Vocabulary e Book

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q: abacus a: frame with balls for calculating q: abate a: to lessen to subside q: abdication a: giving up control authority q: aberration a: straying away from what is normal q: abet a: help/encourage smb (in doing wrong) q: abeyance a: suspended action q: abhor a: to hate to detest q: abide a: be faithful to endure q: abjure a: promise or swear to give up q: abraded a: rubbed off worn away by friction q: abrogate a: repeal or annul by authority q: abscond a: to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest) q: abstruse a: difficult to comprehend obscure q: abut a: border on q: abysmal a: bottomless extreme q: acarpous
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a: effete no longer fertile worn out q: acclaimed a: welcomed with shouts and approval q: accolade a: praise approval q: accretion a: the growing of separate things into one q: adamant a: kind of stone inflexible q: admonitory a: containing warning q: adorn a: add beauty decorate q: adulteration a: making unpure poorer in quality q: affable a: polite and friendly q: affinity a: close connection relationship q: aggravate a: make worse irritate q: agile a: active quick-moving q: agog a: eager/excited q: ail a: trouble be ill q: alacrity a: eager and cheerful readiness q: alcove a: recess/partially enclosed place
q: allegiance a: duty support loyalty q: alleviate a: make (pain) easier to bear q: alloy a: to debase by mixing with something inferior q: aloof a: reserved indifferent q: amalgamate a: mix combine unite societies q: ambidextrous a: able to use the left hand or the right equally well q: ambiguous a: doubtful uncertain q: ambivalent a: having both of two contrary meanings q: ameliorate a: improve make better q: amortize a: end (a debt) by setting aside money q: anguish a: severe suffering q: animosity a: strong dislike q: antidote a: medicine used against a poison or a disease q: antithetical a: direct opposing q: apartheid a: brutal racial discrimination
q: aplomb a: self-confidence q: apostate a: one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions q: apotheosis a: deification glorification to godliness q: appease a: make quiet or calm q: apprehensive a: grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future q: apprise a: give notice to inform q: approbation a: approval q: apropos a: appropriate to the situation apt q: apt a: well-suited quick-witted q: arabesque a: a complex ornate design q: arboreal a: of connected with trees q: ardor a: enthusiasm q: arduous a: steep difficult ascent laborious q: argot a: jargon slang q: arrant a: in the highest degree q: arrogance
a: proud superior manner of behaviour q: articulate a: speak distinctly connect by joints q: ascend a: go or come up q: ascertain a: get to know q: ascetic a: practicing self-denial austere stark q: ascribe a: consider to be the origin of or belonging to q: aseptic a: surgically clean q: asperity a: roughness harshness ill temper irritability q: aspersion a: slander q: assail a: with attack violently q: assiduous a: diligent hard-working sedulous q: assuage a: make smth (pain desire) less q: asterisk a: the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters) q: astringent a: substance that shrinks q: astute a: clever quick at seeing to get an advantage q: atonement a: repayment death of Jesus
q: attenuate a: make thin. weaken enervate q: attune a: bring into harmony q: audacious a: daring foolishly bold impudent q: augury a: omen sign q: august a: majestic venerable q: auspicious a: favorable successful prosperous q: austere a: severely moral and strict simple and plain q: auxiliary a: helping supporting q: aver a: affirm assert prove justify q: aversion a: strong dislike q: avid a: eager greedy q: avow a: admit. Declare openly q: baleful a: harmful ominous causing evil q: balk a: obstacle purposely to get on the way of q: baneful a: causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive
q: barrage a: artificial obstacle built across a river q: barren a: not good enough unable to have young ones without value q: bask a: in enjoy warmth and light q: beatify a: to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to q: bedizen a: to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner q: belabor a: beat hard q: bellicose a: belligerent pugnacious warlike q: belligerent a: (person nation) waging war q: benefactor a: person who has given help q: benevolence a: wish or activity in doing good q: benign a: kind and gentle mild (climate) q: bequest a: arrangement to give smth at death q: berate a: scold sharply q: bereft a: rob or dispossess of smth (material) q: bewilder a: puzzle confuse q: bigot
a: stubborn narrow-minded person q: bilge a: bulge the protuberance of a cask q: blandishment a: flattery coaxing q: blandness a: polite manner comforting uninteresting q: blatant a: noisy and rough q: blithe a: cheerful casual carefree q: bogus a: sham counterfeit not genuine q: boisterous a: loud noisy rough lacking restraint q: bolster a: give greatly needed support q: boorish a: crude offensive rude q: brash a: hasty rush cheeky saucy q: brass a: yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc) q: brazen a: made of brass q: breach a: opening broken place breaking q: brittle a: easily broken q: broach a: bring up announce begin to talk about
q: brook a: to tolerate endure q: buoyant a: able to float light-hearted q: burgeon a: grow forth send out buds q: burnish a: to polish rub to a shine q: cabal a: a scheme or plot a group of plotters q: cadge a: to beg to get by begging q: cajole a: use flattery or deceit to persuade q: calipers a: metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument q: calumny a: slander aspersion q: candid a: frank straight-forward q: cant a: insincere talk/jargon q: cantankerous a: bad-tempered/quarrelsome q: canvass a: discuss thoroughly sort of touting q: castigate a: to chastise correct by punishing q: castigation a: severe punishment
q: catalyst a: substance that causes speeding up q: caustic a: biting sarcastic q: censure a: expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke q: centurion a: leader of a unit of 100 soldiers q: chary a: cautious wary q: chastened a: corrected punished q: chastisement a: punishment q: chauvinist a: a blindly devoted patriot q: chicanery a: legal trickery/false argument q: chisel a: steel tool for shaping materials q: churl a: bad-tempered person q: clamor a: shout complain with a lot of noise q: clientele a: customers q: clinch a: come to grips/settle conclusively q: cling a: to resist separation q: clot
a: half-solid lump formed from liquid q: cloture a: closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting q: coagulation a: change to a thick and solid state q: coalescing a: coming together and uniting into one substance q: coax a: get smb to do smth by kindness q: coda a: passage that completes a piece of music q: coddle a: treat with care and tenderness q: coerce a: compel to force to make obedient q: coeval a: of the same period coexisting q: cogent a: strong convincing q: cogitate a: think deeply mediate q: cognizant a: being fully aware of q: colander a: bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water q: collusion a: secret agreement for a deceitful purpose q: combustion a: process of burning q: commemorate a: keep the memory of
q: commodious a: having plenty of space for what is needed q: commuter a: person who travels regularly q: complaisance a: tending to comply obliging willingness to please q: compunction a: feeling of regret for one's action q: conceal a: hide keep secret q: conceit a: over-high opinion of too much pride q: conciliatory a: reconciling soothing comforting mollifying q: concord a: agreement or harmony q: concur a: agree in opinion happen together q: condense a: increase in density strength make laconic q: condone a: forgive q: congeal a: make or become stiff and solid q: conjoin a: to join together q: connoisseur a: a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art) q: connotation a: suggestion in addition to
q: consequential a: pompous self important q: console a: give comfort or sympathy to q: conspicuous a: easily seen remarkable q: consternation a: surprise and fear dismay q: constrain a: compel q: constrict a: make tight or smaller q: consume a: get to the end of q: consummate a: perfect/make perfect/complete q: contemn a: to scorn or despise q: contentious a: argumentative pugnacious combative quarrelsome q: contiguous a: touching neighboring near q: contrite a: filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing q: contumacious a: insubordinate rebellious q: conundrum a: a riddle dilemma enigma q: conviction a: convincing firm belief q: convoke
a: call together summon q: convoluted a: complicated coiled twisted q: cordial a: warm and sincere q: cordon a: line (of police acting as a guard) q: cornucopia a: abundant supply q: corporeal a: physical of or for the body q: correlate a: have a mutual relation q: corroboration a: additional strengthening evidence q: countenance a: to favor or approve of q: counterfeit a: forgery q: countervail a: counterbalance q: covert a: disguised q: covetous a: eagerly desirous q: cower a: crouch shrink back q: coy a: shy/modest (esp of a girl) q: crass a: very great (es. stupidity)
q: cravat a: piece of linen worn as a necktie q: craven a: cowardly q: crease a: line made by crushing white line on the ground in cricket q: credulity a: too great a readiness to believe things q: credulous a: ready to believe things q: crush a: press lose shape subdue overwhelm q: cryptic a: secret with a hidden meaning q: cumbersome a: burdensome heavy and awkward to carry q: curmudgeon a: bad-tempered person q: curriculum a: course of study q: cursory a: quick hurried q: curtail a: make shorter then was planned q: dainty a: pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please q: daunt a: intimidate make fearful q: dawdler a: person who is slow waste of time
q: dearth a: shortage q: debacle a: a breakup overthrow sudden disaster q: decorum a: propriety properness q: decree a: order given by authority q: decry a: disapprove of q: defer a: postpone give way (to show respect) q: deferential a: showing respect q: defiance a: open disobedience or resistance q: delineate a: to portray depict sketch out q: deluge a: great flood heavy rush of water q: demagogue a: person appealing not to reasons q: demur a: to hesitate raise objections q: denigrate a: blacken belittle sully defame q: denouement a: an outcome or solution the unraveling of a plot q: deplete a: use until none remains q: deposition
a: dethronement depositing q: deprave a: make morally bad corrupt q: deprecate a: protest against express disapproval of q: dereliction a: deserting and leaving to fall into ruins q: derision a: ridicule mockery deriding q: derivative a: unoriginal obtained from another source q: derogatory a: insulting tending to damage q: descry a: catch sight of see smth in the distance q: desiccant a: substance used to absorb moisture q: desuetude a: cessation of use disuse q: desultory a: aimless haphazard digressing at random q: deter a: discourage hinder q: detraction a: slandering verbal attack aspersion q: detumescence a: diminishing or lessening of swelling q: deviance a: being different in moral standards (from normal) q: dexterity a: skill (esp. in handling)
q: diaphanous a: transparent gauzy q: diatribe a: bitter and violent attack in words q: diffidence a: shyness q: dilate a: speak comprehensively become wider large q: disallow a: refuse to allow or accept as a correct q: discern a: see with an effort but clearly q: discomfit a: confuse embarrass q: disconcert a: upset the self-possession of q: discountenance a: refuse to approve of q: discourse a: speech lecture q: discredit a: refuse to believe q: discreet a: careful/prudent q: discrete a: individually distinct q: disdain a: look on with contempt q: disencumber a: free from encumbrance
q: disheveled a: untidy q: disingenuous a: sophisticated artful trying to deceive cunning q: disinter a: dig up from the earth q: dislodge a: move force from the place occupied q: dismal a: sad gloomy miserable q: disparate a: essentially different q: disproof a: proof to the contrary q: dissemble a: speak or behave so as to hide smth (in mind) q: disseminate a: distribute (esp. ideas) q: dissent a: have a different opinion refuse to assent q: dissolution a: disintegration looseness in morals q: distraught a: distracted violently upset in mind q: divergence a: getting farther apart from a point q: divestiture a: taking off getting rid of giving up q: divulge a: make known smth secret q: doggerel
a: trivial poorly constructed verse q: dogmatic a: positive certain arbitrary without room for discussion q: dolt a: stupid fellow q: dormant a: in a state of inactivity but awaiting development q: dote a: show much fondness center one's attention q: drawl a: slow way of speaking q: droll a: jesting q: drone a: male bee person who isn't self-employed q: drowsiness a: feeling sleepy half asleep q: dubious a: feeling doubt q: dud a: no use person smth that fails q: dulcet a: melodious harmonious q: dupe a: cheat make a fool of q: duplicity a: deliberate deception q: duress a: threats to compel smb q: dwarf a: person or smb much below the usual size
q: dynamo a: a generator something that produces electric current q: earthenware a: dishes made of baked clay q: ebullience a: exuberance outburst of feeling q: ebullient a: overflowing with enthusiasm showing excitement q: ecumenical a: representing the whole Christian world q: edacious a: voracious devouring q: eddy a: circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind) q: edible a: fit to be eaten/not poisonous q: effete a: infertile worn out weak q: efficacy a: production of a desired result q: effluvia a: outflow in a stream of particles a noxious odor or vapor q: effrontery a: boldness impudence arrogance q: egress a: way out exit q: elaborate a: worked out with much care in great detail q: elegy a: a lament a melancholy composition
q: elicit a: draw out q: eloquence a: fluent speaking skillful use of language q: emaciate a: make thin and weak q: embellish a: make beautiful q: embezzle a: use in a wrong way for one's own benefit q: emote a: stir up excite q: empirical a: relying on experiment q: encapsulate a: enclose in capsule q: encomium a: warm or glowing praise eulogy panegyric q: encumbrance a: burden things that get on the way of q: endearing a: making dear or liked q: endemic a: epidemic q: endorse a: write one's name on the back of q: enduring a: lasting q: enervate a: weaken deprive of strength attenuate q: engender
a: cause produce give rise to q: engrave a: impress deeply q: engrossing a: taken up all the time or attention writing in large or formal q: engulf a: swallow up q: enigma a: smth that is puzzling q: enmity a: hatred being an enemy q: ensign a: flag/badge q: entangle a: put into difficulties q: enthral a: please greatly/enslave (fig) q: entice a: tempt or persuade q: entreat a: ask earnestly q: enunciate a: pronounce (words)/express a theory q: enzyme a: catalyst q: epicurean a: devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment) q: epistle a: letter q: epithet a: adjective
q: epitome a: brief summary representative example a typical model q: equable a: steady regular q: equanimity a: calmness of temperament q: equilibrium a: state of being balanced q: equipoise a: equal distribution of weight equilibrium q: equivocal a: having a double or doubtful meaning suspicious q: equivocate a: try to deceive by equivocal language q: eradicate a: get rid of pull up by the roots q: erratic a: irregular in behaviour or opinion q: erudite a: learned scholarly q: eschew a: avoid q: esoteric a: abstruse intended only for a small circle of q: espouse a: marry give one's support to q: eulogy a: formal praise panegyric q: euphoria a: elation state of pleasant excitement
q: euthanasia a: easy and painless death q: evasive a: tending to evade q: evince a: to show clearly to indicate q: evoke a: call up bring out q: excoriation a: severe criticism q: exculpate a: to clear from a charge of guilt q: exhaustive a: complete thorough q: exigency a: emergency an urgent situation q: exoneration a: set smb clear free (e.g.. from blame) q: exorbitant a: much too high or great q: expatiate a: to roam wander freely q: expedient a: likely to be useful for a purpose q: expiation a: ending expiring q: exploit a: brilliant achievement develop use selfishly q: expostulate a: argue earnestly to dissuade correct or protest q: expurgate
a: to remove obscenity purify censor q: exscind a: to cut out cut away q: extant a: still in existence q: extempore a: without previous thought or preparation q: extenuate a: reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse q: extinct a: no longer active q: extinguish a: end the existence of/wipe or put out q: extirpate a: to destroy exterminate cut out exscind q: extol a: praise highly q: extort a: obtain by threats violence q: extralegal a: outside the law q: extricable a: that can be freed q: extrovert a: cheerful person q: exuberance a: state of growing vigorously being full of life q: facetious a: humorous funny jocular q: facile a: easily done
q: fallacious a: based on error q: falter a: waver/move in an uncertain manner q: fatuous a: without sense foolish self-satisfaction q: fawn a: young deer try to win smb's favor q: feckless a: lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless q: fecund a: fertile q: feint a: pretend q: felicitous a: apt suitably expressed well chosen apropos q: felon a: person guilty of murder q: ferment a: substance become excited q: ferocity a: savage cruelty q: ferret a: discover by searching search q: fervid a: showing earnest feeling q: fervor a: warmth of feelings earnestness q: fetid a: stinking
q: fetter a: to shackle put in chains q: feud a: bitter quarrel over a long period of time q: fidelity a: loyalty accuracy q: fidget a: move restlessly make nervous q: figurehead a: carved image on the prow of a ship q: finesse a: delicate way of dealing with a situation q: finical a: too fussy about food clothing etc. q: finicky a: finical q: fission a: splitting or division (esp. of cells) q: fixate a: stare at q: flak a: criticism/anti-aircraft guns q: flamboyant a: brightly colored florid q: flaunting a: show off complacently q: flax a: pale yellow (hair) a plant q: fledged a: able to fly trained experienced q: fleet
a: number of ships quick-moving q: flinch a: draw move back wince q: flop a: fail/move/fall clumsily q: florid a: very much ornamented naturally red (e.g.. of face) q: flout a: reject mock to go against (as in going against tradition) q: fluke a: lucky stroke q: fluster a: make nervous or confused q: foible a: defect of character (a person is wrongly proud) q: foil a: prevent from carrying out contrast q: foment a: put smth warm (to lessen the pain) q: foolproof a: incapable of failure or error q: foppish a: like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes q: forage a: food for horses and cattle q: forbear a: refrain from be patient ancestor q: forbearance a: patience willingness to wait q: ford a: shallow place in a river (to cross)
q: forestall a: prevent by taking action in advance preempt q: forfeit a: suffer the loss of smth q: forge a: workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead q: forgery a: counterfeit q: forswear a: renounce disallow repudiate q: foster a: nurture care for q: fracas a: noisy quarrel q: fragile a: easily injured broken or destroyed q: fragrant a: sweet-smelling q: frantic a: wildly excited with joy pain anxiety q: frenetic a: frantic frenzied q: fret a: worry irritation wear away q: fringe a: edge ornamental border part of hair over the forehead q: froward a: intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn q: frugal a: careful economical
q: fulmination a: bitter protest q: fulsome a: disgusting offensive due to excessiveness q: gainsay a: to deny to oppose q: garble a: make unfair selection from facts q: garment a: article of clothing q: garner a: to gather and save to store up q: garrulity a: talkativeness q: garrulous a: too talkative q: gaucherie a: socially awkward tactless behavior q: germane a: relevant pertinent to q: gist a: the point general sense q: glean a: gather facts in small quantities q: glib a: ready and smooth but not sincere q: glimmer a: weak/unsteady light q: gloat a: over look at with selfish delight q: glut
a: supply to much fill to excess q: gnaw a: waste away bite steadily q: goad a: smth urging a person to action q: gorge a: eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream q: gossamer a: soft light delicate material q: gouge a: tool for cutting grooves in wood q: grandiloquent a: using pompous words q: grave a: serious requiring consideration q: graze a: touch or scrape lightly in passing q: gregarious a: living in societies liking the company q: grievous a: causing grief or pain serious dire grave q: grovel a: crawl humble oneself q: guile a: deceit cunning q: gullible a: easily gulled q: gush a: burst out suddenly/talk ardently q: gust a: outburst of feeling sudden rain wind fire etc.
