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(v.) To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade
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abbess
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(n.) The lady superior of a nunnery.
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abbey
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(n.) The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns. |
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abbot
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(n.) The superior of a community of monks.
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abdicate
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(v.) To give up (royal power or the like). |
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abdomen
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(n.) In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly.
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abdominal
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(n.) Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
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abduction
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(n.) A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally.
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abed
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(adv.) In bed; on a bed.
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aberration
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(n.) Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
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abet
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(v.) To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).
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abeyance
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(n.) A state of suspension or temporary inaction.
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abhorrence
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(n.) The act of detesting extremely.
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abhorrent
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(adj.) Very repugnant; hateful.
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abidance
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(n.) An abiding.
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abject
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(adj.) Sunk to a low condition.
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abjure
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(v.) To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
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able-bodied
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(adj.) Competent for physical service.
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ablution
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(n.) A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
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abnegate
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(v.) To renounce (a right or privilege).
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abnormal
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(adj.) Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard.
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abominable
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(adj.) Very hateful.
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abominate
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(v.) To hate violently.
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abomination
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(n.) A very detestable act or practice.
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aboriginal
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(adj.) Primitive; unsophisticated.
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aborigines
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(n.) The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
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aboveboard
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abrade
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(v.) To wear away the surface or some part of by friction.
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abrasion
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(n.) That which is rubbed off.
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abridge
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(v.) To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles.
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abridgment
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(n.) A condensed form as of a book or play.
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abrogate
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(v.) To abolish, repeal.
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abrupt
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(adj.) Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break.
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abscess
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(n.) A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
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abscission
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(n.) The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
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abscond
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(v.) To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.
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absence
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(n.) The fact of not being present or available.
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absent-minded
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(adj.) Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business.
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absolution
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(n.) Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses.
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absolve
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(v.) To free from sin or its penalties.
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absorb
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(v.) To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water.
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absorption
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(n.) The act or process of absorbing.
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abstain
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(v.) To keep oneself back (from doing or using something).
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abstemious
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(adj.) Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
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abstinence
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(n.) Self denial.
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abstruse
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(adj.) Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
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absurd
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(adj.) Inconsistent with reason or common sense.
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abundant
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(adj.) Plentiful.
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abusive
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(adj.) Employing harsh words or ill treatment.
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abut
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(v.) To touch at the end or boundary line.
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abyss
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(n.) Bottomless gulf.
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academic
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(adj.) Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university.
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academician
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(n.) A member of an academy of literature, art, or science.
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academy
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(n.) Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught.
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accede
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(v.) To agree.
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accelerate
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(v.) To move faster.
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accept
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(v.) To take when offered.
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access
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(n.) A way of approach or entrance; passage.
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accessible
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(adj.) Approachable.
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accession
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(n.) Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
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accessory
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(n.) A person or thing that aids the principal agent.
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acclaim
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(v.) To utter with a shout.
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accommodate
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(v.) To furnish something as a kindness or favor.
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accompaniment
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(n.) A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part.
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accompanist
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(n.) One who or that which accompanies.
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accompany
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(v.) To go with, or be associated with, as a companion.
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accomplice
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(n.) An associate in wrong-doing.
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accomplish
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(v.) To bring to pass.
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accordion
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(n.) A portable free-reed musical instrument.
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accost
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(v.) To speak to.
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account
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(n.) A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions.
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accouter
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(v.) To dress.
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accredit
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(v.) To give credit or authority to.
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accumulate
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(v.) To become greater in quantity or number.
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accuracy
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(n.) Exactness.
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accurate
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(adj.) Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard.
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accursed
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(adj.) Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
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accusation
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(n.) A charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error.
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accusatory
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(adj.) Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
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accuse
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(v.) To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error.
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accustom
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(v.) To make familiar by use.
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acerbity
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(n.) Sourness, with bitterness and astringency.
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acetate
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(n.) A salt of acetic acid.
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acetic
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(adj.) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar.
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ache
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(v.) To be in pain or distress.
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Achillean
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(adj.) Invulnerable.
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achromatic
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(adj.) Colorless,
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acid
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(n.) A sour substance.
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acidify
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(v.) To change into acid.
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acknowledge
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(v.) To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of.
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acknowledgment
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(n.) Recognition.
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acme
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(n.) The highest point, or summit.
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acoustic
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(adj.) Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
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acquaint
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(v.) To make familiar or conversant.
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acquiesce
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(v.) To comply; submit.
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acquiescence
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(n.) Passive consent.
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acquire
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(v.) To get as one's own.
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acquisition
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(n.) Anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor.
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acquit
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(v.) To free or clear, as from accusation.
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acquittal
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(n.) A discharge from accusation by judicial action.
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acquittance
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(n.) Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
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acreage
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(n.) Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
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acrid
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(adj.) Harshly pungent or bitter.
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acrimonious
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(adj.) Full of bitterness.
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acrimony
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(n.) Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
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actionable
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(adj.) Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
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actuality
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(n.) Any reality.
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actuary
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(n.) An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
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actuate
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(v.) To move or incite to action.
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acumen
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(n.) Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.
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acute
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(adj.) Having fine and penetrating discernment.
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adamant
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(n.) Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability.
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addendum
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(n.) Something added, or to be added.
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addle
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(v.) To make inefficient or worthless; muddle.
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adduce
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(v.) To bring forward or name for consideration.
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adhere
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(v.) To stick fast or together.
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adherence
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(n.) Attachment.
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adherent
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(adj.) Clinging or sticking fast.
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adhesion
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(n.) The state of being attached or joined.
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adjacency
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(n.) The state of being adjacent.
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adjacent
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(n.) That which is near or bordering upon.
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adjudge
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(v.) To award or bestow by formal decision.
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adjunct
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(n.) Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place.
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adjuration
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(n.) A vehement appeal.
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adjutant
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(adj.) Auxiliary.
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administrator
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(n.) One who manages affairs of any kind.
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admissible
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(adj.) Having the right or privilege of entry.
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admittance
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(n.) Entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
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admonish
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(v.) To warn of a fault.
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admonition
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(n.) Gentle reproof.
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ado
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(n.) unnecessary activity or ceremony.
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adoration
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(n.) Profound devotion.
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adroit
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(adj.) Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers.
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adulterant
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(n.) An adulterating substance.
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adulterate
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(v.) To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients.
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adumbrate
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(v.) To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.
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advent
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(n.) The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage.
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adverse
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(adj.) Opposing or opposed.
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adversity
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(n.) Misfortune.
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advert
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(v.) To refer incidentally.
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advertiser
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(n.) One who advertises, especially in newspapers.
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advisory
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(adj.) Not mandatory.
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advocacy
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(n.) The act of pleading a cause.
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advocate
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(n.) One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court.
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aerial
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(adj.) Of, pertaining to, or like the air.
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aeronaut
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(n.) One who navigates the air, a balloonist.
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aeronautics
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(n.) the art or practice of flying aircraft
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aerostat
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(n.) A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
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aerostatics
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(n.) The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
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affable
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(adj.) Easy to approach.
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affect
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(v.) To act upon
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affectation
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(n.) A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
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affiliate
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(n.) Some auxiliary person or thing.
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affirmative
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(adj.) Answering yes; to a question at issue.
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affix
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(v.) To fasten.
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affluence
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(n.) A profuse or abundant supply of riches.
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affront
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(n.) An open insult or indignity.
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afire
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afoot
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(adv.) In progress.
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aforesaid
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(adj.) Said in a preceding part or before.
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afresh
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(adv.) Once more, after rest or interval.
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afterthought
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(n.) A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
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agglomerate
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(v.) To pile or heap together.
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aggrandize
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(v.) To cause to appear greatly.
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aggravate
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(v.) To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome.
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aggravation
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(n.) The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
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aggregate
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(n.) The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something.
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aggress
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(v.) To make the first attack.
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aggression
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(n.) An unprovoked attack.
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aggrieve
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(v.) To give grief or sorrow to.
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aghast
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(adj.) Struck with terror and amazement.
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agile
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(adj.) Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally.
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agitate
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(v.) To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts).
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agrarian
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(adj.) Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land.
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aide-de-camp
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(n.) An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general.
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ailment
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(n.) Slight sickness.
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airy
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(adj.) Delicate, ethereal.
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akin
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(adj.) Of similar nature or qualities.
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alabaster
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(n.) A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
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alacrity
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(n.) Cheerful willingness.
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albeit
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(conj.) Even though.
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albino
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(n.) A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
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album
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(n.) A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like.
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alchemy
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(n.) Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold.
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alcohol
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(n.) A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
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alcoholism
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(n.) A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
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alcove
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(n.) A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room.
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alder
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(n.) Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family.
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alderman
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(n.) A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
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aldermanship
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(n.) The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
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alias
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(n.) An assumed name.
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alien
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(n.) One who owes allegiance to a foreign government.
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alienable
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(adj.) Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
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alienate
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(v.) To cause to turn away.
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alienation
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(n.) Estrangement.
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aliment
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(n.) That which nourishes.
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alkali
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(n.) Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc.
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allay
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(v.) To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate.
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allege
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(v.) To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court.
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allegory
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(n.) The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness.
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alleviate
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(v.) To make less burdensome or less hard to bear.
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alley
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(n.) A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like.
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alliance
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(n.) Any combination or union for some common purpose.
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allot
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(v.) To assign a definite thing or part to a certain person.
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allotment
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(n.) Portion.
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allude
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(v.) To refer incidentally, or by suggestion.
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allusion
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(n.) An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it.
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alluvion
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(n.) Flood.
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ally
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(n.) A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness.
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almanac
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(n.) A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
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aloof
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(adv.) Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others.
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altar
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(n.) Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned.
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alter
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(v.) To make change in.
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alteration
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(n.) Change or modification.
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altercate
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(v.) To contend angrily or zealously in words.
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alternate
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(n.) One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other.
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alternative
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(n.) Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else.
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altitude
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(n.) Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea.
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alto
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(n.) The lowest or deepest female voice or part.
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altruism
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(n.) Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
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altruist
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(n.) One who advocates or practices altruism.
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amalgam
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(n.) An alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
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amalgamate
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(v.) To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.
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amateur
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(adj.) Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession.
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amatory
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(adj.) Designed to excite love.
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ambidextrous
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(adj.) Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.
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ambiguous
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(adj.) Having a double meaning.
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ambitious
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(adj.) Eagerly desirous and aspiring.
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ambrosial
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(adj.) Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
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ambulance
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(n.) A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded.
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ambulate
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(v.) To walk about
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ambush
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(n.) The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy.
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ameliorate
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(v.) To relieve, as from pain or hardship
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amenable
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(adj.) Willing and ready to submit.
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Americanism
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(n.) A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States.
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amicable
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(adj.) Done in a friendly spirit.
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amity
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(n.) Friendship.
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amorous
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(adj.) Having a propensity for falling in love.
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amorphous
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(adj.) Without determinate shape.
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amour
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(n.) A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
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ampere
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(n.) The practical unit of electric-current strength.
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ampersand
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(n.) The character &; and.
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amphibious
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(adj.) Living both on land and in water.
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amphitheater
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(n.) An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena.
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amplitude
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(n.) Largeness.
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amply
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(adv.) Sufficiently.
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amputate
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(v.) To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body.
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amusement
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(n.) Diversion.
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anachronism
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(n.) Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
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anagram
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(n.) The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
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analogous
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(adj.) Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations.
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analogy
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(n.) Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed.
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analyst
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(n.) One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
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analyze
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(v.) To examine minutely or critically.
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anarchy
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(n.) Absence or utter disregard of government.
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anathema
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(n.) Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
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anatomy
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(n.) That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms.
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ancestry
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(n.) One's ancestors collectively.
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anecdote
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(n.) A brief account of some interesting event or incident.
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anemia
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(n.) Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles.
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anemic
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(adj.) Affected with anemia.
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anemometer
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(n.) An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
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anesthetic
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(adj.) Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation.
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anew
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(adv.) Once more.
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angelic
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(adj.) Saintly.
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Anglophobia
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(n.) Hatred or dread of England or of what is English.
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Anglo-Saxon
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(n.) The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India.
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angular
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(adj.) Sharp-cornered.
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anhydrous
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(adj.) Withered.
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animadversion
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(n.) The utterance of criticism or censure.
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animadvert
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(v.) To pass criticism or censure.
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animalcule
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(n.) An animal of microscopic smallness.
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animate
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(v.) To make alive.
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animosity
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(n.) Hatred.
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annalist
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(n.) Historian.
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annals
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(n.) A record of events in their chronological order, year by year.
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annex
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(v.) To add or affix at the end.
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annihilate
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(v.) To destroy absolutely.
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annotate
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(v.) To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon.
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annual
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(adj.) Occurring every year.
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annuity
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(n.) An annual allowance, payment, or income.
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annunciation
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(n.) Proclamation.
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anode
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(n.) The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
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anonymous
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(adj.) Of unknown authorship.
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antagonism
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(n.) Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons.
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Antarctic
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(adj.) Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it.
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ante
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(v.) In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
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antecede
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(v.) To precede.
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antecedent
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(n.) One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
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antechamber
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(n.) A waiting room for those who seek audience.
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antedate
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(v.) To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one.
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antediluvian
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(adj.) Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
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antemeridian
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(adj.) Before noon.
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antemundane
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(adj.) Pertaining to time before the world's creation.
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antenatal
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(adj.) Occurring or existing before birth.
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anterior
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(adj.) Prior.
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anteroom
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(n.) A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
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anthology
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(n.) A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.
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anthracite
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(n.) Hard coal.
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anthropology
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(n.) The science of man in general.
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anthropomorphous
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(adj.) Having or resembling human form.
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antic
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(n.) A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
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Antichrist
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(n.) Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.
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anticlimax
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(n.) A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said.
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anticyclone
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(n.) An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
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antidote
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(n.) Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like.
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antilogy
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(n.) Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
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antipathize
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(v.) To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
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antiphon
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(n.) A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
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antiphony
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(n.) An anthem or other composition sung responsively.
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antipodes
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(n.) A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
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antiquary
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(n.) One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
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antiquate
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(v.) To make old or out of date.
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antique
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(adj.) Pertaining to ancient times.
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antiseptic
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(n.) Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms.
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antislavery
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(adj.) Opposed to human slavery.
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antispasmodic
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(adj.) Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
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antistrophe
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(n.) The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
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antitoxin
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(n.) A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
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antonym
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(n.) A word directly opposed to another in meaning.
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anxious
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(adj.) Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter.
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apathy
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(n.) Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling.
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aperture
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(n.) Hole.
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apex
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(n.) The highest point, as of a mountain.
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aphorism
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(n.) Proverb.
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apiary
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(n.) A place where bees are kept.
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apogee
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(n.) The climax.
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apology
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(n.) A disclaimer of intentional error or offense.
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apostasy
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(n.) A total departure from one's faith or religion.
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apostate
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(adj.) False.
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apostle
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(n.) Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
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apothecary
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(n.) One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
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apotheosis
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(n.) Deification.
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appall
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(v.) To fill with dismay or horror.
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apparent
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(adj.) Easily understood.
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apparition
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(n.) Ghost.
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appease
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(v.) To soothe by quieting anger or indignation.
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appellate
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(adj.) Capable of being appealed to.
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appellation
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(n.) The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called.
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append
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(v.) To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary.
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appertain
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(v.) To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
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apposite
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(adj.) Appropriate.
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apposition
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(n.) The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
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appraise
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(v.) To estimate the money value of.
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appreciable
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(adj.) Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect.
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apprehend
|
(v.) To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law.
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apprehensible
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(adj.) Capable of being conceived.
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approbation
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(n.) Sanction.
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appropriate
|
(adj.) Suitable for the purpose and circumstances.
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aqueduct
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(n.) A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
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aqueous
|
(adj.) Of, pertaining to, or containing water.
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arbiter
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(n.) One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.
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arbitrary
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(adj.) Fixed or done capriciously.
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arbitrate
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(v.) To act or give judgment as umpire.
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arbor
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(n.) A tree.
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arboreal
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(adj.) Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.
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arborescent
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(adj.) Having the nature of a tree.
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arboretum
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(n.) A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
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arboriculture
|
(n.) The cultivation of trees or shrubs.
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arcade
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(n.) A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it.
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archaic
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(adj.) Antiquated
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archaism
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(n.) Obsolescence.
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archangel
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(n.) An angel of high rank.
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archbishop
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(n.) The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church.
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archdeacon
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(n.) A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
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archaeology
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(n.) The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man.
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archetype
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(n.) A prototype.
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archipelago
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(n.) Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves.
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ardent
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(adj.) Burning with passion.
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ardor
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(n.) Intensity of passion or affection.
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arid
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(adj.) Very dry.
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aristocracy
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(n.) A hereditary nobility
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aristocrat
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(n.) A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility.
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armada
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(n.) A fleet of war-vessels.
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armful
|
(n.) As much as can be held in the arm or arms.
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armory
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(n.) An arsenal.
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aroma
|
(n.) An agreeable odor.
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arraign
|
(v.) To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not.
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arrange
|
(v.) To put in definite or proper order.
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arrangement
|
(n.) The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order.
