1 abase shame

2 abash embarrass
3 abate decrease
4 abbreviate shorten
5 abdicate renounce
6 aberrant anomalous
7 abet encourage
8 abeyance suspended action
9 abhor loathe
10 abject wretched
11 abjure renounce upon oath
12 ablution washing
13 abnegation self-sacrifice
14 abolish dissolve
15 abominable loathsome
16 abominate loathe
17 aboriginal native
18 abortive unsuccessful
19 abrasive rubbing away
20 abridge shorten
21 abrogate abolish
22 abscission cut off to remove
23 abscond escape
24 absolute total
25 absolve pardon
26 abstain refrain
27 abstemious sparing in eating and drinking
28 abstinence restraint
29 abstract not concrete
30 abstruse profound
31 abusive insulting
32 abut adjoin
33 abysmal bottomless
34 abyss bottomless pit
35 academic pertaining to education
36 accede agree
37 accelerate increase pace
38 accessible easy to approach
39 accessory addendum
40 acclaim applaud
41 acclimate assimilate
42 acclivity up slope
43 accolade merit
44 accommodate oblige or help someone; bring harmony; adapt
45 accomplice assistant in crime
46 accord agreement
47 accost approach
48 accoutre equip
49 accretion growth
50 accrue due
51 acerbic acidic
52 acerbity bitterness
53 acetic vinegary
54 acidulous bitter
55 acknowledge recognise
56 acme highest point
57 acoustics musical properties
58 acquiesce accede
59 acquittal getting freed of charges
60 acrid sharp, pungent smelling
61 acrimonious bitter
62 acrophobia fear of heights
63 actuarial pertaining to insurance statistics
64 actuate initiate
65 acuity sharpness
66 acumen keenness
67 acute sharp
68 adage wise saying
69 adamant stubborn
70 adapt adjust
71 addendum accessory
72 addiction compulsive, habitual need
73 addle confuse
74 address direct
75 adept skilful
76 adhere stick
77 adherent supporter
78 adjacent abutting
79 adjunct associate
80 adjuration solemn urging
81 adjutant assistant staff
82 admonish warn
83 adorn decorate
84 adroit skilful
85 adulation admiration
86 adulterate make impure
87 advent act of advancing
88 adventitious accidental
89 adversary enemy
90 adverse hostile
91 adversity poverty We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.
92 advert refer to
93 advocacy support
94 advocate support
95 aegis shield
96 aerie nest
97 aesthetic pertaining to beauty
98 affable easily approachable
99 affected pretended
100 affidavit written statement
101 affiliation association
102 affinity fondness
103 affirmation positive assertion
104 affix attach
105 affliction state of distress
106 affluence wealth
107 affront offend
108 agape openmouthed
109 agenda items in a list
110 agglomeration accumulation
111 aggrandise increase
112 aggregate cumulative
113 aggressor attacker
114 aghast horrified
115 agility nimbleness
116 agitate disturb
117 agnostic atheist
118 agog highly excited We were all agog at the news that the movie star was giving up her career to enter a monastery.
119 agrarian agricultural
120 alacrity eagerness
121 alchemy substance to turn metals to gold
122 alcove nook
123 alias fake identity
124 alienate make hostile
125 alimentary supplying nourishment
126 alimony money paid to divorced spouse
127 allay calm
128 allege state without proof
129 allegiance loyalty
130 allegory story where characters refer to symbols
131 alleviate ameliorate
132 alliteration repetition of first letter in several words
133 allocate designate
134 alloy mixture of metal; mix
135 allude refer
136 allure attraction
137 allusion reference
138 alluvial pertaining to soil deposit left by running water
139 aloof apart
140 aloft upward
141 altercation quarrel
142 altruistic unselfish
143 amalgamate combine
144 amass accumulate
145 amazon warrior woman
146 ambidextrous capable of using both hands equally
147 ambience environment
148 ambiguous equivocal
149 ambivalence vacillating
150 amble walk casually
151 ambrosia food of the gods Ambrosia was supposed to provide immortality to humans.
152 ambulatory not bed-ridden
153 ameliorate alleviate
154 amenable readily managed; answerable
155 amend alter
156 amenities facilities
157 amiable friendly
158 amicable amiable
159 amiss wrong
160 amity friendship
161 amnesia loss of memory
162 amnesty mercy
163 amoral not having morals
164 amorous loving
165 amorphous formless
166 amphibian able to live both on ground and in water
167 amphitheatre oval arena
168 ample abundant
169 amplify magnify
170 amputate cut off
171 amok in a state of rage
172 amulet charm
173 anachronism misplaced in time
174 analgesic anesthesia
175 analogous similar
176 anarchist
someone seeking to overturn established
government
177 anarchy havoc
178 anathema solemn curse
179 ancestry family descent
180 anchor secure or fasten
181 ancillary auxiliary
182 anecdote short story
183 anaemia lack of haemoglobin
184 anaesthetic analgesic
185 anguish acute pain; extreme suffering
186 angular cornered
187 animadversion critical remark He resented the animadversions of his critics.
188 animated lively
189 animosity hostility
190 animus hostility
191 annals records
192 anneal make less brittle
193 annex attach to a larger body
194 annihilate destroy
195 annotate comment
196 annuity annual allowance
197 annul nullify
198 anodyne drug that relieves pain
199 anoint consecrate
200 anomalous aberrant
201 anomaly aberration
202 anonymity unknown identity
203 antagonism hostility
204 antecede precede
205 antecedent precedent
206 antediluvian antiquated
207 anthem song of praise
208 anthology collection of literary work
209 anthropoid having human form
210 anthropologist student of history and science of humankind
211 antic extraordinarily old
212 anticlimax letdown in thought or emotion
213 antidote cure
214 antipathy aversion
215 antiquated antediluvian
216 antiseptic substance that prevents infection
217 antithesis contrast
218 anvil iron block
219 apathy indifference
220 ape mimic
221 aperture small opening
222 aphasia temporary loss of speech
223 apex acme
224 aphorism pithy maxim
225 apiary beehive
226 aplomb assurance
227 apocalyptic prophetic
228 apocryphal not authentic
229 apogee apex
230 apolitical politically neutral
231 apologist
one who writes in defence of a cause or
institution
232 apostate one who abandons his beliefs
233 apothecary druggist
234 apothegm pithy saying
235 apotheosis elevation to godhood; ideal example
236 appall disgust
237 apparition spectre
238 appease soothe
239 apellation name, title Macbeth was startled when the witches greeted him with an incorrect apellation
240 append attach
241 application diligent attention Pleased with how well Tom had whitewashed the fences, Aunt Polly praised him for his application.
242 apposite appropriate
243 appraise evaluate
244 appeciate be thankful
245 apprehend arrest; dread; perceive
246 apprehensive fearful
247 apprise inform
248 approbation approval
249 appropriate acquire
250 appurtenance subordinate possessions He bought the estate and all its appurtenances.
251 apropos to the point and timely; with reference to
252 aptitude talent
253 aquiline curved
254 arabesque standing on one leg; entwined tree branches
255 arable cultivable
256 arbiter judge
257 arbitrary unreasonable or capricious; tyrranical
258 arbitrate judge
259 arboretum
place where different types of trees and shrubs
are studied and exhibited
260 arcade covered passageway
261 arcane secret, mysterious Secret brotherhoods surround themselves with arcane rituals.
262 archaeology study of ancient objects
263 archaic ancient
264 archetype prototype; prmitive pattern
265 archipelago group of islands
266 archives old records
267 ardor zeal
268 arduous strenuous
269 argot slang In the argot of the underworld, she 'was taken for a ride'.
270 aria operatic solo
271 aristocracy elite class
272 armada naval squad
273 aromatic sweet smelling
274 arraign indict The accused man was arraigned in the criminal court.
275 array arrange in rows and columns
276 array clothe
277 arrears due
278 arrest stop
279 arrythmic lack of rhythm
280 arrogance haughtiness
281 arroyo gully
282 arsenal storage for arms and ammunition
283 artful tactful
284 articulate effective
285 artifact objects made by human beings
286 artifice chicanery
287 artisan skilled hand worker
288 artless tactless
289 ascendancy control
290 ascertain find out for cetain
291 ascetic austere
292 ascribe attribute
293 aseptic preventing infection
294 ashen ash coloured
295 asinine stupid
296 askance skewed
297 askew skewed
298 asperity sharpness of temper
299 aspersion derogatory remark
300 aspirant aspiring
301 aspire wish
302 assail attack
303 assay analyse
304 assent accede
305 assessment appraisal
306 assiduous hard working
307 assimilate acclimate
308 assuage ameliorate; satisfy After a gallon if ice-cream, he assuaged his appetite.
309 assumption something taken for granted
310 assurance promise; certainty; self-confidence
311 asteroid small planet
312 astigmatism eye defect hampering focus
313 astral relating to the stars
314 astringent binding; causing contraction The astringent of the unsweetened lemon juice made swallowing difficult.
315 astronomical very high
316 astute wise
317 asunder apart
318 asylum refuge
319 asymmetric not symmetric
320 atavism
resemblance to remote ancestors rather than
parents
Martin seemed an atavism to his Tuscan ancestors who took great care of their small plots of soil.
321 atheist disbeliever of God
322 atone compensate
323 atrocity ruthlessness
324 atrophy attenuation
325 attentive alert
326 attenuate weaken
327 attest testify
328 attribute property
329 attribute ascribe
330 attrition atrophy
331 atypical not normal
332 audacious daring
333 audit examnation of accounts
334 augment increase
335 augury omen He interpreted the departure of the birds as an augury of evil.
336 august majestic
337 aureole corona
338 auriferous containing gold
339 auroral relating to aurora
340 auspicious suggesting success
341 austere simple and unornamented
342 authentic genuine
343 authoritarian completely dominating one's will
344 authoritative having the force of authority
345 autocratic dictatorial
346 automation mechanism that imitates human actions
347 autonomous self-governing
348 autopsy dissection of dead body
349 auxiliary accexxory
350 avalanche massive fall of snow
351 avarice greed
352 avenge taking revenge
353 aver assert
354 averse reluctant
355 aversion hatred
356 avert avoid
357 aviary place to keep birds
358 avid zealous
359 avocation secondary He gradually abandoned his regular job to pursue his avocation.
360 avow declare openly
361 avuncular like an uncle
362 awe wonder
363 awl tool for piercing
364 awry crooked
365 axiom self-evident truth
366 azure sky blue
367 babble chatter
368 bacchanalian drunken (Bacchus: god of wine)
369 badger pester
370 badinage teasing conversation Her friends greeted the news of her engagement with cheerful badinage.
371 baffle confuse
372 bait harrass
373 baleful menacing; sinister
374 balk stop short; foil
375 ballast heavy mass for balancing
376 balm lotion for soothing pain
377 balmy mild; fragrant
378 banal hackneyed, trite
379 bandy
discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words
heatedly
While the president was happy to bandy patriotism with anyone willing to listen, he refused to bandy with unfriendly reporters.
380 bane curse
381 baneful poisonous, causing disaster
382 bantering good-natured ridiculing
383 barb sharp, pointed object; critical remarks
384 bard poet
385 barefaced shameless
386 baroque highly ornate
387 barrage barrier
388 barrister attorney
389 barterer trader
390 bask luxuriate
391 bastion fortress
392 bate restrain
393 bauble trinket
394 bawdy raunchy
395 beatific blissful
396 beatify consecrate
397 beatitude blessedness
398 bedizen dress with vulgar finery
399 bedraggle drenched
400 beeline direct route
401 befuddle confuse
402 beget father
403 begrudge resent
404 beguile trick; pass time
405 behemoth huge size
406 beholden obligated Since I do not wish to be beholden to anyone, I cannot accept this offer.
407 behoove be incumbent upon It behooves the ruler to trust nobody and to be suspicious of sycophants.
408 belabor explain or go over excessively; assail verbally
409 belated late
410 beleaguer besiege or attack; harrass
411 belie give false impression
412 belittle disparage
413 bellicose warlike
414 belligerent quarrelsome
415 bemoan lament; express disapproval
416 bemused confused
417 benediction blessing
418 benefactor gift giver
419 beneficient kindly, doing good
420 beneficial helpful
421 beneficiary one who receives benefit
422 benevolent kind
423 benign kind
424 benison blessing
425 bent determined
426 bequeth hand down
427 bereavement deprivation
428 bereft bereaved The foolish gambler soon found himself bereft of money.
429 berserk crazy
430 beseech beg
431 beset harrass
432 besiege surround
433 besmirch soil
434 bestial relating to a beast
435 bestow bequeath, confer
436 betoken signify, indicate
437 betray be unfaithful
438 betroth get engaged
439 bevy large group
440 bicameral double chambered
441 bicker quarrel
442 biennial every two years
443 bifurcated divided into two branches
444 bigotry intolerance
445 bilious suffering from liver complaint; ill-humoured
446 bilk swindle
447 billowing swelling out in waves
448 bivouac temporary encampment While in bivouac, we spent the night in sleeping-bags under the stars.
449 bizarre weird
450 blanch bleach
451 bland mild
452 blandish flatter
453 blandishment flattery
454 blare loud sound; bright glare
455 blase bored with pleasure or dissipation Although Bess was thrilled about the trip to Paris, she pretended to be supercool and blase, as if she had been abroad several times.
456 blasphemy irreverence
457 blatant obvious
458 bleak gloomy
459 blighted suffering from a disease
460 blithe carefree, cheerful
461 bloated swollen or puffed
462 blowhard boaster
463 bludgeon club
464 bluff deception; rough; high cliff He dove from the high bluff into the waters below.
465 blunder error
466 blurt utter impulsively
467 bluster blow in heavy gusts
468 bode foreshadow
469 bogus not authentic
470 bohemian unsystematic
471 boisterous rough, violent
472 bolster support
473 bolt door bar
474 bombardment attack with missiles
475 bombastic pompous
476 boon blessing
477 boorish rude
478 bouillon clear soup
479 bountiful abundant
480 bourgeois middle class
481 bovine cow like
482 bowdlerise expurgate
483 boycott refrain from using
484 brackish salty
485 braggadocio braggart
486 braggart boaster
487 brandish wave
488 bravado swagger, air of defiance
489 brawn muscle
490 brazen insolent His brazen contempt for authority infuriated the authorities.
491 breach breaking of contract, etc.
492 breadth width
493 brevity conciseness
494 brindled spotted or streaked
495 bristling hair rising
496 brittle easily broken
497 broach introduce
498 brocade rich, figured fabric
499 brochure pamphtlet
500 brooch clasp for bracelet
501 brook tolerate The dean would brook no interference with his disciplinary actions.
502 browbeat intimidate
503 browse graze, skim
504 brunt main force
505 brusque abrupt
506 buccaneer pirate
507 bucolic rustic, pastoral
508 buffet food table; strike
509 buffonery clowning
510 bugaboo object of baseless terror
511 bullion gold or silver block
512 bulwark strong defense
513 bungle mismanage
514 bouyant floating
515 bureaucracy administrative system
516 burgeon grow forth The plants that burgoen in the spring are a promise to the beauty that is to come.
517 burlesque imitation
518 burnish make brighter
519 buttress prop
520 buxom plump
521 cabal small group
522 cache secret hiding place
523 cacophonous discordant
524 cadaver corpse
525 cadaverous like a corpse
526 cadence rhythmic rise and fall The troops sang out, following the cadence set by the sergeant.
527 cadge beg Bob had to cadge a ride to work everyday/
528 cajole coax
529 calamity disaster
530 calculated deliberately planned
531 cauldron large pot
532 caliber ability
533 calligraphy good penmanship
534 callous insensitive
535 callow young
536 calorific heat producing
537 calumny slander
538 camaraderie good-fellowship
539 cameo carved shell or jewel; small part in acting
540 camouflage disguise
541 canard fabricated report Tina refused to take the tabloid canard seriously.
542 candor frankness
543 canine relating to dog
544 canker any evil
545 canny shrewd
546 canon list of literary pieces belonging to a class; rules
547 cant insincere expressions of piety
548 cantankerous irritable
549 cantata story set to music The choral society sang the new cantata composed by its leader.
550 canter gentle gallop
551 canto part of a poem
552 canvass seek opinion
553 capacity capability; position
554 capillary small bore
555 capitulate surrender
556 caprice whim
557 capricious fickle
558 caption title
559 captious spacious
560 carafe decanter
561 carapace shell
562 carat unit of weight
563 carcinogenic causing cancer
564 cardinal chief
565 cardiologist heart specialist
566 careen sway from side to side
567 caricature cartoon
568 carillon set of bells capable of being played
569 carnage destruction
570 carnal vexation
571 carnivorous meat eating
572 carousal drunken revelry
573 carping fault finding
574 carrion rotting flesh
575 cartographer map maker
576 cascade small waterfall
577 caste sect
578 castigation criticism
579 casualty sufferer
580 cataclysm upheaval
581 catalyst somthing that causes action
582 catapult slingshot
583 cataract large waterfall; eye defect
584 catastrophe disaster
585 catcall jeer
586 catechism religious instruction book
587 categorical without exception; unqualified
588 cathartic purgative
589 catholic universal
590 caucus private meeting, conclave
591 caulk to make watertight
592 causal implying
593 caustic burning
594 cauterize burn with hot iron
595 cavalcade procession
596 cavalier arrogant
597 cavil make frivolous objections I respect your sensible criticisms but not your cavil.
598 cede give up
599 celerity speed
600 celestial astral
601 celibate not married
602 censor eliminator of inappropriate contents
603 censorious critical
604 censure criticise
605 centaur mythical creature
606 centigrade unit of temperature measurement
607 centrifugal emanating outwards
608 centrifuge
machine used to separate substances by
whirling
609 centripetal tending towards the centre
610 centurion Roman army officer
611 cerebral relating to the brain
612 cerebration thought
613 ceremonious incorporating ceremony
614 certitude certainty
615 cessation stoppage
616 cession yielding
617 chafe warm by rubbing; make sore He warmed his hands by chafing. The collar of his shirt chafed his neck.
618 chaff worthless product
619 chaffing joking
620 chagrin vexation
621 chalice goblet
622 chameleon animal capable of camouflaging
623 champion support
624 chaotic disordered
625 charisma popular charm
626 charlatan quack
627 chary cautious
628 chase ornament a metal surface by indenting
629 chasm abyss
630 chassis body of a structure
631 chaste virgin
632 chasten correct by scolding
633 chastened corrected
634 chastise criticise
635 chauvinist blind follower
636 check stop, curb
637 checkered marked by alternating fortunes
638 cherubic angelic
639 chicanery trickery
640 chide chastise
641 chimerical fantastically improbable
642 chisel swindle
643 chivalrous courteous
644 choleric hot-tempered
645 choreography art of representing dance
646 chortle chuckle with delight
647 chronic long-established
648 chronicle record
649 churlish boorish
650 ciliated having hair-like structures
651 cipher non-entity; code She wondered how she could marry a total cipher like him.
652 circlet small ring
653 circuitous round about
654 circumlocution beating about the bush
655 circumscribe limit narrowly
656 circumspect prudent, cautious
657 circumvent confuse
658 cistern water reservoir
659 citadel fortress
660 cite quote
661 civil relating to the people; polite
662 clairvoyant having foresight
663 clamber climb
664 clamor noise
665 clandestine secret
666 clangor loud resounding noise
667 clapper striker of bell
668 clarion shrill, trumpetlike sound He woke to the clarion of the bugle.
669 claustrophobia fear of enclosed space
670 clavicle collarbone Despite wearing shoulde pads, he hurt his clavice during the rugby march.
671 cleave split; adhere; remain faithful Although the rain was heavy and his uniform cleaved to his body, the soldier did not cleave his post.
672 cleft split
673 clemency leniency
674 cliche trite phrase
675 clientele group of clients
676 climactic relating to the highest point
677 clime climate
678 clique exclusive group
679 cloister monastery The nuns all lived in the cloister.
680 clout influence
681 cloying distasteful owing to excess
682 coagulate thicken
683 coalesce combine
684 coalition partnership
685 coda ending part of musical piece
686 coddle pamper
687 codicil supplement to the body of a will Miss Havisham kept her lawyers adding codicils to her will.
688 codify arrange as a code
689 coercion use of force to get someone to obey
690 coeval contemporary
691 cog tooth projecting from a wheel
692 cogent convincing
693 cogitate contemplate
694 cognate having same literary origin
695 cognitive relating to mental processes
696 cognizance knowledge
697 cohabit live together
698 cohere adhere
699 cohesion adhesion
700 cohorts armed companions
701 coiffure hairstyle
702 coin make coins; invent
703 coincidence chance occurrence
704 colander utensil with perforated bottom
705 collaborate work together
706 collage agglomeration of fragmented pieces
707 collate examine to verify authenticity They collated the newly found manuscripts to determine their age.
708 collateral security given for loan Owing to the size of the amount you want to borrow, we require a collateral from you.
709 collation light meal Tea sandwiches and biscuits were offered at the collation.
710 colloquial informal speech
711 colloquy informal discussion
712 collusion collaboration
713 colossal large
714 colossus large statue
715 comatose in a coma
716 combustible easily burned
717 comely agreeable, attractive
718 comestible fit to be eaten
719 comeuppance rebuke After his earlier churlish behaviour, we were delighted to see him get his comeuppance.
720 comity courtesy A spirit of comity should exist between the members.
721 commandeer confiscate
722 commemorative intending to remember
723 commensurate appropriate
724 commiserate sympathise
725 commodious capacious
726 communal held in common
727 compact packed; agreement According to the compact, he was allowed to stay in the region.
728 compatible harmonious
729 compelling overpowering
730 compendium brief, comprehensive summary This book can serve as a compendium for the large amount of research in the field.
731 compensatory making up
732 compilation accumulation
733 compile accummulate
734 complacency self-assurance
735 complaisant eager to please
736 complement complete
737 complementary something that complements
738 compliance readiness to yield
739 compliant amenable
740 complicity participation Although Spanish complicity in sinking of the battleship was not proved, public opinion was aroused.
741 component element
742 comport behave He comported himself with great dignity.
743 composure calmness
744 compound combine; constitute; increase The pharmacists compounded a nasal decongestant with antihistamine.
745 comprehensive thorough
746 compress squeeze
747 comprise include
748 compromise make concession
749 compunction remorse The judge was especially sever wince he felt that the criminal had not shown compunction for the previous case.
750 compute calculate
751 concatenate link as in a chain
752 concave hollow
753 concede yield
754 conceit arrogance
755 concentric having same centre
756 conception beginning
757 concerted collaborated
758 concession compromise
759 concilliatory reconciling
760 concise short
761 conclave caucus
762 conclusive decisive
763 concoct prepare
764 concomitant that which accompanies The symptom is a concomitant of old age.
765 concord harmony
766 concur agree
767 concurrent contemporary
768 condescend bestow courtesies with superior air
769 condign appropriate
770 condiment spice Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavour.
771 condole sympathise
772 condone forgive, excuse Unlike Widow Douglas who condoned Huck's minor offences, Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
773 conducive helpful
774 conduit aqueduct
775 confidant trusted person
776 confine enclose
777 confiscate commandeer
778 conflagration great fire
779 conflate combine Religion and terrorism are sometimes viewed as a conflation.
780 confluence flowing together
781 conformity agreement
782 confound confuse
783 congeal freeze, coagulate
784 congenial friendly
785 congenital existing from birth
786 conglomeration agglomeration
787 congruence symmetry
788 congruent agreement
789 conifer cone bearing tree
790 conjecture infer
791 conjugal pertaining to marriage
792 conjure invent
793 connivance justification to offend
794 conoisseur expert
795 connotation alternate meaning
796 connubial pertaining to marriage He wished the newlyweds a lifetime of connuvial bliss.
797 consanguinity kinship
798 conscientious careful
799 conscript person recruited
800 consecrate sanctify
801 consensus general agreement
802 consequential pompous The actor strutted around the dressing room in a consequential manner, convinced of his importance
803 conservatory school of fine arts/music
804 consign entrust
805 consistency uniformity
806 console lessen sorrow
807 consolidation making a position stronger; unification The recent consolidation of several small airlines into a large one leaves little room for smaller airlines in the market.
808 consonance harmony Her agitation seemed out of consonance with her usual calm disposition.
809 consort associate with; spouse
810 conspiracy treacherous plot
811 constituent supporter
812 constraint compulsion; restraint
813 construe explain
814 consummate whole
815 contagion infection
816 contaminate pollute
817 contempt hatred
818 contend compete
819 contention claim It is our contention that following the guidelines helps to increase score significantly.
820 contentious quarrelsome
821 contest challenge
822 context environment in a written piece
823 contiguous adjacent to The two countries are contiguous for a few miles in the east.
824 continence self-restraint
825 contingent dependent Any increase in her wage was contingent on her performance.
826 contortion distortion
827 contraband smuggled item
828 contravene contradict Mr. Barrett did not expect his daughter to contravene his will by eloping.
829 contrite penitent Her contrite tears did not affect the verdict.
830 contrived forced, artificial James made a few contrived efforts at converstaion, but soon gave up.
831 controvert contradict
832 contumacious disobedient The contumacious mob shouted defiantly at the police.
833 contusion bruise Sue was treated for contusions after her fall.
834 conundrum riddle
835 convene gather
836 convention custom
837 conventional typical
838 converge approach and meet
839 conversant familiar
840 converse opposite
841 convert one who has taken up a new belief
842 convex protruding outwards
843 conveyance transport
844 conviction
strongly held belief; judgment that someone is
guilty
845 convivial festive The convivial celebrators of the victory sang the team song.
846 convoke call together, convene
847 convoluted intricate
848 copious abundant
849 coquette flirt When she declined his marriage proposal, he called her a coquette.
850 cordial courteous
851 cordon barrier
852 cornice cover protruding from top of building
853 cornucopia horn overflowing with richness
854 corollary implication
855 corporeal physical
856 corpulent obese The corpulent man resolved to reduce weight rapidly.
857 correlation relation
858 corroborate support, confirm
859 corrode erode
860 corrosive that which corrodes
861 corrugated wrinkled, ridged
862 cosmic astral
863 coterie small exclusive group He was invited into the literary coterie which met every week at the hotel.
864 countenance face; tolerate Miss Manners refused to countenance such rude behaviour from his part.
865 countermand revoke
866 counterpart something that completes
867 coup successful attack
868 couple unite
869 courier messenger
870 covenant agreement
871 covert clandestine
872 covetous avaricious
873 cow scare
874 cower shrink quivering
875 coy shy
876 cozen trick, cheat
877 crabbed sour, peevish The children avoided the crabbed man because he scolded them when they made noise.
878 crass unrefined
879 craven cowardly
880 credence belief
881 credo creed
882 credulity gullibility
883 creed belief
884 crescendo loud noise
885 crestfallen dispirited
886 crevice crack
887 cringe shrink back in fear
888 criteria standards used in judgment
889 crone hag
890 crotchety eccentric
891 crux crucial point
892 crypt tomb
893 cryptic mysterious
894 cubicle small chamber
895 cuisine dish
896 culinary related to cooking
897 cull pick out, reject
898 culmination attainment of highest point
899 culpable deserving blame
900 culvert artificial water way
901 cumbersome hard to manage
902 cumulative accumulated
903 cupidity greed
904 curator caretaker
905 curmudgeon churlish, miserly individual While many regarded him as a curmudgeon, a few of us were aware of his generosity.
906 cursive flowing In normal writing, letters are written in cursive form but when typing, the letters are separated.
907 cursory casual
908 curtail cut short
909 cynical sceptical
910 cynosure object of attraction
911 dabble work in non-serious fashion
912 dais raised platform
913 dally delay
914 damp discourage
915 dank damp
916 dapper prim, tidy
917 dappled spotted
918 daub splash
919 daunt discourage
920 dauntless bold
921 dawdle loiter
922 deadlock standstill
923 deadpan impassive
924 dearth shortage
925 debacle disaster
926 debase degrade
927 debauch corrupt
928 debilitate weaken
929 debonair amiable
930 debris rubble
931 debunk prove as false
932 debutante person making first appearance
933 decadence decay
934 decant filter
935 decapitate cut off head
936 decelerate slow down
937 deciduous shedding leaves
938 decimate kill
939 decipher decrypt
940 declivity downward slope
941 decollete low-cut
942 decomposition putrification
943 decorum propriety
944 decoy lure, bait
945 decreptitude feebleness
946 decry vocally disapprove
947 deducible inferable by reasoning
948 deface disfigure
949 defame slander
950 default failure to act
951 defeatist resigned
952 defection break away
953 defer give in respectfully; delay
954 deference respect
955 defiance refusal to yield
956 defile pollute The hoodlums defiled the church with their scurrilous writing.
957 definitive most reliable
958 deflect deviate
959 defray provide for the payment of Her employer offered to defray the cost of her education.
960 defrock strip of church authority
961 deft neat, skilful
962 defunct dead
963 degenerate deteriorate
964 degradation degeneration
965 dehydrate remove water
966 deify idolise
967 deign stoop, condescend
968 delete erase
969 deleterious harmful
970 deliberate ponder She asked time to deliberate before making her decision.
971 delineate portray
972 delinquent tending to commit crime; in arrears
973 delirium hallucination
974 delta land between branches of river
975 delude deceive
976 deluge flood
977 delusion illusion
978 delusive deceptive
979 delve dig
980 demagogue person who appeals to people's prejudice He was accused of being a demagogue because he made promises that aroused futile hopes.
981 demean lower
982 demeanor behaviour, bearing
983 demented insane
984 demise death
985 demographic related to population
986 demolition destruction
987 demoniac fiendish
988 demotic pertaining to people
989 demur protest
990 demure grave; coy
991 denigrate blacken
992 denizen inhabitants
993 denotation implication
994 denouement end product
995 denounce condemn
996 depict delineate
997 deplete exhaust
998 deplore regret
999 deploy spread over
1000 depose overthrow
1001 deposition testimony
1002 depravity wickedness
1003 deprecate express disapproval
1004 depreciate reduce value
1005 depredation plunder
1006 derange make insane
1007 derelict abandoned; negligent
1008 deride ridicule
1009 derivative unoriginal
1010 dermatologist skin specialist
1011 derogatory expressing a low opinion
1012 descry spot form distance
1013 desecrate violate sanctity
1014 desiccate dry up
1015 desolate joyless
1016 desperado daring outlaw
1017 despise regard as distasteful
1018 despoil rob Seeking plunder, the raiders despoiled the village.
1019 despondent sad
1020 despot autocrat
1021 destitute poor
1022 deseutude not in use any longer
1023 desultory haphazard
1024 detached emotionally disengaged
1025 determinate having fixed order
1026 determination resolve
1027 deterrent something that discourages
1028 detonation explosion
1029 detraction aspersion Because they were suffragettes, their dresses, manners and appearances were held up to detraction.
1030 detrimental harmful
1031 deviate turn away
1032 devious roundabout
1033 devise invent
1034 devoid lacking
1035 devolve reverse of progress; transferred to Because Humpty Dumpty could not pick himself up, it was devolved upon Alice to clean the mess.
1036 devotee ardent follower
1037 devout devoted
1038 dexterous skilful
1039 diabolical devilish
1040 diadem crown
1041 dialectical relating to debate; reciprocal
1042 diaphonous transparent
1043 diatribe chastisement
1044 dichotomy branching off into two
1045 dictum rule
1046 didactic relating to teaching
1047 die device for stamping
1048 diffidence shyness
1049 diffuse wordy; spread out
1050 digression diversion
1051 dilapidated ruined because of neglect The dilapidated building needed a lot of work for restoration.
