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Big Book Vocabulary Part 1

Big Book Vocabulary Part 1

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

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