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lower
abash
embarrass
abjure
renounce
abnegation
self-sacrifice
abominate
detestable, loathsome
absolve
pardon
abstruse
obscure
abysmal
bottomless
accede
agree
acclaim
applaud
acclivity
sharp incline
accord
agreement
accouter
equip
accretion
growth
acerbity
bitterness of speech
acquiesce
assent
acrimonious
bitterness
acrophobia
fear of heights
actuarial
calculating
actuate
motivate
acuity
sharpness
addle
muddle
adherent
supporter
adjunct
something attached (inferior)
adjuration
solemn urging
adroit
skilful
adulation
flattery
adventitious
accidental
adversity
poverty
advert
refer
aegis
shield
aerie
nest of a large bird
affable
easily approachable
affected
artificial
affliction
state of distress
affront
insult
agglomeration
collection
aggrandize
increase or intensify
agnostic
one who is skeptical of God
agrarian
pertaining to land
alacrity
eagerness
alcove
nook
allay
calm
allegory
story in which characters are used as symbols
alliteration
repetition of beginning sound
allude
refer
allure
entice
allusion
indirect reference
altruistic
unselfish generosity
amalgamate
combine
ambivalence
state of having contradictory emotional attitudes
ameliorate
improve
amenable
readily manageable
amity
friendship
amoral
non-moral
amorous
moved by sexual love
amorphous
without shape
amok
in a state of rage
anachronism
something misplaced in time
analogous
comparable
analogy
similarity
anarchist
person who seeks to overturn govt.
anathema
solemn curse (anathematize)
anecdote
short account of interesting event
animadversion
critical remark
animosity
active enemy
animus
hostile feeling
anneal
make less brittle
annotate
comment
anodyne
pain killer
anoint
consecrate
anomalous
abnormal
anomaly
irregularity
antagonism
hostility
antecede
precede
antediluvian
antiquated
anthology
book of literary selections
anthropoid
manlike
anthropomorphic
having human form
anticlimax
letdown in thought or emotion
antipathy
aversion
antiquated
obsolete
antithesis
contrast
apathy
lack of caring
aphasia
loss of speech
aphorism
a saying or maxim
apiary
place where bees are kept
aplomb
poise or assurance
apocryphal
untrue
apologist
one who writes in defense of a cause
apostate
one who abandons his religious faith or political belief
apothecary
druggist
apothegm
compact saying
apotheosis
elevation to god-hood
appease
pacify
appellation
name or title
apposite
appropriate; fitting
apprise
inform
approbation
approval
appropriate
acquire
appurtenances
subordinate possessions
apropos
with reference to; regarding
aquiline
curved
arboretum
place where different varieties of trees are studied
arcade
covered passageway (lined with shops)
arcane
secret
archaic
antiquated
archetype
prototype
ardor
heat
arduous
hard
argot
slang
aria
operatic solo
arraign
charge in court
array
draw up in order
array
adorn
arroyo
gully
articulate
affective
artifice
trickery
artless
without guile
ascendancy
controlling influence
ascetic
practicing self-denial
ascribe
refer
ashen
ash colored
asinine
stupid
askance
indirect look
askew
crookedly; slanted
asperity
sharpness of temper
aspersion
slanderous remark
assail
assault
assay
analyze
assiduous
diligent
assuage
ease or lessen pain
astral
relating to stars
astringent
binding
astute
wise
asunder
apart
atavism
resemblance to remote ancestors
atheistic
denying the existence of god
atrophy
wasting away
attribute
essential quality
attribute
gradual decrease in numbers
audacious
daring
augury
omen
austere
forbiddingly stern
autocratic
having absolute
automaton
mechanism that imitates actions or humans
auxiliary
providing or offering help
avarice
greediness for wealth
aver
state confidently
avert
prevent
aviary
enclosure for birds
avid
greedy
avocation
secondary or minor occupation
avow
declare openly
avuncular
like an uncle
awl
pointed tool for piercing
awry
distorted
azure
sky blue
babble
chatter idly
bacchanalian
drunken
badinage
teasing conversion
bait
harass
baleful
deadly
balk
stop short
balk
foil
banal
hackneyed
balmy
mild
bandy
discuss lightly
bantering
good naturedly ridiculing
barefaced
shameless
baroque
highly ornate
bastion
stronghold
bate
let down
bauble
trifle
bawdy
indecent
beatific
blissful
beatitude
blessedness
bedizen
dress with vulgar finery
bedraggle
wet thoroughly
befuddle
confuse thoroughly
beget
father
begrudge
resent
beguile
mislead or delude
behemoth
monstrous size or power
beholden
obligated
behoove
be suited to
belabor
explain excessively
beleaguer
besiege or attack
belie
contradict
belittle
depreciate
bellicose
warlike
belligerent
quarrelsome
bemoan
lament
bemused
confused
benediction
blessing
benevolent
generous
benign
not malignant
benison
blessing
bequeath
hand down
berate
scold strongly
bereavement
state of being deprived of something
bereft
deprived of
beseech
beg
beset
harass or trouble
besiege
surround with armed forces
besmirch
soil
betoken
signify
betroth
become engaged to
bevy
large group
bicameral
two chambered
bigotry
stubborn intolerance
bilious
suffering from indigestion
bilk
swindle
bivouac
temporary encampment
blanch
bleach
bland
soothing or mild
bucolic
rustic
bugaboo
bugbear
bulwark
earthwork or other strong defense
burgeon
grow forth
burlesque
give an imitation that ridicules
burnish
make shiny by rubbing or polishing
buttress
support
cadence
rhythmic rise and fall( of sound)
cajole
coax
callow