1052 dilate expand
1053 dilatory causing delay
1054 dilemma problem with two unsatisfactory solutions
1055 dilettante amateur
1056 diligence steady effort
1057 dilute make less concentrated
1058 diminution lessening
1059 din noise
1060 dinghy small boat
1061 dingy dull
1062 dint means
1063 diorama 3D scene from nature
1064 dire disastrous
1065 dirge melancholic music
1066 disabuse disillusionise, undeceive
1067 disaffected disloyal
1068 disapprobation disapproval
1069 disarray disorganised
1070 disavowal denial
1071 disband dissolve
1072 disburse give out
1073 discernible distinguishable
1074 discerning having insight
1075 disclaim renounce claim
1076 disclose reveal
1077 discombobulated confused
1078 discomfit disconcert
1079 disconcert unsettle
1080 disconsolate despondent
1081 discord not harmonious
1082 discount disregard
1083 discourse formal discussion
1084 discredit defame; disbelieve
1085 discrepancy inconsistency
1086 discrete separate
1087 discretion prudence
1088 discriminating prejudiced
1089 discursive digressing
1090 disdain scorn
1091 disembark get off a vessel
1092 disenfranchise deprive of right
1093 disengage disconnect
1094 disfigure distort
1095 disgorge give out
1096 disgruntle dissatisfied
1097 dishearten discourage
1098 dishevel untidy
1099 disingenuous sincere
1100 disinter unearth
1101 disinterested unbiased
1102 disjointed disconnected
1103 disjunction disunity
1104 dislodge remove forcibly
1105 dismantle take apart
1106 dismember cut off
1107 dismiss reject
1108 disparage belittle
1109 disparate different
1110 disparity difference
1111 dispassionate disinterested
1112 dispatch prompt execution Young Napoleon defeated the enemy with all possible dispatch.
1113 dispel cause to vanish
1114 disperse scatter
1115 dispirited discouraged
1116 disport amuse Each year, thousands disport themselves at Miami and Palm Beach.
1117 disputatious argumentative
1118 disquietude uneasiness
1119 disquisition inquisition
1120 dissection cutting open for examination
1121 dissemble disguise John tried to dissemble his motives for taking modern dance, but we knew the actual reason.
1122 disseminate distribute
1123 dissent disagree
1124 dissertation formal essay
1125 dissident rebellious
1126 dissimulate pretend
1127 dissipate waste away
1128 dissolution disintegration; looseness in moral The dissolution of life at Caligula's Rome appall some historians.
1129 dissonance discord
1130 dissuade persuade not to do something
1131 distant aloof
1132 distend expand
1133 distill filter; concentrate An epigrammatist distills thoughts into quips.
1134 distinction honor; contrast
1135 distort disfigure
1136 distrait distracted
1137 distraught disturbed
1138 diurnal daily
1139 diva operatic singer
1140 diverge go in different direction
1141 divergent deviating
1142 diverse various
1143 diversion act of turning aside
1144 diversity variety
1145 divest deprive He was divested of his power and could not decide anymore.
1146 divine perceive intuitively Nothing angered Tom more than Aunt Polly's ability to divine when he was lying.
1147 divulge reveal
1148 docile tame
1149 docket agenda
1150 doctrinare dogmatic
1151 doctrine principle
1152 document record
1153 doddering shaky
1154 doff take off
1155 dogged determined
1156 doggerel poor verse
1157 dogmatic arbitrary
1158 doldrums blues, inconveniences
1159 doleful sad
1160 dolorous sorrowful
1161 domicile home
1162 dolt stupid person The heroes of Dumb and Dumber are a couple of dolts.
1163 domineer rule tyranically
1164 don put on
1165 dormant lethargic
1166 dormer window projecting from roof
1167 dorsal back
1168 dossier file
1169 dotage senility
1170 dote be fond of
1171 dour stubborn
1172 douse drench
1173 dowdy untidy
1174 downcast disheartened
1175 drab dull
1176 draconian extremely harsh
1177 dregs sediment
1178 drivel foolishness
1179 droll amusing
1180 drone buzzing sound; indolent person
1181 dross rubbish
1182 drudgery menial work
1183 dubious doubtful
1184 ductile malleable
1185 dulcet sweet sounding
1186 dumbfounded astonished
1187 dupe trick
1188 duplicity hypocrisy
1189 duration length of time
1190 duress forcible restraint The hostages were held under duress until the prisoners' demands were met.
1191 dutiful obedient
1192 dwindle reduce
1193 dynamic energetic
1194 dyspeptic suffering from indigestion
1195 earthy coarse
1196 ebb lessen
1197 ebullient enthusiastic
1198 eccentric odd
1199 eccentricity oddness
1200 ecclesiastic pertaining to the church The minister donned his ecclesiastic garb and walked to the pulpit.
1201 eclectic composed of several disparate pieces
1202 eclipse surpass
1203 ecologist
person concerned with environment and living
things
1204 economy conciseness
1205 ecstasy joy
1206 eddy swirling current
1207 edict decree
1208 edify correct morally Many of his listeners were amused but not edified, as initially intended.
1209 eerie strange
1210 efface rub out
1211 effectual effective
1212 effeminate having female qualities
1213 effervescence bubbling out
1214 effete worn out Is the party still a vital political force, or an effete institution?
1215 efficacy having desired effect
1216 effigy dummy
1217 effuvium noxious smell The effuvium in the lab was almost intolerable.
1218 effrontery impudence
1219 effusion pouring forth
1220 effusive pouring forth
1221 egoism excessive interest in self
1222 egotistical self-centred
1223 egregious notorious
1224 egress exit
1225 ejaculation exclamation
1226 elaboration adding detail
1227 elated ecstatic
1228 elegy mournful poem
1229 elicit figure out by investigation
1230 elixir something invigorating
1231 ellipsis omission of words
1232 elliptical ambiguous
1233 eloquence expressiveness
1234 elucidate enlighten
1235 elusive evading
1236 elysian heavenly
1237 emaciated thin
1238 emanate radiating outwards
1239 emancipate set free
1240 embargo trade restriction
1241 embark get on a vessel; begin a journey
1242 embed place inside
1243 embellish adorn
1244 embezzlement stealing
1245 emboss raised relief
1246 embrace hug
1247 embroider decorate with needlework; ornament
1248 embroil entangle
1249 embryonic infant stage
1250 emend correct
1251 emendation correction
1252 emetic substance inducing vomiting Ingestion of emetic like mustard is helpful in cases like food poisoning.
1253 eminent high
1254 emissary messenger, delegate
1255 emollient softening Emollents soften the skin by slowing evaporation of water.
1256 emolument salary
1257 empathy ability to feel like another
1258 empirical experimental
1259 emulate imitate
1260 enamored in love
1261 encipher cipher
1262 enclave enclosed territory
1263 encomiastic eulogistic
1264 encomium eulogy
1265 encompass enclose
1266 encroachment gradual intrusion
1267 encumber burden
1268 endearment fond word or act Your gifts and endearments will not make me forget earlier exchanges.
1269 endemic prevalent only within a specific group or region
1270 endorse support
1271 endue endow
1272 enduring lasting
1273 energise invigorate
1274 enervate weaken
1275 enfranchise give rights
1276 engage attract
1277 engaging attractive
1278 engender cause
1279 engross occupy fully
1280 enhance improve
1281 enigma mystery
1282 enigmatic mysterious
1283 enjoin forbid
1284 enmity hostility
1285 ennui boredom The monotonous routine induced a feeling of ennui that made her moody.
1286 enormity largeness
1287 enrapture please intensely The audience was enraptured by excellent orchestration.
1288 ensconce settle comfortably Now that their children were ensconced in college, they decided to leave for Europe.
1289 ensue result
1290 entail involve
1291 enterprising taking initiative
1292 enthrall capture
1293 entice lure
1294 entity real being
1295 entomology study of insects
1296 entrance put under a spell Shafts of sunlight on a wall could entrance her and leave her spellbound.
1297 entreat plead She entreated her father to let her stay out till midnight.
1298 entree entrance
1299 entrepreneur businessperson
1300 enumerate list
1301 enunciate speak clearly
1302 environ enclose
1303 eon time period
1304 epaulet shoulder ornament in an uniform
1305 ephemeral short lived
1306 epic heroic
1307 epicure conoissieur of food and drink Epicures frequent this restaurant because it features exotic wines and dishes.
1308 epigram witty thought or saying Poor Richard's epigrams made Benjamin Franklin famous.
1309 epilogue conclusion of a piece of writing
1310 episodic loosely connected
1311 epistemologist
philosopher who studies the nature of
knowledge
1312 epitaph inscription in memory of a dead person
1313 epithet
word or phrase characteristically used to
describe a person or thing
1314 epitome perfect example
1315 epoch period of time The glacial epoch lasted thousands of years.
1316 equable tranquil
1317 equanimity calmness of temperament
1318 equestrian rider on horseback
1319 equilibrium balance
1320 equine horse like
1321 equinox
period of equal days and nights; the beginnig of
spring and autumn
The vernal equinox is usually marked by heavy rainstorms.
1322 equipoise balance
1323 equitable impartial
1324 equity fairness
1325 equivocal ambiguous
1326 equivocate mislead Do not equivocate and give the news in its true form.
1327 erode corrode
1328 erotic raunchy
1329 errant erratic
1330 erroneous mistaken
1331 erudite scholarly
1332 escapade prank
1333 eschew avoid
1334 esoteric hard to understand
1335 espionage spying
1336 espouse adopt, support She was always ready to espouse a worthy cause.
1337 essay make an attempt at
1338 esteem respect
1339 estimable worthy of esteem
1340 estranged separated
1341 ethereal heavenly, refined
1342 ethnic relating to races
1343 ethnology study of humankind
1344 ethos underlying characters or principles
1345 etymology study of root of words
1346 eugenic pertaining to improvement of race It is easier to apply eugenic principles to the raising of cattle than to improvement of human races.
1347 eulogistic praising
1348 eulogy praise
1349 euphemism mild expression
1350 euphony sweet sounding, dulcet
1351 euphoria feeling of exaggerated happiness
1352 euthanasia mercy killing
1353 evanescent short lived
1354 evasive elusive
1355 evince show clearly
1356 evenhanded impartial
1357 evocative tending to evoke
1358 evoke call forth
1359 ewe female sheep
1360 exacerbate deteriorate
1361 exact require forcibly
1362 exacting demanding
1363 exalt raise
1364 exasperate vex
1365 exceptionable objectionable
1366 excerpt selected passage
1367 excise remove by cutting
1368 exclaim cry out
1369 excoriate scold bitterly
1370 exculpate acquit
1371 execrable very bad
1372 execrate curse
1373 execute carry out
1374 exegesis explanation
1375 exemplary serving as an example
1376 exemplify show by example
1377 exempt not subject to duty
1378 exertion effort
1379 exhilarating invigorating
1380 exhort urge
1381 exhume disinter
1382 exigency urgent situation
1383 exiguous small, minute Grow here and there, an exiguous outcropping among the rocks.
1384 existential pertaining to existence
1385 exodus departure
1386 exonerate exculpate, acquit
1387 exorcise drive away evil spirit
1388 exotic native, strange
1389 expansive social and outgoing; large; able to expand
1390 expatiate talk in length
1391 expatriate exile
1392 expedient practical A pragmatic politician, she was guided by what was expedient rather than what was ethical.
1393 expedite hasten
1394 expenditure expense
1395 expertise specialisation
1396 expiate make amends
1397 expletive interjection; profanity
1398 explicate explain
1399 explicit clear
1400 exploit deed or action; make use unjustly
1401 expository explanatory
1402 expostulation protest, demur
1403 exposure risk
1404 expropriate appropriate
1405 expunge remove
1406 expurgate bowdlerise
1407 extant in existence
1408 extemporaneous impromptu
1409 extenuate root up
1410 extol praise
1411 extort forcibly wring money
1412 extradition surrender of prisoner by one state to another The lawyers opposed the extradition of their client on the grounds of his model conduct.
1413 extraneous unnecessary
1414 extrapolation projection
1415 extricate disentangle
1416 extrinsic external
1417 extrovert
person interested in external objects and
actions
1418 extrude push out
1419 exuberance abundance
1420 exude discharge We get maple syrup from the sap that the trees exude in early spring.
1421 exult rejoice
1422 fabricate lie, fake
1423 facade front of a building
1424 facet small plane surface
1425 facetious humorous *
1426 facile easily accomplished; fluent
1427 facilitate help bring about
1428 facsimile copy
1429 faction party
1430 factious tending to form factions
1431 factitious artificial, sham
1432 factotum handyman
1433 faculty teaching staff; mental or bodily powers
1434 fallacious misleading
1435 fallacy mistaken idea based on flawed reasoning
1436 fallible prone to error
1437 fallow plowed but not sowed
1438 falter hesitate
1439 fanaticism excessive zeal
1440 fancied imaginative
1441 fancier breeder of animals
1442 fancy whim; inclination
1443 fanfare showy display; call by bugles or trumpets
1444 farce broad comedy
1445 fastidious fussy
1446 fatalism belief that events are pre-determined
1447 fathom comprehend
1448 fatuous foolish but smug
1449 fauna wildlife
1450 fawning trying to please
1451 faze disconcert
1452 feasible practical
1453 febrile feverish
1454 feckless weak
1455 fecundity fertility
1456 feign fake
1457 feint trick, sham
1458 felicitous apt, suitably expressed He was famous for his felicitous remarks and was called upon to serve as host at many banquets.
1459 felicity appropriateness
1460 fell cruel, harsh
1461 felon person convicted of grave crime
1462 feral untamed
1463 ferment agitation
1464 ferret drive or hunt out
1465 fervent ardent
1466 fervid ardent
1467 fervor ardor
1468 fester producing resentment or irritation
1469 festive happy
1470 fete honour at a festival
1471 fetid malodorous
1472 fetter shackle The prisoner was fettered to the wall.
1473 fiasco complete failure
1474 fiat command
1475 fickle inconsistent
1476 fictitious imaginary
1477 fidelity loyalty
1478 figment invention
1479 figurative not literal
1480 figurine small statue
1481 filch steal
1482 filial pertaining to son or daughter
1483 filibuster block legislation by making long speeches
1484 filigree lacelike metalwork; delicate
1485 filing small pieces
1486 finale conclusion
1487 finesse delicate skill
1488 finicky fussy The little girl was finicky about her food, leaving anything she did not like.
1489 finite limited
1490 firebrand troublemaker
1491 fissure crevice
1492 fitful intermittent
1493 flaccid flabby
1494 flag droop, grow feeble
1495 flagrant blatant
1496 flail strike In medieval times, warriors used metal balls to flail their foes.
1497 flair talent
1498 flamboyant ornate
1499 flaunt show off
1500 flay strip skin off
1501 fleck spot
1502 fledgling inexperienced
1503 fleece plunder
1504 flick light stroke
1505 flippant not taken serious
1506 flit move quickly
1507 floe mass of floating ice
1508 flora plant life
1509 florid ruddy; flowery
1510 flotsam drifting wreckage Beachcombers eke out a living by collecting flotsum and jetsam of the sea.
1511 flounder falter
1512 flourish prosper
1513 flout reject
1514 fluctuate vary
1515 fluency readiness in speech
1516 fluke fortuitous occurrence
1517 fluster confuse The sudden question flustered him and he stammered.
1518 fluted haivng vertical grooves (as in a pillar)
1519 flux flowing
1520 fodder cattle food
1521 foible weakness
1522 foil fail; prevent
1523 foist insert improperly You will not be permitted to foist such ridiculous ideas to the membership.
1524 foliage leaves
1525 foment instigate
1526 foolhardy rash
1527 fop man excessively concerned about clothes
1528 foray excursion
1529 forbearance patience
1530 ford place where a river can be crossed on foot
1531 forebears ancestors
1532 foreboding premonition of evil Caesar ignored his wife's foreboding about the ides of March.
1533 forensic suitable to debate or to court
1534 foreshadow portend
1535 foresight prescience
1536 forestall prevent by taking action in advance
1537 forgo give up
1538 forlorn sad
1539 formality ceremony
1540 formidable redoubtable
1541 forsake abandon
1542 forswear abandon The knight could only escape execution by forswearing heretic beliefs.
1543 forte special talent
1544 forthright straightforward
1545 fortitude courage
1546 fortuitous accidental, by chance
1547 foster nurture, encourage
1548 founder sink; one who establishes The ship started taking in water and foundered subsequently.
1549 fracas brawl
1550 fractious unruly
1551 frail weak
1552 franchise grant right
1553 frantic frenzied
1554 fraudulent deceitful
1555 fraught
filled or charged with; causing emotional
distress
1556 fray brawl
1557 frenetic frenzied
1558 frenzied madly excited
1559 fresco painting on plaster
1560 fret be anxious
1561 friction conflict
1562 frieze ornamental band on a wall The frieze of the church was adorned with sculptures.
1563 frigid extremely cold
1564 fritter dissipate
1565 frivolous unimportant
1566 frolicsome playful
1567 frond palm or banana leaves After the storm, the beach was littered with fronds from palm trees.
1568 froward stubbornly contrary Miss Watson declared that Huck was a froward child, stubborn in his wickedness.
1569 fructify bear fruit
1570 frugality economy
1571 fruition bearing of fruit
1572 frustrate prevent
1573 fugitive fleeting or transitory The film only brought fugitive images to her mind, but made no lasting impression.
1574 fulcrum pivot
1575 fulminate denounce violently
1576 fulsome disgustingly excessive Disgusted by her fans' fulsome admiration, the celebrity retreated from public.
1577 functionary official As his case was transferred from functionary to functionary, he wondered whether it would ever be solved.
1578 fundamental basic
1579 funereal sad
1580 furor excitement
1581 furtive sneaky
1582 fusillade simultaneous outbursts
1583 fusion conflation
1584 futile fruitless
1585 gadfly annoying person
1586 gaffe social blunder
1587 gainsay deny
1588 gait manner of walking or running The lame man walked with an uneven gait.
1589 galaxy isolated system of stars
1590 gale wind
1591 gall bitterness
1592 gall annoy, chafe Their taunts galled the little girl.
1593 galleon warship
1594 galvanise instigate
1595 gambit opening move in chess sacrificing a piece
1596 gambol leap playfully
1597 gamely spirited
1598 gamut entire range
1599 gape stare
1600 garbled jumbled
1601 gargantuan large
1602 gargoyle
watersprout carved in grotesque figure on a
building
1603 garish gaudy, overbright
1604 garner gather
1605 garnish decorate
1606 garrulous loquacious
1607 gastronomy science of preparing and serving food
1608 gauche uncouth
1609 gaudy garish
1610 gaunt lean and angular, barren His once round face looked surprisingly gaunt after he lost weight.
1611 gavel hammer-like tool
1612 gawk stare foolishly
1613 gazette official periodical publication
1614 genealogy lineage
1615 generality vague statement
1616 generate create
1617 generic characteristic of an entire class
1618 genesis beginning, origin Tracing the genesis of a family is the theme of 'Roots'.
1619 geniality cheerfulness
1620 genre class
1621 genteel well-bred
1622 gentility state of being genteel
1623 gentry
people of standing; class of people just below
nobility
1624 genuflect bending knee as in worship
1625 germane pertinent
1626 germinal relating to germs; creative
1627 germinate cause to sprout
1628 gerontocracy government ruled by old people
1629 gerrymander
change voting district lines in order to favour a
party
1630 gestate evolve While this scheme was being gestated by the conspirators, they maintained complete silence about their intentions.
1631 gesticulation gesture
1632 ghastly like a ghost
1633 gibberish nonsense
1634 gibe mock
1635 giddy dizzy; light-hearted He felt his giddy youth was past.
1636 gingerly carefully
1637 girth circumference
1638 gist summary
1639 glacial relating to a glacier
1640 glaring harshly conspicuous
1641 glaze coat with a thin layer
1642 glean gather leavings After the crops had been harvested, the peasants were allowed to glean the wheat left in the field.
1643 glib fluent The kitchen gadget salesma was a glib speaker, never at a loss of words.
1644 glimmer shine erratically
1645 gloat view malevolently As you gloat over your ill-gotten wealth, do you think about the multitude who you have swindled?
1646 gloss over explain away
1647 glossary brief explanation of words used in a book
1648 glossy shiny
1649 glower scowl
1650 glut surplus
1651 glutinous sticky
1652 glutton voracious person
1653 gnarled wrinkled, twisted
1654 gnome dwarf
1655 goad coax
1656 gorge narrow canyon; take in Suffering from acrophobia, George could not bring himself look down into the gorge.
1657 gossamer like cobweb Nylon can be woven into gossamer or thick fabric.
1658 gouge overcharge; tear out
1659 gourmand epicure
1660 gourmet epicure
1661 graduated arranged in degrees Martha loved her set of graduated Russian dolls, the smaller ones fitting inside the larger ones.
1662 granary place to store grains
1663 grandeur majesty
1664 grandiloquent pompous
1665 grandiose pretentious
1666 granulate make into grains
1667 graphic vividly described
1668 grapple struggle
1669 grate have an unpleasant effect
1670 gratify make happy
1671 gratis free of charge
1672 gratuitous unwarranted
1673 gratuity tip
1674 gravity seriousness
1675 gregarious sociable
1676 grievance reasons for complaining
1677 grill question severely
1678 grimace facial expression in pain
1679 grisly ghastly
1680 grotesque hideous
1681 grotto alcove
1682 grouse complain
1683 grovel crawl or creep on ground
1684 grudging reluctant
1685 gruel thin liquid porridge Our daily ration of gruel not only made the meal monotonous but also unpalatable.
1686 grueling exhausting
1687 gruesome hideous
1688 gruff rough-mannered Although he was gruff with most people, he was always gentle with children.
1689 guffaw boisterous laughter The guffaws from the meeting room indicated that the members had not settled down to serious discussion yet.
1690 guile deceit
1691 guileless artless
1692 guise appearance
1693 gull trick, hoodwink Confident that nobody could guile him, he prided himslef on his sceptical disposition.
1694 gullible susceptible, credulous
1695 gustatory relating to taste
1696 gusto enthusiasm He accepted the assignment with gusto and set off immediately.
1697 gusty windy
1698 guy
cable or chain attached to somehitng that need
to be steadied
If the guys holding up the mast break, the mast will topple.
1699 gyroscope rotating wheel, used to maintain balance
1700 habituate acclimate
1701 hackles hair on back and neck The dog's hackles began to rise and it began to growl as the footsteps grew louder.
1702 hackneyed trite
1703 haggard thin, gaunt
1704 haggle bargain
1705 halcyon peaceful, calm
1706 hale healthy After a brief illness, he was soon hale to go to work.
1707 hallowed consecrated
1708 hallucination delusion
1709 hamper obstruct
1710 hap luck
1711 haphazard chaotic
1712 hapless unfortunate
1713 harangue long speech
1714 harass harry
1715 harbinger forerunner
1716 harbour provide refuge
1717 hardy sturdy, robust
1718 harping tiresome dwelling on a subject
1719 harrowing agonising He did not wish to discuss the harrowing months of his captivity as a prisoner of war.
1720 harry harrass
1721 hatch lid
1722 haughtiness pomp
1723 haven refuge
1724 hazardous poisonous
1725 hazy unclear
1726 headlong rash The slave took the unexpected chance to make a headlong dash to the border.
1727 headstrong stubborn
1728 heckler verbally harrassing person
1729 hedonist pleasure seeker
1730 heedless incautious
1731 hegemony dominance
1732 heinous grisly
1733 herbivorous grass eating
1734 heresy opinion contrary to popular belief
1735 hermetic sealed airtight; arcane, occult It is strange to consider that modern chemistry originated from the hermetic teachings of ancient alchemists.
1736 hermitage home of a hermit
1737 herpetologist one who studies reptiles As a boy, Indiana Jones had a traumatic experience involving snakes, which is why he did not pursue herpetology.
1738 heterodox unorthodox
1739 heterogeneous dissimilar
1740 hew cut
1741 heyday prosperous times
1742 hiatus break
1743 hibernal wintry
1744 hibernate sleep through winter
1745 hierarchy arrangement by rank
1746 hieroglyphics picture writing
1747 hilarity mirth
1748 hindmost very back
1749 hindrance obstruction
1750 hinterlands back country
1751 hireling one who serves for hire
1752 hirsute hairy
1753 histrionic theatrical
1754 hoard gather
1755 hoary white with age
1756 hoax prank
1757 holocaust conflagration
1758 holster pistol case
1759 homage tribute
1760 homeostasis tendency to maintain stable state
1761 homespun home made
1762 homily sermon, serious warning His speeches were always homilies, advising the listeners to repent and reform.
1763 homogeneous of the same kind
1764 hone sharpen
1765 hoodwink trick
1766 horde crowd
1767 hortatory exhortive
1768 horticultural gardening
1769 hostility enmity
1770 hovel small wretched house
1771 hover hang around
1772 hubbub commotion
1773 hubris arrogance Filled with hubris, Lear refused to listen to his friends' warnings.
1774 hue colour
1775 hue and cry uproar
1776 humane kindly
1777 humdrum monotonous
1778 humid damp
1779 humility humbleness
1780 hummock hillock
1781 humus fertile soil formed by putrification of vegetation
1782 hurtle rush
1783 husband conserve
1784 husbandry agriculture; thrift
1785 hybrid impure breed
1786 hydrophobia rabies, fear of water
1787 hyperbole exaggeration
1788 hypercritical excessively critical
1789 hypochondriac excessively concerned with health
1790 hypocritical related to hypocrisy
1791 hypothetical based on hypothesis
1792 ichthyology study of fish
1793 iconoclastic one who attacks traditions
1794 ideology system of ideas
1795 idiom
expression whose meaning as a whole differ
from the meanings of its words
1796 idiosyncrasy eccentricity
1797 idolatry worship of idols
1798 idyllic carefree
1799 igneous produced by fire
1800 ignite kindle
1801 ignoble not noble; unworthy
1802 ignominy disgrace
1803 illicit illegal
1804 illimitable infinite
1805 illuminate brighten
1806 illusion delusion
1807 illusive deceptive
1808 illusory deceptive
1809 imbalance lack of balance
1810 imbecility weakness of mind
1811 imbibe drink up The dry soil imbibed the rain water.
1812 imbroglio
state of being embroiled in a complicated
situation
1813 imbue saturate His visit to the cathedral imbued him with feelings of awe and reverence.
1814 immaculate spotless
1815 immobility state of being immmovable
1816 imminent impending
1817 immolate offer as sacrifice
1818 immune resistant
1819 immure incarceration
1820 immutable unchangable
1821 impair injure, hurt, make worse
1822 impale pierce
1823 impalpable imperceptible
1824 impartial disinterested
1825 impassable not able to be travelled
1826 impasse predicament which is inevitable
1827 impassive without emotion
1828 impeach indict
1829 impeccable faultless
1830 impecunious money less
1831 impede hinder
1832 impediment hindrance
1833 impel drive or force onward
1834 impending imminent
1835 impenetrable not able to be pierced
1836 impenitent not penitent
1837 imperative necessary
1838 imperceptible impalpable
1839 imperial like an emperor
1840 imperious domineering
1841 impermeable impervious
1842 impertinent impudent
1843 imperturbable calm
1844 impervious impermeable
1845 impetuous rash
1846 impetus driving force
1847 impiety irreverence
1848 impinge infringe
1849 impious not pious
1850 implacable cannot be calmed
1851 implausible unlikely
1852 implement put into effect; supply with tools *
1853 implicate incriminate
1854 implication hint or suggestion
1855 implicit understood
1856 implode collapse inward
1857 implore beg
1858 imply suggest
1859 impolitic unwise
1860 imponderable weightless
1861 import significance
1862 importunate urging He tried to hide from his importunate creditors until his allowance arrived.
1863 importune beg persistently
1864 imposture assuming another identity
1865 impotent ineffective
1866 imprecation curse Roused from bed at an ungodly hour, Ralph muttered imprecations under his breath
1867 impregnable invulnerable
1868 impromptu without previous preparation
1869 impropriety improper
1870 improvident prodigal, thriftless
1871 improvise compose on spur of moment
1872 imprudent injudicious
1873 impudence insolence
1874 impugn deny, gainsay Our treasurer was furious when the financial committee's report impugned the accuracy of his records.
1875 impuissance fecklessness, powerlessness
1876 impunity not amenable to punishment
1877 impute attribute, ascribe
1878 inadvertently unintentionally
1879 inalienable cannot be taken away
1880 inane tasteless
1881 inanimate not living
1882 inarticulate speechless
1883 inaugurate begin formally
1884 incandescent brighltly shining
1885 incantation chants of spells
1886 incapacitate handicap, disable
1887 incarcerate imprisoned, immured
1888 incendiary arsonist
1889 incense infuriate
1890 incentive impetus, motive
1891 inception birth
1892 incessant continuous
1893 inchoate rudimentary
1894 incidence occurrence
1895 incidental not essential
1896 incipient inchoate
1897 incisive sharp
1898 incite insitgate
1899 inclement unfavourable
1900 incline slope
1901 inclined bent
1902 incognito without identity
1903 incoherent unintelligible
1904 incommodious not spacious
1905 incompatible inharmonious
1906 incongruity incoherence
1907 inconsequential insignificant
1908 inconsistency lack of uniformity
1909 incontinent licentious
1910 incontrovertible indisputable
1911 incorporate introduce into a larger whole; combine
1912 incorporeal lacking a material body; insubstantial
1913 incorrigible cannot be reformed
1914 incredulity scepticism
1915 incredulous sceptic
1916 increment increase
1917 incriminate impeach
1918 incrustation crust, hard coating
1919 incubate hatch
1920 incubus nightmare
1921 inculcate teach
1922 incumbent obligatory; holding an office
1923 incur bring upon oneself
1924 incursion invasion
1925 indefatigable tireless
1926 indelible cannot be erased
1927 indemnify secure against loss; compensate
1928 indentation notch
1929 indenture bind as servant or apprentice Many immigrants could only come to America after they had indentured themselves for several years.
1930 indeterminate uncertain
1931 indicative suggestive
1932 indices indications It is often believed that SAT scores and high school records are the best indices of a student's potential.
1933 indict arraign, impeach
1934 indifferent impassive; mediocre
1935 indigence poverty
1936 indigenous native
1937 indigent poor, destitute
1938 indignation anger at injustice
1939 indignify offensive or insulting treatment
1940 indiscriminate random
1941 indisputable incontrovertible
1942 indissoluble permanent
1943 indite write, compose Cyrano indited many letters for Christian.
1944 indolent lazy
1945 indomitable unyielding
1946 indubitable cannot be doubted
1947 induce persuade
1948 inductive pertaining to induction
1949 indulgent humouring, yielding
1950 industrious diligent
1951 inebriated intoxicated
1952 ineffable unutterable
1953 ineffectual ineffective
1954 ineluctable not to be escaped He felt that his fate was ineluctable and refused to make any attempt to improve.
1955 inept incompetent
1956 inequity unfairness
1957 inerrancy infallibility
1958 inert inactive
1959 inevitable ineluctable
1960 inexorable unyielding The judge was inexorable and sentenced the convict to maximum punishment.
1961 infallible inerrant
1962 infamous notorious
1963 infantile childish
1964 infer deduce
1965 infernal relating to hell
1966 infidel disbeliever
1967 infiltrate impinge
1968 infinitesimal very small
1969 infirmity weakness
1970 inflated bloated
1971 influx flowing into
1972 infraction breach The move was a clear infraction of the rules, and was duly penalised.
1973 infringe violate
1974 ingenious clever
1975 ingenuous gullible, naive
1976 ingrained embedded
1977 ingrate ungrateful person
1978 ingratiate become popular with
1979 inherent innate
1980 inhibit prevent
1981 inimical hostile
1982 inimitable cannot be imitated
1983 iniquitous unrighteous
1984 initiate begin
1985 injurious hurtful
1986 inkling hint It came as a surprise to me as I did not have an inkling of your plans.
1987 innate in-built
1988 innocuous harmless
1989 innovation introduction of something new
1990 innuendo hint
1991 inopportune not timely
1992 inordinate unrestricted
1993 inquisitor questioner
1994 insalubrious not healthful
1995 insatiable cannot be satisfied
1996 inscrutable not readily understood Experienced poker players try to hide their reactions behind an inscrutable 'poker face'.
