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acumen keen insight acute - sharp; shrewd; severe adage - a short proverb or saying adamant - persistent; stubborn adaptation - A composition that has been recast into a new form addendum - something additional; an item to be added on adduce - to cite as an example or justification adept - proficient; expert; highly skilled adherent - someone who adheres to an opinion adjudicate - to judge; to hear and decide a case in court adjure - to command solemnly as if under oath admonition - a gentle rebuke adroit - nimble; skillful in the use of one's hands or body adulation - high praise adulterate - to make impure or tainted adumbrate - foreshadow adventitious - happening by chance; incidental; accidental adversity - misfortune, an unfavorable turn of events advocate - to support aeon - age aesthetic - beautiful affect - to influence or produce an effect on affinity - a natural attraction between two things affirmative - positive in nature; factually valid affliction - suffering; a state of pain affluent - prosperous aggrandize - to raise the importance or make to appear great aggravate - to make worse; to intensify aggregate - total; to form into a mass or whole agnostic - one who says that man cannot understand the nature of men akin - showing a similar feature or quality alacrity - eagerness; promptness; willingness albatross - a significant impediment; handicap; burden allay to lessen fear; put something to rest; to mitigate; to calm allegation a statement that is unproven and needs to be proven alleviate - to lighten allude - to hint at alluvial - pertaining to mud left by running water aloof - cool; indifferent altercation - a quarrel altruistic - unselfish amalgamate - to blend into a coherent single unit ambidextrous - capable of using both hands with equal skill ambient - surrounding atmosphere ("ambience of a restaurant") ambiguous - vague; unclear ambivalent - having conflicting feelings about something amble - to saunter or stroll ameliorate - to better amenable - responsive; agreeable (to an idea) amend - to formally alter from the original amenity - a pleasant manner or feature amiable - having a pleasant, cordial nature amicable - friendly, agreeable amity - friendliness amoral - without moral standards amorous - passionate amorphous - formless ("an amoeba is amorphous") amortize - to settle a debt by means of installment payments anachronism - something in the wrong time period; out-of -date analogy - similarity analyst - someone who studies data anarchy - the absence of government; a disordered and uncontrolled situation 103) anathema a curse; abomination 104) ancillary - secondary; subordinate 105) androgynous - showing both male and female characteristics

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anecdote - a short, personal story anemic - lacking vitality; listless and weak anesthetic - causing numbness; something that lessens sensation animosity - intense hostility toward a person or thing annul - to cancel annunciate - to proclaim or announce anomalous - abnormal; irregular anonymous - nameless, without a disclosed identity antagonist - foe, opponent, adversary anthology a collection of stories antibiotic something that kills bacteria antipathy - strong dislike antiquity - the quality of pertaining to long ago antithesis - the opposite; highest possible contrast apathetic lacking feeling apathy - indifference aphorism - a short saying that illustrates an important principle or observation aplomb - assurance; self-confidence apocalyptic - having to do with revelation or prophecy apocryphal - of dubious origin; fictitious apolitical having no interest in politics apostate - a renegade; one who desserts his principles appalled shocked; disgusted appease to deal with a demand appellation - title or name apportion to allot apposite relevant; appropriate appraise to determine worth apprehensive - uneasiness about the future; worried apprise - to supply notice to. approbation - an expression of warm approval; praise. apropos - opportunely; as an apt point apt - likely; fit; skillful arbiter - a judge arbitrary - biased or at random arboreal - pertaining to trees archaic old, not contemporary or modern archetypes the original model by which other things are made archipelago a group of islands ardent - intense; passionate; devoted; characterized by high emotion arduous - challenging and difficult argot - slang aridity dryness aroma - scent; smell arrogance - proud and offensive self-esteem artless - frank; without cunning ascertain - to find out ascetic - self-denying ascribe - to give credit for asinine - stupid or silly askance - distrustfully askew - turned to one side asperity - harshness; severity in temper aspersion - false accusation; slander assertion - a positive statement or claim assiduous - attentive; diligent assuage - soften; alleviate astral - pertaining to the stars astute - shrewd; very smart; clever asylum - sanctuary, shelter, refuge atrophy - wasting away (of muscle) atrophy - wasting away of muscle attrition - grinding down; wearing down audacious bold; brazen; lacking timidity; fearless augment - to increase

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augury - prediction august - stately; majestic auspices - support; encouragement; patronage auspicious - of favorable prospect; promising austere - severe; strict authentic - genuine autocrat a despotic ruler; a mean ruler autonomous - self-governing autonomy independence avail - to be beneficial or useful avant-garde - of, relating to, or being part of an innovative group, especially one in the arts: avant-garde painters; an avant-garde theater piece. avarice - greed aver - assert averse - reluctant; disinclined avert - to turn aside; to prevent avian relating to birds avid - greedy avouch - declare strongly avowal - an open admission or statement avuncular having to do with an uncle awry - turned to one side axiomatic - self-evident badger - to annoy balderdash - nonsense; a ridiculous idea baleful - deadly; evil balk - to stop and refuse to go on; to thwart; to frustrate; to prevent ballad a type of poem balm something that reduces irritation balmy - mild; refreshing banal - commonplace bandit an individual who has broken the law bandy - to exchange words bane - a cause of death, destruction, or ruin baneful - destructive banish - to put into exile banter - casual conversation; jesting barbaric - rude; uncultured; primitive; uncivilized barrage - concentrated outpouring or volley ("barrage of questions") bask - to expose to warmth bauble - a cheap toy beatitude - highest possible blessedness or contentment bedraggled - in a condition of disarray; unkempt; dirty and limp befuddle - to confuse or perplex beget - to produce offspring; to cause beguile - to cheat; to charm belated - late or tardy; delayed beleaguered - embattled; constantly confronted with obstacles belie - to disprove or demonstrate to be false; to contradict appearances bellicose - warlike belligerent quarrelsome; fighting a lot bemused - bewildered; perplexed benediction - a blessing benevolent - friendly; generous benighted - ignorant; unenlightened benign - favorable; kind benison - blessing bequeath - to give an inheritance to berate - to scold severely bereaved - in a state of mourning beseech - to beg besmirch to make dirty; to soil (like a reputation) bestial - relating to beasts bestow - to give ("bestow on you three wishes") bevy - a large group

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bigamy - being illegally married to two people simultaneously bigoted - prejudiced bilateral - pertaining to both sides of something bilk - to swindle; to cheat binary - made up of two parts; double biogenesis - the process of life arising from other living things bipartisanship - of, consisting of, or supported by members of two parties, especially two major political parties: a bipartisan resolution. bipolar having opposites poles or extremes bizarre - strange; fantastic bland - mild blandish - persuade by flattery blandishment the act of coaxing by flattery or wheedling; the act of cajoling. blanket something used to provide warmth blaring - To sound loudly and stridently: a stereo blaring in the next apartment. blasphemy - irreverence blatant - noisy; obvious blather - to talk ridiculously blight - destruction or withering disease blithe carefree; merry bludgeon - to beat blueprint plans created by an architect blurb a short notice bluster - to threaten bog - an area of soft, naturally waterlogged ground. bogus - not genuine boisterous to be loud, or otherwise ostentatious bolster to support bombastic - using impressive but meaningless language; pompous boorish - offensive, lacking manners botanical - of or pertaining to plant life; the study of plants bounty - a reward bovine - 1) dull, unresponsive, or slow 2) relating to cows bowdlerize - to remove offensive portions in a book brag to show excessive pride braggadocio - unjustified boasting braggart - someone with a big ego brandish - to shake at menacingly ("to brandish a revolver") brash - impudent; hasty brassy - cheap or showy bravado - false bravery brazenness shocking boldness brevity - briefness; conciseness brine a type of preservative bromide - a commonplace remark; clich brunt - the primary impact of a blow brusque roughly abrupt bucolic - pertaining to the country buffer something used absorb shock or scrutiny bugaboo - something that causes worry or dismay bulwark - a strong defense bumptious - boldly conceited bungler someone who has a lot of ineptitude. buoyant happy, elated bureaucracy - an inefficient administrative body burlesque - a speech or action that treats a serious subject with ridicule burnish - to polish buttress - to support; to prop up bygone - an occurrence that took place in the past cabal - intrigue; a group plotting secretly cache - hiding place cacophony discordant sounds or comments cadaverous - haggard; ghastly pale cadence - rhythm