q: hack a: cut roughly hired horse q: halcyon a: calm and peaceful q: hallow a: to make holy consecrate q: harangue a: a long passionate speech q: harbinger a: smth or smb that foretells the coming of q: harrow a: to distress create stress or torment q: haughty a: arrogant conceited q: heed a: attention/give notice to q: heinous a: odious (of crime) q: heresy a: belief contrary to what is generally accepted q: hermetic a: sealed by fusion q: heterogeneous a: made up of different kinds q: hew a: make by hard work cut (by striking) q: highbrow a: (person) with superior tastes q: hirsute a: hairy shaggy
q: hoax a: mischievous trick played on smb for a joke q: hoi a: polloi the masses the rabble q: hollow a: not soled with hole q: holster a: leather case for a pistol q: homiletics a: act of preaching q: hone a: stone used for sharpening tools q: hoodwink a: trick mislead q: hospitable a: liking to give hospitality q: hubris a: arrogant pride q: hush a: make or become silent q: husk a: worthless outside part of anything q: hypocrisy a: falsely making oneself appear to be good q: iconoclast a: person who attacks popular beliefs q: idiosyncrasy a: personal mannerism q: idolatry a: excessive admiration of q: idyll
a: a carefree episode or experience q: ignoble a: dishonorable common undignified q: ignominious a: shameful dishonorable undignified disgraceful q: illicit a: unlawful forbidden q: imbroglio a: complicated and embarrassing situation q: immaculate a: pure faultless q: imminent a: likely to come or happen soon q: immutable a: that cannot be changed q: impair a: worsen diminish in value q: impassive a: unmoved feeling no sign of passion q: impecunious a: having little or no money q: impede a: hinder get in the way of q: impediment a: smth that hinders (e.g. stammer) q: impending a: imminent being about to happen expected q: imperative a: urgent essential q: imperious a: commanding haughty arrogant
q: impermeable a: that cannot be permeated q: imperturbable a: calm not capable of being excited q: impervious a: not allowing to pass through (of materials) q: imperviousness a: haughty arrogant commanding q: impetuous a: having sudden energy impulsive thrusting ahead forceful q: impiety a: lack of reverence or dutifulness q: implacable a: incapable of being placated unpleasable q: implicate a: show that smb has a share q: implicit a: implied though not plainly expressed q: implosion a: collapse bursting inward q: importune a: beg urgently solicit (of a prostitute) q: imprecation a: an invocation of evil a curse q: impromptu a: without preparation q: impudent a: rash indiscreet q: impugned a: challenged to be doubted
q: impute a: to attribute to a cause or source ascribe q: inadvertent a: not paying proper attention q: inane a: silly senseless q: inasmuch a: since because q: incense a: make angry q: incessant a: often repeated continual q: inchoate a: not yet fully formed rudimentary elementary q: incipient a: beginning q: incise a: engrave make a cut in q: incite a: stir up rouse q: inclined a: directing the mind in a certain direction q: incongruous a: out of place not in harmony or agreement q: incorrigibility a: cannot be cured or corrected q: incredulous a: skeptical unwilling to believe q: inculcate a: fix firmly by repetition q: incumbents
a: official duties q: incursion a: a raid a sudden attack q: indefatigability a: not easily exhaustible tirelessness q: indelible a: that cannot be rubbed out q: indigence a: poverty q: indigenous a: native q: indistinct a: not easily heard seen clearly marked q: indolence a: laziness q: indomitable a: not easily discouraged or subdued q: indulge a: gratify give way to satisfy allow oneself q: indulgent a: inclined to indulge q: ineffable a: to great to be described in words q: ineluctable a: certain inevitable q: inept a: unskillful said or done at the wrong time q: ineptitude a: quality of being unskillful q: inferno a: hell
q: infuriate a: fill with fury or rage q: infuse a: put pour fill q: ingenuous a: naive young artless frank honest sincere q: ingest a: take in by swallowing q: inimical a: harmful or friendly q: inimitable a: defying imitation unmatchable q: innocuous a: causing no harm q: inscrutable a: incapable of being discovered or understood q: insensible a: unconscious unresponsive unaffected q: insinuate a: suggest unpleasantly make a way for smth gently q: insipid a: without taste or flavor q: insouciant a: unconcerned carefree q: insularity a: narrow-mindedness isolated q: insurrection a: rising of people to open resistance to q: interdict a: prohibit forbid
q: interim a: as an installment q: intersperse a: place here and there q: intransigence a: unwillingness to compromise stubbornness intractability q: intransigent a: uncompromising q: intrepid a: fearless brave undaunted q: introspection a: examining one's own thoughts and feelings q: inundate a: flood cover by overflowing q: inured a: accustomed to adapted q: invective a: abusive language curses q: inveigh a: to attack verbally denounce deprecate q: inveterate a: deep-rooted. long-established q: invincible a: too strong to be defeated q: involute a: complex q: irascible a: irritable easily angered q: irate a: angry q: ire
a: anger q: irksome a: tiresome q: irresolute a: hesitating undecided q: irrevocable a: final and unalterable q: itinerate a: to travel from place to place to peregrinate q: jabber a: talk excitedly utter rapidly q: jibe a: gibe make fun of q: jocular a: meant as a joke q: judicious a: sound in judgment wise q: knit a: draw together unite firmly q: labyrinthine a: to entangle the state of affairs q: lachrymose a: causing tears tearful q: lackluster a: (of eyes) dull q: lament a: show feel great sorrow q: lassitude a: weariness tiredness q: latent a: present but not yet active developed or visible
q: laudatory a: expressing or giving praise q: lavish a: giving or producing freely liberally or generously q: legacy a: smth handed down from ancestors q: levee a: formal reception/embankment q: levity a: lack of seriousness q: libel a: statement that damages reputation q: liberality a: free giving generosity q: libertine a: immoral person q: lien a: legal claim until a debt on it is repaid q: limn a: paint portray q: limp a: lacking strength walking unevenly q: lionize a: treat as a famous person q: lithe a: bending twisting q: loll a: rest to sit or stand in a lazy way hang (dog's tongue) q: lope a: move along with long strides
q: loquacious a: talkative garrulous q: lucubrate a: write in scholarly fashion q: luculent a: easily understood lucid clear q: lugubrious a: mournful excessively sad q: lull a: become quiet or less active q: lumber a: move in a clumsy/noisy way q: luminary a: star light-giving body q: lurk a: be out of view ready to attack q: lustrous a: being bright polished q: macabre a: gruesome suggesting death q: macerate a: make or become soft by soaking in water q: machination a: plot scheme (esp. evil) q: maladroit a: tactless clumsy q: malapropism a: misuse of a word (for one that resembles it) q: malevolence a: wishing to do evil q: malign
a: injurious speak ill of smb tell lie q: malinger a: to fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty q: malleable a: yielding easily shaped moldable adapting q: manacle a: chains for the hands or feet q: massacre a: cruel killing of a large number of people q: matriculation a: be admitted enter a university as a student q: maudlin a: sentimental in a silly or tearful way q: maul a: hurt by rough handling q: maverick a: rebel nonconformist q: mellifluous a: sweetly flowing q: mendacity a: dishonesty q: mendicant a: a beggar q: mercurial a: quick changeable in character fleeting q: meretricious a: attractive on the surface but of little value q: mesmerize a: hypnotize q: meticulous a: giving great attention to details
q: mettle a: quality of endurance or courage q: mettlesome a: courageous high-spirited q: middling a: fairly good but not very good q: minatory a: menacing threatening q: mince a: pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize q: misanthrope a: person who hates mankind q: mischievous a: harmful causing mischief q: miser a: person who loves wealth and spends little q: misogynist a: one who hates women/females q: moderation a: quality of being limited not extreme q: mollify a: make calmer or quieter q: molt a: moult lose hair feathers before new growing q: morbid a: diseased unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas) q: morose a: ill-tempered unsocial q: muffler a: cloth worn round the neck/silencer
q: multifarious a: varied motley greatly diversified q: mundane a: worldly as opposed to spiritual commonplace everyday q: myriad a: very great number q: nadir a: lowest weakest point q: nascent a: coming into existence emerging q: nebulous a: cloud-like hazy vague indistinct q: negligent a: taking too little care q: neophyte a: person who has been converted to a belief q: nexus a: a connection tie or link q: nibble a: show some inclination to accept (an offer) q: noisome a: offensive disgusting (smell) q: nonchalant a: not having interest q: nonplused a: greatly surprised q: nostrum a: a quack remedy an untested cure q: noxious a: harmful q: nugatory
a: trifling/worthless q: obdurate a: hardened and unrepenting stubborn inflexible q: obfuscate a: to darken make obscure muddle q: oblivious a: unaware having no memory q: obloquy a: abusively detractive language sharp criticism vituperation q: obsequious a: too eager to obey or serve q: obstreperous a: noisy loud q: obtain a: to be established accepted or customary q: obtrusive a: projecting prominent undesirably noticeable q: obtuse a: blunt/stupid q: obviate a: to make unnecessary get rid of q: occluded a: blocked up q: odious a: repulsive hateful q: odium a: contempt dislike aversion q: odor a: smell favor reputation q: officious a: too eager or ready to help offer advice
q: ominous a: threatening q: onerous a: needing effort burdensome q: opaqueness a: dullness/not allowing light to pass through q: opprobrious a: showing scorn or reproach q: ossify a: to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea q: ostensible a: seeming appearing as such professed q: ostentation a: display to obtain admiration or envy q: ostracism a: shut out from society refuse to meet talk q: overhaul a: examine thoroughly to learn about the condition q: overweening a: presumptuously arrogant overbearing immoderate being a jerk q: paean a: song of praise or triumph q: palate a: roof of the mouth sense of taste q: palatial a: magnificent q: palliate a: lessen the severity of q: palpability a: can be felt touched understood
q: palpitate a: tremble beat rapidly and irregularly q: panegyric a: formal praise eulogy q: paradigm a: a model example or pattern q: parenthesis a: sentence within another one smth separated q: pariah a: an outcast a rejected and despised person q: parsimonious a: too economical miserly q: partisan a: one-sided committed to a party biased or prejudiced q: patron a: regular customer person who gives support q: paucity a: scarcity a lacking of q: peccadillo a: small sin small weakness in one's character q: pedantic a: bookish showing off learning q: pedestrian a: commonplace trite unremarkable q: pellucid a: transparent easy to understand q: penchant a: strong inclination a liking q: penitent a: feeling or showing regret q: penurious
a: poor/stingy q: penury a: extreme poverty q: peregrination a: traveling about wandering q: peremptory a: urgent imperative unchallengeable ending debate q: perfidious a: treacherous faithless q: perfidy a: treachery breaking of faith q: perfunctory a: done as a duty without care q: perilous a: dangerous q: peripatetic a: wandering q: perish a: be destroyed decay q: perjury a: willful FALSE statement unlawful act q: permeate a: spread into every part of q: pernicious a: harmful injurious q: perpetrate a: be guilty commit (a crime) q: personable a: pleasing in appearance attractive q: perspicacity a: quick judging and understanding
q: pertain a: belong as a part have reference q: pest a: destructive thing or a person who is nuisance q: petrified a: taken away power (to think feel act) q: petrify a: to make hard rocklike q: petrous a: like a rock hard stony q: petulant a: unreasonably impatient q: philistine a: a smug ignorant person one who lacks knowledge q: phlegmatic a: calm sluggish temperament unemotional q: picaresque a: involving clever rogues or adventurers q: pied a: of mixed colors q: pinch a: be too tight take between the thumb and finger q: pine a: waste away through sorrow or illness q: pious a: dutiful to parents devoted to religion q: piquant a: agreeably pungent stimulating q: pique a: hurt the pride or self-respect stir (curiosity)
q: pitfall a: covered hole as a trap unsuspected danger q: pith a: essential part force soft liquid substance q: pivotal a: of great importance (others depend on it) q: placate a: soothe pacify calm q: plaintive a: mournful melancholy sorrowful q: plaque a: flat metal on a wall as a memorial q: platitude a: a trite or banal statement unoriginality q: plea a: request q: plead a: address a court of law as an advocate q: plethora a: glut q: pliant a: pliable easily bent shaped or twisted q: plod a: continue doing smth without resting q: pluck a: pull the feathers off pick (e.g.. flowers) q: plumb a: get to the root of q: plummet a: fall plunge steeply q: plunge
a: move quickly suddenly and with force q: poignant a: deeply moving keen q: poncho a: large piece of cloth q: ponderous a: heavy bulky dull q: portent a: omen marvelous threatening q: precarious a: uncertain risky dangerous q: precepts a: rules establishing standards of conduct q: preclude a: prevent make impossible q: precursory a: preliminary anticipating q: predilection a: special liking mental preference q: predominate a: have more power than others q: preen a: tidy/show self-satisfaction q: premature a: doing or happening smth before the right time q: preponderance a: greatness in number strength weight q: presage a: warning sign q: presumption a: arrogance
q: preternatural a: not normal or usual q: prevalent a: common q: prevaricate a: to equivocate to stray from the truth q: prim a: neat formal q: pristine a: primitive unspoiled pure as in earlier times unadulterated q: probity a: uprightness incorruptibility principle q: proclivity a: inclination q: procrastination a: keeping on putting off q: prodigal a: wasteful reckless with money q: prodigious a: enormous wonderful q: profane a: worldly having contempt for God q: profligacy a: shameless immorality q: profligate a: wasteful prodigal licentious extravagant q: profundity a: depth q: profuse a: abundant/lavish
q: proliferate a: grow reproduce by rapid multification q: prolix a: tiring because too long q: prone a: prostrate inclined to (undesirable things) q: propagation a: increasing the number spreading extending q: propinquity a: nearness in time or place affinity of nature q: propitiatory a: conciliatory appeasing mitigating q: propitious a: auspicious presenting favorable circumstances q: prosaic a: everyday mundane commonplace trite pedestrian q: proscribe a: denounce as dangerous q: protracted a: prolonged q: provident a: frugal looking to the future q: provisional a: of the present time only q: provoke a: make angry vax q: prudence a: careful forethought q: prudish a: easily shocked excessively modest q: prune
a: dried plum silly person q: pry a: get smth inquire too curiously q: pucker a: wrinkle q: pugnacious a: fond of in the habit of fighting q: puissance a: strength q: punctilious a: precise paying attention to trivialities q: pundit a: pedant authority on a subject q: pungency a: sharpness stinging quality q: purvey a: provide supply q: pusillanimous a: cowardly craven q: putrefaction a: becoming rotten q: pyre a: large pile of wood for burning q: quack a: person dishonestly claiming to smth q: quaff a: drink deeply q: quail a: lose courage turn frightened q: qualm a: feeling of doubt temporary feeling of sickness
q: quandary a: state of doubt or perplexity q: quell a: suppress subdue q: quibble a: try to avoid by sophistication q: quiescence a: state of being passive/motionless q: quiescent a: at rest dormant torpid q: quirk a: habit or action peculiar to smb or smth q: quixotic a: generous unselfish q: quotidian a: banal everyday q: rabble a: mob crowd the lower classes of populace q: raconteur a: person who tells anecdotes q: raffish a: low vulgar base tawdry q: ramify a: to be divided or subdivided to branch out q: rancorous a: feeling bitterness spitefulness q: rant a: use extravagant language q: rapacious a: greedy (esp for money)
q: rarefy a: to make thin to make less dense to purify or refine q: rave a: act with excessive enthusiasm q: reactionary a: opposing progress q: rebuff a: snub q: recalcitrant a: disobedient q: recant a: take back as being FALSE give up q: recast a: cast or fashion anew q: recidivism a: relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior q: reciprocity a: granting of privileges in return for similar q: recitals a: a number of performance of music q: recluse a: person who lives alone and avoids people q: recompense a: make payment to reward punish q: reconcile a: settle a quarrel restore peace q: recondite a: little known abstruse q: recreancy a: cowardice a cowardly giving up q: recuperate
a: become strong after illness loss exhaustion q: redeem a: get back by payment compensate q: redoubtable a: formidable causing fear q: refine a: make or become pure cultural q: refractory a: stubborn unmanageable untractable q: refulgent a: shining brilliant q: regale a: to delight or entertain to feast q: regicide a: crime of killing a king q: reiterate a: say or do again several times q: rejuvenation a: becoming young in nature or appearance q: relapse a: fall back again q: remonstrate a: to protest object q: render a: deliver provide represent q: renovate a: restore smth to better condition q: renowned a: celebrated famous q: repast a: meal
