Sat Vocabulary Words (Part 2)

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interdict

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(n.) Authoritative act of prohibition.

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interim

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(n.) Time between acts or periods.

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interlocutor

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(n.) One who takes part in a conversation or oral discussion.

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interlude

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(n.) An action or event considered as coming between others of greater length.

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intermediate

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(adj.) Being in a middle place or degree or between extremes.

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interminable

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(adj.) Having no limit or end.

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intermission

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(n.) A recess.

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intermit

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(v.) To cause to cease temporarily.

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intermittent

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(adj.) A temporary discontinuance.

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interpolation

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(n.) Verbal interference.

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interpose

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(v.) To come between other things or persons.

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interposition

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(n.) A coming between.

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interpreter

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(n.) A person who makes intelligible the speech of a foreigner by oral translation.

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interrogate

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(v.) To examine formally by questioning.

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interrogative

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(adj.) Having the nature or form of a question.

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interrogatory

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(n.) A question or inquiry.

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interrupt

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(v.) To stop while in progress.

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intersect

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(v.) To cut through or into so as to divide.

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intervale

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(n.) A low tract of land between hills, especially along a river.

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intervene

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(v.) To interfere for some end.

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intestacy

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(n.) The condition resulting from one's dying not having made a valid will.

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intestate

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(adj.) Not having made a valid will.

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intestine

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(n.) That part of the digestive tube below or behind the stomach, extending to the anus.

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intimacy

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(n.) Close or confidential friendship.

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intimidate

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(v.) To cause to become frightened.

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intolerable

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(adj.) Insufferable.

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intolerance

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(n.) Inability or unwillingness to bear or endure.

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intolerant

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(adj.) Bigoted.

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intoxicant

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(n.) Anything that unduly exhilarates or excites.

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intoxicate

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(v.) To make drunk.

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intracellular

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(adj.) Occurring or situated within a cell.

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intramural

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(adj.) Situated within the walls of a city.

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intrepid

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(adj.) Fearless and bold.

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intricacy

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(n.) Perplexity.

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intricate

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(adj.) Difficult to follow or understand.

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intrigue

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(n.) A plot or scheme, usually complicated and intended to accomplish something by secret ways.

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intrinsic

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(adj.) Inherent.

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introductory

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(adj.) Preliminary.

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introgression

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(n.) Entrance.

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intromit

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(v.) To insert.

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introspect

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(v.) To look into.

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introspection

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(n.) The act of observing and analyzing one's own thoughts and feelings.

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introversion

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(n.) The act of turning or directing inward, physically or mentally.

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introvert

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(v.) To turn within.

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intrude

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(v.) To come in without leave or license.

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intrusion

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(n.) The act of entering without warrant or invitation; encroachment.

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intuition

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(n.) Instinctive knowledge or feeling.

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inundate

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(v.) To fill with an overflowing abundance.

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inundation

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(n.) Flood.

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inure

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(v.) To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure.

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invalid

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(adj.) Having no force, weight, or cogency.

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invalid

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(n.) One who is disabled by illness or injury.

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invalidate

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(v.) To render of no force or effect.

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invaluable

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(adj.) Exceedingly precious.

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invariable

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(adj.) Unchangeable.

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invasion

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(n.) Encroachment, as by an act of intrusion or trespass.

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invective

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(n.) An utterance intended to cast censure, or reproach.

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inveigh

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(v.) To utter vehement censure or invective.

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inventive

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(adj.) Quick at contrivance.

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inverse

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(adj.) Contrary in tendency or direction.

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inversion

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(n.) Change of order so that the first shall become last and the last first.

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invert

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(v.) To turn inside out, upside down, or in opposite direction.

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investigator

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(n.) One who investigates.

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investor

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(n.) One who invests money.

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inveterate

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(adj.) Habitual.

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invidious

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(adj.) Showing or feeling envy.

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invigorate

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(v.) To animate.

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invincible

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(adj.) Not to be conquered, subdued, or overcome.

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inviolable

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(adj.) Incapable of being injured or disturbed.

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invoke

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(v.) To call on for assistance or protection.

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involuntary

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(adj.) Unwilling.

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involution

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(n.) Complication.

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involve

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(v.) To draw into entanglement, literally or figuratively.

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invulnerable

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(adj.) That can not be wounded or hurt.

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inwardly

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(adv.) With no outward manifestation.

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iota

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(n.) A small or insignificant mark or part.

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irascible

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(adj.) Prone to anger.

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irate

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(adj.) Moved to anger.

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ire

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(n.) Wrath.

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iridescence

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(n.) A many-colored appearance.

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iridescent

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(adj.) Exhibiting changing rainbow-colors due to the interference of the light.

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irk

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(v.) To afflict with pain, vexation, or fatigue.

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irksome

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(adj.) Wearisome.

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irony

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(n.) Censure or ridicule under cover of praise or compliment.

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irradiance

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(n.) Luster.

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irradiate

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(v.) To render clear and intelligible.

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irrational

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(adj.) Not possessed of reasoning powers or understanding.

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irreducible

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(adj.) That can not be lessened.

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irrefragable

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(adj.) That can not be refuted or disproved.

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irrefrangible

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(adj.) That can not be broken or violated.

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irrelevant

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(adj.) Inapplicable.

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irreligious

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(adj.) Indifferent or opposed to religion.

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irreparable

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(adj.) That can not be rectified or made amends for.

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irrepressible

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(adj.) That can not be restrained or kept down.

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irresistible

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(adj.) That can not be successfully withstood or opposed.

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irresponsible

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(adj.) Careless of or unable to meet responsibilities.

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irreverence

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(n.) The quality showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.

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irreverent

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(adj.) Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.

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irreverential

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(adj.) Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.

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irreversible

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(adj.) Irrevocable.

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irrigant

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(adj.) Serving to water lands by artificial means.

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irrigate

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(v.) To water, as land, by ditches or other artificial means.

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irritable

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(adj.) Showing impatience or ill temper on little provocation.

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irritancy

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(n.) The quality of producing vexation.

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irritant

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(n.) A mechanical, chemical, or pathological agent of inflammation, pain, or tension.

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irritate

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(v.) To excite ill temper or impatience in.

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irruption

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(n.) Sudden invasion.

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isle

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(n.) An island.

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islet

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(n.) A little island.

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isobar

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(n.) A line joining points at which the barometric pressure is the same at a specified moment.

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isochronous

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(adj.) Relating to or denoting equal intervals of time.

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isolate

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(v.) To separate from others of its kind.

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isothermal

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(adj.) Having or marking equality of temperature.

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itinerant

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(adj.) Wandering.

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itinerary

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(n.) A detailed account or diary of a journey.

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itinerate

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(v.) To wander from place to place.

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jargon

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(n.) Confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speech.

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jaundice

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(n.) A morbid condition, due to obstructed excretion of bile or characterized by yellowing of the skin.

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jeopardize

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(v.) To imperil.

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Jingo

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(n.) One of a party in Great Britain in favor of spirited and demonstrative foreign policy.

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jocose

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(adj.) Done or made in jest.

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jocular

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(adj.) Inclined to joke.

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joggle

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(n.) A sudden irregular shake or a push causing such a shake.

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journalize

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(v.) To keep a diary.

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jovial

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(adj.) Merry.

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jubilation

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(n.) Exultation.

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judgment

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(n.) The faculty by the exercise of which a deliberate conclusion is reached.

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judicature

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(n.) Distribution and administration of justice by trial and judgment.

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judicial

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(adj.) Pertaining to the administration of justice.

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judiciary

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(n.) That department of government which administers the law relating to civil and criminal justice.

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judicious

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(adj.) Prudent.

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juggle

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(v.) To play tricks of sleight of hand.

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jugglery

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(n.) The art or practice of sleight of hand.

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jugular

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(adj.) Pertaining to the throat.

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juicy

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(adj.) Succulent.

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junction

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(n.) The condition of being joined.

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juncture

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(n.) An articulation, joint, or seam.

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junta

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(n.) A council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the affairs of government.

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juridical

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(adj.) Assumed by law to exist.

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jurisdiction

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(n.) Lawful power or right to exercise official authority.

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jurisprudence

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(n.) The science of rights in accordance with positive law.

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juror

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(n.) One who serves on a jury or is sworn in for jury duty in a court of justice.

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joust

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(v.) To engage in a tilt with lances on horseback.

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justification

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(n.) Vindication.

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juvenile

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(adj.) Characteristic of youth.

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juxtapose

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(v.) To place close together.

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keepsake

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(n.) Anything kept or given to be kept for the sake of the giver.

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kerchief

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(n.) A square of linen, silk, or other material, used as a covering for the head or neck.

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kernel

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(n.) A grain or seed.

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kiln

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(n.) An oven or furnace for baking, burning, or drying industrial products.

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kiloliter

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(n.) One thousand liters.

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kilometer

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(n.) A length of 1,000 meters.

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kilowatt

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(n.) One thousand watts.

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kimono

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(n.) A loose robe, fastening with a sash, the principal outer garment in Japan.

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kind-hearted

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(adj.) Having a kind and sympathetic nature.

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kingling

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(n.) A petty king.

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kingship

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(n.) Royal state.

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kinsfolk

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(n.) pl. Relatives.

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knavery

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(n.) Deceitfulness in dealing.

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knead

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(v.) To mix and work into a homogeneous mass, especially with the hands.

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knickknack

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(n.) A small article, more for ornament that use.

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knight errant

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(n.) One of the wandering knights who in the middle ages went forth in search of adventure.

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knighthood

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(n.) Chivalry.

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laborious

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(adj.) Toilsome.

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labyrinth

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(n.) A maze.

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lacerate

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(v.) To tear rudely or raggedly.

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lackadaisical

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(adj.) Listless.

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lactation

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(n.) The secretion of milk.

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lacteal

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(adj.) Milky.

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lactic

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(adj.) Pertaining to milk.

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laddie

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(n.) A lad.

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ladle

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(n.) A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, intended for dipping up and pouring liquids.

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laggard

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(adj.) Falling behind.

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landholder

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(n.) Landowner.

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landlord

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(n.) A man who owns and lets a tenement or tenements.

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landmark

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(n.) A familiar object in the landscape serving as a guide to an area otherwise easily lost track of.

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landscape

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(n.) A rural view, especially one of picturesque effect, as seen from a distance or an elevation.

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languid

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(adj.) Relaxed.

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languor

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(n.) Lassitude of body or depression.

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lapse

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(n.) A slight deviation from what is right, proper, or just.

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lascivious

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(adj.) Lustful.

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lassie

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(n.) A little lass.

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latent

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(adj.) Dormant.

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latency

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(n.) The state of being dormant.

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later

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(adv.) At a subsequent time.

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lateral

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(adj.) Directed toward the side.

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latish

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(adj.) Rather late.

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lattice

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(n.) Openwork of metal or wood, formed by crossing or interlacing strips or bars.

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laud

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(v.) To praise in words or song.

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laudable

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(adj.) Praiseworthy.

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laudation

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(n.) High praise.

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laudatory

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(adj.) Pertaining to, expressing, or containing praise.

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laundress

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(n.) Washerwoman.

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laureate

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(adj.) Crowned with laurel, as a mark of distinction.

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lave

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(v.) To wash or bathe.

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lawgiver

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(n.) A legislator.

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lawmaker

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(n.) A legislator.

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lax

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(adj.) Not stringent or energetic.

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laxative

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(adj.) Having power to open or loosen the bowels.

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lea

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(n.) A field.

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leaflet

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(n.) A little leaf or a booklet.

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leaven

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(v.) To make light by fermentation, as dough.

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leeward

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(n.) That side or direction toward which the wind blows.

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left-handed

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(adj.) Using the left hand or arm more dexterously than the right.

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legacy

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(n.) A bequest.

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legalize

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(v.) To give the authority of law to.

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legging

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(n.) A covering for the leg.

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legible

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(adj.) That may be read with ease.

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legionary

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(n.) A member of an ancient Roman legion or of the modern French Legion of Honor.

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legislate

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(v.) To make or enact a law or laws.

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legislative

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(adj.) That makes or enacts laws.

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legislator

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(n.) A lawgiver.

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legitimacy

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(n.) Accordance with law.

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legitimate

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(adj.) Having the sanction of law or established custom.

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leisure

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(n.) Spare time.

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leniency

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(n.) Forbearance.

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lenient

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(adj.) Not harsh.

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leonine

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(adj.) Like a lion.

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lethargy

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(n.) Prolonged sluggishness of body or mind.

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levee

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(n.) An embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of the sea, to prevent overflow.

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lever

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(n.) That which exerts, or through which one may exert great power.

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leviathan

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(n.) Any large animal, as a whale.

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levity

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(n.) Frivolity.

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levy

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(v.) To impose and collect by force or threat of force.

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lewd

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(adj.) Characterized by lust or lasciviousness.

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lexicographer

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(n.) One who makes dictionaries.

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lexicography

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(n.) The making of dictionaries.

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lexicon

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(n.) A dictionary.

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liable

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(adj.) Justly or legally responsible.

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libel

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(n.) Defamation.

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liberalism

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(n.) Opposition to conservatism.

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liberate

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(v.) To set free or release from bondage.

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licentious

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(adj.) Wanton.

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licit

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(adj.) Lawful.

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liege

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(adj.) Sovereign.

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lien

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(n.) A legal claim or hold on property, as security for a debt or charge.

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lieu

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(n.) Stead.

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lifelike

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(adj.) Realistic.

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lifelong

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(adj.) Lasting or continuous through life.

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lifetime

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(n.) The time that life continues.

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ligament

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(n.) That which binds objects together.

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ligature

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(n.) Anything that constricts, or serves for binding or tying.

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light-hearted

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(adj.) Free from care.

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ligneous

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(adj.) Having the texture of appearance of wood.

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likelihood

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(n.) A probability.

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likely

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(adj.) Plausible.

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liking

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(n.) Fondness.

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limitation

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(n.) A restriction.

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linear

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(adj.) Of the nature of a line.

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liner

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(n.) A vessel belonging to a steamship-line.

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lingo

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(n.) Language.

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lingua

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(n.) The tongue.

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lingual

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(adj.) Pertaining to the use of the tongue in utterance.

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linguist

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(n.) One who is acquainted with several languages.

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linguistics

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(n.) The science of languages, or of the origin, history, and significance of words.

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liniment

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(n.) A liquid preparation for rubbing on the skin in cases of bruises, inflammation, etc.

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liquefacient

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(adj.) Possessing a liquefying nature or power.

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liquefy

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(v.) To convert into a liquid or into liquid form.

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liqueur

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(n.) An alcoholic cordial sweetened and flavored with aromatic substances.

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liquidate

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(v.) To deliver the amount or value of.

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liquor

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(n.) Any alcoholic or intoxicating liquid.

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listless

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(adj.) Inattentive.

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literacy

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(n.) The state or condition of knowing how to read and write.

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literal

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(adj.) Following the exact words.

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literature

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(n.) The written or printed productions of the human mind collectively.

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lithe

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(adj.) Supple.

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lithesome

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(adj.) Nimble.

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lithograph

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(n.) A print made by printing from stone.

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lithotype

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(n.) In engraving, an etched stone surface for printing.

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litigant

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(n.) A party to a lawsuit.

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litigate

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(v.) To cause to become the subject-matter of a suit at law.

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litigious

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(adj.) Quarrelsome.

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littoral

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(adj.) Of, pertaining to, or living on a shore.

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liturgy

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(n.) A ritual.

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livelihood

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(n.) Means of subsistence.

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livid

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(adj.) Black-and-blue, as contused flesh.

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loam

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(n.) A non-coherent mixture of sand and clay.

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loath

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(adj.) Averse.

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loathe

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(v.) To abominate.

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locative

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(adj.) Indicating place, or the place where or wherein an action occurs.

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loch

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(n.) A lake.

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locomotion

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(n.) The act or power of moving from one place to another.

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lode

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(n.) A somewhat continuous unstratified metal- bearing vein.

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lodgment

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(n.) The act of furnishing with temporary quarters.

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logic

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(n.) The science of correct thinking.

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logical

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(adj.) Capable of or characterized by clear reasoning.

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logician

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(n.) An expert reasoner.

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loiterer

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(n.) One who consumes time idly.

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loneliness

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(n.) Solitude.

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longevity

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(n.) Unusually prolonged life.

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loot

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(v.) To plunder.

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loquacious

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(adj.) Talkative.

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lordling

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(n.) A little lord.

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lough

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(n.) A lake or loch.

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louse

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(n.) A small insect parasitic on and sucking the blood of mammals.

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lovable

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(adj.) Amiable.

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low-spirited

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(adj.) Despondent.

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lowly

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(adv.) Rudely.

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lucid

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(adj.) Mentally sound.

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lucrative

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(adj.) Highly profitable.

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ludicrous

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(adj.) Laughable.

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luminary

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(n.) One of the heavenly bodies as a source of light.

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luminescent

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(adj.) Showing increase of light.

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luminescence

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(n.) Showing increase.

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luminosity

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(n.) The quality of giving or radiating light.

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luminous

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(adj.) Giving or radiating light.

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lunacy

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(n.) Mental unsoundness.

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lunar

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(adj.) Pertaining to the moon.

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lunatic

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(n.) An insane person.

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lune

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(n.) The moon.

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lurid

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(adj.) Ghastly and sensational.

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luscious

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(adj.) Rich, sweet, and delicious.

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lustrous

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(adj.) Shining.

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luxuriance

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(n.) Excessive or superfluous growth or quantity.

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luxuriant

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(adj.) Abundant or superabundant in growth.

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luxuriate

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(v.) To live sumptuously.

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lying

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(n.) Untruthfulness.

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lyre

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(n.) One of the most ancient of stringed instruments of the harp class.

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lyric

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(adj.) Fitted for expression in song.

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macadamize

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(v.) To cover or pave, as a path or roadway, with small broken stone.

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machinery

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(n.) The parts of a machine or engine, taken collectively.

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machinist

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(n.) One who makes or repairs machines, or uses metal-working tools.

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macrocosm

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(n.) The whole of any sphere or department of nature or knowledge to which man is related.

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madden

Back 324

(v.) To inflame with passion.

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Madonna

Back 325

(n.) A painted or sculptured representation of the Virgin, usually with the infant Jesus.

Front 326

magician

Back 326

(n.) A sorcerer.

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magisterial

Back 327

(adj.) Having an air of authority.

Front 328

magistracy

Back 328

(n.) The office or dignity of a magistrate.

Front 329

magnanimous

Back 329

(adj.) Generous in treating or judging others.

Front 330

magnate

Back 330

(n.) A person of rank or importance.

Front 331

magnet

Back 331

(n.) A body possessing that peculiar form of polarity found in nature in the lodestone.

Front 332

magnetize

Back 332

(v.) To make a magnet of, permanently, or temporarily.

Front 333

magnificence

Back 333

(n.) The exhibition of greatness of action, character, intellect, wealth, or power.

Front 334

magnificent

Back 334

(adj.) Grand or majestic in appearance, quality, or action.

Front 335

magnitude

Back 335

(n.) Importance.

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maharaja

Back 336

(n.) A great Hindu prince.

Front 337

maidenhood

Back 337

(n.) Virginity.

Front 338

maintain

Back 338

(v.) To hold or preserve in any particular state or condition.

Front 339

maintenance

Back 339

(n.) That which supports or sustains.

Front 340

maize

Back 340

(n.) Indian corn: usually in the United States called simply corn.

Front 341

makeup

Back 341

(n.) The arrangements or combination of the parts of which anything is composed.

Front 342

malady

Back 342

(n.) Any physical disease or disorder, especially a chronic or deep-seated one.

Front 343

malaria

Back 343

(n.) A fever characterized by alternating chills, fever, and sweating.

Front 344

malcontent

Back 344

(n.) One who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs.

Front 345

malediction

Back 345

(n.) The calling down of a curse or curses.

Front 346

malefactor

Back 346

(n.) One who injures another.

Front 347

maleficent

Back 347

(adj.) Mischievous.

Front 348

malevolence

Back 348

(n.) Ill will.

Front 349

malevolent

Back 349

(adj.) Wishing evil to others.

Front 350

malign

Back 350

(v.) To speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and severely.

Front 351

malignant

Back 351

(adj.) Evil in nature or tending to do great harm or mischief.

Front 352

malleable

Back 352

(adj.) Pliant.

Front 353

mallet

Back 353

(n.) A wooden hammer.

Front 354

maltreat

Back 354

(v.) To treat ill, unkindly, roughly, or abusively.

Front 355

man-trap

Back 355

(n.) A place or structure dangerous to human life.

Front 356

mandate

Back 356

(n.) A command.

Front 357

mandatory

Back 357

(adj.) Expressive of positive command, as distinguished from merely directory.

Front 358

mane

Back 358

(n.) The long hair growing upon and about the neck of certain animals, as the horse and the lion.

Front 359

man-eater

Back 359

(n.) An animal that devours human beings.

Front 360

maneuver

Back 360

(v.) To make adroit or artful moves: manage affairs by strategy.

Front 361

mania

Back 361

(n.) Insanity.

Front 362

maniac

Back 362

(n.) a person raving with madness.

Front 363

manifesto

Back 363

(n.) A public declaration, making announcement, explanation or defense of intentions, or motives.

Front 364

manlike

Back 364

(adj.) Like a man.

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manliness

Back 365

(n.) The qualities characteristic of a true man, as bravery, resolution, etc.

Front 366

mannerism

Back 366

(n.) Constant or excessive adherence to one manner, style, or peculiarity, as of action or conduct.

Front 367

manor

Back 367

(n.) The landed estate of a lord or nobleman.

Front 368

mantel

Back 368

(n.) The facing, sometimes richly ornamented, about a fireplace, including the usual shelf above it.

Front 369

mantle

Back 369

(n.) A cloak.

Front 370

manufacturer

Back 370

(n.) A person engaged in manufacturing as a business.

Front 371

manumission

Back 371

(n.) Emancipation.

Front 372

manumit

Back 372

(v.) To set free from bondage.

Front 373

marine

Back 373

(adj.) Of or pertaining to the sea or matters connected with the sea.

Front 374

maritime

Back 374

(adj.) Situated on or near the sea.

Front 375

maroon

Back 375

(v.) To put ashore and abandon (a person) on a desolate coast or island.

Front 376

martial

Back 376

(adj.) Pertaining to war or military operations.

Front 377

Martian

Back 377

(adj.) Pertaining to Mars, either the Roman god of war or the planet.

Front 378

martyrdom

Back 378

(n.) Submission to death or persecution for the sake of faith or principle.

Front 379

marvel

Back 379

(v.) To be astonished and perplexed because of (something).

Front 380

masonry

Back 380

(n.) The art or work of constructing, as buildings, walls, etc., with regularly arranged stones.

Front 381

masquerade

Back 381

(n.) A social party composed of persons masked and costumed so as to be disguised.

Front 382

massacre

Back 382

(n.) The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human beings.

Front 383

massive

Back 383

(adj.) Of considerable bulk and weight.

Front 384

masterpiece

Back 384

(n.) A superior production.

Front 385

mastery

Back 385

(n.) The attainment of superior skill.

Front 386

material

Back 386

(n.) That of which anything is composed or may be constructed.

Front 387

materialize

Back 387

(v.) To take perceptible or substantial form.

Front 388

maternal

Back 388

(adj.) Pertaining or peculiar to a mother or to motherhood.

Front 389

matinee

Back 389

(n.) An entertainment (especially theatrical) held in the daytime.

Front 390

matricide

Back 390

(n.) The killing, especially the murdering, of one's mother.

Front 391

matrimony

Back 391

(n.) The union of a man and a woman in marriage.

Front 392

matrix

Back 392

(n.) That which contains and gives shape or form to anything.

Front 393

matter of fact

Back 393

(n.) Something that has actual and undeniable existence or reality.

Front 394

maudlin

Back 394

(adj.) Foolishly and tearfully affectionate.

Front 395

mausoleum

Back 395

(n.) A tomb of more than ordinary size or architectural pretensions.