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cajole - persuade by flattery or deceit callous - insensitive; immature callow - lacking adult maturity or experience; immature calumny - false, malicious accusation calvary - a sad and emotionally painful moment camaraderie - trust, sociability amongst friends canard - an absurd rumor circulated to deceive the public candid 1. frank; honest; open 2. an informal photograph or snapshot canine relating to dogs canonical - conforming to church law cant - slang cantankerous irritable; ill-natured; peevish canter - a smooth, easy pace capacious - capable of holding much; roomy caper - skip capitulate - to surrender; to give in without resistance caprice random spontaneous behavior capricious - continuously changing one's mind; whimsical captious - quick to find petty fault; extra critical cardinal - of major importance ("cardinal rule") careen - tip over caricature - a grotesquely or absurdly exaggerated representation carnal - sensual; sexual carouse - to revel; rowdy merriment carp to complain or nag carrion - decaying flesh cartel - a group of companies trying to control a market ("oil cartel") cartoon a type of drawing castigate - to punish or criticize castigate - to put into punishment cataclysm - disaster catalyst - something that initiates an event and is itself unaffected catharsis - an emotional purging catholic - tolerant; universal caustic biting, harsh ("caustic remarks") cavalcade - a procession involving people on horses or in vehicles cavalier - indifferent ("cavalier attitude") cavalry - a group of soldiers on horseback cavil - to find petty fault celerity - speed, swiftness of action or motion celibate - bachelor censure - to criticize harshly certify to make official cessation - the act of drawing to a close chafe - to irritate chagrin - disappointment chalice - a cup chaos - confusion charismatic - personally appealing; inspiring charlatan - pretender of knowledge; a fake charmer - someone who captivates chastise - to punish cherubic - angelic chicanery - deception by sharp practice chide - to scold chime - sound made by a bell chimerical - fanciful; imaginary; unreal chimerical fantastic, wild fancies chivalrous - honorable choleric - ill-tempered choreography - art of the dance chronicle a long description circuitous - indirect, taking the longest route circumlocutory - wordy circumspect - cautious circumvent - to evade by means of deception

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citadel - a stronghold cite - to name; to mention clairvoyance - supernatural perceptive skills, ability to foresee the future clamorous - loud, expressively vehement clandestine - kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal an illicit or improper purpose clarion - trumpet; sound of trumpets claustrophobia fear of confined spaces cleavage - division clemency- mercy clich - a commonplace phrase clump - a bunch of bushes coalesce - fuse; merge code list of principles (like code of ethics) codify - to reduce to the form of a code; arrange; systematize coerce - to compel cogent - strongly persuasive or compelling cogitate - to ponder or consider deeply cognition - perception; the process of knowing cognizant - aware cohort - a close friend coin - to create a word collaborate - to cooperate, work together colloquial - in common conversational use collude - to illegally join forces in a secret plot or strategy combative - tending to fight comely - pleasant to look at; pleasing and wholesome in appearance comic being funny commandeer to seize for military use; confiscate commendable worthy of praise commensurate - having an equal measure commiserate - to share in another's sorrow or disappointment commodious - roomy communal - shared compassion - sympathy, helpfulness or mercy compatible - agreeable; consistent compendium - summary complacent happy; satisfied complaisant - eager to please; agreeable complement - something that completes, makes up a whole, or brings to perfection. complicity - partnership in wrongful act comport - to agree with ("does not comport with the facts") composure - calmness of mind or manner compounded - made worse compress - to reduce volume compromise - to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides compulsory - forced; something required compunction - strong uneasiness caused by guilt; sorrow for sin con - to read carefully concatenation - series; linking together concerted - mutually devised or planned conclave - a secret conference concomitant - accompanying concourse - an assembly of a large number of people concur - to agree condemning criticize condescending - possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing condign - deserved condiment - a sauce, relish, or spice used to season food conditional - depending on a condition, e.g., in a contract condolence - sympathy condone - to excuse; to overlook ("to condone tardiness") conducive - contributing to a result conduits a pipe, channel, for conveying fluids confabulate - to chat or talk informally

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confederation a group of nations confine - to give a restriction conflagration - a big fire conflated - fused together; not distinct conflict - a situation that lacks accord confluence - a point of meeting or flowing together conformist - person who complies with accepted rules and customs confound to confuse; perplex confrontation - a fight congenial - pleasant congenital - existing at birth conglomeration - mass of varied elements congregation - a crowd of people, an assembly conjecture - guess conjure - to summon or bring about ("conjure up spirits") connive - to plot; to conspire connoisseur - an expert in food or drink connotation - an implication beyond literal meaning; an unspoken suggestion consanguineous - related by blood; of common lineage consecrate - to make holy; to hallow console - to comfort someone who has bereavement consortium - an alliance conspicuous -obvious constellation - an assemblage of stars or distinguished people consternation - dismay; sudden amazement; alarm construe - to interpret; to explain consummate - (adj.) perfect; (verb) to complete or finalize contemptuous - feeling hate, disdain, or scorn. contiguity - closeness contravene - to violate contrite - sorry for past wrong actions contrive - to plan or conspire contumacious - scornfully insubordinate; rebellious contumely - arrogant and contemptuous behavior convalescence - the recovering or recuperating from something convergence - the state of separate elements joining or coming together convince - to cause belief convivial - merry; festive; fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable; joyous; amiable. convocation - an assembly of people convoluted - complicated and twisted copious - plenteous; abundant coquettish - shy; given to flirting coronation a ceremony that inducts a monarch corporeal pertaining to the body corroborate - confirm; substantiate corrupt lacking purity coruscate - to sparkle cosmopolitan - Having constituent elements from all over the world or from many different parts of the world cosmopolitan - Having constituent elements from all over the world or from many different parts of the world coterie - a clique; a circle counterfeit - to make fake money courtiers - a group of attendants for a sovereign covenant - a binding agreement covert - hidden; secret coveted - desired covetous - grasping; craving crass - coarsely stupid craven - cowardly credence - belief credulous gullible, easy to get to believe criterion basis for which to do something

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cronies close friends crop to reduce a picture in size crush to put too much pressure on culinary - pertaining to cooking cull to select culminate - to result in culpable - guilty cumbersome - hard to manage cumbrous - burdensome cupidity - greed curative - curing curator - someone who manages a museum cursory - hasty curtail - to shorten curtness abrupt cymbal - an instrument that makes a loud clash sound cynical - sneering; sarcastic cynosure - center of attention dais - something a lecturer stands on dalliance - carefree spending of time ("dilly-dally") dank - damp and chilly daunt to discourage daunting - abating the courage of; discouraging dawdled - To take more time than necessary; To move aimlessly or lackadaisically dearth - scarcity debacle a collapse debase to reduce in value; lower in character or quality; degrade debauchery - acts lacking virtue debilitate - to weaken debonair - suave; sophisticated; charming decadence - characterized by declining moral standards decipher to decode decorous proper behavior decorum - dignified conduct decrepit - worn out, as by old age; past its prime decry - discern; discover deduce - to infer or derive deescalate - to diminish in size, intensity, or extent (opposite of escalate) defamation - a false attack on someones reputation defection- desertion (of a duty) defer to put off until later deference - submission to another's will or opinion deft skillful defunct - dead; extinct degenerate - having regressed or descended to a lower state deify - to idolize deign - to condescend to ("The snob wouldn't deign to answer our questions.") delectable - pleasant; delicious delete - to expunge; to cancel deleterious having a harmful effect; injurious delineate to sketch out; to outline; to depict delinquent - Overdue in payment deluge - flood delusion - something misleading or deceiving demagogue - leader who arouses by emotional and inflamed speech, often leading to public hysteria demarcate - to establish the limits of demise - death demote - to reduce in rank demur - to hesitate demure - affectedly modest denigrate - to ruin one's reputation denizen - inhabitant denote - to indicate or make clear

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denunciation - to accuse publicly (to denounce) deplete - to reduce quantity or empty deplorable - very bad; wretched deplore - lament; to really regret deport remove from a country depose - to remove a ruler from office depravity - corruption deprecate - to protest strongly derelict - abandoned vessel; social outcast; negligent deride (adj. derisive) - to ridicule derision - ridicule derisive making fun of; belittling derivation - a source derivative copied or adapted from others derogatory - belittling desecrate - to render unholy; treat as unholy ("to desecrate a temple") desiccant - drying desideratum - a desirable thing despicable - something worthy of contempt despondency - dejection; depression despotism - authoritarian rule destitute - lacking resources or means of subsistence; completely impoverished; poverty-stricken; deprived desuetude - disuse desultory aimless desultory - unmethodical; aimless detachment having no emotion for detergent - cleansing agent deviate - to wander from the usual course devious - indirect; crooked devotee one who is very loyal to a group, faith, or team dexterity - skill diabolic - satanic, devilish diagnosis - explanation resulting from a careful study of facts dialectic - having a logical approach to things ("with dialectic thoroughness") diaphanous - transparent diatribe - an abusive speech dichotomy - division into two contrasting parts dictum - authoritative statement didactic instructive; related to teaching diffident - shy; modest diffuse - lacking concentration digression - the act of turning aside, straying from the main point, esp. in a speech or argument dilapidated - something falling apart or run down dilate - to expand dilatory - likely to cause delay; late dilemma - a perplexing situation dilettante - amateur dabbler; lacking seriousness diligent - hard-working; attention to detail diminution - reduction or decrease due to outside influence diplomacy - 1) tact 2) the conduct of relations among nations directory a collection of names and numbers dirge - a funeral song disavow to disclaim knowledge of discern insight discerning - having keen insight discombobulate - to confuse; to throw into an awkward predicament discomfiture frustration or disappointment; embarrassment disconcerting - ruffled; upset discord - disagreement; lack of harmony discount to disregard discourse - lecture discredit - to harm the reputation of, dishonor or disgrace discredited - not respected

