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abase
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v. To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade.
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abbess
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n. The lady superior of a nunnery.
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abbey
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n. The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
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abbot
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n. The superior of a community of monks.
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abdicate
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v. To give up (royal power or the like).
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abdomen
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n. In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly.
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abdominal
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n. Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
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abduction
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n. A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally.
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abed
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adv. In bed; on a bed.
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aberration
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n. Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
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abet
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v. To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).
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abeyance
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n. A state of suspension or temporary inaction.
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abhorrence
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n. The act of detesting extremely.
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abhorrent
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adj. Very repugnant; hateful.
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abidance
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n. An abiding.
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abject
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adj. Sunk to a low condition.
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abjure
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v. To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
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ablution
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n. A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
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abnegate
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v. To renounce (a right or privilege).
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abnormal
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adj. Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard.
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abominable
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adj. Very hateful.
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abominate
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v. To hate violently.
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abomination
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n. A very detestable act or practice.
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aboriginal
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adj. Primitive; unsophisticated.
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aborigines
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n. The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
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aboveboard
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adv. & adj. Without concealment, fraud, or trickery.
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abrade
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v. To wear away the surface or some part of by friction.
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abrasion
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n. That which is rubbed off.
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abridge
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v. To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles.
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abridgment
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n. A condensed form as of a book or play.
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abrogate
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v. To abolish, repeal.
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abrupt
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adj. Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break.
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abscess
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n. A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
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abscission
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n. The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
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abscond
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v. To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.
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absence
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n. The fact of not being present or available.
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absent-minded
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adj. Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business.
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absolution
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n. Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses.
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absolve
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v. To free from sin or its penalties.
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absorb
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v. To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water.
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absorption
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n. The act or process of absorbing.
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abstain
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v. To keep oneself back (from doing or using something).
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abstemious
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adj. Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
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abstinence
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n. Self denial.
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abstruse
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adj. Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
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absurd
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adj. Inconsistent with reason or common sense.
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abundant
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adj. Plentiful.
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abusive
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adj. Employing harsh words or ill treatment.
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abut
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v. To touch at the end or boundary line.
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abyss
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n. Bottomless gulf.
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academic
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adj. Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university.
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academician
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n. A member of an academy of literature, art, or science.
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academy
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n. Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught.
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accede
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v. To agree.
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accelerate
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v. To move faster.
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accept
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v. To take when offered.
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access
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n. A way of approach or entrance; passage.
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accessible
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adj. Approachable.
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accession
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n. Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
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accessory
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n. A person or thing that aids the principal agent.
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acclaim
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v. To utter with a shout.
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accommodate
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v. To furnish something as a kindness or favor.
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accompaniment
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n. A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part.
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accompanist
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n. One who or that which accompanies.
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accompany
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v. To go with, or be associated with, as a companion.
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accomplice
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n. An associate in wrong-doing.
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accomplish
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v. To bring to pass.
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accordion
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n. A portable free-reed musical instrument.
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accost
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v. To speak to.
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account
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n. A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions.
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accouter
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v. To dress.
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accredit
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v. To give credit or authority to.
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accumulate
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v. To become greater in quantity or number.
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accuracy
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n. Exactness.
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accurate
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adj. Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard.
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accursed
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adj. Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
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accusation
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n. A charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error.
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accusatory
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adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
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accuse
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v. To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error.
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accustom
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v. To make familiar by use.
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acerbity
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n. Sourness, with bitterness and astringency.
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acetate
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n. A salt of acetic acid.
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acetic
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adj. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar.
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ache
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v. To be in pain or distress.
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Achillean
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adj. Invulnerable.
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achromatic
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adj. Colorless
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acid
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n. A sour substance.
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acidify
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v. To change into acid.
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acknowledge
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v. To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of.
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acknowledgment
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n. Recognition.
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acme
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n. The highest point, or summit.
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acoustic
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adj. Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
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acquaint
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v. To make familiar or conversant.
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acquiesce
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v. To comply; submit.
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acquiescence
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n. Passive consent.
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acquire
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v. To get as one's own.
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acquisition
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n. Anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor.
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acquit
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v. To free or clear, as from accusation.
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acquittal
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n. A discharge from accusation by judicial action.
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acquittance
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n. Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
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acreage
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n. Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
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acrid
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adj. Harshly pungent or bitter.
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acrimonious
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adj. Full of bitterness.
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acrimony
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n. Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
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actionable
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adj. Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
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actuality
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n. Any reality.
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actuary
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n. An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
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actuate
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v. To move or incite to action.
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acumen
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n. Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.
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acute
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adj. Having fine and penetrating discernment.
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adamant
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n. Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability.
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addendum
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n. Something added, or to be added.
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addle
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v. To make inefficient or worthless; muddle.
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adduce
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v. To bring forward or name for consideration.
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adhere
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v. To stick fast or together.
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adherence
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n. Attachment.
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adherent
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adj. Clinging or sticking fast.
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adhesion
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n. The state of being attached or joined.
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adieu
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inter. Good-by; farewell.
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adjacency
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n. The state of being adjacent.
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adjacent
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n. That which is near or bordering upon.
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adjudge
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v. To award or bestow by formal decision.
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adjunct
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n. Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place.
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adjuration
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n. A vehement appeal.
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adjutant
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adj. Auxiliary.
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administrator
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n. One who manages affairs of any kind.
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admissible
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adj. Having the right or privilege of entry.
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admittance
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n. Entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
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admonish
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v. To warn of a fault.
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admonition
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n. Gentle reproof.
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ado
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n. unnecessary activity or ceremony.
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adoration
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n. Profound devotion.
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adroit
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adj. Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers.
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adulterant
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n. An adulterating substance.
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adulterate
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v. To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients.
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adumbrate
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v. To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.
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advent
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n. The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage.
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adverse
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adj. Opposing or opposed.
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adversity
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n. Misfortune.
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advert
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v. To refer incidentally.
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advertiser
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n. One who advertises, especially in newspapers.
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advisory
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adj. Not mandatory.
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advocacy
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n. The act of pleading a cause.
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advocate
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n. One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court.
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aerial
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adj. Of, pertaining to, or like the air.
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aeronaut
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n. One who navigates the air, a balloonist.
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aeronautics
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n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
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aerostat
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n. A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
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aerostatics
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n. The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
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affable
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adj. Easy to approach.
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affect
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v. To act upon
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affectation
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n. A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
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affiliate
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n. Some auxiliary person or thing.
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affirmative
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adj. Answering yes; to a question at issue.
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affix
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v. To fasten.
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affluence
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n. A profuse or abundant supply of riches.
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affront
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n. An open insult or indignity.
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afire
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adv. & adj. On fire, literally or figuratively.
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afoot
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adv. In progress.
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aforesaid
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adj. Said in a preceding part or before.
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afresh
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adv. Once more, after rest or interval.
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afterthought
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n. A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
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agglomerate
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v. To pile or heap together.
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aggrandize
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v. To cause to appear greatly.
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aggravate
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v. To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome.
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aggravation
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n. The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
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aggregate
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n. The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something.
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aggress
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v. To make the first attack.
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aggression
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n. An unprovoked attack.
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aggrieve
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v. To give grief or sorrow to.
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aghast
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adj. Struck with terror and amazement.
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agile
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adj. Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally.
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agitate
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v. To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts).
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agrarian
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adj. Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land.
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aide-de-camp
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n. An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general.
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ailment
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n. Slight sickness.
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airy
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adj. Delicate, ethereal.
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akin
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adj. Of similar nature or qualities.