Front 396

mawkish

Back 396

(adj.) Sickening or insipid.

Front 397

maxim

Back 397

(n.) A principle accepted as true and acted on as a rule or guide.

Front 398

maze

Back 398

(n.) A labyrinth.

Front 399

mead

Back 399

(n.) A meadow.

Front 400

meager

Back 400

(adj.) scanty.

Front 401

mealy-mouthed

Back 401

(adj.) Afraid to express facts or opinions plainly.

Front 402

meander

Back 402

(v.) To wind and turn while proceeding in a course.

Front 403

mechanics

Back 403

(n.) The branch of physics that treats the phenomena caused by the action of forces.

Front 404

medallion

Back 404

(n.) A large medal.

Front 405

meddlesome

Back 405

(adj.) Interfering.

Front 406

medial

Back 406

(adj.) Of or pertaining to the middle.

Front 407

mediate

Back 407

(v.) To effect by negotiating as an agent between parties.

Front 408

medicine

Back 408

(n.) A substance possessing or reputed to possess curative or remedial properties.

Front 409

medieval

Back 409

(adj.) Belonging or relating to or descriptive of the middle ages.

Front 410

mediocre

Back 410

(adj.) Ordinary.

Front 411

meditation

Back 411

(n.) The turning or revolving of a subject in the mind.

Front 412

medley

Back 412

(n.) A composition of different songs or parts of songs arranged to run as a continuous whole.

Front 413

meliorate

Back 413

(v.) To make better or improve, as in quality or social or physical condition.

Front 414

mellifluous

Back 414

(adj.) Sweetly or smoothly flowing.

Front 415

melodious

Back 415

(adj.) Characterized by a sweet succession of sounds.

Front 416

melodrama

Back 416

(n.) A drama with a romantic story or plot and sensational situation and incidents.

Front 417

memento

Back 417

(n.) A souvenir.

Front 418

memorable

Back 418

(adj.) Noteworthy.

Front 419

menace

Back 419

(n.) A threat.

Front 420

menagerie

Back 420

(n.) A collection of wild animals, especially when kept for exhibition.

Front 421

mendacious

Back 421

(adj.) Untrue.

Front 422

mendicant

Back 422

(n.) A beggar.

Front 423

mentality

Back 423

(n.) Intellectuality.

Front 424

mentor

Back 424

(n.) A wise and faithful teacher, guide, and friend.

Front 425

mercantile

Back 425

(adj.) Conducted or acting on business principles; commercial.

Front 426

mercenary

Back 426

(adj.) Greedy

Front 427

merciful

Back 427

(adj.) Disposed to pity and forgive.

Front 428

merciless

Back 428

(adj.) Cruel.

Front 429

meretricious

Back 429

(adj.) Alluring by false or gaudy show.

Front 430

mesmerize

Back 430

(v.) To hypnotize.

Front 431

messieurs

Back 431

(n.) pl. Gentlemen.

Front 432

metal

Back 432

(n.) An element that forms a base by combining with oxygen, is usually hard, heavy, and lustrous.

Front 433

metallurgy

Back 433

(n.) The art or science of extracting a metal from ores, as by smelting.

Front 434

metamorphosis

Back 434

(n.) A passing from one form or shape into another.

Front 435

metaphor

Back 435

(n.) A figure of speech in which one object is likened to another, by speaking as if the other.

Front 436

metaphysical

Back 436

(adj.) Philosophical.

Front 437

metaphysician

Back 437

(n.) One skilled in metaphysics.

Front 438

metaphysics

Back 438

(n.) The principles of philosophy as applied to explain the methods of any particular science.

Front 439

mete

Back 439

(v.) To apportion.

Front 440

metempsychosis

Back 440

(n.) Transition of the soul of a human being at death into another body, whether human or beast.

Front 441

meticulous

Back 441

(adj.) Over-cautious.

Front 442

metonymy

Back 442

(n.) A figure of speech that consists in the naming of a thing by one of its attributes.

Front 443

metric

Back 443

(adj.) Relating to measurement.

Front 444

metronome

Back 444

(n.) An instrument for indicating and marking exact time in music.

Front 445

metropolis

Back 445

(n.) A chief city, either the capital or the largest or most important city of a state.

Front 446

metropolitan

Back 446

(adj.) Pertaining to a chief city.

Front 447

mettle

Back 447

(n.) Courage.

Front 448

mettlesome

Back 448

(adj.) Having courage or spirit.

Front 449

microcosm

Back 449

(n.) The world or universe on a small scale.

Front 450

micrometer

Back 450

(n.) An instrument for measuring very small angles or dimensions.

Front 451

microphone

Back 451

(n.) An apparatus for magnifying faint sounds.

Front 452

microscope

Back 452

(n.) An instrument for assisting the eye in the vision of minute objects or features of objects.

Front 453

microscopic

Back 453

(adj.) Adapted to or characterized by minute observation.

Front 454

microscopy

Back 454

(n.) The art of examing objects with the microscope.

Front 455

midsummer

Back 455

(n.) The middle of the summer.

Front 456

midwife

Back 456

(n.) A woman who makes a business of assisting at childbirth.

Front 457

mien

Back 457

(n.) The external appearance or manner of a person.

Front 458

migrant

Back 458

(adj.) Wandering.

Front 459

migrate

Back 459

(v.) To remove or pass from one country, region, or habitat to another.

Front 460

migratory

Back 460

(adj.) Wandering.

Front 461

mileage

Back 461

(n.) A distance in miles.

Front 462

militant

Back 462

(adj.) Of a warlike or combative disposition or tendency.

Front 463

militarism

Back 463

(n.) A policy of maintaining great standing armies.

Front 464

militate

Back 464

(v.) To have weight or influence (in determining a question).

Front 465

militia

Back 465

(n.) Those citizens, collectively, who are enrolled and drilled in temporary military organizations.

Front 466

Milky Way

Back 466

(n.) The galaxy.

Front 467

millet

Back 467

(n.) A grass cultivated for forage and cereal.

Front 468

mimic

Back 468

(v.) To imitate the speech or actions of.

Front 469

miniature

Back 469

(adj.) Much smaller than reality or that the normal size.

Front 470

minimize

Back 470

(v.) To reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.

Front 471

minion

Back 471

(n.) A servile favorite.

Front 472

ministration

Back 472

(n.) Any religious ceremonial.

Front 473

ministry

Back 473

(n.) A service.

Front 474

minority

Back 474

(n.) The smaller in number of two portions into which a number or a group is divided.

Front 475

minute

Back 475

(adj.) Exceedingly small in extent or quantity.

Front 476

minutia

Back 476

(n.) A small or unimportant particular or detail.

Front 477

mirage

Back 477

(n.) An optical effect looking like a sheet of water in the desert.

Front 478

misadventure

Back 478

(n.) An unlucky accident.

Front 479

misanthropic

Back 479

(adj.) Hating mankind.

Front 480

misanthropy

Back 480

(n.) Hatred of mankind.

Front 481

misapprehend

Back 481

(v.) To misunderstand.

Front 482

misbehave

Back 482

(v.) To behave ill.

Front 483

misbehavior

Back 483

(n.) Ill or improper behavior.

Front 484

mischievous

Back 484

(adj.) Fond of tricks.

Front 485

miscount

Back 485

(v.) To make a mistake in counting.

Front 486

miscreant

Back 486

(n.) A villain.

Front 487

misdeed

Back 487

(n.) A wrong or improper act.

Front 488

misdemeanor

Back 488

(n.) Evil conduct, small crime.

Front 489

miser

Back 489

(n.) A person given to saving and hoarding unduly.

Front 490

mishap

Back 490

(n.) Misfortune.

Front 491

misinterpret

Back 491

(v.) To misunderstand.

Front 492

mislay

Back 492

(v.) To misplace.

Front 493

mismanage

Back 493

(v.) To manage badly, improperly, or unskillfully.

Front 494

misnomer

Back 494

(n.) A name wrongly or mistakenly applied.

Front 495

misogamy

Back 495

(n.) Hatred of marriage.

Front 496

misogyny

Back 496

(n.) Hatred of women.

Front 497

misplace

Back 497

(v.) To put into a wrong place.

Front 498

misrepresent

Back 498

(v.) To give a wrong impression.

Front 499

misrule

Back 499

(v.) To misgovern.

Front 500

missal

Back 500

(n.) The book containing the service for the celebration of mass.

Front 501

missile

Back 501

(n.) Any object, especially a weapon, thrown or intended to be thrown.

Front 502

missive

Back 502

(n.) A message in writing.

Front 503

mistrust

Back 503

(v.) To regard with suspicion or jealousy.

Front 504

misty

Back 504

(adj.) Lacking clearness

Front 505

misunderstand

Back 505

(v.) To Take in a wrong sense.

Front 506

misuse

Back 506

(v.) To maltreat.

Front 507

mite

Back 507

(n.) A very small amount, portion, or particle.

Front 508

miter

Back 508

(n.) The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle.

Front 509

mitigate

Back 509

(v.) To make milder or more endurable.

Front 510

mnemonics

Back 510

(n.) A system of principles and formulas designed to assist the recollection in certain instances.

Front 511

moat

Back 511

(n.) A ditch on the outside of a fortress wall.

Front 512

mobocracy

Back 512

(n.) Lawless control of public affairs by the mob or populace.

Front 513

moccasin

Back 513

(n.) A foot-covering made of soft leather or buckskin.

Front 514

mockery

Back 514

(n.) Ridicule.

Front 515

moderation

Back 515

(n.) Temperance.

Front 516

moderator

Back 516

(n.) The presiding officer of a meeting.

Front 517

modernity

Back 517

(n.) The state or character of being modern.

Front 518

modernize

Back 518

(v.) To make characteristic of the present or of recent times.

Front 519

modification

Back 519

(n.) A change.

Front 520

modify

Back 520

(v.) To make somewhat different.

Front 521

modish

Back 521

(adj.) Fashionable.

Front 522

modulate

Back 522

(v.) To vary in tone, inflection, pitch or other quality of sound.

Front 523

mollify

Back 523

(v.) To soothe.

Front 524

molt

Back 524

(v.) To cast off, as hair, feathers, etc.

Front 525

momentary

Back 525

(adj.) Lasting but a short time.

Front 526

momentous

Back 526

(adj.) Very significant.

Front 527

momentum

Back 527

(n.) An impetus.

Front 528

monarchy

Back 528

(n.) Government by a single, sovereign ruler.

Front 529

monastery

Back 529

(n.) A dwelling-place occupied in common by persons under religious vows of seclusion.

Front 530

monetary

Back 530

(adj.) Financial.

Front 531

mongrel

Back 531

(n.) The progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties.

Front 532

monition

Back 532

(n.) Friendly counsel given by way of warning and implying caution or reproof.

Front 533

monitory

Back 533

(n.) Admonition or warning.

Front 534

monocracy

Back 534

(n.) Government by a single person.

Front 535

monogamy

Back 535

(n.) The habit of pairing, or having but one mate.

Front 536

monogram

Back 536

(n.) A character consisting of two or more letters interwoven into one, usually initials of a name.

Front 537

monograph

Back 537

(n.) A treatise discussing a single subject or branch of a subject.

Front 538

monolith

Back 538

(n.) Any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single piece.

Front 539

monologue

Back 539

(n.) A story or drama told or performed by one person.

Front 540

monomania

Back 540

(n.) The unreasonable pursuit of one idea.

Front 541

monopoly

Back 541

(n.) The control of a thing, as a commodity, to enable a person to raise its price.

Front 542

monosyllable

Back 542

(n.) A word of one syllable.

Front 543

monotone

Back 543

(n.) The sameness or monotony of utterance.

Front 544

monotonous

Back 544

(adj.) Unchanging and tedious.

Front 545

monotony

Back 545

(n.) A lack of variety.

Front 546

monsieur

Back 546

(n.) A French title of respect, equivalent to Mr. and sir.

Front 547

monstrosity

Back 547

(n.) Anything unnaturally huge or distorted.

Front 548

moonbeam

Back 548

(n.) A ray of moonlight.

Front 549

morale

Back 549

(n.) A state of mind with reference to confidence, courage, zeal, and the like.

Front 550

moralist

Back 550

(n.) A writer on ethics.

Front 551

morality

Back 551

(n.) Virtue.

Front 552

moralize

Back 552

(v.) To render virtuous.

Front 553

moratorium

Back 553

(n.) An emergency legislation authorizing a government suspend some action temporarily.

Front 554

morbid

Back 554

(adj.) Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind.

Front 555

mordacious

Back 555

(adj.) Biting or giving to biting.

Front 556

mordant

Back 556

(adj.) Biting.

Front 557

moribund

Back 557

(adj.) On the point of dying.

Front 558

morose

Back 558

(adj.) Gloomy.

Front 559

morphology

Back 559

(n.) the science of organic forms.

Front 560

motley

Back 560

(adj.) Composed of heterogeneous or inharmonious elements.

Front 561

motto

Back 561

(n.) An expressive word or pithy sentence enunciating some guiding rule of life, or faith.

Front 562

mountaineer

Back 562

(n.) One who travels among or climbs mountains for pleasure or exercise.

Front 563

mountainous

Back 563

(adj.) Full of or abounding in mountains.

Front 564

mouthful

Back 564

(n.) As much as can be or is usually put into the or exercise.

Front 565

muddle

Back 565

(v.) To confuse or becloud, especially with or as with drink.

Front 566

muffle

Back 566

(v.) To deaden the sound of, as by wraps.

Front 567

mulatto

Back 567

(n.) The offspring of a white person and a black person.

Front 568

muleteer

Back 568

(n.) A mule-driver.

Front 569

multiform

Back 569

(adj.) Having many shapes, or appearances.

Front 570

multiplicity

Back 570

(n.) the condition of being manifold or very various.

Front 571

mundane

Back 571

(adj.) Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial.

Front 572

municipal

Back 572

(adj.) Of or pertaining to a town or city, or to its corporate or local government.

Front 573

municipality

Back 573

(n.) A district enjoying municipal government.

Front 574

munificence

Back 574

(n.) A giving characterized by generous motives and extraordinary liberality.

Front 575

munificent

Back 575

(adj.) Extraordinarily generous.

Front 576

muster

Back 576

(n.) An assemblage or review of troops for parade or inspection, or for numbering off.

Front 577

mutation

Back 577

(n.) The act or process of change.

Front 578

mutilate

Back 578

(v.) To disfigure.

Front 579

mutiny

Back 579

(n.) Rebellion against lawful or constituted authority.

Front 580

myriad

Back 580

(n.) A vast indefinite number.

Front 581

mystic

Back 581

(n.) One who professes direct divine illumination, or relies upon meditation to acquire truth.

Front 582

mystification

Back 582

(n.) The act of artfully perplexing.

Front 583

myth

Back 583

(n.) A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any basis of fact.

Front 584

mythology

Back 584

(n.) The whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and heroes.

Front 585

nameless

Back 585

(adj.) Having no fame or reputation.

Front 586

naphtha

Back 586

(n.) A light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints.

Front 587

Narcissus

Back 587

(n.) The son of the Athenian river-god Cephisus, fabled to have fallen in love with his reflection.

Front 588

narrate

Back 588

(v.) To tell a story.

Front 589

narration

Back 589

(n.) The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence.

Front 590

narrative

Back 590

(n.) An orderly continuous account of the successive particulars of an event.

Front 591

narrator

Back 591

(n.) One who narrates anything.

Front 592

narrow-minded

Back 592

(adj.) Characterized by illiberal views or sentiments.

Front 593

nasal

Back 593

(adj.) Pertaining to the nose.

Front 594

natal

Back 594

(adj.) Pertaining to one's birth.

Front 595

nationality

Back 595

(n.) A connection with a particular nation.

Front 596

naturally

Back 596

(adv.) According to the usual order of things.

Front 597

nausea

Back 597

(n.) An affection of the stomach producing dizziness and usually an impulse to vomit

Front 598

nauseate

Back 598

(v.) To cause to loathe.

Front 599

nauseous

Back 599

(adj.) Loathsome.

Front 600

nautical

Back 600

(adj.) Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation.

Front 601

naval

Back 601

(adj.) Pertaining to ships.

Front 602

navel

Back 602

(n.) The depression on the abdomen where the umbilical cord of the fetus was attached.

Front 603

navigable

Back 603

(adj.) Capable of commercial navigation.

Front 604

navigate

Back 604

(v.) To traverse by ship.

Front 605

nebula

Back 605

(n.) A gaseous body of unorganized stellar substance.

Front 606

necessary

Back 606

(adj.) Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result.

Front 607

necessitate

Back 607

(v.) To render indispensable.

Front 608

necessity

Back 608

(n.) That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired.

Front 609

necrology

Back 609

(n.) A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time.

Front 610

necromancer

Back 610

(n.) One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead.

Front 611

necropolis

Back 611

(n.) A city of the dead.

Front 612

necrosis

Back 612

(n.) the death of part of the body.

Front 613

nectar

Back 613

(n.) Any especially sweet and delicious drink.

Front 614

nectarine

Back 614

(n.) A variety of the peach.

Front 615

needlework

Back 615

(n.) Embroidery.

Front 616

needy

Back 616

(adj.) Being in need, want, or poverty.

Front 617

nefarious

Back 617

(adj.) Wicked in the extreme.

Front 618

negate

Back 618

(v.) To deny.

Front 619

negation

Back 619

(n.) The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a proposition.

Front 620

neglectful

Back 620

(adj.) Exhibiting or indicating omission.

Front 621

negligee

Back 621

(n.) A loose gown worn by women.

Front 622

negligence

Back 622

(n.) Omission of that which ought to be done.

Front 623

negligent

Back 623

(adj.) Apt to omit what ought to be done.

Front 624

negligible

Back 624

(adj.) Transferable by assignment, endorsement, or delivery.

Front 625

negotiable

Back 625

(v.) To bargain with others for an agreement, as for a treaty or transfer of property.

Front 626

Nemesis

Back 626

(n.) A goddess; divinity of chastisement and vengeance.

Front 627

neocracy

Back 627

(n.) Government administered by new or untried persons.

Front 628

neo-Darwinsim

Back 628

(n.) Darwinism as modified and extended by more recent students.

Front 629

neo-Latin

Back 629

(n.) Modernized Latin.

Front 630

neopaganism

Back 630

(n.) A new or revived paganism.

Front 631

Neolithic

Back 631

(adj.) Pertaining to the later stone age.

Front 632

neology

Back 632

(n.) The coining or using of new words or new meanings of words.

Front 633

neophyte

Back 633

(adj.) Having the character of a beginner.

Front 634

nestle

Back 634

(v.) To adjust cozily in snug quarters.

Front 635

nestling

Back 635

(adj.) Recently hatched.

Front 636

nettle

Back 636

(v.) To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in.

Front 637

network

Back 637

(n.) Anything that presents a system of cross- lines.

Front 638

neural

Back 638

(adj.) Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system.

Front 639

neurology

Back 639

(n.) The science of the nervous system.

Front 640

neuter

Back 640

(adj.) Neither masculine nor feminine.

Front 641

neutral

Back 641

(adj.) Belonging to or under control of neither of two contestants.

Front 642

nevertheless

Back 642

(conj.) Notwithstanding.

Front 643

Newtonian

Back 643

(adj.) Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, the English philosopher.

Front 644

niggardly

Back 644

(adj.) Stingy. (no longer acceptable to use)

Front 645

nihilist

Back 645

(n.) An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known.

Front 646

nil

Back 646

(n.) Nothing

Front 647

nimble

Back 647

(adj.) Light and quick in motion or action.

Front 648

nit

Back 648

(n.) The egg of a louse or some other insect.

Front 649

nocturnal

Back 649

(adj.) Of or pertaining to the night.

Front 650

noiseless

Back 650

(adj.) Silent.

Front 651

noisome

Back 651

(adj.) Very offensive, particularly to the sense of smell.

Front 652

noisy

Back 652

(adj.) Clamorous.

Front 653

nomad

Back 653

(adj.) Having no fixed abode.

Front 654

nomic

Back 654

(adj.) Usual or customary.

Front 655

nominal

Back 655

(adj.) Trivial.

Front 656

nominate

Back 656

(v.) To designate as a candidate for any office.

Front 657

nomination

Back 657

(n.) The act or ceremony of naming a man or woman for office.

Front 658

nominee

Back 658

(n.) One who receives a nomination.

Front 659

non-existent

Back 659

(n.) That which does not exist.

Front 660

non-resident

Back 660

(adj.) Not residing within a given jurisdiction.

Front 661

nonchalance

Back 661

(n.) A state of mind indicating lack of interest.

Front 662

non-combatant

Back 662

(n.) One attached to the army or navy, but having duties other than that of fighting.

Front 663

nondescript

Back 663

(adj.) Indescribable.

Front 664

nonentity

Back 664

(n.) A person or thing of little or no account.

Front 665

nonpareil

Back 665

(n.) One who or that which is of unequaled excellence.

Front 666

norm

Back 666

(n.) A model.

Front 667

normalcy

Back 667

(n.) The state of being normal.

Front 668

Norman

Back 668

(adj.) Of or peculiar to Normandy, in northern France.

Front 669

nostrum

Back 669

(n.) Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character.

Front 670

noticeable

Back 670

(adj.) Perceptible.

Front 671

notorious

Back 671

(adj.) Unfavorably known to the general public.

Front 672

novellette

Back 672

(n.) A short novel.

Front 673

novice

Back 673

(n.) A beginner in any business or occupation.

Front 674

nowadays

Back 674

(adv.) In the present time or age.

Front 675

nowhere

Back 675

(adv.) In no place or state.

Front 676

noxious

Back 676

(adj.) Hurtful.

Front 677

nuance

Back 677

(n.) A slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the sense of the mind.

Front 678

nucleus

Back 678

(n.) A central point or part about which matter is aggregated.

Front 679

nude

Back 679

(adj.) Naked.

Front 680

nugatory

Back 680

(adj.) Having no power or force.

Front 681

nuisance

Back 681

(n.) That which annoys, vexes, or irritates.

Front 682

numeration

Back 682

(n.) The act or art of reading or naming numbers.

Front 683

numerical

Back 683

(adj.) Of or pertaining to number.

Front 684

nunnery

Back 684

(n.) A convent for nuns.

Front 685

nuptial

Back 685

(adj.) Of or pertaining to marriage, especially to the marriage ceremony.

Front 686

nurture

Back 686

(n.) The process of fostering or promoting growth.

Front 687

nutriment

Back 687

(n.) That which nourishes.

Front 688

nutritive

Back 688

(adj.) Having nutritious properties.

Front 689

oaken

Back 689

(adj.) Made of or from oak.

Front 690

oakum

Back 690

(n.) Hemp-fiber obtained by untwisting and picking out loosely the yarns of old hemp rope.

Front 691

obdurate

Back 691

(adj.) Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity.

Front 692

obelisk

Back 692

(n.) A square shaft with pyramidal top, usually monumental or commemorative.

Front 693

obese

Back 693

(adj.) Exceedingly fat.

Front 694

obesity

Back 694

(n.) Excessive fatness.

Front 695

obituary

Back 695

(adj.) A published notice of a death.

Front 696

objective

Back 696

(adj.) Grasping and representing facts as they are.

Front 697

objector

Back 697

(n.) One who objects, as to a proposition, measure, or ruling.

Front 698

obligate

Back 698

(v.) To hold to the fulfillment of duty.

Front 699

obligatory

Back 699

(adj.) Binding in law or conscience.

Front 700

oblique

Back 700

(adj.) Slanting; said of lines.

Front 701

obliterate

Back 701

(v.) To cause to disappear.

Front 702

oblivion

Back 702

(n.) The state of having passed out of the memory or of being utterly forgotten.

Front 703

oblong

Back 703

(adj.) Longer than broad: applied most commonly to rectangular objects considerably elongated

Front 704

obnoxious

Back 704

(adj.) Detestable.

Front 705

obsequies

Back 705

(n.) Funeral rites.