q: repel a: refuse to accept/cause dislike q: repine a: at be discontented with q: reproach a: scold upbraid q: reprobate a: person hardened in sin one devoid of decency q: repudiate a: disown refuse to accept or pay q: repulsive a: causing a feeling of disgust q: requite a: repay give in return q: rescind a: repeal/annul/cancel q: resigned a: unresisting submissive q: resilience a: quality of quickly recovering the original shape q: resort a: to frequently visit q: restive a: refusing to move reluctant to be controlled q: resuscitation a: coming back to consciousness q: retard a: check hinder q: reticent a: reserved untalkative silent taciturn
q: revere a: have deep respect for q: reverent a: feeling or showing deep respect q: riddle a: puzzling person or thing q: rift a: split crack dissension q: rivet a: fix take up secure metal pin q: roll a: call calling of names q: rotund a: rich and deep plump and round q: ruffian a: violent cruel man q: rumple a: make rough q: sagacious a: having sound judgment perceptive wise like a sage q: salacious a: obscene q: salubrious a: healthful q: salutary a: remedial wholesome causing improvement q: sanctimony a: self-righteousness hypocritical with FALSE piety q: sanction a: approval (by authority) penalty q: sanguine
a: cheerful confident optimistic q: sanity a: health of mind soundness of judgement q: sash a: long strip worn round the waist q: satiate a: satisfy fully q: saturnine a: gloomy dark sullen morose q: savant a: person of great learning q: savor a: taste flavor smth q: sawdust a: tiny bits of wood q: scabbard a: sheath for the blade q: scent a: smell (esp pleasant) q: scorch a: become discolored/dry up/go at high speed q: scribble a: write hastily q: scurvy a: mean contemptible q: secular a: material (not spiritual) living outside monasteries q: sedulous a: persevering q: seminal a: like a seed constituting a source originative
q: sententious a: short and pithy full of maxims/proverbs q: sequence a: succession connected line of q: sere a: make hard and without feeling q: sermon a: reproving a person for his faults q: serrated a: having a toothed edge q: serration a: having a toothed edge q: servile a: like a slave lacking independence q: sever a: break off q: severance a: severing q: shallow a: little depth not earnest q: shard a: piece of broken earthenware q: sheath a: cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool q: shrewd a: astute showing sound judgement q: shrill a: sharp piercing q: shun a: keep away from avoid
q: shunt a: send from one track to another lay aside evade discussion q: sidestep a: step to one side q: simper a: (give a) silly/self-conscious smile q: sinuous a: winding undulating serpentine q: skiff a: small boat q: skit a: short piece of humorous writing q: slack a: sluggish dull not tight q: slake a: to assuage to satisfy allay q: slate a: king of blue-grey stone propose criticize q: sluggard a: lazy slow-moving person q: slur a: join sounds/words (indistinct) q: smolder a: burn slowly without flame q: snare a: trap q: snub a: treat with contempt q: soar a: rise fly high q: sober
a: self-controlled q: sobriety a: quality or condition of being sober q: sodden a: soaked saturated q: soggy a: heavy with water q: solvent a: of the power of forming a solution q: somatic a: of the body q: soot a: black powder in smoke q: sophisticated a: complex subtle refined q: sophistry a: fallacious reasoning faulty logic q: sophomoric a: self-assured though immature affected bombastic overblown q: soporific a: producing sleep q: sordid a: wretched comfortless contemptible q: spear a: weapon with a metal point on a long shaft q: specious a: illogical of questionable truth or merit q: splenetic a: bad-tempered irritable q: splice a: join (two ends)
q: sponge a: porous rubber for washing live at once expense q: spurious a: FALSE counterfeit q: spurn a: have nothing to do reject or refuse q: squalid a: foul filthy q: squander a: spend wastefully q: squat a: crouch/settle without permission q: stanch a: to stop the flow of a fluid q: steeply a: rising or falling sharply q: stentorian a: extremely loud and powerful q: stickler a: person who insists on importance of smth q: stigma a: mark of shame or disgrace q: stigmatize a: describe smb scornfully q: sting a: smth sharp q: stingy a: spending using unwillingly q: stint a: to be thrifty to set limits
q: stipple a: paint with dots q: stipulate a: state or put forward as a necessary condition q: stolid a: showing no emotion impassive q: stray a: wander lose one's way q: streak a: long thin move very fast q: striated a: striped grooved or banded q: stride a: walk with long steps q: strut a: a supporting bar q: stygian a: hence dark gloomy q: stymie a: to hinder obstruct or block q: subdue a: overcome bring under control q: sublime a: extreme astounding q: submerge a: put under water liquid sink out of sight q: suborn a: induce by bribery or smth to commit perjury q: subpoena a: written order requiring a person to appear in a low court q: substantiation
a: giving facts to support (statement) q: subsume a: include under a rule q: succor a: assistance relief in time of distress q: suffice a: be enough q: suffocate a: cause or have difficulty in breathing q: sullied a: to be stained or discredited q: summarily a: briefly without delay q: sumptuous a: magnificent q: sundry a: various miscellaneous separate q: supercilious a: disdainful characterized by haughty scorn q: superfluous a: more then is needed or wanted q: superimpose a: put smth on the top q: supersede a: take the place of q: supine a: lying on the back slow to act passive q: suppliant a: asking humbly beseeching q: supplicate a: make a humble petition to
q: suppress a: prevent from being known put an end to q: surcharge a: additional load/charge q: surfeit a: satiate feed to fulness or to excess q: susceptibility a: sensitiveness q: swerve a: change direction suddenly q: sycophant a: person who flatter to the rich and powerful q: synopsis a: summary or outline q: taciturn a: untalkative silent q: tadpole a: form of a frog when it leaves the egg q: talon a: claw of a bird of prey q: tamp a: tap or drive down by repeated light blows q: tamper a: interfere with q: tangential a: suddenly changeable q: tarnished a: lost brightness q: tassel a: bunch of threads
q: taunt a: contemptuous reproach hurtful remark q: taut a: tightly stretched q: tautology a: a repetition a redundancy q: tawdry a: cheap gaudy showy tacky q: teetotal a: oppose to alcohol q: temerity a: boldness brashness intrepidness q: temperance a: abstinence from alcohol self-control moderation q: temperate a: showing self-control q: tenacity a: firmness persistency adhesiveness tending to hang on q: tenuous a: insubstantial flimsy weak q: tepid a: lukewarm q: terse a: brief and to the point q: testiness a: witness/evidence q: thrift a: care economy thriving prosperous q: thwart a: obstruct/frustrate q: timid
a: shy easily frightened q: timorous a: fearful timid afraid q: toady a: obsequious flatterer q: tonic a: smth giving strength or energy q: topple a: be unsteady and overturn q: torment a: severe pain or suffering q: torpid a: sleeping sluggish lethargic dormant q: torque a: twisting force causing rotation q: tortuous a: devious/not straightforward q: tout a: person who worries others to buy smth to use his service q: tractable a: easily controlled or guided q: transgress a: break go beyond (a limit) q: transient a: temporary fleeting q: transitory a: brief q: travesty a: parody/imitation q: trenchant a: forceful effective vigorous extremely perceptive incisive
q: trepidation a: alarm excited state of mind q: trickle a: flow in drops q: trifling a: unimportant q: trite a: not new q: truce a: (agreement) stop of fighting for a time q: truculence a: aggressiveness ferocity q: trudge a: walk heavily q: turbid a: muddy having the sediment stirred up q: turbulence a: being uncontrolled violent q: turgid a: excessively ornate swollen or bloated q: turmoil a: trouble disturbance q: turpitude a: wickedness shamefulness q: turquoise a: greenish-blue precious stone q: tyro a: tiro beginner q: ubiquitous a: present everywhere
q: ulterior a: situated beyond q: umbrage a: offense resentment q: uncouth a: rough awkward q: underbid a: make a lower bid then smb else q: undermine a: weaken gradually at the base make smth under q: undulate a: to move in wavelike fashion fluctuate q: unearth a: discover and bring to light q: unencumbered a: easy-going trifle q: unfeigned a: not pretended sincere q: unscathed a: unharmed unhurt q: untoward a: unfortunate inconvenient q: upbraid a: scold reproach q: urbane a: elegant refined in manners q: vacillation a: being uncertain hesitating q: vagary a: strange act or idea q: vain
a: without use result conceited q: valiant a: brave q: valorous a: brave q: vanquish a: conquer q: veer a: change direction q: venal a: ready to do smth dishonest q: veneer a: surface appearance covering the TRUE nature q: veneration a: regard with deep respect q: veracity a: truth q: verdant a: fresh and green q: verisimilitude a: appearing TRUE or real q: veritable a: real rightly named q: verve a: spirit vigor enthusiasm q: vestige a: trace or sign q: vex a: annoy distress trouble q: vigilance a: watchfulness self-appointed group who maintain order
q: vigilant a: member of a vigilance committee q: vigorous a: strong energetic q: vilify a: slander say evil things q: vindictive a: having a desire to revenge q: virago a: a loud domineering woman a scold or nag q: visceral a: of the internal organs of the body q: viscous a: sticky/semi-fluid q: vitiate a: lower the quality weaken the strength q: vituperate a: curse abuse in words q: vivacious a: lively high-spirited q: volatile a: changeable inconstant fickle unstable explosive q: volubility a: fluency verbosity easy use of spoken language q: voluble a: fluent q: waffle a: talk vaguely and without much result q: waft a: scent waving movement carry lightly through
q: wag a: merry person q: warmonger a: person who stirs up war q: warrant a: authority written order guarantee q: wean a: to turn away (from a habit) q: weigh a: measure hoe heavy smth is q: welter a: turmoil a bewildering jumble q: wend a: to go proceed q: whimsical a: full of odd and fanciful ideas q: wince a: show bodily or mental pain q: woo a: try to win q: writ a: written order q: yarn a: tale story fibers for knitting
Q: to fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty A: malinger Q: tiresome A: irksome Q: include under a rule A: subsume Q: a beggar A: mendicant Q: truth A: veracity Q: black powder in smoke A: soot Q: easily gulled A: gullible Q: proof to the contrary A: disproof Q: act with excessive enthusiasm A: rave Q: agree in opinion happen together A: concur Q: not normal or usual A: preternatural Q: slander say evil things A: vilify Q: substance that causes speeding up A: catalyst Q: bending twisting A: lithe Q: make beautiful A: embellish Q: having a desire to revenge
A: vindictive Q: remedial wholesome causing improvement A: salutary Q: walk with long steps A: stride Q: inclination A: proclivity Q: dishes made of baked clay A: earthenware Q: serious requiring consideration A: grave Q: to chastise correct by punishing A: castigate Q: disapprove of A: decry Q: waste away through sorrow or illness A: pine Q: make morally bad corrupt A: deprave Q: tremble beat rapidly and irregularly A: palpitate Q: to darken make obscure muddle A: obfuscate Q: active quick-moving A: agile Q: brilliant achievement develop use selfishly A: exploit Q: quality of endurance or courage A: mettle Q: upset the self-possession of A: disconcert
Q: change direction suddenly A: swerve Q: pale yellow (hair) a plant A: flax Q: porous rubber for washing live at once expense A: sponge Q: shameful dishonorable undignified disgraceful A: ignominious Q: at rest dormant torpid A: quiescent Q: dried plum silly person A: prune Q: ask earnestly A: entreat Q: showing no emotion impassive A: stolid Q: worry irritation wear away A: fret Q: not good enough unable to have young ones without value A: barren Q: (person) with superior tastes A: highbrow Q: person who tells anecdotes A: raconteur Q: examining one's own thoughts and feelings A: introspection Q: person who flatter to the rich and powerful A: sycophant Q: add beauty decorate A: adorn
Q: untalkative silent A: taciturn Q: having plenty of space for what is needed A: commodious Q: precise paying attention to trivialities A: punctilious Q: helping supporting A: auxiliary Q: bring into harmony A: attune Q: touch or scrape lightly in passing A: graze Q: pedant authority on a subject A: pundit Q: rebel nonconformist A: maverick Q: severely moral and strict simple and plain A: austere Q: implied though not plainly expressed A: implicit Q: polite and friendly A: affable Q: not having interest A: nonchalant Q: odious (of crime) A: heinous Q: obstacle purposely to get on the way of A: balk Q: make hard and without feeling A: sere Q: slandering verbal attack aspersion
A: detraction Q: fluent speaking skillful use of language A: eloquence Q: a smug ignorant person one who lacks knowledge A: philistine Q: belong as a part have reference A: pertain Q: attractive on the surface but of little value A: meretricious Q: varied motley greatly diversified A: multifarious Q: little depth not earnest A: shallow Q: have deep respect for A: revere Q: quality of being unskillful A: ineptitude Q: recess/partially enclosed place A: alcove Q: sticky/semi-fluid A: viscous Q: can be felt touched understood A: palpability Q: a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art) A: connoisseur Q: bitter protest A: fulmination Q: wandering A: peripatetic Q: flat metal on a wall as a memorial A: plaque
Q: noisy loud A: obstreperous Q: treat as a famous person A: lionize Q: trace or sign A: vestige Q: weaken deprive of strength attenuate A: enervate Q: argumentative pugnacious combative quarrelsome A: contentious Q: asking humbly beseeching A: suppliant Q: bottomless extreme A: abysmal Q: not pretended sincere A: unfeigned Q: abundant/lavish A: profuse Q: complicated coiled twisted A: convoluted Q: the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters) A: asterisk Q: much too high or great A: exorbitant Q: harmful injurious A: pernicious Q: sharp piercing A: shrill Q: warm or glowing praise eulogy panegyric A: encomium
Q: fill with fury or rage A: infuriate Q: renounce disallow repudiate A: forswear Q: burdensome heavy and awkward to carry A: cumbersome Q: compel to force to make obedient A: coerce Q: calmness of temperament A: equanimity Q: stir up excite A: emote Q: changeable inconstant fickle unstable explosive A: volatile Q: treat with care and tenderness A: coddle Q: agreeably pungent stimulating A: piquant Q: haughty arrogant commanding A: imperviousness Q: epidemic A: endemic Q: containing warning A: admonitory Q: talkative garrulous A: loquacious Q: trifling/worthless A: nugatory Q: preliminary anticipating A: precursory Q: outflow in a stream of particles a noxious odor or vapor
A: effluvia Q: injurious speak ill of smb tell lie A: malign Q: unfortunate inconvenient A: untoward Q: puzzle confuse A: bewilder Q: forceful effective vigorous extremely perceptive incisive A: trenchant Q: direct opposing A: antithetical Q: having a double or doubtful meaning suspicious A: equivocal Q: bad-tempered irritable A: splenetic Q: interfere with A: tamper Q: adjective A: epithet Q: tempt or persuade A: entice Q: health of mind soundness of judgement A: sanity Q: likely to be useful for a purpose A: expedient Q: suspended action A: abeyance Q: hurt by rough handling A: maul Q: person hardened in sin one devoid of decency A: reprobate
Q: talk excitedly utter rapidly A: jabber Q: coming into existence emerging A: nascent Q: omen sign A: augury Q: long thin move very fast A: streak Q: trouble disturbance A: turmoil Q: tending to comply obliging willingness to please A: complaisance Q: make known smth secret A: divulge Q: devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment) A: epicurean Q: relying on experiment A: empirical Q: wish or activity in doing good A: benevolence Q: lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless A: feckless Q: long strip worn round the waist A: sash Q: refuse to approve of A: discountenance Q: to be divided or subdivided to branch out A: ramify Q: splitting or division (esp. of cells) A: fission
Q: regard with deep respect A: veneration Q: cast or fashion anew A: recast Q: contemptuous reproach hurtful remark A: taunt Q: dishonesty A: mendacity Q: soft light delicate material A: gossamer Q: primitive unspoiled pure as in earlier times unadulterated A: pristine Q: make rough A: rumple Q: food for horses and cattle A: forage Q: filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing A: contrite Q: tightly stretched A: taut Q: fluent A: voluble Q: cause produce give rise to A: engender Q: uncertain risky dangerous A: precarious Q: shining brilliant A: refulgent Q: passage that completes a piece of music A: coda Q: celebrated famous
A: renowned Q: eagerly desirous A: covetous Q: irritable easily angered A: irascible Q: too economical miserly A: parsimonious Q: hesitating undecided A: irresolute Q: jesting A: droll Q: have nothing to do reject or refuse A: spurn Q: certain inevitable A: ineluctable Q: to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner A: bedizen Q: coming back to consciousness A: resuscitation Q: without sense foolish self-satisfaction A: fatuous Q: stubborn narrow-minded person A: bigot Q: excessive admiration of A: idolatry Q: effete no longer fertile worn out A: acarpous Q: muddy having the sediment stirred up A: turbid Q: wickedness shamefulness A: turpitude