1997 insensate without feeling
1998 insensible unconscious
1999 insidious treacherous
2000 insightful discerning
2001 insinuate hint
2002 insipid tasteless
2003 insolence impudence
2004 insolvent bankrupt
2005 insomnia not able to sleep
2006 insouciant indifferent
2007 instigate foment
2008 insubordination rebelliousness
2009 insubstantial insignificant
2010 insularity narrow-mindedness
2011 insuperable unsurmountable
2012 insurgent rebel
2013 insurmountable overwhelming
2014 insurrection rebellion
2015 intangible cannot be touched
2016 integral necessary
2017 integrate combine
2018 integrity uprightness
2019 intellect higher mental powers
2020 intelligentsia intellectuals
2021 inter bury
2022 interdict prohibit Industrialised nations must interdict the use of nuclear weapons if we expect the world to live.
2023 interim meantime
2024 interloper intruder The merchant looked at his competitors as interlopers who stole his profits.
2025 interminable endless
2026 intermittent periodic
2027 internecine mutually destructive
2028 interpolate insert between
2029 interrogate question severely
2030 intervene interrupt
2031 intimate hint She intimated rather than stated her preference.
2032 intimidate frighten
2033 intractable stubborn
2034 intransigence stubbornness
2035 intrepid courageous
2036 intrinsic inherent
2037 introspective looking within oneself
2038 introvert one who is introspective
2039 intrude trespass
2040 intuition power of knowing without reasoning
2041 inundate flood
2042 inured accustomed
2043 invalidate nullify, weaken, destroy
2044 invective abuse
2045 inveigh denounce He inveighed against the demagoguery of the previous speaker.
2046 inveigle wheedle
2047 inverse opposite
2048 invert turn upside down
2049 inveterate deep rooted
2050 invidious inciting envy or ill will
2051 invincible unconquerable
2052 inviolable secure from corruption or violation
2053 invocation calling upon
2054 invoke call
2055 invulnerable invincible
2056 iota small amount
2057 irascible easily angered
2058 irate angry
2059 iridescent exhibitng rainbow like colours She admired the iridiscent hues emanating from the prism.
2060 irksome annoying
2061 ironic occuring in an unexpected and contrary manner
2062 irony hidden sarcasm or satire
2063 irreconcilable not able to be resolved
2064 irrefutable indisputable
2065 irrelevant not pertinent
2066 irremediable incurable
2067 irreparable not reparable
2068 irrepressible cannot be held back
2069 irreproachable blameless His conduct at the office party was irreproachable and nobody complained.
2070 irresolute uncertain how to act
2071 irretrievable irreparable
2072 irreverence lack of proper respect
2073 irrevocable irreversible
2074 isotope varying atoms of the same element
2075 isthmus strip of land connecting large masses of land
2076 itinerant wandering
2077 itinerary plan of a trip
2078 jabber chatter
2079 jaded fatigued
2080 jargon language used by special group
2081 jaundiced prejudiced by envy, ill will, etc.
2082 jaunt short trip
2083 jaunty light hearted
2084 jeopardise imperil
2085 jettison throw overboard
2086 jibe agree
2087 jingoist aggressively patriotic
2088 jocose light hearted
2089 jocular done in jest
2090 jocund merry Santa Claus is always cheerful and jocund.
2091 jollity gaiety
2092 jostle shove
2093 jovial jocund
2094 jubilation celebration
2095 judicious sound in judgment
2096 juggernaut irresistible, crushing force
2097 juncture crossing point; crisis At this critical juncture, let us think carefully before taking the next step.
2098 junket pleasure trip undertaken at public expense
2099 junta political group
2100 jurisprudence science of law
2101 justification just reason
2102 juxtapose place side by side
2103 kaleidoscope
tube in which images are made by reflections in
mirrors of coloured pieces
2104 ken range of knowledge
2105 kernel core
2106 killjoy spoilsport
2107 kindle start a fire; inspire Praise from her teacher kindled a spark of hope in Maya.
2108 kindred related, similar in nature
2109 kinetic moving
2110 kismet fate
2111 kleptomaniac person with compulsive desire to steal
2112 knave untrustworthy person
2113 knead mix dough
2114 knell tolling of bells
2115 knit grow together; contract into wrinkles Whenever he worries, his eyebrows knit into a frown.
2116 knoll small hill
2117 knotty intricate
2118 kudos praise
2119 labile fickle, unstable
2120 laborious involving hard work
2121 labyrinth maze
2122 laceration wound The driver needed stitches to close the lacerations received in the crash.
2123 lachrymose sad, mourning
2124 lackadaisical lacking in vigour
2125 lackluster dull, insipid
2126 laconic speaking little, taciturn
2127 laggard slow
2128 lagoon shallow body of water
2129 laity layperson; person not in the clergy The laity does not always understand the clergy's problems.
2130 lambaste thrash verbally or physically
2131 lament express sorrow
2132 lampoon ridicule
2133 lancet small tool for making incisions
2134 languid weary
2135 languish lose strength
2136 languor lassitude
2137 lank long and thin
2138 lap splash lightly; drink with tongue
2139 larceny theft
2140 larder pantry
2141 largess generous gift
2142 lascivious lustful
2143 lassitude languor
2144 latent hidden
2145 lateral coming from the sides
2146 latitude freedom from narrow limitations I think you have permitted your son too much lattitude in the matter.
2147 laud praise
2148 laivsh generous
2149 lax careless
2150 leaven cause to rise or grow lighter As bread vough is leavened, it puffs up in volume.
2151 lechery lewdness
2152 lectern reading desk The chaplain delivered the lecture from a hastily imrpovised lectern.
2153 leery suspicious, cautious
2154 leeway room to move
2155 legacy gift made by will
2156 legend explanatory list of symbols
2157 legerdemain sleight of hand The magician demonstrated his renowned legerdemain.
2158 leniency kindness
2159 leonine like a lion
2160 lethal deadly
2161 lethargic drowsy, sleep-inducing
2162 levee embankment
2163 levitate float in air
2164 lout clumsy person
2165 low moo
2166 lucid clear, pellucid
2167 lucrative attractive
2168 lucre money Preferring lucre to undying fame, he wrote stories of popular appeal.
2169 ludicruous ridiculous
2170 lugubrious mournful
2171 lull moment of calm
2172 lumber walk awkwardly
2173 lumen unit of brightness
2174 luminary celebrity A leading light of the American stage, he was a theatrical luminary whose name lives on.
2175 luminous bright
2176 lunar relating to the moon
2177 lunge thrust
2178 lurid gruesome Do the lurid covers actually influence people to buy the tabloid?
2179 lurk hide in waiting
2180 luscious delicious
2181 luster gloss
2182 lustrous glossy
2183 luxuriant abundant
2184 macabre gruesome The city morgue is a macabre spot for the uninitiated.
2185 mace staff
2186 macerate soften by soaking
2187 Machiavellian double-dealing
2188 machination evil scheme
2189 maculated spotted
2190 madrigal pastoral song
2191 maelstrom whirlpool
2192 magisterial imperious
2193 magnanimity generosity
2194 magnate mogul
2195 magniloquent pompous
2196 magnitude extent
2197 maim unable to speak
2198 maladroit unskilled
2199 malaise vague feeling of ill health Carol realised that her touch of malaise was merely stagefright.
2200 malady illness
2201 malaproprism comic misuse of a word When Mrs. Malaopro criticised Lydia for being like an allegory, she confused alligator and allegory in a typical malaproprism.
2202 malcontent discontent with existing state of affairs
2203 malediction curse
2204 malefactor evildoer
2205 malevolent wishing evil
2206 malfeasance evil doings
2207 malicious harmful
2208 malign defame
2209 malignant harmful
2210 malingerer one who pretends to be ill to avoid work
2211 malleable ductile
2212 malodorous noisome
2213 mammal
2214 mammoth large
2215 manacle restrain, handcuff
2216 mandate order The president had a mandate from the people to seek end to social evils.
2217 mandatory compulsory
2218 mangy shabby
2219 maniacal raging mad
2220 manifest visible
2221 manifestation demonstration
2222 manifesto proclamation
2223 manifold several
2224 manipulate control artfully
2225 mannered affected
2226 manumit emancipate
2227 marital conjugal
2228 maritime bordering to the sea
2229 marked noticeable
2230 marred damaged
2231 marshal put into order
2232 marsupial mammal with pouch
2233 martial warlike
2234 martinet strict disciplinarian
2235 martyr one who suffers death for a cause
2236 masochist one who finds pleasure in pain
2237 masticate chew
2238 materialism obsession with material possessions
2239 maternal motherly
2240 matriarch woman who looks after a household
2241 matriculate enroll
2242 matrix point of origin
2243 mausoleum monumental tomb
2244 maverick rebel
2245 mawkish sentimental
2246 maxim pithy saying
2247 mayhem chaos
2248 meager little
2249 mealymouthed indirect in speech, hypocritical Rather than tell Jill directly what he disliked, Jack made some mealymouthed comments and evaded the topic.
2250 meander wind or turn in course Needing to stay close to the source of water, we meandered along the riverside.
2251 meddlesome interfering
2252 mediate arbitrate
2253 mediocre ordinary
2254 meditation reflection
2255 medium
element that is a creatures natural
environment;; appropriate channel of
communication
2256 medley mixture
2257 meek timid
2258 megalomania mania for doing somthing big
2259 melancholy sad
2260 melee fight
2261 mellifluous sweet sounding
2262 memento souvenir
2263 memorialise commemorate
2264 menagerie collection of wild animals Whenever the children ran wildly around the house, she felt like she ran a menagerie.
2265 mendacious dishonest
2266 menial lowly
2267 mentor teacher
2268 mercantile concerning trade
2269 mercenary hired by money
2270 mercurial capricious
2271 meretricious flashy
2272 merger combination
2273 mesmerise hyptonise
2274 metallurgical of metals
2275 metamorphosis transformation
2276 metaphor implied comparison
2277 metaphysical pertaining to speculative philosophy
2278 mete measure He tried to be impartial in his efforts to mete out justice.
2279 meteoric swift
2280 methodical systematic
2281 meticulous careful
2282 metropolis large city
2283 mettle courage The thoroughbred proved its mettle in the race by its determination to hold on to the lead.
2284 miasma effuvium
2285 microcosm small world
2286 migrant itinerant
2287 migratory wandering
2288 milieu environment; means of expression Surrounded by urbane artists, the country boy felt out of his milieu.
2289 militant combative, bellicose
2290 militate work against
2291 millennium thousand years
2292 mimicry emulation
2293 minatory threatening
2294 mincing affectedly dainty Yum-yum walked across the stage with mincing steps.
2295 minion servile
2296 miniscule extremely small
2297 minute small
2298 minutiae petty details
2299 mirage illusion
2300 mire entangle Their rear wheels were mired in mud.
2301 mirth levity
2302 misadventure misfortune
2303 misanthrope man hater
2304 misapprehension misunderstanding
2305 miscellany mixture of writings on various subjects
2306 mischance ill luck
2307 misconstrue interpret incorrectly
2308 miscreant wrong doer
2309 misdemeanor peccadillo
2310 miserly thrifty
2311 misgiving doubt Hamlet expressed his misgivings to Horatio
2312 mishap accident
2313 misnomer wrong name
2314 maudlin tearful
2315 misogamy hatred of marriage
2316 misogynist woman hater
2317 missile projectile
2318 missive letter
2319 mite very small creature
2320 mitigate lessen in intensity
2321 mnemonic pertaining to memory
2322 mobile moving
2323 mock fake; ridicule
2324 mode prevailing style
2325 modicum limited quantity Although his story contains a modicum of truth, most of the events he describes are fictitious.
2326 modish fashionable
2327 modulate regulate
2328 mogul magnate
2329 molecule smallest unit of matter
2330 mollify palliate
2331 mollycoddle cosser
2332 molt shed
2333 momentous important
2334 momentum qunatity of motion
2335 monarchy potentate
2336 monastic austere
2337 monetary of money
2338 monochromatic single coloured
2339 monolithic unyielding
2340 monotheism belief in one God
2341 monotony sameness leading to boredom
2342 monumental large
2343 moodiness fits of depression or gloom
2344 moratorium legal deferral in payment
2345 morbid sickly, giving to unwholesome thoughts
2346 mordant biting, sarcastic
2347 mores moral values
2348 moribund dying
2349 morose sorrowful
2350 mortician undertaker
2351 mortify punish the flesh; humiliate
2352 mosaic picture made of small pieces
2353 mote small speck The tiniest mote in my eye is very painful.
2354 motif theme This simple motif runs throughout the score.
2355 motility ability to move spontaneously Certain organisms exhibit remarkable motility, travelling miles before coming to rest.
2356 motley mixed
2357 mottled spotted
2358 mountebank charlatan The patent medicine man was a mountebank.
2359 muddle confuse
2360 muggy warm and damp August in New York city is often warm and damp.
2361 mulct cheat
2362 multifarious varied
2363 multiform having many forms
2364 multilingual speaking many languages
2365 multiplicity state of being numerous
2366 mundane worldly, not spiritual
2367 munificent generous
2368 mural wall painting
2369 murky dark and gloomy
2370 muse ponder For a moment, he mused at the beauty of the scene.
2371 musky having odor of a musk
2372 muster gather
2373 musty stale The attic was dark and musty.
2374 mutability ability to change in form
2375 muted silent
2376 mutilate injure, distort
2377 mutinous rebellious
2378 myopic short sighted, lacking foresight
2379 myriad large number
2380 nadir lowest point
2381 naivete gullibility
2382 narcissist conceited person
2383 narrative related to telling a story
2384 nascent incipient, inchoate If we could identify the revolutionary movement in its nascent state, we could have prevented the chaos.
2385 natation swimming
2386 natty smartly dressed Priding himself to be a natty dresser, he filled his wardrobe with imported suits.
2387 nauseate cause to become sick
2388 nautical relating to navigation and ships
2389 navigable wide and deep enough for ships to travel
2390 nebulous vague They tried to come up with a definite plan, not a nebulous idea.
2391 necromancy black magic The evil sorcerer used necromancy to subdue his enemies.
2392 nefarious wicked
2393 negate annul
2394 negligence neglect
2395 negligible insignificant
2396 nemesis enemy
2397 neologism new word
2398 neophyte rookie, beginner
2399 nepotism favouritism to a relative
2400 nether lower
2401 nettle annoy
2402 nexus connection
2403 nib point of a pen
2404 nicety precision
2405 niggardly parsimonious
2406 niggle spending too much time on minutiae
2407 nihilist absolute sceptic
2408 nip prevent; bite; numb
2409 nirvana state of beatitude
2410 nocturnal of night
2411 noiseme foul smelling
2412 nomadic itinerant
2413 nomenclature convention for naming
2414 nominal in name only
2415 nonchalance indifference
2416 noncommittal unpledged
2417 nondescript ordinary
2418 nonentity cipher
2419 nonplus perplex
2420 nostalgia tending to remember old times
2421 nostrum questionable medicine No quack selling nostrums will cheat me.
2422 notable significant
2423 notoriety infamy
2424 novelty state of being new
2425 novice rookie
2426 noxious nauseating
2427 nuance subtlety
2428 nubile marriageable
2429 nugatory worthless
2430 nullify annul
2431 numismatist coin collector
2432 nuptial relating to marriage
2433 nurture nourish
2434 nutrient nourishment
2435 oaf stupid person
2436 obdurate unyielding
2437 obeisance bow She made an obeisance as the king anf queen entered.
2438 obelisk tall column wiht tapered top
2439 obese corpulent
2440 obfuscate confuse Was the spokesperson trying to clarify the issue or obfuscate to mislead the reporters.
2441 obituary death notice
2442 objective fair
2443 obligatory required
2444 oblique slanted
2445 obliterate destroy
2446 oblivion obscurity
2447 obloquy slander
2448 obnoxious offensive
2449 obscure dark, little known
2450 obsequious sycophantic
2451 obsequy funeral like
2452 obsessive overwhelmingly occupying
2453 obsidian volcanic rock
2454 obsolete out of date
2455 obstetrician person trained in delivering babies
2456 obstinate stubborn
2457 obstreperous boisterous, noisy
2458 obtrude extrude
2459 obtuse blunt
2460 obviate make unnecessary
2461 Occident The West
2462 occlude prevent
2463 occult mysterious
2464 oculist physician specialises in eye treatment In many states, the oculist is the only one allowed to apply eye drops.
2465 odious hateful Cinderella's step-sisters had the odious habit of popping their zits in public.
2466 odium hatred, disrepute
2467 odoriferous having odor
2468 odorous having odor
2469 odyssey voyage
2470 offensive attacking
2471 offhand casually
2472 officious sycophantic
2473 ogle look amorously
2474 olfactory of sense
2475 oligarchy government by privileged few
2476 ominous cruel
2477 omnipotent all powerful
2478 omnipresent present everywhere
2479 omniscient all knowing
2480 omnivorous eating everything
2481 onerous burdensome
2482 onomatopoeia words formed in imitation of natural sounds
2483 onslaught attack
2484 onus burden
2485 opalescent iridiscent
2486 opaque not transparent
2487 opiate make less conscious
2488 opportune auspicious time
2489 opportunist
individual who sacrifices principles to take
advantage of situation
2490 opprobrium vilification
2491 optician one who makes eyeglasses
2492 optimist person who looks on the brigth side
2493 optimum most efficient
2494 optional left to one's choice
2495 opulence abundance
2496 opus work Although many critics hailed his Fifth Symphony, Beethoven did not consider it his finest opus.
2497 oracular prophetic
2498 orator speaker
2499 oratorio dramatic poem set to music The club decided to present an oratorio during their recital.
2500 ordain decree; predestine; grant holy order The king ordained that no foreigners should be allowed to enter the city.
2501 ordeal severe trial or affliction
2502 ordinance decree Passing a red light is a violation of city ordinance.
2503 ordination ceremony conferring holy order The candidate had to meet with the bishop before being ordained.
2504 orgy drunken party
2505 orient adjust The first days are spent in orienting oneself to the environment.
2506 orientation act of finding oneself in society
2507 orifice mouth like opening
2508 ornate excessively decorated
2509 ornithologist bird scientist
2510 orthodox traditional
2511 orthography correct spelling English orthography is sometimes hard to master because some words are not written phonetically.
2512 oscillate vibrate
2513 osseous made of bones
2514 ossify change to bone
2515 ostensible apparent
2516 ostentatious pretentious, showy
2517 ostracise proscribe
2518 oust drive away
2519 outlandish fantastic, bizarre
2520 outmoded old fashioned
2521 outskirts frignes, at the boundaries
2522 outspoken candid
2523 outstrip surpass
2524 outwit outsmart
2525 ovation applause
2526 overbearing overwhelmingly important, arrogant
2527 overt easily visible
2528 overweening arrogant
2529 overwrought agitated
2530 ovoid egg-shaped
2531 pachyderm thick-skinned animal
2532 pacifist antimilitarist
2533 pacify placate
2534 paean praising poem
2535 painstaking involving lot of effort
2536 palatable pleasing to the taste
2537 palate top roof of mouth
2538 palatial grandiose
2539 paleontology study of pre-historic life
2540 palette board to mix paint
2541 palimpsest parchment used twice for writing
2542 pall tire
2543 pallet poor bed
2544 palliate mollify
2545 pallid livid, lacking colour
2546 palpable tangible
2547 palpitate throb, flutter
2548 paltry small
2549 pan criticise
2550 panacea cure-all There is no easy panacea to solve our complicated problem.
2551 pandemic widespread
2552 pandemonium chaos
2553 pander cater to the low desires
2554 panegyric praise
2555 panoramic denoting an unobstructed view
2556 pantomime acting without dialogue
2557 papyrus ancient paper
2558 parable short story teaching a moral Let us apply to our own conduct the parable of this story.
2559 paradigm pattern
2560 paradox something apparently contradictory in nature
2561 paragon quintessential
2562 parallelism state of being parallel
2563 parameter independent variables
2564 paramount foremost in importance
2565 paramour illicit lover
2566 paranoia psychosis
2567 paraphernalia equipment Her desk was cluttered with paraphernalia of the writing craft such as pens and pencils.
2568 paraphrase rewrite
2569 parasite animal or plant living on another
2570 parched dry
2571 pariah social outcast
2572 parity fairness
2573 parlance way of speaking
2574 parley meeting between enemies
2575 parochial provincial
2576 parody spoof
2577 paroxysm fit of pain, laughter, etc. When he heard of his son's misdeeds, he was seized by a paroxysm of rage.
2578 parquet
floor made of wood strips inlaid in a mosaic like
pattern
The carpenters combined red wood and oak in an elegant parquet.
2579 parry deflect
2580 parsimony thrift
2581 partial partly
2582 partiality unfairness
2583 partisan prejudiced
2584 partition divided
2585 passe old-fashioned
2586 passive not active
2587 pastiche literary spoof
2588 pastoral rustic, bucolic
2589 patent obvious It was patent to everyone that the witness spoke the truth.
2590 pathetic woeful
2591 pathological pertaining to disease
2592 pathos pity The quiet tone of pathos that ran through the novel did not degenrate into the maudlin.
2593 patina green layer on surface of brass.
2594 patois dialect His years of study of the language enabled him to understand the patois of the natives.
2595 patriarch father and ruler of a family or tribe
2596 patrician noble
2597 patronise support
2598 paucity scarcity
2599 pauper poor person
2600 peccadillo small offense
2601 pecuniary of money
2602 pedagogue teacher
2603 pedagogy teaching
2604 pedant scholar who overemphasises on learning
2605 pedantic showing off learning
2606 pedestrian ordinary
2607 pediatrician child doctor
2608 peerless unmatched
2609 pejorative insulting
2610 pell-mell confusion
2611 pellucid lucid, easy to understand
2612 penance self-imposed punishment for sin The ancient mariner chose penance to atone for killing the albatross.
2613 penchant predilection
2614 pendant hanging down from something
2615 pendulous hanging
2616 penitent repentant
2617 pensive worried
2618 penumbra partial shadow
2619 penury poverty
2620 peon bond peasant
2621 perceptive insightful
2622 percussion striking one object with another The drum is a percussion instrument.
2623 perdition damnation
2624 peregrination journey Auntie Mame was a world traveller whose peregrinations took her from Tijuana to Timbuktu.
2625 peremptory demanding and leaving no choice From Jack's peremptory knocks, Jill could tell that he would not stop until he was let inside.
2626 perennial long-lasting
2627 perfidious treacherous, disloyal
2628 perforate puncture
2629 perfunctory superficial, casual, lacking interest/enthusiasm
2630 perigree closest point in the moon's orbit
2631 perimeter boundary
2632 peripatetic itinerant
2633 peripheral marginal
2634 periphery edge
2635 perjury lying under oath
2636 permeable porous
2637 pernicious destructive
2638 peroration conclusion of an oration The peroration was largely hortatory and brought the audience on its feet in applause.
2639 perpetrate offend
2640 perpetuate make something last
2641 perquisite somethng above stipulated salary
2642 personable attractive
2643 perspicacious insightful
2644 perspicuity clearness; freedom from ambiguity
2645 perspicuous free from ambiguity
2646 pert impertinent Your pert and impudent remarks call for an apology.
2647 pertinacious stubborn, persistent She is bound to succeed because of her pertinacious attitude.
2648 petinent relevant
2649 perturb disturb
2650 peruse read with care He closely perused the home insurance policy after the fire.
2651 pervasive spread throughout
2652 perverse wicked; stubbornly wrongheaded When Jack was in a perverse mood, he would do the opposite of what Jill told him.
2653 perversion wickedness
2654 pessimism belief in gloominess
2655 pestilential baneful People were afraid to explore the pestilential swamp.
2656 pestle tool for mashing and grinding powder
2657 petrify turn to stone
2658 petty small
2659 petulant cranky If you people kept waking you up after you had hardly any sleep for a week, you would sound petulant.
2660 pharisaical hypocritical Moralists who do not attempt to explain there moral code may be viewed as pharisaical.
2661 phenomena observable facts
2662 philanderer faithless lover Jack assured Jill that he was no philanderer and never looked at another woman.
2663 philanthropist generous donor
2664 philatelist stamp collector
2665 philistine
narrow-minded, concerned about material
gains
2666 philology study of language The professor of philology advocated the use of Esperanto as an international language.
2667 phlegmatic not easily disturbed
2668 phobia extreme fear
2669 phoenix symbol of resurrection
2670 phylum class of organisms
2671 physiognomy countenance He prided himslef by his ability to analyze a person by his physiognomy.
2672 physiological pertaining to the science of living organisms
2673 piebald of varied colours, spotted
2674 piecemeal one part at a time
2675 pied multicoloured
2676 piety devoutness
2677 pigment colouring material
2678 pillage plunder
2679 pillory slander
2680 pine languish, decline; yearn Though she lived happily with Clara, Heid pined for the mountains.
2681 pinion restrain, pin
2682 pinnacle top point
2683 pious devout
2684 piquant pleasantly tasting; stimulating The piquant sauce added to our enjoyment of the meal.
2685 pique aroused; irritate
2686 piscatorial pertaining to fishing He spent many hours at the lake in his piscatorial activities.
2687 pitfall hidden danger
2688 pith kernel
2689 pithy short
2690 pittance small allowance
2691 pivotal central
2692 placate pacify
2693 placebo dummy pills
2694 placid flat, peaceful
2695 plagiarise steal one's work
2696 plaintive mournful
2697 plait braid
2698 plasticity ability to be molded
2699 platitude trite remark The speaker talked mostly using platitutdes, which did not impress the audience.
2700 platonic purely spiritual; theoretic
2701 plaudit applause
2702 plausible practical
2703 plebeian commoner
2704 plenary complete, full The union leader was given plenary powers to negotiate the deal.
2705 plenitude abundance
2706 plethora large number
2707 pliable flexible
2708 pliant yielding, amenable
2709 plight state
2710 pluck courage
2711 plumage feathers
2712 plumb vertical; investigate depth
2713 plummet fall sharply
2714 plutocracy administration by the wealthy
2715 podiatrist foot doctor
2716 podium raised platform
2717 poignancy emotionally moving
2718 polarise separate into opposite extremes
2719 polemic controversy
2720 polemical aggressive in verbal attack
2721 politic prudent
2722 polity form of government of nation or state Our polity should thrive on the notion that government should strive for the good of all people.
2723 polygamist married several times
2724 polyglot speaking several languages
2725 pomposity state of being bombastic
2726 ponderous slow or clumsy because of weight; unwieldy His jokes were ponderous and his humour lacked light touch.
2727 pontifical of the Pope; pretentious
2728 pore study industriously Determined to become a surgeon, she pored over the anatomy books.
2729 porous perforated
2730 portend predict, presage
2731 portent sign
2732 portly corpulent
2733 poseur affected state
2734 posterity children
2735 posthumous after death
2736 postulate self-evident truths We must accept these statements as postulates before continuing discussion.
2737 posture assume an affected pose
2738 potable fit to drink
2739 potent powerful
2740 potentate monarch
2741 potential latent
2742 potion dose
2743 potpourri mixture
2744 poultice soothing application applied to sore She was advised to apply a poultice at her sore.
2745 praticable feasible
2746 practical pragmatic
2747 pragmatist practical person
2748 prate speak foolishly
2749 prattle babble
2750 preamble introductory text
2751 precarious risky
2752 precedent
preceding in time; an earlier occurrence which
serves as authority
The professor asked Jill to explain which case served as a precedent for the current case study.
2753 precept standards for behavious
2754 precipice cliff
2755 precipitant
something that causes a substance to solidify
out of a mixture
2756 precipitate rash
2757 precipitous steep
2758 precis summary
2759 precise accurate
2760 preclude make impossible
2761 precocious advanced in development
2762 precursor forerunner
2763 predator person who robs or exploits others
2764 predecessor person holding a post formerly
2765 predetermine predestine
2766 predicament situation of distress or dilemma
2767 predilection inclination
2768 predispose give an inclination
2769 preeminent outstanding
2770 preempt preclude
2771 preen primp
2772 prefatory introductory
2773 prehensile able to grab
2774 prelate church dignitaries
2775 prelude forerunner
2776 premeditate decided beforehand
2777 premise postulate, assumption On the premise that there is no fool like an old fool, the circus owner hired an old clown.
2778 premonition foreboding of evil
2779 premonitory serving to warn
2780 preponderance superiority of power The rebels tried to overcome the preponderance of strength of the government forces by engaging in guerilla attacks.
2781 preposterous lacking sense
2782 prerogative unquestionable right
2783 presage predict
2784 prescience having foresight
2785 presentiment premonition At the airport, he had a sudden presentiment that it was the last time he would see her.
2786 prestige honour
2787 presumptuous arrogant, orotund
2788 pretentious showing off, ostentatious
2789 preternatural beyond what is normal
2790 pretext excuse She looked for a good pretext to not go on the trip.
2791 prevail triumph over
2792 prevalent widespread
2793 prevaricate lie
2794 prey target of a hunt
2795 prim proper
2796 primogeniture seniority by birth By virtue of primogeniture, first-borns in some cultures enjoy greater provisions than their siblings.
2797 primordial existing at the beginning
2798 primp preen
2799 pristine original, untampered
2800 privation hardship
2801 privy secret
2802 probe investigate
2803 probity incorruptibility
2804 problematic doubtful
2805 proclivity inclination, tendency
2806 procrastinate make delay
2807 procurement gathering
2808 prod poke
2809 prodigal lavish
2810 prodigious large, enormous
2811 prodigy young talent
2812 profane obscene
2813 profilgate wasteful, wildly immoral
2814 profound deep
2815 profusion excess
2816 progenitor ancestor
2817 progeny children
2818 prognosis predicted path of treatment of disease
2819 prohibitive tending to prevent
2820 projectile missile
2821 proletarian working class
2822 proliferate spread
2823 prolific abundantly fruitful
2824 proxility verbosity
2825 prologue introduction In the prologue to Romeo and Juliet, the location is mentioned as Verona.
2826 prolong extend
2827 prominent conspicuous, notable Prince Charles' prominent ears make him resemble a comic character.
2828 promiscuous flirtatious
2829 promontory headland A lighthouse was constructed on the promontary to warn approaching ships.
2830 promote elevate
2831 prompt help to advance
2832 promulgate proclaim a doctrine or law When the prophet came down to promulgate God's law, he was appalled to see idol worship.
2833 prone having tendency
2834 propagate travel, spread
2835 propellant substance that drives forward
2836 propensity tendency
2837 prophetic predicting the future
2838 prophylactic used to prevent disease Despite all prophylactic measures, the epidemic raged on till winter.
2839 propinquity kinship, consanguinity The relationship could not be explained as being merely propinquitic.
2840 propitiate appease
2841 propitious auspicious
2842 proponent supporter
2843 propound put forth for analysis
2844 propriety decorum
2845 propulsive driving forward
2846 prosaic factual; unimaginative
2847 proscenium part of stage in front of curtain All the cast members gathered at the proscenium at then end of the play to bow.
2848 proscribe ostracise
2849 proselytize
induce someone to convert to a religion or
belief
In the interfaith meetings, there must be no attempt to proselytize; all oints of views must be respected.
2850 prosody the art of versification The book on prosody contains a rhyming dictionary as well as samples of the various verse forms.
2851 prosperity good fortune
2852 prostrate lie on the ground
2853 protean versatile A remarkably protean actor, Alec Guiness could take on any role.
2854 protege person receiving protection from a patron Cyrano refused to be a protege of the Cardinal.
2855 protocol diplomatic etiquette The state dinner must be run according to protocol to avoid offending the guests.
2856 prototype model
2857 protract prolong The management tried to protract the negotiations endlessly.
2858 protrude stick out
2859 protuberance protrusion
2860 provenance source or origin of something The usefulness of the substance is more important than its provenance.
2861 provender dry food; fodder I have stored a large amount of provender for the winter.
2862 provident displaying foresight;
2863 provincial unsophisticated
2864 provisional conditional
2865 proviso stipulation I am ready to accept your proposal with the proviso that you meet the requirements in two weeks.
2866 provocative arousing anger
2867 prowess ability
2868 proximity nearness
2869 proxy authorised agent
2870 prude excessively modest person
2871 prudent politic
2872 prune trim With the help of the editor, she was able to prune her article into publishable form.
2873 prurient lascivious The prurience of the dirty old man appalled her.