Front 706

obsequious

Back 706

(adj.) Showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another.

Front 707

observance

Back 707

(n.) A traditional form or customary act.

Front 708

observant

Back 708

(adj.) Quick to notice.

Front 709

observatory

Back 709

(n.) A building designed for systematic astronomical observations.

Front 710

obsolescence

Back 710

(n.) The condition or process of gradually falling into disuse.

Front 711

obsolescent

Back 711

(adj.) Passing out of use, as a word.

Front 712

obsolete

Back 712

(adj.) No longer practiced or accepted.

Front 713

obstetrician

Back 713

(n.) A practitioner of midwifery.

Front 714

obstetrics

Back 714

(n.) The branch of medical science concerned with the treatment and care of women during pregnancy.

Front 715

obstinacy

Back 715

(n.) Stubborn adherence to opinion, arising from conceit or the desire to have one's own way.

Front 716

obstreperous

Back 716

(adj.) Boisterous.

Front 717

obstruct

Back 717

(v.) To fill with impediments so as to prevent passage, either wholly or in part.

Front 718

obstruction

Back 718

(n.) Hindrance.

Front 719

obtrude

Back 719

(v.) To be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence.

Front 720

obtrusive

Back 720

(adj.) Tending to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence.

Front 721

obvert

Back 721

(v.) To turn the front or principal side of (a thing) toward any person or object.

Front 722

obviate

Back 722

(v.) To clear away or provide for, as an objection or difficulty.

Front 723

occasion

Back 723

(n.) An important event or celebration.

Front 724

Occident

Back 724

(n.) The countries lying west of Asia and the Turkish dominions.

Front 725

occlude

Back 725

(v.) To absorb, as a gas by a metal.

Front 726

occult

Back 726

(adj.) Existing but not immediately perceptible.

Front 727

occupant

Back 727

(n.) A tenant in possession of property, as distinguished from the actual owner.

Front 728

occurrence

Back 728

(n.) A happening.

Front 729

octagon

Back 729

(n.) A figure with eight sides and eight angles.

Front 730

octave

Back 730

(n.) A note at this interval above or below any other, considered in relation to that other.

Front 731

octavo

Back 731

(n.) A book, or collection of paper in which the sheets are so folded as to make eight leaves.

Front 732

octogenarian

Back 732

(adj.) A person of between eighty and ninety years.

Front 733

ocular

Back 733

(adj.) Of or pertaining to the eye.

Front 734

oculist

Back 734

(n.) One versed or skilled in treating diseases of the eye.

Front 735

oddity

Back 735

(n.) An eccentricity.

Front 736

ode

Back 736

(n.) The form of lyric poetry anciently intended to be sung.

Front 737

odious

Back 737

(adj.) Hateful.

Front 738

odium

Back 738

(n.) A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust.

Front 739

odoriferous

Back 739

(adj.) Having or diffusing an odor or scent, especially an agreeable one.

Front 740

odorous

Back 740

(adj.) Having an odor, especially a fragrant one.

Front 741

off

Back 741

(adj.) Farther or more distant.

Front 742

offhand

Back 742

(adv.) Without preparation.

Front 743

officiate

Back 743

(v.) To act as an officer or leader.

Front 744

officious

Back 744

(adj.) Intermeddling with what is not one's concern.

Front 745

offshoot

Back 745

(n.) Something that branches off from the parent stock.

Front 746

ogre

Back 746

(n.) A demon or monster that was supposed to devour human beings.

Front 747

ointment

Back 747

(n.) A fatty preparation with a butter-like consistency in which a medicinal substance exists.

Front 748

olfactory

Back 748

(adj.) of or pertaining to the sense of smell.

Front 749

olive-branch

Back 749

(n.) A branch of the olive-tree, as an emblem of peace.

Front 750

ominous

Back 750

(adj.) Portentous.

Front 751

omission

Back 751

(n.) Exclusion.

Front 752

omnipotence

Back 752

(n.) Unlimited and universal power.

Front 753

Omnipotent

Back 753

(adj.) Possessed of unlimited and universal power.

Front 754

omniscience

Back 754

(n.) Unlimited or infinite knowledge.

Front 755

omniscient

Back 755

(adj.) Characterized by unlimited or infinite knowledge.

Front 756

omnivorous

Back 756

(adj.) Eating or living upon food of all kinds indiscriminately.

Front 757

onerous

Back 757

(adj.) Burdensome or oppressive.

Front 758

onrush

Back 758

(n.) Onset.

Front 759

onset

Back 759

(n.) An assault, especially of troops, upon an enemy or fortification.

Front 760

onslaught

Back 760

(n.) A violent onset.

Front 761

onus

Back 761

(n.) A burden or responsibility.

Front 762

opalescence

Back 762

(n.) The property of combined refraction and reflection of light, resulting in smoky tints.

Front 763

opaque

Back 763

(adj.) Impervious to light.

Front 764

operate

Back 764

(v.) To put in action and supervise the working of.

Front 765

operative

Back 765

(adj.) Active.

Front 766

operator

Back 766

(n.) One who works with or controls some machine or scientific apparatus.

Front 767

operetta

Back 767

(n.) A humorous play in dialogue and music, of more than one act.

Front 768

opinion

Back 768

(n.) A conclusion or judgment held with confidence, but falling short of positive knowledge.

Front 769

opponent

Back 769

(n.) One who supports the opposite side in a debate, discussion, struggle, or sport.

Front 770

opportune

Back 770

(adj.) Especially fit as occurring, said, or done at the right moment.

Front 771

opportunist

Back 771

(n.) One who takes advantage of circumstances to gain his ends.

Front 772

opportunity

Back 772

(n.) Favorable or advantageous chance or opening.

Front 773

opposite

Back 773

(adj.) Radically different or contrary in action or movement.

Front 774

opprobrium

Back 774

(n.) The state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil.

Front 775

optic

Back 775

(n.) Pertaining to the eye or vision.

Front 776

optician

Back 776

(n.) One who makes or deals in optical instruments or eye-glasses.

Front 777

optics

Back 777

(n.) The science that treats of light and vision, and all that is connected with sight.

Front 778

optimism

Back 778

(n.) The view that everything in nature and the history of mankind is ordered for the best.

Front 779

option

Back 779

(n.) The right, power, or liberty of choosing.

Front 780

optometry

Back 780

(n.) Measurement of the powers of vision.

Front 781

opulence

Back 781

(n.) Affluence.

Front 782

opulent

Back 782

(adj.) Wealthy.

Front 783

oral

Back 783

(adj.) Uttered through the mouth.

Front 784

orate

Back 784

(v.) To deliver an elaborate or formal public speech.

Front 785

oration

Back 785

(n.) An elaborate or formal public speech.

Front 786

orator

Back 786

(n.) One who delivers an elaborate or formal speech.

Front 787

oratorio

Back 787

(n.) A composition for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, generally taken from the Scriptures.

Front 788

oratory

Back 788

(n.) The art of public speaking.

Front 789

ordeal

Back 789

(n.) Anything that severely tests courage, strength, patience, conscience, etc.

Front 790

ordinal

Back 790

(n.) That form of the numeral that shows the order of anything in a series, as first, second, third.

Front 791

ordination

Back 791

(n.) A consecration to the ministry.

Front 792

ordnance

Back 792

(n.) A general name for all kinds of weapons and their appliances used in war.

Front 793

orgies

Back 793

(n.) Wild or wanton revelry.

Front 794

origin

Back 794

(n.) The beginning of that which becomes or is made to be.

Front 795

original

Back 795

(adj.) Not copied nor produced by imitation.

Front 796

originate

Back 796

(v.) To cause or constitute the beginning or first stage of the existence of.

Front 797

ornate

Back 797

(adj.) Ornamented to a marked degree.

Front 798

orthodox

Back 798

(adj.) Holding the commonly accepted faith.

Front 799

orthodoxy

Back 799

(n.) Acceptance of the common faith.

Front 800

orthogonal

Back 800

(adj.) Having or determined by right angles.

Front 801

orthopedic

Back 801

(adj.) Relating to the correcting or preventing of deformity

Front 802

orthopedist

Back 802

(n.) One who practices the correcting or preventing of deformity

Front 803

oscillate

Back 803

(v.) To swing back and forth.

Front 804

osculate

Back 804

(v.) To kiss.

Front 805

ossify

Back 805

(v.) to convert into bone.

Front 806

ostentation

Back 806

(n.) A display dictated by vanity and intended to invite applause or flattery.

Front 807

ostracism

Back 807

(n.) Exclusion from intercourse or favor, as in society or politics.

Front 808

ostracize

Back 808

(v.) To exclude from public or private favor.

Front 809

ought

Back 809

(v.) To be under moral obligation to be or do.

Front 810

oust

Back 810

(v.) To eject.

Front 811

out-and-out

Back 811

(adv.) Genuinely.

Front 812

outbreak

Back 812

(n.) A sudden and violent breaking forth, as of something that has been pent up or restrained.

Front 813

outburst

Back 813

(n.) A violent issue, especially of passion in an individual.

Front 814

outcast

Back 814

(n.) One rejected and despised, especially socially.

Front 815

outcry

Back 815

(n.) A vehement or loud cry or clamor.

Front 816

outdo

Back 816

(v.) To surpass.

Front 817

outlandish

Back 817

(adj.) Of barbarous, uncouth, and unfamiliar aspect or action.

Front 818

outlast

Back 818

(v.) To last longer than.

Front 819

outlaw

Back 819

(n.) A habitual lawbreaker.

Front 820

outlive

Back 820

(v.) To continue to exist after.

Front 821

out-of-the-way

Back 821

(adj.) Remotely situated.

Front 822

outpost

Back 822

(n.) A detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main body to guard against surprise.

Front 823

outrage

Back 823

(n.) A gross infringement of morality or decency.

Front 824

outrageous

Back 824

(adj.) Shocking in conduct.

Front 825

outreach

Back 825

(v.) To reach or go beyond.

Front 826

outride

Back 826

(v.) To ride faster than.

Front 827

outrigger

Back 827

(n.) A part built or arranged to project beyond a natural outline for support.

Front 828

outright

Back 828

(adv.) Entirely.

Front 829

outskirt

Back 829

(n.) A border region.

Front 830

outstretch

Back 830

(v.) To extend.

Front 831

outstrip

Back 831

(v.) To go beyond.

Front 832

outweigh

Back 832

(v.) To surpass in importance or excellence.

Front 833

overdo

Back 833

(v.) To overtax the strength of.

Front 834

overdose

Back 834

(n.) An excessive dose, usually so large a dose of a medicine that its effect is toxic.

Front 835

overeat

Back 835

(v.) To eat to excess.

Front 836

overhang

Back 836

(n.) A portion of a structure which projects or hangs over.

Front 837

overleap

Back 837

(v.) To leap beyond.

Front 838

overlord

Back 838

(n.) One who holds supremacy over another.

Front 839

overpass

Back 839

(v.) To pass across or over, as a river.

Front 840

overpay

Back 840

(v.) To pay or reward in excess.

Front 841

overpower

Back 841

(v.) To gain supremacy or victory over by superior power.

Front 842

overproduction

Back 842

(n.) Excessive production.

Front 843

overreach

Back 843

(v.) To stretch out too far.

Front 844

overrun

Back 844

(v.) To infest or ravage.

Front 845

oversee

Back 845

(v.) To superintend.

Front 846

overseer

Back 846

(n.) A supervisor.

Front 847

overshadow

Back 847

(v.) To cast into the shade or render insignificant by comparison.

Front 848

overstride

Back 848

(v.) To step beyond.

Front 849

overthrow

Back 849

(v.) To vanquish an established ruler or government.

Front 850

overtone

Back 850

(n.) A harmonic.

Front 851

overture

Back 851

(n.) An instrumental prelude to an opera, oratorio, or ballet.

Front 852

overweight

Back 852

(n.) Preponderance.

Front 853

pacify

Back 853

(v.) To bring into a peaceful state.

Front 854

packet

Back 854

(n.) A bundle, as of letters.

Front 855

pact

Back 855

(n.) A covenant.

Front 856

pagan

Back 856

(n.) A worshiper of false gods.

Front 857

pageant

Back 857

(n.) A dramatic representation, especially a spectacular one.

Front 858

palate

Back 858

(n.) The roof of the mouth.

Front 859

palatial

Back 859

(adj.) Magnificent.

Front 860

paleontology

Back 860

(n.) The branch of biology that treats of ancient life and fossil organisms.

Front 861

palette

Back 861

(n.) A thin tablet, with a hole for the thumb, upon which artists lay their colors for painting.

Front 862

palinode

Back 862

(n.) A retraction.

Front 863

pall

Back 863

(v.) To make dull by satiety.

Front 864

palliate

Back 864

(v.) To cause to appear less guilty.

Front 865

pallid

Back 865

(adj.) Of a pale or wan appearance.

Front 866

palpable

Back 866

(n.) perceptible by feeling or touch.

Front 867

palsy

Back 867

(n.) Paralysis.

Front 868

paly

Back 868

(adj.) Lacking color or brilliancy.

Front 869

pamphlet

Back 869

(n.) A brief treatise or essay, usually on a subject of current interest.

Front 870

pamphleteer

Back 870

(v.) To compose or issue pamphlets, especially controversial ones.

Front 871

panacea

Back 871

(n.) A remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases.

Front 872

Pan-American

Back 872

(adj.) Including or pertaining to the whole of America, both North and South.

Front 873

pandemic

Back 873

(adj.) Affecting a whole people or all classes, as a disease.

Front 874

pandemonium

Back 874

(n.) A fiendish or riotous uproar.

Front 875

panegyric

Back 875

(n.) A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act.

Front 876

panel

Back 876

(n.) A rectangular piece set in or as in a frame.

Front 877

panic

Back 877

(n.) A sudden, unreasonable, overpowering fear.

Front 878

panoply

Back 878

(n.) A full set of armor.

Front 879

panorama

Back 879

(n.) A series of large pictures representing a continuous scene.

Front 880

pantheism

Back 880

(n.) The worship of nature for itself or its beauty.

Front 881

Pantheon

Back 881

(n.) A circular temple at Rome with a fine Corinthian portico and a great domed roof.

Front 882

pantomime

Back 882

(n.) Sign-language.

Front 883

pantoscope

Back 883

(n.) A very wide-angled photographic lens.

Front 884

papacy

Back 884

(n.) The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.

Front 885

papyrus

Back 885

(n.) The writing-paper of the ancient Egyptians, and later of the Romans.

Front 886

parable

Back 886

(n.) A brief narrative founded on real scenes or events usually with a moral.

Front 887

paradox

Back 887

(n.) A statement or doctrine seemingly in contradiction to the received belief.

Front 888

paragon

Back 888

(n.) A model of excellence.

Front 889

parallel

Back 889

(v.) To cause to correspond or lie in the same direction and equidistant in all parts.

Front 890

parallelism

Back 890

(n.) Essential likeness.

Front 891

paralysis

Back 891

(n.) Loss of the power of contractility in the voluntary or involuntary muscles.

Front 892

paralyze

Back 892

(v.) To deprive of the power to act.

Front 893

paramount

Back 893

(adj.) Supreme in authority.

Front 894

paramour

Back 894

(n.) One who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or a mistress.

Front 895

paraphernalia

Back 895

(n.) Miscellaneous articles of equipment or adornment.

Front 896

paraphrase

Back 896

(v.) Translate freely.

Front 897

pare

Back 897

(v.) To cut, shave, or remove (the outside) from anything.

Front 898

parentage

Back 898

(n.) The relation of parent to child, of the producer to the produced, or of cause to effect.

Front 899

Pariah

Back 899

(n.) A member of a degraded class; a social outcast.

Front 900

parish

Back 900

(n.) The ecclesiastical district in charge of a pastor.

Front 901

Parisian

Back 901

(adj.) Of or pertaining to the city of Paris.

Front 902

parity

Back 902

(n.) Equality, as of condition or rank.

Front 903

parlance

Back 903

(n.) Mode of speech.

Front 904

parley

Back 904

(v.) To converse in.

Front 905

parliament

Back 905

(n.) A legislative body.

Front 906

parlor

Back 906

(n.) A room for reception of callers or entertainment of guests.

Front 907

parody

Back 907

(v.) To render ludicrous by imitating the language of.

Front 908

paronymous

Back 908

(adj.) Derived from the same root or primitive word.

Front 909

paroxysm

Back 909

(n.) A sudden outburst of any kind of activity.

Front 910

parricide

Back 910

(n.) The murder of a parent.

Front 911

parse

Back 911

(v.) To describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its elements and describing each word.

Front 912

parsimonious

Back 912

(adj.) Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money.

Front 913

partible

Back 913

(adj.) Separable.

Front 914

participant

Back 914

(n.) One having a share or part.

Front 915

participate

Back 915

(v.) To receive or have a part or share of.

Front 916

partition

Back 916

(n.) That which separates anything into distinct parts.

Front 917

partisan

Back 917

(adj.) Characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party.

Front 918

passible

Back 918

(adj.) Capable of feeling of suffering.

Front 919

passive

Back 919

(adj.) Unresponsive.

Front 920

pastoral

Back 920

(adj.) Having the spirit or sentiment of rural life.

Front 921

paternal

Back 921

(adj.) Fatherly.

Front 922

paternity

Back 922

(n.) Fatherhood.

Front 923

pathos

Back 923

(n.) The quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy.

Front 924

patriarch

Back 924

(n.) The chief of a tribe or race who rules by paternal right.

Front 925

patrician

Back 925

(adj.) Of senatorial or noble rank.

Front 926

patrimony

Back 926

(n.) An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one's father.

Front 927

patriotism

Back 927

(n.) Love and devotion to one's country.

Front 928

patronize

Back 928

(v.) To exercise an arrogant condescension toward.

Front 929

patronymic

Back 929

(adj.) Formed after one's father's name.

Front 930

patter

Back 930

(v.) To mumble something over and over.

Front 931

paucity

Back 931

(n.) Fewness.

Front 932

pauper

Back 932

(n.) One without means of support.

Front 933

pauperism

Back 933

(n.) Dependence on charity.

Front 934

pavilion

Back 934

(n.) An open structure for temporary shelter.

Front 935

payee

Back 935

(n.) A person to whom money has been or is to be paid.

Front 936

peaceable

Back 936

(adj.) Tranquil.

Front 937

peaceful

Back 937

(adj.) Tranquil.

Front 938

peccable

Back 938

(adj.) Capable of sinning.

Front 939

peccadillo

Back 939

(n.) A small breach of propriety or principle.

Front 940

peccant

Back 940

(adj.) Guilty.

Front 941

pectoral

Back 941

(adj.) Pertaining to the breast or thorax.

Front 942

pecuniary

Back 942

(adj.) Consisting of money.

Front 943

pedagogics

Back 943

(n.) The science and art of teaching.

Front 944

pedagogue

Back 944

(n.) A schoolmaster.

Front 945

pedagogy

Back 945

(n.) The science and art of teaching

Front 946

pedal

Back 946

(n.) A lever for the foot usually applied only to musical instruments, cycles, and other machines.

Front 947

pedant

Back 947

(n.) A scholar who makes needless and inopportune display of his learning.

Front 948

peddle

Back 948

(v.) To go about with a small stock of goods to sell.

Front 949

pedestal

Back 949

(n.) A base or support as for a column, statue, or vase.

Front 950

pedestrian

Back 950

(n.) One who journeys on foot.

Front 951

pediatrics

Back 951

(n.) The department of medical science that relates to the treatment of diseases of childhood.

Front 952

pedigree

Back 952

(n.) One's line of ancestors.

Front 953

peddler

Back 953

(n.) One who travels from house to house with an assortment of goods for retail.

Front 954

peerage

Back 954

(n.) The nobility.

Front 955

peerless

Back 955

(adj.) Of unequaled excellence or worth.

Front 956

peevish

Back 956

(adj.) Petulant. (irritable)

Front 957

pellucid

Back 957

(adj.) Translucent.

Front 958

penalty

Back 958

(n.) The consequences that follow the transgression of natural or divine law.

Front 959

penance

Back 959

(n.) Punishment to which one voluntarily submits or subjects himself as an expression of penitence.

Front 960

penchant

Back 960

(n.) A bias in favor of something.

Front 961

pendant

Back 961

(n.) Anything that hangs from something else, either for ornament or for use.

Front 962

pendulous

Back 962

(adj.) Hanging, especially so as to swing by an attached end or part.

Front 963

pendulum

Back 963

(n.) A weight hung on a rod, serving by its oscillation to regulate the rate of a clock.

Front 964

penetrable

Back 964

(adj.) That may be pierced by physical, moral, or intellectual force.

Front 965

penetrate

Back 965

(v.) To enter or force a way into the interior parts of.

Front 966

penetration

Back 966

(n.) Discernment.

Front 967

peninsular

Back 967

(adj.) Pertaining to a piece of land almost surrounded by water.

Front 968

penitence

Back 968

(n.) Sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone.

Front 969

penitential

Back 969

(adj.) Pertaining to sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone.

Front 970

pennant

Back 970

(n.) A small flag.

Front 971

pension

Back 971

(n.) A periodical allowance to an individual on account of past service done by him/her.

Front 972

pentagram

Back 972

(n.) A figure having five points or lobes.

Front 973

pentavalent

Back 973

(adj.) Quinqeuvalent.

Front 974

pentad

Back 974

(n.) The number five.

Front 975

pentagon

Back 975

(n.) A figure, especially, with five angles and five sides.

Front 976

pentahedron

Back 976

(n.) A solid bounded by five plane faces.

Front 977

pentameter

Back 977

(n.) In prosody, a line of verse containing five units or feet.

Front 978

pentathlon

Back 978

(n.) The contest of five associated exercises in the great games and the same contestants.

Front 979

penultimate

Back 979

(adj.) A syllable or member of a series that is last but one.

Front 980

penurious

Back 980

(adj.) Excessively sparing in the use of money.

Front 981

penury

Back 981

(n.) Indigence.

Front 982

perambulate

Back 982

(v.) To walk about.

Front 983

perceive

Back 983

(v.) To have knowledge of, or receive impressions concerning, through the medium of the body senses.

Front 984

perceptible

Back 984

(adj.) Cognizable.

Front 985

perception

Back 985

(n.) Knowledge through the senses of the existence and properties of matter or the external world.

Front 986

percipience

Back 986

(n.) The act of perceiving.

Front 987

percipient

Back 987

(n.) One who or that which perceives.

Front 988

percolate

Back 988

(v.) To filter.

Front 989

percolator

Back 989

(n.) A filter.

Front 990

percussion

Back 990

(n.) The sharp striking of one body against another.

Front 991

peremptory

Back 991

(adj.) Precluding question or appeal.

Front 992

perennial

Back 992

(adj.) Continuing though the year or through many years.

Front 993

perfectible

Back 993

(adj.) Capable of being made perfect.

Front 994

perfidy

Back 994

(n.) Treachery.

Front 995

perforate

Back 995

(v.) To make a hole or holes through.

Front 996

perform

Back 996

(v.) To accomplish.

Front 997

perfumery

Back 997

(n.) The preparation of perfumes.

Front 998

perfunctory

Back 998

(adj.) Half-hearted.

Front 999

perhaps

Back 999

(adv.) Possibly.

Front 1000

perigee

Back 1000

(n.) The point in the orbit of the moon when it is nearest the earth.

Front 1001

periodicity

Back 1001

(n.) The habit or characteristic of recurrence at regular intervals.

Front 1002

peripatetic

Back 1002

(adj.) Walking about.

Front 1003

perjure

Back 1003

(v.) To swear falsely to.

Front 1004

perjury

Back 1004

(n.) A solemn assertion of a falsity.

Front 1005

permanence

Back 1005

(n.) A continuance in the same state, or without any change that destroys the essential form or nature.

Front 1006

permanent

Back 1006

(adj.) Durable.

Front 1007

permeate

Back 1007

(v.) To pervade.

Front 1008

permissible

Back 1008

(adj.) That may be allowed.