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discreet - cautious; quietly discriminating picky discursive - rambling from one subject to another disdain - to regard with scorn or contempt disgruntled - unhappy; angry disingenuous - less than honest; not straightforward disinterested lacking bias disparage - belittle; to speak ill of; to criticize disparate - completely different disparity - inequality displace - remove disport - to play; to entertain dispossess - to deprive ownership of disquiet - to disturb, to increase apprehension disseminate - to disperse; to scatter far and wide dissension fighting dissipate - to vanish or cease dissolution - the act of dissolving into parts dissonance - a harsh or inharmonious combination, especially of sounds dissuade - opposite of persuade distrait - absent-minded distraught - bewildered; perplexed; troubled diurnal - daily; occurring at daytime divergent - separating, moving towards different directions from a particular point divisive - dividing, creating differences divulge - to reveal; to disclose docile - submissive doggerel trivial or satirical poetry dogmatic - strongly asserting an opinion doleful - sad dolorous - sad domesticate - to make accustomed to home life domicile - a residence dorsal - pertaining to the back dossier - a complete group of documents dotage - feeblemindedness drab - monotonous; dull draft - the preliminary version of a report drastic - extreme in effect droll - comical dubious - doubtful dudgeon - sullen resentment or anger dulcet - sweet duplicity - deception (dupe - to deceive) duress - imprisonment; compulsion dwindling - getting smaller dynamic - energetic ebb - to slowly decrease (refers to water tide) ebullition - bubbling over; outburst of spirit eccentric - unpredictable; erratic or marked by unconventional behavior ecclesiastical - pertaining to religious practices echelon - a level of command clat - brilliance eclectic - consisting of elements from many diverse sources eclogue - a poem about the country ecstasy - extreme happiness ecumenical - universal edification - enlightenment edify - teach for improvement; enlighten educe - to draw out; to reason out effect - to accomplish or bring about (a thing) effeminate - female-like effervesce to create bubbles effete - worn out efficacious - producing a desired effect

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effigy - a dummy of a hated person efflorescent - blossoming effrontery - shameless boldness effulgent - radiant; brilliantly shining egalitarian - fair towards all parties involved egocentric - selfish egoist someone who is selfish egregious - outstanding; flagrantly incorrect or bad ejaculate - to exclaim eke - to survive or subsist ("to eke out an existence") lan - enthusiastic vigor and liveliness elicit - draw forth; to bring out ("to elicit a response") elocution - the way in which a speech is delivered eloquent - fluent and articulate (speech) elucidate - to make clear elusive - difficult to understand, grasp, or perceive emaciated - haggard emanate - to issue forth; to emit from a source emancipate - to liberate embark - to cause to board a vessel or aircraft

700) embellish to elaborate upon 701) embezzle - to steal 702) embodiment - the incarnation of a given thing or idea (she is the embodiment of virtue) 703) emeritus - a person who is retired but still holds an honorary position 704) eminence - superiority; outstanding notability 705) eminent - famous 706) eminent to have prominence 707) emissary - an agent or messenger 708) emollient -something that lessens irritation; a softener 709) emolument - payment 710) empathize - to share another's emotions (n. empathy) 711) empathy compassion 712) emphatic - highlighted; extremely expressive 713) empirical - experimental 714) emulate - to imitate, follow an example 715) enamel covering on pottery 716) encomium - high praise 717) encumbrance a burden 718) encyclopedic extensive 719) endemic - indigenous; characteristic of a certain place or people 720) energize to give energy to; to vitalize 721) enervate - to weaken 722) engender - to cause 723) enhance to improve 724) enigma - a puzzle 725) enjoin - to command or prohibit 726) enmesh - to involve, entangle, or implicate 727) enmity - mutual hatred 728) ennui - boredom 729) enshrine - to cherish; to make sacred 730) enthrall - to hold spellbound 731) entice - to increase temptation 732) entity - something that exists separately 733) entourage - A group of attendants for a celebrity 734) entreaty - an earnest request; plea 735) enumerate to clearly list out 736) enunciate - to articulate or pronounce 737) envisage - to visualize or imagine 738) ephemeral short-lived; temporary in time 739) epicure - lover of luxurious living 740) epilogue a short section added to the end of a book to provide more information 741) episodic - Limited to the duration of an episode; temporary. 742) epitaph - the writing on a tombstone 743) epithet - characterization

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epitome - highest point equable - even-tempered; serene; steady; calm; not easily disturbed equanimity - calmness equestrian - a horseback rider equitable - just; fair equity - justice equivocal - deliberately vague; open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead; ambiguous; having more than one meaning. equivocation ambiguous and unclear language eradicate - to do away with utterly; wipe out eradicated- to tear down or break up; demolish. erode - wear away err - to make an error or a mistake erratic - inconsistent; wavering; lacking a set course ersatz - an unconvincing substitute ("an ersatz diamond") erudite - learned; having extensive knowledge eschew to avoid, to abstain eschew - to avoid; to forego esoteric - hard to understand; intended for only a chosen few espionage - the act or practice of spying or of using spies to obtain secret information, as about another government or a business competitor espouse - to marry; to advocate (as a doctrine) essay - a nonfiction literary work esteemed - respected estimable admirable; deserving praise estrange - to alienate; to remove from a position or relationship ethics proper conduct ethnology - science of racial origins ethos list of values etiquette proper manners etymology - science of word origins eulogy - praise euphemism - mild expression of an offensive fact euphony - pleasing sound (of words) euphoric - a feeling of great happiness or well-being. evanescent - quickly fading, fleeting, short-lived, esp. an image evasive - prone to hiding. evince - to prove conclusively; to demonstrate evoke - to call forth; to summon exacerbate - to worsen or aggravate exacerbating - irritating exacting require being exact exasperation - irritation, frustration; extreme annoyance or irritation excessive lacking moderation exclusive not divided or shared with others. excommunicate - to banish (usually from a church) excoriate to blame or scold severely excruciating causing pain exculpate to remove guilt or responsibility from execration - curse exemplary - outstanding exempt to free from duty exhilaration an expression of extreme happiness exigency - pressing need exonerate - clear of blame exotic - strange; foreign expatiate - talk or write at great length expatriate - exile expedient - convenient; advantageous expeditious - speedy and efficient expel remove from school expendable - okay to lose expiate - to atone for sin expletive - an exclamation, interjection, or profane oath explicit - clearly expressed

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expostulate - to reason earnestly with expunge - to erase expurgate to remove offensive parts of a text extant - in existence extenuate - to excuse; to lessen the severity of ("extenuating circumstances") extinct - no longer existing extirpate - to root out extraneous - irrelevant; not basic extrapolate - to estimate by examining unknown values extravagant to spend a lot extricating - to release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage exude - to ooze out fabricate - to lie; to make something up fabulist - a liar facade - outward appearance facet - a component or aspect facetious - humorous facilitate to make happen facsimile a copy of a document factious - causing dissension; divisive fain - gladly fallacy - a mistake in logic fallow - uncultivated fanatical - being crazy about something fanciful - lacking pragmatism fanfare-much attention, a spectacular public display. fashion - to adapt, as to a purpose or an occasion; accommodate. fastidious - hard to please; squeamish fatuous - silly; stupid or foolish fawn - To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious behavior. fealty - loyalty feasible - workable febrile - feverish feckless - cowardly fecund - highly productive; prolific feign - to pretend (to deceive) feisty- lively; quarrelsome felicitous - appropriately expressed felicity - great happiness; bliss. feral - wild and uncontrolled ("feral pigs") ferocity - the state or quality of being ferocious; fierceness. fervent - ardent and enthusiastic fetid - smelly fetish - an object of irrational devotion fetter - chain fiasco - a ridiculous failure fiat - a decree fickle - changeable (as in interest) fictitious - imaginary fidelity faithfulness; loyalty filch - to steal fir an evergreen tree fissure - a crack in the earth flamboyant - showy flaunt - to display (oneself or a possession) flawless difficult to improve flay - to scold severely fledgling - young or inexperienced flee to run away; to attempt to elude fleet - moving fast ("fleeting moment") flippant disrespectful; casual; pert; showing an inappropriate disregard for decorum. florid - red-colored, flushed; gaudy, ornate flourish to prosper flout - to brazenly or openly break a law or tradition

