Gre Master Word List

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abdicate

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To renounce or relinquish a right or responsibility in a formal manner.

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abeyance

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Temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension.

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ablution

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Cleansing or washing with water, as a religious ritual.

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abnegate

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To refuse or deny oneself; to relinquish or give up.

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abortive

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Fruitless, unsuccessful.

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abrogate

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To abolish by formal or official means; to repeal; discontinue.

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abscond

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To depart in a sudden and secret manner, usually to avoid capture or legal prosecution; to slip away; vanish.

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absolve

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To free from guilt or blame; to excuse or pardon; exculpate; exonerate; vindicate.

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abstemious

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Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; abstinent; ascetic; austere.

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acclivity

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An upward slope, an ascent.

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accost

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To confront boldly; approach or speak brusquely.

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accoutre

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To equip or outfit, usually with military clothes or equipment.

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acerbic

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Sour or astringent in taste. Harsh or severe; caustic.

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acrimony

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Caustic, stinging, or bitter nature, speech, or behavior.

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acidulous

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Sharp-tasting or sour. Bitter or cutting; caustic; vitriolic.

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acquiesce

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Accept or consent without objection or protest; to concede; yield; assent.

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actuarial

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Pertaining to a clerk or registrar.

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actuate

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To incite or move to action; impel; motivate.

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acuity

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Sharpness or keenness of perception or vision; acumen.

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acumen

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Keen insight; ability to make good judgments and quick decisions; shrewdness.

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addle

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To make or become confused; muddle. To make rotten or spoiled.

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adjunct

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Auxiliary or subordinate; nonessential.

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adjuration

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An earnest request; entreaty.

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advert

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To remark or comment towards; to turn attention to or refer.

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adumbrate

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To give a sketchy outline. To foreshadow or indicate faintly; intimate. To overshadow or obscure.

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aegis

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A shield. Protection or support.

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affected

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Influenced or touched by an external factor. Artificial, pretentious, and designed to impress. Disposed or inclined in a specified way. To have an emotional response.

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affix

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To fasten, join, or attach.

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affront

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An outrageous, deliberate act of disrespect or insolence; an insult.

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agog

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Highly excited; full of eagerness, curiosity, or anticipation.

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alacrity

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Cheerful readiness or enthusiasm; eagerness.

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alimentary

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Concerned with food; providing nutritive.

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allay

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To calm, quiet; to lessen or alleviate.

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allege

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To assert without proof.

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allude

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To refer casually or indirectly; make an allusion.

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ambulatory

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Pertaining to or capable of walking.

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amok / amuck

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Behaving uncontrollably or disruptively; frenetic. Mad with a murderous frenzy.

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anachronism

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Something out of place in its chronological time period; something conspicuously old-fashioned.

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anathema

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Something vehemently disliked; object of scorn. A formal curse by the Church.

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ancillary

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Subordinate, auxiliary, or subsidiary.

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animadversion

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Harsh criticism or disapproval; censure.

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antithetical

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Diametrically opposed to.

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anodyne

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Not likely to provoke dissent or offense; uncontentious; inoffensive; benign. Soothing; analgesic; emollient.

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aplomb

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Unshakable self-confidence, poise, or assurance.

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apothegm

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A terse, witty, instructive saying; a maxim; aphorism.

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append

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To attach as a supplement, accessory, or appendix.

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apostate

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A person who abandons or renounces a religious or political belief.

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apprise

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To give notice, inform, or tell.

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approbation

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Formal approval or sanction.

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appurtenance

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Something subordinate, added onto the main thing; nonessential, or accessory.

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apocryphal

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Of questionable authorship or authenticity; dubious; spurious.

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apropos

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With reference to; regarding; concerning. Fitting, opportune, or pertinent.

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aquiline

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Like an eagle; curved or hooked.

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ardor

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Intense devotion, eagerness, zeal, fervor, passion or enthusiasm.

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artful

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Slyly crafty or cunning, deceitful, tricky.

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asperity

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Harsh tone or demeanor; severity; acrimony; irritability.

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aspersion

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A damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander: vilification; defamation; calumniation; derogation.

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assay

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To examine or analyze.

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asseverate

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To declare seriously or positively; affirm.

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astute

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Of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious. Clever; cunning; ingenious; shrewd.

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audit

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An official examination or verification of accounts of financial accounts or records.

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augury

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An omen, prophecy, or indication.

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august

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Inspiring reverence or admiration; grandeur or majestic.

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avarice

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Insatiable greed.

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aver

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To assert with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.

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avocation

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A hobby or vocation, done for pleasure.

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bacchanalian

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Depicting riotous, boisterous, or drunken festivity; revelry.

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badinage

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Light, playful banter or teasing.

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baleful

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Corrupting, foreboding destruction; wretched, miserable.

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bandy

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To pass back and forth; to discuss lively or heatedly.

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balderdash

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Senseless, stupid, or exaggerated talk or writing; nonsense.

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balk

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To cease at an obstacle and refuse to proceed; i.e to stop yourself. To thwart or foil a plan; i.e to stop something else.

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baneful

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Destructive; pernicious, causing ruin or death.

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barefaced

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Shameless; impudent; audacious:.

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bate

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To moderate or restrain: to lessen, diminish, or abate.

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bawdy

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Indecent; lewd; obscene.

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bedizen

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To ornament or dress in a showy or gaudy manner; to over-dress.

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beatific

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Blissful, happy; saintly.

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beholden

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Obligated; indebted.

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behoove

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To be necessary or proper for, as for moral or ethical considerations; be incumbent on.

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beleaguer

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To surround with military forces, to surround with troubles.

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belie

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To show to be false; contradict or undermine.

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besmirch

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To soil; tarnish; to defile the honor of.

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bemuse

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Puzzle, confuse, or bewilder. To cause to be engrossed in thought; captivate.

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bellicose

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Willing to fight; hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.

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bifurcate

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Split or forked into branches.

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bilk

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To defraud; cheat or swindle.

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blandish

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To coax or influence by gentle flattery; cajole.

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blight

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Disease causing plant tissue death; destruction or ruin; dilapidation or decay.

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blithe

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Joyous, glad, cheerful; foolishly heedless or carefree.

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boorish

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Like a bumpkin or yokel, unmannered, crude, or insensitive.

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brazen

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Shameless or impudent.

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bromide

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A trite and unoriginal idea or remark; platitude; cliché.

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canny

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Careful and shrewd; prudent; sagacious; astute.

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burnish

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To rub smooth; to polish.

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bucolic

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Relating to the countryside or shepherds; rustic; pastoral; idyllic.

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canonical

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Accepted as being accurate and authoritative; conforming to orthodox or well-established rules or patterns.

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callow

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Lacking adult maturity or experience; immature; inexperienced.

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canard

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An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story; a rumor.

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brook

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To put up with, tolerate.

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broach

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To raise a sensitive subject for discussion; announce. To pierce to draw off liquid; tap.

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cadge

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To get by begging; sponge.

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capacious

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Spacious or roomy.

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carp

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To find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil. A peevish complaint.

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captious

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Tending to find trivial faults or raise petty objections; carping; caviling; quibbling.

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cavil

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To raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily. To oppose by inconsequential, frivolous, or sham objections.

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capitulate

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To surrender unconditionally; to give up resistance.

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cerebrate

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To use the mind; think or think about.

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celerity

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Swiftness; speed.

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chagrin

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Dismay and embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated; to mortify; discomfiture (e.g. Jeff, much to his chagrin, wasn't invited).

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charlatan

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A person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; a quack.

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chary

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Very cautious; wary. Not giving or expending freely; sparing; parsimonious.

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chasten

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To inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise; to restrain; subdue: to make chaste.

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chauvinist

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Zealous and aggressive patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glor; biased devotion to any group, attitude, or cause.

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chicanery

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Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry; a quibble or subterfuge used to trick, deceive, or evade.

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chimerical

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Wildly or fancifully imaginative; highly improbable; unrealistic; fantastical.

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churlish

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Like a boorish, or surly person; niggardly or miserly.

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chortle

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To chuckle gleefully.

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choleric

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Extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible.

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circumlocution

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The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language; a roundabout expression; verbiage; beating around the bush.

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clandestine

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Characterized by secrecy or concealment for purposes of subversion or deception; surreptitious; illicit.

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clarion

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Clear and shrill, like a trumpet.

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clemency

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Mercy or leniency.

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clout

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A blow or strike with the hand; strong political power or influence.

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cloying

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Causing aversion by excessiveness; overly ingratiating or sentimental.

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codify

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To arrange or implement into law or code.

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coeval

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Existing during the same period of time.

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colloquy

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A conversational exchange; dialogue.

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collude/collusion

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A secret agreement for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; a conspiracy.

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comestible

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Edible.

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commodious

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Spacious and convenient; roomy.

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compendious

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Containing or presenting all the essential facts concisely; succint; laconic.

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compunction

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Any uneasiness or hesitation about the rightness of an action; Feeling of anxiety of the conscience caused by regret or remorse for doing wrong.

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compendium

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A short summary; an abstract.

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contrite

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Showing sincere remorse; Filled with guilt and desire for atonement; penitent.