immature
calumny
malicious misrepresentation
camaraderie
good fellowship
canard
unfound rumor
candor
frankness
canker
any evil
canny
thrifty
cant
insincere expression of piety
cantankerous
ill humored
cantata
story set to music
canto
division of a long poem
capacious
spacious
capitulate
surrender
caprice
whim
capricious
fickle
captious
faultfinding
carafe
glass water bottle
carapace
shell covering the back (turtle
careen
lurch
carillon
set of bell capable of being played
carousal
drunken revel
carping
fault finding
carrion
rotting flesh of dead body
castigation
punishment
cataclysm
deluge
catcall
shout of disapproval
catechism
book for religious instruction
catharsis
purging or cleaning of passageway
cathartic
purgative
catholic
universal
caucus
private meeting of members
caulk
make water tight
caustic
burning
cauterize
burn with hot iron
cavalcade
procession
cavalier
casual and offhand
cavil
make frivolous objections
cede
yield
celerity
speed
censorious
critical
censure
blame or criticize
cerebration
thought
certitude
certainty
cessation
stoppage
cession
yield
chafe
warm by rubbing
chaff
worthless product of an endeavor
chaffing
bantering; joking
chagrin
vexation
charisma
divine gift
chary
cautious
chase
ornament a metal surface by indent'g
chaste
pure
chasten
discipline; punish in order to correct
chastise
punish
chauvinist
blindly devoted; zealous adherent
cherubic
angelic; innocent looking
chicanery
trickery; deception
chide
scold
chimerical
fantastically improbable; unrealistic
chisel
tool for cutting
chisel
swindle or cheat
chivalrous
courteous; faithful; brave
choleric
hot-tempered
chortle
chuckle with delight
churlish
boorish; rude
ciliated
having minute hairs
cipher
nonentity
cipher
secret code
circlet
small ring; band
circumlocution
indirect expression
circumscribe
limit; confine
circumspect
prudent; cautious
clairvoyant
having foresight; fortuneteller
clamber
climb by crawling
clamor
noise
clandestine
secret
clangor
loud
clarion
shrill
clavicle
collarbone
cleave
split or sever; remain faithful to; cling to
cleft
split
clemency
disposition to be lenient
climactic
relating to the highest point
clime
region; climate
clique
small exclusive group
cloister
monastery or convent
cloying
distasteful; excessively sweet or sentimental
coalesce
combine; fuse
coda
concluding section of a musical
coddle
treat gently or pamper
codicil
supplement to the body of a will
coercion
use of force to get something
coeval
living at the same time as; contemporary
cogent
convincing
cogitate
think over
cognate
related linguistically; allied by blood
cognitive
having to do with knowledge
cognizance
knowledge
cohere
stick together
cohesion
tendency to keep together
cohort
armed band
coiffure
hair style
colander
utensil with holes used for straining
collate
examine in order to verify authenticity
collation
light metal
colloquy
informal discussion
collusion
conspiring in a fraudulent scheme
comely
attractive
comestible
something fit to be eaten
comeuppance
rebuke
comity
courtesy
commandeer
to draft for military purpose
commensurate
equal in extent
commiserate
feel or express pity or sympathy for
communal
held in common
compact
agreement
compelling
overpowering
compendium
brief
commodious
spacious and comfortable
compilation
listing of statistical information in tabular or book form
complacency
self satisfaction
complaisant
trying to please obliging
complement
make perfect
complementary
serving to complete something
compliant
yielding
complicity
participation
comport
behave
compromise
adjust or settle by making mutual concessions
compunction
remorse
concave
hallow
conceit
vanity or self love
conception
beginning
concerted
mutually agreed on
concession
an act of yielding
conciliatory
reconciling
conclave
private meeting
concoct
prepare by combing
concomitant
that which accompanies
concord
harmony
condescend
bestow courtesies with a superior air
condign
adequate
condole
express sympathetic sorrow
condone
overlook
conflagration
great fire
conformity
harmony
congeal
freeze
congenial
pleasant
congenital
existing at birth
compliance
readiness to yield
blasé
bored with pleasure or dissipation
blighted
suffering from disease or destroyed
blithe
gay; joyous
blowhard
talkative boaster
bludgeon
club; heavy headed weapon
bluff
rough but good natured
bluff
pretense
bluster
blow in heavy gusts
bode
foreshadow
bohemian
unconventional (in an artistic way)
bombastic
pompous
boorish
rude; insensitive
bouillon
clear beef soup
bourgeois
middle class; dully conventional
bowdlerize
expurgate
braggadocio
boasting
braggart
boaster
bravado
swagger; assumed air of defiance
brazen
insolent
brevity
conciseness
brindled
tawny or grayish with spots
brocade
rich figured fabric
brook
tolerate
browbeat
intimidate; bully
brusque
blunt; abrupt
brooch
ornamental clasp
boisterous
violent; rough; noisy
conglomeration
mass of material sticking together
congruence
correspondence of parts
congruent
in agreement
conjecture
guess
conjugal
pertaining to marriage
connivance
pretense of ignorance of something wrong
connotation
suggested or implied meaning of an expression
connubial
pertaining to marriage
consanguinity
kinship
conscientious
careful
consequential
pompous
conservatory
school of fine arts (drama
consign
deliver officially
consistency
absence of contradictions
consonance
harmony
consort
associate with
consort