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fluctuate - waver flux - ongoing flow foal - baby horse foible - a fault or character flaw foist - to pass off something undesirable to someone through deception foot - something that measures length fop - a vain man who cares too much about his appearance forensic - relating to public debate forge - to make a fake painting formidable - dreadfully powerful formulate to make fortify - to increase strength fortitude - strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage. fortuitous - happening by luck, fortunate founder - to sink fracas - a noisy argument fractious unruly; troublemaking fraternal - brotherly frenzy extreme excitement frivolous - not important; silly; trivial frugal - thrifty, not wasteful fruition - a pleasure resulting from something (fruition of years of research) fulminate - to denounce loudly or forcefully fulsome - repulsive fumigant something that kills insects funereal - reminiscent of a funeral furlough a leave of absence from duty furtive - secretive futile useless (effort) gainsay - deny; to declare false gait - a particular way of walk gale - a very strong wind gallantry - something displaying dashing bravery or chivalry galvanize - To arouse to awareness or action gambol wander in a playful manner gamut - the full range or extent gape - to stare with open mouth gargantuan - enormous garland - a wreath garner - to amass, gather, or accumulate garret - a room on the top floor of a house, typically under a pitched roof; an attic garrulous talkative gastric - of, relating to, or associated with the stomach. gauche - clumsy gaudy - showy; tasteless gaunt - haggard; thin gauntlet - a challenge gazelle - graceful animal gelid - very cold genial - kindly or pleasant in disposition ("a genial attitude") genteel - refined; elegant; having social superiority (Queen Elizabeth) gentry - those claiming high birth geochronologist someone who tries to establish the chronology of the earth's history by analyzing terrestrial materials. germane - relevant gestation - inception and creation gesticulate - to use gestures gibberish - unintelligible or nonsensical talk or writing. gibe - to mock, scoff, or make fun of gird - to fasten; to encircle; to empower glib - fluent gloat to show excessive satisfaction globular - shaped like a globe; spherical

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gnash to grind or strike (the teeth, for example) together. goad - to prod or urge into action gorge to excessively feed gormandize - to eat in a greedy, ravenous manner gossamer - light; thin; gauzy (cloth, cobweb) gourmet - a great cook graceful - showing grace of movement, form, or proportion gradation - a progression in stages graft - 1) insertion of a part of one plant into another where it grows permanently 2) taking advantage of ones position for personal gain graft - something put on skin to fix it grandeur - the quality of being grand; extravagance in scale or appearance grandiloquence - pompous speech or expression; bombast grandiose - grand; imposing gratuitous - 1) uncalled-for 2) given or granted without charge greenhorn someone who is inexperienced gregarious - sociable grimace - a facial expression, usually of disgust grisly - horrible; gruesome; ghastly grope - to reach about blindly grove a group of trees grovel to be subservient; to beg guile - cunning; treacherous deceit guileless - naive; without cunning gullible - easily convinced gustatory pertaining to taste hackneyed - clichd, worn out by overuse hackneyed overused, trite haggard - thin; gaunt halcyon - peaceful; prosperous, carefree hallmark - a distinctive event hallow - make holy hamper a type of basket; to prevent the free movement, action, or progress of. haphazard - irregular; governed by chance hapless - luckless, unfortunate harangue - a scolding, especially a lengthy one delivered in public harbinger something foreshadowing a future event harlequin - a clown haughty arrogant; lacking humility; scornfully proud havoc - destruction headstrong lacking restraint hedonist - lover of pleasure; seeker of gratification hegemony - strong influence heinous - atrocious; evil; reprehensible hemp - stuff rope is made of herbicide - a chemical that kills plants herculean - strong and powerful heresy - unorthodox doctrine heretic - someone going against traditional beliefs hermetic - airtight hermit an antisocial person; someone who seeks solitude heterogeneous from various sources; not uniform; different hiatus - an interruption, intermission, or break hibernal - wintery hierarchy - a formal chain of command hilarious - boisterously merry hirsute - hairy; bearded histrionic - theatrical hoax - rumor designed to deceive the public holistic - emphasizing wholeness holocaust - destruction by fire homage - display of special respect or honor homily - sermon homogeneous uniform; lacking variation

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homonym - a word that sounds the same as another word hone to sharpen a knife hoodwink - to deceive hortatory urging or inciting to action hot-spur - a quick-tempered, impulsive person hour - something that measures duration hubris - excess pride humid - damp hybrid - of mixed breed hyperbole - excessive exaggeration hypothesis - assumption; guess or theory requiring proof iconoclast - one who attacks established beliefs idiosyncrasy - whim; eccentricity ignoble - dishonorable in nature ignominious - shameful or disgraceful illicit - illegal illusory - not actual illustrious - distinguished; bright imbibe - to drink imbue - to absorb; to permeate immaculate - spotless immaterial - not relevant immolate - to kill as if as a sacrifice, especially by fire immutable - unchangeable impalpable - vague; not understandable imparity - inequality; disparity impasse barrier; a situation where no one is willing to compromise impassive - lacking emotion impeccable - flawless impecunious - without money impede - to slow down impediment - obstruction imperative - essential; very necessary imperceptible - unnoticeable imperious - haughty; urgent impermeable - not penetrable (by water) impertinent - rude; brash impervious - not penetrable ("raincoats are impervious to water") impetuous impulsive; marked by sudden action are emotion impetus - a stimulus impinge - to collide impious lacking reverence; not pious implacable - not easily pacified implausible - difficult to believe; not plausible. implement to put a plan into effect implicit - implied; understood though not stated implore - to beseech or beg for fervently imponderable - incapable of being weighed or evaluated precisely importune - to plead with imposing grandest, very large imprecation - to curse impregnable - unconquerable impromptu - without previous preparation; an informal speech impropriety - incorrectness; a misdeed impugn accuse; attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument impunity - freedom from punishment or penalty impute - to attribute an action to a certain person or group; to charge with; ascribe inadvertent - thoughtless; unintentional inane pointless; foolish inarticulate - unable to speak clearly inauguration a ceremony that inducts a president incarcerate - to imprison incarnate - in human form inception - the beginning incessant - continuous

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incessantly continuing without interruption inchoate - incomplete; just beginning incipient - just beginning incisive - sharp in analysis; keen; penetrating incite - to increase instigation inclement - merciless; harsh incognito - of concealed identity incompatible - opposed in nature, not able to live or work together inconceivable doesnt seem possible incongruous - inconsistent; inharmonious inconsequential - unimportant, trivial inconspicuous hard to find; not obvious incontrovertible impossible to dispute; unquestionable incorporeal - lacking form incorrigible - bad beyond correction incredible - unbelievable incubus - an oppressive weight inculcate - to instill (learning) by means of repetition or instruction inculpate - to incriminate incumbent - an office-holder indefatigable - not easily tired indelible not able to be erased; permanent indemnify - to repay for a loss indigenous native, not foreign indigent - poor indignant - aroused to anger by injustice indiscriminate - not picky indispensable essential indistinct something that lacks clarity, is not easily visible indoctrinate - to instruct in a body of doctrine or principles indolent - lazy as a way of life indomitable unconquerable induce - to cause persuasion inebriated - intoxicated; drunk ineffable indescribable; inexpressible ineffectual not effective ineluctable - unavoidable; inevitable; impossible to overcome inept incompetent (n. ineptitude) inert - motionless inevitable - certain, unavoidable inexorable - pitiless; unyielding inexplicable - difficult to explain infallible not making mistakes; flawless infer - to gather by reasoning infernal - fiendish; devilish infidel - unbeliever infinitesimal very small infrastructure - foundation; underlying base ingenious - having genius; brilliant; skillful ingenuous - simple; innocent ingrate one who is ungrateful ingrate - ungrateful person ingratiate - work oneself into another's good graces inherent - inborn; intrinsic; basic inhibit - restrain inimical - like an enemy; hostile iniquitous - wicked iniquity - injustice; immoral action initiation a ceremony that inducts a member injunction - a strong request innate - genetic; naturally inherent; having since birth (innate talent) innkeeper someone that provides lodging innocuous - harmless innuendo a hint; an indirect statement; insinuation inoculate - to buildup resistance to a disease with a special injection inordinate - excessive