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conciliate

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To overcome initial distrust or hostility; reconcile; win over.

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concomitant

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Existing or occurring with something else; accompanying; concurrent; associated.

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condign

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Well-deserved; fitting; adequate.

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connivance

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Tacit encouragement or assent (without participation) to wrongdoing by another; feigning ignorance of something wrong.

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concatenate

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To link together; unite in a series or chain.

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consequential

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Significant, having importance. Pompous, conceited.

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contumacious

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Stubbornly or perversely rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.

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coquet

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To try to attract the attention and admiration of men for mere self-gratification, to flirt; to act without seriousness; trifle; dally.

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cow

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To frighten with threats, violence, to intimidate.

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cozen

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To cheat, deceive, or trick.

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crapulous

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Sick from excessive drinking or eating.

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crone

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A withered, witchlike old woman, a hag.

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crotchety

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Given to odd notions, eccentricities or whims; grouchy or cantankerous.

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cupidity

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Eager or excessive desire to possess something; greed; avarice.

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curmudgeon

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A bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person; miserly, churlish.

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debauch

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To corrupt by sensuality, intemperance; to seduce or pervert.

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demotic

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Of or pertaining to the common people; popular. Of or pertaining to the ordinary, everyday language; vernacular.

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demur

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To raise an objection.

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demure

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Shyness or modesty; reserved. Affectedly or coyly decorous, sober, or sedate.

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decamp

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To depart secretly or suddenly; abscond.

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decorous

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Dignified in conduct, manners, appearance, character; having decorum.

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deprave

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To make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt; defame.

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denouement

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The final resolution of the intricacies of a plot; the outcome or resolution of a doubtful series of occurrences.

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depredation

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The act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.

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descry

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To discover; perceive; detect.

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despoil

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To strip of possessions, things of value; rob; plunder; pillage.

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desuetude

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The state of being no longer used or practiced; disused.

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desultory

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Lacking in consistency or visible order; disconnected; haphazard. Digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; unfocused; random.

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dictum

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An authoritative, formal pronouncement. A short statement presenting a general truth or principle.

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didactic

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Intended to teach, particularly a moral lesson. To teach in a particularly patronizing way.

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dingy

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Of a dark, dull, or dirty color or aspect; lacking brightness or freshness. Shabby; dismal.

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dint

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Force or power. A blow or strike.

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dirge

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A lament for the dead; a funeral song, poem, piece.

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disabuse

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To free from a falsehood or misconception; to persuade that an idea or belief is mistaken.

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disaffect

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To cause to lose loyalty or affection (as towards the government or authority); to estrange.

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disdain

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To look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn. To regard as unworthy or beneath oneself.

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discomfit

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To confuse, perplex or dishearten; disconcert. To frustrate the plans of; thwart; foil. To defeat utterly; vanquish; rout.

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disconsolate

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Seeming beyond consolation; extremely dejected, wretched; gloomy.

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disgorge

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To eject or vomit. To discharge forcefully. To surrender or yield.

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disinterested

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Unbiased; not influenced by selfish motives.

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dismay

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To break down the courage of completely; dishearten; daunt. To surprise or disillusion. To alarm; perturb.

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disparate

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Fundamentally distinct or different; entirely dissimilar; uncomparable.

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disport

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To divert or amuse, to play.

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dissolute

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Indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; licentious; dissipated.

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disquisition

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Formal discourse on a subject; a dissertation.

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distend

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To expand or swell.

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dissipate

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To scatter; disperse; dispel. To spend or use wastefully or extravagantly; squander; deplete. To indulge in intemperate or dissolute pleasures.

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dissemble

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Conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs; to feign. To disguise behind a false appearance.

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distrait

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Inattentive, distracted (usually due to worry or anxiety); absent-minded.

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distaff

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Issues of or concerning women.

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dither

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A state of indecisive agitation; to be nervously irresolute in acting or doing.

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divest

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To strip or deprive of; to rid of or free from.

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doctrinaire

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A person inflexibly attached to a doctrine or theory without practical considerations.

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dogmatic

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Characterized by an authoritative, arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles; unquestionable; incontrovertible.

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dogma

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An authoritative principle laid down as incontrovertibly true.

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doldrums

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A dull, listless, depressed mood; low spirits. A state of inactivity or stagnation.

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dole

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Grief or sorrow; mourn, lamentation.

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dolor

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Sorrow; grief.

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domicile

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A place of residence; abode; house or home.

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dote

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To express excessive love or fondness habitually. To show a decline of mental faculties, associated with old age.

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dowdy

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Not stylish; drab; old-fashioned. Not neat or tidy; shabby.

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dour

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Sullen or gloomy. Severe or stern.

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draconian

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Rigorous; unusually severe or cruel; excessively harsh.

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droll

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Amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish. To jest; joke.

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dross

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Waste matter; refuse.

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dubious

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Of doubtful quality or propriety; uncertain; questionable.

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dulcet

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Pleasant to the ear; melodious.

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dudgeon

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A sullen, angry, or indignant humor; deep resentment.

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duress

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Forcible restraint; compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint.

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earthy

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Characteristic of earth or soil. Realistic; practical. Coarse or unrefined. Direct; robust; unaffected.

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edify

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Instruct and improve; benefit; uplift.

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effectual

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Producing or capable of producing an intended effect; adequate.Valid or binding, as an agreement or document.

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effete

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Lacking in vigor; degenerate; decadent. Exhausted of energy; worn out. Unable to produce; sterile; infertile.

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effigy

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A representation or image; a sculpture or monument. A crude representation of someone disliked, used for ridicule.

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effrontery

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Shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity.

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elysian

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Perfect happiness; delightful, paradisaical.

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emend

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To edit or change a text. To free from errors; correct.

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emollient

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Soothing or softening substance.

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encomium

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A formal expression of high praise; eulogy.

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endue

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To invest or endow with some gift, quality, or faculty.

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endow

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To furnish, as with some talent, faculty, or quality; equip.

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engender

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To produce, cause, or give rise to. To beget; procreate.

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enjoin

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To direct or impose with authority and emphasis; instruct; urge. To prohibit or forbid.

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ensconce

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To settle comfortably. To cover or shelter; hide securely.

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enrapture

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To cause ecstatic joy or delight; produce ecstasy.

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entreat

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To ask earnestly; beseech; implore; beg.

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environ

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To surround; envelop.

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epigram

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A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way. A short poem, often satirical and having a witty or ingenious ending.

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equable

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Free from many changes or variations; equal and uniform.

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equanimity

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Mental or emotional stability or composure under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium.

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equivocate

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To use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge; lie or conceal the truth.

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ersatz

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An inferior or artificial imitation or substitute. Not real or genuine.

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essay

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A tentative effort; trial; assay. To try or attempt.

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estimable

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Worthy of esteem; deserving respect or admiration.

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esurient

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Hungry or greedy.

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euphony

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A pleasant sounding or harmonious succession or combination of words; melodious.

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exact

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To demand or obtain; to inflict.

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excoriate

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To denounce or berate severely; to strip off or remove the skin from; verbally flay.

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exculpate

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To clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate.

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exegesis

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Critical explanation, interpretation or analysis of a text.

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exigent

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Requiring immediate action or aid; urgent; pressing.

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execrate / execrable

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To detest utterly; abhor; abominate. To curse; imprecate evil upon; damn; denounce.

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exiguous

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Scanty; meager; small; slender.

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expatiate

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Speak or write at length; to move or wander intellectually, imaginatively, without restraint.

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expiate

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To atone for; make amends or reparation; to redeem a sin.

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expletive

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A profane expression, curse words.

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expostulate

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To reason earnestly to someone against doing something; to dissuade; remonstrate.

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expropriate

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To take possession of (usually done by the government), to deprive of ownership.

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extenuate

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To make or represent as less serious. To make thin, lean, or emaciated.

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facetious

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Not meant to be taken seriously or literally. Amusing; humorous, jocular.

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facsimile

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An exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.

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factitious

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Not spontaneous or natural; artificial; contrived. Made; manufactured.

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faithless

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Not adhering to allegiance, promises, vows, or duty. Not trustworthy; unreliable.

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fastidious

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Excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please. Requiring excessive care or delicacy; painstaking.

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fatuous

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Foolish or inane, silly. Illusory or unreal.

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fealty

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Faithfulness; allegiance. A vassal's fidelity towards his lord.

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feckless

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Ineffective; incompetent; futile. Having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.

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felicitous

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Well-suited for the occasion; apt; appropriate.

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fey

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Having an otherworldly, magical, or fairylike aspect. Having visionary power; clairvoyant. Fated to die soon.

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fiat

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An authoritative decree, sanction, or order.

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fell

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To strike down; cause to fall. Inhumanely cruel; terribly evil; deadly; sinister.

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firebrand

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A person who kindles strife or encourages unrest; an agitator; troublemaker; hothead.

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flag

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To fall off in vigor, energy, activity, interest. To hang loosely or limply; droop. To mark or signal for attention.

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flounder

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To struggle or stumble about, clumsily or helplessly.

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flip

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Impertinent; disrespectful; variant of flippant.

