical compound by
n. a metallic copy of any surface, as a coin
elegy
eleemosynary48.
47.
the passage of an electric current –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– eleemosynary
elegy
adj. pertaining to charity
n. a lyric poem lamenting the dead
elicit
element50. eliminate
eligible52.
51.
49.
Forms: elegies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– element
elicit
n. a component or essential part
v. to educe or extract gradually or without violence
Forms: elements
Forms: elicited; elicited; eliciting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– eligible
eliminate
adj. qualified for selection
v. to separate and cast aside
elocution
elizabethan54.
53.
Forms: eliminated; eliminated; eliminating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– elizabethan
elocution
adj. relating to one of the English queens
n. the art of correct intonation, inflection and gesture in
elucidate
eloquent56.
55.
public speaking or reading –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– eloquent
elucidate
adj. having the ability to express emotion or feeling in
v. to bring out more clearly the facts concerning
lofty and impassioned speech
elusion
elude58.
57.
Forms: more eloquent; most eloquent
Forms: elucidated; elucidated; elucidating
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elude
elusion
v. to evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice n. evasion
emanate
emaciate60. embargo
emancipate62.
61.
59.
Forms: eluded; eluded; eluding –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– emaciate
emanate
v. to waste away in flesh
v. to flow forth or proceed, as from some source
Forms: emaciated; emaciated; emaciating
Forms: emanated; emanated; emanating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– emancipate
embargo
v. to release from bondage
n. authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade Forms: embargoes
embarrass
embark64. embezzle
embellish66.
65.
63.
Forms: emancipated; emancipated; emancipating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– embark
embarrass
v. to make a beginning in some occupation or scheme
v. to render flustered or agitated
Forms: embarked; embarked; embarking
Forms: embarrassed; embarrassed; embarrassing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– embellish
embezzle
v. to make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or
v. to misappropriate secretly
ornamental features
emblem
emblazon68. embolden
embody70.
69.
67.
Forms: embellished; embellished; embellishing
Forms: embezzled; embezzled; embezzling
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– emblazon
emblem
v. to set forth publicly or in glowing terms
n. a symbol
Forms: emblazoned; emblazoned; emblazoning
Forms: emblems
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– embody
embolden
v. to express, formulate or exemplify in a concrete,
v. to give courage to
compact or visible form
embroil
embolism72.
71.
Forms: embodied; embodied; embodying
Forms: emboldened; emboldened; emboldening
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embroil
n. an obstruction or plugging up of an artery or other
v. to involve in dissension or strife
blood-vessel
emergence
emerge74.
73.
Forms: embroiled; embroiled; embroiling ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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emergence
v. to come into view or into existence
n. a coming into view
emeritus
emergent76.
75.
Forms: emerged; emerged; emerging –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– emergent
emeritus
adj. coming into view
adj. retired from active service but retained to an
emigrate
emigrant78.
77.
honorary position –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– emigrant
emigrate
n. person who moves from one place to settle in another
v. to go from one country, state or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another Forms: emigrated; emigrated; emigrating
eminent
eminence80.
79.
Forms: emigrants
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eminent
n. high position; elevated rank; title of honor; excellence;
adj. high in station, merit or esteem
height; hill
emphasis
emit82.
81.
Forms: eminences –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– emit
emphasis
v. to send or give out
n. any special impressiveness added to an utterance or act or stress laid upon some word
emphatic
emphasize84.
83.
Forms: emitted; emitted; emitting
Forms: emphases
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– emphasize
emphatic
v. to articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness
adj. spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an
upon a word or a group of words
act, word or set of words
employer
employee86.
85.
Forms: emphasized; emphasized; emphasizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– employee
employer
n. person who works for wages or a salary
n. one who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay
empower
emporium88. enact
emulate90.
89.
87.
Forms: employees
Forms: employers
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– emporium
empower
n. a bazaar or shop
v. to delegate authority to
Forms: emporiums, emporia
Forms: empowered; empowered; empowering
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enamor92. encompass
encomium94. encourage
encore96.
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enact
v. to imitate with intent to equal or surpass
v. to legislate; ordain; decree; perform
Forms: emulated; emulated; emulating
Forms: enacted; enacted; enacting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– enamor
encamp
v. to inspire with ardent love
v. to pitch tents for a resting-place
Forms: enamored; enamored; enamoring
Forms: encamped; encamped; encamping
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– encomium
encompass
n. a formal or discriminating expression of praise
v. to encircle
Forms: encomiums, encomia
Forms: encompassed; encompassed; encompassing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– encore
encourage
n. the call for a repetition, as of some part of a play or
v. to support; to inspire; to give hope
performance
encumber
encroach98.
97.
Forms: encores
Forms: encouraged; encouraged; encouraging
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– encroach
encumber
v. to invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the
v. to impede with obstacles
possessions of another
encyclopedia
encyclical100.
99.
Forms: encroached; encroached; encroaching
Forms: encumbered; encumbered; encumbering
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– encyclical
encyclopedia
adj. intended for general circulation
n. a work containing information on subjects or exhaustive of one subject
endear
endanger102. endue
endemic104.
103.
101.
Forms: encyclopedias –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– endanger
endear
v. to expose to peril
v. to cause to be loved
Forms: endangered; endangered; endangering
Forms: endeared; endeared; endearing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– endemic
endue
adj. peculiar to some specified country or people
v. to endow with some quality, gift or grace, usually spiritual
endurance
endurable106.
105.
Forms: endued; endued; enduing ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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endurance
adj. tolerable
n. the ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship or stress of any kind without succumbing
enervate
energetic108.
107.
Forms: no plural –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– energetic
enervate
adj. working vigorously
v. to render ineffective or inoperative
enfranchise
enfeeble110.
109.
Forms: enervated; enervated; enervating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– enfeeble
enfranchise
v. to debilitate
v. to endow with a privilege, especially with the right to vote
engrave
engender112. enhance
engross114. enjoin
enigma116. enlighten
enkindle118. enmity
enlist120.
119.
117.
115.
113.
111.
Forms: enfeebled; enfeebled; enfeebling
Forms: enfranchised; enfranchised; enfranchising
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– engender
engrave
v. to produce
v. to cut or carve in or upon some surface
Forms: engendered; engendered; engendering
Forms: engraved; engraved; engraving
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– engross
enhance
v. to occupy completely
v. to intensify
Forms: engrossed; engrossed; engrossing
Forms: enhanced; enhanced; enhancing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– enigma
enjoin
n. a riddle
v. to command
Forms: enigmas, enigmata
Forms: enjoined; enjoined; enjoining
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– enkindle
enlighten
v. to set on fire
v. to cause to see clearly
Forms: enkindled; enkindled; enkindling
Forms: enlightened; enlightened; enlightening
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– enlist
enmity
v. to enter voluntarily the military service by formal
n. hatred
enrollment
enormity
ennoble122.
121.
Forms: enlisted; enlisted; enlisting
Forms: enmities
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enormous124.
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ennoble
enormity
v. to dignify
n. immensity
Forms: ennobled; ennobled; ennobling
Forms: enormities
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– enormous
enrage
adj. gigantic
v. to infuriate
enshrine
enrapture126. entail
ensnare128. enthrall
entangle130. enthuse
enthrone132. entirety
enthusiastic134.
133.
131.
129.
127.
125.
Forms: enraged; enraged; enraging –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– enrapture
enshrine
v. to delight extravagantly or intensely
v. to keep sacred
Forms: enraptured; enraptured; enrapturing
Forms: enshrined; enshrined; enshrining
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ensnare
entail
v. to entrap
v. to involve; to necessitate
Forms: ensnared; ensnared; ensnaring
Forms: entailed; entailed; entailing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– entangle
enthrall
v. to involve in difficulties, confusion or complications
v. to bring or hold under any overmastering influence
Forms: entangled; entangled; entangling
Forms: enthralled; enthralled; enthralling
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– enthrone
enthuse
v. to invest with sovereign power
v. to yield to or display intense and rapturous feelings
Forms: enthroned; enthroned; enthroning
Forms: enthused; enthused; enthusing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– enthusiastic
entirety
adj. full of zeal and fervor
n. a complete thing
entrails
entomology136.
135.
Forms: more enthusiastic; most enthusiastic –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– entomology
entrails
n. the branch of zoology that treats of insects
n. internal parts of an animal
entree
entreaty138. entwine
entrench140.
139.
137.
Forms: only plural –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– entreaty
entree
n. an earnest request
n. access; act of accessing
Forms: entreaties
Forms: entrees
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entwine
v. to settle firmly; strongly establish; establish a strong
v. to interweave
defensive position Forms: entwined; entwined; entwining
epic
enumerate142.
141.
Forms: entrenched; entrenched; entrenching
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– enumerate
epic
v. to name one by one
n. a poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages, heroes, etc Forms: epics
epicurean
epicure144.
143.
Forms: enumerated; enumerated; enumerating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– epicure
epicurean
n. person who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and
adj. indulging, ministering or pertaining to daintiness of
drinking
appetite
epicycloid
epicycle146. epidermis
epidemic148.
147.
145.
Forms: epicures –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– epicycle
epicycloid
n. a circle that rolls upon the external or internal
n. a curve traced by a point on the circumference of a
circumference of another circle
circle which rolls upon another circle
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– epidemic
epidermis
n. wide-spread occurrence of a disease in a certain
n. the outer skin
region
epilogue
epigram150.
149.
Forms: epidemics –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– epigram
epilogue
n. a pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation
n. the close of a narrative or dramatic poem
episode
epiphany152.
151.
Forms: epigrams –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– epiphany
episode
n. a religious holiday celebrated on January 6 to
n. an incident or story in a literary work, separable from
commemorate the visit of the wise men to Bethlehem
yet growing out of it
(Christianity)
epithet
epitaph154. epizootic
epitome156.
155.
153.
Forms: episodes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– epitaph
epithet
n. an inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in
n. word used adjectivally to describe some quality or
memory of the dead
attribute of is objects, as in 'Father Aeneas'
Forms: epitaphs
Forms: epithets
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epoch158.
157.
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epitome
epizootic
n. a simplified representation
adj. prevailing among animals
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– epoch
epode
n. an interval of time, memorable for extraordinary events n. a species of lyric poems
equanimity
equalize160.
159.
Forms: epoches –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– equalize
equanimity
v. to render uniform
n. evenness of mind or temper
equilibrium
equestrian162. equity
equitable164.
163.
161.
Forms: equalized; equalized; equalizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– equestrian
equilibrium
adj. pertaining to horses or horsemanship
n. a state of balance
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– equitable
equity
adj. characterized by fairness
n. fairness or impartiality
equivocal
equivalent166. eradicate
equivocate168. erratic
errant170.
169.
167.
165.
Forms: equities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– equivalent
equivocal
adj. equal in value, force, meaning or the like
adj. ambiguous
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– equivocate
eradicate
v. to use words of double meaning
v. to destroy thoroughly
Forms: equivocated; equivocated; equivocating
Forms: eradicated; eradicated; eradicating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– errant
erratic
adj. roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or
adj. irregular
erudite
erroneous172. eschew
erudition174.
173.
171.
opportunity for gallant deeds –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– erroneous
erudite
adj. incorrect
adj. very-learned
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– erudition
eschew
n. extensive knowledge of literature, history, language,
v. to keep clear of
etc
esquire
espy176.
175.
Forms: eschewed; eschewed; eschewing ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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essence178.
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esquire
v. to keep close watch
n. a title of dignity, office or courtesy
Forms: espied; espied; espying
Forms: esquires
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– essence
esthetic
n. that which makes a thing to be what it is
adj. pertaining to beauty, taste or the fine arts
estrange
estimable180.
179.
Forms: essences –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– estimable
estrange
adj. worthy of respect
v. to alienate
cetera
et
estuary182.
181.
Forms: estranged; estranged; estranging –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– estuary
et cetera
n. a wide lower part of a tidal river
adv. and so forth
eulogize
eugenic184.
183.
Forms: estuaries –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– eugenic
eulogize
adj. relating to the development and improvement of race v. to speak or write a laudation of a person's life or character
euphemism
eulogy186.
185.
Forms: eulogized; eulogized; eulogizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– eulogy
euphemism
n. a spoken or written laudation of a person's life or
n. a figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is
character
substituted
euphony
euphonious188.
187.
Forms: eulogies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– euphonious
euphony
adj. characterized by agreeableness of sound
n. agreeableness of sound
evade
eureka190.
189.
Forms: euphonies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– eureka
evade
int. I have found it; I got it
v. to avoid by artifice
evanescent
evanesce192.
191.
Forms: evaded; evaded; evading ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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evanescent
v. to vanish gradually
adj. fleeting
evangelist
evangelical194.
193.
Forms: evanesced; evanesced; evanescing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– evangelical
evangelist
adj. seeking the conversion of sinners
n. a preacher who goes from place to place holding services
eventual
evasion196.
195.
Forms: evangelists –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– evasion
eventual
n. escape
adj. ultimate
evict
evert198. evince
evidential200.
199.
197.
Forms: evasions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– evert
evict
v. to turn inside out
v. to dispossess pursuant to judicial decree
Forms: everted; everted; everting
Forms: evicted; evicted; evicting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– evidential
evince
adj. indicative
v. to demonstrate; to reveal; to display
evolution
evoke202. exacerbate
evolve204. exasperate
exaggerate206. exceed
excavate208. excellence
excel210.
209.
207.
205.
203.
201.
Forms: evinced; evinced; evincing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– evoke
evolution
v. to call or summon forth
n. development or growth
Forms: evoked; evoked; evoking
Forms: evolutions
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– evolve
exacerbate
v. to unfold or expand
v. to make more sharp, severe or virulent
Forms: evolved; evolved; evolving
Forms: exacerbated; exacerbated; exacerbating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– exaggerate
exasperate
v. to overstate
v. to anger; to infuriate; to annoy; to irritate
Forms: exaggerated; exaggerated; exaggerating
Forms: exasperated; exasperated; exasperating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– excavate
exceed
v. to remove by digging or scooping out
v. to go beyond; to pass; to surpass; to outdo
Forms: excavated; excavated; excavating
Forms: exceeded; exceeded; exceeding
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excellency212.
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excel
excellence
v. to be superior or distinguished
n. possession of eminently or unusually good qualities
Forms: excelled; excelled; excelling
Forms: excellences
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– excellency
excellent
n. a title of honor bestowed upon various high officials
adj. possessing distinguished merit
excess
excerpt214.
213.
Forms: excellencies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– excerpt
excess
n. an extract or selection from written or printed matter
n. something that passes the ordinary, proper or required limit, measure or experience Forms: excesses
excitation
excitable216. exclude
exclamation218.
217.
215.
Forms: excerpts
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– excitable
excitation
adj. nervously high-strung
n. intensified emotion or action
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– exclamation
exclude
n. an abrupt or emphatic expression of thought or of
v. to shut out purposely or forcibly
feeling
excrescence
exclusion220.
219.
Forms: exclamations
Forms: excluded; excluded; excluding
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– exclusion
excrescence
n. prevention; rejection; leaving out; keeping out; shutting n. any unnatural addition, outgrowth or development
excruciate
excretion222.
221.
out –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– excretion
excruciate
n. the getting rid of waste matter
v. to inflict severe pain or agony upon
excusable
excursion224.
223.
Forms: excruciated; excruciated; excruciating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– excursion
excusable
n. a journey
adj. justifiable
execration
execrable226. exegesis
executor228.
227.
225.
Forms: excursions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– execrable
execration
adj. abominable
n. an accursed thing
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exegesis
n. a person nominated by the will of another to execute
n. biblical exposition or interpretation
the will Forms: exegeses
exemplary
exemplar230.
229.
Forms: executors
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– exemplar
exemplary
n. a model, pattern or original to be copied or imitated
adj. fitted to serve as a model or example worthy of
exempt
exemplify232.
231.
imitation –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– exemplify
exempt
v. to show by example
adj. free, clear or released, as from some liability or restriction affecting others
exhale
exert234. exhaustible
exhaust236.
235.
233.
Forms: exemplified; exemplified; exemplifying –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– exert
exhale
v. to make an effort
v. to breathe forth
Forms: exerted; exerted; exerting
Forms: exhaled; exhaled; exhaling
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– exhaust
exhaustible
v. to empty by draining off the contents
adj. consumable; depletable; capable of being ejected
exhaustive
exhaustion238. exhume
exhilarate240. exigent
exigency242.
241.
239.
237.
Forms: exhausted; exhausted; exhausting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– exhaustion
exhaustive
n. deprivation of strength or energy
adj. thorough and complete in execution
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– exhilarate
exhume
v. to fill with high or cheerful spirits
v. to dig out of the earth (what has been buried)
Forms: exhilarated; exhilarated; exhilarating
Forms: exhumed; exhumed; exhuming
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– exigency
exigent
n. a critical period or condition
adj. urgent
exit
existence244.
243.
Forms: exigencies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– existence
exit
n. possession or continuance of being
n. a way or passage out
exonerate
exodus246.
245.
Forms: existences ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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exonerate
n. a going forth or departure from a place or country,
v. to relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation or
especially of many people
blame
exorbitant
exorbitance248. exotic
exorcise250.
249.
247.
Forms: exonerated; exonerated; exonerating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– exorbitance
exorbitant
n. extravagance or enormity
adj. going beyond usual and proper limits
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– exorcise
exotic
v. to cast or drive out by religious or magical means
adj. foreign
expanse
expand252. expatriate
expansion254. expectancy
expect256.
255.
253.
251.
Forms: exorcised; exorcised; exorcising –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– expand
expanse
v. to increase in range or scope
n. a continuous area or stretch
Forms: expanded; expanded; expanding
Forms: expanses
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– expansion
expatriate
n. increase of amount, size, scope or the like
v. to drive from one's own country
Forms: expansions
Forms: expatriated; expatriated; expatriating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– expect
expectancy
v. to look forward to as certain or probable
n. the act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable
expediency
expectorate258. expedite
expedient260.
259.
257.
Forms: expected; expected; expecting
Forms: expectancies
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– expectorate
expediency
v. to cough up and spit forth
n. fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case
Forms: expectorated; expectorated; expectorating
Forms: expediencies
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– expedient
expedite
adj. contributing to personal advantage
v. to hasten the movement or progress of
expend
expeditious262.
261.
Forms: expedited; expedited; expediting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– expeditious
expend
adj. speedy
v. to spend
expiate
expense264.
263.
Forms: expended; expended; expending ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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expiate
n. the laying out or expending or money or other
v. to make satisfaction or amends for
resources, as time or strength Forms: expiated; expiated; expiating
explicit
explicate266.
265.
Forms: expenses
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– explicate
explicit
v. to clear from involvement
adj. definite
explosion
explode268. exposition
explosive270. expostulate
expository272.
271.
269.
267.
Forms: explicated; explicated; explicating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– explode
explosion
v. to cause to burst in pieces by force from within
n. a sudden and violent outbreak
Forms: exploded; exploded; exploding
Forms: explosions
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– explosive
exposition
adj. pertaining to a sudden and violent outbreak
n. formal presentation
Forms: more explosive; most explosive
Forms: expositions
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– expository
expostulate
adj. pertaining to a formal presentation
v. to discuss
expressive
exposure274.
273.
Forms: expostulated; expostulated; expostulating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– exposure
expressive
n. an open situation or position in relation to the sun,
adj. full of meaning
elements or points of the compass
extant
expulsion276.
275.
Forms: exposures –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– expulsion
extant
n. forcible ejection
adj. still existing and known
extempore
extemporaneous278. extension
extensible280.
279.
277.
Forms: expulsions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– extemporaneous
extempore
adj. done or made without much or any preparation
adv. without studied or special preparation
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– extensible
extension
adj. capable of being thrust out
n. a reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope
extensor
extensive282.
281.
Forms: extensions ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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extenuate284. extinct
external286.
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extensive
extensor
adj. extended widely in space, time or scope
n. a muscle that causes extension
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– extenuate
exterior
v. to diminish the gravity or importance of
n. that which is outside
Forms: extenuated; extenuated; extenuating
Forms: exteriors
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– external
extinct
n. anything relating or belonging to the outside
adj. being no longer in existence
extol
extinguish288. extortion
extort290.
289.
287.
Forms: externals –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– extinguish
extol
v. to put out; to quench; to totally destroy; to annihilate
v. to praise in the highest terms
Forms: extinguished; extinguished; extinguishing
Forms: extolled; extolled; extolling
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extortion
v. to obtain by violence, threats, compulsion or the
n. the practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion
subjection of another to some necessity
extradition
extradite292.
291.
Forms: extorted; extorted; extorting
Forms: extortions
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extradition
v. to surrender the custody of
n. the surrender by a government of a person accused of crime to the justice of another government
extraneous
extrajudicial294. extravagance
extraordinary296.
295.
293.
Forms: extradited; extradited; extraditing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– extrajudicial
extraneous
adj. happening out of court
adj. having no essential relation to a subject
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– extraordinary
extravagance
adj. unusual
n. undue expenditure of money
extremist
extravagant298.
297.
Forms: extravagances –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– extravagant
extremist
adj. needlessly free or lavish in expenditure
n. one who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views
extricate
extremity300.
299.
Forms: extremists ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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extremity
extricate
n. the utmost point, side or border; something that is the
v. to disentangle
farthest removed from a mean position
exuberance
extrude302. exuberant
303.
301.
Forms: extremities
Forms: extricated; extricated; extricating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– extrude
exuberance
v. to drive out or away
n. rich supply
Forms: extruded; extruded; extruding
Forms: exuberances
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fabricate2.
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F
fabricate
fabulous
v. to invent fancifully or falsely
adj. incredible
facetious
facet4.
3.
Forms: fabricated; fabricated; fabricating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– facet
facetious
n. one of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond adj. amusing
facile
facial6. facility
facilitate8. faction
facsimile10.
9.
7.
5.
or other gem –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– facial
facile
adj. pertaining to the face
adj. not difficult to do
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– facilitate
facility
v. to make more easy
n. ease
Forms: facilitated; facilitated; facilitating
Forms: facilities
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– facsimile
faction
n. an exact copy or reproduction
n. a number of persons combined for a common purpose
fallacious
factious12. fallible
fallacy14.
13.
11.
Forms: factions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– factious
fallacious
adj. turbulent
adj. illogical
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fallacy
fallible
n. any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning; anything
adj. capable of erring
based on such reasoning
famish
fallow16.
15.
Forms: fallacies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fallow
famish
n. land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest
v. to suffer extremity of hunger or thirst
fancier
fanatic18.
17.
Forms: famished; famished; famishing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fanatic
fancier
n. a religious zealot
n. one having a taste for or interest in special objects
fastidious
fanciless20. fatuous
fathom22.
21.
19.
Forms: fanatics –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fanciless
fastidious
adj. unimaginative
adj. hard to please
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fathom
fatuous
n. a measure of length; 6 feet
adj. idiotic
faun
faulty24.
23.
Forms: fathoms, fathom –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– faulty
faun
adj. imperfect
n. one of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human, with goats feet
fealty
fawn26.
25.
Forms: faultier; faultiest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fawn
fealty
n. a young deer
n. loyalty
federate
feasible28.
27.
Forms: fealties –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– feasible
federate
adj. that may be done, performed or effected; practicable
v. to league together
felicitate
feint30.
29.
Forms: federated; federated; federating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– feint
felicitate
n. any sham, pretense or deceptive movement
v. to wish joy or happiness to somebody, especially in view of a coming event
felon
felicity32. felony
felonious34.
33.
31.
Forms: feints
Forms: felicitated; felicitated; felicitating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– felicity
felon
n. a state of well-founded happiness
n. a criminal or depraved person
Forms: felicities
Forms: felons
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– felonious
felony
adj. showing criminal or evil purpose
n. one of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment
fernery
feminine36.
35.
Forms: felonies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– feminine
fernery
adj. characteristic of woman or womankind
n. a place in which ferns are grown
ferocity
ferocious38.
37.
Forms: ferneries ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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ferocity
adj. of a wild, fierce, and savage nature
n. savageness
fervid
fervent40. festal
fervor42. fete
festive44.
43.
41.
39.
Forms: ferocities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fervent
fervid
adj. ardent in feeling
adj. intense
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fervor
festal
n. ardor or intensity of feeling
adj. joyous
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– festive
fete
adj. merry
n. a festival or feast
feudal
fetus46.
45.
Forms: fetes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fetus
feudal
n. the young in the womb or in the egg
adj. pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal
fez
feudalism48.
47.
Forms: fetuses –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– feudalism
fez
n. political and social system of medieval Europe
n. a brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red with a black tassel
fickle
fiasco50.
49.
Forms: no plural
Forms: fezzes, fezes
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fiasco
fickle
n. a complete or humiliating failure
adj. unduly changeable in feeling, judgment or purpose
fidelity
fictitious52.
51.
Forms: fiascos, fiascoes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fictitious
fidelity
adj. created or formed by the imagination
n. loyalty
fief
fiducial54. finale
filibuster56. finally
finality58.
57.
55.
53.
Forms: fedelities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fiducial
fief
adj. indicative of faith or trust
n. a landed estate held under feudal tenure
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– filibuster
finale
n. one who attempts to obstruct legislation
n. concluding performance
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financial60.
59.
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finality
finally
n. conclusiveness; something which cannot be revoked
adv. at last
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– financial
financier
adj. monetary
n. person who manages large amounts of money (privately or corporately)
finesse
finery62. fiscal
finite64.
63.
61.
Forms: financiers –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– finery
finesse
n. that which is used to decorate the person or dress
n. subtle contrivance used to gain a point
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– finite
fiscal
adj. limited
adj. pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a
fissure
fishmonger66. fixture
fitful68.
67.
65.
government –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fishmonger
fissure
n. a certain profession
n. a crack or crack-like depression
Forms: fishmongers
Forms: fissures
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fitful
fixture
adj. spasmodic
n. one who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position
flagrant
flag-officer70. flatulence
flamboyant72.
71.
69.
Forms: fixtures –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– flag-officer
flagrant
n. the captain of a special ship
adj. openly scandalous
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– flamboyant
flatulence
adj. characterized by extravagance and in general by
n. accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels
fledgling
flection74. flimsy
flexible76. floe
flippant78.
77.
75.
73.
want of good taste –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– flection
fledgling
n. the act of bending
n. a young bird
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– flexible
flimsy
adj. pliable
adj. thin and weak
Forms: more flexible; most flexible
Forms: flimsier; flimsiest
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flora80.
79.
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flippant
floe
adj. having a light, pert, trifling disposition
n. a collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– flora
floral
n. the aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a adj. pertaining to flowers district
florist
florid82.
81.
Forms: floras, florae –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– florid
florist
adj. flushed with red
n. a dealer in flowers
fluctuation
fluctuate84. fluent
flue86. flux
fluential88.
87.
85.
83.
Forms: florists –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fluctuate
fluctuation
v. to pass backward and forward irregularly from one
n. frequent irregular change back and forth from one
state or degree to another
state or degree to another
Forms: fluctuated; fluctuated; fluctuating
Forms: fluctuations
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– flue
fluent
n. a smoke-duct in a chimney
adj. having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas
Forms: flues
Forms: more fluent; most fluent
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fluential
flux
adj. pertaining to streams
n. a state of constant movement, change or renewal
foible
foggy90.
89.
Forms: more fluent; most fluent –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– foggy
foible
adj. obscure
n. a personal weakness or failing
foliage
foist92.
91.
Forms: foggier; foggiest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– foist
foliage
v. to palm off
n. any growth of leaves
folk-lore
folio94.
93.
Forms: foisted; foisted; foisting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– folio
folk-lore
n. a sheet of paper folded once
n. the traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people
foolery
fondle96.
95.
Forms: folios ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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foppery
foot-note98.
97.
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fondle
foolery
v. to handle tenderly and lovingly
n. folly
Forms: fondled; fondled; fondling
Forms: fooleries
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– foot-note
foppery
n. reference or comment at the bottom of a page or end
n. dandyism
of a chapter
forbearance
foppish100.
99.
Forms: fopperies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– foppish
forbearance
adj. characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress
n. patient endurance or toleration of offenses
forcible
forby102. forecast
forebode104.
103.
101.
and the niceties of manners –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– forby
forcible
adv. besides
adj. violent
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– forebode
forecast
v. to be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil
v. to predict
Forms: foreboded; foreboded; foreboding
Forms: forecast, forecasted; forecast, forecasted;
foreclose
forecastle106.
105.
forecasting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– forecastle
foreclose
n. deck of a ship located near the bow
v. to bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property
forefather
forecourt108.
107.
Forms: foreclosed; foreclosed; foreclosing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– forecourt
forefather
n. space in front of building
n. an ancestor
foreground
forego110.
109.
Forms: forefathers –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– forego
foreground
v. to deny oneself the pleasure or profit of
n. that part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator
foreign
forehead112.
111.
Forms: forewent; foregone; foregoing ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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forehead
foreign
n. the upper part of the face, between the eyes and the
adj. belonging to, situated in or derived from another
hair
country
forejudge
foreigner114. foreman
foreknowledge116.
115.
113.
Forms: foreheads –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– foreigner
forejudge
n. person from another country; stranger
v. determine beforehand before hearing evidence
Forms: foreigners
Forms: forejudged; forejudged; forejudging
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– foreknowledge
foreman
n. prescience
n. leader; supervisor
foreordination
foreordain118.
117.
Forms: foremen –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– foreordain
foreordination
v. to predetermine
n. predestination
forerun
forepeak120.
119.
Forms: foreordained; foreordained; foreordaining –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– forepeak
forerun
n. the extreme forward part of a ship's hold, under the
v. to go before as introducing or ushering in
lowest deck
foresee
foresail122.
121.
Forms: foreran; forerun; forerunning –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– foresail
foresee
n. part on a foremast of a ship
v. to discern beforehand
foresight
foreshore124. forethought
foretell126.
125.
123.
Forms: foresaw; foreseen; foreseeing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– foreshore
foresight
n. land along the edge of a body of water
n. provision against harm or need
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– foretell
forethought
v. to predict
n. premeditation
forfend
forfeit128.
127.
Forms: foretold; foretold; foretelling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– forfeit
forfend
v. to lose possession of through failure to fulfill some
v. to ward off
obligation
forgo
forgery130.
129.
Forms: forfeited; forfeited; forfeiting
Forms: forfended; forfended; forfending
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formidable
formation132.
131.
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forgery
forgo
n. counterfeiting
v. to deny oneself
Forms: forgeries
Forms: forwent; forgone; forgoing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– formation
formidable
n. relative disposition of parts
adj. difficult to accomplish
forswear
formula134. forth
forte136. fortify
forthright138.
137.
135.
133.
Forms: formations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– formula
forswear
n. set way of saying or doing something
v. to renounce upon oath
Forms: plurals: formulas, formulae
Forms: forswore; forsworn; forswearing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– forte
forth
n. a strong point
adv. into notice or view
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– forthright
fortify
adv. with directness
v. to provide with defensive works
foursome
fortitude140. fragile
fracture142.
141.
139.
Forms: fortified; fortified; fortifying –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fortitude
foursome
n. patient courage
adj. consisting of two pairs
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fracture
fragile
n. a break
adj. easily broken; capable of being broken
frankincense
frailty144.
143.
Forms: fractures –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– frailty
frankincense
n. liability to be broken or destroyed
n. a gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes
fraternal
frantic146. fraudulent
fraudulence148. trade
free
fray150.
149.
147.
145.
Forms: frailties –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– frantic
fraternal
adj. frenzied
adj. brotherly
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fraudulence
fraudulent
n. deceitfulness
adj. counterfeit
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fray
free trade
v. to fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads
n. commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs
freethinker
freemason152.
151.
Forms: frayed; frayed; fraying –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– freemason
freethinker
n. a member of an ancient secret fraternity originally
n. one who rejects authority or inspiration in religion
fresco
frequency154. fretful
freshness156.
155.
153.
confined to skilled artisans –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– frequency
fresco
n. the comparative number of any kind of occurrences
n. the art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly
within a given time or space
on walls and ceilings
Forms: frequencies
Forms: plurals: frescoes, frescos
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– freshness
fretful
n. vigor; liveliness; newness; recentness
adj. disposed to peevishness
frigid
frightful158. frivolity
frigidarium160.
159.
157.
Forms: no plural –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– frightful
frigid
adj. apt to induce terror or alarm
adj. lacking warmth
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– frigidarium
frivolity
n. a room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits,
n. a trifling act, thought, saying or practice
meat, etc
frizz
frivolous162.
161.
Forms: frivolities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– frivolous
frizz
adj. trivial
v. to give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to
frolicsome
frizzle164.
163.
Forms: frizzed; frizzed; frizzing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– frizzle
frolicsome
v. to cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair
adj. frisky and full of fun
frowzy
frontier166.
165.
Forms: frizzled; frizzled; frizzling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– frontier
frowzy
n. the part of a nation's territory that abuts upon another
adj. slovenly in appearance
country
fruition
frugal168.
167.
Forms: frontiers
Forms: frowzier; frowziest
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fugacious170.
169.
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frugal
fruition
adj. economical
n. fulfillment
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fugacious
fulcrum
adj. fleeting
n. the support on or against which a lever rests or the point about which it turns
fulsome
fulminate172.
171.
Forms: plurals: fulcrums, fulcra –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fulminate
fulsome
v. to cause to explode
adj. offensive from excess of praise or commendation
functionary
fumigate174.
173.
Forms: fulminated; fulminated; fulminating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fumigate
functionary
v. to subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially
n. an official
for disinfection
fungible
fundamental176.
175.
Forms: fumigated; fumigated; fumigating
Forms: functionaries
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fundamental
fungible
adj. basal
adj. that may be measured, counted or weighed
fungus
fungous178.
177.