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arrant
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(adj.) Notoriously bad.
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arrear
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(n.) Something overdue and unpaid.
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arrival
|
(n.) A coming to stopping-place or destination.
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arrogant
|
(adj.) Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc.
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arrogate
|
(v.) To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds.
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Artesian well
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(n.) A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
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artful
|
(adj.) Characterized by craft or cunning.
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Arthurian
|
(adj.) Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story.
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artifice
|
(n.) Trickery.
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artless
|
(adj.) Ingenuous.
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ascendant
|
(adj.) Dominant.
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ascension
|
(n.) The act of rising.
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ascent
|
(n.) A rising, soaring, or climbing.
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ascetic
|
(adj.) Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.
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ascribe
|
(v.) To assign as a quality or attribute.
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asexual
|
(adj.) Having no distinct sexual organs.
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ashen
|
(adj.) Pale.
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askance
|
(adv.) With a side or indirect glance or meaning.
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asperity
|
(n.) Harshness or roughness of temper.
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aspirant
|
(n.) One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.
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aspiration
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(n.) An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach.
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aspire
|
(v.) To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained.
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assailant
|
(n.) One who attacks.
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assassin
|
(n.) One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
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|
assassinate
|
(v.) To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
|
|
assassination
|
(n.) Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery.
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|
assay
|
(n.) The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore.
|
|
assent
|
(v.) To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion.
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|
assess
|
(v.) To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid).
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|
assessor
|
(n.) An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
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|
assets
|
(n.) pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
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|
assiduous
|
(adj.) Diligent.
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assignee
|
(n.) One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
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|
assimilate
|
(v.) To adapt.
|
|
assonance
|
(n.) Resemblance or correspondence in sound.
|
|
assonant
|
(adj.) Having resemblance of sound.
|
|
assonate
|
(v.) To accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
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|
assuage
|
(v.) To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease.
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astringent
|
(adj.) Harsh in disposition or character.
|
|
astute
|
(adj.) Keen in discernment.
|
|
atheism
|
(n.) The denial of the existence of God.
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|
athirst
|
(adj.) Wanting water.
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athwart
|
(adv.) From side to side.
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|
atomizer
|
(n.) An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
|
|
atone
|
(v.) To make amends for.
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|
atonement
|
(n.) Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
|
|
atrocious
|
(adj.) Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
|
|
atrocity
|
(n.) Great cruelty or reckless wickedness.
|
|
attache
|
(n.) A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
|
|
attest
|
(v.) To certify as accurate, genuine, or true.
|
|
attorney-general
|
(n.) The chief law-officer of a government.
|
|
auburn
|
(adj.) Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
|
|
audacious
|
(adj.) Fearless.
|
|
audible
|
(adj.) Loud enough to be heard.
|
|
audition
|
(n.) The act or sensation of hearing.
|
|
auditory
|
(adj.) Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing.
|
|
augment
|
(v.) To make bigger.
|
|
augur
|
(v.) To predict.
|
|
Augustinian
|
(adj.) Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
|
|
aura
|
(n.) Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
|
|
aural
|
(adj.) Of or pertaining to the ear.
|
|
auricle
|
(n.) One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
|
|
auricular
|
(adj.) Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
|
|
auriferous
|
(adj.) Containing gold.
|
|
aurora
|
(n.) A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere.
|
|
auspice
|
(n.) favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
|
|
austere
|
(adj.) Severely simple; unadorned.
|
|
autarchy
|
(n.) Unrestricted power.
|
|
authentic
|
(adj.) Of undisputed origin.
|
|
authenticity
|
(n.) The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
|
|
autobiography
|
(n.) The story of one's life written by himself.
|
|
autocracy
|
(n.) Absolute government.
|
|
autocrat
|
(n.) Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.
|
|
automaton
|
(n.) Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical.
|
|
autonomous
|
(adj.) Self-governing.
|
|
autonomy
|
(n.) Self-government.
|
|
autopsy
|
(n.) The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death.
|
|
autumnal
|
(adj.) Of or pertaining to autumn.
|
|
auxiliary
|
(n.) One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory.
|
|
avalanche
|
(n.) The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock.
|
|
avarice
|
(n.) Passion for getting and keeping riches.
|
|
aver
|
(v.) To assert as a fact.
|
|
averse
|
(adj.) Reluctant.
|
|
aversion
|
(n.) A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing.
|
|
avert
|
(v.) To turn away or aside.
|
|
aviary
|
(n.) A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept.
|
|
avidity
|
(n.) Greediness.
|
|
avocation
|
(n.) Diversion.
|
|
avow
|
(v.) To declare openly.
|
|
awaken
|
(v.) To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
|
|
awry
|
(adv.) &
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|
aye
|
(adv.) An expression of assent.
|
|
azalea
|
(n.) A flowering shrub.
|
|
azure
|
(n.) The color of the sky.
|
|
Baconian
|
(adj.) Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy.
|
|
bacterium
|
(n.) A microbe.
|
|
badger
|
(v.) To pester.
|
|
baffle
|
(v.) To foil or frustrate.
|
|
bailiff
|
(n.) An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
|
|
baize
|
(n.) A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
|
|
bale
|
(n.) A large package prepared for transportation or storage.
|
|
baleful
|
(adj.) Malignant.
|
|
ballad
|
(n.) Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form.
|
|
balsam
|
(n.) A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
|
|
banal
|
(adj.) Commonplace.
|
|
barcarole
|
(n.) A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers.
|
|
barograph
|
(n.) An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
|
|
barometer
|
(n.) An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface.
|
|
baritone
|
(adj.) Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
|
|
bask
|
(v.) To make warm by genial heat.
|
|
bass
|
(adj.) Low in tone or compass.
|
|
baste
|
(v.) To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
|
|
baton
|
(n.) An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege.
|
|
battalion
|
(n.) A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
|
|
batten
|
(n.) A narrow strip of wood.
|
|
batter
|
(n.) A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery.
|
|
bauble
|
(n.) A trinket.
|
|
bawl
|
(v.) To proclaim by outcry.
|
|
beatify
|
(v.) To make supremely happy.
|
|
beatitude
|
(n.) Any state of great happiness.
|
|
beau
|
(n.) An escort or lover.
|
|
becalm
|
(v.) To make quiet.
|
|
beck
|
(v.) To give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
|
|
bedaub
|
(v.) To smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
|
|
bedeck
|
(v.) To cover with ornament.
|
|
bedlam
|
(n.) Madhouse.
|
|
befog
|
(v.) To confuse.
|
|
befriend
|
(v.) To be a friend to, especially when in need.
|
|
beget
|
(v.) To produce by sexual generation.
|
|
begrudge
|
(v.) To envy one of the possession of.
|
|
belate
|
(v.) To delay past the proper hour.
|
|
belay
|
(v.) To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
|
|
belie
|
(v.) To misrepresent.
|
|
believe
|
(v.) To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
|
|
belittle
|
(v.) To disparage.
|
|
belle
|
(n.) A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
|
|
bellicose
|
(adj.) Warlike.
|
|
belligerent
|
(adj.) Manifesting a warlike spirit.
|
|
bemoan
|
(v.) To lament
|
|
benediction
|
(n.) a solemn invocation of the divine blessing.
|
|
benefactor
|
(n.) A doer of kindly and charitable acts.
|
|
benefice
|
(n.) A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
|
|
beneficent
|
(adj.) Characterized by charity and kindness.
|
|
beneficial
|
(adj.) Helpful.
|
|
beneficiary
|
(n.) One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property.
|
|
benefit
|
(n.) Helpful result.
|
|
benevolence
|
(n.) Any act of kindness or well-doing.
|
|
benevolent
|
(adj.) Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being.
|
|
benign
|
(adj.) Good and kind of heart.
|
|
benignant
|
(adj.) Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
|
|
benignity
|
(n.) Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
|
|
benison
|
(n.) Blessing.
|
|
bequeath
|
(v.) To give by will.
|
|
bereave
|
(v.) To make desolate with loneliness and grief.
|
|
berth
|
(n.) A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc.
|
|
beseech
|
(v.) To implore.
|
|
beset
|
(v.) To attack on all sides.
|
|
besmear
|
(v.) To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
|
|
bestial
|
(adj.) Animal.
|
|
bestrew
|
(v.) To sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
|
|
bestride
|
(v.) To get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
|
|
bethink
|
(v.) To remind oneself.
|
|
betide
|
(v.) To happen to or befall.
|
|
betimes
|
(adv.) In good season or time.
|
|
betroth
|
(v.) To engage to marry.
|
|
betrothal
|
(n.) Engagement to marry.
|
|
bevel
|
(n.) Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
|
|
bewilder
|
(v.) To confuse the perceptions or judgment of.
|
|
bibliomania
|
(n.) The passion for collecting books.
|
|
bibliography
|
(n.) A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject.
|
|
bibliophile
|
(n.) One who loves books.
|
|
bibulous
|
(adj.) Fond of drinking.
|
|
bide
|
(v.) To await.
|
|
biennial
|
(n.) A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.
|
|
bier
|
(n.) A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
|
|
bigamist
|
(n.) One who has two spouses at the same time.
|
|
bigamy
|
(n.) The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
|
|
bight
|
(n.) A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
|
|
bilateral
|
(adj.) Two-sided.
|
|
bilingual
|
(adj.) Speaking two languages.
|
|
biograph
|
(n.) A bibliographical sketch or notice.
|
|
biography
|
(n.) A written account of one's life, actions, and character.
|
|
biology
|
(n.) The science of life or living organisms.
|
|
biped
|
(n.) An animal having two feet.
|
|
birthright
|
(n.) A privilege or possession into which one is born.
|
|
bitterness
|
(n.) Acridity, as to the taste.
|
|
blase
|
(adj.) Sated with pleasure.
|
|
blaspheme
|
(v.) To indulge in profane oaths.
|
|
blatant
|
(adj.) Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous.
|
|
blaze
|
(n.) A vivid glowing flame.
|
|
blazon
|
(v.) To make widely or generally known.
|
|
bleak
|
(adj.) Desolate.
|
|
blemish
|
(n.) A mark that mars beauty.
|
|
blithe
|
(adj.) Joyous.
|
|
blithesome
|
(adj.) Cheerful.
|
|
blockade
|
(n.) The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces.
|
|
boatswain
|
(n.) A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
|
|
bodice
|
(n.) A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist.
|
|
bodily
|
(adj.) Corporeal.
|
|
boisterous
|
(adj.) Unchecked merriment or animal spirits.
|
|
bole
|
(n.) The trunk or body of a tree.
|
|
bolero
|
(n.) A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
|
|
boll
|
(n.) A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
|
|
bolster
|
(v.) To support, as something wrong.
|
|
bomb
|
(n.) A hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
|
|
bombard
|
(v.) To assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
|
|
bombardier
|
(n.) A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
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bombast
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(n.) Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
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boorish
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(adj.) Rude.
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bore
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(v.) To weary by tediousness or dullness.
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borough
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(n.) An incorporated village or town.
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bosom
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(n.) The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
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botanical
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(adj.) Connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
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botanize
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(v.) To study plant-life.
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botany
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(n.) The science that treats of plants.
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bountiful
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(adj.) Showing abundance.
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Bowdlerize
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(v.) To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages.
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bowler
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(n.) In cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
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boycott
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(v.) To place the products or merchandise of under a ban.
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brae
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(n.) Hillside.
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braggart
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(n.) A vain boaster.
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brandish
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(v.) To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear.
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bravado
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(n.) An aggressive display of boldness.
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bravo
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(interj.) Well done.
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bray
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(n.) A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
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braze
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(v.) To make of or ornament with brass.
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brazier
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(n.) An open pan or basin for holding live coals.
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breach
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(n.) The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation.
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breaker
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(n.) One who trains horses, dogs, etc.
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breech
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(n.) The buttocks.
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brethren
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(n.) pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
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brevity
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(n.) Shortness of duration.
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bric-a-brac
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(n.) Objects of curiosity or for decoration.
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bridle
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(n.) The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins.
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brigade
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(n.) A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
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brigadier
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(n.) General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
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brigand
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(n.) One who lives by robbery and plunder.
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brimstone
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(n.) Sulfur.
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brine
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(n.) Water saturated with salt.
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bristle
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(n.) One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
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Britannia
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(n.) The United Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Briticism
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(n.) A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British.
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brittle
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(adj.) Fragile.
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broach
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(v.) To mention, for the first time.
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broadcast
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(adj.) Disseminated far and wide.
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brogan
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(n.) A coarse, heavy shoe.
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brogue
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(n.) Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people.
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brokerage
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(n.) The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
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bromine
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(n.) A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
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bronchitis
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(n.) Inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
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bronchus
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(n.) Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
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brooch
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(n.) An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside.
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brotherhood
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(n.) Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
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browbeat
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(v.) To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner.
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brusque
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(adj.) Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech.
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buffoon
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(n.) A clown.
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buffoonery
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(n.) Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc.
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bulbous
|
(adj.) Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
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bullock
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(n.) An ox.
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bulrush
|
(n.) Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
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bulwark
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(n.) Anything that gives security or defense.
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bumper
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(n.) A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health.
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bumptious
|
(adj.) Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit.
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bungle
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(v.) To execute clumsily.
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buoyancy
|
(n.) Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
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buoyant
|
(adj.) Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat.
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bureau
|
(n.) A chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
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bureaucracy
|
(n.) Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business.
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burgess
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(n.) In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or Virginia.
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burgher
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(n.) An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
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burnish
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(v.) To make brilliant or shining.
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bursar
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(n.) A treasurer.
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bustle
|
(v.) To hurry.
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butt
|
(v.) To strike with or as with the head, or horns.
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butte
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(n.) A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
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buttress
|
(n.) Any support or prop.
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by-law
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(n.) A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like.
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cabal
|
(n.) A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose.
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cabalism
|
(n.) Superstitious devotion to one's religion.
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cabinet
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(n.) The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation.
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cacophony
|
(n.) A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
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cadaverous
|
(adj.) Resembling a corpse.
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|
cadence
|
(n.) Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops.
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cadenza
|
(n.) An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
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caitiff
|
(adj.) Cowardly.
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cajole
|
(v.) To impose on or dupe by flattering speech.
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cajolery
|
(n.) Delusive speech.
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|
calculable
|
(adj.) That may be estimated by reckoning.
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|
calculus
|
(n.) A concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
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callosity
|
(n.) The state of being hard and insensible.
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callow
|
(adj.) Without experience of the world.
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calorie
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(n.) Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade.
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calumny
|
(n.) Slander.
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Calvary
|
(n.) The place where Christ was crucified.
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Calvinism
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(n.) The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin.
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Calvinize
|
(v.) To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism.
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came
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(n.) A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
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cameo
|
(n.) Any small engraved or carved work in relief.
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campaign
|
(n.) A complete series of connected military operations.
|
|
Canaanite
|
(n.) A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or western Palestine.
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canary
|
(adj.) Of a bright but delicate yellow.
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candid
|
(adj.) Straightforward.
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candor
|
(n.) The quality of frankness or outspokenness.
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canine
|
(adj.) Characteristic of a dog.
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canon
|
(n.) Any rule or law.
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cant
|
(v.) To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity.
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cantata
|
(n.) A choral composition.
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|
canto
|
(n.) One of the divisions of an extended poem.
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|
cantonment
|
(n.) The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
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capacious
|
(adj.) Roomy.
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capillary
|
(n.) A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells.
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capitulate
|
(v.) To surrender or stipulate terms.
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caprice
|
(n.) A whim.
|
|
caption
|
(n.) A heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc.
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captious
|
(adj.) Hypercritical.
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|
captivate
|
(v.) To fascinate, as by excellence. eloquence, or beauty.
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carcass
|
(n.) The dead body of an animal.
|
|
cardiac
|
(adj.) Pertaining to the heart.
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cardinal
|
(adj.) Of prime or special importance.
|
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caret
|
(n.) A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
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caricature
|
(n.) a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted.
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carnage
|
(n.) Massacre.
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|
carnal
|
(adj.) Sensual.
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carnivorous
|
(adj.) Eating or living on flesh.
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carouse
|
(v.) To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
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carrion
|
(n.) Dead and putrefying flesh.
|
|
cartilage
|
(n.) An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
|
|
cartridge
|
(n.) A charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
|
|
caste
|
(n.) The division of society on artificial grounds.
|
|
castigate
|
(v.) To punish.
|
|
casual
|
(adj.) Accidental, by chance.
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|
casualty
|
(n.) A fatal or serious accident or disaster.
|
|
cataclysm
|
(n.) Any overwhelming flood of water.
|
|
cataract
|
(n.) Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness.
|
|
catastrophe
|
(n.) Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity.
|
|
cathode
|
(n.) The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
|
|
Catholicism
|
(n.) The system, doctrine, and practice of the Roman Catholic Church.
|
|
catholicity
|
(n.) Universal prevalence or acceptance.
|
|
cat-o-nine-tails
|
(n.) An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy.
|
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caucus
|
(n.) A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates.
|
|
causal
|
(adj.) Indicating or expressing a cause.
|
|
caustic
|
(adj.) Sarcastic and severe.
|
|
cauterize
|
(v.) To burn or sear as with a heated iron.