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alabaster
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n. A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
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alacrity
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n. Cheerful willingness.
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albeit
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conj. Even though.
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albino
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n. A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
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album
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n. A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like.
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alchemy
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n. Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold.
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alcohol
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n. A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
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alcoholism
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n. A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
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alcove
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n. A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room.
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alder
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n. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family.
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alderman
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n. A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
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aldermanship
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n. The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
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alias
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n. An assumed name.
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alien
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n. One who owes allegiance to a foreign government.
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alienable
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adj. Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
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alienate
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v. To cause to turn away.
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alienation
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n. Estrangement.
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aliment
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n. That which nourishes.
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alkali
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n. Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc.
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allay
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v. To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate.
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allege
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v. To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court.
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allegory
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n. The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness.
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alleviate
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v. To make less burdensome or less hard to bear.
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alley
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n. A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like.
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alliance
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n. Any combination or union for some common purpose.
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allot
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v. To assign a definite thing or part to a certain person.
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allotment
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n. Portion.
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allude
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v. To refer incidentally, or by suggestion.
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allusion
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n. An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it.
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alluvion
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n. Flood.
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ally
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n. A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness.
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almanac
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n. A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
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aloof
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adv. Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others.
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altar
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n. Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned.
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alter
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v. To make change in.
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alteration
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n. Change or modification.
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altercate
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v. To contend angrily or zealously in words.
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alternate
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n. One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other.
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alternative
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n. Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else.
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altitude
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n. Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea.
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alto
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n. The lowest or deepest female voice or part.
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altruism
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n. Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
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altruist
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n. One who advocates or practices altruism.
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amalgam
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n. An alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
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amalgamate
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v. To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.
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amateur
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adj. Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession.
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amatory
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adj. Designed to excite love.
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ambidextrous
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adj. Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.
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ambiguous
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adj. Having a double meaning.
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ambitious
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adj. Eagerly desirous and aspiring.
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ambrosial
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adj. Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
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ambulance
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n. A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded.
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ambulate
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v. To walk about
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ambush
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n. The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy.
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ameliorate
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v. To relieve, as from pain or hardship
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amenable
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adj. Willing and ready to submit.
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Americanism
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n. A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States.
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amicable
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adj. Done in a friendly spirit.
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amity
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n. Friendship.
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amorous
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adj. Having a propensity for falling in love.
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amorphous
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adj. Without determinate shape.
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amour
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n. A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
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ampere
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n. The practical unit of electric-current strength.
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ampersand
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n. The character &; and.
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amphibious
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adj. Living both on land and in water.
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amphitheater
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n. An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena.
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amplitude
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n. Largeness.
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amply
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adv. Sufficiently.
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amputate
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v. To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body.
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amusement
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n. Diversion.
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anachronism
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n. Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
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anagram
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n. The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
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analogous
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adj. Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations.
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analogy
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n. Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed.
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analyst
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n. One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method
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analyze
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v. To examine minutely or critically.
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anarchy
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n. Absence or utter disregard of government.
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anathema
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n. Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
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anatomy
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n. That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms.
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ancestry
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n. One's ancestors collectively.
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anecdote
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n. A brief account of some interesting event or incident.
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anemia
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n. Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles.
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anemic
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adj. Affected with anemia.
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anemometer
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n. An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
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anesthetic
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adj. Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation.
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anew
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adv. Once more.
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angelic
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adj. Saintly.
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Anglophobia
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n. Hatred or dread of England or of what is English.
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Anglo-Saxon
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n. The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India.
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angular
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adj. Sharp-cornered.
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anhydrous
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adj. Withered.
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animadversion
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n. The utterance of criticism or censure.
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animadvert
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v. To pass criticism or censure.
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animalcule
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n. An animal of microscopic smallness.
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animate
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v. To make alive.
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animosity
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n. Hatred.
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annalist
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n. Historian.
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annals
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n. A record of events in their chronological order, year by year.
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annex
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v. To add or affix at the end.
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annihilate
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v. To destroy absolutely.
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annotate
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v. To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon.
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annual
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adj. Occurring every year.
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annuity
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n. An annual allowance, payment, or income.
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annunciation
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n. Proclamation.
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anode
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n. The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
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anonymous
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adj. Of unknown authorship.
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antagonism
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n. Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons.
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Antarctic
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adj. Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it.
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ante
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v. In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
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antecede
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v. To precede.
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antecedent
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n. One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
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antechamber
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n. A waiting room for those who seek audience.
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antedate
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v. To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one.
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antediluvian
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adj. Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
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antemeridian
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adj. Before noon.
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antemundane
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adj. Pertaining to time before the world's creation.
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antenatal
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adj. Occurring or existing before birth.
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anterior
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adj. Prior.
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anteroom
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n. A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
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anthology
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n. A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.
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anthracite
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n. Hard coal.
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anthropology
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n. The science of man in general.
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anthropomorphous
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adj. Having or resembling human form.
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antic
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n. A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
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Antichrist
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n. Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.
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anticlimax
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n. A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said.
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anticyclone
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n. An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
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antidote
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n. Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like.
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antilogy
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n. Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
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antipathize
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v. To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
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antiphon
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n. A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
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antiphony
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n. An anthem or other composition sung responsively.
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antipodes
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n. A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
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antiquary
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n. One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
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antiquate
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v. To make old or out of date.
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antique
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adj. Pertaining to ancient times.
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antiseptic
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n. Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms.
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antislavery
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adj. Opposed to human slavery.
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antispasmodic
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adj. Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
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antistrophe
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n. The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
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antitoxin
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n. A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
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antonym
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n. A word directly opposed to another in meaning.
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anxious
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adj. Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter.
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apathy
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n. Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling.
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aperture
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n. Hole.
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apex
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n. The highest point, as of a mountain.
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aphorism
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n. Proverb.
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apiary
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n. A place where bees are kept.
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apogee
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n. The climax.
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apology
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n. A disclaimer of intentional error or offense.
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apostasy
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n. A total departure from one's faith or religion.
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apostate
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adj. False.
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apostle
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n. Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
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apothecary
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n. One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
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apotheosis
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n. Deification.
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appall
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v. To fill with dismay or horror.
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apparent
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adj. Easily understood.
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apparition
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n. Ghost.
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appease
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v. To soothe by quieting anger or indignation.
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appellate
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adj. Capable of being appealed to.
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appellation
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n. The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called.
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append
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v. To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary.
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appertain
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v. To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
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apposite
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adj. Appropriate.
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apposition
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n. The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
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appraise
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v. To estimate the money value of.
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appreciable
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adj. Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect.
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apprehend
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v. To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law.
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apprehensible
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adj. Capable of being conceived.
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approbation
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n. Sanction.
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appropriate
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adj. Suitable for the purpose and circumstances.
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aqueduct
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n. A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
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aqueous
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adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing water.
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arbiter
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n. One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.
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arbitrary
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adj. Fixed or done capriciously.
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arbitrate
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v. To act or give judgment as umpire.
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arboreal
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adj. Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.
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arboretum
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n. A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
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arboriculture
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n. The cultivation of trees or shrubs.
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arcade
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n. A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it.
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archaic
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adj. Antiquated
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archaism
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n. Obsolescence.
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apprehend
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v. To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law.
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apprehensible
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adj. Capable of being conceived.
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approbation
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n. Sanction.
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appropriate
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adj. Suitable for the purpose and circumstances.
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aqueduct
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n. A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
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aqueous
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adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing water.
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arbiter
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n. One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.
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arbitrary
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adj. Fixed or done capriciously.
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arbitrate
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v. To act or give judgment as umpire.