Forms: more fundamental; most fundamental –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fungous
fungus
adj. spongy
n. a plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom
furlong
furbish180. furrier
furlough182.
181.
179.
Forms: fungi, funguses –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– furbish
furlong
v. to restore brightness or beauty
n. a measure of length; one-eighth of a mile
Forms: furbished; furbished; furbishing
Forms: furlongs
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– furlough
furrier
n. a temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by
n. a person who makes garments using animal hair
furtherance
further184. fuse
furtive186.
185.
183.
permission of the commanding officer –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– further
furtherance
adj. more distant or advanced
n. advancement
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furtive
fuse
adj. stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief
v. to unite or blend as by melting together
futile
fusible188. futurist
189.
187.
Forms: fused; fused; fusing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fusible
futile
adj. capable of being melted by heat
adj. of no avail or effect
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– futurist n. a person of expectant temperament ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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gaiety2.
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G
gaiety
gaily
n. festivity
adv. merrily
gallant
gait4.
3.
Forms: gaieties –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– gait
gallant
n. carriage of the body in going
adj. possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit
galvanic
galore6.
5.
Forms: gaits –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– galore
galvanic
adj. abundant
adj. pertaining or relating to electricity produced by
galvanize
galvanism8.
7.
chemical action –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– galvanism
galvanize
n. current electricity, especially that arising from chemical v. to imbue with life or animation action
gambol
gamble10.
9.
Forms: galvanized; galvanized; galvanizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– gamble
gambol
v. to risk money or other possession on an event, chance n. playful leaping or frisking or contingency
gamut
gamester12. garrison
garnish14. garrulous
garrote16.
15.
13.
11.
Forms: gambled; gambled; gambling
Forms: gambols
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– gamester
gamut
n. a gambler
n. the whole range or sequence
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– garnish
garrison
v. in cookery, to surround with additions for
n. the military force stationed in a fort, town or other place
embellishment
for its defense
Forms: garnished; garnished; garnishing
Forms: garrisons
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– garrote
garrulous
v. to execute by strangling
adj. given to constant trivial talking
gastric
gaseous18. gastronomy
gastritis20.
19.
17.
Forms: garroted; garroted; garroting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– gaseous
gastric
adj. light and unsubstantial
adj. of, pertaining to or near the stomach
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gauge22.
21.
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gastritis
gastronomy
n. inflammation of the stomach
n. the art of preparing and serving appetizing food
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– gauge
gendarme
n. an instrument for measuring
n. in continental Europe, particularly in France, a uniformed and armed police officer Forms: gendarmes
genealogy
genealogist24.
23.
Forms: gauges
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– genealogist
genealogy
n. a tracer of pedigrees
n. a list, in the order of succession, of ancestors and their descendants
generalize
generality26. generate
generally28.
27.
25.
Forms: genealogies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– generality
generalize
n. the principal portion
v. make sweeping statements
Forms: generalities
Forms: generalized; generalized; generalizing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– generally
generate
adv. ordinarily
v. to produce or cause to be
generosity
generic30.
29.
Forms: generated; generated; generating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– generic
generosity
adj. noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific
n. a disposition to give liberally or to bestow favors heartily
geniality
genesis32.
31.
Forms: generosities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– genesis
geniality
n. creation
n. warmth and kindliness of disposition
genitive
genital34. gentile
genteel36. germane
geology38.
37.
35.
33.
Forms: genesises –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– genital
genitive
adj. of or pertaining to the animal reproductive organs
adj. indicating source, origin, possession or the like
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gentile
adj. well-bred or refined
adj. belonging to a people not Jewish
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germane
n. the department of natural science that treats of the
adj. relevant
gestation
germinate40.
39.
constitution and structure of the earth –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– germinate
gestation
v. to begin to develop into an embryo or higher form
n. pregnancy
gesture
gesticulate42. gibe
ghastly44. gigantic
giddy46.
45.
43.
41.
Forms: germinated; germinated; germinating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– gesticulate
gesture
v. to make movements of the body, as in speaking or in
n. a movement or action of the hands or face, expressive
place of speech
of some idea or emotion
Forms: gesticulated; gesticulated; gesticulating
Forms: gestures
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gibe
adj. hideous
v. to utter taunts or reproaches
Forms: ghastlier; ghastliest
Forms: gibed; gibed; gibing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– giddy
gigantic
adj. affected with a whirling or swimming sensation in the adj. tremendous head
glacial
giver48.
47.
Forms: giddier; giddiest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– giver
glacial
n. donor; donator
adj. icy; icily cold
gladden
glacier50. glimmer
glazier52.
51.
49.
Forms: givers –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– glacier
gladden
n. a field or stream of ice
v. to make joyous
Forms: glaciers
Forms: gladdened; gladdened; gladdening
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– glazier
glimmer
n. person who cuts and fits panes of glass, as for
n. sparkle; flicker; faint light; gleam
windows
globose
glimpse54.
53.
Forms: glaziers
Forms: glimmers
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globose
n. a momentary look
adj. spherical
glorious
globular56.
55.
Forms: glimpses –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– globular
glorious
adj. spherical
adj. of excellence and splendor
gluttonous
glutinous58. knot
gordian
gnash60.
59.
57.
Forms: more glorious; most glorious –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– glutinous
gluttonous
adj. sticky
adj. given to excess in eating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– gnash
gordian knot
v. to grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage
n. any difficulty the only issue out of which is by bold or unusual manners
gossamer
gosling62. gourmand
gourd64.
63.
61.
Forms: gnashed; gnashed; gnashing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– gosling
gossamer
n. a young goose
adj. flimsy
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– gourd
gourmand
n. a fleshy fruit; trailing or climbing plant which bears this
n. a connoisseur in the delicacies of the table
fruit
gradation
graceless66.
65.
Forms: gourds –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– graceless
gradation
adj. ungracious
n. a step, degree, rank or relative position in an order or series
granary
gradient68.
67.
Forms: gradations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– gradient
granary
adj. moving or advancing by steps
n. a storehouse for grain after it is thrashed or husked
grandiloquent
grandeur70. grantee
grandiose72.
71.
69.
Forms: granaries –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– grandeur
grandiloquent
n. largeness; stateliness, magnificence; importance;
adj. speaking in or characterized by a pompous or
nobility
bombastic style
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grantor74. granule
granulate76.
75.
73.
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grandiose
grantee
adj. having an imposing style or effect
n. the person to whom property is transferred by deed
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– grantor
granular
n. the maker of a deed
adj. composed of small grains or particles
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– granulate
granule
v. to form into grains or small particles
n. a small grain or particle
gratification
grapple78. gratuitous
gratify80.
79.
77.
Forms: granulated; granulated; granulating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– grapple
gratification
v. to take hold of
n. satisfaction
Forms: grappled; grappled; grappling
Forms: gratifications
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– gratify
gratuitous
v. to please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desire
adj. voluntarily
or need
gravity
gratuity82.
81.
Forms: gratified; gratified; gratifying –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– gratuity
gravity
n. something that is given without demand or claim;
n. seriousness
bonus; tip
grenadier
gregarious84.
83.
Forms: gratuities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– gregarious
grenadier
adj. not habitually solitary or living alone
n. a member of a regiment composed of men of great stature
grievance
grief86.
85.
Forms: grenadiers –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– grief
grievance
n. sorrow
n. that which oppresses, injures or causes grief and at the same time a sense of wrong
grimace
grievous88.
87.
Forms: griefs
Forms: grievances
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grimace
adj. creating affliction
n. a distortion of the features, occasioned by some feeling of pain, disgust, etc
grisly
grindstone90.
89.
Forms: grimaces –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– grindstone
grisly
n. an abrasive wheel that sharpens or polishes something adj. fear-inspiring
grotto
grotesque92.
91.
Forms: grindstones –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– grotesque
grotto
adj. incongruously composed or ill-proportioned
n. a small cavern
guess
ground94.
93.
Forms: grottoes, grottos –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ground
guess
n. a pavement or floor or any supporting surface on which n. surmise one may walk
guileless
guile96. guise
guinea98.
97.
95.
Forms: grounds
Forms: guesses
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– guile
guileless
n. duplicity
adj. frank
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– guinea
guise
n. an English monetary unit
n. the external appearance as produced by garb or costume
gumption
gullible100. guy
gusto102. gynecocracy
guzzle104. gyrate
gynecology106.
105.
103.
101.
99.
Forms: guineas
Forms: guises
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– gullible
gumption
adj. credulous
n. common sense
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– gusto
guy
n. keen enjoyment
n. stay-rope
Forms: gustoes, gustos
Forms: guys
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– guzzle
gynecocracy
v. to swallow greedily or hastily; to gulp
n. female supremacy
Forms: guzzled; guzzled; guzzling
Forms: gynecocracies
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gyrate
n. the science that treats of the functions and diseases
v. to revolve
gyroscope
107.
peculiar to women –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– gyroscope n. an instrument for illustrating the laws of rotation ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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habitable
habitant
adj. fit to be dwelt in
n. dweller
habitude
habitual4. haggard
hackney6.
5.
3.
Forms: habitants –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– habitual
habitude
adj. according to usual practice
n. customary relation or association
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hackney
haggard
v. to make stale or trite by repetition
adj. worn and gaunt in appearance
hale
halcyon8.
7.
Forms: hackneyed; hackneyed; hackneying –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– halcyon
hale
adj. calm
adj. of sound and vigorous health
hanger-on
handwriting10.
9.
Forms: haler; halest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– handwriting
hanger-on
n. penmanship
n. a parasite
harangue
happy-go-lucky12.
11.
Forms: hangers-on –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– happy-go-lucky
harangue
adj. improvident
n. a tirade
harbinger
harass14.
13.
Forms: harangues –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– harass
harbinger
v. to trouble with importunities, cares or annoyances
n. person who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing
hardihood
hard-hearted16. havoc
harmonious18. hazard
hawthorn20. foremost
head
first22.
head
21.
19.
17.
15.
Forms: harassed; harassed; harassing
Forms: harbingers
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hard-hearted
hardihood
adj. lacking pity or sympathy
n. foolish daring
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– harmonious
havoc
adj. concordant in sound
n. devastation
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hawthorn
hazard
n. a thorny shrub much used in England for hedges
n. risk
Forms: hawthorns
Forms: hazards
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heartrending24. heifer
heedless26.
25.
23.
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head first
head foremost
adv. precipitately, as in diving
adv. precipitately, as in diving
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– heartrending
heathenish
adj. very depressing
adj. irreligious
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– heedless
heifer
adj. unmindful; oblivious; rash
n. a young cow
hemorrhage
heinous28.
27.
Forms: heifers –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– heinous
hemorrhage
adj. odiously sinful
n. discharge of blood from a ruptured or wounded blood-
henchman
hemorrhoids30.
29.
vessel –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hemorrhoids
henchman
n. tumors composed of enlarged and thickened blood-
n. a servile assistant and subordinate
vessels, at the lower end of the rectum
heptagon
henpeck32.
31.
Forms: only plural
Forms: henchmen
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– henpeck
heptagon
v. to worry or harass by ill temper and petty annoyances
n. a figure having seven sides and seven angles
herbaceous
heptarchy34.
33.
Forms: henpecked; henpecked; henpecking –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– heptarchy
herbaceous
n. a group of seven governments
adj. describes plants or plant parts that are fleshy and wither after each growing season
herbivorous
herbarium36.
35.
Forms: heptarchies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– herbarium
herbivorous
n. a collection of dried plants scientifically arranged for
adj. feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as
study
animals
heredity
hereditary38.
37.
Forms: herbariums, herbariumia –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hereditary
heredity
adj. passing naturally from parent to child
n. transmission of physical or mental qualities, diseases,
heretic
heresy40.
39.
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heritage42.
41.
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heretic
n. an opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or
n. one who holds opinions contrary to the recognized
accepted principles
standards or tenets of any philosophy
Forms: heresies
Forms: heretics
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– heritage
hernia
n. birthright
n. protrusion of any internal organ in whole or in part from its normal position
hesitant
hesitancy44.
43.
Forms: hernias, herniae –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hesitancy
hesitant
n. a pausing to consider
adj. vacillating
heterodox
hesitation46.
45.
Forms: hesitancies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hesitation
heterodox
n. vacillation
adj. at variance with any commonly accepted doctrine or opinion
heterogeneous
heterogeneity48.
47.
Forms: hesitations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– heterogeneity
heterogeneous
n. unlikeness of constituent parts
adj. consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of
hexagon
heteromorphic50. hexapod
hexangular52. hibernal
hiatus54.
53.
51.
49.
different kinds –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– heteromorphic
hexagon
adj. deviating from the normal form or standard type
n. a figure with six angles
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hexangular
hexapod
adj. having six angles
adj. having six feet
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hiatus
hibernal
n. a break or vacancy where something necessary to
adj. pertaining to winter
supply the connection is wanting
hideous
hibernian56. hillock
hilarious58.
57.
55.
Forms: hiatuses, hiatus –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hibernian
hideous
adj. pertaining to Ireland or its people
adj. appalling
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hilarious
hillock
adj. boisterously merry
n. a small mound
hindmost
hinder60.
59.
Forms: hillocks –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hinder
hindmost
v. to obstruct
adj. farthest from the front
hirsute
hindrance62.
61.
Forms: hindered; hindered; hindering –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hindrance
hirsute
n. an obstacle
adj. having a hairy covering
hoarse
hoard64.
63.
Forms: hindrances –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hoard
hoarse
v. to gather and store away for the sake of accumulation
adj. having the voice harsh or rough, as from a cold or fatigue
homogeneity
homage66. homologous
homogeneous68. homophone
homonym70. hoodwink
honorarium72.
71.
69.
67.
65.
Forms: hoarded; hoarded; hoarding
Forms: hoarser; hoarsest
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– homage
homogeneity
n. reverential regard or worship
n. congruity of the members or elements or parts
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– homogeneous
homologous
adj. made up of similar parts or elements
adj. identical in nature, make-up or relation
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– homonym
homophone
n. a word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning
n. a word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning
from another
from another
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– honorarium
hoodwink
n. a token fee or payment to a professional man for
v. to deceive
services
hosiery
horde74.
73.
Forms: honorariums, honoraria
Forms: hoodwinked; hoodwinked; hoodwinking
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– horde
hosiery
n. a gathered multitude of human beings
n. a stocking
hospitality
hospitable76.
75.
Forms: hordes ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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hostility78. humanitarian
humane80.
79.
77.
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hospitality
adj. disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous
n. the practice of receiving and entertaining strangers and
kindness
guests with kindness
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hostility
huckster
n. enmity
n. person who retails small wares
Forms: hostilities
Forms: huckster
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– humane
humanitarian
adj. compassionate
n. a philanthropist
humbug
humanize82.
81.
Forms: humanitarians –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– humanize
humbug
v. to make gentle or refined
n. anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead
hussar
humiliate84.
83.
Forms: humanized; humanized; humanizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– humiliate
hussar
v. to put to shame
n. a light-horse trooper armed with saber and carbine
hybrid
hustle86.
85.
Forms: humiliated; humiliated; humiliating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hustle
hybrid
v. to move with haste and promptness
adj. cross-bred
hydraulic
hydra88.
87.
Forms: hustled; hustled; hustling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hydra
hydraulic
n. the seven- or nine-headed water-serpent slain by
adj. involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by
Hercules
water in motion
hydroelectric
hydrodynamics90. hydrometer
hydromechanics92.
91.
89.
Forms: hydras, hydrae –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hydrodynamics
hydroelectric
n. the study of force exerted by the motion of liquids
adj. pertaining to electricity developed water or steam
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hydromechanics
hydrometer
n. a part of the study of liquids
n. an instrument for determining the density of solids and
hydrous
hydrostatics94.
93.
liquids by flotation ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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hydrous
n. the branch of science that treats of the pressure and
adj. watery
hypercritical
hygiene96.
95.
equilibrium of fluids –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hygiene
hypercritical
n. the branch of medical science that relates to improving adj. faultfinding
hypnotic
hypnosis98.
97.
health –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hypnosis
hypnotic
n. an artificial trance-sleep
adj. tending to produce sleep
hypnotize
hypnotism100.
99.
Forms: hypnoses –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hypnotism
hypnotize
n. an artificially induced somnambulistic state in which
v. to produce a somnambulistic state in which the mind
the mind readily acts on suggestion
readily acts on suggestions
hypocrite
hypocrisy102.
101.
Forms: hypnotized; hypnotized; hypnotizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hypocrisy
hypocrite
n. extreme insincerity
n. person who makes false professions of their views or beliefs
hypotenuse
hypodermic104.
103.
Forms: hypocrites –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hypodermic
hypotenuse
adj. pertaining to the area under the skin
n. the side of a right-angled triangle opposite the right
hysteria
hypothesis106.
105.
angle –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hypothesis
hysteria
n. a proposition taken for granted as a premise from
n. a nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of
which to reach a conclusion
laughing and crying
Forms: hypotheses ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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ichthyosaurs4. icon
iciness6. idealize
iconoclast8.
7.
5.
3.
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ichthyic
ichthyology
adj. fish-like
n. the branch of zoology that treats of fishes
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ichthyosaurs
icily
n. a fossil reptile
adv. frigidly
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– iciness
icon
n. the state of being icy
n. an image or likeness
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– iconoclast
idealize
n. an image-breaker
v. to make to conform to some mental or imaginary standard
idiosyncrasy
idiom10. ignoble
idolize12.
11.
9.
Forms: idealized; idealized; idealizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– idiom
idiosyncrasy
n. a use of words peculiar to a particular language
n. a mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual
Forms: idioms
Forms: idiosyncrasies
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– idolize
ignoble
v. to regard with inordinate love or admiration
adj. low in character or purpose
iliad
ignominious14.
13.
Forms: idolized; idolized; idolizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ignominious
iliad
adj. shameful
n. a Greek epic poem describing scenes from the siege
illegal
ill-natured16. illegitimate
illegible18. illicit
illiberal20. illiterate
illimitable22. illuminant
illogical24.
23.
21.
19.
17.
15.
of Troy –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ill-natured
illegal
adj. surly
adj. not according to law
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– illegible
illegitimate
adj. undecipherable
adj. unlawfully begotten
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– illiberal
illicit
adj. stingy
adj. unlawful
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– illimitable
illiterate
adj. boundless
adj. having little or no book-learning
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illuminate26. illusive
illusion28.
27.
25.
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illogical
illuminant
adj. contrary to the rules of sound thought
n. that which may be used to produce light
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– illuminate
illumine
v. to supply with light
v. to make bright or clear
Forms: illuminated; illuminated; illuminating
Forms: illumined; illumined; illumining
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– illusion
illusive
n. an unreal image presented to the senses
adj. deceptive
imaginable
illusory30.
29.
Forms: illusions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– illusory
imaginable
adj. deceiving or tending to deceive, as by false
adj. that can be imagined or conceived in the mind
imbibe
imaginary32.
31.
appearance –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– imaginary
imbibe
adj. fancied
v. to drink or take in
imbrue
imbroglio34.
33.
Forms: imbibed; imbibed; imbibing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– imbroglio
imbrue
n. a misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity or v. to wet or moisten strife
imitator
imitation36.
35.
Forms: imbroglios
Forms: imbrued; imbrued; imbruing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– imitation
imitator
n. that which is made as a likeness or copy
n. one who makes in imitation
immaterial
immaculate38. immeasurable
immature40. immerse
immense42.
41.
39.
37.
Forms: imitations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– immaculate
immaterial
adj. without spot or blemish
adj. of no essential consequence
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– immature
immeasurable
adj. not full-grown
adj. indefinitely extensive
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– immense
immerse
adj. very great in degree, extent, size or quantity
v. to plunge or dip entirely under water or other fluid
immigrant
immersion44.
43.
Forms: immersed; immersed; immersing ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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immigrant
n. the act of plunging or dipping entirely under water or
n. a foreigner who enters a country to settle there
another fluid
imminence
immigrate46.
45.
Forms: immigrants –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– immigrate
imminence
v. to come into a country or region from a former habitat
n. impending evil or danger
immiscible
imminent48. immortalize
immoral50.
49.
47.
Forms: immigrated; immigrated; immigrating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– imminent
immiscible
adj. dangerous and close at hand
adj. separating, as oil and water
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– immoral
immortalize
adj. habitually engaged in licentious or lewd practices
v. to cause to last or to be known or remembered throughout a great or indefinite length of time
immune
immovable52. impair
immutable54.
53.
51.
Forms: immortalized; immortalized; immortalizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– immovable
immune
adj. steadfast
adj. exempt, as from disease
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– immutable
impair
adj. unchangeable
v. to cause to become less or worse
impartial
impalpable56. impassible
impassable58. impatience
impassive60.
59.
57.
55.
Forms: impaired; impaired; impairing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– impalpable
impartial
adj. imperceptible to the touch
adj. unbiased
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– impassable
impassible
adj. that can not be passed through or over
adj. not moved or affected by feeling
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– impassive
impatience
adj. unmoved by or not exhibiting feeling
n. unwillingness to brook delays or wait the natural
impecunious
impeccable62. impel
impede64.
63.
61.
course of things –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– impeccable
impecunious
adj. blameless
adj. having no money
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impend66.
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impede
impel
v. to be an obstacle or to place obstacles in the way of
v. to drive or urge forward
Forms: impeded; impeded; impeding
Forms: impelled; impelled; impelling
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– impend
imperative
v. to be imminent
adj. obligatory
imperfectible
imperceptible68. imperious
imperil70.
69.
67.
Forms: impended; impended; impending –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– imperceptible
imperfectible
adj. indiscernible
adj. that can not be perfected
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– imperil
imperious
v. to endanger
adj. insisting on obedience
Forms: imperiled, imperilled; imperiled, imperilled;
impersonal
impermissible72. impersuadable
impersonate74.
73.
71.
imperiling, imperilling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– impermissible
impersonal
adj. not allowed; forbidden
adj. lacking friendliness or warmth; inhuman; detached
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– impersonate
impersuadable
v. to appear or act in the character of
adj. unyielding
imperturbable
impertinence76.
75.
Forms: impersonated; impersonated; impersonating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– impertinence
imperturbable
n. rudeness
adj. calm
impetuosity
impervious78.
77.
Forms: impertinences –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– impervious
impetuosity
adj. unsusceptible to outside ideas or influences;
n. rashness
unfathomable; inscrutable
impetus
impetuous80. impious
impiety82.
81.
79.
Forms: impetuosities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– impetuous
impetus
adj. impulsive
n. any impulse or incentive
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impiety
impious
n. irreverence toward God
adj. characterized by irreverence or irreligion
impliable
implausible84.
83.
Forms: impieties –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– implausible
impliable
adj. hard to believe; not credible; lacking the appearance
adj. capable of being inferred
implicit
implicate86.
85.
of truth –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– implicate
implicit
v. to show or prove to be involved in or concerned
adj. implied
impolitic
imply88.
87.
Forms: implicated; implicated; implicating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– imply
impolitic
v. to signify
adj. inexpedient
importunate
importation90.
89.
Forms: implied; implied; implying –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– importation
importunate
n. the act or practice of bringing from one country into
adj. urgent in character, request or demand
another
impotent
importune92.
91.
Forms: importations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– importune
impotent
v. to harass with persistent demands or entreaties
adj. destitute of or lacking in power, physical, moral or intellectual
impracticable
impoverish94.
93.
Forms: importuned; importuned; importuning –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– impoverish
impracticable
v. to make indigent or poor
adj. not feasible
impregnate
impregnable96.
95.
Forms: impoverished; impoverished; impoverishing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– impregnable
impregnate
adj. that can not be taken by assault
v. to fertilize; fill completely; saturate; imbue
improper
impromptu98.
97.
Forms: impregnated; impregnated; impregnating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– impromptu
improper
n. anything done or said on the impulse of the moment
adj. not appropriate, suitable or becoming
improvident
impropriety100.
99.
Forms: impromptus ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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improvident
n. the state or quality of being unfit, unseemly or
adj. lacking foresight or thrift
inappropriate
imprudent
improvise102.
101.
Forms: improprieties –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– improvise
imprudent
v. to do anything extemporaneously or offhand
adj. heedless
impugn
impudence104.
103.
Forms: improvised; improvised; improvising –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– impudence
impugn
n. insolent disrespect
v. to assail with arguments, insinuations or accusations
impulsive
impulsion106. impure
impunity108. inaccessible
impute110.
109.
107.
105.
Forms: impugned; impugned; impugning –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– impulsion
impulsive
n. impetus
adj. unpremeditated
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– impunity
impure
n. freedom from punishment
adj. tainted
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– impute
inaccessible
v. to attribute
adj. difficult of approach
inactive
inaccurate112. inadmissible
inadequate114.
113.
111.
Forms: imputed; imputed; imputing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inaccurate
inactive
adj. not exactly according to the facts
adj. inert
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inadequate
inadmissible
adj. insufficient
adj. not to be approved, considered or allowed, as testimony
inadvisable
inadvertent116. inanimate
inane118. inapt
inapprehensible120.
119.
117.
115.
Forms: more inadequate; most inadequate –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inadvertent
inadvisable
adj. accidental
adj. unadvisable
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inane
inanimate
adj. silly
adj. destitute of animal life
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inarticulate122. inbred
inborn124. incandescent
incandescence126. incapacity
incapacitate128.
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inapprehensible
inapt
adj. not to be understood
adj. awkward or slow
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inarticulate
inaudible
adj. speechless
adj. that can not be heard
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inborn
inbred
adj. implanted by nature
adj. innate
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– incandescence
incandescent
n. the state of being white or glowing with heat
adj. white or glowing with heat
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– incapacitate
incapacity
v. to deprive of power, capacity, competency or
n. want of power to apprehend, understand, and manage
qualification
incendiary
incarcerate130.
129.
Forms: incapacitated; incapacitated; incapacitating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– incarcerate
incendiary
v. to imprison
n. chemical or person who starts a fire-literally or figuratively
inception
incentive132.
131.
Forms: incarcerated; incarcerated; incarcerating
Forms: incendiaries
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– incentive
inception
n. that which moves the mind or inflames the passions
n. the beginning
incessant
inceptive134. inchoate
inchmeal136. incidence
inchoative138.
137.
135.
133.
Forms: incentives –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inceptive
incessant
adj. beginning
adj. unceasing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inchmeal
inchoate
adv. piecemeal
adj. incipient
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inchoative
incidence
n. something that begins or expresses beginning
n. casual occurrence
incidentally
incident140.
139.
Forms: inchoatives ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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incident
incidentally
n. a happening in general, especially one of little
adv. without intention
importance
incipience
incinerate142.
141.
Forms: incidents –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– incinerate
incipience
v. to reduce to ashes
n. beginning
incisor
incipient144. incitement
incite146.
145.
143.
Forms: incinerated; incinerated; incinerating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– incipient
incisor
adj. initial
n. a front or cutting tooth
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– incite
incitement
v. to rouse to a particular action
n. something that moves to action or serves as an incentive or stimulus
incoherence
incoercible148.
147.
Forms: incited; incited; inciting
Forms: incitements
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– incoercible
incoherence
adj. incapable of being forced, constrained or compelled
n. want of connection or agreement, as of parts or ideas
incombustible
incoherent150.
149.
in thought, speech, etc. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– incoherent
incombustible
adj. not logically coordinated, as to parts, elements or
adj. that can not be burned
incompatible
incomparable152. incompetent
incompetence154.
153.
151.
details –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– incomparable
incompatible
adj. matchless
adj. discordant
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– incompetence
incompetent
n. general lack of capacity or fitness
adj. not having the abilities desired or necessary for any
incomprehensible
incomplete156.
155.
purpose –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– incomplete
incomprehensible
adj. lacking some element, part or adjunct necessary or
adj. not understandable
inconceivable
incompressible158. inconsequential
incongruous160.
159.
157.
required –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– incompressible
inconceivable
adj. resisting all attempts to reduce volume by pressure
adj. incomprehensible
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inconsiderable162. incontrovertible
inconstant164. indefensible
inconvenient166. indelible
indefinitely168.
167.
165.
163.
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incongruous
inconsequential
adj. unsuitable for the time, place or occasion
adj. valueless
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inconsiderable
inconsistent
adj. small in quantity or importance
adj. contradictory
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inconstant
incontrovertible
adj. changeable
adj. indisputable
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inconvenient
indefensible
adj. interfering with comfort or progress
adj. untenable
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– indefinitely
indelible
adv. in a vague or uncertain way
adj. that can not be blotted out, effaced, destroyed or
indestructible
indescribable170.
169.
removed –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– indescribable
indestructible
adj. cannot be expressed in words; beyond description;
adj. that can not be destroyed
indicator
indicant172.
171.
indefinite –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– indicant
indicator
adj. that which points out
n. one who or that which points out
indigence
indict174.
173.
Forms: indicators –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– indict
indigence
v. to find and declare chargeable with crime
n. poverty
indigent
indigenous176. indigestion
indigestible178.
177.
175.
Forms: indicted; indicted; indicting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– indigenous
indigent
adj. native
adj. poor
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– indigestible
indigestion
adj. difficult or impossible to break down and absorb
n. difficulty or failure in the alimentary canal in changing
(food)
food into absorptive nutriment
indignity
indignant180.
179.
Forms: indigestions ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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indignity
adj. having such anger and scorn as is aroused by
n. unmerited contemptuous conduct or treatment
meanness or wickedness
indiscreet
indiscernible182. indispensable
indiscriminate184. indivertible
indistinct186. indolence
indivisible188. indomitable
indolent190. indulgence
induct192.
191.
189.
187.
185.
183.
181.
Forms: indignities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– indiscernible
indiscreet
adj. not perceptible
adj. lacking wise judgment
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– indiscriminate
indispensable
adj. promiscuous
adj. necessary or requisite for the purpose
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– indistinct
indivertible
adj. vague
adj. that can not be turned aside
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– indivisible
indolence
adj. not separable into parts
n. laziness
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– indolent
indomitable
adj. habitually inactive or idle
adj. unconquerable
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– induct
indulgence
v. to bring in
n. the yielding to inclination, passion, desire or propensity in oneself or another
inebriate
indulgent194.
193.
Forms: inducted; inducted; inducting
Forms: indulgences
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– indulgent
inebriate
adj. yielding to the desires or humor of oneself or those
v. to intoxicate
under one's care
ineffable
inedible196. inefficient
inefficiency198.
197.
195.
Forms: inebriated; inebriated; inebriating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inedible
ineffable
adj. not good for food
adj. unutterable
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inefficiency
inefficient
n. something that does not accomplish an intended
adj. not accomplishing an intended purpose
purpose; incompetency; incapability
inept
ineligible200.
199.
Forms: inefficiencies ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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inert202. inexcusable
inevitable204. inexorable
inexhaustible206.
205.
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ineligible
inept
adj. not suitable to be selected or chosen
adj. not fit or suitable
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inert
inestimable
adj. inanimate
adj. above price
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inevitable
inexcusable
adj. unavoidable; inescapable; certain; sure to happen
adj. not to be justified
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inexhaustible
inexorable
adj. so large or furnishing so great a supply as not to be
adj. unrelenting
inexpensive
inexpedient208. inexplicable
inexperience210.
209.
207.
emptied, wasted or spent –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inexpedient
inexpensive
adj. unadvisable
adj. low-priced; cheap
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inexperience
inexplicable
n. state of being unfamiliar with something; lack of
adj. such as can not be made plain
inextensible
inexpressible212. infamous
infallible214.
213.
211.
knowledge or ability –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inexpressible
inextensible
adj. unutterable
adj. of unchangeable length or area
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– infallible
infamous
adj. exempt from error of judgment, as in opinion or
adj. publicly branded or notorious, as for vice or crime
inference
infamy216.
215.
statement –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– infamy
inference
n. total loss or destitution of honor or reputation
n. the derivation of a judgment from any given material of knowledge on the ground of law
infest
infernal218.
217.
Forms: infamies
Forms: inferences
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– infernal
infest
adj. akin to or befitting hell or its occupants
v. to be present in such numbers as to be a source of annoyance, trouble or danger
infidelity
infidel220.
219.
Forms: infested; infested; infesting ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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infinite222.
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infidel
infidelity
n. one who denies the existence of God
n. disloyalty
Forms: infidels
Forms: infidelities
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– infinite
infinity
adj. measureless
n. boundless or immeasurable extension or duration
infirmary
infirm224.
223.
Forms: infinities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– infirm
infirmary
adj. lacking in bodily or mental strength
n. a place for the reception or treatment of the sick
inflammable
infirmity226.
225.
Forms: infirmaries –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– infirmity
inflammable
n. a physical, mental or moral weakness or flaw
adj. easily set on fire or excited
inflexible
inflammation228.
227.
Forms: infirmities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inflammation
inflexible
n. a morbid process in some part of the body
adj. that can not be altered or varied
characterized by heat, swelling and pain
influential
influence230.
229.
Forms: inflammations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– influence
influential
n. ability to sway the will of another
adj. having the power to sway the will of another
infrequence
influx232.
231.
Forms: influences –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– influx
infrequence
n. infusion
n. rareness
infringe
infrequent234.
233.
Forms: influxes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– infrequent
infringe
adj. uncommon
v. to trespass upon
infusion
infuse236.
235.
Forms: infringed; infringed; infringing ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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infuse
infusion
v. to instill, introduce or inculcate, as principles or
n. the act of imbuing or pouring in
qualities Forms: infusions
ingenuity
ingenious238.
237.
Forms: infused; infused; infusing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ingenious
ingenuity
adj. evincing skill, originality or cleverness, as in
n. cleverness in contriving, combining or originating
contrivance or arrangement
inglorious
ingenuous240. ingratiate
ingraft242. ingredient
ingratitude244.
243.
241.
239.
