常春藤联盟大学字汇记忆课程

常春藤联盟大学字汇记忆课程 abase v. To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade. accompaniment n. A subordinate part or parts, enriching or abbess n. The lady superior of a nunnery. supporting the leading part. abbey n. The group of buildings which collectively form the accompanist n. One who or that which accompanies. dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns. accompany v. To go with, or be associated with, as a companion. abbot n. The superior of a community of monks. accomplice n. An associate in wrong-doing. abdicate v. To give up (royal power or the like). accomplish v. To bring to pass. abdomen n. In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphraccordagm ion n. A portable free-reed musical instrument. and the pelvic floor; the belly. accost v. To speak to. abdominal n. Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen. account n. A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of abduction n. A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegabusinelly. ss transactions. abed adv. In bed; on a bed. accouter v. To dress. aberration n. Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed courseaccred. it v. To give credit or authority to. abet v. To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an accumulate v. To become greater in quantity or number. offense). accuracy n. Exactness. abeyance n. A state of suspension or temporary inaction. accurate adj. Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard. abhorrence n. The act of detesting extremely. accursed adj. Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune. abhorrent adj. Very repugnant; hateful. accusation n. A charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error. abidance n. An abiding. accusatory adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation. abject adj. Sunk to a low condition. accuse v. To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error. abjure v. To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath. accustom v. To make familiar by use. able-bodied adj. Competent for physical service. acerbity n. Sourness, with bitterness and astringency. ablution n. A washing or cleansing, especially of the body. acetate n. A salt of acetic acid. abnegate v. To renounce (a right or privilege). acetic adj. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar. abnormal adj. Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard. ache v. To be in pain or distress. abominable adj. Very hateful. Achillean adj. Invulnerable. abominate v. To hate violently. achromatic adj. Colorless, abomination n. A very detestable act or practice. acid n. A sour substance. aboriginal adj. Primitive; unsophisticated. acidify v. To change into acid. aborigines n. The original of earliest known inhabitants of a countracknowy. ledge v. To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity aboveboard adv. & adj. Without concealment, fraud, or trickery. of. abrade v. To wear away the surface or some part of by friction. acknowledgment n. Recognition. abrasion n. That which is rubbed off. acme n. The highest point, or summit. abridge v. To make shorter in words, keeping the essential featuracoustes, ic adj. Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing. leaning out minor particles. acquaint v. To make familiar or conversant. abridgment n. A condensed form as of a book or play. acquiesce v. To comply; submit. abrogate v. To abolish, repeal. acquiescence n. Passive consent. abrupt adj. Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break. acquire v. To get as one's own. abscess n. A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissueacquis‎‎ition n. Anythi ng gained, or made one's own, usually by effort of the body. or labor. abscission n. The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation. acquit v. To free or clear, as from accusation. abscond v. To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purposacquite of tal n. A discharge from accusation by judicial action. escaping arrest. acquittance n. Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or absence n. The fact of not being present or available. responsibility. absent-minded adj. Lacking in attention to immediate surrouacreagndingse n. Quanti ty or extent of land, especially of cultivated land. or business. acrid adj. Harshly pungent or bitter. absolution n. Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses. acrimonious adj. Full of bitterness. absolve v. To free from sin or its penalties. acrimony n. Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper. absorb v. To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water. actionable adj. Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, absorption n. The act or process of absorbing. slanderous words. abstain v. To keep oneself back (from doing or using something). actuality n. Any reality. abstemious adj. Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the actuary n. An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates use of drink, food. and states the risks and premiums. abstinence n. Self denial. actuate v. To move or incite to action. abstruse adj. Dealing with matters difficult to be understood. acumen n. Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness absurd adj. Inconsistent with reason or common sense. of discrimination. abundant adj. Plentiful. acute adj. Having fine and penetrating discernment. abusive adj. Employing harsh words or ill treatment. adamant n. Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability. abut v. To touch at the end or boundary line. addendum n. Something added, or to be added. abyss n. Bottomless gulf. addle v. To make inefficient or worthless; muddle. academic adj. Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university. adduce v. To bring forward or name for consideration. academician n. A member of an academy of literature, art, or sciencadheree. v. To stick fast or together. academy n. Any institution where the higher branches of learniadhereng are nce n. Attachment. taught. adherent adj. Clinging or sticking fast. accede v. To agree. adhesion n. The state of being attached or joined. accelerate v. To move faster. adieu inter. Good-by; farewell. accept v. To take when offered. adjacency n. The state of being adjacent. access n. A way of approach or entrance; passage. adjacent n. That which is near or bordering upon. accessible adj. Approachable. adjudge v. To award or bestow by formal decision. accession n. Induction or elevation, as to dignity, officeadjunc, or t n. Something joined to or connected with another thing, but government. holding a subordinate place. accessory n. A person or thing that aids the principal agent. adjuration n. A vehement appeal. acclaim v. To utter with a shout. adjutant adj. Auxiliary. accommodate v. To furnish something as a kindness or favor. administrator n. One who manages affairs of any kind. 1 admissible adj. Having the right or privilege of entry. alcove n. A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger admittance n. Entrance, or the right or permission to enter. room. admonish v. To warn of a fault. alder n. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak admonition n. Gentle reproof. family. ado n. unnecessary activity or ceremony. alderman n. A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually adoration n. Profound devotion. exercises also certain judicial functions. adroit adj. Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powersalderm. anship n. The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an adulterant n. An adulterating substance. alderman. adulterate v. To make impure by the admixture of other or baser alias n. An assumed name. ingredients. alien n. One who owes allegiance to a foreign government. adumbrate v. To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem. alienable adj. Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands. advent n. The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, alienate v. To cause to turn away. state, or personage. alienation n. Estrangement. adverse adj. Opposing or opposed. aliment n. That which nourishes. adversity n. Misfortune. alkali n. Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc. advert v. To refer incidentally. allay v. To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate. advertiser n. One who advertises, especially in newspapers. allege v. To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in advisory adj. Not mandatory. court. advocacy n. The act of pleading a cause. allegory n. The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another advocate n. One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or subject of aptly suggestive likeness. ecclesiastical court. alleviate v. To make less burdensome or less hard to bear. aerial adj. Of, pertaining to, or like the air. alley n. A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like. aeronaut n. One who navigates the air, a balloonist. alliance n. Any combination or union for some common purpose. aeronautics n. the art or practice of flying aircraft allot v. To assign a definite thing or part to a certain person. aerostat n. A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by allotment n. Portion. the air. allude v. To refer incidentally, or by suggestion. aerostatics n. The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, allusion n. An indirect and incidental reference to something without pressure, and mechanical properties. definite mention of it. affable adj. Easy to approach. alluvion n. Flood. affect v. To act upon ally n. A person or thing connected with another, usually in some affectation n. A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt. relation of helpfulness. affiliate n. Some auxiliary person or thing. almanac n. A series of tables giving the days of the week together affirmative adj. Answering yes; to a question at issue. with certain astronomical information. affix v. To fasten. aloof adv. Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others. affluence n. A profuse or abundant supply of riches. altar n. Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be affront n. An open insult or indignity. offered or incense burned. afire adv. & adj. On fire, literally or figuratively. alter v. To make change in. afoot adv. In progress. alteration n. Change or modification. aforesaid adj. Said in a preceding part or before. altercate v. To contend angrily or zealously in words. afresh adv. Once more, after rest or interval. alternate n. One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the afterthought n. A thought that comes later than its appropriate or absence or incapacity of that other. expected time. alternative n. Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, agglomerate v. To pile or heap together. or done instead of something else. aggrandize v. To cause to appear greatly. altitude n. Vertical distance or elevation above any point or aggravate v. To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome. base-level, as the sea. aggravation n. The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a alto n. The lowest or deepest female voice or part. crime , offense, misfortune, etc. altruism n. Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest. aggregate n. The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of somethaltruiing. st n. One who advocates or practices altruism. aggress v. To make the first attack. amalgam n. An alloy or union of mercury with another metal. aggression n. An unprovoked attack. amalgamate v. To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body. aggrieve v. To give grief or sorrow to. amateur adj. Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not aghast adj. Struck with terror and amazement. as a profession. agile adj. Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally. amatory adj. Designed to excite love. agitate v. To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts). ambidextrous adj. Having the ability of using both hands with equal agrarian adj. Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land. skill or ease. aide-de-camp n. An officer who receives and transmits the ordersambigu of ous adj. Having a double meaning. ambitious adj. Eagerly desirous and aspiring. the general. sickness. ambrosial adj. Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious. ailment n. Slight airy adj. Delicate, ethereal. ambulance n. A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded. akin adj. Of similar nature or qualities. ambulate v. To walk about alabaster n. A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum. ambush n. The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of alacrity n. Cheerful willingness. surprising or attacking the enemy. albeit conj. Even though. ameliorate v. To relieve, as from pain or hardship albino n. A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with amenable adj. Willing and ready to submit. bright red pupil and usually pink iris. Americanism n. A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase album n. A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for is used in the United States. holding photographs or the like. amicable adj. Done in a friendly spirit. alchemy n. Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the amity n. Friendship. pursuit of changing base metals to gold. amorous adj. Having a propensity for falling in love. alcohol n. A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating amorphous adj. Without determinate shape. odor and burning taste. amour n. A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature. alcoholism n. A condition resulting from the inordinate or persisamperetent n. The practical unit of electric-current strength. use of alcoholic beverages. ampersand n. The character &; and. 2 amphibious adj. Living both on land and in water. anthropology n. The science of man in general. amphitheater n. An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a anthropomorphous adj. Having or resembling human form. central open space or arena. antic n. A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action. amplitude n. Largeness. Antichrist n. Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a amply adv. Sufficiently. power. amputate v. To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the anticlimax n. A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or body. impressiveness of what is said. amusement n. Diversion. anticyclone n. An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, anachronism n. Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time. with currents flowing outward. anagram n. The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a antidote n. Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of different word or phrase. poison, disease, or the like. analogous adj. Corresponding (to some other) in certain respecantilots, as gy n. Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas. in form, proportion, relations. antipathize v. To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or analogy n. Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or dislike. resemblance others are formed. antiphon n. A response or alteration of responses, generally musical. analyst n. One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical methodantiph. ony n. An anthem or other composition sung responsively. analyze v. To examine minutely or critically. antipodes n. A place or region on the opposite side of the earth. anarchy n. Absence or utter disregard of government. antiquary n. One who collects and examines old things, as coins, anathema n. Anything forbidden, as by social usage. books, medals, weapons, etc. anatomy n. That branch of morphology which treats of the structantiquure ate v. To make old or out of date. of organisms. antique adj. Pertaining to ancient times. ancestry n. One's ancestors collectively. antiseptic n. Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of anecdote n. A brief account of some interesting event or incident. putrefactive micro-organisms. anemia n. Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles. antislavery adj. Opposed to human slavery. anemic adj. Affected with anemia. antispasmodic adj. Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory anemometer n. An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of spasmodic affections. wind. antistrophe n. The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the anesthetic adj. Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation. home of joy and the joy of home". anew adv. Once more. antitoxin n. A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of angelic adj. Saintly. micro-organisms. Anglophobia n. Hatred or dread of England or of what is English. antonym n. A word directly opposed to another in meaning. Anglo-Saxon n. The entire English race wherever found, as in anxious adj. Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter. Europe, the United States, or India. apathy n. Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling. angular adj. Sharp-cornered. aperture n. Hole. anhydrous adj. Withered. apex n. The highest point, as of a mountain. animadversion n. The utterance of criticism or censure. aphorism n. Proverb. animadvert v. To pass criticism or censure. apiary n. A place where bees are kept. animalcule n. An animal of microscopic smallness. apogee n. The climax. animate v. To make alive. apology n. A disclaimer of intentional error or offense. animosity n. Hatred. apostasy n. A total departure from one's faith or religion. annalist n. Historian. apostate adj. False. annals n. A record of events in their chronological order, year by apostle n. Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority. year. apothecary n. One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up annex v. To add or affix at the end. prescriptions. annihilate v. To destroy absolutely. apotheosis n. Deification. annotate v. To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon. appall v. To fill with dismay or horror. annual adj. Occurring every year. apparent adj. Easily understood. annuity n. An annual allowance, payment, or income. apparition n. Ghost. annunciation n. Proclamation. appease v. To soothe by quieting anger or indignation. anode n. The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an appellate adj. Capable of being appealed to. electrolyte or the like. appellation n. The name or title by which a particular person, class, anonymous adj. Of unknown authorship. or thing is called. antagonism n. Mutual opposition or resistance of counteractinappendg v. To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or forces, principles, or persons. supplementary. Antarctic adj. Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it. appertain v. To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, ante v. In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are possession, or natural relation. apposite adj. Appropriate. dealt. e v. To precede. apposition n. The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact. antecedantecedent n. One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in appraise v. To estimate the money value of. time, place, rank, order, or causality. appreciable adj. Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect. antechamber n. A waiting room for those who seek audience. apprehend v. To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law. antedate v. To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one. apprehensible adj. Capable of being conceived. antediluvian adj. Of or pertaining to the times, things, events beforeapprob ation n. Sanction. the great flood in the days of Noah. appropriate adj. Suitable for the purpose and circumstances. antemeridian adj. Before noon. aqueduct n. A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a antemundane adj. Pertaining to time before the world's creation. community from a distance. antenatal adj. Occurring or existing before birth. aqueous adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing water. anterior adj. Prior. arbiter n. One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in anteroom n. A room situated before and opening into another, usualldisput‎‎y e, to decide matters. larger. arbitrary adj. Fixed or done capriciously. anthology n. A collection of extracts from the writings of variouarbitrs ate v. To act or give judgment as umpire. authors. arbor n. A tree. anthracite n. Hard coal. arboreal adj. Of or pertaining to a tree or trees. 3 arborescent adj. Having the nature of a tree. assiduous adj. Diligent. arboretum n. A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivassignation ee n. One who is appointed to act for another in the of trees or shrubs. management of certain property and interests. arboriculture n. The cultivation of trees or shrubs. assimilate v. To adapt. arcade n. A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passagassonaeway nce n. Resemblance or correspondence in sound. having shops, etc., opening from it. assonant adj. Having resemblance of sound. archaic adj. Antiquated assonate v. To accord in sound, especially vowel sound. archaism n. Obsolescence. assuage v. To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, archangel n. An angel of high rank. appetite, pain, or disease. archbishop n. The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in astringent adj. Harsh in disposition or character. the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church. astute adj. Keen in discernment. archdeacon n. A high official administrator of the affairs of a atheism n. The denial of the existence of God. diocese. athirst adj. Wanting water. archaeology n. The branch of anthropology concerned with the athwart adv. From side to side. systematic investigation of the relics of man. atomizer n. An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for archetype n. A prototype. disinfection, inhalation, etc. archipelago n. Any large body of water studded with islands, or the atone v. To make amends for. islands collectively themselves. atonement n. Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or ardent adj. Burning with passion. injury. ardor n. Intensity of passion or affection. atrocious adj. Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or arid adj. Very dry. cruel. aristocracy n. A hereditary nobility atrocity n. Great cruelty or reckless wickedness. aristocrat n. A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobiliattachty. e n. A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy. armada n. A fleet of war-vessels. attest v. To certify as accurate, genuine, or true. armful n. As much as can be held in the arm or arms. attorney-general n. The chief law-officer of a government. armory n. An arsenal. auburn adj. Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair. aroma n. An agreeable odor. audacious adj. Fearless. arraign v. To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and audible adj. Loud enough to be heard. demand whether he pleads guilty or not. audition n. The act or sensation of hearing. arrange v. To put in definite or proper order. auditory adj. Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of arrangement n. The act of putting in proper order, or the state of hearing. being put in order. augment v. To make bigger. arrant adj. Notoriously bad. augur v. To predict. arrear n. Something overdue and unpaid. Augustinian adj. Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the arrival n. A coming to stopping-place or destination. religious orders called after him. arrogant adj. Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, statioaura n. Pervasn, ive psychic influence supposed to emanate from learning, etc. persons arrogate v. To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuousaural adj. Of or pertaily or ning to the ear. without reasons or grounds. auricle n. One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the Artesian well n. A very deep bored well. water rises due to blood from the veins. underground pressure auricular adj. Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of artful adj. Characterized by craft or cunning. hearing. Arthurian adj. Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero auriferous adj. Containing gold. of British poetic story. aurora n. A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the artifice n. Trickery. atmosphere. artless adj. Ingenuous. auspice n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance. ascendant adj. Dominant. austere adj. Severely simple; unadorned. ascension n. The act of rising. autarchy n. Unrestricted power. ascent n. A rising, soaring, or climbing. authentic adj. Of undisputed origin. ascetic adj. Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessauthenive ticity n. The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin abstinence and devotion. and authorship claimed. ascribe v. To assign as a quality or attribute. autobiography n. The story of one's life written by himself. asexual adj. Having no distinct sexual organs. autocracy n. Absolute government. ashen adj. Pale. autocrat n. Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed askance adv. With a side or indirect glance or meaning. authority or influence. asperity n. Harshness or roughness of temper. automaton n. Any living being whose actions are or appear to be aspirant n. One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honorsinvolu, ntary or mechanical. place. autonomous adj. Self-governing. aspiration n. An earnest wish for that which is above one's presenautonot my n. Self-government. reach. autopsy n. The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain aspire v. To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for the cause of death. something high and good, not yet attained. autumnal adj. Of or pertaining to autumn. assailant n. One who attacks. auxiliary n. One who or that which aids or helps, especially when assassin n. One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly. regarded as subsidiary or accessory. assassinate v. To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the avalanche n. The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a killing of some eminent person. mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock. assassination n. Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery. avarice n. Passion for getting and keeping riches. assay n. The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore. aver v. To assert as a fact. assent v. To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinioaverse‎‎n. adj. Reluctant. assess v. To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid). aversion n. A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of assessor n. An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes. some particular thing. assets n. pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the avert v. To turn away or aside. payment of debts. aviary n. A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept. 4 avidity n. Greediness. benevolence n. Any act of kindness or well-doing. avocation n. Diversion. benevolent adj. Loving others and actively desirous of their avow v. To declare openly. well-being. awaken v. To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like. benign adj. Good and kind of heart. awry adv. & adj. Out of the proper form, direction, or position. benignant adj. Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect. aye adv. An expression of assent. benignity n. Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner. azalea n. A flowering shrub. benison n. Blessing. azure n. The color of the sky. bequeath v. To give by will. Baconian adj. Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of bereave v. To make desolate with loneliness and grief. philosophy. berth n. A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc. bacterium n. A microbe. beseech v. To implore. badger v. To pester. beset v. To attack on all sides. baffle v. To foil or frustrate. besmear v. To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance. bailiff n. An officer of court having custody of prisoners under bestial adj. Animal. arraignment. bestrew v. To sprinkle or cover with things strewn. baize n. A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-coversbestri‎‎, de v. To get or sit upon astride, as a horse. curtains, etc. bethink v. To remind oneself. bale n. A large package prepared for transportation or storage. betide v. To happen to or befall. baleful adj. Malignant. betimes adv. In good season or time. ballad n. Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and betroth v. To engage to marry. usually in lyric form. betrothal n. Engagement to marry. balsam n. A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing. bevel n. Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees. banal adj. Commonplace. bewilder v. To confuse the perceptions or judgment of. barcarole n. A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers. bibliomania n. The passion for collecting books. barograph n. An instrument that registers graphically and bibliography n. A list of the words of an author, or the literature continuously the atmospheric pressure. bearing on a particular subject. barometer n. An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressubibliore phile n. One who loves books. per unit of surface. bibulous adj. Fond of drinking. barring prep. Apart from. bide v. To await. baritone adj. Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor. biennial n. A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and bask v. To make warm by genial heat. flowers and fruit the second. bass adj. Low in tone or compass. bier n. A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for baste v. To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking. carrying a corpse to the grave. baton n. An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblembigami st n. One who has two spouses at the same time. of authority or privilege. bigamy n. The crime of marrying any other person while having a battalion n. A body of infantry composed of two or more companlegal spouseies, living. forming a part of a regiment. bight n. A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long batten n. A narrow strip of wood. curve of a coast-line. batter n. A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beatenbilate‎‎ral adj. Two-sided. together, to be used in cookery. bilingual adj. Speaking two languages. bauble n. A trinket. biograph n. A bibliographical sketch or notice. bawl v. To proclaim by outcry. biography n. A written account of one's life, actions, and character. beatify v. To make supremely happy. biology n. The science of life or living organisms. beatitude n. Any state of great happiness. biped n. An animal having two feet. beau n. An escort or lover. birthright n. A privilege or possession into which one is born. becalm v. To make quiet. bitterness n. Acridity, as to the taste. beck v. To give a signal to, by nod or gesture. blase adj. Sated with pleasure. bedaub v. To smear over, as with something oily or sticky. blaspheme v. To indulge in profane oaths. bedeck v. To cover with ornament. blatant adj. Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous. bedlam n. Madhouse. blaze n. A vivid glowing flame. befog v. To confuse. blazon v. To make widely or generally known. befriend v. To be a friend to, especially when in need. bleak adj. Desolate. beget v. To produce by sexual generation. blemish n. A mark that mars beauty. begrudge v. To envy one of the possession of. blithe adj. Joyous. belate v. To delay past the proper hour. blithesome adj. Cheerful. belay v. To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat. blockade n. The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by belie v. To misrepresent. hostile forces.believe v. To accept as true on the testimony or authority of othersboatsw. ain n. A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general belittle v. To disparage. charge of the rigging, anchors, etc. belle n. A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beautybodice, n. A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist. accomplishments, etc. bodily adj. Corporeal. bellicose adj. Warlike. boisterous adj. Unchecked merriment or animal spirits. belligerent adj. Manifesting a warlike spirit. bole n. The trunk or body of a tree. bemoan v. To lament bolero n. A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, benediction n. a solemn invocation of the divine blessing. accompanied by caste nets and singing. benefactor n. A doer of kindly and charitable acts. boll n. A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton. benefice n. A church office endowed with funds or property for the bolster v. To support, as something wrong. maintenance of divine service. bomb n. A hollow projectile containing an explosive material. beneficent adj. Characterized by charity and kindness. bombard v. To assail with any missile or with abusive speech. beneficial adj. Helpful. bombardier n. A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and beneficiary n. One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and shells. proceeds of an estate or property. bombast n. Inflated or extravagant language, especially on benefit n. Helpful result. unimportant subjects. 