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arboreal
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adj. Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.
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arboretum
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n. A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
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arboriculture
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n. The cultivation of trees or shrubs.
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arcade
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n. A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it.
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archaic
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adj. Antiquated
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archaism
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n. Obsolescence.
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archangel
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n. An angel of high rank.
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archbishop
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n. The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church.
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archdeacon
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n. A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
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archaeology
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n. The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man.
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archetype
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n. A prototype.
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archipelago
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n. Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves.
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ardent
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adj. Burning with passion.
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ardor
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n. Intensity of passion or affection.
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arid
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adj. Very dry.
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aristocracy
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n. A hereditary nobility
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aristocrat
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n. A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility.
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armada
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n. A fleet of war-vessels.
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armful
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n. As much as can be held in the arm or arms.
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armory
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n. An arsenal.
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aroma
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n. An agreeable odor.
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arraign
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v. To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not.
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arrange
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v. To put in definite or proper order.
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arrangement
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n. The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order.
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arrant
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adj. Notoriously bad.
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arrear
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n. Something overdue and unpaid.
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arrival
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n. A coming to stopping-place or destination.
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arrogant
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adj. Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc.
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arrogate
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v. To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds.
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Artesian well
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n. A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
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artful
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adj. Characterized by craft or cunning.
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Arthurian
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adj. Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story.
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artifice
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n. Trickery.
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artless
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adj. Ingenuous.
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ascendant
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adj. Dominant.
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ascension
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n. The act of rising.
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ascent
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n. A rising, soaring, or climbing.
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ascetic
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adj. Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.
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ascribe
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v. To assign as a quality or attribute.
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asexual
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adj. Having no distinct sexual organs.
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ashen
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adj. Pale.
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askance
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adv. With a side or indirect glance or meaning.
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asperity
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n. Harshness or roughness of temper.
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aspirant
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n. One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.
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aspiration
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n. An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach.
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aspire
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v. To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained.
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assailant
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n. One who attacks.
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assassin
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n. One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
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assassinate
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v. To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
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assassination
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n. Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery.
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assay
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n. The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore.
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assent
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v. To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion.
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assess
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v. To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid).
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assessor
|
n. An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
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assets
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n. pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
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assiduous
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adj. Diligent.
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assignee
|
n. One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
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assimilate
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v. To adapt.
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assonance
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n. Resemblance or correspondence in sound.
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assonant
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adj. Having resemblance of sound.
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assonate
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v. To accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
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assuage
|
v. To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease.
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astringent
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adj. Harsh in disposition or character.
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astute
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adj. Keen in discernment.
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atheism
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n. The denial of the existence of God.
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athirst
|
adj. Wanting water.
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athwart
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adv. From side to side.
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atomizer
|
n. An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
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atone
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v. To make amends for.
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atonement
|
n. Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
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atrocious
|
adj. Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
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atrocity
|
n. Great cruelty or reckless wickedness.
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attache
|
n. A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
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attest
|
v. To certify as accurate, genuine, or true.
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attorney-general
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n. The chief law-officer of a government.
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auburn
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adj. Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
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audacious
|
adj. Fearless
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audible
|
adj. Loud enough to be heard.
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audition
|
n. The act or sensation of hearing.
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auditory
|
adj. Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing.
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augment
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v. To make bigger.
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augur
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v. To predict.
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Augustinian
|
adj. Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
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aura
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n. Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
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aural
|
adj. Of or pertaining to the ear.
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auricle
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n. One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
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auricular
|
adj. Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
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auriferous
|
adj. Containing gold.
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|
aurora
|
n. A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere.
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auspice
|
n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
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austere
|
adj. Severely simple; unadorned.
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autarchy
|
n. Unrestricted power.
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authentic
|
adj. Of undisputed origin.
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authenticity
|
n. The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
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|
autobiography
|
n. The story of one's life written by himself.
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autocracy
|
n. Absolute government.
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autocrat
|
n. Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.
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automaton
|
n. Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical.
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autonomous
|
adj. Self-governing.
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|
autonomy
|
n. Self-government.
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autopsy
|
n. The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death.
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|
autumnal
|
adj. Of or pertaining to autumn.
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auxiliary
|
n. One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory.
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|
avalanche
|
n. The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock.
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avarice
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n. Passion for getting and keeping riches.
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|
aver
|
v. To assert as a fact.
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|
averse
|
adj. Reluctant.
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aversion
|
n. A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing.
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avert
|
v. To turn away or aside.
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aviary
|
n. A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept.
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|
avidity
|
n. Greediness.
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avocation
|
n. Diversion
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|
avow
|
v. To declare openly.
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|
awaken
|
v. To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
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awry
|
adv. & adj. Out of the proper form, direction, or position.
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aye
|
adv. An expression of assent.
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azalea
|
n. A flowering shrub.
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|
azure
|
n. The color of the sky.
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|
Baconian
|
adj. Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy.
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|
bacterium
|
n. A microbe.
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|
badger
|
v. To pester.
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baffle
|
v. To foil or frustrate.
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|
bailiff
|
n. An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
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|
baize
|
n. A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
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bale
|
n. A large package prepared for transportation or storage.
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|
baleful
|
adj. Malignant
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|
ballad
|
n. Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form.
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balsam
|
n. A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
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banal
|
adj. Commonplace.
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|
barcarole
|
n. A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers.
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|
barograph
|
n. An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
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|
barometer
|
n. An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface.
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barring
|
prep. Apart from.
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baritone
|
adj. Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
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bask
|
v. To make warm by genial heat.
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bass
|
adj. Low in tone or compass.
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baste
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v. To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
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baton
|
n. An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege.
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battalion
|
n. A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
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batten
|
n. A narrow strip of wood.
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|
batter
|
n. A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery.
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|
bauble
|
n. A trinket.
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bawl
|
v. To proclaim by outcry.
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beatify
|
v. To make supremely happy.
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beatitude
|
n. Any state of great happiness.
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|
beau
|
n. An escort or lover.
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becalm
|
v. To make quiet.
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|
beck
|
v. To give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
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|
bedaub
|
v. To smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
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bedeck
|
v. To cover with ornament.
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bedlam
|
n. Madhouse.
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befog
|
v. To confuse.
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befriend
|
v. To be a friend to, especially when in need.
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beget
|
v. To produce by sexual generation.
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begrudge
|
v. To envy one of the possession of.
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belate
|
v. To delay past the proper hour.
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belay
|
v. To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
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belie
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v. To misrepresent.
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believe
|
v. To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
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belittle
|
v. To disparage.
|
|
belle
|
n. A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
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|
bellicose
|
adj. Warlike.
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belligerent
|
adj. Manifesting a warlike spirit.
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bemoan
|
v. To lament
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benediction
|
n. a solemn invocation of the divine blessing.
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benefactor
|
n. A doer of kindly and charitable acts.
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benefice
|
n. A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
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beneficent
|
adj. Characterized by charity and kindness.
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beneficial
|
adj. Helpful.
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beneficiary
|
n. One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property.
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benefit
|
n. Helpful result.
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|
benevolence
|
n. Any act of kindness or well-doing.
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benevolent
|
adj. Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being.
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benign
|
adj. Good and kind of heart.
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|
benignant
|
adj. Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
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|
benignity
|
n. Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
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|
benison
|
n. Blessing.
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|
benison
|
n. Blessing.
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|
bequeath
|
v. To give by will.
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|
bereave
|
v. To make desolate with loneliness and grief.
|
|
berth
|
n. A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc.
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|
beseech
|
v. To implore.