Forms: ingenuities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ingenuous
inglorious
adj. candid, frank or open in character or quality
adj. shameful
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ingraft
ingratiate
v. to set or implant deeply and firmly
v. to win confidence or good graces for oneself
Forms: ingrafted; ingrafted; ingrafting
Forms: ingratiated; ingratiated; ingratiating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ingratitude
ingredient
n. insensibility to kindness
n. component
inherent
inherence246. inhospitable
inhibit248.
247.
245.
Forms: ingredients –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inherence
inherent
n. the state of being permanently existing in something
adj. intrinsic
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inhibit
inhospitable
v. to hold back or in
adj. not disposed to entertain strangers gratuitously
inhume
inhuman250.
249.
Forms: inhibited; inhibited; inhibiting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inhuman
inhume
adj. savage
v. to place in the earth, as a dead body
iniquity
inimical252.
251.
Forms: inhumed; inhumed; inhuming –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inimical
iniquity
adj. adverse
n. gross wrong or injustice
inject
initiate254.
253.
Forms: iniquities ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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inject
v. to perform the first act or rite
v. to force in by means of a syringe or other device; to infuse Forms: injected; injected; injecting
inkling
injunction256.
255.
Forms: initiated; initiated; initiating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– injunction
inkling
n. mandate
n. a hint
inlet
inland258.
257.
Forms: injunctions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inland
inlet
adj. remote from the sea
n. a small body of water leading into a larger
innocuous
inmost260. innuendo
innovate262. inoffensive
innumerable264. inquire
inopportune266.
265.
263.
261.
259.
Forms: inlets –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inmost
innocuous
adj. deepest within
adj. harmless
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– innovate
innuendo
v. to introduce or strive to introduce new things
n. insinuation
Forms: innovated; innovated; innovating
Forms: innuendos, innuendoes
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– innumerable
inoffensive
adj. countless
adj. causing nothing displeasing or disturbing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inopportune
inquire
adj. unsuitable or inconvenient, especially as to time
v. to ask information about
inquisitive
inquisition268.
267.
Forms: inquired; inquired; inquiring –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inquisition
inquisitive
n. a court or tribunal for examination and punishment of
adj. given to questioning, especially out of curiosity
heretics
inroad
inquisitor270. inscribe
insatiable272.
271.
269.
Forms: inquisitions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inquisitor
inroad
n. person who makes an investigation
n. forcible encroachment or trespass
Forms: inquisitors
Forms: inroads
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inscribe
adj. that desires or craves immoderately or unappeasably v. to enter in a book or on a list, roll or document by writing
insecure
inscrutable274. insentient
insensible276. insidious
inseparable278. insignificance
insight280.
279.
277.
275.
273.
Forms: inscribed; inscribed; inscribing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inscrutable
insecure
adj. impenetrably mysterious or profound
adj. not assured of safety
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– insensible
insentient
adj. imperceptible
adj. lacking the power of feeling or perceiving
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inseparable
insidious
adj. indivisible; close; devoted
adj. working ill by slow and stealthy means
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– insight
insignificance
n. intellectual discernment
n. lack of import or of importance
insinuate
insignificant282.
281.
Forms: insights –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– insignificant
insinuate
adj. without importance, force or influence
v. to imply
insistence
insipid284. insolence
insistent286.
285.
283.
Forms: insinuated; insinuated; insinuating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– insipid
insistence
adj. tasteless
n. urgency
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– insistent
insolence
adj. urgent
n. pride or haughtiness exhibited in contemptuous and
insomnia
insolent288. instance
inspector290.
289.
287.
overbearing treatment of others –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– insolent
insomnia
adj. impudent
n. sleeplessness
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inspector
instance
n. an official appointed to examine or oversee any matter n. a single occurrence or happening of a given kind of public interest or importance
instantaneous
instant292.
291.
Forms: inspectors
Forms: instances
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instantaneous
n. a very brief portion of time
adj. done without perceptible lapse of time
instigator
instigate294. instructive
instill296.
295.
293.
Forms: instants –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– instigate
instigator
v. to provoke
n. person who incites to evil
Forms: instigated; instigated; instigating
Forms: instigators
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– instill
instructive
v. to infuse
adj. conveying knowledge
insufficient
insufficiency298.
297.
Forms: instilled; instilled; instilling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– insufficiency
insufficient
n. inadequacy
adj. inadequate for some need, purpose or use
insulate
insular300.
299.
Forms: insufficiencies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– insular
insulate
adj. pertaining to an island
v. to place in a detached state or situation
insuppressible
insuperable302. insurgent
insurgence304.
303.
301.
Forms: insulated; insulated; insulating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– insuperable
insuppressible
adj. invincible
adj. incapable of being concealed
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– insurgence
insurgent
n. uprising
n. one who takes part in forcible opposition to the constituted authorities of a place
intangible
insurrection306.
305.
Forms: insurgents –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– insurrection
intangible
n. the state of being in active resistance to authority
adj. not perceptible to the touch
intellect
integrity308.
307.
Forms: insurrections –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– integrity
intellect
n. uprightness of character and soundness of moral
n. the faculty of perception or thought
principle
intelligence
intellectual310.
309.
Forms: intellects ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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intelligible312. intensive
intension314.
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intelligence
adj. mental; rational; brilliant; academic
n. capacity to know or understand
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– intelligible
intemperance
adj. comprehensible
n. immoderate action or indulgence, as of the appetites
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– intension
intensive
n. the act of stringing or stretching or state of being
adj. adding emphasis or force
strained
interact
intention316.
315.
Forms: intension –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– intention
interact
n. something upon which the mind is set; goal; plan;
v. to communicate or work together
purpose
intercept
intercede318. intercessor
intercession320. interim
interdict322. interlude
interlocutor324.
323.
321.
319.
317.
Forms: intentions
Forms: interacted; interacted; interacting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– intercede
intercept
v. to mediate between persons
v. to take; seize; cause to stop; delay; hinder; obstruct
Forms: interceded; interceded; interceding
Forms: intercepted; intercepted; intercepting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– intercession
intercessor
n. entreaty in behalf of others
n. a mediator
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– interdict
interim
n. authoritative act of prohibition
n. time between acts or periods
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– interlocutor
interlude
n. one who takes part in a conversation or oral discussion n. an action or event considered as coming between others of greater length
interminable
intermediate326.
325.
Forms: interludes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– intermediate
interminable
adj. being in a middle place or degree or between
adj. having no limit or end
intermit
intermission328. interpolation
intermittent330.
329.
327.
extremes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– intermission
intermit
n. a recess
v. to cause to cease temporarily
Forms: intermissions
Forms: intermitted; intermitted; intermitting
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interpose332. interrogate
interpreter334.
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331.
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interpolation
adj. a temporary discontinuance
n. verbal interference
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– interpose
interposition
v. to come between other things or persons
n. the process of coming between
Forms: interposed; interposed; interposing
Forms: interpositions
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– interpreter
interrogate
n. a person who makes intelligible the speech of a
v. to examine formally by questioning
foreigner by oral translation Forms: interrogated; interrogated; interrogating
interrogatory
interrogative336.
335.
Forms: interpreters
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– interrogative
interrogatory
adj. having the nature or form of a question
n. a question or inquiry
intersect
interrupt338. intervene
intervale340.
339.
337.
Forms: interrogatories –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– interrupt
intersect
v. to stop while in progress
v. to cut through or into so as to divide
Forms: interrupted; interrupted; interrupting
Forms: intersected; intersected; intersecting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– intervale
intervene
n. a low tract of land between hills, especially along a
v. to interfere for some end
river
intestate
intestacy342.
341.
Forms: intervened; intervened; intervening –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– intestacy
intestate
n. the condition resulting from one's dying not having
adj. not having made a valid will
intimacy
intestine344.
343.
made a valid will –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– intestine
intimacy
n. that part of the digestive tube below or behind the
n. close or confidential friendship
stomach, extending to the anus
intolerable
intimidate346.
345.
Forms: intestines
Forms: intimacies
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– intimidate
intolerable
v. to cause to become frightened
adj. insufferable
intolerant
intolerance348.
347.
Forms: intimidated; intimidated; intimidating ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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intoxicant350.
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intolerant
n. inability or unwillingness to bear or endure
adj. bigoted
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– intoxicant
intoxicate
n. anything that unduly exhilarates or excites
v. to make drunk
intramural
intracellular352. intricacy
intrepid354.
353.
351.
Forms: intoxicated; intoxicated; intoxicating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– intracellular
intramural
adj. within the smallest unit of life
adj. situated within the walls of a city
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– intrepid
intricacy
adj. fearless and bold
n. perplexity
intrigue
intricate356.
355.
Forms: intricacies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– intricate
intrigue
adj. difficult to follow or understand
n. a plot or scheme, usually complicated and intended to accomplish something by secret ways
introductory
intrinsic358. intromit
introgression360. introspection
introspect362.
361.
359.
357.
Forms: intrigues –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– intrinsic
introductory
adj. inherent
adj. preliminary
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– introgression
intromit
n. entrance
v. to insert
Forms: intros
Forms: intromitted; intromitted; intromitting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– introspect
introspection
v. to look into
n. the act of observing and analyzing one's own thoughts and feelings
introvert
introversion364.
363.
Forms: introspected; introspected; introspecting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– introversion
introvert
n. the act of turning or directing inward, physically or
v. to turn within
mentally
intrusion
intrude366.
365.
Forms: introverted; introverted; introverting ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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intrusion
v. to come in without leave or license
n. the act of entering without warrant or invitation; encroachment Forms: intrusions
inundate
intuition368. inure
inundation370.
369.
367.
Forms: intruded; intruded; intruding
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– intuition
inundate
n. instinctive knowledge or feeling
v. to fill with an overflowing abundance
Forms: intuitions
Forms: inundated; inundated; inundating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inundation
inure
n. flood
v. to harden or toughen by use, exercise or exposure
invalid
invalid372.
371.
Forms: inured; inured; inuring –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– invalid
invalid
adj. having no force, weight or cogency
n. person who is disabled by illness or injury
invaluable
invalidate374.
373.
Forms: invalids –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– invalidate
invaluable
v. to render of no force or effect
adj. exceedingly precious
invasion
invariable376.
375.
Forms: invalidated; invalidated; invalidating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– invariable
invasion
adj. unchangeable
n. encroachment, as by an act of intrusion or trespass
inveigh
invective378.
377.
Forms: invasions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– invective
inveigh
n. an utterance intended to cast censure or reproach
v. to utter vehement censure or invective
inverse
inventive380. invert
inversion382.
381.
379.
Forms: inveighed; inveighed; inveighing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inventive
inverse
adj. quick at contrivance
adj. contrary in tendency or direction
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inversion
invert
n. change of order so that the first shall become last and
v. to turn inside out, upside down or in opposite direction
the last first
investor
investigator384.
383.
Forms: inverted; inverted; inverting ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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investor
n. detective
n. person who puts money into a particular project or fund with the intention of gaining a profit Forms: investors
invidious
inveterate386. invincible
invigorate388.
387.
385.
Forms: investigators
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inveterate
invidious
adj. habitual
adj. showing or feeling envy
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– invigorate
invincible
v. to animate
adj. not to be conquered, subdued or overcome
invoke
inviolable390.
389.
Forms: invigorated; invigorated; invigorating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inviolable
invoke
adj. incapable of being injured or disturbed
v. to call on for assistance or protection
involution
involuntary392. invulnerable
involve394.
393.
391.
Forms: invoked; invoked; invoking –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– involuntary
involution
adj. unwilling
n. complication
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– involve
invulnerable
v. to draw into entanglement, literally or figuratively
adj. that can not be wounded or hurt
iota
inwardly396.
395.
Forms: involved; involved; involving –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– inwardly
iota
adv. with no outward manifestation
n. a small or insignificant mark or part
irate
irascible398. iridescence
ire400. irk
iridescent402.
401.
399.
397.
Forms: iotas –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– irascible
irate
adj. prone to anger
adj. moved to anger
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ire
iridescence
n. wrath
n. a many-colored appearance
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– iridescent
irk
adj. exhibiting changing rainbow-colors due to the
v. to afflict with pain, vexation or fatigue
interference of the light
irony
irksome404.
403.
Forms: irked; irked; irking ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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irony
adj. annoying; irritating; frustrating
n. censure or ridicule under cover of praise or compliment
irradiate
irradiance406.
405.
Forms: ironies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– irradiance
irradiate
n. luster
v. to render clear and intelligible
irreducible
irrational408.
407.
Forms: irradiated; irradiated; irradiating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– irrational
irreducible
irrefrangible
irrefragable410. irreligious
irrelevant412. irrepressible
irreparable414. irresponsible
irresistible416. irreverent
irreverence418. irreversible
irreverential420.
419.
417.
415.
413.
411.
409.
adj. not possessed of reasoning powers or understanding adj. that can not be lessened –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– irrefragable
irrefrangible
adj. that can not be refuted or disproved
adj. that can not be broken or violated
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– irrelevant
irreligious
adj. inapplicable
adj. indifferent or opposed to religion
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– irreparable
irrepressible
adj. that can not be rectified or made amends for
adj. that can not be restrained or kept down
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– irresistible
irresponsible
adj. that can not be successfully withstood or opposed
adj. careless of or unable to meet responsibilities
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– irreverence
irreverent
n. the quality showing or expressing a deficiency of
adj. showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration,
veneration, especially for sacred things
especially for sacred things
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– irreverential
irreversible
adj. showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration,
adj. unalterable; unchangeable; final
irrigate
irrigant422.
421.
especially for sacred things –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– irrigant
irrigate
adj. serving to water lands by artificial means
v. to water, as land, by ditches or other artificial means
irritancy
irritable424. irritate
irritant426.
425.
423.
Forms: irrigated; irrigated; irrigating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– irritable
irritancy
adj. showing impatience or ill temper on little provocation
n. the quality of producing vexation
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irritate
n. a mechanical, chemical or pathological agent of
v. to excite ill temper or impatience in
inflammation, pain or tension
isle
irruption428.
427.
Forms: irritants
Forms: irritated; irritated; irritating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– irruption
isle
n. sudden invasion
n. a piece of land completely surrounded by water
isobar
islet430.
429.
Forms: isles –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– islet
isobar
n. a little island
n. a line joining points at which the barometric pressure is
isolate
isochronous432.
431.
the same at a specified moment –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– isochronous
isolate
adj. relating to or denoting equal intervals of time
v. to separate from others of its kind
itinerant
isothermal434. itinerate
itinerary436.
435.
433.
Forms: isolated; isolated; isolating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– isothermal
itinerant
adj. having or marking equality of temperature
adj. wandering
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– itinerary
itinerate
n. a detailed account or diary of a journey
v. to wander from place to place
Forms: itineraries
Forms: itinerated; itinerated; itinerating
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J
jargon
jaundice
n. confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical
n. a morbid condition, due to obstructed excretion of bile
speech
or characterized by yellowing of the skin
jingo
jeopardize4.
3.
Forms: jargons –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– jeopardize
jingo
v. to imperil
n. one of a party in Great Britain in favor of spirited and demonstrative foreign policy
jocular
jocose6. journalize
joggle8.
7.
5.
Forms: jeopardized; jeopardized; jeopardizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– jocose
jocular
adj. done or made in jest
adj. amusing; funny
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– joggle
journalize
n. a sudden irregular shake or a push causing such a
v. to keep a diary
shake
jovial
joust10.
9.
Forms: journalized; journalized; journalizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– joust
jovial
v. to engage in a tilt with lances on horseback
adj. merry
judgment
jubilation12.
11.
Forms: jousted; jousted; jousting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– jubilation
judgment
n. exultation
n. the faculty by the exercise of which a deliberate conclusion is reached
judicial
judicature14.
13.
Forms: judgments –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– judicature
judicial
n. distribution and administration of justice by trial and
adj. pertaining to decisions made by courts of law
judicious
judiciary16.
15.
judgment –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– judiciary
judicious
n. that department of government which administers the
adj. prudent
law
jugglery
juggle18.
17.
Forms: judiciaries ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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juggle
jugglery
v. to play tricks of sleight of hand
n. the art or practice of sleight of hand
juicy
jugular20.
19.
Forms: juggled; juggled; juggling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– jugular
juicy
adj. pertaining to the throat
adj. succulent
juncture
junction22. juridical
junta24.
23.
21.
Forms: juicier; juiciest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– junction
juncture
n. the condition of being joined
n. an articulation, joint or seam
Forms: junctions
Forms: junctures
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– junta
juridical
n. a council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon
adj. assumed by law to exist
the affairs of government
jurisprudence
jurisdiction26. justification
juror28.
27.
25.
Forms: juntas –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– jurisdiction
jurisprudence
n. lawful power or right to exercise official authority
n. the science of rights in accordance with positive law
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– juror
justification
n. one who serves on a jury or is sworn in for jury duty in
n. vindication
juxtapose
juvenile30.
29.
a court of justice –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– juvenile
juxtapose
adj. characteristic of youth
v. to place close together Forms: juxtaposed; juxtaposed; juxtaposing
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K
keepsake
kerchief
n. a souvenir; object kept as a reminder of an event
n. a square of linen, silk or other material, used as a covering for the head or neck
kiln
kernel4.
3.
Forms: kerchiefs, kerchieves –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– kernel
kiln
n. a grain or seed
n. an oven or furnace for baking, burning or drying industrial products
kilometer
kiloliter6.
5.
Forms: kernels
Forms: kilns
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– kiloliter
kilometer
n. a measure of volume
n. a measure of length
kimono
kilowatt8.
7.
Forms: kilometers –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– kilowatt
kimono
n. a unit of electrical energy
n. a loose robe, fastening with a sash, the principal outer garment in Japan
kingling
kind-hearted10. kinsfolk
kingship12. knead
knavery14.
13.
11.
9.
Forms: kilowatts
Forms: kimonos
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– kind-hearted
kingling
adj. caring; good-natured; generous; considerate
n. a petty male monarch
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– kingship
kinsfolk
n. royal state
n. relatives
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– knavery
knead
n. deceitfulness in dealing
v. to mix and work into a homogeneous mass, especially with the hands
errant
knight
knickknack16.
15.
Forms: knaveries
Forms: kneaded; kneaded; kneading
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– knickknack
knight errant
n. a small article, more for ornament that use
n. one of the wandering warrior who in the middle ages went forth in search of adventure
knighthood
17.
Forms: knights errant –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– knighthood n. chivalry Forms: knighthoods ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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L
laborious
labyrinth
adj. toilsome
n. a maze
lackadaisical
lacerate4.
3.
Forms: labyrinths –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lacerate
lackadaisical
v. to tear rudely or raggedly
adj. listless
lacteal
lactation6. laddie
lactic8. laggard
ladle10.
9.
7.
5.
Forms: lacerated; lacerated; lacerating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lactation
lacteal
n. the secretion of milk
adj. milky
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lactic
laddie
adj. pertaining to milk
n. a young boy; young man
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ladle
laggard
n. a cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, intended for
adj. falling behind
dipping up and pouring liquids
landlord
landholder12.
11.
Forms: ladles –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– landholder
landlord
n. a real estate owner
n. a man who owns and lets a tenement or tenements
landscape
landmark14.
13.
Forms: landlords –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– landmark
landscape
languor
languid16. lascivious
lapse18.
17.
15.
n. a familiar object in the landscape serving as a guide to n. a rural view, especially one of picturesque effect, as an area otherwise easily lost track of
seen from a distance or an elevation
Forms: landmarks
Forms: landscapes
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– languid
languor
adj. relaxed
n. lassitude of body or depression
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lapse
lascivious
n. a slight deviation from what is right, proper or just
adj. lustful
latency
lassie20.
19.
Forms: lapses –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lassie
latency
n. a young girl; sweetheart
n. the state of being dormant
later
latent22.
21.
Forms: latencies ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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latent
later
adj. dormant
adv. at a subsequent time
latish
lateral24. laud
lattice26.
25.
23.
Forms: late; later; latest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lateral
latish
adj. directed toward the side
adj. rather late
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lattice
laud
n. openwork of metal or wood, formed by crossing or
v. to praise in words or song
interlacing strips or bars
laudation
laudable28. laundress
laudatory30. lave
laureate32.
31.
29.
27.
Forms: lattices
Forms: lauded; lauded; lauding
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– laudable
laudation
adj. praiseworthy
n. high praise
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– laudatory
laundress
adj. pertaining to, expressing or containing praise
n. washerwoman
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– laureate
lave
adj. crowned with laurel, as a mark of distinction
v. to wash or bathe
lawmaker
lawgiver34. laxative
lax36.
35.
33.
Forms: laved; laved; laving –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lawgiver
lawmaker
n. a legislator
n. a legislator
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lax
laxative
adj. not stringent or energetic
adj. having power to open or loosen the bowels
leaflet
lea38.
37.
Forms: laxer; laxest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lea
leaflet
n. a field
n. a sheet of paper on which information has been printed; flyer
leeward
leaven40.
39.
Forms: leas
Forms: leaflets
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– leaven
leeward
v. to make light by fermentation, as dough
n. that side or direction toward which the wind blows
legacy
left-handed42.
41.
Forms: leavened; leavened; leavening ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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left-handed
legacy
adj. clumsy
n. a bequest
legging
legalize44. legionary
legible46. legislative
legislate48.
47.
45.
43.
Forms: legacies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– legalize
legging
v. to give the authority of law to
n. a protective covering made of a strong material
Forms: legalized; legalized; legalizing
Forms: leggings
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– legible
legionary
adj. that may be read with ease
n. of a military unit; of a multitude; of a great number
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– legislate
legislative
v. to make or enact a law or laws
adj. that makes or enacts laws
legitimacy
legislator50.
49.
Forms: legislated; legislated; legislating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– legislator
legitimacy
n. a lawgiver
n. accordance with law
leisure
legitimate52.
51.
Forms: legislators –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– legitimate
leisure
adj. having the sanction of law or established custom
n. spare time
lenient
leniency54.
53.
Forms: more legitimate; most legitimate –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– leniency
lenient
n. forbearance
adj. permissive; tolerant; indulgent; not strict
lethargy
leonine56.
55.
Forms: leniencies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– leonine
lethargy
adj. like a lion
n. prolonged sluggishness of body or mind
lever
levee58. levity
leviathan60.
59.
57.
Forms: lethargies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– levee
lever
n. an embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of
n. something that exerts or through through which one
the sea, to prevent overflow
may exert great power
Forms: levees
Forms: levers
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leviathan
levity
n. any large animal, as a whale
n. a lack of seriousness; frivolity; flightiness; silliness
lewd
levy62. lexicography
lexicographer64.
63.
61.
Forms: levities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– levy
lewd
v. to impose and collect by force or threat of force
adj. characterized by lust or lasciviousness
Forms: levied; levied; levying
Forms: lewder; lewdest
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lexicographer
lexicography
n. person who makes dictionaries
n. the making of dictionaries
liable
lexicon66.
65.
Forms: lexicographers –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lexicon
liable
n. a dictionary
adj. justly or legally responsible
liberalism
libel68.
67.
Forms: lexica, lexicons –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– libel
liberalism
n. defamation
n. opposition to conservatism
licentious
liberate70.
69.
Forms: libels –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– liberate
licentious
v. to set free or release from bondage
adj. wanton
liege
licit72. lieu
lien74.
73.
71.
Forms: liberated; liberated; liberating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– licit
liege
adj. lawful
adj. sovereign
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lien
lieu
n. a legal claim or hold on property, as security for a debt n. stead or charge
lifelong
lifelike76. ligament
lifetime78.
77.
75.
Forms: liens –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lifelike
lifelong
adj. realistic
adj. lasting or continuous until a person's death
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ligature80. likelihood
ligneous82. liking
likely84.
83.
81.
79.
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lifetime
ligament
n. period during which something functions or exists
n. something binds objects together
Forms: lifetimes
Forms: ligaments
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ligature
light-hearted
n. anything that constricts or serves for binding or tying
adj. free from care
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ligneous
likelihood
adj. having the texture of appearance of wood
n. a probability
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– likely
liking
adj. plausible; reasonable; probable; possible;
n. fondness
appropriate; promising
linear
limitation86.
85.
Forms: likelier, more likely; likeliest, most likely –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– limitation
linear
n. a restriction
adj. straight; one dimensional; pertaining to length; narrow and elongated
lingo
liner88.
87.
Forms: limitations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– liner
lingo
n. airplane or ship which is run by a transportation
n. language used by a certain group or class of people
company; eye pencil
lingual
lingua90.
89.
Forms: liners
Forms: lingoes
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lingua
lingual
n. the tongue
adj. pertaining to the use of the tongue in utterance
linguistics
linguist92.
91.
Forms: linguae –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– linguist
linguistics
n. person who is acquainted with several languages
n. the science of languages or of the origin, history, and significance of words
liquefacient
liniment94.
93.
Forms: linguists –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– liniment
liquefacient
n. a liquid preparation for rubbing on the skin in cases of
adj. possessing a liquefying nature or power
liqueur
liquefy96.
95.
bruises, inflammation, etc ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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liquefy
liqueur
v. to cause to melt
n. an alcoholic cordial sweetened and flavored with aromatic substances
liquor
liquidate98. literacy
listless100. literature
literal102.
101.
99.
97.
Forms: liquefied; liquefied; liquefying –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– liquidate
liquor
v. to deliver the amount or value of
n. any alcoholic or intoxicating drink
Forms: liquidated; liquidated; liquidating
Forms: liquors
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– listless
literacy
adj. inattentive
n. the state or condition of knowing how to read and write
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– literal
literature
adj. following the exact words
n. the written or printed productions of the human mind collectively
lithesome
lithe104.
103.
Forms: literatures –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lithe
lithesome
adj. supple
adj. nimble
lithotype
lithograph106. litigate
litigant108.
107.
105.
Forms: lither; lithest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lithograph
lithotype
n. a print made by printing from stone
n. in engraving, an etched stone surface for printing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– litigant
litigate
n. a party to a lawsuit
v. to cause to become the subject-matter of a suit at law
littoral
litigious110. livelihood
liturgy112.
111.
109.
Forms: litigated; litigated; litigating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– litigious
littoral
adj. quarrelsome
adj. of, pertaining to or living on a shore
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– liturgy
livelihood
n. a ritual
n. means of subsistence
loam
livid114. loathe
loath116.
115.
113.
Forms: liturgies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– livid
loam
adj. black-and-blue, as contused flesh
n. a non-coherent mixture of sand and clay
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loath
loathe
adj. averse
v. to abominate
loch
locative118.
117.
Forms: loathed; loathed; loathing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– locative
loch
adj. indicating place or the place where or wherein an
n. a lake
lode
locomotion120.
119.
action occurs –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– locomotion
lode
n. the act or power of moving from one place to another
n. a somewhat continuous unstratified metal- bearing
logic
lodgment122. logician
logical124.
123.
121.
vein –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lodgment
logic
n. the act of furnishing with temporary quarters
n. the science of correct thinking
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– logical
logician
adj. capable of or characterized by clear reasoning
n. an expert reasoner
loneliness
loiterer126.
125.
Forms: more logical; most logical –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– loiterer
loneliness
n. person who consumes time idly
n. solitude
loot
longevity128.
127.
Forms: loiterers –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– longevity
loot
n. unusually prolonged life
v. to plunder
lordling
loquacious130. louse
lough132.
131.
129.
Forms: looted; looted; looting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– loquacious
lordling
adj. talkative
n. a little aristocrat
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lough
louse
n. Irish word for lake; long inlet of the sea; bay
n. a small insect parasitic on and sucking the blood of mammals
low-spirited
lovable134. lucid
lowly136.
135.
133.
Forms: louses, lice –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lovable
low-spirited
adj. amiable; endearing; sweet
adj. despondent
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lowly
lucid
adv. rudely; meekly, modestly; humbly
adj. mentally sound
ludicrous
lucrative138. luminescence
luminary140.
139.
137.
Forms: lowlier; lowliest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lucrative
ludicrous
adj. highly profitable
adj. laughable
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– luminary
luminescence
n. one of the heavenly bodies as a source of light
n. showing increase
luminosity
luminescent142.
141.
Forms: luminaries –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– luminescent
luminosity
adj. showing increase of light
n. the quality of giving or radiating light
lunacy
luminous144.
143.
Forms: luminosities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– luminous
lunacy
adj. giving or radiating light
n. mental unsoundness
lunatic
lunar146.
145.
Forms: lunacies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lunar
lunatic
adj. pertaining to the moon
n. an insane person
lurid
lune148. lustrous
luscious150. luxuriant
luxuriance152. lying
luxuriate154.
153.
151.
149.
147.
Forms: lunatics –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lune
lurid
n. the moon
adj. ghastly and sensational
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– luscious
lustrous
adj. rich, sweet, and delicious
adj. shining
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– luxuriance
luxuriant
n. excessive or superfluous growth or quantity
adj. abundant or superabundant in growth
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– luxuriate
lying
v. to live sumptuously
n. untruthfulness
lyric
lyre156.
155.
Forms: luxuriated; luxuriated; luxuriating ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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lyric
n. one of the most ancient of stringed instruments of the
adj. fitted for expression in song
harp class Forms: lyres ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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macadamize2.
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macadamize
machinery
v. to cover or pave, as a path or roadway, with small
n. an interconnected series of parts or processes that
broken stone
works like a mechanical system to produce a result
macrocosm
machinist4.
3.
Forms: macadamized; macadamized; macadamizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– machinist
macrocosm
n. person who makes or repairs metal-working tools
n. the whole of any sphere or department of nature or knowledge to which man is related
madonna
madden6.
5.
Forms: machinists –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– madden
madonna
v. to inflame with passion
n. a painted or sculptured representation of the Virgin, usually with the infant Jesus
magisterial
magician8.
7.
Forms: maddened; maddened; maddening –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– magician
magisterial
n. a sorcerer
adj. having an air of authority
magnanimous
magistracy10.
9.
Forms: magicians –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– magistracy
magnanimous
n. the office or dignity of a minor judicial officer who has
adj. generous in treating or judging others
limited jurisdiction in criminal cases
magnet
magnate12.
11.
Forms: magistracies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– magnate
magnet
n. a person of rank or importance
n. a body possessing that peculiar form of polarity found in nature in the lodestone
magnificence
magnetize14.
13.
Forms: magnates
Forms: magnets
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– magnetize
magnificence
v. to mesmerize; to fascinate; to rivet; to spellbind
n. the exhibition of greatness of action, character, intellect, wealth or power
magnitude
magnificent16.
15.
Forms: magnetized; magnetized; magnetizing
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– magnificent
magnitude
adj. grand; splendid; majestic; superb; glorious;
n. importance
impressive
maidenhood
maharaja18.
17.
Forms: more magnificent; most magnificent
Forms: magnitudes
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maharaja
maidenhood
n. a great Hindu prince
n. virginity
maintenance
maintain20. makeup
maize22.
21.
19.
Forms: maharajas –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– maintain
maintenance
v. to hold or preserve in any particular state or condition
n. upkeep; process of supporting and sustaining
Forms: maintained; maintained; maintaining
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– maize
makeup
n. Indian corn: usually in the United States called simply
n. the arrangements or combination of the parts of which
corn
anything is composed
malaria
malady24. malediction
malcontent26. maleficent
malefactor28. malevolent
malevolence30. malignant
malign32.
31.
29.
27.
25.
23.
Forms: makeups –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– malady
malaria
n. any physical disease or disorder, especially a chronic
n. a fever characterized by alternating chills, fever and
or deep-seated one
sweating
Forms: maladies
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– malcontent
malediction
n. one who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs
n. the calling down of a curse or curses
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– malefactor
maleficent
n. one who injures another
adj. mischievous; harmful; evil
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– malevolence
malevolent
n. ill will; spitefulness
adj. wishing evil to others
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– malign
malignant
v. to speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and
adj. evil in nature or tending to do great harm or mischief
severely
mallet
malleable34.
33.
Forms: maligned; maligned; maligning –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– malleable
mallet
adj. pliant
n. a wooden hammer
man-eater
maltreat36.
35.
Forms: mallets ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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maltreat
man-eater
v. to behave cruelly or unkindly toward a person or
n. a cannibal; femme fatale
animal
mandate
man-trap38.
37.
Forms: maltreated; maltreated; maltreating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– man-trap
mandate
n. a place or structure dangerous to life; a mechanical
n. a command
device for catching trespassers and poachers
mane
mandatory40. mania
maneuver42.
41.
39.
Forms: mandates –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mandatory
mane
adj. expressive of positive command, as distinguished
n. the long hair growing upon and about the neck of
from merely directory
certain animals, as the horse and the lion
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– maneuver
mania
v. to make adroit or artful moves: manage affairs by
n. insanity
strategy
manifesto
maniac44.
43.
Forms: maneuvered; maneuvered; maneuvering –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– maniac
manifesto
n. a person raving with madness
n. a public declaration, making announcement, explanation or defense of intentions or motives
manliness
manlike46. manor
mannerism48.
47.
45.
Forms: plurals: manifestos, manifestoes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– manlike
manliness
adj. anthropoid; having masculine qualities
n. masculinity
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mannerism
manor
n. mode of behavior; particular way of acting; affectation;
n. the landed estate of a lord or nobleman
pretension
mantle
mantel50.
49.
Forms: mannerisms
Forms: manors
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mantel
mantle
n. the facing, sometimes richly ornamented, about a
n. a cloak
fireplace, including the usual shelf above it
manumission
manufacturer52.
51.
Forms: mantles ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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manumission
n. person, or organization that produces finished goods
n. emancipation
from raw materials, especially on a large industrial scale
marine
manumit54.
53.
Forms: manufacturers –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– manumit
marine
v. to set free from bondage
adj. of or pertaining to the sea or matters connected with the sea
maroon
maritime56.
55.
Forms: manumitted; manumitted; manumitting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– maritime
maroon
adj. situated on or near the sea
v. to put ashore and abandon (a person) on a desolate coast or island
martian
martial58.
57.