husband or wife
constituent
supporter
construe
explain
contagion
infection
contend
struggle
contention
claim
contentious
quarrelsome
contest
dispute
contiguous
adjacent to
continence
self restraint
contortions
twisting
contrite
penitent
contrived
forced
controvert
oppose with arguments
contumacious
disobedient
contusion
bruise
conviction
judgment that someone is guilty of crime
convivial
festive
convoke
call together
copious
plentiful
coquette
flirt
cornice
projecting molding on building
cornucopia
horn overflowing with fruit and grain
corporeal
material
corpulent
very fat
coterie
select circle
countenance
approve
countenance
face
countermand
cancel
counterpart
thing that completes another
covenant
agreement
covetous
avaricious
cow
intimidate
cower
shrink quivering
cozen
cheat
crabbed
sour
crass
very unrefined
craven
cowardly
credence
belief
credulity
gullibility
creed
system of religious or ethical belief
crone
hag
crotchety
whimsical
cull
reject
culpable
deserving blame
cupidity
greed
curator
superintendent
curmudgeon
churlish
curtail
shorten
cynosure
object of general attention
dally
trifle with
dank
damp
dapper
neat and trim
dawdle
loiter
deadpan
wooden
debase
reduce in quality or value
debauch
corrupt
debunk
expose as false
decadence
decay
declivity
downward slope
décolleté
having a low cut neck line
decrepitude
state of collapse caused by illness or old age
decry
express strong disapproval of
default
failure to act
defer
delay till later
defer
submit
deference
courteous regard for another's wish
defoliate
destroy leaves
defray
provide for the payment of
defrock
to strip a priest or minister of church authority
deify
turn into God
deign
stoop
deleterious
harmful
delineate
portray
delude
deceive
deluge
flood rush
delusion
false belief
delusive
deceptive
demagogue
false leader
demoniac
fiendish
demotic
object
demur
grave
denigrate
blacken
denizen
inhabitant or resident
denotation
meaning
denouement
outcome
depravity
wickedness
deprecate
express disapproval of protest against
depredation
plundering
deride
make fun of
derision
ridicule
descry
catch sight of
despoil
plunder
despondent
depressed; gloomy
despot
tyrant
desultory
aimless; haphazard
determinate
having a fixed order
detraction
slandering; aspersion
devious
roundabout; erratic
devolve
deputize; pass on to others
diadem
crown
dialectical
relating to art of debate
diaphanous
transparent
diatribe
scolding
dichotomy
split; branching into two parts
dictum
authorative statement; maxim
didactic
teaching; instrumental
diffidence
shyness
diffuse
wordy; spread out
dilatory
delaying
dilettante
aimless follower of arts; amateur
diminution
lessening; reduction is size
dint
means; effort
diorama
life-size; 3d scene from nature or history
dirge
lament with music
disabuse
undeceive
disaffected
disloyal
disavowal
denial
discerning
mentally quick and observant
disclaim
disown
discombobulated
confused
discomfit
defeat
disconcert
confuse
disconsolate
sad
discount
disregard
discrete
separate
discretion
prudence
discriminating
able to see differences
discursive
digressing
disdain
view with scorn or contempt
disenfranchise
deprive of a civil right
disgruntle
make discontented
disingenuous
not naïve
disinter
dig up unearth
disinterested
unprejudiced
disjunction
act or state of separation
dispassionate
calm
dispirited
lacking in spirit
disport
amuse
disputatious
argumentative
disquietude
uneasiness
disquisition
formal systematic inquiry
dissemble
disguise
dissertation
formal essay
dissimulate
pretend
dissipate
squander
distant
reserved or aloof
distrait
absentminded
diva
operatic singer
docket
program as for trial
doctrinaire
unable to compromise about points of doctrine
doddering
shaky
doff
take off
dogged
determined
doggerel
poor verse
dogmatic
opinionated
dolorous
sorrowful
dolt
stupid person
dormer
window projecting from roof
dotage
senility
dote
excessively fond of
dour
sullen
dowdy
slovenly
dregs
sediment
drivel
nonsense
dross
queer and amusing
dross
waste mater
dulcet
sweet sounding
duplicity
double dealing
dutiful
respectful obedient
dyspeptic
suffering from indigestion
earthy
unrefined
ebullient
showing excitement
ecclesiastic
pertaining to church
eclectic
selective
economy
efficiency or conciseness in using something
eddy
swirling current of water
edict
decree(issued by a sovereign)
edify
instruct
efface
rub out
effeminate
having womanly traits
Effervescence
inner excitement or exuberance
effete
worn out
effluvium
noxious smell
effrontery
shameless boldness
effusion
pouring forth
effusive
pouring forth
egregious
notorious
egress
exit
ejaculation
exclamation
elegy
poem or song expressing lamentation
ellipsis
omission of words from text
elucidate
explain
elysian
relating to paradise
emaciated
thin and wasted
emancipate
set free
embellish
adorn
embezzlement
stealing
embroil
throw into confusion
emend
correct(usually a text)
emendation
correction of errors
emetic
substance causing vomiting
emollient
soothing or softening remedy
emolument
salary
empathy
ability to identify with another's feelings
empirical
based on experience
encomiastic
praising
encomium
high praise
encumber
burden
endearment
fond word or act
endue
endow
enervate
weaken
enfranchise
admit to rights of citizenship(the right to vote)
engender
cause
enjoin
command
ennui
boredom
enrapture
please intensely
ensconce
settle comfortably
entomology
study of insects