Q: opening broken place breaking A: breach Q: making dear or liked A: endearing Q: habit or action peculiar to smb or smth A: quirk Q: lasting A: enduring Q: repayment death of Jesus A: atonement Q: pliable easily bent shaped or twisted A: pliant Q: argue earnestly to dissuade correct or protest A: expostulate Q: contempt dislike aversion A: odium Q: have a different opinion refuse to assent A: dissent Q: be faithful to endure A: abide Q: puzzling person or thing A: riddle Q: send from one track to another lay aside evade discussion A: shunt Q: ready to do smth dishonest A: venal Q: drink deeply A: quaff Q: lukewarm A: tepid
Q: poor/stingy A: penurious Q: small boat A: skiff Q: prevent by taking action in advance preempt A: forestall Q: roof of the mouth sense of taste A: palate Q: to go proceed A: wend Q: to lessen to subside A: abate Q: get rid of pull up by the roots A: eradicate Q: sluggish dull not tight A: slack Q: talkativeness A: garrulity Q: smth giving strength or energy A: tonic Q: disobedient A: recalcitrant Q: final and unalterable A: irrevocable Q: feeling bitterness spitefulness A: rancorous Q: quick judging and understanding A: perspicacity Q: roughness harshness ill temper irritability A: asperity Q: silly senseless
A: inane Q: substance become excited A: ferment Q: easy-going trifle A: unencumbered Q: voracious devouring A: edacious Q: a trite or banal statement unoriginality A: platitude Q: frame with balls for calculating A: abacus Q: settle a quarrel restore peace A: reconcile Q: secret agreement for a deceitful purpose A: collusion Q: present but not yet active developed or visible A: latent Q: full of odd and fanciful ideas A: whimsical Q: urgent essential A: imperative Q: increasing the number spreading extending A: propagation Q: workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead A: forge Q: greatly surprised A: nonplused Q: get to know A: ascertain Q: trouble be ill A: ail
Q: brutal racial discrimination A: apartheid Q: repulsive hateful A: odious Q: blocked up A: occluded Q: threats to compel smb A: duress Q: make (pain) easier to bear A: alleviate Q: very great number A: myriad Q: complex A: involute Q: an outcome or solution the unraveling of a plot A: denouement Q: depth A: profundity Q: able to use the left hand or the right equally well A: ambidextrous Q: sheath for the blade A: scabbard Q: bulge the protuberance of a cask A: bilge Q: causing a feeling of disgust A: repulsive Q: close connection relationship A: affinity Q: warmth of feelings earnestness A: fervor
Q: showing earnest feeling A: fervid Q: a scheme or plot a group of plotters A: cabal Q: common A: prevalent Q: material (not spiritual) living outside monasteries A: secular Q: regular customer person who gives support A: patron Q: unlawful forbidden A: illicit Q: jargon slang A: argot Q: biting sarcastic A: caustic Q: too fussy about food clothing etc. A: finical Q: cheat make a fool of A: dupe Q: too strong to be defeated A: invincible Q: complete thorough A: exhaustive Q: neat formal A: prim Q: official duties A: incumbents Q: surgically clean A: aseptic Q: imminent being about to happen expected
A: impending Q: to attribute to a cause or source ascribe A: impute Q: belligerent pugnacious warlike A: bellicose Q: get smth inquire too curiously A: pry Q: enormous wonderful A: prodigious Q: hatred being an enemy A: enmity Q: striped grooved or banded A: striated Q: a long passionate speech A: harangue Q: diseased unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas) A: morbid Q: self-controlled A: sober Q: rubbed off worn away by friction A: abraded Q: magnificent A: sumptuous Q: easily controlled or guided A: tractable Q: slander A: aspersion Q: large piece of cloth A: poncho Q: discover and bring to light A: unearth
Q: person who has been converted to a belief A: neophyte Q: additional strengthening evidence A: corroboration Q: paint portray A: limn Q: naive young artless frank honest sincere A: ingenuous Q: dutiful to parents devoted to religion A: pious Q: weapon with a metal point on a long shaft A: spear Q: learned scholarly A: erudite Q: bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water A: colander Q: use in a wrong way for one's own benefit A: embezzle Q: having little or no money A: impecunious Q: crude offensive rude A: boorish Q: seeming appearing as such professed A: ostensible Q: a complex ornate design A: arabesque Q: harmful causing mischief A: mischievous Q: protest against express disapproval of A: deprecate
Q: waste away bite steadily A: gnaw Q: to remove obscenity purify censor A: expurgate Q: change to a thick and solid state A: coagulation Q: an invocation of evil a curse A: imprecation Q: make worse irritate A: aggravate Q: lowest weakest point A: nadir Q: short piece of humorous writing A: skit Q: elegant refined in manners A: urbane Q: in enjoy warmth and light A: bask Q: person who loves wealth and spends little A: miser Q: feeling of doubt temporary feeling of sickness A: qualm Q: trap A: snare Q: alarm excited state of mind A: trepidation Q: rise fly high A: soar Q: taking too little care A: negligent Q: substance that shrinks
A: astringent Q: bring up announce begin to talk about A: broach Q: abstruse intended only for a small circle of A: esoteric Q: defect of character (a person is wrongly proud) A: foible Q: put smth on the top A: superimpose Q: excessively ornate swollen or bloated A: turgid Q: poverty A: indigence Q: to make hard rocklike A: petrify Q: taken away power (to think feel act) A: petrified Q: show that smb has a share A: implicate Q: being different in moral standards (from normal) A: deviance Q: rash indiscreet A: impudent Q: feeling of regret for one's action A: compunction Q: satisfy fully A: satiate Q: get to the end of A: consume Q: melodious harmonious A: dulcet
Q: piece of linen worn as a necktie A: cravat Q: strange act or idea A: vagary Q: make or become silent A: hush Q: help/encourage smb (in doing wrong) A: abet Q: punishment A: chastisement Q: think deeply mediate A: cogitate Q: paint with dots A: stipple Q: tactless clumsy A: maladroit Q: appearing TRUE or real A: verisimilitude Q: a model example or pattern A: paradigm Q: native A: indigenous Q: as an installment A: interim Q: easily injured broken or destroyed A: fragile Q: keep away from avoid A: shun Q: cruel killing of a large number of people A: massacre
Q: worked out with much care in great detail A: elaborate Q: with attack violently A: assail Q: relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior A: recidivism Q: act of preaching A: homiletics Q: ridicule mockery deriding A: derision Q: flag/badge A: ensign Q: a carefree episode or experience A: idyll Q: extreme poverty A: penury Q: directing the mind in a certain direction A: inclined Q: wasteful prodigal licentious extravagant A: profligate Q: refusing to move reluctant to be controlled A: restive Q: well-suited quick-witted A: apt Q: severe pain or suffering A: torment Q: to resist separation A: cling Q: worldly as opposed to spiritual commonplace everyday A: mundane Q: show feel great sorrow
A: lament Q: to tolerate endure A: brook Q: make quiet or calm A: appease Q: being bright polished A: lustrous Q: a supporting bar A: strut Q: spending using unwillingly A: stingy Q: to roam wander freely A: expatiate Q: speak comprehensively become wider large A: dilate Q: magnificent A: palatial Q: sweet-smelling A: fragrant Q: make thin and weak A: emaciate Q: become quiet or less active A: lull Q: tool for cutting grooves in wood A: gouge Q: disgusting offensive due to excessiveness A: fulsome Q: bookish showing off learning A: pedantic Q: very great (es. stupidity) A: crass
Q: quality of quickly recovering the original shape A: resilience Q: having both of two contrary meanings A: ambivalent Q: smth that is puzzling A: enigma Q: ready and smooth but not sincere A: glib Q: smell favor reputation A: odor Q: open disobedience or resistance A: defiance Q: to make holy consecrate A: hallow Q: real rightly named A: veritable Q: hinder get in the way of A: impede Q: press lose shape subdue overwhelm A: crush Q: watchfulness self-appointed group who maintain order A: vigilance Q: hurt the pride or self-respect stir (curiosity) A: pique Q: cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool A: sheath Q: to be established accepted or customary A: obtain Q: severing A: severance
Q: immoral person A: libertine Q: straying away from what is normal A: aberration Q: state of being balanced A: equilibrium Q: kind and gentle mild (climate) A: benign Q: easily broken A: brittle Q: making unpure poorer in quality A: adulteration Q: unaware having no memory A: oblivious Q: gruesome suggesting death A: macabre Q: courageous high-spirited A: mettlesome Q: end (a debt) by setting aside money A: amortize Q: pompous self important A: consequential Q: make angry vax A: provoke Q: move restlessly make nervous A: fidget Q: polloi the masses the rabble A: hoi Q: criticism/anti-aircraft guns A: flak Q: person appealing not to reasons
A: demagogue Q: attention/give notice to A: heed Q: to equivocate to stray from the truth A: prevaricate Q: move quickly suddenly and with force A: plunge Q: to cut out cut away A: exscind Q: oppose to alcohol A: teetotal Q: to be thrifty to set limits A: stint Q: person who has given help A: benefactor Q: repay give in return A: requite Q: duty support loyalty A: allegiance Q: feeling or showing deep respect A: reverent Q: feeling doubt A: dubious Q: succession connected line of A: sequence Q: presumptuously arrogant overbearing immoderate being a jerk A: overweening Q: king of blue-grey stone propose criticize A: slate Q: smth handed down from ancestors A: legacy
Q: crouch shrink back A: cower Q: apt suitably expressed well chosen apropos A: felicitous Q: unimportant A: trifling Q: lacking strength walking unevenly A: limp Q: gratify give way to satisfy allow oneself A: indulge Q: finical A: finicky Q: a quack remedy an untested cure A: nostrum Q: break off A: sever Q: state of being passive/motionless A: quiescence Q: make or become pure cultural A: refine Q: tidy/show self-satisfaction A: preen Q: formal praise eulogy A: panegyric Q: reconciling soothing comforting mollifying A: conciliatory Q: without use result conceited A: vain Q: ending expiring A: expiation
Q: FALSE counterfeit A: spurious Q: gather facts in small quantities A: glean Q: make or become soft by soaking in water A: macerate Q: the growing of separate things into one A: accretion Q: abusively detractive language sharp criticism vituperation A: obloquy Q: quick hurried A: cursory Q: brave A: valiant Q: repeal or annul by authority A: abrogate Q: describe smb scornfully A: stigmatize Q: to debase by mixing with something inferior A: alloy Q: easy and painless death A: euthanasia Q: severe punishment A: castigation Q: authority written order guarantee A: warrant Q: be unsteady and overturn A: topple Q: keeping on putting off A: procrastination Q: to assuage to satisfy allay
A: slake Q: deliberate deception A: duplicity Q: legal trickery/false argument A: chicanery Q: inclined to indulge A: indulgent Q: in the highest degree A: arrant Q: to make unnecessary get rid of A: obviate Q: incapable of failure or error A: foolproof Q: generous unselfish A: quixotic Q: grow reproduce by rapid multification A: proliferate Q: flow in drops A: trickle Q: set smb clear free (e.g.. from blame) A: exoneration Q: free from encumbrance A: disencumber Q: put smth warm (to lessen the pain) A: foment Q: chains for the hands or feet A: manacle Q: brief summary representative example a typical model A: epitome Q: discover by searching search A: ferret
Q: to attack verbally denounce deprecate A: inveigh Q: cheerful confident optimistic A: sanguine Q: of the power of forming a solution A: solvent Q: bitter and violent attack in words A: diatribe Q: insubordinate rebellious A: contumacious Q: without preparation A: impromptu Q: abundant supply A: cornucopia Q: cause or have difficulty in breathing A: suffocate Q: deeply moving keen A: poignant Q: of the present time only A: provisional Q: tiring because too long A: prolix Q: strong inclination a liking A: penchant Q: meal A: repast Q: a repetition a redundancy A: tautology Q: scarcity a lacking of A: paucity
Q: flattery coaxing A: blandishment Q: savage cruelty A: ferocity Q: treacherous faithless A: perfidious Q: intimidate make fearful A: daunt Q: abstinence from alcohol self-control moderation A: temperance Q: smth that hinders (e.g. stammer) A: impediment Q: secret with a hidden meaning A: cryptic Q: a lament a melancholy composition A: elegy Q: that cannot be permeated A: impermeable Q: traveling about wandering A: peregrination Q: approval (by authority) penalty A: sanction Q: pronounce (words)/express a theory A: enunciate Q: refuse to believe A: discredit Q: outside the law A: extralegal Q: bitter quarrel over a long period of time A: feud Q: severe criticism
A: excoriation Q: being uncertain hesitating A: vacillation Q: shy easily frightened A: timid Q: unoriginal obtained from another source A: derivative Q: deification glorification to godliness A: apotheosis Q: that cannot be changed A: immutable Q: talk vaguely and without much result A: waffle Q: customers A: clientele Q: to delight or entertain to feast A: regale Q: to hesitate raise objections A: demur Q: strong convincing A: cogent Q: unskillful said or done at the wrong time A: inept Q: calm and peaceful A: halcyon Q: an outcast a rejected and despised person A: pariah Q: sad gloomy miserable A: dismal Q: giving up control authority A: abdication
Q: cowardly A: craven Q: be out of view ready to attack A: lurk Q: bunch of threads A: tassel Q: that can be freed A: extricable Q: one-sided committed to a party biased or prejudiced A: partisan Q: burn slowly without flame A: smolder Q: gibe make fun of A: jibe Q: scold sharply A: berate Q: state or put forward as a necessary condition A: stipulate Q: summary or outline A: synopsis Q: crawl humble oneself A: grovel Q: causing tears tearful A: lachrymose Q: lose courage turn frightened A: quail Q: insubstantial flimsy weak A: tenuous Q: warning sign A: presage
Q: fit to be eaten/not poisonous A: edible Q: obsequious flatterer A: toady Q: too eager to obey or serve A: obsequious Q: letter A: epistle Q: distribute (esp. ideas) A: disseminate Q: unconcerned carefree A: insouciant Q: move along with long strides A: lope Q: brave A: valorous Q: skeptical unwilling to believe A: incredulous Q: not easily exhaustible tirelessness A: indefatigability Q: written order A: writ Q: having a toothed edge A: serrated Q: unresisting submissive A: resigned Q: song of praise or triumph A: paean Q: illogical of questionable truth or merit A: specious Q: obstruct/frustrate
A: thwart Q: covered hole as a trap unsuspected danger A: pitfall Q: make tight or smaller A: constrict Q: circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind) A: eddy Q: arrangement to give smth at death A: bequest Q: practicing self-denial austere stark A: ascetic Q: incapable of being placated unpleasable A: implacable Q: satiate feed to fulness or to excess A: surfeit Q: show much fondness center one's attention A: dote Q: mean contemptible A: scurvy Q: make shorter then was planned A: curtail Q: disintegration looseness in morals A: dissolution Q: quick changeable in character fleeting A: mercurial Q: swallow up A: engulf Q: to turn away (from a habit) A: wean Q: fearful timid afraid A: timorous
Q: granting of privileges in return for similar A: reciprocity Q: to distress create stress or torment A: harrow Q: become discolored/dry up/go at high speed A: scorch Q: put pour fill A: infuse Q: write in scholarly fashion A: lucubrate Q: person guilty of murder A: felon Q: show off complacently A: flaunting Q: equal distribution of weight equilibrium A: equipoise Q: elation state of pleasant excitement A: euphoria Q: care economy thriving prosperous A: thrift Q: restore smth to better condition A: renovate Q: increase in density strength make laconic A: condense Q: careful economical A: frugal Q: of great importance (others depend on it) A: pivotal Q: grow forth send out buds A: burgeon
Q: praise approval A: accolade Q: brief and to the point A: terse Q: producing sleep A: soporific Q: small sin small weakness in one's character A: peccadillo Q: tiny bits of wood A: sawdust Q: quality or condition of being sober A: sobriety Q: smth or smb that foretells the coming of A: harbinger Q: rest to sit or stand in a lazy way hang (dog's tongue) A: loll Q: person who lives alone and avoids people A: recluse Q: patience willingness to wait A: forbearance Q: more then is needed or wanted A: superfluous Q: complex subtle refined A: sophisticated Q: being uncontrolled violent A: turbulence Q: sophisticated artful trying to deceive cunning A: disingenuous Q: examine thoroughly to learn about the condition A: overhaul Q: everyday mundane commonplace trite pedestrian
A: prosaic Q: mix combine unite societies A: amalgamate Q: kind of stone inflexible A: adamant Q: prevent from carrying out contrast A: foil Q: unwillingness to compromise stubbornness intractability A: intransigence Q: to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea A: ossify Q: able to float light-hearted A: buoyant Q: briefly without delay A: summarily Q: belief contrary to what is generally accepted A: heresy Q: eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream A: gorge Q: skill (esp. in handling) A: dexterity Q: corrected punished A: chastened Q: fall plunge steeply A: plummet Q: sharpness stinging quality A: pungency Q: misuse of a word (for one that resembles it) A: malapropism Q: laziness A: indolence
Q: calm sluggish temperament unemotional A: phlegmatic Q: (give a) silly/self-conscious smile A: simper Q: getting farther apart from a point A: divergence Q: transparent easy to understand A: pellucid Q: appropriate to the situation apt A: apropos Q: person or smb much below the usual size A: dwarf Q: easily done A: facile Q: the point general sense A: gist Q: forgery A: counterfeit Q: individually distinct A: discrete Q: keep the memory of A: commemorate Q: cheap gaudy showy tacky A: tawdry Q: prevent from being known put an end to A: suppress Q: devious/not straightforward A: tortuous Q: abusive language curses A: invective