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flout

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Openly disregard or show contempt; mock; scorn; scoff at.

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foible

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A minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect.

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foolhardy

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Recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.

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foray

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A quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder. An initial venture.

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forfend

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To keep or ward off; avert. To defend or protect.

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forlorn

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Sad and lonely because deserted, abandoned, or lost. Bereft; destitute. Unhappy, miserable.

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founder

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To fall or sink down, as buildings or ground.To become wrecked; fail utterly.

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fractious

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Refractory or unruly; disobedient. Readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome.

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frivolous

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Of little or no weight or worth; unimportant. Self-indulgently carefree; unconcerned about or lacking any serious purpose.

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froward

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Willfully contrary; not easily managed; stubborn; obstinately disobedient.

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fulminate

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To express vehement verbal attacks or censure; berate; vituperate. To explode like lightning; detonate. discharge.

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fulsome

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Excessively or insincerely lavish. Disgusting; sickening; repulsive. Encompassing all aspects; comprehensive. Abundant or copious.

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functionary

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A person who functions in a specified capacity, particularly a government official.

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furtive

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Done surreptitiously or by stealth; secret. Sly; shifty.

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gainsay

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To deny, dispute, or contradict. To speak or act against; oppose.

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gall

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Impudence; effrontery. Something bitter or severe. Bitterness of spirit; rancor.

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gambol

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To skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.

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gamely

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In a brave or sporting manner; spirited; courageous.

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garish

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Crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate; glaring.

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gaudy

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Ostentatiously or excessively ornate; cheaply showy in a tasteless way; flashy.

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garrulous

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Excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially of trivial matters. Wordy or diffuse.

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gauche

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Lacking social grace, sensitivity, or polish; awkward; crude; tactless.

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germane

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Closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent. Appropriate or fitting.

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gestate

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To carry in the womb. To slowly think of and develop; muse; ponder.

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glib

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Readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely. Easy or unconstrained, as actions or manners. Agile; spry.

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gloat

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To look or think about with excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction.

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glower

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To look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger. Stare angrily; scowl.

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glutinous

Back 288

Gluey; viscid; sticky.

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goad

Back 289

To prod with a stick. To incite or urge on.

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gouge

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To extort from, swindle, or overcharge. To scoop or dig with a chisel.

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grouse

Back 291

To grumble; complain. Excellent; great; wonderful. A type of bird.

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guffaw

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To laugh loudly and boisterously. A loud, unrestrained burst of laughter.

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gull

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To deceive, trick, or cheat; hoodwink, bamboozle, hornswoggle.

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gustatory

Back 294

Pertaining to taste.

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hackneyed

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Commonplace or trite; stale or banal.

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hector

Back 296

To intimidate or dominate in a blustering or bullying way; harass; swagger.

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halcyon

Back 297

Calm; peaceful; tranquil. Rich; wealthy; prosperous. Happy; joyful; carefree.

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hale

Back 298

Free from disease or infirmity; robust; vigorous. To compel (someone) to go. To haul; pull.

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hapless

Back 299

Unlucky, unfortunate; deserving pity.

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harangue

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A long, pompous, and aggressive speech; a tirade.

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histrionic

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Pertaining to the theater or actors. Deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional; overly dramatic in behavior or speech.

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heterodox

Back 302

Not conforming with accepted or orthodox standards or beliefs.

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hogwash

Back 303

Meaningless or insincere talk, writing; nonsense; bunk. Any worthless material.

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homily

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An admonitory or moralizing discourse. An inspirational saying or cliche. A sermon or lecture

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hubris

Back 305

Excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance; braggadocio.

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husband

Back 306

To use frugally; conserve.

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idiom

Back 307

An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the meanings of its elements, such as 'kick the bucket' for 'dying' or 'hang one's head' for 'shame'. A language, dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to a people.

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iconoclast

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A breaker or destroyer of images, especially those set up for religious veneration. A person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, as being based on error or superstition.

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ignominy

Back 309

Disgrace; shame; public contempt.

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imbroglio

Back 310

A misunderstanding, disagreement, of a complicated or bitter nature, as between persons or nations. An intricate and perplexing state of affairs; a complicated or difficult situation.

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imbue

Back 311

To impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinion.

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immure

Back 312

To enclose within walls. To shut in; seclude or confine.

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impecunious

Back 313

Having little or no money; penniless; poor.

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impenitent

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Not feeling regret about one's sin or sins; obdurate.

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impetuous

Back 315

Characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion; impulsive. Having great impetus; moving with great force; violent:

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importune

Back 316

To press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence, often annoylingly so.

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impolitic

Back 317

Not politic, expedient, or judicious; unwise.

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imprecate /imprecation

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To invoke or call for a curse, as upon a person. A curse; malediction.

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impropriety

Back 319

Inappropriate; improper; incorrect. Unseemliness; indecorousness.

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imprudence

Back 320

Not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.

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impudence

Back 321

Impertinence; effrontery. Shameless or brazenly immodest.

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impertinent

Back 322

Not showing proper respect; rude; insolent. Not pertinent; irrelevant.

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impugn

Back 323

To challenge as false; cast doubt upon. To assail a person by words or arguments; vilify.

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impute

Back 324

To attribute or ascribe. To charge a person with fault.

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incense

Back 325

To inflame with wrath; make angry; enrage. An aromatic wick when burned, used for ceremonies.

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inchoate

Back 326

Just begun; rudimentary; incipient; incomplete. Not organized; lacking order:

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incidental

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Occurring casually or in addition to the regular or main event. Happening in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction; subsidiary; additional.

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incipient

Back 328

Beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage.

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incontinent

Back 329

Unable to contain or retain; unceasing or unrestrained. Lacking in moderation or self-control, especially of sexual desire.

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inculcate

Back 330

To teach by repeated statement or admonition; influence persistently and earnestly.

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indemnity

Back 331

Protection or security against damage or loss. Compensation for damage or loss sustained.

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indict

Back 332

To charge with an offense or crime; accuse of wrongdoing; castigate; criticize. To bring a formal accusation; trial.

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indigence

Back 333

Seriously impoverished condition; poverty.

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indignant

Back 334

Anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.

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indolent

Back 335

Having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful. Causing little or no pain; inactive or relatively benign.

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indite

Back 336

To compose or write, as a poem.

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ineluctable

Back 337

Incapable of being evaded; inescapable.

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inexorable

Back 338

Unyielding; relentless. Unable to be persuaded, moved, or affected.

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ingenuous

Back 339

Free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere. Artless; innocent; naive; lacking sophistication. Honorable or noble.

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inimical

Back 340

Adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful. Unfriendly; hostile.

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inimitable

Back 341

Incapable of being imitated or copied; surpassing imitation; matchless.

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iniquity

Back 342

Gross injustice or wickedness; sinful.

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inscrutable

Back 343

Incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable. Not easily understood; mysterious; unfathomable.

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insensible

Back 344

Incapable of feeling or perceiving; unconscious, unresponsive.

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insolent

Back 345

Showing rude and arrogant lack of respect; impertinent; insulting.

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insolvent

Back 346

Pertaining to bankrupt persons or bankruptcy. Unable to satisfy creditors or discharge liabilities due to debt.

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insouciant

Back 347

Free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.

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irascible

Back 348

Easily provoked to anger; very irritable.

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insular

Back 349

Narrow-minded or illiberal; provincial. Pertaining to islands; detached; isolated.

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insuperable

Back 350

Incapable of being passed over, overcome, or surmounted.

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interdict

Back 351

To forbid; prohibit.

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interlope

Back 352

To intrude without a permission. To thrust oneself into the affairs of others.

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internecine

Back 353

Pertaining to conflict or struggle within a group; mutually destructive. Characterized by great slaughter; deadly.

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interstice

Back 354

A small, narrow, intervening space; a crevice; fissure.

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iterregnum

Back 355

An interval or pause.

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intractable

Back 356

Not easily controlled or managed; not docile; unruly; stubborn; obstinate.

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intransigent

Back 357

Refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible.

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inure

Back 358

To accustom to hardship; harden; habituate. To come into operation; take effect.

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invective

Back 359

A vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach.A railing accusation; vituperation. Insulting or abusive language.

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inveigh

Back 360

To protest strongly or attack vehemently with words; rail.

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inveigle

Back 361

To entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery, ingenuity, or artful talk or inducements. To obtain by beguiling talk or methods.

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inveterate

Back 362

Settled or confirmed in a habit or practice; habituated. Firmly established by long continuance, chronic; deep-rooted.

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invidious

Back 363

Causing animosity, resentment, or envy; hateful. Offensively or unfairly discriminating; injurious.

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inviolate

Back 364

Free from violation, injury, desecration, or outrage. Undisturbed; untouched; unbroken.

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iota

Back 365

A very small quantity; jot; whit.

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itinerant

Back 366

Traveling from place to place, journeying. A person who travels from place to place, esp. for duty or business.

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jaundice

Back 367

To distort or prejudice, as by envy or resentment.

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jaunt

Back 368

A short journey taken for pleasure; vacation; sojourn.

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jaunty

Back 369

Easy and sprightly in manner or bearing. Smartly trim, as clothing.