2874 pry inquire impertinently Though Nora claimed she did not mean to pry, everybody knew she was plain nosy.
2875 pseudonym pen name
2876 psyche soul, mind
2877 psychiatrist doctor who treats mental disorder
2878 psychopathic of mental disorder
2879 psychosis mental disorder
2880 pterodactyl extinct flying reptile
2881 peurile childish
2882 pugilist boxer
2883 pugnacity inclination to fight
2884 puissant powerful
2885 pulchritude beauty
2886 pulmonary of the lungs
2887 pulsate throb
2888 pulverise grind
2889 pummel beat with fists
2890 punctilious minutely attentive
2891 pundit expert
2892 pungent sharp smelling
2893 punitive punishing
2894 puny small
2895 purchase firm grasp or footing The mountaineer struggled to get a proper purchase on the rock.
2896 purgatory place of spiritual expiation
2897 purge cleanse
2898 purport intention, purpose
2899 purported alleged
2900 purse contract into wrinkles
2901 purveyor caterer of food
2902 pusillaminous cowardly
2903 putative reputed, supposed Although there are some doubts, the putative author of this work is Massinger.
2904 putrid rancid
2905 pylon steel pillars
2906 pyromaniac person with insane desires to set things on fire
2907 quack charlatan
2908 quadruped four legged
2909 quaff drink with relish As they quaffed their drinks, they listened to the merry songs of the students.
2910 quagmire
boggy land; complex situation from which
escape is difficult
Up to her knees in mud, Beth wondered how on earth she would extricate herself from the quagmire.
2911 quail cower
2912 quaint pretty
2913 qualified resricted, limited
2914 qualms uneasy fears about matters of conscience
2915 quandary dilemma She was in a quandary as to which school she should attend.
2916 quarantine isolate
2917 quarry victim, object of hunt; dig into The police closed in on their quarry.
2918 quash crush
2919 quay dock
2920 queasy easily nauseated
2921 quell placate
2922 quench assuage
2923 querulous whining
2924 query inquiry
2925 queue line
2926 quibble minor complaint
2927 quiescent stationary
2928 quietude tranquility
2929 quintessence paragon
2930 quip taunt
2931 quirk startling twist, caprice By a quirk of fate, he found himself working for the man he fired.
2932 quisling traitor aiding invaders
2933 quiver case for arrows
2934 quixotic idealistic but impractical
2935 quizzical questioning
2936 quorum
number of members necessary to conduct a
meeting
The senator asked for a roll call to determine whether a quorum had assembled.
2937 qoutidian daily, diurnal
2938 rabid fervent
2939 reconteur story-teller
2940 ragamuffin person with threadbare clothes
2941 rail scold
2942 raiment clothing
2943 rakish gaudy
2944 rally summon
2945 ramble wander
2946 ramification branching out
2947 ramify branch out
2948 ramp incline
2949 rampant unrestrained
2950 rampart defensive mound of earth We watched from the rampart as the battle continued.
2951 ramshackle rickety
2952 rancid having odor of stale fat
2953 rancor hatred Thirty years after the war. she was still consumed with rancor against the foe.
2954 random haphazard
2955 rankle irritate
2956 rant shout
2957 rapacious plundering Hawks and other rapacious birds prey on a variety of small animals.
2958 rapport harmony
2959 rapt absorped
2960 rarefied made lighter
2961 raspy harsh The sergeant's raspy voice grated on the recruits' ears.
2962 ratify support, sanction
2963 ratiocination reasoning
2964 rationale fundamental reason
2965 rationalise justify
2966 raucous loud
2967 ravage plunder, despoil
2968 rave overwhelmingly favourable review
2969 ravel entangle
2970 ravenous voracious
2971 ravine narrow valley with steep sides Steeper than a gully, more precipitatous than a canyon, a ravine is, like them, a product of years of erosion.
2972 raze tear down
2973 reactionary retrogade
2974 realm domain
2975 reaper one who harvests grain
2976 rebate discount
2977 rebuff snub
2978 rebuke rail, castigate
2979 rebus puzzle in which pictures stand for words A coven of witches beside a tree is a possible rebus for the town of Coventry.
2980 rebuttal refutation
2981 recalcitrant intractable
2982 recant retract a previous statement
2983 recapitulate review
2984 recast reconstruct, rephrase Let me recast this sentence in terms you can understand.
2985 receptive quickly receives ideas
2986 recession low economic activity
2987 recidivism habitual return to crime Prison reformers in the country are disturbed by the high rate of recidivism.
2988 recipient receiver
2989 reciprocal mutual
2990 reciprocate repay in kind
2991 recluse hermit
2992 reconcile correct inconsistencies
2993 recondite abstruse, profound He read several recondite books to obtain the material needed fof his thesis.
2994 reconnaisance survey of enemy soldiers If any enemy soldier is encountered during the reconaissance, he should be captured for questioning.
2995 recount narrate
2996 recourse resorting to help The boy's only recourse was to appeal to his father for money.
2997 recrimination countercharges Loud and angry recriminations were her replies to his accusations.
2998 rectify correct
2999 rectitude probity
3000 recumbent reclining
3001 recuperate recover
3002 recurrent occurring over and over again
3003 redolent fragrant
3004 redoubtable formidable
3005 redress remedy, compensation Is there no way to get redress for my injuries?
3006 redundant repetitous, prolix
3007 reek smell intensely
3008 refectory dining hall
3009 refraction bending of light
3010 refractory stubborn, intractable, recalcitrant
3011 refrain abstain
3012 refulgent gleaming The squire polished the knight's armour until it was refulgent.
3013 refurbish renovate
3014 refute disprove
3015 regal royal
3016 regale entertain
3017 regatta boat or yacht race Many boating enthusiasts followed the regatta from the shores.
3018 regeneration regrowth
3019 regicide regal murder
3020 regime method or system of government
3021 regimen prescribed diet and habits I doubt whether the results warrant our strict regimen.
3022 rehabitilate resettle, restore
3023 reimburse repay
3024 reiterate repeat
3025 rejoinder reply
3026 rejuvenate make young again
3027 relegate demote
3028 relent give in
3029 relevant pertinent
3030 relic memento
3031 relinquish give up
3032 relish savour
3033 remediable corrigible
3034 reminiscence recollection
3035 remiss negligent After the prisoner escaped, the guards were accused of being remiss in duty.
3036 remission
forgiveness or pardon; moderation of disease
symptoms
His symptoms were in remission and he was considered fit for contest.
3037 remnant remaining
3038 remonstrance protest
3039 remorse sorrow
3040 remunerative compensating
3041 rend tear apart
3042 render deliver, provide Aid was immediately rendered to the affected areas.
3043 rendezvous meeting place
3044 rendition translation; artistic interpretation of a song, etc. The audience cheered as she completed the rendtion of the aria.
3045 renegade deserter Because he had deserted his position to join the enemy, the townspeople considered him a renegade.
3046 renege deny He reneged on paying back his debts.
3047 renounce repudiate
3048 renovate restore
3049 renown fame
3050 rent rip
3051 reparable capable of being repaired
3052 reparation compensation
3053 repartee clever reply He was famous for his witty repartee and his sarcasms.
3054 repast meal
3055 repeal annul, revoke The law was repealed as soon as the new government esconsed.
3056 repel drive away
3057 repellant driving away
3058 repercussion rebound, reverbration, reaction
3059 repertoire list of works of music, drama, etc. The opera company decided to include Hamlet in his repertoire.
3060 repine complain There is no use repining over the work you left undone.
3061 replenish fill up again
3062 replete filled
3063 replica exact copy
3064 replicate copy
3065 repository storehouse
3066 reprehensible condemnable
3067 repress restrain Her parents tried to curb her impetuousity without repressing her enthusiasm.
3068 reprieve temporary stay
3069 reprimand scold
3070 reprisal retaliation We are ready for any reprisal the enemy has in repository.
3071 reprise
musical repetition, repeat performance;
recurring action
The reprise of the soprano solo in the final act was delightful.
3072 reproach rebuke
3073 reprobate person hardened in sin I cannot understand why he has so many admirers if he is as reprobate as you said.
3074 reprobation severe disapproval
3075 reprove reproach
3076 repudiate deny, renounce On separating from Jack, Jill announced that she would repudiate all debts incurred by him.
3077 repugnance loathing
3078 repulsion distaste
3079 reputable respectable
3080 reputed supposed
3081 requiem dirge
3082 requisite necessity
3083 requite repay, revenge The wretch requited his benefactors by betraying them.
3084 rescind cancel
3085 resentment hatred
3086 reserve self-control
3087 residue remainder
3088 resignation submission
3089 resilient elastic
3090 resolution determination
3091 resolve determination
3092 resonant resounding
3093 respiration breathing
3094 respite relief
3095 resplendent glorious
3096 responsiveness state of reacting readily
3097 restitution compensation
3098 restive impatient
3099 restraint moderation
3100 resumption recommencement
3101 resurge rise again
3102 resusciate revive The lifeguard tried to resusciate the drowned child by applying artificial respiration.
3103 retain hold back
3104 retentive of retaining
3105 retaliation reprisal
3106 reticent taciturn; reserved
3107 retinue accompanying party
3108 retiring modest
3109 retort sharp reply
3110 retract withdraw
3111 retrench cut down If they want to send their children to college, they have to retrench.
3112 retribution vengeance, compensation The evangelist maintained that an angry deity would exact retribution from the sinners.
3113 retrieve recover
3114 retroactive taking effect before its enactment or imposition Because the new pension law was retroactive to the beginning of the year, even though Martha retired in February she was eligible for the pension.
3115 retrogade degenerate
3116 retrospective looking back
3117 revelry festivities
3118 reverberate echo
3119 reverent dignified
3120 reverie daydream, musing She was awakened from her reverie by the teacher's question.
3121 revile vilify Though captain Kidd was reviled as a notorious pirate, many merchant-captains regarded him innocent of alleged crimes.
3122 revoke take back
3123 revulsion sudden violent change in feelings Many people who admired dictatorship underwent a revulsion after Hitler's reign.
3124 rhapsodise
speak or write in an exaggerated enthusiastic
manner
She enjoyed her vacation greatly and rhapsodised about it for weeks.
3125 rhetoric art of effective communication
3126 ribald raunchy, wanton
3127 riddle pierce with holes The machine gun riddled the car with bullets until it resembled Swiss cheese.
3128 rider amendment or clause to legislative bill The senator supported the reform bill provided that the antipollution rider was sanctioned.
3129 rife abundant
3130 rift division, opening
3131 rig manipulate
3132 rigid stiff
3133 rigor severity
3134 rile vex He was an easy man to rile because of his quick-temper.
3135 riveting engrossing The novel was a riveting tale that could be finished in one night.
3136 rivulet small stream
3137 robust strong
3138 rococo ornate
3139 roil make liquid murky by stirring up sediment If wine is roiled to disturb the sediment, the flavour might be destroyed.
3140 roseate rosy
3141 roster list
3142 rostrum pulpit The crowd indicated that they did not wish to listen to the speaker approaching the rostrum.
3143 rote repetition He recited the passage by rote and did not seem to understand it.
3144 rotunda circular building covered with a dome His body lay in state in the rotunda of the Capitol.
3145 rotundity roundness
3146 rousing lively, stirring
3147 rout drive out
3148 rubble fragments
3149 rubric title; protocol In ordaining the new priest, the bishop carefully observed the rubrics of ordination.
3150 ruddy reddish, healthy looking
3151 rudimentary inchoate
3152 rue regret
3153 ruffian rough natured person
3154 ruminate muse, ponder
3155 rummage ransack, thoroughly search
3156 runic set down in ancient alphabets
3157 ruse trick, stratagem You will not be able to fool them with such an obvious ruse.
3158 rustic bucolic, pastoral
3159 rusticate dwell in the country Being accustomed to city life, I cannot understanfd how people rusticate in the suburbs.
3160 saboteur one who performs sabotage
3161 saccharine cloyingly sweet
3162 sacrilegious profane The theft of the altar cloth was a very sacrilegious act.
3163 sacrosanct sacred, inviolable
We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.
We were all agog at the news that the movie star was giving up her career to enter a monastery.
Ambrosia was supposed to provide immortality to humans.
He resented the animadversions of his critics.
Macbeth was startled when the witches greeted him with an incorrect apellation
Pleased with how well Tom had whitewashed the fences, Aunt Polly praised him for his application.
He bought the estate and all its appurtenances.
Secret brotherhoods surround themselves with arcane rituals.
In the argot of the underworld, she 'was taken for a ride'.
The accused man was arraigned in the criminal court.
After a gallon if ice-cream, he assuaged his appetite.
The astringent of the unsweetened lemon juice made swallowing difficult.
Martin seemed an atavism to his Tuscan ancestors who took great care of their small plots of soil.
He interpreted the departure of the birds as an augury of evil.
He gradually abandoned his regular job to pursue his avocation.
Her friends greeted the news of her engagement with cheerful badinage.
While the president was happy to bandy patriotism with anyone willing to listen, he refused to bandy with unfriendly reporters.
Since I do not wish to be beholden to anyone, I cannot accept this offer.
It behooves the ruler to trust nobody and to be suspicious of sycophants.
The foolish gambler soon found himself bereft of money.
While in bivouac, we spent the night in sleeping-bags under the stars.
Although Bess was thrilled about the trip to Paris, she pretended to be supercool and blase, as if she had been abroad several times.
He dove from the high bluff into the waters below.
His brazen contempt for authority infuriated the authorities.
The dean would brook no interference with his disciplinary actions.
The plants that burgoen in the spring are a promise to the beauty that is to come.
The troops sang out, following the cadence set by the sergeant.
Bob had to cadge a ride to work everyday/
Tina refused to take the tabloid canard seriously.
The choral society sang the new cantata composed by its leader.
I respect your sensible criticisms but not your cavil.
He warmed his hands by chafing. The collar of his shirt chafed his neck.
She wondered how she could marry a total cipher like him.
He woke to the clarion of the bugle.
Despite wearing shoulde pads, he hurt his clavice during the rugby march.
Although the rain was heavy and his uniform cleaved to his body, the soldier did not cleave his post.
The nuns all lived in the cloister.
Miss Havisham kept her lawyers adding codicils to her will.
They collated the newly found manuscripts to determine their age.
Owing to the size of the amount you want to borrow, we require a collateral from you.
Tea sandwiches and biscuits were offered at the collation.
After his earlier churlish behaviour, we were delighted to see him get his comeuppance.
A spirit of comity should exist between the members.
According to the compact, he was allowed to stay in the region.
This book can serve as a compendium for the large amount of research in the field.
Although Spanish complicity in sinking of the battleship was not proved, public opinion was aroused.
He comported himself with great dignity.
The pharmacists compounded a nasal decongestant with antihistamine.
The judge was especially sever wince he felt that the criminal had not shown compunction for the previous case.
The symptom is a concomitant of old age.
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavour.
Unlike Widow Douglas who condoned Huck's minor offences, Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
Religion and terrorism are sometimes viewed as a conflation.
He wished the newlyweds a lifetime of connuvial bliss.
The actor strutted around the dressing room in a consequential manner, convinced of his importance
The recent consolidation of several small airlines into a large one leaves little room for smaller airlines in the market.
Her agitation seemed out of consonance with her usual calm disposition.
It is our contention that following the guidelines helps to increase score significantly.
The two countries are contiguous for a few miles in the east.
Any increase in her wage was contingent on her performance.
Mr. Barrett did not expect his daughter to contravene his will by eloping.
Her contrite tears did not affect the verdict.
James made a few contrived efforts at converstaion, but soon gave up.
The contumacious mob shouted defiantly at the police.
Sue was treated for contusions after her fall.
The convivial celebrators of the victory sang the team song.
When she declined his marriage proposal, he called her a coquette.
The corpulent man resolved to reduce weight rapidly.
He was invited into the literary coterie which met every week at the hotel.
Miss Manners refused to countenance such rude behaviour from his part.
The children avoided the crabbed man because he scolded them when they made noise.
While many regarded him as a curmudgeon, a few of us were aware of his generosity.
In normal writing, letters are written in cursive form but when typing, the letters are separated.
The hoodlums defiled the church with their scurrilous writing.
Her employer offered to defray the cost of her education.
She asked time to deliberate before making her decision.
He was accused of being a demagogue because he made promises that aroused futile hopes.
Seeking plunder, the raiders despoiled the village.
Because they were suffragettes, their dresses, manners and appearances were held up to detraction.
Because Humpty Dumpty could not pick himself up, it was devolved upon Alice to clean the mess.
The dilapidated building needed a lot of work for restoration.
Young Napoleon defeated the enemy with all possible dispatch.
Each year, thousands disport themselves at Miami and Palm Beach.
John tried to dissemble his motives for taking modern dance, but we knew the actual reason.
The dissolution of life at Caligula's Rome appall some historians.
An epigrammatist distills thoughts into quips.
He was divested of his power and could not decide anymore.
Nothing angered Tom more than Aunt Polly's ability to divine when he was lying.
The heroes of Dumb and Dumber are a couple of dolts.
The hostages were held under duress until the prisoners' demands were met.
The minister donned his ecclesiastic garb and walked to the pulpit.
Many of his listeners were amused but not edified, as initially intended.
Is the party still a vital political force, or an effete institution?
The effuvium in the lab was almost intolerable.
Ingestion of emetic like mustard is helpful in cases like food poisoning.
Emollents soften the skin by slowing evaporation of water.
Your gifts and endearments will not make me forget earlier exchanges.
The monotonous routine induced a feeling of ennui that made her moody.
The audience was enraptured by excellent orchestration.
Now that their children were ensconced in college, they decided to leave for Europe.
Shafts of sunlight on a wall could entrance her and leave her spellbound.
She entreated her father to let her stay out till midnight.
Epicures frequent this restaurant because it features exotic wines and dishes.
Poor Richard's epigrams made Benjamin Franklin famous.
The glacial epoch lasted thousands of years.
The vernal equinox is usually marked by heavy rainstorms.
Do not equivocate and give the news in its true form.
She was always ready to espouse a worthy cause.
It is easier to apply eugenic principles to the raising of cattle than to improvement of human races.
Grow here and there, an exiguous outcropping among the rocks.
A pragmatic politician, she was guided by what was expedient rather than what was ethical.
The lawyers opposed the extradition of their client on the grounds of his model conduct.
We get maple syrup from the sap that the trees exude in early spring.
He was famous for his felicitous remarks and was called upon to serve as host at many banquets.
The prisoner was fettered to the wall.
The little girl was finicky about her food, leaving anything she did not like.
In medieval times, warriors used metal balls to flail their foes.
Beachcombers eke out a living by collecting flotsum and jetsam of the sea.
The sudden question flustered him and he stammered.
You will not be permitted to foist such ridiculous ideas to the membership.
Caesar ignored his wife's foreboding about the ides of March.
The knight could only escape execution by forswearing heretic beliefs.
The ship started taking in water and foundered subsequently.
The frieze of the church was adorned with sculptures.
After the storm, the beach was littered with fronds from palm trees.
Miss Watson declared that Huck was a froward child, stubborn in his wickedness.
The film only brought fugitive images to her mind, but made no lasting impression.
Disgusted by her fans' fulsome admiration, the celebrity retreated from public.
As his case was transferred from functionary to functionary, he wondered whether it would ever be solved.
The lame man walked with an uneven gait.
Their taunts galled the little girl.
His once round face looked surprisingly gaunt after he lost weight.
Tracing the genesis of a family is the theme of 'Roots'.
While this scheme was being gestated by the conspirators, they maintained complete silence about their intentions.
He felt his giddy youth was past.
After the crops had been harvested, the peasants were allowed to glean the wheat left in the field.
The kitchen gadget salesma was a glib speaker, never at a loss of words.
As you gloat over your ill-gotten wealth, do you think about the multitude who you have swindled?
Suffering from acrophobia, George could not bring himself look down into the gorge.
Nylon can be woven into gossamer or thick fabric.
Martha loved her set of graduated Russian dolls, the smaller ones fitting inside the larger ones.
Our daily ration of gruel not only made the meal monotonous but also unpalatable.
Although he was gruff with most people, he was always gentle with children.
The guffaws from the meeting room indicated that the members had not settled down to serious discussion yet.
Confident that nobody could guile him, he prided himslef on his sceptical disposition.
He accepted the assignment with gusto and set off immediately.
If the guys holding up the mast break, the mast will topple.
The dog's hackles began to rise and it began to growl as the footsteps grew louder.
After a brief illness, he was soon hale to go to work.
He did not wish to discuss the harrowing months of his captivity as a prisoner of war.
The slave took the unexpected chance to make a headlong dash to the border.
It is strange to consider that modern chemistry originated from the hermetic teachings of ancient alchemists.
As a boy, Indiana Jones had a traumatic experience involving snakes, which is why he did not pursue herpetology.
His speeches were always homilies, advising the listeners to repent and reform.
Filled with hubris, Lear refused to listen to his friends' warnings.
The dry soil imbibed the rain water.
His visit to the cathedral imbued him with feelings of awe and reverence.
He tried to hide from his importunate creditors until his allowance arrived.
Roused from bed at an ungodly hour, Ralph muttered imprecations under his breath
Our treasurer was furious when the financial committee's report impugned the accuracy of his records.
Many immigrants could only come to America after they had indentured themselves for several years.
It is often believed that SAT scores and high school records are the best indices of a student's potential.
Cyrano indited many letters for Christian.
He felt that his fate was ineluctable and refused to make any attempt to improve.
The judge was inexorable and sentenced the convict to maximum punishment.
The move was a clear infraction of the rules, and was duly penalised.
It came as a surprise to me as I did not have an inkling of your plans.
Experienced poker players try to hide their reactions behind an inscrutable 'poker face'.
Industrialised nations must interdict the use of nuclear weapons if we expect the world to live.
The merchant looked at his competitors as interlopers who stole his profits.
She intimated rather than stated her preference.
He inveighed against the demagoguery of the previous speaker.
She admired the iridiscent hues emanating from the prism.
His conduct at the office party was irreproachable and nobody complained.
Santa Claus is always cheerful and jocund.
At this critical juncture, let us think carefully before taking the next step.
Praise from her teacher kindled a spark of hope in Maya.
Whenever he worries, his eyebrows knit into a frown.
The driver needed stitches to close the lacerations received in the crash.
The laity does not always understand the clergy's problems.
I think you have permitted your son too much lattitude in the matter.
As bread vough is leavened, it puffs up in volume.
The chaplain delivered the lecture from a hastily imrpovised lectern.
The magician demonstrated his renowned legerdemain.
Preferring lucre to undying fame, he wrote stories of popular appeal.
A leading light of the American stage, he was a theatrical luminary whose name lives on.
Do the lurid covers actually influence people to buy the tabloid?
The city morgue is a macabre spot for the uninitiated.
Carol realised that her touch of malaise was merely stagefright.
When Mrs. Malaopro criticised Lydia for being like an allegory, she confused alligator and allegory in a typical malaproprism.
The president had a mandate from the people to seek end to social evils.
Rather than tell Jill directly what he disliked, Jack made some mealymouthed comments and evaded the topic.
Needing to stay close to the source of water, we meandered along the riverside.
Whenever the children ran wildly around the house, she felt like she ran a menagerie.
He tried to be impartial in his efforts to mete out justice.
The thoroughbred proved its mettle in the race by its determination to hold on to the lead.
Surrounded by urbane artists, the country boy felt out of his milieu.
Yum-yum walked across the stage with mincing steps.
Their rear wheels were mired in mud.
Hamlet expressed his misgivings to Horatio
Although his story contains a modicum of truth, most of the events he describes are fictitious.
The tiniest mote in my eye is very painful.
This simple motif runs throughout the score.
Certain organisms exhibit remarkable motility, travelling miles before coming to rest.
The patent medicine man was a mountebank.
August in New York city is often warm and damp.
For a moment, he mused at the beauty of the scene.
The attic was dark and musty.
If we could identify the revolutionary movement in its nascent state, we could have prevented the chaos.
Priding himself to be a natty dresser, he filled his wardrobe with imported suits.
They tried to come up with a definite plan, not a nebulous idea.
The evil sorcerer used necromancy to subdue his enemies.
No quack selling nostrums will cheat me.
She made an obeisance as the king anf queen entered.
Was the spokesperson trying to clarify the issue or obfuscate to mislead the reporters.
In many states, the oculist is the only one allowed to apply eye drops.
Cinderella's step-sisters had the odious habit of popping their zits in public.
Although many critics hailed his Fifth Symphony, Beethoven did not consider it his finest opus.
The club decided to present an oratorio during their recital.
The king ordained that no foreigners should be allowed to enter the city.
Passing a red light is a violation of city ordinance.
The candidate had to meet with the bishop before being ordained.
The first days are spent in orienting oneself to the environment.
English orthography is sometimes hard to master because some words are not written phonetically.
There is no easy panacea to solve our complicated problem.
Let us apply to our own conduct the parable of this story.
Her desk was cluttered with paraphernalia of the writing craft such as pens and pencils.
When he heard of his son's misdeeds, he was seized by a paroxysm of rage.
The carpenters combined red wood and oak in an elegant parquet.
It was patent to everyone that the witness spoke the truth.
The quiet tone of pathos that ran through the novel did not degenrate into the maudlin.
His years of study of the language enabled him to understand the patois of the natives.
The ancient mariner chose penance to atone for killing the albatross.
The drum is a percussion instrument.
Auntie Mame was a world traveller whose peregrinations took her from Tijuana to Timbuktu.
From Jack's peremptory knocks, Jill could tell that he would not stop until he was let inside.
The peroration was largely hortatory and brought the audience on its feet in applause.
Your pert and impudent remarks call for an apology.
She is bound to succeed because of her pertinacious attitude.
He closely perused the home insurance policy after the fire.
When Jack was in a perverse mood, he would do the opposite of what Jill told him.
People were afraid to explore the pestilential swamp.
If you people kept waking you up after you had hardly any sleep for a week, you would sound petulant.
Moralists who do not attempt to explain there moral code may be viewed as pharisaical.
Jack assured Jill that he was no philanderer and never looked at another woman.
The professor of philology advocated the use of Esperanto as an international language.
He prided himslef by his ability to analyze a person by his physiognomy.
Though she lived happily with Clara, Heid pined for the mountains.
The piquant sauce added to our enjoyment of the meal.
He spent many hours at the lake in his piscatorial activities.
The speaker talked mostly using platitutdes, which did not impress the audience.
The union leader was given plenary powers to negotiate the deal.
Our polity should thrive on the notion that government should strive for the good of all people.
His jokes were ponderous and his humour lacked light touch.
Determined to become a surgeon, she pored over the anatomy books.
We must accept these statements as postulates before continuing discussion.
She was advised to apply a poultice at her sore.
The professor asked Jill to explain which case served as a precedent for the current case study.
On the premise that there is no fool like an old fool, the circus owner hired an old clown.
The rebels tried to overcome the preponderance of strength of the government forces by engaging in guerilla attacks.
At the airport, he had a sudden presentiment that it was the last time he would see her.
She looked for a good pretext to not go on the trip.
By virtue of primogeniture, first-borns in some cultures enjoy greater provisions than their siblings.
In the prologue to Romeo and Juliet, the location is mentioned as Verona.
Prince Charles' prominent ears make him resemble a comic character.
A lighthouse was constructed on the promontary to warn approaching ships.
When the prophet came down to promulgate God's law, he was appalled to see idol worship.
Despite all prophylactic measures, the epidemic raged on till winter.
The relationship could not be explained as being merely propinquitic.
All the cast members gathered at the proscenium at then end of the play to bow.
In the interfaith meetings, there must be no attempt to proselytize; all oints of views must be respected.
The book on prosody contains a rhyming dictionary as well as samples of the various verse forms.
A remarkably protean actor, Alec Guiness could take on any role.
Cyrano refused to be a protege of the Cardinal.
The state dinner must be run according to protocol to avoid offending the guests.
The management tried to protract the negotiations endlessly.
The usefulness of the substance is more important than its provenance.
I have stored a large amount of provender for the winter.
I am ready to accept your proposal with the proviso that you meet the requirements in two weeks.
With the help of the editor, she was able to prune her article into publishable form.
The prurience of the dirty old man appalled her.
Though Nora claimed she did not mean to pry, everybody knew she was plain nosy.
The mountaineer struggled to get a proper purchase on the rock.
Although there are some doubts, the putative author of this work is Massinger.
As they quaffed their drinks, they listened to the merry songs of the students.
Up to her knees in mud, Beth wondered how on earth she would extricate herself from the quagmire.
She was in a quandary as to which school she should attend.
The police closed in on their quarry.
By a quirk of fate, he found himself working for the man he fired.
The senator asked for a roll call to determine whether a quorum had assembled.
We watched from the rampart as the battle continued.
Thirty years after the war. she was still consumed with rancor against the foe.
Hawks and other rapacious birds prey on a variety of small animals.
The sergeant's raspy voice grated on the recruits' ears.
Steeper than a gully, more precipitatous than a canyon, a ravine is, like them, a product of years of erosion.
A coven of witches beside a tree is a possible rebus for the town of Coventry.
Let me recast this sentence in terms you can understand.
Prison reformers in the country are disturbed by the high rate of recidivism.
He read several recondite books to obtain the material needed fof his thesis.
If any enemy soldier is encountered during the reconaissance, he should be captured for questioning.
The boy's only recourse was to appeal to his father for money.
Loud and angry recriminations were her replies to his accusations.
Is there no way to get redress for my injuries?
The squire polished the knight's armour until it was refulgent.
Many boating enthusiasts followed the regatta from the shores.
I doubt whether the results warrant our strict regimen.
After the prisoner escaped, the guards were accused of being remiss in duty.
His symptoms were in remission and he was considered fit for contest.
Aid was immediately rendered to the affected areas.
The audience cheered as she completed the rendtion of the aria.
Because he had deserted his position to join the enemy, the townspeople considered him a renegade.
He reneged on paying back his debts.
He was famous for his witty repartee and his sarcasms.
The law was repealed as soon as the new government esconsed.
The opera company decided to include Hamlet in his repertoire.
There is no use repining over the work you left undone.
Her parents tried to curb her impetuousity without repressing her enthusiasm.
We are ready for any reprisal the enemy has in repository.
The reprise of the soprano solo in the final act was delightful.
I cannot understand why he has so many admirers if he is as reprobate as you said.
On separating from Jack, Jill announced that she would repudiate all debts incurred by him.
The wretch requited his benefactors by betraying them.
The lifeguard tried to resusciate the drowned child by applying artificial respiration.
If they want to send their children to college, they have to retrench.
The evangelist maintained that an angry deity would exact retribution from the sinners.
Because the new pension law was retroactive to the beginning of the year, even though Martha retired in February she was eligible for the pension.
She was awakened from her reverie by the teacher's question.
Though captain Kidd was reviled as a notorious pirate, many merchant-captains regarded him innocent of alleged crimes.
Many people who admired dictatorship underwent a revulsion after Hitler's reign.
She enjoyed her vacation greatly and rhapsodised about it for weeks.
The machine gun riddled the car with bullets until it resembled Swiss cheese.
The senator supported the reform bill provided that the antipollution rider was sanctioned.
He was an easy man to rile because of his quick-temper.
The novel was a riveting tale that could be finished in one night.
If wine is roiled to disturb the sediment, the flavour might be destroyed.
The crowd indicated that they did not wish to listen to the speaker approaching the rostrum.
He recited the passage by rote and did not seem to understand it.
His body lay in state in the rotunda of the Capitol.
In ordaining the new priest, the bishop carefully observed the rubrics of ordination.
You will not be able to fool them with such an obvious ruse.
Being accustomed to city life, I cannot understanfd how people rusticate in the suburbs.
The theft of the altar cloth was a very sacrilegious act.
While the president was happy to bandy patriotism with anyone willing to listen, he refused to bandy with unfriendly reporters.
Although Bess was thrilled about the trip to Paris, she pretended to be supercool and blase, as if she had been abroad several times.
The recent consolidation of several small airlines into a large one leaves little room for smaller airlines in the market.
While this scheme was being gestated by the conspirators, they maintained complete silence about their intentions.