Front 1009

permutation

Back 1009

(n.) Reciprocal change, different ordering of same items.

Front 1010

pernicious

Back 1010

(adj.) Tending to kill or hurt.

Front 1011

perpendicular

Back 1011

(adj.) Straight up and down.

Front 1012

perpetrator

Back 1012

(n.) The doer of a wrong or a criminal act.

Front 1013

perpetuate

Back 1013

(v.) To preserve from extinction or oblivion.

Front 1014

perquisite

Back 1014

(n.) Any profit from service beyond the amount fixed as salary or wages.

Front 1015

persecution

Back 1015

(n.) Harsh or malignant oppression.

Front 1016

perseverance

Back 1016

(n.) A persistence in purpose and effort.

Front 1017

persevere

Back 1017

(v.) To continue striving in spite of discouragements.

Front 1018

persiflage

Back 1018

(n.) Banter.

Front 1019

persist

Back 1019

(v.) To continue steadfast against opposition.

Front 1020

persistence

Back 1020

(n.) A fixed adherence to a resolve, course of conduct, or the like.

Front 1021

personage

Back 1021

(n.) A man or woman as an individual, especially one of rank or high station.

Front 1022

personal

Back 1022

(adj.) Not general or public.

Front 1023

personality

Back 1023

(n.) The attributes, taken collectively, that make up the character and nature of an individual.

Front 1024

personnel

Back 1024

(n.) The force of persons collectively employed in some service.

Front 1025

perspective

Back 1025

(n.) The relative importance of facts or matters from any special point of view.

Front 1026

perspicacious

Back 1026

(adj.) Astute.

Front 1027

perspicacity

Back 1027

(n.) Acuteness or discernment.

Front 1028

perspicuous

Back 1028

(adj.) Lucid.

Front 1029

perspiration

Back 1029

(n.) Sweat.

Front 1030

perspire

Back 1030

(v.) To excrete through the pores of the skin.

Front 1031

persuade

Back 1031

(v.) To win the mind of by argument, eloquence, evidence, or reflection.

Front 1032

persuadable

Back 1032

(adj.) capable of influencing to action by entreaty, statement, or anything that moves the feelings.

Front 1033

pertinacious

Back 1033

(adj.) Persistent or unyielding.

Front 1034

pertinacity

Back 1034

(n.) Unyielding adherence.

Front 1035

pertinent

Back 1035

(adj.) Relevant.

Front 1036

perturb

Back 1036

(v.) To disturb greatly.

Front 1037

perturbation

Back 1037

(n.) Mental excitement or confusion.

Front 1038

perusal

Back 1038

(n.) The act of reading carefully or thoughtfully.

Front 1039

pervade

Back 1039

(v.) To pass or spread through every part.

Front 1040

pervasion

Back 1040

(n.) The state of spreading through every part.

Front 1041

pervasive

Back 1041

(adj.) Thoroughly penetrating or permeating.

Front 1042

perverse

Back 1042

(adj.) Unreasonable.

Front 1043

perversion

Back 1043

(n.) Diversion from the true meaning or proper purpose.

Front 1044

perversity

Back 1044

(n.) Wickedness.

Front 1045

pervert

Back 1045

(n.) One who has forsaken a doctrine regarded as true for one esteemed false.

Front 1046

pervious

Back 1046

(adj.) Admitting the entrance or passage of another substance.

Front 1047

pestilence

Back 1047

(n.) A raging epidemic.

Front 1048

pestilent

Back 1048

(adj.) Having a malign influence or effect.

Front 1049

pestilential

Back 1049

(adj.) having the nature of or breeding pestilence.

Front 1050

peter

Back 1050

(v.) To fail or lose power, efficiency, or value.

Front 1051

petrify

Back 1051

(v.) To convert into a substance of stony hardness and character.

Front 1052

petulance

Back 1052

(n.) The character or condition of being impatient, capricious or petulant.

Front 1053

petulant

Back 1053

(adj.) Displaying impatience.

Front 1054

pharmacopoeia

Back 1054

(n.) A book containing the formulas and methods of preparation of medicines for the use of druggists.

Front 1055

pharmacy

Back 1055

(n.) The art or business of compounding and dispensing medicines.

Front 1056

phenomenal

Back 1056

(adj.) Extraordinary or marvelous.

Front 1057

phenomenon

Back 1057

(n.) Any unusual occurrence.

Front 1058

philander

Back 1058

(v.) To play at courtship with a woman.

Front 1059

philanthropic

Back 1059

(adj.) Benevolent.

Front 1060

philanthropist

Back 1060

(n.) One who endeavors to help his fellow men.

Front 1061

philanthropy

Back 1061

(n.) Active humanitarianism.

Front 1062

philately

Back 1062

(n.) The study and collection of stamps.

Front 1063

philharmonic

Back 1063

(adj.) Fond of music.

Front 1064

philogynist

Back 1064

(n.) One who is fond of women.

Front 1065

philologist

Back 1065

(n.) An expert in linguistics.

Front 1066

philology

Back 1066

(n.) The study of language in connection with history and literature.

Front 1067

philosophize

Back 1067

(v.) To seek ultimate causes and principles.

Front 1068

philosophy

Back 1068

(n.) The general principles, laws, or causes that furnish the rational explanation of anything.

Front 1069

phlegmatic

Back 1069

(adj.) Not easily roused to feeling or action.

Front 1070

phonetic

Back 1070

(adj.) Representing articulate sounds or speech.

Front 1071

phonic

Back 1071

(adj.) Pertaining to the nature of sound.

Front 1072

phonogram

Back 1072

(n.) A graphic character symbolizing an articulate sound.

Front 1073

phonology

Back 1073

(n.) The science of human vocal sounds.

Front 1074

phosphorescence

Back 1074

(n.) The property of emitting light.

Front 1075

photoelectric

Back 1075

(adj.) Pertaining to the combined action of light and electricity.

Front 1076

photometer

Back 1076

(n.) Any instrument for measuring the intensity of light or comparing the intensity of two lights.

Front 1077

photometry

Back 1077

(n.) The art of measuring the intensity of light.

Front 1078

physicist

Back 1078

(n.) A specialist in the science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy.

Front 1079

physics

Back 1079

(n.) The science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy.

Front 1080

physiocracy

Back 1080

(n.) The doctrine that land and its products are the only true wealth.

Front 1081

physiognomy

Back 1081

(n.) The external appearance merely.

Front 1082

physiography

Back 1082

(n.) Description of nature.

Front 1083

physiology

Back 1083

(n.) The science of organic functions.

Front 1084

physique

Back 1084

(n.) The physical structure or organization of a person.

Front 1085

picayune

Back 1085

(adj.) Of small value.

Front 1086

piccolo

Back 1086

(n.) A small flute.

Front 1087

piece

Back 1087

(n.) A loose or separated part, as distinguished from the whole or the mass.

Front 1088

piecemeal

Back 1088

(adv.) Gradually.

Front 1089

pillage

Back 1089

(n.) Open robbery, as in war.

Front 1090

pillory

Back 1090

(n.) A wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to boards and is exposed to public scorn.

Front 1091

pincers

Back 1091

(n.) An instrument having two lever-handles and two jaws working on a pivot.

Front 1092

pinchers

Back 1092

(n.) An instrument having two jaws working on a pivot.

Front 1093

pinnacle

Back 1093

(n.) A high or topmost point, as a mountain-peak.

Front 1094

pioneer

Back 1094

(n.) One among the first to explore a country.

Front 1095

pious

Back 1095

(adj.) Religious.

Front 1096

pique

Back 1096

(v.) To excite a slight degree of anger in.

Front 1097

piteous

Back 1097

(adj.) Compassionate.

Front 1098

pitiable

Back 1098

(adj.) Contemptible.

Front 1099

pitiful

Back 1099

(adj.) Wretched.

Front 1100

pitiless

Back 1100

(adj.) Hard-hearted.

Front 1101

pittance

Back 1101

(n.) Any small portion or meager allowance.

Front 1102

placate

Back 1102

(v.) To bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness.

Front 1103

placid

Back 1103

(adj.) Serene.

Front 1104

plagiarism

Back 1104

(n.) The stealing of passages from the writings of another and publishing them as one's own.

Front 1105

planisphere

Back 1105

(n.) A polar projection of the heavens on a chart.

Front 1106

plasticity

Back 1106

(n.) The property of some substances through which the form of the mass can readily be changed.

Front 1107

platitude

Back 1107

(n.) A written or spoken statement that is flat, dull, or commonplace.

Front 1108

plaudit

Back 1108

(n.) An expression of applause.

Front 1109

plausible

Back 1109

(adj.) Seeming likely to be true, though open to doubt.

Front 1110

playful

Back 1110

(adj.) Frolicsome.

Front 1111

playwright

Back 1111

(n.) A maker of plays for the stage.

Front 1112

plea

Back 1112

(n.) An argument to obtain some desired action.

Front 1113

pleasant

Back 1113

(adj.) Agreeable.

Front 1114

pleasurable

Back 1114

(adj.) Affording gratification.

Front 1115

plebeian

Back 1115

(adj.) Common.

Front 1116

pledgee

Back 1116

(n.) The person to whom anything is pledged.

Front 1117

pledgeor

Back 1117

(n.) One who gives a pledge.

Front 1118

plenary

Back 1118

(adj.) Entire.

Front 1119

plenipotentiary

Back 1119

(n.) A person fully empowered to transact any business.

Front 1120

plenitude

Back 1120

(n.) Abundance.

Front 1121

plenteous

Back 1121

(adj.) Abundant.

Front 1122

plumb

Back 1122

(n.) A weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something.

Front 1123

plummet

Back 1123

(n.) A piece of lead for making soundings, adjusting walls to the vertical.

Front 1124

pluperfect

Back 1124

(adj.) Expressing past time or action prior to some other past time or action.

Front 1125

plural

Back 1125

(adj.) Containing or consisting of more than one.

Front 1126

plurality

Back 1126

(n.) A majority.

Front 1127

plutocracy

Back 1127

(n.) A wealthy class in a political community who control the government by means of their money.

Front 1128

pneumatic

Back 1128

(adj.) Pertaining to or consisting of air or gas.

Front 1129

poesy

Back 1129

(n.) Poetry.

Front 1130

poetaster

Back 1130

(n.) An inferior poet.

Front 1131

poetic

Back 1131

(adj.) Pertaining to poetry.

Front 1132

poetics

Back 1132

(n.) The rules and principles of poetry.

Front 1133

poignancy

Back 1133

(n.) Severity or acuteness, especially of pain or grief.

Front 1134

poignant

Back 1134

(adj.) Severely painful or acute to the spirit.

Front 1135

poise

Back 1135

(n.) Equilibrium.

Front 1136

polar

Back 1136

(adj.) Pertaining to the poles of a sphere, especially of the earth.

Front 1137

polemics

Back 1137

(n.) The art of controversy or disputation.

Front 1138

pollen

Back 1138

(n.) The fine dust-like grains or powder formed within the anther of a flowering plant.

Front 1139

pollute

Back 1139

(v.) To contaminate.

Front 1140

polyarchy

Back 1140

(n.) Government by several or many persons of what- ever class.

Front 1141

polycracy

Back 1141

(n.) The rule of many.

Front 1142

polygamy

Back 1142

(n.) the fact or condition of having more than one wife or husband at once.

Front 1143

polyglot

Back 1143

(adj.) Speaking several tongues.

Front 1144

polygon

Back 1144

(n.) A figure having many angles.

Front 1145

polyhedron

Back 1145

(n.) A solid bounded by plane faces, especially by more than four.

Front 1146

polysyllable

Back 1146

(adj.) Having several syllables, especially more than three syllables.

Front 1147

polytechnic

Back 1147

(adj.) Pertaining to, embracing, or practicing many arts.

Front 1148

polytheism

Back 1148

(n.) The doctrine or belief that there are more gods than one.

Front 1149

pommel

Back 1149

(v.) To beat with something thick or bulky.

Front 1150

pomposity

Back 1150

(n.) The quality of being marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner.

Front 1151

pompous

Back 1151

(adj.) Marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner.

Front 1152

ponder

Back 1152

(v.) To meditate or reflect upon.

Front 1153

ponderous

Back 1153

(adj.) Unusually weighty or forcible.

Front 1154

pontiff

Back 1154

(n.) The Pope.

Front 1155

populace

Back 1155

(n.) The common people.

Front 1156

populous

Back 1156

(adj.) Containing many inhabitants, especially in proportion to the territory.

Front 1157

portend

Back 1157

(v.) To indicate as being about to happen, especially by previous signs.

Front 1158

portent

Back 1158

(n.) Anything that indicates what is to happen.

Front 1159

portfolio

Back 1159

(n.) A portable case for holding writing-materials, drawings, etc.

Front 1160

posit

Back 1160

(v.) To present in an orderly manner.

Front 1161

position

Back 1161

(n.) The manner in which a thing is placed.

Front 1162

positive

Back 1162

(adj.) Free from doubt or hesitation.

Front 1163

posse

Back 1163

(n.) A force of men.

Front 1164

possess

Back 1164

(v.) To own.

Front 1165

possession

Back 1165

(n.) The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command.

Front 1166

possessive

Back 1166

(adj.) Pertaining to the having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command.

Front 1167

possessor

Back 1167

(n.) One who owns, enjoys, or controls anything, as property.

Front 1168

possible

Back 1168

(adj.) Being not beyond the reach of power natural, moral, or supernatural.

Front 1169

postdate

Back 1169

(v.) To make the date of any writing later than the real date.

Front 1170

posterior

Back 1170

(n.) The hinder part.

Front 1171

postgraduate

Back 1171

(adj.) Pertaining to studies that are pursued after receiving a degree.

Front 1172

postscript

Back 1172

(n.) Something added to a letter after the writer's signature.

Front 1173

potency

Back 1173

(n.) Power.

Front 1174

potent

Back 1174

(adj.) Physically powerful.

Front 1175

potentate

Back 1175

(n.) One possessed of great power or sway.

Front 1176

potential

Back 1176

(n.) Anything that may be possible.

Front 1177

potion

Back 1177

(n.) A dose of liquid medicine.

Front 1178

powerless

Back 1178

(adj.) Impotent.

Front 1179

practicable

Back 1179

(adj.) Feasible.

Front 1180

prate

Back 1180

(v.) To talk about vainly or foolishly.

Front 1181

prattle

Back 1181

(v.) To utter in simple or childish talk.

Front 1182

preamble

Back 1182

(n.) A statement introductory to and explanatory of what follows.

Front 1183

precarious

Back 1183

(adj.) Perilous.

Front 1184

precaution

Back 1184

(n.) A provision made in advance for some possible emergency or danger.

Front 1185

precede

Back 1185

(v.) To happen first.

Front 1186

precedence

Back 1186

(n.) Priority in place, time, or rank.

Front 1187

precedent

Back 1187

(n.) An instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule.

Front 1188

precedential

Back 1188

(adj.) Of the nature of an instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule.

Front 1189

precession

Back 1189

(n.) The act of going forward.

Front 1190

precipice

Back 1190

(n.) A high and very steep or approximately vertical cliff.

Front 1191

precipitant

Back 1191

(adj.) Moving onward quickly and heedlessly.

Front 1192

precipitate

Back 1192

(v.) To force forward prematurely.

Front 1193

precise

Back 1193

(adj.) Exact.

Front 1194

precision

Back 1194

(n.) Accuracy of limitation, definition, or adjustment.

Front 1195

preclude

Back 1195

(v.) To prevent.

Front 1196

precocious

Back 1196

(adj.) Having the mental faculties prematurely developed.

Front 1197

precursor

Back 1197

(n.) A forerunner or herald.

Front 1198

predatory

Back 1198

(adj.) Prone to pillaging.

Front 1199

predecessor

Back 1199

(n.) An incumbent of a given office previous to another.

Front 1200

predicament

Back 1200

(n.) A difficult, trying situation or plight.

Front 1201

predicate

Back 1201

(v.) To state as belonging to something.

Front 1202

predict

Back 1202

(v.) To foretell.

Front 1203

prediction

Back 1203

(n.) A prophecy.

Front 1204

predominance

Back 1204

(n.) Ascendancy or preponderance.

Front 1205

predominant

Back 1205

(adj.) Superior in power, influence, effectiveness, number, or degree.

Front 1206

predominate

Back 1206

(v.) To be chief in importance, quantity, or degree.

Front 1207

preeminence

Back 1207

(n.) Special eminence.

Front 1208

preempt

Back 1208

(v.) To secure the right of preference in the purchase of public land.

Front 1209

preemption

Back 1209

(n.) The right or act of purchasing before others.

Front 1210

preengage

Back 1210

(v.) To preoccupy.

Front 1211

preestablish

Back 1211

(v.) To settle or arrange beforehand.

Front 1212

preexist

Back 1212

(v.) To exist at a period or in a state earlier than something else.

Front 1213

preexistence

Back 1213

(n.) Existence antecedent to something.

Front 1214

preface

Back 1214

(n.) A brief explanation or address to the reader, at the beginning of a book.

Front 1215

prefatory

Back 1215

(adj.) Pertaining to a brief explanation to the reader at the beginning of a book.

Front 1216

prefer

Back 1216

(v.) To hold in higher estimation.

Front 1217

preferable

Back 1217

(adj.) More desirable than others.

Front 1218

preference

Back 1218

(n.) An object of favor or choice.

Front 1219

preferential

Back 1219

(adj.) Possessing, giving, or constituting preference or priority.

Front 1220

preferment

Back 1220

(n.) Preference.

Front 1221

prefix

Back 1221

(v.) To attach at the beginning.

Front 1222

prehensible

Back 1222

(adj.) Capable of being grasped.

Front 1223

prehensile

Back 1223

(adj.) Adapted for grasping or holding.

Front 1224

prehension

Back 1224

(n.) The act of laying hold of or grasping.

Front 1225

prejudice

Back 1225

(n.) A judgment or opinion formed without due examination of the facts.

Front 1226

prelacy

Back 1226

(n.) A system of church government.

Front 1227

prelate

Back 1227

(n.) One of a higher order of clergy having direct authority over other clergy.

Front 1228

prelude

Back 1228

(n.) An introductory or opening performance.

Front 1229

premature

Back 1229

(adj.) Coming too soon.

Front 1230

premier

Back 1230

(adj.) First in rank or position.

Front 1231

premise

Back 1231

(n.) A judgment as a conclusion.

Front 1232

premonition

Back 1232

(n.) Foreboding.

Front 1233

preoccupation

Back 1233

(n.) The state of having the mind, attention, or inclination preoccupied.

Front 1234

preoccupy

Back 1234

(v.) To fill the mind of a person to the exclusion of other subjects.

Front 1235

preordain

Back 1235

(v.) To foreordain.

Front 1236

preparation

Back 1236

(n.) An act or proceeding designed to bring about some event.

Front 1237

preparatory

Back 1237

(adj.) Having to do with what is preliminary.

Front 1238

preponderant

Back 1238

(adj.) Prevalent.

Front 1239

preponderate

Back 1239

(v.) To exceed in influence or power.

Front 1240

prepossession

Back 1240

(n.) A preconceived liking.

Front 1241

preposterous

Back 1241

(adj.) Utterly ridiculous or absurd.

Front 1242

prerogative

Back 1242

(adj.) Having superior rank or precedence.

Front 1243

presage

Back 1243

(v.) To foretell.

Front 1244

prescience

Back 1244

(n.) Knowledge of events before they take place.

Front 1245

prescient

Back 1245

(adj.) Foreknowing.

Front 1246

prescript

Back 1246

(adj.) Prescribed as a rule or model.

Front 1247

prescriptible

Back 1247

(adj.) Derived from authoritative direction.

Front 1248

prescription

Back 1248

(n.) An authoritative direction.

Front 1249

presentient

Back 1249

(adj.) Perceiving or feeling beforehand.

Front 1250

presentiment

Back 1250

(n.) Foreboding.

Front 1251

presentment

Back 1251

(n.) Semblance.

Front 1252

preservation

Back 1252

(n.) Conservation.

Front 1253

presumption

Back 1253

(n.) That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved.

Front 1254

presumptuous

Back 1254

(adj.) Assuming too much.

Front 1255

pretension

Back 1255

(n.) A bold or presumptuous assertion.

Front 1256

pretentious

Back 1256

(adj.) Marked by pretense, conceit, or display.

Front 1257

preternatural

Back 1257

(adj.) Extraordinary.

Front 1258

pretext

Back 1258

(n.) A fictitious reason or motive.

Front 1259

prevalence

Back 1259

(n.) Frequency.

Front 1260

prevalent

Back 1260

(adj.) Of wide extent or frequent occurrence.

Front 1261

prevaricate

Back 1261

(v.) To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention.

Front 1262

prevention

Back 1262

(n.) Thwarting.

Front 1263

prickle

Back 1263

(v.) To puncture slightly with fine, sharp points.

Front 1264

priggish

Back 1264

(adj.) Conceited.

Front 1265

prim

Back 1265

(adj.) Stiffly proper.

Front 1266

prima

Back 1266

(adj.) First.

Front 1267

primer

Back 1267

(n.) An elementary reading-book for children.

Front 1268

primeval

Back 1268

(adj.) Belonging to the first ages.

Front 1269

primitive

Back 1269

(adj.) Pertaining to the beginning or early times.

Front 1270

principal

Back 1270

(adj.) Most important.

Front 1271

principality

Back 1271

(n.) The territory of a reigning prince.

Front 1272

principle

Back 1272

(n.) A general truth or proposition.

Front 1273

priory

Back 1273

(n.) A monastic house.

Front 1274

pristine

Back 1274

(adj.) Primitive.

Front 1275

privateer

Back 1275

(n.) A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war.

Front 1276

privilege

Back 1276

(n.) A right or immunity not enjoyed by all, or that may be enjoyed only under special conditions.

Front 1277

privity

Back 1277

(n.) Knowledge shared with another or others regarding a private matter.

Front 1278

privy

Back 1278

(adj.) Participating with another or others in the knowledge of a secret transaction.

Front 1279

probate

Back 1279

(adj.) Relating to making proof, as of a will.

Front 1280

probation

Back 1280

(n.) Any proceeding designed to ascertain or test character, qualification, or the like.

Front 1281

probe

Back 1281

(v.) To search through and through.

Front 1282

probity

Back 1282

(n.) Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed.

Front 1283

procedure

Back 1283

(n.) A manner or method of acting.

Front 1284

proceed

Back 1284

(v.) To renew motion or action, as after rest or interruption.

Front 1285

proclamation

Back 1285

(n.) Any announcement made in a public manner.

Front 1286

procrastinate

Back 1286

(v.) To put off till tomorrow or till a future time.

Front 1287

procrastination

Back 1287

(n.) Delay.

Front 1288

proctor

Back 1288

(n.) An agent acting for another.

Front 1289

prodigal

Back 1289

(n.) One wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property.

Front 1290

prodigious

Back 1290

(adj.) Immense.

Front 1291

prodigy

Back 1291

(n.) A person or thing of very remarkable gifts or qualities.

Front 1292

productive

Back 1292

(adj.) Yielding in abundance.

Front 1293

profession

Back 1293

(n.) Any calling or occupation involving special mental or other special disciplines.

Front 1294

professor

Back 1294

(n.) A public teacher of the highest grade in a university or college.

Front 1295

proffer

Back 1295

(v.) To offer to another for acceptance.

Front 1296

proficiency

Back 1296

(n.) An advanced state of acquirement, as in some knowledge, art, or science.

Front 1297

proficient

Back 1297

(adj.) Possessing ample and ready knowledge or of skill in any art, science, or industry.

Front 1298

profile

Back 1298

(n.) An outline or contour.

Front 1299

profiteer

Back 1299

(n.) One who profits.

Front 1300

profligacy

Back 1300

(n.) Shameless viciousness.

Front 1301

profligate

Back 1301

(adj.) Abandoned to vice.

Front 1302

profuse

Back 1302

(adj.) Produced or displayed in overabundance.