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jejune

Back 370

Naive, simplistic, uninteresting; insipid. Lacking maturity; childish; juvenile. Lacking nutritional value.

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jibe

Back 371

To be in harmony or accord; agree.

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jingo

Back 372

A person who professes his or her patriotism loudly and excessively, favoring vigilant preparedness for war and an aggressive foreign policy; bellicose chauvinist.

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ken

Back 373

Knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception.

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knave

Back 374

A tricky, deceitful, dishonest, or untrustworthy person.

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kismet

Back 375

Fate; fortune; destiny.

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laconic

Back 376

Expressing much in few words; concise.

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labile

Back 377

Apt or likely to change.

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lascivious

Back 378

Inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd. Arousing sexual desire.

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lassitude

Back 379

Weariness; lack of energy or vitality; listlessness; languor. A condition of indolent indifference.

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languid

Back 380

Lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow. Lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent. Drooping or flagging from weakness or fatigue; faint.

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languish

Back 381

To become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor. To pine with love or grief; long for. Fail to make progress or be successful.

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largess

Back 382

A gift or money given ostentatiously or condescendingly. A generous attitude; benevolence.

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lecherous

Back 383

Unrestrained or excessive indulgence of sexual desire; lustful; erotically suggestive.

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legerdemain

Back 384

A sleight of hand; a tricky deception; an artful trick.

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levity

Back 385

Lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness; frivolousness.

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lewd

Back 386

Inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious. Obscene or indecent, as language or songs; salacious. Low, ignorant, or vulgar.

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libertine

Back 387

A person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, debauched; a profligate; rake. A freethinker in religious matters.

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libidinous

Back 388

Full of sexual lust; lustful; lewd; lascivious.

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licentious

Back 389

Sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd. Unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral.

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lien

Back 390

A legal claim on a property.

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lilliputian

Back 391

Extremely small; tiny; diminutive. Petty; trivial. A person who is narrow or petty in outlook.

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limn

Back 392

To represent in drawing or painting; to draw; outline. To portray in words; describe.

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limpid

Back 393

Clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air.

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lineaments

Back 394

A feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour. Distinguishing features; distinctive characteristics:

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lionize

Back 395

To treat as a celebrity. To regard as of great interest or importance.

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liquidate

Back 396

To settle or pay a debt.

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list

Back 397

To lean side to side; tilt; lurch.

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livid

Back 398

Enraged; furiously angry. Reddish or flushed. Deathly pale; pallid; ashen.

Front 399

loath

Back 399

Unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse.

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loathe

Back 400

To feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor.

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loll

Back 401

To recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge. To hang loosely; droop; dangle.

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lordly

Back 402

Insolently imperious; haughty; arrogant; overbearing.

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lout

Back 403

An awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf. To flout; treat with contempt; scorn.

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lucre

Back 404

Monetary reward or gain; money.

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lugubrious

Back 405

Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner.

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lull

Back 406

To soothe or quiet. A temporary calm, quiet, or stillness.

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lurid

Back 407

Gruesome; horrible; revolting. Glaringly vivid or sensational; shocking. Terrible in intensity, fierce passion, or unrestraint.

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macabre

Back 408

Gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible. Pertaining to the allegorical dance of death.

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macerate

Back 409

To become thin or emaciated; waste away.

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machination

Back 410

Crafty or contrived schemes; artful or evil plots; intrigues.

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maculated

Back 411

Spotted; stained; defiled, impure; sullied; polluted.

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magnate

Back 412

A person of eminence or distinction in any field.

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magniloquent

Back 413

Lofty or grandiose in speech or expression; pompous; bombastic. Grandiloquent; grandiose.

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malediction

Back 414

A curse; imprecation or slander

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malefactor

Back 415

A person who violates the law; criminal. A person who does harm or evil.

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malfeasance

Back 416

Wrongdoing, misconduct, or misbehavior.

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malinger

Back 417

To pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty or avoid work; feign illness or inability.

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mangy

Back 418

Squalid; shabby; worn down. Mean; contemptible.

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manumit

Back 419

To release from slavery or servitude.

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marshal

Back 420

To arrange in proper order; set out in an orderly manner; arrange clearly.

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martial

Back 421

Pertaining to war, soldiers or warriors.

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martinet

Back 422

A strict disciplinarian; someone who stubbornly adheres to methods or rules; a doctrinaire.

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maudlin

Back 423

Foolishly or mawkishly sentimental; tearfully or weakly emotional.

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mawkish

Back 424

Sickly sentimental; slightly nauseating; maudlin. Having a mildly sickening flavor.

Front 425

maverick

Back 425

An independent, unorthodoxed; a rebel; nonconformist.

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mealymouthed

Back 426

Avoiding the use of direct and plain language; insincere, indirect, beating-around-the-bush.

Front 427

meet

Back 427

Suitable; fit; proper.

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mendacious

Back 428

Telling lies; habitually dishonest; untruthful.

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mendicant

Back 429

A beggar; living on alms.

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meteoric

Back 430

Resembling a meteor in speed or in sudden and temporary brilliance.

Front 431

mercurial

Back 431

Changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic. Animated; lively; sprightly; quick-witted. Characteristic of the god Mercury.

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meretricious

Back 432

Alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry. Based on pretense, deception, or insincerity.

Front 433

mettle

Back 433

Courage and fortitude. Disposition or temperament.

Front 434

milieu

Back 434

Social or cultural surrounding; environment.

Front 435

militate

Back 435

Have force or influence; to have substantial effect.

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militant

Back 436

Vigorously active and aggressive in support of a cause.

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minatory

Back 437

Menacing; threatening. Like the Minotaur.

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mince

Back 438

To walk or move with short, affectedly dainty steps. To act or talk elegantly or carefully. To chop into small pieces.

Front 439

mirth

Back 439

Gaiety or jollity; laughter.

Front 440

misadventure

Back 440

An instance of bad fortune; mishap.

Front 441

misgiving

Back 441

A feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension. To be apprehensive.

Front 442

miscreant

Back 442

A vicious or depraved person; villain; scoundrel. A heretic or infidel.

Front 443

missive

Back 443

A written message; letter; a short notice.

Front 444

mnemonic

Back 444

Pertaining to memory.

Front 445

modish

Back 445

Currently in fashion; stylish.

Front 446

mogul

Back 446

An important, powerful, or influential person. Pertaining to the Moguls (Mongols) and their empire.

Front 447

mollify

Back 447

To soothe; pacify; appease. To mitigate or reduce.

Front 448

mordant

Back 448

Sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or in speech; biting.

Front 449

mordacious

Back 449

Denoting biting sarcasm or invective; caustic.

Front 450

mountebank

Back 450

A charlatan; quack.

Front 451

mulct

Back 451

To obtain by fraud, extortion; swindle.

Front 452

munificent

Back 452

Extremely liberal in giving; very generous.

Front 453

natty

Back 453

Neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance; spruce.

Front 454

neologism

Back 454

A new word, expression, or usage.

Front 455

neophyte

Back 455

A beginner or novice.

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nice

Back 456

Fastidious; scrupulous; precise; subtle.

Front 457

nicety

Back 457

A fine distinction; subtlety; detail. Exactness or precision. A refined, elegant, or choice feature, as of manner or living. Delicacy of character, as of something requiring care or tact.

Front 458

niggle

Back 458

To criticize constantly or repeatedly in a peevish or petty way; carp. To spend too much time and effort on inconsequential details. To work ineffectively; trifle.

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niggardly

Back 459

Reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly. Meanly or ungenerously small or scanty.

Front 460

noisome

Back 460

Offensive to the point of arousing disgust; foul; putrid. Harmful; noxious.

Front 461

nonplus

Back 461

To render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.

Front 462

nugatory

Back 462

Of no real value; trifling; worthless. Of no force or effect; ineffective; futile; vain. Not valid.

Front 463

obdurate

Back 463

Unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.

Front 464

obloquy

Back 464

Censure, blame, or abusive language by the general public towards a person. Discredit, disgrace, or bad repute resulting from public blame, abuse, or denunciation.

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objurgate

Back 465

Rebuke severely; scold; berate.

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obsequious

Back 466

Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning. Servilely compliant or deferential; obedient; dutiful.

Front 467

obstinate

Back 467

Stubborn; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty; inflexible, persistent.

Front 468

obstreperous

Back 468

Resisting control; defiant; unruly. Noisy, clamorous, or boisterous.

Front 469

obtuse

Back 469

Lacking quickness of perception or intellect. Annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.

Front 470

obtrude

Back 470

To thrust unduly towards a person without warrant or invitation.

Front 471

obtain

Back 471

To be prevalent, customary, or established.

Front 472

obviate

Back 472

To anticipate and prevent or eliminate; render unnecessary.

Front 473

occult

Back 473

Mysterious; supernatural; hidden.

Front 474

odium

Back 474

Intense hatred or disgust; opprobrium. Disgrace or shame.

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officious

Back 475

Objectionably aggressive; meddlesome; pushy.

Front 476

ogle

Back 476

To look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.

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onerous

Back 477

Burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship.

