ABJURE

ABLUTION

ABNEGATE

ABROGATE

EPITOME

ABSTRUSE

ABUT

ACERBIC

ACME

ACQUIESCE

ADROIT

ADUMBRATE

AERIE

ALTRUISM

AMBULATORY

AMORTIZE

ANCILLARY

ANTEDILUVIAN

1.ABLUTION act of cleansing

; ;

2.ABJURE to reject, abandon formally

,

3.ABROGATE to abolish or invalidate by authority

, ,

4.ABNEGATE to deny, renounce

(-.)

5.ABSTRUSE difficult to comprehend

, ;
,

.EPITOME representative of an entire group;

summary
;

7.ACERBIC bitter, sharp in taste or temper

-, , ;
, ,

8.ABUT to touch, to be in contact with

(-.) , c (-.) ,
(-.)

9.ACQUIESCE to agree or comply in silence

,

10.ACME highest point, summit

, ,

11.ADUMBRATE to sketch, outline in a shadowy way

;

12.ADROIT skillful, accomplished, highly competent

, ; ;

13.ALTRUISM unselfish concern for others welfare;

the principle or practice of unselfish concern
for the welfare of others

14.AERIE nook or nest built high in the air

;

15.AMORTIZE to diminish by installment payments

( )

16.AMBULATORY itinerant; walking around

;
, ( )

17.ANTEDILUVIAN prehistoric, ancient beyond

measure; coming before the biblical flood
;

18.ANCILLARY accessory, subordinate; helping

, , ;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC

BEHEMOTH

APLOMB

BENISON

APOSTATE

BIFURCATE

APOTHEGM

BILIOUS

APOTHEOSIS

BONHOMIE

ARBOREAL

BULWARK

BACCHANALIAN

CAJOLE

BALK

CALAMITOUS

BEATIFIC

CALUMNY

25.BEHEMOTH huge creature

, ,

19.ANTHROPOMORPHIC attributing human qualities

to nonhumans; having human qualities

26.BENISON blessing

20.APLOMB poise, confidence

( , ),
,

27.BIFURCATE divide into two parts

21.APOSTATE one who renounces a religious faith

;

28.BILIOUS easily irritated, relating to bile

,

22.APOTHEGM a short, instructive saying

;

29.BONHOMIE good-natured geniality; atmosphere

of good cheer
,

23.APOTHEOSIS deification; glorified ideal

; ,

30.BULWARK defense wall; anything serving as

defense
; ; ;

24.ARBOREAL relating to trees; living in trees

; ;

CAJOLE to flatter, coax, persuade

, , ;
, ,

31.BACCHANALIAN drunkenly festive

,
, ,

CALAMITOUS disastrous, catastrophic

, ;

32.BALK to refuse, shirk; prevent

; , ,

CALUMNY false and malicious accusation,

misrepresentation, slander
,

33.BEATIFIC saintly, angelic

CANARD

CAVALCADE

CAROM

CHAGRIN

CHARLATAN

CHATTEL

CHIMERICAL

CHOLERIC

CHURLISH

CISTERN

COFFER

COGNOMEN

COMELINESS

COMMODIOUS

COMPUNCTIOUS

CONCILIATORY

CONFLAGRATION

CONGENIAL

CAVALCADE a procession
,

CANARD a lie

CHAGRIN shame, embarrassment, humiliation

; , ,

CAROM to strike and rebound

CHATTEL piece of personal property

CHARLATAN quack, fake

, ,

CHOLERIC easily angered, short-tempered

; ;
,

CHIMERICAL fanciful, imaginary, visionary;

impossible
, ,
,

CISTERN tank for rainwater

, ; ,

CHURLISH rude
, ;