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|
cede
|
(v.) To pass title to.
|
|
censor
|
(n.) An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication.
|
|
censorious
|
(adj.) Judging severely or harshly.
|
|
census
|
(n.) An official numbering of the people of a country or district.
|
|
centenary
|
(adj.) Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years.
|
|
centiliter
|
(n.) A hundredth of a liter.
|
|
centimeter
|
(n.) A length of one hundredth of a meter.
|
|
centurion
|
(n.) A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army.
|
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cereal
|
(adj.) Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds.
|
|
ceremonial
|
(adj.) Characterized by outward form or ceremony.
|
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ceremonious
|
(adj.) Observant of ritual.
|
|
cessation
|
(n.) Discontinuance, as of action or motion.
|
|
cession
|
(n.) Surrender, as of possessions or rights.
|
|
chagrin
|
(n.) Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors.
|
|
chameleon
|
(adj.) Changeable in appearance.
|
|
chancery
|
(n.) A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
|
|
chaos
|
(n.) Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion.
|
|
characteristic
|
(n.) A distinctive feature.
|
|
characterize
|
(v.) To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities.
|
|
charlatan
|
(n.) A quack.
|
|
chasm
|
(n.) A yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface.
|
|
chasten
|
(v.) To purify by affliction.
|
|
chastise
|
(v.) To subject to punitive measures.
|
|
chastity
|
(n.) Sexual or moral purity.
|
|
chateau
|
(n.) A castle or manor-house.
|
|
chattel
|
(n.) Any article of personal property.
|
|
check
|
(v.) To hold back.
|
|
chiffon
|
(n.) A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
|
|
chivalry
|
(n.) The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices.
|
|
cholera
|
(n.) An acute epidemic disease.
|
|
choleric
|
(adj.) Easily provoked to anger.
|
|
choral
|
(adj.) Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
|
|
Christ
|
(n.) A title of Jesus
|
|
christen
|
(v.) To name in baptism.
|
|
Christendom
|
(n.) That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed.
|
|
chromatic
|
(adj.) Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
|
|
chronology
|
(n.) The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events.
|
|
chronometer
|
(n.) A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
|
|
cipher
|
(v.) To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing)
|
|
circulate
|
(v.) To disseminate.
|
|
circumference
|
(n.) The boundary-line of a circle.
|
|
circumlocution
|
(n.) Indirect or roundabout expression.
|
|
circumnavigate
|
(v.) To sail quite around.
|
|
circumscribe
|
(v.) To confine within bounds.
|
|
circumspect
|
(adj.) Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration.
|
|
citadel
|
(n.) Any strong fortress.
|
|
cite
|
(v.) To refer to specifically.
|
|
claimant
|
(n.) One who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
|
|
clairvoyance
|
(n.) Intuitive sagacity or perception.
|
|
clamorous
|
(adj.) Urgent in complaint or demand.
|
|
clan
|
(n.) A tribe.
|
|
clandestine
|
(adj.) Surreptitious.
|
|
clangor
|
(n.) Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor.
|
|
clarify
|
(v.) To render intelligible.
|
|
clarion
|
(n.) A small shrill trumpet or bugle.
|
|
classify
|
(v.) To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblance’s and differences.
|
|
clearance
|
(n.) A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the law and may sail.
|
|
clemency
|
(n.) Mercy.
|
|
clement
|
(adj.) Compassionate.
|
|
close-hauled
|
(adj.) Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible.
|
|
clothier
|
(n.) One who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
|
|
clumsy
|
(adj.) Awkward of movement.
|
|
coagulate
|
(v.) To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by a ferment.
|
|
coagulant
|
(adj.) Producing coagulation.
|
|
coalescence
|
(n.) The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product.
|
|
coalition
|
(n.) Combination in a body or mass.
|
|
coddle
|
(v.) To treat as a baby or an invalid.
|
|
codicil
|
(n.) A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will.
|
|
coerce
|
(v.) To force.
|
|
coercion
|
(n.) Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical.
|
|
coercive
|
(adj.) Serving or tending to force.
|
|
cogent
|
(adj.) Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience.
|
|
cognate
|
(adj.) Akin.
|
|
cognizant
|
(adj.) Taking notice.
|
|
cohere
|
(v.) To stick together.
|
|
cohesion
|
(n.) Consistency.
|
|
cohesive
|
(adj.) Having the property of consistency.
|
|
coincide
|
(v.) To correspond.
|
|
coincidence
|
(n.) A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident.
|
|
coincident
|
(adj.) Taking place at the same time.
|
|
collaborate
|
(v.) To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits.
|
|
collapse
|
(v.) To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail.
|
|
collapsible
|
(adj.) That may or can collapse.
|
|
colleague
|
(n.) An associate in professional employment.
|
|
collective
|
(adj.) Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a mass, or sum.
|
|
collector
|
(n.) One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
|
|
collegian
|
(n.) A college student.
|
|
collide
|
(v.) To meet and strike violently.
|
|
collier
|
(n.) One who works in a coal-mine.
|
|
collision
|
(n.) Violent contact.
|
|
colloquial
|
(adj.) Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary.
|
|
colloquialism
|
(n.) Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation.
|
|
colloquy
|
(n.) Conversation.
|
|
collusion
|
(n.) A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.
|
|
colossus
|
(n.) Any strikingly great person or object.
|
|
comely
|
(adj.) Handsome.
|
|
comestible
|
(adj.) Fit to be eaten.
|
|
comical
|
(adj.) Funny.
|
|
commemorate
|
(v.) To serve as a remembrance of.
|
|
commentary
|
(n.) A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work.
|
|
commingle
|
(v.) To blend.
|
|
commissariat
|
(n.) The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
|
|
commission
|
(v.) To empower.
|
|
commitment
|
(n.) The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping.
|
|
committal
|
(n.) The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
|
|
commodity
|
(n.) Something that is bought and sold.
|
|
commotion
|
(n.) A disturbance or violent agitation.
|
|
commute
|
(v.) To put something, especially something less severe, in place of.
|
|
comparable
|
(adj.) Fit to be compared.
|
|
comparative
|
(adj.) Relative.
|
|
comparison
|
(n.) Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
|
|
compensate
|
(v.) To remunerate.
|
|
competence
|
(n.) Adequate qualification or capacity.
|
|
competent
|
(adj.) Qualified.
|
|
competitive
|
(adj.) characterized by rivalry.
|
|
competitor
|
(n.) A rival.
|
|
complacence
|
(n.) Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings.
|
|
complacent
|
(adj.) Pleased or satisfied with oneself.
|
|
complaisance
|
(n.) Politeness.
|
|
complaisant
|
(adj.) Agreeable.
|
|
complement
|
(v.) To make complete.
|
|
complex
|
(adj.) Complicated.
|
|
compliant
|
(adj.) Yielding.
|
|
complicate
|
(v.) To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
|
|
complication
|
(n.) An intermingling or combination of things or parts, especially in a perplexing manner.
|
|
complicity
|
(n.) Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer.
|
|
compliment
|
(v.) To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise.
|
|
component
|
(n.) A constituent element or part.
|
|
comport
|
(v.) To conduct or behave (oneself).
|
|
composure
|
(n.) Calmness.
|
|
comprehensible
|
(adj.) Intelligible.
|
|
comprehension
|
(n.) Ability to know.
|
|
comprehensive
|
(adj.) Large in scope or content.
|
|
compress
|
(v.) To press together or into smaller space.
|
|
compressible
|
(adj.) Capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
|
|
compression
|
(n.) Constraint, as by force or authority.
|
|
comprise
|
(v.) To consist of.
|
|
compulsion
|
(n.) Coercion.
|
|
compulsory
|
(adj.) Forced.
|
|
compunction
|
(n.) Remorseful feeling.
|
|
compute
|
(v.) To ascertain by mathematical calculation.
|
|
concede
|
(v.) To surrender.
|
|
conceit
|
(n.) Self-flattering opinion.
|
|
conceive
|
(v.) To form an idea, mental image or thought of.
|
|
concerto
|
(n.) A musical composition.
|
|
concession
|
(n.) Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition, or claim.
|
|
conciliate
|
(v.) To obtain the friendship of.
|
|
conciliatory
|
(adj.) Tending to reconcile.
|
|
conclusive
|
(adj.) Sufficient to convince or decide.
|
|
concord
|
(n.) Harmony.
|
|
concordance
|
(n.) Harmony.
|
|
concur
|
(v.) To agree.
|
|
concurrence
|
(n.) Agreement.
|
|
concurrent
|
(adj.) Occurring or acting together.
|
|
concussion
|
(n.) A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow.
|
|
condensation
|
(n.) The act or process of making dense or denser.
|
|
condense
|
(v.) To abridge.
|
|
condescend
|
(v.) To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors.
|
|
condolence
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(n.) Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune.
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conduce
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(v.) To bring about.
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conducive
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(adj.) Contributing to an end.
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conductible
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(adj.) Capable of being conducted or transmitted.
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conduit
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(n.) A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
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confectionery
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(n.) The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
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confederacy
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(n.) A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for mutual aid.
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confederate
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(n.) One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement.
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confer
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(v.) To bestow.
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conferee
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(n.) A person with whom another confers.
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confessor
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(n.) A spiritual advisor.
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confidant
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(n.) One to whom secrets are entrusted.
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confide
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(v.) To reveal in trust or confidence.
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confidence
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(n.) The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another.
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confident
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(adj.) Assured.
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confinement
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(n.) Restriction within limits or boundaries.
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confiscate
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(v.) To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury.
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conflagration
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(n.) A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like.
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confluence
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(n.) The place where streams meet.
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confluent
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(n.) A stream that unites with another.
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conformance
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(n.) The act or state or conforming.
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conformable
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(adj.) Harmonious.
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conformation
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(n.) General structure, form, or outline.
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conformity
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(n.) Correspondence in form, manner, or use.
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confront
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(v.) To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles.
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congeal
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(v.) To coagulate.
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congenial
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(adj.) Having kindred character or tastes.
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congest
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(v.) To collect into a mass.
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congregate
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(v.) To bring together into a crowd.
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coniferous
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(adj.) Cone-bearing trees.
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conjecture
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(n.) A guess.
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conjoin
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(v.) To unite.
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conjugal
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(adj.) Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons.
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conjugate
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(adj.) Joined together in pairs.
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conjugation
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(n.) The state or condition of being joined together.
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conjunction
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(n.) The state of being joined together, or the things so joined.
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connive
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(v.) To be in collusion.
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connoisseur
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(n.) A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art.
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connote
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(v.) To mean; signify.
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connubial
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(adj.) Pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
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conquer
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(v.) To overcome by force.
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consanguineous
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(adj.) Descended from the same parent or ancestor.
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conscience
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(n.) The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct.
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conscientious
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(adj.) Governed by moral standard.
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conscious
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(adj.) Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks.
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conscript
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(v.) To force into military service.
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consecrate
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(v.) To set apart as sacred.
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consecutive
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(adj.) Following in uninterrupted succession.
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consensus
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(n.) A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons.
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conservatism
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(n.) Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things.
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conservative
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(adj.) Adhering to the existing order of things.
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conservatory
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(n.) An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation.
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consign
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(v.) To entrust.
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consignee
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(n.) A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
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consignor
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(n.) One who entrusts.
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consistency
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(n.) A state of permanence.
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console
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(v.) To comfort.
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consolidate
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(v.) To combine into one body or system.
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consonance
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(n.) The state or quality of being in accord with.
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consonant
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(adj.) Being in agreement or harmony with.
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consort
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(n.) A companion or associate.
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conspicuous
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(adj.) Clearly visible.
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conspirator
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(n.) One who agrees with others to cooperate in accomplishing some unlawful purpose.
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conspire
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(v.) To plot.
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constable
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(n.) An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
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constellation
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(n.) An arbitrary assemblage or group of stars.
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consternation
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(n.) Panic.
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constituency
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(n.) The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
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constituent
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(n.) One who has the right to vote at an election.
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constrict
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(v.) To bind.
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consul
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(n.) An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
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consulate
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(n.) The place in which a consul transacts official business.
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consummate
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(v.) To bring to completion.
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consumption
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(n.) Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc.
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consumptive
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(adj.) Designed for gradual destruction.
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contagion
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(n.) The communication of disease from person to person.
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contagious
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(adj.) Transmitting disease.
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contaminate
|
(v.) To pollute.
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contemplate
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(v.) To consider thoughtfully.
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contemporaneous
|
(adj.) Living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
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contemporary
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(adj.) Living or existing at the same time.
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contemptible
|
(adj.) Worthy of scorn or disdain.
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contemptuous
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(adj.) Disdainful.
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contender
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(n.) One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry.
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contiguity
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(n.) Proximity.
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contiguous
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(adj.) Touching or joining at the edge or boundary.
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continence
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(n.) Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion.
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contingency
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(n.) Possibility of happening.
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contingent
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(adj.) Not predictable.
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continuance
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(n.) Permanence.
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continuation
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(n.) Prolongation.
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continuity
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(n.) Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development.
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continuous
|
(adj.) Connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
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contort
|
(v.) To twist into a misshapen form.
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contraband
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(n.) Trade forbidden by law or treaty.
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contradiction
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(n.) The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said.
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contradictory
|
(adj.) Inconsistent with itself.
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contraposition
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(n.) A placing opposite.
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contravene
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(v.) To prevent or obstruct the operation of.
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contribution
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(n.) The act of giving for a common purpose.
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contributor
|
(n.) One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
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contrite
|
(adj.) Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
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contrivance
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(n.) The act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
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contrive
|
(v.) To manage or carry through by some device or scheme.
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control
|
(v.) To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
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controller
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(n.) One who or that which regulates or directs.
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contumacious
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(adj.) Rebellious.
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contumacy
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(n.) Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
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contuse
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(v.) To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
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contusion
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(n.) A bruise.
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convalesce
|
(v.) To recover after a sickness.
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convalescence
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(n.) The state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
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convalescent
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(adj.) Recovering health after sickness.
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convene
|
(v.) To summon or cause to assemble.
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convenience
|
(n.) Fitness, as of time or place.
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converge
|
(v.) To cause to incline and approach nearer together.
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convergent
|
(adj.) Tending to one point.
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conversant
|
(adj.) Thoroughly informed.
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conversion
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(n.) Change from one state or position to another, or from one form to another.
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|
convertible
|
(adj.) Interchangeable.
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|
convex
|
(adj.) Curving like the segment of the globe or of the surface of a circle.
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|
conveyance
|
(n.) That by which anything is transported.
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|
convivial
|
(adj.) Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking.
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convolution
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(n.) A winding motion.
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convolve
|
(v.) To move with a circling or winding motion.
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convoy
|
(n.) A protecting force accompanying property in course of transportation.
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|
convulse
|
(v.) To cause spasms in.
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convulsion
|
(n.) A violent and abnormal muscular contraction of the body.
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copious
|
(adj.) Plenteous.
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|
coquette
|
(n.) A flirt.
|
|
cornice
|
(n.) An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling.
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|
cornucopia
|
(n.) The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity.
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|
corollary
|
(n.) A proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little demonstration.
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|
coronation
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(n.) The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch.
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|
coronet
|
(n.) Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign.
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corporal
|
(adj.) Belonging or relating to the body as opposed to the mind.
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corporate
|
(adj.) Belonging to a corporation.
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corporeal
|
(adj.) Of a material nature; physical.
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|
corps
|
(n.) A number or body of persons in some way associated or acting together.
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|
corpse
|
(n.) A dead body.
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|
corpulent
|
(adj.) Obese.
|
|
corpuscle
|
(n.) A minute particle of matter.
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|
correlate
|
(v.) To put in some relation of connection or correspondence.
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|
correlative
|
(adj.) Mutually involving or implying one another.
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|
corrigible
|
(adj.) Capable of reformation.
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|
corroborate
|
(v.) To strengthen, as proof or conviction.
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corroboration
|
(n.) Confirmation.
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|
corrode
|
(v.) To ruin or destroy little by little.
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|
corrosion
|
(n.) Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
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corrosive
|
(n.) That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
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corruptible
|
(adj.) Open to bribery.
|
|
corruption
|
(n.) Loss of purity or integrity.
|
|
cosmetic
|
(adj.) Pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the complexion.
|
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cosmic
|
(adj.) Pertaining to the universe.
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cosmogony
|
(n.) A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe.
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cosmography
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(n.) The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
|
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cosmology
|
(n.) The general science of the universe.
|
|
cosmopolitan
|
(adj.) Common to all the world.
|
|
cosmopolitanism
|
(n.) A cosmopolitan character.
|
|
cosmos
|
(n.) The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement.
|
|
counter-claim
|
(n.) A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff.
|
|
counteract
|
(v.) To act in opposition to.
|
|
counterbalance
|
(v.) To oppose with an equal force.