When Mrs. Malaopro criticised Lydia for being like an allegory, she confused alligator and allegory in a typical malaproprism.
The rebels tried to overcome the preponderance of strength of the government forces by engaging in guerilla attacks.
Because the new pension law was retroactive to the beginning of the year, even though Martha retired in February she was eligible for the pension.
Though captain Kidd was reviled as a notorious pirate, many merchant-captains regarded him innocent of alleged crimes.
Word Meaning
1 abate decrease
2 aberrant abnormal
3 abeyance suspended action
4 abscond escape
5 abstemious sparing in eating and drinking
6 admonish warn
7 adulterate make impure
8 aesthetic pertaining to beauty
9 aggregate accumulated
10 alacrity swiftness
11 alleviate make less intense
12 amalgamate combine
13 ambiguous equivocal
14 ambivalence vacillating
15 ameliorate alleviate
16 anachronism aberrant with respect to time
17 analogous similar
18 anarchy chaos
19 anomalous aberrant
20 antipathy lack of sympathy
21 appease soothe
22 apprise inform
23 approbation approval
24 appropriate take over
25 arduous zealous
26 artless tactless
27 ascetic denying worldly pleasures
28 assiduous hard working
29 assuage ameliorate
30 attenuate weaken
31 audacious daring
32 austere simple, undecorated
33 autonomous self-governing
34 aver assert
35 banal trite, hackneyed
36 belie give false imporession
37 beneficent kind
38 bolster support
39 bombastic pompous
40 boorish rude
41 burgeon springing off-shoot
42 burnish make brighter
43 buttress prop up
44 cacophonous discordant
45 capricious whimsical
46 castigation rebuke
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47 castigation chastisement
48 catalyst instigator
49 caustic bitter
50 chicanery trickery
51 coagulate coalesce
52 coda end of a musical piece
53 cogent comprehensible, convincing
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1 abase shame
2 abash embarrass
3 abate decrease
4 abbreviate shorten
5 abdicate renounce
6 aberrant anomalous
7 abet encourage
8 abeyance suspended action
9 abhor loathe
10 abject wretched
11 abjure renounce upon oath Pressure from the authorities caused the student to abjure his heretical views.
12 ablution washing
13 abnegation self-sacrifice
14 abolish dissolve
15 abominable loathsome
16 abominate loathe
17 aboriginal native
18 abortive unsuccessful
19 abrasive rubbing away
20 abridge shorten
21 abrogate abolish
22 abscission cut off to remove
23 abscond escape
24 absolute total
25 absolve pardon
26 abstain refrain
27 abstemious sparing in eating and drinking
28 abstinence restraint
29 abstract not concrete
30 abstruse profound
31 abusive insulting
32 abut adjoin
33 abysmal bottomless
34 abyss bottomless pit
35 academic pertaining to education
36 accede agree
37 accelerate increase pace
38 accessible easy to approach
39 accessory addendum
40 acclaim applaud
41 acclimate assimilate
42 acclivity up slope
43 accolade merit
44 accommodate oblige or help someone; bring harmony; adapt
45 accomplice assistant in crime
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46 accord agreement
47 accost approach
48 accoutre equip The fishermen were accoutred with latest gear.
49 accretion growth Bob went from size M to L for his accretion of flesh.
50 accrue due
51 acerbic acidic
52 acerbity bitterness
53 acetic vinegary
54 acidulous bitter Jim was unpopular because of his acidulous remarks.
55 acknowledge recognise
56 acme highest point
57 acoustics musical properties
58 acquiesce accede
59 acquittal getting freed of charges
60 acrid sharp, pungent smelling The acrid odor of burnt gunpowder filled the place.
61 acrimonious bitter
62 acrophobia fear of heights
63 actuarial pertaining to insurance statistics According to actuarial tables, life expectancy is now greater than it was a century ago.
64 actuate initiate
65 acuity sharpness
66 acumen keenness
67 acute sharp
68 adage wise saying
69 adamant stubborn
70 adapt adjust
71 addendum accessory
72 addiction compulsive, habitual need
73 addle confuse
74 address direct
75 adept skilful
76 adhere stick
77 adherent supporter
78 adjacent abutting
79 adjunct associate
80 adjuration solemn urging Her adjuration to tell the truth did not affect him.
81 adjutant assistant staff
82 admonish warn
83 adorn decorate
84 adroit skilful
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85 adulation admiration
86 adulterate make impure
87 advent act of advancing
88 adventitious accidental
89 adversary enemy
90 adverse hostile
91 adversity poverty We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.
92 advert refer to
93 advocacy support
94 advocate support
95 aegis shield
96 aerie nest
97 aesthetic pertaining to beauty
98 affable easily approachable
99 affected pretended
100 affidavit written statement
101 affiliation association
102 affinity fondness
103 affirmation positive assertion
104 affix attach
105 affliction state of distress
106 affluence wealth
107 affront offend
108 agape openmouthed
109 agenda items in a list
110 agglomeration accumulation
111 aggrandise increase
112 aggregate cumulative
113 aggressor attacker
114 aghast horrified
115 agility nimbleness
116 agitate disturb
117 agnostic atheist
118 agog highly excited We were all agog at the news that the movie star was giving up her career to enter a monastery.
119 agrarian agricultural
120 alacrity eagerness
121 alchemy substance to turn metals to gold
122 alcove nook
123 alias fake identity
124 alienate make hostile
125 alimentary supplying nourishment
126 alimony money paid to divorced spouse
127 allay calm
128 allege state without proof
129 allegiance loyalty
130 allegory story where characters refer to symbols
131 alleviate ameliorate
132 alliteration repetition of first letter in several words
133 allocate designate
134 alloy mixture of metal; mix
135 allude refer
136 allure attraction
137 allusion reference
138 alluvial pertaining to soil deposit left by running water
139 aloof apart
140 aloft upward
141 altercation quarrel
142 altruistic unselfish
143 amalgamate combine
144 amass accumulate
145 amazon warrior woman
146 ambidextrous capable of using both hands equally
147 ambience environment
148 ambiguous equivocal
149 ambivalence vacillating
150 amble walk casually
151 ambrosia food of the gods Ambrosia was supposed to provide immortality to humans.
152 ambulatory not bed-ridden
153 ameliorate alleviate
154 amenable readily managed; answerable
155 amend alter
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156 amenities facilities
157 amiable friendly
158 amicable amiable
159 amiss wrong
160 amity friendship
161 amnesia loss of memory
162 amnesty mercy
163 amoral not having morals
164 amorous loving
165 amorphous formless
166 amphibian able to live both on ground and in water
167 amphitheatre oval arena
168 ample abundant
169 amplify magnify
170 amputate cut off
171 amok in a state of rage
172 amulet charm
173 anachronism misplaced in time
174 analgesic anesthesia
175 analogous similar
176 anarchist someone seeking to overturn established government
177 anarchy havoc
178 anathema solemn curse
179 ancestry family descent
180 anchor secure or fasten
181 ancillary auxiliary
182 anecdote short story
183 anaemia lack of haemoglobin
184 anaesthetic analgesic
185 anguish acute pain; extreme suffering
186 angular cornered
187 animadversion critical remark He resented the animadversions of his critics.
188 animated lively
189 animosity hostility
190 animus hostility
191 annals records
192 anneal make less brittle
193 annex attach to a larger body
194 annihilate destroy
195 annotate comment
196 annuity annual allowance
197 annul nullify
198 anodyne drug that relieves pain
199 anoint consecrate
200 anomalous aberrant
201 anomaly aberration
202 anonymity unknown identity
203 antagonism hostility
204 antecede precede
205 antecedent precedent
206 antediluvian antiquated
207 anthem song of praise
208 anthology collection of literary work
209 anthropoid having human form
210 anthropologist student of history and science of humankind
211 antic extraordinarily old
212 anticlimax letdown in thought or emotion
213 antidote cure
214 antipathy aversion
215 antiquated antediluvian
216 antiseptic substance that prevents infection
217 antithesis contrast
218 anvil iron block
219 apathy indifference
220 ape mimic
221 aperture small opening
222 aphasia temporary loss of speech
223 apex acme
224 aphorism pithy maxim
225 apiary beehive
226 aplomb assurance
227 apocalyptic prophetic
228 apocryphal not authentic
229 apogee apex
230 apolitical politically neutral
231 apologist one who writes in defence of a cause or institution
232 apostate one who abandons his beliefs
233 apothecary druggist
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234 apothegm pithy saying
235 apotheosis elevation to godhood; ideal example
236 appall disgust
237 apparition spectre
238 appease soothe
239 apellation name, title Macbeth was startled when the witches greeted him with an incorrect apellation
240 append attach
241 application diligent attention Pleased with how well Tom had whitewashed the fences, Aunt Polly praised him for his application.
242 apposite appropriate
243 appraise evaluate
244 appeciate be thankful
245 apprehend arrest; dread; perceive
246 apprehensive fearful
247 apprise inform
248 approbation approval
249 appropriate acquire
250 appurtenance subordinate possessions He bought the estate and all its appurtenances.
251 apropos to the point and timely; with reference to
252 aptitude talent
253 aquiline curved
254 arabesque standing on one leg; entwined tree branches
255 arable cultivable
256 arbiter judge
257 arbitrary unreasonable or capricious; tyrranical
258 arbitrate judge
259 arboretum
place where different types of trees and shrubs are
studied and exhibited
260 arcade covered passageway
261 arcane secret, mysterious Secret brotherhoods surround themselves with arcane rituals.
262 archaeology study of ancient objects
263 archaic ancient
264 archetype prototype; prmitive pattern
265 archipelago group of islands
266 archives old records
267 ardor zeal
268 arduous strenuous
269 argot slang In the argot of the underworld, she 'was taken for a ride'.
270 aria operatic solo
271 aristocracy elite class
272 armada naval squad
273 aromatic sweet smelling
274 arraign indict The accused man was arraigned in the criminal court.
275 array arrange in rows and columns
276 array clothe
277 arrears due
278 arrest stop
279 arrythmic lack of rhythm
280 arrogance haughtiness
281 arroyo gully
282 arsenal storage for arms and ammunition
283 artful tactful
284 articulate effective
285 artifact objects made by human beings
286 artifice chicanery
287 artisan skilled hand worker
288 artless tactless
289 ascendancy control
290 ascertain find out for cetain
291 ascetic austere
292 ascribe attribute
293 aseptic preventing infection
294 ashen ash coloured
295 asinine stupid
296 askance skewed
297 askew skewed
298 asperity sharpness of temper
299 aspersion derogatory remark
300 aspirant aspiring
301 aspire wish
302 assail attack
303 assay analyse
304 assent accede
305 assessment appraisal
306 assiduous hard working
307 assimilate acclimate
308 assuage ameliorate; satisfy After a gallon if ice-cream, he assuaged his appetite.
309 assumption something taken for granted
310 assurance promise; certainty; self-confidence
311 asteroid small planet
312 astigmatism eye defect hampering focus
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313 astral relating to the stars
314 astringent binding; causing contraction The astringent of the unsweetened lemon juice made swallowing difficult.
315 astronomical very high
316 astute wise
317 asunder apart
318 asylum refuge
319 asymmetric not symmetric
320 atavism resemblance to remote ancestors rather than parents Martin seemed an atavism to his Tuscan ancestors who took great care of their small plots of soil.
321 atheist disbeliever of God
322 atone compensate
323 atrocity ruthlessness
324 atrophy attenuation
325 attentive alert
326 attenuate weaken
327 attest testify
328 attribute property
329 attribute ascribe
330 attrition atrophy
331 atypical not normal
332 audacious daring
333 audit examnation of accounts
334 augment increase
335 augury omen He interpreted the departure of the birds as an augury of evil.
336 august majestic
337 aureole corona
338 auriferous containing gold
339 auroral relating to aurora
340 auspicious suggesting success
341 austere simple and unornamented
342 authentic genuine
343 authoritarian completely dominating one's will
344 authoritative having the force of authority
345 autocratic dictatorial
346 automation mechanism that imitates human actions
347 autonomous self-governing
348 autopsy dissection of dead body
349 auxiliary accexxory
350 avalanche massive fall of snow
351 avarice greed
352 avenge taking revenge
353 aver assert
354 averse reluctant
355 aversion hatred
356 avert avoid
357 aviary place to keep birds
358 avid zealous
359 avocation secondary He gradually abandoned his regular job to pursue his avocation.
360 avow declare openly
361 avuncular like an uncle
362 awe wonder
363 awl tool for piercing
364 awry crooked
365 axiom self-evident truth
366 azure sky blue
367 babble chatter
368 bacchanalian drunken (Bacchus: god of wine)
369 badger pester
370 badinage teasing conversation Her friends greeted the news of her engagement with cheerful badinage.
371 baffle confuse
372 bait harrass
373 baleful menacing; sinister
374 balk stop short; foil
375 ballast heavy mass for balancing
376 balm lotion for soothing pain
377 balmy mild; fragrant
378 banal hackneyed, trite
379 bandy discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly While the president was happy to bandy patriotism with anyone willing to listen, he refused to bandy with unfriendly reporters.
380 bane curse
381 baneful poisonous, causing disaster
382 bantering good-natured ridiculing
383 barb sharp, pointed object; critical remarks
Pressure from the authorities caused the student to abjure his heretical views.
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The fishermen were accoutred with latest gear.
Bob went from size M to L for his accretion of flesh.
Jim was unpopular because of his acidulous remarks.
The acrid odor of burnt gunpowder filled the place.
According to actuarial tables, life expectancy is now greater than it was a century ago.
Her adjuration to tell the truth did not affect him.
We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.
We were all agog at the news that the movie star was giving up her career to enter a monastery.
Ambrosia was supposed to provide immortality to humans.
He resented the animadversions of his critics.
Macbeth was startled when the witches greeted him with an incorrect apellation
Pleased with how well Tom had whitewashed the fences, Aunt Polly praised him for his application.
He bought the estate and all its appurtenances.
Secret brotherhoods surround themselves with arcane rituals.
In the argot of the underworld, she 'was taken for a ride'.
The accused man was arraigned in the criminal court.
After a gallon if ice-cream, he assuaged his appetite.
The astringent of the unsweetened lemon juice made swallowing difficult.
Martin seemed an atavism to his Tuscan ancestors who took great care of their small plots of soil.
He interpreted the departure of the birds as an augury of evil.
He gradually abandoned his regular job to pursue his avocation.
Her friends greeted the news of her engagement with cheerful badinage.
While the president was happy to bandy patriotism with anyone willing to listen, he refused to bandy with unfriendly reporters.
While the president was happy to bandy patriotism with anyone willing to listen, he refused to bandy with unfriendly reporters.
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384 bard poet
385 barefaced shameless
386 baroque highly ornate
387 barrage barrier
388 barrister attorney
389 barterer trader
390 bask luxuriate
391 bastion fortress
392 bate restrain
393 bauble trinket
394 bawdy raunchy
395 beatific blissful
396 beatify consecrate
397 beatitude blessedness
398 bedizen dress with vulgar finery
399 bedraggle drenched
400 beeline direct route
401 befuddle confuse
402 beget father
403 begrudge resent
404 beguile trick; pass time
405 behemoth huge size
406 beholden obligated Since I do not wish to be beholden to anyone, I cannot accept this offer.
407 behoove be incumbent upon It behooves the ruler to trust nobody and to be suspicious of sycophants.
408
belabor
explain or go over excessively; assail
verbally
409 belated late
410 beleaguer besiege or attack; harrass
411 belie give false impression
412 belittle disparage
413 bellicose warlike
414 belligerent quarrelsome
415 bemoan lament; express disapproval
416 bemused confused
417 benediction blessing
418 benefactor gift giver
419 beneficient kindly, doing good
420 beneficial helpful
421 beneficiary one who receives benefit
422 benevolent kind
423 benign kind
424 benison blessing
425 bent determined
426 bequeth hand down
427 bereavement deprivation
428 bereft bereaved The foolish gambler soon found himself bereft of money.
429 berserk crazy
430 beseech beg
431 beset harrass
432 besiege surround
433 besmirch soil
434 bestial relating to a beast
435 bestow bequeath, confer
436 betoken signify, indicate
437 betray be unfaithful
438 betroth get engaged
439 bevy large group
440 bicameral double chambered
441 bicker quarrel
442 biennial every two years
443 bifurcated divided into two branches
444 bigotry intolerance
445
bilious
suffering from liver complaint; ill-
humoured
446 bilk swindle
447 billowing swelling out in waves
448 bivouac temporary encampment While in bivouac, we spent the night in sleeping-bags under the stars.
449 bizarre weird
450 blanch bleach
451 bland mild
452 blandish flatter
453 blandishment flattery
454 blare loud sound; bright glare
455 blase bored with pleasure or dissipation Although Bess was thrilled about the trip to Paris, she pretended to be supercool and blase, as if she had been abroad several times.
456 blasphemy irreverence
457 blatant obvious
458 bleak gloomy
459 blighted suffering from a disease
460 blithe carefree, cheerful
461 bloated swollen or puffed
462 blowhard boaster
463 bludgeon club
464 bluff deception; rough; high cliff He dove from the high bluff into the waters below.
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465 blunder error
466 blurt utter impulsively
467 bluster blow in heavy gusts
468 bode foreshadow
469 bogus not authentic
470 bohemian unsystematic
471 boisterous rough, violent
472 bolster support
473 bolt door bar
474 bombardment attack with missiles
475 bombastic pompous
476 boon blessing
477 boorish rude
478 bouillon clear soup
479 bountiful abundant
480 bourgeois middle class
481 bovine cow like
482 bowdlerise expurgate
483 boycott refrain from using
484 brackish salty
485 braggadocio braggart
486 braggart boaster
487 brandish wave
488 bravado swagger, air of defiance
489 brawn muscle
490 brazen insolent His brazen contempt for authority infuriated the authorities.
491 breach breaking of contract, etc.
492 breadth width
493 brevity conciseness
494 brindled spotted or streaked
495 bristling hair rising
496 brittle easily broken
497 broach introduce
498 brocade rich, figured fabric
499 brochure pamphtlet
500 brooch clasp for bracelet
501 brook tolerate The dean would brook no interference with his disciplinary actions.
502 browbeat intimidate
503 browse graze, skim
504 brunt main force
505 brusque abrupt
506 buccaneer pirate
507 bucolic rustic, pastoral
508 buffet food table; strike
509 buffonery clowning
510 bugaboo object of baseless terror
511 bullion gold or silver block
512 bulwark strong defense
513 bungle mismanage
514 bouyant floating
515 bureaucracy administrative system
516 burgeon grow forth The plants that burgoen in the spring are a promise to the beauty that is to come.
517 burlesque imitation
518 burnish make brighter
519 buttress prop
520 buxom plump
521 cabal small group
522 cache secret hiding place
523 cacophonous discordant
524 cadaver corpse
525 cadaverous like a corpse
526 cadence rhythmic rise and fall The troops sang out, following the cadence set by the sergeant.
527 cadge beg Bob had to cadge a ride to work everyday/
528 cajole coax
529 calamity disaster
530 calculated deliberately planned
531 cauldron large pot
532 caliber ability
533 calligraphy good penmanship
534 callous insensitive
535 callow young
536 calorific heat producing
537 calumny slander
538 camaraderie good-fellowship
539
cameo carved shell or jewel; small part in acting
540 camouflage disguise
541 canard fabricated report Tina refused to take the tabloid canard seriously.
542 candor frankness
543 canine relating to dog
544 canker any evil
545 canny shrewd
546
canon
list of literary pieces belonging to a class;
rules
547 cant insincere expressions of piety
548 cantankerous irritable
549 cantata story set to music The choral society sang the new cantata composed by its leader.
550 canter gentle gallop
Since I do not wish to be beholden to anyone, I cannot accept this offer.
It behooves the ruler to trust nobody and to be suspicious of sycophants.
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The foolish gambler soon found himself bereft of money.
While in bivouac, we spent the night in sleeping-bags under the stars.
Although Bess was thrilled about the trip to Paris, she pretended to be supercool and blase, as if she had been abroad several times.
He dove from the high bluff into the waters below.
His brazen contempt for authority infuriated the authorities.
The dean would brook no interference with his disciplinary actions.
The plants that burgoen in the spring are a promise to the beauty that is to come.
The troops sang out, following the cadence set by the sergeant.
Bob had to cadge a ride to work everyday/
Tina refused to take the tabloid canard seriously.
The choral society sang the new cantata composed by its leader.
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551 canto part of a poem
552 canvass seek opinion
553 capacity capability; position
554 capillary small bore
555 capitulate surrender
556 caprice whim
557 capricious fickle
558 caption title
559 captious spacious
560 carafe decanter
561 carapace shell
562 carat unit of weight
563 carcinogenic causing cancer
564 cardinal chief
565 cardiologist heart specialist
566 careen sway from side to side
567 caricature cartoon
568 carillon set of bells capable of being played
569 carnage destruction
570 carnal vexation
571 carnivorous meat eating
572 carousal drunken revelry
573 carping fault finding
574 carrion rotting flesh
575 cartographer map maker
576 cascade small waterfall
577 caste sect
578 castigation criticism
579 casualty sufferer
580 cataclysm upheaval
581 catalyst somthing that causes action
582 catapult slingshot
583 cataract large waterfall; eye defect
584 catastrophe disaster
585 catcall jeer
586 catechism religious instruction book
587 categorical without exception; unqualified
588 cathartic purgative
589 catholic universal
590 caucus private meeting, conclave
591 caulk to make watertight
592 causal implying
593 caustic burning
594 cauterize burn with hot iron
595 cavalcade procession
596 cavalier arrogant
597 cavil make frivolous objections I respect your sensible criticisms but not your cavil.
598 cede give up
599 celerity speed
600 celestial astral
601 celibate not married
602 censor eliminator of inappropriate contents
603 censorious critical
604 censure criticise
605 centaur mythical creature
606 centigrade unit of temperature measurement
607 centrifugal emanating outwards
608 centrifuge
machine used to separate substances
by whirling
609 centripetal tending towards the centre
610 centurion Roman army officer
611 cerebral relating to the brain
612 cerebration thought
613 ceremonious incorporating ceremony
614 certitude certainty
615 cessation stoppage
616 cession yielding
617 chafe warm by rubbing; make sore He warmed his hands by chafing. The collar of his shirt chafed his neck.
618 chaff worthless product
619 chaffing joking
620 chagrin vexation
621 chalice goblet
622 chameleon animal capable of camouflaging
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623 champion support
624 chaotic disordered
625 charisma popular charm
626 charlatan quack
627 chary cautious
628 chase
ornament a metal surface by
indenting
629 chasm abyss
630 chassis body of a structure
631 chaste virgin
632 chasten correct by scolding
633 chastened corrected
634 chastise criticise
635 chauvinist blind follower
636 check stop, curb
637 checkered marked by alternating fortunes
638 cherubic angelic
639 chicanery trickery
640 chide chastise
641 chimerical fantastically improbable
642 chisel swindle
643 chivalrous courteous
644 choleric hot-tempered
645 choreography art of representing dance
646 chortle chuckle with delight
647 chronic long-established
648 chronicle record
649 churlish boorish
650 ciliated having hair-like structures
651 cipher non-entity; code She wondered how she could marry a total cipher like him.
652 circlet small ring
653 circuitous round about
654 circumlocution beating about the bush
655 circumscribe limit narrowly
656 circumspect prudent, cautious
657 circumvent confuse
658 cistern water reservoir
659 citadel fortress
660 cite quote
661 civil relating to the people; polite
662 clairvoyant having foresight
663 clamber climb
664 clamor noise
665 clandestine secret
666 clangor loud resounding noise
667 clapper striker of bell
668 clarion shrill, trumpetlike sound He woke to the clarion of the bugle.
669 claustrophobia fear of enclosed space
670 clavicle collarbone Despite wearing shoulde pads, he hurt his clavice during the rugby march.
671 cleave split; adhere; remain faithful Although the rain was heavy and his uniform cleaved to his body, the soldier did not cleave his post.
672 cleft split
673 clemency leniency
674 cliche trite phrase
675 clientele group of clients
676 climactic relating to the highest point
677 clime climate
678 clique exclusive group
679 cloister monastery The nuns all lived in the cloister.
680 clout influence
681 cloying distasteful owing to excess
682 coagulate thicken
683 coalesce combine
684 coalition partnership
685 coda ending part of musical piece
686 coddle pamper
687 codicil supplement to the body of a will Miss Havisham kept her lawyers adding codicils to her will.
688 codify arrange as a code
689 coercion use of force to get someone to obey
690 coeval contemporary
691 cog tooth projecting from a wheel
692 cogent convincing
693 cogitate contemplate
694 cognate having same literary origin
695 cognitive relating to mental processes
696 cognizance knowledge
697 cohabit live together
698 cohere adhere
699 cohesion adhesion
700 cohorts armed companions
701 coiffure hairstyle
702 coin make coins; invent
703 coincidence chance occurrence
704 colander utensil with perforated bottom
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705 collaborate work together
706 collage agglomeration of fragmented pieces
707 collate examine to verify authenticity They collated the newly found manuscripts to determine their age.
708 collateral security given for loan Owing to the size of the amount you want to borrow, we require a collateral from you.
709 collation light meal Tea sandwiches and biscuits were offered at the collation.
710 colloquial informal speech
711 colloquy informal discussion
712 collusion collaboration
713 colossal large
714 colossus large statue
715 comatose in a coma
716 combustible easily burned
717 comely agreeable, attractive
718 comestible fit to be eaten
719 comeuppance rebuke After his earlier churlish behaviour, we were delighted to see him get his comeuppance.
720 comity courtesy A spirit of comity should exist between the members.
721 commandeer confiscate
722 commemorative intending to remember
723 commensurate appropriate
724 commiserate sympathise
725 commodious capacious
726 communal held in common
727 compact packed; agreement According to the compact, he was allowed to stay in the region.
728 compatible harmonious
729 compelling overpowering
730 compendium brief, comprehensive summary This book can serve as a compendium for the large amount of research in the field.
731 compensatory making up
732 compilation accumulation
733 compile accummulate
734 complacency self-assurance
735 complaisant eager to please
736 complement complete
737 complementary something that complements
738 compliance readiness to yield
739 compliant amenable
740 complicity participation Although Spanish complicity in sinking of the battleship was not proved, public opinion was aroused.
741 component element
742 comport behave He comported himself with great dignity.
743 composure calmness
744 compound combine; constitute; increase The pharmacists compounded a nasal decongestant with antihistamine.
745 comprehensive thorough
746 compress squeeze
747 comprise include
748 compromise make concession
749 compunction remorse The judge was especially sever wince he felt that the criminal had not shown compunction for the previous case.
750 compute calculate
751 concatenate link as in a chain
752 concave hollow
753 concede yield
754 conceit arrogance
755 concentric having same centre
756 conception beginning
757 concerted collaborated
758 concession compromise
759 concilliatory reconciling
760 concise short
761 conclave caucus
762 conclusive decisive
763 concoct prepare
764 concomitant that which accompanies The symptom is a concomitant of old age.
765 concord harmony
766 concur agree
767 concurrent contemporary
768 condescend bestow courtesies with superior air
769 condign appropriate
770 condiment spice Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavour.
771 condole sympathise
772 condone forgive, excuse Unlike Widow Douglas who condoned Huck's minor offences, Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
773 conducive helpful
774 conduit aqueduct
775 confidant trusted person
776 confine enclose
777 confiscate commandeer
778 conflagration great fire
779 conflate combine Religion and terrorism are sometimes viewed as a conflation.
780 confluence flowing together
781 conformity agreement
782 confound confuse
783 congeal freeze, coagulate
784 congenial friendly
785 congenital existing from birth
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786 conglomeration agglomeration
787 congruence symmetry
788 congruent agreement
789 conifer cone bearing tree
790 conjecture infer
791 conjugal pertaining to marriage
792 conjure invent
793 connivance justification to offend
794 conoisseur expert
795 connotation alternate meaning
796 connubial pertaining to marriage He wished the newlyweds a lifetime of connuvial bliss.
797 consanguinity kinship
798 conscientious careful
799 conscript person recruited
800 consecrate sanctify
801 consensus general agreement
802 consequential pompous The actor strutted around the dressing room in a consequential manner, convinced of his importance
803 conservatory school of fine arts/music
804 consign entrust
805 consistency uniformity
806 console lessen sorrow
807 consolidation making a position stronger; unification The recent consolidation of several small airlines into a large one leaves little room for smaller airlines in the market.
808 consonance harmony Her agitation seemed out of consonance with her usual calm disposition.
809 consort associate with; spouse
810 conspiracy treacherous plot
811 constituent supporter
812 constraint compulsion; restraint
813 construe explain
814 consummate whole
815 contagion infection
816 contaminate pollute
817 contempt hatred
818 contend compete
819 contention claim It is our contention that following the guidelines helps to increase score significantly.
820 contentious quarrelsome
821 contest challenge
822 context environment in a written piece
823 contiguous adjacent to The two countries are contiguous for a few miles in the east.
824 continence self-restraint
825 contingent dependent Any increase in her wage was contingent on her performance.
826 contortion distortion
827 contraband smuggled item
828 contravene contradict Mr. Barrett did not expect his daughter to contravene his will by eloping.
829 contrite penitent Her contrite tears did not affect the verdict.
830 contrived forced, artificial James made a few contrived efforts at converstaion, but soon gave up.
831 controvert contradict
832 contumacious disobedient The contumacious mob shouted defiantly at the police.
833 contusion bruise Sue was treated for contusions after her fall.
834 conundrum riddle
835 convene gather
836 convention custom
837 conventional typical
838 converge approach and meet
839 conversant familiar
840 converse opposite
841 convert one who has taken up a new belief
842 convex protruding outwards
843 conveyance transport
844 conviction
strongly held belief; judgment that
someone is guilty
845 convivial festive The convivial celebrators of the victory sang the team song.
846 convoke call together, convene
847 convoluted intricate
848 copious abundant
849 coquette flirt When she declined his marriage proposal, he called her a coquette.
850 cordial courteous
851 cordon barrier
852 cornice cover protruding from top of building
853 cornucopia horn overflowing with richness
854 corollary implication
855 corporeal physical
856 corpulent obese The corpulent man resolved to reduce weight rapidly.
857 correlation relation
858 corroborate support, confirm
859 corrode erode
860 corrosive that which corrodes
861 corrugated wrinkled, ridged
862 cosmic astral
863 coterie small exclusive group He was invited into the literary coterie which met every week at the hotel.
864 countenance face; tolerate Miss Manners refused to countenance such rude behaviour from his part.
865 countermand revoke
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866 counterpart something that completes
867 coup successful attack
868 couple unite
869 courier messenger
870 covenant agreement
871 covert clandestine
872 covetous avaricious
873 cow scare
874 cower shrink quivering
875 coy shy
876 cozen trick, cheat
877 crabbed sour, peevish The children avoided the crabbed man because he scolded them when they made noise.
878 crass unrefined
879 craven cowardly
880 credence belief
881 credo creed
882 credulity gullibility
883 creed belief
884 crescendo loud noise
885 crestfallen dispirited
886 crevice crack
887 cringe shrink back in fear
888 criteria standards used in judgment
889 crone hag
890 crotchety eccentric
891 crux crucial point
892 crypt tomb
893 cryptic mysterious
894 cubicle small chamber
895 cuisine dish
896 culinary related to cooking
897 cull pick out, reject
898 culmination attainment of highest point
899 culpable deserving blame
900 culvert artificial water way
901 cumbersome hard to manage
902 cumulative accumulated
903 cupidity greed
904 curator caretaker
905 curmudgeon churlish, miserly individual While many regarded him as a curmudgeon, a few of us were aware of his generosity.
906 cursive flowing In normal writing, letters are written in cursive form but when typing, the letters are separated.