Forms: marooned; marooned; marooning –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– martial
martian
adj. pertaining to war or military operations
adj. pertaining to Mars, either the Roman god of war or
marvel
martyrdom60.
59.
the planet –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– martyrdom
marvel
n. submission to death or persecution for the sake of faith v. to be astonished and perplexed because of or principle
(something) Forms: marveled, marvelled; marveled, marvelled;
masquerade
masonry62.
61.
marveling, marvelling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– masonry
masquerade
n. the art or work of constructing, as buildings, walls, etc., n. a social party composed of persons masked and
massive
massacre64.
63.
with regularly arranged stones
costumed so as to be disguised
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– massacre
massive
n. the unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human
adj. of considerable bulk and weight
beings
mastery
masterpiece66.
65.
Forms: massacres
Forms: more massive; most massive
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– masterpiece
mastery
n. a superior production
n. the attainment of superior skill
materialize
material68.
67.
Forms: masterpieces ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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material
materialize
n. that of which anything is composed or may be
v. to take perceptible or substantial form
constructed Forms: materialized; materialized; materializing
matinee
maternal70.
69.
Forms: materials
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– maternal
matinee
adj. pertaining or peculiar to a mother or to motherhood
n. an entertainment (especially theatrical) held in the daytime
matrimony
matricide72. fact
of
matter
matrix74.
73.
71.
Forms: matinees –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– matricide
matrimony
n. the killing, especially the murdering, of one's mother
n. the union of a man and a woman in marriage
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– matrix
matter of fact
n. that which contains and gives shape or form to
n. something that has actual and undeniable existence or
anything
reality
mausoleum
maudlin76.
75.
Forms: matrices, matrixes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– maudlin
mausoleum
adj. foolishly and tearfully affectionate
n. a tomb of more than ordinary size or architectural pretensions
maxim
mawkish78.
77.
Forms: mausoleums, mausolea –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mawkish
maxim
adj. sickening or insipid
n. a principle accepted as true and acted on as a rule or guide
mead
maze80.
79.
Forms: maxims –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– maze
mead
n. a labyrinth
n. an alcoholic liquor made of fermented honey and water; any of various nonalcoholic drinks
mealy-mouthed
meager82. mechanics
meander84.
83.
81.
Forms: mazes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– meager
mealy-mouthed
adj. scanty
adj. afraid to express facts or opinions plainly
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meander
mechanics
v. to wind and turn while proceeding in a course
n. the branch of physics that treats the phenomena caused by the action of forces
meddlesome
medallion86.
85.
Forms: meandered; meandered; meandering –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– medallion
meddlesome
n. a large decorative metal disk worn on a chain around
adj. interfering
mediate
medial88.
87.
the neck –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– medial
mediate
adj. of or pertaining to the middle
v. to effect by negotiating as an agent between parties
medieval
medicine90.
89.
Forms: mediated; mediated; mediating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– medicine
medieval
n. a substance possessing or reputed to possess curative adj. belonging or relating to or descriptive of the middle or remedial properties
ages
meditation
mediocre92.
91.
Forms: medicines –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mediocre
meditation
adj. ordinary
n. the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind
meliorate
medley94. melodious
mellifluous96. memento
melodrama98.
97.
95.
93.
Forms: meditations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– medley
meliorate
n. a composition of different songs or parts of songs
v. to make better or improve, as in quality or social or
arranged to run as a continuous whole
physical condition
Forms: medleys
Forms: meliorated; meliorated; meliorating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mellifluous
melodious
adj. sweetly or smoothly flowing
adj. characterized by a sweet succession of sounds
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– melodrama
memento
n. a romantic story or plot and sensational situation and
n. a souvenir
incidents
menace
memorable100.
99.
Forms: melodramas
Forms: mementos, mementoes
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memorable
menace
adj. noteworthy
n. a threat
mendacious
menagerie102.
101.
Forms: menaces –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– menagerie
mendacious
n. a collection of wild animals, especially when kept for
adj. untrue
exhibition
mentality
mendicant104.
103.
Forms: menageries –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mendicant
mentality
n. a beggar
n. intellectuality
mercantile
mentor106.
105.
Forms: mentalities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mentor
mercantile
n. a wise and faithful teacher, guide and friend
adj. conducted or acting on business principles; commercial
merciful
mercenary108. meretricious
merciless110. messieurs
mesmerize112. metallurgy
metal114.
113.
111.
109.
107.
Forms: mentors –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mercenary
merciful
adj. greedy
adj. disposed to pity and forgive
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– merciless
meretricious
adj. cruel
adj. alluring by false or gaudy show
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mesmerize
messieurs
v. to hypnotize
n. gentlemen
Forms: mesmerized; mesmerized; mesmerizing
Forms: only plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– metal
metallurgy
n. an element that forms a base by combining with
n. the art or science of extracting any solid mineral
oxygen, is usually hard, heavy, and lustrous
element (such as gold, silver, copper, etc.) l from ores, as by smelting
metaphor
metamorphosis116.
115.
Forms: metals ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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metamorphosis
metaphor
n. a passing from one form or shape into another
n. a figure of speech in which one object is likened to another by speaking as if the other Forms: metaphors
metaphysician
metaphysical118.
117.
Forms: metamorphoses
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– metaphysical
metaphysician
adj. philosophical
n. a philosopher who investigates the essence of the
mete
metaphysics120.
119.
world and of reality –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– metaphysics
mete
n. the principles of philosophy as applied to explain the
v. to apportion
methods of any particular science
meticulous
metempsychosis122.
121.
Forms: meted; meted; meting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– metempsychosis
meticulous
n. transition of the soul of a human being at death into
adj. pedantic; cautious concerning minute details;
another body, whether human or beast
scrupulous
metric
metonymy124.
123.
Forms: metempsychoses –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– metonymy
metric
n. a figure of speech that consists in the naming of a
adj. relating to measurement
metropolis
metronome126.
125.
thing by one of its attributes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– metronome
metropolis
n. an instrument for indicating and marking exact time in
n. a chief city, either the capital or the largest or most
music
important city of a state
mettle
metropolitan128. microcosm
mettlesome130. microphone
micrometer132.
131.
129.
127.
Forms: metropolises –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– metropolitan
mettle
adj. pertaining to a chief city
n. courage
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mettlesome
microcosm
adj. having courage or spirit
n. the world or universe on a small scale
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– micrometer
microphone
n. an instrument for measuring very small angles or
n. an apparatus for magnifying faint sounds
dimensions
microscopic
microscope134.
133.
Forms: microphones ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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microscope
microscopic
n. an instrument for assisting the eye in the vision of
adj. adapted to or characterized by minute observation
minute objects or features of objects
midsummer
microscopy136. mien
midwife138.
137.
135.
Forms: microscopes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– microscopy
midsummer
n. the art of examining objects with the microscope
n. a certain time of year (in July)
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– midwife
mien
n. a woman who makes a business of assisting at
n. the external appearance or manner of a person
childbirth
migrate
migrant140.
139.
Forms: midwives –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– migrant
migrate
adj. wandering
v. to remove or pass from one country, region or habitat to another
mileage
migratory142.
141.
Forms: migrated; migrated; migrating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– migratory
mileage
adj. wandering
n. a distance in miles
militarism
militant144.
143.
Forms: mileages –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– militant
militarism
adj. of a warlike or combative disposition or tendency
n. a policy of maintaining great standing armies
militia
militate146.
145.
Forms: more militant; most militant –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– militate
militia
v. to have weight or influence (in determining a question)
n. reserve army of citizens that are called upon during emergencies
millet
way148.
milky
147.
Forms: militated; militated; militating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– milky way
millet
n. the galaxy
n. a grass cultivated for forage and cereal
miniature
mimic150.
149.
Forms: millets ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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mimic
miniature
v. to imitate the speech or actions of
adj. much smaller than reality or that the normal size
minion
minimize152. ministry
ministration154.
153.
151.
Forms: mimicked; mimicked; mimicking –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– minimize
minion
v. to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree
n. a servile favorite
Forms: minimized; minimized; minimizing
Forms: minions
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ministration
ministry
n. any religious ceremonial
n. a service
minute
minority156.
155.
Forms: ministries –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– minority
minute
n. the smaller in number of two portions into which a
adj. exceedingly small in extent or quantity
number or a group is divided
mirage
minutia158.
157.
Forms: minorities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– minutia
mirage
n. a small or unimportant particular or detail
n. an optical effect looking like a sheet of water in the desert
misanthropic
misadventure160. misapprehend
misanthropy162.
161.
159.
Forms: minutiae –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– misadventure
misanthropic
n. an unlucky accident
adj. hating mankind
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– misanthropy
misapprehend
n. hatred of mankind
v. to misunderstand Forms: misapprehended; misapprehended;
misbehavior
misbehave164.
163.
misapprehending –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– misbehave
misbehavior
v. to be naughty and troublesome
n. ill or poor conduct
miscount
mischievous166.
165.
Forms: misbehaved; misbehaved; misbehaving –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mischievous
miscount
adj. fond of tricks
v. to make a mathematical error
misdeed
miscreant168.
167.
Forms: miscounted; miscounted; miscounting ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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misdemeanor170. misinterpret
mishap172. mismanage
mislay174.
173.
171.
169.
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miscreant
misdeed
n. a villain
n. a wrong or improper act
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– misdemeanor
miser
n. evil conduct; small crime
n. a person given to saving and hoarding unduly
Forms: misdemeanors
Forms: misers
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mishap
misinterpret
n. an unlucky accident
v. to explain or understand incorrectly
Forms: mishaps
Forms: misinterpreted; misinterpreted; misinterpreting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mislay
mismanage
v. to accidentally place an object where it cannot be
v. to run, organize, or deal with something incompetently
found; to arrange incorrectly Forms: mismanaged; mismanaged; mismanaging
misogamy
misnomer176. misplace
misogyny178.
177.
175.
Forms: mislaid; mislaid; mislaying
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– misnomer
misogamy
n. a name wrongly or mistakenly applied
n. hatred of marriage
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– misogyny
misplace
n. hatred of women
v. to put something in a wrong position
misrule
misrepresent180.
179.
Forms: misplaced; misplaced; misplacing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– misrepresent
misrule
v. to give a wrong impression
v. to manage badly; to govern in an evil manner
missile
missal182.
181.
Forms: misrepresented; misrepresented; misrepresenting Forms: misruled; misruled; misruling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– missal
missile
n. the book containing the service for the celebration of
n. any object, especially a weapon, thrown or intended to
mass
be thrown
mistrust
missive184.
183.
Forms: missiles –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– missive
mistrust
n. a message in writing
v. to regard with suspicion or jealousy
misunderstand
misty186.
185.
Forms: mistrusted; mistrusted; mistrusting ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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mite
misuse188. mitigate
miter190. moat
mnemonics192.
191.
189.
187.
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misty
misunderstand
adj. hazy; foggy; vague; obscure
v. to take in a wrong sense; to interpret incorrectly
Forms: mistier; mistiest
Forms: misunderstood; misunderstood; misunderstanding
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– misuse
mite
v. to maltreat
n. a very small amount, portion or particle
Forms: misused; misused; misusing
Forms: mites
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– miter
mitigate
n. the junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle
v. to make milder or more endurable
Forms: miters
Forms: mitigated; mitigated; mitigating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mnemonics
moat
n. a system of principles and formulas designed to assist
n. a ditch on the outside of a fortress wall
the recollection in certain instances
moccasin
mobocracy194. moderation
mockery196.
195.
193.
Forms: moats –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mobocracy
moccasin
n. lawless control of public affairs by the populace
n. a foot-covering made of soft leather or buckskin
Forms: mobocracies
Forms: moccasins
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mockery
moderation
n. ridicule
n. temperance
modernity
moderator198.
197.
Forms: mockeries –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– moderator
modernity
n. the presiding officer of a meeting
n. newness
modification
modernize200.
199.
Forms: modernities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– modernize
modification
v. to make characteristic of the present or of recent times n. a change
modish
modify202.
201.
Forms: modernized; modernized; modernizing
Forms: modifications
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– modify
modish
v. to make somewhat different
adj. fashionable
mollify
modulate204.
203.
Forms: modified; modified; modifying ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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modulate
mollify
v. to vary in tone, inflection, pitch or other quality of sound v. to soothe Forms: mollified; mollified; mollifying
momentary
molt206.
205.
Forms: modulated; modulated; modulating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– molt
momentary
v. to cast off, as hair, feathers, etc
adj. lasting but a short time
momentum
momentous208.
207.
Forms: molted; molted; molting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– momentous
momentum
adj. very significant
n. an impetus
monastery
monarchy210.
209.
Forms: momenta, momentums –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– monarchy
monastery
n. government by a single, sovereign ruler
n. a dwelling-place occupied in common by persons under religious vows of seclusion
mongrel
monetary212.
211.
Forms: monarchies
Forms: monasteries
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– monetary
mongrel
adj. financial
n. the progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties
monitory
monition214.
213.
Forms: mongrels –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– monition
monitory
n. friendly counsel given by way of warning and implying
n. admonition or warning
caution or reproof
monogamy
monocracy216. monograph
monogram218.
217.
215.
Forms: monitories –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– monocracy
monogamy
n. government by a single person
n. the habit of pairing or having but one mate
Forms: monocracies
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– monogram
monograph
n. a character consisting of two or more letters
n. a treatise discussing a single subject or branch of a
interwoven into one, usually initials of a name
subject
monologue
monolith220.
219.
Forms: monograms ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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monolith
monologue
n. any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single
n. a story or drama told or performed by one person
monopoly
monomania222.
221.
piece –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– monomania
monopoly
n. the unreasonable pursuit of one idea
n. the control of a thing, as a commodity, to enable a person to raise its price Forms: monopolies
monotone
monosyllable224. monotony
monotonous226. monstrosity
monsieur228. morale
moonbeam230.
229.
227.
225.
223.
Forms: monomanias
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– monosyllable
monotone
n. a word that contains of only one segment of speech
n. the sameness or monotony of utterance
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– monotonous
monotony
adj. unchanging and tedious
n. a lack of variety
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– monsieur
monstrosity
n. a French title of respect, equivalent to Mr. and sir
n. anything unnaturally huge or distorted
Forms: messieurs
Forms: monstrosities
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– moonbeam
morale
morality
moralist232.
231.
n. a pale, milky, or iridescent light reflected to the Earth at n. a state of mind with reference to confidence, courage, night
zeal and the like
Forms: moonbeams
Forms: morales
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– moralist
morality
n. a writer on ethics
n. virtue
moratorium
moralize234.
233.
Forms: moralities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– moralize
moratorium
v. to render virtuous
n. an emergency legislation authorizing a government suspend some action temporarily
mordacious
morbid236.
235.
Forms: moralized; moralized; moralizing
Forms: moratoria, moratoriums
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– morbid
mordacious
adj. caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound
adj. biting or giving to biting
moribund
mordant238.
237.
condition of body or mind ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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morose240. motto
motley242.
241.
239.
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mordant
moribund
adj. biting
adj. on the point of dying
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– morose
morphology
adj. gloomy
n. the science of organic forms
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– motley
motto
adj. composed of heterogeneous or inharmonious
n. an expressive word or pithy sentence enunciating
elements
some guiding rule of life or faith
mountainous
mountaineer244.
243.
Forms: mottoes, mottos –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mountaineer
mountainous
n. somebody who climbs for sport
adj. hilly
muddle
mouthful246. mulatto
muffle248. multiform
muleteer250.
249.
247.
245.
Forms: mountaineers –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mouthful
muddle
n. a sip; a bite
v. to confuse or becloud
Forms: mouthfuls
Forms: muddled; muddled; muddling
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– muffle
mulatto
v. to deaden the sound of, as by wraps
n. the offspring of a white person and a black person
Forms: muffled; muffled; muffling
Forms: mulattos, mulattoes
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– muleteer
multiform
n. a person who drives animals that are hybrids of horses adj. having many shapes or appearances
mundane
multiplicity252.
251.
and donkeys –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– multiplicity
mundane
n. the condition of being manifold or very various
adj. worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial
municipality
municipal254.
253.
Forms: multiplicities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– municipal
municipality
adj. of or pertaining to a town or city or to its corporate or
n. a city or district with its own government; city council;
local government
governing body of the local area
munificent
munificence256.
255.
Forms: municipalities ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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munificence
munificent
n. a giving characterized by generous motives and
adj. extraordinarily generous
mutation
muster258.
257.
extraordinary liberality –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– muster
mutation
n. an assemblage or review of troops for parade or
n. the act or process of change
inspection or for numbering off
mutiny
mutilate260. mystic
myriad262.
261.
259.
Forms: musters –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mutilate
mutiny
v. to disfigure
n. rebellion against lawful or constituted authority
Forms: mutilated; mutilated; mutilating
Forms: mutinies
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– myriad
mystic
n. a vast indefinite number
n. one who professes direct divine illumination or relies upon meditation to acquire truth
myth
mystification264.
263.
Forms: myriads
Forms: mystics
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mystification
myth
n. the act of artfully perplexing
n. a fictitious narrative presented as historical but without any basis of fact
mythology
265.
Forms: mystifications
Forms: myths
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– mythology n. the whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and heroes Forms: mythologies ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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nameless2.
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N
nameless
naphtha
adj. having no fame or reputation
n. a light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a
narrate
narcissus4.
3.
solvent, as in manufacture of paints –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– narcissus
narrate
n. the son of the Athenian river-god Cephisus, fabled to
v. to tell a story
have fallen in love with his reflection
narrative
narration6. narrow-minded
narrator8.
7.
5.
Forms: narrated; narrated; narrating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– narration
narrative
n. the act of recounting the particulars of an event in the
n. an orderly continuous account of the successive
order of time or occurrence
particulars of an event
Forms: narrations
Forms: narratives
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– narrator
narrow-minded
n. a storyteller
adj. characterized by illiberal views or sentiments
natal
nasal10. naturally
nationality12.
11.
9.
Forms: narrators –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nasal
natal
adj. pertaining to the nose
adj. pertaining to one's birth
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nationality
naturally
n. citizenship
adv. according to the usual order of things
nauseate
nausea14.
13.
Forms: nationalities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nausea
nauseate
n. an affection of the stomach producing dizziness and
v. to cause to loathe
usually an impulse to vomit
nautical
nauseous16. navel
naval18.
17.
15.
Forms: nauseated; nauseated; nauseating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nauseous
nautical
adj. loathsome
adj. pertaining to ships, seamen or navigation
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– naval
navel
adj. pertaining to ships
n. the depression on the abdomen where the umbilical
navigate
navigable20.
19.
cord of the fetus was attached ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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navigable
navigate
adj. passable; can be crossed; can be steered through
v. to traverse by ship
necessary
nebula22.
21.
Forms: navigated; navigated; navigating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nebula
necessary
n. a gaseous body of unorganized stellar substance
adj. indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result Forms: more necessary; most necessary
necessity
necessitate24. necromancer
necrology26.
25.
23.
Forms: nebulae, nebulas
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– necessitate
necessity
v. to render indispensable
n. that which is indispensably requisite to an end desired
Forms: necessitated; necessitated; necessitating
Forms: necessities
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– necrology
necromancer
n. a list of persons who have died in a certain place or
n. one who practices the art of foretelling the future by
time
means of communication with the dead
necrosis
necropolis28.
27.
Forms: necrologies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– necropolis
necrosis
n. a city of the dead
n. the death of part of the body
nectarine
nectar30. needy
needlework32.
31.
29.
Forms: necropolises –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nectar
nectarine
n. any especially sweet and delicious drink
n. a variety of the peach
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– needlework
needy
n. embroidery
adj. poor; indigent
negate
nefarious34.
33.
Forms: needier; neediest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nefarious
negate
adj. wicked in the extreme
v. to deny
neglectful
negation36.
35.
Forms: negated; negated; negating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– negation
neglectful
n. the act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a
adj. exhibiting or indicating omission
negligence
negligee38.
37.
proposition ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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negligee
negligence
n. a loose gown worn by women
n. omission of that which ought to be done
negligible
negligent40.
39.
Forms: negligees –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– negligent
negligible
adj. apt to omit what ought to be done
adj. transferable by assignment, endorsement or delivery
nemesis
negotiate42.
41.
Forms: more negligent; most negligent –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– negotiate
nemesis
v. to bargain with others for an agreement, as for a treaty n. a goddess; divinity of chastisement and vengeance or transfer of property
neo-latin
neo-darwinism44. neolithic
neocracy46. neopaganism
neology48.
47.
45.
43.
Forms: negotiated; negotiated; negotiating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– neo-darwinism
neo-latin
n. a theory of evolution that includes findings of modern
n. is a post-medieval version of an ancient Indo-
genetics
European language
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– neocracy
neolithic
n. government administered by new or untried persons
adj. pertaining to the later stone age
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– neology
neopaganism
n. the coining or using of new words or new meanings of
n. a 20th-century revival of interest in the worship of
words
nature, fertility, etc., as represented by various deities
nestle
neophyte50.
49.
Forms: neologies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– neophyte
nestle
adj. having the character of a beginner
v. to adjust cozily in snug quarters
nettle
nestling52.
51.
Forms: nestled; nestled; nestling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nestling
nettle
adj. recently hatched
v. to excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in
neural
network54.
53.
Forms: nettled; nettled; nettling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– network
neural
n. anything that presents a system of cross lines
adj. pertaining to the nerves or nervous system
neuter
neurology56.
55.
Forms: networks ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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neutral58.
57.
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neurology
neuter
n. the science of the nervous system
adj. neither masculine nor feminine
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– neutral
newtonian
adj. belonging to or under control of neither of two
adj. of or pertaining to particular English philosopher
contestants
nihilist
niggardly60.
59.
Forms: more neutral; most neutral –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– niggardly
nihilist
adj. stingy (no longer acceptable to use)
n. an advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or
nimble
nil62.
61.
can be known –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nil
nimble
n. nothing
adj. light and quick in motion or action
nocturnal
nit64. noisome
noiseless66. nomad
noisy68.
67.
65.
63.
Forms: nimbler; nimblest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nit
nocturnal
n. the egg of a louse or some other insect
adj. of or pertaining to the night
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– noiseless
noisome
adj. silent
adj. very offensive, particularly to the sense of smell
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– noisy
nomad
adj. clamorous
adj. having no fixed abode
nominal
nomic70. nomination
nominate72.
71.
69.
Forms: noisier; noisiest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nomic
nominal
adj. usual or customary
adj. trivial
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nominate
nomination
v. to designate as a candidate for any office
n. the act or ceremony of naming a man or woman for office
non-combatant
nominee74.
73.
Forms: nominated; nominated; nominating
Forms: nominations
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nominee
non-combatant
n. person who receives a candidacy
n. person who is attached to the army or navy, but having duties other than that of fighting
non-resident
non-existent76.
75.
Forms: nominees
Forms: non-combatants
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nonchalance78. nonpareil
nonentity80. normalcy
norm82. nostrum
norman84. notorious
noticeable86.
85.
83.
81.
79.
77.
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non-existent
non-resident
adj. something that isn't there
adj. not residing within a given jurisdiction
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nonchalance
nondescript
n. a state of mind indicating lack of interest
adj. indescribable
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nonentity
nonpareil
n. a person or thing of little or no account
n. somebody or something of unequaled excellence
Forms: nonentities
Forms: nonpareils
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– norm
normalcy
n. a model
n. regularity
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– norman
nostrum
adj. relating to a region in northern France
n. any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– noticeable
notorious
adj. perceptible
adj. unfavorably known to the general public
novice
novellette88.
87.
Forms: more notorious; most notorious –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– novellette
novice
n. a light romantic story, especially one that is considered n. a beginner in any business or occupation trite or sentimental
nowhere
nowadays90. nuance
noxious92.
91.
89.
Forms: novellas, novelle
Forms: novices
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nowadays
nowhere
adv. in the present time or age
adv. in no place or state
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– noxious
nuance
adj. hurtful
n. a slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the sense of the mind
nude
nucleus94.
93.
Forms: more noxious; most noxious –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nucleus
nude
n. a central point or part about which matter is
adj. naked
aggregated
nuisance
nugatory96.
95.
Forms: nuclei, nucleuses
Forms: nuder; nudest
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nuisance
adj. having no power or force
n. something that annoys, vexes or irritates
numerical
numeration98. nuptial
nunnery100.
99.
97.
Forms: nuisances –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– numeration
numerical
n. the act or art of reading or naming numbers
adj. of or pertaining to number
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nunnery
nuptial
n. a convent
adj. of or pertaining to marriage, especially to the marriage ceremony
nutriment
nurture102.
101.
Forms: nunneries –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nurture
nutriment
n. the process of fostering or promoting growth
n. source of sustenance and nourishment
nutritive
103.
Forms: nutriments –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nutritive adj. nourishing; healthy; of high food value ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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oaken2.
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O
oaken
oakum
adj. made out of wood
n. hemp-fiber obtained by untwisting and picking out
obelisk
obdurate4.
3.
loosely the yarns of old hemp rope –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– obdurate
obelisk
adj. impassive to feelings of humanity or pity
n. a square shaft with pyramidal top, usually monumental or commemorative
obesity
obese6. objective
obituary8.
7.
5.
Forms: obelisks –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– obese
obesity
adj. exceedingly fat
n. excessive fatness
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– obituary
objective
adj. a published notice of a death
adj. grasping and representing facts as they are
obligate
objector10. oblique
obligatory12.
11.
9.
Forms: more objective; most objective –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– objector
obligate
n. an opposer
v. to hold to the fulfillment of duty
Forms: objectors
Forms: obligated; obligated; obligating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– obligatory
oblique
adj. binding in law or conscience
adj. slanting; said of lines
oblivion
obliterate14.
13.
Forms: more oblique; most oblique –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– obliterate
oblivion
v. to cause to disappear
n. the state of having passed out of the memory or of being utterly forgotten
obnoxious
oblong16.
15.
Forms: obliterated; obliterated; obliterating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– oblong
obnoxious
adj. longer than broad: applied most commonly to
adj. detestable
rectangular objects considerably elongated
obsequious
obsequies18.
17.
Forms: more obnoxious; most obnoxious –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– obsequies
obsequious
n. funeral rites
adj. showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another
observant
observance20.
19.
Forms: more obsequious; most obsequious ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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observatory22.
21.
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observant
n. a traditional form or customary act
adj. quick to notice
Forms: observances
Forms: more observant; most observant
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– observatory
obsolescence
n. an astronomical viewing place
n. the condition or process of gradually falling into disuse
obsolete
obsolescent24. obstetrics
obstetrician26.
25.
23.
Forms: observatories –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– obsolescent
obsolete
adj. passing out of use, as a word
adj. no longer practiced or accepted
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– obstetrician
obstetrics
n. a practitioner of midwifery
n. the branch of medical science concerned with the
obstreperous
obstinacy28.
27.
treatment and care of women during pregnancy –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– obstinacy
obstreperous
n. stubborn adherence to opinion, arising from conceit or
adj. boisterous
the desire to have one's own way
obstruction
obstruct30.
29.
Forms: obstinacies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– obstruct
obstruction
v. to fill with impediments so as to prevent passage,
n. hindrance
either wholly or in part
obtrusive
obtrude32.
31.
Forms: obstructed; obstructed; obstructing
Forms: obstructions
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– obtrude
obtrusive
v. to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence adj. tending to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence
obviate
obvert34.
33.
Forms: obtruded; obtruded; obtruding –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– obvert
obviate
v. to turn the front or principal side of (a thing) toward any v. to clear away or provide for, as an objection or difficulty person or object
occident
occasion36.
35.
Forms: obverted; obverted; obverting
Forms: obviated; obviated; obviating
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occident
n. an important event or celebration
n. the countries lying west of Asia and the Turkish dominions
occult
occlude38.
37.
Forms: occasions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– occlude
occult
v. to absorb, as a gas by a metal
adj. existing but not immediately perceptible
occurrence
occupant40.
39.
Forms: occluded; occluded; occluding –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– occupant
occurrence
n. a tenant in possession of property, as distinguished
n. a happening
from the actual owner
octave
octagon42.
41.
Forms: occupants
Forms: occurrences
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– octagon
octave
n. a figure with eight sides and eight angles
n. a note at this interval above or below any other, considered in relation to that other
octogenarian
octavo44.
43.
Forms: octaves –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– octavo
octogenarian
n. a book or collection of paper in which the sheets are so adj. a person of between eighty and ninety years folded as to make eight leaves
oculist
ocular46. ode
oddity48. odium
odious50.
49.
47.
45.
Forms: octavos –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ocular
oculist
adj. of or pertaining to the eye
n. one versed or skilled in treating diseases of the eye
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– oddity
ode
n. an eccentricity
n. the form of lyric poetry anciently intended to be sung
Forms: oddities
Forms: odes
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– odious
odium
adj. hateful
n. a feeling of extreme repugnance or of dislike and disgust
odorous
odoriferous52.
51.
Forms: more odious; most odious ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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off54. officious
officiate56.
55.
53.
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odoriferous
odorous
adj. pleasant smelling; aromatic
adj. fragrant; releasing a good smell
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– off
offhand
adj. farther or more distant
adv. without preparation
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– officiate
officious
v. to perform ceremony; perform duty; serve as officiator;
adj. intermeddling with what is not one's concern
referee (Sports)
ogre
offshoot58.
57.
Forms: officiated; officiated; officiating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– offshoot
ogre
n. a branch; a derivative
n. a demon or monster that was supposed to devour human beings
olfactory
ointment60.
59.
Forms: offshoots –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ointment
olfactory
n. a fatty preparation with a butter-like consistency in
adj. of or pertaining to the sense of smell
which a medicinal substance exists
ominous
olive-branch62.
61.
Forms: ointments –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– olive-branch
ominous
n. a peace offering; a gesture of goodwill
adj. delivering bad news; foreboding; threatening
omnipotence
omission64.
63.
Forms: more ominous; most ominous –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– omission
omnipotence
n. exclusion
n. unlimited and universal power
omniscience
omnipotent66. omnivorous
omniscient68. onrush
onerous70. onslaught
onset72.
71.
69.
67.
65.
Forms: omissions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– omnipotent
omniscience
adj. possessed of unlimited and universal power
n. unlimited or infinite knowledge
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– omniscient
omnivorous
adj. characterized by unlimited or infinite knowledge
adj. eating or living upon food of all kinds indiscriminately
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– onerous
onrush
adj. burdensome or oppressive
n. flow
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onslaught
n. an assault, especially of troops, upon an enemy or
n. an assault; mighty attack; overwhelming quantity
fortification
appearing all at once (as of people)
opalescence
onus74.
73.
Forms: onslaughts –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– onus
opalescence
n. a burden or responsibility
n. the property of combined refraction and reflection of light, resulting in smoky tints
operate
opaque76.
75.
Forms: onuses –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– opaque
operate
adj. impervious to light
v. to put in action and supervise the working of
operator
operative78.
77.
Forms: operated; operated; operating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– operative
operator
adj. in working order; valid; influential; important; surgical; n. person who works with or controls some machine or efficient
scientific apparatus
opinion
operetta80. opportune
opponent82. opportunity
opportunist84.
83.
81.
79.
Forms: operators –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– operetta
opinion
n. a humorous play in dialog and music that consists of
n. a conclusion or judgment held with confidence but
more than one act
falling short of positive knowledge
Forms: operettas
Forms: opinions
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– opponent
opportune
n. person who supports the other side in a debate,
adj. especially fit as occurring, said or done at the right
discussion, struggle or sport
moment
Forms: opponents
Forms: more opportune; most opportune
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– opportunist
opportunity
n. person who takes advantage of circumstances to gain
n. favorable or advantageous chance or opening
his ends
opprobrium
opposite86.
85.
Forms: opportunists
Forms: opportunities
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– opposite
opprobrium
adj. radically different or contrary in action or movement
n. the state of being scornfully reproached or accused of
optician
optic88.
87.
evil ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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optician
n. pertaining to the eye or vision
n. person who makes or deals in optical instruments or eye-glasses Forms: opticians
optimism
optics90.
89.
Forms: optics
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– optics
optimism
n. the science that treats of light and vision, and all that is n. the view that everything in nature and the history of
optometry
option92.
91.
connected with sight
mankind is ordered for the best
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– option
optometry
n. the right, power or liberty of choosing
n. measurement of the powers of vision
opulent
opulence94. orate
oral96.
95.
93.
Forms: options –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– opulence
opulent
n. affluence
adj. wealthy
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– oral
orate
adj. uttered through the mouth
v. to give a lecture; make a speech; declaim
orator
oration98. oratory
oratorio100.
99.
97.
Forms: orated; orated; orating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– oration
orator
n. an elaborate or formal public speech
n. person who delivers an elaborate or formal speech
Forms: orations
Forms: orators
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– oratorio
oratory
n. a composition for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra,
n. the art of public speaking
generally taken from the Scriptures
ordinal
ordeal102. ordnance
ordination104.
103.
101.
Forms: oratorios
Forms: oratories
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ordeal
ordinal
n. anything that severely tests courage, strength,
n. that form of the numeral that shows the order of
patience, conscience, etc
anything in a series, as first, second, third
Forms: ordeals
Forms: ordinals
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ordination
ordnance
n. a consecration to the ministry
n. a general name for all kinds of weapons and their
origin
orgies106.
105.
appliances used in war ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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origin
n. wild or wanton revelry
n. the beginning of that which becomes or is made to be
originate
original108.
107.
Forms: origins –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– original
originate
adj. not copied nor produced by imitation
v. to cause or constitute the beginning or first stage of the existence of
orthodox
ornate110.
109.
Forms: originated; originated; originating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ornate
orthodox
adj. having excess decoration; showy; flamboyant;
adj. holding the commonly accepted faith
flowery or elaborate in literary style Forms: more orthodox; most orthodox
orthogonal
orthodoxy112.
111.