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onus

Back 478

A difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden. Blame or responsibility.

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opprobrium

Back 479

Disgrace due to outrageously shameful conduct; reproach; infamy. Scorn; censure, reproach.

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ostentatious

Back 480

Pretentiously or conspicuously showy; overly trying to impress or attract attention.

Front 481

overweening

Back 481

To be conceited or arrogant; overconfident; exaggerated; egotistic.

Front 482

paean

Back 482

A song of praise or triumph.

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palimpsest

Back 483

A parchment where successive texts erased and written over with new text. Something having diverse layers or aspects apparently beneath the surface.

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palliate

Back 484

To relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate. To mitigate or conceal with excuses, apologies; extenuate.

Front 485

palpitate

Back 485

To pulsate rapidly from exertion, emotion, disease; to flutter; throb; tremble; quiver.

Front 486

pander

Back 486

A person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or for illicit sexual intercourse; a pimp. A person who caters to or profits from the weaknesses or vices of others.

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panegyric

Back 487

A public speech in praise of someone; encomium; laud.

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paramour

Back 488

An illicit lover of a married person; a mistress.

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paraphernalia

Back 489

Equipment, apparatus, or furnishing; personal belongings.

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pariah

Back 490

A social outcast; a person generally despised or avoided.

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parity

Back 491

Equality, as in amount, status, or character. Equivalence; correspondence; similarity; analogy.

Front 492

parlance

Back 492

A way or manner of speaking; vernacular; accent; idiom.

Front 493

parley

Back 493

An informal discussion or conference, sometimes used militarily to connote enemies conferring under a truce to discuss treaty, surrender, etc.

Front 494

parochial

Back 494

Very limited or narrow in scope or outlook; provincial. Pertaining to parishes or their education.

Front 495

paroxysm

Back 495

Any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion.

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parvenu

Back 496

A person who has recently or suddenly acquired wealth, importance, position, but has not yet developed the conventionally appropriate manners, dress, surroundings.

Front 497

parry

Back 497

To ward off; avert; evade; dodge; deflect.

Front 498

partisan

Back 498

An adherent or supporter; on who shows biased, emotional allegiance. One-sided; prejudiced.

Front 499

patronize

Back 499

To behave in an offensively condescending manner toward. To act as a patron toward; to support.

Front 500

peccadillo

Back 500

A very minor or slight offense; a trifling fault.

Front 501

pecuniary

Back 501

Pertaining to money; financial; involving a fine.

Front 502

pedantic

Back 502

Ostentatious in one's learning, overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching.

Front 503

peerless

Back 503

Having no equal; matchless; unrivaled.

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pejorative

Back 504

Disparaging, derogatory, or belittling.

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pedestrian

Back 505

Lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction; commonplace; prosaic; dull.

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pellucid

Back 506

Clear in meaning, expression, or style; transparent; limpid; lucid.

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pillory

Back 507

Attack or ridicule publicly; expose to public scorn or contempt. The wooden framework on a post, with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly locked to be exposed to public scorn as punishment.

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perorate

Back 508

To speak at length grandiloquently or haughtily; declaim. To conclude a speech with inspiring enthusiasm or force; recapitulate.

Front 509

penchant

Back 509

A strong inclination, taste, or liking.

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penitent

Back 510

Expressing sorrow, remorse and atoning for one's sin; repentant; contrite.

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penury

Back 511

Extreme poverty; destitution; scarcity; dearth; inadequacy; insufficiency.

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perdition

Back 512

A state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.

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peregrination

Back 513

A course of travel; journey on foot.

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peremptory

Back 514

Admitting no denial, debate or refusal; utterly imperative. Imperious or dictatorial. Positive or assertive.

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perfidy

Back 515

Deliberate breach of faith or trust; treachery; faithlessness.

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perfunctory

Back 516

Performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial. Lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; indifferent or apathetic.

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peripatetic

Back 517

Walking or traveling about; itinerant.

Front 518

perjury

Back 518

False testimony under oath.

Front 519

periphrastic

Back 519

Indirect and circumlocutory; roundabout; using more words than necessary.

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pernicious

Back 520

Causing insidious harm or ruin; injurious; hurtful. Deadly; fatal. Evil; wicked.

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personable

Back 521

Of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive. Having an agreeable or pleasing personality; affable; amiable; sociable.

Front 522

perspicuous

Back 522

Clearly expressed or presented; lucid.

Front 523

perspicacious

Back 523

Having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning; trenchant; shrewd.

Front 524

pertinacious

Back 524

Holding tenaciously; stubborn or obstinate; persistent.

Front 525

pert

Back 525

Boldly forward in speech or behavior; impertinent; saucy. Jaunty and stylish; chic; natty. Lively; sprightly; salubrious. Clever.

Front 526

pervasive

Back 526

Spread throughout; permeating; widespread.

Front 527

perverse

Back 527

Willfully determined to counter to what is expected or desired; contrary. Wayward or cantankerous. Persistent or obstinate in what is wrong; wicked; corrupt.

Front 528

pervert

Back 528

To lead astray morally; turn away from rightness; lead to mental error or judgment. To bring to a less excellent state; vitiate; debase. To misinterpret or misconstrue; distort. To become unnatural or wayward.

Front 529

pettish

Back 529

Childishly bad-tempered and petulant; peevish.

Front 530

petulant

Back 530

Impatiently Irritating; triflingly annoying.

Front 531

philander

Back 531

To make love with a woman without intentions of marriage; to flirt.

Front 532

philistine

Back 532

A person who lacks or is hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, and aesthetic refinement, or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes; conventional; pedestrian; uncultured.

Front 533

phlegmatic

Back 533

Not easily excited; apathetic; sluggish; stolid. Self-assured, calm, or composed.

Front 534

pine

Back 534

To yearn deeply; suffer with longing; languish. To lose vigor through grief; to suffer mental and physical decline due to a broken heart.

Front 535

pinion

Back 535

To restrain, bind, or shackle. To clip a birds feathers so it cannot escape.

Front 536

piquant

Back 536

Pleasingly tart or strong. Agreeably stimulating, interesting, or provocative.

Front 537

pique

Back 537

To irritate, excite, arouse the senses. To wound or injure a person's pride; to produce resentment.

Front 538

pithy

Back 538

Concise and meaningful in expression; full of vigor or substance; terse and meaty; forceful.

Front 539

plaintive

Back 539

Expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful.

Front 540

platitude

Back 540

A banal, trite, stale thought or remark; a cliché.

Front 541

plangent

Back 541

Loud; resounding; reverberating. Expressing or suggesting sadness; plaintive; melancholy.

Front 542

platonic

Back 542

Purely spiritual or intellectual; not involving sensual or physical desires (as in a relationship).

Front 543

plaudit

Back 543

An enthusiastic expression of approval; a round of applause.

Front 544

plebeian

Back 544

Pertaining to the common people. Commonplace; vulgar.

Front 545

plenary

Back 545

Full; complete; entire; absolute; unqualified.

Front 546

pluck

Back 546

Courage or resolution in the face of difficulties; guts; spunk.

Front 547

plumb

Back 547

Downright or absolute; complete; utter. Exactly, precisely, or directly. To examine closely in order to discover or understand.

Front 548

polemic

Back 548

A controversial, heated argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine; an aggressive attack or refutation of the opinions or principles of another.

Front 549

politic

Back 549

Shrewd or prudent in practical matters; tactful; diplomatic. Contrived in a shrewd and practical way; expedient.

Front 550

pontificate

Back 550

To speak in a pompous, dogmatic, or pretentious manner.

Front 551

pore

Back 551

To read or study industriously; scrutinize. To gaze earnestly or steadily; to meditate or ponder intently.

Front 552

portend

Back 552

To indicate, foreshadow or presage, as an omen.

Front 553

portent

Back 553

An indication or omen.

Front 554

portly

Back 554

Fat; stout; corpulent. Stately, dignified, or imposing; burly.

Front 555

posterity

Back 555

Succeeding or future generations; descendants.

Front 556

postulate

Back 556

To ask, demand, or claim. A proposition that requires no proof, being self-evident, or that is assumed true. A fundamental principle, a necessary premise.

Front 557

potentate

Back 557

A person who possesses great power; a sovereign, monarch, or ruler.

Front 558

prate

Back 558

To talk excessively and pointlessly; babble; talk foolishly or emptily.

Front 559

prattle

Back 559

To talk in a simple-minded or foolish way; chatter; babble.

Front 560

precipitate

Back 560

To occur suddenly; bring about prematurely or abruptly; hasty; impulsive. To fling headlong; hurl down.

Front 561

prepossess

Back 561

To prejudice or bias favorably. To impress at the outset or initially.

Front 562

prescience

Back 562

Ability to predict the future; foresight.

Front 563

preternatural

Back 563

Out of the ordinary; exceptional; abnormal.

Front 564

prevaricate

Back 564

To lie or mislead; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression.

Front 565

privations

Back 565

Hardships; deprivations.

Front 566

probity

Back 566

Integrity and uprightness; honesty; incorruptability.

Front 567

prize

Back 567

Something seized by force or taken as booty. To move or force with or as if with a lever; pry. Complete; utter.