entrance
put under a spell
entreat
plead ask earnestly
entrée
entrance
enunciate
utter or speak(especially distinctly
environ
enclose
epaulet
ornament worn on the shoulder
ephemeral
short lived
epicure
coinsure of food and drink
epigram
witty thought or saying(usually short)
epilogue
short speech at conclusion of a dramatic work
episodic
loosely connected
epistemologist
philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge
epitaph
inscription in memory of a dead person
epithet
word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person
epitome
perfect example or embodiment
equable
uniform
equanimity
calmness of temperament
equine
resembling a horse
equipoise
balance
equivocal
ambiguous
equivocate
lie
errant
wandering
erudite
learned
eschew
avoid
esoteric
hard to understand
espouse
adopt
ethereal
light
ethnology
study of human kind
ethos
underling character of a culture
etymology
study of word parts
eugenic
pertaining to the improvement of race
eulogistic
praising
eulogy
expression of praise(often on someone's death)
euphemism
mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
euphony
sweet sound
evanescent
fleeting
evince
show clearly
evocative
tending to call up(emotions
ewe
female sheep
exacerbate
worsen
exalt
praise
exasperate
vex
exceptionable
objectionable
excise
cut away
excoriate
scold with biting harshness
exculpate
clear from blame
execrable
very bad
execrate
curse
exegesis
explanation(especially of biblical passages)
exemplify
show by example
exhilarating
invigorating and refreshing
exhort
urge
exigency
urgent situation
exiguous
small minute
existential
pertaining to existence
expansive
outgoing and sociable
expatiate
talk at length
expedient
suitable
explicate
explain
exploit
deed or action( particularly a brave deed)
exploit
make use of
expository
explanatory
expostulation
protest
expropriate
take possession of
expurgate
clean
extant
still in existence
extemporaneous
not planned
extenuate
weaken
extirpate
root up
extol
praise
extraneous
not essential
exuberance
overflowing abundance
exude
give forth
exult
rejoice
facetious
joking(inappropriately)
facile
easily accomplished
faction
party
factious
inclined to form factions
factitious
artificial
factotum
handyman
fallow
plowed but not sowed
falter
hesitate
fanaticism
excessive zeal
fancied
imagined
fancier
breeder or dealer of animals
farce
broad comedy
fastidious
difficult to please
fatalism
belief that events are determined by force that is beyond ones control
fatuous
foolish
fawning
courting favor by cringing and flattering
febrile
feverish
fecundity
fertility
feint
trick
felicitous
suitably expressed
felicity
happiness
fell
cruel
fell
cut or knock down
ferment
agitation
ferret
drive or hunt out of hiding
fervid
ardent
fervor
glowing ardor
fester
rankle
fete
honor at a festival
fetid
malodorous
fetter
shackle
fiat
command
fidelity
loyalty
filch
steal
filial
pertaining to son or daughter
filibuster
block legislation by making long speeches
filigree
delicate lace like metal work
firebrand
hotheaded
fitful
intermittent
flag
droop
flagrant
conspicuously wicked
flail
thresh grain by hand
flamboyant
ornate
flay
strip off skin
fledgling
inexperienced
flick
light stroke as with a whip
flinch
hesitate
flippant
lacking proper seriousness
flit
fly
florid
ruddy
flotsam
drifting wreckage
fluster
confuse
fluted
having vertical parallel grooves(pillar)
foible
weakness
foil
contrast
foil
defeat
foment
stir up
foppish
vain about dress and appearance
forbearance
patience
ford
place where the river can be crossed on foot
forensic
suitable to debate or courts of law
forestall
prevent by taking action in advance
forlorn
sad and lonely
forswear
renounce
fortuitous
accidental
founder
fail completely
fracas
brawl
fractious
unruly
fray
brawl
fret
to be annoyed or vexed
frieze
ornamental band on a wall
frond
fern leaf
frustrate
thwart
fulminate
thunder
fulsome
disgustingly excessive
funereal
sad
furtive
stealthy
gadfly
animal biting fly
gainsay
deny
gall
bitterness
gall
annoy
gambol
romp
gamely
in a spirited manner
garrulous
wordy
gaunt
lean and angular
genuflect
bend the knee as in worship
germane
pertinent
gerontocracy
government ruled by old people
gerrymander
change voting district lines
gibe
mock
glean
gather leavings
glib
fluent
gloat
express evil satisfaction
glower
scowl
goad
urge on
gossamer
sheer
gull
trick
halcyon
calm
hallowed
blessed
hap
chance
harangue
long passionate &vehement speech
harbinger
forerunner
hilarity
boisterous mirth
hindmost
furthest behind
hinterlands
back country
hireling
one who serves for hire
hirsute
hairy
histrionic
theatrical
hoary
white with age
homeostasis
tendency of a system to maintain relative stability
homily
serious warning
hortatory
encouraging
hubris
arrogance
hummock
small hill
husband
conserve
husbandry
frugality
hyperbole
exaggeration
hypercritical
excessively exacting
ichthyology
study of fish
iconoclastic
attacking cherished traditions
ignoble
not noble
ignominy
deep disgrace
illimitable
infinite
imbibe
drink in
imbue
saturate
immure
imprison
impale
pierce
impalpable
intangible
impecunious
without money
impenitent
not repentant
imperious
haughty
impetuous
violent
impolitic
not wise
imponderable
weightless
import
significance
importune
beg persistently
imprecation
curse
improvident
thriftless
imprudent
lacking caution
impudence
insolence
impugn