Q: to join together A: conjoin Q: deliver provide represent A: render Q: needing effort burdensome A: onerous Q: over look at with selfish delight A: gloat Q: transparent gauzy A: diaphanous Q: glut A: plethora Q: worldly having contempt for God A: profane Q: unharmed unhurt A: unscathed Q: edge ornamental border part of hair over the forehead A: fringe Q: a generator something that produces electric current A: dynamo Q: additional load/charge A: surcharge Q: angry A: irate Q: distracted violently upset in mind A: distraught Q: fertile A: fecund Q: reject mock to go against (as in going against tradition) A: flout Q: disown refuse to accept or pay
A: repudiate Q: yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc) A: brass Q: diminishing or lessening of swelling A: detumescence Q: wrinkle A: pucker Q: essentially different A: disparate Q: witness/evidence A: testiness Q: easily seen remarkable A: conspicuous Q: closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting A: cloture Q: make a lower bid then smb else A: underbid Q: call up bring out A: evoke Q: lying on the back slow to act passive A: supine Q: noisy quarrel A: fracas Q: a number of performance of music A: recitals Q: draw out A: elicit Q: to scorn or despise A: contemn Q: sleeping sluggish lethargic dormant A: torpid
Q: legal claim until a debt on it is repaid A: lien Q: try to avoid by sophistication A: quibble Q: state of growing vigorously being full of life A: exuberance Q: improve make better A: ameliorate Q: assistance relief in time of distress A: succor Q: process of burning A: combustion Q: praise highly A: extol Q: harmful ominous causing evil A: baleful Q: like a slave lacking independence A: servile Q: star light-giving body A: luminary Q: person dishonestly claiming to smth A: quack Q: shut out from society refuse to meet talk A: ostracism Q: fix take up secure metal pin A: rivet Q: frugal looking to the future A: provident Q: able to fly trained experienced A: fledged
Q: large pile of wood for burning A: pyre Q: stir up rouse A: incite Q: arrogant pride A: hubris Q: lower the quality weaken the strength A: vitiate Q: since because A: inasmuch Q: scold upbraid A: reproach Q: prevent make impossible A: preclude Q: rules establishing standards of conduct A: precepts Q: strength A: puissance Q: affirm assert prove justify A: aver Q: to shackle put in chains A: fetter Q: to hinder obstruct or block A: stymie Q: provide supply A: purvey Q: disdainful characterized by haughty scorn A: supercilious Q: come to grips/settle conclusively A: clinch Q: banal everyday
A: quotidian Q: obscene A: salacious Q: out of place not in harmony or agreement A: incongruous Q: narrow-mindedness isolated A: insularity Q: expressing or giving praise A: laudatory Q: get back by payment compensate A: redeem Q: temporary fleeting A: transient Q: be destroyed decay A: perish Q: involving clever rogues or adventurers A: picaresque Q: of the body A: somatic Q: shortage A: dearth Q: admit. Declare openly A: avow Q: counterfeit A: forgery Q: a raid a sudden attack A: incursion Q: refrain from be patient ancestor A: forbear Q: please greatly/enslave (fig) A: enthral
Q: too talkative A: garrulous Q: winding undulating serpentine A: sinuous Q: like a seed constituting a source originative A: seminal Q: careful forethought A: prudence Q: parody/imitation A: travesty Q: to hate to detest A: abhor Q: continue doing smth without resting A: plod Q: artificial obstacle built across a river A: barrage Q: fallacious reasoning faulty logic A: sophistry Q: give notice to inform A: apprise Q: leader of a unit of 100 soldiers A: centurion Q: too eager or ready to help offer advice A: officious Q: commonplace trite unremarkable A: pedestrian Q: person who insists on importance of smth A: stickler Q: end the existence of/wipe or put out A: extinguish
Q: hell A: inferno Q: loud noisy rough lacking restraint A: boisterous Q: fall back again A: relapse Q: use flattery or deceit to persuade A: cajole Q: speak distinctly connect by joints A: articulate Q: call together summon A: convoke Q: quality of being limited not extreme A: moderation Q: meant as a joke A: jocular Q: mournful melancholy sorrowful A: plaintive Q: call calling of names A: roll Q: fearless brave undaunted A: intrepid Q: taste flavor smth A: savor Q: make or become stiff and solid A: congeal Q: self-righteousness hypocritical with FALSE piety A: sanctimony Q: person who worries others to buy smth to use his service A: tout Q: of the internal organs of the body
A: visceral Q: like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes A: foppish Q: likely to come or happen soon A: imminent Q: conciliatory appeasing mitigating A: propitiatory Q: noisy and rough A: blatant Q: in a state of inactivity but awaiting development A: dormant Q: article of clothing A: garment Q: sham counterfeit not genuine A: bogus Q: polite manner comforting uninteresting A: blandness Q: to entangle the state of affairs A: labyrinthine Q: take in by swallowing A: ingest Q: easily shocked excessively modest A: prudish Q: marry give one's support to A: espouse Q: surface appearance covering the TRUE nature A: veneer Q: repeal/annul/cancel A: rescind Q: of mixed colors A: pied
Q: feeling sleepy half asleep A: drowsiness Q: bad-tempered/quarrelsome A: cantankerous Q: bad-tempered person A: curmudgeon Q: agreement or harmony A: concord Q: healthful A: salubrious Q: not easily heard seen clearly marked A: indistinct Q: hasty rush cheeky saucy A: brash Q: engrave make a cut in A: incise Q: to protest object A: remonstrate Q: prolonged A: protracted Q: burst out suddenly/talk ardently A: gush Q: cowardly craven A: pusillanimous Q: approval A: approbation Q: (person nation) waging war A: belligerent Q: unconscious unresponsive unaffected A: insensible
Q: suddenly changeable A: tangential Q: arrogant conceited A: haughty Q: to clear from a charge of guilt A: exculpate Q: collapse bursting inward A: implosion Q: without previous thought or preparation A: extempore Q: beginning A: incipient Q: based on error A: fallacious Q: no use person smth that fails A: dud Q: mob crowd the lower classes of populace A: rabble Q: coming together and uniting into one substance A: coalescing Q: promise or swear to give up A: abjure Q: request A: plea Q: make payment to reward punish A: recompense Q: number of ships quick-moving A: fleet Q: to be stained or discredited A: sullied Q: great flood heavy rush of water
A: deluge Q: have a mutual relation A: correlate Q: representing the whole Christian world A: ecumenical Q: become strong after illness loss exhaustion A: recuperate Q: impress deeply A: engrave Q: rich and deep plump and round A: rotund Q: step to one side A: sidestep Q: very much ornamented naturally red (e.g.. of face) A: florid Q: draw together unite firmly A: knit Q: crouch/settle without permission A: squat Q: overcome bring under control A: subdue Q: pure faultless A: immaculate Q: supply to much fill to excess A: glut Q: deserting and leaving to fall into ruins A: dereliction Q: clever quick at seeing to get an advantage A: astute Q: self-assured though immature affected bombastic overblown A: sophomoric
Q: willful FALSE statement unlawful act A: perjury Q: often repeated continual A: incessant Q: place here and there A: intersperse Q: tap or drive down by repeated light blows A: tamp Q: write hastily A: scribble Q: obtain by threats violence A: extort Q: done as a duty without care A: perfunctory Q: trick mislead A: hoodwink Q: annoy distress trouble A: vex Q: lucky stroke A: fluke Q: crime of killing a king A: regicide Q: forgive A: condone Q: moult lose hair feathers before new growing A: molt Q: look on with contempt A: disdain Q: refuse to accept/cause dislike A: repel
Q: being fully aware of A: cognizant Q: scold reproach A: upbraid Q: yielding easily shaped moldable adapting A: malleable Q: proud superior manner of behaviour A: arrogance Q: a riddle dilemma enigma A: conundrum Q: smell (esp pleasant) A: scent Q: strong dislike A: aversion Q: soaked saturated A: sodden Q: made of brass A: brazen Q: accustomed to adapted A: inured Q: harmful A: noxious Q: dig up from the earth A: disinter Q: eager/excited A: agog Q: cloth worn round the neck/silencer A: muffler Q: twisting force causing rotation A: torque Q: self-confidence
A: aplomb Q: becoming young in nature or appearance A: rejuvenation Q: dishonorable common undignified A: ignoble Q: address a court of law as an advocate A: plead Q: plot scheme (esp. evil) A: machination Q: of connected with trees A: arboreal Q: arrogance A: presumption Q: rob or dispossess of smth (material) A: bereft Q: shallow place in a river (to cross) A: ford Q: grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future A: apprehensive Q: slander aspersion A: calumny Q: one who hates women/females A: misogynist Q: member of a vigilance committee A: vigilant Q: give greatly needed support A: bolster Q: disguised A: covert Q: favorable successful prosperous A: auspicious
Q: go or come up A: ascend Q: having sound judgment perceptive wise like a sage A: sagacious Q: lively high-spirited A: vivacious Q: mark of shame or disgrace A: stigma Q: a blindly devoted patriot A: chauvinist Q: eager and cheerful readiness A: alacrity Q: scent waving movement carry lightly through A: waft Q: prostrate inclined to (undesirable things) A: prone Q: steady regular A: equable Q: burden things that get on the way of A: encumbrance Q: formal reception/embankment A: levee Q: soothe pacify calm A: placate Q: waver/move in an uncertain manner A: falter Q: pretend A: feint Q: steel tool for shaping materials A: chisel
Q: heavy bulky dull A: ponderous Q: not paying proper attention A: inadvertent Q: fail/move/fall clumsily A: flop Q: person who attacks popular beliefs A: iconoclast Q: untidy A: disheveled Q: claw of a bird of prey A: talon Q: slow way of speaking A: drawl Q: physical of or for the body A: corporeal Q: cheerful person A: extrovert Q: short and pithy full of maxims/proverbs A: sententious Q: omen marvelous threatening A: portent Q: hairy shaggy A: hirsute Q: without taste or flavor A: insipid Q: persevering A: sedulous Q: like a rock hard stony A: petrous Q: use extravagant language
A: rant Q: weak/unsteady light A: glimmer Q: easily understood lucid clear A: luculent Q: worthless outside part of anything A: husk Q: (agreement) stop of fighting for a time A: truce Q: take back as being FALSE give up A: recant Q: suppress subdue A: quell Q: conquer A: vanquish Q: enclose in capsule A: encapsulate Q: have more power than others A: predominate Q: pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please A: dainty Q: exuberance outburst of feeling A: ebullience Q: cheerful casual carefree A: blithe Q: medicine used against a poison or a disease A: antidote Q: reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse A: extenuate Q: split crack dissension A: rift
Q: mournful excessively sad A: lugubrious Q: form of a frog when it leaves the egg A: tadpole Q: fix firmly by repetition A: inculcate Q: fluency verbosity easy use of spoken language A: volubility Q: spread into every part of A: permeate Q: convincing firm belief A: conviction Q: avoid A: eschew Q: no longer active A: extinct Q: not new A: trite Q: difficult to comprehend obscure A: abstruse Q: suggestion in addition to A: connotation Q: unmoved feeling no sign of passion A: impassive Q: nearness in time or place affinity of nature A: propinquity Q: astute showing sound judgement A: shrewd Q: carved image on the prow of a ship A: figurehead
Q: ill-tempered unsocial A: morose Q: make calmer or quieter A: mollify Q: doing or happening smth before the right time A: premature Q: hence dark gloomy A: stygian Q: pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize A: mince Q: spirit vigor enthusiasm A: verve Q: make nervous or confused A: fluster Q: personal mannerism A: idiosyncrasy Q: living in societies liking the company A: gregarious Q: shout complain with a lot of noise A: clamor Q: low vulgar base tawdry A: raffish Q: projecting prominent undesirably noticeable A: obtrusive Q: free giving generosity A: liberality Q: careful/prudent A: discreet Q: reproving a person for his faults A: sermon Q: uncompromising
A: intransigent Q: giving great attention to details A: meticulous Q: that cannot be rubbed out A: indelible Q: dethronement depositing A: deposition Q: delicate way of dealing with a situation A: finesse Q: (of eyes) dull A: lackluster Q: to beg to get by begging A: cadge Q: cloud-like hazy vague indistinct A: nebulous Q: anger A: ire Q: measure hoe heavy smth is A: weigh Q: intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn A: froward Q: trivial poorly constructed verse A: doggerel Q: wishing to do evil A: malevolence Q: shyness A: diffidence Q: to destroy exterminate cut out exscind A: extirpate Q: line (of police acting as a guard) A: cordon
Q: relevant pertinent to A: germane Q: cannot be cured or corrected A: incorrigibility Q: deceit cunning A: guile Q: compel A: constrain Q: cessation of use disuse A: desuetude Q: try to win A: woo Q: extremely loud and powerful A: stentorian Q: warm and sincere A: cordial Q: see with an effort but clearly A: discern Q: touching neighboring near A: contiguous Q: sound in judgment wise A: judicious Q: present everywhere A: ubiquitous Q: cut roughly hired horse A: hack Q: move in a clumsy/noisy way A: lumber Q: causing no harm A: innocuous
Q: humorous funny jocular A: facetious Q: shameless immorality A: profligacy Q: outburst of feeling sudden rain wind fire etc. A: gust Q: various miscellaneous separate A: sundry Q: uprightness incorruptibility principle A: probity Q: one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions A: apostate Q: becoming rotten A: putrefaction Q: cautious wary A: chary Q: nurture care for A: foster Q: be admitted enter a university as a student A: matriculation Q: production of a desired result A: efficacy Q: brightly colored florid A: flamboyant Q: reserved untalkative silent taciturn A: reticent Q: greedy (esp for money) A: rapacious Q: give comfort or sympathy to A: console Q: be too tight take between the thumb and finger
A: pinch Q: insulting tending to damage A: derogatory Q: piece of broken earthenware A: shard Q: pleasing in appearance attractive A: personable Q: a breakup overthrow sudden disaster A: debacle Q: fairly good but not very good A: middling Q: fresh and green A: verdant Q: counterbalance A: countervail Q: denounce as dangerous A: proscribe Q: try to deceive by equivocal language A: equivocate Q: diligent hard-working sedulous A: assiduous Q: shy/modest (esp of a girl) A: coy Q: suggest unpleasantly make a way for smth gently A: insinuate Q: to gather and save to store up A: garner Q: emergency an urgent situation A: exigency Q: showing self-control A: temperate
Q: challenged to be doubted A: impugned Q: lack of reverence or dutifulness A: impiety Q: get to the root of A: plumb Q: violent cruel man A: ruffian Q: speech lecture A: discourse Q: person of great learning A: savant Q: fond of in the habit of fighting A: pugnacious Q: formal praise panegyric A: eulogy Q: to make thin to make less dense to purify or refine A: rarefy Q: person who travels regularly A: commuter Q: be enough A: suffice Q: greenish-blue precious stone A: turquoise Q: harmful or friendly A: inimical Q: surprise and fear dismay A: consternation Q: extreme astounding A: sublime
Q: loyalty accuracy A: fidelity Q: socially awkward tactless behavior A: gaucherie Q: sentence within another one smth separated A: parenthesis Q: turmoil a bewildering jumble A: welter Q: sealed by fusion A: hermetic Q: tending to evade A: evasive Q: take the place of A: supersede Q: overflowing with enthusiasm showing excitement A: ebullient Q: display to obtain admiration or envy A: ostentation Q: strong energetic A: vigorous Q: to portray depict sketch out A: delineate Q: wander lose one's way A: stray Q: draw move back wince A: flinch Q: perfect/make perfect/complete A: consummate Q: make smth (pain desire) less A: assuage Q: not allowing to pass through (of materials)
A: impervious Q: stare at A: fixate Q: catch sight of see smth in the distance A: descry Q: statement that damages reputation A: libel Q: treachery breaking of faith A: perfidy Q: majestic venerable A: august Q: wasteful reckless with money A: prodigal Q: be guilty commit (a crime) A: perpetrate Q: special liking mental preference A: predilection Q: severe suffering A: anguish Q: reserved indifferent A: aloof Q: lack of seriousness A: levity Q: tale story fibers for knitting A: yarn Q: make a humble petition to A: supplicate Q: dangerous A: perilous Q: lessen the severity of A: palliate
Q: leather case for a pistol A: holster Q: get smb to do smth by kindness A: coax Q: deep-rooted. long-established A: inveterate Q: show bodily or mental pain A: wince Q: wildly excited with joy pain anxiety A: frantic Q: daring foolishly bold impudent A: audacious Q: weariness tiredness A: lassitude Q: over-high opinion of too much pride A: conceit Q: feeling or showing regret A: penitent Q: situated beyond A: ulterior Q: young deer try to win smb's favor A: fawn Q: speak or behave so as to hide smth (in mind) A: dissemble Q: to favor or approve of A: countenance Q: curse abuse in words A: vituperate Q: mischievous trick played on smb for a joke A: hoax
Q: urgent imperative unchallengeable ending debate A: peremptory Q: commanding haughty arrogant A: imperious Q: eager greedy A: avid Q: say or do again several times A: reiterate Q: discourage hinder A: deter Q: doubtful uncertain A: ambiguous Q: still in existence A: extant Q: dullness/not allowing light to pass through A: opaqueness Q: having sudden energy impulsive thrusting ahead forceful A: impetuous Q: falsely making oneself appear to be good A: hypocrisy Q: at be discontented with A: repine Q: hide keep secret A: conceal Q: confuse embarrass A: discomfit Q: course of study A: curriculum Q: brief A: transitory Q: taking off getting rid of giving up
