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Anand Vocabulary

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	hitch	noun Definition: obstacle: an obstacle in the way of progress Sentence: Without a hitch in her conversation or her step, Griner disappeared behind the doors of the Ferrell Center and into the cocoon spun by her college basketball family.
	recoil	verb Definition: to spring or fly back Sentence: The springs on my bed recoil after I jump on my bed.
	bedlam	noun Definition: chaos Sentence: It was the Korean war where alleged American use of germ weapons caused international bedlam.
	repertory	noun Definition: collection of available things Sentence: It is hoped that the award holder will make a serious study of organ playing and of the repertory of organ music.
	mandated	noun Definition: authoritative order Sentence: It is mandated that you do not have cell phones in class.
	commentary	noun Definition: series of explanatory notes Sentence: Papa always tells me not to give commentary when he is telling me something.
	vehemence	noun Definition: the quality of being expressed with or showing conviction or intense feeling Sentence: Authors have been taken aback by some of the vehemence of the reader protests.
	expectant	adjective Definition: excitedly aware that something is about to happen Sentence: After a very long court case with overwhelming evidence being presented the face of the expectant defendant already looked defeated.
	remorse	noun Definition: a strong feeling of guilt and regret Sentence: When I hit Monica or Milan I feel remorse.
	abase	abase v. To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade.
	abbess	abbess n. The lady superior of a nunnery.
	abbey	abbey n. The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	abbot	abbot n. The superior of a community of monks.
	abdicate	abdicate v. To give up (royal power or the like).
	abdomen	abdomen n. In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly.
	abdominal	abdominal n. Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	abduction	abduction n. A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally.
	abed	abed adv. In bed; on a bed.
	aberration	aberration n. Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	abet	abet v. To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).
	abeyance	abeyance n. A state of suspension or temporary inaction.
	abhorrence	abhorrence n. The act of detesting extremely.
	abhorrent	abhorrent adj. Very repugnant; hateful.
	abidance	abidance n. An abiding.
	abject	abject adj. Sunk to a low condition.
	abjure	abjure v. To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
	able-bodied	able-bodied adj. Competent for physical service.
	ablution	ablution n. A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
	abnegate	abnegate v. To renounce (a right or privilege).
	abnormal	abnormal adj. Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard.
	abominable	abominable adj. Very hateful.
	abominate	abominate v. To hate violently.
	abomination	abomination n. A very detestable act or practice.
	aboriginal	aboriginal adj. Primitive; unsophisticated.
	aborigines	aborigines n. The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	aboveboard	aboveboard adv. & adj. Without concealment, fraud, or trickery.
	abrade	abrade v. To wear away the surface or some part of by friction.
	abrasion	abrasion n. That which is rubbed off.
	abridge	abridge v. To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles.
	abridgment	abridgment n. A condensed form as of a book or play.
	abrogate	abrogate v. To abolish, repeal.
	abrupt	abrupt adj. Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break.
	abscess	abscess n. A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	abscission	abscission n. The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	abscond	abscond v. To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.
	absence	absence n. The fact of not being present or available.
	absent-minded	absent-minded adj. Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business.
	absolution	absolution n. Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses.
	absolve	absolve v. To free from sin or its penalties.
	absorb	absorb v. To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water.
	absorption	absorption n. The act or process of absorbing.
	abstain	abstain v. To keep oneself back (from doing or using something).
	abstemious	abstemious adj. Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
	abstinence	abstinence n. Self denial.
	abstruse	abstruse adj. Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
	absurd	absurd adj. Inconsistent with reason or common sense.
	abundant	abundant adj. Plentiful.
	abusive	abusive adj. Employing harsh words or ill treatment.
	abut	abut v. To touch at the end or boundary line.
	abyss	abyss n. Bottomless gulf.
	academic	academic adj. Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university.
	academician	academician n. A member of an academy of literature, art, or science.
	academy	academy n. Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught.
	accede	accede v. To agree.
	accelerate	accelerate v. To move faster.
	accept	accept v. To take when offered.
	access	access n. A way of approach or entrance; passage.
	accessible	accessible adj. Approachable.
	accession	accession n. Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	accessory	accessory n. A person or thing that aids the principal agent.
	acclaim	acclaim v. To utter with a shout.
	accommodate	accommodate v. To furnish something as a kindness or favor.
	accompaniment	accompaniment n. A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part.
	accompanist	accompanist n. One who or that which accompanies.
	accompany	accompany v. To go with, or be associated with, as a companion.
	accomplice	accomplice n. An associate in wrong-doing.
	accomplish	accomplish v. To bring to pass.
	accordion	accordion n. A portable free-reed musical instrument.
	accost	accost v. To speak to.
	account	account n. A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions.
	accouter	accouter v. To dress.
	accredit	accredit v. To give credit or authority to.
	accumulate	accumulate v. To become greater in quantity or number.
	accuracy	accuracy n. Exactness.
	accurate	accurate adj. Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard.
	accursed	accursed adj. Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	accusation	accusation n. A charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error.
	accusatory	accusatory adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	accuse	accuse v. To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error.
	accustom	accustom v. To make familiar by use.
	acerbity	acerbity n. Sourness, with bitterness and astringency.
	acetate	acetate n. A salt of acetic acid.
	acetic	acetic adj. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar.
	ache	ache v. To be in pain or distress.
	Achillean	Achillean adj. Invulnerable.
	achromatic	achromatic adj. Colorless,
	acid	acid n. A sour substance.
	acidify	acidify v. To change into acid.
	acknowledge	acknowledge v. To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of.
	acknowledgment	acknowledgment n. Recognition.
	acme	acme n. The highest point, or summit.
	acoustic	acoustic adj. Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	acquaint	acquaint v. To make familiar or conversant.
	acquiesce	acquiesce v. To comply; submit.
	acquiescence	acquiescence n. Passive consent.
	acquire	acquire v. To get as one's own.
	acquisition	acquisition n. Anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor.
	acquit	acquit v. To free or clear, as from accusation.
	acquittal	acquittal n. A discharge from accusation by judicial action.
	acquittance	acquittance n. Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	acreage	acreage n. Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	acrid	acrid adj. Harshly pungent or bitter.
	acrimonious	acrimonious adj. Full of bitterness.
	acrimony	acrimony n. Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	actionable	actionable adj. Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	actuality	actuality n. Any reality.
	actuary	actuary n. An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	actuate	actuate v. To move or incite to action.
	acumen	acumen n. Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.
	acute	acute adj. Having fine and penetrating discernment.
	adamant	adamant n. Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability.
	addendum	addendum n. Something added, or to be added.
	addle	addle v. To make inefficient or worthless; muddle.
	adduce	adduce v. To bring forward or name for consideration.
	adhere	adhere v. To stick fast or together.
	adherence	adherence n. Attachment.
	adherent	adherent adj. Clinging or sticking fast.
	adhesion	adhesion n. The state of being attached or joined.
	adieu	adieu inter. Good-by; farewell.
	adjacency	adjacency n. The state of being adjacent.
	adjacent	adjacent n. That which is near or bordering upon.
	adjudge	adjudge v. To award or bestow by formal decision.
	adjunct	adjunct n. Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place.
	adjuration	adjuration n. A vehement appeal.
	adjutant	adjutant adj. Auxiliary.
	administrator	administrator n. One who manages affairs of any kind.
	admissible	admissible adj. Having the right or privilege of entry.
	admittance	admittance n. Entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	admonish	admonish v. To warn of a fault.
	admonition	admonition n. Gentle reproof.
	ado	ado n. unnecessary activity or ceremony.
	adoration	adoration n. Profound devotion.
	adroit	adroit adj. Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers.
	adulterant	adulterant n. An adulterating substance.
	adulterate	adulterate v. To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients.
	adumbrate	adumbrate v. To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.
	advent	advent n. The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage.
	adverse	adverse adj. Opposing or opposed.
	adversity	adversity n. Misfortune.
	advert	advert v. To refer incidentally.
	advertiser	advertiser n. One who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	advisory	advisory adj. Not mandatory.
	advocacy	advocacy n. The act of pleading a cause.
	advocate	advocate n. One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court.
	aerial	aerial adj. Of, pertaining to, or like the air.
	aeronaut	aeronaut n. One who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	aeronautics	aeronautics n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	aerostat	aerostat n. A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	aerostatics	aerostatics n. The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	affable	affable adj. Easy to approach.
	affect	affect v. To act upon
	affectation	affectation n. A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	affiliate	affiliate n. Some auxiliary person or thing.
	affirmative	affirmative adj. Answering yes; to a question at issue.
	affix	affix v. To fasten.
	affluence	affluence n. A profuse or abundant supply of riches.
	affront	affront n. An open insult or indignity.
	afire	afire adv. & adj. On fire, literally or figuratively.
	afoot	afoot adv. In progress.
	aforesaid	aforesaid adj. Said in a preceding part or before.
	afresh	afresh adv. Once more, after rest or interval.
	afterthought	afterthought n. A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	agglomerate	agglomerate v. To pile or heap together.
	aggrandize	aggrandize v. To cause to appear greatly.
	aggravate	aggravate v. To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome.
	aggravation	aggravation n. The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	aggregate	aggregate n. The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something.
	aggress	aggress v. To make the first attack.
	aggression	aggression n. An unprovoked attack.
	aggrieve	aggrieve v. To give grief or sorrow to.
	aghast	aghast adj. Struck with terror and amazement.
	agile	agile adj. Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally.
	agitate	agitate v. To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts).
	agrarian	agrarian adj. Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land.
	aide-de-camp	aide-de-camp n. An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general.
	ailment	ailment n. Slight sickness.
	airy	airy adj. Delicate, ethereal.
	akin	akin adj. Of similar nature or qualities.
	alabaster	alabaster n. A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	alacrity	alacrity n. Cheerful willingness.
	albeit	albeit conj. Even though.
	albino	albino n. A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	album	album n. A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like.
	alchemy	alchemy n. Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold.
	alcohol	alcohol n. A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	alcoholism	alcoholism n. A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	alcove	alcove n. A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room.
	alder	alder n. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family.
	alderman	alderman n. A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	aldermanship	aldermanship n. The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	alias	alias n. An assumed name.
	alien	alien n. One who owes allegiance to a foreign government.
	alienable	alienable adj. Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	alienate	alienate v. To cause to turn away.
	alienation	alienation n. Estrangement.
	aliment	aliment n. That which nourishes.
	alkali	alkali n. Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc.
	allay	allay v. To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate.
	allege	allege v. To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court.
	allegory	allegory n. The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness.
	alleviate	alleviate v. To make less burdensome or less hard to bear.
	alley	alley n. A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like.
	alliance	alliance n. Any combination or union for some common purpose.
	allot	allot v. To assign a definite thing or part to a certain person.
	allotment	allotment n. Portion.
	allude	allude v. To refer incidentally, or by suggestion.
	allusion	allusion n. An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it.
	alluvion	alluvion n. Flood.
	ally	ally n. A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness.
	almanac	almanac n. A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	aloof	aloof adv. Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others.
	altar	altar n. Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned.
	alter	alter v. To make change in.
	alteration	alteration n. Change or modification.
	altercate	altercate v. To contend angrily or zealously in words.
	alternate	alternate n. One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other.
	alternative	alternative n. Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else.
	altitude	altitude n. Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea.
	alto	alto n. The lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	altruism	altruism n. Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	altruist	altruist n. One who advocates or practices altruism.
	amalgam	amalgam n. An alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	amalgamate	amalgamate v. To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.
	amateur	amateur adj. Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession.
	amatory	amatory adj. Designed to excite love.
	ambidextrous	ambidextrous adj. Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.
	ambiguous	ambiguous adj. Having a double meaning.
	ambitious	ambitious adj. Eagerly desirous and aspiring.
	ambrosial	ambrosial adj. Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	ambulance	ambulance n. A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded.
	ambulate	ambulate v. To walk about
	ambush	ambush n. The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy.
	ameliorate	ameliorate v. To relieve, as from pain or hardship
	amenable	amenable adj. Willing and ready to submit.