COGNOMEN family name; any name, especially a

nickname
; , ,
; ,

COFFER strongbox, large chest for money

, ; ,

COMMODIOUS roomy, spacious

,

COMELINESS physical grace and beauty

,

CONCILIATORY overcoming distrust or hostility;

intended to placate or reconcile

COMPUNCTIOUS feeling guilty or having misgivings

,

CONGENIAL similar in tastes and habits

, ; ;
; ; ,

CONFLAGRATION big, destructive fire

,

CONSANGUINEOUS

CONTUMACIOUS

CORPULENCE

CORRUGATE

COSSET

COTERIE

COVEN

CURMUDGEON

DECLIVITY

DELETERIOUS

DELUGE

DEMAGOGUE

DIMINUTIVE

DESCRY

DIAPHANOUS

DICTUM

DIDACTIC

DILUVIAL

CONTUMACIOUS rebellious
; , ,

CONSANGUINEOUS of the same origin;

related by blood
, ,

CORRUGATE to mold in a shape with

parallel grooves and ridges
() ; ;

CORPULENCE obesity, fatness, bulkiness

; ,

COTERIE small group of persons

with a similar purpose
, ;
; ,

COSSET to pamper, treat with great care

, , ;
; ;

CURMUDGEON cranky person

; , ,

COVEN group of witches

;

DELETERIOUS harmful, destructive, detrimental

, ,

DECLIVITY downward slope

; ; ; ;

DEMAGOGUE leader or rabble-rouser who usually

uses appeals to emotion or prejudice

DELUGE flood
,

DESCRY to discover or reveal

, , ;
, ,

DIMINUTIVE small
, ,

DICTUM authoritative statement; popular saying

, ;
, , ,

DIAPHANOUS allowing light to show through;

delicate
, ; ;
; ;

DILUVIAL relating to a flood

DIDACTIC excessively instructive

, ;

DISCOMFIT

DITHER

DISTAFF

DIURNAL

DOCTRINAIRE

DOLOR

DOUGHTY

DROLL

DYSPEPTIC

EFFLUVIA

EFFULGENT

EGREGIOUS

EMEND

EMOLLIENT

ENCOMIUM

ENNUI

EPICURE

EPITOME

DISTAFF the female branch of a family

( );
,

DISCOMFIT to cause perplexity and embarrassment

, ();
,

DIURNAL daily
, ;
,

DITHER to move or act confusedly

or without clear purpose
, ,

DOLOR sadness
, , ,

DOCTRINAIRE rigidly devoted to theories;

theoretical; impractical

DROLL amusing in a wry, subtle way

; ; ; ;

DOUGHTY courageous
, , ,
,

EFFLUVIA outpouring of gases or vapors

; ()

DYSPEPTIC suffering from indigestion;

gloomy and irritable
, (

);
, ,

EGREGIOUS conspicuously bad

EFFULGENT brilliantly shining

, ,

EMOLLIENT having soothing qualities, esp. for skin

;

EMEND to correct a text

;
,

ENNUI boredom, lack of interest and energy

, ; ;

ENCOMIUM warm praise

,

EPITOME representative of an entire group;

summary
;

EPICURE person with refined taste in food and wine

ERSATZ

ESCHEW

EVINCE

EXPATIATE

EXPIATE

EXPUNGE

EXPURGATE

EXTEMPORANEOUS

EXTOL

EXTRAPOLATE

FETID

FECUND

FEY

FILCH

FILIAL

FLACCID

FOLIATE

FORSWEAR

ESCHEW to abstain from, avoid

, , ,

ERSATZ fake
, , , ,

EXPATIATE to wander; to discuss or describe at

length
, ( -.
)

EVINCE to show clearly, display, signify

; ;
, ;

EXPUNGE to erase, eliminate completely

, (
, , )

EXPIATE to atone for, make amends for

()

EXTEMPORANEOUS unrehearsed, on the spur

of the moment
, ,
;

EXPURGATE to censor
,
( )

EXTRAPOLATE to estimate
,

EXTOL to praise
, ,

FECUND fertile, fruitful, productive

, ;