Forms: more ornate; most ornate
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– orthodoxy
orthogonal
n. acceptance of the common faith
adj. having or determined by right angles
orthopedist
orthopedic114.
113.
Forms: orthodoxies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– orthopedic
orthopedist
adj. relating to the correcting or preventing of deformity
n. person who practices the correcting or preventing of deformity
osculate
oscillate116. ostentation
ossify118.
117.
115.
Forms: orthopedists –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– oscillate
osculate
v. to swing back and forth
v. to kiss
Forms: oscillated; oscillated; oscillating
Forms: osculated; osculated; osculating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ossify
ostentation
v. to convert into bone
n. a display dictated by vanity and intended to invite applause or flattery
ostracize
ostracism120.
119.
Forms: ossified; ossified; ossifying –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ostracism
ostracize
n. exclusion from intercourse or favor, as in society or
v. to exclude from public or private favor
politics
oust
ought122.
121.
Forms: ostracized; ostraized; ostracizing ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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oust
v. to be under moral obligation to be or do
v. to eject
out-of-the-way
out-and-out124. outburst
outbreak126. outcry
outcast128.
127.
125.
123.
Forms: ousted; ousted; ousting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– out-and-out
out-of-the-way
adv. genuinely
adj. remotely situated
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– outbreak
outburst
n. eruption; explosion (usually of an unpleasant thing)
n. a violent issue, especially of passion in an individual
Forms: outbreaks
Forms: outbursts
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– outcast
outcry
n. person who is rejected and despised, especially
n. a scream; shout; protest
socially
outlandish
outdo130.
129.
Forms: outcasts
Forms: outcries
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– outdo
outlandish
v. to surpass
adj. of barbarous, uncouth and unfamiliar aspect or action
outlaw
outlast132. outpost
outlive134.
133.
131.
Forms: outdid; outdone; outdoing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– outlast
outlaw
v. to survive longer
n. a criminal; fugitive
Forms: outlasted; outlasted; outlasting
Forms: outlaws
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– outlive
outpost
v. to continue to exist after
n. a detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main body to guard against surprise
outrageous
outrage136. outride
outreach138. outright
outrigger140.
139.
137.
135.
Forms: outlived; outlived; outliving
Forms: outposts
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– outrage
outrageous
n. a gross infringement of morality or decency
adj. shocking in conduct
Forms: outrages
Forms: more outrageous; most outrageous
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– outreach
outride
v. to exceed; to go beyond
v. to move faster than
Forms: outreached; outreached; outreaching
Forms: outrided; outrided; outriding
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outright
n. a part built or arranged to project beyond a natural
adv. entirely
outstretch
outskirt142. outweigh
outstrip144. overdose
overdo146.
145.
143.
141.
outline for support –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– outskirt
outstretch
n. a border region
v. to extend
Forms: outskirts
Forms: outstretched; outstretched; outstretching
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– outstrip
outweigh
v. to go beyond
v. to surpass in importance or excellence
Forms: outstripped; outstripped; outstripping
Forms: outweighed; outweighed; outweighing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– overdo
overdose
v. to overtax the strength of
n. an excessive amount of a medicine which is toxic
overhang
overeat148.
147.
Forms: overdid; overdone; overdoing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– overeat
overhang
v. to take too much food in
n. an extent of projection
overlord
overleap150.
149.
Forms: overate; overeaten; overeating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– overleap
overlord
v. to go too far; skip
n. superior ruler (especially in feudal system); one with great influence
Forms: overleaped, overleapt; overleaped, overleapt;
Forms: overlords
overpay
overpass152.
151.
overleaping –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– overpass
overpay
v. to bridge
v. to give a salary that is too high
Forms: overpassed, overpast; overpassed, overpast;
Forms: overpaid; overpaid; overpaying
overproduction
overpower154.
153.
overpassing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– overpower
overproduction
v. to gain supremacy; to subdue; to take control of
n. a situation where the supply of products exceeds demand
overrun
overreach156.
155.
Forms: overpowered; overpowered; overpowering ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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oversee158. overstride
overshadow160.
159.
157.
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overrun
v. to stretch out too far
v. to infest or ravage
Forms: overreached; overreached; overreaching
Forms: overran; overrun; overrunning
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– oversee
overseer
v. to superintend
n. a supervisor
Forms: oversaw; overseen; overseeing
Forms: overseers
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– overshadow
overstride
v. to cast into the shade or render insignificant by
v. to step beyond
comparison
overtone
overthrow162. overweight
overture164.
163.
161.
Forms: overshadowed; overshadowed; overshadowing
Forms: overstrode; overstridden; overstriding
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– overthrow
overtone
v. to vanquish an established ruler or government
n. a harmonic
Forms: overthrew; overthrown; overthrowing
Forms: overtones
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– overture
overweight
n. an instrumental prelude to an opera, oratorio or ballet
n. preponderance
Forms: overtures ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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pact4. palate
pageant6.
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P
pacify
packet
v. to bring into a peaceful state
n. a bundle, as of letters
Forms: pacified; pacified; pacifying
Forms: packets
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pact
pagan
n. a covenant
n. a worshiper of false gods
Forms: pacts
Forms: pagans
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pageant
palate
n. a dramatic representation, especially a spectacular
n. the roof of the mouth
one
paleontology
palatial8.
7.
Forms: pageants –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– palatial
paleontology
adj. magnificent
n. the branch of biology that treats of ancient life and
palinode
palette10.
9.
fossil organisms –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– palette
palinode
n. a thin tablet, with a hole for the thumb, upon which
n. a retraction
palliate
pall12. palpable
pallid14.
13.
11.
artists lay their colors for painting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pall
palliate
v. to make dull by satiety
v. to cause to appear less guilty
Forms: palled; palled; palling
Forms: palliated; palliated; palliating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pallid
palpable
adj. ashen; colorless; white; faint; weak; sickly
n. perceptible by feeling or touch
paly
palsy16.
15.
Forms: more pallid; most pallid –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– palsy
paly
n. condition in which a body part cannot be moved
adj. lacking color or brilliancy
pamphleteer
pamphlet18.
17.
(caused by nerve or brain damage, etc.) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pamphlet
pamphleteer
n. a brief treatise or essay, usually on a subject of current v. to compose or issue short books interest
panacea
pan-american20.
19.
Forms: pamphlets
Forms: pamphleteered; pamphleteered; pamphleteering
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pan-american
panacea
adj. including or pertaining to a certain continent
n. a remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases
pandemonium
pandemic22.
21.
Forms: panaceas –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pandemic
pandemonium
adj. affecting a whole people or all classes, as a disease
n. a fiendish or riotous uproar
panel
panegyric24.
23.
Forms: pandemoniums –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– panegyric
panel
n. a formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a
n. a rectangular piece set in or as in a frame
person or of an act
panoply
panic26. pantheism
panorama28.
27.
25.
Forms: panels –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– panic
panoply
n. a sudden, unreasonable, overpowering fear
n. a full set of armor
Forms: panics
Forms: panoplies
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– panorama
pantheism
n. a series of large pictures representing a continuous
n. the worship of nature for itself or its beauty
scene
pantomime
pantheon30.
29.
Forms: panoramas –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pantheon
pantomime
n. a circular temple at Rome with a fine Corinthian portico n. sign-language
papacy
pantoscope32.
31.
and a great domed roof –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pantoscope
papacy
n. a very wide-angled photographic lens
n. the official head of the Roman Catholic Church
parable
papyrus34. paragon
paradox36.
35.
33.
Forms: papacies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– papyrus
parable
n. the writing-paper of the ancient Egyptians and later of
n. a brief narrative founded on real scenes or events
the Romans
usually with a moral
Forms: plurals: papyri, papyruses
Forms: parables
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paradox
paragon
n. a statement or doctrine seemingly in contradiction to
n. a model of excellence
the received belief
parallelism
parallel38.
37.
Forms: paradoxes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– parallel
parallelism
v. to cause to correspond or lie in the same direction and
n. essential likeness
equidistant in all parts Forms: paralleled, parallelled; paralleled, parallelled;
paralyze
paralysis40.
39.
paralleling, parallelling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– paralysis
paralyze
n. loss of the power of contractility in the voluntary or
v. to deprive of the power to act
involuntary muscles Forms: paralyzed; paralyzed; paralyzing
paramour
paramount42.
41.
Forms: paralyses
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– paramount
paramour
adj. supreme in authority
n. person who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or a mistress
paraphrase
paraphernalia44.
43.
Forms: paramours –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– paraphernalia
paraphrase
n. miscellaneous articles of equipment or adornment
v. to translate freely
parentage
pare46.
45.
Forms: paraphrased; paraphrased; paraphrasing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pare
parentage
v. to cut, shave or remove (the outside) from anything
n. lineage; parenthood; state of being a father or mother
parish
pariah48.
47.
Forms: pared; pared; paring –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pariah
parish
n. a member of a degraded class; a social outcast
n. a priest; clergyman; parson; spiritual leader; spiritual guide
parity
parisian50.
49.
Forms: parishes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– parisian
parity
adj. of or pertaining to the capital of France
n. equality, as of condition or rank
parley
parlance52.
51.
Forms: parities ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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parley
n. mode of speech
v. to converse in
parlor
parliament54.
53.
Forms: parleyed; parleyed; parleying –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– parliament
parlor
n. a legislative body
n. a room for reception of callers or entertainment of guests Forms: parlors
paronymous
parody56.
55.
Forms: parliaments
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– parody
paronymous
v. to render ludicrous by imitating the language of
adj. derived from the same root or primitive word
parricide
paroxysm58. parsimonious
parse60.
59.
57.
Forms: parodied; parodied; parodying –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– paroxysm
parricide
n. a sudden outburst of any kind of activity
n. the murder of a parent
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– parse
parsimonious
v. to describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its
adj. unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money
elements and describing each word
participant
partible62.
61.
Forms: parsed; parsed; parsing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– partible
participant
adj. separable; divisible; severable; cleavable
n. person who has a share
partisan
participate64.
63.
Forms: participants –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– participate
partisan
v. to be involved; join in
adj. siding with a specific group or cause; devoted; zealously supportive; biased
passible
partition66.
65.
Forms: participated; participated; participating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– partition
passible
n. divider; act of dividing; segment; section; division of the adj. capable of feeling of suffering storage area of a hard disk
pastoral
passive68.
67.
Forms: partitions ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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pastoral
adj. unresponsive
adj. having the spirit or sentiment of rural life
paternity
paternal70. patriarch
pathos72.
71.
69.
Forms: more passive; most passive –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– paternal
paternity
adj. fatherly
n. fatherhood
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pathos
patriarch
n. the quality in any form of representation that rouses
n. the chief of a tribe or race who rules by paternal right
emotion or sympathy
patrimony
patrician74.
73.
Forms: patriarchs –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– patrician
patrimony
adj. of senatorial or noble rank
n. an inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one's father
patronize
patriotism76.
75.
Forms: patrimonies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– patriotism
patronize
n. love and devotion to one's country
v. to exercise an arrogant condescension toward
patter
patronymic78.
77.
Forms: patronized; patronized; patronizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– patronymic
patter
adj. formed after one's father's name
v. to mumble something over and over
pauper
paucity80.
79.
Forms: pattered; pattered; pattering –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– paucity
pauper
n. fewness
n. person without means of support
pavilion
pauperism82.
81.
Forms: paupers –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pauperism
pavilion
n. dependence on charity
n. an open structure for temporary shelter
peaceable
payee84.
83.
Forms: pavilions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– payee
peaceable
n. a person who receives money
adj. tranquil
peccable
peaceful86.
85.
Forms: more peaceable; most peaceable ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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peccable
adj. tranquil
adj. capable of sinning
peccant
peccadillo88.
87.
Forms: more peaceful; most peaceful –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– peccadillo
peccant
n. a small breach of propriety or principle
adj. guilty
pecuniary
pectoral90. pedagogue
pedagogics92. pedal
pedagogy94.
93.
91.
89.
Forms: peccadilloes, peccadillos –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pectoral
pecuniary
adj. pertaining to the breast or thorax
adj. consisting of money
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pedagogics
pedagogue
n. the science and art of teaching
n. a schoolmaster
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pedagogy
pedal
n. the science and art of teaching
n. a lever for the foot usually applied only to musical instruments, cycles and other machines
peddle
pedant96.
95.
Forms: pedagogies
Forms: pedals
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pedant
peddle
n. a scholar who makes needless and inopportune
v. to go about with a small stock of goods to sell
display of his learning
pedestal
peddler98.
97.
Forms: peddled; peddled; peddling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– peddler
pedestal
n. person who travels from house to house with an
n. a base or support as for a column, statue or vase
assortment of goods for retail
pediatrics
pedestrian100.
99.
Forms: peddlers
Forms: pedestals
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pedestrian
pediatrics
n. one who journeys on foot
n. the department of medical science that relates to the treatment of diseases of childhood
peerage
pedigree102. peevish
peerless104.
103.
101.
Forms: pedestrians –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pedigree
peerage
n. a person's line of ancestors
n. the nobility
Forms: pedigrees
Forms: peerages
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peevish
adj. of unequaled excellence or worth
adj. petulant (irritable)
penalty
pellucid106.
105.
Forms: more peevish; most peevish –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pellucid
penalty
adj. translucent
n. the consequences that follow the transgression of natural or divine law
penchant
penance108.
107.
Forms: penalties –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– penance
penchant
n. self-imposed punishment; self-mortification; affliction
n. a bias in favor of something
pendulous
pendant110.
109.
Forms: penances –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pendant
pendulous
n. anything that hangs from something else, either for
adj. hanging, especially so as to swing by an attached
ornament or for use
end or part
penetrable
pendulum112.
111.
Forms: pendants –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pendulum
penetrable
n. a weight hung on a rod, serving by its oscillation to
adj. that may be pierced by physical, moral or intellectual
regulate the rate of a clock
force
penetration
penetrate114. penitence
peninsular116.
115.
113.
Forms: pendulums –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– penetrate
penetration
v. to enter or force a way into the interior parts of
n. discernment
Forms: penetrated; penetrated; penetrating
Forms: penetrations
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– peninsular
penitence
adj. pertaining to a piece of land almost surrounded by
n. sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone
pennant
penitential118.
117.
water –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– penitential
pennant
adj. pertaining to sorrow for sin with desire to amend and
n. a small flag
pentad
pension120.
119.
to atone ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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pentad
n. a periodical allowance to an individual on account of
n. the number five
past service done by them
pentagram
pentagon122. pentameter
pentahedron124.
123.
121.
Forms: pensions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pentagon
pentagram
n. a figure, especially, with five angles and five sides
n. a figure having five points or lobes
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pentahedron
pentameter
n. a solid bounded by five plane faces
n. in prosody, a line of verse containing five units or feet
pentavalent
pentathlon126.
125.
Forms: pentahedrons, pentahedra –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pentathlon
pentavalent
n. the contest of five associated exercises in the great
adj. quinqeuvalent
penurious
penultimate128. perambulate
penury130.
129.
127.
games and the same contestants –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– penultimate
penurious
adj. a syllable or member of a series that is last but one
adj. excessively sparing in the use of money
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– penury
perambulate
n. indigence
v. to walk about
perceptible
perceive132.
131.
Forms: perambulated; perambulated; perambulating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– perceive
perceptible
v. to have knowledge of or receive impressions
adj. cognizable
concerning, through the medium of the body senses
percipience
perception134.
133.
Forms: perceived; perceived; perceiving
Forms: more perceptible; most perceptible
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– perception
percipience
n. knowledge through the senses of the existence and
n. comprehension; insight
properties of matter or the external world
percolate
percipient136. percussion
percolator138.
137.
135.
Forms: perceptions
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– percipient
percolate
n. person who absorbs and comprehends something
v. to filter
Forms: percipients
Forms: percolated; percolated; percolating
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peremptory140.
139.
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percussion
n. a filter
n. the sharp striking of one body against another
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– peremptory
perennial
adj. precluding question or appeal
adj. continuing though the year or through many years
perfidy
perfectible142.
141.
Forms: more peremptory; most peremptory –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– perfectible
perfidy
adj. able to be improved; able to be refined
n. treachery
perform
perforate144. perfunctory
perfumery146. perigee
perhaps148.
147.
145.
143.
Forms: perfidies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– perforate
perform
v. to make a hole or holes through
v. to accomplish
Forms: perforated; perforated; perforating
Forms: performed; performed; performing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– perfumery
perfunctory
n. a store that sells cosmetics
adj. half-hearted
Forms: perfumeries
Forms: more perfunctory; most perfunctory
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– perhaps
perigee
adv. possibly
n. the point in the orbit of the moon when it is nearest the
peripatetic
periodicity150.
149.
earth –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– periodicity
peripatetic
n. the habit or characteristic of recurrence at regular
adj. walking about
perjury
perjure152. permanent
permanence154.
153.
151.
intervals –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– perjure
perjury
v. to swear falsely to
n. a solemn assertion of a falsity
Forms: perjured; perjured; perjuring
Forms: perjuries
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– permanence
permanent
n. a continuance in the same state or without any change adj. durable that destroys the essential form or nature
permissible
permeate156.
155.
Forms: no plural
Forms: more permanent; most permament
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permissible
v. to pervade
adj. that may be allowed
pernicious
permutation158.
157.
Forms: permeated; permeated; permeating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– permutation
pernicious
n. reciprocal change, different ordering of same items
adj. tending to kill or hurt
perpetrator
perpendicular160. perquisite
perpetuate162.
161.
159.
Forms: more pernicious; most pernicious –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– perpendicular
perpetrator
adj. straight up and down
n. the doer of a wrong or a criminal act
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– perpetuate
perquisite
v. to preserve from extinction or oblivion
n. any profit from service beyond the amount fixed as salary or wages
perseverance
persecution164.
163.
Forms: perpetuated; perpetuated; perpetuating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– persecution
perseverance
n. harsh or malignant oppression
n. diligence; industriousness; stubbornness
persiflage
persevere166.
165.
Forms: persecutions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– persevere
persiflage
v. to continue striving in spite of discouragements
n. banter
persistence
persist168.
167.
Forms: persevered; persevered; persevering –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– persist
persistence
v. to continue steadfast against opposition
n. a fixed adherence to a resolve, course of conduct or the like
personal
personage170.
169.
Forms: persisted; persisted; persisting
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– personage
personal
n. a man or woman as an individual, especially one of
adj. not general or public
rank or high station
personnel
personality172.
171.
Forms: personages ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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personnel
n. the attributes, taken collectively, that make up the
n. staff; work force; team; crew
character and nature of an individual
perspicacious
perspective174.
173.
Forms: personalities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– perspective
perspicacious
n. the relative importance of facts or matters from any
adj. astute
special point of view
perspicuous
perspicacity176. perspire
perspiration178.
177.
175.
Forms: perspectives –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– perspicacity
perspicuous
n. acuteness or discernment
adj. lucid
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– perspiration
perspire
n. sweat
v. to excrete through the pores of the skin
persuade
persuadable180.
179.
Forms: perspired; perspired; perspiring –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– persuadable
persuade
adj. capable of influencing to action by entreaty,
v. to win the mind of by argument, eloquence, evidence
statement or anything that moves the feelings
or reflection
pertinacity
pertinacious182. perturb
pertinent184.
183.
181.
Forms: persuaded; persuaded; persuading –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pertinacious
pertinacity
adj. stubborn; steadfast; tenacious; obstinate
n. unyielding adherence
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pertinent
perturb
adj. relevant
v. to disturb greatly
perusal
perturbation186. pervasion
pervade188.
187.
185.
Forms: perturbed; perturbed; perturbing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– perturbation
perusal
n. mental excitement or confusion
n. the act of reading carefully or thoughtfully
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pervade
pervasion
v. to pass or spread through every part
n. the state of spreading through every part
perverse
pervasive190.
189.
Forms: pervaded; pervaded; pervading ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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perverse
adj. thoroughly penetrating or permeating
adj. unreasonable
perversity
perversion192. pervious
pervert194.
193.
191.
Forms: more perverse; most perverse –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– perversion
perversity
n. diversion from the true meaning or proper purpose
n. wickedness
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pervert
pervious
n. person who has forsaken a doctrine regarded as true
adj. admitting the entrance or passage of another
for one esteemed false
substance
pestilent
pestilence196.
195.
Forms: perverts –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pestilence
pestilent
n. a raging epidemic
adj. having a malign influence or effect
peter
pestilential198.
197.
Forms: pestilences –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pestilential
peter
adj. deadly; fatal; contagious; infectious
v. to diminish and come to a stop; give out; expire; fade; die out
petulance
petrify200.
199.
Forms: petered; petered; petering –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– petrify
petulance
v. to convert into a substance of stony hardness and
n. the character or condition of being impatient,
character
capricious or petulant
pharmacopoeia
petulant202.
201.
Forms: petrified; petrified; petrifying –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– petulant
pharmacopoeia
adj. displaying impatience
n. a book containing the formulas and methods of preparation of medicines for the use of druggists
phenomenal
pharmacy204.
203.
Forms: more petulant; most petulant
Forms: pharmacopoeias
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pharmacy
phenomenal
n. the art or business of compounding and dispensing
adj. extraordinary or marvelous
medicines
philander
phenomenon206.
205.
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philanthropic208.
207.
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phenomenon
philander
n. any unusual occurrence
v. to play at courtship with a woman
Forms: phenomena, phenomenons
Forms: philandered; philandered; philandering
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– philanthropic
philanthropist
adj. benevolent
n. person who endeavors to help his fellow men
philately
philanthropy210.
209.
Forms: philanthropists –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– philanthropy
philately
n. active humanitarianism
n. the study and collection of stamps
philogynist
philharmonic212.
211.
Forms: philanthropies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– philharmonic
philogynist
adj. fond of music
n. person who is fond of women
philology
philologist214.
213.
Forms: philogynists –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– philologist
philology
n. an expert in linguistics
n. the study of language in connection with history and
philosophy
philosophize216.
215.
literature –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– philosophize
philosophy
v. to seek ultimate causes and principles
n. the general principles, laws or causes that furnish the rational explanation of anything
phonetic
phlegmatic218. phonogram
phonic220. phosphorescence
phonology222.
221.
219.
217.
Forms: philosophized; philosophized; philosophizing
Forms: philosophies
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– phlegmatic
phonetic
adj. not easily roused to feeling or action
adj. representing articulate sounds or speech
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– phonic
phonogram
adj. pertaining to the nature of sound
n. a graphic character symbolizing an articulate sound
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– phonology
phosphorescence
n. the science of human vocal sounds
n. the property of emitting light
photometer
photoelectric224. physicist
photometry226.
225.
223.
Forms: phonologies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– photoelectric
photometer
adj. pertaining to the combined action of light and
n. any instrument for measuring the intensity of light or
electricity
comparing the intensity of two lights
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physicist
n. the art of measuring the intensity of light
n. a specialist in the science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy
physiocracy
physics228. physiography
physiognomy230.
229.
227.
Forms: physicists –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– physics
physiocracy
n. the science that treats of the phenomena associated
n. the doctrine that land and its products are the only true
with matter and energy
wealth
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– physiognomy
physiography
n. the external appearance merely
n. description of nature
physique
physiology232. piccolo
picayune234.
233.
231.
Forms: physiognomies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– physiology
physique
n. the science of organic functions
n. the structure of the body; form; build
Forms: physiologies
Forms: physiques
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– picayune
piccolo
adj. worthless; cheap; low in value; trivial
n. a small flute
piecemeal
piece236.
235.
Forms: piccolos –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– piece
piecemeal
n. a loose or separated part, as distinguished from the
adv. gradually
whole or the mass
pillory
pillage238.
237.
Forms: pieces –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pillage
pillory
n. open robbery, as in war
n. a wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to boards and is exposed to public scorn
pinchers
pincers240.
239.
Forms: pillages
Forms: pillories
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pincers
pinchers
n. an instrument having two lever-handles and two jaws
n. an instrument having two jaws working on a pivot
pioneer
pinnacle242.
241.
working on a pivot ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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pious244.
243.
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pioneer
n. a high or topmost point, as a mountain-peak
n. person who is among the first to explore a country
Forms: pinnacles
Forms: pioneers
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pious
pique
adj. religious
v. to excite a slight degree of anger in
pitiable
piteous246. pitiless
pitiful248. placate
pittance250.
249.
247.
245.
Forms: piqued; piqued; piquing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– piteous
pitiable
adj. compassionate
adj. contemptible
Forms: more piteous; most piteous
Forms: more pitiable; most pitiable
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pitiful
pitiless
adj. wretched
adj. hard-hearted
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pittance
placate
n. any small portion or meager allowance
v. to bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness
plagiarism
placid252.
251.
Forms: placated; placated; placating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– placid
plagiarism
adj. serene
n. the stealing of passages from the writings of another and publishing them as one's own
plasticity
planisphere254.
253.
Forms: more placid; most placid –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– planisphere
plasticity
n. a polar projection of the heavens on a chart
n. the property of some substances through which the
plaudit
platitude256.
255.
form of the mass can readily be changed –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– platitude
plaudit
n. a written or spoken statement that is flat, dull or
n. an expression of applause
commonplace
playful
plausible258. plea
playwright260.
259.
257.
Forms: platitudes
Forms: plaudits
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– plausible
playful
adj. seeming likely to be true, though open to doubt
adj. frolicsome
Forms: more plausible; most plausible
Forms: more playful; most playful
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pleasant262.
261.
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plea
n. a maker of plays for the stage
n. an argument to obtain some desired action
Forms: playwrights
Forms: pleas
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pleasant
pleasurable
adj. agreeable
adj. affording gratification
pledgee
plebeian264. plenary
pledger266.
265.
263.
Forms: pleasanter; pleasantest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– plebeian
pledgee
adj. common
n. the person to whom anything is pledged
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pledger
plenary
n. person who mortgages; person who gives property as
adj. entire
security to the bank in order to receive a credit
plenitude
plenipotentiary268.
267.
Forms: pledges –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– plenipotentiary
plenitude
n. a person fully empowered to transact any business
n. abundance
plumb
plenteous270.
269.
Forms: plenipotentiaries –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– plenteous
plumb
adj. abundant
n. a weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something
pluperfect
plummet272.
271.
Forms: plumbs –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– plummet
pluperfect
n. a piece of lead for making soundings; adjusting walls
adj. expressing past time or action prior to some other
to the vertical
past time or action
plurality
plural274.
273.
Forms: plummets –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– plural
plurality
adj. containing or consisting of more than one
n. a majority
pneumatic
plutocracy276.
275.
Forms: pluralities ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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pneumatic
n. a wealthy class in a political community who control
adj. pertaining to or consisting of air or gas
the government by means of their money
poetaster
poesy278.
277.
Forms: plutocracies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– poesy
poetaster
n. poetry
n. a writer of light verse, usually of low quality
poetics
poetic280.
279.
Forms: poesies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– poetic
poetics
adj. lyrical
n. the rules and principles of poetry
poignant
poignancy282.
281.
Forms: more poetic; most poetic –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– poignancy
poignant
n. severity or acuteness, especially of pain or grief
adj. severely painful or acute to the spirit
polar
poise284.
283.
Forms: more poignant; most poignant –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– poise
polar
n. equilibrium
adj. pertaining to the poles of a sphere, especially of the
pollen
polemics286.
285.
earth –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– polemics
pollen
n. the art of controversy or disputation
n. the fine dust-like grains or powder formed within the
polyarchy
pollute288.
287.
anther of a flowering plant –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pollute
polyarchy
v. to contaminate
n. government by several or many persons of whatever class
polygamy
polycracy290.
289.
Forms: polluted; polluted; polluting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– polycracy
polygamy
n. the rule of many
n. the fact or condition of having more than one wife or
polygon
polyglot292. polysyllable
polyhedron294.
293.
291.
husband at once –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– polyglot
polygon
adj. speaking several tongues
n. a figure having many angles
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polyhedron
polysyllable
n. a solid bounded by plane faces, especially by more
adj. having several syllables, especially more than three
than four
syllables
polytheism
polytechnic296.
295.
Forms: polyhedrons, polyhedra –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– polytechnic
polytheism
adj. pertaining to, embracing or practicing many arts
n. the doctrine or belief that there are more gods than
pomposity
pommel298.
297.
one –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pommel
pomposity
v. to beat with something thick or bulky
n. the quality of being marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner
Forms: pommeled, pommelled; pommeled, pommelled;
Forms: pomposities
ponder
pompous300.
299.
pommeling, pommelling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pompous
ponder
adj. marked by an assumed stateliness and
v. to meditate or reflect upon
impressiveness of manner
pontiff
ponderous302.
301.
Forms: more pompous; most pompous
Forms: pondered; pondered; pondering
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ponderous
pontiff
adj. unusually weighty or forcible
n. the Pope
populous
populace304.
303.
Forms: more ponderous; most ponderous –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– populace
populous
n. the common people
adj. containing many inhabitants, especially in proportion to the territory
portent
portend306.
305.
Forms: more populous; most populous –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– portend
portent
v. to indicate as being about to happen, especially by
n. anything that indicates what is to happen
previous signs
posit
portfolio308.
307.
Forms: portended; portended; portending –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– portfolio
posit
n. a portable case for holding writing-materials, drawings, v. to present in an orderly manner etc
positive
position310.
309.
Forms: portfolios
Forms: posited; posited; positing
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posse312.
311.
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position
positive
n. the manner in which a thing is placed
adj. free from doubt or hesitation
Forms: positions
Forms: more positive; most positive
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– posse
possess
n. a force of men
v. to own
possessive
possession314.
313.
Forms: possessed; possessed; possessing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– possession
possessive
n. the having, holding or detention of property in one's
adj. pertaining to the having, holding or detention of
power or command
property in one's power or command
possible
possessor316.
315.
Forms: possessions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– possessor
possible
n. person who owns, enjoys or controls anything, such as adj. being not beyond the reach of power natural, moral property
or supernatural
posterior
postdate318. postscript
postgraduate320.
319.
317.
Forms: possessors –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– postdate
posterior
v. to inscribe with a future point of time
n. the hinder part
Forms: postdated; postdated; postdating
Forms: posteriors
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– postgraduate
postscript
adj. pertaining to studies that are pursued after receiving
n. something added to a letter after the writer's signature
a degree
potent
potency322. potential
potentate324.
323.
321.
Forms: postscripts –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– potency
potent
n. power
adj. physically powerful
Forms: potencies
Forms: more potent; most potent
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– potentate
potential
n. person who possesses great power or sway; person
n. anything that may be possible
with great authority
powerless
potion326.
325.
Forms: potentates ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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practicable328. preamble
prattle330.
329.
327.
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potion
powerless
n. a dose of liquid medicine
adj. impotent
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– practicable
prate
adj. feasible
v. to talk about vainly or foolishly
Forms: more practicable; most practicable
Forms: prated; prated; prating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prattle
preamble
v. to utter in simple or childish talk
n. a statement introductory to and explanatory of what follows
precaution
precarious332.
331.
Forms: prattled; prattled; prattling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– precarious
precaution
adj. perilous
n. a provision made in advance for some possible emergency or danger
precedence
precede334. precedential
precedent336.
335.
333.
Forms: more precarious; most precarious
Forms: precautions
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– precede
precedence
v. to happen first
n. priority in place, time or rank
Forms: preceded; preceded; preceding
Forms: precedences
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– precedent
precedential
n. an instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a
adj. of the nature of an instance that may serve as a
rule
guide or basis for a rule
precipice
precession338.
337.
Forms: precedents –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– precession
precipice
n. the act of going forward
n. a high and very steep or approximately vertical cliff
precipitate
precipitant340.
339.
Forms: precipices –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– precipitant
precipitate
adj. moving onward quickly and heedlessly
v. to force forward prematurely
precision
precise342. precocious
preclude344.
343.
341.
Forms: precipitated; precipitated; precipitating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– precise
precision
adj. exact
n. accuracy of limitation, definition or adjustment
Forms: more precise; most precise
Forms: precisions
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preclude
precocious
v. to prevent; to eliminate; to remove; to make impossible adj. mature for one's age; unusually well-developed Forms: more precocious; most precocious
predatory
precursor346. predicament
predecessor348. predict
predicate350. predominance
prediction352.
351.
349.
347.
345.
Forms: precluded; precluded; precluding
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– precursor
predatory
n. a forerunner or herald
adj. prone to pillaging
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– predecessor
predicament
n. an incumbent of a given office previous to another
n. a difficult, trying situation or plight
Forms: predecessors
Forms: predicaments
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– predicate
predict
v. to state as belonging to something
v. to foretell
Forms: predicated; predicated; predicating
Forms: predicted; predicted; predicting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prediction
predominance
n. a prophecy
n. supremacy; superiority; prevailing influence; state of being widespread
predominate
predominant354.
353.
Forms: predictions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– predominant
predominate
adj. superior in power, influence, effectiveness, number
v. to be chief in importance, quantity or degree
or degree
preempt
preeminence356.
355.
Forms: predominated; predominated; predominating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– preeminence
preempt
n. importance; significance; superiority; supremacy;
v. to secure the right of preference in the purchase of
distinctiveness
public land
preengage
preemption358.
357.
Forms: preempted; preempted; preempting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– preemption
preengage
n. the right or act of purchasing before others
v. to preoccupy
preexist
preestablish360.
359.
Forms: preened; preened; preening ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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preestablish
preexist
v. to settle or arrange beforehand
v. to forerun; to come or go before; to live in a previous life
preface
preexistence362.
361.
Forms: preestablished; preestablished; preestablishing
Forms: preexisted; preexisted; preexisting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– preexistence
preface
n. previous life; life before the present
n. a brief explanation or address to the reader, at the beginning of a book
prefer
prefatory364.
363.
Forms: prefaces –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prefatory
prefer
adj. pertaining to a brief explanation to the reader at the
v. to hold in higher estimation
beginning of a book
preference
preferable366.
365.