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|
beset
|
v. To attack on all sides.
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|
besmear
|
v. To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
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|
bestial
|
adj. Animal.
|
|
bestrew
|
v. To sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
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|
bestride
|
v. To get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
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|
bethink
|
v. To remind oneself.
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|
betide
|
v. To happen to or befall.
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betimes
|
adv. In good season or time.
|
|
betroth
|
v. To engage to marry.
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|
betrothal
|
n. Engagement to marry.
|
|
bevel
|
n. Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
|
|
bewilder
|
v. To confuse the perceptions or judgment of.
|
|
bibliomania
|
n. The passion for collecting books.
|
|
bibliography
|
n. A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject.
|
|
bibliophile
|
n. One who loves books.
|
|
bibulous
|
adj. Fond of drinking.
|
|
bide
|
v. To await.
|
|
biennial
|
n. A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.
|
|
bier
|
n. A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
|
|
bigamist
|
n. One who has two spouses at the same time.
|
|
bigamy
|
n. The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
|
|
bight
|
n. A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
|
|
bilateral
|
adj. Two-sided.
|
|
bilingual
|
adj. Speaking two languages.
|
|
biograph
|
n. A bibliographical sketch or notice.
|
|
biography
|
n. A written account of one's life, actions, and character.
|
|
biology
|
n. The science of life or living organisms.
|
|
biped
|
n. An animal having two feet.
|
|
birthright
|
n. A privilege or possession into which one is born.
|
|
bitterness
|
n. Acridity, as to the taste.
|
|
blase
|
adj. Sated with pleasure.
|
|
blaspheme
|
v. To indulge in profane oaths.
|
|
blatant
|
adj. Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous.
|
|
blaze
|
n. A vivid glowing flame.
|
|
blazon
|
v. To make widely or generally known.
|
|
bleak
|
adj. Desolate.
|
|
blemish
|
n. A mark that mars beauty.
|
|
blithe
|
adj. Joyous.
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|
blithesome
|
adj. Cheerful.
|
|
blockade
|
n. The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces.
|
|
boatswain
|
n. A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
|
|
bodice
|
n. A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist.
|
|
bodily
|
adj. Corporeal.
|
|
boisterous
|
adj. Unchecked merriment or animal spirits.
|
|
bole
|
n. The trunk or body of a tree.
|
|
bolero
|
n. A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
|
|
boll
|
n. A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
|
|
bolster
|
v. To support, as something wrong.
|
|
bomb
|
n. A hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
|
|
bombard
|
v. To assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
|
|
bombardier
|
n. A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
|
|
bombast
|
n. Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
|
|
boorish
|
adj. Rude.
|
|
bore
|
v. To weary by tediousness or dullness.
|
|
borough
|
n. An incorporated village or town.
|
|
bosom
|
n. The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
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botanical
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adj. Connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
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botanize
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v. To study plant-life.
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botany
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n. The science that treats of plants.
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bountiful
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adj. Showing abundance.
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Bowdlerize
|
v. To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages.
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bowler
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n. In cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
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boycott
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v. To place the products or merchandise of under a ban.
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brae
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n. Hillside.
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braggart
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n. A vain boaster.
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brandish
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v. To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear.
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bravado
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n. An aggressive display of boldness.
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bravo
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interj. Well done.
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bray
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n. A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
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braze
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v. To make of or ornament with brass.
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brazier
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n. An open pan or basin for holding live coals.
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breach
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n. The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation.
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breaker
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n. One who trains horses, dogs, etc.
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breech
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n. The buttocks.
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brethren
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n. pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
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brevity
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n. Shortness of duration.
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bric-a-brac
|
n. Objects of curiosity or for decoration.
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bridle
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n. The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins.
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brigade
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n. A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
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brigadier
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n. General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
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brigand
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n. One who lives by robbery and plunder.
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brimstone
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n. Sulfur.
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brine
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n. Water saturated with salt.
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bristle
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n. One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
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Britannia
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n. The United Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Briticism
|
n. A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British.
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brittle
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adj. Fragile.
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broach
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v. To mention, for the first time.
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broadcast
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adj. Disseminated far and wide.
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brogan
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n. A coarse, heavy shoe.
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brogue
|
n. Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people.
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brokerage
|
n. The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
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bromine
|
n. A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
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bronchitis
|
n. Inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
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bronchus
|
n. Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
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brooch
|
n. An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside.
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brotherhood
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n. Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
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browbeat
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v. To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner.
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brusque
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adj. Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech.
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buffoon
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n. A clown.
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buffoonery
|
n. Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc.
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bulbous
|
adj. Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
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bullock
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n. An ox.
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bulrush
|
n. Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
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bulwark
|
n. Anything that gives security or defense.
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bumper
|
n. A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health.
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bumptious
|
adj. Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit.
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bungle
|
v. To execute clumsily.
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buoyancy
|
n. Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
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buoyant
|
adj. Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat.
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bureau
|
n. A chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
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bureaucracy
|
n. Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business.
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burgess
|
n. In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or Virginia.
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burgher
|
n. An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
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burnish
|
v. To make brilliant or shining.
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bursar
|
n. A treasurer.
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bursar
|
n. A treasurer.
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bustle
|
v. To hurry.
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butt
|
v. To strike with or as with the head, or horns.
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butte
|
n. A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
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buttress
|
n. Any support or prop.
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by-law
|
n. A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like.
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cabal
|
n. A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose.
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cabalism
|
n. Superstitious devotion to one's religion.
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cabinet
|
n. The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation.
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cacophony
|
n. A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
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cadaverous
|
adj. Resembling a corpse.
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cadence
|
n. Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops.
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cadenza
|
n. An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
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caitiff
|
adj. Cowardly.
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cajole
|
v. To impose on or dupe by flattering speech.
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|
cajolery
|
n. Delusive speech.
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calculable
|
adj. That may be estimated by reckoning.
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calculus
|
n. A concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
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callosity
|
n. The state of being hard and insensible.
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callow
|
adj. Without experience of the world.
|
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calorie
|
n. Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade.
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calumny
|
n. Slander.
|
|
Calvary
|
n. The place where Christ was crucified.
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|
Calvinism
|
n. The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin.
|
|
Calvinize
|
v. To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism.
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came
|
n. A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
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cameo
|
n. Any small engraved or carved work in relief.
|
|
campaign
|
n. A complete series of connected military operations.
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|
Canaanite
|
n. A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or western Palestine.
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canary
|
adj. Of a bright but delicate yellow.
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candid
|
adj. Straightforward.
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candor
|
n. The quality of frankness or outspokenness.
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|
canine
|
adj. Characteristic of a dog.
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canon
|
n. Any rule or law.
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cant
|
v. To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity.
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|
cantata
|
n. A choral composition.
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|
canto
|
n. One of the divisions of an extended poem.
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|
cantonment
|
n. The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
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capacious
|
adj. Roomy.
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capillary
|
n. A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells.
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capitulate
|
v. To surrender or stipulate terms.
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|
caprice
|
n. A whim.
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|
caption
|
n. A heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc.
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|
captious
|
adj. Hypercritical.
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|
captivate
|
v. To fascinate, as by excellence. eloquence, or beauty.
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carcass
|
n. The dead body of an animal.
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|
cardiac
|
adj. Pertaining to the heart.
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cardinal
|
adj. Of prime or special importance.
|
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caret
|
n. A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
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caricature
|
n. a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted.
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carnage
|
n. Massacre.
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carnal
|
adj. Sensual.
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carnivorous
|
adj. Eating or living on flesh.