907 cursory casual
908 curtail cut short
909 cynical sceptical
910 cynosure object of attraction
911 dabble work in non-serious fashion
912 dais raised platform
913 dally delay
914 damp discourage
915 dank damp
916 dapper prim, tidy
917 dappled spotted
918 daub splash
919 daunt discourage
920 dauntless bold
921 dawdle loiter
922 deadlock standstill
923 deadpan impassive
924 dearth shortage
925 debacle disaster
926 debase degrade
927 debauch corrupt
928 debilitate weaken
929 debonair amiable
930 debris rubble
931 debunk prove as false
932 debutante person making first appearance
933 decadence decay
934 decant filter
935 decapitate cut off head
936 decelerate slow down
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I respect your sensible criticisms but not your cavil.
He warmed his hands by chafing. The collar of his shirt chafed his neck.
She wondered how she could marry a total cipher like him.
He woke to the clarion of the bugle.
Despite wearing shoulde pads, he hurt his clavice during the rugby march.
Although the rain was heavy and his uniform cleaved to his body, the soldier did not cleave his post.
Miss Havisham kept her lawyers adding codicils to her will.
They collated the newly found manuscripts to determine their age.
Owing to the size of the amount you want to borrow, we require a collateral from you.
Tea sandwiches and biscuits were offered at the collation.
After his earlier churlish behaviour, we were delighted to see him get his comeuppance.
A spirit of comity should exist between the members.
According to the compact, he was allowed to stay in the region.
This book can serve as a compendium for the large amount of research in the field.
Although Spanish complicity in sinking of the battleship was not proved, public opinion was aroused.
He comported himself with great dignity.
The pharmacists compounded a nasal decongestant with antihistamine.
The judge was especially sever wince he felt that the criminal had not shown compunction for the previous case.
The symptom is a concomitant of old age.
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavour.
Unlike Widow Douglas who condoned Huck's minor offences, Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
Religion and terrorism are sometimes viewed as a conflation.
He wished the newlyweds a lifetime of connuvial bliss.
The actor strutted around the dressing room in a consequential manner, convinced of his importance
The recent consolidation of several small airlines into a large one leaves little room for smaller airlines in the market.
Her agitation seemed out of consonance with her usual calm disposition.
It is our contention that following the guidelines helps to increase score significantly.
The two countries are contiguous for a few miles in the east.
Any increase in her wage was contingent on her performance.
Mr. Barrett did not expect his daughter to contravene his will by eloping.
Her contrite tears did not affect the verdict.
James made a few contrived efforts at converstaion, but soon gave up.
The contumacious mob shouted defiantly at the police.
Sue was treated for contusions after her fall.
The convivial celebrators of the victory sang the team song.
When she declined his marriage proposal, he called her a coquette.
The corpulent man resolved to reduce weight rapidly.
He was invited into the literary coterie which met every week at the hotel.
Miss Manners refused to countenance such rude behaviour from his part.
The children avoided the crabbed man because he scolded them when they made noise.
While many regarded him as a curmudgeon, a few of us were aware of his generosity.
In normal writing, letters are written in cursive form but when typing, the letters are separated.
Word Meaning Sentence
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937 deciduous shedding leaves
938 decimate kill
939 decipher decrypt
940 declivity downward slope
941 decollete low-cut
942 decomposition putrification
943 decorum propriety
944 decoy lure, bait
945 decreptitude feebleness
946 decry vocally disapprove
947 deducible inferable by reasoning
948 deface disfigure
949 defame slander
950 default failure to act
951 defeatist resigned
952 defection break away
953 defer give in respectfully; delay
954 deference respect
955 defiance refusal to yield
956 defile pollute The hoodlums defiled the church with their scurrilous writing.
957 definitive most reliable
958 deflect deviate
959 defray provide for the payment of Her employer offered to defray the cost of her education.
960 defrock strip of church authority
961 deft neat, skilful
962 defunct dead
963 degenerate deteriorate
964 degradation degeneration
965 dehydrate remove water
966 deify idolise
967 deign stoop, condescend
968 delete erase
969 deleterious harmful
970 deliberate ponder She asked time to deliberate before making her decision.
971 delineate portray
972 delinquent
tending to commit crime; in
arrears
973 delirium hallucination
974 delta land between branches of river
975 delude deceive
976 deluge flood
977 delusion illusion
978 delusive deceptive
979 delve dig
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980 demagogue
person who appeals to people's
prejudice
He was accused of being a demagogue because he made promises that aroused futile hopes.
981 demean lower
982 demeanor behaviour, bearing
983 demented insane
984 demise death
985 demographic related to population
986 demolition destruction
987 demoniac fiendish
988 demotic pertaining to people
989 demur protest
990 demure grave; coy
991 denigrate blacken
992 denizen inhabitants
993 denotation implication
994 denouement end product
995 denounce condemn
996 depict delineate
997 deplete exhaust
998 deplore regret
999 deploy spread over
1000 depose overthrow
1001 deposition testimony
1002 depravity wickedness
1003 deprecate express disapproval
1004 depreciate reduce value
1005 depredation plunder
1006 derange make insane
1007 derelict abandoned; negligent
1008 deride ridicule
1009 derivative unoriginal
1010 dermatologist skin specialist
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1011 derogatory expressing a low opinion
1012 descry spot form distance
1013 desecrate violate sanctity
1014 desiccate dry up
1015 desolate joyless
1016 desperado daring outlaw
1017 despise regard as distasteful
1018 despoil rob Seeking plunder, the raiders despoiled the village.
1019 despondent sad
1020 despot autocrat
1021 destitute poor
1022 deseutude not in use any longer
1023 desultory haphazard
1024 detached emotionally disengaged
1025 determinate having fixed order
1026 determination resolve
1027 deterrent something that discourages
1028 detonation explosion
1029 detraction aspersion Because they were suffragettes, their dresses, manners and appearances were held up to detraction.
1030 detrimental harmful
1031 deviate turn away
1032 devious roundabout
1033 devise invent
1034 devoid lacking
1035 devolve
reverse of progress; transferred
to
Because Humpty Dumpty could not pick himself up, it was devolved upon Alice to clean the mess.
1036 devotee ardent follower
1037 devout devoted
1038 dexterous skilful
1039 diabolical devilish
1040 diadem crown
1041 dialectical relating to debate; reciprocal
1042 diaphonous transparent
1043 diatribe chastisement
1044 dichotomy branching off into two
1045 dictum rule
1046 didactic relating to teaching
1047 die device for stamping
1048 diffidence shyness
1049 diffuse wordy; spread out
1050 digression diversion
1051 dilapidated ruined because of neglect The dilapidated building needed a lot of work for restoration.
1052 dilate expand
1053 dilatory causing delay
1054 dilemma
problem with two unsatisfactory
solutions
1055 dilettante amateur
1056 diligence steady effort
1057 dilute make less concentrated
1058 diminution lessening
1059 din noise
1060 dinghy small boat
1061 dingy dull
1062 dint means
1063 diorama 3D scene from nature
1064 dire disastrous
1065 dirge melancholic music
1066 disabuse disillusionise, undeceive
1067 disaffected disloyal
1068 disapprobation disapproval
1069 disarray disorganised
1070 disavowal denial
1071 disband dissolve
1072 disburse give out
1073 discernible distinguishable
1074 discerning having insight
1075 disclaim renounce claim
1076 disclose reveal
1077 discombobulated confused
1078 discomfit disconcert
1079 disconcert unsettle
1080 disconsolate despondent
1081 discord not harmonious
1082 discount disregard
1083 discourse formal discussion
1084 discredit defame; disbelieve
1085 discrepancy inconsistency
1086 discrete separate
1087 discretion prudence
1088 discriminating prejudiced
1089 discursive digressing
1090 disdain scorn
1091 disembark get off a vessel
1092 disenfranchise deprive of right
1093 disengage disconnect
1094 disfigure distort
1095 disgorge give out
1096 disgruntle dissatisfied
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1097 dishearten discourage
1098 dishevel untidy
1099 disingenuous sincere
1100 disinter unearth
1101 disinterested unbiased
1102 disjointed disconnected
1103 disjunction disunity
1104 dislodge remove forcibly
1105 dismantle take apart
1106 dismember cut off
1107 dismiss reject
1108 disparage belittle
1109 disparate different
1110 disparity difference
1111 dispassionate disinterested
1112 dispatch prompt execution Young Napoleon defeated the enemy with all possible dispatch.
1113 dispel cause to vanish
1114 disperse scatter
1115 dispirited discouraged
1116 disport amuse Each year, thousands disport themselves at Miami and Palm Beach.
1117 disputatious argumentative
1118 disquietude uneasiness
1119 disquisition inquisition
1120 dissection cutting open for examination
1121 dissemble disguise John tried to dissemble his motives for taking modern dance, but we knew the actual reason.
1122 disseminate distribute
1123 dissent disagree
1124 dissertation formal essay
1125 dissident rebellious
1126 dissimulate pretend
1127 dissipate waste away
1128 dissolution
disintegration; looseness in
moral
The dissolution of life at Caligula's Rome appall some historians.
1129 dissonance discord
1130 dissuade persuade not to do something
1131 distant aloof
1132 distend expand
1133 distill filter; concentrate An epigrammatist distills thoughts into quips.
1134 distinction honor; contrast
1135 distort disfigure
1136 distrait distracted
1137 distraught disturbed
1138 diurnal daily
1139 diva operatic singer
1140 diverge go in different direction
1141 divergent deviating
1142 diverse various
1143 diversion act of turning aside
1144 diversity variety
1145 divest deprive He was divested of his power and could not decide anymore.
1146 divine perceive intuitively Nothing angered Tom more than Aunt Polly's ability to divine when he was lying.
1147 divulge reveal
1148 docile tame
1149 docket agenda
1150 doctrinare dogmatic
1151 doctrine principle
1152 document record
1153 doddering shaky
1154 doff take off
1155 dogged determined
1156 doggerel poor verse
1157 dogmatic arbitrary
1158 doldrums blues, inconveniences
1159 doleful sad
1160 dolorous sorrowful
1161 domicile home
1162 dolt stupid person The heroes of Dumb and Dumber are a couple of dolts.
1163 domineer rule tyranically
1164 don put on
1165 dormant lethargic
1166 dormer window projecting from roof
1167 dorsal back
1168 dossier file
1169 dotage senility
1170 dote be fond of
1171 dour stubborn
1172 douse drench
1173 dowdy untidy
1174 downcast disheartened
1175 drab dull
1176 draconian extremely harsh
1177 dregs sediment
1178 drivel foolishness
1179 droll amusing
1180 drone buzzing sound; indolent person
1181 dross rubbish
1182 drudgery menial work
1183 dubious doubtful
1184 ductile malleable
1185 dulcet sweet sounding
1186 dumbfounded astonished
1187 dupe trick
1188 duplicity hypocrisy
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1189 duration length of time
1190 duress forcible restraint The hostages were held under duress until the prisoners' demands were met.
1191 dutiful obedient
1192 dwindle reduce
1193 dynamic energetic
1194 dyspeptic suffering from indigestion
1195 earthy coarse
1196 ebb lessen
1197 ebullient enthusiastic
1198 eccentric odd
1199 eccentricity oddness
1200 ecclesiastic pertaining to the church The minister donned his ecclesiastic garb and walked to the pulpit.
1201 eclectic
composed of several disparate
pieces
1202 eclipse surpass
1203 ecologist
person concerned with
environment and living things
1204 economy conciseness
1205 ecstasy joy
1206 eddy swirling current
1207 edict decree
1208 edify correct morally Many of his listeners were amused but not edified, as initially intended.
1209 eerie strange
1210 efface rub out
1211 effectual effective
1212 effeminate having female qualities
1213 effervescence bubbling out
1214 effete worn out Is the party still a vital political force, or an effete institution?
1215 efficacy having desired effect
1216 effigy dummy
1217 effuvium noxious smell The effuvium in the lab was almost intolerable.
1218 effrontery impudence
1219 effusion pouring forth
1220 effusive pouring forth
1221 egoism excessive interest in self
1222 egotistical self-centred
1223 egregious notorious
1224 egress exit
1225 ejaculation exclamation
1226 elaboration adding detail
1227 elated ecstatic
1228 elegy mournful poem
1229 elicit figure out by investigation
1230 elixir something invigorating
1231 ellipsis omission of words
1232 elliptical ambiguous
1233 eloquence expressiveness
1234 elucidate enlighten
1235 elusive evading
1236 elysian heavenly
1237 emaciated thin
1238 emanate radiating outwards
1239 emancipate set free
1240 embargo trade restriction
1241 embark get on a vessel; begin a journey
1242 embed place inside
1243 embellish adorn
1244 embezzlement stealing
1245 emboss raised relief
1246 embrace hug
1247 embroider
decorate with needlework;
ornament
1248 embroil entangle
1249 embryonic infant stage
1250 emend correct
1251 emendation correction
1252 emetic substance inducing vomiting Ingestion of emetic like mustard is helpful in cases like food poisoning.
1253 eminent high
1254 emissary messenger, delegate
1255 emollient softening Emollents soften the skin by slowing evaporation of water.
1256 emolument salary
1257 empathy ability to feel like another
1258 empirical experimental
1259 emulate imitate
1260 enamored in love
1261 encipher cipher
1262 enclave enclosed territory
1263 encomiastic eulogistic
1264 encomium eulogy
1265 encompass enclose
1266 encroachment gradual intrusion
The hoodlums defiled the church with their scurrilous writing.
Her employer offered to defray the cost of her education.
She asked time to deliberate before making her decision.
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He was accused of being a demagogue because he made promises that aroused futile hopes.
Seeking plunder, the raiders despoiled the village.
Because they were suffragettes, their dresses, manners and appearances were held up to detraction.
Because Humpty Dumpty could not pick himself up, it was devolved upon Alice to clean the mess.
The dilapidated building needed a lot of work for restoration.
Young Napoleon defeated the enemy with all possible dispatch.
Each year, thousands disport themselves at Miami and Palm Beach.
John tried to dissemble his motives for taking modern dance, but we knew the actual reason.
The dissolution of life at Caligula's Rome appall some historians.
He was divested of his power and could not decide anymore.
Nothing angered Tom more than Aunt Polly's ability to divine when he was lying.
The heroes of Dumb and Dumber are a couple of dolts.
The hostages were held under duress until the prisoners' demands were met.
The minister donned his ecclesiastic garb and walked to the pulpit.
Many of his listeners were amused but not edified, as initially intended.
Is the party still a vital political force, or an effete institution?
The effuvium in the lab was almost intolerable.
Ingestion of emetic like mustard is helpful in cases like food poisoning.
Emollents soften the skin by slowing evaporation of water.
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1267 encumber burden
1268 endearment fond word or act Your gifts and endearments will not make me forget earlier exchanges.
1269 endemic
prevalent only within a specific
group or region
1270 endorse support
1271 endue endow
1272 enduring lasting
1273 energise invigorate
1274 enervate weaken
1275 enfranchise give rights
1276 engage attract
1277 engaging attractive
1278 engender cause
1279 engross occupy fully
1280 enhance improve
1281 enigma mystery
1282 enigmatic mysterious
1283 enjoin forbid
1284 enmity hostility
1285 ennui boredom The monotonous routine induced a feeling of ennui that made her moody.
1286 enormity largeness
1287 enrapture please intensely The audience was enraptured by excellent orchestration.
1288 ensconce settle comfortably Now that their children were ensconced in college, they decided to leave for Europe.
1289 ensue result
1290 entail involve
1291 enterprising taking initiative
1292 enthrall capture
1293 entice lure
1294 entity real being
1295 entomology study of insects
1296 entrance put under a spell Shafts of sunlight on a wall could entrance her and leave her spellbound.
1297 entreat plead She entreated her father to let her stay out till midnight.
1298 entree entrance
1299 entrepreneur businessperson
1300 enumerate list
1301 enunciate speak clearly
1302 environ enclose
1303 eon time period
1304 epaulet shoulder ornament in an uniform
1305 ephemeral short lived
1306 epic heroic
1307 epicure conoissieur of food and drink Epicures frequent this restaurant because it features exotic wines and dishes.
1308 epigram witty thought or saying Poor Richard's epigrams made Benjamin Franklin famous.
1309 epilogue conclusion of a piece of writing
1310 episodic loosely connected
1311 epistemologist
philosopher who studies the nature
of knowledge
1312 epitaph
inscription in memory of a dead
person
1313 epithet
word or phrase characteristically
used to describe a person or thing
1314 epitome perfect example
1315 epoch period of time The glacial epoch lasted thousands of years.
1316 equable tranquil
1317 equanimity calmness of temperament
1318 equestrian rider on horseback
1319 equilibrium balance
1320 equine horse like
1321 equinox
period of equal days and nights; the
beginnig of spring and autumn
The vernal equinox is usually marked by heavy rainstorms.
1322 equipoise balance
1323 equitable impartial
1324 equity fairness
1325 equivocal ambiguous
1326 equivocate mislead Do not equivocate and give the news in its true form.
1327 erode corrode
1328 erotic raunchy
1329 errant erratic
1330 erroneous mistaken
1331 erudite scholarly
1332 escapade prank
1333 eschew avoid
1334 esoteric hard to understand
1335 espionage spying
1336 espouse adopt, support She was always ready to espouse a worthy cause.
1337 essay make an attempt at
1338 esteem respect
1339 estimable worthy of esteem
1340 estranged separated
1341 ethereal heavenly, refined
1342 ethnic relating to races
1343 ethnology study of humankind
1344 ethos underlying characters or principles
1345 etymology study of root of words
1346 eugenic pertaining to improvement of race It is easier to apply eugenic principles to the raising of cattle than to improvement of human races.
1347 eulogistic praising
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1348 eulogy praise
1349 euphemism mild expression
1350 euphony sweet sounding, dulcet
1351 euphoria feeling of exaggerated happiness
1352 euthanasia mercy killing
1353 evanescent short lived
1354 evasive elusive
1355 evince show clearly
1356 evenhanded impartial
1357 evocative tending to evoke
1358 evoke call forth
1359 ewe female sheep
1360 exacerbate deteriorate
1361 exact require forcibly
1362 exacting demanding
1363 exalt raise
1364 exasperate vex
1365 exceptionable objectionable
1366 excerpt selected passage
1367 excise remove by cutting
1368 exclaim cry out
1369 excoriate scold bitterly
1370 exculpate acquit
1371 execrable very bad
1372 execrate curse
1373 execute carry out
1374 exegesis explanation
1375 exemplary serving as an example
1376 exemplify show by example
1377 exempt not subject to duty
1378 exertion effort
1379 exhilarating invigorating
1380 exhort urge
1381 exhume disinter
1382 exigency urgent situation
1383 exiguous small, minute Grow here and there, an exiguous outcropping among the rocks.
1384 existential pertaining to existence
1385 exodus departure
1386 exonerate exculpate, acquit
1387 exorcise drive away evil spirit
1388 exotic native, strange
1389 expansive
social and outgoing; large; able to
expand
1390 expatiate talk in length
1391 expatriate exile
1392 expedient practical A pragmatic politician, she was guided by what was expedient rather than what was ethical.
1393 expedite hasten
1394 expenditure expense
1395 expertise specialisation
1396 expiate make amends
1397 expletive interjection; profanity
1398 explicate explain
1399 explicit clear
1400 exploit deed or action; make use unjustly
1401 expository explanatory
1402 expostulation protest, demur
1403 exposure risk
1404 expropriate appropriate
1405 expunge remove
1406 expurgate bowdlerise
1407 extant in existence
1408 extemporaneous impromptu
1409 extenuate root up
1410 extol praise
1411 extort forcibly wring money
1412 extradition
surrender of prisoner by one state
to another
The lawyers opposed the extradition of their client on the grounds of his model conduct.
1413 extraneous unnecessary
1414 extrapolation projection
1415 extricate disentangle
1416 extrinsic external
1417 extrovert
person interested in external
objects and actions
1418 extrude push out
1419 exuberance abundance
1420 exude discharge We get maple syrup from the sap that the trees exude in early spring.
1421 exult rejoice
1422 fabricate lie, fake
1423 facade front of a building
1424 facet small plane surface
1425 facetious humorous *
1426 facile easily accomplished; fluent
1427 facilitate help bring about
1428 facsimile copy
1429 faction party
1430 factious tending to form factions
1431 factitious artificial, sham
1432 factotum handyman
1433 faculty
teaching staff; mental or bodily
powers
Your gifts and endearments will not make me forget earlier exchanges.
The monotonous routine induced a feeling of ennui that made her moody.
The audience was enraptured by excellent orchestration.
Now that their children were ensconced in college, they decided to leave for Europe.
Shafts of sunlight on a wall could entrance her and leave her spellbound.
She entreated her father to let her stay out till midnight.
Epicures frequent this restaurant because it features exotic wines and dishes.
Poor Richard's epigrams made Benjamin Franklin famous.
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The vernal equinox is usually marked by heavy rainstorms.
Do not equivocate and give the news in its true form.
She was always ready to espouse a worthy cause.
It is easier to apply eugenic principles to the raising of cattle than to improvement of human races.
Grow here and there, an exiguous outcropping among the rocks.
A pragmatic politician, she was guided by what was expedient rather than what was ethical.
The lawyers opposed the extradition of their client on the grounds of his model conduct.
We get maple syrup from the sap that the trees exude in early spring.
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1434 fallacious misleading
1435 fallacy
mistaken idea based on
flawed reasoning
1436 fallible prone to error
1437 fallow plowed but not sowed
1438 falter hesitate
1439 fanaticism excessive zeal
1440 fancied imaginative
1441 fancier breeder of animals
1442 fancy whim; inclination
1443 fanfare
showy display; call by
bugles or trumpets
1444 farce broad comedy
1445 fastidious fussy
1446 fatalism
belief that events are pre-
determined
1447 fathom comprehend
1448 fatuous foolish but smug
1449 fauna wildlife
1450 fawning trying to please
1451 faze disconcert
1452 feasible practical
1453 febrile feverish
1454 feckless weak
1455 fecundity fertility
1456 feign fake
1457 feint trick, sham
1458 felicitous apt, suitably expressed He was famous for his felicitous remarks and was called upon to serve as host at many banquets.
1459 felicity appropriateness
1460 fell cruel, harsh
1461 felon
person convicted of grave
crime
1462 feral untamed
1463 ferment agitation
1464 ferret drive or hunt out
1465 fervent ardent
1466 fervid ardent
1467 fervor ardor
1468 fester
producing resentment or
irritation
1469 festive happy
1470 fete honour at a festival
1471 fetid malodorous
1472 fetter shackle The prisoner was fettered to the wall.
1473 fiasco complete failure
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1474 fiat command
1475 fickle inconsistent
1476 fictitious imaginary
1477 fidelity loyalty
1478 figment invention
1479 figurative not literal
1480 figurine small statue
1481 filch steal
1482 filial
pertaining to son or
daughter
1483 filibuster
block legislation by making
long speeches
1484 filigree
lacelike metalwork;
delicate
1485 filing small pieces
1486 finale conclusion
1487 finesse delicate skill
1488 finicky fussy The little girl was finicky about her food, leaving anything she did not like.
1489 finite limited
1490 firebrand troublemaker
1491 fissure crevice
1492 fitful intermittent
1493 flaccid flabby
1494 flag droop, grow feeble
1495 flagrant blatant
1496 flail strike In medieval times, warriors used metal balls to flail their foes.
1497 flair talent
1498 flamboyant ornate
1499 flaunt show off
1500 flay strip skin off
1501 fleck spot
1502 fledgling inexperienced
1503 fleece plunder
1504 flick light stroke
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1505 flippant not taken serious
1506 flit move quickly
1507 floe mass of floating ice
1508 flora plant life
1509 florid ruddy; flowery
1510 flotsam drifting wreckage Beachcombers eke out a living by collecting flotsum and jetsam of the sea.
1511 flounder falter
1512 flourish prosper
1513 flout reject
1514 fluctuate vary
1515 fluency readiness in speech
1516 fluke fortuitous occurrence
1517 fluster confuse The sudden question flustered him and he stammered.
1518 fluted
haivng vertical grooves (as
in a pillar)
1519 flux flowing
1520 fodder cattle food
1521 foible weakness
1522 foil fail; prevent
1523 foist insert improperly You will not be permitted to foist such ridiculous ideas to the membership.
1524 foliage leaves
1525 foment instigate
1526 foolhardy rash
1527 fop
man excessively concerned
about clothes
1528 foray excursion
1529 forbearance patience
1530 ford
place where a river can be
crossed on foot
1531 forebears ancestors
1532 foreboding premonition of evil Caesar ignored his wife's foreboding about the ides of March.
1533 forensic
suitable to debate or to
court
1534 foreshadow portend
1535 foresight prescience
1536 forestall
prevent by taking action in
advance
1537 forgo give up
1538 forlorn sad
1539 formality ceremony
1540 formidable redoubtable
1541 forsake abandon
1542 forswear abandon The knight could only escape execution by forswearing heretic beliefs.
1543 forte special talent
1544 forthright straightforward
1545 fortitude courage
1546 fortuitous accidental, by chance
1547 foster nurture, encourage
1548 founder sink; one who establishes The ship started taking in water and foundered subsequently.
1549 fracas brawl
1550 fractious unruly
1551 frail weak
1552 franchise grant right
1553 frantic frenzied
1554 fraudulent deceitful
1555 fraught
filled or charged with;
causing emotional distress
1556 fray brawl
1557 frenetic frenzied
1558 frenzied madly excited
1559 fresco painting on plaster
1560 fret be anxious
1561 friction conflict
1562 frieze ornamental band on a wall The frieze of the church was adorned with sculptures.
1563 frigid extremely cold
1564 fritter dissipate
1565 frivolous unimportant
1566 frolicsome playful
1567 frond palm or banana leaves After the storm, the beach was littered with fronds from palm trees.
1568 froward stubbornly contrary Miss Watson declared that Huck was a froward child, stubborn in his wickedness.
1569 fructify bear fruit
1570 frugality economy
1571 fruition bearing of fruit
1572 frustrate prevent
1573 fugitive fleeting or transitory The film only brought fugitive images to her mind, but made no lasting impression.
1574 fulcrum pivot
1575 fulminate denounce violently
1576 fulsome disgustingly excessive Disgusted by her fans' fulsome admiration, the celebrity retreated from public.
1577 functionary official As his case was transferred from functionary to functionary, he wondered whether it would ever be solved.
1578 fundamental basic
1579 funereal sad
1580 furor excitement
1581 furtive sneaky
1582 fusillade simultaneous outbursts
1583 fusion conflation
1584 futile fruitless
1585 gadfly annoying person
1586 gaffe social blunder
He was famous for his felicitous remarks and was called upon to serve as host at many banquets.
The little girl was finicky about her food, leaving anything she did not like.
In medieval times, warriors used metal balls to flail their foes.
Beachcombers eke out a living by collecting flotsum and jetsam of the sea.
The sudden question flustered him and he stammered.
You will not be permitted to foist such ridiculous ideas to the membership.
Caesar ignored his wife's foreboding about the ides of March.
The knight could only escape execution by forswearing heretic beliefs.
The ship started taking in water and foundered subsequently.
The frieze of the church was adorned with sculptures.
After the storm, the beach was littered with fronds from palm trees.
Miss Watson declared that Huck was a froward child, stubborn in his wickedness.
The film only brought fugitive images to her mind, but made no lasting impression.
Disgusted by her fans' fulsome admiration, the celebrity retreated from public.
As his case was transferred from functionary to functionary, he wondered whether it would ever be solved.
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1587 gainsay deny
1588 gait
manner of walking or
running
The lame man walked with an uneven gait.
1589 galaxy isolated system of stars
1590 gale wind
1591 gall bitterness
1592 gall annoy, chafe Their taunts galled the little girl.
1593 galleon warship
1594 galvanise instigate
1595 gambit
opening move in chess
sacrificing a piece
1596 gambol leap playfully
1597 gamely spirited
1598 gamut entire range
1599 gape stare
1600 garbled jumbled
1601 gargantuan large
1602 gargoyle
watersprout carved in
grotesque figure on a
building
1603 garish gaudy, overbright
1604 garner gather
1605 garnish decorate
1606 garrulous loquacious
1607 gastronomy
science of preparing and
serving food
1608 gauche uncouth
1609 gaudy garish
1610 gaunt lean and angular, barren His once round face looked surprisingly gaunt after he lost weight.
1611 gavel hammer-like tool
1612 gawk stare foolishly
1613 gazette
official periodical
publication
1614 genealogy lineage
1615 generality vague statement
1616 generate create
1617 generic
characteristic of an entire
class
1618 genesis beginning, origin Tracing the genesis of a family is the theme of 'Roots'.
1619 geniality cheerfulness
1620 genre class
1621 genteel well-bred
1622 gentility state of being genteel
1623 gentry
people of standing; class of
people just below nobility
1624 genuflect bending knee as in worship
1625 germane pertinent
1626 germinal relating to germs; creative
1627 germinate cause to sprout
1628 gerontocracy
government ruled by old
people
1629 gerrymander
change voting district lines
in order to favour a party
1630 gestate evolve While this scheme was being gestated by the conspirators, they maintained complete silence about their intentions.
1631 gesticulation gesture
1632 ghastly like a ghost
1633 gibberish nonsense
1634 gibe mock
1635 giddy dizzy; light-hearted He felt his giddy youth was past.
1636 gingerly carefully
1637 girth circumference
1638 gist summary
1639 glacial relating to a glacier
1640 glaring harshly conspicuous
1641 glaze coat with a thin layer
1642 glean gather leavings After the crops had been harvested, the peasants were allowed to glean the wheat left in the field.
1643 glib fluent The kitchen gadget salesma was a glib speaker, never at a loss of words.
1644 glimmer shine erratically
1645 gloat view malevolently As you gloat over your ill-gotten wealth, do you think about the multitude who you have swindled?
1646 gloss over explain away
1647 glossary
brief explanation of words
used in a book
1648 glossy shiny
1649 glower scowl
1650 glut surplus
1651 glutinous sticky
1652 glutton voracious person
1653 gnarled wrinkled, twisted
1654 gnome dwarf
1655 goad coax
1656 gorge narrow canyon; take in Suffering from acrophobia, George could not bring himself look down into the gorge.
1657 gossamer like cobweb Nylon can be woven into gossamer or thick fabric.
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1658 gouge overcharge; tear out
1659 gourmand epicure
1660 gourmet epicure
1661 graduated arranged in degrees Martha loved her set of graduated Russian dolls, the smaller ones fitting inside the larger ones.
1662 granary place to store grains
1663 grandeur majesty
1664 grandiloquent pompous
1665 grandiose pretentious
1666 granulate make into grains
1667 graphic vividly described
1668 grapple struggle
1669 grate have an unpleasant effect
1670 gratify make happy
1671 gratis free of charge
1672 gratuitous unwarranted
1673 gratuity tip
1674 gravity seriousness
1675 gregarious sociable
1676 grievance reasons for complaining
1677 grill question severely
1678 grimace facial expression in pain
1679 grisly ghastly
1680 grotesque hideous
1681 grotto alcove
1682 grouse complain
1683 grovel crawl or creep on ground
1684 grudging reluctant
1685 gruel thin liquid porridge Our daily ration of gruel not only made the meal monotonous but also unpalatable.
1686 grueling exhausting
1687 gruesome hideous
1688 gruff rough-mannered Although he was gruff with most people, he was always gentle with children.
1689 guffaw boisterous laughter The guffaws from the meeting room indicated that the members had not settled down to serious discussion yet.
1690 guile deceit
1691 guileless artless
1692 guise appearance
1693 gull trick, hoodwink Confident that nobody could guile him, he prided himslef on his sceptical disposition.
1694 gullible susceptible, credulous
1695 gustatory relating to taste
1696 gusto enthusiasm He accepted the assignment with gusto and set off immediately.
1697 gusty windy
1698 guy
cable or chain attached to
somehitng that need to be
steadied
If the guys holding up the mast break, the mast will topple.
1699 gyroscope
rotating wheel, used to
maintain balance
1700 habituate acclimate
1701 hackles hair on back and neck The dog's hackles began to rise and it began to growl as the footsteps grew louder.
1702 hackneyed trite
1703 haggard thin, gaunt
1704 haggle bargain
1705 halcyon peaceful, calm
1706 hale healthy After a brief illness, he was soon hale to go to work.