5 boorish adj. Rude. buoyancy n. Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas. bore v. To weary by tediousness or dullness. buoyant adj. Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat. borough n. An incorporated village or town. bureau n. A chest of drawers for clothing, etc. bosom n. The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human bureaucracy n. Government by departments of men transacting being, especially of a woman. particular branches of public business. botanical adj. Connected with the study or cultivation of plants. burgess n. In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the botanize v. To study plant-life. legislature of Maryland or Virginia. botany n. The science that treats of plants. burgher n. An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or bountiful adj. Showing abundance. corporate town. Bowdlerize v. To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by burnish v. To make brilliant or shining. omitting words or passages. bursar n. A treasurer. bowler n. In cricket, the player who delivers the ball. bustle v. To hurry. boycott v. To place the products or merchandise of under a ban. butt v. To strike with or as with the head, or horns. brae n. Hillside. butte n. A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally braggart n. A vain boaster. isolated. brandish v. To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as buttress n. Any support or prop. a sword or spear. by-law n. A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or bravado n. An aggressive display of boldness. the like. bravo interj. Well done. cabal n. A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue bray n. A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn. some private purpose. braze v. To make of or ornament with brass. cabalism n. Superstitious devotion to one's religion. brazier n. An open pan or basin for holding live coals. cabinet n. The body of men constituting the official advisors of the breach n. The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal executive head of a nation. obligation. cacophony n. A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or breaker n. One who trains horses, dogs, etc. combination of sounds or tones. breech n. The buttocks. cadaverous adj. Resembling a corpse. brethren n. pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, cadence n. Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry association, or the like. or the time and pace of marching troops. brevity n. Shortness of duration. cadenza n. An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for bric-a-brac n. Objects of curiosity or for decoration. a solo voice or instrument. bridle n. The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, caitiff adj. Cowardly. and the reins. cajole v. To impose on or dupe by flattering speech. brigade n. A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments. cajolery n. Delusive speech. brigadier n. General officer who commands a brigade, rankincalculg able adj. That may be estimated by reckoning. between a colonel and a major-general. calculus n. A concretion formed in various parts of the body brigand n. One who lives by robbery and plunder. resembling a pebble in hardness. brimstone n. Sulfur. callosity n. The state of being hard and insensible. brine n. Water saturated with salt. callow adj. Without experience of the world. bristle n. One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in calorie n. Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 brush-making, etc. kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade. Britannia n. The United Kingdom of Great Britain. calumny n. Slander. Briticism n. A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great BritaiCalvarn y n. The place where Christ was crucified. or the British. Calvinism n. The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin. brittle adj. Fragile. Calvinize v. To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism. broach v. To mention, for the first time. came n. A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in broadcast adj. Disseminated far and wide. stained-glass windows. brogan n. A coarse, heavy shoe. cameo n. Any small engraved or carved work in relief. brogue n. Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of campaign n. A complete series of connected military operations. the Irish people. Canaanite n. A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the brokerage n. The business of making sales and purchases for a land of Canaan, or western Palestine. commission; a broker. canary adj. Of a bright but delicate yellow. bromine n. A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a candid adj. Straightforward. suffocating odor. candor n. The quality of frankness or outspokenness. bronchitis n. Inflammation of the bronchial tubes. canine adj. Characteristic of a dog. bronchus n. Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveycanon n. Any rule or law. ing air into the lungs. cant v. To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity. brooch n. An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on cantata n. A choral composition. the underside. canto n. One of the divisions of an extended poem. brotherhood n. Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity. cantonment n. The part of the town or district in which the troops are browbeat v. To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or quartered. rude address or manner. capacious adj. Roomy. brusque adj. Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech. capillary n. A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer buffoon n. A clown. of cells. buffoonery n. Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc. capitulate v. To surrender or stipulate terms. bulbous adj. Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb. caprice n. A whim. bullock n. An ox. caption n. A heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc. bulrush n. Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp captious adj. Hypercritical. ground or water. captivate v. To fascinate, as by excellence. eloquence, or beauty. bulwark n. Anything that gives security or defense. carcass n. The dead body of an animal. bumper n. A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be cardiac adj. Pertaining to the heart. drunk as a toast or health. cardinal adj. Of prime or special importance. bumptious adj. Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit. caret n. A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted bungle v. To execute clumsily. words, etc., should be inserted. 6 caricature n. a picture or description in which natural characteristchronoics logy n. The science that treats of computation of time or of are exaggerated or distorted. investigation and arrangement of events. carnage n. Massacre. chronometer n. A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable carnal adj. Sensual. precision. carnivorous adj. Eating or living on flesh. cipher v. To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or carouse v. To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner. nothing) carrion n. Dead and putrefying flesh. circulate v. To disseminate. cartilage n. An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence. circumference n. The boundary-line of a circle. cartridge n. A charge for a firearm, or for blasting. circumlocution n. Indirect or roundabout expression. caste n. The division of society on artificial grounds. circumnavigate v. To sail quite around. castigate v. To punish. circumscribe v. To confine within bounds. casual adj. Accidental, by chance. circumspect adj. Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful casualty n. A fatal or serious accident or disaster. consideration. cataclysm n. Any overwhelming flood of water. citadel n. Any strong fortress. cataract n. Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or cite v. To refer to specifically. partial blindness. claimant n. One who makes a claim or demand, as of right. catastrophe n. Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity. clairvoyance n. Intuitive sagacity or perception. cathode n. The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery. clamorous adj. Urgent in complaint or demand. Catholicism n. The system, doctrine, and practice of the Roman clan n. A tribe. Catholic Church. clandestine adj. Surreptitious. catholicity n. Universal prevalence or acceptance. clangor n. Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor. cat-o-nine-tails n. An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, clarify v. To render intelligible. formerly used for flogging in the army and navy. clarion n. A small shrill trumpet or bugle. caucus n. A private meeting of members of a political party to selectclassi‎‎ fy v. To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed candidates. resemblance’sanddifferences. causal adj. Indicating or expressing a cause. clearance n. A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has caustic adj. Sarcastic and severe. complied with the law and may sail. cauterize v. To burn or sear as with a heated iron. clemency n. Mercy. cede v. To pass title to. clement adj. Compassionate. censor n. An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibclose-hauledit adj. Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind their publication. as possible. censorious adj. Judging severely or harshly. clothier n. One who makes or sells cloth or clothing. census n. An official numbering of the people of a country or districlumsyct. adj. Awkward of movement. centenary adj. Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundrecoaguld ate v. To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical years. action, or by a ferment. centiliter n. A hundredth of a liter. coagulant adj. Producing coagulation. centimeter n. A length of one hundredth of a meter. coalescence n. The act or process of coming together so as to form centurion n. A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the one body, combination, or product. ancient Roman army. coalition n. Combination in a body or mass. cereal adj. Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds. coddle v. To treat as a baby or an invalid. ceremonial adj. Characterized by outward form or ceremony. codicil n. A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the ceremonious adj. Observant of ritual. body of a will. cessation n. Discontinuance, as of action or motion. coerce v. To force. cession n. Surrender, as of possessions or rights. coercion n. Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical. chagrin n. Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's coercive adj. Serving or tending to force. failures or errors. cogent adj. Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience. chameleon adj. Changeable in appearance. cognate adj. Akin. chancery n. A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law cognizant adj. Taking notice. court. cohere v. To stick together. chaos n. Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter cohesion n. Consistency. disorder and confusion. cohesive adj. Having the property of consistency. characteristic n. A distinctive feature. coincide v. To correspond. characterize v. To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities. coincidence n. A circumstance so agreeing with another: often charlatan n. A quack. implying accident. chasm n. A yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface. coincident adj. Taking place at the same time. chasten v. To purify by affliction. collaborate v. To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially chastise v. To subject to punitive measures. in literary or scientific pursuits. chastity n. Sexual or moral purity. collapse v. To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail. chateau n. A castle or manor-house. collapsible adj. That may or can collapse. chattel n. Any article of personal property. colleague n. An associate in professional employment. check v. To hold back. collective adj. Consisting of a number of persons or objects chiffon n. A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc. considered as gathered into a mass, or sum. chivalry n. The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usagescollec tor n. One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, and practices. or the like. cholera n. An acute epidemic disease. collegian n. A college student. choleric adj. Easily provoked to anger. collide v. To meet and strike violently. choral adj. Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a choruscollie or r n. One who works in a coal-mine. choir. collision n. Violent contact. Christ n. A title of Jesus colloquial adj. Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as christen v. To name in baptism. distinguished from literary. Christendom n. That part of the world where Christianity is generacolloqlly uialism n. Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation. professed. colloquy n. Conversation. chromatic adj. Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color. collusion n. A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose. 7 colossus n. Any strikingly great person or object. condense v. To abridge. comely adj. Handsome. condescend v. To come down voluntarily to equal terms with comestible adj. Fit to be eaten. inferiors. comical adj. Funny. condolence n. Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, commemorate v. To serve as a remembrance of. or misfortune. commentary n. A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any conduce v. To bring about. important work. conducive adj. Contributing to an end. commingle v. To blend. conductible adj. Capable of being conducted or transmitted. commissariat n. The department of an army charged with the conduit n. A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, provision of its food and water and daily needs. pipe, or passageway for a fluid. commission v. To empower. confectionery n. The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or commitment n. The act or process of entrusting or consigning for sells, as candy. safe-keeping. confederacy n. A number of states or persons in compact or league committal n. The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of with each other, as for mutual aid. being confederate n. One who is united with others in a league, compact, or commodity n. Something that is bought and sold. agreement. commotion n. A disturbance or violent agitation. confer v. To bestow. commute v. To put something, especially something less severeconfer, in ee n. A person with whom another confers. place of. confessor n. A spiritual advisor. comparable adj. Fit to be compared. confidant n. One to whom secrets are entrusted. comparative adj. Relative. confide v. To reveal in trust or confidence. comparison n. Examination of two or more objects with reference to confidence n. The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another. their likeness or unlikeness. confident adj. Assured. compensate v. To remunerate. confinement n. Restriction within limits or boundaries. competence n. Adequate qualification or capacity. confiscate v. To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the competent adj. Qualified. public use or treasury. competitive adj. characterized by rivalry. conflagration n. A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the competitor n. A rival. like. complacence n. Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings. confluence n. The place where streams meet. complacent adj. Pleased or satisfied with oneself. confluent n. A stream that unites with another. complaisance n. Politeness. conformance n. The act or state or conforming. complaisant adj. Agreeable. conformable adj. Harmonious. complement v. To make complete. conformation n. General structure, form, or outline. complex adj. Complicated. conformity n. Correspondence in form, manner, or use. compliant adj. Yielding. confront v. To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles. complicate v. To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with. congeal v. To coagulate. complication n. An intermingling or combination of things or parts, congenial adj. Having kindred character or tastes. especially in a perplexing manner. congest v. To collect into a mass. complicity n. Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with congregate v. To bring together into a crowd. a wrong-doer. coniferous adj. Cone-bearing trees. compliment v. To address or gratify with expressions of delicaconjecte ture n. A guess. praise. conjoin v. To unite. component n. A constituent element or part. conjugal adj. Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married comport v. To conduct or behave (oneself). persons. composure n. Calmness. conjugate adj. Joined together in pairs. comprehensible adj. Intelligible. conjugation n. The state or condition of being joined together. comprehension n. Ability to know. conjunction n. The state of being joined together, or the things so comprehensive adj. Large in scope or content. joined. compress v. To press together or into smaller space. connive v. To be in collusion. compressible adj. Capable of being pressed into smaller compasconnois. sseur n. A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough compression n. Constraint, as by force or authority. knowledge and sound judgment of art. comprise v. To consist of. connote v. To mean; signify. compulsion n. Coercion. connubial adj. Pertaining to marriage or matrimony. compulsory adj. Forced. conquer v. To overcome by force. compunction n. Remorseful feeling. consanguineous adj. Descended from the same parent or ancestor. compute v. To ascertain by mathematical calculation. conscience n. The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between concede v. To surrender. right and wrong in character and conduct. conceit n. Self-flattering opinion. d by moral standard. conscientious adj. Governeconceive v. To form an idea, mental image or thought of. conscious adj. Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks. concerto n. A musical composition. conscript v. To force into military service. concession n. Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in responconsecse to rate v. To set apart as sacred. a demand, petition, or claim. consecutive adj. Following in uninterrupted succession. conciliate v. To obtain the friendship of. consensus n. A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons. conciliatory adj. Tending to reconcile. conservatism n. Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things. conclusive adj. Sufficient to convince or decide. conservative adj. Adhering to the existing order of things. concord n. Harmony. conservatory n. An institution for instruction and training in music concordance n. Harmony. and declamation. concur v. To agree. consign v. To entrust. concurrence n. Agreement. consignee n. A person to whom goods or other property has been concurrent adj. Occurring or acting together. entrusted. concussion n. A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden consignor n. One who entrusts. blow. consistency n. A state of permanence. condensation n. The act or process of making dense or denser. console v. To comfort. 8 consolidate v. To combine into one body or system. convergent adj. Tending to one point. consonance n. The state or quality of being in accord with. conversant adj. Thoroughly informed. consonant adj. Being in agreement or harmony with. conversion n. Change from one state or position to another, or from consort n. A companion or associate. one form to another. conspicuous adj. Clearly visible. convertible adj. Interchangeable. conspirator n. One who agrees with others to cooperate in convex adj. Curving like the segment of the globe or of the surface of accomplishing some unlawful purpose. a circle. conspire v. To plot. conveyance n. That by which anything is transported. constable n. An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace. convivial adj. Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or constellation n. An arbitrary assemblage or group of stars. drinking. consternation n. Panic. convolution n. A winding motion. constituency n. The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a convolve v. To move with a circling or winding motion. legislative body. convoy n. A protecting force accompanying property in course of constituent n. One who has the right to vote at an election. transportation. constrict v. To bind. convulse v. To cause spasms in. consul n. An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chieflconvuly to sion n. A violent and abnormal muscular contraction of the represent his country. body. consulate n. The place in which a consul transacts official business. copious adj. Plenteous. consummate v. To bring to completion. coquette n. A flirt. consumption n. Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by cornice n. An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room using up, wearing out, etc. close to the ceiling. consumptive adj. Designed for gradual destruction. cornucopia n. The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity. contagion n. The communication of disease from person to personcoroll. ary n. A proposition following so obviously from another that it contagious adj. Transmitting disease. requires little demonstration. contaminate v. To pollute. coronation n. The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch. contemplate v. To consider thoughtfully. coronet n. Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various contemporaneous adj. Living, occurring, or existing at the same time. degrees of noble rank less than sovereign. contemporary adj. Living or existing at the same time. corporal adj. Belonging or relating to the body as opposed to the contemptible adj. Worthy of scorn or disdain. mind. contemptuous adj. Disdainful. corporate adj. Belonging to a corporation. contender n. One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry. corporeal adj. Of a material nature; physical. contiguity n. Proximity. corps n. A number or body of persons in some way associated or contiguous adj. Touching or joining at the edge or boundary. acting together. continence n. Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and corpse n. A dead body. passion. corpulent adj. Obese. contingency n. Possibility of happening. corpuscle n. A minute particle of matter. contingent adj. Not predictable. correlate v. To put in some relation of connection or correspondence. continuance n. Permanence. correlative adj. Mutually involving or implying one another. continuation n. Prolongation. corrigible adj. Capable of reformation. continuity n. Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or corroborate v. To strengthen, as proof or conviction. development. corroboration n. Confirmation. continuous adj. Connected, extended, or prolonged withoucorrodt e v. To ruin or destroy little by little. separation or interruption of sequence. corrosion n. Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration. contort v. To twist into a misshapen form. corrosive n. That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or contraband n. Trade forbidden by law or treaty. surface disintegration. contradiction n. The assertion of the opposite of that which has been corruptible adj. Open to bribery. said. corruption n. Loss of purity or integrity. contradictory adj. Inconsistent with itself. cosmetic adj. Pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the contraposition n. A placing opposite. complexion. contravene v. To prevent or obstruct the operation of. cosmic adj. Pertaining to the universe. contribution n. The act of giving for a common purpose. cosmogony n. A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe. contributor n. One who gives or furnishes, in common with otherscosmog, raphy n. The science that describes the universe, including for a common purpose. astronomy, geography, and geology. contrite adj. Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin. cosmology n. The general science of the universe. contrivance n. The act planning, devising, inventing, or adapticosmopng olitan adj. Common to all the world. something to or for a special purpose. cosmopolitanism n. A cosmopolitan character. contrive v. To manage or carry through by some device or schemecosmos. n. The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in control v. To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influeorder and arrangnce ement. over. counter-claim n. A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor controller n. One who or that which regulates or directs. against the plaintiff. contumacious adj. Rebellious. counteract v. To act in opposition to. contumacy n. Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightfcounte‎‎ul rbalance v. To oppose with an equal force. authority. countercharge v. To accuse in return. contuse v. To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of counterfeit adj. Made to resemble something else. the skin. counterpart n. Something taken with another for the completion of contusion n. A bruise. either. convalesce v. To recover after a sickness. countervail v. To offset. convalescence n. The state of progressive restoration to healthcounti and ng-house n. A house or office used for transacting business, strength after the cessation of disease. bookkeeping, correspondence, etc. convalescent adj. Recovering health after sickness. countryman n. A rustic. convene v. To summon or cause to assemble. courageous adj. Brave. convenience n. Fitness, as of time or place. course n. Line of motion or direction. converge v. To cause to incline and approach nearer together. courser n. A fleet and spirited horse. 9 courtesy n. Politeness originating in kindness and exercidebatased ble adj. Subject to contention or dispute. habitually. debonair adj. Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner. covenant n. An agreement entered into by two or more persondebut n. A first appears or ance in society or on the stage. parties. decagon n. A figure with ten sides and ten angles. covert adj. Concealed, especially for an evil purpose. decagram n. A weight of 10 grams. covey n. A flock of quails or partridges. decaliter n. A liquid and dry measure of 10 liters. cower v. To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame. decalogue n. The ten commandments. coxswain n. One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a Decameron n. A volume consisting of ten parts or books. ship's boat and its crew under an officer. decameter n. A length of ten meters. crag n. A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge. decamp v. To leave suddenly or unexpectedly. cranium n. The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the decapitate v. To behead. brain. decapod adj. Ten-footed or ten-armed. crass adj. Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or decasyllable n. A line of ten syllables. fine. deceit n. Falsehood. craving n. A vehement desire. deceitful adj. Fraudulent. creak n. A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound. deceive v. To mislead by or as by falsehood. creamery n. A butter-making establishment. decency n. Moral fitness. creamy adj. Resembling or containing cream. decent adj. Characterized by propriety of conduct, speech, manners, credence n. Belief. or dress. credible adj. Believable. deciduous adj. Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit credulous adj. Easily deceived. when ripe, etc. creed n. A formal summary of fundamental points of religious beliefdecima. l adj. Founded on the number 10. crematory adj. A place for cremating dead bodies. decimate v. To destroy a measurable or large proportion of. crevasse n. A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier. decipher v. To find out the true words or meaning of, as something crevice n. A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces. hardly legible. criterion n. A standard by which to determine the correctness of a decisive ad. Conclusive. judgment or conclusion. declamation n. A speech recited or intended for recitation from critique n. A criticism or critical review. memory in public. crockery n. Earthenware made from baked clay. declamatory adj. A full and formal style of utterance. crucible n. A trying and purifying test or agency. declarative adj. Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or crusade n. Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in affirmation. behalf of an idea or principle. declension n. The change of endings in nouns and adj. to express crustacean adj. Pertaining to a division of arthropods, contaitheir differning ent relations of gender. lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc. decorate v. To embellish. crustaceous adj. Having a crust-like shell. decorous adj. Suitable for the occasion or circumstances. cryptogram n. Anything written in characters that are secretdecoy n. Anythi or so ng that allures, or is intended to allures into danger or arranged as to have hidden meaning. temptation. crystallize v. To bring together or give fixed shape to. decrepit adj. Enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity. cudgel n. A short thick stick used as a club. dedication n. The voluntary consecration or relinquishment of culinary adj. Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen. something to an end or cause. cull v. To pick or sort out from the rest. deduce v. To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given culpable adj. Guilty. premises or principles. culprit n. A guilty person. deface v. To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of. culvert n. Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water defalcate v. To cut off or take away, as a part of something. through a bank or under a road, canal. defamation n. Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation cupidity n. Avarice. or good name of another. curable adj. Capable of being remedied or corrected. defame v. To slander. curator n. A person having charge as of a library or museum. default n. The neglect or omission of a legal requirement. curio n. A piece of bric-a-brac. defendant n. A person against whom a suit is brought. cursive adj. Writing in which the letters are joined together. defensible adj. Capable of being maintained or justified. cursory adj. Rapid and superficial. defensive adj. Carried on in resistance to aggression. curt adj. Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression. defer v. To delay or put off to some other time. curtail v. To cut off or cut short. deference n. Respectful submission or yielding, as to another's curtsy n. A downward movement of the body by bending the knees. opinion, wishes, or judgment. cycloid adj. Like a circle. defiant adj. Characterized by bold or insolent opposition. cygnet n. A young swan. deficiency n. Lack or insufficiency. cynical adj. Exhibiting moral skepticism. deficient adj. Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount. cynicism n. Contempt for the opinions of others and of what othersdefini‎‎ te adj. Having an exact signification or positive meaning. value. deflect v. To cause to turn aside or downward. cynosure n. That to which general interest or attention is directed. deforest v. To clear of forests. daring adj. Brave. deform v. To disfigure. darkling adv. Blindly. deformity n. A disfigurement. Darwinism n. The doctrine that natural selection has been the prime defraud v. To deprive of something dishonestly. cause of evolution of higher forms. defray v. To make payment for. dastard n. A base coward. degeneracy n. A becoming worse. datum n. A premise, starting-point, or given fact. degenerate v. To become worse or inferior. dauntless adj. Fearless. degradation n. Diminution, as of strength or magnitude. day-man n. A day-laborer. degrade v. To take away honors or position from. dead-heat n. A race in which two or more competitors come out even, dehydrate v. To deprive of water. and there is no winner. deify v. To regard or worship as a god. dearth n. Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desiradeign v. To deem worthyble. of notice or account. death's-head n. A human skull as a symbol of death. deist n. One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation. debase v. To lower in character or virtue. deity n. A god, goddess, or divine person. 