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carouse
|
v. To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
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carrion
|
n. Dead and putrefying flesh.
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|
cartilage
|
n. An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
|
|
cartridge
|
n. A charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
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|
caste
|
n. The division of society on artificial grounds.
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castigate
|
v. To punish.
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|
casual
|
adj. Accidental, by chance.
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|
casualty
|
n. A fatal or serious accident or disaster.
|
|
cataclysm
|
n. Any overwhelming flood of water.
|
|
cataract
|
n. Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness.
|
|
catastrophe
|
n. Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity.
|
|
cathode
|
n. The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
|
|
Catholicism
|
n. The system, doctrine, and practice of the Roman Catholic Church.
|
|
catholicity
|
n. Universal prevalence or acceptance.
|
|
cat-o-nine-tails
|
n. An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy.
|
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caucus
|
n. A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates.
|
|
causal
|
adj. Indicating or expressing a cause.
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|
caustic
|
adj. Sarcastic and severe.
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|
cauterize
|
v. To burn or sear as with a heated iron.
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|
cede
|
v. To pass title to.
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|
censor
|
n. An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication.
|
|
censorious
|
adj. Judging severely or harshly.
|
|
census
|
n. An official numbering of the people of a country or district.
|
|
centenary
|
adj. Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years.
|
|
centiliter
|
n. A hundredth of a liter.
|
|
centimeter
|
n. A length of one hundredth of a meter.
|
|
centurion
|
n. A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army.
|
|
cereal
|
adj. Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds.
|
|
ceremonial
|
adj. Characterized by outward form or ceremony.
|
|
ceremonious
|
adj. Observant of ritual.
|
|
cessation
|
n. Discontinuance, as of action or motion.
|
|
cession
|
n. Surrender, as of possessions or rights.
|
|
chagrin
|
n. Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors.
|
|
chameleon
|
adj. Changeable in appearance.
|
|
chancery
|
n. A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
|
|
chaos
|
n. Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion.
|
|
characteristic
|
n. A distinctive feature.
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|
characterize
|
v. To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities.
|
|
charlatan
|
n. A quack.
|
|
chasm
|
n. A yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface.
|
|
chasten
|
v. To purify by affliction.
|
|
chastise
|
v. To subject to punitive measures.
|
|
chastity
|
n. Sexual or moral purity.
|
|
chateau
|
n. A castle or manor-house.
|
|
chattel
|
n. Any article of personal property.
|
|
check
|
v. To hold back.
|
|
chiffon
|
n. A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
|
|
chivalry
|
n. The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices.
|
|
cholera
|
n. An acute epidemic disease.
|
|
choleric
|
adj. Easily provoked to anger.
|
|
choral
|
adj. Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
|
|
Christ
|
n. A title of Jesus
|
|
christen
|
v. To name in baptism.
|
|
Christendom
|
n. That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed.
|
|
chromatic
|
adj. Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
|
|
chronology
|
n. The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events.
|
|
chronometer
|
n. A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
|
|
cipher
|
v. To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing)
|
|
circulate
|
v. To disseminate.
|
|
circumference
|
n. The boundary-line of a circle.
|
|
circumlocution
|
n. Indirect or roundabout expression.
|
|
circumnavigate
|
v. To sail quite around.
|
|
circumscribe
|
v. To confine within bounds.
|
|
circumspect
|
adj. Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration.
|
|
citadel
|
n. Any strong fortress.
|
|
cite
|
v. To refer to specifically.
|
|
claimant
|
n. One who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
|
|
clairvoyance
|
n. Intuitive sagacity or perception.
|
|
clamorous
|
adj. Urgent in complaint or demand.
|
|
clan
|
n. A tribe.
|
|
clandestine
|
adj. Surreptitious.
|
|
clangor
|
n. Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor.
|
|
clarify
|
v. To render intelligible
|
|
clarion
|
n. A small shrill trumpet or bugle.
|
|
classify
|
v. To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblance’s and differences.
|
|
clearance
|
n. A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the law and may sail.
|
|
clemency
|
n. Mercy.
|
|
clement
|
adj. Compassionate.
|
|
close-hauled
|
adj. Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible.
|
|
clothier
|
n. One who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
|
|
clumsy
|
adj. Awkward of movement.
|
|
coagulate
|
v. To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by a ferment.
|
|
coagulant
|
adj. Producing coagulation.
|
|
coalescence
|
n. The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product.
|
|
coalition
|
n. Combination in a body or mass.
|
|
coddle
|
v. To treat as a baby or an invalid.
|
|
codicil
|
n. A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will.
|
|
coerce
|
v. To force.
|
|
coercion
|
n. Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical
|
|
coercive
|
adj. Serving or tending to force.
|
|
cogent
|
adj. Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience.
|
|
cognate
|
adj. Akin.
|
|
cognizant
|
adj. Taking notice.
|
|
cohere
|
v. To stick together.
|
|
cohesion
|
n. Consistency.
|
|
cohesive
|
adj. Having the property of consistency.
|
|
coincide
|
v. To correspond.
|
|
coincidence
|
n. A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident.
|
|
coincident
|
adj. Taking place at the same time.
|
|
collaborate
|
v. To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits.
|
|
collapse
|
v. To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail.
|
|
collapsible
|
adj. That may or can collapse.
|
|
colleague
|
n. An associate in professional employment.
|
|
collective
|
adj. Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a mass, or sum.
|
|
collector
|
n. One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
|
|
collegian
|
n. A college student.
|
|
collide
|
v. To meet and strike violently.
|
|
collier
|
n. One who works in a coal-mine.
|
|
collision
|
n. Violent contact.
|
|
colloquial
|
adj. Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary.
|
|
colloquialism
|
n. Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation.
|
|
colloquy
|
n. Conversation.
|
|
collusion
|
n. A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.
|
|
colossus
|
n. Any strikingly great person or object.
|
|
comely
|
adj. Handsome.
|
|
comestible
|
adj. Fit to be eaten.
|
|
comical
|
adj. Funny.
|
|
commemorate
|
v. To serve as a remembrance of.
|
|
commentary
|
n. A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work.
|
|
commingle
|
v. To blend.
|
|
commingle
|
v. To blend.
|
|
commissariat
|
n. The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
|
|
commission
|
v. To empower.
|
|
commitment
|
n. The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping.
|
|
committal
|
n. The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
|
|
commodity
|
n. Something that is bought and sold.
|
|
commotion
|
n. A disturbance or violent agitation.
|
|
commute
|
v. To put something, especially something less severe, in place of.
|
|
comparable
|
adj. Fit to be compared.
|
|
comparative
|
adj. Relative.
|
|
comparison
|
n. Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
|
|
compensate
|
v. To remunerate.
|
|
competence
|
n. Adequate qualification or capacity.
|
|
competent
|
adj. Qualified.
|
|
competitive
|
adj. characterized by rivalry.
|
|
competitor
|
n. A rival.
|
|
complacence
|
n. Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings.
|
|
complacent
|
adj. Pleased or satisfied with oneself.
|
|
complaisance
|
n. Politeness.
|
|
complaisant
|
adj. Agreeable.
|
|
complement
|
v. To make complete.
|
|
complex
|
adj. Complicated.
|
|
compliant
|
adj. Yielding.
|
|
complicate
|
v. To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
|
|
complication
|
n. An intermingling or combination of things or parts, especially in a perplexing manner.
|
|
complicity
|
n. Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer.
|
|
compliment
|
v. To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise.
|
|
component
|
n. A constituent element or part.