Front 1303

progeny

Back 1303

(n.) Offspring.

Front 1304

progression

Back 1304

(n.) A moving forward or proceeding in course.

Front 1305

prohibition

Back 1305

(n.) A decree or an order forbidding something.

Front 1306

prohibitionist

Back 1306

(n.) One who favors the prohibition by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.

Front 1307

prohibitory

Back 1307

(adj.) Involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Front 1308

projection

Back 1308

(n.) A prominence.

Front 1309

proletarian

Back 1309

(n.) A person of the lowest or poorest class.

Front 1310

prolific

Back 1310

(adj.) Producing offspring or fruit.

Front 1311

prolix

Back 1311

(adj.) Verbose.

Front 1312

prologue

Back 1312

(n.) A prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse, or performance.

Front 1313

prolong

Back 1313

(v.) To extend in time or duration.

Front 1314

promenade

Back 1314

(v.) To walk for amusement or exercise.

Front 1315

prominence

Back 1315

(n.) The quality of being noticeable or distinguished.

Front 1316

prominent

Back 1316

(adj.) Conspicuous in position, character, or importance.

Front 1317

promiscuous

Back 1317

(adj.) Brought together without order, distinction, or design (for sex).

Front 1318

promissory

Back 1318

(adj.) Expressing an engagement to pay.

Front 1319

promontory

Back 1319

(n.) A high point of land extending outward from the coastline into the sea.

Front 1320

promoter

Back 1320

(n.) A furtherer, forwarder, or encourager.

Front 1321

promulgate

Back 1321

(v.) To proclaim.

Front 1322

propaganda

Back 1322

(n.) Any institution or systematic scheme for propagating a doctrine or system.

Front 1323

propagate

Back 1323

(v.) To spread abroad or from person to person.

Front 1324

propel

Back 1324

(v.) To drive or urge forward.

Front 1325

propellant

Back 1325

(adj.) Propelling.

Front 1326

propeller

Back 1326

(n.) One who or that which propels.

Front 1327

prophecy

Back 1327

(n.) Any prediction or foretelling.

Front 1328

prophesy

Back 1328

(v.) To predict or foretell, especially under divine inspiration and guidance.

Front 1329

propitious

Back 1329

(adj.) Kindly disposed.

Front 1330

proportionate

Back 1330

(adj.) Being in proportion.

Front 1331

propriety

Back 1331

(n.) Accordance with recognized usage, custom, or principles.

Front 1332

propulsion

Back 1332

(n.) A driving onward or forward.

Front 1333

prosaic

Back 1333

(adj.) Unimaginative.

Front 1334

proscenium

Back 1334

(n.) That part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra.

Front 1335

proscribe

Back 1335

(v.) To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciation.

Front 1336

proscription

Back 1336

(n.) Any act of condemnation and rejection from favor and privilege.

Front 1337

proselyte

Back 1337

(n.) One who has been won over from one religious belief to another.

Front 1338

prosody

Back 1338

(n.) The science of poetical forms.

Front 1339

prospector

Back 1339

(n.) One who makes exploration, search, or examination, especially for minerals.

Front 1340

prospectus

Back 1340

(n.) A paper or pamphlet containing information of a proposed undertaking.

Front 1341

prostrate

Back 1341

(adj.) Lying prone, or with the head to the ground.

Front 1342

protagonist

Back 1342

(n.) A leader in any enterprise or contest.

Front 1343

protection

Back 1343

(n.) Preservation from harm, danger, annoyance, or any other evil.

Front 1344

protective

Back 1344

(adj.) Sheltering.

Front 1345

protector

Back 1345

(n.) A defender.

Front 1346

protege

Back 1346

(n.) One specially cared for and favored by another usually older person.

Front 1347

Protestant

Back 1347

(n.) A Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and holds the right of special judgment.

Front 1348

protomartyr

Back 1348

(n.) The earliest victim in any cause.

Front 1349

protocol

Back 1349

(n.) A declaration or memorandum of agreement less solemn and formal than a treaty.

Front 1350

protoplasm

Back 1350

(n.) The substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell.

Front 1351

prototype

Back 1351

(n.) A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form or spirit.

Front 1352

protract

Back 1352

(v.) To prolong.

Front 1353

protrude

Back 1353

(v.) To push out or thrust forth.

Front 1354

protrusion

Back 1354

(n.) The act of protruding.

Front 1355

protuberance

Back 1355

(n.) Something that swells out from a surrounding surface.

Front 1356

protuberant

Back 1356

(adj.) Bulging.

Front 1357

protuberate

Back 1357

(v.) To swell or bulge beyond the surrounding surface.

Front 1358

proverb

Back 1358

(n.) A brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the wisdom of experience.

Front 1359

provident

Back 1359

(adj.) Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies.

Front 1360

providential

Back 1360

(adj.) Effected by divine guidance.

Front 1361

provincial

Back 1361

(adj.) Uncultured in thought and manner.

Front 1362

proviso

Back 1362

(n.) A clause in a contract, will, etc., by which its operation is rendered conditional.

Front 1363

provocation

Back 1363

(n.) An action or mode of conduct that excites resentment.

Front 1364

prowess

Back 1364

(n.) Strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle.

Front 1365

proximately

Back 1365

(adv.) Immediately.

Front 1366

proxy

Back 1366

(n.) A person who is empowered by another to represent him or her in a given matter.

Front 1367

prudence

Back 1367

(n.) Caution.

Front 1368

prudential

Back 1368

(adj.) Proceeding or marked by caution.

Front 1369

prudery

Back 1369

(n.) An undue display of modesty or delicacy.

Front 1370

prurient

Back 1370

(adj.) Inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires.

Front 1371

pseudapostle

Back 1371

(n.) A pretended or false apostle.

Front 1372

pseudonym

Back 1372

(n.) A fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer.

Front 1373

pseudonymity

Back 1373

(n.) The state or character of using a fictitious name.

Front 1374

psychiatry

Back 1374

(n.) The branch of medicine that relates to mental disease.

Front 1375

psychic

Back 1375

(adj.) Pertaining to the mind or soul.

Front 1376

psychopathic

Back 1376

(adj.) Morally irresponsible.

Front 1377

psychotherapy

Back 1377

(n.) The treatment of mental disease.

Front 1378

pudgy

Back 1378

(adj.) Small and fat.

Front 1379

puerile

Back 1379

(adj.) Childish.

Front 1380

pugnacious

Back 1380

(adj.) Quarrelsome.

Front 1381

puissant

Back 1381

(adj.) Possessing strength.

Front 1382

pulmonary

Back 1382

(adj.) Pertaining to the lungs.

Front 1383

punctilious

Back 1383

(adj.) Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom.

Front 1384

punctual

Back 1384

(adj.) Observant and exact in points of time.

Front 1385

pungent

Back 1385

(adj.) Affecting the sense of smell.

Front 1386

pungency

Back 1386

(n.) The quality of affecting the sense of smell.

Front 1387

punitive

Back 1387

(adj.) Pertaining to punishment.

Front 1388

pupilage

Back 1388

(n.) The state or period of being a student.

Front 1389

purgatory

Back 1389

(n.) An intermediate state where souls are made fit for paradise or heaven by expiatory suffering.

Front 1390

purl

Back 1390

(v.) To cause to whirl, as in an eddy.

Front 1391

purloin

Back 1391

(v.) To steal.

Front 1392

purport

Back 1392

(n.) Intent.

Front 1393

purveyor

Back 1393

(n.) one who supplies

Front 1394

pusillanimous

Back 1394

(adj.) Without spirit or bravery.

Front 1395

putrescent

Back 1395

(adj.) Undergoing decomposition of animal or vegetable matter accompanied by fetid odors.

Front 1396

pyre

Back 1396

(n.) A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body.

Front 1397

pyromania

Back 1397

(n.) An insane propensity to set things on fire.

Front 1398

pyrotechnic

Back 1398

(adj.) Pertaining to fireworks or their manufacture.

Front 1399

pyx

Back 1399

(n.) A vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved.

Front 1400

quackery

Back 1400

(n.) Charlatanry

Front 1401

quadrate

Back 1401

(v.) To divide into quarters.

Front 1402

quadruple

Back 1402

(v.) To multiply by four.

Front 1403

qualification

Back 1403

(n.) A requisite for an employment, position, right, or privilege.

Front 1404

qualify

Back 1404

(v.) To endow or furnish with requisite ability, character, knowledge, skill, or possessions.

Front 1405

qualm

Back 1405

(n.) A fit of nausea.

Front 1406

quandary

Back 1406

(n.) A puzzling predicament.

Front 1407

quantity

Back 1407

(n.) Magnitude.

Front 1408

quarantine

Back 1408

(n.) The enforced isolation of any person or place infected with contagious disease.

Front 1409

quarrelsome

Back 1409

(adj.) Irascible.

Front 1410

quarter

Back 1410

(n.) One of four equal parts into which anything is or may be divided.

Front 1411

quarterly

Back 1411

(adj.) Occurring or made at intervals of three months.

Front 1412

quartet

Back 1412

(n.) A composition for four voices or four instruments.

Front 1413

quarto

Back 1413

(n.) An eight-page newspaper of any size.

Front 1414

quay

Back 1414

(n.) A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it.

Front 1415

querulous

Back 1415

(adj.) Habitually complaining.

Front 1416

query

Back 1416

(v.) To make inquiry.

Front 1417

queue

Back 1417

(n.) A file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as for admittance.

Front 1418

quibble

Back 1418

(n.) An utterly trivial distinction or objection.

Front 1419

quiescence

Back 1419

(n.) Quiet.

Front 1420

quiescent

Back 1420

(adj.) Being in a state of repose or inaction.

Front 1421

quiet

Back 1421

(adj.) Making no noise.

Front 1422

quietus

Back 1422

(n.) A silencing, suppressing, or ending.

Front 1423

quintessence

Back 1423

(n.) The most essential part of anything.

Front 1424

quintet

Back 1424

(n.) Musical composition arranged for five voices or instruments.

Front 1425

quite

Back 1425

(adv.) Fully.

Front 1426

Quixotic

Back 1426

(adj.) Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree.

Front 1427

rabid

Back 1427

(adj.) Affected with rabies or hydrophobia.

Front 1428

racy

Back 1428

(adj.) Exciting or exhilarating to the mind.

Front 1429

radiance

Back 1429

(n.) Brilliant or sparkling luster.

Front 1430

radiate

Back 1430

(v.) To extend in all directions, as from a source or focus.

Front 1431

radical

Back 1431

(n.) One who holds extreme views or advocates extreme measures.

Front 1432

radix

Back 1432

(n.) That from or on which something is developed.

Front 1433

raillery

Back 1433

(n.) Good-humored satire.

Front 1434

ramify

Back 1434

(v.) To divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions.

Front 1435

ramose

Back 1435

(adj.) Branch-like.

Front 1436

rampant

Back 1436

(adj.) Growing, climbing, or running without check or restraint.

Front 1437

rampart

Back 1437

(n.) A bulwark or construction to oppose assault or hostile entry.

Front 1438

rancor

Back 1438

(n.) Malice.

Front 1439

rankle

Back 1439

(v.) To produce irritation or festering.

Front 1440

rapacious

Back 1440

(adj.) Disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods.

Front 1441

rapid

Back 1441

(adj.) Having great speed.

Front 1442

rapine

Back 1442

(n.) The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war.

Front 1443

rapt

Back 1443

(adj.) Enraptured.

Front 1444

raptorial

Back 1444

(adj.) Seizing and devouring living prey.

Front 1445

ration

Back 1445

(v.) To provide with a fixed allowance or portion, especially of food.

Front 1446

rationalism

Back 1446

(n.) The formation of opinions by relying upon reason alone, independently of authority.

Front 1447

raucous

Back 1447

(adj.) Harsh.

Front 1448

ravage

Back 1448

(v.) To lay waste by pillage, rapine, devouring, or other destructive methods.

Front 1449

ravenous

Back 1449

(adj.) Furiously voracious or hungry.

Front 1450

ravine

Back 1450

(n.) A deep gorge or hollow, especially one worn by a stream or flow of water.

Front 1451

reaction

Back 1451

(n.) Tendency towards a former, or opposite state of things, as after reform, revolution, or inflation.

Front 1452

reactionary

Back 1452

(adj.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or favoring reaction.

Front 1453

readily

Back 1453

(adv.) Without objection or reluctance.

Front 1454

readjust

Back 1454

(v.) To put in order after disarrangement.

Front 1455

ready

Back 1455

(adj.) In a state of preparedness for any given purpose or occasion.

Front 1456

realism

Back 1456

(n.) The principle and practice of depicting persons and scenes as they are believed really to exist.

Front 1457

rearrange

Back 1457

(v.) To arrange again or in a different order.

Front 1458

reassure

Back 1458

(v.) To give new confidence.

Front 1459

rebellious

Back 1459

(adj.) Insubordinate.

Front 1460

rebuff

Back 1460

(n.) A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches.

Front 1461

rebuild

Back 1461

(v.) To build again or anew.

Front 1462

rebut

Back 1462

(v.) To oppose by argument or a sufficient answer.

Front 1463

recant

Back 1463

(v.) To withdraw formally one's belief (in something previously believed or maintained).

Front 1464

recapitulate

Back 1464

(v.) To repeat again the principal points of.

Front 1465

recapture

Back 1465

(v.) To capture again.

Front 1466

recede

Back 1466

(v.) To move back or away.

Front 1467

receivable

Back 1467

(adj.) Capable of being or fit to be received - often money.

Front 1468

receptive

Back 1468

(adj.) Having the capacity, quality, or ability of receiving, as truths or impressions.

Front 1469

recessive

Back 1469

(adj.) Having a tendency to go back.

Front 1470

recidivist

Back 1470

(n.) A confirmed criminal.

Front 1471

reciprocal

Back 1471

(adj.) Mutually interchangeable or convertible.

Front 1472

reciprocate

Back 1472

(v.) To give and take mutually.

Front 1473

reciprocity

Back 1473

(n.) Equal mutual rights and benefits granted and enjoyed.

Front 1474

recitation

Back 1474

(n.) The act of reciting or repeating, especially in public and from memory.

Front 1475

reck

Back 1475

(v.) To have a care or thought for.

Front 1476

reckless

Back 1476

(adj.) Foolishly headless of danger.

Front 1477

reclaim

Back 1477

(v.) To demand or to obtain the return or restoration of.

Front 1478

recline

Back 1478

(v.) To cause to assume a leaning or recumbent attitude or position.

Front 1479

recluse

Back 1479

(n.) One who lives in retirement or seclusion.

Front 1480

reclusory

Back 1480

(n.) A hermitage.

Front 1481

recognizance

Back 1481

(n.) An acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act.

Front 1482

recognize

Back 1482

(v.) To recall the identity of (a person or thing).

Front 1483

recoil

Back 1483

(v.) To start back as in dismay, loathing, or dread.

Front 1484

recollect

Back 1484

(v.) To recall the knowledge of.

Front 1485

reconcilable

Back 1485

(adj.) Capable of being adjusted or harmonized.

Front 1486

reconnoiter

Back 1486

(v.) To make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying, or geological purposes.

Front 1487

reconsider

Back 1487

(v.) To review with care, especially with a view to a reversal of previous action.

Front 1488

reconstruct

Back 1488

(v.) To rebuild.

Front 1489

recourse

Back 1489

(n.) Resort to or application for help in exigency or trouble.

Front 1490

recover

Back 1490

(v.) To regain.

Front 1491

recreant

Back 1491

(n.) A cowardly or faithless person.

Front 1492

recreate

Back 1492

(v.) To refresh after labor.

Front 1493

recrudescence

Back 1493

(n.) The state of becoming raw or sore again.

Front 1494

recrudescent

Back 1494

(adj.) Becoming raw or sore again.

Front 1495

recruit

Back 1495

(v.) To enlist men for military or naval service.

Front 1496

rectify

Back 1496

(v.) To correct.

Front 1497

rectitude

Back 1497

(n.) The quality of being upright in principles and conduct.

Front 1498

recuperate

Back 1498

(v.) To recover.

Front 1499

recur

Back 1499

(v.) To happen again or repeatedly, especially at regular intervals.

Front 1500

recure

Back 1500

(v.) To cure again.

Front 1501

recurrent

Back 1501

(adj.) Returning from time to time, especially at regular or stated intervals.

Front 1502

redemption

Back 1502

(n.) The recovery of what is mortgaged or pledged, by paying the debt.

Front 1503

redolent

Back 1503

(adj.) Smelling sweet and agreeable.

Front 1504

redolence

Back 1504

(n.) Smelling sweet and agreeable.

Front 1505

redoubtable

Back 1505

(adj.) Formidable.

Front 1506

redound

Back 1506

(n.) Rebound.

Front 1507

redress

Back 1507

(v.) To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer.

Front 1508

reducible

Back 1508

(adj.) That may be reduced.

Front 1509

redundance

Back 1509

(n.) Excess.

Front 1510

redundant

Back 1510

(adj.) Constituting an excess.

Front 1511

reestablish

Back 1511

(v.) To restore.

Front 1512

refer

Back 1512

(v.) To direct or send for information or other purpose.

Front 1513

referrer

Back 1513

(n.) One who refers.

Front 1514

referable

Back 1514

(adj.) Ascribable.

Front 1515

referee

Back 1515

(n.) An umpire.

Front 1516

refinery

Back 1516

(n.) A place where some crude material, as sugar or petroleum, is purified.

Front 1517

reflectible

Back 1517

(adj.) Capable of being turned back.

Front 1518

reflection

Back 1518

(n.) The throwing off or back of light, heat, sound, or any form of energy that travels in waves.

Front 1519

reflector

Back 1519

(n.) A mirror, as of metal, for reflecting light, heat, or sound in a particular direction.

Front 1520

reflexible

Back 1520

(adj.) Capable of being reflected.

Front 1521

reform

Back 1521

(n.) Change for the better.

Front 1522

reformer

Back 1522

(n.) One who carries out a reform.

Front 1523

refract

Back 1523

(v.) To bend or turn from a direct course.

Front 1524

refractory

Back 1524

(adj.) Not amenable to control.

Front 1525

refragable

Back 1525

(adj.) Capable of being refuted.

Front 1526

refringency

Back 1526

(n.) Power to refract.

Front 1527

refringent

Back 1527

(adj.) Having the power to refract.

Front 1528

refusal

Back 1528

(n.) Denial of what is asked.

Front 1529

refute

Back 1529

(v.) To prove to be wrong.

Front 1530

regale

Back 1530

(v.) To give unusual pleasure.

Front 1531

regalia

Back 1531

(n.) pl. The emblems of royalty.

Front 1532

regality

Back 1532

(n.) Royalty.

Front 1533

regenerate

Back 1533

(v.) To reproduce.

Front 1534

regent

Back 1534

(n.) One who is lawfully deputized to administer the government for the time being in the name of the ruler.

Front 1535

regicide

Back 1535

(n.) The killing of a king or sovereign.

Front 1536

regime

Back 1536

(n.) Particular conduct or administration of affairs.

Front 1537

regimen

Back 1537

(n.) A systematized order or course of living with reference to food, clothing and personal habits.

Front 1538

regiment

Back 1538

(n.) A body of soldiers.

Front 1539

regnant

Back 1539

(adj.) Exercising royal authority in one's own right.

Front 1540

regress

Back 1540

(v.) To return to a former place or condition.

Front 1541

regretful

Back 1541

(adj.) Feeling, expressive of, or full of regret.

Front 1542

rehabilitate

Back 1542

(v.) To restore to a former status, capacity, right rank, or privilege.

Front 1543

reign

Back 1543

(v.) To hold and exercise sovereign power.

Front 1544

reimburse

Back 1544

(v.) To pay back as an equivalent of what has been expended.

Front 1545

rein

Back 1545

(n.) A step attached to the bit for controlling a horse or other draft-animal.

Front 1546

reinstate

Back 1546

(v.) To restore to a former state, station, or authority.

Front 1547

reiterate

Back 1547

(v.) To say or do again and again.

Front 1548

rejoin

Back 1548

(v.) To reunite after separation.

Front 1549

rejuvenate

Back 1549

(v.) To restore to youth.

Front 1550

rejuvenescence

Back 1550

(n.) A renewal of youth.

Front 1551

relapse

Back 1551

(v.) To suffer a return of a disease after partial recovery.

Front 1552

relegate

Back 1552

(v.) To send off or consign, as to an obscure position or remote destination.

Front 1553

relent

Back 1553

(v.) To yield.

Front 1554

relevant

Back 1554

(adj.) Bearing upon the matter in hand.

Front 1555

reliance

Back 1555

(n.) Dependence.

Front 1556

reliant

Back 1556

(adj.) Having confidence.

Front 1557

relinquish

Back 1557

(v.) To give up using or having.

Front 1558

reliquary

Back 1558

(n.) A casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept.

Front 1559

relish

Back 1559

(v.) To like the taste or savor of.

Front 1560

reluctance

Back 1560

(n.) Unwillingness.

Front 1561

reluctant

Back 1561

(adj.) Unwilling.

Front 1562

remembrance

Back 1562

(n.) Recollection.

Front 1563

reminiscence

Back 1563

(n.) The calling to mind of incidents within the range of personal knowledge or experience.

Front 1564

reminiscent

Back 1564

(adj.) Pertaining to the recollection of matters of personal interest.

Front 1565

remiss

Back 1565

(adj.) Negligent.

Front 1566

remission

Back 1566

(n.) Temporary diminution of a disease.

Front 1567

remodel

Back 1567

(v.) Reconstruct.

Front 1568

remonstrance

Back 1568

(n.) Reproof.

Front 1569

remonstrant

Back 1569

(adj.) Having the character of a reproof.

Front 1570

remonstrate

Back 1570

(v.) To present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong.

Front 1571

remunerate

Back 1571

(v.) To pay or pay for.

Front 1572

remuneration

Back 1572

(n.) Compensation.

Front 1573

Renaissance

Back 1573

(n.) The revival of letters, and then of art, which marks the transition from medieval to modern time.

Front 1574

rendezvous

Back 1574

(n.) A prearranged place of meeting.

Front 1575

rendition

Back 1575

(n.) Interpretation.

Front 1576

renovate

Back 1576

(v.) To restore after deterioration, as a building.

Front 1577

renunciation

Back 1577

(n.) An explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege.

Front 1578

reorganize

Back 1578

(v.) To change to a more satisfactory form of organization.

Front 1579

reparable

Back 1579

(adj.) Capable of repair.

Front 1580

reparation

Back 1580

(n.) The act of making amends, as for an injury, loss, or wrong.

Front 1581

repartee

Back 1581

(n.) A ready, witty, or apt reply.

Front 1582

repeal

Back 1582

(v.) To render of no further effect.

Front 1583

repel

Back 1583

(v.) To force or keep back in a manner, physically or mentally.

Front 1584

repellent

Back 1584

(adj.) Having power to force back in a manner, physically or mentally.

Front 1585

repentance

Back 1585

(n.) Sorrow for something done or left undone, with desire to make things right by undoing the wrong.

Front 1586

repertory

Back 1586

(n.) A place where things are stored or gathered together.

Front 1587

repetition

Back 1587

(n.) The act of repeating.

Front 1588

repine

Back 1588

(v.) To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding.

Front 1589

replenish

Back 1589

(v.) To fill again, as something that has been emptied.

Front 1590

replete

Back 1590

(adj.) Full to the uttermost.

Front 1591

replica

Back 1591

(n.) A duplicate executed by the artist himself, and regarded, equally with the first, as an original.

Front 1592

repository

Back 1592

(n.) A place in which goods are stored.

Front 1593

reprehend

Back 1593

(v.) To find fault with.

Front 1594

reprehensible

Back 1594

(adj.) Censurable.

Front 1595

reprehension

Back 1595

(n.) Expression of blame.

Front 1596

repress

Back 1596

(v.) To keep under restraint or control.

Front 1597

repressible

Back 1597

(adj.) Able to be kept under restraint or control.