	Americanism	Americanism n. A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States.
	amicable	amicable adj. Done in a friendly spirit.
	amity	amity n. Friendship.
	amorous	amorous adj. Having a propensity for falling in love.
	amorphous	amorphous adj. Without determinate shape.
	amour	amour n. A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	ampere	ampere n. The practical unit of electric-current strength.
	ampersand	ampersand n. The character &; and.
	amphibious	amphibious adj. Living both on land and in water.
	amphitheater	amphitheater n. An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena.
	amplitude	amplitude n. Largeness.
	amply	amply adv. Sufficiently.
	amputate	amputate v. To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body.
	amusement	amusement n. Diversion.
	anachronism	anachronism n. Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	anagram	anagram n. The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	analogous	analogous adj. Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations.
	analogy	analogy n. Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed.
	analyst	analyst n. One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	analyze	analyze v. To examine minutely or critically.
	anarchy	anarchy n. Absence or utter disregard of government.
	anathema	anathema n. Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
	anatomy	anatomy n. That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms.
	ancestry	ancestry n. One's ancestors collectively.
	anecdote	anecdote n. A brief account of some interesting event or incident.
	anemia	anemia n. Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles.
	anemic	anemic adj. Affected with anemia.
	anemometer	anemometer n. An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	anesthetic	anesthetic adj. Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation.
	anew	anew adv. Once more.
	angelic	angelic adj. Saintly.
	Anglophobia	Anglophobia n. Hatred or dread of England or of what is English.
	Anglo-Saxon	Anglo-Saxon n. The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India.
	angular	angular adj. Sharp-cornered.
	anhydrous	anhydrous adj. Withered.
	animadversion	animadversion n. The utterance of criticism or censure.
	animadvert	animadvert v. To pass criticism or censure.
	animalcule	animalcule n. An animal of microscopic smallness.
	animate	animate v. To make alive.
	animosity	animosity n. Hatred.
	annalist	annalist n. Historian.
	annals	annals n. A record of events in their chronological order, year by year.
	annex	annex v. To add or affix at the end.
	annihilate	annihilate v. To destroy absolutely.
	annotate	annotate v. To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon.
	annual	annual adj. Occurring every year.
	annuity	annuity n. An annual allowance, payment, or income.
	annunciation	annunciation n. Proclamation.
	anode	anode n. The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	anonymous	anonymous adj. Of unknown authorship.
	antagonism	antagonism n. Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons.
	Antarctic	Antarctic adj. Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it.
	ante	ante v. In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	antecede	antecede v. To precede.
	antecedent	antecedent n. One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	antechamber	antechamber n. A waiting room for those who seek audience.
	antedate	antedate v. To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one.
	antediluvian	antediluvian adj. Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
	antemeridian	antemeridian adj. Before noon.
	antemundane	antemundane adj. Pertaining to time before the world's creation.
	antenatal	antenatal adj. Occurring or existing before birth.
	anterior	anterior adj. Prior.
	anteroom	anteroom n. A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	anthology	anthology n. A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.
	anthracite	anthracite n. Hard coal.
	anthropology	anthropology n. The science of man in general.
	anthropomorphous	anthropomorphous adj. Having or resembling human form.
	antic	antic n. A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	Antichrist	Antichrist n. Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.
	anticlimax	anticlimax n. A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said.
	anticyclone	anticyclone n. An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	antidote	antidote n. Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like.
	antilogy	antilogy n. Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	antipathize	antipathize v. To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	antiphon	antiphon n. A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	antiphony	antiphony n. An anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	antipodes	antipodes n. A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	antiquary	antiquary n. One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	antiquate	antiquate v. To make old or out of date.
	antique	antique adj. Pertaining to ancient times.
	antiseptic	antiseptic n. Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms.
	antislavery	antislavery adj. Opposed to human slavery.
	antispasmodic	antispasmodic adj. Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	antistrophe	antistrophe n. The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in the home of joy and the joy of home.
	antitoxin	antitoxin n. A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	antonym	antonym n. A word directly opposed to another in meaning.
	anxious	anxious adj. Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter.
	apathy	apathy n. Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling.
	aperture	aperture n. Hole.
	apex	apex n. The highest point, as of a mountain.
	aphorism	aphorism n. Proverb.
	apiary	apiary n. A place where bees are kept.
	apogee	apogee n. The climax.
	apology	apology n. A disclaimer of intentional error or offense.
	apostasy	apostasy n. A total departure from one's faith or religion.
	apostate	apostate adj. False.
	apostle	apostle n. Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	apothecary	apothecary n. One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	apotheosis	apotheosis n. Deification.
	appall	appall v. To fill with dismay or horror.
	apparent	apparent adj. Easily understood.
	apparition	apparition n. Ghost.
	appease	appease v. To soothe by quieting anger or indignation.
	appellate	appellate adj. Capable of being appealed to.
	appellation	appellation n. The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called.
	append	append v. To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary.
	appertain	appertain v. To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	apposite	apposite adj. Appropriate.
	apposition	apposition n. The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	appraise	appraise v. To estimate the money value of.
	appreciable	appreciable adj. Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect.
	apprehend	apprehend v. To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law.
	apprehensible	apprehensible adj. Capable of being conceived.
	approbation	approbation n. Sanction.
	appropriate	appropriate adj. Suitable for the purpose and circumstances.
	aqueduct	aqueduct n. A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	aqueous	aqueous adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	arbiter	arbiter n. One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.
	arbitrary	arbitrary adj. Fixed or done capriciously.
	arbitrate	arbitrate v. To act or give judgment as umpire.
	arbor	arbor n. A tree.
	arboreal	arboreal adj. Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.
	arborescent	arborescent adj. Having the nature of a tree.
	arboretum	arboretum n. A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	arboriculture	arboriculture n. The cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	arcade	arcade n. A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it.
	archaic	archaic adj. Antiquated
	archaism	archaism n. Obsolescence.
	archangel	archangel n. An angel of high rank.
	archbishop	archbishop n. The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church.
	archdeacon	archdeacon n. A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	archaeology	archaeology n. The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man.
	archetype	archetype n. A prototype.
	archipelago	archipelago n. Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves.
	ardent	ardent adj. Burning with passion.
	ardor	ardor n. Intensity of passion or affection.
	arid	arid adj. Very dry.
	aristocracy	aristocracy n. A hereditary nobility
	aristocrat	aristocrat n. A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility.
	armada	armada n. A fleet of war-vessels.
	armful	armful n. As much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	armory	armory n. An arsenal.
	aroma	aroma n. An agreeable odor.
	arraign	arraign v. To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not.
	arrange	arrange v. To put in definite or proper order.
	arrangement	arrangement n. The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order.
	arrant	arrant adj. Notoriously bad.
	arrear	arrear n. Something overdue and unpaid.
	arrival	arrival n. A coming to stopping-place or destination.
	arrogant	arrogant adj. Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc.
	arrogate	arrogate v. To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds.
	Artesian	Artesian well n. A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	artful	artful adj. Characterized by craft or cunning.
	Arthurian	Arthurian adj. Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story.
	artifice	artifice n. Trickery.
	artless	artless adj. Ingenuous.
	ascendant	ascendant adj. Dominant.
	ascension	ascension n. The act of rising.
	ascent	ascent n. A rising, soaring, or climbing.
	ascetic	ascetic adj. Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.
	ascribe	ascribe v. To assign as a quality or attribute.
	asexual	asexual adj. Having no distinct sexual organs.
	ashen	ashen adj. Pale.
	askance	askance adv. With a side or indirect glance or meaning.
	asperity	asperity n. Harshness or roughness of temper.
	aspirant	aspirant n. One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.
	aspiration	aspiration n. An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach.
	aspire	aspire v. To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained.
	assailant	assailant n. One who attacks.
	assassin	assassin n. One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	assassinate	assassinate v. To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	assassination	assassination n. Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery.
	assay	assay n. The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore.
	assent	assent v. To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion.
	assess	assess v. To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid).
	assessor	assessor n. An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	assets	assets n. pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	assiduous	assiduous adj. Diligent.
	assignee	assignee n. One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	assimilate	assimilate v. To adapt.
	assonance	assonance n. Resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	assonant	assonant adj. Having resemblance of sound.
	assonate	assonate v. To accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	assuage	assuage v. To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease.
	astringent	astringent adj. Harsh in disposition or character.
	astute	astute adj. Keen in discernment.
	atheism	atheism n. The denial of the existence of God.
	athirst	athirst adj. Wanting water.
	athwart	athwart adv. From side to side.
	atomizer	atomizer n. An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	atone	atone v. To make amends for.
	atonement	atonement n. Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	atrocious	atrocious adj. Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	atrocity	atrocity n. Great cruelty or reckless wickedness.
	attache	attache n. A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	attest	attest v. To certify as accurate, genuine, or true.
	attorney-general	attorney-general n. The chief law-officer of a government.
	auburn	auburn adj. Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	audacious	audacious adj. Fearless.
	audible	audible adj. Loud enough to be heard.
	audition	audition n. The act or sensation of hearing.
	auditory	auditory adj. Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing.
	augment	augment v. To make bigger.
	augur	augur v. To predict.