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1192) kibosh - the act of halting or squelching inroad - an opening or entry for a new idea or undertaking 1193) kinetic - pertaining to motion inscrutable - incomprehensible; difficult to decipher 1194) knell - to ring, signalizing death insidious - sly; treacherous; more dangerous than seems apparent 1195) kudos - honor or accolades insipid - flat; tasteless; dull 1196) labyrinthine - intricate; perplexing; confusing insolent rude; arrogant insouciant - carefree 1197) lacerate - to tear roughly insubordinate - disobedient to authority 1198) lachrymose - tearful insular - detached; isolated 1199) lackadaisical indifferent; lacking liveliness insurgence - revolt; uprising 1200) lackey - a servile attendant insurrection revolt against government 1201) laconic - of few words intangible - cannot be touched (goodwill); vague 1202) lacteal - milky integral - being an important part 1203) laggard - one who lags behind or loiters; a slow person integrity - decency, honesty, wholeness 1204) laggardly lacking speed intemperance - lack of temperance, especially with alcohol 1205) laissez faire - non-interference intercession - the act of pleading in behalf of another 1206) laity - persons unrelated to a particular profession interdict - to forbid 1207) lambaste - to reprimand sharply or attack verbally interim - the meantime ("in the interim") 1208) lambent - radiant interlude - anything that fills time between two events (often in a 1209) lamentable regrettable performance) 1210) lamentation - an expression of mourning; major regret interment - burial 1211) lampoon - sharp satire interminable endless 1212) languid - Lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; listless intermittent - stopping and starting at intervals; periodic 1213) larceny - theft internment - imprisonment; incarceration 1214) largess - generous gift interpret - to explain the meaning of 1215) lascivious - indecent; lustful intransigent - uncompromising; unyielding 1216) lassitude - sluggishness intrepid - fearless, adventurous 1217) latent - hidden; not apparent intrigue - conspiracy 1218) laud - to give praise to; glorify; acclaim intrinsic - basic; inherent part of 1219) laudatory - giving praise introspective examining oneself 1220) laureate - honored as a result of achievements intruder - someone who trespasses 1221) league a group of teams intuitive - instinctive, untaught 1222) legislation something delivered by a senator inundate - to put too much water on; to flood (n. inundation) 1223) lenient - merciful; mild inure - to harden; to become accustomed to 1224) lethal - deadly invalidate - to render void 1225) lethargic - sluggish invective - harsh accusation 1226) levity - humor; lack of seriousness inveigh - to protest strongly 1227) lexicon - dictionary for a specific group; language; something made up inveigle - to persuade by flattery of words inveterate - deeply rooted 1228) liability a bad thing; something that can hurt you invidious - arousing envy 1229) liaison - a connection invigorate - to increase energy 1230) libation - a drink inviolable not to be violated, indestructible 1231) licentious - highly immodest; lustful invocation - call to a higher power (usually a god) for help 1232) limpid - transparently clear irascible - irritable 1233) linguist someone who studies language iridescent - having changing, rainbow-like colors 1234) lissome - supple; bending easily irrational lacking logic 1235) lithe - nimble; bending easily irrefutable - unable to be disproved 1236) litigious - overly inclined to engage in lawsuits irrevocable - unable to be withdrawn 1237) liturgy - a church ritual itemize - to detail item by item, to list 1238) livid - extremely angry; infuriated itinerant - traveling 1239) lobbyist - person who seeks to influence political events jaunty - showy; gay 1240) localized a limited area jejune - dull or empty 1241) locution - style of speaking jeopardize - to endanger 1242) logistics - the essential details of how something is to be accomplished. jettison - to throw overboard 1243) longevity - long life jingoist - someone with extreme nationalism 1244) loquacious - extremely talkative jocose - humorous 1245) lucid - clear; intelligible jocular - joking; facetious 1246) lucrative - producing wealth; profitable jocund - cheerful; genial 1247) lucrative - profitable jostle - to bump or push, as in a crowd 1248) ludicrous - absurd to the point of being laughable. jubilation - joy, celebration, exultation 1249) lugubrious - mournful in the extreme judge - someone who presides over a trial 1250) luminary - shining light judicature - the authority of a court of law 1251) lurid - gruesome; shocking junta - council; conniving group 1252) lustrous - radiant, shining jurisprudence - the science of law 1253) macabre - horrifying; gruesome juxtapose - to place side by side for comparison 1254) machination - a conniving plot kaleidoscopic - constantly changing in scene 1255) macrocosm - a representation on a large scale keynote - the basic idea or theme ("keynote speaker") 1256) maelstrom a violent whirlpool

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magisterial authoritative magnanimous - benevolent magnate - an industrial leader maladaptive not easily adaptable malady - an illness or unwholesome condition malediction - a malicious saying; curse maleficent - evil; harmful malevolent - wishing harm to others; malicious; spiteful malice - the desire to commit harmful or unfair acts malign - to slander malignant - very harmful malinger - to avoid work by making up excuses malleable - easily shaped; flexible manacle - handcuff; fetter mandate - authoritative command maniacal - insane manifest - apparent; clear; obvious maraud - to raid marginal of lower quality or ability marionette a type of puppet marshy pertaining to a swamp martial - appropriate to wartime martinet - strict disciplinarian martyrdom - death or suffering for ones beliefs (martyr) masochist - one who enjoys his own pain masticate - to chew matriarch - a woman who presides over a family or group matriarchal - society run by women maudlin - overly sentimental maverick - nonconformist mawkish - overly emotional or sentimental meander to wander in a aimless manner meddle - to intrude into other people's affairs or business; interfere mediator one who intervenes to help solve a conflict medley - a mix from various sources (usually referred to songs) megalomania - delusions of wealth and/or power melancholy - sadness or depression mlange - a mixture melee - noisy fight mellifluous - smooth and sweet melodious - pleasant to the ear melodramatic - Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental; histrionic menagerie a mix of different things mendacity - lying mendicant - begging mentor - a counselor or teacher mephitic smelly mercenary - motivated solely by money mesmerize - to hypnotize metamorphosis - a transformation meticulous - finicky; fastidious; extremely picky; careful mettle - courage microcosm - a model that reflects a larger thing middling mediocre mien - appearance; manner millennium - a thousand years mimicry - the act, practice, or art of mimicking mirage - optical illusion mirth happiness miry - muddy misanthrope - someone who hates people misanthropic not trusting (esp. of people); n. misanthropy misconstrue - to misinterpret miscreant - villain miserly cheap like someone who wont let you borrow money misnomer - wrong name

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misogamy - hatred of marriage misogyny - hatred of women missile - projectile weapon missive - letter mitigate - to lessen the severity of; moderate; soften; lessen mnemonic a trick to help one remember a lengthy set of information; meant to aid in memory moderator - someone who presides over a discussion modicum - a small quantity of measure modulate - to vary mollify - to soften; to appease momentous - highly important; of great significance or consequence monochromatic - of a single color monograph - a scholarly article or essay on a certain topic monolithic - huge montage - something made up of a bunch of pictures laid side by side. moot - debatable morass - bog; swamp morbid - unwholesome mordant - biting mores - customs moribund - dying morose - frightening or gloomy morsel - a small bit of food mortify - to humiliate; to practice self-denial mosaic something created by laying tile side by side motion - a formal proposal motley - mixture of diverse elements muffle to make something quiet multifaceted - having dimensions multifarious - having many components mundane - worldly; ordinary; everyday munificent - generous murky - dark; gloomy; not clear muse - to meditate mushroom - to multiply quickly mute - without sound myopic - nearsighted myriad innumerable; of massive quantity nabob - wealthy person who is accustomed to luxury nadir - lowest point naive - unsophisticated; simple; lacking wisdom narcissistic - possessed by self-love nascent - emerging; coming into being nebulous unclear; vague necrology - a list of people who have recently died necromancy - magic nefarious - wicked; evil nemesis - an opponent motivated by revenge neophyte - beginner; a recent convert nepotism - favoritism toward relatives in professional matters nether - lower ("the nether regions of the ocean") nexus - a link or connection niggardly - stingy nihilism the belief that existence is meaningless nirvana - a point or state of spiritual perfection nocturnal - pertaining to the night nomadic - wandering nomenclature - system of names for purposes of organization nominal - in name only nonchalant indifferent; calm, casual, seeming unexcited nonentity nobody; of little importance nonfeasance - failure to perform (a given duty) nonpareil - unequaled nonpartisan unbiased; not taking sides novel new; innovative