dispute or contradict(in an insulting way)
impuissance
powerlessness
impute
attribute
inane
silly
incendiary
arsonist
inchoate
recently began
incipient
beginning
incommodious
not spacious
incongruity
lack of harmony
incontinent
lacking self restraint
incontrovertible
indisputable
incorporeal
lacking a material body
incubus
burden
indigence
poverty
indigent
poor
indignation
anger at injustice
indissoluble
permanent
indite
write
indolent
lazy
indubitable
unable to be doubted
ineffable
unutterable
ineluctable
irresistible
inerrancy
infallibility
inexorable
relentless
infirmity
weakness
infraction
violation
ingenuous
naïve and trusting
ingratiate
become popular with
inimical
unfriendly
iniquitous
wicked
innuendo
hint
insalubrious
unwholesome
insidious
stealthy
insipid
lacking in flavor
insolvent
bankrupt
insouciant
indifferent
insularity
narrow mindedness
interdict
prohibit
interloper
intruder
internecine
mutually destructive
interregnum
period between two reigns
intimate
fearless
intractable
unruly
intransigence
refusal of any compromise
intrepid
fearless
inured
accustomed
invective
abuse
inveigh
denounce
inveigle
lead astray
inveterate
deep rooted
invidious
designed to create ill will or envy
irascible
irritable
iridescent
exhibiting rainbow like colors
irremediable
incurable
irresolute
uncertain how to act
irrevocable
unalterable
isthmus
narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land
itinerant
wandering
jaundiced
prejudiced (envious
jaunt
trip
jaunty
lighthearted
jibe
agree
jocose
given to joking
jocund
merry
junket
trip
ken
range of knowledge
kindred
related
knave
untrustworthy person
knell
tolling of a bell
knoll
little round hill
labile
likely to change
lachrymose
producing tears
lackadaisical
lacking purpose or zest
laconic
briefing and to the point
laity
laypersons
lampoon
ridicule
lancet
small surgical tool for making incisions
languor
lassitude
largess
generous gift
lascivious
lustful
lassitude
languor
latitude
freedom from narrow limitations
leaven
cause to rise or grow lighter
lectern
reading desk
legerdemain
sleight of hand
leonine
like a lion
levee
earthen or stone embankment
levity
lack of seriousness or steadiness
lexicographer
compiler of dictionary
lexicon
dictionary
libel
defamatory statement
libertine
debauched person
libidinous
lustful
libretto
text of an opera
licentious
amoral. lewd & lascivious
lien
legal claim on a property
ligneous
like wood
limn
draw
limpid
clear
lineaments
features
lionize
treat as a celebrity
list
tilt
litany
supplicatory prayer
lithe
flexible
litotes
understatement for emphasis
livid
lead colored
loath
reluctant
lode
metal bearing vein
loll
lounge about
lope
gallop slowly
low
moo
lucre
money
lugubrious
mournful
luscious
pleasing to taste or smell
macabre
grisly
macerate
soften by soaking in liquid
machinations
evil schemes or plot
maculated
spotted or stained
madrigal
pastoral song
magniloquent
boastful
maladroit
clumsy
malapropism
comic misuse of a word
malcontent
person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs
malediction
curse
malefactor
evildoer
malevolent
wishing evil
malfeasance
wrongdoing
malinger
one who feigns illness to escape duty
malodorous
foul smelling
manacle
restrain
mannered
affected
manumit
emancipate
marshal
put in order
martinet
strict person
matriculate
enroll(college or school)
matrix
point of origin
maudlin
effusively sentimental
mawkish
mushy and gushy
mayhem
injury to body
mealymouthed
indirect in speech
medium
element that is a creatures natural environment
medium
channel communication
mellifluous
sweetly or smoothly flowing
menagerie
collection of wild animals
mendacious
lying
mendicant
beggar
mercenary
motivated solely by money or gain
mercurial
capricious
meretricious
flashy
metaphor
implied comparison
mete
measure
miasma
swamp gas
milieu
environment
minatory
menacing
mincing
affectedly dainty
minion
servile dependent
minutiae
petty details
mire
entangle
mirth
merriment
misanthrope
one who hates mankind
misapprehension
error
miscellany
mixture of writing on various subjects
misnomer
wrong name
misogamy
hatred of marriage
misogynist
hater of women
missive
letter
mode
prevailing style
modicum
limited quantity
modish
fashionable
mollify
soothe
mollycoddle
pamper
mordant
biting
mores
moral standards
moribund
dying
morose
ill humored
mortician
undertaker
mortify
humiliate
mote
small speck
motif
theme
motility
ability to move spontaneously
motley
multicolored
mottled
blotched in color
mountebank
charlatan
muggy
warm and damp
mulct
defraud a person of something
multifarious
varied
munificent
very generous
muse
ponder
mutability
ability to change in form
myriad
very large number
nadir
lowest point
naiveté
quality of being unsophisticated
narcissist
conceited person
nascent
coming into being
natation
swimming
natty
neatly or smartly dressed
nebulous
vague
necromancy
black magic
nemesis
someone seeking revenge
neologism
newly or new coined word or phrase
neophyte
recent convert
nettle
annoy
nicety
precision
niggardly
meanly stingy
nihilist
one who considers traditional belief to be groundless and existence meaningless
noisome
foul smelling
nominal
in name only
nonchalance
indifference
nonplus
bringing to a halt by confusion
nuance
shade of difference in meaning or color
nubile
marriageable
nugatory
futile
nuptial
related to marriage
obdurate
stubborn
obeisance
bow
obfuscate
confuse