|
|
comport
|
v. To conduct or behave (oneself).
|
|
composure
|
n. Calmness.
|
|
comprehensible
|
adj. Intelligible.
|
|
comprehension
|
n. Ability to know.
|
|
comprehensive
|
adj. Large in scope or content.
|
|
compress
|
v. To press together or into smaller space.
|
|
compressible
|
adj. Capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
|
|
compression
|
n. Constraint, as by force or authority.
|
|
comprise
|
v. To consist of.
|
|
compulsion
|
n. Coercion.
|
|
compulsory
|
adj. Forced.
|
|
compunction
|
n. Remorseful feeling.
|
|
compute
|
v. To ascertain by mathematical calculation.
|
|
concede
|
v. To surrender.
|
|
conceit
|
n. Self-flattering opinion.
|
|
conceive
|
v. To form an idea, mental image or thought of.
|
|
concerto
|
n. A musical composition.
|
|
concession
|
n. Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition, or claim.
|
|
conciliate
|
v. To obtain the friendship of.
|
|
conciliatory
|
adj. Tending to reconcile.
|
|
conclusive
|
adj. Sufficient to convince or decide.
|
|
concord
|
n. Harmony.
|
|
concordance
|
n. Harmony.
|
|
concur
|
v. To agree.
|
|
concurrence
|
n. Agreement.
|
|
concurrent
|
adj. Occurring or acting together.
|
|
concussion
|
n. A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow.
|
|
condensation
|
n. The act or process of making dense or denser.
|
|
condense
|
v. To abridge.
|
|
condescend
|
v. To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors.
|
|
condolence
|
n. Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune.
|
|
conduce
|
v. To bring about.
|
|
conducive
|
adj. Contributing to an end.
|
|
conductible
|
adj. Capable of being conducted or transmitted.
|
|
conduit
|
n. A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
|
|
confectionery
|
n. The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
|
|
confederacy
|
n. A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for mutual aid.
|
|
confederate
|
n. One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement.
|
|
confer
|
v. To bestow.
|
|
conferee
|
n. A person with whom another confers.
|
|
confessor
|
n. A spiritual advisor.
|
|
confidant
|
n. One to whom secrets are entrusted.
|
|
confide
|
v. To reveal in trust or confidence.
|
|
confidence
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n. The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another.
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confident
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adj. Assured.
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confinement
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n. Restriction within limits or boundaries.
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confiscate
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v. To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury.
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conflagration
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n. A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like.
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confluence
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n. The place where streams meet.
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confluent
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n. A stream that unites with another.
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conformance
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n. The act or state or conforming.
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conformable
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adj. Harmonious.
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conformation
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n. General structure, form, or outline.
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conformity
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n. Correspondence in form, manner, or use.
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confront
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v. To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles.
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congeal
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v. To coagulate.
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congenial
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adj. Having kindred character or tastes.
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congest
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v. To collect into a mass.
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congregate
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v. To bring together into a crowd.
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coniferous
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adj. Cone-bearing trees.
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conjecture
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n. A guess.
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conjoin
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v. To unite.
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conjugal
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adj. Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons.
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conjugate
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adj. Joined together in pairs.
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conjugation
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n. The state or condition of being joined together.
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conjunction
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n. The state of being joined together, or the things so joined.
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connive
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v. To be in collusion.
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connoisseur
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n. A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art.
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connote
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v. To mean; signify.
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connubial
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adj. Pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
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conquer
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v. To overcome by force.
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consanguineous
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adj. Descended from the same parent or ancestor.
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conscience
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n. The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct.
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conscientious
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adj. Governed by moral standard.
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conscious
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adj. Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks.
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conscript
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v. To force into military service.
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consecrate
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v. To set apart as sacred.
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consecutive
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adj. Following in uninterrupted succession.
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consensus
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n. A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons.
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conservatism
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n. Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things.
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conservative
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adj. Adhering to the existing order of things.
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conservatory
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n. An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation.
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consign
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v. To entrust.
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consignee
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n. A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
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consignor
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n. One who entrusts.
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consistency
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n. A state of permanence.
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console
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v. To comfort.
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consolidate
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v. To combine into one body or system.
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consonance
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n. The state or quality of being in accord with.
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consonant
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adj. Being in agreement or harmony with.
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consort
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n. A companion or associate.
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conspicuous
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adj. Clearly visible.
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conspirator
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n. One who agrees with others to cooperate in accomplishing some unlawful purpose.
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conspire
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v. To plot.
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constable
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n. An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
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constellation
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n. An arbitrary assemblage or group of stars.
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consternation
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n. Panic.
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constituency
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n. The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
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constituent
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n. One who has the right to vote at an election.
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constrict
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v. To bind.
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consul
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n. An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
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consulate
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n. The place in which a consul transacts official business.
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consummate
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v. To bring to completion.
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consumption
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n. Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc.
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consumptive
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adj. Designed for gradual destruction.
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contagion
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n. The communication of disease from person to person.
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contagious
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adj. Transmitting disease.
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contaminate
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v. To pollute.
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contemplate
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v. To consider thoughtfully.
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contemporaneous
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adj. Living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
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contemporary
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adj. Living or existing at the same time.
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contemptible
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adj. Worthy of scorn or disdain.
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contemptuous
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adj. Disdainful.
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contender
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n. One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry.
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contiguity
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n. Proximity.
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contiguous
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adj. Touching or joining at the edge or boundary.
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continence
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n. Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion.
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contingency
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n. Possibility of happening.
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contingent
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adj. Not predictable.
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continuance
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n. Permanence.
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continuation
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n. Prolongation.
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continuity
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n. Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development.
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continuous
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adj. Connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
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contort
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v. To twist into a misshapen form.
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contraband
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n. Trade forbidden by law or treaty.
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contradiction
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n. The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said.
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contradictory
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adj. Inconsistent with itself.
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contraposition
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n. A placing opposite.
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contravene
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v. To prevent or obstruct the operation of.
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contribution
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n. The act of giving for a common purpose.
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contributor
|
n. One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
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contrite
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adj. Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
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contrivance
|
n. The act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
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contrive
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v. To manage or carry through by some device or scheme.
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control
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v. To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
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controller
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n. One who or that which regulates or directs.
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contumacious
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adj. Rebellious.
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contumacious
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adj. Rebellious.
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|
contumacy
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n. Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
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contuse
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v. To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
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|
contusion
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n. A bruise.
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|
convalesce
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v. To recover after a sickness.
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|
convalescence
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n. The state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
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|
convalescent
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adj. Recovering health after sickness.
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convene
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v. To summon or cause to assemble.
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convenience
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n. Fitness, as of time or place.
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converge
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v. To cause to incline and approach nearer together.
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convergent
|
adj. Tending to one point.
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conversant
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adj. Thoroughly informed.
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conversion
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n. Change from one state or position to another, or from one form to another.
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|
convertible
|
adj. Interchangeable.
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|
convex
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adj. Curving like the segment of the globe or of the surface of a circle.
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conveyance
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n. That by which anything is transported.
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|
convivial
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adj. Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking.
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convolution
|
n. A winding motion.
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|
convolve
|
v. To move with a circling or winding motion.
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convoy
|
n. A protecting force accompanying property in course of transportation.
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|
convulse
|
v. To cause spasms in.
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convulsion
|
n. A violent and abnormal muscular contraction of the body.
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copious
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adj. Plenteous.
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|
coquette
|
n. A flirt.
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|
cornice
|
n. An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling.
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|
cornucopia
|
n. The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity.
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|
corollary
|
n. A proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little demonstration.