	Augustinian	Augustinian adj. Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	aura	aura n. Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	aural	aural adj. Of or pertaining to the ear.
	auricle	auricle n. One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	auricular	auricular adj. Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	auriferous	auriferous adj. Containing gold.
	aurora	aurora n. A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere.
	auspice	auspice n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	austere	austere adj. Severely simple; unadorned.
	autarchy	autarchy n. Unrestricted power.
	authentic	authentic adj. Of undisputed origin.
	authenticity	authenticity n. The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	autobiography	autobiography n. The story of one's life written by himself.
	autocracy	autocracy n. Absolute government.
	autocrat	autocrat n. Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.
	automaton	automaton n. Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical.
	autonomous	autonomous adj. Self-governing.
	autonomy	autonomy n. Self-government.
	autopsy	autopsy n. The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death.
	autumnal	autumnal adj. Of or pertaining to autumn.
	auxiliary	auxiliary n. One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory.
	avalanche	avalanche n. The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock.
	avarice	avarice n. Passion for getting and keeping riches.
	aver	aver v. To assert as a fact.
	averse	averse adj. Reluctant.
	aversion	aversion n. A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing.
	avert	avert v. To turn away or aside.
	aviary	aviary n. A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept.
	avidity	avidity n. Greediness.
	avocation	avocation n. Diversion.
	avow	avow v. To declare openly.
	awaken	awaken v. To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	awry	awry adv. & adj. Out of the proper form, direction, or position.
	aye	aye adv. An expression of assent.
	azalea	azalea n. A flowering shrub.
	azure	azure n. The color of the sky.
	Baconian	Baconian adj. Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy.
	bacterium	bacterium n. A microbe.
	badger	badger v. To pester.
	baffle	baffle v. To foil or frustrate.
	bailiff	bailiff n. An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	baize	baize n. A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	bale	bale n. A large package prepared for transportation or storage.
	baleful	baleful adj. Malignant.
	ballad	ballad n. Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form.
	balsam	balsam n. A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	banal	banal adj. Commonplace.
	barcarole	barcarole n. A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers.
	barograph	barograph n. An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	barometer	barometer n. An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface.
	barring	barring prep. Apart from.
	baritone	baritone adj. Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	bask	bask v. To make warm by genial heat.
	bass	bass adj. Low in tone or compass.
	baste	baste v. To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	baton	baton n. An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege.
	battalion	battalion n. A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	batten	batten n. A narrow strip of wood.
	batter	batter n. A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery.
	bauble	bauble n. A trinket.
	bawl	bawl v. To proclaim by outcry.
	beatify	beatify v. To make supremely happy.
	beatitude	beatitude n. Any state of great happiness.
	beau	beau n. An escort or lover.
	becalm	becalm v. To make quiet.
	beck	beck v. To give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	bedaub	bedaub v. To smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	bedeck	bedeck v. To cover with ornament.
	bedlam	bedlam n. Madhouse.
	befog	befog v. To confuse.
	befriend	befriend v. To be a friend to, especially when in need.
	beget	beget v. To produce by sexual generation.
	begrudge	begrudge v. To envy one of the possession of.
	belate	belate v. To delay past the proper hour.
	belay	belay v. To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	belie	belie v. To misrepresent.
	believe	believe v. To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	belittle	belittle v. To disparage.
	belle	belle n. A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	bellicose	bellicose adj. Warlike.
	belligerent	belligerent adj. Manifesting a warlike spirit.
	bemoan	bemoan v. To lament
	benediction	benediction n. a solemn invocation of the divine blessing.
	benefactor	benefactor n. A doer of kindly and charitable acts.
	benefice	benefice n. A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	beneficent	beneficent adj. Characterized by charity and kindness.
	beneficial	beneficial adj. Helpful.
	beneficiary	beneficiary n. One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property.
	benefit	benefit n. Helpful result.
	benevolence	benevolence n. Any act of kindness or well-doing.
	benevolent	benevolent adj. Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being.
	benign	benign adj. Good and kind of heart.
	benignant	benignant adj. Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	benignity	benignity n. Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	benison	benison n. Blessing.
	bequeath	bequeath v. To give by will.
	bereave	bereave v. To make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	berth	berth n. A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc.
	beseech	beseech v. To implore.
	beset	beset v. To attack on all sides.
	besmear	besmear v. To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	bestial	bestial adj. Animal.
	bestrew	bestrew v. To sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	bestride	bestride v. To get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	bethink	bethink v. To remind oneself.
	betide	betide v. To happen to or befall.
	betimes	betimes adv. In good season or time.
	betroth	betroth v. To engage to marry.
	betrothal	betrothal n. Engagement to marry.
	bevel	bevel n. Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	bewilder	bewilder v. To confuse the perceptions or judgment of.
	bibliomania	bibliomania n. The passion for collecting books.
	bibliography	bibliography n. A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject.
	bibliophile	bibliophile n. One who loves books.
	bibulous	bibulous adj. Fond of drinking.
	bide	bide v. To await.
	biennial	biennial n. A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.
	bier	bier n. A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	bigamist	bigamist n. One who has two spouses at the same time.
	bigamy	bigamy n. The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	bight	bight n. A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	bilateral	bilateral adj. Two-sided.
	bilingual	bilingual adj. Speaking two languages.
	biograph	biograph n. A bibliographical sketch or notice.
	biography	biography n. A written account of one's life, actions, and character.
	biology	biology n. The science of life or living organisms.
	biped	biped n. An animal having two feet.
	birthright	birthright n. A privilege or possession into which one is born.
	bitterness	bitterness n. Acridity, as to the taste.
	blase	blase adj. Sated with pleasure.
	blaspheme	blaspheme v. To indulge in profane oaths.
	blatant	blatant adj. Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous.
	blaze	blaze n. A vivid glowing flame.
	blazon	blazon v. To make widely or generally known.
	bleak	bleak adj. Desolate.
	blemish	blemish n. A mark that mars beauty.
	blithe	blithe adj. Joyous.
	blithesome	blithesome adj. Cheerful.
	blockade	blockade n. The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces.
	boatswain	boatswain n. A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	bodice	bodice n. A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist.
	bodily	bodily adj. Corporeal.
	boisterous	boisterous adj. Unchecked merriment or animal spirits.
	bole	bole n. The trunk or body of a tree.
	bolero	bolero n. A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	boll	boll n. A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	bolster	bolster v. To support, as something wrong.
	bomb	bomb n. A hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	bombard	bombard v. To assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	bombardier	bombardier n. A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	bombast	bombast n. Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	boorish	boorish adj. Rude.
	bore	bore v. To weary by tediousness or dullness.
	borough	borough n. An incorporated village or town.
	bosom	bosom n. The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	botanical	botanical adj. Connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	botanize	botanize v. To study plant-life.
	botany	botany n. The science that treats of plants.
	bountiful	bountiful adj. Showing abundance.
	Bowdlerize	Bowdlerize v. To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages.
	bowler	bowler n. In cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	boycott	boycott v. To place the products or merchandise of under a ban.
	brae	brae n. Hillside.
	braggart	braggart n. A vain boaster.
	brandish	brandish v. To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear.
	bravado	bravado n. An aggressive display of boldness.
	bravo	bravo interj. Well done.
	bray	bray n. A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	braze	braze v. To make of or ornament with brass.
	brazier	brazier n. An open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	breach	breach n. The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation.
	breaker	breaker n. One who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	breech	breech n. The buttocks.
	brethren	brethren n. pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	brevity	brevity n. Shortness of duration.
	bric-a-brac	bric-a-brac n. Objects of curiosity or for decoration.
	bridle	bridle n. The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins.
	brigade	brigade n. A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	brigadier	brigadier n. General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	brigand	brigand n. One who lives by robbery and plunder.
	brimstone	brimstone n. Sulfur.
	brine	brine n. Water saturated with salt.
	bristle	bristle n. One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	Britannia	Britannia n. The United Kingdom of Great Britain.
	Briticism	Briticism n. A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British.
	brittle	brittle adj. Fragile.
	broach	broach v. To mention, for the first time.
	broadcast	broadcast adj. Disseminated far and wide.
	brogan	brogan n. A coarse, heavy shoe.
	brogue	brogue n. Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people.
	brokerage	brokerage n. The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	bromine	bromine n. A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	bronchitis	bronchitis n. Inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	bronchus	bronchus n. Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	brooch	brooch n. An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside.
	brotherhood	brotherhood n. Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	browbeat	browbeat v. To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner.
	brusque	brusque adj. Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech.
	buffoon	buffoon n. A clown.
	buffoonery	buffoonery n. Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc.
	bulbous	bulbous adj. Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	bullock	bullock n. An ox.
	bulrush	bulrush n. Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	bulwark	bulwark n. Anything that gives security or defense.
	bumper	bumper n. A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health.
	bumptious	bumptious adj. Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit.
	bungle	bungle v. To execute clumsily.
	buoyancy	buoyancy n. Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	buoyant	buoyant adj. Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat.
	bureau	bureau n. A chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	bureaucracy	bureaucracy n. Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business.
	burgess	burgess n. In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or Virginia.
	burgher	burgher n. An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	burnish	burnish v. To make brilliant or shining.
	bursar	bursar n. A treasurer.
	bustle	bustle v. To hurry.
	butt	butt v. To strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	butte	butte n. A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	buttress	buttress n. Any support or prop.
	by-law	by-law n. A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like.
	cabal	cabal n. A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose.
	cabalism	cabalism n. Superstitious devotion to one's religion.
	cabinet	cabinet n. The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation.
	cacophony	cacophony n. A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	cadaverous	cadaverous adj. Resembling a corpse.
	cadence	cadence n. Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops.
	cadenza	cadenza n. An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	caitiff	caitiff adj. Cowardly.
	cajole	cajole v. To impose on or dupe by flattering speech.
	cajolery	cajolery n. Delusive speech.
	calculable	calculable adj. That may be estimated by reckoning.
	calculus	calculus n. A concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	callosity	callosity n. The state of being hard and insensible.
	callow	callow adj. Without experience of the world.
	calorie	calorie n. Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade.
	calumny	calumny n. Slander.
	Calvary	Calvary n. The place where Christ was crucified.
	Calvinism	Calvinism n. The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin.
	Calvinize	Calvinize v. To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism.
	came	came n. A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	cameo	cameo n. Any small engraved or carved work in relief.
	campaign	campaign n. A complete series of connected military operations.