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novice - apprentice, beginner noxious - harmful, injurious nubile - sexually mature and or prepared for marriage nugatory - worthless or in vain nullify to make void numismatics - coin collecting nuptial - relating to marriage; connubial obdurate stubborn obeisance - submission obese - fat obfuscate - to confuse obligatory - binding; required oblique - angled; indirect obliterate - destroy utterly oblivious - not mindful obloquy - abusive criticism obnoxious - offensive obsequious - compliant and servile to superiors obsession the overdoing of something obsolete - out-of-date obstinate - stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action; unyielding obtrusive to enter without invitation obtuse - not sharp obviate - to make unnecessary occidental - western occlude - to obstruct; to block out (n. occlusion) occult - mysterious odious - arousing hatred odometer instrument used to measure distance odyssey - a long journey that entails danger or adventure officious - meddlesome ogle - to flirt olfactory pertaining to smell ominous threatening; forecasting evil omnipotent - all-powerful omniscient - all-knowing omnivorous - accustomed to eating both animal and vegetable food items onerous - burdensome; troublesome onus - the burden opaque - impenetrable to light; not transparent opera a type of drama opine - to make one's opinion known opportune - timely opportunist one who seeks opportunity (n. opportunism) opprobrium - disgrace; infamy optimal - best; favored opulent - wealthy opus - a major work (or art or literature) oracle - a means by which prophetic wisdom is imparted orator - lecturer, speaker orderly to be in order orifice - opening ornate - overwrought or decorated elaborately orthodoxy traditional beliefs orthography - correct spelling oscillate - waver; undulate ossified fixed; difficult to change ossify - to harden; to become bonelike ostensible - apparent ostentatious showy, excessive, pretentious ostracize - to exclude or banish overhaul - to completely revise overt - open; manifest overture - an introduction to a play ovoid - egg-shaped

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pacifistic - opposing conflict pacify - to calm down palatable - pleasant to taste palaver - a parley or conference palliate - to lessen the severity pallid - pale palpable - capable of being felt or touched; tangible pamper to excessively gratify panacea - a cure-all pandemic - widespread pandemonium - chaos panegyric - an expression of praise papal - of or pertaining to the pope paradigm - an example; a model paradox - a seemingly self-contradictory statement that may be true paragon - a model of perfection paralysis - loss or damage of movement ability paramount - supreme paraphernalia - equipment paraphrase - rephrase parched - dried up, shriveled pardon to free from penalty parenthetical a comment departing from the theme of discourse; a digression pariah - an outcast parlance - a way of speaking parochial - limited to a small area; related to a church paroxysm - outburst of emotion parsimonious - stingy pastoral - pertaining to the country patch - something put on fabric to fix it patent - clear; obvious pathos something that pity or sympathy patriarch - head of a tribe or family patrimony - inherited right patron someone who gives money as a donation or sponsorship patronize - to act in an offensively condescending way towards paucity - lack of; smallness of number paucity - scarcity; dearth peccadillo - a minor fault pecuniary - pertaining to money pedagogue - educator or teacher. (n. pedagogy - the art of teaching) pedantic - making a display of learning pediatric - the branch of medicine that deals with the care of infants and children and the treatment of their diseases peerless something difficult to surpass pejorative - insulting pellucid - very clear penance - sorry for sin penchant - strong inclination pensive - thoughtful penultimate - next-to-last penurious - miserly; stingy penury - extreme poverty perambulate - to walk around, stroll, or saunter peremptory - final; decisive perennial - lasting a long time, indefinitely perfidious - faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy perfidy - treachery perfunctory routine; boring perilous - dangerous peripatetic - wandering peripheral off to the side periphery - border perjure - to lie or give false and misleading testimony permafrost - permanently frozen subsoil, occurring throughout the

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polar regions and locally in perennially frigid areas. permeate - spread; to penetrate pernicious - causing great harm; destructive; deadly; dangerous perpetuate - to make everlasting perquisites - a payment or profit received in addition to a regular wage or salary persnickety - fussy about small details; snobbish perspicacity - sharp perception perspicuity - clear and easy to understand pertinacity - persistency pertinent relevant perturb - make uneasy peruse - to read through with attention pervasive widespread; everywhere perverse - corrupt petulant - highly irritable philanthropy - generosity philatelist - stamp collector philistine lacking refinement philology - study of languages phlegmatic - sluggish; unemotional physiognomy - the human face picayune - petty piebald - of various colors piety - devotion; religious reverence pilfer - steal pillage - to loot pinnacle - the topmost point piquant - seasoned; racy; lively; exciting pique - to irritate or arouse pitch a characteristic of sound pithy - meaningful; terse; to the point placate - to appease, calm placebo - a harmless, phony medicine placid - calm plagiarism - stealing another's ideas plague - a broad-based affliction platitude - a commonplace or useless remark platonic - free from sexual desire plaudit approval; praise plausible - seemingly trustworthy or reasonable playwright a dramatist, one who write, produces or acts in plays plebeian - common; relating to the common people plebiscite - vote by the people plentitude - abundance plethora - excessive oversupply pliant - supple plight - predicament plumage - the outer covering of a bird plummet to drop very quickly; decline quickly plutocracy - rule by rich poignant - appealing to the emotions; touching polarize - to separate into opposite groups polemic (polemical) controversial pollster person whose work is collecting public opinion polls polyglot - a person who speaks a number of languages ponderous - weighty pontificate - to issue authoritative decrees porous being full of holes, like a sponge portend - to suggest or foretell portentous - prophetic of evil posit - to stipulate posterity - future generations posthumous - occurring after death postulate - hypothesis potable - drinkable

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potent - powerful potentate - a powerful person powerful to have influence pragmatic - practical precarious - dangerously uncertain; insecure; lacking stability precedent - the first for an example; tradition established by time precept - a formal rule precipice - a cliff preclude prevent; render ineffectual or impossible; forestall; impede precocious - unusually advanced or talented at an early age (esp. mental aptitude) precursor - forerunner predation - the capturing of prey as a means of maintaining life. predatory - plundering predilection - strong inclination; partiality preemptive - acting on a prior right prehensile - grasping premise - a statement from which a conclusion is drawn. premonition - a warning prerogative - unquestioned right presage - to foretell or indicate or warn in advance prescience - foreknowledge presentiment - feeling of something to come presently - soon presentment - presentation presupposes to suppose or presume beforehand pretense - an instance of pretending pretentious - pretending to be important, intelligent or cultured prevaricate - to lie priggishness - a smugly proper or prudish attitude primordial - original pristine - unspoiled; primitive; uncorrupted; in its original state probity - honesty proboscis - nose proclivity - inclination procrastinate - to unnecessarily delay, postpone, put off procure - to obtain prodigal - wasteful or extravagant prodigious - vast prodigy - a person possessing extraordinary skill or talent profligate - extremely wasteful or immoral profound - deep profundity - depth of reasoning or insight profuse - lavishly overabundant progeny - descendants prognosis forecast; evaluation of a disease progressive - forward-moving proliferate - to multiply or come into being rapidly prolix - tediously wordy prologue - An introduction to a novel promiscuous - undiscriminating; sexually loose promulgate - make known; to advocate promulgation -public declaration propagate - to multiply propensity inclination; tendency propinquity - nearness propitiate pacify; calm down propitious - favorable propound - to offer (a theory) for review or consideration; to present prosaic - dull; commonplace (prose) proscribe - outlaw; to prohibit proselyte - a convert prosperity - wealth or success protean - capable of taking many shapes protg - someone aided by another influential person protocol - formal etiquette

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prototype - an experimental or trial version of a system or invention protract - prolong protuberant - bulging proverbial - calling to mind a well-known proverb providence - divine care provincial - narrow in interests provocative - tending to produce a response, e.g., anger prowess - outstanding bravery or skill proximity - nearness proxy - one who acts in place of another prudent - careful, cautious prurient - lewd; lustful; obscene pseudo - false pseudonym - pen name psychosomatic - pertaining to disorders having emotional or mental causes puerile - immature; juvenile pugilist - a boxer pugnacious - prone to quarrels or fights pulchritude - beauty punctilious - overly attentive to trifling details pungent - having a sharp taste or smell purge - to cleanse; remove impurities purlieus - neighborhood purport - to claim purveyor - one that furnishes provisions, especially food pusillanimous - cowardly putative - agreed to by most people; by reputation putrid - rotting pyrrhic - gained at an unjustifiably high cost quagmire - a difficult situation qualm - a misgiving or pang of conscience quandary dilemma; a perplexing situation that lacks resolution quarantine - to put in isolation quarry a hunted animal; prey quash - to suppress quay - a pier quell - to subdue quelled - reduced or removed querulous - constantly complaining, irritable; grumbling quiescence - quiet quiescent lacking movement quintessence - the most perfect state of an essence quip -a witty, offhand remark quixotic ridiculously idealistic; impractical rabid - intense or mad raconteur - storyteller rail to complain or condemn bitterly or abusively against rambunctious - hard to control ramification - eventual consequence rampant - unchecked; wild rancor - deep-seated malice rancorous - bitter, hateful range a bunch of mountains rankle - to cause irritation or festering resentment ransack - to aggressively search rapacious - given to plunder; taking by force rapport - a favorable relationship rapprochement - the repairing of damaged relations rapture - ecstatic feeling rarefied - belonging to or reserved for a small, select group; esoteric; refined; of high caliber ("in rarefied company") rasping - harsh sounding; grating ratiocinate - to reason rationed a limited amount raucous - harsh sounding; shrill