10 deject v. To dishearten. derivative adj. Coming or acquired from some origin. dejection n. Melancholy. derive v. To deduce, as from a premise. delectable adj. Delightful to the taste or to the senses. dermatology n. The branch of medical science which relates to the delectation n. Delight. skin and its diseases. deleterious adj. Hurtful, morally or physically. derrick n. An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights. delicacy n. That which is agreeable to a fine taste. descendant n. One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, delineate v. To represent by sketch or diagram. grandchild, etc. deliquesce v. To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorpdescention dent adj. Proceeding downward. of moisture from the air. descent n. The act of moving or going downward. delirious adj. Raving. descry v. To discern. delude v. To mislead the mind or judgment of. desert v. To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned deluge v. To overwhelm with a flood of water. desiccant n. Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or delusion n. Mistaken conviction, especially when more or less absorbs moisture, as that of wounds. enduring. designate v. To select or appoint, as by authority. demagnetize v. To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism. desist v. To cease from action. demagogue n. An unprincipled politician. desistance n. Cessation. demeanor n. Deportment. despair n. Utter hopelessness and despondency. demented adj. Insane. desperado n. One without regard for law or life. demerit n. A mark for failure or bad conduct. desperate adj. Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by demise n. Death. utter despair. demobilize v. To disband, as troops. despicable adj. Contemptible. demolish v. To annihilate. despite prep. In spite of. demonstrable adj. Capable of positive proof. despond v. To lose spirit, courage, or hope. demonstrate v. To prove indubitably. despondent adj. Disheartened. demonstrative adj. Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of despot n. An absolute and irresponsible monarch. feeling or thoughts. despotism n. Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the demonstrator n. One who proves in a convincing and conclusive governed has little or no part. manner. destitute adj. Poverty-stricken. demulcent n. Any application soothing to an irritable surface desultory adj. Not connected with what precedes. demurrage n. the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of deter v. To frighten away. sailing. deteriorate v. To grow worse. dendroid adj. Like a tree. determinate adj. Definitely limited or fixed. dendrology n. The natural history of trees. determination n. The act of deciding. denizen n. Inhabitant. deterrent adj. Hindering from action through fear. denominate v. To give a name or epithet to. detest v. To dislike or hate with intensity. denomination n. A body of Christians united by a common faith and detract v. To take away in such manner as to lessen value or form of worship and discipline. estimation. denominator n. Part of a fraction which expresses the numberdetrim of ent n. Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss. equal parts into which the unit is divided. detrude v. To push down forcibly. denote v. To designate by word or mark. deviate v. To take a different course. denouement n. That part of a play or story in which the mystery is devilry n. Malicious mischief. cleared up. deviltry n. Wanton and malicious mischief. denounce v. To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of devious adj. Out of the common or regular track. punishment, censure, or odium. devise v. To invent. dentifrice n. Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth. devout adj. Religious. denude v. To strip the covering from. dexterity n. Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical denunciation n. The act of declaring an action or person worthyactivi‎‎ of ty or in any mechanical work. reprobation or punishment. diabolic adj. Characteristic of the devil. deplete v. To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste. diacritical adj. Marking a difference. deplorable adj. Contemptible. diagnose v. To distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic deplore v. To regard with grief or sorrow. phenomena. deponent adj. Laying down. diagnosis n. Determination of the distinctive nature of a disease. depopulate v. To remove the inhabitants from. dialect n. Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people deport v. To take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony. of a particular district. deportment n. Demeanor. dialectician n. A logician. deposition n. Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reducedialog‎‎d ue n. A formal conversation in which two or more take part. to writing, for use as evidence in court. diaphanous adj. Transparent. depositor n. One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited. diatomic adj. Containing only two atoms. depository n. A place where anything is kept in safety. diatribe n. A bitter or malicious criticism. deprave v. To render bad, especially morally bad. dictum n. A positive utterance. deprecate v. To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the didactic adj. Pertaining to teaching. opposite. difference n. Dissimilarity in any respect. depreciate v. To lessen the worth of. differentia n. Any essential characteristic of a species by reason of depreciation n. A lowering in value or an underrating in worth. which it differs from other species. depress v. To press down. differential adj. Distinctive. depression n. A falling of the spirits. differentiate v. To acquire a distinct and separate character. depth n. Deepness. diffidence n. Self-distrust. derelict adj. Neglectful of obligation. diffident adj. Affected or possessed with self-distrust. deride v. To ridicule. diffusible adj. Spreading rapidly through the system and acting derisible adj. Open to ridicule. quickly. derision n. Ridicule. diffusion n. Dispersion. derivation n. That process by which a word is traced from its original dignitary n. One who holds high rank. root or primitive form and meaning. digraph n. A union of two characters representing a single sound. 11 digress v. To turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell disinterested adj. Impartial. on some incidental matter. disjunctive adj. Helping or serving to disconnect or separate. dilapidated pa. Fallen into decay or partial ruin. dislocate v. To put out of proper place or order. dilate v. To enlarge in all directions. dismissal n. Displacement by authority from an office or an dilatory adj. Tending to cause delay. employment. dilemma n. A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of dismount v. To throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a conduct is necessary. horse or the like. dilettante n. A superficial amateur. disobedience n. Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative diligence n. Careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is injunction. undertaken. disobedient adj. Neglecting or refusing to obey. dilute v. To make more fluid or less concentrated by admixture with disown v. To refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected something. with oneself. diminution n. Reduction. disparage v. To regard or speak of slightingly. dimly adv. Obscurely. disparity n. Inequality. diphthong n. The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a dispel v. To drive away by or as by scattering in different directions. single syllable or running together the sounds. dispensation n. That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a diplomacy n. Tact, shrewdness, or skill in conducting any kind of higher power. negotiations or in social matters. displace v. To put out of the proper or accustomed place. diplomat n. A representative of one sovereign state at the capitadisposl or sess v. To deprive of actual occupancy, especially of real court of another. estate. diplomatic adj. Characterized by special tact in negotiations. disputation n. Verbal controversy. diplomatist n. One remarkable for tact and shrewd management. disqualify v. To debar. disagree v. To be opposite in opinion. disquiet v. To deprive of peace or tranquillity. disallow v. To withhold permission or sanction. disregard v. To take no notice of. disappear v. To cease to exist, either actually or for the time being. disreputable adj. Dishonorable or disgraceful. disappoint v. To fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish, or desiredisrep ute n. A bad name or character. of. disrobe v. To unclothe. disapprove v. To regard with blame. disrupt v. To burst or break asunder. disarm v. To deprive of weapons. dissatisfy v. To displease. disarrange v. To throw out of order. dissect v. To cut apart or to pieces. disavow v. To disclaim responsibility for. dissection n. The act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of disavowal n. Denial. a plant or an animal. disbeliever n. One who refuses to believe. dissemble v. To hide by pretending something different. disburden v. To disencumber. disseminate v. To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown. disburse v. To pay out or expend, as money from a fund. dissension n. Angry or violent difference of opinion. discard v. To reject. dissent n. Disagreement. discernible adj. Perceivable. dissentient n. One who disagrees. disciple n. One who believes the teaching of another, or who adoptsdissen tious adj. Contentious. and follows some doctrine. dissertation n. Thesis. disciplinary adj. Having the nature of systematic trainidisserng or vice n. An ill turn. subjection to authority. dissever v. To divide. discipline v. To train to obedience. dissimilar adj. Different. disclaim v. To disavow any claim to, connection with, or dissipate v. To disperse or disappear. responsibility to. dissipation n. The state of being dispersed or scattered. discolor v. To stain. dissolute adj. Lewd. discomfit v. To put to confusion. dissolution n. A breaking up of a union of persons. discomfort n. The state of being positively uncomfortable. dissolve v. To liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture. disconnect v. To undo or dissolve the connection or association of. dissonance n. Discord. disconsolate adj. Grief-stricken. dissonant adj. Harsh or disagreeable in sound. discontinuance n. Interruption or intermission. dissuade v. To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, discord n. Absence of harmoniousness. counsel, or pleading. discountenance v. To look upon with disfavor. dissuasion n. The act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans discover v. To get first sight or knowledge of, as something of through persuasion, or pleading. previously unknown or unperceived. disyllable n. A word of two syllables. discredit v. To injure the reputation of. distemper n. A disease or malady. discreet adj. Judicious. distend v. To stretch out or expand in every direction. discrepant adj. Opposite. distensible adj. Capable of being stretched out or expanded in every discriminate v. To draw a distinction. direction. discursive adj. Passing from one subject to another. distention n. Expansion. discussion n. Debate. distill v. To extract or produce by vaporization and condensation. disenfranchise v. To deprive of any right privilege or power distillation n. Separation of the more volatile parts of a substance disengage v. To become detached. from those less volatile. disfavor n. Disregard. distiller n. One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic disfigure v. To impair or injure the beauty, symmetry, or appearliquorance s. of. distinction n. A note or designation of honor, officially recognizing dishabille n. Undress or negligent attire. superiority or success in studies. dishonest adj. Untrustworthy. distort v. To twist into an unnatural or irregular form. disillusion v. To disenchant. distrain v. To subject a person to distress. disinfect v. To remove or destroy the poison of infectious or distrainor n. One who subjects a person to distress. contagious diseases. distraught adj. Bewildered. disinfectant n. A substance used to destroy the germs of infectdistruious st n. Lack of confidence in the power, wisdom, or good intent diseases. of any person. disinherit v. To deprive of an inheritance. disunion n. Separation of relations or interests. 12 diurnal adj. Daily. dutiable adj. Subject to a duty, especially a customs duty. divagation n. Digression. dutiful adj. Obedient. divergent adj. Tending in different directions. dwindle v. To diminish or become less. diverse adj. Capable of various forms. dyne n. The force which, applied to a mass of one gram for 1 second, diversion n. Pastime. would give it a velocity of 1 cm/s. diversity n. Dissimilitude. earnest adj. Ardent in spirit and speech. divert v. To turn from the accustomed course or a line of actionearthe nware n. Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in already established. the sun. divertible adj. Able to be turned from the accustomed course or a line eatable adj. Edible. of action already established. ebullient adj. Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling. divest v. To strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments, or eccentric adj. Peculiar. accouterments or disinvestment. eccentricity n. Idiosyncrasy. divination n. The pretended forecast of future events or discoveclipsery of e n. The obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the what is lost or hidden. shadow of another body. divinity n. The quality or character of being godlike. economize v. To spend sparingly. divisible adj. Capable of being separated into parts. ecstasy n. Rapturous excitement or exaltation. divisor n. That by which a number or quantity is divided. ecstatic adj. Enraptured. divulge v. To tell or make known, as something previously private or edible adj. Suitable to be eaten. secret. edict n. That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule of divulgence n. A divulging. action. docile adj. Easy to manage. edify v. To build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion. docket n. The registry of judgments of a court. editorial n. An article in a periodical written by the editor and doe n. The female of the deer. published as an official argument. dogma n. A statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body educe v. To draw out. claiming authority. efface v. To obliterate. dogmatic adj. Making statements without argument or evidence. effect n. A consequence. dogmatize v. To make positive assertions without supporting them by effective adj. Fit for a destined purpose. argument or evidence. effectual adj. Efficient. doleful adj. Melancholy. effeminacy n. Womanishness. dolesome adj. Melancholy. effeminate adj. Having womanish traits or qualities. dolor n. Lamentation. effervesce v. To bubble up. dolorous adj. Expressing or causing sorrow or pain. effervescent adj. Giving off bubbles of gas. domain n. A sphere or field of action or interest. effete adj. Exhausted, as having performed its functions. domesticity n. Life in or fondness for one's home and family. efficacious adj. Effective. domicile n. The place where one lives. efficacy n. The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the dominance n. Ascendancy. production of it. dominant adj. Conspicuously prominent. efficiency n. The state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for dominate v. To influence controllingly. the performance of a duty. domination n. Control by the exercise of power or constituted efficient adj. Having and exercising the power to produce effects or authority. results. domineer v. To rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance. efflorescence n. The state of being flowery, or a flowery appearance. donate v. To bestow as a gift, especially for a worthy cause. efflorescent adj. Opening in flower. donator n. One who makes a donation or present. effluvium n. A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or donee n. A person to whom a donation is made. putrefying matter. donor n. One who makes a donation or present. effrontery n. Unblushing impudence. dormant adj. Being in a state of or resembling sleep. effulgence n. Splendor. doublet n. One of a pair of like things. effuse v. To pour forth. doubly adv. In twofold degree or extent. effusion n. an outpouring. dowry n. The property which a wife brings to her husband in egoism n. The theory that places man's chief good in the marriage. completeness of self. drachma n. A modern and an ancient Greek coin. egoist n. One who advocates or practices egoism. dragnet n. A net to be drawn along the bottom of the water. egotism n. Self-conceit. dragoon n. In the British army, a cavalryman. egotist n. One given to self-mention or who is constantly telling of drainage n. The means of draining collectively, as a systemhis own views and experi of ences. conduits, trenches, pipes, etc. egregious adj. Extreme. dramatist n. One who writes plays. egress n. Any place of exit. dramatize v. To relate or represent in a dramatic or theatrical mannereject v. To expel. . drastic adj. Acting vigorously. elapse v. To quietly terminate: said of time. drought n. Dry weather, especially when so long continued as to elasticity n. That property of matter by which a body tends to return cause vegetation to wither. to a former shape after being changed. drowsy adj. Heavy with sleepiness. electrolysis n. The process of decomposing a chemical compound by drudgery n. Hard and constant work in any menial or dull the passage of an electric current. occupation. electrotype n. A metallic copy of any surface, as a coin. dubious adj. Doubtful. elegy n. A lyric poem lamenting the dead. duckling n. A young duck. element n. A component or essential part. ductile adj. Capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread. elicit v. To educe or extract gradually or without violence. duet n. A composition for two voices or instruments. eligible adj. Qualified for selection. dun v. To make a demand or repeated demands on for payment. eliminate v. To separate and cast aside. duplex adj. Having two parts. Elizabethan adj. Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her duplicity n. Double-dealing. era. durance n. Confinement. elocution n. The art of correct intonation, inflection, and gesture in duration n. The period of time during which anything lasts. public speaking or reading. duteous adj. Showing submission to natural superiors. eloquent adj. Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty 13 and impassioned speech. engrave v. To cut or carve in or upon some surface. elucidate v. To bring out more clearly the facts concerning. engross v. To occupy completely. elude v. To evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice. enhance v. To intensify. elusion n. Evasion. enigma n. A riddle. emaciate v. To waste away in flesh. enjoin v. To command. emanate v. To flow forth or proceed, as from some source. enkindle v. To set on fire. emancipate v. To release from bondage. enlighten v. To cause to see clearly. embargo n. Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any enlist v. To enter voluntarily the military service by formal special trade. enrollment. embark v. To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme. enmity n. Hatred. embarrass v. To render flustered or agitated. ennoble v. To dignify. embellish v. To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or enormity n. Immensity. ornamental features. enormous adj. Gigantic. embezzle v. To misappropriate secretly. enrage v. To infuriate. emblazon v. To set forth publicly or in glowing terms. enrapture v. To delight extravagantly or intensely. emblem n. A symbol. enshrine v. To keep sacred. embody v. To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concreensnarte, e v. To entrap. compact or visible form. entail v. To involve; necessitate. embolden v. To give courage to. entangle v. To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications. embolism n. An obstruction or plugging up of an artery or other enthrall v. To bring or hold under any overmastering influence. blood-vessel. enthrone v. To invest with sovereign power. embroil v. To involve in dissension or strife. enthuse v. To yield to or display intense and rapturous feeling. emerge v. To come into view or into existence. enthusiastic adj. Full of zeal and fervor. emergence n. A coming into view. entirety n. A complete thing. emergent adj. Coming into view. entomology n. The branch of zoology that treats of insects. emeritus adj. Retired from active service but retained to an honoraentrairy ls n. pl. The internal parts of an animal. position. entreaty n. An earnest request. emigrant n. One who moves from one place to settle in another. entree n. The act of entering. emigrate v. To go from one country, state, or region for the purposentrene ch v. To fortify or protect, as with a trench or ditch and wall. of settling or residing in another. entwine v. To interweave. eminence n. An elevated position with respect to rank, place, enumerate v. To name one by one. character, condition, etc. epic n. A poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical eminent adj. High in station, merit, or esteem. achievements of great personages, heroes, etc. emit v. To send or give out. epicure n. One who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and drinking. emphasis n. Any special impressiveness added to an utterance or act, Epicurean adj. Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of or stress laid upon some word. appetite. emphasize v. To articulate or enunciate with special impressiveneepicycss le n. A circle that rolls upon the external or internal upon a word, or a group of words. circumference of another circle. emphatic adj. Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an epicycloid n. A curve traced by a point on the circumference of a act, word, or set of words. circle which rolls upon another circle. employee n. One who works for wages or a salary. epidemic n. Wide-spread occurrence of a disease in a certain region. employer n. One who uses or engages the services of other personepiders mis n. The outer skin. for pay. epigram n. A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation. emporium n. A bazaar or shop. epilogue n. The close of a narrative or dramatic poem. empower v. To delegate authority to. epiphany n. Any appearance or bodily manifestation of a deity. emulate v. To imitate with intent to equal or surpass. episode n. An incident or story in a literary work, separable from yet enact v. To make into law, as by legislative act. growing out of it. enamor v. To inspire with ardent love. epitaph n. An inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in encamp v. To pitch tents for a resting-place. memory of the dead. encomium n. A formal or discriminating expression of praiseepithe. t n. Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or encompass v. To encircle. attribute of is objects, as in "Father Aeneas". encore n. The call for a repetition, as of some part of a play or epitome n. A simplified representation. performance. epizootic adj. Prevailing among animals. encourage v. To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind. epoch n. A interval of time, memorable for extraordinary events. encroach v. To invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the epode n. A species of lyric poems. possessions of another. equalize v. To render uniform. encumber v. To impede with obstacles. equanimity n. Evenness of mind or temper. encyclical adj. Intended for general circulation. equestrian adj. Pertaining to horses or horsemanship. encyclopedia n. A work containing information on subjecequilits, or brium n. A state of balance. exhaustive of one subject. equitable adj. Characterized by fairness. endanger v. To expose to peril. equity n. Fairness or impartiality. endear v. To cause to be loved. equivalent adj. Equal in value, force, meaning, or the like. endemic adj. Peculiar to some specified country or people. equivocal adj. Ambiguous. endue v. To endow with some quality, gift, or grace, usually spiritual. equivocate v. To use words of double meaning. endurable adj. Tolerable. eradicate v. To destroy thoroughly. endurance n. The ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship, or stresserrant‎‎ of adj. Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or any kind without succumbing. opportunity for gallant deeds. energetic adj. Working vigorously. erratic adj. Irregular. enervate v. To render ineffective or inoperative. erroneous adj. Incorrect. enfeeble v. To debilitate. erudite adj. Very-learned. enfranchise v. To endow with a privilege, especially with the right to erudition n. Extensive knowledge of literature, history, language, etc. vote. eschew v. To keep clear of. engender v. To produce. espy v. To keep close watch. 14 esquire n. A title of dignity, office, or courtesy. exhilarate v. To fill with high or cheerful spirits. essence n. That which makes a thing to be what it is. exhume v. To dig out of the earth (what has been buried). esthetic adj. Pertaining to beauty, taste, or the fine arts. exigency n. A critical period or condition. estimable adj. Worthy of respect. exigent adj. Urgent. estrange v. To alienate. existence n. Possession or continuance of being. estuary n. A wide lower part of a tidal river. exit n. A way or passage out. et cetera Latin. And so forth. exodus n. A going forth or departure from a place or country, eugenic adj. Relating to the development and improvement of race. especially of many people. eulogize v. To speak or write a laudation of a person's life or exonerate v. To relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, or character. blame. eulogy n. A spoken or written laudation of a person's life or exorbitance n. Extravagance or enormity. character. exorbitant adj. Going beyond usual and proper limits. euphemism n. A figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is exorcise v. To cast or drive out by religious or magical means. substituted. exotic adj. Foreign. euphonious adj. Characterized by agreeableness of sound. expand v. To increase in range or scope. euphony n. Agreeableness of sound. expanse n. A continuous area or stretch. eureka Greek. I have found it. expansion n. Increase of amount, size, scope, or the like. evade v. To avoid by artifice. expatriate v. To drive from one's own country. evanesce v. To vanish gradually. expect v. To look forward to as certain or probable. evanescent adj. Fleeting. expectancy n. The act or state of looking forward to as certain or evangelical adj. Seeking the conversion of sinners. probable. evangelist n. A preacher who goes from place to place holding expectorate v. To cough up and spit forth. services. expediency n. Fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case. evasion n. Escape. expedient adj. Contributing to personal advantage. eventual adj. Ultimate. expedite v. To hasten the movement or progress of. evert v. To turn inside out. expeditious adj. Speedy. evict v. To dispossess pursuant to judicial decree. expend v. To spend. evidential adj. Indicative. expense n. The laying out or expending or money or other resources, evince v. To make manifest or evident. as time or strength. evoke v. To call or summon forth. expiate v. To make satisfaction or amends for. evolution n. Development or growth. explicate v. To clear from involvement. evolve v. To unfold or expand. explicit adj. Definite. exacerbate v. To make more sharp, severe, or virulent. explode v. To cause to burst in pieces by force from within. exaggerate v. To overstate. explosion n. A sudden and violent outbreak. exasperate v. To excite great anger in. explosive adj. Pertaining to a sudden and violent outbreak. excavate v. To remove by digging or scooping out. exposition n. Formal presentation. exceed v. To go beyond, as in measure, quality, value, action, power, expository adj. Pertaining to a formal presentation. skill, etc. expostulate v. To discuss. excel v. To be superior or distinguished. exposure n. An open situation or position in relation to the sun, excellence n. Possession of eminently or unusually good qualities. elements, or points of the compass. excellency n. A title of honor bestowed upon various high officials. expressive adj. Full of meaning. excellent adj. Possessing distinguished merit. expulsion n. Forcible ejection. excerpt n. An extract or selection from written or printed matterextant. adj. Still existing and known. excess n. That which passes the ordinary, proper, or required limit, extemporaneous adj. Done or made without much or any preparation. measure, or experience. extempore adv. Without studied or special preparation. excitable adj. Nervously high-strung. extensible adj. Capable of being thrust out. excitation n. Intensified emotion or action. extension n. A reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope. exclamation n. An abrupt or emphatic expression of thought or of extensive adj. Extended widely in space, time, or scope. feeling. extensor n. A muscle that causes extension. exclude v. To shut out purposely or forcibly. extenuate v. To diminish the gravity or importance of. exclusion n. Non-admission. exterior n. That which is outside. excrescence n. Any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development. external n. Anything relating or belonging to the outside. excretion n. The getting rid of waste matter. extinct adj. Being no longer in existence. excruciate v. To inflict severe pain or agony upon. extinguish v. To render extinct. excursion n. A journey. extol v. To praise in the highest terms. excusable adj. Justifiable. extort v. To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection execrable adj. Abominable. of another to some necessity. execration n. An accursed thing. extortion n. The practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion. executor n. A person nominated by the will of another to executextrade the ite v. To surrender the custody of. will. extradition n. The surrender by a government of a person accused of exegesis n. Biblical exposition or interpretation. crime to the justice of another government. exemplar n. A model, pattern, or original to be copied or imitated. extrajudicial adj. Happening out of court. exemplary adj. Fitted to serve as a model or example worthyextran of eous adj. Having no essential relation to a subject. imitation. extraordinary adj. Unusual. exemplify v. To show by example. extravagance n. Undue expenditure of money. exempt adj. Free, clear, or released, as from some liability, or extravagant adj. Needlessly free or lavish in expenditure. restriction affecting others. extremist n. One who supports extreme measures or holds extreme exert v. To make an effort. views. exhale v. To breathe forth. extremity n. The utmost point, side, or border, or that farthest exhaust v. To empty by draining off the contents. removed from a mean position. exhaustible adj. Causing or tending to cause exhaustion. extricate v. Disentangle. exhaustion n. Deprivation of strength or energy. extrude v. To drive out or away. exhaustive adj. Thorough and complete in execution. exuberance n. Rich supply. 15 exuberant adj. Marked by great plentifulness. fishmonger n. One who sells fish. fabricate v. To invent fancifully or falsely. fissure n. A crack or crack-like depression. fabulous adj. Incredible. fitful adj. Spasmodic. facet n. One of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond or fixture n. One who or that which is expected to remain permanently other gem. in its position. facetious adj. Amusing. flag-officer n. The captain of a flag-ship. facial adj. Pertaining to the face. flagrant adj. Openly scandalous. facile adj. Not difficult to do. flamboyant adj. Characterized by extravagance and in general by facilitate v. To make more easy. want of good taste. facility n. Ease. flatulence n. Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels. facsimile n. An exact copy or reproduction. flection n. The act of bending. faction n. A number of persons combined for a common purposfledgle. ing n. A young bird. factious adj. Turbulent. flexible adj. Pliable. fallacious adj. Illogical. flimsy adj. Thin and weak. fallacy n. Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anythiflippang nt adj. Having a light, pert, trifling disposition. based on such reasoning. floe n. A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice. fallible adj. Capable of erring. flora n. The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a fallow n. Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest. district. famish v. To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst. floral adj. Pertaining to flowers. fanatic n. A religious zealot. florid adj. Flushed with red. fancier n. One having a taste for or interest in special objects. florist n. A dealer in flowers. fanciless adj. Unimaginative. fluctuate v. To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state fastidious adj. Hard to please. or degree to another. fathom n. A measure of length, 6 feet. fluctuation n. Frequent irregular change back and forth from one fatuous adj. Idiotic state or degree to another. faulty adj. Imperfect. flue n. A smoke-duct in a chimney. faun n. One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented fluent adj. Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas. as half human, with goats feet. fluential adj. Pertaining to streams. fawn n. A young deer. flux n. A state of constant movement, change, or renewal. fealty n. Loyalty. foggy adj. Obscure. feasible adj. That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable. foible n. A personal weakness or failing. federate v. To league together. foist v. To palm off. feint n. Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement. foliage n. Any growth of leaves. felicitate v. To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a folio n. A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding coming event. once. felicity n. A state of well-founded happiness. folk-lore n. The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common felon n. A criminal or depraved person. people. felonious adj. Showing criminal or evil purpose. fondle v. To handle tenderly and lovingly. felony n. One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with foolery n. Folly. death or imprisonment. foot-note n. A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page feminine adj. Characteristic of woman or womankind. or column. fernery n. A place in which ferns are grown. foppery n. Dandyism. ferocious adj. Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature. foppish adj. Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and ferocity n. Savageness. the niceties of manners. fervent adj. Ardent in feeling. forbearance n. Patient endurance or toleration of offenses. fervid adj. Intense. forby adv. Besides. fervor n. Ardor or intensity of feeling. forcible adj. Violent. festal adj. Joyous. forecourt n. A court opening directly from the street. festive adj. Merry. forejudge v. To judge of before hearing evidence. fete n. A festival or feast. forepeak n. The extreme forward part of a ship's hold, under the fetus n. The young in the womb or in the egg. lowest deck. feudal adj. Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal. foreshore n. That part of a shore uncovered at low tide. feudalism n. The feudal system. forebode v. To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil. fez n. A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red forecast v. To predict. with a black tassel. forecastle n. That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fiasco n. A complete or humiliating failure. fore-shrouds. fickle adj. Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose. foreclose v. To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a fictitious adj. Created or formed by the imagination. property. mortgagor to redeem fidelity n. Loyalty. forefather n. An ancestor. fiducial adj. Indicative of faith or trust. forego v. To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of. fief n. A landed estate held under feudal tenure. foreground n. That part of a landscape or picture situated or filibuster n. One who attempts to obstruct legislation. represented as nearest the spectator. finale n. Concluding performance. forehead n. The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair. finality n. The state or quality of being final or complete. foreign adj. Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another finally adv. At last. country. financial adj. Monetary. foreigner n. A citizen of a foreign country. financier n. One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or foreknowledge n. Prescience. operations. foreman n. The head man. finery n. That which is used to decorate the person or dress. foreordain v. To predetermine. finesse n. Subtle contrivance used to gain a point. foreordination n. Predestination. finite adj. Limited. forerun v. To go before as introducing or ushering in. fiscal adj. Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a foresail n. A square sail. government. foresee v. To discern beforehand. 16 foresight n. Provision against harm or need. fuse v. To unite or blend as by melting together. foretell v. To predict. fusible adj. Capable of being melted by heat. forethought n. Premeditation. futile adj. Of no avail or effect. forfeit v. To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some futurist n. A person of expectant temperament. obligation. gauge n. An instrument for measuring. forfend v. To ward off. gaiety n. Festivity. forgery n. Counterfeiting. gaily adv. Merrily. forgo v. To deny oneself. gait n. Carriage of the body in going. formation n. Relative disposition of parts. gallant adj. Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit. formidable adj. Difficult to accomplish. galore adj. Abundant. formula n. Fixed rule or set form. galvanic adj. Pertaining or relating to electricity produced by forswear v. To renounce upon oath. chemical action. forte n. A strong point. galvanism n. Current electricity, especially that arising from chemical forth adv. Into notice or view. action. forthright adv. With directness. galvanize v. To imbue with life or animation. fortify v. To provide with defensive works. gamble v. To risk money or other possession on an event, chance, or fortitude n. Patient courage. contingency. foursome adj. Consisting of four. gambol n. Playful leaping or frisking. fracture n. A break. gamester n. A gambler. fragile adj. Easily broken. gamut n. The whole range or sequence. frailty n. Liability to be broken or destroyed. garnish v. In cookery, to surround with additions for embellishment. fragile adj. Capable of being broken. garrison n. The military force stationed in a fort, town, or other place frankincense n. A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic for its defense. fumes. garrote v. To execute by strangling. frantic adj. Frenzied. garrulous adj. Given to constant trivial talking. fraternal adj. Brotherly. gaseous adj. Light and unsubstantial. fraudulence n. Deceitfulness. gastric adj. Of, pertaining to, or near the stomach. fraudulent adj. Counterfeit. gastritis n. Inflammation of the stomach. fray v. To fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads. gastronomy n. The art of preparing and serving appetizing food. freemason n. A member of an ancient secret fraternity origingendarally me n. In continental Europe, particularly in France, a confined to skilled artisans. uniformed and armed police officer. freethinker n. One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion. genealogy n. A list, in the order of succession, of ancestors and their free trade n. Commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs. descendants. frequency n. The comparative number of any kind of occurrences genealogist n. A tracer of pedigrees. within a given time or space. generality n. The principal portion. fresco n. The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularlygenera on lize v. To draw general inferences. walls and ceilings. generally adv. Ordinarily. freshness n. The state, quality, or degree of being fresh. generate v. To produce or cause to be. fretful adj. Disposed to peevishness. generic adj. Noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific. frightful adj. Apt to induce terror or alarm. generosity n. A disposition to give liberally or to bestow favors frigid adj. Lacking warmth. heartily. frigidarium n. A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruitsgenesi, s n. Creation. meat, etc. geniality n. Warmth and kindliness of disposition. frivolity n. A trifling act, thought, saying, or practice. genital adj. Of or pertaining to the animal reproductive organs. frivolous adj. Trivial. genitive adj. Indicating source, origin, possession, or the like. frizz v. To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to. genteel adj. Well-bred or refined. frizzle v. To cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair. gentile adj. Belonging to a people not Jewish. frolicsome adj. Prankish. geology n. The department of natural science that treats of the frontier n. The part of a nation's territory that abuts upon anotheconstir tution and structure of the earth. country. germane adj. Relevant. frowzy adj. Slovenly in appearance. germinate v. To begin to develop into an embryo or higher form. frugal adj. Economical. gestation n. Pregnancy. fruition n. Fulfillment. gesticulate v. To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in fugacious adj. Fleeting. place of speech. fulcrum n. The support on or against which a lever rests, or the point gesture n. A movement or action of the hands or face, expressive of about which it turns. some idea or emotion. fulminate v. To cause to explode. ghastly adj. Hideous. fulsome adj. Offensive from excess of praise or commendationgibe v. To utter taunts. or reproaches. fumigate v. To subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially for giddy adj. Affected with a whirling or swimming sensation in the disinfection. head. functionary n. An official. gigantic adj. Tremendous. fundamental adj. Basal. giver n. One who gives, in any sense. fungible adj. That may be measured, counted, or weighed. glacial adj. Icy, or icily cold. fungous adj. Spongy. glacier n. A field or stream of ice. fungus n. A plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom. gladden v. To make joyous. furbish v. To restore brightness or beauty to. glazier n. One who cuts and fits panes of glass, as for windows. furlong n. A measure, one-eighth of a mile. glimmer n. A faint, wavering, unsteady light. furlough n. A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permisglimpssion e n. A momentary look. of the commanding officer. globose adj. Spherical. furrier n. A dealer in or maker of fur goods. globular adj. Spherical. further adj. More distant or advanced. glorious adj. Of excellence and splendor. furtherance n. Advancement. glutinous adj. Sticky. furtive adj. Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief. gluttonous adj. Given to excess in eating. 17 gnash v. To grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage. coming of any person or thing. Gordian knot n. Any difficulty the only issue out of which is by bold hard-hearted adj. Lacking pity or sympathy. or unusual manners. hardihood n. Foolish daring. gourmand n. A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table. harmonious adj. Concordant in sound. gosling n. A young goose. havoc n. Devastation. gossamer adj. Flimsy. hawthorn n. A thorny shrub much used in England for hedges. gourd n. A melon, pumpkin, squash, or some similar fruit having a hazard n. Risk. hard rind. head first adv. Precipitately, as in diving. graceless adj. Ungracious. head foremost adv. Precipitately, as in diving. gradation n. A step, degree, rank, or relative position in an order or heartrending adj. Very depressing. series. heathenish adj. Irreligious. gradient adj. Moving or advancing by steps. heedless adj. Thoughtless. granary n. A storehouse for grain after it is thrashed or husked. heifer n. A young cow. grandeur n. The quality of being grand or admirably great. heinous adj. Odiously sinful. grandiloquent adj. Speaking in or characterized by a pompouhemorrs or hage n. Discharge of blood from a ruptured or wounded bombastic style. blood-vessel. grandiose adj. Having an imposing style or effect. hemorrhoids n. pl. Tumors composed of enlarged and thickened grantee n. The person to whom property is transferred by deed. blood-vessels, at the lower end of the rectum. grantor n. The maker of a deed. henchman n. A servile assistant and subordinate. granular adj. Composed of small grains or particles. henpeck v. To worry or harass by ill temper and petty annoyances. granulate v. To form into grains or small particles. heptagon n. A figure having seven sides and seven angles. granule n. A small grain or particle. heptarchy n. A group of seven governments. grapple v. To take hold of. herbaceous adj. Having the character of a herb. gratification n. Satisfaction. herbarium n. A collection of dried plants scientifically arranged for gratify v. To please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desirestudy. or need. herbivorous adj. Feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as gratuitous adj. Voluntarily. animals. gratuity n. That which is given without demand or claim. Tip. hereditary adj. Passing naturally from parent to child. gravity n. Seriousness. heredity n. Transmission of physical or mental qualities, diseases, gregarious adj. Not habitually solitary or living alone. etc., from parent to offspring. grenadier n. A member of a regiment composed of men of great heresy n. An opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or stature. accepted principles. grief n. Sorrow. heretic n. One who holds opinions contrary to the recognized grievance n. That which oppresses, injures, or causes grief and at the standards or tenets of any philosophy. same time a sense of wrong. heritage n. Birthright. grievous adj. Creating affliction. hernia n. Protrusion of any internal organ in whole or in part from its grimace n. A distortion of the features, occasioned by some feelinnormalg position. of pain, disgust, etc. hesitancy n. A pausing to consider. grindstone n. A flat circular stone, used for sharpening tools. hesitant adj. Vacillating. grisly adj. Fear-inspiring. hesitation n. Vacillation. grotesque adj. Incongruously composed or ill-proportioned. heterodox adj. At variance with any commonly accepted doctrine or grotto n. A small cavern. opinion. ground n. A pavement or floor or any supporting surface on which heterogeneity n. Unlikeness of constituent parts. one may walk. heterogeneous adj. Consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients guess n. Surmise. of different kinds. guile n. Duplicity. heteromorphic adj. Deviating from the normal form or standard type. guileless adj. Frank. hexangular adj. Having six angles. guinea n. An English monetary unit. hexapod adj. Having six feet. guise n. The external appearance as produced by garb or costume. hexagon n. A figure with six angles. gullible adj. Credulous. hiatus n. A break or vacancy where something necessary to supply gumption n. Common sense. the connection is wanting. gusto n. Keen enjoyment. hibernal adj. Pertaining to winter. guy n. Stay-rope. Hibernian adj. Pertaining to Ireland, or its people. guzzle v. To swallow greedily or hastily; gulp. hideous adj. Appalling. gynecocracy n. Female supremacy. hilarious adj. Boisterously merry. gynecology n. The science that treats of the functions and diseashilloces k n. A small hill or mound. v. To obstruct. peculiar to women. hinder v. To revolve. hindmost adj. Farthest from the front. gyrate gyroscope n. An instrument for illustrating the laws of rotation. hindrance n. An obstacle. habitable adj. Fit to be dwelt in. hirsute adj. Having a hairy covering. habitant n. Dweller. hoard v. To gather and store away for the sake of accumulation. habitual adj. According to usual practice. hoarse adj. Having the voice harsh or rough, as from a cold or habitude n. Customary relation or association. fatigue. hackney v. To make stale or trite by repetition. homage n. Reverential regard or worship. haggard adj. Worn and gaunt in appearance. homogeneity n. Congruity of the members or elements or parts. halcyon adj. Calm. homogeneous adj. Made up of similar parts or elements. hale adj. Of sound and vigorous health. homologous adj. Identical in nature, make-up, or relation. handwriting n. Penmanship. homonym n. A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning hanger-on n. A parasite. from another. happy-go-lucky adj. Improvident. homophone n. A word agreeing in sound with but different in harangue n. A tirade. meaning from another. harass v. To trouble with importunities, cares, or annoyances. honorarium n. A token fee or payment to a professional man for harbinger n. One who or that which foreruns and announces the services. 18 hoodwink v. To deceive. illumine v. To make bright or clear. horde n. A gathered multitude of human beings. illusion n. An unreal image presented to the senses. hosiery n. A stocking. illusive adj. Deceptive. hospitable adj. Disposed to treat strangers or guests with generoillusous ry adj. Deceiving or tending to deceive, as by false appearance. kindness. imaginable adj. That can be imagined or conceived in the mind. hospitality n. The practice of receiving and entertaining strangers and imaginary adj. Fancied. guests with kindness. imbibe v. To drink or take in. hostility n. Enmity. imbroglio n. A misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, huckster n. One who retails small wares. or strife. humane adj. Compassionate. imbrue v. To wet or moisten. humanitarian n. A philanthropist. imitation n. That which is made as a likeness or copy. humanize v. To make gentle or refined. imitator n. One who makes in imitation. humbug n. Anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead. immaculate adj. Without spot or blemish. humiliate v. To put to shame. immaterial adj. Of no essential consequence. hussar n. A light-horse trooper armed with saber and carbine. immature adj. Not full-grown. hustle v. To move with haste and promptness. immeasurable adj. Indefinitely extensive. hybrid adj. Cross-bred. immense adj. Very great in degree, extent, size, or quantity. hydra n. The seven- or nine-headed water-serpent slain by Hercules. immerse v. To plunge or dip entirely under water or other fluid. hydraulic adj. Involving the moving of water, of the force exerte‎‎d by immersion n. The act of plunging or dipping entirely under water or water in motion. another fluid. hydrodynamics n. The branch of mechanics that treats of the immigrant n. A foreigner who enters a country to settle there. dynamics of fluids. immigrate v. To come into a country or region from a former habitat. hydroelectric adj. Pertaining to electricity developed water or steam. imminence n. Impending evil or danger. hydromechanics n. The mechanics of fluids. imminent adj. Dangerous and close at hand. hydrometer n. An instrument for determining the density of solidsimmisc ible adj. Separating, as oil and water. and liquids by flotation. immoral adj. Habitually engaged in licentious or lewd practices. hydrostatics n. The branch of science that treats of the pressuimmortre and alize v. To cause to last or to be known or remembered equilibrium of fluids. throughout a great or indefinite length of time. hydrous adj. Watery. immovable adj. Steadfast. hygiene n. The branch of medica‎‎l science that relates to improving immune adj. Exempt, as from disease. health. immutable adj. Unchangeable. hypercritical adj. Faultfinding. impair v. To cause to become less or worse. hypnosis n. An artificial trance-sleep. impalpable adj. Imperceptible to the touch. hypnotic adj. Tending to produce sleep. impartial adj. Unbiased. hypnotism n. An artificially induced somnambulistic state in which impassable adj. That can not be passed through or over. the mind readily acts on suggestion. impassible adj. Not moved or affected by feeling. hypnotize v. To produce a somnambulistic state in which the mind impassive adj. Unmoved by or not exhibiting feeling. readily acts on suggestions. impatience n. Unwillingness to brook delays or wait the natural hypocrisy n. Extreme insincerity. course of things. hypocrite n. One who makes false professions of his views or beliefs. impeccable adj. Blameless. hypodermic adj. Pertaining to the area under the skin. impecunious adj. Having no money. hypotenuse n. The side of a right-angled triangle opposite the right impede v. To be an obstacle or to place obstacles in the way of. angle. impel v. To drive or urge forward. hypothesis n. A proposition taken for granted as a premise from impend v. To be imminent. which to reach a conclusion. imperative adj. Obligatory. hysteria n. A nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of imperceptible adj. Indiscernible. laughing and crying. imperfectible adj. That can not be perfected. ichthyic adj. Fish-like. imperil v. To endanger. ichthyology n. The branch of zoology that treats of fishes. imperious adj. Insisting on obedience. ichthyosaurs n. A fossil reptile. impermissible adj. Not permissible. icily adv. Frigidly. impersonal adj. Not relating to a particular person or thing. iciness n. The state of being icy. impersonate v. To appear or act in the character of. icon n. An image or likeness. impersuadable adj. Unyielding. iconoclast n. An image-breaker. impertinence n. Rudeness. idealize v. To make to conform to some mental or imaginimpertary urbable adj. Calm. standard. impervious adj. Impenetrable. idiom n. A use of words peculiar to a particular language. impetuosity n. Rashness. idiosyncrasy n. A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual. impetuous adj. Impulsive. idolize v. To regard with inordinate love or admiration. impetus n. Any impulse or incentive. ignoble adj. Low in character or purpose. impiety n. Irreverence toward God. ignominious adj. Shameful. impious adj. Characterized by irreverence or irreligion. Iliad n. A Greek epic poem describing scenes from the siege of Troy. implausible adj. Not plausible. illegal adj. Not according to law. impliable adj. Capable of being inferred. illegible adj. Undecipherable. implicate v. To show or prove to be involved in or concerned illegitimate adj. Unlawfully begotten. implicit adj. Implied. illiberal adj. Stingy. imply v. To signify. illicit adj. Unlawful. impolitic adj. Inexpedient. illimitable adj. Boundless. importation n. The act or practice of bringing from one country into illiterate adj. Having little or no book-learning. another. ill-natured adj. Surly. importunate adj. Urgent in character, request, or demand. illogical adj. Contrary to the rules of sound thought. importune v. To harass with persistent demands or entreaties. illuminant n. That which may be used to produce light. impotent adj. Destitute of or lacking in power, physical, moral, or illuminate v. To supply with light. intellectual. 19 impoverish v. To make indigent or poor. incomprehensible adj. Not understandable. impracticable adj. Not feasible. incompressible adj. Resisting all attempts to reduce volume by impregnable adj. That can not be taken by assault. pressure. impregnate v. To make pregnant. inconceivable adj. Incomprehensible. impromptu n. Anything done or said on the impulse of the momentincong. ruous adj. Unsuitable for the time, place, or occasion. improper adj. Not appropriate, suitable, or becoming. inconsequential adj. Valueless. impropriety n. The state or quality of being unfit, unseemly, or inconsiderable adj. Small in quantity or importance. inappropriate. inconsistent adj. Contradictory. improvident adj. Lacking foresight or thrift. inconstant adj. Changeable. improvise v. To do anything extemporaneously or offhand. incontrovertible adj. Indisputable. imprudent adj. Heedless. inconvenient adj. Interfering with comfort or progress. impudence n. Insolent disrespect. indefensible adj. Untenable. impugn v. To assail with arguments, insinuations, or accusations. indefinitely adv. In a vague or uncertain way. impulsion n. Impetus. indelible adj. That can not be blotted out, effaced, destroyed, or impulsive adj. Unpremeditated. removed. impunity n. Freedom from punishment. indescribable adj. That can not be described. impure adj. Tainted. indestructible adj. That can not be destroyed. impute v. To attribute. indicant adj. That which points out. inaccessible adj. Difficult of approach. indicator n. One who or that which points out. inaccurate adj. Not exactly according to the facts. indict v. To find and declare chargeable with crime. inactive adj. Inert. indigence n. Poverty. inadequate adj. Insufficient. indigenous adj. Native. inadmissible adj. Not to be approved, considered, or allowed, as indigent adj. Poor. testimony. indigestible adj. Not digestible, or difficult to digest. inadvertent adj. Accidental. indigestion n. Difficulty or failure in the alimentary canal in inadvisable adj. Unadvisable. changing food into absorptive nutriment. inane adj. Silly. indignant adj. Having such anger and scorn as is aroused by inanimate adj. Destitute of animal life. meanness or wickedness. inapprehensible adj. Not to be understood. indignity n. Unmerited contemptuous conduct or treatment. inapt adj. Awkward or slow. indiscernible adj. Not perceptible. inarticulate adj. Speechless. indiscreet adj. Lacking wise judgment. inaudible adj. That can not be heard. indiscriminate adj. Promiscuous. inborn adj. Implanted by nature. indispensable adj. Necessary or requisite for the purpose. inbred adj. Innate. indistinct adj. Vague. incandescence n. The state of being white or glowing with heat. indivertible adj. That can not be turned aside. incandescent adj. White or glowing with heat. indivisible adj. Not separable into parts. incapacitate v. To deprive of power, capacity, competency, or indolence n. Laziness. qualification. indolent adj. Habitually inactive or idle. incapacity n. Want of power to apprehend, understand, and manage. indomitable adj. Unconquerable. incarcerate v. To imprison. induct v. To bring in. incendiary n. Chemical or person who starts a fire-literaindulglly or ence n. The yielding to inclination, passion, desire, or figuratively. propensity in oneself or another. incentive n. That which moves the mind or inflames the passions. indulgent adj. Yielding to the desires or humor of oneself or those inception n. The beginning. under one's care. inceptive adj. Beginning. inebriate v. To intoxicate. incessant adj. Unceasing. inedible adj. Not good for food. inchmeal adv. Piecemeal. ineffable adj. Unutterable. inchoate adj. Incipient. inefficient adj. Not accomplishing an intended purpose. inchoative n. That which begins, or expresses beginning. inefficiency n. That which does not accomplish an intended purpose. incidence n. Casual occurrence. ineligible adj. Not suitable to be selected or chosen. incident n. A happening in general, especially one of littleinept adj. Not fit or suitab le. importance. inert adj. Inanimate. incidentally adv. Without intention. inestimable adj. Above price. incinerate v. To reduce to ashes. inevitable adj. Unavoidable. incipience n. Beginning. inexcusable adj. Not to be justified. incipient adj. Initial. inexhaustible adj. So large or furnishing so great a supply as not to be ncisor n. A front or cutting tooth. emptied, wasted, or spent. iincite v. To rouse to a particular action. inexorable adj. Unrelenting. incitement n. That which moves to action, or serves as an incentinexpeive dient adj. Unadvisable. or stimulus. inexpensive adj. Low-priced. incoercible adj. Incapable of being forced, constrained, or compelinexpeled. rience n. Lack of or deficiency in experience. incoherence n. Want of connection, or agreement, as of parts or ideas inexplicable adj. Such as can not be made plain. in thought, speech, etc. inexpressible adj. Unutterable. incoherent adj. Not logically coordinated, as to parts, elements, or inextensible adj. Of unchangeable length or area. details. infallible adj. Exempt from error of judgment, as in opinion or incombustible adj. That can not be burned. statement. incomparable adj. Matchless. infamous adj. Publicly branded or notorious, as for vice, or crime. incompatible adj. Discordant. infamy n. Total loss or destitution of honor or reputation. incompetence n. General lack of capacity or fitness. inference n. The derivation of a judgment from any given material of incompetent adj. Not having the abilities desired or necessary for any knowledge on the ground of law. purpose. infernal adj. Akin to or befitting hell or its occupants. incomplete adj. Lacking some element, part, or adjunct necessary or infest v. To be present in such numbers as to be a source of required. annoyance, trouble, or danger. 20 infidel n. One who denies the existence of God. insolent adj. Impudent. infidelity n. Disloyalty. insomnia n. Sleeplessness. infinite adj. Measureless. inspector n. An official appointed to examine or oversee any matter infinity n. Boundless or immeasurable extension or duration. of public interest or importance. infirm adj. Lacking in bodily or mental strength. instance n. A single occurrence or happening of a given kind. infirmary n. A place for the reception or treatment of the sick. instant n. A very brief portion of time. infirmity n. A physical, mental, or moral weakness or flaw. instantaneous adj. Done without perceptible lapse of time. inflammable adj. Easily set on fire or excited. instigate v. To provoke. inflammation n. A morbid process in some part of the body instigator n. One who incites to evil. characterized by heat, swelling, and pain. instill v. To infuse. inflexible adj. That can not be altered or varied. instructive adj. Conveying knowledge. influence n. Ability to sway the will of another. insufficiency n. Inadequacy. influential adj. Having the power to sway the will of another. insufficient adj. Inadequate for some need, purpose, or use. influx n. Infusion. insular adj. Pertaining to an island. infrequence n. Rareness. insulate v. To place in a detached state or situation. infrequent adj. Uncommon. insuperable adj. Invincible. infringe v. To trespass upon. insuppressible adj. Incapable of being concealed. infuse v. To instill, introduce, or inculcate, as principles or qualitinsurgies. ence n. Uprising. infusion n. The act of imbuing, or pouring in. insurgent n. One who takes part in forcible opposition to the ingenious adj. Evincing skill, originality, or cleverness, as in constituted authorities of a place. contrivance or arrangement. insurrection n. The state of being in active resistance to authority. ingenuity n. Cleverness in contriving, combining, or originating. intangible adj. Not perceptible to the touch. ingenuous adj. Candid, frank, or open in character or quality. integrity n. Uprightness of character and soundness of moral inglorious adj. Shameful. principle. ingraft v. To set or implant deeply and firmly. intellect n. The faculty of perception or thought. ingratiate v. To win confidence or good graces for oneself. intellectual adj. Characterized by intelligence. ingratitude n. Insensibility to kindness. intelligence n. Capacity to know or understand. ingredient n. Component. intelligible adj. Comprehensible. inherence n. The state of being permanently existing in something. intemperance n. Immoderate action or indulgence, as of the appetites. inherent adj. Intrinsic. intension n. The act of stringing or stretching, or state of being inhibit v. To hold back or in. strained. inhospitable adj. Not disposed to entertain strangers gratuitouslyintens‎‎. ive adj. Adding emphasis or force. inhuman adj. Savage. intention n. That upon which the mind is set. inhume v. To place in the earth, as a dead body. interact v. To act reciprocally. inimical adj. Adverse. intercede v. To mediate between persons. iniquity n. Gross wrong or injustice. intercept v. To interrupt the course of. initiate v. To perform the first act or rite. intercession n. Entreaty in behalf of others. inject v. To introduce, as a fluid, by injection. intercessor n. A mediator. injunction n. Mandate. interdict n. Authoritative act of prohibition. inkling n. A hint. interim n. Time between acts or periods. inland adj. Remote from the sea. interlocutor n. One who takes part in a conversation or oral inlet n. A small body of water leading into a larger. discussion. inmost adj. Deepest within. interlude n. An action or event considered as coming between others innocuous adj. Harmless. of greater length. innovate v. To introduce or strive to introduce new things. intermediate adj. Being in a middle place or degree or between innuendo n. Insinuation. extremes. innumerable adj. Countless. interminable adj. Having no limit or end. inoffensive adj. Causing nothing displeasing or disturbing. intermission n. A recess. inopportune adj. Unsuitable or inconvenient, especially as to time. intermit v. To cause to cease temporarily. inquire v. To ask information about. intermittent adj. A temporary discontinuance. inquisition n. A court or tribunal for examination and punishment of interpolation n. Verbal interference. heretics. interpose v. To come between other things or persons. inquisitive adj. Given to questioning, especially out of curiosity. interposition n. A coming between. inquisitor n. One who makes an investigation. interpreter n. A person who makes intelligible the speech of a inroad n. Forcible encroachment or trespass. foreigner by oral translation. insatiable adj. That desires or craves immoderately or unappeinterrasably‎‎ogate v. To examin. e formally by questioning. inscribe v. To enter in a book, or on a list, roll, or document, by interrogative adj. Having the nature or form of a question. writing. interrogatory n. A question or inquiry. inscrutable adj. Impenetrably mysterious or profound. interrupt v. To stop while in progress. insecure adj. Not assured of safety. intersect v. To cut through or into so as to divide. insensible adj. Imperceptible. intervale n. A low tract of land between hills, especially along a river. insentient adj. Lacking the power of feeling or perceiving. intervene v. To interfere for some end. inseparable adj. That can not be separated. intestacy n. The condition resulting from one's dying not having insidious adj. Working ill by slow and stealthy means. made a valid will. insight n. Intellectual discernment. intestate adj. Not having made a valid will. insignificance n. Lack of import or of importance. intestine n. That part of the digestive tube below or behind the insignificant adj. Without importance, force, or influence. stomach, extending to the anus. insinuate v. To imply. intimacy n. Close or confidential friendship. insipid adj. Tasteless. intimidate v. To cause to become frightened. insistence n. Urgency. intolerable adj. Insufferable. insistent adj. Urgent. intolerance n. Inability or unwillingness to bear or endure. insolence n. Pride or haughtiness exhibited in contemptuousintole and rant adj. Bigoted. overbearing treatment of others. intoxicant n. Anything that unduly exhilarates or excites. 