Front 568

proclivity

Back 568

Inclination; tendency; propensity; inclination.

Front 569

prodigal

Back 569

Wastefully; recklessly extravagant; profuse; lavish; spendthrift.

Front 570

prodigious

Back 570

Extraordinary, wonderful or marvelous. Abnormal; monstrous.

Front 571

profane

Back 571

Irreverent; irreligious. Common or vulgar.

Front 572

profligate

Back 572

Utterly, shamelessly immoral or dissipated; dissolute. Recklessly prodigal or extravagant.

Front 573

prognosticate

Back 573

To foretell or prophesy; predict; portend.

Front 574

prolix

Back 574

Unnecessarily long, tedious or wordy.

Front 575

promulgate

Back 575

Openly declare; proclaim; publish.

Front 576

propinquity

Back 576

Nearness; proximity; affinity; kinship.

Front 577

propitiate

Back 577

Win or regain the favor of; conciliate; appease.

Front 578

propitious

Back 578

Favorable; auspicious.

Front 579

propound

Back 579

Put forward; propose; offer for consideration.

Front 580

propriety

Back 580

Conformity to established standards or manners; properness. Appropriateness; suitability.

Front 581

proscribe

Back 581

To denounce; condemn; prohibit; outlaw. To banish or exile.

Front 582

proselytize

Back 582

Convert someone to another religion.

Front 583

protean

Back 583

Assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable; changeable; versatile; amoebic.

Front 584

protract

Back 584

To draw out; lengthen; prolong.

Front 585

provenance

Back 585

Place or source of origin.

Front 586

provender

Back 586

Dry food, as hay or oats, for livestock. Food; provisions.

Front 587

provident

Back 587

Having foresight; providing carefully for the future.

Front 588

provisional

Back 588

For the time being only; temporary; tentative; conditional.

Front 589

proviso

Back 589

A stipulation or condition.

Front 590

proxy

Back 590

The agency, function, or power of a person authorized to act as the deputy or substitute for another.

Front 591

prurient

Back 591

Causing lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires. Having a restless desire or longing.

Front 592

puerile

Back 592

Childishly foolish; immature or trivial; juvenile.

Front 593

pulchritude

Back 593

Physical beauty; comeliness; attractiveness.

Front 594

punctilious

Back 594

Strict or exact in the observance of formalities; conduct or actions.

Front 595

prude

Back 595

A person who is excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct, dress.

Front 596

pundit

Back 596

Authority; expert; learned person. A person who makes comments or judgments in an authoritative manner; critic; commentator.

Front 597

punitive

Back 597

Inflicting punishment.

Front 598

purchase

Back 598

To acquire by effort, sacrifice, flattery or bribery. To move, haul, or raise, by applying mechanical power; any grasp or firm footing to apply leverage.

Front 599

purport

Back 599

To deliberately present; profess or claim, often falsely; express; imply.

Front 600

pusillanimous

Back 600

Lacking courage, resolution; cowardly; timid; craven.

Front 601

putative

Back 601

Commonly regarded as; reputed; supposed.

Front 602

quack

Back 602

A fraudulent or ignorant pretender; charlatan; imposter.

Front 603

quaff

Back 603

To drink heartily.

Front 604

quail

Back 604

To lose courage in difficulty or danger; shrink with fear; dismay.

Front 605

quash

Back 605

To suppress completely; quell; subdue, squash.

Front 606

qualify

Back 606

To limit, or restrict, as by giving exceptions. To make less harsh or severe; moderate.

Front 607

quell

Back 607

To suppress; put an end to; extinguish; vanquish; subdue. To quiet or allay.

Front 608

querulous

Back 608

Habitually complaining; peevish; whining.

Front 609

quiescent

Back 609

At rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless.

Front 610

quip

Back 610

A clever or witty comment. A sharp, sarcastic remark; a cutting jest.

Front 611

quibble

Back 611

Use ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point; equivocate. To carp; cavil.

Front 612

quirk

Back 612

A peculiarity of behavior, or personality; mannerism. A shift, subterfuge, or evasion. A sudden twist or turn. A clever or witty remark; quip. A flourish or showy stroke, as in writing.

Front 613

quisling

Back 613

A person who betrays his or her own country by aiding an invading enemy; a collaborator; turncoat; traitor.

Front 614

quixotic

Back 614

Extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; foolishly impractical. Impulsive and rashly unpredictable.

Front 615

rabblerouser

Back 615

A person who stirs up the passions or prejudices of the public, usually for his or her own interests; demagogue.

Front 616

quizzical

Back 616

Odd, queer, or comical. Derisively questioning, ridiculing, or chaffing.

Front 617

rail

Back 617

To utter bitter complaint or vehement denunciation; scold; rant; hark on.

Front 618

rakish

Back 618

Like a rake; dissolute. Smart; jaunty; dashing.

Front 619

ramshackle

Back 619

Loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky; falling apart.

Front 620

rancor

Back 620

Bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.

Front 621

rank

Back 621

To insult; criticize. To complain. Growing excessively; vigorous and tall. Having an offensively strong smell or taste; disgusting; pungent. Utter; absolute.

Front 622

rankle

Back 622

To cause keen irritation or bitter resentment; fester; be painful.

Front 623

rapacious

Back 623

Given to plundering; inordinately greedy; predacious; extortionate.

Front 624

rapport

Back 624

Harmonious relationship; connection; sympathetic understanding.

Front 625

rarefied

Back 625

Extremely high or elevated; lofty; exalted. Pertaining to an exclusive group; select; esoteric. Made less dense; thinned.

Front 626

ratify

Back 626

To confirm; consent, approve, or formally sanction.

Front 627

ratiocinate

Back 627

To go through reasoning; draw conclusion on facts or premises.

Front 628

reactionary

Back 628

Extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social progress.

Front 629

rebarbative

Back 629

Irritating; annoying; repellent. Unattractive and objectionable.

Front 630

rebuff

Back 630

A blunt or abrupt rejection; a peremptory refusal of a request; snub.

Front 631

recast

Back 631

To form, fashion, or arrange again; remodel; reconstruct.

Front 632

recidivism

Back 632

Repeated or habitual relapse into crime. Chronic tendency toward criminal or antisocial behavior.

Front 633

recondite

Back 633

Very profound or difficult; abstruse. Beyond ordinary knowledge; esoteric; obscure.

Front 634

recourse

Back 634

Resorting to a person for help or protection when troubled.

Front 635

recreant

Back 635

Cowardly or craven. Unfaithful to a belief; apostate.

Front 636

recriminate

Back 636

To bring a countercharge against an accuser; to accuse in return.

Front 637

rectitude

Back 637

Rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue; correctness.

Front 638

redolent

Back 638

Having a pleasant odor; fragrant. Suggestive; reminiscent of.

Front 639

redoubtable

Back 639

Fearsome; formidable. Commanding or evoking respect, reverence, awe.

Front 640

redress

Back 640

To set right; remedy or repair; compensate.

Front 641

refractory

Back 641

Hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient; obstreperous.

Front 642

refulgent

Back 642

Shining brightly; radiant; resplendent; scintillating.

Front 643

regale

Back 643

To entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight.

Front 644

rejounder

Back 644

An answer; reply; response.

Front 645

relegate

Back 645

To send or consign to an inferior position; demote.

Front 646

remiss

Back 646

Negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty; procrastinating. Lacking force or energy; languid; sluggish.

Front 647

remonstrate

Back 647

To argue against or protest; to object; dispute; oppose.

Front 648

remunerate

Back 648

To pay back, recompense, compensate; reward.

Front 649

rend

Back 649

To tear apart, split, or divide; separate violently.

Front 650

rent

Back 650

A large tear made by rending; an opening or gap; rip.

Front 651

renege

Back 651

To go back on; retract; renounce.

Front 652

renitent

Back 652

Resistant to pressure; unyielding; recalcitrant.

Front 653

repartee

Back 653

A quick, witty, or clever reply.

Front 654

repine

Back 654

Feel or express discontent; fret; complain.

Front 655

reprehend

Back 655

To reprimand; rebuke; censure; find fault with.

Front 656

reproach

Back 656

To blame or find fault with; censure; upbraid; reprove. To express scorn or contempt.

Front 657

reprobate

Back 657

To disapprove, condemn, or censure. A depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person. A person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.

Front 658

reprove

Back 658

To criticize or correct; to disapprove of strongly; censure. To disprove or refute.

Front 659

repudiate

Back 659

To reject as having no authority or binding force. To cast off; disown; disavow. To reject with disapproval or condemnation.

Front 660

requite

Back 660

To repay or do in return. To retaliate or revenge.

Front 661

reserve

Back 661

Reticence or silence; keeping to one's self.

Front 662

respite

Back 662

Temporary relief or delay from a distressing situation; a break; interval of calm.

Front 663

restitution

Back 663

Reparations or compensation for loss, damage, or injury; indemnification.

Front 664

reticent

Back 664

Silent or reserve. Reluctant or restrained.

Front 665

revile

Back 665

To assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.

Front 666

retort

Back 666

A severe, incisive, or witty reply. To reply to in a sharp or retaliatory way.