Forms: preferred; preferred; preferring –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– preferable
preference
adj. more desirable than others
n. an object of favor or choice
preferment
preferential368. prehensible
prefix370. prehension
prehensile372. prelacy
prejudice374.
373.
371.
369.
367.
Forms: preferences –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– preferential
preferment
adj. possessing, giving or constituting preference or
n. a raise in rank; promotion; appointment; fondness;
priority
affinity
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prefix
prehensible
v. to attach at the beginning
adj. capable of being grasped
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prehensile
prehension
adj. adapted for grasping or holding
n. the act of laying hold of or grasping
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prejudice
prelacy
n. preconceived opinion; bias; sentence passed before
n. a system of church government
proper examination of the circumstances
prelude
prelate376.
375.
Forms: prejudices
Forms: prelacies
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prelate
prelude
n. person who belongs to a higher order of clergy having
n. an introductory or opening performance
direct authority over other clergy
premier
premature378.
377.
Forms: prelates
Forms: preludes
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premonition
premise380.
379.
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premature
premier
adj. coming too soon
adj. first in rank or position
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– premise
premonition
n. a judgment as a conclusion
n. foreboding
preoccupy
preoccupation382. preparation
preordain384.
383.
381.
Forms: premises –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– preoccupation
preoccupy
n. obsession; fixation; thought that is constantly on one's
v. to fill the mind of a person to the exclusion of other
mind; prior tenure or possession
subjects
Forms: preoccupations
Forms: preoccupied; preoccupied; preoccupying
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– preordain
preparation
v. to foreordain
n. an act or proceeding designed to bring about some event
preponderant
preparatory386.
385.
Forms: preordained; preordained; preordaining
Forms: preparations
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– preparatory
preponderant
adj. serving or designed to make ready; serving to put
adj. prevalent
prepossession
preponderate388.
387.
into the proper condition –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– preponderate
prepossession
v. to exceed in influence or power
n. a preconceived liking
prerogative
preposterous390.
389.
Forms: preponderated; preponderated; preponderating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– preposterous
prerogative
adj. utterly ridiculous or absurd
adj. having superior rank or precedence
prescience
presage392.
391.
Forms: more preposterous; most preposterous –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– presage
prescience
v. to foretell
n. knowledge of events before they take place
prescript
prescient394. prescription
prescriptible396.
395.
393.
Forms: presaged; presaged; presaging –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prescient
prescript
adj. foreknowing
adj. fixed beforehand; set in advance; settled
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prescriptible
prescription
adj. derived from authoritative direction
n. an authoritative direction
presentiment
presentient398. preservation
presentment400. presumptuous
presumption402.
401.
399.
397.
Forms: prescriptions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– presentient
presentiment
adj. perceiving or feeling beforehand
n. foreboding
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– presentment
preservation
n. semblance
n. conservation
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– presumption
presumptuous
n. something may be logically assumed to be true until
adj. assuming too much
disproved; supposition
pretentious
pretension404.
403.
Forms: presumptions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pretension
pretentious
n. a bold or presumptuous assertion
adj. impersonating; putting on a false appearance; feigning; arrogant; haughty
pretext
preternatural406.
405.
Forms: pretensions
Forms: more pretentious; most pretentious
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– preternatural
pretext
adj. extraordinary
n. a fictitious reason or motive
prevalent
prevalence408. prevention
prevaricate410.
409.
407.
Forms: pretexts –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prevalence
prevalent
n. frequency
adj. of wide extent or frequent occurrence
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prevaricate
prevention
v. to use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose n. thwarting of deceiving or diverting attention
priggish
prickle412.
411.
Forms: prevaricated; prevaricated; prevaricating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prickle
priggish
v. to puncture slightly with fine, sharp points
adj. conceited
prima
prim414.
413.
Forms: prickled; prickled; prickling ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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prim
prima
adj. stiffly proper
adj. first
primeval
primer416.
415.
Forms: primmer; primmest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– primer
primeval
n. an elementary reading-book for children
adj. belonging to the first ages
principal
primitive418.
417.
Forms: primers –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– primitive
principal
adj. pertaining to the beginning or early times
adj. most important
principle
principality420. pristine
priory422.
421.
419.
Forms: more primitive; most primitive –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– principality
principle
n. the territory of a reigning prince
n. a general truth or proposition
Forms: principalities
Forms: principles
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– priory
pristine
n. a monastic house
adj. ancient; pure; immaculate; unrefined; unpolluted
privilege
privateer424. privy
privity426.
425.
423.
Forms: priories –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– privateer
privilege
n. sailor or officer of a warship; warship; ship
n. a right or immunity not enjoyed by all or that may be
commissioned by a government to fight enemies
enjoyed only under special conditions
Forms: privateers
Forms: privileges
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– privity
privy
n. knowledge shared with another or others regarding a
adj. participating with another or others in the knowledge
private matter
of a secret transaction
probation
probate428.
427.
Forms: privities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– probate
probation
adj. relating to making proof, as of a will
n. any proceeding designed to ascertain or test character, qualification or the like
probity
probe430.
429.
Forms: probations ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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probe
probity
v. to search through and through
n. virtue or integrity tested and confirmed
proceed
procedure432. procrastinate
proclamation434. proctor
procrastination436. prodigious
prodigal438.
437.
435.
433.
431.
Forms: probed; probed; probing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– procedure
proceed
n. a manner or method of acting
v. to renew motion or action, as after rest or interruption
Forms: procedures
Forms: proceeded; proceeded; proceeding
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– proclamation
procrastinate
n. any announcement made in a public manner
v. to put off till tomorrow or till a future time
Forms: proclamations
Forms: procrastinated; procrastinated; procrastinating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– procrastination
proctor
n. delay
n. an agent acting for another
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prodigal
prodigious
n. extravagant person; lavish spender; spendthrift;
adj. immense
squanderer; one who wastes money
productive
prodigy440. professor
profession442. proficiency
proffer444.
443.
441.
439.
Forms: more prodigious; most prodigious –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prodigy
productive
n. a person or thing of very remarkable gifts or qualities
adj. yielding in abundance
Forms: prodigies
Forms: more productive; most productive
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– profession
professor
n. any calling or occupation involving special mental or
n. a public teacher of the highest grade in a university or
other special disciplines
college
Forms: professions
Forms: professors
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– proffer
proficiency
v. to suggest; to propose
n. an advanced state of acquirement, as in some knowledge, art or science
profile
proficient446.
445.
Forms: proffered; proffered; proffering
Forms: no plural
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proficient
profile
adj. possessing ample and ready knowledge or of skill in
n. an outline or contour
any art, science or industry
profligacy
profiteer448.
447.
Forms: profiles –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– profiteer
profligacy
n. person who benefits
n. shameless viciousness
profuse
profligate450.
449.
Forms: profiteers –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– profligate
profuse
adj. abandoned to vice
adj. produced or displayed in overabundance
progression
progeny452. prohibitionist
prohibition454.
453.
451.
Forms: more profuse; most profuse –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– progeny
progression
n. offspring
n. a moving forward; advancement
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prohibition
prohibitionist
n. a decree or an order forbidding something
n. a person who supports a legal ban on the sale of alcoholic drinks (USA)
projection
prohibitory456.
455.
Forms: prohibitions
Forms: prohibitionists
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prohibitory
projection
adj. forbidding; disallowing; enjoining; preventing;
n. a prominence
hindering; preclusive
prolific
proletarian458. prologue
prolix460.
459.
457.
Forms: projections –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– proletarian
prolific
n. a person of the lowest or poorest class
adj. producing offspring or fruit
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prolix
prologue
adj. verbose
n. a prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse or performance
promenade
prolong462. prominent
prominence464.
463.
461.
Forms: prologues –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prolong
promenade
v. to extend in time or duration
v. to walk for amusement or exercise
Forms: prolonged; prolonged; prolonging
Forms: promenaded; promenaded; promenading
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promissory
promiscuous466.
465.
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prominence
prominent
n. the quality of being noticeable or distinguished
adj. conspicuous in position, character or importance
Forms: prominences
Forms: more prominent; most prominent
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– promiscuous
promissory
adj. brought together without order, distinction or design
adj. expressing an engagement to pay
promoter
promontory468.
467.
(for sex) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– promontory
promoter
n. a high point of land extending outward from the
n. a furtherer, forwarder or encourager
coastline into the sea
propaganda
promulgate470.
469.
Forms: promontories
Forms: promoters
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– promulgate
propaganda
v. to declare; publicize; advertise widely; publish;
n. information spread in order to promote a particular goal
distribute widely
propel
propagate472. propeller
propellant474.
473.
471.
Forms: promulgated; promulgated; promulgating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– propagate
propel
v. to spread abroad or from person to person
v. to drive or urge forward
Forms: propagated; propagated; propagating
Forms: propelled; propelled; propelling
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– propellant
propeller
adj. pushing; thrusting; driving; moving forward
n. long shaft with a revolving spiral blades that move a vehicle
prophesy
prophecy476.
475.
Forms: propellers –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prophecy
prophesy
n. any prediction or foretelling
v. to predict or foretell, especially under divine inspiration and guidance
proportionate
propitious478.
477.
Forms: prophecies
Forms: prophesied; prophesied; prophesying
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– propitious
proportionate
adj. kindly disposed
adj. relative; corresponding
propulsion
propriety480.
479.
Forms: more propitious; most propitious ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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propriety
propulsion
n. accordance with recognized usage, custom or
n. a driving onward or forward
principles
proscenium
prosaic482.
481.
Forms: proprieties –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prosaic
proscenium
adj. unimaginative
n. that part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra Forms: prosceniums, proscenia
proscription
proscribe484.
483.
Forms: more prosaic; most prosaic
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– proscribe
proscription
v. to reject, as a teaching or a practice, with
n. any act of condemnation and rejection from favor and
condemnation or denunciation
privilege
prosody
proselyte486.
485.
Forms: proscribed; proscribed; proscribing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– proselyte
prosody
n. one who has been won over from one religious belief
n. the science of poetical forms
to another
prospectus
prospector488.
487.
Forms: prosodies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prospector
prospectus
protagonist
prostrate490. protective
protection492.
491.
489.
n. person who makes exploration, search or examination, n. a document or brochure providing a brief description of especially for minerals
a project or enterprise
Forms: prospectors
Forms: prospectuses
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prostrate
protagonist
adj. lying prone or with the head to the ground
n. a leader in any enterprise or contest
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– protection
protective
n. preservation from harm, danger, annoyance or any
adj. sheltering
other evil
protege
protector494.
493.
Forms: protections –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– protector
protege
n. a defender
n. person who is specially cared for and favored by another usually older person
protocol
protestant496.
495.
Forms: protectors
Forms: proteges
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protomartyr498.
497.
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protestant
protocol
n. a Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and
n. a declaration or memorandum of agreement less
holds the right of special judgment
solemn and formal than a treaty
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– protomartyr
protoplasm
n. the earliest victim in any cause
n. the substance that forms the principal portion of an
protract
prototype500.
499.
animal or vegetable cell –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prototype
protract
n. a work, original in character, afterward imitated in form v. to postpone; lengthen; continue; maintain; preserve or spirit
protrusion
protrude502.
501.
Forms: protracted; protracted; protracting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– protrude
protrusion
v. to push out or thrust forth
n. a projection; act of causing to bulge outward; something that sticks out
protuberant
protuberance504. proverb
protuberate506.
505.
503.
Forms: protruded; protruded; protruding –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– protuberance
protuberant
n. something that swells out from a surrounding surface
adj. bulging
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– protuberate
proverb
v. to swell or bulge beyond the surrounding surface
n. a brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the wisdom of experience
providential
provident508.
507.
Forms: protuberated; protuberated; protuberating
Forms: proverbs
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– provident
providential
adj. anticipating and making ready for future wants or
adj. effected by divine guidance
proviso
provincial510.
509.
emergencies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– provincial
proviso
adj. uncultured in thought and manner
n. a clause in a contract, will, etc., by which its operation is rendered conditional
prowess
provocation512. proxy
proximately514.
513.
511.
Forms: more provincial; most provincial
Forms: provisos, provisoes
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– provocation
prowess
n. an action or mode of conduct that excites resentment
n. strength, skill and intrepidity in battle
Forms: provocations
Forms: no plural
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proxy
adv. immediately
n. a person who is empowered by another to represent them in a given matter
prudential
prudence516. prurient
prudery518.
517.
515.
Forms: proxies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prudence
prudential
n. caution
adj. proceeding or marked by caution
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– prudery
prurient
n. an undue display of modesty or delicacy
adj. inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires
pseudonym
pseudapostle520. psychiatry
pseudonymity522. psychopathic
psychic524. pudgy
psychotherapy526. pugnacious
puerile528. pulmonary
puissant530. punctual
punctilious532.
531.
529.
527.
525.
523.
521.
519.
Forms: pruderies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pseudapostle
pseudonym
n. any starlike meteor or phenomenon
n. a fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pseudonymity
psychiatry
n. the state or character of using a fictitious name
n. the branch of medicine that relates to mental disease
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– psychic
psychopathic
adj. pertaining to the mind or soul
adj. morally irresponsible
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– psychotherapy
pudgy
n. the treatment of mental disease
adj. small and fat
Forms: psychotherapies
Forms: pudgier; pudgiest
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– puerile
pugnacious
adj. childish
adj. quarrelsome
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– puissant
pulmonary
adj. possessing strength
adj. pertaining to the lungs
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– punctilious
punctual
adj. strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by
adj. observant and exact in points of time
pungent
pungency534.
533.
law or custom –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pungency
pungent
n. the quality of affecting the sense of smell
adj. affecting the sense of smell
pupilage
punitive536.
535.
Forms: more pungent; most pungent ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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purgatory538.
537.
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punitive
pupilage
adj. pertaining to punishment
n. the state or period of being a student
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– purgatory
purl
n. an intermediate state where souls are made fit for
v. to cause to whirl, as in an eddy
paradise or heaven by expiatory suffering Forms: purled; purled; purling
purport
purloin540.
539.
Forms: purgatories
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– purloin
purport
v. to steal
n. intent
pusillanimous
purveyor542.
541.
Forms: purloined; purloined; purloining –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– purveyor
pusillanimous
n. person who supplies
adj. without spirit or bravery
pyre
putrescent544. pyrotechnic
pyromania546. pyx
547.
545.
543.
Forms: purveyors –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– putrescent
pyre
adj. undergoing decomposition of animal or vegetable
n. a heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead
matter accompanied by fetid odors
body
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pyromania
pyrotechnic
n. an insane propensity to set things on fire
adj. pertaining to fireworks or their manufacture
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quackery2.
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Q
quackery
quadrate
n. charlatanry
v. to divide into quarters
qualification
quadruple4.
3.
Forms: quackeries –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– quadruple
qualification
v. to multiply by four
n. a requisite for an employment, position, right or privilege Forms: qualifications
qualm
qualify6.
5.
Forms: quadrupled; quadrupled; quadrupling
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– qualify
qualm
v. to endow or furnish with requisite ability, character,
n. a fit of nausea
knowledge, skill or possessions Forms: qualms
quantity
quandary8. quarrelsome
quarantine10.
9.
7.
Forms: qualified; qualified; qualifying
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– quandary
quantity
n. a puzzling predicament
n. magnitude
Forms: quandaries
Forms: quantities
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– quarantine
quarrelsome
n. the enforced isolation of any person or place infected
adj. irascible
with contagious disease
quarterly
quarter12.
11.
Forms: more quarrelsome; most quarrelsome –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– quarter
quarterly
n. one of four equal parts into which anything is or may
adj. occurring or made at intervals of three months
be divided
quarto
quartet14. querulous
quay16.
15.
13.
Forms: quarters –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– quartet
quarto
n. a composition for four voices or four instruments
n. an eight-page newspaper of any size
Forms: quartets
Forms: quartos
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– quay
querulous
n. a wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a
adj. habitually complaining
harbor or projecting into it
queue
query18.
17.
Forms: quays ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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queue
v. to make inquiry
n. a file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as for admittance Forms: queues
quiescence
quibble20.
19.
Forms: queried; queried; querying
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– quibble
quiescence
n. an utterly trivial distinction or objection
n. silence; noiselessness; stillness; tranquility; muteness;
quiet
quiescent22.
21.
speechlessness; peacefulness; calmness –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– quiescent
quiet
adj. being in a state of repose or inaction
adj. making no noise
quintessence
quietus24.
23.
Forms: quieter; quietest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– quietus
quintessence
n. a silencing, suppressing or ending
n. epitome; perfect embodiment of
quite
quintet26.
25.
Forms: quietuses –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– quintet
quite
n. musical composition arranged for five voices or
adv. fully
quixotic
27.
instruments –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– quixotic adj. chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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rabid
racy
adj. extreme; fanatical
adj. exciting or exhilarating to the mind
radiate
radiance4.
3.
Forms: racier; raciest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– radiance
radiate
n. brilliant or sparkling luster
v. to extend in all directions, as from a source or focus
radix
radical6.
5.
Forms: radiated; radiated; radiating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– radical
radix
n. one who holds extreme views or advocates extreme
n. that from or on which something is developed
measures Forms: radices, radixes
ramify
raillery8. rampant
ramose10.
9.
7.
Forms: radicals
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– raillery
ramify
n. good-humored satire
v. to divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions
Forms: railleries
Forms: ramified; ramified; ramifying
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ramose
rampant
adj. branch-like
adj. growing, climbing or running without check or restraint
rancor
rampart12.
11.
Forms: more rampant; most rampant –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– rampart
rancor
n. a bulwark or construction to oppose assault or hostile
n. malice
entry
rapacious
rankle14.
13.
Forms: ramparts –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– rankle
rapacious
v. to produce irritation or festering
adj. disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods
rapine
rapid16.
15.
Forms: rankled; rankled; rankling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– rapid
rapine
adj. having great speed
n. the act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war
raptorial
rapt18.
17.
Forms: rapider; rapidest ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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raptorial
adj. engrossed; absorbed; fascinated; charmed;
adj. seizing and devouring living prey
rationalism
ration20.
19.
enchanted –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ration
rationalism
v. to provide with a fixed allowance or portion, especially
n. the formation of opinions by relying upon reason alone,
of food
independently of authority
ravage
raucous22.
21.
Forms: rationed; rationed; rationing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– raucous
ravage
adj. harsh
v. to lay waste by pillage, rapine, devouring or other destructive methods
ravine
ravenous24.
23.
Forms: ravaged; ravaged; ravaging –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ravenous
ravine
adj. furiously voracious or hungry
n. a deep gorge or hollow, especially one worn by a stream or flow of water
reactionary
reaction26. readjust
readily28. realism
ready30.
29.
27.
25.
Forms: more ravenous; most ravenous
Forms: ravines
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– reaction
reactionary
n. tendency towards a former or opposite state of things,
adj. resistant to progress; aspiring to return to a previous
as after reform, revolution or inflation
state or condition
Forms: reactions
Forms: more reactionary; most reactionary
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– readily
readjust
adv. without objection or reluctance
v. to put in order after disarrangement
Forms: more readily; most readily
Forms: readjusted; readjusted; readjusting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ready
realism
adj. in a state of preparedness for any given purpose or
n. the principle and practice of depicting persons and
occasion
scenes as they are believed really to exist
reassure
rearrange32. rebuff
rebellious34.
33.
31.
Forms: readier; readiest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– rearrange
reassure
v. to reorganize; put in order again
v. to give new confidence
Forms: rearranged; rearranged; rearranging
Forms: reassured; reassured; reassuring
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rebellious
rebuff
adj. insubordinate
n. a peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches
rebut
rebuild36. recapitulate
recant38.
37.
35.
Forms: rebuffs –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– rebuild
rebut
v. to reconstruct; erect again
v. to oppose by argument or a sufficient answer
Forms: rebuilt; rebuilt; rebuilding
Forms: rebutted; rebutted; rebutting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– recant
recapitulate
v. to withdraw formally one's belief (in something
v. to repeat again the principal points of
previously believed or maintained) Forms: recapitulated; recapitulated; recapitulating
recede
recapture40. receptive
receivable42.
41.
39.
Forms: recanted; recanted; recanting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– recapture
recede
v. to retake; to repossess
v. to move back or away
Forms: recaptured; recaptured; recapturing
Forms: receded; receded; receding
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– receivable
receptive
adj. capable of being or fit to be accepted — often money adj. having the capacity, quality or ability of receiving, as
recidivist
recessive44. reciprocate
reciprocal46.
45.
43.
truths or impressions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– recessive
recidivist
adj. having a tendency to go back
n. a confirmed criminal
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– reciprocal
reciprocate
adj. mutually interchangeable or convertible
v. to give and take mutually
recitation
reciprocity48.
47.
Forms: reciprocated; reciprocated; reciprocating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– reciprocity
recitation
n. equal mutual rights and benefits granted and enjoyed
n. the act of reciting or repeating, especially in public and from memory
reckless
reck50.
49.
Forms: recitations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– reck
reckless
v. to have a care or thought for
adj. foolishly headless of danger
recline
reclaim52.
51.
Forms: recked; recked; recking ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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reclaim
recline
v. to demand or to obtain the return or restoration of
v. to cause to assume a leaning or recumbent attitude or position Forms: reclined; reclined; reclining
reclusory
recluse54.
53.
Forms: reclaimed; reclaimed; reclaiming
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– recluse
reclusory
n. person who lives in retirement or seclusion
n. a hermitage
recognize
recognizance56.
55.
Forms: recluses –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– recognizance
recognize
n. an acknowledgment entered into before a court with
v. to recall the identity of (a person or thing)
condition to do some particular act
recollect
recoil58. reconnoiter
reconcilable60.
59.
57.
Forms: recognized; recognized; recognizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– recoil
recollect
v. to start back as in dismay, loathing or dread
v. to recall the knowledge of
Forms: recoiled; recoiled; recoiling
Forms: recollected; recollected; recollecting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– reconcilable
reconnoiter
adj. capable of being adjusted or harmonized
v. to make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying or geological purposes
reconstruct
reconsider62.
61.
Forms: reconnoitered; reconnoitered; reconnoitering –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– reconsider
reconstruct
v. to review with care, especially with a view to a reversal v. to rebuild of previous action
recover
recourse64. recreate
recreant66. recrudescent
recrudescence68.
67.
65.
63.
Forms: reconsidered; reconsidered; reconsidering
Forms: reconstructed; reconstructed; reconstructing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– recourse
recover
n. resort to or application for help in exigency or trouble
v. to regain
Forms: recourses
Forms: recovered; recovered; recovering
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– recreant
recreate
n. a cowardly or faithless person
v. to refresh after labor
Forms: recreants
Forms: recreated; recreated; recreating
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recruit70. recuperate
rectitude72.
71.
69.
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recrudescence
recrudescent
n. the state of becoming raw or sore again
adj. becoming raw or sore again
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– recruit
rectify
v. to enlist men for military or naval service
v. to correct
Forms: recruited; recruited; recruiting
Forms: rectified; rectified; rectifying
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– rectitude
recuperate
n. the quality of being upright in principles and conduct
v. to recover
recure
recur74.
73.
Forms: recuperated; recuperated; recuperating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– recur
recure
v. to happen again or repeatedly, especially at regular
v. to recover; to regain; to repossess
intervals Forms: recurred; recurred; recurring
redemption
recurrent76. redolent
redolence78. redound
redoubtable80.
79.
77.
75.
Forms: recurred; recurred; recurring
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– recurrent
redemption
adj. returning from time to time, especially at regular or
n. the recovery of what is mortgaged or pledged, by
stated intervals
paying the debt
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– redolence
redolent
n. smelling sweet and agreeable
adj. smelling sweet and agreeable
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– redoubtable
redound
adj. formidable
n. to accumulate; to accrue; to collect; to have a desired
reducible
redress82.
81.
result or effect; to return; to come back –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– redress
reducible
v. to set right, as a wrong by compensation or the
adj. can be decreased; diminishable; can be expressed in
punishment of the wrong-doer
a simpler form
redundant
redundance84. refer
reestablish86.
85.
83.
Forms: redressed; redressed; redressing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– redundance
redundant
n. excess
adj. constituting an excess
Forms: redundances
Forms: more redundant; most redundant
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referable88.
87.
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refer
v. to set up again; to found anew
v. to direct or send for information or other purpose
Forms: reestablished; reestablished; reestablishing
Forms: referred; referred; referring
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– referable
referee
adj. ascribable
n. an umpire
refinery
referrer90. reflection
reflectible92.
91.
89.
Forms: referees –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– referrer
refinery
n. person who leads another person to a source of
n. a place where some crude material, as sugar or
information
petroleum, is purified
Forms: referrers
Forms: refineries
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– reflectible
reflection
adj. capable of being turned back
n. the throwing off or back of light, heat, sound or any form of energy that travels in waves
reflexible
reflector94.
93.
Forms: reflections –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– reflector
reflexible
n. a mirror, as of metal, for sending back light, heat or
adj. capable of being reflected
sound in a particular direction
reformer
reform96. refractory
refract98.
97.
95.
Forms: reflectors –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– reform
reformer
n. change for the better
n. one who one who makes positive changes; improver
Forms: reforms
Forms: reformers
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– refract
refractory
v. to bend or turn from a direct course
adj. not amenable to control
refringency
refragable100. refusal
refringent102.
101.
99.
Forms: refracted; refracted; refracting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– refragable
refringency
adj. capable of being refuted
n. power to refract
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– refringent
refusal
adj. having the power to refract
n. denial of what is asked
regale
refute104.
103.
Forms: refusals ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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regalia106. regent
regenerate108.
107.
105.
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refute
regale
v. to prove to be wrong
v. to give unusual pleasure
Forms: refuted; refuted; refuting
Forms: regaled; regaled; regaling
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– regalia
regality
n. the emblems of royalty
n. royalty
Forms: only plural
Forms: regalities
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– regenerate
regent
v. to reproduce
n. person who is lawfully deputized to administer the government for the time being in the name of the ruler Forms: regents
regime
regicide110.
109.
Forms: regenerated; regenerated; regenerating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– regicide
regime
n. the killing of a king or sovereign
n. particular conduct or administration of affairs
regiment
regimen112.
111.
Forms: regimes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– regimen
regiment
n. a systematized order or course of living with reference
n. a body of soldiers
to food, clothing and personal habits
regress
regnant114.
113.
Forms: regiments –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– regnant
regress
adj. exercising royal authority in one's own right
v. to return to a former place or condition
rehabilitate
regretful116.
115.
Forms: regressed; regressed; regressing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– regretful
rehabilitate
adj. sorrowful; anguished; remorseful
v. to restore to a former status, capacity, right rank or privilege
reimburse
reign118. reinstate
rein120.
119.
117.
Forms: rehabilitated; rehabilitated; rehabilitating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– reign
reimburse
v. to rule; control; govern; predominate; prevail; be
v. to pay back as an equivalent of what has been
widespread
expended
Forms: reigned; reigned; reigning
Forms: reimbursed; reimbursed; reimbursing
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reinstate
n. a step attached to the bit for controlling a horse or
v. to return to a previous condition or position
other draft-animal Forms: reinstated; reinstated; reinstating
rejoin
reiterate122. rejuvenescence
rejuvenate124.
123.
121.
Forms: reins
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– reiterate
rejoin
v. to say or do again and again
v. to reunite after separation
Forms: reiterated; reiterated; reiterating
Forms: rejoined; rejoined; rejoining
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– rejuvenate
rejuvenescence
v. to restore to youth
n. a renewal of youth
relegate
relapse126.
125.
Forms: rejuvenated; rejuvenated; rejuvenating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– relapse
relegate
v. to suffer a return of a disease after partial recovery
v. to send off or consign, as to an obscure position or remote destination
relevant
relent128. reliant
reliance130.
129.
127.
Forms: relapsed; relapsed; relapsing
Forms: relegated; relegated; relegating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– relent
relevant
v. to yield
adj. bearing upon the matter in hand
Forms: relented; relented; relenting
Forms: more relevant; most relevant
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– reliance
reliant
n. dependence
adj. having confidence
reliquary
relinquish132. reluctance
relish134.
133.
131.
Forms: reliances –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– relinquish
reliquary
v. to give up using or having
n. a casket, coffer or repository in which relics are kept
Forms: relinquished; relinquished; relinquishing
Forms: reliquaries
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– relish
reluctance
v. to like the taste or savor of
n. unwillingness
remembrance
reluctant136.
135.
Forms: relished; relished; relishing ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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reminiscence138.
137.
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remembrance
adj. unwilling
n. recollection
Forms: more reluctant; most reluctant
Forms: remembrances
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reminiscent
n. the calling to mind of incidents within the range of
adj. pertaining to the recollection of matters of personal
personal knowledge or experience
interest
remission
remiss140. remonstrance
remodel142.
141.
139.
Forms: reminiscences –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– remiss
remission
adj. negligent
n. temporary diminution of a disease
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– remodel
remonstrance
v. to reconstruct
n. reproof
Forms: remodeled, remodelled; remodeled, remodelled;
Forms: remonstrances
remonstrate
remonstrant144.
143.
remodeling, remodelling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– remonstrant
remonstrate
adj. having the character of a reproof
v. to present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong
remuneration
remunerate146. rendezvous
renaissance148.
147.
145.
Forms: remonstrated; remonstrated; remonstrating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– remunerate
remuneration
v. to pay or pay for
n. compensation
Forms: remunerated; remunerated; remunerating
Forms: remunerations
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rendezvous
n. the revival of letters, and then of art, which marks the
n. a prearranged place of meeting
transition from medieval to modern time
renovate
rendition150.
149.
Forms: rendezvous –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– rendition
renovate
n. interpretation
v. to restore after deterioration, as a building
reorganize
renunciation152.
151.
Forms: renovated; renovated; renovating ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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reparable154.
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reorganize
n. an explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege
v. to rearrange
Forms: renunciations
Forms: reorganized; reorganized; reorganizing
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reparation
adj. can be fixed; mendable; can be corrected
n. the act of making amends, as for an injury, loss or wrong
repeal
repartee156. repellent
repel158. repertory
repentance160.
159.
157.
155.
Forms: reparations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– repartee
repeal
n. a ready, witty or apt reply
v. to render of no further effect
Forms: no plural
Forms: repealed; repealed; repealing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– repel
repellent
v. to force or keep back in a manner, physically or
adj. having power to force back in a manner, physically or
mentally
mentally
Forms: repelled; repelled; repelling
Forms: more repellent; most repellent
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– repentance
repertory
n. sorrow for something done or left undone, with desire
n. a place where things are stored or gathered together
to make things right by undoing the wrong
repine
repetition162. replete
replenish164. repository
replica166.
165.
163.
161.
Forms: repertories –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– repetition
repine
n. the act of repeating
v. to indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding
Forms: repetitions
Forms: repined; repined; repining
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– replenish
replete
v. to fill again, as something that has been emptied
adj. full to the uttermost
Forms: replenished; replenished; replenishing
Forms: more replete; most replete
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repository
n. a duplicate executed by the artist himself and
n. a place in which goods are stored
regarded, equally with the first, as an original
reprehensible
reprehend168.
167.
Forms: replicas
Forms: repositories
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reprehensible
v. to find fault with
adj. censurable
repress
reprehension170.
169.
Forms: reprehended; reprehended; reprehending –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– reprehension
repress
n. expression of blame
v. to keep under restraint or control
reprieve
repressible172.
171.
Forms: repressed; repressed; repressing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– repressible
reprieve
adj. able to be kept under restraint or control
v. to delay a punishment (esp. death sentence); provide temporary relief
reprisal
reprimand174.
173.
Forms: reprieved; reprieved; reprieving –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– reprimand
reprisal
v. to chide or rebuke for a fault
n. any infliction or act by way of retaliation on an enemy
reproduce
reprobate176.
175.
Forms: reprimanded; reprimanded; reprimanding –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– reprobate
reproduce
n. one abandoned to depravity and sin
v. to make a copy of
reproof
reproduction178. repugnance
repudiate180.
179.
177.
Forms: reproduced; reproduced; reproducing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– reproduction
reproof
n. the process by which an animal or plant gives rise to
n. an expression of disapproval or blame personally
another of its kind
addressed to one censured
Forms: reproductions
Forms: reproofs
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– repudiate
repugnance
v. to refuse to have anything to do with
n. thorough dislike
repulse
repugnant182.
181.
Forms: repudiated; repudiated; repudiating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– repugnant
repulse
adj. offensive to taste and feeling
n. the act of beating or driving back, as an attacking or advancing enemy
repute
repulsive184.
183.
Forms: repulses ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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requiem186.
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repute
adj. grossly offensive
v. to hold in general opinion
Forms: more repulsive; most repulsive
Forms: reputed; reputed; reputing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– requiem
requisite
n. a solemn mass sung for the repose of the souls of the
adj. necessary
requite
requital188.
187.
dead –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– requital
requite
n. adequate return for good or ill
v. to repay either good or evil to, as to a person
reseat
rescind190.
189.
Forms: requited; requited; requiting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– rescind
reseat
v. to make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a
v. to place in position of office again
superior authority
resent
resemblance192. residue
reservoir194. resilient
resilience196.
195.
193.
191.
Forms: rescinded; rescinded; rescinding
Forms: reseated; reseated; reseating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– resemblance
resent
n. similarity in quality or form
v. to be indignant at, as an injury or insult
Forms: resemblances
Forms: resented; resented; resenting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– reservoir
residue
n. a receptacle where a quantity of some material,
n. a remainder or surplus after a part has been separated
especially of a liquid or gas, may be kept
or otherwise treated
Forms: reservoirs
Forms: residues
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– resilience
resilient
n. the power of springing back to a former position
adj. having the quality of springing back to a former
resistant
resistance198.
197.
position –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– resistance
resistant
n. the exertion of opposite effort or effect
adj. offering or tending to produce resistance
resistless
resistive200. resonance
resonance202.