	Canaanite	Canaanite n. A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or western Palestine.
	canary	canary adj. Of a bright but delicate yellow.
	candid	candid adj. Straightforward.
	candor	candor n. The quality of frankness or outspokenness.
	canine	canine adj. Characteristic of a dog.
	canon	canon n. Any rule or law.
	cant	cant v. To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity.
	cantata	cantata n. A choral composition.
	canto	canto n. One of the divisions of an extended poem.
	cantonment	cantonment n. The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	capacious	capacious adj. Roomy.
	capillary	capillary n. A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells.
	capitulate	capitulate v. To surrender or stipulate terms.
	caprice	caprice n. A whim.
	caption	caption n. A heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc.
	captious	captious adj. Hypercritical.
	captivate	captivate v. To fascinate, as by excellence. eloquence, or beauty.
	carcass	carcass n. The dead body of an animal.
	cardiac	cardiac adj. Pertaining to the heart.
	cardinal	cardinal adj. Of prime or special importance.
	caret	caret n. A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	caricature	caricature n. a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted.
	carnage	carnage n. Massacre.
	carnal	carnal adj. Sensual.
	carnivorous	carnivorous adj. Eating or living on flesh.
	carouse	carouse v. To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	carrion	carrion n. Dead and putrefying flesh.
	cartilage	cartilage n. An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	cartridge	cartridge n. A charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	caste	caste n. The division of society on artificial grounds.
	castigate	castigate v. To punish.
	casual	casual adj. Accidental, by chance.
	casualty	casualty n. A fatal or serious accident or disaster.
	cataclysm	cataclysm n. Any overwhelming flood of water.
	cataract	cataract n. Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness.
	catastrophe	catastrophe n. Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity.
	cathode	cathode n. The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	Catholicism	Catholicism n. The system, doctrine, and practice of the Roman Catholic Church.
	catholicity	catholicity n. Universal prevalence or acceptance.
	cat-o-nine-tails	cat-o-nine-tails n. An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy.
	caucus	caucus n. A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates.
	causal	causal adj. Indicating or expressing a cause.
	caustic	caustic adj. Sarcastic and severe.
	cauterize	cauterize v. To burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	cede	cede v. To pass title to.
	censor	censor n. An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication.
	censorious	censorious adj. Judging severely or harshly.
	census	census n. An official numbering of the people of a country or district.
	centenary	centenary adj. Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years.
	centiliter	centiliter n. A hundredth of a liter.
	centimeter	centimeter n. A length of one hundredth of a meter.
	centurion	centurion n. A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army.
	cereal	cereal adj. Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds.
	ceremonial	ceremonial adj. Characterized by outward form or ceremony.
	ceremonious	ceremonious adj. Observant of ritual.
	cessation	cessation n. Discontinuance, as of action or motion.
	cession	cession n. Surrender, as of possessions or rights.
	chagrin	chagrin n. Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors.
	chameleon	chameleon adj. Changeable in appearance.
	chancery	chancery n. A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	chaos	chaos n. Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion.
	characteristic	characteristic n. A distinctive feature.
	characterize	characterize v. To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities.
	charlatan	charlatan n. A quack.
	chasm	chasm n. A yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface.
	chasten	chasten v. To purify by affliction.
	chastise	chastise v. To subject to punitive measures.
	chastity	chastity n. Sexual or moral purity.
	chateau	chateau n. A castle or manor-house.
	chattel	chattel n. Any article of personal property.
	check	check v. To hold back.
	chiffon	chiffon n. A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	chivalry	chivalry n. The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices.
	cholera	cholera n. An acute epidemic disease.
	choleric	choleric adj. Easily provoked to anger.
	choral	choral adj. Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	Christ	Christ n. A title of Jesus
	christen	christen v. To name in baptism.
	Christendom	Christendom n. That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed.
	chromatic	chromatic adj. Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	chronology	chronology n. The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events.
	chronometer	chronometer n. A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	cipher	cipher v. To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing)
	circulate	circulate v. To disseminate.
	circumference	circumference n. The boundary-line of a circle.
	circumlocution	circumlocution n. Indirect or roundabout expression.
	circumnavigate	circumnavigate v. To sail quite around.
	circumscribe	circumscribe v. To confine within bounds.
	circumspect	circumspect adj. Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration.
	citadel	citadel n. Any strong fortress.
	cite	cite v. To refer to specifically.
	claimant	claimant n. One who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	clairvoyance	clairvoyance n. Intuitive sagacity or perception.
	clamorous	clamorous adj. Urgent in complaint or demand.
	clan	clan n. A tribe.
	clandestine	clandestine adj. Surreptitious.
	clangor	clangor n. Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor.
	clarify	clarify v. To render intelligible.
	clarion	clarion n. A small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	classify	classify v. To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblance’s and differences.
	clearance	clearance n. A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the law and may sail.
	clemency	clemency n. Mercy.
	clement	clement adj. Compassionate.
	close-hauled	close-hauled adj. Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible.
	clothier	clothier n. One who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	clumsy	clumsy adj. Awkward of movement.
	coagulate	coagulate v. To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by a ferment.
	coagulant	coagulant adj. Producing coagulation.
	coalescence	coalescence n. The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product.
	coalition	coalition n. Combination in a body or mass.
	coddle	coddle v. To treat as a baby or an invalid.
	codicil	codicil n. A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will.
	coerce	coerce v. To force.
	coercion	coercion n. Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical.
	coercive	coercive adj. Serving or tending to force.
	cogent	cogent adj. Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience.
	cognate	cognate adj. Akin.
	cognizant	cognizant adj. Taking notice.
	cohere	cohere v. To stick together.
	cohesion	cohesion n. Consistency.
	cohesive	cohesive adj. Having the property of consistency.
	coincide	coincide v. To correspond.
	coincidence	coincidence n. A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident.
	coincident	coincident adj. Taking place at the same time.
	collaborate	collaborate v. To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits.
	collapse	collapse v. To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail.
	collapsible	collapsible adj. That may or can collapse.
	colleague	colleague n. An associate in professional employment.
	collective	collective adj. Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a mass, or sum.
	collector	collector n. One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	collegian	collegian n. A college student.
	collide	collide v. To meet and strike violently.
	collier	collier n. One who works in a coal-mine.
	collision	collision n. Violent contact.
	colloquial	colloquial adj. Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary.
	colloquialism	colloquialism n. Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation.
	colloquy	colloquy n. Conversation.
	collusion	collusion n. A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.
	colossus	colossus n. Any strikingly great person or object.
	comely	comely adj. Handsome.
	comestible	comestible adj. Fit to be eaten.
	comical	comical adj. Funny.
	commemorate	commemorate v. To serve as a remembrance of.
	commentary	commentary n. A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work.
	commingle	commingle v. To blend.
	commissariat	commissariat n. The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	commission	commission v. To empower.
	commitment	commitment n. The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping.
	committal	committal n. The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	commodity	commodity n. Something that is bought and sold.
	commotion	commotion n. A disturbance or violent agitation.
	commute	commute v. To put something, especially something less severe, in place of.
	comparable	comparable adj. Fit to be compared.
	comparative	comparative adj. Relative.
	comparison	comparison n. Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	compensate	compensate v. To remunerate.
	competence	competence n. Adequate qualification or capacity.
	competent	competent adj. Qualified.
	competitive	competitive adj. characterized by rivalry.
	competitor	competitor n. A rival.
	complacence	complacence n. Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings.
	complacent	complacent adj. Pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	complaisance	complaisance n. Politeness.
	complaisant	complaisant adj. Agreeable.
	complement	complement v. To make complete.
	complex	complex adj. Complicated.
	compliant	compliant adj. Yielding.
	complicate	complicate v. To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	complication	complication n. An intermingling or combination of things or parts, especially in a perplexing manner.
	complicity	complicity n. Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer.
	compliment	compliment v. To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise.
	component	component n. A constituent element or part.
	comport	comport v. To conduct or behave (oneself).
	composure	composure n. Calmness.
	comprehensible	comprehensible adj. Intelligible.
	comprehension	comprehension n. Ability to know.
	comprehensive	comprehensive adj. Large in scope or content.
	compress	compress v. To press together or into smaller space.
	compressible	compressible adj. Capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	compression	compression n. Constraint, as by force or authority.
	comprise	comprise v. To consist of.
	compulsion	compulsion n. Coercion.
	compulsory	compulsory adj. Forced.
	compunction	compunction n. Remorseful feeling.
	compute	compute v. To ascertain by mathematical calculation.
	concede	concede v. To surrender.
	conceit	conceit n. Self-flattering opinion.
	conceive	conceive v. To form an idea, mental image or thought of.
	concerto	concerto n. A musical composition.
	concession	concession n. Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition, or claim.
	conciliate	conciliate v. To obtain the friendship of.
	conciliatory	conciliatory adj. Tending to reconcile.
	conclusive	conclusive adj. Sufficient to convince or decide.
	concord	concord n. Harmony.
	concordance	concordance n. Harmony.
	concur	concur v. To agree.
	concurrence	concurrence n. Agreement.
	concurrent	concurrent adj. Occurring or acting together.
	concussion	concussion n. A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow.
	condensation	condensation n. The act or process of making dense or denser.
	condense	condense v. To abridge.
	condescend	condescend v. To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors.
	condolence	condolence n. Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune.
	conduce	conduce v. To bring about.
	conducive	conducive adj. Contributing to an end.
	conductible	conductible adj. Capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	conduit	conduit n. A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	confectionery	confectionery n. The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	confederacy	confederacy n. A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for mutual aid.
	confederate	confederate n. One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement.
	confer	confer v. To bestow.
	conferee	conferee n. A person with whom another confers.
	confessor	confessor n. A spiritual advisor.
	confidant	confidant n. One to whom secrets are entrusted.
	confide	confide v. To reveal in trust or confidence.
	confidence	confidence n. The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another.
	confident	confident adj. Assured.
	confinement	confinement n. Restriction within limits or boundaries.
	confiscate	confiscate v. To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury.
	conflagration	conflagration n. A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like.
	confluence	confluence n. The place where streams meet.
	confluent	confluent n. A stream that unites with another.
	conformance	conformance n. The act or state or conforming.
	conformable	conformable adj. Harmonious.
	conformation	conformation n. General structure, form, or outline.
	conformity	conformity n. Correspondence in form, manner, or use.
	confront	confront v. To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles.
	congeal	congeal v. To coagulate.
	congenial	congenial adj. Having kindred character or tastes.
	congest	congest v. To collect into a mass.
	congregate	congregate v. To bring together into a crowd.
	coniferous	coniferous adj. Cone-bearing trees.
	conjecture	conjecture n. A guess.
	conjoin	conjoin v. To unite.
	conjugal	conjugal adj. Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons.
	conjugate	conjugate adj. Joined together in pairs.
	conjugation	conjugation n. The state or condition of being joined together.
	conjunction	conjunction n. The state of being joined together, or the things so joined.
	connive	connive v. To be in collusion.
	connoisseur	connoisseur n. A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art.
	connote	connote v. To mean; signify.
	connubial	connubial adj. Pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	conquer	conquer v. To overcome by force.
	consanguineous	consanguineous adj. Descended from the same parent or ancestor.
	conscience	conscience n. The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct.
	conscientious	conscientious adj. Governed by moral standard.
	conscious	conscious adj. Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks.
	conscript	conscript v. To force into military service.
	consecrate	consecrate v. To set apart as sacred.
	consecutive	consecutive adj. Following in uninterrupted succession.