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|
countercharge
|
(v.) To accuse in return.
|
|
counterfeit
|
(adj.) Made to resemble something else.
|
|
counterpart
|
(n.) Something taken with another for the completion of either.
|
|
countervail
|
(v.) To offset.
|
|
counting-house
|
(n.) A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc.
|
|
countryman
|
(n.) A rustic.
|
|
courageous
|
(adj.) Brave.
|
|
course
|
(n.) Line of motion or direction.
|
|
courser
|
(n.) A fleet and spirited horse.
|
|
courtesy
|
(n.) Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually.
|
|
covenant
|
(n.) An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties.
|
|
covert
|
(adj.) Concealed, especially for an evil purpose.
|
|
covey
|
(n.) A flock of quails or partridges.
|
|
cower
|
(v.) To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame.
|
|
coxswain
|
(n.) One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under an officer.
|
|
crag
|
(n.) A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge.
|
|
cranium
|
(n.) The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain.
|
|
crass
|
(adj.) Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine.
|
|
craving
|
(n.) A vehement desire.
|
|
creak
|
(n.) A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound.
|
|
creamery
|
(n.) A butter-making establishment.
|
|
creamy
|
(adj.) Resembling or containing cream.
|
|
credence
|
(n.) Belief.
|
|
credible
|
(adj.) Believable.
|
|
credulous
|
(adj.) Easily deceived.
|
|
creed
|
(n.) A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief.
|
|
crematory
|
(adj.) A place for cremating dead bodies.
|
|
crevasse
|
(n.) A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier.
|
|
crevice
|
(n.) A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces.
|
|
criterion
|
(n.) A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion.
|
|
critique
|
(n.) A criticism or critical review.
|
|
crockery
|
(n.) Earthenware made from baked clay.
|
|
crucible
|
(n.) A trying and purifying test or agency.
|
|
crusade
|
(n.) Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle.
|
|
crustacean
|
(adj.) Pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc.
|
|
crustaceous
|
(adj.) Having a crust-like shell.
|
|
cryptogram
|
(n.) Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning.
|
|
crystallize
|
(v.) To bring together or give fixed shape to.
|
|
cudgel
|
(n.) A short thick stick used as a club.
|
|
culinary
|
(adj.) Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen.
|
|
cull
|
(v.) To pick or sort out from the rest.
|
|
culpable
|
(adj.) Guilty.
|
|
culprit
|
(n.) A guilty person.
|
|
culvert
|
(n.) Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal.
|
|
cupidity
|
(n.) Avarice.
|
|
curable
|
(adj.) Capable of being remedied or corrected.
|
|
curator
|
(n.) A person having charge as of a library or museum.
|
|
curio
|
(n.) A piece of bric-a-brac.
|
|
cursive
|
(adj.) Writing in which the letters are joined together.
|
|
cursory
|
(adj.) Rapid and superficial.
|
|
curt
|
(adj.) Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression.
|
|
curtail
|
(v.) To cut off or cut short.
|
|
curtsy
|
(n.) A downward movement of the body by bending the knees.
|
|
cycloid
|
(adj.) Like a circle.
|
|
cygnet
|
(n.) A young swan.
|
|
cynical
|
(adj.) Exhibiting moral skepticism.
|
|
cynicism
|
(n.) Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value.
|
|
cynosure
|
(n.) That to which general interest or attention is directed.
|
|
daring
|
(adj.) Brave.
|
|
darkling
|
(adv.) Blindly.
|
|
Darwinism
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(n.) The doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution of higher forms.
|
|
dastard
|
(n.) A base coward.
|
|
datum
|
(n.) A premise, starting-point, or given fact.
|
|
dauntless
|
(adj.) Fearless.
|
|
day-man
|
(n.) A day-laborer.
|
|
dead-heat
|
(n.) A race in which two or more competitors come out even, and there is no winner.
|
|
dearth
|
(n.) Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable.
|
|
death's-head
|
(n.) A human skull as a symbol of death.
|
|
debase
|
(v.) To lower in character or virtue.
|
|
debatable
|
(adj.) Subject to contention or dispute.
|
|
debonair
|
(adj.) Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner.
|
|
debut
|
(n.) A first appearance in society or on the stage.
|
|
decagon
|
(n.) A figure with ten sides and ten angles.
|
|
decagram
|
(n.) A weight of 10 grams.
|
|
decaliter
|
(n.) A liquid and dry measure of 10 liters.
|
|
decalogue
|
(n.) The ten commandments.
|
|
Decameron
|
(n.) A volume consisting of ten parts or books.
|
|
decameter
|
(n.) A length of ten meters.
|
|
decamp
|
(v.) To leave suddenly or unexpectedly.
|
|
decapitate
|
(v.) To behead.
|
|
decapod
|
(adj.) Ten-footed or ten-armed.
|
|
decasyllable
|
(n.) A line of ten syllables.
|
|
deceit
|
(n.) Falsehood.
|
|
deceitful
|
(adj.) Fraudulent.
|
|
deceive
|
(v.) To mislead by or as by falsehood.
|
|
decency
|
(n.) Moral fitness.
|
|
decent
|
(adj.) Characterized by propriety of conduct, speech, manners, or dress.
|
|
deciduous
|
(adj.) Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc.
|
|
decimal
|
(adj.) Founded on the number 10.
|
|
decimate
|
(v.) To destroy a measurable or large proportion of.
|
|
decipher
|
(v.) To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible.
|
|
declamation
|
(n.) A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public.
|
|
declamatory
|
(adj.) A full and formal style of utterance.
|
|
declarative
|
(adj.) Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation.
|
|
declension
|
(n.) The change of endings in nouns and
|
|
decorate
|
(v.) To embellish.
|
|
decorous
|
(adj.) Suitable for the occasion or circumstances.
|
|
decoy
|
(n.) Anything that allures, or is intended to allures into danger or temptation.
|
|
decrepit
|
(adj.) Enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity.
|
|
dedication
|
(n.) The voluntary consecration or relinquishment of something to an end or cause.
|
|
deduce
|
(v.) To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles.
|
|
deface
|
(v.) To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of.
|
|
defalcate
|
(v.) To cut off or take away, as a part of something.
|
|
defamation
|
(n.) Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another.
|
|
defame
|
(v.) To slander.
|
|
default
|
(n.) The neglect or omission of a legal requirement.
|
|
defendant
|
(n.) A person against whom a suit is brought.
|
|
defensible
|
(adj.) Capable of being maintained or justified.
|
|
defensive
|
(adj.) Carried on in resistance to aggression.
|
|
defer
|
(v.) To delay or put off to some other time.
|
|
deference
|
(n.) Respectful submission or yielding, as to another's opinion, wishes, or judgment.
|
|
defiant
|
(adj.) Characterized by bold or insolent opposition.
|
|
deficiency
|
(n.) Lack or insufficiency.
|
|
deficient
|
(adj.) Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount.
|
|
definite
|
(adj.) Having an exact signification or positive meaning.
|
|
deflect
|
(v.) To cause to turn aside or downward.
|
|
deforest
|
(v.) To clear of forests.
|
|
deform
|
(v.) To disfigure.
|
|
deformity
|
(n.) A disfigurement.
|
|
defraud
|
(v.) To deprive of something dishonestly.
|
|
defray
|
(v.) To make payment for.
|
|
degeneracy
|
(n.) A becoming worse.
|
|
degenerate
|
(v.) To become worse or inferior.
|
|
degradation
|
(n.) Diminution, as of strength or magnitude.
|
|
degrade
|
(v.) To take away honors or position from.
|
|
dehydrate
|
(v.) To deprive of water.
|
|
deify
|
(v.) To regard or worship as a god.
|
|
deign
|
(v.) To deem worthy of notice or account.
|
|
deist
|
(n.) One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation.
|
|
deity
|
(n.) A god, goddess, or divine person.
|
|
deject
|
(v.) To dishearten.
|
|
dejection
|
(n.) Melancholy.
|
|
delectable
|
(adj.) Delightful to the taste or to the senses.
|
|
delectation
|
(n.) Delight.
|
|
deleterious
|
(adj.) Hurtful, morally or physically.
|
|
delicacy
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(n.) That which is agreeable to a fine taste.
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delineate
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(v.) To represent by sketch or diagram.
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deliquesce
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(v.) To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air.
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delirious
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(adj.) Raving.
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delude
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(v.) To mislead the mind or judgment of.
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deluge
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(v.) To overwhelm with a flood of water.
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delusion
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(n.) Mistaken conviction, especially when more or less enduring.
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demagnetize
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(v.) To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism.
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demagogue
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(n.) An unprincipled politician.
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demeanor
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(n.) Deportment.
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demented
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(adj.) Insane.
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demerit
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(n.) A mark for failure or bad conduct.
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demise
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(n.) Death.
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demobilize
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(v.) To disband, as troops.
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demolish
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(v.) To annihilate.
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demonstrable
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(adj.) Capable of positive proof.
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demonstrate
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(v.) To prove indubitably.
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demonstrative
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(adj.) Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts.
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demonstrator
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(n.) One who proves in a convincing and conclusive manner.
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demulcent
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(n.) Any application soothing to an irritable surface
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demurrage
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(n.) the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing.
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dendroid
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(adj.) Like a tree.
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dendrology
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(n.) The natural history of trees.
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denizen
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(n.) Inhabitant.
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denominate
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(v.) To give a name or epithet to.
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denomination
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(n.) A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline.
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denominator
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(n.) Part of a fraction which expresses the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided.
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denote
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(v.) To designate by word or mark.
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denouement
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(n.) That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up.
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denounce
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(v.) To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium.
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dentifrice
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(n.) Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth.
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denude
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(v.) To strip the covering from.
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denunciation
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(n.) The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation or punishment.
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deplete
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(v.) To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste.
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deplorable
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(adj.) Contemptible.
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deplore
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(v.) To regard with grief or sorrow.
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deponent
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(adj.) Laying down.
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depopulate
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(v.) To remove the inhabitants from.
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deport
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(v.) To take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony.
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deportment
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(n.) Demeanor.
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deposition
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(n.) Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court.
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depositor
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(n.) One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited.
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depository
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(n.) A place where anything is kept in safety.
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deprave
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(v.) To render bad, especially morally bad.
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deprecate
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(v.) To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite.
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depreciate
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(v.) To lessen the worth of.
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depreciation
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(n.) A lowering in value or an underrating in worth.
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depress
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(v.) To press down.
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depression
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(n.) A falling of the spirits.
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depth
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(n.) Deepness.
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derelict
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(adj.) Neglectful of obligation.
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deride
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(v.) To ridicule.
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derisible
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(adj.) Open to ridicule.
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derision
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(n.) Ridicule.
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derivation
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(n.) That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning.
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derivative
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(adj.) Coming or acquired from some origin.
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derive
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(v.) To deduce, as from a premise.
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dermatology
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(n.) The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases.
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derrick
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(n.) An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights.
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descendant
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(n.) One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc.
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descendent
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(adj.) Proceeding downward.
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descent
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(n.) The act of moving or going downward.
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descry
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(v.) To discern.
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desert
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(v.) To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned
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desiccant
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(n.) Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds.
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designate
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(v.) To select or appoint, as by authority.
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desist
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(v.) To cease from action.
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desistance
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(n.) Cessation.
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despair
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(n.) Utter hopelessness and despondency.
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desperado
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(n.) One without regard for law or life.
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desperate
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(adj.) Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair.
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despicable
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(adj.) Contemptible.
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despond
|
(v.) To lose spirit, courage, or hope.
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despondent
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(adj.) Disheartened.
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despot
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(n.) An absolute and irresponsible monarch.
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despotism
|
(n.) Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part.
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destitute
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(adj.) Poverty-stricken.
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desultory
|
(adj.) Not connected with what precedes.
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deter
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(v.) To frighten away.
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deteriorate
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(v.) To grow worse.
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determinate
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(adj.) Definitely limited or fixed.
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determination
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(n.) The act of deciding.
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deterrent
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(adj.) Hindering from action through fear.
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detest
|
(v.) To dislike or hate with intensity.
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detract
|
(v.) To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation.
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detriment
|
(n.) Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss.
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detrude
|
(v.) To push down forcibly.
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deviate
|
(v.) To take a different course.
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devilry
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(n.) Malicious mischief.
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deviltry
|
(n.) Wanton and malicious mischief.
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devious
|
(adj.) Out of the common or regular track.
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devise
|
(v.) To invent.
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devout
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(adj.) Religious.
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dexterity
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(n.) Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work.
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diabolic
|
(adj.) Characteristic of the devil.
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diacritical
|
(adj.) Marking a difference.
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diagnose
|
(v.) To distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic phenomena.
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diagnosis
|
(n.) Determination of the distinctive nature of a disease.
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dialect
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(n.) Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district.
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|
dialectician
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(n.) A logician.
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|
dialogue
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(n.) A formal conversation in which two or more take part.
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diaphanous
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(adj.) Transparent.
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|
diatomic
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(adj.) Containing only two atoms.
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diatribe
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(n.) A bitter or malicious criticism.
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dictum
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(n.) A positive utterance.
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didactic
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(adj.) Pertaining to teaching.
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difference
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(n.) Dissimilarity in any respect.
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differentia
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(n.) Any essential characteristic of a species by reason of which it differs from other species.
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differential
|
(adj.) Distinctive.
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differentiate
|
(v.) To acquire a distinct and separate character.
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diffidence
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(n.) Self-distrust.
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diffident
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(adj.) Affected or possessed with self-distrust.
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diffusible
|
(adj.) Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly.
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diffusion
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(n.) Dispersion.
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dignitary
|
(n.) One who holds high rank.
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digraph
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(n.) A union of two characters representing a single sound.
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digress
|
(v.) To turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter.
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dilate
|
(v.) To enlarge in all directions.
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dilatory
|
(adj.) Tending to cause delay.
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dilemma
|
(n.) A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary.
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dilettante
|
(n.) A superficial amateur.
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diligence
|
(n.) Careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is undertaken.
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dilute
|
(v.) To make more fluid or less concentrated by admixture with something.
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diminution
|
(n.) Reduction.
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dimly
|
(adv.) Obscurely.
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diphthong
|
(n.) The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds.
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diplomacy
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(n.) Tact, shrewdness, or skill in conducting any kind of negotiations or in social matters.
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diplomat
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(n.) A representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another.
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diplomatic
|
(adj.) Characterized by special tact in negotiations.
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diplomatist
|
(n.) One remarkable for tact and shrewd management.
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disagree
|
(v.) To be opposite in opinion.
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disallow
|
(v.) To withhold permission or sanction.
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disappear
|
(v.) To cease to exist, either actually or for the time being.
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disappoint
|
(v.) To fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish, or desire of.
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disapprove
|
(v.) To regard with blame.
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disarm
|
(v.) To deprive of weapons.
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disarrange
|
(v.) To throw out of order.
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disavow
|
(v.) To disclaim responsibility for.
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disavowal
|
(n.) Denial.
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disbeliever
|
(n.) One who refuses to believe.
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disburden
|
(v.) To disencumber.
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disburse
|
(v.) To pay out or expend, as money from a fund.
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discard
|
(v.) To reject.
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discernible
|
(adj.) Perceivable.
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disciple
|
(n.) One who believes the teaching of another, or who adopts and follows some doctrine.
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disciplinary
|
(adj.) Having the nature of systematic training or subjection to authority.
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discipline
|
(v.) To train to obedience.
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disclaim
|
(v.) To disavow any claim to, connection with, or responsibility to.
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discolor
|
(v.) To stain.
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discomfit
|
(v.) To put to confusion.
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discomfort
|
(n.) The state of being positively uncomfortable.
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disconnect
|
(v.) To undo or dissolve the connection or association of.
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disconsolate
|
(adj.) Grief-stricken.
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discontinuance
|
(n.) Interruption or intermission.
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discord
|
(n.) Absence of harmoniousness.
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discountenance
|
(v.) To look upon with disfavor.
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discover
|
(v.) To get first sight or knowledge of, as something previously unknown or unperceived.
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discredit
|
(v.) To injure the reputation of.
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discreet
|
(adj.) Judicious.
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discrepant
|
(adj.) Opposite.
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discriminate
|
(v.) To draw a distinction.
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discursive
|
(adj.) Passing from one subject to another.
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discussion
|
(n.) Debate.
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disenfranchise
|
(v.) To deprive of any right privilege or power
|
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disengage
|
(v.) To become detached.
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disfavor
|
(n.) Disregard.
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disfigure
|
(v.) To impair or injure the beauty, symmetry, or appearance of.
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dishabille
|
(n.) Undress or negligent attire.
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dishonest
|
(adj.) Untrustworthy.
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disillusion
|
(v.) To disenchant.
|
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disinfect
|
(v.) To remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious diseases.
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disinfectant
|
(n.) A substance used to destroy the germs of infectious diseases.
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disinherit
|
(v.) To deprive of an inheritance.
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disinterested
|
(adj.) Impartial.
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disjunctive
|
(adj.) Helping or serving to disconnect or separate.
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dislocate
|
(v.) To put out of proper place or order.
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dismissal
|
(n.) Displacement by authority from an office or an employment.