Front 667

ribald

Back 667

Vulgar or indecent humor or language; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous.

Front 668

rhapsodize

Back 668

To talk with extravagant or exaggerated enthusiasm.

Front 669

roil

Back 669

To disturb or disquiet; irritate; rile; vex.

Front 670

rout

Back 670

An overwhelming or complete and utter defeat. A defeat where the enemy completely scatters in disarray.

Front 671

rue

Back 671

Sorrow; bitter regret; repentance.

Front 672

repent

Back 672

To feel sorrowful, regretful, or contrite; to self-reproach.

Front 673

ruffian

Back 673

A tough, lawless person; roughneck; bully; scoundrel.

Front 674

runic

Back 674

Ancient, mysterious.

Front 675

saccharine

Back 675

Cloying or ingratiating; exaggeratedly sweet or sentimental; overly sappy.

Front 676

sacrilege

Back 676

The violation or profanation of anything sacred; blasphemy; irreverence; desecration.

Front 677

sagacious

Back 677

Having acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd; wise; sage-like.

Front 678

salacious

Back 678

Lustful or lecherous; obscenely indecent.

Front 679

salient

Back 679

Prominent or conspicuous; noticeable. Main or essential.

Front 680

salubrious

Back 680

Favorable to or promoting health; healthful.

Front 681

salutary

Back 681

Favorable, conducive or beneficial; wholesome.

Front 682

sanctimony

Back 682

Pretended, affected, or hypocritical religious devotion; deceit; hypocrisy.

Front 683

sanguine

Back 683

Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident.

Front 684

sap

Back 684

To gradually weaken or destroy; to drain; enervate. A gullible person; a dupe.

Front 685

sardonic

Back 685

Bitterly or scornfully derisive; mocking; cynical; sneering.

Front 686

riposte

Back 686

A quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism; a retort. A quick jab following a parry.

Front 687

saturnine

Back 687

Sluggish; gloomy; taciturn.

Front 688

scamp

Back 688

To do or perform in a hasty or careless manner. An unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag. A playful, mischievous, or naughty young person; upstart.

Front 689

scad

Back 689

A great number or quantity.

Front 690

scintilla

Back 690

A minute particle; spark; trace.

Front 691

scalawag

Back 691

A reprobate; a rascal; scamp.

Front 692

scion

Back 692

A descendant or heir from an illustrious family.

Front 693

scotch

Back 693

To put a definite end to; crush; stamp out; foil; quash.

Front 694

scourge

Back 694

A cause of affliction; a plague; abomination; curse. To beat or punish severely; flog; whip.

Front 695

scrupulous

Back 695

Punctiliously or minutely careful, precise, or exact. Having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled.

Front 696

scurrilous

Back 696

Grossly vulgar or obscene; slanderous; abusive. Exhibiting low buffoonery; coarsely jocular or derisive.

Front 697

scurvy

Back 697

Contemptible; despicable; detestable.

Front 698

seamy

Back 698

Squalid; sordid; unpleasant; degraded.

Front 699

sedition

Back 699

The incitement of disorder or rebellion against government; insurgence; revolt.

Front 700

sedulous

Back 700

Diligent and attentive; persevering; assiduous. Persistent or exacting.

Front 701

seemly

Back 701

Fitting to propriety or good taste; decent; decorous. Pleasing in appearance; handsome.

Front 702

seethe

Back 702

To be agitated or excited. To surge or foam as if boiling.

Front 703

sententious

Back 703

Abundant in pithy aphorisms or maxims. Given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous; pompous.

Front 704

sere

Back 704

Dry; withered; parched.

Front 705

sham

Back 705

Something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.

Front 706

shifty

Back 706

Full of evasions; tricky. Full of expedients; resourceful.

Front 707

shirk

Back 707

To evade work, duty, responsibility.

Front 708

shrewd

Back 708

Astute or sharp in practical matters; marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen; Machiavellian. Keen; practical; artful. Mischievous; wily.

Front 709

sibylline

Back 709

Prophetic; oracular. Mysterious; cryptic.

Front 710

simper

Back 710

To smile in a silly, self-conscious way.

Front 711

scrimp / skimp

Back 711

To be sparing or frugal; economize.

Front 712

singular

Back 712

Being beyond what is ordinary or usual; remarkable; exceptional; eccentric.

Front 713

skinflint

Back 713

A mean, niggardly person; miser.

Front 714

skulduggery

Back 714

Devious, dishonest or unscrupulous behavior; trickery; deceit.

Front 715

skulk

Back 715

To move in a stealthy or furtive manner; slink. To lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason.

Front 716

slake

Back 716

To satisfy; quench; allay (one's thirst, desire, etc.).

Front 717

slight

Back 717

A pointed and contemptuous discourtesy; affront. To treat as of little importance; ignore; snub. To do negligently; scamp.

Front 718

smatter

Back 718

A slight, superficial, or introductory knowledge of something. To dabble in or speak with superficial knowledge.

Front 719

sober

Back 719

Quiet or sedate in demeanor; demure. Marked by seriousness, gravity, or solemnity in one's demeanor. Showing self control; sane or rational.

Front 720

solemn

Back 720

Grave, sober, or mirthless; causing serious thoughts or a grave mood. Urgent or earnest.

Front 721

solicit

Back 721

To seek for by entreaty, earnest or formal request. To petition; seek to influence, or incite to action. To offer sex in exchange for money.

Front 722

solicitous

Back 722

Showing interest or concern. Eager or anxious to do something. Extremely careful; meticulous.

Front 723

somnolent

Back 723

Sleepy; drowsy.

Front 724

sophistry

Back 724

A subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning; a false argument.

Front 725

sophomoric

Back 725

Intellectually pretentious, overconfident, conceited, but immature.

Front 726

spartan

Back 726

Sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere. Brave; undaunted.

Front 727

spat

Back 727

A petty quarrel; squabble; minor dispute. A light blow; slap; smack.

Front 728

specious

Back 728

Ostensibly good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible; deceptive.

Front 729

spendthrift

Back 729

A person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; wastrel; prodigal.

Front 730

spry

Back 730

Active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.

Front 731

spruce

Back 731

Trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.

Front 732

spurious

Back 732

Not genuine, authentic, or true; pretended; counterfeit.

Front 733

spurn

Back 733

To reject with disdain; scorn. To treat with contempt; despise. To kick or trample with the foot.

Front 734

staid

Back 734

Of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.

Front 735

stentorian

Back 735

Very loud or powerful in sound.

Front 736

stilted

Back 736

Stiffly or artificially formal; pompous; bombastic.

Front 737

stint

Back 737

To be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance. To cease action; desist. To unduly set limits; restrict. A period of time spent doing something.

Front 738

stodgy

Back 738

Heavy, dull, or uninteresting; tediously commonplace; boring. Stocky; thick; burly. Old-fashioned; unduly formal and traditional. Dull; graceless; inelegant.

Front 739

stolid

Back 739

Not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive; unexcitable.

Front 740

stoic

Back 740

Impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude; stolid. Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain.

Front 741

stricture

Back 741

A severe and adverse criticism or remark.

Front 742

strident

Back 742

Making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking; shrill.

Front 743

stringent

Back 743

Rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe. Compelling, constraining, or urgent; convincing; forceful.

Front 744

stultify

Back 744

To make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.To render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual. To allege or prove unsound.

Front 745

stygian

Back 745

Dark or gloomy; infernal; hellish. Pertaining to the river Styx.

Front 746

stymie

Back 746

To hinder, block, or thwart.

Front 747

subaltern

Back 747

Lower in rank; subordinate.

Front 748

sublimate

Back 748

To make nobler or purer.

Front 749

sublime

Back 749

Of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth; elevated; noble; majestic. Complete; absolute; utter.

Front 750

succor

Back 750

Help; relief; aid; assistance.

Front 751

sultry

Back 751

Oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering. Characterized by or arousing passion.

Front 752

sumptuous

Back 752

Luxuriously fine; lavish; splendid.

Front 753

sundry

Back 753

Various or diverse.

Front 754

supererogatory

Back 754

Going beyond the requirements of duty; superfluous.

Front 755

supplicate

Back 755

To pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.

Front 756

surfeit

Back 756

An excessive amount; overindulgence. An uncomfortably full or crapulous feeling; general disgust caused by excess or satiety. To supply with anything to excess; satiate.

Front 757

surly

Back 757

Churlishly rude or bad-tempered. Unfriendly or hostile; menacingly irritable. Dark or dismal; ill-humored.

Front 758

surreptitious

Back 758

Done by stealth; secretive or unauthorized; clandestine.

Front 759

swill

Back 759

Contemptibly worthless utterance or writing; drivel. To drink greedily or excessively; guzzle.

Front 760

sycophant

Back 760

A self-seeking, servile flatterer; a fawning parasite; a toady.

Front 761

tacit

Back 761

Understood without being openly expressed; implied. Silent, unvoiced, unspoken.

Front 762

table

Back 762

To postpone consideration of; delay.

Front 763

taciturn

Back 763

Reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation. Dour, stern, and silent in expression

Front 764

tantalize

Back 764

To torment with something out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed; to taunt. Provoking or arousing expectation, interest, or desire.