201.
199.
Forms: resistances –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– resistive
resistless
adj. having or exercising the power of resistance
adj. powerless
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resonance
n. the quality of being able to reinforce sound by
adj. able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations
resource
resonate204.
203.
sympathetic vibrations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– resonate
resource
v. to have or produce resonance
n. that which is restored to, relied upon or made available for aid or support
resplendent
respite206. restitution
respondent208.
207.
205.
Forms: resonated; resonated; resonating
Forms: resources
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– respite
resplendent
n. interval of rest
adj. very bright
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– respondent
restitution
adj. answering
n. restoration of anything to the one to whom it properly
resurgent
resumption210.
209.
belongs –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– resumption
resurgent
n. the act of taking back or taking again
adj. surging back or again
resuscitate
resurrection212.
211.
Forms: resumptions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– resurrection
resuscitate
n. a return from death to life
v. to restore from apparent death
retch
retaliate214. reticence
retention216. retinue
reticent218.
217.
215.
213.
Forms: resuscitated; resuscitated; resuscitating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– retaliate
retch
v. to repay evil with a similar evil
v. to make an effort to vomit
Forms: retaliated; retaliated; retaliating
Forms: retched; retched; retching
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– retention
reticence
n. the keeping of a thing within one's power or
n. the quality of habitually keeping silent or being
possession
reserved in utterance
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– reticent
retinue
adj. habitually keeping silent or being reserved in
n. the body of persons who attend a person of
utterance
importance in travel or public appearance
retouch
retort220.
219.
Forms: retinues ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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retrace222.
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retouch
n. a retaliatory speech
v. to modify the details of
Forms: retorts
Forms: retouched; retouched; retouching
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– retrace
retract
v. to follow backward or toward the place of beginning, as v. to recall or take back (something that one has said) a track or marking Forms: retracted; retracted; retracting
retrieve
retrench224. retrograde
retroactive226.
225.
223.
Forms: retraced; retraced; retracing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– retrench
retrieve
v. to cut down or reduce in extent or quantity
v. to recover something by searching
Forms: retrenched; retrenched; retrenching
Forms: retrieved; retrieved; retrieving
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– retroactive
retrograde
adj. operative on, affecting or having reference to past
v. to move backward; repeat; reiterate; recapitulate;
events, transactions or responsibilities
worsen
retrospect
retrogression228.
227.
Forms: retrograded; retrograded; retrograding –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– retrogression
retrospect
n. a going or moving backward or in a reverse direction
n. a view or contemplation of something past
reunite
retrospective230.
229.
Forms: retrospects –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– retrospective
reunite
adj. looking back on the past
v. to bring together again
revere
revelation232.
231.
Forms: reunited; reunited; reuniting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– revelation
revere
n. a disclosing, discovering or making known of what was v. to regard with worshipful veneration before secret, private or unknown
reversion
reverent234.
233.
Forms: revelations
Forms: revered; revered; revering
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– reverent
reversion
adj. humble
n. a return to or toward some former state or condition
revile
revert236.
235.
Forms: more reverent; most reverent ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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revile
v. to return or turn or look back, as toward a former
v. to heap approach or abuse upon
position or the like Forms: reviled; reviled; reviling
revise
revisal238.
237.
Forms: reverted; reverted; reverting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– revisal
revise
n. revision
v. to examine for the correction of errors or for the purpose of making changes
revoke
revocation240.
239.
Forms: revised; revised; revising –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– revocation
revoke
n. repeal
v. to rescind
rhetoric
rhapsody242.
241.
Forms: revoked; revoked; revoking –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– rhapsody
rhetoric
n. rapt or rapturous utterance
n. the art of discourse
ribald
rhetorician244.
243.
Forms: rhapsodies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– rhetorician
ribald
n. a showy writer or speaker
adj. indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or
ridicule
riddance246.
245.
obscenity –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– riddance
ridicule
n. the act of disencumbering; the act of freeing from
n. looks or acts expressing amused contempt
rife
ridiculous248. rightful
righteousness250.
249.
247.
something undesirable –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ridiculous
rife
adj. laughable and contemptible
adj. abundant
Forms: more ridiculous; most ridiculous
Forms: rifer; rifest
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– righteousness
rightful
n. rectitude
adj. conformed to a just claim according to established
rigor
rigmarole252.
251.
laws or usage –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– rigmarole
rigor
n. nonsense
n. inflexibility
ripplet
rigorous254.
253.
Forms: rigors ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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ripplet
adj. uncompromising
n. a small wave
rivulet
risible256.
255.
Forms: more rigorous; most rigorous –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– risible
rivulet
adj. capable of exciting laughter
n. a small stream or brook
rondo
robust258. rotary
rookery260.
259.
257.
Forms: rivulets –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– robust
rondo
adj. characterized by great strength or power of
n. a musical composition during which the first part or
endurance
subject is repeated several times
Forms: more robust; most robust
Forms: rondos
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– rookery
rotary
n. a place where crows congregate to breed
adj. turning around its axis, like a wheel or so constructed as to turn thus
rote
rotate262.
261.
Forms: rookeries –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– rotate
rote
v. to cause to turn on or as on its axis, as a wheel
n. repetition of words or sounds as a means of learning them, with slight attention
rudimentary
rotund264.
263.
Forms: rotated; rotated; rotating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– rotund
rudimentary
adj. round from fullness or plumpness
adj. being in an initial, early or incomplete stage of development
ruminant
rue266.
265.
Forms: more rudimentary; most rudimentary –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– rue
ruminant
v. to regret extremely
adj. chewing the cud
rupture
ruminate268.
267.
Forms: rued; rued; ruing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ruminate
rupture
v. to chew over again, as food previously swallowed and
v. to separate the parts of by violence
regurgitated
ruth
rustic270.
269.
Forms: ruminated; ruminated; ruminating
Forms: ruptured; ruptured; rupturing
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ruth
adj. characteristic of dwelling in the country
n. sorrow for another's misery
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sacrificial
v. to make an offering of to deity, especially by presenting adj. offering or offered as an atonement for sin on an altar
sacrilegious
sacrilege4. sagacious
safeguard6. salience
salacious8. saline
salient10.
9.
7.
5.
3.
Forms: sacrificed; sacrificed; sacrificing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sacrilege
sacrilegious
n. the desecration of the holy
adj. impious
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– safeguard
sagacious
v. to protect
adj. able to discern and distinguish with wise perception
Forms: safeguarded; safeguarded; safeguarding
Forms: more sagacious; most sagacious
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– salacious
salience
adj. having strong sexual desires
n. the condition of standing out distinctly
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– salient
saline
adj. standing out prominently
adj. constituting or consisting of salt
salutation
salutary12.
11.
Forms: more salient; most salient –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– salutary
salutation
adj. beneficial
n. any form of greeting, hailing or welcome, whether by word or act
salvage
salutatory14.
13.
Forms: more salutary; most salutary
Forms: salutations
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– salutatory
salvage
n. the opening oration at the commencement in American n. any act of saving property colleges
sanctimonious
salvo16.
15.
Forms: salutatories –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– salvo
sanctimonious
n. a salute given by firing all the guns, as at the funeral of adj. making an ostentatious display or hypocritical an officer
pretense of holiness or piety
sanctity
sanction18. sanguine
sanguinary20.
19.
17.
Forms: salvos, salvoes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sanction
sanctity
v. to approve authoritatively
n. holiness
Forms: sanctioned; sanctioned; sanctioning
Forms: sanctities
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sanguinary
sanguine
adj. bloody
adj. having the color of blood
sapid
sanguineous22. sapient
sapience24. saponaceous
sapiential26. sarcophagus
sarcasm28. satiate
sardonic30. satiric
satire32.
31.
29.
27.
25.
23.
21.
Forms: more sanguine; most sanguine –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sanguineous
sapid
adj. consisting of blood
adj. affecting the sense of taste
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sapience
sapient
n. deep wisdom or knowledge
adj. possessing wisdom
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sapiential
saponaceous
adj. possessing wisdom
adj. having the nature or quality of soap
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sarcasm
sarcophagus
n. cutting and reproachful language
n. a stone coffin or a chest-like tomb
Forms: sarcasms
Forms: sarcophagi, sarcophaguses
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sardonic
satiate
adj. scornfully or bitterly sarcastic
v. to satisfy fully the appetite or desire of
Forms: more sardonic; most sardonic
Forms: satiated; satiated; satiating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– satire
satiric
n. the employment of sarcasm, irony or keenness of wit in adj. resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity or ridiculing vices
corruption is held up to ridicule
satyr
satirize34. savor
savage36. scarcity
scabbard38. scholastic
scholarly40.
39.
37.
35.
33.
Forms: satires –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– satirize
satyr
v. to treat with sarcasm or derisive wit
n. a very lascivious person
Forms: satirized; satirized; satirizing
Forms: satyrs
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– savage
savor
n. a wild and uncivilized human being
v. to perceive by taste or smell
Forms: savages
Forms: savored; savored; savoring
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– scabbard
scarcity
n. the sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon
n. insufficiency of supply for needs or ordinary demands
Forms: scabbards
Forms: scarcities
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scholarly
scholastic
adj. characteristic of an erudite person
adj. pertaining to education or schools
scintillate
scintilla42. scoundrel
scope44.
43.
41.
Forms: more scholarly; most scholarly –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– scintilla
scintillate
n. the faintest ray
v. to emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light
Forms: scintillas
Forms: scintillated; scintillated; scintillating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– scope
scoundrel
n. a range of action or view
n. a man without principle
scribe
scribble46. scriptural
script48.
47.
45.
Forms: scoundrels –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– scribble
scribe
n. hasty, careless writing
n. one who writes or is skilled in writing
Forms: scribbles
Forms: scribes
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– script
scriptural
n. writing or handwriting of the ordinary cursive form
adj. Biblical; pertaining to the Bible; written; inscribed
scrupulous
scruple50.
49.
Forms: scripts –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– scruple
scrupulous
n. doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right adj. cautious in action for fear of doing wrong or duty
scuttle
scurrilous52.
51.
Forms: scruples –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– scurrilous
scuttle
adj. grossly indecent or vulgar
v. to sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom
seance
scythe54.
53.
Forms: scuttled; scuttled; scuttling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– scythe
seance
n. a long curved blade for mowing, reaping, etc
n. a meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits
sebaceous
sear56.
55.
Forms: scythes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sear
sebaceous
v. to burn on the surface
adj. pertaining to or appearing like fat
secede
secant58.
57.
Forms: seared; seared; searing ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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secede
adj. cutting, especially into two parts
v. to withdraw from union or association, especially from a political or religious body
seclude
secession60.
59.
Forms: seceded; seceded; seceding –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– secession
seclude
n. voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from
v. to place, keep or withdraw from the companionship of
political or religious bodies
others
second-rate
seclusion62.
61.
Forms: secluded; secluded; secluding –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– seclusion
second-rate
n. solitude
adj. alternate; other; additional; subordinate
secondly
secondary64. secretary
secrecy66.
65.
63.
Forms: seclusions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– secondary
secondly
adj. less important or effective than that which is primary
adv. next after the first
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– secrecy
secretary
n. concealment
n. person who attends to correspondence, keeps records or does other writing for others
sedate
secretive68.
67.
Forms: secretaries –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– secretive
sedate
adj. having a tendency to conceal
adj. even-tempered
sediment
sedentary70.
69.
Forms: sedater; sedatest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sedentary
sediment
adj. involving or requiring much sitting
n. matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid
seditious
sedition72. sedulous
seduce74.
73.
71.
Forms: sediments –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sedition
seditious
n. conduct directed against public order and the
adj. promotive of conduct directed against public order
tranquillity of the state
and the tranquillity of the state
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– seduce
sedulous
v. to entice to surrender chastity
adj. persevering in effort or endeavor
seethe
seer76.
75.
Forms: seduced; seduced; seducing ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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seignior78.
77.
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seethe
n. a prophet
v. to be violently excited or agitated
Forms: seers
Forms: seethed; seethed; seething
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– seignior
seismograph
n. a title of honor or respectful address, equivalent to sir
n. an instrument for recording the phenomena of
selective
seize80.
79.
earthquakes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– seize
selective
v. to catch or take hold of suddenly and forcibly
adj. having the power of choice
semblance
self-respect82. semicircle
semiannual84.
83.
81.
Forms: seized; seized; seizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– self-respect
semblance
n. belief in your own worth and dignity
n. outward appearance
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– semiannual
semicircle
adj. recurring at intervals of six months
n. a curved or crescent-shaped line of things or people
semiconscious
semicivilized86. seminary
seminar88.
87.
85.
Forms: semicircles –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– semicivilized
semiconscious
adj. partly cultured
adj. partially awake
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seminary
n. any assemblage of pupils for real research in some
n. a special school, as of theology or pedagogics
specific study under a teacher
sensation
senile90.
89.
Forms: seminars
Forms: seminaries
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sensation
adj. peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or
n. a condition of mind resulting from spiritual or inherent
infirmity of old age
feeling
sensibility
sense92.
91.
Forms: sensations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sense
sensibility
n. the signification conveyed by some word, phrase or
n. power to perceive or feel
action
sensorium
sensitive94.
93.
Forms: senses
Forms: sensibilities
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sensorium
adj. easily affected by outside operations or influences
n. the brain area that responds to stimuli
sensuous
sensual96.
95.
Forms: more sensitive; most sensitive –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sensual
sensuous
adj. relating to physical or, especially, sexual pleasure
adj. having a warm appreciation of the beautiful or of the refinements of luxury
sentience
sentence98.
97.
Forms: more sensual; most sensual –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sentence
sentience
n. a related group of words containing a subject and a
n. capacity for sensation or sense-perception
predicate and expressing a complete thought
sentinel
sentient100.
99.
Forms: sentences –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sentient
sentinel
adj. possessing the power of sense or sense-perception
n. any guard or watch stationed for protection
separate
separable102.
101.
Forms: sentinels –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– separable
separate
adj. capable of being disjoined or divided
v. to take apart
septennial
separatist104. sequacious
sepulcher106.
105.
103.
Forms: separated; separated; separating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– separatist
septennial
n. a seceder
adj. recurring every seven years
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sepulcher
sequacious
n. a burial-place
adj. ready to be led
sequence
sequel108. sequester
sequent110.
109.
107.
Forms: sepulchers –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sequel
sequence
n. that which follows in consequence of what has
n. the order in which a number or persons, things or
previously happened
events follow one another in space or time
Forms: sequels
Forms: sequences
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sequester
adj. following in the order of time
v. to cause to withdraw or retire, as from society or public life
sergeant
sequestrate112.
111.
Forms: sequestered; sequestered; sequestering –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sequestrate
sergeant
v. to confiscate
n. a non-commissioned military officer ranking next above a corporal Forms: sergeants
sergeant-major
sergeant-at-arms114.
113.
Forms: sequestrated; sequestrated; sequestrating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sergeant-at-arms
sergeant-major
n. an executive officer in legislative bodies who enforces
n. the highest non-commissioned officer in a regiment
the orders of the presiding officer Forms: sergeants
serviceable
service116.
115.
Forms: sergeants
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serviceable
n. any work done for the benefit of another
adj. functional; useful; practical; durable; sturdy; longlasting
severance
servitude118. sextet
severely120. sheer
sextuple122.
121.
119.
117.
Forms: services –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– servitude
severance
n. slavery
n. separation
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– severely
sextet
adv. extremely
n. a band of six singers or players
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sextuple
sheer
adj. multiplied by six
adj. absolute
shrewd
shiftless124.
123.
Forms: sheerer; sheerest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– shiftless
shrewd
adj. wanting in resource, energy or executive ability
adj. characterized by skill at understanding and profiting by circumstances
shrinkage
shriek126.
125.
Forms: more shiftless; most shiftless
Forms: shrewder; shrewdest
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shriek
shrinkage
n. a sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or
n. a contraction of any material into less bulk or
terror
dimension
shuffle
shrivel128.
127.
Forms: shrieks –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– shrivel
shuffle
v. to draw or be drawn into wrinkles
n. a mixing or changing the order of things
Forms: shriveled, shrivelled; shriveled, shrivelled;
Forms: shuffles
sibilant
sibilance130. sidelong
sibilate132.
131.
129.
shriveling, shrivelling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sibilance
sibilant
n. a hissing sound
adj. made with a hissing sound
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sibilate
sidelong
v. to give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter
adj. indirect; oblique; not direct or straightforward
s
siege
sidereal134.
133.
Forms: sibilated; sibilated; siblilating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sidereal
siege
adj. pertaining to stars or constellations
n. a beleaguerment
significant
significance136.
135.
Forms: sieges –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– significance
significant
n. importance
adj. important, especially as pointing something out
similar
signification138.
137.
Forms: more significant; most significant –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– signification
similar
n. the meaning conveyed by language, actions or signs
adj. bearing resemblance to one another or to something else
similitude
simile140.
139.
Forms: significations
Forms: more similar; most similar
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– simile
similitude
n. a comparison which directs the mind to the
n. likeness; resemblance; counterpart
simulate
simplify142.
141.
representative object itself ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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simultaneous144. sinister
singe146. sinuous
sinuosity148.
147.
145.
143.
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simplify
simulate
v. to make less complex or difficult
v. to imitate
Forms: simplified; simplified; simplifying
Forms: simulated; simulated; simulating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– simultaneous
sinecure
adj. occurring, done or existing at the same time
n. any position having emoluments with few or no duties
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– singe
sinister
v. to burn slightly or superficially
adj. evil
Forms: singed; singed; singeing
Forms: more sinister; most sinister
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sinuosity
sinuous
n. the quality of curving in and out
adj. curving in and out
siren
sinus150.
149.
Forms: sinuosities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sinus
siren
n. an opening or cavity
n. a sea-nymph, described by Homer as dwelling between the island of Circe and Scylla
sisterhood
sirocco152.
151.
Forms: sinuses
Forms: sirens
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sirocco
sisterhood
n. hot winds from Africa
n. a body of sisters united by some bond of sympathy or by a religious vow
skepticism
skeptic154. skirmish
skiff156.
155.
153.
Forms: siroccos –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– skeptic
skepticism
n. one who doubts any statements
n. the entertainment of doubt concerning something
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– skiff
skirmish
n. a small light boat propelled by oars
n. desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies
slight
sleight158.
157.
Forms: skiffs
Forms: skirmishes
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sleight
slight
n. a trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of
adj. of a small importance or significance
performance escapes observation
sluggard
slothful160.
159.
Forms: slighter; slightest ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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slothful
sluggard
adj. lazy
n. a person who is habitually lazy or idle
socialism
sociable162.
161.
Forms: sluggards –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sociable
socialism
adj. inclined to seek company
n. a theory of civil polity that aims to secure the reconstruction of society
sociology
socialist164.
163.
Forms: more sociable; most sociable –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– socialist
sociology
adj. one who advocates reconstruction of society by
n. the philosophical study of society
solace
sol166.
165.
collective ownership of land and capital –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sol
solace
n. the sun
n. comfort in grief, trouble or calamity
solder
solar168.
167.
Forms: solaces –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– solar
solder
adj. pertaining to the sun
n. a fusible alloy used for joining metallic surfaces or
solecism
soldier170.
169.
margins –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– soldier
solecism
n. a person engaged in military service
n. any violation of established rules or customs
solicitude
solicitor172. solstice
soliloquy174.
173.
171.
Forms: soldiers –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– solicitor
solicitude
n. one who represents a client in court of justice; an
n. uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety or
attorney
fear
Forms: solicitors
Forms: solicitudes
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– soliloquy
solstice
n. a monologue
n. the time of year when the sun is at its greatest declination
solvent
soluble176. somniferous
somber178.
177.
175.
Forms: soliloquies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– soluble
solvent
adj. capable of being dissolved, as in a fluid
adj. having sufficient funds to pay all debts
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somnolence180. sonnet
sonata182.
181.
179.
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somniferous
adj. gloomy
adj. tending to produce sleep
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– somnolence
somnolent
n. oppressive drowsiness
adj. sleepy
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sonata
sonnet
n. an instrumental composition
n. a poem of fourteen decasyllabic or octosyllabiclines expressing two successive phrases
soothsayer
sonorous184.
183.
Forms: sonatas
Forms: sonnets
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sonorous
soothsayer
adj. resonant
n. one who claims to have supernatural insight or
sophistical
sophism186.
185.
foresight –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sophism
sophistical
n. a false argument understood to be such by the
adj. fallacious
sophistry
sophisticate188.
187.
reasoner himself and intentionally used to deceive –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sophisticate
sophistry
v. to deprive of simplicity of mind or manner
n. reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive
sorcery
soprano190.
189.
Forms: sophisticated; sophisticated; sophisticating
Forms: sophistries
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– soprano
sorcery
n. a woman's or boy's voice of high range
n. witchcraft
souvenir
sordid192.
191.
Forms: sopranos –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sordid
souvenir
adj. of degraded character or nature
n. a token of remembrance
spartan
sparse194.
193.
Forms: souvenirs –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sparse
spartan
adj. thinly diffused
adj. exceptionally brave; rigorously severe
specialize
spasmodic196.
195.
Forms: sparser; sparsest ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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specialize
adj. convulsive
v. to devote oneself to a particular profession or field of study
specie
specialty198. specimen
species200. spectator
specious202.
201.
199.
197.
Forms: specialized; specialized; specializing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– specialty
specie
n. an employment limited to one particular line of work
n. a coin or coins of gold, silver, copper or other metal
Forms: specialties
Forms: species
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– species
specimen
n. a classificatory group of animals or plants subordinate
n. one of a class of persons or things regarded as
to a genus
representative of the class
Forms: species
Forms: specimens
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– specious
spectator
adj. plausible
n. person who beholds or looks on
spectrum
specter204.
203.
Forms: spectators –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– specter
spectrum
n. apparition
n. an image formed by rays of light or other radiant energy
speculator
speculate206.
205.
Forms: specters
Forms: spectra, spectrums
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– speculate
speculator
v. to pursue inquiries and form conjectures
n. one who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss but also a chance of profit
spheroid
sphericity208. spinous
spherometer210.
209.
207.
Forms: speculated; speculated; speculating
Forms: speculators
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sphericity
spheroid
n. roundness
n. a geometrical figure
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– spherometer
spinous
n. an instrument used to measure the curvature of a
adj. resembling a thorn; having pointed projections
spontaneous
spinster212.
211.
surface ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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spontaneous
n. a woman who has never been married
adj. arising from inherent qualities or tendencies without external efficient cause
spurious
sprightly214.
213.
Forms: spinsters –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sprightly
spurious
adj. vivacious
adj. not genuine
squalid
squabble216.
215.
Forms: sprightlier; sprightliest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– squabble
squalid
v. to quarrel
adj. having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance
stagnant
squatter218. stagnation
stagnate220.
219.
217.
Forms: squabbled; squabbled; squabbling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– squatter
stagnant
n. one who settles on land without permission or right
adj. not flowing: said of water, as in a pool
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– stagnate
stagnation
v. to become dull or inert
n. the condition of not flowing or not changing
staid
stagy222. stanchion
stallion224. statecraft
stanza226.
225.
223.
221.
Forms: stagnated; stagnated; stagnating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– stagy
staid
adj. having a theatrical manner
adj. of a steady and sober character
Forms: stagier; stagiest
Forms: staider; staidest
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– stallion
stanchion
n. an uncastrated male horse, commonly one kept for
n. a vertical bar or a pair of bars, used to confine cattle in
breeding
a stall
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– stanza
statecraft
n. a group of rimed lines, usually forming one of a series
n. statesmanship; art of governing
of similar divisions in a poem
statics
static228.
227.
Forms: stanzas –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– static
statics
adj. pertaining to or designating bodies at rest or forces in n. the branch of mechanics that treats of the relations that
statistician
stationary230.
229.
equilibrium
subsist among forces in order
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statistician
adj. not moving
n. one who is skilled in collecting and tabulating numerical facts
statuette
statuesque232. statute
stature234.
233.
231.
Forms: statisticians –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– statuesque
statuette
adj. attractively tall, graceful, and dignified
n. a figurine
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– stature
statute
n. the natural height of an animal body
n. any authoritatively declared rule, ordinance, decree or law
stellar
stealth236. sterling
steppe238. stigma
stifle240.
239.
237.
235.
Forms: statutes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– stealth
stellar
n. a concealed manner of acting
adj. pertaining to the stars
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– steppe
sterling
n. one of the extensive plains in Russia and Siberia
adj. genuine
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– stifle
stigma
v. to smother
n. a mark of infamy or token of disgrace attaching to a person as the result of evil-doing
stimulant
stiletto242. stimulus
stimulate244. stipend
stingy246.
245.
243.
241.
Forms: stifled; stifled; stifling
Forms: stigmata, stigmas
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– stiletto
stimulant
n. a small dagger
n. anything that rouses to activity or to quickened action
Forms: stilettos, stilettoes
Forms: stimulants
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– stimulate
stimulus
v. to rouse to activity or to quickened action
n. incentive
Forms: stimulated; stimulated; stimulating
Forms: stimuli
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– stingy
stipend
adj. cheap, unwilling to spend money
n. a definite amount paid at stated periods in compensation for services or as an allowance
stolid
stoicism248.
247.
Forms: stingier; stingiest ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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stolid
n. the principles or the practice of the Stoics-being very
adj. expressing no power of feeling or perceiving
stratagem
strait250.
249.
even tempered in success and failure –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– strait
stratagem
n. a narrow passage of water connecting two larger
n. any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage
bodies of water Forms: stratagems
streamlet
stratum252.
251.
Forms: straits
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– stratum
streamlet
n. a natural or artificial layer, bed or thickness of any
n. rivulet
substance or material
stringent
stringency254. studious
stripling256.
255.
253.
Forms: plurals: strata, stratums –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– stringency
stringent
n. strictness
adj. rigid
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– stripling
studious
n. a mere youth
adj. having or showing devotion to the acquisition of
stupendous
stultify258. suasion
stupor260.
259.
257.
knowledge –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– stultify
stupendous
v. to give an appearance of foolishness to
adj. of prodigious size, bulk or degree
Forms: stultified; stultified; stultifying
Forms: more stupendous; most stupendous
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– stupor
suasion
n. profound lethargy
n. the act of persuading
subacid
suave262.
261.
Forms: stupors –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– suave
subacid
adj. smooth and pleasant in manner
adj. somewhat sharp or biting
subconscious
subaquatic264. subjection
subjacent266. subliminal
subjugate268.
267.
265.
263.
Forms: suaver; suavest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– subaquatic
subconscious
adj. being, formed or operating under water
adj. occurring outside of an individual's awareness
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– subjacent
subjection
adj. situated directly underneath
n. the act of bringing into a state of submission
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subjugate
subliminal
v. to conquer
adj. being beneath the threshold of consciousness
submarine
sublingual270.
269.
Forms: subjugated; subjugated; subjugating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sublingual
submarine
adj. situated beneath the tongue
adj. existing, done or operating beneath the surface of
submergence
submerge272.
271.
the sea –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– submerge
submergence
v. to place or plunge under water
n. flood; inundate; engulf
submersion
submersible274. submittal
submission276.
275.
273.
Forms: submerged; submerged; submerging –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– submersible
submersion
adj. capable of being put underwater
n. the act of sinking until covered completely with water
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– submission
submittal
n. a yielding to the power or authority of another
n. a presentation; proposition; offer
subsequent
subordinate278. subservient
subservience280.
279.
277.
Forms: submissions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– subordinate
subsequent
adj. belonging to an inferior order in a classification
adj. following in time
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– subservience
subservient
n. the quality, character or condition of being servilely
adj. servilely following another's behests
following another's behests
subsist
subside282. substantive
subsistence284.
283.
281.
Forms: no plural –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– subside
subsist
v. to relapse into a state of repose and tranquillity
v. to exist; live; stay alive
Forms: subsided; subsided; subsiding
Forms: subsisted; subsisted; subsisting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– subsistence
substantive
n. existence; being; something which supports or
adj. solid
subterfuge
subtend286.
285.
maintains life or existence –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– subtend
subterfuge
v. to extend opposite to
n. evasion
subtle
subterranean288.
287.
Forms: subtended; subtended; subtending ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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subtle
adj. situated or occurring below the surface of the earth
adj. discriminating
subversion
subtrahend290.
289.
Forms: subtler; subtlest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– subtrahend
subversion
n. number that is deducted from an amount
n. an overthrow, as from the foundation
succeed
subvert292. successful
success294.
293.
291.
Forms: subtrahends –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– subvert
succeed
v. to bring to ruin
v. to accomplish what is attempted or intended
Forms: subverted; subverted; subverting
Forms: succeeded; succeeded; succeeding
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– success
successful
n. a favorable or prosperous course or termination of
adj. having reached a high degree of worldly prosperity
anything attempted
succinct
successor296.
295.
Forms: successes
Forms: more successful; most successful
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– successor
succinct
n. heir; inheritor; one who or that which follows or takes
adj. concise
the place of another
succumb
succulent298.
297.
Forms: successors –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– succulent
succumb
adj. juicy
v. to cease to resist
sufficiency
sufferance300. suffuse
suffrage302. suggestive
suggestible304. sumptuous
summary306.
305.
303.
301.
299.
Forms: succumbed; succumbed; succumbing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sufferance
sufficiency
n. toleration
n. an ample or adequate supply
Forms: sufferances
Forms: sufficiencies
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– suffrage
suffuse
n. the right or privilege of voting
v. to cover or fill the surface of
Forms: suffrages
Forms: suffused; suffused; suffusing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– suggestible
suggestive
adj. proposable
adj. stimulating to thought or reflection
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superabundance308.
307.
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summary
sumptuous
n. an abstract
adj. rich and costly
Forms: summaries
Forms: more sumptuous; most sumptuous
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– superabundance
superadd
n. an excessive amount
v. to to annex, as something extrinsic
superb
superannuate310.
309.
Forms: superadded; superadded; superadding –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– superannuate
superb
v. to become deteriorated or incapacitated by long
adj. sumptuously elegant
service
superficial
supercilious312.
311.
Forms: superannuated; superannuated; superannuating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– supercilious
superficial
adj. exhibiting haughty and careless contempt
adj. knowing and understanding only the ordinary and the obvious
superfluous
superfluity314.
313.
Forms: more superficial; most superficial –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– superfluity
superfluous
n. that part of anything that is in excess of what is needed adj. being more than is needed
superintend
superheat316. superintendent
superintendence318.
317.
315.
Forms: superfluities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– superheat
superintend
v. to make (a liquid) hot under pressure above its boiling
v. to have the charge and direction of, especially of some
point without vaporization
work or movement
Forms: superheated; superheated; superheating
Forms: superintended; superintended; superintending
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superintendent
n. direction and management
n. person who has the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement
supernatural
superlative320.
319.
Forms: superintendents –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– superlative
supernatural
n. something that is of the highest possible excellence or
adj. caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of
eminence
divine power
supersede
supernumerary322.
321.
Forms: superlatives ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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supersede
adj. extra; additional; being more than the usual amount
v. to displace
supplant
supine324.
323.
Forms: superseded; superseded; superseding –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– supine
supplant
adj. lying on the back
v. to take the place of
supplementary
supple326.
325.
Forms: supplanted; supplanted; supplanting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– supple
supplementary
adj. easily bent
adj. being an addition to
supplicate
supplicant328. suppress
supposition330.
329.
327.
Forms: suppler; supplest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– supplicant
supplicate
n. person who asks humbly and earnestly
v. to beg
Forms: supplicants
Forms: supplicated; supplicated; supplicating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– supposition
suppress
n. conjecture
v. to prevent from being disclosed or punished
suppression
suppressible332. surcharge
supramundane334. surfeit
surety336. surmount
surmise338. surrogate
surreptitious340.
339.
337.
335.
333.
331.
Forms: suppressed; suppressed; suppressing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– suppressible
suppression
adj. capable of being held back or kept down
n. a forcible putting or keeping down
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– supramundane
surcharge
adj. supernatural
n. an additional amount added to the usual price
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– surety
surfeit
n. security for payment or performance
v. to feed to fullness or to satiety
Forms: sureties
Forms: surfeited; surfeited; surfeiting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– surmise
surmount
v. to conjecture
v. to overcome by force of will
Forms: surmised; surmised; surmising
Forms: surmounted; surmounted; surmounting
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surrogate
adj. clandestine
n. somebody or something that is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another
surveyor
surround342. susceptible
susceptibility344. suspension
suspense346.
345.
343.
341.
Forms: surrogates –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– surround
surveyor
v. to encircle
n. a land-measurer
Forms: surrounded; surrounded; surrounding
Forms: surveyors
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– susceptibility
susceptible
n. a specific capability of feeling or emotion
adj. easily under a specified power or influence
Forms: susceptibilities
Forms: more susceptible; most susceptible
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– suspense
suspension
n. uncertainty
n. a hanging from a support
sustenance
suspicious348.
347.
Forms: suspensions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– suspicious
sustenance
adj. inclined to doubt or mistrust
n. food
sybarite
swarthy350.
349.
Forms: more suspicious; most suspicious –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– swarthy
sybarite
adj. having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned
n. a luxurious person
complexion
syllabic
sycophant352. syllable
syllabication354.
353.
351.
Forms: swarthier; swarthiest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sycophant
syllabic
n. a servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or
adj. consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal
influence
impulse
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– syllabication
syllable
n. division of words into that which is uttered in a single
n. that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse
vocal impulse
sylph
syllabus356.
355.
Forms: syllables ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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sylph
n. outline of a subject, course, lecture or treatise
n. a slender, graceful young woman or girl
symmetry
symmetrical358.
357.
Forms: plurals: syllabuses, syllabi –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– symmetrical
symmetry
adj. well-balanced
n. relative proportion and harmony
sympathize
sympathetic360.
359.