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ravenous extremely hungry raze - level to the ground reaffirm - to affirm or assert again. reapportionment - redistribution rebuff - to reject; to turn down rebut - to disprove rebuttal - the response to an argument recalcitrant - marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance; unruly recant - to make a formal denial of (an earlier statement); to retract recapitulate - to summarize in concise form reciprocate - to do the same for in return ("reciprocate the favor") reckless tendency to risk reclusive - preferring to live in isolation; hermit-like recompense - to give compensation (for suffering or injury, for instance) reconcile - to settle or bring into agreement reconciliation - the act of agreement after a quarrel, the resolution of a dispute recondite - difficult to understand reconnaissance - a search for the purpose of gaining information recreant - cowardly recrudescence - revival rectify to fix an error (please note that this has nothing to do with the human rectum) rectitude - moral uprightness recumbent - lying down redolent - aromatic redoubtable - arousing fear redress - remedy redundant - superfluous refractory - stubborn refulgent - shining; glowing refurbish - to renovate or repair refute - to disprove regale - to entertain regimen - administration relaxant something that reduces tension relegate - to assign to an inferior position relentless - unceasingly harsh relevant - on the subject relinquish - to give up remiss - neglectful remonstrate - reason earnestly with; to protest; to complain remorse - sorrow for sin remunerate - to pay renegade - traitor; turncoat renege - to go back (on one's word); to break a promise renounce - to abandon or deny an connection with renovation - repair, making something new again reparation - process of repairing or making amends; compensation repartee - characterized by wit replete - filled abundantly replicate - to reproduce (an event or action) reprehensible - blameworthy repression to hold back; to restrain reprieve - a suspension or delay reprisal - paying back for damage sustained reproach - to blame; criticize reprobate - a wicked person reprove - to blame or censure repudiate- to reject emphatically as unfounded, untrue, or unjust repugnant - disgusting requisite - necessary requite - to pay back rescind - to reverse rescue to free from danger

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1773) resilience - elasticity; property of a material that enables it to resume its original shape after being bent, stretched, or compressed 1774) resilient - quick to recover, bounce back 1775) resolute - unyielding in determination 1776) resonate - to vibrate or sound in a way similar 1777) respite - a pause 1778) resplendent - brilliantly shining 1779) respondent - one who responds 1780) restitution - the act of compensating for a past misdeed; to put back, set up again, restore 1781) restive - uneasy; impatient with delay 1782) restrained - controlled, repressed, restricted 1783) resurgence - reappearance or revival; rising again 1784) resurrect - to bring back from the dead 1785) resuscitate to bring back to life 1786) reticent - secretive; reserved 1787) retinue - a group of companions or followers 1788) retort - sharp reply 1789) retribution - punishment (as from God) for past wrongdoing 1790) retroactive - effective back to a stated point in time 1791) retrogress - return to a former condition 1792) retrospect - hindsight 1793) revamp - to redo 1794) reverence - worship, profound respect 1795) reverie - a daydream 1796) revile - to curse or use abusive language 1797) reviled - hated 1798) rhetoric - the art of the effective use of language 1799) ribald - low in language; crude; offensive; amusingly coarse or lewd 1800) rigid - lacking pliancy 1801) rigmarole - nonsensically complicated procedure 1802) rill - a small brook 1803) rococo - extravagantly ornamented 1804) rogue - a scalawag; a person with low morals and habits 1805) roster - list of names 1806) rostrum - public platform or pulpit 1807) rotund - round 1808) rubicund - rosy 1809) rudimentary - basic; fundamental 1810) rueful - regretful 1811) ruminate - to think hard; to ponder (n. rumination) 1812) rusticate - to move (a person) to the country 1813) ruthless - pitiless 1814) saccharine - overly sweet 1815) sacerdotal - priestly 1816) sacrilegious - irreverent 1817) saga a long story 1818) sagacity - wisdom 1819) salacious - highly indecent; provocative (pictures or writing) 1820) salient - jutting out; relevant to the matter at hand 1821) saline - salty 1822) salivate - to secrete saliva 1823) salutary - promoting physical soundness 1824) salvo the firing of a number of weapons at the same time 1825) sanctimonious - outwardly religious 1826) sanction - approval 1827) sanctity - holiness 1828) sandbag something used to provide protection 1829) sangfroid - composure 1830) sanguine 1. cheerful; confident; hopeful; optimistic 2. red 1831) sapient - wise 1832) sardonic - sneering; bitter or sarcastic ("a sardonic laugh") 1833) sartorial - pertaining to clothes 1834) satiate - to satisfy fully 1835) saturnine - gloomy 1836) savanna land made up of grass

savant - a person of extensive learning savor - to taste; to relish saw - a saying scapegoat - person who was blamed for the acts of others scathing - violently critical schematic - having to do with a diagram or scheme scintilla - a trace scintillate - to sparkle (intellectually) ("scintillating ideas") scion - descendent score music created by a composer; the written music for a musician scourge 1. to punish severely 2. a source of widespread, dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war 1848) scowl - to show anger 1849) script - the written words for an actor 1850) scrupulous - honest or exacting; careful; diligent 1851) scrutinize - to observe carefully (n. scrutiny) 1852) scurrilous - coarsely abusive in language 1853) secular - not belonging to a religious order 1854) sedate calm; dignified 1855) sedentary - sitting 1856) seditious inciting rebellion 1857) sedulous - attentive 1858) seemly - proper 1859) seer one who can predict or see into the future 1860) seethe - to boil 1861) seismograph instrument used to detect vibrations 1862) seismology the study of earthquakes 1863) semantics - the way something is phrased 1864) senile - aged 1865) sensationalism the method of using emotional reaction (like fear) to convince; shocking material 1866) sententious - meaningful 1867) sequester - to set apart from outside influence ("the jury was sequestered") 1868) serendipity - accidental discoveries 1869) serpentine - snakelike 1870) serried - packed close 1871) sever - disunite 1872)sham - something false or empty that is purported to be genuine; a spurious imitation. 1873) sidestep to be evasive 1874) sidle - move sideways 1875) simile - a comparison in speech or writing 1876) similitude - likeness or similarity 1877) simulacrum - strange similarity 1878) simulate - to pretend 1879) sinecure - a position not requiring much work 1880) sinister - evil 1881) sinuous - winding 1882) sip - to slowly drink 1883) sketch 1. a preliminary version of a painting 2. a short description 1884) skittish - nervous and lacking confidence 1885) sleazy - lacking in substance; flimsy 1886) sleuth - someone who studies clues 1887) slighting inflammatory, insulting 1888) slothful lacking activity 1889) slovenly - untidy 1890) smattering - a little bit 1891) sober - not drunk; serious 1892) sobriquet - nickname 1893) sociometry - study of group relationships 1894) solace - consolation 1895) solecism - an act that breaks formal rules 1896) solemnity - serious 1897) solicitous - eager to help; anxious 1898) soliloquy - speech in which an actor talks only to himself

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solipsism - the practice of extreme self-centeredness somatic - physical somber gloomy; sad; dark somnolent - sleepy sonnet - a poetry literary work soothe - to induce tranquility sophisticated - worldly-wise sophistry - a seemingly convincing argument that is logically flawed soporific - causing sleep sordid - tawdry; undignified sovereign someone in charge of a kingdom sovereignty - legitimacy as a nation specious - outwardly reasonable spectator - someone who watches an event spinster - a single woman, especially a middle-aged one splenetic - melancholy spontaneity - impulsive action, unplanned events sporadic - occurring at irregular intervals spurious - lacking authenticity, false; not genuine squalid - filthy staid - very grave stalemate - deadlocked position where no one can win stalwart 1) brave; firm of purpose; steadfast 2) someone who strongly believes in a cause stalwart - someone who strongly believes in a cause stanch to stop a flow stentorian - loud stigma - blemish; a sign of disgrace or low status stigmatize to brand stimulation - to temporarily increase the activity of (a body organ or part). stipulate to specify a condition (n. stipulation condition) stoic 1. indifferent to pain or pleasure (adj) 2. emotionless person (n) stolid showing little emotion strident - harsh-sounding stringent - strict stultify - to render foolish stymie - to thwart; to stump; stand in the way suave - polished in manner subjective - originating in one's personal observation subjugate - to cause to become subservient; to expose to sublimate - to redirect to a wholesome purpose sublime - grand; lofty; splendid subliminal - below the threshold of conscious perception submissive - tending to meekness, to submit to the will of others subservient - bending to the will of another substantiate - to verify, confirm, provide supporting evidence subterfuge - deceitful evasion subtle - hard to detect or describe; perceptive; not immediately obvious subvert - to overthrow; to undermine (adj. Subversive) succinct - concise succulent - juicy suffrage the right to vote sully - dirty; to besmear or make foul summation a summary sumptuous - extravagant sundry - various superannuated - very old supercilious - arrogantly proud superficial - shallow, lacking in depth superfluous - extra, more than enough, redundant; unnecessary superlative - to the highest possible degree supersede - to supplant or replace supine - on one's back supplanted - replaced