	consensus	consensus n. A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons.
	conservatism	conservatism n. Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things.
	conservative	conservative adj. Adhering to the existing order of things.
	conservatory	conservatory n. An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation.
	consign	consign v. To entrust.
	consignee	consignee n. A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	consignor	consignor n. One who entrusts.
	consistency	consistency n. A state of permanence.
	console	console v. To comfort.
	consolidate	consolidate v. To combine into one body or system.
	consonance	consonance n. The state or quality of being in accord with.
	consonant	consonant adj. Being in agreement or harmony with.
	consort	consort n. A companion or associate.
	conspicuous	conspicuous adj. Clearly visible.
	conspirator	conspirator n. One who agrees with others to cooperate in accomplishing some unlawful purpose.
	conspire	conspire v. To plot.
	constable	constable n. An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	constellation	constellation n. An arbitrary assemblage or group of stars.
	consternation	consternation n. Panic.
	constituency	constituency n. The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	constituent	constituent n. One who has the right to vote at an election.
	constrict	constrict v. To bind.
	consul	consul n. An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	consulate	consulate n. The place in which a consul transacts official business.
	consummate	consummate v. To bring to completion.
	consumption	consumption n. Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc.
	consumptive	consumptive adj. Designed for gradual destruction.
	contagion	contagion n. The communication of disease from person to person.
	contagious	contagious adj. Transmitting disease.
	contaminate	contaminate v. To pollute.
	contemplate	contemplate v. To consider thoughtfully.
	contemporaneous	contemporaneous adj. Living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	contemporary	contemporary adj. Living or existing at the same time.
	contemptible	contemptible adj. Worthy of scorn or disdain.
	contemptuous	contemptuous adj. Disdainful.
	contender	contender n. One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry.
	contiguity	contiguity n. Proximity.
	contiguous	contiguous adj. Touching or joining at the edge or boundary.
	continence	continence n. Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion.
	contingency	contingency n. Possibility of happening.
	contingent	contingent adj. Not predictable.
	continuance	continuance n. Permanence.
	continuation	continuation n. Prolongation.
	continuity	continuity n. Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development.
	continuous	continuous adj. Connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	contort	contort v. To twist into a misshapen form.
	contraband	contraband n. Trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	contradiction	contradiction n. The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said.
	contradictory	contradictory adj. Inconsistent with itself.
	contraposition	contraposition n. A placing opposite.
	contravene	contravene v. To prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	contribution	contribution n. The act of giving for a common purpose.
	contributor	contributor n. One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	contrite	contrite adj. Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	contrivance	contrivance n. The act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	contrive	contrive v. To manage or carry through by some device or scheme.
	control	control v. To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	controller	controller n. One who or that which regulates or directs.
	contumacious	contumacious adj. Rebellious.
	contumacy	contumacy n. Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	contuse	contuse v. To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	contusion	contusion n. A bruise.
	convalesce	convalesce v. To recover after a sickness.
	convalescence	convalescence n. The state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	convalescent	convalescent adj. Recovering health after sickness.
	convene	convene v. To summon or cause to assemble.
	convenience	convenience n. Fitness, as of time or place.
	converge	converge v. To cause to incline and approach nearer together.
	convergent	convergent adj. Tending to one point.
	conversant	conversant adj. Thoroughly informed.
	conversion	conversion n. Change from one state or position to another, or from one form to another.
	convertible	convertible adj. Interchangeable.
	convex	convex adj. Curving like the segment of the globe or of the surface of a circle.
	conveyance	conveyance n. That by which anything is transported.
	convivial	convivial adj. Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking.
	convolution	convolution n. A winding motion.
	convolve	convolve v. To move with a circling or winding motion.
	convoy	convoy n. A protecting force accompanying property in course of transportation.
	convulse	convulse v. To cause spasms in.
	convulsion	convulsion n. A violent and abnormal muscular contraction of the body.
	copious	copious adj. Plenteous.
	coquette	coquette n. A flirt.
	cornice	cornice n. An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling.
	cornucopia	cornucopia n. The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity.
	corollary	corollary n. A proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little demonstration.
	coronation	coronation n. The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch.
	coronet	coronet n. Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign.
	corporal	corporal adj. Belonging or relating to the body as opposed to the mind.
	corporate	corporate adj. Belonging to a corporation.
	corporeal	corporeal adj. Of a material nature; physical.
	corps	corps n. A number or body of persons in some way associated or acting together.
	corpse	corpse n. A dead body.
	corpulent	corpulent adj. Obese.
	corpuscle	corpuscle n. A minute particle of matter.
	correlate	correlate v. To put in some relation of connection or correspondence.
	correlative	correlative adj. Mutually involving or implying one another.
	corrigible	corrigible adj. Capable of reformation.
	corroborate	corroborate v. To strengthen, as proof or conviction.
	corroboration	corroboration n. Confirmation.
	corrode	corrode v. To ruin or destroy little by little.
	corrosion	corrosion n. Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
	corrosive	corrosive n. That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
	corruptible	corruptible adj. Open to bribery.
	corruption	corruption n. Loss of purity or integrity.
	cosmetic	cosmetic adj. Pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the complexion.
	cosmic	cosmic adj. Pertaining to the universe.
	cosmogony	cosmogony n. A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe.
	cosmography	cosmography n. The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
	cosmology	cosmology n. The general science of the universe.
	cosmopolitan	cosmopolitan adj. Common to all the world.
	cosmopolitanism	cosmopolitanism n. A cosmopolitan character.
	cosmos	cosmos n. The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement.
	counter-claim	counter-claim n. A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff.
	counteract	counteract v. To act in opposition to.
	counterbalance	counterbalance v. To oppose with an equal force.
	countercharge	countercharge v. To accuse in return.
	counterfeit	counterfeit adj. Made to resemble something else.
	counterpart	counterpart n. Something taken with another for the completion of either.
	countervail	countervail v. To offset.
	counting-house	counting-house n. A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc.
	countryman	countryman n. A rustic.
	courageous	courageous adj. Brave.
	course	course n. Line of motion or direction.
	courser	courser n. A fleet and spirited horse.
	courtesy	courtesy n. Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually.
	covenant	covenant n. An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties.
	covert	covert adj. Concealed, especially for an evil purpose.
	covey	covey n. A flock of quails or partridges.
	cower	cower v. To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame.
	coxswain	coxswain n. One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under an officer.
	crag	crag n. A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge.
	cranium	cranium n. The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain.
	crass	crass adj. Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine.
	craving	craving n. A vehement desire.
	creak	creak n. A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound.
	creamery	creamery n. A butter-making establishment.
	creamy	creamy adj. Resembling or containing cream.
	credence	credence n. Belief.
	credible	credible adj. Believable.
	credulous	credulous adj. Easily deceived.
	creed	creed n. A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief.
	crematory	crematory adj. A place for cremating dead bodies.
	crevasse	crevasse n. A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier.
	crevice	crevice n. A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces.
	criterion	criterion n. A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion.
	critique	critique n. A criticism or critical review.
	crockery	crockery n. Earthenware made from baked clay.
	crucible	crucible n. A trying and purifying test or agency.
	crusade	crusade n. Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle.
	crustacean	crustacean adj. Pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc.
	crustaceous	crustaceous adj. Having a crust-like shell.
	cryptogram	cryptogram n. Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning.
	crystallize	crystallize v. To bring together or give fixed shape to.
	cudgel	cudgel n. A short thick stick used as a club.
	culinary	culinary adj. Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen.
	cull	cull v. To pick or sort out from the rest.
	culpable	culpable adj. Guilty.
	culprit	culprit n. A guilty person.
	culvert	culvert n. Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal.
	cupidity	cupidity n. Avarice.
	curable	curable adj. Capable of being remedied or corrected.
	curator	curator n. A person having charge as of a library or museum.
	curio	curio n. A piece of bric-a-brac.
	cursive	cursive adj. Writing in which the letters are joined together.
	cursory	cursory adj. Rapid and superficial.
	curt	curt adj. Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression.
	curtail	curtail v. To cut off or cut short.
	curtsy	curtsy n. A downward movement of the body by bending the knees.
	cycloid	cycloid adj. Like a circle.
	cygnet	cygnet n. A young swan.
	cynical	cynical adj. Exhibiting moral skepticism.
	cynicism	cynicism n. Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value.
	cynosure	cynosure n. That to which general interest or attention is directed.
	daring	daring adj. Brave.
	darkling	darkling adv. Blindly.
	Darwinism	Darwinism n. The doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution of higher forms.
	dastard	dastard n. A base coward.
	datum	datum n. A premise, starting-point, or given fact.
	dauntless	dauntless adj. Fearless.
	day-man	day-man n. A day-laborer.
	dead-heat	dead-heat n. A race in which two or more competitors come out even, and there is no winner.
	dearth	dearth n. Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable.
	death's-head	death's-head n. A human skull as a symbol of death.
	debase	debase v. To lower in character or virtue.
	debatable	debatable adj. Subject to contention or dispute.
	debonair	debonair adj. Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner.
	debut	debut n. A first appearance in society or on the stage.
	decagon	decagon n. A figure with ten sides and ten angles.
	decagram	decagram n. A weight of 10 grams.
	decaliter	decaliter n. A liquid and dry measure of 10 liters.
	decalogue	decalogue n. The ten commandments.