A: divestiture Q: put under water liquid sink out of sight A: submerge Q: blunt/stupid A: obtuse Q: put into difficulties A: entangle Q: to show clearly to indicate A: evince Q: to move in wavelike fashion fluctuate A: undulate Q: auspicious presenting favorable circumstances A: propitious Q: of the same period coexisting A: coeval Q: cowardice a cowardly giving up A: recreancy Q: irregular in behaviour or opinion A: erratic Q: person who stirs up war A: warmonger Q: unreasonably impatient A: petulant Q: threatening A: ominous Q: offense resentment A: umbrage Q: enthusiasm A: ardor Q: taken up all the time or attention writing in large or formal A: engrossing
Q: to stop the flow of a fluid A: stanch Q: sensitiveness A: susceptibility Q: complicated and embarrassing situation A: imbroglio Q: join (two ends) A: splice Q: smth urging a person to action A: goad Q: suffer the loss of smth A: forfeit Q: use until none remains A: deplete Q: half-solid lump formed from liquid A: clot Q: discuss thoroughly sort of touting A: canvass Q: catalyst A: enzyme Q: not easily discouraged or subdued A: indomitable Q: consider to be the origin of or belonging to A: ascribe Q: rising of people to open resistance to A: insurrection Q: infertile worn out weak A: effete Q: make by hard work cut (by striking) A: hew
Q: spend wastefully A: squander Q: causing grief or pain serious dire grave A: grievous Q: make thin. weaken enervate A: attenuate Q: insincere talk/jargon A: cant Q: break go beyond (a limit) A: transgress Q: to deny to oppose A: gainsay Q: merry person A: wag Q: hypnotize A: mesmerize Q: steep difficult ascent laborious A: arduous Q: not soled with hole A: hollow Q: menacing threatening A: minatory Q: pull the feathers off pick (e.g.. flowers) A: pluck Q: frank straight-forward A: candid Q: bad-tempered person A: churl Q: sweetly flowing A: mellifluous Q: make angry
A: incense Q: hardened and unrepenting stubborn inflexible A: obdurate Q: lazy slow-moving person A: sluggard Q: change direction A: veer Q: too great a readiness to believe things A: credulity Q: formidable causing fear A: redoubtable Q: to polish rub to a shine A: burnish Q: rising or falling sharply A: steeply Q: to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest) A: abscond Q: postpone give way (to show respect) A: defer Q: stubborn unmanageable untractable A: refractory Q: a connection tie or link A: nexus Q: giving facts to support (statement) A: substantiation Q: calm not capable of being excited A: imperturbable Q: frantic frenzied A: frenetic Q: using pompous words A: grandiloquent
Q: refuse to allow or accept as a correct A: disallow Q: person who hates mankind A: misanthrope Q: order given by authority A: decree Q: firmness persistency adhesiveness tending to hang on A: tenacity Q: having a toothed edge A: serration Q: male bee person who isn't self-employed A: drone Q: opposing progress A: reactionary Q: weaken gradually at the base make smth under A: undermine Q: metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument A: calipers Q: heavy with water A: soggy Q: beat hard A: belabor Q: a loud domineering woman a scold or nag A: virago Q: defying imitation unmatchable A: inimitable Q: show some inclination to accept (an offer) A: nibble Q: boldness brashness intrepidness A: temerity
Q: foul filthy A: squalid Q: walk heavily A: trudge Q: to great to be described in words A: ineffable Q: little known abstruse A: recondite Q: to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to A: beatify Q: positive certain arbitrary without room for discussion A: dogmatic Q: destructive thing or a person who is nuisance A: pest Q: propriety properness A: decorum Q: stinking A: fetid Q: prohibit forbid A: interdict Q: snub A: rebuff Q: sentimental in a silly or tearful way A: maudlin Q: way out exit A: egress Q: boldness impudence arrogance A: effrontery Q: stupid fellow A: dolt Q: induce by bribery or smth to commit perjury
A: suborn Q: aimless haphazard digressing at random A: desultory Q: tiro beginner A: tyro Q: flood cover by overflowing A: inundate Q: join sounds/words (indistinct) A: slur Q: smth sharp A: sting Q: strong dislike A: animosity Q: written order requiring a person to appear in a low court A: subpoena Q: state of doubt or perplexity A: quandary Q: expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke A: censure Q: line made by crushing white line on the ground in cricket A: crease Q: beg urgently solicit (of a prostitute) A: importune Q: treat with contempt A: snub Q: aggressiveness ferocity A: truculence Q: worsen diminish in value A: impair Q: offensive disgusting (smell) A: noisome
Q: stone used for sharpening tools A: hone Q: liking to give hospitality A: hospitable Q: showing scorn or reproach A: opprobrious Q: rough awkward A: uncouth Q: substance used to absorb moisture A: desiccant Q: welcomed with shouts and approval A: acclaimed Q: to frequently visit A: resort Q: write one's name on the back of A: endorse Q: check hinder A: retard Q: make unfair selection from facts A: garble Q: to travel from place to place to peregrinate A: itinerate Q: greatness in number strength weight A: preponderance Q: not yet fully formed rudimentary elementary A: inchoate Q: gloomy dark sullen morose A: saturnine Q: incapable of being discovered or understood A: inscrutable
Q: made up of different kinds A: heterogeneous Q: essential part force soft liquid substance A: pith Q: person who is slow waste of time A: dawdler Q: move force from the place occupied A: dislodge Q: causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive A: baneful Q: wretched comfortless contemptible A: sordid Q: ready to believe things A: credulous Q: border on A: abut Q: lost brightness A: tarnished Q: showing respect A: deferential Q: blacken belittle sully defame A: denigrate Q: giving or producing freely liberally or generously A: lavish
GRE General Vocabulary

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A
abacus abate abdication abdomen aberration abeyance abhor abide abjure abraded abrasion abrogate abscond abstruse abundant abut abysmal acarpous accentuate frame with balls for calculating to lessen, to subside giving up control, authority stomach and bowels straying away from what is normal suspended action to hate, to detest be faithful to; endure promise or swear to give up rubbed off, worn away by friction rubbing, scraping, wearing off repeal or annul by authority to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest) difficult to comprehend; obscure plentiful border on bottomless, extreme effete, no longer fertile, worn out give more force or attention to
acclaimed accolade accretion acquiesce in acquisition adamant adhere adhesion adjacent admonitory adorn adulteration affinity aggravate agile ail alacrity alienate allegiance alleviate alloy aloof amalgamate ambidextrous equally well ambiguous ambivalent ameliorate amendment amicable amortize
welcomed with shouts and approval praise, approval the growing of separate things into one agree (without protest) something acquired, acquiring kind of stone; inflexible remain faithful, stick fast to adhering, support lying near, next containing warning add beauty; decorate making unpure, poorer in quality close connection, relationship make worse; irritate active, quick-moving trouble; be ill eager and cheerful readiness estrange duty, support, loyalty make (pain) easier to bear to debase by mixing with something inferior reserved, indifferent mix, combine, unite societies able to use the left hand or the right doubtful, uncertain having both of two contrary meanings improve, make better improving friendly end (a debt) by setting aside money
amplify make large or fuller, increase the strength animosity strong dislike annul put an end to anticlimax sudden fall antidote medicine used against a poison or a disease antithetical direct opposing apartheid brutal racial discrimination apathetic indifference aplomb self-confidence apostate one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions apotheosis deification, glorification to godliness appease make quiet or calm apprehensive grasping, understanding; fear, unhappy feeling about future apprise give notice to, inform approbation approval appropriate take for one's own use, acquire, set aside apropos appropriate to the situation; apt apt well-suited, quick-witted arabesque a complex, ornate design arabesque whimsical arbitrate decide by arbitration arboreal of connected with trees ardently with full of ardor ardor enthusiasm arduous steep, difficult ascent; laborious argot jargon, slang arrant in the highest degree arrogance proud, superior manner of behavior articulate speak distinctly, connect by joints
ascend ascent ascertain ascetic ascribe to asperity irritability aspersion assail with asset value assiduous assuage assumption asterisk astringent astute atonement attenuate audacious augury august auspice auspicious austere auxiliary aver aversion avid avow
go or come up the act of ascending get to know practicing self-denial, austere, stark consider to be the origin of or belonging roughness, harshness, ill temper, slander attack violently valuable quality, something that has money diligent, hard-working, sedulous make something (pain, desire) less something supposed but not proved the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters) substance that shrinks clever; quick at seeing to get an advantage repayment; death of Jesus make thin. weaken, enervate daring, foolishly bold, impudent omen, sign majestic, venerable protection or support, patronage favorable, successful, prosperous severely moral and strict; simple and plain helping, supporting affirm, assert, prove, justify strong dislike eager, greedy admit. Declare openly
B
baleful balk balloon balm banal band frequencies bane baneful destructive barrage barren without value bask in bazaar beatify to bedizen manner belie belittle bellicose belligerent belligerently bend line benefactor benevolence benign harmful, ominous, causing evil obstacle; purposely to get on the way of swell out like balloon sweet-smelling oil; consolation uninteresting flat, thin strip of material; range of cause of injury, poison, source of harm causing harm or ruin, pernicious, artificial obstacle built across a river not good enough, unable to have young ones, enjoy warmth and light market to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy contradict, give a false impression cause to seem unimportant belligerent, pugnacious, warlike (person, nation) waging war waging war cause something to be out of a straight person who has given help wish or activity in doing good kind and gentle; mild (climate)
bequest berate bereft bewilder biased bigot bilge blandishment blandness blatant blithe blithe blueprint blunt boggle bogus boisterous bolster boorish braid edging sloth brash brass brazen breach brisk brisket brittle broach brook buoyant
arrangement to give something at death scold sharply rob or dispossess of something (material) puzzle, confuse prejudice stubborn, narrow-minded person bulge, the protuberance of a cask flattery, coaxing polite manner, comforting, uninteresting noisy and rough, highly obvious cheerful, casual, carefree gay and joyous plan, scheme, photographic print plain, not troubling to be polite be alarmed, hesitate, amazed sham, counterfeit, not genuine loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint give greatly needed support crude, offensive, rude strands of hair woven together, something hasty, rush; cheeky, saucy yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc) made of brass opening, broken place, breaking active, lively breast of an animal easily broken bring up, announce, begin to talk about to tolerate, endure able to float; light-hearted
burgeon burnish bust
grow forth, send out buds to polish, rub to a shine run out of money
C
cabal a scheme or plot, a group of plotters cadge to beg, to get by begging calipers metal supports attached to the legs, measuring instrument calumniate to slander, present false accusal calumny slander, aspersion candid frank, straight-forward canvass discuss thoroughly; sort of touting capricious fickle, whimsical, given to change, unpredictable castigate to chastise, correct by punishing castigation severe punishment casual happening by chance, careless catalyst substance that causes speeding up caustic biting, sarcastic censure expression of blame or disapproval; a rebuke census official counting of the population centurion leader of a unit of 100 soldiers chary cautious, wary chastened corrected, punished chastisement punishment chauvinist a blindly devoted patriot chisel steel tool for shaping materials churl bad-tempered person cite give as an example
clamor shout, complain with a lot of noise cleanse make pure, thoroughly clean cling to resist separation clot half-solid lump formed from liquid cloture closing, device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting coalescing coming together and uniting into one substance coax get somebody to do something by kindness coddle treat with care and tenderness coerce compel, to force to make obedient coeval of the same period, coexisting cogent strong, convincing cogitate think deeply, mediate cognition knowing, awareness (emotionless) cognizant being fully aware of coherent sticking together colander bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water collaborate work in partnership collusion secret agreement for a deceitful purpose combustion process of burning commemorate keep the memory of commend praise commendable worthy of praise commingle mingle together commuter person who travels regularly complacently with self-satisfaction complaisance tending to comply, obliging, willingness to please comply act in accordance
compound comprise compunction conceal conceit conciliatory mollifying concord concur condense condone congeal conjoin connoisseur connotation consent consequential consolation console conspicuous consternation constrict consume contemn contentious quarrelsome contiguous contrite contumacious conundrum conviction
mix or combine be composed of feeling of regret for one's action hide, keep secret over-high opinion of, too much pride reconciling, soothing, comforting, agreement or harmony agree in opinion, happen together increase in density, strength, make laconic forgive make or become stiff and solid to join together a person with good judgment (e.g.. in art) suggestion in addition to give agreement or permission pompous, self important consoling or being consoled give comfort or sympathy to easily seen; remarkable surprise and fear, dismay make tight or smaller get to the end of to scorn or despise argumentative, pugnacious, combative, touching, neighboring, near filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing insubordinate, rebellious a riddle, dilemma, enigma convincing; firm belief
convoke call together, summon convoluted complicated; coiled, twisted cord twisted strands cordial warm and sincere cordon line (of police acting as a guard) corporeal physical; of or for the body correlate have a mutual relation corroboration additional, strengthening evidence countenance to favor or approve of counterfeit forgery countervail counterbalance covert disguised covetous eagerly desirous cower crouch; shrink back craven cowardly crease line made by crushing; white line on the ground in cricket credulity too great a readiness to believe things credulous ready to believe things crush press, lose shape, subdue, overwhelm cryptic secret, with a hidden meaning cumbersome burdensome, heavy and awkward to carry curmudgeon bad-tempered person curriculum course of study cursory quick, hurried curtail make shorter then was planned cynic person who see no good in anything
D
dart quick movement; missile in darts
daunt dawdler dearth debacle decorous decorum decree decry defer deference deferential defiance deflect defy degrade delineate deluge demagogue demur denigrate denouement plot denounce dent deplete deposition deprave deprecate dereliction derision derivative
intimidate, make fearful person who is slow; waste of time shortage a breakup, overthrow, sudden disaster polite, decent propriety, properness order given by authority disapprove of postpone; give way (to show respect) respect showing respect open disobedience or resistance turn aside resist openly reduce in rank or status to portray, depict, sketch out great flood, heavy rush of water person appealing not to reasons to hesitate, raise objections blacken, belittle, sully, defame an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a give information against hollow, depression mad by a blow use until none remains dethronement, depositing make morally bad; corrupt protest against, express disapproval of deserting and leaving to fall into ruins ridicule, mockery, deriding derived, not original or primitive
derivative derogatory descry distance desiccant desiccate desuetude desultory detach deter detraction detumescence deviance normal) dexterity dexterous diaphanous diatribe dictate diffidence diffident dilate dilatory disabuse disallow discern discomfit discomfit disconcert discountenance discourse
unoriginal, obtained from another source insulting; tending to damage catch sight of, see something in the substance used to absorb moisture to dry up, dehydrate cessation of use; disuse aimless, haphazard, digressing at random separate discourage, hinder slandering, verbal attack, aspersion diminishing or lessening of swelling being different in moral standards (from skill (esp. in handling) clever, skillful with hands transparent, gauzy bitter and violent attack in words order shyness lacking in self-confidence speak comprehensively, become wider, large causing delay, procrastinating to undeceive, correct a false impression refuse to allow or accept as a correct see with an effort but clearly confuse, embarrass to defeat, put down upset the self-possession of refuse to approve of speech, lecture,