Front 765

tantamount

Back 765

Equivalent in value, force, effect, or signification.

Front 766

tarry

Back 766

To delay, wait, or be tardy; linger; loiter.

Front 767

tatty

Back 767

Cheap or tawdry; vulgar. Shabby or unkempt; ragged; untidy.

Front 768

tautological

Back 768

Needless repetition of an idea without imparting additional meaning or clearness.

Front 769

tawdry

Back 769

Gaudy; showy and cheap. Low or mean; base:

Front 770

temerity

Back 770

Reckless boldness; rashness. Unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger.

Front 771

temporize

Back 771

To be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting. To comply or yield temporarily or ostensibly to prevailing opinion or circumstances.

Front 772

tendentious

Back 772

Having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose.

Front 773

testy

Back 773

Irritably impatient; touchy.

Front 774

thespian

Back 774

Pertaining to the theater; dramaturgical.

Front 775

thrall

Back 775

A person who is in bondage; slave.

Front 776

threnody

Back 776

A poem or song of mourning or lamentation; a dirge.

Front 777

throes

Back 777

A violent spasm or pang; paroxysm; convulsion. A sharp attack of emotion.

Front 778

throng

Back 778

A multitude of people assembled together; crowd.

Front 779

throttle

Back 779

To choke or suffocate in any way; strangle.

Front 780

tightwad

Back 780

An excessively frugal, stingy person.

Front 781

thwart

Back 781

To oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose. To frustrate or baffle.

Front 782

timorous

Back 782

Fearful; apprehensive.

Front 783

titter

Back 783

To laugh in a restrained, self-conscious, or affected way, as from nervousness or in ill-suppressed amusement.

Front 784

toady

Back 784

An obsequious flatterer; sycophant.

Front 785

tome

Back 785

A very heavy, large, or scholarly book; a volume.

Front 786

torpor

Back 786

Sluggish inactivity or inertia. Lethargic indifference; apathy.

Front 787

torrid

Back 787

Oppressively hot, parching, or burning. Ardent; passionate.

Front 788

tout

Back 788

To solicit support for importunately. To watch; spy on.

Front 789

tractable

Back 789

Easily managed or controlled; docile.

Front 790

traduce

Back 790

To speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame; vilify.

Front 791

travesty

Back 791

A grotesque or debased likeness or imitation of an original work.

Front 792

trenchant

Back 792

Incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting. Vigorous; effective; energetic. Clearly or sharply defined; clear-cut; distinct.

Front 793

tryst

Back 793

An appointed meeting, usually somewhat secretive between lovers.

Front 794

tumid

Back 794

Swollen, turgid, bloated. Pompous or inflated, bombastic.

Front 795

turgid

Back 795

Swollen; distended; tumid. Inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic.

Front 796

turpitude

Back 796

Vile, shameful, or base character; depravity.

Front 797

tycoon

Back 797

A businessperson of great wealth and power; magnate.

Front 798

tyro

Back 798

A beginner in learning anything; novice.

Front 799

umbrage

Back 799

A vague suspicion, doubt, or hostility. A sense of resentment; annoyance; displeasure; insult.

Front 800

uncouth

Back 800

Awkward, clumsy, ungraceful.

Front 801

unconscientious

Back 801

Controlled by or done according to conscience; scrupulous. Meticulous; careful; painstaking; particular.

Front 802

unctuous

Back 802

Excessively cloying; exaggerated or insincerely earnest; ingratiating.

Front 803

unequivocal

Back 803

Unambiguous; clear; having only one possible meaning or interpretation. Absolute; unqualified; without exceptions.

Front 804

ungainly

Back 804

Not graceful; awkward; unwieldy; clumsy.

Front 805

unqualified

Back 805

Not modified, limited, or restricted in any way; without reservations. Absolute; complete; out-and-out.

Front 806

unseemly

Back 806

Unbecoming or indecorous; distasteful; sordid.

Front 807

untoward

Back 807

Unfavorable or unfortunate. Froward; perverse; improper.

Front 808

unwonted

Back 808

Not customary or usual; rare.

Front 809

upbraid

Back 809

To find fault with; reproach severely; censure.

Front 810

upstart

Back 810

A person who has risen suddenly from a humble position to wealth, power, or a position of consequence. A presumptuous and objectionable person who has so risen; parvenu.

Front 811

urchin

Back 811

A mischievous youngster.

Front 812

uxorious

Back 812

Doting upon, foolishly fond of, or affectionately submissive toward one's wife.

Front 813

vagary

Back 813

An unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance. A whimsical, wild, or unusual idea, desire, or action.

Front 814

vainglory

Back 814

Excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements or abilities; boastful vanity. Empty pomp or show.

Front 815

vaunt

Back 815

To speak vaingloriously of; boast; brag.

Front 816

venial

Back 816

Able to be forgiven or pardoned; not serious; excusable; trifling; minor.

Front 817

verbiage

Back 817

Overabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech; wordiness; verbosity.

Front 818

verisimilitude

Back 818

The appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability.

Front 819

verve

Back 819

Enthusiasm or vigor; spirit. Vivaciousness; liveliness; animation.

Front 820

vex

Back 820

To irritate; annoy; provoke. To torment; trouble; distress; worry. To discuss or debate with vigor or at great length. To disturb by motion; stir up; toss about.

Front 821

vicissitude

Back 821

A change or variation in the course of something; alteration; vacillation; mutability.

Front 822

vignette

Back 822

A small, graceful literary sketch. A decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter.

Front 823

vindicate

Back 823

To clear from blame; exonerate; liberate; exculpate.

Front 824

vindictive

Back 824

Disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful.

Front 825

virile

Back 825

Masculine; manly; robust. Capable of fathering offspring.

Front 826

viscid

Back 826

Having a glutinous consistency; sticky; adhesive; viscous.

Front 827

vice

Back 827

An immoral or evil habit or practice; depraved or degrading behavior. A fault, defect, or shortcoming.

Front 828

vitiate

Back 828

To impair the quality of; make faulty; invalidate; spoil. To debase; corrupt; pervert.

Front 829

vituperate

Back 829

To use or address with harsh or abusive language; revile.

Front 830

vociferous

Back 830

Clamorous; noisy.

Front 831

vogue

Back 831

Something in fashion; popular.

Front 832

volition

Back 832

A conscious choice or decision made by the will.

Front 833

voluble

Back 833

Characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent; glib; talkative.

Front 834

vouchsafe

Back 834

To grant, allow, permit, bestow; condescend; deign.

Front 835

waffle

Back 835

To speak or write equivocally; To talk foolishly or without purpose; idle away time talking.

Front 836

wag

Back 836

To chatter idly or indiscreetly. A person given to droll, roguish, or mischievous humor; wit.

Front 837

wan

Back 837

Of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color. Lacking in forcefulness, competence, or effectiveness.

Front 838

wane

Back 838

To decline in size, power, intensity, etc.

Front 839

warble

Back 839

To sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments

Front 840

waspish

Back 840

Easily irritated or annoyed; irascible.

Front 841

wastrel

Back 841

A wasteful person; spendthrift.

Front 842

wax

Back 842

To increase in extent, quantity, intensity, power, etc.

Front 843

waylay

Back 843

To intercept or attack in order to rob, seize, or slay. To await and accost unexpectedly; ambush.

Front 844

welter

Back 844

A confused mass; a jumble or muddle. Commotion, turmoil, or upheaval. To roll, toss, or heave. To writhe, tumble about, or wallow. To become deeply or extensively involved, associated, entangled.

Front 845

whit

Back 845

A particle; bit; jot.

Front 846

windfall

Back 846

An unexpected gain, piece of good fortune. Something blown or carried down by the wind, as fruit.

Front 847

winsome

Back 847

Sweetly or innocently charming; winning; engaging; lighthearted.

Front 848

wizen

Back 848

To wither; shrivel; dry up.

Front 849

wont

Back 849

Custom; habit; practice. Accustomed; habituated.

Front 850

wraith

Back 850

A ghost or apparition of someone that portends a person's death. A wisp or faint trace of something.

Front 851

wreak

Back 851

To inflict, execute, or cause.

Front 852

wretch

Back 852

A deplorably unfortunate or unhappy person. A person of despicable or base character.

Front 853

wrest

Back 853

To twist or turn violently; pull; jerk. To take away or obtain by force.

Front 854

yen

Back 854

A desire or craving; strong inclination.

Front 855

yore

Back 855

Times past; of long ago.

Front 856

zealot

Back 856

An excessively zealous person; overly ardent or blindly enthusiastic; fanatic.

Front 857

zephyre

Back 857

A gentle, mild breeze; a west wind.

Front 858

restive

Back 858

Impatient, unable to keep still or silent; restless. Unable to control, refusing orders.

Front 859

arrogate

Back 859

Take or claim something for oneself without justification.

Front 860

declaim

Back 860

Utter or deliver a speech vehemently or in an impassioned way. To forcibly protest or criticize, inveigh.

Front 861

inveigh

Back 861

Speak or write with great disapproval; to protest.