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dismount
|
(v.) To throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like.
|
|
disobedience
|
(n.) Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction.
|
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disobedient
|
(adj.) Neglecting or refusing to obey.
|
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disown
|
(v.) To refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself.
|
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disparage
|
(v.) To regard or speak of slightingly.
|
|
disparity
|
(n.) Inequality.
|
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dispel
|
(v.) To drive away by or as by scattering in different directions.
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dispensation
|
(n.) That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power.
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displace
|
(v.) To put out of the proper or accustomed place.
|
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dispossess
|
(v.) To deprive of actual occupancy, especially of real estate.
|
|
disputation
|
(n.) Verbal controversy.
|
|
disqualify
|
(v.) To debar.
|
|
disquiet
|
(v.) To deprive of peace or tranquillity.
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disregard
|
(v.) To take no notice of.
|
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disreputable
|
(adj.) Dishonorable or disgraceful.
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|
disrepute
|
(n.) A bad name or character.
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|
disrobe
|
(v.) To unclothe.
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disrupt
|
(v.) To burst or break asunder.
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dissatisfy
|
(v.) To displease.
|
|
dissect
|
(v.) To cut apart or to pieces.
|
|
dissection
|
(n.) The act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of a plant or an animal.
|
|
dissemble
|
(v.) To hide by pretending something different.
|
|
disseminate
|
(v.) To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown.
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|
dissension
|
(n.) Angry or violent difference of opinion.
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dissent
|
(n.) Disagreement.
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dissentient
|
(n.) One who disagrees.
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dissentious
|
(adj.) Contentious.
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dissertation
|
(n.) Thesis.
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disservice
|
(n.) An ill turn.
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dissever
|
(v.) To divide.
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dissimilar
|
(adj.) Different.
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|
dissipate
|
(v.) To disperse or disappear.
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dissipation
|
(n.) The state of being dispersed or scattered.
|
|
dissolute
|
(adj.) Lewd.
|
|
dissolution
|
(n.) A breaking up of a union of persons.
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|
dissolve
|
(v.) To liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture.
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|
dissonance
|
(n.) Discord.
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|
dissonant
|
(adj.) Harsh or disagreeable in sound.
|
|
dissuade
|
(v.) To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading.
|
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dissuasion
|
(n.) The act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans of through persuasion, or pleading.
|
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disyllable
|
(n.) A word of two syllables.
|
|
distemper
|
(n.) A disease or malady.
|
|
distend
|
(v.) To stretch out or expand in every direction.
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|
distensible
|
(adj.) Capable of being stretched out or expanded in every direction.
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distention
|
(n.) Expansion.
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|
distill
|
(v.) To extract or produce by vaporization and condensation.
|
|
distillation
|
(n.) Separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile.
|
|
distiller
|
(n.) One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic liquors.
|
|
distinction
|
(n.) A note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies.
|
|
distort
|
(v.) To twist into an unnatural or irregular form.
|
|
distrain
|
(v.) To subject a person to distress.
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distrainor
|
(n.) One who subjects a person to distress.
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|
distraught
|
(adj.) Bewildered.
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distrust
|
(n.) Lack of confidence in the power, wisdom, or good intent of any person.
|
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disunion
|
(n.) Separation of relations or interests.
|
|
diurnal
|
(adj.) Daily.
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divagation
|
(n.) Digression.
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divergent
|
(adj.) Tending in different directions.
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diverse
|
(adj.) Capable of various forms.
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diversion
|
(n.) Pastime.
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diversity
|
(n.) Dissimilitude.
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divert
|
(v.) To turn from the accustomed course or a line of action already established.
|
|
divertible
|
(adj.) Able to be turned from the accustomed course or a line of action already established.
|
|
divest
|
(v.) To strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments, or accouterments or disinvestment.
|
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divination
|
(n.) The pretended forecast of future events or discovery of what is lost or hidden.
|
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divinity
|
(n.) The quality or character of being godlike.
|
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divisible
|
(adj.) Capable of being separated into parts.
|
|
divisor
|
(n.) That by which a number or quantity is divided.
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|
divulge
|
(v.) To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret.
|
|
divulgence
|
(n.) A divulging.
|
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docile
|
(adj.) Easy to manage.
|
|
docket
|
(n.) The registry of judgments of a court.
|
|
doe
|
(n.) The female of the deer.
|
|
dogma
|
(n.) A statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority.
|
|
dogmatic
|
(adj.) Making statements without argument or evidence.
|
|
dogmatize
|
(v.) To make positive assertions without supporting them by argument or evidence.
|
|
doleful
|
(adj.) Melancholy.
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dolesome
|
(adj.) Melancholy.
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dolor
|
(n.) Lamentation.
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dolorous
|
(adj.) Expressing or causing sorrow or pain.
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|
domain
|
(n.) A sphere or field of action or interest.
|
|
domesticity
|
(n.) Life in or fondness for one's home and family.
|
|
domicile
|
(n.) The place where one lives.
|
|
dominance
|
(n.) Ascendancy.
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|
dominant
|
(adj.) Conspicuously prominent.
|
|
dominate
|
(v.) To influence controllingly.
|
|
domination
|
(n.) Control by the exercise of power or constituted authority.
|
|
domineer
|
(v.) To rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance.
|
|
donate
|
(v.) To bestow as a gift, especially for a worthy cause.
|
|
donator
|
(n.) One who makes a donation or present.
|
|
donee
|
(n.) A person to whom a donation is made.
|
|
donor
|
(n.) One who makes a donation or present.
|
|
dormant
|
(adj.) Being in a state of or resembling sleep.
|
|
doublet
|
(n.) One of a pair of like things.
|
|
doubly
|
(adv.) In twofold degree or extent.
|
|
dowry
|
(n.) The property which a wife brings to her husband in marriage.
|
|
drachma
|
(n.) A modern and an ancient Greek coin.
|
|
dragnet
|
(n.) A net to be drawn along the bottom of the water.
|
|
dragoon
|
(n.) In the British army, a cavalryman.
|
|
drainage
|
(n.) The means of draining collectively, as a system of conduits, trenches, pipes, etc.
|
|
dramatist
|
(n.) One who writes plays.
|
|
dramatize
|
(v.) To relate or represent in a dramatic or theatrical manner.
|
|
drastic
|
(adj.) Acting vigorously.
|
|
drought
|
(n.) Dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither.
|
|
drowsy
|
(adj.) Heavy with sleepiness.
|
|
drudgery
|
(n.) Hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation.
|
|
dubious
|
(adj.) Doubtful.
|
|
duckling
|
(n.) A young duck.
|
|
ductile
|
(adj.) Capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread.
|
|
duet
|
(n.) A composition for two voices or instruments.
|
|
dun
|
(v.) To make a demand or repeated demands on for payment.
|
|
duplex
|
(adj.) Having two parts.
|
|
duplicity
|
(n.) Double-dealing.
|
|
durance
|
(n.) Confinement.
|
|
duration
|
(n.) The period of time during which anything lasts.
|
|
duteous
|
(adj.) Showing submission to natural superiors.
|
|
dutiable
|
(adj.) Subject to a duty, especially a customs duty.
|
|
dutiful
|
(adj.) Obedient.
|
|
dwindle
|
(v.) To diminish or become less.
|
|
dyne
|
(n.) The force which, applied to a mass of one gram for 1 second, would give it a velocity of 1 cm/s.
|
|
earnest
|
(adj.) Ardent in spirit and speech.
|
|
earthenware
|
(n.) Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun.
|
|
eatable
|
(adj.) Edible.
|
|
ebullient
|
(adj.) Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling.
|
|
eccentric
|
(adj.) Peculiar.
|
|
eccentricity
|
(n.) Idiosyncrasy.
|
|
eclipse
|
(n.) The obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body.
|
|
economize
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(v.) To spend sparingly.
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ecstasy
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(n.) Rapturous excitement or exaltation.
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ecstatic
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(adj.) Enraptured.
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edible
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(adj.) Suitable to be eaten.
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edict
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(n.) That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule of action.
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edify
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(v.) To build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion.
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editorial
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(n.) An article in a periodical written by the editor and published as an official argument.
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educe
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(v.) To draw out.
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efface
|
(v.) To obliterate.
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effect
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(n.) A consequence.
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effective
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(adj.) Fit for a destined purpose.
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effectual
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(adj.) Efficient.
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effeminacy
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(n.) Womanishness.
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effeminate
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(adj.) Having womanish traits or qualities.
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effervesce
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(v.) To bubble up.
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effervescent
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(adj.) Giving off bubbles of gas.
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effete
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(adj.) Exhausted, as having performed its functions.
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efficacious
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(adj.) Effective.
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efficacy
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(n.) The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it.
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efficiency
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(n.) The state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty.
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efficient
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(adj.) Having and exercising the power to produce effects or results.
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efflorescence
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(n.) The state of being flowery, or a flowery appearance.
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efflorescent
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(adj.) Opening in flower.
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effluvium
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(n.) A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter.
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effrontery
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(n.) Unblushing impudence.
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effulgence
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(n.) Splendor.
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effuse
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(v.) To pour forth.
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effusion
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(n.) an outpouring.
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egoism
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(n.) The theory that places man's chief good in the completeness of self.
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egoist
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(n.) One who advocates or practices egoism.
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egotism
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(n.) Self-conceit.
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egotist
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(n.) One given to self-mention or who is constantly telling of his own views and experiences.
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egregious
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(adj.) Extreme.
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egress
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(n.) Any place of exit.
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eject
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(v.) To expel.
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elapse
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(v.) To quietly terminate: said of time.
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elasticity
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(n.) That property of matter by which a body tends to return to a former shape after being changed.
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electrolysis
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(n.) The process of decomposing a chemical compound by the passage of an electric current.
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electrotype
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(n.) A metallic copy of any surface, as a coin.
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elegy
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(n.) A lyric poem lamenting the dead.
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element
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(n.) A component or essential part.
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elicit
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(v.) To educe or extract gradually or without violence.
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eligible
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(adj.) Qualified for selection.
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eliminate
|
(v.) To separate and cast aside.
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Elizabethan
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(adj.) Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era.
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elocution
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(n.) The art of correct intonation, inflection, and gesture in public speaking or reading.
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eloquent
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(adj.) Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech.
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elucidate
|
(v.) To bring out more clearly the facts concerning.
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elude
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(v.) To evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice.
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elusion
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(n.) Evasion.
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emaciate
|
(v.) To waste away in flesh.
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emanate
|
(v.) To flow forth or proceed, as from some source.
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emancipate
|
(v.) To release from bondage.
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embargo
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(n.) Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade.
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embark
|
(v.) To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme.
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embarrass
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(v.) To render flustered or agitated.
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embellish
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(v.) To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features.
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embezzle
|
(v.) To misappropriate secretly.
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emblazon
|
(v.) To set forth publicly or in glowing terms.
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emblem
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(n.) A symbol.
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embody
|
(v.) To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact or visible form.
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embolden
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(v.) To give courage to.
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embolism
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(n.) An obstruction or plugging up of an artery or other blood-vessel.
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embroil
|
(v.) To involve in dissension or strife.
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emerge
|
(v.) To come into view or into existence.
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emergence
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(n.) A coming into view.
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emergent
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(adj.) Coming into view.
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emeritus
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(adj.) Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position.
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emigrant
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(n.) One who moves from one place to settle in another.
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emigrate
|
(v.) To go from one country, state, or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another.
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eminence
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(n.) An elevated position with respect to rank, place, character, condition, etc.
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eminent
|
(adj.) High in station, merit, or esteem.
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emit
|
(v.) To send or give out.
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emphasis
|
(n.) Any special impressiveness added to an utterance or act, or stress laid upon some word.
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emphasize
|
(v.) To articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word, or a group of words.
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emphatic
|
(adj.) Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set of words.
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employee
|
(n.) One who works for wages or a salary.
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employer
|
(n.) One who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay.
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emporium
|
(n.) A bazaar or shop.
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empower
|
(v.) To delegate authority to.
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emulate
|
(v.) To imitate with intent to equal or surpass.
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enact
|
(v.) To make into law, as by legislative act.
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enamor
|
(v.) To inspire with ardent love.
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encamp
|
(v.) To pitch tents for a resting-place.
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encomium
|
(n.) A formal or discriminating expression of praise.
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encompass
|
(v.) To encircle.
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encore
|
(n.) The call for a repetition, as of some part of a play or performance.
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encourage
|
(v.) To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind.
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encroach
|
(v.) To invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the possessions of another.
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encumber
|
(v.) To impede with obstacles.
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encyclical
|
(adj.) Intended for general circulation.
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encyclopedia
|
(n.) A work containing information on subjects, or exhaustive of one subject.
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endanger
|
(v.) To expose to peril.
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endear
|
(v.) To cause to be loved.
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endemic
|
(adj.) Peculiar to some specified country or people.
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endue
|
(v.) To endow with some quality, gift, or grace, usually spiritual.
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endurable
|
(adj.) Tolerable.
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endurance
|
(n.) The ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship, or stress of any kind without succumbing.
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energetic
|
(adj.) Working vigorously.
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enervate
|
(v.) To render ineffective or inoperative.
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enfeeble
|
(v.) To debilitate.
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enfranchise
|
(v.) To endow with a privilege, especially with the right to vote.
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engender
|
(v.) To produce.
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engrave
|
(v.) To cut or carve in or upon some surface.
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engross
|
(v.) To occupy completely.
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enhance
|
(v.) To intensify.
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enigma
|
(n.) A riddle.
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enjoin
|
(v.) To command.
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enkindle
|
(v.) To set on fire.
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enlighten
|
(v.) To cause to see clearly.
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enlist
|
(v.) To enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment.
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enmity
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(n.) Hatred.
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ennoble
|
(v.) To dignify.
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enormity
|
(n.) Immensity.
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enormous
|
(adj.) Gigantic.
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enrage
|
(v.) To infuriate.
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enrapture
|
(v.) To delight extravagantly or intensely.
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enshrine
|
(v.) To keep sacred.
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ensnare
|
(v.) To entrap.
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entail
|
(v.) To involve; necessitate.
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entangle
|
(v.) To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications.
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enthrall
|
(v.) To bring or hold under any overmastering influence.
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enthrone
|
(v.) To invest with sovereign power.
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enthuse
|
(v.) To yield to or display intense and rapturous feeling.
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enthusiastic
|
(adj.) Full of zeal and fervor.
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entirety
|
(n.) A complete thing.
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entomology
|
(n.) The branch of zoology that treats of insects.
|
|
entrails
|
(n.) pl. The internal parts of an animal.
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entreaty
|
(n.) An earnest request.
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entree
|
(n.) The act of entering.
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entrench
|
(v.) To fortify or protect, as with a trench or ditch and wall.
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entwine
|
(v.) To interweave.
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enumerate
|
(v.) To name one by one.
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epic
|
(n.) A poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages, heroes, etc.
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epicure
|
(n.) One who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and drinking.
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Epicurean
|
(adj.) Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite.
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|
epicycle
|
(n.) A circle that rolls upon the external or internal circumference of another circle.
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|
epicycloid
|
(n.) A curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls upon another circle.
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epidemic
|
(n.) Wide-spread occurrence of a disease in a certain region.
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|
epidermis
|
(n.) The outer skin.
|
|
epigram
|
(n.) A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation.
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epilogue
|
(n.) The close of a narrative or dramatic poem.
|
|
epiphany
|
(n.) Any appearance or bodily manifestation of a deity.
|
|
episode
|
(n.) An incident or story in a literary work, separable from yet growing out of it.
|
|
epitaph
|
(n.) An inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in memory of the dead.
|
|
epithet
|
(n.) Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in "Father Aeneas".
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epitome
|
(n.) A simplified representation.
|
|
epizootic
|
(adj.) Prevailing among animals.
|
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epoch
|
(n.) A interval of time, memorable for extraordinary events.
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epode
|
(n.) A species of lyric poems.
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equalize
|
(v.) To render uniform.
|
|
equanimity
|
(n.) Evenness of mind or temper.
|
|
equestrian
|
(adj.) Pertaining to horses or horsemanship.
|
|
equilibrium
|
(n.) A state of balance.
|
|
equitable
|
(adj.) Characterized by fairness.
|
|
equity
|
(n.) Fairness or impartiality.
|
|
equivalent
|
(adj.) Equal in value, force, meaning, or the like.
|
|
equivocal
|
(adj.) Ambiguous.
|
|
equivocate
|
(v.) To use words of double meaning.