discredit disdain disencumber disheveled disingenuous cunning disinter dislodge dismal disparate dispassionate dissemble mind) disseminate dissent dissipation dissolution distinct marked distorted account of distraught distress divergence diverse divestiture divulge doggerel dogmatic for discussion dogmatism
refuse to believe look on with contempt free from encumbrance untidy sophisticated, artful, trying to deceive, dig up from the earth move, force from the place occupied sad, gloomy, miserable essentially different free from passion speak or behave so as to hide something (in distribute (esp. ideas) have a different opinion, refuse to assent going away, dispersing disintegration, looseness in morals easily heard, seen, understood, clearly pulled out of the usual shape, give a false distracted, violently upset in mind great pain; cause discomfort getting farther apart from a point of different kinds taking off, getting rid of, giving up make known something secret trivial, poorly constructed verse positive, certain, arbitrary, without room being dogmatic
dolt stupid fellow dormant in a state of inactivity but awaiting development dote show much fondness, center one's attention drone male bee, person who isn't self-employed drowsiness feeling sleepy, half asleep dubious feeling doubt dud no use person, something that fails dulcet melodious, harmonious dupe cheat, make a fool of duplicity deliberate deception duress threats to compel somebody dwarf person or somebody much below the usual size dynamo a generator, something that produces electric current
E
earthenware ebullience ebullient excitement ecumenical edacious eddy effete efficacy effluvia odor or vapor effrontery egress dishes made of baked clay exuberance, outburst of feeling overflowing with enthusiasm; showing representing the whole Christian world voracious, devouring circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind) infertile, worn out, weak production of a desired result outflow in a stream of particles; a noxious boldness, impudence, arrogance way out, exit
elaborate worked out with much care in great detail elate stimulate elation high-spirits electorate all the electors elegy a lament, a melancholy composition elicit draw out eloquence fluent speaking; skillful use of language emaciate make thin and weak embellish make beautiful embezzle use in a wrong way for one's own benefit emergence emerging emote stir up, excite empirical relying on experiment encapsulate enclose in capsule encomium warm or glowing praise; eulogy, panegyric encumbrance burden; things that get on the way of endearing making dear or liked endemic epidemic endemic prevailing in a specific area endorse write one's name on the back of enduring lasting enervate weaken, deprive of strength, attenuate engender cause, produce, give rise to engrave impress deeply engrossing taken up all the time or attention; writing in large or formal engulf swallow up enigma something that is puzzling enmity hatred; being an enemy enormity excessive wickedness; evilness enormousness great size
entangle entreat enzyme epicure Epicurean epistle epithet epitome typical model equable equanimity equilibrium equipoise equivocal suspicious equivocate eradicate erasure erode erratic erudite escalate esoteric of espouse eulogy euphoria euthanasia evaluating evaporate evince
put into difficulties ask earnestly catalyst food lover, a connoisseur of food devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment) letter adjective brief summary; representative example; a steady, regular calmness of temperament state of being balanced equal distribution of weight; equilibrium having a double or doubtful meaning; try to deceive by equivocal language get rid of; pull up by the roots erasing, removing all traces wear away, eat into irregular in behavior or opinion learned, scholarly increase, develop abstruse; intended only for a small circle marry; give one's support to formal praise; panegyric elation; state of pleasant excitement easy and painless death finding out the value change into vapor, disappear, die to show clearly, to indicate
evoke call up, bring out evolve unfold, develop naturally and gradually excoriate to flay, strip off the skin; to denounce sharply excoriation severe criticism exculpate free from blame exculpate to clear from a charge of guilt exert but forth; bring into use exertion instance of exerting exhaustive complete, thorough exigency emergency, an urgent situation exonerate free; clear exoneration set somebody clear, free (e.g.. from blame) exorbitant much too high or great expatiate to roam, wander freely expedient likely to be useful for a purpose expiation ending; expiring exploit brilliant achievement; develop; use selfishly expostulate argue earnestly to dissuade, correct, or protest expurgate to remove obscenity, purify, censor exscind to cut out, cut away exsert thrust out, push forth extant still in existence extensive far-reaching extenuate reduce the strength of, lessen seriousness, partially excuse extinct no longer active extirpate to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind extol praise highly
extort extralegal extricable extrovert exuberance life
obtain by threats, violence outside the law that can be freed cheerful person state of growing vigorously; being full of
F
facetious facile facilitate fallacious fallacy fatuous faucet liquid fawn feckless feckless careless fecund feint felicitous apropos felon ferment ferocity ferret fertile fertilize fervid humorous, funny, jocular easily done make easy (e.g.. a process of something) based on error false or mistaken belief without sense, foolish self-satisfaction device for controlling the outflow of a young deer, try to win smb's favor futile, irresponsible, inefficient lacking purpose or vitality; ineffective; fertile pretend apt; suitably expressed, well chosen, person guilty of murder substance; become excited savage cruelty discover by searching; search producing much, full of ideas make fertile or productive intense, zealous
fervid showing earnest feeling fervor warmth of feelings; earnestness fetter to shackle, put in chains feud bitter quarrel over a long period of time fidelity loyalty, accuracy fidget move restlessly, make nervous figurehead carved image on the prow of a ship finesse delicate way of dealing with a situation finical too fussy about food, clothing, etc. finicky finical finite limited, having bounds fission splitting or division (esp. of cells) fixate stare at flamboyant brightly colored, florid flammable having tendency to burst into flames flaunting show off complacently flaw crack, lessen value flax pale yellow (hair); a plant fledged able to fly, trained, experienced fleet number of ships, quick-moving fleeting passing quickly flexibility easily bent without braking flinch draw, move back, wince florid very much ornamented; naturally red (e.g.. of face) floridness ruddiness; heavily decorated; ornateness flout reject, mock, to go against (as in going against tradition) fluster make nervous or confused foible defect of character (a person is wrongly proud)
foil prevent from carrying out; contrast foment put something warm (to lessen the pain) foppish like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes forbear refrain from, be patient; ancestor forbearance patience, willingness to wait ford shallow place in a river (to cross) forestall prevent by taking action in advance, preempt forfeit suffer the loss of something forge workshop for the shaping of metal; to shape metal; lead forgery counterfeit forswear renounce, disallow, repudiate fortify strengthen fortuitous happening by chance foster nurture, care for fragile easily injured, broken or destroyed fragrant sweet-smelling franchise special right given by authority frantic wildly excited with joy, pain, anxiety frenetic frantic, frenzied fret worry; irritation; wear away friction the rubbing of one thing against another, difference of opinion fringe edge; ornamental border; part of hair over the forehead froward intractable, not willing to yield or comply, stubborn frugal careful, economical fulminate berate, vituperate, to thunder out, to
explode fulmination fulsome
bitter protest disgusting, offensive due to excessiveness
G
gainsay gambol garment garner garrulity garrulous gaucherie germane gist glean glib gloat over glut gnaw goad gossamer gouge grace grave gregarious grievance grievous grimace grind grooves of living to deny, declare false, to oppose quick, playful jumping article of clothing to gather and save; to store up talkativeness too talkative socially awkward, tactless behavior relevant; pertinent to the point, general sense gather facts in small quantities ready and smooth but not sincere look at with selfish delight supply to much, fill to excess waste away; bite steadily something urging a person to action soft, light, delicate material tool for cutting grooves in wood favor serious, requiring consideration living in societies; liking the company cause for complaint or protest causing grief or pain; serious, dire, grave twisted expression of a face crush, polish long channel in the surface, habitual way
grovel guile guileless gull gullible gust fire, etc.
crawl, humble oneself deceit, cunning straight-forward, candid cheat, deceive easily gulled outburst of feeling; sudden rain, wind,
H
hack hallow hamper activity hapless harangue harbinger coming of harrow harsh haughty haven heed heinous heresy accepted hermetic heterogeneous hew hirsute hoax joke cut roughly; hired horse to make holy; consecrate basket with a lid, prevent free movement or unlucky, unfortunate a long, passionate speech something or somebody that foretells the to distress, create stress or torment rough, cruel, stern arrogant; conceited harbor, safety place pay attention; notice odious (of crime) belief contrary to what is generally sealed by fusion made up of different kinds make by hard work; cut (by striking) hairy, shaggy mischievous trick played on somebody for a
hoi polloi hollow holster hone hoodwink hospitable hubris hurdle husk hypocrisy
the masses; the rabble not soled, with hole leather case for a pistol stone used for sharpening tools trick, mislead liking to give hospitality arrogant pride light frame, fence to be jumped over worthless outside part of anything falsely making oneself appear to be good
I
iconoclast iconoclastic idiosyncrasy idolatrous idolatry idyll ignoble ignominious disgraceful illicit illusory imbroglio immaculate immerse imminent immutable impair impaired impassive person who attacks popular beliefs attacking cherished beliefs personal mannerism worshipping idols excessive admiration of a carefree episode or experience dishonorable, common, undignified shameful, dishonorable, undignified, unlawful, forbidden deceptive; an illusion complicated and embarrassing situation pure, faultless absorb; put under the surface of likely to come or happen soon that cannot be changed worsen, diminish in value damaged, weakened unmoved; feeling no sign of passion
impecunious impede impediment impending imperative imperious imperviousness impermeable imperturbable impervious imperviousness impetuous ahead, forceful impiety implacable implausibility implicate implicit implosion imply importune imprecation impromptu impudence impudent impugned impute inadvertent inane inasmuch incense
having little or no money hinder; get in the way of something that hinders (e.g. stammer) imminent, being about to happen, expected urgent, essential commanding, haughty, arrogant haughty, arrogant, commanding that cannot be permeated calm; not capable of being excited not allowing to pass through (of materials) arrogance, commanding presence, overbearing having sudden energy, impulsive, thrusting lack of reverence or dutifulness incapable of being placated, unpleasable incredibility show that somebody has a share implied though not plainly expressed collapse; bursting inward make a suggestion beg urgently; solicit (of a prostitute) an invocation of evil; a curse without preparation being rash, indiscreet rash, indiscreet challenged, to be doubted to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe not paying proper attention silly, senseless since, because make angry
incessant often repeated, continual inchoate not yet fully formed, rudimentary, elementary incise engrave, make a cut in incite stir up, rouse inclined directing the mind in a certain direction incoherently not consistently, unclearly incongruous out of place, not in harmony or agreement incorrigibility cannot be cured or corrected incredulous skeptical, unwilling to believe inculcate fix firmly by repetition incumbents official duties incursion a raid, a sudden attack indefatigability not easily exhaustible; tirelessness indelible that cannot be rubbed out indelicate immodest; lacking in refinement indigence poverty indigenous native indistinct not easily heard, seen, clearly marked indolence laziness indomitable not easily discouraged or subdued indulge gratify, give way to, satisfy; allow oneself indulgent inclined to indulge ineffable to great to be described in words ineluctable certain, inevitable inept unskillful; said or done at the wrong time infertile not fertile, barren inflame become red, angry inflammatory tending to inflame
infuriate fill with fury or rage infuse put, pour, fill ingenuous naive, young, artless, frank, honest, sincere ingest take in by swallowing inherent existing as a natural part inhibit hinder, restrain inimical harmful or friendly inimitable defying imitation, unmatchable innocuous causing no harm inscrutable incapable of being discovered or understood insensible unconscious, unresponsive, unaffected insinuate suggest unpleasantly; make a way for something gently insipid without taste or flavor insouciant unconcerned, carefree insularity narrow-mindedness, isolated insurrection rising of people to open resistance to interdict prohibit, forbid interim as an installment intersperse place here and there intervene come between; interfere to change the result intractable unruly, refractory, stubborn intransigence unwillingness to compromise, stubbornness,intractability intransigent uncompromising intrepid fearless, brave, undaunted introspection examining one's own thoughts and feelings inundate flood; cover by overflowing inured accustomed to, adapted
invective inveigh inveterate involute irascible irate ire irksome irreconcilable irrelevant irresolute irrevocable itinerary route itinerate peregrinate
abusive language, curses to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate deep-rooted. long-established complex irritable, easily angered angry anger tiresome cannot be brought into harmony not relevant, not connected hesitating; undecided final and unalterable plan for a journey, details or records of a to travel from place to place, to
J
jabber jeopardize jibe jocular judicious talk excitedly; utter rapidly put in danger gibe, make fun of meant as a joke sound in judgment; wise
K
knit draw together, unite firmly
L
labyrinthine to entangle the state of affairs
lachrymose lackluster laconic lag lament lassitude latent visible laudatory lavish generously leakage legacy libel liberality libertine lien limn limp lithe loll (dog's tongue) loquacious lubricant lubricate lubricious lucubrate luculent lugubrious lull luminary
causing tears, tearful (of eyes) dull brief, to the point, terse go too slow show, feel great sorrow weariness, tiredness present but not yet active, developed or expressing or giving praise giving or producing freely, liberally or the process of leaking something handed down from ancestors statement that damages reputation free giving; generosity immoral person legal claim until a debt on it is repaid paint, portray lacking strength, walking unevenly bending, twisting rest, to sit or stand in a lazy way; hang talkative, garrulous substance that makes work easier put oil to make work easily lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery write in scholarly fashion easily understood, lucid, clear mournful, excessively sad become quiet or less active star, light-giving body
lustrous
being bright, polished
M
macabre machination maladroit malapropism it) malevolence malign malinger shirk a duty malleable manacle martial massacre matriculation student mature for use maudlin maverick mellifluous mendacious mendacity mendicant mercurial meretricious value mesmerize meticulous gruesome, suggesting death plot, scheme (esp. evil) tactless, clumsy misuse of a word (for one that resembles wishing to do evil injurious, speak ill of somebody, tell lie to fake illness or injury, in order to yielding; easily shaped; moldable; adapting chains for the hands or feet brave, of associated with war cruel killing of a large number of people be admitted, enter a university as a come to full development, to a state ready sentimental in a silly or tearful way rebel, nonconformist sweetly flowing false dishonesty a beggar quick, changeable in character, fleeting attractive on the surface but of little hypnotize giving great attention to details
mettle quality of endurance or courage mettlesome courageous, high-spirited middling fairly good but not very good minatory menacing, threatening mince pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize misanthrope person who hates mankind mischievous harmful, causing mischief miser person who loves wealth and spends little misogynist one who hates women/females missile something that is thrown or shot mitigate make less severe or painful moderation quality of being limited, not extreme mollify make calmer or quieter molt moult, lose hair, feathers before new growing morbid diseased, unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas) morose ill-tempered, unsocial mortuary place where dead bodies are taken to be kept until burial multifarious varied, motley, greatly diversified mundane worldly as opposed to spiritual; commonplace,everyday myriad very great number