Front 1598

reprieve

Back 1598

(v.) To grant a respite from punishment to.

Front 1599

reprimand

Back 1599

(v.) To chide or rebuke for a fault.

Front 1600

reprisal

Back 1600

(n.) Any infliction or act by way of retaliation on an enemy.

Front 1601

reprobate

Back 1601

(n.) One abandoned to depravity and sin.

Front 1602

reproduce

Back 1602

(v.) To make a copy of.

Front 1603

reproduction

Back 1603

(n.) The process by which an animal or plant gives rise to another of its kind.

Front 1604

reproof

Back 1604

(n.) An expression of disapproval or blame personally addressed to one censured.

Front 1605

repudiate

Back 1605

(v.) To refuse to have anything to do with.

Front 1606

repugnance

Back 1606

(n.) Thorough dislike.

Front 1607

repugnant

Back 1607

(adj.) Offensive to taste and feeling.

Front 1608

repulse

Back 1608

(n.) The act of beating or driving back, as an attacking or advancing enemy.

Front 1609

repulsive

Back 1609

(adj.) Grossly offensive.

Front 1610

repute

Back 1610

(v.) To hold in general opinion.

Front 1611

requiem

Back 1611

(n.) A solemn mass sung for the repose of the souls of the dead.

Front 1612

requisite

Back 1612

(adj.) Necessary.

Front 1613

requital

Back 1613

(n.) Adequate return for good or ill.

Front 1614

requite

Back 1614

(v.) To repay either good or evil to, as to a person.

Front 1615

rescind

Back 1615

(v.) To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority.

Front 1616

reseat

Back 1616

(v.) To place in position of office again.

Front 1617

resemblance

Back 1617

(n.) Similarity in quality or form.

Front 1618

resent

Back 1618

(v.) To be indignant at, as an injury or insult.

Front 1619

reservoir

Back 1619

(n.) A receptacle where a quantity of some material, especially of a liquid or gas, may be kept.

Front 1620

residue

Back 1620

(n.) A remainder or surplus after a part has been separated or otherwise treated.

Front 1621

resilience

Back 1621

(n.) The power of springing back to a former position

Front 1622

resilient

Back 1622

(adj.) Having the quality of springing back to a former position.

Front 1623

resistance

Back 1623

(n.) The exertion of opposite effort or effect.

Front 1624

resistant

Back 1624

(adj.) Offering or tending to produce resistance.

Front 1625

resistive

Back 1625

(adj.) Having or exercising the power of resistance.

Front 1626

resistless

Back 1626

(adj.) Powerless.

Front 1627

resonance

Back 1627

(n.) The quality of being able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations.

Front 1628

resonance

Back 1628

(adj.) Able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations.

Front 1629

resonate

Back 1629

(v.) To have or produce resonance.

Front 1630

resource

Back 1630

(n.) That which is restored to, relied upon, or made available for aid or support.

Front 1631

respite

Back 1631

(n.) Interval of rest.

Front 1632

resplendent

Back 1632

(adj.) Very bright.

Front 1633

respondent

Back 1633

(adj.) Answering.

Front 1634

restitution

Back 1634

(n.) Restoration of anything to the one to whom it properly belongs.

Front 1635

resumption

Back 1635

(n.) The act of taking back, or taking again.

Front 1636

resurgent

Back 1636

(adj.) Surging back or again.

Front 1637

resurrection

Back 1637

(n.) A return from death to life

Front 1638

resuscitate

Back 1638

(v.) To restore from apparent death.

Front 1639

retaliate

Back 1639

(v.) To repay evil with a similar evil.

Front 1640

retch

Back 1640

(v.) To make an effort to vomit.

Front 1641

retention

Back 1641

(n.) The keeping of a thing within one's power or possession.

Front 1642

reticence

Back 1642

(n.) The quality of habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance.

Front 1643

reticent

Back 1643

(adj.) Habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance.

Front 1644

retinue

Back 1644

(n.) The body of persons who attend a person of importance in travel or public appearance.

Front 1645

retort

Back 1645

(n.) A retaliatory speech.

Front 1646

retouch

Back 1646

(v.) To modify the details of.

Front 1647

retrace

Back 1647

(v.) To follow backward or toward the place of beginning, as a track or marking.

Front 1648

retract

Back 1648

(v.) To recall or take back (something that one has said).

Front 1649

retrench

Back 1649

(v.) To cut down or reduce in extent or quantity.

Front 1650

retrieve

Back 1650

(v.) To recover something by searching.

Front 1651

retroactive

Back 1651

(adj.) Operative on, affecting, or having reference to past events, transactions, responsibilities.

Front 1652

retrograde

Back 1652

(v.) To cause to deteriorate or to move backward.

Front 1653

retrogression

Back 1653

(n.) A going or moving backward or in a reverse direction.

Front 1654

retrospect

Back 1654

(n.) A view or contemplation of something past.

Front 1655

retrospective

Back 1655

(adj.) Looking back on the past.

Front 1656

reunite

Back 1656

(v.) To unite or join again, as after separation.

Front 1657

revelation

Back 1657

(n.) A disclosing, discovering, or making known of what was before secret, private, or unknown.

Front 1658

revere

Back 1658

(v.) To regard with worshipful veneration.

Front 1659

reverent

Back 1659

(adj.) Humble.

Front 1660

reversion

Back 1660

(n.) A return to or toward some former state or condition.

Front 1661

revert

Back 1661

(v.) To return, or turn or look back, as toward a former position or the like.

Front 1662

revile

Back 1662

(v.) To heap approach or abuse upon.

Front 1663

revisal

Back 1663

(n.) Revision.

Front 1664

revise

Back 1664

(v.) To examine for the correction of errors, or for the purpose of making changes.

Front 1665

revocation

Back 1665

(n.) Repeal.

Front 1666

revoke

Back 1666

(v.) To rescind.

Front 1667

rhapsody

Back 1667

(n.) Rapt or rapturous utterance.

Front 1668

rhetoric

Back 1668

(n.) The art of discourse.

Front 1669

rhetorician

Back 1669

(n.) A showy writer or speaker.

Front 1670

ribald

Back 1670

(adj.) Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity.

Front 1671

riddance

Back 1671

(n.) The act or ridding or delivering from something undesirable.

Front 1672

ridicule

Back 1672

(n.) Looks or acts expressing amused contempt.

Front 1673

ridiculous

Back 1673

(adj.) Laughable and contemptible.

Front 1674

rife

Back 1674

(adj.) Abundant.

Front 1675

righteousness

Back 1675

(n.) Rectitude.

Front 1676

rightful

Back 1676

(adj.) Conformed to a just claim according to established laws or usage.

Front 1677

rigmarole

Back 1677

(n.) Nonsense.

Front 1678

rigor

Back 1678

(n.) Inflexibility.

Front 1679

rigorous

Back 1679

(adj.) Uncompromising.

Front 1680

ripplet

Back 1680

(n.) A small ripple, as of water.

Front 1681

risible

Back 1681

(adj.) capable of exciting laughter.

Front 1682

rivulet

Back 1682

(n.) A small stream or brook.

Front 1683

robust

Back 1683

(adj.) Characterized by great strength or power of endurance.

Front 1684

rondo

Back 1684

(n.) A musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times.

Front 1685

rookery

Back 1685

(n.) A place where crows congregate to breed.

Front 1686

rotary

Back 1686

(adj.) Turning around its axis, like a wheel, or so constructed as to turn thus.

Front 1687

rotate

Back 1687

(v.) To cause to turn on or as on its axis, as a wheel.

Front 1688

rote

Back 1688

(n.) Repetition of words or sounds as a means of learning them, with slight attention.

Front 1689

rotund

Back 1689

(adj.) Round from fullness or plumpness.

Front 1690

rudimentary

Back 1690

(adj.) Being in an initial, early, or incomplete stage of development.

Front 1691

rue

Back 1691

(v.) To regret extremely.

Front 1692

ruffian

Back 1692

(adj.) A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow.

Front 1693

ruminant

Back 1693

(adj.) Chewing the cud.

Front 1694

ruminate

Back 1694

(v.) To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated.

Front 1695

rupture

Back 1695

(v.) To separate the parts of by violence.

Front 1696

rustic

Back 1696

(adj.) Characteristic of dwelling in the country.

Front 1697

ruth

Back 1697

(n.) Sorrow for another's misery.

Front 1698

sacrifice

Back 1698

(v.) To make an offering of to deity, especially by presenting on an altar.

Front 1699

sacrificial

Back 1699

(adj.) Offering or offered as an atonement for sin.

Front 1700

sacrilege

Back 1700

(n.) The act of violating or profaning anything sacred.

Front 1701

sacrilegious

Back 1701

(adj.) Impious.

Front 1702

safeguard

Back 1702

(v.) To protect.

Front 1703

sagacious

Back 1703

(adj.) Able to discern and distinguish with wise perception.

Front 1704

salacious

Back 1704

(adj.) Having strong sexual desires.

Front 1705

salience

Back 1705

(n.) The condition of standing out distinctly.

Front 1706

salient

Back 1706

(adj.) Standing out prominently.

Front 1707

saline

Back 1707

(adj.) Constituting or consisting of salt.

Front 1708

salutary

Back 1708

(adj.) Beneficial.

Front 1709

salutation

Back 1709

(n.) Any form of greeting, hailing, or welcome, whether by word or act.

Front 1710

salutatory

Back 1710

(n.) The opening oration at the commencement in American colleges.

Front 1711

salvage

Back 1711

(n.) Any act of saving property.

Front 1712

salvo

Back 1712

(n.) A salute given by firing all the guns, as at the funeral of an officer.

Front 1713

sanctimonious

Back 1713

(adj.) Making an ostentatious display or hypocritical pretense of holiness or piety.

Front 1714

sanction

Back 1714

(v.) To approve authoritatively.

Front 1715

sanctity

Back 1715

(n.) Holiness.

Front 1716

sanguinary

Back 1716

(adj.) Bloody.

Front 1717

sanguine

Back 1717

(adj.) Having the color of blood.

Front 1718

sanguineous

Back 1718

(adj.) Consisting of blood.

Front 1719

sapid

Back 1719

(adj.) Affecting the sense of taste.

Front 1720

sapience

Back 1720

(n.) Deep wisdom or knowledge.

Front 1721

sapient

Back 1721

(adj.) Possessing wisdom.

Front 1722

sapiential

Back 1722

(adj.) Possessing wisdom.

Front 1723

saponaceous

Back 1723

(adj.) Having the nature or quality of soap.

Front 1724

sarcasm

Back 1724

(n.) Cutting and reproachful language.

Front 1725

sarcophagus

Back 1725

(n.) A stone coffin or a chest-like tomb.

Front 1726

sardonic

Back 1726

(adj.) Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic.

Front 1727

satiate

Back 1727

(v.) To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of.

Front 1728

satire

Back 1728

(n.) The employment of sarcasm, irony, or keenness of wit in ridiculing vices.

Front 1729

satiric

Back 1729

(adj.) Resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity ,or corruption is held up to ridicule.

Front 1730

satirize

Back 1730

(v.) To treat with sarcasm or derisive wit.

Front 1731

satyr

Back 1731

(n.) A very lascivious person.

Front 1732

savage

Back 1732

(n.) A wild and uncivilized human being.

Front 1733

savor

Back 1733

(v.) To perceive by taste or smell.

Front 1734

scabbard

Back 1734

(n.) The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon.

Front 1735

scarcity

Back 1735

(n.) Insufficiency of supply for needs or ordinary demands.

Front 1736

scholarly

Back 1736

(adj.) Characteristic of an erudite person.

Front 1737

scholastic

Back 1737

(adj.) Pertaining to education or schools.

Front 1738

scintilla

Back 1738

(n.) The faintest ray.

Front 1739

scintillate

Back 1739

(v.) To emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light.

Front 1740

scope

Back 1740

(n.) A range of action or view.

Front 1741

scoundrel

Back 1741

(n.) A man without principle.

Front 1742

scribble

Back 1742

(n.) Hasty, careless writing.

Front 1743

scribe

Back 1743

(n.) One who writes or is skilled in writing.

Front 1744

script

Back 1744

(n.) Writing or handwriting of the ordinary cursive form.

Front 1745

Scriptural

Back 1745

(adj.) Pertaining to, contained in, or warranted by the Holy Scriptures.

Front 1746

scruple

Back 1746

(n.) Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty.

Front 1747

scrupulous

Back 1747

(adj.) Cautious in action for fear of doing wrong.

Front 1748

scurrilous

Back 1748

(adj.) Grossly indecent or vulgar.

Front 1749

scuttle

Back 1749

(v.) To sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom.

Front 1750

scythe

Back 1750

(n.) A long curved blade for mowing, reaping, etc.

Front 1751

seance

Back 1751

(n.) A meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits.

Front 1752

sear

Back 1752

(v.) To burn on the surface.

Front 1753

sebaceous

Back 1753

(adj.) Pertaining to or appearing like fat.

Front 1754

secant

Back 1754

(adj.) Cutting, especially into two parts.

Front 1755

secede

Back 1755

(v.) To withdraw from union or association, especially from a political or religious body.

Front 1756

secession

Back 1756

(n.) Voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from political or religious bodies.

Front 1757

seclude

Back 1757

(v.) To place, keep, or withdraw from the companionship of others.

Front 1758

seclusion

Back 1758

(n.) Solitude.

Front 1759

secondary

Back 1759

(adj.) Less important or effective than that which is primary.

Front 1760

secondly

Back 1760

(adv.) In the second place in order or succession.

Front 1761

second-rate

Back 1761

(adj.) Second in quality, size, rank, importance, etc.

Front 1762

secrecy

Back 1762

(n.) Concealment.

Front 1763

secretary

Back 1763

(n.) One who attends to correspondence, keeps records. or does other writing for others.

Front 1764

secretive

Back 1764

(adj.) Having a tendency to conceal.

Front 1765

sedate

Back 1765

(adj.) Even-tempered.

Front 1766

sedentary

Back 1766

(adj.) Involving or requiring much sitting.

Front 1767

sediment

Back 1767

(n.) Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.

Front 1768

sedition

Back 1768

(n.) Conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state.

Front 1769

seditious

Back 1769

(adj.) Promotive of conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state.

Front 1770

seduce

Back 1770

(v.) To entice to surrender chastity.

Front 1771

sedulous

Back 1771

(adj.) Persevering in effort or endeavor.

Front 1772

seer

Back 1772

(n.) A prophet.

Front 1773

seethe

Back 1773

(v.) To be violently excited or agitated.

Front 1774

seignior

Back 1774

(n.) A title of honor or respectful address, equivalent to sir.

Front 1775

seismograph

Back 1775

(n.) An instrument for recording the phenomena of earthquakes.

Front 1776

seize

Back 1776

(v.) To catch or take hold of suddenly and forcibly.

Front 1777

selective

Back 1777

(adj.) Having the power of choice.

Front 1778

self-respect

Back 1778

(n.) Rational self-esteem.

Front 1779

semblance

Back 1779

(n.) Outward appearance.

Front 1780

semicivilized

Back 1780

(adj.) Half-civilized.

Front 1781

semiconscious

Back 1781

(adj.) Partially conscious.

Front 1782

semiannual

Back 1782

(adj.) Recurring at intervals of six months.

Front 1783

semicircle

Back 1783

(n.) A half-circle.

Front 1784

seminar

Back 1784

(n.) Any assemblage of pupils for real research in some specific study under a teacher.

Front 1785

seminary

Back 1785

(n.) A special school, as of theology or pedagogics.

Front 1786

senile

Back 1786

(adj.) Peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or infirmity of old age.

Front 1787

sensation

Back 1787

(n.) A condition of mind resulting from spiritual or inherent feeling.

Front 1788

sense

Back 1788

(n.) The signification conveyed by some word, phrase, or action.

Front 1789

sensibility

Back 1789

(n.) Power to perceive or feel.

Front 1790

sensitive

Back 1790

(adj.) Easily affected by outside operations or influences.

Front 1791

sensorium

Back 1791

(n.) The sensory apparatus.

Front 1792

sensual

Back 1792

(adj.) Pertaining to the body or the physical senses.

Front 1793

sensuous

Back 1793

(adj.) Having a warm appreciation of the beautiful or of the refinements of luxury.

Front 1794

sentence

Back 1794

(n.) A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.

Front 1795

sentience

Back 1795

(n.) Capacity for sensation or sense-perception.

Front 1796

sentient

Back 1796

(adj.) Possessing the power of sense or sense-perception.

Front 1797

sentinel

Back 1797

(n.) Any guard or watch stationed for protection.

Front 1798

separable

Back 1798

(adj.) Capable of being disjoined or divided.

Front 1799

separate

Back 1799

(v.) To take apart.

Front 1800

separatist

Back 1800

(n.) A seceder.

Front 1801

septennial

Back 1801

(adj.) Recurring every seven years.

Front 1802

sepulcher

Back 1802

(n.) A burial-place.

Front 1803

sequacious

Back 1803

(adj.) Ready to be led.

Front 1804

sequel

Back 1804

(n.) That which follows in consequence of what has previously happened.

Front 1805

sequence

Back 1805

(n.) The order in which a number or persons, things, or events follow one another in space or time.

Front 1806

sequent

Back 1806

(adj.) Following in the order of time.

Front 1807

sequester

Back 1807

(v.) To cause to withdraw or retire, as from society or public life.

Front 1808

sequestrate

Back 1808

(v.) To confiscate.

Front 1809

sergeant

Back 1809

(n.) A non-commissioned military officer ranking next above a corporal.

Front 1810

sergeant-at-arms

Back 1810

(n.) An executive officer in legislative bodies who enforces the orders of the presiding officer.

Front 1811

sergeant-major

Back 1811

(n.) The highest non-commissioned officer in a regiment.

Front 1812

service

Back 1812

(n.) Any work done for the benefit of another.

Front 1813

serviceable

Back 1813

(adj.) Durable.

Front 1814

servitude

Back 1814

(n.) Slavery.

Front 1815

severance

Back 1815

(n.) Separation.

Front 1816

severely

Back 1816

(adv.) Extremely.

Front 1817

sextet

Back 1817

(n.) A band of six singers or players.

Front 1818

sextuple

Back 1818

(adj.) Multiplied by six.

Front 1819

sheer

Back 1819

(adj.) Absolute.

Front 1820

shiftless

Back 1820

(adj.) Wanting in resource, energy, or executive ability.

Front 1821

shrewd

Back 1821

(adj.) Characterized by skill at understanding and profiting by circumstances.

Front 1822

shriek

Back 1822

(n.) A sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terror.

Front 1823

shrinkage

Back 1823

(n.) A contraction of any material into less bulk or dimension.

Front 1824

shrivel

Back 1824

(v.) To draw or be drawn into wrinkles.

Front 1825

shuffle

Back 1825

(n.) A mixing or changing the order of things.

Front 1826

sibilance

Back 1826

(n.) A hissing sound.

Front 1827

sibilant

Back 1827

(adj.) Made with a hissing sound.

Front 1828

sibilate

Back 1828

(v.) To give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s.

Front 1829

sidelong

Back 1829

(adj.) Inclining or tending to one side.

Front 1830

sidereal

Back 1830

(adj.) Pertaining to stars or constellations.

Front 1831

siege

Back 1831

(n.) A beleaguerment.

Front 1832

significance

Back 1832

(n.) Importance.

Front 1833

significant

Back 1833

(adj.) Important, especially as pointing something out.

Front 1834

signification

Back 1834

(n.) The meaning conveyed by language, actions, or signs.

Front 1835

similar

Back 1835

(adj.) Bearing resemblance to one another or to something else.

Front 1836

simile

Back 1836

(n.) A comparison which directs the mind to the representative object itself.

Front 1837

similitude

Back 1837

(n.) Similarity.

Front 1838

simplify

Back 1838

(v.) To make less complex or difficult.

Front 1839

simulate

Back 1839

(v.) Imitate.

Front 1840

simultaneous

Back 1840

(adj.) Occurring, done, or existing at the same time.

Front 1841

sinecure

Back 1841

(n.) Any position having emoluments with few or no duties.

Front 1842

singe

Back 1842

(v.) To burn slightly or superficially.

Front 1843

sinister

Back 1843

(adj.) Evil.

Front 1844

sinuosity

Back 1844

(n.) The quality of curving in and out.

Front 1845

sinuous

Back 1845

(adj.) Curving in and out.

Front 1846

sinus

Back 1846

(n.) An opening or cavity.

Front 1847

siren

Back 1847

(n.) A sea-nymph, described by Homer as dwelling between the island of Circe and Scylla.

Front 1848

sirocco

Back 1848

(n.) hot winds from Africa.

Front 1849

sisterhood

Back 1849

(n.) A body of sisters united by some bond of sympathy or by a religious vow.

Front 1850

skeptic

Back 1850

(n.) One who doubts any statements.

Front 1851

skepticism

Back 1851

(n.) The entertainment of doubt concerning something.

Front 1852

skiff

Back 1852

(n.) Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars.

Front 1853

skirmish

Back 1853

(n.) Desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies.

Front 1854

sleight

Back 1854

(n.) A trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of performance escapes observation.

Front 1855

slight

Back 1855

(adj.) Of a small importance or significance.

Front 1856

slothful

Back 1856

(adj.) Lazy.

Front 1857

sluggard

Back 1857

(n.) A person habitually lazy or idle.

Front 1858

sociable

Back 1858

(adj.) Inclined to seek company.

Front 1859

socialism

Back 1859

(n.) A theory of civil polity that aims to secure the reconstruction of society.

Front 1860

socialist

Back 1860

(adj.) One who advocates reconstruction of society by collective ownership of land and capital.

Front 1861

sociology

Back 1861

(n.) The philosophical study of society.

Front 1862

Sol

Back 1862

(n.) The sun.

Front 1863

solace

Back 1863

(n.) Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity.

Front 1864

solar

Back 1864

(adj.) Pertaining to the sun.

Front 1865

solder

Back 1865

(n.) A fusible alloy used for joining metallic surfaces or margins.

Front 1866

soldier

Back 1866

(n.) A person engaged in military service.

Front 1867

solecism

Back 1867

(n.) Any violation of established rules or customs.

Front 1868

solicitor

Back 1868

(n.) One who represents a client in court of justice; an attorney.

Front 1869

solicitude

Back 1869

(n.) Uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety, or fear.

Front 1870

soliloquy

Back 1870

(n.) A monologue.

Front 1871

solstice

Back 1871

(n.) The time of year when the sun is at its greatest declination.

Front 1872

soluble

Back 1872

(adj.) Capable of being dissolved, as in a fluid.

Front 1873

solvent

Back 1873

(adj.) Having sufficient funds to pay all debts.

Front 1874

somber

Back 1874

(adj.) Gloomy.

Front 1875

somniferous

Back 1875

(adj.) Tending to produce sleep.

Front 1876

somnolence

Back 1876

(n.) Oppressive drowsiness.

Front 1877

somnolent

Back 1877

(adj.) Sleepy.

Front 1878

sonata

Back 1878

(n.) An instrumental composition.

Front 1879

sonnet

Back 1879

(n.) A poem of fourteen decasyllabic or octosyllabiclines expressing two successive phrases.

Front 1880

sonorous

Back 1880

(adj.) Resonant.

Front 1881

soothsayer

Back 1881

(n.) One who claims to have supernatural insight or foresight.

Front 1882

sophism

Back 1882

(n.) A false argument understood to be such by the reasoner himself and intentionally used to deceive

Front 1883

sophistical

Back 1883

(adj.) Fallacious.

Front 1884

sophisticate

Back 1884

(v.) To deprive of simplicity of mind or manner.

Front 1885

sophistry

Back 1885

(n.) Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive.

Front 1886

soprano

Back 1886

(n.) A woman's or boy's voice of high range.

Front 1887

sorcery

Back 1887

(n.) Witchcraft.

Front 1888

sordid

Back 1888

(adj.) Of degraded character or nature.