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|
coronation
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n. The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch.
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|
coronet
|
n. Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign.
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|
corporal
|
adj. Belonging or relating to the body as opposed to the mind.
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|
corporate
|
adj. Belonging to a corporation.
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|
corporeal
|
adj. Of a material nature; physical.
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|
corps
|
n. A number or body of persons in some way associated or acting together.
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|
corpse
|
n. A dead body.
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|
corpulent
|
adj. Obese.
|
|
corpuscle
|
n. A minute particle of matter.
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|
correlate
|
v. To put in some relation of connection or correspondence.
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|
correlative
|
adj. Mutually involving or implying one another.
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|
corrigible
|
adj. Capable of reformation.
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|
corroborate
|
v. To strengthen, as proof or conviction.
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|
corroboration
|
n. Confirmation.
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|
corrode
|
v. To ruin or destroy little by little.
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|
corrosion
|
n. Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
|
|
corrosive
|
n. That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
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|
corruptible
|
adj. Open to bribery.
|
|
corruption
|
n. Loss of purity or integrity.
|
|
cosmetic
|
adj. Pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the complexion.
|
|
cosmic
|
adj. Pertaining to the universe.
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|
cosmogony
|
n. A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe.
|
|
cosmography
|
n. The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
|
|
cosmology
|
n. The general science of the universe.
|
|
cosmopolitan
|
adj. Common to all the world.
|
|
cosmopolitanism
|
n. A cosmopolitan character.
|
|
cosmos
|
n. The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement.
|
|
counter-claim
|
n. A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff.
|
|
counteract
|
v. To act in opposition to.
|
|
counterbalance
|
v. To oppose with an equal force.
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|
countercharge
|
v. To accuse in return.
|
|
counterfeit
|
adj. Made to resemble something else.
|
|
counterpart
|
n. Something taken with another for the completion of either.
|
|
countervail
|
v. To offset.
|
|
counting-house
|
n. A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc.
|
|
countryman
|
n. A rustic.
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|
courageous
|
adj. Brave.
|
|
course
|
n. Line of motion or direction.
|
|
courser
|
n. A fleet and spirited horse.
|
|
courtesy
|
n. Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually.
|
|
covenant
|
n. An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties.
|
|
covert
|
adj. Concealed, especially for an evil purpose.
|
|
covey
|
n. A flock of quails or partridges.
|
|
cower
|
v. To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame.
|
|
coxswain
|
n. One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under an officer.
|
|
crag
|
n. A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge.
|
|
cranium
|
n. The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain.
|
|
crass
|
adj. Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine.
|
|
craving
|
n. A vehement desire.
|
|
creak
|
n. A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound.
|
|
creamery
|
n. A butter-making establishment.
|
|
creamy
|
adj. Resembling or containing cream.
|
|
credence
|
n. Belief.
|
|
credible
|
adj. Believable.
|
|
credulous
|
adj. Easily deceived.
|
|
creed
|
n. A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief.
|
|
crematory
|
adj. A place for cremating dead bodies.
|
|
crevasse
|
n. A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier.
|
|
crevice
|
n. A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces.
|
|
criterion
|
n. A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion.
|
|
critique
|
n. A criticism or critical review.
|
|
crockery
|
n. Earthenware made from baked clay.
|
|
crucible
|
n. A trying and purifying test or agency.
|
|
crusade
|
n. Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle.
|
|
crustacean
|
adj. Pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc.
|
|
crustaceous
|
adj. Having a crust-like shell.
|
|
cryptogram
|
n. Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning.
|
|
crystallize
|
v. To bring together or give fixed shape to.
|
|
cudgel
|
n. A short thick stick used as a club.
|
|
culinary
|
adj. Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen.
|
|
cull
|
v. To pick or sort out from the rest.
|
|
culpable
|
adj. Guilty.
|
|
culprit
|
n. A guilty person.
|
|
culvert
|
n. Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal.
|
|
cupidity
|
n. Avarice.
|
|
curable
|
adj. Capable of being remedied or corrected.
|
|
curator
|
n. A person having charge as of a library or museum.
|
|
curio
|
n. A piece of bric-a-brac.
|
|
cursive
|
adj. Writing in which the letters are joined together.
|
|
cursory
|
adj. Rapid and superficial.
|
|
curt
|
adj. Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression.
|
|
curtail
|
v. To cut off or cut short.
|
|
curtsy
|
n. A downward movement of the body by bending the knees.
|
|
cycloid
|
adj. Like a circle.
|
|
cygnet
|
n. A young swan.
|
|
cynical
|
adj. Exhibiting moral skepticism.
|
|
cynicism
|
n. Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value.
|
|
cynosure
|
n. That to which general interest or attention is directed.
|
|
daring
|
adj. Brave.
|
|
darkling
|
adv. Blindly.
|
|
Darwinism
|
n. The doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution of higher forms.
|
|
dastard
|
n. A base coward.
|
|
datum
|
n. A premise, starting-point, or given fact.
|
|
dauntless
|
adj. Fearless.
|
|
day-man
|
n. A day-laborer.
|
|
dead-heat
|
n. A race in which two or more competitors come out even, and there is no winner.
|
|
dearth
|
n. Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable.
|
|
death's-head
|
n. A human skull as a symbol of death.
|
|
debase
|
v. To lower in character or virtue.
|
|
debatable
|
adj. Subject to contention or dispute.
|
|
debonair x
|
adj. Subject to contention or dispute.
|
|
debut
|
n. A first appearance in society or on the stage.
|
|
decagon
|
n. A figure with ten sides and ten angles.
|
|
decagram
|
n. A weight of 10 grams.
|
|
decaliter
|
n. A liquid and dry measure of 10 liters.
|
|
decalogue
|
n. The ten commandments.
|
|
Decameron
|
n. A volume consisting of ten parts or books.
|
|
decameter
|
n. A length of ten meters.
|
|
decamp
|
v. To leave suddenly or unexpectedly.
|
|
decapitate
|
v. To behead.
|
|
decapod
|
adj. Ten-footed or ten-armed.
|
|
decasyllable
|
n. A line of ten syllables.
|
|
deceit
|
n. Falsehood.
|
|
deceitful
|
adj. Fraudulent.
|
|
deceive
|
v. To mislead by or as by falsehood.
|
|
decency
|
n. Moral fitness.
|
|
decent
|
adj. Characterized by propriety of conduct, speech, manners, or dress.
|
|
deciduous
|
adj. Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc.
|
|
decimal
|
adj. Founded on the number 10.
|
|
decimate
|
v. To destroy a measurable or large proportion of.
|
|
decipher
|
v. To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible.
|
|
decisive
|
ad. Conclusive.
|
|
declamation
|
n. A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public.
|
|
declamatory
|
adj. A full and formal style of utterance.
|
|
declarative
|
adj. Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation.
|
|
declension
|
n. The change of endings in nouns and adj. to express their different relations of gender.
|
|
decorate
|
v. To embellish.
|
|
decorous
|
adj. Suitable for the occasion or circumstances.
|
|
decoy
|
n. Anything that allures, or is intended to allures into danger or temptation.
|
|
decrepit
|
adj. Enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity.
|
|
dedication
|
n. The voluntary consecration or relinquishment of something to an end or cause.
|
|
deduce
|
v. To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles.
|
|
deface
|
v. To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of.
|
|
defalcate
|
v. To cut off or take away, as a part of something.
|
|
defamation
|
n. Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another.
|
|
defame
|
v. To slander.
|
|
default
|
n. The neglect or omission of a legal requirement.