FETID foul-smelling, putrid

,

FILCH to steal
, ,

FEY doomed
, ; ;
,

FLACCID limp, flabby, weak

, , ( )
, (
)
, , ,

FILIAL appropriate for a child

,
(
)

FORSWEAR to repudiate, renounce, disclaim,

reject
, ;
-.;
; ;

FOLIATE to grow, sprout leaves

;

FRACAS

FRACTIOUS

FRENETIC

FULMINATE

FULSOME

FURTIVE

GAMBOL

GAUCHE

GERMINATE

GIBE

GLIB

GNOSTIC

GRATUITOUS

GUSTATORY

HACKNEYED

HEGEMONY

HERETICAL

HOARY

FRACTIOUS unruly, rebellious

; ;

FRACAS noisy dispute

;

FULMINATE to explode with anger

, ;
, (-.)

FRENETIC wildly frantic, frenzied, hectic

, , ; ;

FURTIVE secret, stealthy

, ;
;

FULSOME excessive, overdone, sickeningly

abundant

GAUCHE crude, socially awkward

, ,

GAMBOL to dance or skip around playfully

,

GIBE to make heckling, taunting remarks

;

GERMINATE to begin to grow (as in a seed or

idea)
; ,

GNOSTIC having to do with knowledge

GLIB fluent in an insincere manner; offhand,

casual

GUSTATORY relating to sense of taste

GRATUITOUS free, voluntary; unnecessary and

unjustified
,
,

HEGEMONY leadership, domination, usually by

a country
,

HACKNEYED worn out by over-use

, ; ,

HOARY very old; whitish or gray from age

; ,

HERETICAL opposed to an established

religious orthodoxy

HUSBAND

IDIOSYNCRASY

IGNOMINIOUS

ILK

IMBUE

IMPECUNIOUS

IMPERIOUS

IMPOLITIC

IMPROMPTU

IMPUGN

INCARNATE

INCENDIARY

INCULCATE

INCULPATE

INDEFATIGABLE

INDIGENT

INDUBITABLE

INFALLIBLE

IDIOSYNCRASY peculiarity of temperament,

eccentricity

HUSBAND to farm; manage carefully and

thriftily
;
;

ILK type or kind

, ,

IGNOMINIOUS disgraceful and dishonorable

, ; ,
; ,

IMPECUNIOUS poor, having no money

, ,

IMBUE to infuse; dye; wet, moisten

, ;

IMPOLITIC unwise
, ;

IMPERIOUS arrogantly self-assured,

domineering, overbearing
, ,

IMPUGN to call into question, attack verbally

, ;
,

IMPROMPTU spontaneous, without rehearsal

; ;

INCENDIARY combustible, flammable, burning

easily
; ;
,

INCARNATE having bodily form

; ,

INCULPATE to blame; charge with a crime

; , ,

INCULCATE to teach; impress in the mind

, (-. -.) ,
( -. -.) ; ,

INDIGENT very poor

, , ,

INDEFATIGABLE never tired

,
, ,

INFALLIBLE incapable of making a mistake

, ,

INDUBITABLE unquestionable
; ,

INGENIOUS

INGRATIATE

INGRESS

INNUENDO

INSIDIOUS

INSUPERABLE

INTERDICT

INTERLOCUTOR

INTERLOPER

INTERNECINE

INTERPOLATE

INTERSTICE

INTIMATION

INTREPID

INTRINSIC

INURE

INVETERATE

INVIDIOUS

INGRATIATE to bring oneself purposely

into anothers good graces

INGENIOUS original, clever, inventive

, ,

INNUENDO indirect and subtle criticism,

insinuation

INGRESS entrance
,

INSUPERABLE insurmountable, unconquerable

, ,
,

INSIDIOUS sly, treacherous, devious

, ;

INTERLOCUTOR someone taking part in a

dialogue

INTERDICT to forbid, prohibit

,

INTERNECINE deadly to both sides

, ,
;
;

INTERLOPER trespasser; meddler in others

affairs
, ;