	Decameron	Decameron n. A volume consisting of ten parts or books.
	decameter	decameter n. A length of ten meters.
	decamp	decamp v. To leave suddenly or unexpectedly.
	decapitate	decapitate v. To behead.
	decapod	decapod adj. Ten-footed or ten-armed.
	decasyllable	decasyllable n. A line of ten syllables.
	deceit	deceit n. Falsehood.
	deceitful	deceitful adj. Fraudulent.
	deceive	deceive v. To mislead by or as by falsehood.
	decency	decency n. Moral fitness.
	decent	decent adj. Characterized by propriety of conduct, speech, manners, or dress.
	deciduous	deciduous adj. Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc.
	decimal	decimal adj. Founded on the number 10.
	decimate	decimate v. To destroy a measurable or large proportion of.
	decipher	decipher v. To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible.
	decisive	decisive ad. Conclusive.
	declamation	declamation n. A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public.
	declamatory	declamatory adj. A full and formal style of utterance.
	declarative	declarative adj. Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation.
	declension	declension n. The change of endings in nouns and adj. to express their different relations of gender.
	decorate	decorate v. To embellish.
	decorous	decorous adj. Suitable for the occasion or circumstances.
	decoy	decoy n. Anything that allures, or is intended to allures into danger or temptation.
	decrepit	decrepit adj. Enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity.
	dedication	dedication n. The voluntary consecration or relinquishment of something to an end or cause.
	deduce	deduce v. To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles.
	deface	deface v. To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of.
	defalcate	defalcate v. To cut off or take away, as a part of something.
	defamation	defamation n. Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another.
	defame	defame v. To slander.
	default	default n. The neglect or omission of a legal requirement.
	defendant	defendant n. A person against whom a suit is brought.
	defensible	defensible adj. Capable of being maintained or justified.
	defensive	defensive adj. Carried on in resistance to aggression.
	defer	defer v. To delay or put off to some other time.
	deference	deference n. Respectful submission or yielding, as to another's opinion, wishes, or judgment.
	defiant	defiant adj. Characterized by bold or insolent opposition.
	deficiency	deficiency n. Lack or insufficiency.
	deficient	deficient adj. Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount.
	definite	definite adj. Having an exact signification or positive meaning.
	deflect	deflect v. To cause to turn aside or downward.
	deforest	deforest v. To clear of forests.
	deform	deform v. To disfigure.
	deformity	deformity n. A disfigurement.
	defraud	defraud v. To deprive of something dishonestly.
	defray	defray v. To make payment for.
	degeneracy	degeneracy n. A becoming worse.
	degenerate	degenerate v. To become worse or inferior.
	degradation	degradation n. Diminution, as of strength or magnitude.
	degrade	degrade v. To take away honors or position from.
	dehydrate	dehydrate v. To deprive of water.
	deify	deify v. To regard or worship as a god.
	deign	deign v. To deem worthy of notice or account.
	deist	deist n. One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation.
	deity	deity n. A god, goddess, or divine person.
	deject	deject v. To dishearten.
	dejection	dejection n. Melancholy.
	delectable	delectable adj. Delightful to the taste or to the senses.
	delectation	delectation n. Delight.
	deleterious	deleterious adj. Hurtful, morally or physically.
	delicacy	delicacy n. That which is agreeable to a fine taste.
	delineate	delineate v. To represent by sketch or diagram.
	deliquesce	deliquesce v. To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air.
	delirious	delirious adj. Raving.
	delude	delude v. To mislead the mind or judgment of.
	deluge	deluge v. To overwhelm with a flood of water.
	delusion	delusion n. Mistaken conviction, especially when more or less enduring.
	demagnetize	demagnetize v. To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism.
	demagogue	demagogue n. An unprincipled politician.
	demeanor	demeanor n. Deportment.
	demented	demented adj. Insane.
	demerit	demerit n. A mark for failure or bad conduct.
	demise	demise n. Death.
	demobilize	demobilize v. To disband, as troops.
	demolish	demolish v. To annihilate.
	demonstrable	demonstrable adj. Capable of positive proof.
	demonstrate	demonstrate v. To prove indubitably.
	demonstrative	demonstrative adj. Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts.
	demonstrator	demonstrator n. One who proves in a convincing and conclusive manner.
	demulcent	demulcent n. Any application soothing to an irritable surface
	demurrage	demurrage n. the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing.
	dendroid	dendroid adj. Like a tree.
	dendrology	dendrology n. The natural history of trees.
	denizen	denizen n. Inhabitant.
	denominate	denominate v. To give a name or epithet to.
	denomination	denomination n. A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline.
	denominator	denominator n. Part of a fraction which expresses the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided.
	denote	denote v. To designate by word or mark.
	denouement	denouement n. That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up.
	denounce	denounce v. To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium.
	dentifrice	dentifrice n. Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth.
	denude	denude v. To strip the covering from.
	denunciation	denunciation n. The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation or punishment.
	deplete	deplete v. To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste.
	deplorable	deplorable adj. Contemptible.
	deplore	deplore v. To regard with grief or sorrow.
	deponent	deponent adj. Laying down.
	depopulate	depopulate v. To remove the inhabitants from.
	deport	deport v. To take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony.
	deportment	deportment n. Demeanor.
	deposition	deposition n. Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court.
	depositor	depositor n. One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited.
	depository	depository n. A place where anything is kept in safety.
	deprave	deprave v. To render bad, especially morally bad.
	deprecate	deprecate v. To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite.
	depreciate	depreciate v. To lessen the worth of.
	depreciation	depreciation n. A lowering in value or an underrating in worth.
	depress	depress v. To press down.
	depression	depression n. A falling of the spirits.
	depth	depth n. Deepness.
	derelict	derelict adj. Neglectful of obligation.
	deride	deride v. To ridicule.
	derisible	derisible adj. Open to ridicule.
	derision	derision n. Ridicule.
	derivation	derivation n. That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning.
	derivative	derivative adj. Coming or acquired from some origin.
	derive	derive v. To deduce, as from a premise.
	dermatology	dermatology n. The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases.
	derrick	derrick n. An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights.
	descendant	descendant n. One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc.
	descendent	descendent adj. Proceeding downward.
	descent	descent n. The act of moving or going downward.
	descry	descry v. To discern.
	desert	desert v. To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned
	desiccant	desiccant n. Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds.
	designate	designate v. To select or appoint, as by authority.
	desist	desist v. To cease from action.
	desistance	desistance n. Cessation.
	despair	despair n. Utter hopelessness and despondency.
	desperado	desperado n. One without regard for law or life.
	desperate	desperate adj. Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair.
	despicable	despicable adj. Contemptible.
	despite	despite prep. In spite of.
	despond	despond v. To lose spirit, courage, or hope.
	despondent	despondent adj. Disheartened.
	despot	despot n. An absolute and irresponsible monarch.
	despotism	despotism n. Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part.
	destitute	destitute adj. Poverty-stricken.
	desultory	desultory adj. Not connected with what precedes.
	deter	deter v. To frighten away.
	deteriorate	deteriorate v. To grow worse.
	determinate	determinate adj. Definitely limited or fixed.
	determination	determination n. The act of deciding.
	deterrent	deterrent adj. Hindering from action through fear.
	detest	detest v. To dislike or hate with intensity.
	detract	detract v. To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation.
	detriment	detriment n. Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss.
	detrude	detrude v. To push down forcibly.
	deviate	deviate v. To take a different course.
	devilry	devilry n. Malicious mischief.
	deviltry	deviltry n. Wanton and malicious mischief.
	devious	devious adj. Out of the common or regular track.
	devise	devise v. To invent.
	devout	devout adj. Religious.
	dexterity	dexterity n. Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work.
	diabolic	diabolic adj. Characteristic of the devil.
	diacritical	diacritical adj. Marking a difference.
	diagnose	diagnose v. To distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic phenomena.
	diagnosis	diagnosis n. Determination of the distinctive nature of a disease.
	dialect	dialect n. Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district.
	dialectician	dialectician n. A logician.
	dialogue	dialogue n. A formal conversation in which two or more take part.
	diaphanous	diaphanous adj. Transparent.
	diatomic	diatomic adj. Containing only two atoms.
	diatribe	diatribe n. A bitter or malicious criticism.
	dictum	dictum n. A positive utterance.
	didactic	didactic adj. Pertaining to teaching.
	difference	difference n. Dissimilarity in any respect.
	differentia	differentia n. Any essential characteristic of a species by reason of which it differs from other species.
	differential	differential adj. Distinctive.
	differentiate	differentiate v. To acquire a distinct and separate character.
	diffidence	diffidence n. Self-distrust.
	diffident	diffident adj. Affected or possessed with self-distrust.
	diffusible	diffusible adj. Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly.
	diffusion	diffusion n. Dispersion.
	dignitary	dignitary n. One who holds high rank.
	digraph	digraph n. A union of two characters representing a single sound.
	digress	digress v. To turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter.
	dilapidated	dilapidated pa. Fallen into decay or partial ruin.
	dilate	dilate v. To enlarge in all directions.
	dilatory	dilatory adj. Tending to cause delay.
	dilemma	dilemma n. A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary.
	dilettante	dilettante n. A superficial amateur.
	diligence	diligence n. Careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is undertaken.
	dilute	dilute v. To make more fluid or less concentrated by admixture with something.
	diminution	diminution n. Reduction.
	dimly	dimly adv. Obscurely.
	diphthong	diphthong n. The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds.
	diplomacy	diplomacy n. Tact, shrewdness, or skill in conducting any kind of negotiations or in social matters.
	diplomat	diplomat n. A representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another.
	diplomatic	diplomatic adj. Characterized by special tact in negotiations.
	diplomatist	diplomatist n. One remarkable for tact and shrewd management.
	disagree	disagree v. To be opposite in opinion.
	disallow	disallow v. To withhold permission or sanction.
	disappear	disappear v. To cease to exist, either actually or for the time being.
	disappoint	disappoint v. To fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish, or desire of.
	disapprove	disapprove v. To regard with blame.
	disarm	disarm v. To deprive of weapons.
	disarrange	disarrange v. To throw out of order.
	disavow	disavow v. To disclaim responsibility for.
	disavowal	disavowal n. Denial.
	disbeliever	disbeliever n. One who refuses to believe.
	disburden	disburden v. To disencumber.
	disburse	disburse v. To pay out or expend, as money from a fund.
	discard	discard v. To reject.
	discernible	discernible adj. Perceivable.
	disciple	disciple n. One who believes the teaching of another, or who adopts and follows some doctrine.
	disciplinary	disciplinary adj. Having the nature of systematic training or subjection to authority.
	discipline	discipline v. To train to obedience.
	disclaim	disclaim v. To disavow any claim to, connection with, or responsibility to.
	discolor	discolor v. To stain.
	discomfit	discomfit v. To put to confusion.
	discomfort	discomfort n. The state of being positively uncomfortable.
	disconnect	disconnect v. To undo or dissolve the connection or association of.
	disconsolate	disconsolate adj. Grief-stricken.
	discontinuance	discontinuance n. Interruption or intermission.
	discord	discord n. Absence of harmoniousness.
	discountenance	discountenance v. To look upon with disfavor.
	discover	discover v. To get first sight or knowledge of, as something previously unknown or unperceived.
	discredit	discredit v. To injure the reputation of.
	discreet	discreet adj. Judicious.
	discrepant	discrepant adj. Opposite.
	discriminate	discriminate v. To draw a distinction.
	discursive	discursive adj. Passing from one subject to another.
	discussion	discussion n. Debate.
	disenfranchise	disenfranchise v. To deprive of any right privilege or power
	disengage	disengage v. To become detached.
	disfavor	disfavor n. Disregard.
	disfigure	disfigure v. To impair or injure the beauty, symmetry, or appearance of.
	dishabille	dishabille n. Undress or negligent attire.
	dishonest	dishonest adj. Untrustworthy.
	disillusion	disillusion v. To disenchant.
	disinfect	disinfect v. To remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious diseases.
	disinfectant	disinfectant n. A substance used to destroy the germs of infectious diseases.
	disinherit	disinherit v. To deprive of an inheritance.
	disinterested	disinterested adj. Impartial.