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|
eradicate
|
(v.) To destroy thoroughly.
|
|
errant
|
(adj.) Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds.
|
|
erratic
|
(adj.) Irregular.
|
|
erroneous
|
(adj.) Incorrect.
|
|
erudite
|
(adj.) Very-learned.
|
|
erudition
|
(n.) Extensive knowledge of literature, history, language, etc.
|
|
eschew
|
(v.) To keep clear of.
|
|
espy
|
(v.) To keep close watch.
|
|
esquire
|
(n.) A title of dignity, office, or courtesy.
|
|
essence
|
(n.) That which makes a thing to be what it is.
|
|
esthetic
|
(adj.) Pertaining to beauty, taste, or the fine arts.
|
|
estimable
|
(adj.) Worthy of respect.
|
|
estrange
|
(v.) To alienate.
|
|
estuary
|
(n.) A wide lower part of a tidal river.
|
|
eugenic
|
(adj.) Relating to the development and improvement of race.
|
|
eulogize
|
(v.) To speak or write a laudation of a person's life or character.
|
|
eulogy
|
(n.) A spoken or written laudation of a person's life or character.
|
|
euphemism
|
(n.) A figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is substituted.
|
|
euphonious
|
(adj.) Characterized by agreeableness of sound.
|
|
euphony
|
(n.) Agreeableness of sound.
|
|
evade
|
(v.) To avoid by artifice.
|
|
evanesce
|
(v.) To vanish gradually.
|
|
evanescent
|
(adj.) Fleeting.
|
|
evangelical
|
(adj.) Seeking the conversion of sinners.
|
|
evangelist
|
(n.) A preacher who goes from place to place holding services.
|
|
evasion
|
(n.) Escape.
|
|
eventual
|
(adj.) Ultimate.
|
|
evert
|
(v.) To turn inside out.
|
|
evict
|
(v.) To dispossess pursuant to judicial decree.
|
|
evidential
|
(adj.) Indicative.
|
|
evince
|
(v.) To make manifest or evident.
|
|
evoke
|
(v.) To call or summon forth.
|
|
evolution
|
(n.) Development or growth.
|
|
evolve
|
(v.) To unfold or expand.
|
|
exacerbate
|
(v.) To make more sharp, severe, or virulent.
|
|
exaggerate
|
(v.) To overstate.
|
|
exasperate
|
(v.) To excite great anger in.
|
|
excavate
|
(v.) To remove by digging or scooping out.
|
|
exceed
|
(v.) To go beyond, as in measure, quality, value, action, power, skill, etc.
|
|
excel
|
(v.) To be superior or distinguished.
|
|
excellence
|
(n.) Possession of eminently or unusually good qualities.
|
|
excellency
|
(n.) A title of honor bestowed upon various high officials.
|
|
excellent
|
(adj.) Possessing distinguished merit.
|
|
excerpt
|
(n.) An extract or selection from written or printed matter.
|
|
excess
|
(n.) That which passes the ordinary, proper, or required limit, measure, or experience.
|
|
excitable
|
(adj.) Nervously high-strung.
|
|
excitation
|
(n.) Intensified emotion or action.
|
|
exclamation
|
(n.) An abrupt or emphatic expression of thought or of feeling.
|
|
exclude
|
(v.) To shut out purposely or forcibly.
|
|
exclusion
|
(n.) Non-admission.
|
|
excrescence
|
(n.) Any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development.
|
|
excretion
|
(n.) The getting rid of waste matter.
|
|
excruciate
|
(v.) To inflict severe pain or agony upon.
|
|
excursion
|
(n.) A journey.
|
|
excusable
|
(adj.) Justifiable.
|
|
execrable
|
(adj.) Abominable.
|
|
execration
|
(n.) An accursed thing.
|
|
executor
|
(n.) A person nominated by the will of another to execute the will.
|
|
exegesis
|
(n.) Biblical exposition or interpretation.
|
|
exemplar
|
(n.) A model, pattern, or original to be copied or imitated.
|
|
exemplary
|
(adj.) Fitted to serve as a model or example worthy of imitation.
|
|
exemplify
|
(v.) To show by example.
|
|
exempt
|
(adj.) Free, clear, or released, as from some liability, or restriction affecting others.
|
|
exert
|
(v.) To make an effort.
|
|
exhale
|
(v.) To breathe forth.
|
|
exhaust
|
(v.) To empty by draining off the contents.
|
|
exhaustible
|
(adj.) Causing or tending to cause exhaustion.
|
|
exhaustion
|
(n.) Deprivation of strength or energy.
|
|
exhaustive
|
(adj.) Thorough and complete in execution.
|
|
exhilarate
|
(v.) To fill with high or cheerful spirits.
|
|
exhume
|
(v.) To dig out of the earth (what has been buried).
|
|
exigency
|
(n.) A critical period or condition.
|
|
exigent
|
(adj.) Urgent.
|
|
existence
|
(n.) Possession or continuance of being.
|
|
exit
|
(n.) A way or passage out.
|
|
exodus
|
(n.) A going forth or departure from a place or country, especially of many people.
|
|
exonerate
|
(v.) To relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, or blame.
|
|
exorbitance
|
(n.) Extravagance or enormity.
|
|
exorbitant
|
(adj.) Going beyond usual and proper limits.
|
|
exorcise
|
(v.) To cast or drive out by religious or magical means.
|
|
exotic
|
(adj.) Foreign.
|
|
expand
|
(v.) To increase in range or scope.
|
|
expanse
|
(n.) A continuous area or stretch.
|
|
expansion
|
(n.) Increase of amount, size, scope, or the like.
|
|
expatriate
|
(v.) To drive from one's own country.
|
|
expect
|
(v.) To look forward to as certain or probable.
|
|
expectancy
|
(n.) The act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable.
|
|
expectorate
|
(v.) To cough up and spit forth.
|
|
expediency
|
(n.) Fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case.
|
|
expedient
|
(adj.) Contributing to personal advantage.
|
|
expedite
|
(v.) To hasten the movement or progress of.
|
|
expeditious
|
(adj.) Speedy.
|
|
expend
|
(v.) To spend.
|
|
expense
|
(n.) The laying out or expending or money or other resources, as time or strength.
|
|
expiate
|
(v.) To make satisfaction or amends for.
|
|
explicate
|
(v.) To clear from involvement.
|
|
explicit
|
(adj.) Definite.
|
|
explode
|
(v.) To cause to burst in pieces by force from within.
|
|
explosion
|
(n.) A sudden and violent outbreak.
|
|
explosive
|
(adj.) Pertaining to a sudden and violent outbreak.
|
|
exposition
|
(n.) Formal presentation.
|
|
expository
|
(adj.) Pertaining to a formal presentation.
|
|
expostulate
|
(v.) To discuss.
|
|
exposure
|
(n.) An open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements, or points of the compass.
|
|
expressive
|
(adj.) Full of meaning.
|
|
expulsion
|
(n.) Forcible ejection.
|
|
extant
|
(adj.) Still existing and known.
|
|
extemporaneous
|
(adj.) Done or made without much or any preparation.
|
|
extempore
|
(adv.) Without studied or special preparation.
|
|
extensible
|
(adj.) Capable of being thrust out.
|
|
extension
|
(n.) A reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope.
|
|
extensive
|
(adj.) Extended widely in space, time, or scope.
|
|
extensor
|
(n.) A muscle that causes extension.
|
|
extenuate
|
(v.) To diminish the gravity or importance of.
|
|
exterior
|
(n.) That which is outside.
|
|
external
|
(n.) Anything relating or belonging to the outside.
|
|
extinct
|
(adj.) Being no longer in existence.
|
|
extinguish
|
(v.) To render extinct.
|
|
extol
|
(v.) To praise in the highest terms.
|
|
extort
|
(v.) To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection of another to some necessity.
|
|
extortion
|
(n.) The practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion.
|
|
extradite
|
(v.) To surrender the custody of.
|
|
extradition
|
(n.) The surrender by a government of a person accused of crime to the justice of another government.
|
|
extrajudicial
|
(adj.) Happening out of court.
|
|
extraneous
|
(adj.) Having no essential relation to a subject.
|
|
extraordinary
|
(adj.) Unusual.
|
|
extravagance
|
(n.) Undue expenditure of money.
|
|
extravagant
|
(adj.) Needlessly free or lavish in expenditure.
|
|
extremist
|
(n.) One who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views.
|
|
extremity
|
(n.) The utmost point, side, or border, or that farthest removed from a mean position.
|
|
extricate
|
(v.) Disentangle.
|
|
extrude
|
(v.) To drive out or away.
|
|
exuberance
|
(n.) Rich supply.
|
|
exuberant
|
(adj.) Marked by great plentifulness.
|
|
fabricate
|
(v.) To invent fancifully or falsely.
|
|
fabulous
|
(adj.) Incredible.
|
|
facet
|
(n.) One of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond or other gem.
|
|
facetious
|
(adj.) Amusing.
|
|
facial
|
(adj.) Pertaining to the face.
|
|
facile
|
(adj.) Not difficult to do.
|
|
facilitate
|
(v.) To make more easy.
|
|
facility
|
(n.) Ease.
|
|
facsimile
|
(n.) An exact copy or reproduction.
|
|
faction
|
(n.) A number of persons combined for a common purpose.
|
|
factious
|
(adj.) Turbulent.
|
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fallacious
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(adj.) Illogical.
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fallacy
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(n.) Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning.
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fallible
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(adj.) Capable of erring.
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fallow
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(n.) Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest.
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famish
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(v.) To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst.
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fanatic
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(n.) A religious zealot.
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fancier
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(n.) One having a taste for or interest in special objects.
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fanciless
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(adj.) Unimaginative.
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fastidious
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(adj.) Hard to please.
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fathom
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(n.) A measure of length, 6 feet.
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fatuous
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(adj.) Idiotic
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faulty
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(adj.) Imperfect.
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faun
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(n.) One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human, with goats feet.
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fawn
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(n.) A young deer.
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fealty
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(n.) Loyalty.
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feasible
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(adj.) That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable.
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federate
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(v.) To league together.
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feint
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(n.) Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement.
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felicitate
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(v.) To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event.
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felicity
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(n.) A state of well-founded happiness.
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felon
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(n.) A criminal or depraved person.
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felonious
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(adj.) Showing criminal or evil purpose.
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felony
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(n.) One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment.
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feminine
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(adj.) Characteristic of woman or womankind.
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fernery
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(n.) A place in which ferns are grown.
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ferocious
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(adj.) Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature.
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ferocity
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(n.) Savageness.
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fervent
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(adj.) Ardent in feeling.
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fervid
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(adj.) Intense.
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fervor
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(n.) Ardor or intensity of feeling.
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festal
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(adj.) Joyous.
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festive
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(adj.) Merry.
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fete
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(n.) A festival or feast.
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fetus
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(n.) The young in the womb or in the egg.
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feudal
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(adj.) Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal.
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feudalism
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(n.) The feudal system.
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fez
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(n.) A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red with a black tassel.
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fiasco
|
(n.) A complete or humiliating failure.
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fickle
|
(adj.) Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose.
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fictitious
|
(adj.) Created or formed by the imagination.
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fidelity
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(n.) Loyalty.
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fiducial
|
(adj.) Indicative of faith or trust.
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fief
|
(n.) A landed estate held under feudal tenure.
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filibuster
|
(n.) One who attempts to obstruct legislation.
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finale
|
(n.) Concluding performance.
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finality
|
(n.) The state or quality of being final or complete.
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finally
|
(adv.) At last.
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financial
|
(adj.) Monetary.
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financier
|
(n.) One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations.
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finery
|
(n.) That which is used to decorate the person or dress.
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finesse
|
(n.) Subtle contrivance used to gain a point.
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finite
|
(adj.) Limited.
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fiscal
|
(adj.) Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government.
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fishmonger
|
(n.) One who sells fish.
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fissure
|
(n.) A crack or crack-like depression.
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fitful
|
(adj.) Spasmodic.
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|
fixture
|
(n.) One who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position.
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flag-officer
|
(n.) The captain of a flag-ship.
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flagrant
|
(adj.) Openly scandalous.
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flamboyant
|
(adj.) Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste.
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|
flatulence
|
(n.) Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels.
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flection
|
(n.) The act of bending.
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|
fledgling
|
(n.) A young bird.
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flexible
|
(adj.) Pliable.
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flimsy
|
(adj.) Thin and weak.
|
|
flippant
|
(adj.) Having a light, pert, trifling disposition.
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|
floe
|
(n.) A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice.
|
|
flora
|
(n.) The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district.
|
|
floral
|
(adj.) Pertaining to flowers.
|
|
florid
|
(adj.) Flushed with red.
|
|
florist
|
(n.) A dealer in flowers.
|
|
fluctuate
|
(v.) To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another.
|
|
fluctuation
|
(n.) Frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to another.
|
|
flue
|
(n.) A smoke-duct in a chimney.
|
|
fluent
|
(adj.) Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas.
|
|
fluential
|
(adj.) Pertaining to streams.
|
|
flux
|
(n.) A state of constant movement, change, or renewal.
|
|
foggy
|
(adj.) Obscure.
|
|
foible
|
(n.) A personal weakness or failing.
|
|
foist
|
(v.) To palm off.
|
|
foliage
|
(n.) Any growth of leaves.
|
|
folio
|
(n.) A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once.
|
|
folk-lore
|
(n.) The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people.
|
|
fondle
|
(v.) To handle tenderly and lovingly.
|
|
foolery
|
(n.) Folly.
|
|
foot-note
|
(n.) A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column.
|
|
foppery
|
(n.) Dandyism.
|
|
foppish
|
(adj.) Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners.
|
|
forbearance
|
(n.) Patient endurance or toleration of offenses.
|
|
forby
|
(adv.) Besides.
|
|
forcible
|
(adj.) Violent.
|
|
forecourt
|
(n.) A court opening directly from the street.
|
|
forejudge
|
(v.) To judge of before hearing evidence.
|
|
forepeak
|
(n.) The extreme forward part of a ship's hold, under the lowest deck.
|
|
foreshore
|
(n.) That part of a shore uncovered at low tide.
|
|
forebode
|
(v.) To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil.
|
|
forecast
|
(v.) To predict.
|
|
forecastle
|
(n.) That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds.
|
|
foreclose
|
(v.) To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property.
|
|
forefather
|
(n.) An ancestor.
|
|
forego
|
(v.) To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of.
|
|
foreground
|
(n.) That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator.
|
|
forehead
|
(n.) The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair.
|
|
foreign
|
(adj.) Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country.
|
|
foreigner
|
(n.) A citizen of a foreign country.
|
|
foreknowledge
|
(n.) Prescience.
|
|
foreman
|
(n.) The head man.
|
|
foreordain
|
(v.) To predetermine.
|
|
foreordination
|
(n.) Predestination.
|
|
forerun
|
(v.) To go before as introducing or ushering in.
|
|
foresail
|
(n.) A square sail.
|
|
foresee
|
(v.) To discern beforehand.
|
|
foresight
|
(n.) Provision against harm or need.
|
|
foretell
|
(v.) To predict.
|
|
forethought
|
(n.) Premeditation.
|
|
forfeit
|
(v.) To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation.
|
|
forfend
|
(v.) To ward off.
|
|
forgery
|
(n.) Counterfeiting.
|
|
forgo
|
(v.) To deny oneself.
|
|
formation
|
(n.) Relative disposition of parts.
|
|
formidable
|
(adj.) Difficult to accomplish.
|
|
formula
|
(n.) Fixed rule or set form.
|
|
forswear
|
(v.) To renounce upon oath.
|
|
forte
|
(n.) A strong point.
|
|
forth
|
(adv.) Into notice or view.
|
|
forthright
|
(adv.) With directness.
|
|
fortify
|
(v.) To provide with defensive works.
|
|
fortitude
|
(n.) Patient courage.
|
|
foursome
|
(adj.) Consisting of four.
|
|
fracture
|
(n.) A break.
|
|
fragile
|
(adj.) Easily broken.
|
|
frailty
|
(n.) Liability to be broken or destroyed.
|
|
fragile
|
(adj.) Capable of being broken.
|
|
frankincense
|
(n.) A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes.
|
|
frantic
|
(adj.) Frenzied.
|
|
fraternal
|
(adj.) Brotherly.
|
|
fraudulence
|
(n.) Deceitfulness.
|
|
fraudulent
|
(adj.) Counterfeit.
|
|
fray
|
(v.) To fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads.
|
|
freemason
|
(n.) A member of an ancient secret fraternity originally confined to skilled artisans.
|
|
freethinker
|
(n.) One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion.
|
|
free trade
|
(n.) Commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs.
|
|
frequency
|
(n.) The comparative number of any kind of occurrences within a given time or space.
|
|
fresco
|
(n.) The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings.
|
|
freshness
|
(n.) The state, quality, or degree of being fresh.
|
|
fretful
|
(adj.) Disposed to peevishness.
|
|
frightful
|
(adj.) Apt to induce terror or alarm.
|
|
frigid
|
(adj.) Lacking warmth.
|
|
frigidarium
|
(n.) A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc.
|
|
frivolity
|
(n.) A trifling act, thought, saying, or practice.
|
|
frivolous
|
(adj.) Trivial.
|
|
frizz
|
(v.) To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to.
|
|
frizzle
|
(v.) To cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair.
|
|
frolicsome
|
(adj.) Prankish.
|
|
frontier
|
(n.) The part of a nation's territory that abuts upon another country.
|
|
frowzy
|
(adj.) Slovenly in appearance.
|
|
frugal
|
(adj.) Economical.
|
|
fruition
|
(n.) Fulfillment.
|
|
fugacious
|
(adj.) Fleeting.
|
|
fulcrum
|
(n.) The support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns.