1707 hallowed consecrated
1708 hallucination delusion
1709 hamper obstruct
1710 hap luck
1711 haphazard chaotic
1712 hapless unfortunate
1713 harangue long speech
1714 harass harry
1715 harbinger forerunner
1716 harbour provide refuge
1717 hardy sturdy, robust
1718 harping
tiresome dwelling on a
subject
1719 harrowing agonising He did not wish to discuss the harrowing months of his captivity as a prisoner of war.
1720 harry harrass
1721 hatch lid
1722 haughtiness pomp
1723 haven refuge
1724 hazardous poisonous
1725 hazy unclear
1726 headlong rash The slave took the unexpected chance to make a headlong dash to the border.
1727 headstrong stubborn
1728 heckler verbally harrassing person
1729 hedonist pleasure seeker
1730 heedless incautious
1731 hegemony dominance
1732 heinous grisly
1733 herbivorous grass eating
1734 heresy
opinion contrary to popular
belief
1735 hermetic
sealed airtight; arcane,
occult
It is strange to consider that modern chemistry originated from the hermetic teachings of ancient alchemists.
1736 hermitage home of a hermit
1737 herpetologist one who studies reptiles As a boy, Indiana Jones had a traumatic experience involving snakes, which is why he did not pursue herpetology.
1738 heterodox unorthodox
1739 heterogeneous dissimilar
1740 hew cut
1741 heyday prosperous times
1742 hiatus break
His once round face looked surprisingly gaunt after he lost weight.
Tracing the genesis of a family is the theme of 'Roots'.
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While this scheme was being gestated by the conspirators, they maintained complete silence about their intentions.
After the crops had been harvested, the peasants were allowed to glean the wheat left in the field.
The kitchen gadget salesma was a glib speaker, never at a loss of words.
As you gloat over your ill-gotten wealth, do you think about the multitude who you have swindled?
Suffering from acrophobia, George could not bring himself look down into the gorge.
Martha loved her set of graduated Russian dolls, the smaller ones fitting inside the larger ones.
Our daily ration of gruel not only made the meal monotonous but also unpalatable.
Although he was gruff with most people, he was always gentle with children.
The guffaws from the meeting room indicated that the members had not settled down to serious discussion yet.
Confident that nobody could guile him, he prided himslef on his sceptical disposition.
He accepted the assignment with gusto and set off immediately.
If the guys holding up the mast break, the mast will topple.
The dog's hackles began to rise and it began to growl as the footsteps grew louder.
After a brief illness, he was soon hale to go to work.
He did not wish to discuss the harrowing months of his captivity as a prisoner of war.
The slave took the unexpected chance to make a headlong dash to the border.
It is strange to consider that modern chemistry originated from the hermetic teachings of ancient alchemists.
As a boy, Indiana Jones had a traumatic experience involving snakes, which is why he did not pursue herpetology.
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1743 hibernal wintry
1744 hibernate sleep through winter
1745 hierarchy arrangement by rank
1746 hieroglyphics picture writing
1747 hilarity mirth
1748 hindmost very back
1749 hindrance obstruction
1750 hinterlands back country
1751 hireling one who serves for hire
1752 hirsute hairy
1753 histrionic theatrical
1754 hoard gather
1755 hoary white with age
1756 hoax prank
1757 holocaust conflagration
1758 holster pistol case
1759 homage tribute
1760 homeostasis
tendency to maintain stable
state
1761 homespun home made
1762 homily sermon, serious warning His speeches were always homilies, advising the listeners to repent and reform.
1763 homogeneous of the same kind
1764 hone sharpen
1765 hoodwink trick
1766 horde crowd
1767 hortatory exhortive
1768 horticultural gardening
1769 hostility enmity
1770 hovel small wretched house
1771 hover hang around
1772 hubbub commotion
1773 hubris arrogance Filled with hubris, Lear refused to listen to his friends' warnings.
1774 hue colour
1775 hue and cry uproar
1776 humane kindly
1777 humdrum monotonous
1778 humid damp
1779 humility humbleness
1780 hummock hillock
1781 humus
fertile soil formed by
putrification of vegetation
1782 hurtle rush
1783 husband conserve
1784 husbandry agriculture; thrift
1785 hybrid impure breed
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1786 hydrophobia rabies, fear of water
1787 hyperbole exaggeration
1788 hypercritical excessively critical
1789 hypochondriac
excessively concerned with
health
1790 hypocritical related to hypocrisy
1791 hypothetical based on hypothesis
1792 ichthyology study of fish
1793 iconoclastic one who attacks traditions
1794 ideology system of ideas
1795 idiom
expression whose meaning as a
whole differ from the meanings
of its words
1796 idiosyncrasy eccentricity
1797 idolatry worship of idols
1798 idyllic carefree
1799 igneous produced by fire
1800 ignite kindle
1801 ignoble not noble; unworthy
1802 ignominy disgrace
1803 illicit illegal
1804 illimitable infinite
1805 illuminate brighten
1806 illusion delusion
1807 illusive deceptive
1808 illusory deceptive
1809 imbalance lack of balance
1810 imbecility weakness of mind
1811 imbibe drink up The dry soil imbibed the rain water.
1812 imbroglio
state of being embroiled in a
complicated situation
1813 imbue saturate His visit to the cathedral imbued him with feelings of awe and reverence.
His speeches were always homilies, advising the listeners to repent and reform.
Filled with hubris, Lear refused to listen to his friends' warnings.
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His visit to the cathedral imbued him with feelings of awe and reverence.
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1814 immaculate spotless
1815 immobility state of being immmovable
1816 imminent impending
1817 immolate offer as sacrifice
1818 immune resistant
1819 immure incarceration
1820 immutable unchangable
1821 impair injure, hurt, make worse
1822 impale pierce
1823 impalpable imperceptible
1824 impartial disinterested
1825 impassable not able to be travelled
1826 impasse predicament which is inevitable
1827 impassive without emotion
1828 impeach indict
1829 impeccable faultless
1830 impecunious money less
1831 impede hinder
1832 impediment hindrance
1833 impel drive or force onward
1834 impending imminent
1835 impenetrable not able to be pierced
1836 impenitent not penitent
1837 imperative necessary
1838 imperceptible impalpable
1839 imperial like an emperor
1840 imperious domineering
1841 impermeable impervious
1842 impertinent impudent
1843 imperturbable calm
1844 impervious impermeable
1845 impetuous rash
1846 impetus driving force
1847 impiety irreverence
1848 impinge infringe
1849 impious not pious
1850 implacable cannot be calmed
1851 implausible unlikely
1852 implement put into effect; supply with tools *
1853 implicate incriminate
1854 implication hint or suggestion
1855 implicit understood
1856 implode collapse inward
1857 implore beg
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1858 imply suggest
1859 impolitic unwise
1860 imponderable weightless
1861 import significance
1862 importunate urging He tried to hide from his importunate creditors until his allowance arrived.
1863 importune beg persistently
1864 imposture assuming another identity
1865 impotent ineffective
1866 imprecation curse Roused from bed at an ungodly hour, Ralph muttered imprecations under his breath
1867 impregnable invulnerable
1868 impromptu without previous preparation
1869 impropriety improper
1870 improvident prodigal, thriftless
1871 improvise compose on spur of moment
1872 imprudent injudicious
1873 impudence insolence
1874 impugn deny, gainsay Our treasurer was furious when the financial committee's report impugned the accuracy of his records.
1875 impuissance fecklessness, powerlessness
1876 impunity not amenable to punishment
1877 impute attribute, ascribe
1878 inadvertently unintentionally
1879 inalienable cannot be taken away
1880 inane tasteless
1881 inanimate not living
1882 inarticulate speechless
1883 inaugurate begin formally
1884 incandescent brighltly shining
1885 incantation chants of spells
1886 incapacitate handicap, disable
1887 incarcerate imprisoned, immured
1888 incendiary arsonist
1889 incense infuriate
1890 incentive impetus, motive
1891 inception birth
1892 incessant continuous
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1893 inchoate rudimentary
1894 incidence occurrence
1895 incidental not essential
1896 incipient inchoate
1897 incisive sharp
1898 incite insitgate
1899 inclement unfavourable
1900 incline slope
1901 inclined bent
1902 incognito without identity
1903 incoherent unintelligible
1904 incommodious not spacious
1905 incompatible inharmonious
1906 incongruity incoherence
1907 inconsequential insignificant
1908 inconsistency lack of uniformity
1909 incontinent licentious
1910 incontrovertible indisputable
1911 incorporate
introduce into a larger whole;
combine
1912 incorporeal
lacking a material body;
insubstantial
1913 incorrigible cannot be reformed
1914 incredulity scepticism
1915 incredulous sceptic
1916 increment increase
1917 incriminate impeach
1918 incrustation crust, hard coating
1919 incubate hatch
1920 incubus nightmare
1921 inculcate teach
1922 incumbent obligatory; holding an office
1923 incur bring upon oneself
1924 incursion invasion
1925 indefatigable tireless
1926 indelible cannot be erased
1927 indemnify secure against loss; compensate
1928 indentation notch
1929 indenture bind as servant or apprentice Many immigrants could only come to America after they had indentured themselves for several years.
1930 indeterminate uncertain
1931 indicative suggestive
1932 indices indications It is often believed that SAT scores and high school records are the best indices of a student's potential.
1933 indict arraign, impeach
1934 indifferent impassive; mediocre
1935 indigence poverty
1936 indigenous native
1937 indigent poor, destitute
1938 indignation anger at injustice
1939 indignify offensive or insulting treatment
1940 indiscriminate random
1941 indisputable incontrovertible
1942 indissoluble permanent
1943 indite write, compose Cyrano indited many letters for Christian.
1944 indolent lazy
1945 indomitable unyielding
1946 indubitable cannot be doubted
1947 induce persuade
1948 inductive pertaining to induction
1949 indulgent humouring, yielding
1950 industrious diligent
1951 inebriated intoxicated
1952 ineffable unutterable
1953 ineffectual ineffective
1954 ineluctable not to be escaped He felt that his fate was ineluctable and refused to make any attempt to improve.
1955 inept incompetent
1956 inequity unfairness
1957 inerrancy infallibility
1958 inert inactive
1959 inevitable ineluctable
1960 inexorable unyielding The judge was inexorable and sentenced the convict to maximum punishment.
1961 infallible inerrant
1962 infamous notorious
1963 infantile childish
1964 infer deduce
1965 infernal relating to hell
1966 infidel disbeliever
1967 infiltrate impinge
1968 infinitesimal very small
1969 infirmity weakness
1970 inflated bloated
1971 influx flowing into
1972 infraction breach The move was a clear infraction of the rules, and was duly penalised.
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1973 infringe violate
1974 ingenious clever
1975 ingenuous gullible, naive
1976 ingrained embedded
1977 ingrate ungrateful person
1978 ingratiate become popular with
1979 inherent innate
1980 inhibit prevent
1981 inimical hostile
1982 inimitable cannot be imitated
1983 iniquitous unrighteous
1984 initiate begin
1985 injurious hurtful
1986 inkling hint It came as a surprise to me as I did not have an inkling of your plans.
1987 innate in-built
1988 innocuous harmless
1989 innovation introduction of something new
1990 innuendo hint
1991 inopportune not timely
1992 inordinate unrestricted
1993 inquisitor questioner
1994 insalubrious not healthful
1995 insatiable cannot be satisfied
1996 inscrutable not readily understood Experienced poker players try to hide their reactions behind an inscrutable 'poker face'.
1997 insensate without feeling
1998 insensible unconscious
1999 insidious treacherous
2000 insightful discerning
2001 insinuate hint
2002 insipid tasteless
2003 insolence impudence
2004 insolvent bankrupt
2005 insomnia not able to sleep
2006 insouciant indifferent
2007 instigate foment
2008 insubordination rebelliousness
2009 insubstantial insignificant
2010 insularity narrow-mindedness
2011 insuperable unsurmountable
2012 insurgent rebel
2013 insurmountable overwhelming
2014 insurrection rebellion
2015 intangible cannot be touched
2016 integral necessary
2017 integrate combine
2018 integrity uprightness
2019 intellect higher mental powers
2020 intelligentsia intellectuals
2021 inter bury
2022 interdict prohibit Industrialised nations must interdict the use of nuclear weapons if we expect the world to live.
2023 interim meantime
2024 interloper intruder The merchant looked at his competitors as interlopers who stole his profits.
2025 interminable endless
2026 intermittent periodic
2027 internecine mutually destructive
2028 interpolate insert between
2029 interrogate question severely
2030 intervene interrupt
2031 intimate hint She intimated rather than stated her preference.
2032 intimidate frighten
2033 intractable stubborn
2034 intransigence stubbornness
2035 intrepid courageous
2036 intrinsic inherent
2037 introspective looking within oneself
2038 introvert one who is introspective
2039 intrude trespass
2040 intuition
power of knowing without
reasoning
2041 inundate flood
2042 inured accustomed
2043 invalidate nullify, weaken, destroy
2044 invective abuse
2045 inveigh denounce He inveighed against the demagoguery of the previous speaker.
2046 inveigle wheedle
2047 inverse opposite
2048 invert turn upside down
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2049 inveterate deep rooted
2050 invidious inciting envy or ill will
2051 invincible unconquerable
2052 inviolable secure from corruption or violation
2053 invocation calling upon
2054 invoke call
2055 invulnerable invincible
2056 iota small amount
2057 irascible easily angered
2058 irate angry
2059 iridescent exhibitng rainbow like colours She admired the iridiscent hues emanating from the prism.
2060 irksome annoying
2061 ironic
occuring in an unexpected and
contrary manner
2062 irony hidden sarcasm or satire
2063 irreconcilable not able to be resolved
2064 irrefutable indisputable
2065 irrelevant not pertinent
2066 irremediable incurable
2067 irreparable not reparable
2068 irrepressible cannot be held back
2069 irreproachable blameless His conduct at the office party was irreproachable and nobody complained.
2070 irresolute uncertain how to act
2071 irretrievable irreparable
2072 irreverence lack of proper respect
2073 irrevocable irreversible
2074 isotope varying atoms of the same element
2075 isthmus
strip of land connecting large
masses of land
2076 itinerant wandering
2077 itinerary plan of a trip
2078 jabber chatter
2079 jaded fatigued
2080 jargon language used by special group
2081 jaundiced prejudiced by envy, ill will, etc.
2082 jaunt short trip
2083 jaunty light hearted
2084 jeopardise imperil
2085 jettison throw overboard
2086 jibe agree
2087 jingoist aggressively patriotic
2088 jocose light hearted
2089 jocular done in jest
2090 jocund merry Santa Claus is always cheerful and jocund.
2091 jollity gaiety
2092 jostle shove
2093 jovial jocund
2094 jubilation celebration
2095 judicious sound in judgment
2096 juggernaut irresistible, crushing force
2097 juncture crossing point; crisis At this critical juncture, let us think carefully before taking the next step.
2098 junket
pleasure trip undertaken at public
expense
2099 junta political group
2100 jurisprudence science of law
2101 justification just reason
2102 juxtapose place side by side
2103 kaleidoscope
tube in which images are made by
reflections in mirrors of coloured
pieces
2104 ken range of knowledge
2105 kernel core
2106 killjoy spoilsport
2107 kindle start a fire; inspire Praise from her teacher kindled a spark of hope in Maya.
2108 kindred related, similar in nature
2109 kinetic moving
2110 kismet fate
2111 kleptomaniac
person with compulsive desire to
steal
2112 knave untrustworthy person
2113 knead mix dough
2114 knell tolling of bells
2115 knit
grow together; contract into
wrinkles
Whenever he worries, his eyebrows knit into a frown.
2116 knoll small hill
2117 knotty intricate
2118 kudos praise
2119 labile fickle, unstable
2120 laborious involving hard work
2121 labyrinth maze
2122 laceration wound The driver needed stitches to close the lacerations received in the crash.
2123 lachrymose sad, mourning
2124 lackadaisical lacking in vigour
2125 lackluster dull, insipid
2126 laconic speaking little, taciturn
2127 laggard slow
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He tried to hide from his importunate creditors until his allowance arrived.
Roused from bed at an ungodly hour, Ralph muttered imprecations under his breath
Our treasurer was furious when the financial committee's report impugned the accuracy of his records.
Many immigrants could only come to America after they had indentured themselves for several years.
It is often believed that SAT scores and high school records are the best indices of a student's potential.
Cyrano indited many letters for Christian.
He felt that his fate was ineluctable and refused to make any attempt to improve.
The judge was inexorable and sentenced the convict to maximum punishment.
The move was a clear infraction of the rules, and was duly penalised.
It came as a surprise to me as I did not have an inkling of your plans.
Experienced poker players try to hide their reactions behind an inscrutable 'poker face'.
Industrialised nations must interdict the use of nuclear weapons if we expect the world to live.
The merchant looked at his competitors as interlopers who stole his profits.
She intimated rather than stated her preference.
He inveighed against the demagoguery of the previous speaker.
She admired the iridiscent hues emanating from the prism.
His conduct at the office party was irreproachable and nobody complained.
Santa Claus is always cheerful and jocund.
At this critical juncture, let us think carefully before taking the next step.
Praise from her teacher kindled a spark of hope in Maya.
Whenever he worries, his eyebrows knit into a frown.
The driver needed stitches to close the lacerations received in the crash.
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2128 lagoon shallow body of water
2129 laity layperson; person not in the clergy The laity does not always understand the clergy's problems.
2130 lambaste thrash verbally or physically
2131 lament express sorrow
2132 lampoon ridicule
2133 lancet small tool for making incisions
2134 languid weary
2135 languish lose strength
2136 languor lassitude
2137 lank long and thin
2138 lap splash lightly; drink with tongue
2139 larceny theft
2140 larder pantry
2141 largess generous gift
2142 lascivious lustful
2143 lassitude languor
2144 latent hidden
2145 lateral coming from the sides
2146 latitude freedom from narrow limitations I think you have permitted your son too much lattitude in the matter.
2147 laud praise
2148 laivsh generous
2149 lax careless
2150 leaven cause to rise or grow lighter As bread vough is leavened, it puffs up in volume.
2151 lechery lewdness
2152 lectern reading desk The chaplain delivered the lecture from a hastily imrpovised lectern.
2153 leery suspicious, cautious
2154 leeway room to move
2155 legacy gift made by will
2156 legend explanatory list of symbols
2157 legerdemain sleight of hand The magician demonstrated his renowned legerdemain.
2158 leniency kindness
2159 leonine like a lion
2160 lethal deadly
2161 lethargic drowsy, sleep-inducing
2162 levee embankment
2163 levitate float in air
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2164 lout clumsy person
2165 low moo
2166 lucid clear, pellucid
2167 lucrative attractive
2168 lucre money Preferring lucre to undying fame, he wrote stories of popular appeal.
2169 ludicruous ridiculous
2170 lugubrious mournful
2171 lull moment of calm
2172 lumber walk awkwardly
2173 lumen unit of brightness
2174 luminary celebrity A leading light of the American stage, he was a theatrical luminary whose name lives on.
2175 luminous bright
2176 lunar relating to the moon
2177 lunge thrust
2178 lurid gruesome Do the lurid covers actually influence people to buy the tabloid?
2179 lurk hide in waiting
2180 luscious delicious
2181 luster gloss
2182 lustrous glossy
2183 luxuriant abundant
2184 macabre gruesome The city morgue is a macabre spot for the uninitiated.
2185 mace staff
2186 macerate soften by soaking
2187 Machiavellian double-dealing
2188 machination evil scheme
2189 maculated spotted
2190 madrigal pastoral song
2191 maelstrom whirlpool
2192 magisterial imperious
2193 magnanimity generosity
2194 magnate mogul
2195 magniloquent pompous
2196 magnitude extent
2197 maim unable to speak
2198 maladroit unskilled
2199 malaise vague feeling of ill health Carol realised that her touch of malaise was merely stagefright.
2200 malady illness
2201 malaproprism comic misuse of a word When Mrs. Malaopro criticised Lydia for being like an allegory, she confused alligator and allegory in a typical malaproprism.
2202 malcontent
discontent with existing state of
affairs
2203 malediction curse
2204 malefactor evildoer
2205 malevolent wishing evil
2206 malfeasance evil doings
2207 malicious harmful
2208 malign defame
2209 malignant harmful
2210 malingerer
one who pretends to be ill to avoid
work
2211 malleable ductile
2212 malodorous noisome
2213 mammal
2214 mammoth large
2215 manacle restrain, handcuff
2216 mandate order The president had a mandate from the people to seek end to social evils.
2217 mandatory compulsory
2218 mangy shabby
2219 maniacal raging mad
2220 manifest visible
2221 manifestation demonstration
2222 manifesto proclamation
2223 manifold several
2224 manipulate control artfully
2225 mannered affected
2226 manumit emancipate
2227 marital conjugal
2228 maritime bordering to the sea
2229 marked noticeable
2230 marred damaged
2231 marshal put into order
2232 marsupial mammal with pouch
2233 martial warlike
2234 martinet strict disciplinarian
2235 martyr one who suffers death for a cause
2236 masochist one who finds pleasure in pain
2237 masticate chew
2238 materialism obsession with material possessions
2239 maternal motherly
2240 matriarch woman who looks after a household
2241 matriculate enroll
2242 matrix point of origin
2243 maudlin tearful
The laity does not always understand the clergy's problems.
I think you have permitted your son too much lattitude in the matter.
As bread vough is leavened, it puffs up in volume.
The chaplain delivered the lecture from a hastily imrpovised lectern.
The magician demonstrated his renowned legerdemain.
Preferring lucre to undying fame, he wrote stories of popular appeal.
A leading light of the American stage, he was a theatrical luminary whose name lives on.
Do the lurid covers actually influence people to buy the tabloid?
The city morgue is a macabre spot for the uninitiated.
Carol realised that her touch of malaise was merely stagefright.
When Mrs. Malaopro criticised Lydia for being like an allegory, she confused alligator and allegory in a typical malaproprism.
The president had a mandate from the people to seek end to social evils.
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2244 mausoleum monumental tomb
2245 maverick rebel
2246 mawkish sentimental
2247 maxim pithy saying
2248 mayhem chaos
2249 meager little
2250 mealymouthed indirect in speech, hypocritical Rather than tell Jill directly what he disliked, Jack made some mealymouthed comments and evaded the topic.
2251 meander wind or turn in course Needing to stay close to the source of water, we meandered along the riverside.
2252 meddlesome interfering
2253 mediate arbitrate
2254 mediocre ordinary
2255 meditation reflection
2256 medium
element that is a creatures natural
environment;; appropriate channel of
communication
2257 medley mixture
2258 meek timid
2259 megalomania mania for doing somthing big
2260 melancholy sad
2261 melee fight
2262 mellifluous sweet sounding
2263 memento souvenir
2264 memorialise commemorate
2265 menagerie collection of wild animals Whenever the children ran wildly around the house, she felt like she ran a menagerie.
2266 mendacious dishonest
2267 menial lowly
2268 mentor teacher
2269 mercantile concerning trade
2270 mercenary hired by money
2271 mercurial capricious
2272 meretricious flashy
2273 merger combination
2274 mesmerise hyptonise
2275 metallurgical of metals
2276 metamorphosis transformation
2277 metaphor implied comparison
2278 metaphysical pertaining to speculative philosophy
2279 mete measure He tried to be impartial in his efforts to mete out justice.
2280 meteoric swift
2281 methodical systematic
2282 meticulous careful
2283 metropolis large city
2284 mettle courage The thoroughbred proved its mettle in the race by its determination to hold on to the lead.
2285 miasma effuvium
2286 microcosm small world
2287 migrant itinerant
2288 migratory wandering
2289 milieu environment; means of expression Surrounded by urbane artists, the country boy felt out of his milieu.
2290 militant combative, bellicose
2291 militate work against
2292 millennium thousand years
2293 mimicry emulation
2294 minatory threatening
2295 mincing affectedly dainty Yum-yum walked across the stage with mincing steps.
2296 minion servile
2297 miniscule extremely small
2298 minute small
2299 minutiae petty details
2300 mirage illusion
2301 mire entangle Their rear wheels were mired in mud.
2302 mirth levity
2303 misadventure misfortune
2304 misanthrope man hater
2305 misapprehension misunderstanding
2306 miscellany
mixture of writings on various
subjects
2307 mischance ill luck
2308 misconstrue interpret incorrectly
2309 miscreant wrong doer
2310 misdemeanor peccadillo
2311 miserly thrifty
2312 misgiving doubt Hamlet expressed his misgivings to Horatio
2313 mishap accident
2314 misnomer wrong name
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2315 misogamy hatred of marriage
2316 misogynist woman hater
2317 missile projectile
2318 missive letter
2319 mite very small creature
2320 mitigate lessen in intensity
2321 mnemonic pertaining to memory
2322 mobile moving
2323 mock fake; ridicule
2324 mode prevailing style
2325 modicum limited quantity Although his story contains a modicum of truth, most of the events he describes are fictitious.
2326 modish fashionable
2327 modulate regulate
2328 mogul magnate
2329 molecule smallest unit of matter
2330 mollify palliate
2331 mollycoddle cosser
2332 molt shed
2333 momentous important
2334 momentum qunatity of motion
2335 monarchy potentate
2336 monastic austere
2337 monetary of money
2338 monochromatic single coloured
2339 monolithic unyielding
2340 monotheism belief in one God
2341 monotony sameness leading to boredom
2342 monumental large
2343 moodiness fits of depression or gloom
2344 moratorium legal deferral in payment
2345 morbid
sickly, giving to unwholesome
thoughts
2346 mordant biting, sarcastic
2347 mores moral values
2348 moribund dying
2349 morose sorrowful
2350 mortician undertaker
2351 mortify punish the flesh; humiliate
2352 mosaic picture made of small pieces
2353 mote small speck The tiniest mote in my eye is very painful.
2354 motif theme This simple motif runs throughout the score.
2355 motility ability to move spontaneously Certain organisms exhibit remarkable motility, travelling miles before coming to rest.
2356 motley mixed
2357 mottled spotted
2358 mountebank charlatan The patent medicine man was a mountebank.
2359 muddle confuse
2360 muggy warm and damp August in New York city is often warm and damp.
2361 mulct cheat
2362 multifarious varied
2363 multiform having many forms
2364 multilingual speaking many languages
2365 multiplicity state of being numerous
2366 mundane worldly, not spiritual
2367 munificent generous
2368 mural wall painting
2369 murky dark and gloomy
2370 muse ponder For a moment, he mused at the beauty of the scene.
2371 musky having odor of a musk
2372 muster gather
2373 musty stale The attic was dark and musty.
2374 mutability ability to change in form
2375 muted silent
2376 mutilate injure, distort
2377 mutinous rebellious
2378 myopic short sighted, lacking foresight
2379 myriad large number
2380 nadir lowest point
2381 naivete gullibility
2382 narcissist conceited person
2383 narrative related to telling a story
2384 nascent incipient, inchoate If we could identify the revolutionary movement in its nascent state, we could have prevented the chaos.
Rather than tell Jill directly what he disliked, Jack made some mealymouthed comments and evaded the topic.
Needing to stay close to the source of water, we meandered along the riverside.
Whenever the children ran wildly around the house, she felt like she ran a menagerie.
He tried to be impartial in his efforts to mete out justice.
The thoroughbred proved its mettle in the race by its determination to hold on to the lead.
Surrounded by urbane artists, the country boy felt out of his milieu.
Yum-yum walked across the stage with mincing steps.
Hamlet expressed his misgivings to Horatio
Although his story contains a modicum of truth, most of the events he describes are fictitious.
The tiniest mote in my eye is very painful.
This simple motif runs throughout the score.
Certain organisms exhibit remarkable motility, travelling miles before coming to rest.
The patent medicine man was a mountebank.
August in New York city is often warm and damp.
For a moment, he mused at the beauty of the scene.
If we could identify the revolutionary movement in its nascent state, we could have prevented the chaos.
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2385 natation swimming
2386 natty smartly dressed Priding himself to be a natty dresser, he filled his wardrobe with imported suits.
2387 nauseate cause to become sick
2388 nautical
relating to navigation and
ships
2389 navigable
wide and deep enough for
ships to travel
2390 nebulous vague They tried to come up with a definite plan, not a nebulous idea.
2391 necromancy black magic The evil sorcerer used necromancy to subdue his enemies.
2392 nefarious wicked
2393 negate annul
2394 negligence neglect
2395 negligible insignificant
2396 nemesis enemy
2397 neologism new word
2398 neophyte rookie, beginner
2399 nepotism favouritism to a relative
2400 nether lower
2401 nettle annoy
2402 nexus connection
2403 nib point of a pen
2404 nicety precision
2405 niggardly parsimonious
2406 niggle
spending too much time on
minutiae
2407 nihilist absolute sceptic
2408 nip prevent; bite; numb
2409 nirvana state of beatitude
2410 nocturnal of night
2411 noiseme foul smelling
2412 nomadic itinerant
2413 nomenclature convention for naming
2414 nominal in name only
2415 nonchalance indifference
2416 noncommittal unpledged
2417 nondescript ordinary
2418 nonentity cipher
2419 nonplus perplex
2420 nostalgia
tending to remember old
times
2421 nostrum questionable medicine No quack selling nostrums will cheat me.
2422 notable significant
2423 notoriety infamy
2424 novelty state of being new
2425 novice rookie
2426 noxious nauseating
2427 nuance subtlety
2428 nubile marriageable
2429 nugatory worthless
2430 nullify annul
2431 numismatist coin collector
2432 nuptial relating to marriage
2433 nurture nourish
2434 nutrient nourishment
2435 oaf stupid person
2436 obdurate unyielding
2437 obeisance bow She made an obeisance as the king anf queen entered.
2438 obelisk tall column wiht tapered top
2439 obese corpulent
2440 obfuscate confuse Was the spokesperson trying to clarify the issue or obfuscate to mislead the reporters.
2441 obituary death notice
2442 objective fair
2443 obligatory required
2444 oblique slanted
2445 obliterate destroy
2446 oblivion obscurity
2447 obloquy slander
2448 obnoxious offensive
2449 obscure dark, little known
2450 obsequious sycophantic
2451 obsequy funeral like
2452 obsessive overwhelmingly occupying
2453 obsidian volcanic rock
Priding himself to be a natty dresser, he filled his wardrobe with imported suits.
They tried to come up with a definite plan, not a nebulous idea.
The evil sorcerer used necromancy to subdue his enemies.
She made an obeisance as the king anf queen entered.
Was the spokesperson trying to clarify the issue or obfuscate to mislead the reporters.
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2454 obsolete out of date
2455 obstetrician person trained in delivering babies
2456 obstinate stubborn
2457 obstreperous boisterous, noisy
2458 obtrude extrude
2459 obtuse blunt
2460 obviate make unnecessary
2461 Occident The West
2462 occlude prevent
2463 occult mysterious
2464 oculist physician specialises in eye treatment In many states, the oculist is the only one allowed to apply eye drops.
2465 odious hateful Cinderella's step-sisters had the odious habit of popping their zits in public.
2466 odium hatred, disrepute
2467 odoriferous having odor
2468 odorous having odor
2469 odyssey voyage
2470 offensive attacking
2471 offhand casually
2472 officious sycophantic
2473 ogle look amorously
2474 olfactory of sense
2475 oligarchy government by privileged few
2476 ominous cruel
2477 omnipotent all powerful
2478 omnipresent present everywhere
2479 omniscient all knowing
2480 omnivorous eating everything
2481 onerous burdensome
2482 onomatopoeia
words formed in imitation of natural
sounds
2483 onslaught attack
2484 onus burden
2485 opalescent iridiscent
2486 opaque not transparent
2487 opiate make less conscious
2488 opportune auspicious time
2489 opportunist
individual who sacrifices principles to
take advantage of situation
2490 opprobrium vilification
2491 optician one who makes eyeglasses
2492 optimist person who looks on the brigth side
2493 optimum most efficient
2494 optional left to one's choice
2495 opulence abundance
2496 opus work Although many critics hailed his Fifth Symphony, Beethoven did not consider it his finest opus.