	disjunctive	disjunctive adj. Helping or serving to disconnect or separate.
	dislocate	dislocate v. To put out of proper place or order.
	dismissal	dismissal n. Displacement by authority from an office or an employment.
	dismount	dismount v. To throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like.
	disobedience	disobedience n. Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction.
	disobedient	disobedient adj. Neglecting or refusing to obey.
	disown	disown v. To refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself.
	disparage	disparage v. To regard or speak of slightingly.
	disparity	disparity n. Inequality.
	dispel	dispel v. To drive away by or as by scattering in different directions.
	dispensation	dispensation n. That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power.
	displace	displace v. To put out of the proper or accustomed place.
	dispossess	dispossess v. To deprive of actual occupancy, especially of real estate.
	disputation	disputation n. Verbal controversy.
	disqualify	disqualify v. To debar.
	disquiet	disquiet v. To deprive of peace or tranquillity.
	disregard	disregard v. To take no notice of.
	disreputable	disreputable adj. Dishonorable or disgraceful.
	disrepute	disrepute n. A bad name or character.
	disrobe	disrobe v. To unclothe.
	disrupt	disrupt v. To burst or break asunder.
	dissatisfy	dissatisfy v. To displease.
	dissect	dissect v. To cut apart or to pieces.
	dissection	dissection n. The act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of a plant or an animal.
	dissemble	dissemble v. To hide by pretending something different.
	disseminate	disseminate v. To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown.
	dissension	dissension n. Angry or violent difference of opinion.
	dissent	dissent n. Disagreement.
	dissentient	dissentient n. One who disagrees.
	dissentious	dissentious adj. Contentious.
	dissertation	dissertation n. Thesis.
	disservice	disservice n. An ill turn.
	dissever	dissever v. To divide.
	dissimilar	dissimilar adj. Different.
	dissipate	dissipate v. To disperse or disappear.
	dissipation	dissipation n. The state of being dispersed or scattered.
	dissolute	dissolute adj. Lewd.
	dissolution	dissolution n. A breaking up of a union of persons.
	dissolve	dissolve v. To liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture.
	dissonance	dissonance n. Discord.
	dissonant	dissonant adj. Harsh or disagreeable in sound.
	dissuade	dissuade v. To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading.
	dissuasion	dissuasion n. The act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans of through persuasion, or pleading.
	disyllable	disyllable n. A word of two syllables.
	distemper	distemper n. A disease or malady.
	distend	distend v. To stretch out or expand in every direction.
	distensible	distensible adj. Capable of being stretched out or expanded in every direction.
	distention	distention n. Expansion.
	distill	distill v. To extract or produce by vaporization and condensation.
	distillation	distillation n. Separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile.
	distiller	distiller n. One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic liquors.
	distinction	distinction n. A note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies.
	distort	distort v. To twist into an unnatural or irregular form.
	distrain	distrain v. To subject a person to distress.
	distrainor	distrainor n. One who subjects a person to distress.
	distraught	distraught adj. Bewildered.
	distrust	distrust n. Lack of confidence in the power, wisdom, or good intent of any person.
	disunion	disunion n. Separation of relations or interests.
	diurnal	diurnal adj. Daily.
	divagation	divagation n. Digression.
	divergent	divergent adj. Tending in different directions.
	diverse	diverse adj. Capable of various forms.
	diversion	diversion n. Pastime.
	diversity	diversity n. Dissimilitude.
	divert	divert v. To turn from the accustomed course or a line of action already established.
	divertible	divertible adj. Able to be turned from the accustomed course or a line of action already established.
	divest	divest v. To strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments, or accouterments or disinvestment.
	divination	divination n. The pretended forecast of future events or discovery of what is lost or hidden.
	divinity	divinity n. The quality or character of being godlike.
	divisible	divisible adj. Capable of being separated into parts.
	divisor	divisor n. That by which a number or quantity is divided.
	divulge	divulge v. To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret.
	divulgence	divulgence n. A divulging.
	docile	docile adj. Easy to manage.
	docket	docket n. The registry of judgments of a court.
	doe	doe n. The female of the deer.
	dogma	dogma n. A statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority.
	dogmatic	dogmatic adj. Making statements without argument or evidence.
	dogmatize	dogmatize v. To make positive assertions without supporting them by argument or evidence.
	doleful	doleful adj. Melancholy.
	dolesome	dolesome adj. Melancholy.
	dolor	dolor n. Lamentation.
	dolorous	dolorous adj. Expressing or causing sorrow or pain.
	domain	domain n. A sphere or field of action or interest.
	domesticity	domesticity n. Life in or fondness for one's home and family.
	domicile	domicile n. The place where one lives.
	dominance	dominance n. Ascendancy.
	dominant	dominant adj. Conspicuously prominent.
	dominate	dominate v. To influence controllingly.
	domination	domination n. Control by the exercise of power or constituted authority.
	domineer	domineer v. To rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance.
	donate	donate v. To bestow as a gift, especially for a worthy cause.
	donator	donator n. One who makes a donation or present.
	donee	donee n. A person to whom a donation is made.
	donor	donor n. One who makes a donation or present.
	dormant	dormant adj. Being in a state of or resembling sleep.
	doublet	doublet n. One of a pair of like things.
	doubly	doubly adv. In twofold degree or extent.
	dowry	dowry n. The property which a wife brings to her husband in marriage.
	drachma	drachma n. A modern and an ancient Greek coin.
	dragnet	dragnet n. A net to be drawn along the bottom of the water.
	dragoon	dragoon n. In the British army, a cavalryman.
	drainage	drainage n. The means of draining collectively, as a system of conduits, trenches, pipes, etc.
	dramatist	dramatist n. One who writes plays.
	dramatize	dramatize v. To relate or represent in a dramatic or theatrical manner.
	drastic	drastic adj. Acting vigorously.
	drought	drought n. Dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither.
	drowsy	drowsy adj. Heavy with sleepiness.
	drudgery	drudgery n. Hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation.
	dubious	dubious adj. Doubtful.
	duckling	duckling n. A young duck.
	ductile	ductile adj. Capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread.
	duet	duet n. A composition for two voices or instruments.
	dun	dun v. To make a demand or repeated demands on for payment.
	duplex	duplex adj. Having two parts.
	duplicity	duplicity n. Double-dealing.
	durance	durance n. Confinement.
	duration	duration n. The period of time during which anything lasts.
	duteous	duteous adj. Showing submission to natural superiors.
	dutiable	dutiable adj. Subject to a duty, especially a customs duty.
	dutiful	dutiful adj. Obedient.
	dwindle	dwindle v. To diminish or become less.
	dyne	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	earnest adj. Ardent in spirit and speech.
	earthenware	earthenware n. Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun.
	eatable	eatable adj. Edible.
	ebullient	ebullient adj. Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling.
	eccentric	eccentric adj. Peculiar.
	eccentricity	eccentricity n. Idiosyncrasy.
	eclipse	eclipse n. The obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body.
	economize	economize v. To spend sparingly.
	ecstasy	ecstasy n. Rapturous excitement or exaltation.
	ecstatic	ecstatic adj. Enraptured.
	edible	edible adj. Suitable to be eaten.
	edict	edict n. That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule of action.
	edify	edify v. To build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion.
	editorial	editorial n. An article in a periodical written by the editor and published as an official argument.
	educe	educe v. To draw out.
	efface	efface v. To obliterate.
	effect	effect n. A consequence.
	effective	effective adj. Fit for a destined purpose.
	effectual	effectual adj. Efficient.
	effeminacy	effeminacy n. Womanishness.
	effeminate	effeminate adj. Having womanish traits or qualities.
	effervesce	effervesce v. To bubble up.
	effervescent	effervescent adj. Giving off bubbles of gas.
	effete	effete adj. Exhausted, as having performed its functions.
	efficacious	efficacious adj. Effective.
	efficacy	efficacy n. The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it.
	efficiency	efficiency n. The state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty.
	efficient	efficient adj. Having and exercising the power to produce effects or results.
	efflorescence	efflorescence n. The state of being flowery, or a flowery appearance.
	efflorescent	efflorescent adj. Opening in flower.
	effluvium	effluvium n. A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter.
	effrontery	effrontery n. Unblushing impudence.
	effulgence	effulgence n. Splendor.
	effuse	effuse v. To pour forth.
	effusion	effusion n. an outpouring.
	egoism	egoism n. The theory that places man's chief good in the completeness of self.
	egoist	egoist n. One who advocates or practices egoism.
	egotism	egotism n. Self-conceit.
	egotist	egotist n. One given to self-mention or who is constantly telling of his own views and experiences.
	egregious	egregious adj. Extreme.
	egress	egress n. Any place of exit.
	eject	eject v. To expel.
	elapse	elapse v. To quietly terminate: said of time.
	elasticity	elasticity n. That property of matter by which a body tends to return to a former shape after being changed.
	electrolysis	electrolysis n. The process of decomposing a chemical compound by the passage of an electric current.
	electrotype	electrotype n. A metallic copy of any surface, as a coin.
	elegy	elegy n. A lyric poem lamenting the dead.
	element	element n. A component or essential part.
	elicit	elicit v. To educe or extract gradually or without violence.
	eligible	eligible adj. Qualified for selection.
	eliminate	eliminate v. To separate and cast aside.