Forms: symmetries –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sympathetic
sympathize
adj. having a fellow-feeling for or like feelings with
v. to share the sentiments or mental states of another
another or others Forms: sympathized; sympathized; sympathizing
symphonious
symphonic362.
361.
Forms: more sympathetic; most sympathetic
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– symphonic
symphonious
adj. characterized by a harmonious or agreeable mingling adj. marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of
synchronism
symphony364.
363.
of sounds
sounds
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– symphony
synchronism
n. a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds
n. simultaneousness
syneresis
syndicate366.
365.
Forms: symphonies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– syndicate
syneresis
n. an association of individuals united for the prosecution
n. the coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e'er for
of some enterprise
ever
synonym
synod368.
367.
Forms: syndicates –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– synod
synonym
n. an ecclesiastical council
n. a word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other
systematic
synopsis370.
369.
Forms: synonyms –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– synopsis
systematic
n. a syllabus or summary
adj. methodical
Forms: synopsises ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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tableau
tacit
n. an arrangement of inanimate figures representing a
adj. understood
scene from real life
tack
taciturn4.
3.
Forms: tableaux, tableaus –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– taciturn
tack
adj. disinclined to conversation
n. a small sharp-pointed nail
tactician
tact6.
5.
Forms: tacks –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tact
tactician
n. fine or ready mental discernment shown in saying or
n. person who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness
doing the proper thing
tangency
tactics8.
7.
Forms: tacticians –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tactics
tangency
n. any maneuvering or adroit management for effecting
n. the state of touching
tangible
tangent10.
9.
an object –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tangent
tangible
adj. touching
adj. perceptible by touch
tantalize
tannery12. tapestry
tantamount14.
13.
11.
Forms: more tangible; most tangible –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tannery
tantalize
n. a place where animal skin is converted into leather
v. to tease
Forms: tanneries
Forms: tantalized; tantalized; tantalizing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tantamount
tapestry
adj. having equal or equivalent value, effect or import
n. a fabric to which a pattern is applied with a needle, designed for ornamental hangings
taut
tarnish16. taxidermy
taxation18.
17.
15.
Forms: tapestries –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tarnish
taut
v. to lessen or destroy the luster of in any way
adj. stretched tight
Forms: tarnished; tarnished; tarnishing
Forms: tauter; tautest
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– taxation
taxidermy
n. a levy, by government, of a fixed contribution
n. the art or process of preserving dead animals or parts
technicality
technic20.
19.
of them ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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technicality
adj. practical; useful
n. something peculiar to a particular art, trade or the like
technography
technique22.
21.
Forms: technicalities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– technique
technography
n. manner of performance
n. the scientific description or study of human arts and industries in their historic development
teem
technology24. telephony
telepathy26.
25.
23.
Forms: techniques –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– technology
teem
n. the knowledge relating to industries and manufactures
v. to be full to overflowing
Forms: technologies
Forms: teemed; teemed; teeming
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– telepathy
telephony
n. thought-transference
n. the general use of equipment to provide voice
telltale
telescope28.
27.
communication over distances –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– telescope
telltale
v. to drive together so that one slides into the another like adj. that gives warning or information the sections of a spy-glass
temporal
temerity30.
29.
Forms: telescoped; telescoped; telescoping –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– temerity
temporal
n. recklessness
adj. pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life
temporize
temporary32.
31.
Forms: temerities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– temporary
temporize
adj. lasting for a short time only
v. to pursue a policy of delay
tempter
tempt34. tenant
tenacious36.
35.
33.
Forms: temporized; temporized; temporizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tempt
tempter
v. to offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong
n. an allurer or enticer to evil
Forms: tempted; tempted; tempting
Forms: tempters
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tendency38.
37.
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tenacious
tenant
adj. unyielding
n. an occupant
Forms: more tenacious; most tenacious
Forms: tenants
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tendency
tenet
n. direction or inclination, as toward some objector end
n. any opinion, principle, dogma or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true
tense
tenor40. tenure
tentative42. termagant
tercentenary44. terminate
terminal46.
45.
43.
41.
39.
Forms: tendencies
Forms: tenets
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tenor
tense
n. a settled course or manner of progress
adj. strained to stiffness
Forms: tenors
Forms: tenser; tensest
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tentative
tenure
adj. done as an experiment
n. the term during which a thing is held
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tercentenary
termagant
adj. pertaining to a period of 300 years
adj. violently abusive and quarrelsome
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– terminal
terminate
adj. pertaining to or creative of a boundary or limit
v. to put an end or stop to
terminus
termination48. territorial
terrify50.
49.
47.
Forms: terminated; terminated; terminating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– termination
terminus
n. the act of ending or concluding
n. the final point or goal
Forms: terminations
Forms: termini, terminuses
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– terrify
territorial
v. to fill with extreme fear
adj. pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction
testament
terse52. testimonial
testator54.
53.
51.
Forms: terrified; terrified; terrifying –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– terse
testament
adj. pithy
n. a will
Forms: terser; tersest
Forms: testaments
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testimonial
n. the maker of a will
n. a formal token of regard, often presented in public
theism
thearchy56.
55.
Forms: testimonials –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– thearchy
theism
n. government by a supreme deity
n. belief in God
theocrasy
theocracy58.
57.
Forms: thearchies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– theocracy
theocrasy
n. a government administered by ecclesiastics
n. the mixed worship of polytheism
theological
theologian60.
59.
Forms: theocracies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– theologian
theological
n. a professor of divinity
adj. based on or growing out of divine revelation
theoretical
theology62.
61.
Forms: theologians –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– theology
theoretical
n. the study of religions and religious teachings
adj. directed toward knowledge for its own sake without respect to applications
theorize
theorist64. therefor
thereabout66.
65.
63.
Forms: theologies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– theorist
theorize
n. person who tends to speculate
v. to speculate
Forms: theorists
Forms: theorized; theorized; theorizing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– thereabout
therefor
adv. near that number, quantity, degree, place or time;
adv. for that or this
thermoelectric
thermal68. thesis
thermoelectricity70.
69.
67.
approximately –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– thermal
thermoelectric
adj. of or pertaining to heat
adj. denoting electricity produced by heat
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– thermoelectricity
thesis
n. the Seebeck effect
n. an essay or treatise on a particular subject
thoroughfare
thoroughbred72.
71.
Forms: theses ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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thoroughbred
thoroughfare
adj. pedigreed; cultured
n. a public street or road
tilth
thrall74.
73.
Forms: thoroughfares –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– thrall
tilth
n. one controlled by an appetite or a passion
n. cultivation
timorous
timbre76.
75.
Forms: thralls –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– timbre
timorous
n. the quality of a tone, as distinguished from intensity
adj. lacking courage
tinge
tincture78.
77.
and pitch –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tincture
tinge
n. a solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in
n. a faint trace of color
medicine
tirade
tipsy80.
79.
Forms: tinctures
Forms: tinges
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tipsy
tirade
adj. befuddled with drinks
n. harangue
tiresome
tireless82.
81.
Forms: tipsier; tipsiest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tireless
tiresome
adj. untiring
adj. annoying; boring; wearisome
toilsome
titanic84. tolerance
tolerable86.
85.
83.
Forms: more tireless; most tireless –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– titanic
toilsome
adj. of vast size or strength
adj. laborious
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tolerable
tolerance
adj. moderately good
n. forbearance in judging of the acts or opinions of others
tolerate
tolerant88. topography
toleration90.
89.
87.
Forms: tolerances –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tolerant
tolerate
adj. indulgent
v. to passively permit or put up with
Forms: more tolerant; most tolerant
Forms: tolerated; tolerated; tolerating
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topography
n. a spirit of charitable leniency
n. the art of representing on a map the physical features of any locality or region with accuracy
torrid
torpor92. tortuous
tortious94. tractable
torturous96. trajectory
trait98.
97.
95.
93.
91.
Forms: topographies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– torpor
torrid
n. apathy
adj. excessively hot
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tortious
tortuous
adj. wrongful
adj. abounding in irregular bends or turns
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– torturous
tractable
adj. marked by extreme suffering
adj. easily led or controlled
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– trait
trajectory
n. a distinguishing feature or quality
n. the path described by a projectile moving under given forces
tranquil
trammel100. tranquilize
tranquility102.
101.
99.
Forms: traits
Forms: trajectories
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– trammel
tranquil
n. an impediment
adj. calm
Forms: trammels
Forms: tranquiler, tranquiller; tranquilest, tranquillest
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tranquility
tranquilize
n. calmness
v. to soothe
transalpine
transact104.
103.
Forms: tranquilized; tranquilized; tranquilizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– transact
transalpine
v. to do business
adj. situated on the other side of the Alps
transcend
transatlantic106.
105.
Forms: transacted; transacted; transacting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– transatlantic
transcend
adj. situated beyond or on the other side of the ocean
v. to surpass
transcontinental
transcendent108. transcript
transcribe110.
109.
107.
Forms: transcended; transcended; transcending –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– transcendent
transcontinental
adj. surpassing
adj. from the Atlantic to the Pacific in the United States
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transfer112.
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transcript
v. to write over again (something already written)
n. a copy made directly from an original
Forms: transcribed; transcribed; transcribing
Forms: transcripts
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– transfer
transferable
v. to convey, remove or cause to pass from one person
adj. capable of being conveyed from one person or place
or place to another
to another
transference
transferee114.
113.
Forms: transferred; transferred; transferring –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– transferee
transference
n. a person who is moved or directed
n. the act of conveying from one person or place to
transfigure
transferrer116.
115.
another –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– transferrer
transfigure
n. one who or that which conveys from one person or
v. to give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to
place to another
transfusible
transfuse118.
117.
Forms: transfigured; transfigured; transfiguring –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– transfuse
transfusible
v. to pour or cause to pass, as a fluid, from one vessel to
adj. capable of being poured from one vessel to another
another
transgress
transfusion120. transient
transience122.
121.
119.
Forms: transfused; transfused; transfusing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– transfusion
transgress
n. the act of pouring from one vessel to another
v. to break a law
Forms: transfusions
Forms: transgressed; transgressed; transgressing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– transience
transient
n. something that is of short duration
n. somebody or something that is only of temporary existence
transitory
transition124.
123.
Forms: transients –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– transition
transitory
n. passage from one place, condition or action to another adj. existing for a short time only
translator
translate126.
125.
Forms: transitions ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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translator
v. to give the sense or equivalent of in another language
n. an interpreter
or dialect
translucent
translucence128. transmission
transmissible130.
129.
127.
Forms: translated; translated; translating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– translucence
translucent
n. the property or state of allowing the passage of light
adj. allowing the passage of light
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– transmissible
transmission
adj. that may e sent through or across
n. the act of sending through or across
transmute
transmit132. transpire
transparent134. transposition
transplant136.
135.
133.
131.
Forms: transmissions –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– transmit
transmute
v. to send trough or across
v. to change in nature, substance or form
Forms: transmitted; transmitted; transmitting
Forms: transmuted; transmuted; transmuting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– transparent
transpire
adj. easy to see through or understand
v. to come to pass
Forms: more transparent; most transparent
Forms: transpired; transpired; transpiring
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– transplant
transposition
v. to remove from one place and introduce into another
n. the act of reversing the order or changing the place of
(organ, person, etc.); transfer; relocate
travail
transverse138.
137.
Forms: transplanted; transplanted; transplanting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– transverse
travail
adj. lying or being across or in a crosswise direction
n. hard or agonizing labor
treacherous
travesty140. treasonable
treachery142.
141.
139.
Forms: travails –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– travesty
treacherous
n. a grotesque imitation
adj. perfidious
Forms: travesties
Forms: more treacherous; most treacherous
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– treachery
treasonable
n. violation of allegiance, confidence or plighted faith
adj. of the nature of betrayal, treachery or breech of allegiance
treble
treatise144.
143.
Forms: treacheries ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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treble
n. an elaborate literary composition presenting a subject
adj. multiplied by three
in all its parts
tremendous
trebly146.
145.
Forms: treatises –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– trebly
tremendous
adv. threefold; triply
adj. awe-inspiring
tremulous
tremor148.
147.
Forms: more tremendous; most tremendous –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tremor
tremulous
n. a shudder; shock; shaking; vibration
adj. characterized by quivering or unsteadiness
trepidation
trenchant150. triad
trestle152.
151.
149.
Forms: tremors –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– trenchant
trepidation
adj. cutting deeply and quickly
n. nervous uncertainty of feeling
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– trestle
triad
n. an open braced framework for supporting the
n. a group of three persons of things
trickery
tribune154.
153.
horizontal stringers of a railway-bridge –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tribune
trickery
n. any champion of the rights and liberties of the people:
n. artifice
often used as the name for a newspaper
tricycle
tricolor156. triennial
trident158.
157.
155.
Forms: tribunes
Forms: trickeries
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tricolor
tricycle
adj. of three colors
n. a three-wheeled vehicle
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– trident
triennial
n. the three-pronged fork that was the emblem of
adj. taking place every third year
trinity
trimness160.
159.
Neptune –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– trimness
trinity
n. order; neatness
n. a threefold personality existing in the one divine being or substance
triple
trio162.
161.
Forms: trinities ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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triple
n. three things grouped or associated together
adj. threefold
triplicity
triplicate164.
163.
Forms: trios –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– triplicate
triplicity
adj. composed of or pertaining to three related things or
n. the condition of existing in three identical copies
parts
trisect
tripod166. triumvir
trite168.
167.
165.
Forms: triplicities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tripod
trisect
n. a three-legged stand, usually hinged near the top, for
v. to divide into three parts, especially into three equal
supporting some instrument
parts
Forms: tripods
Forms: trisected; trisected; trisecting
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– trite
triumvir
adj. made commonplace by frequent repetition
n. one of three men united coordinately in public office or authority
troublesome
trivial170. truculent
truculence172. truthful
truism174.
173.
171.
169.
Forms: triter; tritest
Forms: triumvirs, triumviri
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– trivial
troublesome
adj. of little importance or value
adj. annoying; worrying; difficult; full of distress
Forms: more trivial; most trivial
Forms: more troublesome; most troublesome
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– truculence
truculent
n. ferocity
adj. having the character or the spirit of a savage
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– truism
truthful
n. a statement so plainly true as hardly to require
adj. veracious
statement or proof
turpitude
turgid176. tutelar
tutelage178.
177.
175.
Forms: more truthful; most truthful –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– turgid
turpitude
adj. swollen
n. depravity
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tutelage
tutelar
n. the act of training or the state of being under
adj. protective
twinge
tutorship180.
179.
instruction ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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typical182. typography
typographical184.
183.
181.
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twinge
n. the office of a guardian
n. a darting momentary local pain
Forms: tutorships
Forms: twinges
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– typical
typify
adj. characteristic
v. to serve as a characteristic example of
Forms: more typical; most typical
Forms: typified; typified; typifying
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– typographical
typography
adj. of or related to the art of printing
n. the arrangement of composed type or the appearance of printed matter
tyranny
tyrannical186. tyro
187.
185.
Forms: typographies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tyrannical
tyranny
adj. despotic
n. absolute power arbitrarily or unjustly administrated
Forms: more tyrannical; most tyrannical
Forms: tyrannies
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tyro n. person who is slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession; amateur Forms: tyros ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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U
ubiquitous
ulterior
adj. being present everywhere
adj. not so pertinent as something else to the matter
ultimatum
ultimate4.
3.
spoken of –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ultimate
ultimatum
adj. beyond which there is nothing else
n. a final statement or proposal, as concerning terms or conditions
ultramundane
ultramontane6.
5.
Forms: ultimatums, ultimata –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ultramontane
ultramundane
adj. beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps
adj. pertaining to supernatural things or to another life
unaccountable
umbrage8.
7.
(that is, on their Italian side) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– umbrage
unaccountable
n. a sense of injury
adj. inexplicable
unanimity
unaffected10.
9.
Forms: more unaccountable; most unaccountable –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– unaffected
unanimity
adj. sincere
n. the state or quality of being of one mind
unavoidable
unanimous12. unbecoming
unbearable14.
13.
11.
Forms: more unaffected; most unaffected –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– unanimous
unavoidable
adj. sharing the same views or sentiments
adj. inevitable
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– unbearable
unbecoming
adj. unendurable
adj. unsuited to the wearer, place or surroundings
unbiased
unbelief16. uncommon
unbridled18.
17.
15.
Forms: more unbearable; most unbearable –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– unbelief
unbiased
n. doubt; lack of faith; skepticism
adj. impartial, as judgment
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– unbridled
uncommon
adj. being without restraint
adj. rare
unconscious
unconscionable20. unctuous
unction22.
21.
19.
Forms: uncommoner; uncommonest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– unconscionable
unconscious
adj. ridiculously or unjustly excessive
adj. not cognizant of objects, actions, etc
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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undeceive24.
23.
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unction
unctuous
n. the art of anointing as with oil
adj. oily
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– undeceive
undercharge
v. to free from deception, as by apprising of the real state v. to request an inadequate price for something of affairs Forms: undercharged; undercharged; undercharging
undergarment
underexposed26.
25.
Forms: undeceived; undeceived; undeceiving
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– underexposed
undergarment
adj. given too little light to a piece of photographic film
n. a piece of clothing worn beneath outer clothes
underlie
underhanded28.
27.
when taking a photograph –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– underhanded
underlie
adj. clandestinely carried on
v. to be the ground or support of
underman
underling30.
29.
Forms: underlay; underlain; underlying –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– underling
underman
n. a subordinate
v. to equip with less than the full complement of men
underrate
undermine32.
31.
Forms: undermanned; undermanned; undermanning –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– undermine
underrate
v. to slowly weaken or injure; sabotage; subvert
v. to to judge the value, degree, or worth of somebody or something to be less than it really is
undersized
undersell34.
33.
Forms: undermined; undermined; undermining
Forms: underrated; underrated; underrating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– undersell
undersized
v. to promote or advertise in an understated manner
adj. smaller than usual
undervalue
understate36. underwrite
underworld38.
37.
35.
Forms: undersold; undersold; underselling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– understate
undervalue
v. to fail to put strongly enough, as a case
v. to estimate something less than the true worth
Forms: understated; understated; understating
Forms: undervalued; undervalued; undervaluing
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– underworld
underwrite
n. hades
v. to issue or be party to the issue of a policy of insurance
undulate
undue40.
39.
Forms: underwrote; underwritten; underwriting ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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undue
undulate
adj. more than sufficient
v. to move like a wave or in waves
unfavorable
undulous42. unguent
ungainly44.
43.
41.
Forms: undulated; undulated; undulating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– undulous
unfavorable
adj. resembling waves
adj. adverse
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ungainly
unguent
adj. clumsy
n. any ointment or lubricant for local application
unify
unicellular46.
45.
Forms: ungainlier; ungainliest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– unicellular
unify
adj. consisting of a single loculus
v. to cause to be one
unison
unique48. unitarian
unisonant50.
49.
47.
Forms: unified; unified; unifying –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– unique
unison
adj. being the only one of its kind
n. a condition of perfect agreement and accord
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– unisonant
unitarian
adj. being in a condition of perfect agreement and accord adj. pertaining to a religious body that rejects the doctrine
unlawful
univalence52. unnatural
unlimited54. unsettle
unnecessary56.
55.
53.
51.
of the Trinity –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– univalence
unlawful
n. monovalency
adj. illegal
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– unlimited
unnatural
adj. unconstrained
adj. artificial
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– unnecessary
unsettle
adj. not essential under the circumstances
v. to put into confusion
unspeakable
unsophisticated58. untoward
untimely60. unwieldy
unutterable62.
61.
59.
57.
Forms: unsettled; unsettled; unsettling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– unsophisticated
unspeakable
adj. showing inexperience
adj. abominable
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– untimely
untoward
adj. unseasonable
adj. causing annoyance or hindrance
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unwieldy
adj. inexpressible
adj. moved or managed with difficulty, as from great size or awkward shape
unyoke
unwise64. upbraid
up-keep66.
65.
63.
Forms: unwieldier; unwieldiest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– unwise
unyoke
adj. foolish
v. to separate
Forms: unwiser; unwisest
Forms: unyoked; unyoked; unyoking
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– up-keep
upbraid
n. maintenance
v. to reproach as deserving blame
upheaval
upcast68.
67.
Forms: upbraided; upbraided; upbraiding –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– upcast
upheaval
n. a throwing upward
n. overthrow or violent disturbance of established order or condition
uppermost
upheave70.
69.
Forms: upheavals –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– upheave
uppermost
v. to raise or lift with effort
adj. first in order of precedence
Forms: upheaved, uphove; upheaved, uphove;
uproot
uproarious72.
71.
upheaving –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– uproarious
uproot
adj. noisy
v. to eradicate
urban
upturn74.
73.
Forms: uprooted; uprooted; uprooting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– upturn
urban
v. to throw into confusion
adj. of or pertaining to or like a city
urchin
urbanity76. usage
urgency78.
77.
75.
Forms: upturned; upturned; upturning –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– urbanity
urchin
n. refined or elegant courtesy
n. a roguish, mischievous boy
Forms: urbanities
Forms: urchins
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usurious80.
79.
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urgency
usage
n. the pressure of necessity
n. treatment
Forms: urgencies
Forms: usages
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– usurious
usurp
adj. taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money
v. to take possession of by force
loaned
utilitarianism
usury82.
81.
Forms: usurped; usurped; usurping –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– usury
utilitarianism
n. the demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate
n. the ethical doctrine that actions are right because they
of interest beyond what is allowed by law
are useful or of beneficial tendency
utmost
utility84.
83.
Forms: usuries –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– utility
utmost
n. fitness for some desirable practical purpose
n. the greatest possible extent
Forms: utilities ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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vacillate4.
3.
vacate2.
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V
vacate
vaccinate
v. to leave
v. to render unsusceptible to a disease by inoculating
Forms: vacated; vacated; vacating
Forms: vaccinated; vaccinated; vaccinating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vacillate
vacuous
v. to waver
adj. empty
vagabond
vacuum6. vainglory
vagrant8. valediction
vale10.
9.
7.
5.
Forms: vacillated; vacillated; vacillating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vacuum
vagabond
n. a space entirely devoid of matter
n. a wanderer
Forms: vacuums, vacua
Forms: vagabonds
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vagrant
vainglory
n. an idle wanderer
n. excessive, pretentious and demonstrative vanity
Forms: vagrants
Forms: no plural
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vale
valediction
n. level or low land between hills
n. a bidding farewell
valedictory
valedictorian12.
11.
Forms: vales –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– valedictorian
valedictory
n. student who delivers an address at graduating
n. a parting address
exercises of an educational institution
valorous
valid14. vaporizer
vapid16. variance
variable18. variation
variant20.
19.
17.
15.
13.
Forms: valedictories –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– valid
valorous
adj. founded on truth
adj. courageous
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vapid
vaporizer
adj. having lost sparkling quality and flavor
n. an atomizer
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– variable
variance
adj. having a tendency to change
n. change
Forms: more variable; most variable
Forms: variances
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variation
n. a thing that differs from another in form only, being the
n. modification
same in essence or substance
vassal
variegate22. vegetal
vaudeville24. vegetate
vegetarian26.
25.
23.
21.
Forms: variations –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– variegate
vassal
v. to mark with different shades or colors
n. a slave or bondman
Forms: variegated; variegated; variegating
Forms: vassals
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vaudeville
vegetal
n. a variety show
adj. of or pertaining to plants
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vegetarian
vegetate
n. one who believes in the theory that man's food should
v. to live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise
be exclusively vegetable
of the mental faculties
vegetative
vegetation28. velocity
vehement30.
29.
27.
Forms: vegetated; vegetated; vegetating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vegetation
vegetative
n. plant-life in the aggregate
adj. pertaining to the process of plant-life
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vehement
velocity
adj. very eager or urgent
n. rapid motion
venal
velvety32. vendition
vendible34. veneer
vendor36.
35.
33.
31.
Forms: velocities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– velvety
venal
adj. marked by lightness and softness
adj. mercenary, corrupt
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vendible
vendition
adj. marketable
n. the act of selling
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vendor
veneer
n. a seller
n. outside show or elegance
venerate
venerable38.
37.
Forms: vendors –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– venerable
venerate
adj. meriting or commanding high esteem
v. to cherish reverentially
venial
venereal40.
39.
Forms: venerated; venerated; venerating ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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venison42. veracious
venous44.
43.
41.
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venereal
venial
adj. pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse
adj. that may be pardoned or forgiven; a forgivable sin
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– venison
venom
n. the flesh of deer
n. the poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– venous
veracious
adj. of, pertaining to or contained or carried in a vein or
adj. habitually disposed to speak the truth
verbatim
veracity46.
45.
veins –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– veracity
verbatim
n. truthfulness
adv. word for word
verbose
verbiage48. verification
verdant50.
49.
47.
Forms: veracities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– verbiage
verbose
n. use of many words without necessity
adj. wordy
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– verdant
verification
adj. green with vegetation
n. the act of proving to be true, exact or accurate
verily
verify52.
51.
Forms: verifications –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– verify
verily
v. to prove to be true, exact or accurate
adv. in truth
vermin
verity54. vernal
vernacular56.
55.
53.
Forms: verified; verified; verifying –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– verity
vermin
n. truth
n. a noxious or troublesome animal
Forms: verities
Forms: vermin
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vernacular
vernal
n. the language of one's country
adj. belonging to or suggestive of the spring
version
versatile58.
57.
Forms: vernaculars –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– versatile
version
adj. having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and
n. a description or report of something as modified by
varied tasks or to various subjects
one's character or opinion
vertical
vertex60.
59.
Forms: versions ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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vertex
vertical
n. peak; highest point; top; summit
adj. lying or directed perpendicularly to the horizon
vestige
vertigo62.
61.
Forms: vertexes, vertices –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vertigo
vestige
n. dizziness
n. a visible trace, mark or impression, of something absent, lost or gone Forms: vestiges
veto
vestment64.
63.
Forms: vertigoes, vertigines
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vestment
veto
n. clothing or covering
n. the constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to approve an enactment Forms: vetoes
viceroy
vicarious66.
65.
Forms: vestments
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vicarious
viceroy
adj. suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another n. a ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province
vie
vicissitude68.
67.
Forms: viceroys –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vicissitude
vie
n. a change, especially a complete change, of condition
v. to contend
or circumstances, as of fortune
vigilant
vigilance70. vincible
vignette72.
71.
69.
Forms: vicissitudes
Forms: vied; vied; vying
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vigilance
vigilant
n. alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding
adj. being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or
against danger
insure safety
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vignette
vincible
n. a picture having a background or that is shaded off
adj. conquerable
vindicative
vindicate74.
73.
gradually –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vindicate
vindicative
v. to prove true, right or real
adj. revengeful
vinery
vindicatory76.
75.
Forms: vindicated; vindicated; vindicating ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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vindicatory
vinery
adj. punitive
n. a greenhouse for grapes
viola
viol78.
77.
Forms: vineries –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– viol
viola
n. a six-stringed instrument from the 16th and 17th
n. a musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin
centuries
violator
violation80. virago
violoncello82. virtu
virile84.
83.
81.
79.
Forms: violas –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– violation
violator
n. infringement
n. person who transgresses
Forms: violations
Forms: violators
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– violoncello
virago
n. a stringed instrument held between the player's knees
n. a bold, impudent, turbulent woman
Forms: violoncellos
Forms: viragoes, viragos
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– virile
virtu
adj. masculine
n. rare, curious or beautiful quality
virtuoso
virtual86.
85.
Forms: no plural –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– virtual
virtuoso
adj. being in essence or effect but not in form or
n. a master in the technique of some particular fine art
appearance
virulent
virulence88. viscount
visage90.
89.
87.
Forms: virtuosos, virtuosi –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– virulence
virulent
n. extreme poisonousness
adj. exceedingly noxious or deleterious
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– visage
viscount
n. the face, countenance or look of a person
n. in England, a title of nobility, ranking fourth in the order of British peerage
visual
vista92.
91.
Forms: visages
Forms: viscounts
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vista
visual
n. a view or prospect
adj. perceptible by sight
vitality
visualize94.
93.
Forms: vistas ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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visualize
vitality
v. to give pictorial vividness to a mental representation
n. the state or quality of being necessary to existence or continuance
vitiate
vitalize96. vivacity
vituperable98. vivisection
vivify100.
99.
97.
95.
Forms: visualized; visualized; visualizing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vitalize
vitiate
v. to endow with life or energy
v. to contaminate
Forms: vitalized; vitalized; vitalizing
Forms: vitiated; vitiated; vitiating
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vituperable
vivacity
adj. deserving of censure
n. liveliness
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vivify
vivisection
v. to endue with life
n. the dissection of a living animal
vocable
voala102.
101.
Forms: vivified; vivified; vivifying –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– voala
vocable
int. here we go; here you are; there you go
n. a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to
vociferance
vocative104. vociferous
vociferate106.
105.
103.
its qualities of sound –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vocative
vociferance
adj. of or pertaining to the act of calling
n. the quality of making a clamor
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vociferate
vociferous
v. to utter with a loud and vehement voice
adj. making a loud outcry
volant
vogue108.
107.
Forms: vociferated; vociferated; vociferating –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vogue
volant
n. the prevalent way or fashion
adj. flying or able to fly
volition
volatile110. voluble
volitive112. voracious
voluptuous114.
113.
111.
109.
Forms: vogues –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– volatile
volition
adj. changeable
n. an act or exercise of will
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– volitive
voluble
adj. exercising the will
adj. having great fluency in speaking
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voluptuous
voracious
adj. having fullness of beautiful form, as a woman, with or adj. eating with greediness or in very large quantities
votary
vortex116.
115.
without sensuous or sensual quality –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vortex
votary
n. a mass of rotating or whirling fluid, especially when
adj. consecrated by a vow or promise
sucked spirally toward the center
vulgarity
votive118.
117.
Forms: vortexes, vortices –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– votive
vulgarity
adj. dedicated by a vow
n. lack of refinement in conduct or speech
vulnerable
119.
Forms: vulgarities –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– vulnerable adj. capable of receiving injuries ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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waif2.
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W
waif
waistcoat
n. a homeless, neglected wanderer
n. a vest
wampum
waive4.
3.
Forms: waistcoats –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– waive
wampum
v. to relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim
n. beads strung on threads, formerly used among the American Indians as currency
wantonness
wane6.
5.
Forms: waived; waived; waiving –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– wane
wantonness
v. to diminish in size and brilliancy
n. recklessness
wavelet
warlike8. weal
weak-kneed10. wearisome
wean12.
11.
9.
7.
Forms: waned; waned; waning –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– warlike
wavelet
adj. belligerent
n. a ripple
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– weak-kneed
weal
adj. without resolute purpose or energy
n. well-being
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– wean
wearisome
v. to transfer (the young) from dependence on mother's
adj. fatiguing
milk to another form of nourishment
well-bred
wee14.
13.
Forms: weaned; weaned; weaning –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– wee
well-bred
adj. very small
adj. of good ancestry
well-to-do
well-doer16. whereupon
whereabouts18. wherewith
wherever20. whimsical
whet22.
21.
19.
17.
15.
Forms: weer; weest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– well-doer
well-to-do
n. a performer of moral and social duties
adj. in prosperous circumstances
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– whereabouts
whereupon
n. the place in or near which a person or thing is
adv. after which
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– wherever
wherewith
adv. in or at whatever place
n. the necessary means or resources
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whet
whimsical
v. to make more keen or eager
adj. capricious
wholly
whine24.
23.
Forms: whetted; whetted; whetting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– whine
wholly
v. to utter with complaining tone
adv. completely
wile
wield26.
25.
Forms: whined; whined; whining –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– wield
wile
v. to use, control or manage, as a weapon or instrument,
n. an act or a means of cunning deception
especially with full command
wintry
winsome28.
27.
Forms: wielded; wielded; wielding
Forms: wiles
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wintry
adj. attractive
adj. lacking warmth of manner
witchcraft
wiry30.
29.
Forms: wintrier; wintriest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– wiry
witchcraft
adj. thin, but tough and sinewy
n. sorcery
witling
witless32. wittingly
witticism34. wizen-faced
wizen36.
35.
33.
31.
Forms: wirier; wiriest –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– witless
witling
adj. foolish, indiscreet or silly
n. a person who has little understanding
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– witticism
wittingly
n. a clever or sarcastic remark
adv. with knowledge and by design
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– wizen
wizen-faced
v. to become or cause to become withered or dry
adj. looking old an shriveled
workmanlike
working-man38. wrangle
workmanship40.
39.
37.
Forms: wizened; wizened; wizening –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– working-man
workmanlike
n. one who earns his bread by physical labor
adj. well-performed; skillful
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wrangle
n. artistry; skillfulness; manner of execution
v. to maintain by noisy argument or dispute
wrest
wreak42.
41.
Forms: wrangled; wrangled; wrangling ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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wreak
wrest
v. to inflict, as a revenge or punishment
v. to pull or force away by or as by violent twisting or wringing Forms: wrested; wrested; wresting
writhe
wretchedness44.
43.
Forms: wreaked; wreaked; wreaking
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– wretchedness
writhe
n. extreme misery or unhappiness
v. to twist the body, face or limbs or as in pain or distress
wry
writing46.
45.
Forms: writhed; writhed; writhing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– writing
wry
n. the act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface
adj. deviating from that which is proper or right
letters or ideographs Forms: writings
Forms: wrier, wryer; wriest, wryest
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Y
yearling n. a young animal past its first 12 months of age ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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zenith4.
3.
zealot2.
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zealot
zeitgeist
n. one who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an
n. the intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize
immoderately partisan manner
any age or epoch
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– zenith
zephyr
n. the culminating-point of prosperity, influence or
n. any soft, gentle wind
greatness Forms: zephyrs
zodiac
5.
Forms: zeniths
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– zodiac n. an imaginary belt encircling the heavens within which are the larger planets ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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