21 intoxicate v. To make drunk. irreverence n. The quality showing or expressing a deficiency of intracellular adj. Occurring or situated within a cell. veneration, especially for sacred things. intramural adj. Situated within the walls of a city. irreverent adj. Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, intrepid adj. Fearless and bold. especially for sacred things. intricacy n. Perplexity. irreverential adj. Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, intricate adj. Difficult to follow or understand. especially for sacred things. intrigue n. A plot or scheme, usually complicated and intendirreveed to rsible adj. Irrevocable. accomplish something by secret ways. irrigant adj. Serving to water lands by artificial means. intrinsic adj. Inherent. irrigate v. To water, as land, by ditches or other artificial means. introductory adj. Preliminary. irritable adj. Showing impatience or ill temper on little provocation. introgression n. Entrance. irritancy n. The quality of producing vexation. intromit v. To insert. irritant n. A mechanical, chemical, or pathological agent of introspect v. To look into. inflammation, pain, or tension. introspection n. The act of observing and analyzing one's own irritate v. To excite ill temper or impatience in. thoughts and feelings. irruption n. Sudden invasion. introversion n. The act of turning or directing inward, physicisle n. An islandally or . mentally. islet n. A little island. introvert v. To turn within. isobar n. A line joining points at which the barometric pressure is the intrude v. To come in without leave or license. same at a specified moment. intrusion n. The act of entering without warrant or invitaisochrtion; onous adj. Relating to or denoting equal intervals of time. encroachment. isolate v. To separate from others of its kind. intuition n. Instinctive knowledge or feeling. isothermal adj. Having or marking equality of temperature. inundate v. To fill with an overflowing abundance. itinerant adj. Wandering. inundation n. Flood. itinerary n. A detailed account or diary of a journey. inure v. To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure. itinerate v. To wander from place to place. invalid adj. Having no force, weight, or cogency. jargon n. Confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speech. invalid n. One who is disabled by illness or injury. jaundice n. A morbid condition, due to obstructed excretion of bile or invalidate v. To render of no force or effect. characterized by yellowing of the skin. invaluable adj. Exceedingly precious. jeopardize v. To imperil. invariable adj. Unchangeable. Jingo n. One of a party in Great Britain in favor of spirited and invasion n. Encroachment, as by an act of intrusion or trespass. demonstrative foreign policy. invective n. An utterance intended to cast censure, or reproach. jocose adj. Done or made in jest. inveigh v. To utter vehement censure or invective. jocular adj. Inclined to joke. inventive adj. Quick at contrivance. joggle n. A sudden irregular shake or a push causing such a shake. inverse adj. Contrary in tendency or direction. journalize v. To keep a diary. inversion n. Change of order so that the first shall become last and jovial adj. Merry. the last first. jubilation n. Exultation. invert v. To turn inside out, upside down, or in opposite direction. judgment n. The faculty by the exercise of which a deliberate investigator n. One who investigates. conclusion is reached. investor n. One who invests money. judicature n. Distribution and administration of justice by trial and inveterate adj. Habitual. judgment. invidious adj. Showing or feeling envy. judicial adj. Pertaining to the administration of justice. invigorate v. To animate. judiciary n. That department of government which administers the invincible adj. Not to be conquered, subdued, or overcome. law relating to civil and criminal justice. inviolable adj. Incapable of being injured or disturbed. judicious adj. Prudent. invoke v. To call on for assistance or protection. juggle v. To play tricks of sleight of hand. involuntary adj. Unwilling. jugglery n. The art or practice of sleight of hand. involution n. Complication. jugular adj. Pertaining to the throat. involve v. To draw into entanglement, literally or figuratively. juicy adj. Succulent. invulnerable adj. That can not be wounded or hurt. junction n. The condition of being joined. inwardly adv. With no outward manifestation. juncture n. An articulation, joint, or seam. iota n. A small or insignificant mark or part. junta n. A council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the irascible adj. Prone to anger. affairs of government. irate adj. Moved to anger. juridical adj. Assumed by law to exist. ire n. Wrath. jurisdiction n. Lawful power or right to exercise official authority. iridescence n. A many-colored appearance. jurisprudence n. The science of rights in accordance with positive iridescent adj. Exhibiting changing rainbow-colors due to the law. interference of the light. juror n. One who serves on a jury or is sworn in for jury duty in a irk v. To afflict with pain, vexation, or fatigue. court of justice. irksome adj. Wearisome. joust v. To engage in a tilt with lances on horseback. irony n. Censure or ridicule under cover of praise or compliment. justification n. Vindication. irradiance n. Luster. juvenile adj. Characteristic of youth. irradiate v. To render clear and intelligible. juxtapose v. To place close together. irrational adj. Not possessed of reasoning powers or understandinkeepsag. ke n. Anything kept or given to be kept for the sake of the irreducible adj. That can not be lessened. giver. irrefragable adj. That can not be refuted or disproved. kerchief n. A square of linen, silk, or other material, used as a irrefrangible adj. That can not be broken or violated. covering for the head or neck. irrelevant adj. Inapplicable. kernel n. A grain or seed. irreligious adj. Indifferent or opposed to religion. kiln n. An oven or furnace for baking, burning, or drying industrial irreparable adj. That can not be rectified or made amends for. products. irrepressible adj. That can not be restrained or kept down. kiloliter n. One thousand liters. irresistible adj. That can not be successfully withstood or opposekilomed. ter n. A length of 1,000 meters. irresponsible adj. Careless of or unable to meet responsibilities. kilowatt n. One thousand watts. 22 kimono n. A loose robe, fastening with a sash, the principal outer leonine adj. Like a lion. garment in Japan. lethargy n. Prolonged sluggishness of body or mind. kind-hearted adj. Having a kind and sympathetic nature. levee n. An embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of the kingling n. A petty king. sea, to prevent overflow. kingship n. Royal state. lever n. That which exerts, or through which one may exert great kinsfolk n. pl. Relatives. power. knavery n. Deceitfulness in dealing. leviathan n. Any large animal, as a whale. knead v. To mix and work into a homogeneous mass, especially with levity n. Frivolity. the hands. levy v. To impose and collect by force or threat of force. knickknack n. A small article, more for ornament that use. lewd adj. Characterized by lust or lasciviousness. knight errant n. One of the wandering knights who in the middle ages lexicographer n. One who makes dictionaries. went forth in search of adventure. lexicography n. The making of dictionaries. knighthood n. Chivalry. lexicon n. A dictionary. laborious adj. Toilsome. liable adj. Justly or legally responsible. labyrinth n. A maze. libel n. Defamation. lacerate v. To tear rudely or raggedly. liberalism n. Opposition to conservatism. lackadaisical adj. Listless. liberate v. To set free or release from bondage. lactation n. The secretion of milk. licentious adj. Wanton. lacteal adj. Milky. licit adj. Lawful. lactic adj. Pertaining to milk. liege adj. Sovereign. laddie n. A lad. lien n. A legal claim or hold on property, as security for a debt or ladle n. A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, intended for dippinchargeg . up and pouring liquids. lieu n. Stead. laggard adj. Falling behind. lifelike adj. Realistic. landholder n. Landowner. lifelong adj. Lasting or continuous through life. landlord n. A man who owns and lets a tenement or tenements. lifetime n. The time that life continues. landmark n. A familiar object in the landscape serving as a guide to ligament n. That which binds objects together. an area otherwise easily lost track of. ligature n. Anything that constricts, or serves for binding or tying. landscape n. A rural view, especially one of picturesque effectlight-hearte, as d adj. Free from care. seen from a distance or an elevation. ligneous adj. Having the texture of appearance of wood. languid adj. Relaxed. likelihood n. A probability. languor n. Lassitude of body or depression. likely adj. Plausible. lapse n. A slight deviation from what is right, proper, or just. liking n. Fondness. lascivious adj. Lustful. limitation n. A restriction. lassie n. A little lass. linear adj. Of the nature of a line. latent adj. Dormant. liner n. A vessel belonging to a steamship-line. latency n. The state of being dormant. lingo n. Language. later adv. At a subsequent time. lingua n. The tongue. lateral adj. Directed toward the side. lingual adj. Pertaining to the use of the tongue in utterance. latish adj. Rather late. linguist n. One who is acquainted with several languages. lattice n. Openwork of metal or wood, formed by crossing or linguistics n. The science of languages, or of the origin, history, and interlacing strips or bars. significance of words. laud v. To praise in words or song. liniment n. A liquid preparation for rubbing on the skin in cases of laudable adj. Praiseworthy. bruises, inflammation, etc. laudation n. High praise. liquefacient adj. Possessing a liquefying nature or power. laudatory adj. Pertaining to, expressing, or containing praise. liquefy v. To convert into a liquid or into liquid form. laundress n. Washerwoman. liqueur n. An alcoholic cordial sweetened and flavored with aromatic laureate adj. Crowned with laurel, as a mark of distinction. substances. lave v. To wash or bathe. liquidate v. To deliver the amount or value of. lawgiver n. A legislator. liquor n. Any alcoholic or intoxicating liquid. lawmaker n. A legislator. listless adj. Inattentive. lax adj. Not stringent or energetic. literacy n. The state or condition of knowing how to read and write. laxative adj. Having power to open or loosen the bowels. literal adj. Following the exact words. lea n. A field. literature n. The written or printed productions of the human mind leaflet n. A little leaf or a booklet. collectively. leaven v. To make light by fermentation, as dough. lithe adj. Supple. leeward n. That side or direction toward which the wind blows. lithesome adj. Nimble.left-handed adj. Using the left hand or arm more dexterously than the lithograph n. A print made by printing from stone. right. lithotype n. In engraving, an etched stone surface for printing. legacy n. A bequest. litigant n. A party to a lawsuit. legalize v. To give the authority of law to. litigate v. To cause to become the subject-matter of a suit at law. legging n. A covering for the leg. litigious adj. Quarrelsome. legible adj. That may be read with ease. littoral adj. Of, pertaining to, or living on a shore. legionary n. A member of an ancient Roman legion or of the modernliturg y n. A ritual. French Legion of Honor. livelihood n. Means of subsistence. legislate v. To make or enact a law or laws. livid adj. Black-and-blue, as contused flesh. legislative adj. That makes or enacts laws. loam n. A non-coherent mixture of sand and clay. legislator n. A lawgiver. loath adj. Averse. legitimacy n. Accordance with law. loathe v. To abominate. legitimate adj. Having the sanction of law or established custom. locative adj. Indicating place, or the place where or wherein an action leisure n. Spare time. occurs. leniency n. Forbearance. loch n. A lake. lenient adj. Not harsh. locomotion n. The act or power of moving from one place to another. 23 lode n. A somewhat continuous unstratified metal- bearing vein. affairs. lodgment n. The act of furnishing with temporary quarters. malediction n. The calling down of a curse or curses. logic n. The science of correct thinking. malefactor n. One who injures another. logical adj. Capable of or characterized by clear reasoning. maleficent adj. Mischievous. logician n. An expert reasoner. malevolence n. Ill will. loiterer n. One who consumes time idly. malevolent adj. Wishing evil to others. loneliness n. Solitude. malign v. To speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and severely. longevity n. Unusually prolonged life. malignant adj. Evil in nature or tending to do great harm or mischief. loot v. To plunder. malleable adj. Pliant. loquacious adj. Talkative. mallet n. A wooden hammer. lordling n. A little lord. maltreat v. To treat ill, unkindly, roughly, or abusively. lough n. A lake or loch. man-trap n. A place or structure dangerous to human life. louse n. A small insect parasitic on and sucking the blood of mandate n. A command. mammals. mandatory adj. Expressive of positive command, as distinguished lovable adj. Amiable. from merely directory. low-spirited adj. Despondent. mane n. The long hair growing upon and about the neck of certain lowly adv. Rudely. animals, as the horse and the lion. lucid adj. Mentally sound. man-eater n. An animal that devours human beings. lucrative adj. Highly profitable. maneuver v. To make adroit or artful moves: manage affairs by ludicrous adj. Laughable. strategy. luminary n. One of the heavenly bodies as a source of light. mania n. Insanity. luminescent adj. Showing increase of light. maniac n. a person raving with madness. luminescence n. Showing increase. manifesto n. A public declaration, making announcement, luminosity n. The quality of giving or radiating light. explanation or defense of intentions, or motives. luminous adj. Giving or radiating light. manlike adj. Like a man. lunacy n. Mental unsoundness. manliness n. The qualities characteristic of a true man, as bravery, lunar adj. Pertaining to the moon. resolution, etc. lunatic n. An insane person. mannerism n. Constant or excessive adherence to one manner, style, lune n. The moon. or peculiarity, as of action or conduct. lurid adj. Ghastly and sensational. manor n. The landed estate of a lord or nobleman. luscious adj. Rich, sweet, and delicious. mantel n. The facing, sometimes richly ornamented, about a lustrous adj. Shining. fireplace, including the usual shelf above it. luxuriance n. Excessive or superfluous growth or quantity. mantle n. A cloak. luxuriant adj. Abundant or superabundant in growth. manufacturer n. A person engaged in manufacturing as a business. luxuriate v. To live sumptuously. manumission n. Emancipation. lying n. Untruthfulness. manumit v. To set free from bondage. lyre n. One of the most ancient of stringed instruments of the harp marine adj. Of or pertaining to the sea or matters connected with the class. sea. lyric adj. Fitted for expression in song. maritime adj. Situated on or near the sea. macadamize v. To cover or pave, as a path or roadway, with small maroon v. To put ashore and abandon (a person) on a desolate coast broken stone. or island. machinery n. The parts of a machine or engine, taken collectively. martial adj. Pertaining to war or military operations. machinist n. One who makes or repairs machines, or uses Martian adj. Pertaining to Mars, either the Roman god of war or the metal-working tools. planet. macrocosm n. The whole of any sphere or department of naturemartyr or dom n. Submission to death or persecution for the sake of faith knowledge to which man is related. or principle. madden v. To inflame with passion. marvel v. To be astonished and perplexed because of (something). Madonna n. A painted or sculptured representation of the Virginmasonr‎‎, y n. The art or work of constructing, as buildings, walls, etc., usually with the infant Jesus. with regularly arranged stones. magician n. A sorcerer. masquerade n. A social party composed of persons masked and magisterial adj. Having an air of authority. costumed so as to be disguised. magistracy n. The office or dignity of a magistrate. massacre n. The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human magnanimous adj. Generous in treating or judging others. beings. magnate n. A person of rank or importance. massive adj. Of considerable bulk and weight. magnet n. A body possessing that peculiar form of polarity found in masterpiece n. A superior production. nature in the lodestone. mastery n. The attainment of superior skill. magnetize v. To make a magnet of, permanently, or temporarily. material n. That of which anything is composed or may be magnificence n. The exhibition of greatness of action, character, constructed. intellect, wealth, or power. materialize v. To take perceptible or substantial form. magnificent adj. Grand or majestic in appearance, quality, or actionmatern. al adj. Pertaining or peculiar to a mother or to motherhood. magnitude n. Importance. matinee n. An entertainment (especially theatrical) held in the maharaja n. A great Hindu prince. daytime. maidenhood n. Virginity. matricide n. The killing, especially the murdering, of one's mother. maintain v. To hold or preserve in any particular state or condition. matrimony n. The union of a man and a woman in marriage. maintenance n. That which supports or sustains. matrix n. That which contains and gives shape or form to anything. maize n. Indian corn: usually in the United States called simplymatter corn. of fact n. Something that has actual and undeniable existence makeup n. The arrangements or combination of the parts of which or reality. anything is composed. maudlin adj. Foolishly and tearfully affectionate. malady n. Any physical disease or disorder, especially a chronimausolc or eum n. A tomb of more than ordinary size or architectural deep-seated one. pretensions. malaria n. A fever characterized by alternating chills, fever, and mawkish adj. Sickening or insipid. sweating. maxim n. A principle accepted as true and acted on as a rule or guide. malcontent n. One who is dissatisfied with the existing state of maze n. A labyrinth. 24 mead n. A meadow. microscopy n. The art of examing objects with the microscope. meager adj. scanty. midsummer n. The middle of the summer. mealy-mouthed adj. Afraid to express facts or opinions plainly. midwife n. A woman who makes a business of assisting at childbirth. meander v. To wind and turn while proceeding in a course. mien n. The external appearance or manner of a person. mechanics n. The branch of physics that treats the phenomena causedmigran t adj. Wandering. by the action of forces. migrate v. To remove or pass from one country, region, or habitat to medallion n. A large medal. another. meddlesome adj. Interfering. migratory adj. Wandering. medial adj. Of or pertaining to the middle. mileage n. A distance in miles. mediate v. To effect by negotiating as an agent between parties. militant adj. Of a warlike or combative disposition or tendency. medicine n. A substance possessing or reputed to possess curatimilitave or rism n. A policy of maintaining great standing armies. remedial properties. militate v. To have weight or influence (in determining a question). medieval adj. Belonging or relating to or descriptive of the middlemiliti a n. Those citizens, collectively, who are enrolled and drilled in ages. temporary military organizations. mediocre adj. Ordinary. Milky Way n. The galaxy. meditation n. The turning or revolving of a subject in the mind. millet n. A grass cultivated for forage and cereal. medley n. A composition of different songs or parts of songs mimic v. To imitate the speech or actions of. arranged to run as a continuous whole. miniature adj. Much smaller than reality or that the normal size. meliorate v. To make better or improve, as in quality or social or minimize v. To reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree. physical condition. minion n. A servile favorite. mellifluous adj. Sweetly or smoothly flowing. ministration n. Any religious ceremonial. melodious adj. Characterized by a sweet succession of sounds. ministry n. A service. melodrama n. A drama with a romantic story or plot and sensational minority n. The smaller in number of two portions into which a situation and incidents. number or a group is divided. memento n. A souvenir. minute adj. Exceedingly small in extent or quantity. memorable adj. Noteworthy. minutia n. A small or unimportant particular or detail. menace n. A threat. mirage n. An optical effect looking like a sheet of water in the desert. menagerie n. A collection of wild animals, especially when kept for misadventure n. An unlucky accident. exhibition. misanthropic adj. Hating mankind. mendacious adj. Untrue. misanthropy n. Hatred of mankind. mendicant n. A beggar. misapprehend v. To misunderstand. mentality n. Intellectuality. misbehave v. To behave ill. mentor n. A wise and faithful teacher, guide, and friend. misbehavior n. Ill or improper behavior. mercantile adj. Conducted or acting on business princimischiples; evous adj. Fond of tricks. commercial. miscount v. To make a mistake in counting. mercenary adj. Greedy miscreant n. A villain. merciful adj. Disposed to pity and forgive. misdeed n. A wrong or improper act. merciless adj. Cruel. misdemeanor n. Evil conduct, small crime. meretricious adj. Alluring by false or gaudy show. miser n. A person given to saving and hoarding unduly. mesmerize v. To hypnotize. mishap n. Misfortune. messieurs n. pl. Gentlemen. misinterpret v. To misunderstand. metal n. An element that forms a base by combining with oxygen, is mislay v. To misplace. usually hard, heavy, and lustrous. mismanage v. To manage badly, improperly, or unskillfully. metallurgy n. The art or science of extracting a metal from ores, as misnomer n. A name wrongly or mistakenly applied. by smelting. misogamy n. Hatred of marriage. metamorphosis n. A passing from one form or shape into another. misogyny n. Hatred of women. metaphor n. A figure of speech in which one object is likenemisplad to ce v. To put into a wrong place. another, by speaking as if the other. misrepresent v. To give a wrong impression. metaphysical adj. Philosophical. misrule v. To misgovern. metaphysician n. One skilled in metaphysics. missal n. The book containing the service for the celebration of mass. metaphysics n. The principles of philosophy as applied to explaimissiln the e n. Any object, especially a weapon, thrown or intended to be methods of any particular science. thrown. mete v. To apportion. missive n. A message in writing. metempsychosis n. Transition of the soul of a human being at death mistrust v. To regard with suspicion or jealousy. into another body, whether human or beast. misty adj. Lacking clearness meticulous adj. Over-cautious. misunderstand v. To Take in a wrong sense. metonymy n. A figure of speech that consists in the naming of a v. To maltreat. misuse thing by one of its attributes. mite n. A very small amount, portion, or particle. metric adj. Relating to measurement. miter n. The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle. metronome n. An instrument for indicating and marking exact time mitigate v. To make milder or more endurable. in music. mnemonics n. A system of principles and formulas designed to assist metropolis n. A chief city, either the capital or the largest or most the recollection in certain instances. important city of a state. moat n. A ditch on the outside of a fortress wall. metropolitan adj. Pertaining to a chief city. mobocracy n. Lawless control of public affairs by the mob or mettle n. Courage. populace. mettlesome adj. Having courage or spirit. moccasin n. A foot-covering made of soft leather or buckskin. microcosm n. The world or universe on a small scale. mockery n. Ridicule. micrometer n. An instrument for measuring very small angles or moderation n. Temperance. dimensions. moderator n. The presiding officer of a meeting. microphone n. An apparatus for magnifying faint sounds. modernity n. The state or character of being modern. microscope n. An instrument for assisting the eye in the visionmodern of ize v. To make characteristic of the present or of recent times. minute objects or features of objects. modification n. A change. microscopic adj. Adapted to or characterized by minute observmodifyation. v. To make somewhat different. 25 modish adj. Fashionable. mutilate v. To disfigure. modulate v. To vary in tone, inflection, pitch or other quality of mutiny n. Rebellion against lawful or constituted authority. sound. myriad n. A vast indefinite number. mollify v. To soothe. mystic n. One who professes direct divine illumination, or relies molt v. To cast off, as hair, feathers, etc. upon meditation to acquire truth. momentary adj. Lasting but a short time. mystification n. The act of artfully perplexing. momentous adj. Very significant. myth n. A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any momentum n. An impetus. basis of fact. monarchy n. Government by a single, sovereign ruler. mythology n. The whole body of legends cherished by a race monastery n. A dwelling-place occupied in common by personconcers ning gods and heroes. under religious vows of seclusion. nameless adj. Having no fame or reputation. monetary adj. Financial. naphtha n. A light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a mongrel n. The progeny resulting from the crossing of differsolvenent t, as in manufacture of paints. breeds or varieties. Narcissus n. The son of the Athenian river-god Cephisus, fabled to monition n. Friendly counsel given by way of warning and implyihave fallenng in love with his reflection. caution or reproof. narrate v. To tell a story. monitory n. Admonition or warning. narration n. The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the monocracy n. Government by a single person. order of time or occurrence. monogamy n. The habit of pairing, or having but one mate. narrative n. An orderly continuous account of the successive monogram n. A character consisting of two or more letterpartics ulars of an event. interwoven into one, usually initials of a name. narrator n. One who narrates anything. monograph n. A treatise discussing a single subject or branchnarrow of a -minded adj. Characterized by illiberal views or sentiments. subject. nasal adj. Pertaining to the nose. monolith n. Any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a singlenatal adj. Pertai ning to one's birth. piece. nationality n. A connection with a particular nation. monologue n. A story or drama told or performed by one person. naturally adv. According to the usual order of things. monomania n. The unreasonable pursuit of one idea. nausea n. An affection of the stomach producing dizziness and monopoly n. The control of a thing, as a commodity, to enableusuall a y an impulse to vomit person to raise its price. nauseate v. To cause to loathe. monosyllable n. A word of one syllable. nauseous adj. Loathsome. monotone n. The sameness or monotony of utterance. nautical adj. Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation. monotonous adj. Unchanging and tedious. naval adj. Pertaining to ships. monotony n. A lack of variety. navel n. The depression on the abdomen where the umbilical cord of monsieur n. A French title of respect, equivalent to Mr. and sir. the fetus was attached. monstrosity n. Anything unnaturally huge or distorted. navigable adj. Capable of commercial navigation. moonbeam n. A ray of moonlight. navigate v. To traverse by ship. morale n. A state of mind with reference to confidence, courage, zeal, nebula n. A gaseous body of unorganized stellar substance. and the like. necessary adj. Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to moralist n. A writer on ethics. accomplish a desired result. morality n. Virtue. necessitate v. To render indispensable. moralize v. To render virtuous. necessity n. That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired. moratorium n. An emergency legislation authorizing a governnecrolment ogy n. A list of persons who have died in a certain place or suspend some action temporarily. time. morbid adj. Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound conditnecromion ancer n. One who practices the art of foretelling the future by of body or mind. means of communication with the dead. mordacious adj. Biting or giving to biting. necropolis n. A city of the dead. mordant adj. Biting. necrosis n. the death of part of the body. moribund adj. On the point of dying. nectar n. Any especially sweet and delicious drink. morose adj. Gloomy. nectarine n. A variety of the peach. morphology n. the science of organic forms. needlework n. Embroidery. motley adj. Composed of heterogeneous or inharmonious elemenneedy adj. Being in need, want, or povertts. y. motto n. An expressive word or pithy sentence enunciating some nefarious adj. Wicked in the extreme. guiding rule of life, or faith. negate v. To deny. mountaineer n. One who travels among or climbs mountains for negation n. The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a pleasure or exercise. proposition. mountainous adj. Full of or abounding in mountains. neglectful adj. Exhibiting or indicating omission. mouthful n. As much as can be or is usually put into the or exercise. negligee n. A loose gown worn by women. muddle v. To confuse or becloud, especially with or as with drink. negligence n. Omission of that which ought to be done. muffle v. To deaden the sound of, as by wraps. negligent adj. Apt to omit what ought to be done. mulatto n. The offspring of a white person and a black person. negligible adj. Transferable by assignment, endorsement, or delivery. muleteer n. A mule-driver. negotiable v. To bargain with others for an agreement, as for a treaty multiform adj. Having many shapes, or appearances. or transfer of property. multiplicity n. the condition of being manifold or very various. Nemesis n. A goddess; divinity of chastisement and vengeance. mundane adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial. neocracy n. Government administered by new or untried persons. municipal adj. Of or pertaining to a town or city, or to its corporate or neo-Darwinsim n. Darwinism as modified and extended by more local government. recent students. municipality n. A district enjoying municipal government. neo-Latin n. Modernized Latin. munificence n. A giving characterized by generous motiveneopags and anism n. A new or revived paganism. extraordinary liberality. Neolithic adj. Pertaining to the later stone age. munificent adj. Extraordinarily generous. neology n. The coining or using of new words or new meanings of muster n. An assemblage or review of troops for paradewords. or inspection, or for numbering off. neophyte adj. Having the character of a beginner. mutation n. The act or process of change. nestle v. To adjust cozily in snug quarters. 26 nestling adj. Recently hatched. obligatory adj. Binding in law or conscience. nettle v. To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in. oblique adj. Slanting; said of lines. network n. Anything that presents a system of cross- lines. obliterate v. To cause to disappear. neural adj. Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system. oblivion n. The state of having passed out of the memory or of being neurology n. The science of the nervous system. utterly forgotten. neuter adj. Neither masculine nor feminine. oblong adj. Longer than broad: applied most commonly to neutral adj. Belonging to or under control of neither of two rectangular objects considerably elongated contestants. obnoxious adj. Detestable. nevertheless conj. Notwithstanding. obsequies n. Funeral rites. Newtonian adj. Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, the Englisobsequh ious adj. Showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes philosopher. or will of another. niggardly adj. Stingy. (no longer acceptable to use) observance n. A traditional form or customary act. nihilist n. An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either existsobserv or ant adj. Quick to notice. can be known. observatory n. A building designed for systematic astronomical nil n. Nothing observations. nimble adj. Light and quick in motion or action. obsolescence n. The condition or process of gradually falling into nit n. The egg of a louse or some other insect. disuse. nocturnal adj. Of or pertaining to the night. obsolescent adj. Passing out of use, as a word. noiseless adj. Silent. obsolete adj. No longer practiced or accepted. noisome adj. Very offensive, particularly to the sense of smell. obstetrician n. A practitioner of midwifery. noisy adj. Clamorous. obstetrics n. The branch of medical science concerned with the nomad adj. Having no fixed abode. treatment and care of women during pregnancy. nomic adj. Usual or customary. obstinacy n. Stubborn adherence to opinion, arising from conceit or nominal adj. Trivial. the desire to have one's own way. nominate v. To designate as a candidate for any office. obstreperous adj. Boisterous. nomination n. The act or ceremony of naming a man or woman for obstruct v. To fill with impediments so as to prevent passage, either office. wholly or in part. nominee n. One who receives a nomination. obstruction n. Hindrance. non-existent n. That which does not exist. obtrude v. To be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence. non-resident adj. Not residing within a given jurisdiction. obtrusive adj. Tending to be pushed or to push oneself into undue nonchalance n. A state of mind indicating lack of interest. prominence. non-combatant n. One attached to the army or navy, but havingobvert v. To turn the front or principal side of (a thing) toward any duties other than that of fighting. person or object. nondescript adj. Indescribable. obviate v. To clear away or provide for, as an objection or difficulty. nonentity n. A person or thing of little or no account. occasion n. An important event or celebration. nonpareil n. One who or that which is of unequaled excellence. Occident n. The countries lying west of Asia and the Turkish norm n. A model. dominions. normalcy n. The state of being normal. occlude v. To absorb, as a gas by a metal. Norman adj. Of or peculiar to Normandy, in northern France. occult adj. Existing but not immediately perceptible. nostrum n. Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character. occupant n. A tenant in possession of property, as distinguished from noticeable adj. Perceptible. the actual owner. notorious adj. Unfavorably known to the general public. occurrence n. A happening. novellette n. A short novel. octagon n. A figure with eight sides and eight angles. novice n. A beginner in any business or occupation. octave n. A note at this interval above or below any other, considered nowadays adv. In the present time or age. in relation to that other. nowhere adv. In no place or state. octavo n. A book, or collection of paper in which the sheets are so noxious adj. Hurtful. folded as to make eight leaves. nuance n. A slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the octogenarian adj. A person of between eighty and ninety years. sense of the mind. ocular adj. Of or pertaining to the eye. nucleus n. A central point or part about which matter is aggregated. oculist n. One versed or skilled in treating diseases of the eye. nude adj. Naked. oddity n. An eccentricity. nugatory adj. Having no power or force. ode n. The form of lyric poetry anciently intended to be sung. nuisance n. That which annoys, vexes, or irritates. odious adj. Hateful. numeration n. The act or art of reading or naming numbers. odium n. A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust. numerical adj. Of or pertaining to number. odoriferous adj. Having or diffusing an odor or scent, especially an nunnery n. A convent for nuns. agreeable one. nuptial adj. Of or pertaining to marriage, especially to the marriage an odor, especially a fragrant one. odorous adj. Having ceremony. off adj. Farther or more distant. nurture n. The process of fostering or promoting growth. offhand adv. Without preparation. nutriment n. That which nourishes. officiate v. To act as an officer or leader. nutritive adj. Having nutritious properties. officious adj. Intermeddling with what is not one's concern. oaken adj. Made of or from oak. offshoot n. Something that branches off from the parent stock. oakum n. Hemp-fiber obtained by untwisting and picking out loosely ogre n. A demon or monster that was supposed to devour human the yarns of old hemp rope. beings. obdurate adj. Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity. ointment n. A fatty preparation with a butter-like consistency in obelisk n. A square shaft with pyramidal top, usually monumental or which a medicinal substance exists. commemorative. olfactory adj. of or pertaining to the sense of smell. obese adj. Exceedingly fat. olive-branch n. A branch of the olive-tree, as an emblem of peace. obesity n. Excessive fatness. ominous adj. Portentous. obituary adj. A published notice of a death. omission n. Exclusion. objective adj. Grasping and representing facts as they are. omnipotence n. Unlimited and universal power. objector n. One who objects, as to a proposition, measure, or rulingOmnipo. tent adj. Possessed of unlimited and universal power. obligate v. To hold to the fulfillment of duty. omniscience n. Unlimited or infinite knowledge. 27 omniscient adj. Characterized by unlimited or infinite knowledge. politics. omnivorous adj. Eating or living upon food of all kinds ostracize v. To exclude from public or private favor. indiscriminately. ought v. To be under moral obligation to be or do. onerous adj. Burdensome or oppressive. oust v. To eject. onrush n. Onset. out-and-out adv. Genuinely. onset n. An assault, especially of troops, upon an enemy or outbreak n. A sudden and violent breaking forth, as of something that fortification. has been pent up or restrained. onslaught n. A violent onset. outburst n. A violent issue, especially of passion in an individual. onus n. A burden or responsibility. outcast n. One rejected and despised, especially socially. opalescence n. The property of combined refraction and reflection of outcry n. A vehement or loud cry or clamor. light, resulting in smoky tints. outdo v. To surpass. opaque adj. Impervious to light. outlandish adj. Of barbarous, uncouth, and unfamiliar aspect or operate v. To put in action and supervise the working of. action. operative adj. Active. outlast v. To last longer than. operator n. One who works with or controls some machine or outlaw n. A habitual lawbreaker. scientific apparatus. outlive v. To continue to exist after. operetta n. A humorous play in dialogue and music, of more than one out-of-the-way adj. Remotely situated. act. outpost n. A detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the opinion n. A conclusion or judgment held with confidence, but main body to guard against surprise. falling short of positive knowledge. outrage n. A gross infringement of morality or decency. opponent n. One who supports the opposite side in a debateoutrag, eous adj. Shocking in conduct. discussion, struggle, or sport. outreach v. To reach or go beyond. opportune adj. Especially fit as occurring, said, or done at the right outride v. To ride faster than. moment. outrigger n. A part built or arranged to project beyond a natural opportunist n. One who takes advantage of circumstances to gain his outline for support. ends. outright adv. Entirely. opportunity n. Favorable or advantageous chance or opening. outskirt n. A border region. opposite adj. Radically different or contrary in action or movemeoutstrnt. etch v. To extend. opprobrium n. The state of being scornfully reproached or accused of outstrip v. To go beyond. evil. outweigh v. To surpass in importance or excellence. optic n. Pertaining to the eye or vision. overdo v. To overtax the strength of. optician n. One who makes or deals in optical instruments or overdose n. An excessive dose, usually so large a dose of a medicine eye-glasses. that its effect is toxic. optics n. The science that treats of light and vision, and all that is overeat v. To eat to excess. connected with sight. overhang n. A portion of a structure which projects or hangs over. optimism n. The view that everything in nature and the history of overleap v. To leap beyond. mankind is ordered for the best. overlord n. One who holds supremacy over another. option n. The right, power, or liberty of choosing. overpass v. To pass across or over, as a river. optometry n. Measurement of the powers of vision. overpay v. To pay or reward in excess. opulence n. Affluence. overpower v. To gain supremacy or victory over by superior power. opulent adj. Wealthy. overproduction n. Excessive production. oral adj. Uttered through the mouth. overreach v. To stretch out too far. orate v. To deliver an elaborate or formal public speech. overrun v. To infest or ravage. oration n. An elaborate or formal public speech. oversee v. To superintend. orator n. One who delivers an elaborate or formal speech. overseer n. A supervisor. oratorio n. A composition for solo voices, chorus, and orchesovershtra, adow v. To cast into the shade or render insignificant by generally taken from the Scriptures. comparison. oratory n. The art of public speaking. overstride v. To step beyond. ordeal n. Anything that severely tests courage, strength, patienoverthce, row v. To vanquish an established ruler or government. conscience, etc. overtone n. A harmonic. ordinal n. That form of the numeral that shows the order of anything overture n. An instrumental prelude to an opera, oratorio, or ballet. in a series, as first, second, third. overweight n. Preponderance. ordination n. A consecration to the ministry. pacify v. To bring into a peaceful state. ordnance n. A general name for all kinds of weapons and their packet n. A bundle, as of letters. appliances used in war. pact n. A covenant. orgies n. Wild or wanton revelry. pagan n. A worshiper of false gods. origin n. The beginning of that which becomes or is made to be. pageant n. A dramatic representation, especially a spectacular one. original adj. Not copied nor produced by imitation. palate n. The roof of the mouth. originate v. To cause or constitute the beginning or first stage of the palatial adj. Magnificent. existence of. paleontology n. The branch of biology that treats of ancient life and ornate adj. Ornamented to a marked degree. fossil organisms. orthodox adj. Holding the commonly accepted faith. palette n. A thin tablet, with a hole for the thumb, upon which artists orthodoxy n. Acceptance of the common faith. lay their colors for painting. orthogonal adj. Having or determined by right angles. palinode n. A retraction. orthopedic adj. Relating to the correcting or preventing of deformpall v. To make dull by satietity y. orthopedist n. One who practices the correcting or preventing of palliate v. To cause to appear less guilty. deformity pallid adj. Of a pale or wan appearance. oscillate v. To swing back and forth. palpable n. perceptible by feeling or touch. osculate v. To kiss. palsy n. Paralysis. ossify v. to convert into bone. paly adj. Lacking color or brilliancy. ostentation n. A display dictated by vanity and intended to invitepamphl‎‎ et n. A brief treatise or essay, usually on a subject of current applause or flattery. interest. ostracism n. Exclusion from intercourse or favor, as in society or pamphleteer v. To compose or issue pamphlets, especially 28 controversial ones. father. panacea n. A remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure patriotism n. Love and devotion to one's country. all diseases. patronize v. To exercise an arrogant condescension toward. Pan-American adj. Including or pertaining to the whole of America, patronymic adj. Formed after one's father's name. both North and South. patter v. To mumble something over and over. pandemic adj. Affecting a whole people or all classes, as a disease. paucity n. Fewness. pandemonium n. A fiendish or riotous uproar. pauper n. One without means of support. panegyric n. A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spokenpauper, of a ism n. Dependence on charity. person or of an act. pavilion n. An open structure for temporary shelter. panel n. A rectangular piece set in or as in a frame. payee n. A person to whom money has been or is to be paid. panic n. A sudden, unreasonable, overpowering fear. peaceable adj. Tranquil. panoply n. A full set of armor. peaceful adj. Tranquil. panorama n. A series of large pictures representing a continpeccabuous le adj. Capable of sinning. scene. peccadillo n. A small breach of propriety or principle. pantheism n. The worship of nature for itself or its beauty. peccant adj. Guilty. Pantheon n. A circular temple at Rome with a fine Corinthian porticpectoro al adj. Pertaining to the breast or thorax. and a great domed roof. pecuniary adj. Consisting of money. pantomime n. Sign-language. pedagogics n. The science and art of teaching. pantoscope n. A very wide-angled photographic lens. pedagogue n. A schoolmaster. papacy n. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church. pedagogy n. The science and art of teaching papyrus n. The writing-paper of the ancient Egyptians, and later of pedal n. A lever for the foot usually applied only to musical the Romans. instruments, cycles, and other machines. parable n. A brief narrative founded on real scenes or events usuallpedanty n. A scholar who makes needless and inopportune display of with a moral. his learning. paradox n. A statement or doctrine seemingly in contradiction to the peddle v. To go about with a small stock of goods to sell. received belief. pedestal n. A base or support as for a column, statue, or vase. paragon n. A model of excellence. pedestrian n. One who journeys on foot. parallel v. To cause to correspond or lie in the same direction and pediatrics n. The department of medical science that relates to the equidistant in all parts. treatment of diseases of childhood. parallelism n. Essential likeness. pedigree n. One's line of ancestors. paralysis n. Loss of the power of contractility in the voluntary or peddler n. One who travels from house to house with an assortment involuntary muscles. of goods for retail. paralyze v. To deprive of the power to act. peerage n. The nobility. paramount adj. Supreme in authority. peerless adj. Of unequaled excellence or worth. paramour n. One who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or a peevish adj. Petulant. (irritable) mistress. pellucid adj. Translucent. paraphernalia n. Miscellaneous articles of equipment or adornmpenaltent. y n. The consequences that follow the transgression of natural paraphrase v. Translate freely. or divine law. pare v. To cut, shave, or remove (the outside) from anything. penance n. Punishment to which one voluntarily submits or subjects parentage n. The relation of parent to child, of the producer to the himself as an expression of penitence. produced, or of cause to effect. penchant n. A bias in favor of something. Pariah n. A member of a degraded class; a social outcast. pendant n. Anything that hangs from something else, either for parish n. The ecclesiastical district in charge of a pastor. ornament or for use. Parisian adj. Of or pertaining to the city of Paris. pendulous adj. Hanging, especially so as to swing by an attached end parity n. Equality, as of condition or rank. or part. parlance n. Mode of speech. pendulum n. A weight hung on a rod, serving by its oscillation to parley v. To converse in. regulate the rate of a clock. parliament n. A legislative body. penetrable adj. That may be pierced by physical, moral, or parlor n. A room for reception of callers or entertainment of guestsintell‎‎. ectual force. parody v. To render ludicrous by imitating the language of. penetrate v. To enter or force a way into the interior parts of. paronymous adj. Derived from the same root or primitive word. penetration n. Discernment. paroxysm n. A sudden outburst of any kind of activity. peninsular adj. Pertaining to a piece of land almost surrounded by parricide n. The murder of a parent. water. parse v. To describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its elemenpenitets nce n. Sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone. and describing each word. penitential adj. Pertaining to sorrow for sin with desire to amend and parsimonious adj. Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of to atone. money. pennant n. A small flag. partible adj. Separable. . A periodical allowance to an individual on account of past pension nparticipant n. One having a share or part. service done by him/her. participate v. To receive or have a part or share of. pentagram n. A figure having five points or lobes. partition n. That which separates anything into distinct parts. pentavalent adj. Quinqeuvalent. partisan adj. Characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreaspentadoning n. The number five. devotion to a party. pentagon n. A figure, especially, with five angles and five sides. passible adj. Capable of feeling of suffering. pentahedron n. A solid bounded by five plane faces. passive adj. Unresponsive. pentameter n. In prosody, a line of verse containing five units or feet. pastoral adj. Having the spirit or sentiment of rural life. pentathlon n. The contest of five associated exercises in the great paternal adj. Fatherly. games and the same contestants. paternity n. Fatherhood. penultimate adj. A syllable or member of a series that is last but one. pathos n. The quality in any form of representation that rousespenuri‎‎ ous adj. Excessively sparing in the use of money. emotion or sympathy. penury n. Indigence. patriarch n. The chief of a tribe or race who rules by paternal right. perambulate v. To walk about. patrician adj. Of senatorial or noble rank. perceive v. To have knowledge of, or receive impressions patrimony n. An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one's concerning, through the medium of the body senses. 29 perceptible adj. Cognizable. pervert n. One who has forsaken a doctrine regarded as true for one perception n. Knowledge through the senses of the existence and esteemed false. properties of matter or the external world. pervious adj. Admitting the entrance or passage of another substance. percipience n. The act of perceiving. pestilence n. A raging epidemic. percipient n. One who or that which perceives. pestilent adj. Having a malign influence or effect. percolate v. To filter. pestilential adj. having the nature of or breeding pestilence. percolator n. A filter. peter v. To fail or lose power, efficiency, or value. percussion n. The sharp striking of one body against another. petrify v. To convert into a substance of stony hardness and peremptory adj. Precluding question or appeal. character. perennial adj. Continuing though the year or through many years. petulance n. The character or condition of being impatient, capricious perfectible adj. Capable of being made perfect. or petulant. perfidy n. Treachery. petulant adj. Displaying impatience. perforate v. To make a hole or holes through. pharmacopoeia n. A book containing the formulas and methods of perform v. To accomplish. preparation of medicines for the use of druggists. perfumery n. The preparation of perfumes. pharmacy n. The art or business of compounding and dispensing perfunctory adj. Half-hearted. medicines. perhaps adv. Possibly. phenomenal adj. Extraordinary or marvelous. perigee n. The point in the orbit of the moon when it is nearest the phenomenon n. Any unusual occurrence. earth. philander v. To play at courtship with a woman. periodicity n. The habit or characteristic of recurrence at regulaphilanr thropic adj. Benevolent. intervals. philanthropist n. One who endeavors to help his fellow men. peripatetic adj. Walking about. philanthropy n. Active humanitarianism. perjure v. To swear falsely to. philately n. The study and collection of stamps. perjury n. A solemn assertion of a falsity. philharmonic adj. Fond of music. permanence n. A continuance in the same state, or without any philogynist n. One who is fond of women. change that destroys the essential form or nature. philologist n. An expert in linguistics. permanent adj. Durable. philology n. The study of language in connection with history and permeate v. To pervade. literature. permissible adj. That may be allowed. philosophize v. To seek ultimate causes and principles. permutation n. Reciprocal change, different ordering of same items. philosophy n. The general principles, laws, or causes that furnish the pernicious adj. Tending to kill or hurt. rational explanation of anything. perpendicular adj. Straight up and down. phlegmatic adj. Not easily roused to feeling or action. perpetrator n. The doer of a wrong or a criminal act. phonetic adj. Representing articulate sounds or speech. perpetuate v. To preserve from extinction or oblivion. phonic adj. Pertaining to the nature of sound. perquisite n. Any profit from service beyond the amount fixed as phonogram n. A graphic character symbolizing an articulate sound. salary or wages. phonology n. The science of human vocal sounds. persecution n. Harsh or malignant oppression. phosphorescence n. The property of emitting light. perseverance n. A persistence in purpose and effort. photoelectric adj. Pertaining to the combined action of light and persevere v. To continue striving in spite of discouragements. electricity. persiflage n. Banter. photometer n. Any instrument for measuring the intensity of light or persist v. To continue steadfast against opposition. comparing the intensity of two lights. persistence n. A fixed adherence to a resolve, course of conduct, or photometry n. The art of measuring the intensity of light. the like. physicist n. A specialist in the science that treats of the phenomena personage n. A man or woman as an individual, especially one of associated with matter and energy. rank or high station. physics n. The science that treats of the phenomena associated with personal adj. Not general or public. matter and energy. personality n. The attributes, taken collectively, that make up the physiocracy n. The doctrine that land and its products are the only character and nature of an individual. true wealth. personnel n. The force of persons collectively employed in some physiognomy n. The external appearance merely. service. physiography n. Description of nature. perspective n. The relative importance of facts or matters from any physiology n. The science of organic functions. special point of view. physique n. The physical structure or organization of a person. perspicacious adj. Astute. picayune adj. Of small value. perspicacity n. Acuteness or discernment. piccolo n. A small flute. perspicuous adj. Lucid. piece n. A loose or separated part, as distinguished from the whole or perspiration n. Sweat. the mass. perspire v. To excrete through the pores of the skin. ly. piecemeal adv. Gradualpersuade v. To win the mind of by argument, eloquence, evidence, or pillage n. Open robbery, as in war. reflection. pillory n. A wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to persuadable adj. capable of influencing to action by entreaboardsty, and is exposed to public scorn. statement, or anything that moves the feelings. pincers n. An instrument having two lever-handles and two jaws pertinacious adj. Persistent or unyielding. working on a pivot. pertinacity n. Unyielding adherence. pinchers n. An instrument having two jaws working on a pivot. pertinent adj. Relevant. pinnacle n. A high or topmost point, as a mountain-peak. perturb v. To disturb greatly. pioneer n. One among the first to explore a country. perturbation n. Mental excitement or confusion. pious adj. Religious. perusal n. The act of reading carefully or thoughtfully. pique v. To excite a slight degree of anger in. pervade v. To pass or spread through every part. piteous adj. Compassionate. pervasion n. The state of spreading through every part. pitiable adj. Contemptible. pervasive adj. Thoroughly penetrating or permeating. pitiful adj. Wretched. perverse adj. Unreasonable. pitiless adj. Hard-hearted. perversion n. Diversion from the true meaning or proper purpose. pittance n. Any small portion or meager allowance. perversity n. Wickedness. placate v. To bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of 30 patience or friendliness. previous signs. placid adj. Serene. portent n. Anything that indicates what is to happen. plagiarism n. The stealing of passages from the writings of anotheportfor lio n. A portable case for holding writing-materials, drawings, and publishing them as one's own. etc. planisphere n. A polar projection of the heavens on a chart. posit v. To present in an orderly manner. plasticity n. The property of some substances through which the form position n. The manner in which a thing is placed. of the mass can readily be changed. positive adj. Free from doubt or hesitation. platitude n. A written or spoken statement that is flat, dull, or posse n. A force of men. commonplace. possess v. To own. plaudit n. An expression of applause. possession n. The having, holding, or detention of property in one's plausible adj. Seeming likely to be true, though open to doubt. power or command. playful adj. Frolicsome. possessive adj. Pertaining to the having, holding, or detention of playwright n. A maker of plays for the stage. property in one's power or command. plea n. An argument to obtain some desired action. possessor n. One who owns, enjoys, or controls anything, as pleasant adj. Agreeable. property. pleasurable adj. Affording gratification. possible adj. Being not beyond the reach of power natural, moral, or plebeian adj. Common. supernatural. pledgee n. The person to whom anything is pledged. postdate v. To make the date of any writing later than the real date. pledgeor n. One who gives a pledge. posterior n. The hinder part. plenary adj. Entire. postgraduate adj. Pertaining to studies that are pursued after plenipotentiary n. A person fully empowered to transact any receiving a degree. business. postscript n. Something added to a letter after the writer's signature. plenitude n. Abundance. potency n. Power. plenteous adj. Abundant. potent adj. Physically powerful. plumb n. A weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of potentate n. One possessed of great power or sway. something. potential n. Anything that may be possible. plummet n. A piece of lead for making soundings, adjusting walls to potion n. A dose of liquid medicine. the vertical. powerless adj. Impotent. pluperfect adj. Expressing past time or action prior to some other past practicable adj. Feasible. time or action. prate v. To talk about vainly or foolishly. plural adj. Containing or consisting of more than one. prattle v. To utter in simple or childish talk. plurality n. A majority. preamble n. A statement introductory to and explanatory of what plutocracy n. A wealthy class in a political community who controfollowl s. the government by means of their money. precarious adj. Perilous. pneumatic adj. Pertaining to or consisting of air or gas. precaution n. A provision made in advance for some possible poesy n. Poetry. emergency or danger. poetaster n. An inferior poet. precede v. To happen first. poetic adj. Pertaining to poetry. precedence n. Priority in place, time, or rank. poetics n. The rules and principles of poetry. precedent n. An instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule. poignancy n. Severity or acuteness, especially of pain or grief. precedential adj. Of the nature of an instance that may serve as a poignant adj. Severely painful or acute to the spirit. guide or basis for a rule. poise n. Equilibrium. precession n. The act of going forward. polar adj. Pertaining to the poles of a sphere, especially of the earth. precipice n. A high and very steep or approximately vertical cliff. polemics n. The art of controversy or disputation. precipitant adj. Moving onward quickly and heedlessly. pollen n. The fine dust-like grains or powder formed withinprecip the itate v. To force forward prematurely. anther of a flowering plant. precise adj. Exact. pollute v. To contaminate. precision n. Accuracy of limitation, definition, or adjustment. polyarchy n. Government by several or many persons of what- ever preclude v. To prevent. class. precocious adj. Having the mental faculties prematurely developed. polycracy n. The rule of many. precursor n. A forerunner or herald. polygamy n. the fact or condition of having more than one wife or predatory adj. Prone to pillaging. husband at once. predecessor n. An incumbent of a given office previous to another. polyglot adj. Speaking several tongues. predicament n. A difficult, trying situation or plight. polygon n. A figure having many angles. predicate v. To state as belonging to something. polyhedron n. A solid bounded by plane faces, especially by more predict v. To foretell. than four. prediction n. A prophecy. polysyllable adj. Having several syllables, especially more than three predominance n. Ascendancy or preponderance. syllables. predominant adj. Superior in power, influence, effectiveness, polytechnic adj. Pertaining to, embracing, or practicing many arts. number, or degree. polytheism n. The doctrine or belief that there are more gods than predominate v. To be chief in importance, quantity, or degree. one. preeminence n. Special eminence. pommel v. To beat with something thick or bulky. preempt v. To secure the right of preference in the purchase of public pomposity n. The quality of being marked by an assumed statelland. iness and impressiveness of manner. preemption n. The right or act of purchasing before others. pompous adj. Marked by an assumed stateliness and impressivenepreeng‎‎ss age v. To preoccupy. of manner. preestablish v. To settle or arrange beforehand. ponder v. To meditate or reflect upon. preexist v. To exist at a period or in a state earlier than something ponderous adj. Unusually weighty or forcible. else. pontiff n. The Pope. preexistence n. Existence antecedent to something. populace n. The common people. preface n. A brief explanation or address to the reader, at the populous adj. Containing many inhabitants, especially in proporbeginntion ing of a book. to the territory. prefatory adj. Pertaining to a brief explanation to the reader at the portend v. To indicate as being about to happen, especially by beginning of a book. 31 prefer v. To hold in higher estimation. privy adj. Participating with another or others in the knowledge of a preferable adj. More desirable than others. secret transaction. preference n. An object of favor or choice. probate adj. Relating to making proof, as of a will. preferential adj. Possessing, giving, or constituting preferprobatence or ion n. Any proceeding designed to ascertain or test character, priority. qualification, or the like. preferment n. Preference. probe v. To search through and through. prefix v. To attach at the beginning. probity n. Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed. prehensible adj. Capable of being grasped. procedure n. A manner or method of acting. prehensile adj. Adapted for grasping or holding. proceed v. To renew motion or action, as after rest or interruption. prehension n. The act of laying hold of or grasping. proclamation n. Any announcement made in a public manner. prejudice n. A judgment or opinion formed without due examinprocraation stinate v. To put off till tomorrow or till a future time. of the facts. procrastination n. Delay. prelacy n. A system of church government. proctor n. An agent acting for another. prelate n. One of a higher order of clergy having direct authorprodigity over al n. One wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of other clergy. money or property. prelude n. An introductory or opening performance. prodigious adj. Immense. premature adj. Coming too soon. prodigy n. A person or thing of very remarkable gifts or qualities. premier adj. First in rank or position. productive adj. Yielding in abundance. premise n. A judgment as a conclusion. profession n. Any calling or occupation involving special mental or premonition n. Foreboding. other special disciplines. preoccupation n. The state of having the mind, attention, or professor n. A public teacher of the highest grade in a university or inclination preoccupied. college. preoccupy v. To fill the mind of a person to the exclusion of other proffer v. To offer to another for acceptance. subjects. proficiency n. An advanced state of acquirement, as in some preordain v. To foreordain. knowledge, art, or science. preparation n. An act or proceeding designed to bring about some proficient adj. Possessing ample and ready knowledge or of skill in event. any art, science, or industry. preparatory adj. Having to do with what is preliminary. profile n. An outline or contour. preponderant adj. Prevalent. profiteer n. One who profits. preponderate v. To exceed in influence or power. profligacy n. Shameless viciousness. prepossession n. A preconceived liking. profligate adj. Abandoned to vice. preposterous adj. Utterly ridiculous or absurd. profuse adj. Produced or displayed in overabundance. prerogative adj. Having superior rank or precedence. progeny n. Offspring. presage v. To foretell. progression n. A moving forward or proceeding in course. prescience n. Knowledge of events before they take place. prohibition n. A decree or an order forbidding something. prescient adj. Foreknowing. prohibitionist n. One who favors the prohibition by law of the prescript adj. Prescribed as a rule or model. manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. prescriptible adj. Derived from authoritative direction. prohibitory adj. Involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of prescription n. An authoritative direction. the sale of alcoholic beverages. presentient adj. Perceiving or feeling beforehand. projection n. A prominence. presentiment n. Foreboding. proletarian n. A person of the lowest or poorest class. presentment n. Semblance. prolific adj. Producing offspring or fruit. preservation n. Conservation. prolix adj. Verbose. presumption n. That which may be logically assumed to be true until prologue n. A prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, disproved. discourse, or performance. presumptuous adj. Assuming too much. prolong v. To extend in time or duration. pretension n. A bold or presumptuous assertion. promenade v. To walk for amusement or exercise. pretentious adj. Marked by pretense, conceit, or display. prominence n. The quality of being noticeable or distinguished. preternatural adj. Extraordinary. prominent adj. Conspicuous in position, character, or importance. pretext n. A fictitious reason or motive. promiscuous adj. Brought together without order, distinction, or prevalence n. Frequency. design (for sex). prevalent adj. Of wide extent or frequent occurrence. promissory adj. Expressing an engagement to pay. prevaricate v. To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpospromone tory n. A high point of land extending outward from the of deceiving or diverting attention. coastline into the sea. prevention n. Thwarting. promoter n. A furtherer, forwarder, or encourager. prickle v. To puncture slightly with fine, sharp points. promulgate v. To proclaim. priggish adj. Conceited. ropaganda n. Any institution or systematic scheme for propagating a pprim adj. Stiffly proper. doctrine or system. prima adj. First. propagate v. To spread abroad or from person to person. primer n. An elementary reading-book for children. propel v. To drive or urge forward. primeval adj. Belonging to the first ages. propellant adj. Propelling. primitive adj. Pertaining to the beginning or early times. propeller n. One who or that which propels. principal adj. Most important. prophecy n. Any prediction or foretelling. principality n. The territory of a reigning prince. prophesy v. To predict or foretell, especially under divine inspiration principle n. A general truth or proposition. and guidance. priory n. A monastic house. propitious adj. Kindly disposed. pristine adj. Primitive. proportionate adj. Being in proportion. privateer n. A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but propriety n. Accordance with recognized usage, custom, or carrying on maritime war. principles. privilege n. A right or immunity not enjoyed by all, or that may be propulsion n. A driving onward or forward. enjoyed only under special conditions. prosaic adj. Unimaginative. privity n. Knowledge shared with another or others regardprosceing a nium n. That part of the stage between the curtain and the private matter. orchestra. 32 proscribe v. To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemparadination‎‎se or heaven by expiatory suffering. or denunciation. purl v. To cause to whirl, as in an eddy. proscription n. Any act of condemnation and rejection from favor purloin v. To steal. and privilege. purport n. Intent. proselyte n. One who has been won over from one religious belief to purveyor n. one who supplies another. pusillanimous adj. Without spirit or bravery. prosody n. The science of poetical forms. putrescent adj. Undergoing decomposition of animal or vegetable prospector n. One who makes exploration, search, or examination, matter accompanied by fetid odors. especially for minerals. pyre n. A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body. prospectus n. A paper or pamphlet containing information of a pyromania n. An insane propensity to set things on fire. proposed undertaking. pyrotechnic adj. Pertaining to fireworks or their manufacture. prostrate adj. Lying prone, or with the head to the ground. pyx n. A vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the protagonist n. A leader in any enterprise or contest. host is preserved. protection n. Preservation from harm, danger, annoyance, or any quackery n. Charlatanry other evil. quadrate v. To divide into quarters. protective adj. Sheltering. quadruple v. To multiply by four. protector n. A defender. qualification n. A requisite for an employment, position, right, or protege n. One specially cared for and favored by another usuallprivily ege. older person. qualify v. To endow or furnish with requisite ability, character, Protestant n. A Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and knowledge, skill, or possessions. holds the right of special judgment. qualm n. A fit of nausea. protomartyr n. The earliest victim in any cause. quandary n. A puzzling predicament. protocol n. A declaration or memorandum of agreement less solemnquanti‎‎ ty n. Magnitude. and formal than a treaty. quarantine n. The enforced isolation of any person or place infected protoplasm n. The substance that forms the principal portion of an with contagious disease. animal or vegetable cell. quarrelsome adj. Irascible. prototype n. A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form quarter n. One of four equal parts into which anything is or may be or spirit. divided. protract v. To prolong. quarterly adj. Occurring or made at intervals of three months. protrude v. To push out or thrust forth. quartet n. A composition for four voices or four instruments. protrusion n. The act of protruding. quarto n. An eight-page newspaper of any size. protuberance n. Something that swells out from a surrouquay n. A wharf or artifinding cial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or surface. projecting into it. protuberant adj. Bulging. querulous adj. Habitually complaining. protuberate v. To swell or bulge beyond the surrounding surface. query v. To make inquiry. proverb n. A brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form queue n. A file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as for the wisdom of experience. admittance. provident adj. Anticipating and making ready for future wants or quibble n. An utterly trivial distinction or objection. emergencies. quiescence n. Quiet. providential adj. Effected by divine guidance. quiescent adj. Being in a state of repose or inaction. provincial adj. Uncultured in thought and manner. quiet adj. Making no noise. proviso n. A clause in a contract, will, etc., by which its operation is quietus n. A silencing, suppressing, or ending. rendered conditional. quintessence n. The most essential part of anything. provocation n. An action or mode of conduct that excites resentquintement. t n. Musical composition arranged for five voices or prowess n. Strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle. instruments. proximately adv. Immediately. quite adv. Fully. proxy n. A person who is empowered by another to represent him or Quixotic adj. Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant her in a given matter. degree. prudence n. Caution. rabid adj. Affected with rabies or hydrophobia. prudential adj. Proceeding or marked by caution. racy adj. Exciting or exhilarating to the mind. prudery n. An undue display of modesty or delicacy. radiance n. Brilliant or sparkling luster. prurient adj. Inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires. radiate v. To extend in all directions, as from a source or focus. pseudapostle n. A pretended or false apostle. radical n. One who holds extreme views or advocates extreme pseudonym n. A fictitious name, especially when assumed by a measures. writer. radix n. That from or on which something is developed. pseudonymity n. The state or character of using a fictitious name. raillery n. Good-humored satire. psychiatry n. The branch of medicine that relates to mental diseasramifye. v. To divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions. psychic adj. Pertaining to the mind or soul. ramose adj. Branch-like. psychopathic adj. Morally irresponsible. rampant adj. Growing, climbing, or running without check or psychotherapy n. The treatment of mental disease. restraint. pudgy adj. Small and fat. rampart n. A bulwark or construction to oppose assault or hostile puerile adj. Childish. entry. pugnacious adj. Quarrelsome. rancor n. Malice. puissant adj. Possessing strength. rankle v. To produce irritation or festering. pulmonary adj. Pertaining to the lungs. rapacious adj. Disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy punctilious adj. Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by methods. law or custom. rapid adj. Having great speed. punctual adj. Observant and exact in points of time. rapine n. The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior pungent adj. Affecting the sense of smell. force, as in war. pungency n. The quality of affecting the sense of smell. rapt adj. Enraptured. punitive adj. Pertaining to punishment. raptorial adj. Seizing and devouring living prey. pupilage n. The state or period of being a student. ration v. To provide with a fixed allowance or portion, especially of purgatory n. An intermediate state where souls are made fit for food. 33 rationalism n. The formation of opinions by relying upon reasonredemp tion n. The recovery of what is mortgaged or pledged, by alone, independently of authority. paying the debt. raucous adj. Harsh. redolent adj. Smelling sweet and agreeable. ravage v. To lay waste by pillage, rapine, devouring, or other redolence n. Smelling sweet and agreeable. destructive methods. redoubtable adj. Formidable. ravenous adj. Furiously voracious or hungry. redound n. Rebound. ravine n. A deep gorge or hollow, especially one worn by a stream or redress v. To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the flow of water. punishment of the wrong-doer. reaction n. Tendency towards a former, or opposite state of thingsreduci, as ble adj. That may be reduced. after reform, revolution, or inflation. redundance n. Excess. reactionary adj. Pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or favoriredundng ant adj. Constituting an excess. reaction. reestablish v. To restore. readily adv. Without objection or reluctance. refer v. To direct or send for information or other purpose. readjust v. To put in order after disarrangement. referrer n. One who refers. ready adj. In a state of preparedness for any given purpose or referable adj. Ascribable. occasion. referee n. An umpire. realism n. The principle and practice of depicting persons and scenesrefine‎‎ry n. A place where some crude materi al, as sugar or as they are believed really to exist. petroleum, is purified. rearrange v. To arrange again or in a different order. reflectible adj. Capable of being turned back. reassure v. To give new confidence. reflection n. The throwing off or back of light, heat, sound, or any rebellious adj. Insubordinate. form of energy that travels in waves. rebuff n. A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advancrefleces or tor n. A mirror, as of metal, for reflecting light, heat, or sound approaches. in a particular direction. rebuild v. To build again or anew. reflexible adj. Capable of being reflected. rebut v. To oppose by argument or a sufficient answer. reform n. Change for the better. recant v. To withdraw formally one's belief (in something previoreformusly er n. One who carries out a reform. believed or maintained). refract v. To bend or turn from a direct course. recapitulate v. To repeat again the principal points of. refractory adj. Not amenable to control. recapture v. To capture again. refragable adj. Capable of being refuted. recede v. To move back or away. refringency n. Power to refract. receivable adj. Capable of being or fit to be received - often money. refringent adj. Having the power to refract. receptive adj. Having the capacity, quality, or ability of receivrefusaing, as l n. Denial of what is asked. truths or impressions. refute v. To prove to be wrong. recessive adj. Having a tendency to go back. regale v. To give unusual pleasure. recidivist n. A confirmed criminal. regalia n. pl. The emblems of royalty. reciprocal adj. Mutually interchangeable or convertible. regality n. Royalty. reciprocate v. To give and take mutually. regenerate v. To reproduce. reciprocity n. Equal mutual rights and benefits granted and enjoyeregentd. n. One who is lawfully deputized to administer the recitation n. The act of reciting or repeating, especially in publicgovern and ment for the time being in the name of the ruler. from memory. regicide n. The killing of a king or sovereign. reck v. To have a care or thought for. regime n. Particular conduct or administration of affairs. reckless adj. Foolishly headless of danger. regimen n. A systematized order or course of living with reference to reclaim v. To demand or to obtain the return or restoration of. food, clothing and personal habits. recline v. To cause to assume a leaning or recumbent attitude or regiment n. A body of soldiers. position. regnant adj. Exercising royal authority in one's own right. recluse n. One who lives in retirement or seclusion. regress v. To return to a former place or condition. reclusory n. A hermitage. regretful adj. Feeling, expressive of, or full of regret. recognizance n. An acknowledgment entered into before a court with rehabilitate v. To restore to a former status, capacity, right rank, or condition to do some particular act. privilege. recognize v. To recall the identity of (a person or thing). reign v. To hold and exercise sovereign power. recoil v. To start back as in dismay, loathing, or dread. reimburse v. To pay back as an equivalent of what has been recollect v. To recall the knowledge of. expended. reconcilable adj. Capable of being adjusted or harmonized. rein n. A step attached to the bit for controlling a horse or other reconnoiter v. To make a preliminary examination of for military, draft-animal. surveying, or geological purposes. reinstate v. To restore to a former state, station, or authority. reconsider v. To review with care, especially with a view to a reiterate v. To say or do again and again. v. To reunite after separation. reversal of previous action.rejoin reconstruct v. To rebuild. rejuvenate v. To restore to youth. recourse n. Resort to or application for help in exigency or troublrejuvee. nescence n. A renewal of youth. recover v. To regain. relapse v. To suffer a return of a disease after partial recovery. recreant n. A cowardly or faithless person. relegate v. To send off or consign, as to an obscure position or recreate v. To refresh after labor. remote destination. recrudescence n. The state of becoming raw or sore again. relent v. To yield. recrudescent adj. Becoming raw or sore again. relevant adj. Bearing upon the matter in hand. recruit v. To enlist men for military or naval service. reliance n. Dependence. rectify v. To correct. reliant adj. Having confidence. rectitude n. The quality of being upright in principles and conduct. relinquish v. To give up using or having. recuperate v. To recover. reliquary n. A casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept. recur v. To happen again or repeatedly, especially at regularelishr v. To like the taste or savor of. intervals. reluctance n. Unwillingness. recure v. To cure again. reluctant adj. Unwilling. recurrent adj. Returning from time to time, especially at regularemembr or rance n. Recollection. stated intervals. reminiscence n. The calling to mind of incidents within the range of 34 personal knowledge or experience. resilient adj. Having the quality of springing back to a former reminiscent adj. Pertaining to the recollection of matters of personpositi‎‎al on. interest. resistance n. The exertion of opposite effort or effect. remiss adj. Negligent. resistant adj. Offering or tending to produce resistance. remission n. Temporary diminution of a disease. resistive adj. Having or exercising the power of resistance. remodel v. Reconstruct. resistless adj. Powerless. remonstrance n. Reproof. resonance n. The quality of being able to reinforce sound by remonstrant adj. Having the character of a reproof. sympathetic vibrations. remonstrate v. To present a verbal or written protest to those who resonance adj. Able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations. have power to right or prevent a wrong. resonate v. To have or produce resonance. remunerate v. To pay or pay for. resource n. That which is restored to, relied upon, or made available remuneration n. Compensation. for aid or support. Renaissance n. The revival of letters, and then of art, which marks respite n. Interval of rest. the transition from medieval to modern time. resplendent adj. Very bright. rendezvous n. A prearranged place of meeting. respondent adj. Answering. rendition n. Interpretation. restitution n. Restoration of anything to the one to whom it properly renovate v. To restore after deterioration, as a building. belongs. renunciation n. An explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege. resumption n. The act of taking back, or taking again. reorganize v. To change to a more satisfactory form of organizationresurg‎‎. ent adj. Surging back or again. reparable adj. Capable of repair. resurrection n. A return from death to life reparation n. The act of making amends, as for an injury, loss, or resuscitate v. To restore from apparent death. wrong. retaliate v. To repay evil with a similar evil. repartee n. A ready, witty, or apt reply. retch v. To make an effort to vomit. repeal v. To render of no further effect. retention n. The keeping of a thing within one's power or possession. repel v. To force or keep back in a manner, physically or mentally. reticence n. The quality of habitually keeping silent or being reserved repellent adj. Having power to force back in a manner, physically or in utterance. mentally. reticent adj. Habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance. repentance n. Sorrow for something done or left undone, with desireretinu‎‎ e n. The body of persons who attend a person of importance in to make things right by undoing the wrong. travel or public appearance. repertory n. A place where things are stored or gathered together. retort n. A retaliatory speech. repetition n. The act of repeating. retouch v. To modify the details of. repine v. To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding. retrace v. To follow backward or toward the place of beginning, as a replenish v. To fill again, as something that has been emptied. track or marking. replete adj. Full to the uttermost. retract v. To recall or take back (something that one has said). replica n. A duplicate executed by the artist himself, and regardretrened, ch v. To cut down or reduce in extent or quantity. equally with the first, as an original. retrieve v. To recover something by searching. repository n. A place in which goods are stored. retroactive adj. Operative on, affecting, or having reference to past reprehend v. To find fault with. events, transactions, responsibilities. reprehensible adj. Censurable. retrograde v. To cause to deteriorate or to move backward. reprehension n. Expression of blame. retrogression n. A going or moving backward or in a reverse repress v. To keep under restraint or control. direction. repressible adj. Able to be kept under restraint or control. retrospect n. A view or contemplation of something past. reprieve v. To grant a respite from punishment to. retrospective adj. Looking back on the past. reprimand v. To chide or rebuke for a fault. reunite v. To unite or join again, as after separation. reprisal n. Any infliction or act by way of retaliation on an enemy. revelation n. A disclosing, discovering, or making known of what reprobate n. One abandoned to depravity and sin. was before secret, private, or unknown. reproduce v. To make a copy of. revere v. To regard with worshipful veneration. reproduction n. The process by which an animal or plant gives rise to reverent adj. Humble. another of its kind. reversion n. A return to or toward some former state or condition. reproof n. An expression of disapproval or blame personrevertally v. To return, or turn or look back, as toward a former position addressed to one censured. or the like. repudiate v. To refuse to have anything to do with. revile v. To heap approach or abuse upon. repugnance n. Thorough dislike. revisal n. Revision. repugnant adj. Offensive to taste and feeling. revise v. To examine for the correction of errors, or for the purpose repulse n. The act of beating or driving back, as an attacking or of making changes. advancing enemy. revocation n. Repeal. repulsive adj. Grossly offensive. revoke v. To rescind. repute v. To hold in general opinion. rhapsody n. Rapt or rapturous utterance. requiem n. A solemn mass sung for the repose of the souls of the rhetoric n. The art of discourse. dead. rhetorician n. A showy writer or speaker. requisite adj. Necessary. ribald adj. Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity. requital n. Adequate return for good or ill. riddance n. The act or ridding or delivering from something requite v. To repay either good or evil to, as to a person. undesirable. rescind v. To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a ridicule n. Looks or acts expressing amused contempt. superior authority. ridiculous adj. Laughable and contemptible. reseat v. To place in position of office again. rife adj. Abundant. resemblance n. Similarity in quality or form. righteousness n. Rectitude. resent v. To be indignant at, as an injury or insult. rightful adj. Conformed to a just claim according to established laws reservoir n. A receptacle where a quantity of some materior usage. al, especially of a liquid or gas, may be kept. rigmarole n. Nonsense. residue n. A remainder or surplus after a part has been separated or rigor n. Inflexibility. otherwise treated. rigorous adj. Uncompromising. resilience n. The power of springing back to a former position ripplet n. A small ripple, as of water. 35 risible adj. capable of exciting laughter. scribble n. Hasty, careless writing. rivulet n. A small stream or brook. scribe n. One who writes or is skilled in writing. robust adj. Characterized by great strength or power of endurance. script n. Writing or handwriting of the ordinary cursive form. rondo n. A musical composition during which the first part or subjecScriptt ural adj. Pertaining to, contained in, or warranted by the Holy is repeated several times. Scriptures. rookery n. A place where crows congregate to breed. scruple n. Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or rotary adj. Turning around its axis, like a wheel, or so constructed as duty. to turn thus. scrupulous adj. Cautious in action for fear of doing wrong. rotate v. To cause to turn on or as on its axis, as a wheel. scurrilous adj. Grossly indecent or vulgar. rote n. Repetition of words or sounds as a means of learning them, scuttle v. To sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom. with slight attention. scythe n. A long curved blade for mowing, reaping, etc. rotund adj. Round from fullness or plumpness. seance n. A meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits. rudimentary adj. Being in an initial, early, or incomplete stage of sear v. To burn on the surface. development. sebaceous adj. Pertaining to or appearing like fat. rue v. To regret extremely. secant adj. Cutting, especially into two parts. ruffian adj. A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow. secede v. To withdraw from union or association, especially from a ruminant adj. Chewing the cud. political or religious body. ruminate v. To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and secession n. Voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from regurgitated. political or religious bodies. rupture v. To separate the parts of by violence. seclude v. To place, keep, or withdraw from the companionship of rustic adj. Characteristic of dwelling in the country. others. ruth n. Sorrow for another's misery. seclusion n. Solitude. sacrifice v. To make an offering of to deity, especially by presensecondting ary adj. Less important or effective than that which is primary. on an altar. secondly adv. In the second place in order or succession. sacrificial adj. Offering or offered as an atonement for sin. second-rate adj. Second in quality, size, rank, importance, etc. sacrilege n. The act of violating or profaning anything sacred. secrecy n. Concealment. sacrilegious adj. Impious. secretary n. One who attends to correspondence, keeps records. or safeguard v. To protect. does other writing for others. sagacious adj. Able to discern and distinguish with wise perception. secretive adj. Having a tendency to conceal. salacious adj. Having strong sexual desires. sedate adj. Even-tempered. salience n. The condition of standing out distinctly. sedentary adj. Involving or requiring much sitting. salient adj. Standing out prominently. sediment n. Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid. saline adj. Constituting or consisting of salt. sedition n. Conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity salutary adj. Beneficial. of the state. salutation n. Any form of greeting, hailing, or welcome, whether by seditious adj. Promotive of conduct directed against public order and word or act. the tranquillity of the state. salutatory n. The opening oration at the commencement in Americseducean v. To entice to surrender chastity. colleges. sedulous adj. Persevering in effort or endeavor. salvage n. Any act of saving property. seer n. A prophet. salvo n. A salute given by firing all the guns, as at the funeral of an seethe v. To be violently excited or agitated. officer. seignior n. A title of honor or respectful address, equivalent to sir. sanctimonious adj. Making an ostentatious display or hypocrseismoitical‎‎graph n. An instru ment for recording the phenomena of pretense of holiness or piety. earthquakes. sanction v. To approve authoritatively. seize v. To catch or take hold of suddenly and forcibly. sanctity n. Holiness. selective adj. Having the power of choice. sanguinary adj. Bloody. self-respect n. Rational self-esteem. sanguine adj. Having the color of blood. semblance n. Outward appearance. sanguineous adj. Consisting of blood. semicivilized adj. Half-civilized. sapid adj. Affecting the sense of taste. semiconscious adj. Partially conscious. sapience n. Deep wisdom or knowledge. semiannual adj. Recurring at intervals of six months. sapient adj. Possessing wisdom. semicircle n. A half-circle. sapiential adj. Possessing wisdom. seminar n. Any assemblage of pupils for real research in some saponaceous adj. Having the nature or quality of soap. specific study under a teacher. sarcasm n. Cutting and reproachful language. seminary n. A special school, as of theology or pedagogics. sarcophagus n. A stone coffin or a chest-like tomb. senile adj. Peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or infirmity sardonic adj. Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic. of old age. of. sensation n. A condition of mind resulting from spiritual or inherent satiate v. To satisfy fully the appetite or desire satire n. The employment of sarcasm, irony, or keenness of wit in feeling. ridiculing vices. sense n. The signification conveyed by some word, phrase, or action. satiric adj. Resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity ,or sensibility n. Power to perceive or feel. corruption is held up to ridicule. sensitive adj. Easily affected by outside operations or influences. satirize v. To treat with sarcasm or derisive wit. sensorium n. The sensory apparatus. satyr n. A very lascivious person. sensual adj. Pertaining to the body or the physical senses. savage n. A wild and uncivilized human being. sensuous adj. Having a warm appreciation of the beautiful or of the savor v. To perceive by taste or smell. refinements of luxury. scabbard n. The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon. sentence n. A related group of words containing a subject and a scarcity n. Insufficiency of supply for needs or ordinary demandpredics. ate and expressing a complete thought. scholarly adj. Characteristic of an erudite person. sentience n. Capacity for sensation or sense-perception. scholastic adj. Pertaining to education or schools. sentient adj. Possessing the power of sense or sense-perception. scintilla n. The faintest ray. sentinel n. Any guard or watch stationed for protection. scintillate v. To emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light. separable adj. Capable of being disjoined or divided. scope n. A range of action or view. separate v. To take apart. scoundrel n. A man without principle. separatist n. A seceder. 36 septennial adj. Recurring every seven years. reconstruction of society. sepulcher n. A burial-place. socialist adj. One who advocates reconstruction of society by sequacious adj. Ready to be led. collective ownership of land and capital. sequel n. That which follows in consequence of what has previosociolusly ogy n. The philosophical study of society. happened. Sol n. The sun. sequence n. The order in which a number or persons, thingssolace, or n. Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity. events follow one another in space or time. solar adj. Pertaining to the sun. sequent adj. Following in the order of time. solder n. A fusible alloy used for joining metallic surfaces or sequester v. To cause to withdraw or retire, as from society or publicmargin s. life. soldier n. A person engaged in military service. sequestrate v. To confiscate. solecism n. Any violation of established rules or customs. sergeant n. A non-commissioned military officer ranking next above solicitor n. One who represents a client in court of justice; an a corporal. attorney. sergeant-at-arms n. An executive officer in legislative bodiessolici who tude n. Uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety, or enforces the orders of the presiding officer. fear. sergeant-major n. The highest non-commissioned officer in a soliloquy n. A monologue. regiment. solstice n. The time of year when the sun is at its greatest declination. service n. Any work done for the benefit of another. soluble adj. Capable of being dissolved, as in a fluid. serviceable adj. Durable. solvent adj. Having sufficient funds to pay all debts. servitude n. Slavery. somber adj. Gloomy. severance n. Separation. somniferous adj. Tending to produce sleep. severely adv. Extremely. somnolence n. Oppressive drowsiness. sextet n. A band of six singers or players. somnolent adj. Sleepy. sextuple adj. Multiplied by six. sonata n. An instrumental composition. sheer adj. Absolute. sonnet n. A poem of fourteen decasyllabic or octosyllabiclines shiftless adj. Wanting in resource, energy, or executive ability. expressing two successive phrases. shrewd adj. Characterized by skill at understanding and profitsonoroing by us adj. Resonant. circumstances. soothsayer n. One who claims to have supernatural insight or shriek n. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terrorforesi‎‎. ght. shrinkage n. A contraction of any material into less bulk or sophism n. A false argument understood to be such by the reasoner dimension. himself and intentionally used to deceive shrivel v. To draw or be drawn into wrinkles. sophistical adj. Fallacious. shuffle n. A mixing or changing the order of things. sophisticate v. To deprive of simplicity of mind or manner. sibilance n. A hissing sound. sophistry n. Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when sibilant adj. Made with a hissing sound. designedly deceptive. sibilate v. To give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s. soprano n. A woman's or boy's voice of high range. sidelong adj. Inclining or tending to one side. sorcery n. Witchcraft. sidereal adj. Pertaining to stars or constellations. sordid adj. Of degraded character or nature. siege n. A beleaguerment. souvenir n. A token of remembrance. significance n. Importance. sparse adj. Thinly diffused. significant adj. Important, especially as pointing something out. Spartan adj. Exceptionally brave; rigorously severe. signification n. The meaning conveyed by language, actions, or spasmodic adj. Convulsive. signs. specialize v. To assume an individual or specific character, or adopt a similar adj. Bearing resemblance to one another or to something else. singular or special course. simile n. A comparison which directs the mind to the representatispeciave lty n. An employment limited to one particular line of work. object itself. specie n. A coin or coins of gold, silver, copper, or other metal. similitude n. Similarity. species n. A classificatory group of animals or plants subordinate to a simplify v. To make less complex or difficult. genus. simulate v. Imitate. specimen n. One of a class of persons or things regarded as simultaneous adj. Occurring, done, or existing at the same time. representative of the class. sinecure n. Any position having emoluments with few or no dutiesspecio. us adj. Plausible. singe v. To burn slightly or superficially. spectator n. One who beholds or looks on. sinister adj. Evil. specter n. Apparition. sinuosity n. The quality of curving in and out. spectrum n. An image formed by rays of light or other radiant sinuous adj. Curving in and out. energy. sinus n. An opening or cavity. speculate v. To pursue inquiries and form conjectures. siren n. A sea-nymph, described by Homer as dwelling between the speculator n. One who makes an investment that involves a risk of island of Circe and Scylla. loss, but also a chance of profit. sirocco n. hot winds from Africa. sphericity n. The state or condition of being a sphere. sisterhood n. A body of sisters united by some bond of sympathy or spheroid n. A body having nearly the form of a sphere. by a religious vow. spherometer n. An instrument for measuring curvature or radii of skeptic n. One who doubts any statements. spherical surfaces. skepticism n. The entertainment of doubt concerning something. spinous adj. Having spines. skiff n. Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars. spinster n. A woman who has never been married. skirmish n. Desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two spontaneous adj. Arising from inherent qualities or tendencies armies. without external efficient cause. sleight n. A trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of sprightly adj. Vivacious. performance escapes observation. spurious adj. Not genuine. slight adj. Of a small importance or significance. squabble v. To quarrel. slothful adj. Lazy. squalid adj. Having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance. sluggard n. A person habitually lazy or idle. squatter n. One who settles on land without permission or right. sociable adj. Inclined to seek company. stagnant adj. Not flowing: said of water, as in a pool. socialism n. A theory of civil polity that aims to secure the stagnate v. To become dull or inert. 37 stagnation n. The condition of not flowing or not changing. subservience n. The quality, character, or condition of being servilely stagy adj. Having a theatrical manner. following another's behests. staid adj. Of a steady and sober character. subservient adj. Servilely following another's behests. stallion n. An uncastrated male horse, commonly one kept for subside v. To relapse into a state of repose and tranquillity. breeding. subsist v. To be maintained or sustained. stanchion n. A vertical bar, or a pair of bars, used to confine cattle in subsistence n. Sustenance. a stall. substantive adj. Solid. stanza n. A group of rimed lines, usually forming one of a series of subtend v. To extend opposite to. similar divisions in a poem. subterfuge n. Evasion. statecraft n. The art of conducting state affairs. subterranean adj. Situated or occurring below the surface of the earth. static adj. Pertaining to or designating bodies at rest or forcessubtle in adj. Discriminating. equilibrium. subtrahend n. That which is to be subtracted. statics n. The branch of mechanics that treats of the relations that subversion n. An overthrow, as from the foundation. subsist among forces in order. subvert v. To bring to ruin. stationary adj. Not moving. succeed v. To accomplish what is attempted or intended. statistician n. One who is skilled in collecting and tabulasuccesting s n. A favorable or prosperous course or termination of numerical facts. anything attempted. statuesque adj. Having the grace, pose, or quietude of a statue. successful adj. Having reached a high degree of worldly prosperity. statuette n. A figurine. successor n. One who or that which takes the place of a predecessor stature n. The natural height of an animal body. or preceding thing. statute n. Any authoritatively declared rule, ordinance, decree, or law. succinct adj. Concise. stealth n. A concealed manner of acting. succulent adj. Juicy. stellar adj. Pertaining to the stars. succumb v. To cease to resist. steppe n. One of the extensive plains in Russia and Siberia. sufferance n. Toleration. sterling adj. Genuine. sufficiency n. An ample or adequate supply. stifle v. To smother. suffrage n. The right or privilege of voting. stigma n. A mark of infamy or token of disgrace attaching to a personsuffus e v. To cover or fill the surface of. as the result of evil-doing. suggestible adj. That can be suggested. stiletto n. A small dagger. suggestive adj. Stimulating to thought or reflection. stimulant n. Anything that rouses to activity or to quickened actionsummar. y n. An abstract. stimulate v. To rouse to activity or to quickened action. sumptuous adj. Rich and costly. stimulus n. Incentive. superabundance n. An excessive amount. stingy adj. Cheap, unwilling to spend money. superadd v. To add in addition to what has been added. stipend n. A definite amount paid at stated periods in compensuperasationnnuate v. To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long for services or as an allowance. service. Stoicism n. The principles or the practice of the Stoics-being very superb adj. Sumptuously elegant. even tempered in success and failure. supercilious adj. Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt. stolid adj. Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving. superficial adj. Knowing and understanding only the ordinary and the strait n. A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodiesobviou of s. water. superfluity n. That part of anything that is in excess of what is stratagem n. Any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage. needed. stratum n. A natural or artificial layer, bed, or thickness of any superfluous adj. Being more than is needed. substance or material. superheat v. To heat to excess. streamlet n. Rivulet. superintend v. To have the charge and direction of, especially of stringency n. Strictness. some work or movement. stringent adj. Rigid. superintendence n. Direction and management. stripling n. A mere youth. superintendent n. One who has the charge and direction of, especially studious adj. Having or showing devotion to the acquisition of of some work or movement. knowledge. superlative n. That which is of the highest possible excellence or stultify v. To give an appearance of foolishness to. eminence. stupendous adj. Of prodigious size, bulk, or degree. supernatural adj. Caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise stupor n. Profound lethargy. of divine power. suasion n. The act of persuading. supernumerary adj. Superfluous. suave adj. Smooth and pleasant in manner. supersede v. To displace. subacid adj. Somewhat sharp or biting. supine adj. Lying on the back. subaquatic adj. Being, formed, or operating under water. supplant v. To take the place of. subconscious adj. Being or occurring in the mind, but without adj. Easily bent. supple attendant consciousness or conscious perception. supplementary adj. Being an addition to. subjacent adj. Situated directly underneath. supplicant n. One who asks humbly and earnestly. subjection n. The act of bringing into a state of submission. supplicate v. To beg. subjugate v. To conquer. supposition n. Conjecture. subliminal adj. Being beneath the threshold of consciousness. suppress v. To prevent from being disclosed or punished. sublingual adj. Situated beneath the tongue. suppressible adj. Capable of being suppressed. submarine adj. Existing, done, or operating beneath the surface of the suppression n. A forcible putting or keeping down. sea. supramundane adj. Supernatural. submerge v. To place or plunge under water. surcharge n. An additional amount charged. submergence n. The act of submerging. surety n. Security for payment or performance. submersible adj. Capable of being put underwater. surfeit v. To feed to fullness or to satiety. submersion n. The act of submerging. surmise v. To conjecture. submission n. A yielding to the power or authority of another. surmount v. To overcome by force of will. submittal n. The act of submitting. surreptitious adj. Clandestine. subordinate adj. Belonging to an inferior order in a classification. surrogate n. One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to subsequent adj. Following in time. act in place of another. 38 surround v. To encircle. telephony n. The art or process of communicating by telephone. surveyor n. A land-measurer. telescope v. To drive together so that one slides into the another like susceptibility n. A specific capability of feeling or emotion. the sections of a spy-glass. susceptible adj. Easily under a specified power or influence. telltale adj. That gives warning or information. suspense n. Uncertainty. temerity n. Recklessness. suspension n. A hanging from a support. temporal adj. Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the suspicious adj. Inclined to doubt or mistrust. present life. sustenance n. Food. temporary adj. Lasting for a short time only. swarthy adj. Having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned temporize v. To pursue a policy of delay. complexion. tempt v. To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong. Sybarite n. A luxurious person. tempter n. An allurer or enticer to evil. sycophant n. A servile flatterer, especially of those in authortenaciity or ous adj. Unyielding. influence. tenant n. An occupant. syllabic adj. Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal tendency n. Direction or inclination, as toward some objector end. impulse. tenet n. Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person syllabication n. Division of words into that which is uttered in a believes or maintains as true. single vocal impulse. tenor n. A settled course or manner of progress. syllable n. That which is uttered in a single vocal impulse. tense adj. Strained to stiffness. syllabus n. Outline of a subject, course, lecture, or treatise. tentative adj. Done as an experiment. sylph n. A slender, graceful young woman or girl. tenure n. The term during which a thing is held. symmetrical adj. Well-balanced. tercentenary adj. Pertaining to a period of 300 years. symmetry n. Relative proportion and harmony. termagant adj. Violently abusive and quarrelsome. sympathetic adj. Having a fellow-feeling for or like feelings with terminal adj. Pertaining to or creative of a boundary, limit. another or others. terminate v. To put an end or stop to. sympathize v. To share the sentiments or mental states of anotheterminr. ation n. The act of ending or concluding. symphonic adj. Characterized by a harmonious or agreeable mingliterminng us n. The final point or goal. of sounds. terrify v. To fill with extreme fear. symphonious adj. Marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingliterritng of orial adj. Pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state sounds. exercises jurisdiction. symphony n. A harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds. terse adj. Pithy. synchronism n. Simultaneousness. testament n. A will. syndicate n. An association of individuals united for the prosectestatution or n. The maker of a will. of some enterprise. testimonial n. A formal token of regard, often presented in public. syneresis n. The coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e'er for thearchy n. Government by a supreme deity. ever. theism n. Belief in God. synod n. An ecclesiastical council. theocracy n. A government administered by ecclesiastics. synonym n. A word having the same or almost the same meaning as theocrasy n. The mixed worship of polytheism. some other. theologian n. A professor of divinity. synopsis n. A syllabus or summary. theological adj. Based on or growing out of divine revelation. systematic adj. Methodical. theology n. The branch of theological science that treats of God. tableau n. An arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene theoretical adj. Directed toward knowledge for its own sake without from real life. respect to applications. tacit adj. Understood. theorist n. One given to speculating. taciturn adj. Disinclined to conversation. theorize v. To speculate. tack n. A small sharp-pointed nail. thereabout adv. Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, tact n. Fine or ready mental discernment shown in saying or doing approximately. the proper thing. therefor adv. For that or this. tactician n. One who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness. thermal adj. Of or pertaining to heat. tactics n. Any maneuvering or adroit management for effectthermoing an electric adj. Denoting electricity produced by heat. object. thermoelectricity n. Electricity generated by differences of tangency n. The state of touching. temperature, tangent adj. Touching. thesis n. An essay or treatise on a particular subject. tangible adj. Perceptible by touch. thoroughbred adj. Bred from the best or purest blood or stock. tannery n. A place where leather is tanned. thoroughfare n. A public street or road. tantalize v. To tease. thrall n. One controlled by an appetite or a passion. tantamount adj. Having equal or equivalent value, effect, or importtilth n. Cultiv. ation. tapestry n. A fabric to which a pattern is applied with a needletimbre, n. The quality of a tone, as distinguished from intensity and designed for ornamental hangings. pitch. tarnish v. To lessen or destroy the luster of in any way. timorous adj. Lacking courage. taut adj. Stretched tight. tincture n. A solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in taxation n. A levy, by government, of a fixed contribution. medicine. taxidermy n. The art or process of preserving dead animals or parts tinge n. A faint trace of color. of them. tipsy adj. Befuddled with drinks. technic adj. Technical. tirade n. Harangue. technicality n. Something peculiar to a particular art, trade, or the tireless adj. Untiring. like. tiresome adj. Wearisome. technique n. Manner of performance. Titanic adj. Of vast size or strength. technography n. The scientific description or study of human arts and toilsome adj. Laborious. industries in their historic development. tolerable adj. Moderately good. technology n. The knowledge relating to industries and tolerance n. Forbearance in judging of the acts or opinions of others. manufactures. tolerant adj. Indulgent. teem v. To be full to overflowing. tolerate v. To passively permit or put up with. telepathy n. Thought-transference. toleration n. A spirit of charitable leniency. 39 topography n. The art of representing on a map the physical featurstringes ers of a railway-bridge. of any locality or region with accuracy. triad n. A group of three persons of things. torpor n. Apathy. tribune n. Any champion of the rights and liberties of the people: torrid adj. Excessively hot. often used as the name for a newspaper. tortious adj. Wrongful. trickery n. Artifice. tortuous adj. Abounding in irregular bends or turns. tricolor adj. Of three colors. torturous adj. Marked by extreme suffering. tricycle n. A three-wheeled vehicle. tractable adj. Easily led or controlled. trident n. The three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune. trait n. A distinguishing feature or quality. triennial adj. Taking place every third year. trajectory n. The path described by a projectile moving under given trimness n. Neatness. forces. trinity n. A threefold personality existing in the one divine being or trammel n. An impediment. substance. tranquil adj. Calm. trio n. Three things grouped or associated together. tranquilize v. To soothe. triple adj. Threefold. tranquility n. Calmness. triplicate adj. Composed of or pertaining to three related things or transalpine adj. Situated on the other side of the Alps. parts. transact v. To do business. triplicity n. The state of being triple or threefold. transatlantic adj. Situated beyond or on the other side of the Atlanttripodic. n. A three-legged stand, usually hinged near the top, for transcend v. To surpass. supporting some instrument. transcendent adj. Surpassing. trisect v. To divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts. transcontinental adj. Extending or passing across a continent. trite adj. Made commonplace by frequent repetition. transcribe v. To write over again (something already written) triumvir n. One of three men united coordinately in public office or transcript n. A copy made directly from an original. authority. transfer v. To convey, remove, or cause to pass from one persontrivia or l adj. Of little importance or value. place to another. troublesome adj. Burdensome. transferable adj. Capable of being conveyed from one person or place truculence n. Ferocity. to another. truculent adj. Having the character or the spirit of a savage. transferee n. The person to whom a transfer is made. truism n. A statement so plainly true as hardly to require statement or transference n. The act of conveying from one person or place to proof. another. truthful adj. Veracious. transferrer n. One who or that which conveys from one person or turgid adj. Swollen. place to another. turpitude n. Depravity. transfigure v. To give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to. tutelage n. The act of training or the state of being under instruction. transfuse v. To pour or cause to pass, as a fluid, from one vessel to tutelar adj. Protective. another. tutorship n. The office of a guardian. transfusible adj. Capable of being poured from one vessel to anothetwinge‎‎r. n. A darting momentary local pain. transfusion n. The act of pouring from one vessel to another. typical adj. Characteristic. transgress v. To break a law. typify v. To serve as a characteristic example of. transience n. Something that is of short duration. typographical adj. Pertaining to typography or printing. transient n. One who or that which is only of temporary existence. typography n. The arrangement of composed type, or the appearance transition n. Passage from one place, condition, or action to anotheof printer. d matter. transitory adj. Existing for a short time only. tyrannical adj. Despotic. translate v. To give the sense or equivalent of in another language or tyranny n. Absolute power arbitrarily or unjustly administrated. dialect. tyro n. One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or translator n. An interpreter. profession. translucence n. The property or state of allowing the passage of light. ubiquitous adj. Being present everywhere. translucent adj. Allowing the passage of light. ulterior adj. Not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken transmissible adj. That may e sent through or across. of. transmission n. The act of sending through or across. ultimate adj. Beyond which there is nothing else. transmit v. To send trough or across. ultimatum n. A final statement or proposal, as concerning terms or transmute v. To change in nature, substance, or form. conditions. transparent adj. Easy to see through or understand. ultramundane adj. Pertaining to supernatural things or to another life. transpire v. To come to pass. ultramontane adj. Beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps transplant v. To remove and plant in another place. (that is, on their Italian side). transposition n. The act of reversing the order or changing the place umbrage n. A sense of injury. of. unaccountable adj. Inexplicable. transverse adj. Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction. unaffected adj. Sincere. travail n. Hard or agonizing labor. unanimous adj. Sharing the same views or sentiments. travesty n. A grotesque imitation. unanimity n. The state or quality of being of one mind. treacherous adj. Perfidious. unavoidable adj. Inevitable. treachery n. Violation of allegiance, confidence, or plighted faith. unbearable adj. Unendurable. treasonable adj. Of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of unbecoming adj. Unsuited to the wearer, place, or surroundings. allegiance. unbelief n. Doubt. treatise n. An elaborate literary composition presenting a subjecunbiast in ed adj. Impartial, as judgment. all its parts. unbridled adj. Being without restraint. treble adj. Multiplied by three. uncommon adj. Rare. trebly adv. Triply. unconscionable adj. Ridiculously or unjustly excessive. tremendous adj. Awe-inspiring. unconscious adj. Not cognizant of objects, actions, etc. tremor n. An involuntary trembling or shivering. unction n. The art of anointing as with oil. tremulous adj. Characterized by quivering or unsteadiness. unctuous adj. Oily. trenchant adj. Cutting deeply and quickly. undeceive v. To free from deception, as by apprising of the real state trepidation n. Nervous uncertainty of feeling. of affairs. trestle n. An open braced framework for supporting the horizoundercntal harge v. To make an inadequate charge for. 40 underexposed adj. Insufficiently exposed for proper or full vacuum n. A space entirely devoid of matter. development, as negatives in photography. vagabond n. A wanderer. undergarment n. A garment to be worn under the ordinary outer vagrant n. An idle wanderer. garments. vainglory n. Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity. underman v. To equip with less than the full complement of men. vale n. Level or low land between hills. undersell v. To sell at a lower price than. valediction n. A bidding farewell. undersized adj. Of less than the customary size. valedictorian n. Student who delivers an address at graduating underhanded adj. Clandestinely carried on. exercises of an educational institution. underlie v. To be the ground or support of. valedictory n. A parting address. underling n. A subordinate. valid adj. Founded on truth. undermine v. To subvert in an underhand way. valorous adj. Courageous. underrate v. To undervalue. vapid adj. Having lost sparkling quality and flavor. understate v. To fail to put strongly enough, as a case. vaporizer n. An atomizer. undervalue v. To underestimate. variable adj. Having a tendency to change. underworld n. Hades. variance n. Change. underwrite v. To issue or be party to the issue of a policy of variant n. A thing that differs from another in form only, being the insurance. same in essence or substance. undue adj. More than sufficient. variation n. Modification. undulate v. To move like a wave or in waves. variegate v. To mark with different shades or colors. undulous adj. Resembling waves. vassal n. A slave or bondman. unfavorable adj. Adverse. vaudeville n. A variety show. ungainly adj. Clumsy. vegetal adj. Of or pertaining to plants. unguent n. Any ointment or lubricant for local application. vegetarian n. One who believes in the theory that man's food should unicellular adj. Consisting of a single cell. be exclusively vegetable. univalence n. Monovalency. vegetate v. To live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise of unify v. To cause to be one. the mental faculties. unique adj. Being the only one of its kind. vegetation n. Plant-life in the aggregate. unison n. A condition of perfect agreement and accord. vegetative adj. Pertaining to the process of plant-life. unisonant adj. Being in a condition of perfect agreement and accordveheme. nt adj. Very eager or urgent. Unitarian adj. Pertaining to a religious body that rejects the doctrivelocine ty n. Rapid motion. of the Trinity. velvety adj. Marked by lightness and softness. unlawful adj. Illegal. venal adj. Mercenary, corrupt. unlimited adj. Unconstrained. vendible adj. Marketable. unnatural adj. Artificial. vendition n. The act of selling. unnecessary adj. Not essential under the circumstances. vendor n. A seller. unsettle v. To put into confusion. veneer n. Outside show or elegance. unsophisticated adj. Showing inexperience. venerable adj. Meriting or commanding high esteem. unspeakable adj. Abominable. venerate v. To cherish reverentially. untimely adj. Unseasonable. venereal adj. Pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse. untoward adj. Causing annoyance or hindrance. venial adj. That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin. unutterable adj. Inexpressible. venison n. The flesh of deer. unwieldy adj. Moved or managed with difficulty, as from great size venom n. The poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete. or awkward shape. venous adj. Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or unwise adj. Foolish. veins. unyoke v. To separate. veracious adj. Habitually disposed to speak the truth. up-keep n. Maintenance. veracity n. Truthfulness. upbraid v. To reproach as deserving blame. verbatim adv. Word for word. upcast n. A throwing upward. verbiage n. Use of many words without necessity. upheaval n. Overthrow or violent disturbance of established order or verbose adj. Wordy. condition. verdant adj. Green with vegetation. upheave v. To raise or lift with effort. verification n. The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate. uppermost adj. First in order of precedence. verify v. To prove to be true, exact, or accurate. uproarious adj. Noisy. verily adv. In truth. uproot v. To eradicate. verity n. Truth. upturn v. To throw into confusion. vermin n. A noxious or troublesome animal. urban adj. Of, or pertaining to, or like a city. vernacular n. The language of one's country. urbanity n. Refined or elegant courtesy. vernal adj. Belonging to or suggestive of the spring. urchin n. A roguish, mischievous boy. versatile adj. Having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and urgency n. The pressure of necessity. varied tasks or to various subjects. usage n. Treatment. version n. A description or report of something as modified by one's usurious adj. Taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money character or opinion. loaned. vertex n. Apex. usurp v. To take possession of by force. vertical adj. Lying or directed perpendicularly to the horizon. usury n. The demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of vertigo n. Dizziness. interest beyond what is allowed by law. vestige n. A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, utilitarianism n. The ethical doctrine that actions are right becauslost, or gone. e they are useful or of beneficial tendency. vestment n. Clothing or covering. utility n. Fitness for some desirable practical purpose. veto n. The constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to utmost n. The greatest possible extent. approve an enactment. vacate v. To leave. vicarious adj. Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another. vaccinate v. To inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox. viceroy n. A ruler acting with royal authority in place of the vacillate v. To waver. sovereign in a colony or province. vacuous adj. Empty. vicissitude n. A change, especially a complete change, of condition 41 or circumstances, as of fortune. wearisome adj. Fatiguing. vie v. To contend. wee adj. Very small. vigilance n. Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding againswell-bred adj. Of good ancestt ry. danger. well-doer n. A performer of moral and social duties. vigilant adj. Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or well-to-do adj. In prosperous circumstances. insure safety. whereabouts n. The place in or near which a person or thing is. vignette n. A picture having a background or that is shadedwhereu off pon adv. After which. gradually. wherever adv. In or at whatever place. vincible adj. Conquerable. wherewith n. The necessary means or resources. vindicate v. To prove true, right, or real. whet v. To make more keen or eager. vindicatory adj. Punitive. whimsical adj. Capricious. vindicative adj. Revengeful. whine v. To utter with complaining tone. vinery n. A greenhouse for grapes. wholly adv. Completely. viol n. A stringed instrument of the violin class. wield v. To use, control, or manage, as a weapon, or instrument, viola n. A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin. especially with full command. violator n. One who transgresses. wile n. An act or a means of cunning deception. violation n. Infringement. winsome adj. Attractive. violoncello n. A stringed instrument held between the player's knees. wintry adj. Lacking warmth of manner. virago n. A bold, impudent, turbulent woman. wiry adj. Thin, but tough and sinewy. virile adj. Masculine. witchcraft n. Sorcery. virtu n. Rare, curious, or beautiful quality. witless adj. Foolish, indiscreet, or silly. virtual adj. Being in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance. witling n. A person who has little understanding. virtuoso n. A master in the technique of some particular fine art. witticism n. A witty, brilliant, or original saying or sentiment. virulence n. Extreme poisonousness. wittingly adv. With knowledge and by design. virulent adj. Exceedingly noxious or deleterious. wizen v. To become or cause to become withered or dry. visage n. The face, countenance, or look of a person. wizen-faced adj. Having a shriveled face. viscount n. In England, a title of nobility, ranking fourth in the order working-man n. One who earns his bread by manual labor. of British peerage. workmanlike adj. Like or befitting a skilled workman. vista n. A view or prospect. workmanship n. The art or skill of a workman. visual adj. Perceptible by sight. wrangle v. To maintain by noisy argument or dispute. visualize v. To give pictorial vividness to a mental representation. wreak v. To inflict, as a revenge or punishment. vitality n. The state or quality of being necessary to existence or wrest v. To pull or force away by or as by violent twisting or continuance. wringing. vitalize v. To endow with life or energy. wretchedness n. Extreme misery or unhappiness. vitiate v. To contaminate. writhe v. To twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress. vituperable adj. Deserving of censure. writing n. The act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or vivacity n. Liveliness. ideographs. vivify v. To endue with life. wry adj. Deviating from that which is proper or right. vivisection n. The dissection of a living animal. yearling n. A young animal past its first year and not yet two years vocable n. a word, especially one regarded in relation merelyold. to its qualities of sound. zealot n. One who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an vocative adj. Of or pertaining to the act of calling. immoderately partisan manner. vociferance n. The quality of making a clamor. zeitgeist n. The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize vociferate v. To utter with a loud and vehement voice. any age or epoch. vociferous adj. Making a loud outcry. zenith n. The culminating-point of prosperity, influence, or greatness. vogue n. The prevalent way or fashion. zephyr n. Any soft, gentle wind. volant adj. Flying or able to fly. zodiac n. An imaginary belt encircling the heavens within which are volatile adj. Changeable. the larger planets. volition n. An act or exercise of will. volitive adj. Exercising the will. voluble adj. Having great fluency in speaking. voluptuous adj. having fullness of beautiful form, as a woman, with or without sensuous or sensual quality. voracious adj. Eating with greediness or in very large quantities. vortex n. A mass of rotating or whirling fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the center. votary adj. Consecrated by a vow or promise. votive adj. Dedicated by a vow. vulgarity n. Lack of refinement in conduct or speech. vulnerable adj. Capable of receiving injuries. waif n. A homeless, neglected wanderer. waistcoat n. A vest. waive v. To relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim. wampum n. Beads strung on threads, formerly used among the American Indians as currency. wane v. To diminish in size and brilliancy. wantonness n. Recklessness. warlike adj. Belligerent. wavelet n. A ripple. weak-kneed adj. Without resolute purpose or energy. weal n. Well-being. wean v. To transfer (the young) from dependence on mother's milk to another form of nourishment. 42