N
nadir nascent nebulous negligent neophyte nexus lowest, weakest point coming into existence, emerging cloud-like; hazy; vague; indistinct taking too little care person who has been converted to a belief a connection, tie, or link
nibble nice noisome nonchalant nonplused nostrum notion noxious nullify numb numbness
show some inclination to accept (an offer) precise, sensitive to subtleness offensive, disgusting (smell) not having interest greatly surprised a quack remedy, an untested cure nominal, token harmful make void and null without ability to feel or move without ability to move a finger
O
obdurate hardened and unrepenting; stubborn, inflexible obfuscate to darken, make obscure, muddle oblivious unaware, having no memory obloquy abusively detractive language, sharp criticism, vituperation obsequious too eager to obey or serve obsolete no longer used obstreperous noisy, loud obtain to be established, accepted, or customary obtrusive projecting, prominent, undesirably noticeable obviate to make unnecessary, get rid of occluded blocked up occult hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension odious repulsive, hateful odium contempt, dislike, aversion odor smell; favor; reputation
officious too eager or ready to help, offer advice onerous needing effort, burdensome opprobrious showing scorn or reproach ossify to turn to bone; to settle rigidly into an idea ostensible seeming, appearing as such, professed ostentation display to obtain admiration or envy ostentatious fond of showing ostentation ostracism shut out from society, refuse to meet, talk ostrich fast-running bird unable to fly outset start overhaul examine thoroughly to learn about the condition overweening presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate, being a jerk overwhelm weigh down, submerge
P
paean song of praise or triumph palate roof of the mouth; sense of taste palatial magnificent palliate lessen the severity of palliate to make something appear less serious,to alleviate,to gloss over palpability can be felt, touched, understood palpitate tremble, beat rapidly and irregularly panegyric formal praise, eulogy paradigm a model, example, or pattern parenthesis sentence within another one, something separated pariah an outcast, a rejected and despised person
parsimonious partisan prejudiced patron paucity peccadillo character pedantic pedestrian pellucid penchant penitent penury peregrination peremptory debate perennial perfidious perfidy perfunctory perilous peripatetic perish perjury permeate pernicious perpetrate persevere personable perspicacity pertain
too economical, miserly one-sided, committed to a party, biased or regular customer; person who gives support scarcity, a lacking of small sin; small weakness in one's bookish, showing off learning commonplace, trite, unremarkable transparent, easy to understand strong inclination, a liking feeling or showing regret extreme poverty traveling about, wandering urgent, imperative, unchallengeable, ending lasting for a long time (e.g.. a year) treacherous, faithless treachery; breaking of faith done as a duty without care dangerous wandering be destroyed; decay willful false statement, unlawful act spread into every part of harmful, injurious be guilty; commit (a crime) keep on steadily, continue pleasing in appearance, attractive quick judging and understanding belong as a part, have reference
pest nuisance petrified petrify petrous petulant philistine knowledge phlegmatic picaresque pied pinch finger pious piquant pique (curiosity) pitfall pith substance pivotal placate plaintive plaque platitude plea plead plethora pliant plod pluck
destructive thing or a person who is taken away power (to think, feel, act) to make hard, rocklike like a rock, hard, stony unreasonably impatient a smug ignorant person; one who lacks calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional involving clever rogues or adventurers of mixed colors be too tight, take between the thumb and dutiful to parents; devoted to religion agreeably pungent, stimulating hurt the pride or self-respect, stir covered hole as a trap, unsuspected danger essential part, force, soft liquid of great importance (others depend on it) soothe, pacify, calm mournful, melancholy, sorrowful flat metal on a wall as a memorial a trite or banal statement; unoriginality request address a court of law as an advocate glut pliable, easily bent, shaped or twisted continue doing something without resting pull the feathers off, pick (e.g.. flowers)
plumb plummet plunge poignant poise polemical ponderous portent poseur phony posture poverty pragmatic precarious precept precepts precipitate height preclude precursory predilection predominate preempt premature right time preponderance presage preternatural prevalent prevaricate prim
get to the root of fall, plunge, steeply move quickly, suddenly and with force deeply moving; keen be ready, be balanced, self-possession controversial, argued heavy, bulky, dull omen; marvelous; threatening someone taking on airs to impress others; a state, attitude; adopt a vain state of being poor practical, favoring utility uncertain, risky, dangerous moral instruction rules establishing standards of conduct throw something violently down from a prevent, make impossible preliminary, anticipating special liking, mental preference have more power than others obtain by preemption or in advance doing or happening something before the greatness in number, strength, weight warning sign not normal or usual common to equivocate, to stray from the truth neat; formal
pristine primitive, unspoiled, pure, as in earlier times, unadulterated probity uprightness, incorruptibility, principle proclivity inclination procrastination keeping on putting off prodigal wasteful, reckless with money prodigious enormous, wonderful profane worldly, having contempt for God profligate wasteful, prodigal, licentious, extravagant profundity depth proliferate grow, reproduce by rapid multification prolix tiring because too long prone prostrate; inclined to (undesirable things) propagation increasing the number, spreading, extending propinquity nearness in time or place, affinity of nature propitiate do something to take away the anger of propitiatory conciliatory, appeasing, mitigating propitious auspicious, presenting favorable circumstances prosaic everyday, mundane, commonplace, trite, pedestrian proscribe denounce as dangerous protracted prolonged provident frugal; looking to the future provisional of the present time only provoke make angry; vax prudence careful forethought prudish easily shocked, excessively modest prune dried plum, silly person pry get something; inquire too curiously
pugnacious fond of, in the habit of fighting punch strike with the fist; tool for cutting holes; alc.drink punctilious precise, paying attention to trivialities pundit pedant, authority on a subject pungency sharpness; stinging quality purvey provide, supply pusillanimous cowardly, craven pyre large pile of wood for burning
Q
quack quaff quail qualm sickness quell quibble quiescent quirk something quixotic quotidian person dishonestly claiming to something drink deeply lose courage, turn frightened feeling of doubt, temporary feeling of suppress, subdue try to avoid by sophistication at rest, dormant, torpid habit or action peculiar to somebody or generous, unselfish banal; everyday
R
rabble raconteur radiant raffish mob, crowd; the lower classes of populace person who tells anecdotes bright, shining low, vulgar, base, tawdry
rail at ramify rancorous rant rapacious rarefy or refine reactionary rebuff recalcitrant recant recast recidivism behavior reciprocity similar recitals recluse recompense reconcile recondite recourse recreancy recuperate exhaustion redeem redemptive redoubtable refine refractory refulgent
find fault, utter reproaches to be divided or subdivided; to branch out feeling bitterness, spitefulness use extravagant language greedy (esp for money) to make thin, to make less dense, to purify opposing progress snub disobedient take back as being false; give up cast or fashion anew relapse into antisocial or criminal granting of privileges in return for a number of, performance of music person who lives alone and avoids people make payment to; reward, punish settle a quarrel; restore peace little known; abstruse something turned to for help cowardice, a cowardly giving up become strong after illness, loss, get back by payment; compensate serving to redeem formidable, causing fear make or become pure, cultural stubborn, unmanageable, untractable shining, brilliant
regale to delight or entertain; to feast regicide crime of killing a king reiterate say or do again several times rejuvenation becoming young in nature or appearance relapse fall back again relinquish give up reluctant unwilling or disinclined remonstrate to protest, object render deliver, provide, represent renovate restore something to better condition renowned celebrated, famous rent regular payment for the use of something, division or split repast meal repine at be discontented with reproach scold, upbraid reprobate person hardened in sin; one devoid of decency repudiate disown, refuse to accept or pay repulsive causing a feeling of disgust requite repay, give in return resigned unresisting, submissive resilience quality of quickly recovering the original shape resolve determine resort to frequently visit restive refusing to move; reluctant to be controlled resurrect bring back into use resuscitation coming back to consciousness retard check, hinder
reticent revere rift rivet roll call rope rotund rubric ruffian
reserved, untalkative, silent, taciturn have deep respect for split, crack, dissension fix, take up, secure; metal pin calling of names thick strong cord made by twisting rich and deep; plump and round heading, title, or category violent, cruel man
S
sagacious like a sage salacious salient relevant salubrious salutary sanctimony false piety sanction sanguine sanity sap sate satiate saturnine savant savor sawdust scabbard having sound judgment; perceptive, wise; obscene prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly healthful remedial, wholesome, causing improvement self-righteousness, hypocritical, with approval (by authority); penalty cheerful, confident, optimistic health of mind; soundness of judgement weaken satiate satisfy fully gloomy, dark, sullen, morose person of great learning taste, flavor something tiny bits of wood sheath for the blade
scent smell (esp pleasant) scribble write hastily scurvy mean, contemptible seal piece of wax, lead, etc stamped on the document secular material (not spiritual); living outside monasteries sedulous persevering seminal like a seed; constituting a source, originative sententious short and pithy, full of maxims/proverbs sequence succession, connected line of serrated having a toothed edge serration having a toothed edge servile like a slave, lacking independence severance severing shaft arrow or spear, something long and narrow shallow little depth; not earnest shard piece of broken earthenware sheath cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool shove push shrewd astute; showing sound judgement shrill sharp, piercing shun keep away from; avoid shunt send from one track to another; lay aside; evade discussion sidestep step to one side sinuous winding, undulating, serpentine skiff small boat skit short piece of humorous writing slack sluggish; dull; not tight
slake to assuage, to satisfy, allay slate king of blue-grey stone; propose; criticize sluggard lazy, slow-moving person soar rise, fly high sober self-controlled sobriety quality or condition of being sober sodden soaked, saturated soggy heavy with water solvent of the power of forming a solution somatic of the body soot black powder in smoke sophisticated complex, subtle, refined sophistry fallacious reasoning, faulty logic sophomoric self-assured though immature, affected, bombastic, overblown sordid wretched, comfortless, contemptible spear weapon with a metal point on a long shaft specious illogical, of questionable truth or merit splenetic bad-tempered, irritable splice join (two ends) sponge porous rubber for washing; live at once expense spurious false, counterfeit spurn have nothing to do; reject or refuse squalid foul, filthy squander spend wastefully stanch to stop the flow of a fluid steeply rising or falling sharply stentorian extremely loud and powerful stickler person who insists on importance of something
stigma mark of shame or disgrace stigmatize describe somebody scornfully sting something sharp stingy spending, using unwillingly stint to be thrifty, to set limits stipulate state or put forward as a necessary condition stolid showing no emotion; impassive strands something twisted together into a rope, line of development stray wander, lose one's way streak long, thin; move very fast striated striped, grooved, or banded stride walk with long steps strut a supporting bar stygian hence, dark, gloomy stymie to hinder, obstruct, or block subdue overcome, bring under control sublime extreme; astounding submerge put under water, liquid, sink out of sight suborn induce by bribery or something to commit perjury subpoena written order requiring a person to appear in a law court subsume include under a rule succor assistance, relief in time of distress suffice be enough sullied to be stained or discredited summarily briefly; without delay sumptuous magnificent sundry various, miscellaneous, separate
supercilious superfluous superimpose supersede supine suppliant supplicate suppress surfeit susceptibility sustain decision sycophant synopsis
disdainful; characterized by haughty scorn more then is needed or wanted put something on the top take the place of lying on the back; slow to act, passive asking humbly, beseeching make a humble petition to prevent from being known; put an end to satiate, feed to fulness or to excess sensitiveness keep from falling; maintain; suffer; give a person who flatter to the rich and powerful summary or outline
T
taciturn talon tamp tamper tangential tarnished taunt taut tautology tawdry tease tedious teetotal temerity temperance untalkative, silent claw of a bird of prey tap or drive down by repeated light blows interfere with suddenly changeable lost brightness contemptuous reproach, hurtful remark tightly stretched a repetition, a redundancy cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky annoy; puzzling question tiresome oppose to alcohol boldness, brashness, intrepidness abstinence from alcohol, self-control,
moderation temperate showing self-control tenacity firmness, persistency, adhesiveness, tending to hang on tenuous insubstantial, flimsy, weak terse brief and to the point thrift care, economy, thriving, prosperous timid shy, easily frightened timorous fearful, timid, afraid tolerable fairly good tonic something giving strength or energy topple be unsteady and overturn torment severe pain or suffering torpid sleeping, sluggish, lethargic, dormant tortuous full of twists and bends tout person who worries others to buy something, to use his service touting act as tout toy think not seriously, handle absent-mindedly tractable easily controlled or guided transgress break, go beyond (a limit) transient temporary, fleeting transitory brief trenchant forceful, effective, vigorous; extremely perceptive,incisive trend tendency, general direction trepidation alarm, excited state of mind trifling unimportant trite not new truculence aggressiveness, ferocity trudge walk heavily
turbid turbulence turgid turmoil turpitude tyro
muddy, having the sediment stirred up being uncontrolled, violent excessively ornate; swollen or bloated trouble, disturbance wickedness, shamefulness tiro, beginner
U
ulterior umbrage uncouth underbid undermine something under undulate unencumbered unfeigned unscathed untoward upbraid urbane situated beyond offense, resentment rough, awkward make a lower bid then somebody else weaken gradually, at the base, make to move in wavelike fashion, fluctuate easy-going, trifle not pretended, sincere unharmed, unhurt unfortunate, inconvenient scold, reproach elegant, refined in manners
V
vacillation vagary vain valiant valorous vanquish vapor being uncertain, hesitating strange act or idea without use, result; conceited brave brave conquer stim, mist
veer venal veneer veneration veracity verisimilitude veritable verve vex vigilance maintain order vigilant vigorous vilify vindictive virago visceral vitiate vituperate vivacious volatile explosive volubility language voluble voluminous
change direction ready to do something dishonest surface appearance covering the true nature regard with deep respect truth appearing true or real real, rightly named spirit, vigor, enthusiasm annoy, distress, trouble watchfulness, self-appointed group who member of a vigilance committee strong, energetic slander, say evil things having a desire to revenge a loud, domineering woman; a scold or nag of the internal organs of the body lower the quality; weaken the strength curse, abuse in words lively, high-spirited changeable, inconstant, fickle, unstable, fluency, verbosity, easy use of spoken fluent occupying much space
W
waft through wag scent, waving movement; carry lightly merry person
wage warmonger warp warrant wary weave weigh welter wend whimsical wince woo
payment, carry on, engage in (war) person who stirs up war become bent authority, written order, guarantee cautious make (threads) into cloth measure how heavy something is turmoil; a bewildering jumble to go, proceed full of odd and fanciful ideas show bodily or mental pain try to win
Y
yarn tale, story; fibers for knitting

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