|
|
fulminate
|
(v.) To cause to explode.
|
|
fulsome
|
(adj.) Offensive from excess of praise or commendation.
|
|
fumigate
|
(v.) To subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially for disinfection.
|
|
functionary
|
(n.) An official.
|
|
fundamental
|
(adj.) Basal.
|
|
fungible
|
(adj.) That may be measured, counted, or weighed.
|
|
fungous
|
(adj.) Spongy.
|
|
fungus
|
(n.) A plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom.
|
|
furbish
|
(v.) To restore brightness or beauty to.
|
|
furlong
|
(n.) A measure, one-eighth of a mile.
|
|
furlough
|
(n.) A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer.
|
|
furrier
|
(n.) A dealer in or maker of fur goods.
|
|
further
|
(adj.) More distant or advanced.
|
|
furtherance
|
(n.) Advancement.
|
|
furtive
|
(adj.) Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief.
|
|
fuse
|
(v.) To unite or blend as by melting together.
|
|
fusible
|
(adj.) Capable of being melted by heat.
|
|
futile
|
(adj.) Of no avail or effect.
|
|
futurist
|
(n.) A person of expectant temperament.
|
|
gauge
|
(n.) An instrument for measuring.
|
|
gaiety
|
(n.) Festivity.
|
|
gaily
|
(adv.) Merrily.
|
|
gait
|
(n.) Carriage of the body in going.
|
|
gallant
|
(adj.) Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit.
|
|
galore
|
(adj.) Abundant.
|
|
galvanic
|
(adj.) Pertaining or relating to electricity produced by chemical action.
|
|
galvanism
|
(n.) Current electricity, especially that arising from chemical action.
|
|
galvanize
|
(v.) To imbue with life or animation.
|
|
gamble
|
(v.) To risk money or other possession on an event, chance, or contingency.
|
|
gambol
|
(n.) Playful leaping or frisking.
|
|
gamester
|
(n.) A gambler.
|
|
gamut
|
(n.) The whole range or sequence.
|
|
garnish
|
(v.) In cookery, to surround with additions for embellishment.
|
|
garrison
|
(n.) The military force stationed in a fort, town, or other place for its defense.
|
|
garrote
|
(v.) To execute by strangling.
|
|
garrulous
|
(adj.) Given to constant trivial talking.
|
|
gaseous
|
(adj.) Light and unsubstantial.
|
|
gastric
|
(adj.) Of, pertaining to, or near the stomach.
|
|
gastritis
|
(n.) Inflammation of the stomach.
|
|
gastronomy
|
(n.) The art of preparing and serving appetizing food.
|
|
gendarme
|
(n.) In continental Europe, particularly in France, a uniformed and armed police officer.
|
|
genealogy
|
(n.) A list, in the order of succession, of ancestors and their descendants.
|
|
genealogist
|
(n.) A tracer of pedigrees.
|
|
generality
|
(n.) The principal portion.
|
|
generalize
|
(v.) To draw general inferences.
|
|
generally
|
(adv.) Ordinarily.
|
|
generate
|
(v.) To produce or cause to be.
|
|
generic
|
(adj.) Noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific.
|
|
generosity
|
(n.) A disposition to give liberally or to bestow favors heartily.
|
|
genesis
|
(n.) Creation.
|
|
geniality
|
(n.) Warmth and kindliness of disposition.
|
|
genital
|
(adj.) Of or pertaining to the animal reproductive organs.
|
|
genitive
|
(adj.) Indicating source, origin, possession, or the like.
|
|
genteel
|
(adj.) Well-bred or refined.
|
|
gentile
|
(adj.) Belonging to a people not Jewish.
|
|
geology
|
(n.) The department of natural science that treats of the constitution and structure of the earth.
|
|
germane
|
(adj.) Relevant.
|
|
germinate
|
(v.) To begin to develop into an embryo or higher form.
|
|
gestation
|
(n.) Pregnancy.
|
|
gesticulate
|
(v.) To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech.
|
|
gesture
|
(n.) A movement or action of the hands or face, expressive of some idea or emotion.
|
|
ghastly
|
(adj.) Hideous.
|
|
gibe
|
(v.) To utter taunts or reproaches.
|
|
giddy
|
(adj.) Affected with a whirling or swimming sensation in the head.
|
|
gigantic
|
(adj.) Tremendous.
|
|
giver
|
(n.) One who gives, in any sense.
|
|
glacial
|
(adj.) Icy, or icily cold.
|
|
glacier
|
(n.) A field or stream of ice.
|
|
gladden
|
(v.) To make joyous.
|
|
glazier
|
(n.) One who cuts and fits panes of glass, as for windows.
|
|
glimmer
|
(n.) A faint, wavering, unsteady light.
|
|
glimpse
|
(n.) A momentary look.
|
|
globose
|
(adj.) Spherical.
|
|
globular
|
(adj.) Spherical.
|
|
glorious
|
(adj.) Of excellence and splendor.
|
|
glutinous
|
(adj.) Sticky.
|
|
gluttonous
|
(adj.) Given to excess in eating.
|
|
gnash
|
(v.) To grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage.
|
|
Gordian knot
|
(n.) Any difficulty the only issue out of which is by bold or unusual manners.
|
|
gourmand
|
(n.) A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table.
|
|
gosling
|
(n.) A young goose.
|
|
gossamer
|
(adj.) Flimsy.
|
|
gourd
|
(n.) A melon, pumpkin, squash, or some similar fruit having a hard rind.
|
|
graceless
|
(adj.) Ungracious.
|
|
gradation
|
(n.) A step, degree, rank, or relative position in an order or series.
|
|
gradient
|
(adj.) Moving or advancing by steps.
|
|
granary
|
(n.) A storehouse for grain after it is thrashed or husked.
|
|
grandeur
|
(n.) The quality of being grand or admirably great.
|
|
grandiloquent
|
(adj.) Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style.
|
|
grandiose
|
(adj.) Having an imposing style or effect.
|
|
grantee
|
(n.) The person to whom property is transferred by deed.
|
|
grantor
|
(n.) The maker of a deed.
|
|
granular
|
(adj.) Composed of small grains or particles.
|
|
granulate
|
(v.) To form into grains or small particles.
|
|
granule
|
(n.) A small grain or particle.
|
|
grapple
|
(v.) To take hold of.
|
|
gratification
|
(n.) Satisfaction.
|
|
gratify
|
(v.) To please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desire or need.
|
|
gratuitous
|
(adj.) Voluntarily.
|
|
gratuity
|
(n.) That which is given without demand or claim. Tip.
|
|
gravity
|
(n.) Seriousness.
|
|
gregarious
|
(adj.) Not habitually solitary or living alone.
|
|
grenadier
|
(n.) A member of a regiment composed of men of great stature.
|
|
grief
|
(n.) Sorrow.
|
|
grievance
|
(n.) That which oppresses, injures, or causes grief and at the same time a sense of wrong.
|
|
grievous
|
(adj.) Creating affliction.
|
|
grimace
|
(n.) A distortion of the features, occasioned by some feeling of pain, disgust, etc.
|
|
grindstone
|
(n.) A flat circular stone, used for sharpening tools.
|
|
grisly
|
(adj.) Fear-inspiring.
|
|
grotesque
|
(adj.) Incongruously composed or ill-proportioned.
|
|
grotto
|
(n.) A small cavern.
|
|
ground
|
(n.) A pavement or floor or any supporting surface on which one may walk.
|
|
guess
|
(n.) Surmise.
|
|
guile
|
(n.) Duplicity.
|
|
guileless
|
(adj.) Frank.
|
|
guinea
|
(n.) An English monetary unit.
|
|
guise
|
(n.) The external appearance as produced by garb or costume.
|
|
gullible
|
(adj.) Credulous.
|
|
gumption
|
(n.) Common sense.
|
|
gusto
|
(n.) Keen enjoyment.
|
|
guy
|
(n.) Stay-rope.
|
|
guzzle
|
(v.) To swallow greedily or hastily; gulp.
|
|
gynecocracy
|
(n.) Female supremacy.
|
|
gynecology
|
(n.) The science that treats of the functions and diseases peculiar to women.
|
|
gyrate
|
(v.) To revolve.
|
|
gyroscope
|
(n.) An instrument for illustrating the laws of rotation.
|
|
habitable
|
(adj.) Fit to be dwelt in.
|
|
habitant
|
(n.) Dweller.
|
|
habitual
|
(adj.) According to usual practice.
|
|
habitude
|
(n.) Customary relation or association.
|
|
hackney
|
(v.) To make stale or trite by repetition.
|
|
haggard
|
(adj.) Worn and gaunt in appearance.
|
|
halcyon
|
(adj.) Calm.
|
|
hale
|
(adj.) Of sound and vigorous health.
|
|
handwriting
|
(n.) Penmanship.
|
|
hanger-on
|
(n.) A parasite.
|
|
happy-go-lucky
|
(adj.) Improvident.
|
|
harangue
|
(n.) A tirade.
|
|
harass
|
(v.) To trouble with importunities, cares, or annoyances.
|
|
harbinger
|
(n.) One who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing.
|
|
hard-hearted
|
(adj.) Lacking pity or sympathy.
|
|
hardihood
|
(n.) Foolish daring.
|
|
harmonious
|
(adj.) Concordant in sound.
|
|
havoc
|
(n.) Devastation.
|
|
hawthorn
|
(n.) A thorny shrub much used in England for hedges.
|
|
hazard
|
(n.) Risk.
|
|
head first
|
(adv.) Precipitately, as in diving.
|
|
head foremost
|
(adv.) Precipitately, as in diving.
|
|
heartrending
|
(adj.) Very depressing.
|
|
heathenish
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(adj.) Irreligious.
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heedless
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(adj.) Thoughtless.
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heifer
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(n.) A young cow.
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heinous
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(adj.) Odiously sinful.
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hemorrhage
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(n.) Discharge of blood from a ruptured or wounded blood-vessel.
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hemorrhoids
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(n.) pl. Tumors composed of enlarged and thickened blood-vessels, at the lower end of the rectum.
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henchman
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(n.) A servile assistant and subordinate.
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henpeck
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(v.) To worry or harass by ill temper and petty annoyances.
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heptagon
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(n.) A figure having seven sides and seven angles.
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heptarchy
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(n.) A group of seven governments.
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herbaceous
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(adj.) Having the character of a herb.
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herbarium
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(n.) A collection of dried plants scientifically arranged for study.
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herbivorous
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(adj.) Feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as animals.
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hereditary
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(adj.) Passing naturally from parent to child.
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heredity
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(n.) Transmission of physical or mental qualities, diseases, etc., from parent to offspring.
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heresy
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(n.) An opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or accepted principles.
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heretic
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(n.) One who holds opinions contrary to the recognized standards or tenets of any philosophy.
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heritage
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(n.) Birthright.
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hernia
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(n.) Protrusion of any internal organ in whole or in part from its normal position.
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hesitancy
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(n.) A pausing to consider.
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hesitant
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(adj.) Vacillating.
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hesitation
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(n.) Vacillation.
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heterodox
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(adj.) At variance with any commonly accepted doctrine or opinion.
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heterogeneity
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(n.) Unlikeness of constituent parts.
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heterogeneous
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(adj.) Consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds.
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heteromorphic
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(adj.) Deviating from the normal form or standard type.
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hexangular
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(adj.) Having six angles.
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hexapod
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(adj.) Having six feet.
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hexagon
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(n.) A figure with six angles.
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hiatus
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(n.) A break or vacancy where something necessary to supply the connection is wanting.
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hibernal
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(adj.) Pertaining to winter.
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Hibernian
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(adj.) Pertaining to Ireland, or its people.
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hideous
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(adj.) Appalling.
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hilarious
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(adj.) Boisterously merry.
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hillock
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(n.) A small hill or mound.
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hinder
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(v.) To obstruct.
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hindmost
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(adj.) Farthest from the front.
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hindrance
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(n.) An obstacle.
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hirsute
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(adj.) Having a hairy covering.
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hoard
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(v.) To gather and store away for the sake of accumulation.
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hoarse
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(adj.) Having the voice harsh or rough, as from a cold or fatigue.
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homage
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(n.) Reverential regard or worship.
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homogeneity
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(n.) Congruity of the members or elements or parts.
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homogeneous
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(adj.) Made up of similar parts or elements.
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homologous
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(adj.) Identical in nature, make-up, or relation.
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homonym
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(n.) A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another.
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homophone
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(n.) A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another.
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honorarium
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(n.) A token fee or payment to a professional man for services.
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hoodwink
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(v.) To deceive.
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horde
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(n.) A gathered multitude of human beings.
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hosiery
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(n.) A stocking.
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hospitable
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(adj.) Disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous kindness.
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hospitality
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(n.) The practice of receiving and entertaining strangers and guests with kindness.
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hostility
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(n.) Enmity.
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huckster
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(n.) One who retails small wares.
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humane
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(adj.) Compassionate.
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humanitarian
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(n.) A philanthropist.
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humanize
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(v.) To make gentle or refined.
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humbug
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(n.) Anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead.
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humiliate
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(v.) To put to shame.
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hussar
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(n.) A light-horse trooper armed with saber and carbine.
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hustle
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(v.) To move with haste and promptness.
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hybrid
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(adj.) Cross-bred.
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hydra
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(n.) The seven- or nine-headed water-serpent slain by Hercules.
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hydraulic
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(adj.) Involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion.
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hydrodynamics
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(n.) The branch of mechanics that treats of the dynamics of fluids.
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hydroelectric
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(adj.) Pertaining to electricity developed water or steam.
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hydromechanics
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(n.) The mechanics of fluids.
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hydrometer
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(n.) An instrument for determining the density of solids and liquids by flotation.
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hydrostatics
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(n.) The branch of science that treats of the pressure and equilibrium of fluids.
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hydrous
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(adj.) Watery.
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hygiene
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(n.) The branch of medical science that relates to improving health.
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hypercritical
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(adj.) Faultfinding.
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hypnosis
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(n.) An artificial trance-sleep.
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hypnotic
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(adj.) Tending to produce sleep.
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hypnotism
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(n.) An artificially induced somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion.
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hypnotize
|
(v.) To produce a somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestions.
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hypocrisy
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(n.) Extreme insincerity.
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hypocrite
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(n.) One who makes false professions of his views or beliefs.
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hypodermic
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(adj.) Pertaining to the area under the skin.
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hypotenuse
|
(n.) The side of a right-angled triangle opposite the right angle.
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hypothesis
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(n.) A proposition taken for granted as a premise from which to reach a conclusion.
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hysteria
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(n.) A nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying.
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ichthyic
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(adj.) Fish-like.
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ichthyology
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(n.) The branch of zoology that treats of fishes.
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ichthyosaurs
|
(n.) A fossil reptile.
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icily
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(adv.) Frigidly.
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iciness
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(n.) The state of being icy.
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icon
|
(n.) An image or likeness.
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|
iconoclast
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(n.) An image-breaker.
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idealize
|
(v.) To make to conform to some mental or imaginary standard.
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idiom
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(n.) A use of words peculiar to a particular language.
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idiosyncrasy
|
(n.) A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual.
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idolize
|
(v.) To regard with inordinate love or admiration.
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ignoble
|
(adj.) Low in character or purpose.
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ignominious
|
(adj.) Shameful.
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Iliad
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(n.) A Greek epic poem describing scenes from the siege of Troy.
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illegal
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(adj.) Not according to law.
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illegible
|
(adj.) Undecipherable.
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illegitimate
|
(adj.) Unlawfully begotten.
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illiberal
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(adj.) Stingy.
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illicit
|
(adj.) Unlawful.
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illimitable
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(adj.) Boundless.
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illiterate
|
(adj.) Having little or no book-learning.
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ill-natured
|
(adj.) Surly.
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illogical
|
(adj.) Contrary to the rules of sound thought.
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illuminant
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(n.) That which may be used to produce light.
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illuminate
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(v.) To supply with light.
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illumine
|
(v.) To make bright or clear.
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illusion
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(n.) An unreal image presented to the senses.
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illusive
|
(adj.) Deceptive.
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illusory
|
(adj.) Deceiving or tending to deceive, as by false appearance.
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imaginable
|
(adj.) That can be imagined or conceived in the mind.
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imaginary
|
(adj.) Fancied.
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imbibe
|
(v.) To drink or take in.
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imbroglio
|
(n.) A misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife.
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imbrue
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(v.) To wet or moisten.
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imitation
|
(n.) That which is made as a likeness or copy.
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imitator
|
(n.) One who makes in imitation.
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immaculate
|
(adj.) Without spot or blemish.
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immaterial
|
(adj.) Of no essential consequence.
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immature
|
(adj.) Not full-grown.
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immeasurable
|
(adj.) Indefinitely extensive.
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immense
|
(adj.) Very great in degree, extent, size, or quantity.
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immerse
|
(v.) To plunge or dip entirely under water or other fluid.
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immersion
|
(n.) The act of plunging or dipping entirely under water or another fluid.
|
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immigrant
|
(n.) A foreigner who enters a country to settle there.
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immigrate
|
(v.) To come into a country or region from a former habitat.