obliterate
destroy completely
oblivion
obscurity
oblivious
inattentive or unmindful
obloquy
slander
obsequious
slavishly attentive
obsequy
funeral ceremony
obsidian
black volcanic rock
obstreperous
boisterous
obtrude
push(oneself or ones idea) forward or intrude
obtuse
blunt
obviate
make unnecessary
occident
the west
occlude
shut
oculist
physician who specializes in the treatment of the eyes
odious
hateful
odium
detestation
odoriferous
giving off an odor
officious
meddlesome
onerous
burdensome
onomatopoeia
words formed in imitation of natural sounds
opalescent
iridescent
opiate
medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain
opprobrium
infamy
opulence
extreme wealth
opus
work
oracular
prophetic
oratorio
dramatic poem set to music
ordain
decree or command
ordination
ceremony conferring holy orders
orthography
correct spelling
osseous
made of bone
ossify
change or harden into bone
ostensible
apparent
ostentatious
showy
ostracize
exclude from public favor
overweening
presumptuous
overwrought
extremely agitated
ovoid
egg shaped
pacifist
one apposed to force
paean
song of praise or joy
paleontology
study of prehistoric life
palimpsest
parchment used for second time after original writing has been erased
pall
grow tiresome
pallet
small
palliate
ease pain
pallid
pale
palpable
tangible
palpitate
throb
pan
criticize harshly
panacea
cure all
panache
flair
pandemic
widespread
pander
cater to the low desires of the people
panegyric
formal praise
parable
short
paradigm
model
paradox
something apparently contradictory in nature
paragon
model of perfection
paramour
illicit lover
parley
conference
parochial`
narrow in outlook
paroxysm
fit or attack of pain
parquet
floor made of wood strips inland in a mosaic like pattern
parry
ward off a blow
parsimony
stinginess
passé
old fashioned
pastiche
imitation of another style in musical composition or in writing
pastoral
rural
patent
open to the public to read
pathological
pertaining to diseases
pathos
tender sorrow
patina
green crust on old bronze works
patois
local or provincial dialect
patrician
noble aristocratic
peccadillo
slight offense
pecuniary
pertaining to money
pedagogue
teacher
pedagogy
teaching
pedant
scholar who overemphasizes book learning or technicalities
pedantic
showing off learning
pedestrian
ordinary
peerless
having no equal
pejorative
negative in connotation
pellucid
transparent
penance
self imposed punishment for sin
penchant
strong inclination
pendulous
hanging
penitent
repentant
pensive
dreamily thoughtful
penury
sever poverty
peon
landless agricultural worker
perdition
damnation
peregrination
journey
peremptory
demanding and leaving no choice
perfidious
treacherous
perfunctory
superficial
peripatetic
walking about
perjury
false testimony while under oath
pernicious
very destructive
peroration
conclusion of an oration
personable
attractive
perspicacious
having insight
perspicuity
clearness of expression
perspicuous
stubborn
peruse
read with care
perverse
stubbornly wrongheaded
pestilential
causing plague
petulant
touchy
pharisaical
self righteous
philanderer
faithless flirt
philanthropist
lover of mankind
philatelist
stamp collector
philistine
narrow minded person
philology
study of language
phlegmatic
calm not easily disturbed
phoenix
symbol of immortality or rebirth
phylum
major classification
physiognomy
face
physiological
pertaining to the science of the function of living organism`
pie bald
different colors
pied
variegated
pillory
punish by placing in a wooden frame
pine
languish
pinion
restrain
piquant
pleasantly tart tasting
pique
provoke or arose
piscatorial
pertaining to fishing
pith
core or marrow
pithy
concise
placate
pacify
placid
peaceful
plaintive
mournful
platitude
trite remark
platonic
purely spiritual
plaudit
enthusiastic approval
plebian
common
plenary
complete full
plenitude
abundance
pliant
flexible
pluck
courage
plumb
examine critically in order to understand
plutocracy
society ruled by wealth
polemic
controversy
polemical
aggressive in verbal attack
polity
form of government of nation or state
polyglot
speaking several languages
ponderous
weighty
pore
study industriously
portend
foretell
portent
sign
portly
stout
poseur
person who pretends to be sophisticated
potentate
monarch
poultice
soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body
prate
speak foolishly
precept
practical rule guiding conduct
precipitate
rash
precipitate
throw headlong
precipitous
sleep
preclude
make impossible
precocious
advanced in development
predilection
partiality
preempt
head off
preen
make oneself tidy in appearance
prefatory
introductory
prehensile
capable of grasping or holding
prelate
church dignitary
preponderance
superiority of power quantity etc
presage
foretell
prescience
ability to foretell the future
presentiment
feeling something will happen
presumptuous
arrogant
pretentious
ostentatious
prevaricate
lie
prim
very precise and formal
primogeniture
seniority by birth
primp
groom oneself with care
pristine
primitive
privation
hardship
probity
uprightness
proclivity
inclination
prodigal
reckless with money
prodigious
marvelous
profane
violate
profligate
dissipated
progenitor
ancestor
progeny
children
prognosis
forecasted course of disease
prognosticate
predict
proletarian
member of the working class
prolific
abundantly fruitful
prolixity
tedious wordiness
promiscuous
haphazard