INTERSTICE a space between things

; ,

INTERPOLATE to insert; change by

adding new words or material
, (
);
(
)

INTREPID fearless
, , ,
,

INTIMATION clue, suggestion

; ,

INURE to harden; accustom; become used to

(-.) ,

INTRINSIC inherent, internal

, ;
, ,

INVIDIOUS likely to provoke ill will, offensive

, ;
,

INVETERATE confirmed, long-standing, deeply

rooted
,

ITINERANT

JIBE

JINGOISM

JOCULAR

JUGGERNAUT

JURISPRUDENCE

KISMET

KNELL

LACHRYMOSE

LAMBASTE

LAPIDARY

LARGESS

LEGERDEMAIN

LIBIDINOUS

LICENTIOUS

LIMPID

LINIMENT

LIONIZE

JIBE to shift suddenly from one side to the

other

ITINERANT wandering from place to place,

unsettled

JOCULAR jovial, playful, humorous

; ; ,
; , ,

JINGOISM belligerent support of ones country

-, ;

JURISPRUDENCE philosophy of law

, , ,

JUGGERNAUT huge force destroying

everything in its path

KNELL sound of a funeral bell; omen of death

or failure
; ;

KISMET fate
, ,

LAMBASTE disapprove angrily

, ;
, ; ,

LACHRYMOSE tearful
, ;
, ,

LARGESS generosity; gift

,

LAPIDARY relating to precious stones

;
( )

LIBIDINOUS lustful
, ,

LEGERDEMAIN trickery
, , ;
, ,

LIMPID clear and simple in style

, , ( , );
( )

LICENTIOUS immoral; unrestrained by society

, ,

LIONIZE to treat as a celebrity

-.

LINIMENT medicinal liquid used externally to

ease pain
; , ,

LISSOME

LUGUBRIOUS

MACABRE

MACHINATION

MALAPROPISM

MALEVOLENT

MANIFOLD

MARTINET

MAUDLIN

MAWKISH

MEGALOMANIA

MENDICANT

MERCURIAL

MERITORIOUS

MINATORY

MNEMONIC

MOLT

MORDACIOUS

LUGUBRIOUS sorrowful, mournful

, , ;

LISSOME easily flexed, limber, agile

, ,
, , ;

MACHINATION plot or scheme

,

MACABRE gruesome, producing horror

, , ,

MALEVOLENT ill-willed; causing evil or harm to

others
, , ,

MALAPROPISM humorous misuse of a word

MARTINET strict disciplinarian; one who rigidly

follows rules
;

MANIFOLD diverse, varied; comprised of many

parts
, ,

MAWKISH sickeningly sentimental

, ;
, ,

MAUDLIN overly sentimental

,

MENDICANT beggar
;

MEGALOMANIA mental state with

delusions of wealth and power

MERITORIOUS deserving reward or praise

, ,

MERCURIAL quick, shrewd, and unpredictable

, ; ;
, , ,

MNEMONIC relating to memory; designed to

assist memory
aiding or meant to aid one's memory

MINATORY menacing, threatening

,

MORDACIOUS caustic, biting, sarcastic

MOLT to shed hair, skin, or an outer layer

periodically
( )

MULTIFARIOUS

MUNIFICENT

NADIR

NASCENT

NEBULOUS

NECROMANCY

NEFARIOUS

NEOLOGISM

NIHILISM

NOISOME

NOXIOUS

NUMISMATICS

OBFUSCATE

OBSTREPEROUS

OMNIPOTENT

OMNISCIENT

OUSTER

PAEAN

MUNIFICENT generous

MULTIFARIOUS diverse
, ,

NASCENT starting to develop, coming into

existence
, ;
; ,

NADIR lowest point

,

NECROMANCY black magic

,

NEBULOUS vague, cloudy

, , ,
, ; o;

