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