1962) supple - flexible 1963) suppress - to end an activity, e.g., to prevent the dissemination of information 1964) surcease - to end 1965) surfeit - fill to excess 1966) surmise - guess 1967) surrealistic - unreal 1968) surreptitious - secret, stealthy 1969) surrogate - substitute 1970) susceptible - lacking resistance 1971) swagger to be arrogant; show conceit 1972) swamp - a lowland region saturated with water. 1973) swelter - to suffer from oppressive heat 1974) sycophancy the act of kissing up 1975) sycophant - an ambitious flatterer; brown-noser 1976) syllogism - a form of logical argument 1977) symbiotic - being a mutually beneficial relationship 1978) symmetry - structural balance 1979) synchronize - agree in time ("synchronize our watches") 1980) synergistic - the interaction of two or more agents or forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects 1981) synopsis - a summary 1982) synthesis - combination of parts into a whole 1983) taciturn quiet; habitually silent 1984) tactful - considerate, skillful in acting to avoid offense to others 1985) tactile - pertaining to the sense of touch 1986) talisman - a charm 1987) tandem - one after another 1988) tangible - actual; touchable 1989) tantalize - tease; torment 1990) tantamount - equal to 1991) tantrum - a fit of anger 1992) tart - sharp of taste 1993) taurine - of or pertaining to bulls 1994) tautological - needlessly repetitive; wordy 1995) taxonomy - the science of formal classification and naming 1996) technocracy - government by technical people 1997) teeming to be full, to pour out 1998) teetotaler - someone who does not drink alcohol under any circumstances 1999) telekinesis - the supposed ability to move objects by means of mental energy 2000) telepathy - the supposed ability to read minds or communicate 2001) temerarious - bold 2002) temperance moderation of food or drink 2003) tempest a violent storm 2004) temporal - pertaining to earthly matters 2005) temporize - to avoid committing oneself 2006) tenable - capable of being maintained 2007) tenacious - unyielding; stubborn; determined 2008) tenebrous - dark 2009) tenet - a principle 2010) tentative - experimental; provisional 2011) tenuous - weak ("there is a tenuous relationship between grades and success") 2012) tenure - describing a permanent job (where one cannot be fired) 2013) tepid - lukewarm 2014) tergiversation - changing sides 2015) terrestrial - earthy 2016) terse - to the point; laconic 2017) tertiary - third in succession 2018) testator - a male writing a will 2019) testatrix - a female who writing a will 2020) testy - easily angered 2021) tether - to fasten 2022) theocracy - government by religious leaders 2023) therapeutic - having or exhibiting healing powers; serving to cure

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illness or preserve health thermal pertaining to heat thespian - an actor threadbare worn-out clothing thwart to frustrate; to hold back timorous - fearful tint a characteristic of color tintinnabulation - the ringing of bells tirade - a long speech of abuse titillate - to arouse or excite in a pleasing way titular - by title only tome - a thick or heavy book toothsome - pleasant or appealing (tasty) torpid - listless, phlegmatic, sluggish torpor - indifference torrent - a powerful stream torrential - stormy tort - a civil misdeed requiring compensation (law) tout - to publicize or praise highly toxic - poisonous tractable - easily managed or controlled; governable traitorous - being a traitorous trajectory - the path of flight followed by a projectile transcend - to surpass; to exceed transcribe to make a copy of (by writing) transformed totally change transgress - to break a rule; to violate transient - temporary, short-lived, fleeting transitory something that is continuously becoming something else. translucent - allowing some light to show through but not transparent transmute - to change form transpire - to take place transpose - to reverse or change the position of travail - hard work, especially work causing physical pain travesty - ludicrous or burlesque treatment of something; insulting mockery treatise - a scholarly written argument trenchant - cutting or keen; keen-edged trepidation - agitation from fear tribulation - trouble; distress triennial - occurring every three years trifle something of little importance trifling - insignificant trinket something of little value trite - stale; commonplace; worn out by overuse troglodyte - one who behaves in a beastly, savage, or primitive manner troupe - a company or group, esp. of touring actors, singers, or dancers trove a valuable item or collection of valuable items discovered; e.g. a treasure-trove. truculent - fierce truncheon - a stick carried by police officers tryst - a prearranged meeting, especially one between lovers tuft - a bunch of grass tumultuous - chaotic tureen - soup dish turgid - swollen turncoat - one who traitorously switches allegiance turpitude - baseness tutelage - the act of providing guided instruction or protection tyro - beginner; novice ubiquitous - existing everywhere ulterior - secret ultimatum - one's last set of demands umbrage - 1) resentment 2) shadow unconscionable - unreasonable; uninfluenced by conscience

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uncouth - coarse unctuous - overly polite undermine - to weaken undulate - move in a wavelike motion unearth - to disclose from hiding unethical lacking morality ungainly - lacking grace or ease of movement or form; clumsy unilateral - undertaken independently, although likely to affect others unnerve lacking composure, lacking calm behavior unprecedented - Having no previous example unremitting - without stopping unswerving constant, not changing, steadfast unwonted - unaccustomed upbraid - condemn severely upstage - to distract attention from urban - pertaining to the city urn a type of vase or vessel usurp - to assume forcibly and or without right usury - charging excessive interest utilitarian - pragmatic utopia - paradise vacillate - to waver between options vacillation - indecisiveness vacuous - vacant; lacking content or substance vagary - whim; a capricious or eccentric idea or action valiant - brave vanguard - the foremost or leading position in a trend or movement. vanquish - To defeat or conquer in battle vapid - lacking taste; bland; uninteresting; lacking liveliness variegated 1) changing in color 2) marked by variety vassal - slave vehement - strongly felt or marked by high emotion (n. vehemence) vendetta - bitter feud veneer - thin covering over wood; covering on furniture venerable 1) respected because of age 2) dignified and worthy of admiration veracity - truthfulness verbiage - unnecessary words verbose - speaking with many words; very wordy verdant - green with plant life verdict something delivered by a juror verify to determine truth veritable - authentic; true vernacular - common speech; informal language vernal - spring-like versatile - able to do many things vertigo - a sensation of dizziness and disorientation vestige - trace vexation - irritation vicarious substitute vicariously - experiencing something without being there (like reading it) vicissitudes - changes in fortune victuals - food vigilant alert; watchful (n. vigilance) vignette a brief literary excerpt or description vilify - debase; besmirch vindicate - to clear from blame or suspicion vindictive - revengeful virago - quarrelsome woman virile - manly virtuoso - expert virulent - malignant; hostile visage - face visceral - deeply felt viscous - sticky

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vitality - Physical or intellectual vigor; energy vitiate - destroy effectiveness vitriolic - bitterly scathing; caustic; acidic vituperation verbal abuse vituperative associated with verbal abuse vivacious - spirited; full of life vivid - very clear vociferous - clamorous; marked by noisy exclamation volatile - fickle; potentially unstable voluble - talkative voluminous - having high volume voluptuous - sensually enjoyable voracious consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous; rapacious; greedily hungry vulnerable - conquerable vulpine - crafty; cunning; relating to a fox wallow - to immerse oneself in utterly wan - pale wane - decrease wanton - unchecked; completely unrestrained warden someone in charge of a prison wary - careful, cautious wastrel - spendthrift watershed - a critical event or turning point wayfaring - tending to travel by foot waylay - to lie in wait for weave to create fabric wend - to go forward wheedle - cajole; entice whim random, spontaneous idea wily - cunning winnow - to sift through wistful - longing wither - wasting away of a flower or blossom wont - custom wool - the outer covering of sheep wrangle - quarrel writhe - to twist (e.g. ones body) yahoo - a bumpkin zealous - enthusiastic zenith - highest point

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