NEOLOGISM new word or expression

; ,

NEFARIOUS vicious, evil

; , ; ,
,

NOISOME stinking, putrid

, ; ; ,
, , ,

NIHILISM belief that existence and all

traditional values are
meaningless

NUMISMATICS coin collecting

NOXIOUS harmful, unwholesome

, , ,
, ,

OBSTREPEROUS troublesome, boisterous,

unruly
, ;

OBFUSCATE to confuse, obscure

, ;
,

OMNISCIENT having infinite knowledge

,

OMNIPOTENT having unlimited power

,

PAEAN a song of praise or thanksgiving

,

OUSTER expulsion, ejection

;
( );

PASTICHE

PALLIATE

PANEGYRIC

PANACEA

PAROCHIAL

PANOPLY

PARSIMONY

PARLEY

PECCADILLO

PECULATION

PENUMBRA

PENULTIMATE

PERAMBULATE

PERIPHRASTIC

PERNICIOUS

PERSPICACIOUS

PERTINACIOUS

PHALANX

PALLIATE to make less serious, ease

, ; ;

PASTICHE piece of literature or music

imitating other works;
a work of art that mixes styles, materials, etc;
a work of art that imitates the style of
another artist or period;

PANACEA cure-all
,

PANEGYRIC elaborate praise; formal hymn of

praise
,

PANOPLY impressive array

, , ;
,

PAROCHIAL of limited scope or outlook,

provincial
, ;

PARLEY discussion, usually between enemies

, ,

PARSIMONY stinginess
, , ;
, ,

PECULATION theft of money or goods

,

PECCADILLO minor sin or offense

PENULTIMATE next to last

PENUMBRA partial shadow

,

PERIPHRASTIC using circumlocution

PERAMBULATE walk about

,

PERSPICACIOUS shrewd, astute, keen-witted

PERNICIOUS very harmful

; ;
; ;

PHALANX massed group of soldiers, people, or

things

PERTINACIOUS persistent, stubborn

,

PHILISTINE

PLAIT

PLANGENT

PLAUDIT

PNEUMATIC

POLEMIC

PREDILECTION

POSIT

PRECEPT

PRESCIENT

PRIVATION

PROGENITOR

PROGNOSTICATE

PROLIFIC

PROLIX

PROMULGATE

PROPINQUITY

PROPITIOUS

PLAIT to braid
, ()

PHILISTINE narrow-minded person, someone

lacking
appreciation for art or culture
, ,

PLAUDIT applause

PLANGENT resounding; plaintive

; ;

POLEMIC controversy, argument; verbal attack

PNEUMATIC relating to air; worked by

compressed air

POSIT to put in position; to suggest an idea

, ;

PREDILECTION preference, liking

,

PRESCIENT having foresight

;
,

PRECEPT principle; law

, ;
, ;

PROGENITOR originator, forefather, ancestor in

a direct line
; ;

PRIVATION lack of usual necessities or

comforts
, , ,

PROLIFIC productive, fertile

PROGNOSTICATE to predict
; ,

PROMULGATE to make known publicly

, , ;

PROLIX tedious; wordy

, ; ,
( )

PROPITIOUS favorable, advantageous

; ,

PROPINQUITY nearness
, ; ,

PROSELYTIZE

PROSTRATE

PROTAGONIST

PROVIDENT

PRURIENT

PUERILE

PULCHRITUDE

PUNDIT

PUSILLANIMOUS

QUERULOUS

QUOTIDIAN

RACONTEUR

RAILLERY

RANCOR

RAPACIOUS

RAPPROCHEMENT

RAZE

RECALCITRANT

PROSTRATE lying face downward, lying flat on

the ground
;

PROSELYTIZE to induce someone to convert to

a particular belief or religion
;

PROVIDENT prudent, frugal

, ;
, ; ,

PROTAGONIST main character in a play or

story, hero
;

PUERILE childish, immature, silly

, , , ;
, ; ;