Front 1889

souvenir

Back 1889

(n.) A token of remembrance.

Front 1890

sparse

Back 1890

(adj.) Thinly diffused.

Front 1891

Spartan

Back 1891

(adj.) Exceptionally brave; rigorously severe.

Front 1892

spasmodic

Back 1892

(adj.) Convulsive.

Front 1893

specialize

Back 1893

(v.) To assume an individual or specific character, or adopt a singular or special course.

Front 1894

specialty

Back 1894

(n.) An employment limited to one particular line of work.

Front 1895

specie

Back 1895

(n.) A coin or coins of gold, silver, copper, or other metal.

Front 1896

species

Back 1896

(n.) A classificatory group of animals or plants subordinate to a genus.

Front 1897

specimen

Back 1897

(n.) One of a class of persons or things regarded as representative of the class.

Front 1898

specious

Back 1898

(adj.) Plausible.

Front 1899

spectator

Back 1899

(n.) One who beholds or looks on.

Front 1900

specter

Back 1900

(n.) Apparition.

Front 1901

spectrum

Back 1901

(n.) An image formed by rays of light or other radiant energy.

Front 1902

speculate

Back 1902

(v.) To pursue inquiries and form conjectures.

Front 1903

speculator

Back 1903

(n.) One who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss, but also a chance of profit.

Front 1904

sphericity

Back 1904

(n.) The state or condition of being a sphere.

Front 1905

spheroid

Back 1905

(n.) A body having nearly the form of a sphere.

Front 1906

spherometer

Back 1906

(n.) An instrument for measuring curvature or radii of spherical surfaces.

Front 1907

spinous

Back 1907

(adj.) Having spines.

Front 1908

spinster

Back 1908

(n.) A woman who has never been married.

Front 1909

spontaneous

Back 1909

(adj.) Arising from inherent qualities or tendencies without external efficient cause.

Front 1910

sprightly

Back 1910

(adj.) Vivacious.

Front 1911

spurious

Back 1911

(adj.) Not genuine.

Front 1912

squabble

Back 1912

(v.) To quarrel.

Front 1913

squalid

Back 1913

(adj.) Having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance.

Front 1914

squatter

Back 1914

(n.) One who settles on land without permission or right.

Front 1915

stagnant

Back 1915

(adj.) Not flowing: said of water, as in a pool.

Front 1916

stagnate

Back 1916

(v.) To become dull or inert.

Front 1917

stagnation

Back 1917

(n.) The condition of not flowing or not changing.

Front 1918

stagy

Back 1918

(adj.) Having a theatrical manner.

Front 1919

staid

Back 1919

(adj.) Of a steady and sober character.

Front 1920

stallion

Back 1920

(n.) An uncastrated male horse, commonly one kept for breeding.

Front 1921

stanchion

Back 1921

(n.) A vertical bar, or a pair of bars, used to confine cattle in a stall.

Front 1922

stanza

Back 1922

(n.) A group of rimed lines, usually forming one of a series of similar divisions in a poem.

Front 1923

statecraft

Back 1923

(n.) The art of conducting state affairs.

Front 1924

static

Back 1924

(adj.) Pertaining to or designating bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium.

Front 1925

statics

Back 1925

(n.) The branch of mechanics that treats of the relations that subsist among forces in order.

Front 1926

stationary

Back 1926

(adj.) Not moving.

Front 1927

statistician

Back 1927

(n.) One who is skilled in collecting and tabulating numerical facts.

Front 1928

statuesque

Back 1928

(adj.) Having the grace, pose, or quietude of a statue.

Front 1929

statuette

Back 1929

(n.) A figurine.

Front 1930

stature

Back 1930

(n.) The natural height of an animal body.

Front 1931

statute

Back 1931

(n.) Any authoritatively declared rule, ordinance, decree, or law.

Front 1932

stealth

Back 1932

(n.) A concealed manner of acting.

Front 1933

stellar

Back 1933

(adj.) Pertaining to the stars.

Front 1934

steppe

Back 1934

(n.) One of the extensive plains in Russia and Siberia.

Front 1935

sterling

Back 1935

(adj.) Genuine.

Front 1936

stifle

Back 1936

(v.) To smother.

Front 1937

stigma

Back 1937

(n.) A mark of infamy or token of disgrace attaching to a person as the result of evil-doing.

Front 1938

stiletto

Back 1938

(n.) A small dagger.

Front 1939

stimulant

Back 1939

(n.) Anything that rouses to activity or to quickened action.

Front 1940

stimulate

Back 1940

(v.) To rouse to activity or to quickened action.

Front 1941

stimulus

Back 1941

(n.) Incentive.

Front 1942

stingy

Back 1942

(adj.) Cheap, unwilling to spend money.

Front 1943

stipend

Back 1943

(n.) A definite amount paid at stated periods in compensation for services or as an allowance.

Front 1944

Stoicism

Back 1944

(n.) The principles or the practice of the Stoics-being very even tempered in success and failure.

Front 1945

stolid

Back 1945

(adj.) Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving.

Front 1946

strait

Back 1946

(n.) A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water.

Front 1947

stratagem

Back 1947

(n.) Any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage.

Front 1948

stratum

Back 1948

(n.) A natural or artificial layer, bed, or thickness of any substance or material.

Front 1949

streamlet

Back 1949

(n.) Rivulet.

Front 1950

stringency

Back 1950

(n.) Strictness.

Front 1951

stringent

Back 1951

(adj.) Rigid.

Front 1952

stripling

Back 1952

(n.) A mere youth.

Front 1953

studious

Back 1953

(adj.) Having or showing devotion to the acquisition of knowledge.

Front 1954

stultify

Back 1954

(v.) To give an appearance of foolishness to.

Front 1955

stupendous

Back 1955

(adj.) Of prodigious size, bulk, or degree.

Front 1956

stupor

Back 1956

(n.) Profound lethargy.

Front 1957

suasion

Back 1957

(n.) The act of persuading.

Front 1958

suave

Back 1958

(adj.) Smooth and pleasant in manner.

Front 1959

subacid

Back 1959

(adj.) Somewhat sharp or biting.

Front 1960

subaquatic

Back 1960

(adj.) Being, formed, or operating under water.

Front 1961

subconscious

Back 1961

(adj.) Being or occurring in the mind, but without attendant consciousness or conscious perception.

Front 1962

subjacent

Back 1962

(adj.) Situated directly underneath.

Front 1963

subjection

Back 1963

(n.) The act of bringing into a state of submission.

Front 1964

subjugate

Back 1964

(v.) To conquer.

Front 1965

subliminal

Back 1965

(adj.) Being beneath the threshold of consciousness.

Front 1966

sublingual

Back 1966

(adj.) Situated beneath the tongue.

Front 1967

submarine

Back 1967

(adj.) Existing, done, or operating beneath the surface of the sea.

Front 1968

submerge

Back 1968

(v.) To place or plunge under water.

Front 1969

submergence

Back 1969

(n.) The act of submerging.

Front 1970

submersible

Back 1970

(adj.) Capable of being put underwater.

Front 1971

submersion

Back 1971

(n.) The act of submerging.

Front 1972

submission

Back 1972

(n.) A yielding to the power or authority of another.

Front 1973

submittal

Back 1973

(n.) The act of submitting.

Front 1974

subordinate

Back 1974

(adj.) Belonging to an inferior order in a classification.

Front 1975

subsequent

Back 1975

(adj.) Following in time.

Front 1976

subservience

Back 1976

(n.) The quality, character, or condition of being servilely following another's behests.

Front 1977

subservient

Back 1977

(adj.) Servilely following another's behests.

Front 1978

subside

Back 1978

(v.) To relapse into a state of repose and tranquillity.

Front 1979

subsist

Back 1979

(v.) To be maintained or sustained.

Front 1980

subsistence

Back 1980

(n.) Sustenance.

Front 1981

substantive

Back 1981

(adj.) Solid.

Front 1982

subtend

Back 1982

(v.) To extend opposite to.

Front 1983

subterfuge

Back 1983

(n.) Evasion.

Front 1984

subterranean

Back 1984

(adj.) Situated or occurring below the surface of the earth.

Front 1985

subtle

Back 1985

(adj.) Discriminating.

Front 1986

subtrahend

Back 1986

(n.) That which is to be subtracted.

Front 1987

subversion

Back 1987

(n.) An overthrow, as from the foundation.

Front 1988

subvert

Back 1988

(v.) To bring to ruin.

Front 1989

succeed

Back 1989

(v.) To accomplish what is attempted or intended.

Front 1990

success

Back 1990

(n.) A favorable or prosperous course or termination of anything attempted.

Front 1991

successful

Back 1991

(adj.) Having reached a high degree of worldly prosperity.

Front 1992

successor

Back 1992

(n.) One who or that which takes the place of a predecessor or preceding thing.

Front 1993

succinct

Back 1993

(adj.) Concise.

Front 1994

succulent

Back 1994

(adj.) Juicy.

Front 1995

succumb

Back 1995

(v.) To cease to resist.

Front 1996

sufferance

Back 1996

(n.) Toleration.

Front 1997

sufficiency

Back 1997

(n.) An ample or adequate supply.

Front 1998

suffrage

Back 1998

(n.) The right or privilege of voting.

Front 1999

suffuse

Back 1999

(v.) To cover or fill the surface of.

Front 2000

suggestible

Back 2000

(adj.) That can be suggested.

Front 2001

suggestive

Back 2001

(adj.) Stimulating to thought or reflection.

Front 2002

summary

Back 2002

(n.) An abstract.

Front 2003

sumptuous

Back 2003

(adj.) Rich and costly.

Front 2004

superabundance

Back 2004

(n.) An excessive amount.

Front 2005

superadd

Back 2005

(v.) To add in addition to what has been added.

Front 2006

superannuate

Back 2006

(v.) To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service.

Front 2007

superb

Back 2007

(adj.) Sumptuously elegant.

Front 2008

supercilious

Back 2008

(adj.) Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt.

Front 2009

superficial

Back 2009

(adj.) Knowing and understanding only the ordinary and the obvious.

Front 2010

superfluity

Back 2010

(n.) That part of anything that is in excess of what is needed.

Front 2011

superfluous

Back 2011

(adj.) Being more than is needed.

Front 2012

superheat

Back 2012

(v.) To heat to excess.

Front 2013

superintend

Back 2013

(v.) To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.

Front 2014

superintendence

Back 2014

(n.) Direction and management.

Front 2015

superintendent

Back 2015

(n.) One who has the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.

Front 2016

superlative

Back 2016

(n.) That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence.

Front 2017

supernatural

Back 2017

(adj.) Caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of divine power.

Front 2018

supernumerary

Back 2018

(adj.) Superfluous.

Front 2019

supersede

Back 2019

(v.) To displace.

Front 2020

supine

Back 2020

(adj.) Lying on the back.

Front 2021

supplant

Back 2021

(v.) To take the place of.

Front 2022

supple

Back 2022

(adj.) Easily bent.

Front 2023

supplementary

Back 2023

(adj.) Being an addition to.

Front 2024

supplicant

Back 2024

(n.) One who asks humbly and earnestly.

Front 2025

supplicate

Back 2025

(v.) To beg.

Front 2026

supposition

Back 2026

(n.) Conjecture.

Front 2027

suppress

Back 2027

(v.) To prevent from being disclosed or punished.

Front 2028

suppressible

Back 2028

(adj.) Capable of being suppressed.

Front 2029

suppression

Back 2029

(n.) A forcible putting or keeping down.

Front 2030

supramundane

Back 2030

(adj.) Supernatural.

Front 2031

surcharge

Back 2031

(n.) An additional amount charged.

Front 2032

surety

Back 2032

(n.) Security for payment or performance.

Front 2033

surfeit

Back 2033

(v.) To feed to fullness or to satiety.

Front 2034

surmise

Back 2034

(v.) To conjecture.

Front 2035

surmount

Back 2035

(v.) To overcome by force of will.

Front 2036

surreptitious

Back 2036

(adj.) Clandestine.

Front 2037

surrogate

Back 2037

(n.) One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another.

Front 2038

surround

Back 2038

(v.) To encircle.

Front 2039

surveyor

Back 2039

(n.) A land-measurer.

Front 2040

susceptibility

Back 2040

(n.) A specific capability of feeling or emotion.

Front 2041

susceptible

Back 2041

(adj.) Easily under a specified power or influence.

Front 2042

suspense

Back 2042

(n.) Uncertainty.

Front 2043

suspension

Back 2043

(n.) A hanging from a support.

Front 2044

suspicious

Back 2044

(adj.) Inclined to doubt or mistrust.

Front 2045

sustenance

Back 2045

(n.) Food.

Front 2046

swarthy

Back 2046

(adj.) Having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned complexion.

Front 2047

Sybarite

Back 2047

(n.) A luxurious person.

Front 2048

sycophant

Back 2048

(n.) A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence.

Front 2049

syllabic

Back 2049

(adj.) Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.

Front 2050

syllabication

Back 2050

(n.) Division of words into that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.

Front 2051

syllable

Back 2051

(n.) That which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.

Front 2052

syllabus

Back 2052

(n.) Outline of a subject, course, lecture, or treatise.

Front 2053

sylph

Back 2053

(n.) A slender, graceful young woman or girl.

Front 2054

symmetrical

Back 2054

(adj.) Well-balanced.

Front 2055

symmetry

Back 2055

(n.) Relative proportion and harmony.

Front 2056

sympathetic

Back 2056

(adj.) Having a fellow-feeling for or like feelings with another or others.

Front 2057

sympathize

Back 2057

(v.) To share the sentiments or mental states of another.

Front 2058

symphonic

Back 2058

(adj.) Characterized by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.

Front 2059

symphonious

Back 2059

(adj.) Marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.

Front 2060

symphony

Back 2060

(n.) A harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.

Front 2061

synchronism

Back 2061

(n.) Simultaneousness.

Front 2062

syndicate

Back 2062

(n.) An association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise.

Front 2063

syneresis

Back 2063

(n.) The coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e'er for ever.

Front 2064

synod

Back 2064

(n.) An ecclesiastical council.

Front 2065

synonym

Back 2065

(n.) A word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other.

Front 2066

synopsis

Back 2066

(n.) A syllabus or summary.

Front 2067

systematic

Back 2067

(adj.) Methodical.

Front 2068

tableau

Back 2068

(n.) An arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene from real life.

Front 2069

tacit

Back 2069

(adj.) Understood.

Front 2070

taciturn

Back 2070

(adj.) Disinclined to conversation.

Front 2071

tack

Back 2071

(n.) A small sharp-pointed nail.

Front 2072

tact

Back 2072

(n.) Fine or ready mental discernment shown in saying or doing the proper thing.

Front 2073

tactician

Back 2073

(n.) One who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness.

Front 2074

tactics

Back 2074

(n.) Any maneuvering or adroit management for effecting an object.

Front 2075

tangency

Back 2075

(n.) The state of touching.

Front 2076

tangent

Back 2076

(adj.) Touching.

Front 2077

tangible

Back 2077

(adj.) Perceptible by touch.

Front 2078

tannery

Back 2078

(n.) A place where leather is tanned.

Front 2079

tantalize

Back 2079

(v.) To tease.

Front 2080

tantamount

Back 2080

(adj.) Having equal or equivalent value, effect, or import.

Front 2081

tapestry

Back 2081

(n.) A fabric to which a pattern is applied with a needle, designed for ornamental hangings.

Front 2082

tarnish

Back 2082

(v.) To lessen or destroy the luster of in any way.

Front 2083

taut

Back 2083

(adj.) Stretched tight.

Front 2084

taxation

Back 2084

(n.) A levy, by government, of a fixed contribution.

Front 2085

taxidermy

Back 2085

(n.) The art or process of preserving dead animals or parts of them.

Front 2086

technic

Back 2086

(adj.) Technical.

Front 2087

technicality

Back 2087

(n.) Something peculiar to a particular art, trade, or the like.

Front 2088

technique

Back 2088

(n.) Manner of performance.

Front 2089

technography

Back 2089

(n.) The scientific description or study of human arts and industries in their historic development.

Front 2090

technology

Back 2090

(n.) The knowledge relating to industries and manufactures.

Front 2091

teem

Back 2091

(v.) To be full to overflowing.

Front 2092

telepathy

Back 2092

(n.) Thought-transference.

Front 2093

telephony

Back 2093

(n.) The art or process of communicating by telephone.

Front 2094

telescope

Back 2094

(v.) To drive together so that one slides into the another like the sections of a spy-glass.

Front 2095

telltale

Back 2095

(adj.) That gives warning or information.

Front 2096

temerity

Back 2096

(n.) Recklessness.

Front 2097

temporal

Back 2097

(adj.) Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life.

Front 2098

temporary

Back 2098

(adj.) Lasting for a short time only.

Front 2099

temporize

Back 2099

(v.) To pursue a policy of delay.

Front 2100

tempt

Back 2100

(v.) To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong.

Front 2101

tempter

Back 2101

(n.) An allurer or enticer to evil.

Front 2102

tenacious

Back 2102

(adj.) Unyielding.

Front 2103

tenant

Back 2103

(n.) An occupant.

Front 2104

tendency

Back 2104

(n.) Direction or inclination, as toward some objector end.

Front 2105

tenet

Back 2105

(n.) Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true.

Front 2106

tenor

Back 2106

(n.) A settled course or manner of progress.

Front 2107

tense

Back 2107

(adj.) Strained to stiffness.

Front 2108

tentative

Back 2108

(adj.) Done as an experiment.

Front 2109

tenure

Back 2109

(n.) The term during which a thing is held.

Front 2110

tercentenary

Back 2110

(adj.) Pertaining to a period of 300 years.

Front 2111

termagant

Back 2111

(adj.) Violently abusive and quarrelsome.

Front 2112

terminal

Back 2112

(adj.) Pertaining to or creative of a boundary, limit.

Front 2113

terminate

Back 2113

(v.) To put an end or stop to.

Front 2114

termination

Back 2114

(n.) The act of ending or concluding.

Front 2115

terminus

Back 2115

(n.) The final point or goal.

Front 2116

terrify

Back 2116

(v.) To fill with extreme fear.

Front 2117

territorial

Back 2117

(adj.) Pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction.

Front 2118

terse

Back 2118

(adj.) Pithy.

Front 2119

testament

Back 2119

(n.) A will.

Front 2120

testator

Back 2120

(n.) The maker of a will.

Front 2121

testimonial

Back 2121

(n.) A formal token of regard, often presented in public.

Front 2122

thearchy

Back 2122

(n.) Government by a supreme deity.

Front 2123

theism

Back 2123

(n.) Belief in God.

Front 2124

theocracy

Back 2124

(n.) A government administered by ecclesiastics.

Front 2125

theocrasy

Back 2125

(n.) The mixed worship of polytheism.

Front 2126

theologian

Back 2126

(n.) A professor of divinity.

Front 2127

theological

Back 2127

(adj.) Based on or growing out of divine revelation.

Front 2128

theology

Back 2128

(n.) The branch of theological science that treats of God.

Front 2129

theoretical

Back 2129

(adj.) Directed toward knowledge for its own sake without respect to applications.

Front 2130

theorist

Back 2130

(n.) One given to speculating.

Front 2131

theorize

Back 2131

(v.) To speculate.

Front 2132

thereabout

Back 2132

(adv.) Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, approximately.

Front 2133

therefor

Back 2133

(adv.) For that or this.

Front 2134

thermal

Back 2134

(adj.) Of or pertaining to heat.

Front 2135

thermoelectric

Back 2135

(adj.) Denoting electricity produced by heat.

Front 2136

thermoelectricity

Back 2136

(n.) Electricity generated by differences of temperature,

Front 2137

thesis

Back 2137

(n.) An essay or treatise on a particular subject.

Front 2138

thoroughbred

Back 2138

(adj.) Bred from the best or purest blood or stock.

Front 2139

thoroughfare

Back 2139

(n.) A public street or road.

Front 2140

thrall

Back 2140

(n.) One controlled by an appetite or a passion.

Front 2141

tilth

Back 2141

(n.) Cultivation.

Front 2142

timbre

Back 2142

(n.) The quality of a tone, as distinguished from intensity and pitch.

Front 2143

timorous

Back 2143

(adj.) Lacking courage.

Front 2144

tincture

Back 2144

(n.) A solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in medicine.

Front 2145

tinge

Back 2145

(n.) A faint trace of color.

Front 2146

tipsy

Back 2146

(adj.) Befuddled with drinks.

Front 2147

tirade

Back 2147

(n.) Harangue.

Front 2148

tireless

Back 2148

(adj.) Untiring.

Front 2149

tiresome

Back 2149

(adj.) Wearisome.

Front 2150

Titanic

Back 2150

(adj.) Of vast size or strength.

Front 2151

toilsome

Back 2151

(adj.) Laborious.

Front 2152

tolerable

Back 2152

(adj.) Moderately good.

Front 2153

tolerance

Back 2153

(n.) Forbearance in judging of the acts or opinions of others.

Front 2154

tolerant

Back 2154

(adj.) Indulgent.

Front 2155

tolerate

Back 2155

(v.) To passively permit or put up with.

Front 2156

toleration

Back 2156

(n.) A spirit of charitable leniency.

Front 2157

topography

Back 2157

(n.) The art of representing on a map the physical features of any locality or region with accuracy.

Front 2158

torpor

Back 2158

(n.) Apathy.

Front 2159

torrid

Back 2159

(adj.) Excessively hot.

Front 2160

tortious

Back 2160

(adj.) Wrongful.

Front 2161

tortuous

Back 2161

(adj.) Abounding in irregular bends or turns.

Front 2162

torturous

Back 2162

(adj.) Marked by extreme suffering.

Front 2163

tractable

Back 2163

(adj.) Easily led or controlled.

Front 2164

trait

Back 2164

(n.) A distinguishing feature or quality.

Front 2165

trajectory

Back 2165

(n.) The path described by a projectile moving under given forces.

Front 2166

trammel

Back 2166

(n.) An impediment.

Front 2167

tranquil

Back 2167

(adj.) Calm.

Front 2168

tranquilize

Back 2168

(v.) To soothe.

Front 2169

tranquility

Back 2169

(n.) Calmness.

Front 2170

transalpine

Back 2170

(adj.) Situated on the other side of the Alps.

Front 2171

transact

Back 2171

(v.) To do business.

Front 2172

transatlantic

Back 2172

(adj.) Situated beyond or on the other side of the Atlantic.

Front 2173

transcend

Back 2173

(v.) To surpass.

Front 2174

transcendent

Back 2174

(adj.) Surpassing.

Front 2175

transcontinental

Back 2175

(adj.) Extending or passing across a continent.

Front 2176

transcribe

Back 2176

(v.) To write over again (something already written)

Front 2177

transcript

Back 2177

(n.) A copy made directly from an original.

Front 2178

transfer

Back 2178

(v.) To convey, remove, or cause to pass from one person or place to another.

Front 2179

transferable

Back 2179

(adj.) Capable of being conveyed from one person or place to another.

Front 2180

transferee

Back 2180

(n.) The person to whom a transfer is made.

Front 2181

transference

Back 2181

(n.) The act of conveying from one person or place to another.

Front 2182

transferrer

Back 2182

(n.) One who or that which conveys from one person or place to another.

Front 2183

transfigure

Back 2183

(v.) To give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to.

Front 2184

transfuse

Back 2184

(v.) To pour or cause to pass, as a fluid, from one vessel to another.

Front 2185

transfusible

Back 2185

(adj.) Capable of being poured from one vessel to another.

Front 2186

transfusion

Back 2186

(n.) The act of pouring from one vessel to another.

Front 2187

transgress

Back 2187

(v.) To break a law.

Front 2188

transience

Back 2188

(n.) Something that is of short duration.

Front 2189

transient

Back 2189

(n.) One who or that which is only of temporary existence.

Front 2190

transition

Back 2190

(n.) Passage from one place, condition, or action to another.

Front 2191

transitory

Back 2191

(adj.) Existing for a short time only.