	Elizabethan	Elizabethan adj. Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era.
	elocution	elocution n. The art of correct intonation, inflection, and gesture in public speaking or reading.
	eloquent	eloquent adj. Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech.
	elucidate	elucidate v. To bring out more clearly the facts concerning.
	elude	elude v. To evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice.
	elusion	elusion n. Evasion.
	emaciate	emaciate v. To waste away in flesh.
	emanate	emanate v. To flow forth or proceed, as from some source.
	emancipate	emancipate v. To release from bondage.
	embargo	embargo n. Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade.
	embark	embark v. To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme.
	embarrass	embarrass v. To render flustered or agitated.
	embellish	embellish v. To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features.
	embezzle	embezzle v. To misappropriate secretly.
	emblazon	emblazon v. To set forth publicly or in glowing terms.
	emblem	emblem n. A symbol.
	embody	embody v. To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact or visible form.
	embolden	embolden v. To give courage to.
	embolism	embolism n. An obstruction or plugging up of an artery or other blood-vessel.
	embroil	embroil v. To involve in dissension or strife.
	emerge	emerge v. To come into view or into existence.
	emergence	emergence n. A coming into view.
	emergent	emergent adj. Coming into view.
	emeritus	emeritus adj. Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position.
	emigrant	emigrant n. One who moves from one place to settle in another.
	emigrate	emigrate v. To go from one country, state, or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another.
	eminence	eminence n. An elevated position with respect to rank, place, character, condition, etc.
	eminent	eminent adj. High in station, merit, or esteem.
	emit	emit v. To send or give out.
	emphasis	emphasis n. Any special impressiveness added to an utterance or act, or stress laid upon some word.
	emphasize	emphasize v. To articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word, or a group of words.
	emphatic	emphatic adj. Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set of words.
	employee	employee n. One who works for wages or a salary.
	employer	employer n. One who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay.
	emporium	emporium n. A bazaar or shop.
	empower	empower v. To delegate authority to.
	emulate	emulate v. To imitate with intent to equal or surpass.
	enact	enact v. To make into law, as by legislative act.
	enamor	enamor v. To inspire with ardent love.
	encamp	encamp v. To pitch tents for a resting-place.
	encomium	encomium n. A formal or discriminating expression of praise.
	encompass	encompass v. To encircle.
	encore	encore n. The call for a repetition, as of some part of a play or performance.
	encourage	encourage v. To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind.
	encroach	encroach v. To invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the possessions of another.
	encumber	encumber v. To impede with obstacles.
	encyclical	encyclical adj. Intended for general circulation.
	encyclopedia	encyclopedia n. A work containing information on subjects, or exhaustive of one subject.
	endanger	endanger v. To expose to peril.
	endear	endear v. To cause to be loved.
	endemic	endemic adj. Peculiar to some specified country or people.
	endue	endue v. To endow with some quality, gift, or grace, usually spiritual.
	endurable	endurable adj. Tolerable.
	endurance	endurance n. The ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship, or stress of any kind without succumbing.
	energetic	energetic adj. Working vigorously.
	enervate	enervate v. To render ineffective or inoperative.
	enfeeble	enfeeble v. To debilitate.
	enfranchise	enfranchise v. To endow with a privilege, especially with the right to vote.
	engender	engender v. To produce.
	engrave	engrave v. To cut or carve in or upon some surface.
	engross	engross v. To occupy completely.
	enhance	enhance v. To intensify.
	enigma	enigma n. A riddle.
	enjoin	enjoin v. To command.
	enkindle	enkindle v. To set on fire.
	enlighten	enlighten v. To cause to see clearly.
	enlist	enlist v. To enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment.
	enmity	enmity n. Hatred.
	ennoble	ennoble v. To dignify.
	enormity	enormity n. Immensity.
	enormous	enormous adj. Gigantic.
	enrage	enrage v. To infuriate.
	enrapture	enrapture v. To delight extravagantly or intensely.
	enshrine	enshrine v. To keep sacred.
	ensnare	ensnare v. To entrap.
	entail	entail v. To involve; necessitate.
	entangle	entangle v. To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications.
	enthrall	enthrall v. To bring or hold under any overmastering influence.
	enthrone	enthrone v. To invest with sovereign power.
	enthuse	enthuse v. To yield to or display intense and rapturous feeling.
	enthusiastic	enthusiastic adj. Full of zeal and fervor.
	entirety	entirety n. A complete thing.
	entomology	entomology n. The branch of zoology that treats of insects.
	entrails	entrails n. pl. The internal parts of an animal.
	entreaty	entreaty n. An earnest request.
	entree	entree n. The act of entering.
	entrench	entrench v. To fortify or protect, as with a trench or ditch and wall.
	entwine	entwine v. To interweave.
	enumerate	enumerate v. To name one by one.
	epic	epic n. A poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages, heroes, etc.
	epicure	epicure n. One who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and drinking.
	Epicurean	Epicurean adj. Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite.
	epicycle	epicycle n. A circle that rolls upon the external or internal circumference of another circle.
	epicycloid	epicycloid n. A curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls upon another circle.
	epidemic	epidemic n. Wide-spread occurrence of a disease in a certain region.
	epidermis	epidermis n. The outer skin.
	epigram	epigram n. A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation.
	epilogue	epilogue n. The close of a narrative or dramatic poem.
	epiphany	epiphany n. Any appearance or bodily manifestation of a deity.
	episode	episode n. An incident or story in a literary work, separable from yet growing out of it.
	epitaph	epitaph n. An inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in memory of the dead.
	epithet	epithet n. Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in Father Aeneas.
	epitome	epitome n. A simplified representation.
	epizootic	epizootic adj. Prevailing among animals.
	epoch	epoch n. A interval of time, memorable for extraordinary events.
	epode	epode n. A species of lyric poems.
	equalize	equalize v. To render uniform.
	equanimity	equanimity n. Evenness of mind or temper.
	equestrian	equestrian adj. Pertaining to horses or horsemanship.
	equilibrium	equilibrium n. A state of balance.
	equitable	equitable adj. Characterized by fairness.
	equity	equity n. Fairness or impartiality.
	equivalent	equivalent adj. Equal in value, force, meaning, or the like.
	equivocal	equivocal adj. Ambiguous.
	equivocate	equivocate v. To use words of double meaning.
	eradicate	eradicate v. To destroy thoroughly.
	errant	errant adj. Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds.
	erratic	erratic adj. Irregular.
	erroneous	erroneous adj. Incorrect.
	erudite	erudite adj. Very-learned.
	erudition	erudition n. Extensive knowledge of literature, history, language, etc.
	eschew	eschew v. To keep clear of.
	espy	espy v. To keep close watch.
	esquire	esquire n. A title of dignity, office, or courtesy.
	essence	essence n. That which makes a thing to be what it is.
	esthetic	esthetic adj. Pertaining to beauty, taste, or the fine arts.
	estimable	estimable adj. Worthy of respect.
	estrange	estrange v. To alienate.
	estuary	estuary n. A wide lower part of a tidal river.
	et	et cetera Latin. And so forth.
	eugenic	eugenic adj. Relating to the development and improvement of race.
	eulogize	eulogize v. To speak or write a laudation of a person's life or character.
	eulogy	eulogy n. A spoken or written laudation of a person's life or character.
	euphemism	euphemism n. A figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is substituted.
	euphonious	euphonious adj. Characterized by agreeableness of sound.
	euphony	euphony n. Agreeableness of sound.
	eureka	eureka Greek. I have found it.
	evade	evade v. To avoid by artifice.
	evanesce	evanesce v. To vanish gradually.
	evanescent	evanescent adj. Fleeting.
	evangelical	evangelical adj. Seeking the conversion of sinners.
	evangelist	evangelist n. A preacher who goes from place to place holding services.
	evasion	evasion n. Escape.
	eventual	eventual adj. Ultimate.
	evert	evert v. To turn inside out.
	evict	evict v. To dispossess pursuant to judicial decree.
	evidential	evidential adj. Indicative.
	evince	evince v. To make manifest or evident.
	evoke	evoke v. To call or summon forth.
	evolution	evolution n. Development or growth.
	evolve	evolve v. To unfold or expand.
	exacerbate	exacerbate v. To make more sharp, severe, or virulent.
	exaggerate	exaggerate v. To overstate.
	exasperate	exasperate v. To excite great anger in.
	excavate	excavate v. To remove by digging or scooping out.
	exceed	exceed v. To go beyond, as in measure, quality, value, action, power, skill, etc.
	excel	excel v. To be superior or distinguished.
	excellence	excellence n. Possession of eminently or unusually good qualities.
	excellency	excellency n. A title of honor bestowed upon various high officials.
	excellent	excellent adj. Possessing distinguished merit.
	excerpt	excerpt n. An extract or selection from written or printed matter.
	excess	excess n. That which passes the ordinary, proper, or required limit, measure, or experience.
	excitable	excitable adj. Nervously high-strung.
	excitation	excitation n. Intensified emotion or action.
	exclamation	exclamation n. An abrupt or emphatic expression of thought or of feeling.
	exclude	exclude v. To shut out purposely or forcibly.
	exclusion	exclusion n. Non-admission.
	excrescence	excrescence n. Any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development.
	excretion	excretion n. The getting rid of waste matter.
	excruciate	excruciate v. To inflict severe pain or agony upon.
	excursion	excursion n. A journey.
	excusable	excusable adj. Justifiable.
	execrable	execrable adj. Abominable.
	execration	execration n. An accursed thing.
	executor	executor n. A person nominated by the will of another to execute the will.
	exegesis	exegesis n. Biblical exposition or interpretation.
	exemplar	exemplar n. A model, pattern, or original to be copied or imitated.
	exemplary	exemplary adj. Fitted to serve as a model or example worthy of imitation.
	exemplify	exemplify v. To show by example.
	exempt	exempt adj. Free, clear, or released, as from some liability, or restriction affecting others.
	exert	exert v. To make an effort.
	exhale	exhale v. To breathe forth.
	exhaust	exhaust v. To empty by draining off the contents.
	exhaustible	exhaustible adj. Causing or tending to cause exhaustion.
	exhaustion	exhaustion n. Deprivation of strength or energy.
	exhaustive	exhaustive adj. Thorough and complete in execution.
	exhilarate	exhilarate v. To fill with high or cheerful spirits.
	exhume	exhume v. To dig out of the earth (what has been buried).
	exigency	exigency n. A critical period or condition.
	exigent	exigent adj. Urgent.
	existence	existence n. Possession or continuance of being.
	exit	exit n. A way or passage out.
	exodus	exodus n. A going forth or departure from a place or country, especially of many people.
	exonerate	exonerate v. To relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, or blame.
	exorbitance	exorbitance n. Extravagance or enormity.
	exorbitant	exorbitant adj. Going beyond usual and proper limits.
	exorcise	exorcise v. To cast or drive out by religious or magical means.
	exotic	exotic adj. Foreign.
	expand	expand v. To increase in range or scope.
	expanse	expanse n. A continuous area or stretch.
	expansion	expansion n. Increase of amount, size, scope, or the like.
	expatriate	expatriate v. To drive from one's own country.
	expect	expect v. To look forward to as certain or probable.
	expectancy	expectancy n. The act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable.
	expectorate	expectorate v. To cough up and spit forth.
	expediency	expediency n. Fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case.
	expedient	expedient adj. Contributing to personal advantage.
	expedite	expedite v. To hasten the movement or progress of.
	expeditious	expeditious adj. Speedy.
	expend	expend v. To spend.
	expense	expense n. The laying out or expending or money or other resources, as time or strength.
	expiate	expiate v. To make satisfaction or amends for.
	explicate	explicate v. To clear from involvement.
	explicit	explicit adj. Definite.
	explode	explode v. To cause to burst in pieces by force from within.
	explosion	explosion n. A sudden and violent outbreak.
	explosive	explosive adj. Pertaining to a sudden and violent outbreak.
	exposition	exposition n. Formal presentation.
	expository	expository adj. Pertaining to a formal presentation.
	expostulate	expostulate v. To discuss.
	exposure	exposure n. An open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements, or points of the compass.
	expressive	expressive adj. Full of meaning.
	expulsion	expulsion n. Forcible ejection.

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