PRURIENT lustful, exhibiting lewd desires

,

PUNDIT an authority or critic

,

PULCHRITUDE beauty
,

QUERULOUS inclined to complain, irritable

, , ,

PUSILLANIMOUS cowardly
,

RACONTEUR a witty, skillful storyteller

QUOTIDIAN occurring daily; commonplace

, ;
, ,

RANCOR bitter hatred

,

RAILLERY lighthearted jesting

, ,

RAPPROCHEMENT reestablishing a cordial

relationship
,
( )

RAPACIOUS greedy; predatory

, ; ( )

RECALCITRANT resisting authority or control

; ; ;
, ;

RAZE to tear down, demolish

SACROSANCT

RECREANT

REDRESS

REJOINDER

RENEGE

RENITENT

REPAST

SAGACIOUS

REQUITE

RESPITE

RESTIVE

RETINUE

REVELRY

RIBALD

RIPOSTE

ROCOCO

ROTUND

RUMINATE

RECREANT disloyal; cowardly

,

SACROSANCT extremely sacred; beyond

criticism
;

REJOINDER response
,

REDRESS relief from wrong or injury

,

RENITENT resisting pressure, obstinate

; , ;
, ;

RENEGE to go back on ones word

SAGACIOUS shrewd, wise

, , ;
,

REPAST meal
; ;

RESPITE interval of relief

;

REQUITE to return or repay

; ;

RETINUE group of attendants with an

important person
,

RESTIVE impatient, uneasy, restless

, ;

RIBALD humorous in a vulgar way

, ;
; ;

REVELRY boisterous festivity

,

ROCOCO very highly ornamented

, ,

RIPOSTE a retort
, ;
;

RUMINATE to contemplate, reflect upon

, , ;

ROTUND round in shape; fat

, ; , ,

SALACIOUS

SANGUINE

SAPIENT

SCABBARD

SCINTILLA

SCINTILLATE

SCURRILOUS

SEDITION

SENESCENT

SENTIENT

SEPULCHRAL

SERAPHIC

SHIRK

SIMPER

SINECURE

SLAKE

SINUOUS

SLOVENLY

SANGUINE ruddy; cheerfully optimistic

; ,

SALACIOUS lustful
, ,

SCABBARD sheath for sword or dagger

SAPIENT wise
,

SCINTILLATE to sparkle, flash

; ;

SCINTILLA very small amount

SEDITION behavior promoting rebellion

,

SCURRILOUS vulgar, low, indecent

, , ;

SENTIENT aware, conscious, able to perceive

, ;
,

SENESCENT aging, growing old

,

SERAPHIC angelic, pure, sublime

,

SEPULCHRAL typical of a place of burial

; ;

SIMPER to smirk, smile foolishly

, ;

SHIRK to avoid a task due to laziness or fear

, ;

SINUOUS winding; intricate, complex

, ;
,

SINECURE well-paying job or office

that requires little or no work
(,
,
)

SLOVENLY untidy, messy

; ; ;

SLAKE to quench or moderate

, ; (, )

SOJOURN

SOLECISM

SOLIPSISM

SOMNAMBULIST

SONOROUS

SOPHIST

SPORTIVE

SQUALID

STAID

STENTORIAN

STRIATE

STRINGENT

STYMIE

SUBTERFUGE

SULLY

SUPERCILIOUS

SURLY

SURREPTITIOUS

SOLECISM grammatical mistake

; ;

SOJOURN visit, stay

SOMNAMBULIST sleepwalker

SOLIPSISM belief that the self is the only

reality;
the extreme form of scepticism which denies
the possibility of any knowledge other than of
one's own existence

SOPHIST person good at arguing deviously

,

SONOROUS producing a full, rich sound

; ,

SQUALID filthy; morally repulsive

, ; ; , ;
, ;

SPORTIVE frolicsome, playful

; ; , ,

STENTORIAN extremely loud

,

STAID self-restrained, strait-laced

, ,

STRINGENT imposing severe, rigorous

standards
; ,

STRIATE striped, grooved

, ;
;