promontory
headland
prone
inclined to
propensity
natural inclination
prophylactic
used to prevent diseases
propinquity
nearness
propitiate
appease
propitious
favorable
propriety
fitness
prosaic
matter of fact
proscenium
part of a stage in front of the curtain
proscribe
ostracize
proselytize
induce someone to convert to a religion or belief
prosody
the art of versification
protean
versatile
protuberance
protrusion
provenance
origin or source of something
provender
dry food
provident
displaying foresight
proviso
stipulation
prowess
extraordinary ability
prude
excessively modest or proper person
prurient
having or causing lustful thoughts & desires
pry
inquire impertinently
psyche
soul
psychosis
mental disorder
puerile
childish
pugilist
boxer
pugnacity
combativeness
puissant
powerful
pulchritude
beauty
punctilious
stressing niceties of conduct or form
purchase
firm grasp or footing
purgatory
place of spiritual expiation
purport
intention
purported
alleged
purse
pucker
purveyor
furnisher of foodstuffs
pusillanimous
cowardly
putative
supposed
quaff
drink with relish
quail
cower
qualified
limited
qualms
misgiving
quay
dock
querulous
fretful
quibble
minor objection or complaint
quiescent
at rest
quintessence
purest & highest embodiment
quip
taunt
quisling
traitor who aids invaders
quixotic
idealistic but impractical
quorum
number of members necessary to conduct a meeting
quotidian
daily
raconteur
story teller
rail
scold rant
raiment
clothing
rakish
stylish
ramble
wander aimlessly
ramification
branching out
ramify
divide into branches or subdivisions
rancor
bitterness
rankle
irritate
rapacious
plundering
raspy
grating
ratiocination
reasoning
raucous
harsh and shrill
ravel
fall apart into tangles
reactionary
opposing progress
rebus
puzzle for which pictures stand for
recalcitrant
obstinately stubborn
recant
disclaim or disavow
recidivism
habitual return to crime
recondite
abstruse
recrimination
counter charge
rectitude
uprightness
recumbent
reclining
redolent
fragrant
redoubtable
causing fear
refectory
dinning hall
refractory
stubborn
refulgent
brightly shinning
regale
entertain
regicide
murderer of a king or queen
rejoinder
retort
remiss
negligent
remnant
remainder
remonstrance
protest
rescind
cancel
resignation
patient submissiveness
resilient
elastic
resolution
determination
restitution
reparation
restive
restlessly impatient
retinue
reserved
retiring
modest
retroactive
taking effect before its enactment or imposition
retrograde
go backwards
reverie
daydream
revile
attack with abusive language
rhapsodize
to speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
rhetoric
art of effective communication
ribald
wanton
rider
amendment or clause added to a legislative bill
rife
abundant
rile
vex
rivulet
small stream
rococo
ornate
roil
to make liquids murky by stirring up sediments
roseate
rosy
rostrum
platform for speech making
rote
repetition
rotundity
roundness
rout
stampede
rubric
title or heading (red print)
rue
regret
ruminate
chew over and over(mentally or physically)
runic
mysterious
saccharine
cloyingly sweet
sacrosanct
most sacred
sagacious
perceptive
salacious
lascivious
sallow
yellowish
salubrious
healthful
salutary
tending to improve
sanctimonious
displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness
sanguinary
bloody
sanguine
cheerful
sardonic
disdainful
sartorial
pertaining to tailors
sate
satisfy to the full
saturnine
gloomy
savant
scholar
scabbard
sheath
scad
great quantity
schism
division
scintilla
shred
scotch
stamp out
scourge
lash
scurrilous
obscene
scurry
move briskly
scurvy
contemptible
seamy
sordid
secession
withdrawal
sedition
resistance to authority
sedulous
diligent
seemly
proper
seine
net for catching fish
semblance
outward appearance
seminal
germinal
sententious
terse
sentient
capable of sensation
sentinel
sentry
sequester
isolate
sere
parched
serendipity
accidental good fortune or luck
servile
slavish
sham
pretend
sheaf
bundle of things tied together
shrew
scolding woman
shunt
divert
shyster
lawyer using questionable methods
sibylline
prophetic
simian
monkeylike
simile
comparison of one thing with another
simper
smirk
simulate
feign
sinecure
well paid position with little responsibility
sinewy
tough
sinuous
winding
skiff
small light sail boat or row boat
skinflint
stingy person
skittish
lively
skullduggery
move furtively and secretly
slake
quench
sleazy
flimsy
sleeper
something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes valuable
sleight
dexterity
slew
large quantity or number
slight
insult to ones dignity
slough
cast off
sluggard
lazy person
slur
insult to ones character or reputation
smattering
slight knowledge
snivel
run at the nose
sobriety
moderation
sodden
temporary stay
solecism
construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically
solicitous
worried
soliloquy
talking to oneself
solstice
point at which the sun is farthest from the equator
solvent
able to pay all debts
somnolent
half asleep
sophist
teacher of philosophy
sophistry
seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning
sophomoric
immature
soporific
sleep causing
spangle
small metallic pieces sewn to clothing for ornamentation
spat
squabble
specious
seemingly reasonable but incorrect
sphinx like
enigmatic mysterious
splice
fasten together
sportive
playful
spry
vigorously active
squat
stocky
staccato
played in an abrupt manner
staid