Front 2192

translate

Back 2192

(v.) To give the sense or equivalent of in another language or dialect.

Front 2193

translator

Back 2193

(n.) An interpreter.

Front 2194

translucence

Back 2194

(n.) The property or state of allowing the passage of light.

Front 2195

translucent

Back 2195

(adj.) Allowing the passage of light.

Front 2196

transmissible

Back 2196

(adj.) That may e sent through or across.

Front 2197

transmission

Back 2197

(n.) The act of sending through or across.

Front 2198

transmit

Back 2198

(v.) To send trough or across.

Front 2199

transmute

Back 2199

(v.) To change in nature, substance, or form.

Front 2200

transparent

Back 2200

(adj.) Easy to see through or understand.

Front 2201

transpire

Back 2201

(v.) To come to pass.

Front 2202

transplant

Back 2202

(v.) To remove and plant in another place.

Front 2203

transposition

Back 2203

(n.) The act of reversing the order or changing the place of.

Front 2204

transverse

Back 2204

(adj.) Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction.

Front 2205

travail

Back 2205

(n.) Hard or agonizing labor.

Front 2206

travesty

Back 2206

(n.) A grotesque imitation.

Front 2207

treacherous

Back 2207

(adj.) Perfidious.

Front 2208

treachery

Back 2208

(n.) Violation of allegiance, confidence, or plighted faith.

Front 2209

treasonable

Back 2209

(adj.) Of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of allegiance.

Front 2210

treatise

Back 2210

(n.) An elaborate literary composition presenting a subject in all its parts.

Front 2211

treble

Back 2211

(adj.) Multiplied by three.

Front 2212

trebly

Back 2212

(adv.) Triply.

Front 2213

tremendous

Back 2213

(adj.) Awe-inspiring.

Front 2214

tremor

Back 2214

(n.) An involuntary trembling or shivering.

Front 2215

tremulous

Back 2215

(adj.) Characterized by quivering or unsteadiness.

Front 2216

trenchant

Back 2216

(adj.) Cutting deeply and quickly.

Front 2217

trepidation

Back 2217

(n.) Nervous uncertainty of feeling.

Front 2218

trestle

Back 2218

(n.) An open braced framework for supporting the horizontal stringers of a railway-bridge.

Front 2219

triad

Back 2219

(n.) A group of three persons of things.

Front 2220

tribune

Back 2220

(n.) Any champion of the rights and liberties of the people: often used as the name for a newspaper.

Front 2221

trickery

Back 2221

(n.) Artifice.

Front 2222

tricolor

Back 2222

(adj.) Of three colors.

Front 2223

tricycle

Back 2223

(n.) A three-wheeled vehicle.

Front 2224

trident

Back 2224

(n.) The three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune.

Front 2225

triennial

Back 2225

(adj.) Taking place every third year.

Front 2226

trimness

Back 2226

(n.) Neatness.

Front 2227

trinity

Back 2227

(n.) A threefold personality existing in the one divine being or substance.

Front 2228

trio

Back 2228

(n.) Three things grouped or associated together.

Front 2229

triple

Back 2229

(adj.) Threefold.

Front 2230

triplicate

Back 2230

(adj.) Composed of or pertaining to three related things or parts.

Front 2231

triplicity

Back 2231

(n.) The state of being triple or threefold.

Front 2232

tripod

Back 2232

(n.) A three-legged stand, usually hinged near the top, for supporting some instrument.

Front 2233

trisect

Back 2233

(v.) To divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.

Front 2234

trite

Back 2234

(adj.) Made commonplace by frequent repetition.

Front 2235

triumvir

Back 2235

(n.) One of three men united coordinately in public office or authority.

Front 2236

trivial

Back 2236

(adj.) Of little importance or value.

Front 2237

troublesome

Back 2237

(adj.) Burdensome.

Front 2238

truculence

Back 2238

(n.) Ferocity.

Front 2239

truculent

Back 2239

(adj.) Having the character or the spirit of a savage.

Front 2240

truism

Back 2240

(n.) A statement so plainly true as hardly to require statement or proof.

Front 2241

truthful

Back 2241

(adj.) Veracious.

Front 2242

turgid

Back 2242

(adj.) Swollen.

Front 2243

turpitude

Back 2243

(n.) Depravity.

Front 2244

tutelage

Back 2244

(n.) The act of training or the state of being under instruction.

Front 2245

tutelar

Back 2245

(adj.) Protective.

Front 2246

tutorship

Back 2246

(n.) The office of a guardian.

Front 2247

twinge

Back 2247

(n.) A darting momentary local pain.

Front 2248

typical

Back 2248

(adj.) Characteristic.

Front 2249

typify

Back 2249

(v.) To serve as a characteristic example of.

Front 2250

typographical

Back 2250

(adj.) Pertaining to typography or printing.

Front 2251

typography

Back 2251

(n.) The arrangement of composed type, or the appearance of printed matter.

Front 2252

tyrannical

Back 2252

(adj.) Despotic.

Front 2253

tyranny

Back 2253

(n.) Absolute power arbitrarily or unjustly administrated.

Front 2254

tyro

Back 2254

(n.) One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession.

Front 2255

ubiquitous

Back 2255

(adj.) Being present everywhere.

Front 2256

ulterior

Back 2256

(adj.) Not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken of.

Front 2257

ultimate

Back 2257

(adj.) Beyond which there is nothing else.

Front 2258

ultimatum

Back 2258

(n.) A final statement or proposal, as concerning terms or conditions.

Front 2259

ultramundane

Back 2259

(adj.) Pertaining to supernatural things or to another life.

Front 2260

ultramontane

Back 2260

(adj.) Beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps (that is, on their Italian side).

Front 2261

umbrage

Back 2261

(n.) A sense of injury.

Front 2262

unaccountable

Back 2262

(adj.) Inexplicable.

Front 2263

unaffected

Back 2263

(adj.) Sincere.

Front 2264

unanimous

Back 2264

(adj.) Sharing the same views or sentiments.

Front 2265

unanimity

Back 2265

(n.) The state or quality of being of one mind.

Front 2266

unavoidable

Back 2266

(adj.) Inevitable.

Front 2267

unbearable

Back 2267

(adj.) Unendurable.

Front 2268

unbecoming

Back 2268

(adj.) Unsuited to the wearer, place, or surroundings.

Front 2269

unbelief

Back 2269

(n.) Doubt.

Front 2270

unbiased

Back 2270

(adj.) Impartial, as judgment.

Front 2271

unbridled

Back 2271

(adj.) Being without restraint.

Front 2272

uncommon

Back 2272

(adj.) Rare.

Front 2273

unconscionable

Back 2273

(adj.) Ridiculously or unjustly excessive.

Front 2274

unconscious

Back 2274

(adj.) Not cognizant of objects, actions, etc.

Front 2275

unction

Back 2275

(n.) The art of anointing as with oil.

Front 2276

unctuous

Back 2276

(adj.) Oily.

Front 2277

undeceive

Back 2277

(v.) To free from deception, as by apprising of the real state of affairs.

Front 2278

undercharge

Back 2278

(v.) To make an inadequate charge for.

Front 2279

underexposed

Back 2279

(adj.) Insufficiently exposed for proper or full development, as negatives in photography.

Front 2280

undergarment

Back 2280

(n.) A garment to be worn under the ordinary outer garments.

Front 2281

underman

Back 2281

(v.) To equip with less than the full complement of men.

Front 2282

undersell

Back 2282

(v.) To sell at a lower price than.

Front 2283

undersized

Back 2283

(adj.) Of less than the customary size.

Front 2284

underhanded

Back 2284

(adj.) Clandestinely carried on.

Front 2285

underlie

Back 2285

(v.) To be the ground or support of.

Front 2286

underling

Back 2286

(n.) A subordinate.

Front 2287

undermine

Back 2287

(v.) To subvert in an underhand way.

Front 2288

underrate

Back 2288

(v.) To undervalue.

Front 2289

understate

Back 2289

(v.) To fail to put strongly enough, as a case.

Front 2290

undervalue

Back 2290

(v.) To underestimate.

Front 2291

underworld

Back 2291

(n.) Hades.

Front 2292

underwrite

Back 2292

(v.) To issue or be party to the issue of a policy of insurance.

Front 2293

undue

Back 2293

(adj.) More than sufficient.

Front 2294

undulate

Back 2294

(v.) To move like a wave or in waves.

Front 2295

undulous

Back 2295

(adj.) Resembling waves.

Front 2296

unfavorable

Back 2296

(adj.) Adverse.

Front 2297

ungainly

Back 2297

(adj.) Clumsy.

Front 2298

unguent

Back 2298

(n.) Any ointment or lubricant for local application.

Front 2299

unicellular

Back 2299

(adj.) Consisting of a single cell.

Front 2300

univalence

Back 2300

(n.) Monovalency.

Front 2301

unify

Back 2301

(v.) To cause to be one.

Front 2302

unique

Back 2302

(adj.) Being the only one of its kind.

Front 2303

unison

Back 2303

(n.) A condition of perfect agreement and accord.

Front 2304

unisonant

Back 2304

(adj.) Being in a condition of perfect agreement and accord.

Front 2305

Unitarian

Back 2305

(adj.) Pertaining to a religious body that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity.

Front 2306

unlawful

Back 2306

(adj.) Illegal.

Front 2307

unlimited

Back 2307

(adj.) Unconstrained.

Front 2308

unnatural

Back 2308

(adj.) Artificial.

Front 2309

unnecessary

Back 2309

(adj.) Not essential under the circumstances.

Front 2310

unsettle

Back 2310

(v.) To put into confusion.

Front 2311

unsophisticated

Back 2311

(adj.) Showing inexperience.

Front 2312

unspeakable

Back 2312

(adj.) Abominable.

Front 2313

untimely

Back 2313

(adj.) Unseasonable.

Front 2314

untoward

Back 2314

(adj.) Causing annoyance or hindrance.

Front 2315

unutterable

Back 2315

(adj.) Inexpressible.

Front 2316

unwieldy

Back 2316

(adj.) Moved or managed with difficulty, as from great size or awkward shape.

Front 2317

unwise

Back 2317

(adj.) Foolish.

Front 2318

unyoke

Back 2318

(v.) To separate.

Front 2319

up-keep

Back 2319

(n.) Maintenance.

Front 2320

upbraid

Back 2320

(v.) To reproach as deserving blame.

Front 2321

upcast

Back 2321

(n.) A throwing upward.

Front 2322

upheaval

Back 2322

(n.) Overthrow or violent disturbance of established order or condition.

Front 2323

upheave

Back 2323

(v.) To raise or lift with effort.

Front 2324

uppermost

Back 2324

(adj.) First in order of precedence.

Front 2325

uproarious

Back 2325

(adj.) Noisy.

Front 2326

uproot

Back 2326

(v.) To eradicate.

Front 2327

upturn

Back 2327

(v.) To throw into confusion.

Front 2328

urban

Back 2328

(adj.) Of, or pertaining to, or like a city.

Front 2329

urbanity

Back 2329

(n.) Refined or elegant courtesy.

Front 2330

urchin

Back 2330

(n.) A roguish, mischievous boy.

Front 2331

urgency

Back 2331

(n.) The pressure of necessity.

Front 2332

usage

Back 2332

(n.) Treatment.

Front 2333

usurious

Back 2333

(adj.) Taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money loaned.

Front 2334

usurp

Back 2334

(v.) To take possession of by force.

Front 2335

usury

Back 2335

(n.) The demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is allowed by law.

Front 2336

utilitarianism

Back 2336

(n.) The ethical doctrine that actions are right because they are useful or of beneficial tendency.

Front 2337

utility

Back 2337

(n.) Fitness for some desirable practical purpose.

Front 2338

utmost

Back 2338

(n.) The greatest possible extent.

Front 2339

vacate

Back 2339

(v.) To leave.

Front 2340

vaccinate

Back 2340

(v.) To inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox.

Front 2341

vacillate

Back 2341

(v.) To waver.

Front 2342

vacuous

Back 2342

(adj.) Empty.

Front 2343

vacuum

Back 2343

(n.) A space entirely devoid of matter.

Front 2344

vagabond

Back 2344

(n.) A wanderer.

Front 2345

vagrant

Back 2345

(n.) An idle wanderer.

Front 2346

vainglory

Back 2346

(n.) Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity.

Front 2347

vale

Back 2347

(n.) Level or low land between hills.

Front 2348

valediction

Back 2348

(n.) A bidding farewell.

Front 2349

valedictorian

Back 2349

(n.) Student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution.

Front 2350

valedictory

Back 2350

(n.) A parting address.

Front 2351

valid

Back 2351

(adj.) Founded on truth.

Front 2352

valorous

Back 2352

(adj.) Courageous.

Front 2353

vapid

Back 2353

(adj.) Having lost sparkling quality and flavor.

Front 2354

vaporizer

Back 2354

(n.) An atomizer.

Front 2355

variable

Back 2355

(adj.) Having a tendency to change.

Front 2356

variance

Back 2356

(n.) Change.

Front 2357

variant

Back 2357

(n.) A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance.

Front 2358

variation

Back 2358

(n.) Modification.

Front 2359

variegate

Back 2359

(v.) To mark with different shades or colors.

Front 2360

vassal

Back 2360

(n.) A slave or bondman.

Front 2361

vaudeville

Back 2361

(n.) A variety show.

Front 2362

vegetal

Back 2362

(adj.) Of or pertaining to plants.

Front 2363

vegetarian

Back 2363

(n.) One who believes in the theory that man's food should be exclusively vegetable.

Front 2364

vegetate

Back 2364

(v.) To live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise of the mental faculties.

Front 2365

vegetation

Back 2365

(n.) Plant-life in the aggregate.

Front 2366

vegetative

Back 2366

(adj.) Pertaining to the process of plant-life.

Front 2367

vehement

Back 2367

(adj.) Very eager or urgent.

Front 2368

velocity

Back 2368

(n.) Rapid motion.

Front 2369

velvety

Back 2369

(adj.) Marked by lightness and softness.

Front 2370

venal

Back 2370

(adj.) Mercenary, corrupt.

Front 2371

vendible

Back 2371

(adj.) Marketable.

Front 2372

vendition

Back 2372

(n.) The act of selling.

Front 2373

vendor

Back 2373

(n.) A seller.

Front 2374

veneer

Back 2374

(n.) Outside show or elegance.

Front 2375

venerable

Back 2375

(adj.) Meriting or commanding high esteem.

Front 2376

venerate

Back 2376

(v.) To cherish reverentially.

Front 2377

venereal

Back 2377

(adj.) Pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse.

Front 2378

venial

Back 2378

(adj.) That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin.

Front 2379

venison

Back 2379

(n.) The flesh of deer.

Front 2380

venom

Back 2380

(n.) The poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete.

Front 2381

venous

Back 2381

(adj.) Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins.

Front 2382

veracious

Back 2382

(adj.) Habitually disposed to speak the truth.

Front 2383

veracity

Back 2383

(n.) Truthfulness.

Front 2384

verbatim

Back 2384

(adv.) Word for word.

Front 2385

verbiage

Back 2385

(n.) Use of many words without necessity.

Front 2386

verbose

Back 2386

(adj.) Wordy.

Front 2387

verdant

Back 2387

(adj.) Green with vegetation.

Front 2388

verification

Back 2388

(n.) The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate.

Front 2389

verify

Back 2389

(v.) To prove to be true, exact, or accurate.

Front 2390

verily

Back 2390

(adv.) In truth.

Front 2391

verity

Back 2391

(n.) Truth.

Front 2392

vermin

Back 2392

(n.) A noxious or troublesome animal.

Front 2393

vernacular

Back 2393

(n.) The language of one's country.

Front 2394

vernal

Back 2394

(adj.) Belonging to or suggestive of the spring.

Front 2395

versatile

Back 2395

(adj.) Having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and varied tasks or to various subjects.

Front 2396

version

Back 2396

(n.) A description or report of something as modified by one's character or opinion.

Front 2397

vertex

Back 2397

(n.) Apex.

Front 2398

vertical

Back 2398

(adj.) Lying or directed perpendicularly to the horizon.

Front 2399

vertigo

Back 2399

(n.) Dizziness.

Front 2400

vestige

Back 2400

(n.) A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone.

Front 2401

vestment

Back 2401

(n.) Clothing or covering.

Front 2402

veto

Back 2402

(n.) The constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to approve an enactment.

Front 2403

vicarious

Back 2403

(adj.) Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another.

Front 2404

viceroy

Back 2404

(n.) A ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province.

Front 2405

vicissitude

Back 2405

(n.) A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune.

Front 2406

vie

Back 2406

(v.) To contend.

Front 2407

vigilance

Back 2407

(n.) Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger.

Front 2408

vigilant

Back 2408

(adj.) Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety.

Front 2409

vignette

Back 2409

(n.) A picture having a background or that is shaded off gradually.

Front 2410

vincible

Back 2410

(adj.) Conquerable.

Front 2411

vindicate

Back 2411

(v.) To prove true, right, or real.

Front 2412

vindicatory

Back 2412

(adj.) Punitive.

Front 2413

vindicative

Back 2413

(adj.) Revengeful.

Front 2414

vinery

Back 2414

(n.) A greenhouse for grapes.

Front 2415

viol

Back 2415

(n.) A stringed instrument of the violin class.

Front 2416

viola

Back 2416

(n.) A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin.

Front 2417

violator

Back 2417

(n.) One who transgresses.

Front 2418

violation

Back 2418

(n.) Infringement.

Front 2419

violoncello

Back 2419

(n.) A stringed instrument held between the player's knees.

Front 2420

virago

Back 2420

(n.) A bold, impudent, turbulent woman.

Front 2421

virile

Back 2421

(adj.) Masculine.

Front 2422

virtu

Back 2422

(n.) Rare, curious, or beautiful quality.

Front 2423

virtual

Back 2423

(adj.) Being in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance.

Front 2424

virtuoso

Back 2424

(n.) A master in the technique of some particular fine art.

Front 2425

virulence

Back 2425

(n.) Extreme poisonousness.

Front 2426

virulent

Back 2426

(adj.) Exceedingly noxious or deleterious.

Front 2427

visage

Back 2427

(n.) The face, countenance, or look of a person.

Front 2428

viscount

Back 2428

(n.) In England, a title of nobility, ranking fourth in the order of British peerage.

Front 2429

vista

Back 2429

(n.) A view or prospect.

Front 2430

visual

Back 2430

(adj.) Perceptible by sight.

Front 2431

visualize

Back 2431

(v.) To give pictorial vividness to a mental representation.

Front 2432

vitality

Back 2432

(n.) The state or quality of being necessary to existence or continuance.

Front 2433

vitalize

Back 2433

(v.) To endow with life or energy.

Front 2434

vitiate

Back 2434

(v.) To contaminate.

Front 2435

vituperable

Back 2435

(adj.) Deserving of censure.

Front 2436

vivacity

Back 2436

(n.) Liveliness.

Front 2437

vivify

Back 2437

(v.) To endue with life.

Front 2438

vivisection

Back 2438

(n.) The dissection of a living animal.

Front 2439

vocable

Back 2439

(n.) a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound.

Front 2440

vocative

Back 2440

(adj.) Of or pertaining to the act of calling.

Front 2441

vociferance

Back 2441

(n.) The quality of making a clamor.

Front 2442

vociferate

Back 2442

(v.) To utter with a loud and vehement voice.

Front 2443

vociferous

Back 2443

(adj.) Making a loud outcry.

Front 2444

vogue

Back 2444

(n.) The prevalent way or fashion.

Front 2445

volant

Back 2445

(adj.) Flying or able to fly.

Front 2446

volatile

Back 2446

(adj.) Changeable.

Front 2447

volition

Back 2447

(n.) An act or exercise of will.

Front 2448

volitive

Back 2448

(adj.) Exercising the will.

Front 2449

voluble

Back 2449

(adj.) Having great fluency in speaking.

Front 2450

voluptuous

Back 2450

(adj.) having fullness of beautiful form, as a woman, with or without sensuous or sensual quality.

Front 2451

voracious

Back 2451

(adj.) Eating with greediness or in very large quantities.

Front 2452

vortex

Back 2452

(n.) A mass of rotating or whirling fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the center.

Front 2453

votary

Back 2453

(adj.) Consecrated by a vow or promise.

Front 2454

votive

Back 2454

(adj.) Dedicated by a vow.

Front 2455

vulgarity

Back 2455

(n.) Lack of refinement in conduct or speech.

Front 2456

vulnerable

Back 2456

(adj.) Capable of receiving injuries.

Front 2457

waif

Back 2457

(n.) A homeless, neglected wanderer.

Front 2458

waistcoat

Back 2458

(n.) A vest.

Front 2459

waive

Back 2459

(v.) To relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim.

Front 2460

wampum

Back 2460

(n.) Beads strung on threads, formerly used among the American Indians as currency.

Front 2461

wane

Back 2461

(v.) To diminish in size and brilliancy.

Front 2462

wantonness

Back 2462

(n.) Recklessness.

Front 2463

warlike

Back 2463

(adj.) Belligerent.

Front 2464

wavelet

Back 2464

(n.) A ripple.

Front 2465

weak-kneed

Back 2465

(adj.) Without resolute purpose or energy.

Front 2466

weal

Back 2466

(n.) Well-being.

Front 2467

wean

Back 2467

(v.) To transfer (the young) from dependence on mother's milk to another form of nourishment.

Front 2468

wearisome

Back 2468

(adj.) Fatiguing.

Front 2469

wee

Back 2469

(adj.) Very small.

Front 2470

well-bred

Back 2470

(adj.) Of good ancestry.

Front 2471

well-doer

Back 2471

(n.) A performer of moral and social duties.

Front 2472

well-to-do

Back 2472

(adj.) In prosperous circumstances.

Front 2473

whereabouts

Back 2473

(n.) The place in or near which a person or thing is.

Front 2474

whereupon

Back 2474

(adv.) After which.

Front 2475

wherever

Back 2475

(adv.) In or at whatever place.

Front 2476

wherewith

Back 2476

(n.) The necessary means or resources.

Front 2477

whet

Back 2477

(v.) To make more keen or eager.

Front 2478

whimsical

Back 2478

(adj.) Capricious.

Front 2479

whine

Back 2479

(v.) To utter with complaining tone.

Front 2480

wholly

Back 2480

(adv.) Completely.

Front 2481

wield

Back 2481

(v.) To use, control, or manage, as a weapon, or instrument, especially with full command.

Front 2482

wile

Back 2482

(n.) An act or a means of cunning deception.

Front 2483

winsome

Back 2483

(adj.) Attractive.

Front 2484

wintry

Back 2484

(adj.) Lacking warmth of manner.

Front 2485

wiry

Back 2485

(adj.) Thin, but tough and sinewy.

Front 2486

witchcraft

Back 2486

(n.) Sorcery.

Front 2487

witless

Back 2487

(adj.) Foolish, indiscreet, or silly.

Front 2488

witling

Back 2488

(n.) A person who has little understanding.

Front 2489

witticism

Back 2489

(n.) A witty, brilliant, or original saying or sentiment.

Front 2490

wittingly

Back 2490

(adv.) With knowledge and by design.

Front 2491

wizen

Back 2491

(v.) To become or cause to become withered or dry.

Front 2492

wizen-faced

Back 2492

(adj.) Having a shriveled face.

Front 2493

working-man

Back 2493

(n.) One who earns his bread by manual labor.

Front 2494

workmanlike

Back 2494

(adj.) Like or befitting a skilled workman.

Front 2495

workmanship

Back 2495

(n.) The art or skill of a workman.

Front 2496

wrangle

Back 2496

(v.) To maintain by noisy argument or dispute.

Front 2497

wreak

Back 2497

(v.) To inflict, as a revenge or punishment.

Front 2498

wrest

Back 2498

(v.) To pull or force away by or as by violent twisting or wringing.

Front 2499

wretchedness

Back 2499

(n.) Extreme misery or unhappiness.