SUBTERFUGE trick or tactic used to avoid

something
, , ,

STYMIE to block or thwart

;

SUPERCILIOUS arrogant, haughty,

overbearing, condescending
, ,

SULLY to soil, stain, tarnish; taint

, , ,

SURREPTITIOUS characterized by secrecy

;

SURLY rude and bad-tempered

, ;

SYBARITE

SYCOPHANT

SYNCOPATION

TABLEAU

TANTAMOUNT

TEMERITY

TEMPORAL

TENABLE

TENET

THRENODY

TRAMMEL

TRENCHANT

TRITE

TRUCULENT

TURGID

TURPITUDE

TYRO

UMBRAGE

SYCOPHANT self-serving flatterer, yes-man

, ;

SYBARITE person devoted to pleasure and

luxury
,

TABLEAU vivid description, striking incident or

scene
,

SYNCOPATION temporary irregularity in

musical rhythm

TEMERITY recklessness
, ;

TANTAMOUNT equivalent in value or

significance;
amounting to
, ,

TENABLE defensible, reasonable

, ,
, ,

TEMPORAL relating to time; chronological

, , ; ,

THRENODY a sad poem or song

; ;

TENET belief, doctrine

, ,

TRENCHANT acute, sharp, incisive; forceful,

effective
; ;

TRAMMEL to impede or hamper

; , ,

TRUCULENT savage and cruel; fierce; ready to

fight
, ; ; ,
; , ( )

TRITE shallow, superficial

, ,

TURPITUDE inherent vileness, foulness,

depravity
, ;

TURGID swollen, bloated

UMBRAGE offense, resentment

,

TYRO beginner, novice

;

UNCTUOUS

UNFETTERED

UNSULLIED

UNTOWARD

URBANE

USURY

VACUOUS

VARIEGATED

VIRILE

VITIATE

VITRIOLIC

VITUPERATE

VOCIFEROUS

VOLUBLE

WASPISH

WIZENED

WRAITH

XENOPHOBIA

UNFETTERED free, unrestrained

UNCTUOUS greasy, oily; smug and falsely

earnest
;

UNTOWARD not favorable; unruly

, ; ,
,

UNSULLIED clean
,

USURY lending money at exorbitant rates

URBANE courteous, refined, suave

;

VARIEGATED varied; marked with different

colors
;

VACUOUS empty, void; lacking intelligence,

purposeless
,

VITIATE reduce in value or effectiveness

,

VIRILE manly, having qualities of an adult

male
; ; ;

VITUPERATE to abuse verbally

, , ,

VITRIOLIC burning, caustic; sharp, bitter

, ,

VOLUBLE speaking much and easily, talkative;

glib
, ;

VOCIFEROUS loud, vocal, and noisy

; ; ,

WIZENED withered, shriveled, wrinkled

,

WASPISH easily irritated

, ; ,

XENOPHOBIA fear or hatred of foreigners or

strangers
,

WRAITH a ghost
(-.) ,
;

ZENITH

RECONDITE

REPROBATE

SACROSANCT

SAGACIOUS

Abase

Abash

abate

abdicate

aberration

abet

abhor

abject

abnegation

abolish

abominate

abominable

aboriginal

RECONDITE relating to obscure learning; known to

only a few

ZENITH highest point, summit

SACROSANCT extremely sacred; beyond criticism

;

REPROBATE morally unprincipled person

abase :: lower; degrade; humiliate

SAGACIOUS shrewd, wise

, , ;
,

abate :: subside or moderate

abash :: embarrass

aberration :: deviation from the expected

or the normal; mental irregularity or
disorder

abdicate :: renounce, give up

abhor :: detest; hate

abet :: assist, usually in doing something

wrong; encourage

abnegation :: renunciation; self-sacrifice

abject :: wretched; lacking pride

abominable :: detestable; extremely

unpleasant; very bad

abolish :: cancel; put an end to

aboriginal :: being the first of its kind in a

region; primitive; native

abominate :: loathe; hate