sober
stalwart
strong
stanch
check flow of blood
steep
soak
stentorian
extremely loud
stigma
token of disgrace
stilted
bombastic
stint
be thrifty
stint
supply
stipple
paint or draw with dots
stock
typical
stockade
wooden enclosure or pen
stodgy
stuffy
stoic
impassive
stolid
dull
strident
loud and harsh
strut
pompous walk
stultify
cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent
stupor
state of apathy
stygian
gloomy
stymie
present an obstacle
subaltern
subordinate
sublimate
refine
sublime
exalted
subliminal
below the threshold
suborn
persuade to act unlawfully
substantive
essential
subsume
include
subterfuge
pretense
subtlety
perceptiveness
succor
aid
suffragist
advocate of voting rights(women)
suffuse
spread over
sully
tarnish
sunder
separate
superannuated
retired or disqualified because of age
supercilious
arrogant
supererogatory
superfluous
supine
lying on the back
supplant
replace
suppliant
entreating
supplicate
petition humbly
surfeit
satiate
surreptitious
secret
sustain
experience
swarthy
dark
swathe
wrap around
swill
drink greedily
sybarite
lover of luxury
sycophant
servile flatter
syllogism
deceptive or specious argument
sylvan
rustic
symbiosis
interdependent relationship often mutually beneficial
synoptic
summary
taciturn
habitually silent
tactile
pertaining to the organs or sense of touch
talon
claw of a bird
taper
candle
tarry
delay
tautological
needlessly repetitious
temerity
boldness
temperate
restrained self controlled
temporize
avoid committing oneself
tenacious
holding fast
tenacity
firmness
tendentious
having an aim
tenet
doctrine
tenuous
thin
tessellated
inlaid
testator
maker of a will
testy
irritable
theocracy
government run by religious leaders
thespian
pertaining to drama
thrall
slave
throes
violent anguish
tiller
handle used to move a boats rudder
timidity
lack of self confidence or courage
timorous
fearful
tipple
drink (alcohol) frequently
tirade
extended scolding
tithe
tax of one tenth
titter
nervous laugh
toady
servile flatter
tome
large volume
torpor
torpid
torrid
passionate
tortuous
winding full of curves
totter
move unsteadily
tout
publicize
tract
pamphlet
tractable
tractability
traduce
expose to slander
transcendent
surpassing
transcribe
copy
transitory
impermanent
transmute
change
transpire
be revealed
transport
strong emotion
trappings
outward decorations
travail
painful labor
travesty
comical parody
treatise
article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly
trenchant
cutting
trepidation
fear
tribulation
distress
trinket
knickknack
troth
pledge of good faith especially in betrothal
truculence
aggressiveness
truism
self-evident truth
tumid
swollen
tureen
deep dish for serving soup
turgid
swollen
turpitude
depravity
tutelage
guardianship
tutelary
protective
tyro
beginner
ubiquitous
being everywhere
umbrage
resentment
unassailable
not subject to question
unassuaged
unsatisfied
unbridled
violent
unconscionable
unscrupulous
unction
the act of anointing with oil
unctuous
oily
unequivocal
plain
unerringly
infallibly
unexceptionable
not offering any basis for criticism
unfledged
immature
unguent
ointment
uninhibited
unrepressed
unmitigated
unrelieved or immoderate
unobtrusive
inconspicuous
unprepossessing
unattractive
unrequited
not reciprocated
unseemly
unbecoming
unsullied
untarnished
unwonted
unaccustomed
upbraid
severely scold
upshot
outcome
ursine
bear like
usury
lending money at illegal rates of interest
uxorious
excessively devoted to ones wife
vacillate
waver
vacuous
empty
vagary
caprice
vagrant
stray
vagrant
homeless wanderer
vainglorious
boastful
vanguard
forerunners
vapid
dull & unimaginative
vaunted
boasted
vassal
feudalism
venal
capable of being bribed
venial
forgivable
ventral
abdominal
venturesome
bold
veracious
truthful
veracity
truthfulness
verbiage
pompous array of words
verdant
green
verdigris
green coating on copper which has been exposed to the weather
verisimilar
probable or likely
verisimilitude
appearance of truth
veritable
actual
verity
quality of being true
vernal
pertaining to spring
verve
enthusiasm
vestige
trace
viand
food
vicarious
acting as a substitute
vicissitude
change of fortune
victuals
food
vignette
picture
vilify
slander
vintner
winemaker
virile
manly
virtuoso
highly skilled artist
visage
face
visceral
felt in ones inner organs
viscid
adhesive
vital
vibrant and lively
vitiate
spoil the effect of
vitreous
pertaining to or resembling glass
vitriolic
corrosive
vituperative
abusive
volition
act of making a conscious choice
voracious
ravenous
vouchsafe
grant condescendingly
vulpine
like a fox
waffle
speak equivocally about an issue
waggish
mischievous
waif
homeless child or animal
wan
having a pale or sickly color
wanderlust
strong longing to travel
wane
decrease in size or strength
wangle
wiggle out
wanton
unrestrained
warble
sing
warren
tunnel in which rabbit live
wastrel
profligate
wax
increase
waylay
ambush
welt
mark from a beating or whipping
welter
turmoil
welter
wallow
wheedle
cajole
whelp
young wolf
whinny
neigh like a horse
whit
pare
whorl
ring of leaves around a stem
winsome
agreeable
wispy
thin
wistful
vaguely longing
witless
foolish
witticism
witty saying
wizened
withered
woe
deep
wont
custom
wrest
pull away
writhe
twist in coils
xenophobia
fear or hared of foreigners
yen
longing
yeoman
man owning small estate
yoke
join together
yokel
country bumpkin
zephyr
gentle breeze