2497 oracular prophetic
2498 orator speaker
2499 oratorio dramatic poem set to music The club decided to present an oratorio during their recital.
2500 ordain decree; predestine; grant holy order The king ordained that no foreigners should be allowed to enter the city.
2501 ordeal severe trial or affliction
2502 ordinance decree Passing a red light is a violation of city ordinance.
2503 ordination ceremony conferring holy order The candidate had to meet with the bishop before being ordained.
2504 orgy drunken party
2505 orient adjust The first days are spent in orienting oneself to the environment.
2506 orientation act of finding oneself in society
2507 orifice mouth like opening
2508 ornate excessively decorated
2509 ornithologist bird scientist
2510 orthodox traditional
2511 orthography correct spelling English orthography is sometimes hard to master because some words are not written phonetically.
2512 oscillate vibrate
2513 osseous made of bones
2514 ossify change to bone
2515 ostensible apparent
2516 ostentatious pretentious, showy
2517 ostracise proscribe
2518 oust drive away
2519 outlandish fantastic, bizarre
2520 outmoded old fashioned
2521 outskirts frignes, at the boundaries
2522 outspoken candid
2523 outstrip surpass
2524 outwit outsmart
2525 ovation applause
2526 overbearing overwhelmingly important, arrogant
2527 overt easily visible
2528 overweening arrogant
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2529 overwrought agitated
2530 ovoid egg-shaped
2531 pachyderm thick-skinned animal
2532 pacifist antimilitarist
2533 pacify placate
2534 paean praising poem
2535 painstaking involving lot of effort
2536 palatable pleasing to the taste
2537 palate top roof of mouth
2538 palatial grandiose
2539 paleontology study of pre-historic life
2540 palette board to mix paint
2541 palimpsest parchment used twice for writing
2542 pall tire
2543 pallet poor bed
2544 palliate mollify
2545 pallid livid, lacking colour
2546 palpable tangible
2547 palpitate throb, flutter
2548 paltry small
2549 pan criticise
2550 panacea cure-all There is no easy panacea to solve our complicated problem.
2551 pandemic widespread
2552 pandemonium chaos
2553 pander cater to the low desires
2554 panegyric praise
2555 panoramic denoting an unobstructed view
2556 pantomime acting without dialogue
2557 papyrus ancient paper
2558 parable short story teaching a moral Let us apply to our own conduct the parable of this story.
2559 paradigm pattern
2560 paradox
something apparently contradictory in
nature
2561 paragon quintessential
2562 parallelism state of being parallel
2563 parameter independent variables
2564 paramount foremost in importance
2565 paramour illicit lover
2566 paranoia psychosis
2567 paraphernalia equipment Her desk was cluttered with paraphernalia of the writing craft such as pens and pencils.
2568 paraphrase rewrite
2569 parasite animal or plant living on another
2570 parched dry
2571 pariah social outcast
2572 parity fairness
2573 parlance way of speaking
2574 parley meeting between enemies
2575 parochial provincial
2576 parody spoof
2577 paroxysm fit of pain, laughter, etc. When he heard of his son's misdeeds, he was seized by a paroxysm of rage.
2578 parquet
floor made of wood strips inlaid in a
mosaic like pattern
The carpenters combined red wood and oak in an elegant parquet.
2579 parry deflect
2580 parsimony thrift
2581 partial partly
2582 partiality unfairness
2583 partisan prejudiced
2584 partition divided
2585 passe old-fashioned
2586 passive not active
2587 pastiche literary spoof
2588 pastoral rustic, bucolic
2589 patent obvious It was patent to everyone that the witness spoke the truth.
2590 pathetic woeful
2591 pathological pertaining to disease
2592 pathos pity The quiet tone of pathos that ran through the novel did not degenrate into the maudlin.
2593 patina green layer on surface of brass.
2594 patois dialect His years of study of the language enabled him to understand the patois of the natives.
2595 patriarch father and ruler of a family or tribe
2596 patrician noble
2597 patronise support
2598 paucity scarcity
2599 pauper poor person
2600 peccadillo small offense
In many states, the oculist is the only one allowed to apply eye drops.
Cinderella's step-sisters had the odious habit of popping their zits in public.
Although many critics hailed his Fifth Symphony, Beethoven did not consider it his finest opus.
The club decided to present an oratorio during their recital.
The king ordained that no foreigners should be allowed to enter the city.
Passing a red light is a violation of city ordinance.
The candidate had to meet with the bishop before being ordained.
The first days are spent in orienting oneself to the environment.
English orthography is sometimes hard to master because some words are not written phonetically.
There is no easy panacea to solve our complicated problem.
Let us apply to our own conduct the parable of this story.
Her desk was cluttered with paraphernalia of the writing craft such as pens and pencils.
When he heard of his son's misdeeds, he was seized by a paroxysm of rage.
The carpenters combined red wood and oak in an elegant parquet.
It was patent to everyone that the witness spoke the truth.
The quiet tone of pathos that ran through the novel did not degenrate into the maudlin.
His years of study of the language enabled him to understand the patois of the natives.
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2601 pecuniary of money
2602 pedagogue teacher
2603 pedagogy teaching
2604 pedant
scholar who overemphasises on
learning
2605 pedantic showing off learning
2606 pedestrian ordinary
2607 pediatrician child doctor
2608 peerless unmatched
2609 pejorative insulting
2610 pell-mell confusion
2611 pellucid lucid, easy to understand
2612 penance self-imposed punishment for sin
2613 penchant predilection
2614 pendant hanging down from something
2615 pendulous hanging
2616 penitent repentant
2617 pensive worried
2618 penumbra partial shadow
2619 penury poverty
2620 peon bond peasant
2621 perceptive insightful
2622 percussion striking one object with another
2623 perdition damnation
2624 peregrination journey
2625 peremptory demanding and leaving no choice
2626 perennial long-lasting
2627 perfidious treacherous, disloyal
2628 perforate puncture
2629 perfunctory
superficial, casual, lacking
interest/enthusiasm
2630 perigree closest point in the moon's orbit
2631 perimeter boundary
2632 peripatetic itinerant
2633 peripheral marginal
2634 periphery edge
2635 perjury lying under oath
2636 permeable porous
2637 pernicious destructive
2638 peroration conclusion of an oration
2639 perpetrate offend
2640 perpetuate make something last
2641 perquisite somethng above stipulated salary
2642 personable attractive
2643 perspicacious insightful
2644 perspicuity clearness; freedom from ambiguity
2645 perspicuous free from ambiguity
2646 pert impertinent
2647 pertinacious stubborn, persistent
2648 petinent relevant
2649 perturb disturb
2650 peruse read with care
2651 pervasive spread throughout
2652 perverse wicked; stubbornly wrongheaded
2653 perversion wickedness
2654 pessimism belief in gloominess
2655 pestilential baneful
2656 pestle tool for mashing and grinding powder
2657 petrify turn to stone
2658 petty small
2659 petulant cranky
2660 pharisaical hypocritical
2661 phenomena observable facts
2662 philanderer faithless lover
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2663 philanthropist generous donor
2664 philatelist stamp collector
2665 philistine
narrow-minded, concerned about
material gains
2666 philology study of language
2667 phlegmatic not easily disturbed
2668 phobia extreme fear
2669 phoenix symbol of resurrection
2670 phylum class of organisms
2671 physiognomy countenance
2672 physiological
pertaining to the science of living
organisms
2673 piebald of varied colours, spotted
2674 piecemeal one part at a time
2675 pied multicoloured
2676 piety devoutness
2677 pigment colouring material
2678 pillage plunder
2679 pillory slander
2680 pine languish, decline; yearn
2681 pinion restrain, pin
2682 pinnacle top point
2683 pious devout
2684 piquant pleasantly tasting; stimulating
2685 pique aroused; irritate
2686 piscatorial pertaining to fishing
2687 pitfall hidden danger
2688 pith kernel
2689 pithy short
2690 pittance small allowance
2691 pivotal central
2692 placate pacify
2693 placebo dummy pills
2694 placid flat, peaceful
2695 plagiarise steal one's work
2696 plaintive mournful
2697 plait braid
2698 plasticity ability to be molded
2699 platitude trite remark
2700 platonic purely spiritual; theoretic
2701 plaudit applause
2702 plausible practical
2703 plebeian commoner
2704 plenary complete, full
2705 plenitude abundance
2706 plethora large number
2707 pliable flexible
2708 pliant yielding, amenable
2709 plight state
2710 pluck courage
2711 plumage feathers
2712 plumb vertical; investigate depth
2713 plummet fall sharply
2714 plutocracy administration by the wealthy
2715 podiatrist foot doctor
2716 podium raised platform
2717 poignancy emotionally moving
2718 polarise separate into opposite extremes
2719 polemic controversy
2720 polemical aggressive in verbal attack
2721 politic prudent
2722 polity form of government of nation or state
2723 polygamist married several times
2724 polyglot speaking several languages
2725 pomposity state of being bombastic
2726 ponderous
slow or clumsy because of weight;
unwieldy
2727 pontifical of the Pope; pretentious
2728 pore study industriously
2729 porous perforated
2730 portend predict, presage
2731 portent sign
2732 portly corpulent
2733 poseur affected state
2734 posterity children
2735 posthumous after death
2736 postulate self-evident truths
2737 posture assume an affected pose
2738 potable fit to drink
2739 potent powerful
2740 potentate monarch
2741 potential latent
2742 potion dose
2743 potpourri mixture
2744 poultice soothing application applied to sore
2745 praticable feasible
2746 practical pragmatic
2747 pragmatist practical person
2748 prate speak foolishly
2749 prattle babble
2750 preamble introductory text
2751 precarious risky
2752 precedent
preceding in time; an earlier
occurrence which serves as authority
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2753 precept standards for behavious
2754 precipice cliff
2755 precipitant
something that causes a substance to
solidify out of a mixture
2756 precipitate rash
2757 precipitous steep
2758 precis summary
2759 precise accurate
2760 preclude make impossible
2761 precocious advanced in development
2762 precursor forerunner
2763 predator person who robs or exploits others
2764 predecessor person holding a post formerly
2765 predetermine predestine
2766 predicament situation of distress or dilemma
2767 predilection inclination
2768 predispose give an inclination
2769 preeminent outstanding
2770 preempt preclude
2771 preen primp
2772 prefatory introductory
2773 prehensile able to grab
2774 prelate church dignitaries
2775 prelude forerunner
2776 premeditate decided beforehand
2777 premise postulate, assumption
2778 premonition foreboding of evil
2779 premonitory serving to warn
2780 preponderance superiority of power
2781 preposterous lacking sense
2782 prerogative unquestionable right
2783 presage predict
2784 prescience having foresight
2785 presentiment premonition
2786 prestige honour
2787 presumptuous arrogant, orotund
2788 pretentious showing off, ostentatious
2789 preternatural beyond what is normal
2790 pretext excuse
2791 prevail triumph over
2792 prevalent widespread
2793 prevaricate lie
2794 prey target of a hunt
2795 prim proper
2796 primogeniture seniority by birth
2797 primordial existing at the beginning
2798 primp preen
2799 pristine original, untampered
2800 privation hardship
2801 privy secret
2802 probe investigate
2803 probity incorruptibility
2804 problematic doubtful
2805 proclivity inclination, tendency
2806 procrastinate make delay
2807 procurement gathering
2808 prod poke
2809 prodigal lavish
2810 prodigious large, enormous
2811 prodigy young talent
2812 profane obscene
2813 profilgate wasteful, wildly immoral
2814 profound deep
2815 profusion excess
2816 progenitor ancestor
2817 progeny children
2818 prognosis predicted path of treatment of disease
2819 prohibitive tending to prevent
2820 projectile missile
2821 proletarian working class
2822 proliferate spread
2823 prolific abundantly fruitful
2824 proxility verbosity
2825 prologue introduction
2826 prolong extend
2827 prominent conspicuous, notable
2828 promiscuous flirtatious
2829 promontory headland
2830 promote elevate
2831 prompt help to advance
2832 promulgate proclaim a doctrine or law
2833 prone having tendency
2834 propagate travel, spread
2835 propellant substance that drives forward
2836 propensity tendency
2837 prophetic predicting the future
2838 prophylactic used to prevent disease
2839 propinquity kinship, consanguinity
2840 propitiate appease
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2840 propitious auspicious
2841 proponent supporter
2842 propound put forth for analysis
2843 propriety decorum
2844 propulsive driving forward
2845 prosaic factual; unimaginative
2846 proscenium part of stage in front of curtain
2847 proscribe ostracise
2848 proselytize
induce someone to convert to a
religion or belief
2849 prosody the art of versification
2850 prosperity good fortune
2851 prostrate lie on the ground
2852 protean versatile
2853 protege
person receiving protection from a
patron
2854 protocol diplomatic etiquette
2855 prototype model
2856 protract prolong
2857 protrude stick out
2858 protuberance protrusion
2859 provenance source or origin of something
2860 provender dry food; fodder
2861 provident displaying foresight;
2862 provincial unsophisticated
2863 provisional conditional
2864 proviso stipulation
2865 provocative arousing anger
2866 prowess ability
2867 proximity nearness
2868 proxy authorised agent
2869 prude excessively modest person
2870 prudent politic
2871 prune trim
2872 prurient lascivious
2873 pry inquire impertinently
2874 pseudonym pen name
2875 psyche soul, mind
2876 psychiatrist doctor who treats mental disorder
2877 psychopathic of mental disorder
2878 psychosis mental disorder
2879 pterodactyl extinct flying reptile
2880 peurile childish
2881 pugilist boxer
2882 pugnacity inclination to fight
2883 puissant powerful
2884 pulchritude beauty
2885 pulmonary of the lungs
2886 pulsate throb
2887 pulverise grind
2888 pummel beat with fists
2889 punctilious minutely attentive
2890 pundit expert
2891 pungent sharp smelling
2892 punitive punishing
2893 puny small
2894 purchase firm grasp or footing
2895 purgatory place of spiritual expiation
2896 purge cleanse
2897 purport intention, purpose
2898 purported alleged
2899 purse contract into wrinkles
2900 purveyor caterer of food
2901 pusillaminous cowardly
2902 putative reputed, supposed
2903 putrid rancid
2904 pylon steel pillars
2905 pyromaniac
person with insane desires to set things
on fire
2906 quack charlatan
2907 quadruped four legged
2908 quaff drink with relish
2909 quagmire
boggy land; complex situation from
which escape is difficult
2910 quail cower
2911 quaint pretty
2912 qualified resricted, limited
2913 qualms
uneasy fears about matters of
conscience
2914 quandary dilemma
2915 quarantine isolate
2916 quarry victim, object of hunt; dig into
Sentence
The ancient mariner chose penance to atone for killing the albatross.
The drum is a percussion instrument.
Auntie Mame was a world traveller whose peregrinations took her from Tijuana to Timbuktu.
From Jack's peremptory knocks, Jill could tell that he would not stop until he was let inside.
The peroration was largely hortatory and brought the audience on its feet in applause.
Your pert and impudent remarks call for an apology.
She is bound to succeed because of her pertinacious attitude.
He closely perused the home insurance policy after the fire.
When Jack was in a perverse mood, he would do the opposite of what Jill told him.
People were afraid to explore the pestilential swamp.
If you people kept waking you up after you had hardly any sleep for a week, you would sound petulant.
Moralists who do not attempt to explain there moral code may be viewed as pharisaical.
Jack assured Jill that he was no philanderer and never looked at another woman.
The professor of philology advocated the use of Esperanto as an international language.
He prided himslef by his ability to analyze a person by his physiognomy.
Though she lived happily with Clara, Heid pined for the mountains.
The piquant sauce added to our enjoyment of the meal.
He spent many hours at the lake in his piscatorial activities.
The speaker talked mostly using platitutdes, which did not impress the audience.
The union leader was given plenary powers to negotiate the deal.
Our polity should thrive on the notion that government should strive for the good of all people.
His jokes were ponderous and his humour lacked light touch.
Determined to become a surgeon, she pored over the anatomy books.
We must accept these statements as postulates before continuing discussion.
She was advised to apply a poultice at her sore.
The professor asked Jill to explain which case served as a precedent for the current case study.
On the premise that there is no fool like an old fool, the circus owner hired an old clown.
The rebels tried to overcome the preponderance of strength of the government forces by engaging in guerilla attacks.
At the airport, he had a sudden presentiment that it was the last time he would see her.
She looked for a good pretext to not go on the trip.
By virtue of primogeniture, first-borns in some cultures enjoy greater provisions than their siblings.
In the prologue to Romeo and Juliet, the location is mentioned as Verona.
Prince Charles' prominent ears make him resemble a comic character.
A lighthouse was constructed on the promontary to warn approaching ships.
When the prophet came down to promulgate God's law, he was appalled to see idol worship.
Despite all prophylactic measures, the epidemic raged on till winter.
The relationship could not be explained as being merely propinquitic.
All the cast members gathered at the proscenium at then end of the play to bow.
In the interfaith meetings, there must be no attempt to proselytize; all oints of views must be respected.
The book on prosody contains a rhyming dictionary as well as samples of the various verse forms.
A remarkably protean actor, Alec Guiness could take on any role.
Cyrano refused to be a protege of the Cardinal.
The state dinner must be run according to protocol to avoid offending the guests.
The management tried to protract the negotiations endlessly.
The usefulness of the substance is more important than its provenance.
I have stored a large amount of provender for the winter.
I am ready to accept your proposal with the proviso that you meet the requirements in two weeks.
With the help of the editor, she was able to prune her article into publishable form.
The prurience of the dirty old man appalled her.
Though Nora claimed she did not mean to pry, everybody knew she was plain nosy.
The mountaineer struggled to get a proper purchase on the rock.
Although there are some doubts, the putative author of this work is Massinger.
As they quaffed their drinks, they listened to the merry songs of the students.
Up to her knees in mud, Beth wondered how on earth she would extricate herself from the quagmire.
She was in a quandary as to which school she should attend.
The police closed in on their quarry.
The rebels tried to overcome the preponderance of strength of the government forces by engaging in guerilla attacks.
In the interfaith meetings, there must be no attempt to proselytize; all oints of views must be respected.
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2917 quash crush
2918 quay dock
2919 queasy easily nauseated
2920 quell placate
2921 quench assuage
2922 querulous whining
2923 query inquiry
2924 queue line
2925 quibble minor complaint
2926 quiescent stationary
2927 quietude tranquility
2928 quintessence paragon
2929 quip taunt
2930 quirk startling twist, caprice By a quirk of fate, he found himself working for the man he fired.
2931 quisling traitor aiding invaders
2932 quiver case for arrows
2933 quixotic idealistic but impractical
2934 quizzical questioning
2935 quorum
number of members necessary to
conduct a meeting
The senator asked for a roll call to determine whether a quorum had assembled.
2936 qoutidian daily, diurnal
2937 rabid fervent
2938 reconteur story-teller
2939 ragamuffin person with threadbare clothes
2940 rail scold
2941 raiment clothing
2942 rakish gaudy
2943 rally summon
2944 ramble wander
2945 ramification branching out
2946 ramify branch out
2947 ramp incline
2948 rampant unrestrained
2949 rampart defensive mound of earth We watched from the rampart as the battle continued.
2950 ramshackle rickety
2951 rancid having odor of stale fat
2952 rancor hatred Thirty years after the war. she was still consumed with rancor against the foe.
2953 random haphazard
2954 rankle irritate
2955 rant shout
2956 rapacious plundering Hawks and other rapacious birds prey on a variety of small animals.
2957 rapport harmony
2958 rapt absorped
2959 rarefied made lighter
2960 raspy harsh The sergeant's raspy voice grated on the recruits' ears.
2961 ratify support, sanction
2962 ratiocination reasoning
2963 rationale fundamental reason
2964 rationalise justify
2965 raucous loud
2966 ravage plunder, despoil
2967 rave overwhelmingly favourable review
2968 ravel entangle
2969 ravenous voracious
2970 ravine narrow valley with steep sides Steeper than a gully, more precipitatous than a canyon, a ravine is, like them, a product of years of erosion.
2971 raze tear down
2972 reactionary retrogade
2973 realm domain
2974 reaper one who harvests grain
2975 rebate discount
2976 rebuff snub
2977 rebuke rail, castigate
2978 rebus
puzzle in which pictures stand for
words
A coven of witches beside a tree is a possible rebus for the town of Coventry.
2979 rebuttal refutation
2980 recalcitrant intractable
2981 recant retract a previous statement
2982 recapitulate review
2983 recast reconstruct, rephrase Let me recast this sentence in terms you can understand.
2984 receptive quickly receives ideas
2985 recession low economic activity
2986 recidivism habitual return to crime Prison reformers in the country are disturbed by the high rate of recidivism.
2987 recipient receiver
2988 reciprocal mutual
2989 reciprocate repay in kind
2990 recluse hermit
2991 reconcile correct inconsistencies
2992 recondite abstruse, profound He read several recondite books to obtain the material needed fof his thesis.
2993 reconnaisance survey of enemy soldiers If any enemy soldier is encountered during the reconaissance, he should be captured for questioning.
2994 recount narrate
2995 recourse resorting to help The boy's only recourse was to appeal to his father for money.
2996 recrimination countercharges Loud and angry recriminations were her replies to his accusations.
2997 rectify correct
2998 rectitude probity
2999 recumbent reclining
3000 recuperate recover
3001 recurrent occurring over and over again
By a quirk of fate, he found himself working for the man he fired.
The senator asked for a roll call to determine whether a quorum had assembled.
We watched from the rampart as the battle continued.
Thirty years after the war. she was still consumed with rancor against the foe.
Hawks and other rapacious birds prey on a variety of small animals.
The sergeant's raspy voice grated on the recruits' ears.
Steeper than a gully, more precipitatous than a canyon, a ravine is, like them, a product of years of erosion.
A coven of witches beside a tree is a possible rebus for the town of Coventry.
Let me recast this sentence in terms you can understand.
Prison reformers in the country are disturbed by the high rate of recidivism.
He read several recondite books to obtain the material needed fof his thesis.
If any enemy soldier is encountered during the reconaissance, he should be captured for questioning.
The boy's only recourse was to appeal to his father for money.
Loud and angry recriminations were her replies to his accusations.
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3002 redolent fragrant
3003 redoubtable formidable
3004 redress remedy, compensation Is there no way to get redress for my injuries?
3005 redundant repetitous, prolix
3006 reek smell intensely
3007 refectory dining hall
3008 refraction bending of light
3009
refractory stubborn, intractable, recalcitrant
3010 refrain abstain
3011 refulgent gleaming The squire polished the knight's armour until it was refulgent.
3012 refurbish renovate
3013 refute disprove
3014 regal royal
3015 regale entertain
3016 regatta boat or yacht race Many boating enthusiasts followed the regatta from the shores.
3017 regeneration regrowth
3018 regicide regal murder
3019
regime method or system of government
3020 regimen prescribed diet and habits I doubt whether the results warrant our strict regimen.
3021 rehabitilate resettle, restore
3022 reimburse repay
3023 reiterate repeat
3024 rejoinder reply
3025 rejuvenate make young again
3026 relegate demote
3027 relent give in
3028 relevant pertinent
3029 relic memento
3030 relinquish give up
3031 relish savour
3032 remediable corrigible
3033 reminiscence recollection
3034 remiss negligent After the prisoner escaped, the guards were accused of being remiss in duty.
3035 remission
forgiveness or pardon; moderation
of disease symptoms
His symptoms were in remission and he was considered fit for contest.
3036 remnant remaining
3037 remonstrance protest
3038 remorse sorrow
3039 remunerative compensating
3040 rend tear apart
3041 render deliver, provide Aid was immediately rendered to the affected areas.
3042 rendezvous meeting place
3043 rendition
translation; artistic interpretation of
a song, etc.
The audience cheered as she completed the rendtion of the aria.
3044 renegade deserter Because he had deserted his position to join the enemy, the townspeople considered him a renegade.
3045 renege deny He reneged on paying back his debts.
3046 renounce repudiate
3047 renovate restore
3048 renown fame
3049 rent rip
3050 reparable capable of being repaired
3051 reparation compensation
3052 repartee clever reply He was famous for his witty repartee and his sarcasms.
3053 repast meal
3054 repeal annul, revoke The law was repealed as soon as the new government esconsed.
3055 repel drive away
3056 repellant driving away
3057 repercussion rebound, reverbration, reaction
3058 repertoire list of works of music, drama, etc. The opera company decided to include Hamlet in his repertoire.
3059 repine complain There is no use repining over the work you left undone.
3060 replenish fill up again
3061 replete filled
3062 replica exact copy
3063 replicate copy
3064 repository storehouse
3065 reprehensible condemnable
3066 repress restrain Her parents tried to curb her impetuousity without repressing her enthusiasm.
3067 reprieve temporary stay
3068 reprimand scold
3069 reprisal retaliation We are ready for any reprisal the enemy has in repository.
3070 reprise
musical repetition, repeat
performance; recurring action
The reprise of the soprano solo in the final act was delightful.
3071 reproach rebuke
3072 reprobate person hardened in sin I cannot understand why he has so many admirers if he is as reprobate as you said.
3073 reprobation severe disapproval
3074 reprove reproach
3075 repudiate deny, renounce On separating from Jack, Jill announced that she would repudiate all debts incurred by him.
3076 repugnance loathing
3077 repulsion distaste
3078 reputable respectable
3079 reputed supposed
3080 requiem dirge
3081 requisite necessity
3082 requite repay, revenge The wretch requited his benefactors by betraying them.
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3083 rescind cancel
3084 resentment hatred
3085 reserve self-control
3086 residue remainder
3087 resignation submission
3088 resilient elastic
3089 resolution determination
3090 resolve determination
3091 resonant resounding
3092 respiration breathing
3093 respite relief
3094 resplendent glorious
3095 responsiveness state of reacting readily
3096 restitution compensation
3097 restive impatient
3098 restraint moderation
3099 resumption recommencement
3100 resurge rise again
3101 resusciate revive The lifeguard tried to resusciate the drowned child by applying artificial respiration.
3102 retain hold back
3103 retentive of retaining
3104 retaliation reprisal
3105 reticent taciturn; reserved
3106 retinue accompanying party
3107 retiring modest
3108 retort sharp reply
3109 retract withdraw
3110 retrench cut down If they want to send their children to college, they have to retrench.
3111 retribution vengeance, compensation The evangelist maintained that an angry deity would exact retribution from the sinners.
3112 retrieve recover
3113 retroactive
taking effect before its enactment or
imposition
Because the new pension law was retroactive to the beginning of the year, even though Martha retired in February she was eligible for the pension.
3114 retrogade degenerate
3115 retrospective looking back
3116 revelry festivities
3117 reverberate echo
3118 reverent dignified
3119 reverie daydream, musing She was awakened from her reverie by the teacher's question.
3120 revile vilify Though captain Kidd was reviled as a notorious pirate, many merchant-captains regarded him innocent of alleged crimes.
3121 revoke take back
3122 revulsion sudden violent change in feelings Many people who admired dictatorship underwent a revulsion after Hitler's reign.
3123 rhapsodise
speak or write in an exaggerated
enthusiastic manner
She enjoyed her vacation greatly and rhapsodised about it for weeks.
3124 rhetoric art of effective communication
3125 ribald raunchy, wanton
3126 riddle pierce with holes The machine gun riddled the car with bullets until it resembled Swiss cheese.
3127 rider
amendment or clause to legislative
bill
The senator supported the reform bill provided that the antipollution rider was sanctioned.
3128 rife abundant
3129 rift division, opening
3130 rig manipulate
3131 rigid stiff
3132 rigor severity
3133 rile vex He was an easy man to rile because of his quick-temper.
3134 riveting engrossing The novel was a riveting tale that could be finished in one night.
3135 rivulet small stream
3136 robust strong
3137 rococo ornate
3138 roil
make liquid murky by stirring up
sediment
If wine is roiled to disturb the sediment, the flavour might be destroyed.
3139 roseate rosy
3140 roster list
3141 rostrum pulpit The crowd indicated that they did not wish to listen to the speaker approaching the rostrum.
3142 rote repetition He recited the passage by rote and did not seem to understand it.
3143 rotunda
circular building covered with a
dome
His body lay in state in the rotunda of the Capitol.
3144 rotundity roundness
3145 rousing lively, stirring
3146 rout drive out
3147 rubble fragments
3148 rubric title; protocol In ordaining the new priest, the bishop carefully observed the rubrics of ordination.
3149 ruddy reddish, healthy looking
3150 rudimentary inchoate
3151 rue regret
3152 ruffian rough natured person
3153 ruminate muse, ponder
3154 rummage ransack, thoroughly search
3155 runic set down in ancient alphabets
3156 ruse trick, stratagem You will not be able to fool them with such an obvious ruse.
3157 rustic bucolic, pastoral
3158 rusticate dwell in the country Being accustomed to city life, I cannot understanfd how people rusticate in the suburbs.
3159 saboteur one who performs sabotage
3160 saccharine cloyingly sweet
3161 sacrilegious profane The theft of the altar cloth was a very sacrilegious act.
3162 sacrosanct sacred, inviolable
Is there no way to get redress for my injuries?
The squire polished the knight's armour until it was refulgent.
Many boating enthusiasts followed the regatta from the shores.
I doubt whether the results warrant our strict regimen.
After the prisoner escaped, the guards were accused of being remiss in duty.
His symptoms were in remission and he was considered fit for contest.
Aid was immediately rendered to the affected areas.
The audience cheered as she completed the rendtion of the aria.
Because he had deserted his position to join the enemy, the townspeople considered him a renegade.
He reneged on paying back his debts.
He was famous for his witty repartee and his sarcasms.
The law was repealed as soon as the new government esconsed.
The opera company decided to include Hamlet in his repertoire.
There is no use repining over the work you left undone.
Her parents tried to curb her impetuousity without repressing her enthusiasm.
We are ready for any reprisal the enemy has in repository.
The reprise of the soprano solo in the final act was delightful.
I cannot understand why he has so many admirers if he is as reprobate as you said.
On separating from Jack, Jill announced that she would repudiate all debts incurred by him.
The wretch requited his benefactors by betraying them.
The lifeguard tried to resusciate the drowned child by applying artificial respiration.
If they want to send their children to college, they have to retrench.
The evangelist maintained that an angry deity would exact retribution from the sinners.
Because the new pension law was retroactive to the beginning of the year, even though Martha retired in February she was eligible for the pension.
She was awakened from her reverie by the teacher's question.
Though captain Kidd was reviled as a notorious pirate, many merchant-captains regarded him innocent of alleged crimes.
Many people who admired dictatorship underwent a revulsion after Hitler's reign.
She enjoyed her vacation greatly and rhapsodised about it for weeks.
The machine gun riddled the car with bullets until it resembled Swiss cheese.
The senator supported the reform bill provided that the antipollution rider was sanctioned.
He was an easy man to rile because of his quick-temper.
The novel was a riveting tale that could be finished in one night.
If wine is roiled to disturb the sediment, the flavour might be destroyed.
The crowd indicated that they did not wish to listen to the speaker approaching the rostrum.
He recited the passage by rote and did not seem to understand it.
His body lay in state in the rotunda of the Capitol.
In ordaining the new priest, the bishop carefully observed the rubrics of ordination.
You will not be able to fool them with such an obvious ruse.
Being accustomed to city life, I cannot understanfd how people rusticate in the suburbs.
The theft of the altar cloth was a very sacrilegious act.
Because the new pension law was retroactive to the beginning of the year, even though Martha retired in February she was eligible for the pension.
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abase abhor aboriginal
abash abject abortive
abate abjure abrasive
abridge ablution abbreviate
abdicate abnegation abrogate
abscission abolish aberrant
abet abominable abscond
absolute abominate abeyance
native loathe shame
unsuccessful wretched embarrass
rubbing away renounce upon oath decrease
shorten washing shorten
abolish self-sacrifice renounce
cut off to remove dissolve anomalous
escape loathsome encourage
total loathe suspended action
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aboriginal
abortive
abrasive
abridge
abrogate
abscission
abscond
absolute
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6a
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shame
embarrass
decrease
shorten
renounce
anomalous
encourage
suspended action