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imminence
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(n.) Impending evil or danger.
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imminent
|
(adj.) Dangerous and close at hand.
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immiscible
|
(adj.) Separating, as oil and water.
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immoral
|
(adj.) Habitually engaged in licentious or lewd practices.
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immortalize
|
(v.) To cause to last or to be known or remembered throughout a great or indefinite length of time.
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immovable
|
(adj.) Steadfast.
|
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immune
|
(adj.) Exempt, as from disease.
|
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immutable
|
(adj.) Unchangeable.
|
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impair
|
(v.) To cause to become less or worse.
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impalpable
|
(adj.) Imperceptible to the touch.
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|
impartial
|
(adj.) Unbiased.
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impassable
|
(adj.) That can not be passed through or over.
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impassible
|
(adj.) Not moved or affected by feeling.
|
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impassive
|
(adj.) Unmoved by or not exhibiting feeling.
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impatience
|
(n.) Unwillingness to brook delays or wait the natural course of things.
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impeccable
|
(adj.) Blameless.
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impecunious
|
(adj.) Having no money.
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impede
|
(v.) To be an obstacle or to place obstacles in the way of.
|
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impel
|
(v.) To drive or urge forward.
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impend
|
(v.) To be imminent.
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imperative
|
(adj.) Obligatory.
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imperceptible
|
(adj.) Indiscernible.
|
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imperfectible
|
(adj.) That can not be perfected.
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imperil
|
(v.) To endanger.
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|
imperious
|
(adj.) Insisting on obedience.
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impermissible
|
(adj.) Not permissible.
|
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impersonal
|
(adj.) Not relating to a particular person or thing.
|
|
impersonate
|
(v.) To appear or act in the character of.
|
|
impersuadable
|
(adj.) Unyielding.
|
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impertinence
|
(n.) Rudeness.
|
|
imperturbable
|
(adj.) Calm.
|
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impervious
|
(adj.) Impenetrable.
|
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impetuosity
|
(n.) Rashness.
|
|
impetuous
|
(adj.) Impulsive.
|
|
impetus
|
(n.) Any impulse or incentive.
|
|
impiety
|
(n.) Irreverence toward God.
|
|
impious
|
(adj.) Characterized by irreverence or irreligion.
|
|
implausible
|
(adj.) Not plausible.
|
|
impliable
|
(adj.) Capable of being inferred.
|
|
implicate
|
(v.) To show or prove to be involved in or concerned
|
|
implicit
|
(adj.) Implied.
|
|
imply
|
(v.) To signify.
|
|
impolitic
|
(adj.) Inexpedient.
|
|
importation
|
(n.) The act or practice of bringing from one country into another.
|
|
importunate
|
(adj.) Urgent in character, request, or demand.
|
|
importune
|
(v.) To harass with persistent demands or entreaties.
|
|
impotent
|
(adj.) Destitute of or lacking in power, physical, moral, or intellectual.
|
|
impoverish
|
(v.) To make indigent or poor.
|
|
impracticable
|
(adj.) Not feasible.
|
|
impregnable
|
(adj.) That can not be taken by assault.
|
|
impregnate
|
(v.) To make pregnant.
|
|
impromptu
|
(n.) Anything done or said on the impulse of the moment.
|
|
improper
|
(adj.) Not appropriate, suitable, or becoming.
|
|
impropriety
|
(n.) The state or quality of being unfit, unseemly, or inappropriate.
|
|
improvident
|
(adj.) Lacking foresight or thrift.
|
|
improvise
|
(v.) To do anything extemporaneously or offhand.
|
|
imprudent
|
(adj.) Heedless.
|
|
impudence
|
(n.) Insolent disrespect.
|
|
impugn
|
(v.) To assail with arguments, insinuations, or accusations.
|
|
impulsion
|
(n.) Impetus.
|
|
impulsive
|
(adj.) Unpremeditated.
|
|
impunity
|
(n.) Freedom from punishment.
|
|
impure
|
(adj.) Tainted.
|
|
impute
|
(v.) To attribute.
|
|
inaccessible
|
(adj.) Difficult of approach.
|
|
inaccurate
|
(adj.) Not exactly according to the facts.
|
|
inactive
|
(adj.) Inert.
|
|
inadequate
|
(adj.) Insufficient.
|
|
inadmissible
|
(adj.) Not to be approved, considered, or allowed, as testimony.
|
|
inadvertent
|
(adj.) Accidental.
|
|
inadvisable
|
(adj.) Unadvisable.
|
|
inane
|
(adj.) Silly.
|
|
inanimate
|
(adj.) Destitute of animal life.
|
|
inapprehensible
|
(adj.) Not to be understood.
|
|
inapt
|
(adj.) Awkward or slow.
|
|
inarticulate
|
(adj.) Speechless.
|
|
inaudible
|
(adj.) That can not be heard.
|
|
inborn
|
(adj.) Implanted by nature.
|
|
inbred
|
(adj.) Innate.
|
|
incandescence
|
(n.) The state of being white or glowing with heat.
|
|
incandescent
|
(adj.) White or glowing with heat.
|
|
incapacitate
|
(v.) To deprive of power, capacity, competency, or qualification.
|
|
incapacity
|
(n.) Want of power to apprehend, understand, and manage.
|
|
incarcerate
|
(v.) To imprison.
|
|
incendiary
|
(n.) Chemical or person who starts a fire-literally or figuratively.
|
|
incentive
|
(n.) That which moves the mind or inflames the passions.
|
|
inception
|
(n.) The beginning.
|
|
inceptive
|
(adj.) Beginning.
|
|
incessant
|
(adj.) Unceasing.
|
|
inchmeal
|
(adv.) Piecemeal.
|
|
inchoate
|
(adj.) Incipient.
|
|
inchoative
|
(n.) That which begins, or expresses beginning.
|
|
incidence
|
(n.) Casual occurrence.
|
|
incident
|
(n.) A happening in general, especially one of little importance.
|
|
incidentally
|
(adv.) Without intention.
|
|
incinerate
|
(v.) To reduce to ashes.
|
|
incipience
|
(n.) Beginning.
|
|
incipient
|
(adj.) Initial.
|
|
incisor
|
(n.) A front or cutting tooth.
|
|
incite
|
(v.) To rouse to a particular action.
|
|
incitement
|
(n.) That which moves to action, or serves as an incentive or stimulus.
|
|
incoercible
|
(adj.) Incapable of being forced, constrained, or compelled.
|
|
incoherence
|
(n.) Want of connection, or agreement, as of parts or ideas in thought, speech, etc.
|
|
incoherent
|
(adj.) Not logically coordinated, as to parts, elements, or details.
|
|
incombustible
|
(adj.) That can not be burned.
|
|
incomparable
|
(adj.) Matchless.
|
|
incompatible
|
(adj.) Discordant.
|
|
incompetence
|
(n.) General lack of capacity or fitness.
|
|
incompetent
|
(adj.) Not having the abilities desired or necessary for any purpose.
|
|
incomplete
|
(adj.) Lacking some element, part, or adjunct necessary or required.
|
|
incomprehensible
|
(adj.) Not understandable.
|
|
incompressible
|
(adj.) Resisting all attempts to reduce volume by pressure.
|
|
inconceivable
|
(adj.) Incomprehensible.
|
|
incongruous
|
(adj.) Unsuitable for the time, place, or occasion.
|
|
inconsequential
|
(adj.) Valueless.
|
|
inconsiderable
|
(adj.) Small in quantity or importance.
|
|
inconsistent
|
(adj.) Contradictory.
|
|
inconstant
|
(adj.) Changeable.
|
|
incontrovertible
|
(adj.) Indisputable.
|
|
inconvenient
|
(adj.) Interfering with comfort or progress.
|
|
indefensible
|
(adj.) Untenable.
|
|
indefinitely
|
(adv.) In a vague or uncertain way.
|
|
indelible
|
(adj.) That can not be blotted out, effaced, destroyed, or removed.
|
|
indescribable
|
(adj.) That can not be described.
|
|
indestructible
|
(adj.) That can not be destroyed.
|
|
indicant
|
(adj.) That which points out.
|
|
indicator
|
(n.) One who or that which points out.
|
|
indict
|
(v.) To find and declare chargeable with crime.
|
|
indigence
|
(n.) Poverty.
|
|
indigenous
|
(adj.) Native.
|
|
indigent
|
(adj.) Poor.
|
|
indigestible
|
(adj.) Not digestible, or difficult to digest.
|
|
indigestion
|
(n.) Difficulty or failure in the alimentary canal in changing food into absorptive nutriment.
|
|
indignant
|
(adj.) Having such anger and scorn as is aroused by meanness or wickedness.
|
|
indignity
|
(n.) Unmerited contemptuous conduct or treatment.
|
|
indiscernible
|
(adj.) Not perceptible.
|
|
indiscreet
|
(adj.) Lacking wise judgment.
|
|
indiscriminate
|
(adj.) Promiscuous.
|
|
indispensable
|
(adj.) Necessary or requisite for the purpose.
|
|
indistinct
|
(adj.) Vague.
|
|
indivertible
|
(adj.) That can not be turned aside.
|
|
indivisible
|
(adj.) Not separable into parts.
|
|
indolence
|
(n.) Laziness.
|
|
indolent
|
(adj.) Habitually inactive or idle.
|
|
indomitable
|
(adj.) Unconquerable.
|
|
induct
|
(v.) To bring in.
|
|
indulgence
|
(n.) The yielding to inclination, passion, desire, or propensity in oneself or another.
|
|
indulgent
|
(adj.) Yielding to the desires or humor of oneself or those under one's care.
|
|
inebriate
|
(v.) To intoxicate.
|
|
inedible
|
(adj.) Not good for food.
|
|
ineffable
|
(adj.) Unutterable.
|
|
inefficient
|
(adj.) Not accomplishing an intended purpose.
|
|
inefficiency
|
(n.) That which does not accomplish an intended purpose.
|
|
ineligible
|
(adj.) Not suitable to be selected or chosen.
|
|
inept
|
(adj.) Not fit or suitable.
|
|
inert
|
(adj.) Inanimate.
|
|
inestimable
|
(adj.) Above price.
|
|
inevitable
|
(adj.) Unavoidable.
|
|
inexcusable
|
(adj.) Not to be justified.
|
|
inexhaustible
|
(adj.) So large or furnishing so great a supply as not to be emptied, wasted, or spent.
|
|
inexorable
|
(adj.) Unrelenting.
|
|
inexpedient
|
(adj.) Unadvisable.
|
|
inexpensive
|
(adj.) Low-priced.
|
|
inexperience
|
(n.) Lack of or deficiency in experience.
|
|
inexplicable
|
(adj.) Such as can not be made plain.
|
|
inexpressible
|
(adj.) Unutterable.
|
|
inextensible
|
(adj.) Of unchangeable length or area.
|
|
infallible
|
(adj.) Exempt from error of judgment, as in opinion or statement.
|
|
infamous
|
(adj.) Publicly branded or notorious, as for vice, or crime.
|
|
infamy
|
(n.) Total loss or destitution of honor or reputation.
|
|
inference
|
(n.) The derivation of a judgment from any given material of knowledge on the ground of law.
|
|
infernal
|
(adj.) Akin to or befitting hell or its occupants.
|
|
infest
|
(v.) To be present in such numbers as to be a source of annoyance, trouble, or danger.
|
|
infidel
|
(n.) One who denies the existence of God.
|
|
infidelity
|
(n.) Disloyalty.
|
|
infinite
|
(adj.) Measureless.
|
|
infinity
|
(n.) Boundless or immeasurable extension or duration.
|
|
infirm
|
(adj.) Lacking in bodily or mental strength.
|
|
infirmary
|
(n.) A place for the reception or treatment of the sick.
|
|
infirmity
|
(n.) A physical, mental, or moral weakness or flaw.
|
|
inflammable
|
(adj.) Easily set on fire or excited.
|
|
inflammation
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(n.) A morbid process in some part of the body characterized by heat, swelling, and pain.
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inflexible
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(adj.) That can not be altered or varied.
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influence
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(n.) Ability to sway the will of another.
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influential
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(adj.) Having the power to sway the will of another.
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influx
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(n.) Infusion.
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infrequence
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(n.) Rareness.
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infrequent
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(adj.) Uncommon.
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infringe
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(v.) To trespass upon.
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infuse
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(v.) To instill, introduce, or inculcate, as principles or qualities.
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infusion
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(n.) The act of imbuing, or pouring in.
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ingenious
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(adj.) Evincing skill, originality, or cleverness, as in contrivance or arrangement.
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ingenuity
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(n.) Cleverness in contriving, combining, or originating.
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ingenuous
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(adj.) Candid, frank, or open in character or quality.
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inglorious
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(adj.) Shameful.
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ingraft
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(v.) To set or implant deeply and firmly.
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ingratiate
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(v.) To win confidence or good graces for oneself.
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ingratitude
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(n.) Insensibility to kindness.
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ingredient
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(n.) Component.
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inherence
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(n.) The state of being permanently existing in something.
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inherent
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(adj.) Intrinsic.
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inhibit
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(v.) To hold back or in.
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inhospitable
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(adj.) Not disposed to entertain strangers gratuitously.
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inhuman
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(adj.) Savage.
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inhume
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(v.) To place in the earth, as a dead body.
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inimical
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(adj.) Adverse.
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iniquity
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(n.) Gross wrong or injustice.
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initiate
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(v.) To perform the first act or rite.
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inject
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(v.) To introduce, as a fluid, by injection.
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injunction
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(n.) Mandate.
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inkling
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(n.) A hint.
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inland
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(adj.) Remote from the sea.
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inlet
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(n.) A small body of water leading into a larger.
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inmost
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(adj.) Deepest within.
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innocuous
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(adj.) Harmless.
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innovate
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(v.) To introduce or strive to introduce new things.
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innuendo
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(n.) Insinuation.
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innumerable
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(adj.) Countless.
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inoffensive
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(adj.) Causing nothing displeasing or disturbing.
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inopportune
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(adj.) Unsuitable or inconvenient, especially as to time.
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inquire
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(v.) To ask information about.
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inquisition
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(n.) A court or tribunal for examination and punishment of heretics.
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inquisitive
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(adj.) Given to questioning, especially out of curiosity.
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inquisitor
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(n.) One who makes an investigation.
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inroad
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(n.) Forcible encroachment or trespass.
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insatiable
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(adj.) That desires or craves immoderately or unappeasably.
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inscribe
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(v.) To enter in a book, or on a list, roll, or document, by writing.
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inscrutable
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(adj.) Impenetrably mysterious or profound.
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insecure
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(adj.) Not assured of safety.
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insensible
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(adj.) Imperceptible.
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insentient
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(adj.) Lacking the power of feeling or perceiving.
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inseparable
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(adj.) That can not be separated.
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insidious
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(adj.) Working ill by slow and stealthy means.
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insight
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(n.) Intellectual discernment.
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insignificance
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(n.) Lack of import or of importance.
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insignificant
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(adj.) Without importance, force, or influence.
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insinuate
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(v.) To imply.
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insipid
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(adj.) Tasteless.
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insistence
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(n.) Urgency.
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insistent
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(adj.) Urgent.
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insolence
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(n.) Pride or haughtiness exhibited in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others.
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insolent
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(adj.) Impudent.
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insomnia
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(n.) Sleeplessness.
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inspector
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(n.) An official appointed to examine or oversee any matter of public interest or importance.
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instance
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(n.) A single occurrence or happening of a given kind.
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instant
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(n.) A very brief portion of time.
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instantaneous
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(adj.) Done without perceptible lapse of time.
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instigate
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(v.) To provoke.
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instigator
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(n.) One who incites to evil.
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instill
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(v.) To infuse.
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instructive
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(adj.) Conveying knowledge.
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insufficiency
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(n.) Inadequacy.
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insufficient
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(adj.) Inadequate for some need, purpose, or use.
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insular
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(adj.) Pertaining to an island.
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insulate
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(v.) To place in a detached state or situation.
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insuperable
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(adj.) Invincible.
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insuppressible
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(adj.) Incapable of being concealed.
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insurgence
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(n.) Uprising.
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insurgent
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(n.) One who takes part in forcible opposition to the constituted authorities of a place.
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insurrection
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(n.) The state of being in active resistance to authority.
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intangible
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(adj.) Not perceptible to the touch.
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integrity
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(n.) Uprightness of character and soundness of moral principle.
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intellect
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(n.) The faculty of perception or thought.
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intellectual
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(adj.) Characterized by intelligence.
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intelligence
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(n.) Capacity to know or understand.
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intelligible
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(adj.) Comprehensible.
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intemperance
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(n.) Immoderate action or indulgence, as of the appetites.
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intension
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(n.) The act of stringing or stretching, or state of being strained.
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intensive
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(adj.) Adding emphasis or force.
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intention
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(n.) That upon which the mind is set.
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interact
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(v.) To act reciprocally.
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intercede
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(v.) To mediate between persons.
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intercept
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(v.) To interrupt the course of.
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intercession
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(n.) Entreaty in behalf of others.
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intercessor
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(n.) A mediator.
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