|
|
defendant
|
n. A person against whom a suit is brought.
|
|
defensible
|
adj. Capable of being maintained or justified.
|
|
defensive
|
adj. Carried on in resistance to aggression.
|
|
defer
|
v. To delay or put off to some other time.
|
|
deference
|
n. Respectful submission or yielding, as to another's opinion, wishes, or judgment.
|
|
defiant
|
adj. Characterized by bold or insolent opposition.
|
|
deficiency
|
n. Lack or insufficiency.
|
|
deficient
|
adj. Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount.
|
|
definite
|
adj. Having an exact signification or positive meaning.
|
|
deflect
|
v. To cause to turn aside or downward.
|
|
deforest
|
v. To clear of forests.
|
|
deform
|
v. To disfigure.
|
|
deformity
|
n. A disfigurement.
|
|
defraud
|
v. To deprive of something dishonestly.
|
|
defray
|
v. To make payment for.
|
|
degeneracy
|
n. A becoming worse.
|
|
degenerate
|
v. To become worse or inferior.
|
|
degradation
|
n. Diminution, as of strength or magnitude.
|
|
degrade
|
v. To take away honors or position from.
|
|
dehydrate v
|
. To deprive of water.
|
|
deify
|
v. To regard or worship as a god.
|
|
deign
|
v. To deem worthy of notice or account.
|
|
deist
|
n. One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation.
|
|
deity
|
n. A god, goddess, or divine person.
|
|
deject
|
v. To dishearten.
|
|
dejection
|
n. Melancholy.
|
|
delectable
|
adj. Delightful to the taste or to the senses.
|
|
delectation
|
n. Delight.
|
|
deleterious
|
adj. Hurtful, morally or physically.
|
|
delicacy
|
n. That which is agreeable to a fine taste.
|
|
delineate
|
v. To represent by sketch or diagram.
|
|
deliquesce
|
v. To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air.
|
|
delirious
|
adj. Raving.
|
|
delude
|
v. To mislead the mind or judgment of.
|
|
deluge
|
v. To overwhelm with a flood of water.
|
|
delusion
|
n. Mistaken conviction, especially when more or less enduring.
|
|
demagnetize
|
v. To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism.
|
|
demagogue
|
n. An unprincipled politician.
|
|
demeanor
|
n. Deportment.
|
|
demented
|
adj. Insane.
|
|
demerit
|
n. A mark for failure or bad conduct.
|
|
demise
|
n. Death.
|
|
demobilize
|
v. To disband, as troops.
|
|
demolish
|
v. To annihilate.
|
|
demonstrable
|
adj. Capable of positive proof.
|
|
demonstrate
|
v. To prove indubitably.
|
|
demonstrative
|
adj. Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts.
|
|
demonstrator
|
n. One who proves in a convincing and conclusive manner.
|
|
demulcent
|
n. Any application soothing to an irritable surface
|
|
demurrage
|
n. the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing.
|
|
dendroid
|
adj. Like a tree.
|
|
dendrology
|
n. The natural history of trees.
|
|
denizen
|
n. Inhabitant.
|
|
denominate
|
v. To give a name or epithet to.
|
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denomination
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n. A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline.
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denominator
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n. Part of a fraction which expresses the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided.
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denote
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v. To designate by word or mark.
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denouement
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n. That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up.
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denounce
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v. To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium.
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dentifrice
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n. Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth.
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denude
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v. To strip the covering from.
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denunciation
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n. The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation or punishment.
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deplete
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v. To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste.
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deplorable
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adj. Contemptible.
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deplore
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v. To regard with grief or sorrow.
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deponent
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adj. Laying down.
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depopulate
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v. To remove the inhabitants from.
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deport
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v. To take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony.
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deportment
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n. Demeanor.
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deposition
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n. Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court.
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depositor
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n. One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited.
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depository
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n. A place where anything is kept in safety.
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deprave
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v. To render bad, especially morally bad.
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deprecate
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v. To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite.
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depreciate
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v. To lessen the worth of.
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depreciation
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n. A lowering in value or an underrating in worth.
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depress
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v. To press down.
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depression
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n. A falling of the spirits.
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depth .
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n. Deepness
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derelict
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adj. Neglectful of obligation.
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deride
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v. To ridicule.
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derisible
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adj. Open to ridicule.
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derision
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n. Ridicule.
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derivation
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n. That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning.
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derivative
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adj. Coming or acquired from some origin.
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derive
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v. To deduce, as from a premise.
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dermatology
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n. The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases.
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derrick
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n. An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights.
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descendant
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n. One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc.
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descendent
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adj. Proceeding downward.
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descent
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n. The act of moving or going downward.
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descry
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v. To discern.
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desert
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v. To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned
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desiccant
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n. Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds.
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designate
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v. To select or appoint, as by authority.
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desist
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v. To cease from action.
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desistance
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n. Cessation.
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despair
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n. Utter hopelessness and despondency.
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desperado
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n. One without regard for law or life.
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desperate
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adj. Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair.
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despicable
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adj. Contemptible.
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despite
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prep. In spite of.
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despond
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v. To lose spirit, courage, or hope.
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despondent
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adj. Disheartened.
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despot
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n. An absolute and irresponsible monarch.
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despotism
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n. Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part.
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destitute
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adj. Poverty-stricken.
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desultory
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adj. Not connected with what precedes.
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deter
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v. To frighten away.
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deteriorate
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v. To grow worse.
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determinate
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adj. Definitely limited or fixed.
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determination
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n. The act of deciding.
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deterrent
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adj. Hindering from action through fear.
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detest
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v. To dislike or hate with intensity.
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detract
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v. To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation.
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detriment
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n. Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss.
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detrude
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v. To push down forcibly.
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deviate
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v. To take a different course.
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devilry
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n. Malicious mischief.
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deviltry
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n. Wanton and malicious mischief.
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devious
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adj. Out of the common or regular track.
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devise
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v. To invent.
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devout
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adj. Religious.
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dexterity
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n. Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work.
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diabolic
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adj. Characteristic of the devil.
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diacritical
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adj. Marking a difference.
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diagnose
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v. To distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic phenomena.
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diagnosis
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n. Determination of the distinctive nature of a disease.
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dialect
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n. Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district.
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dialectician
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n. A logician.
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dialogue
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n. A formal conversation in which two or more take part.
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diaphanous
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adj. Transparent.
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diatomic
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adj. Containing only two atoms.
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diatribe
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n. A bitter or malicious criticism.
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dictum
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n. A positive utterance.
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didactic
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adj. Pertaining to teaching.
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difference
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n. Dissimilarity in any respect.
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differentia
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n. Any essential characteristic of a species by reason of which it differs from other species.
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differential
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adj. Distinctive.
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differentiate
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v. To acquire a distinct and separate character.
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diffidence
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n. Self-distrust.
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diffident
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adj. Affected or possessed with self-distrust.
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diffusible
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adj. Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly.
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diffusion
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n. Dispersion.
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dignitary
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n. One who holds high rank.
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digraph
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n. A union of two characters representing a single sound.
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digress
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v. To turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter.
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dilapidated
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pa. Fallen into decay or partial ruin.
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dilate
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v. To enlarge in all directions.
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dilatory
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adj. Tending to cause delay.
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dilemma
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n. A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary.
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dilettante
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n. A superficial amateur.
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diligence
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n. Careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is undertaken.
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dilute
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v. To make more fluid or less concentrated by admixture with something.
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diminution n. Reduction.
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dimly
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adv. Obscurely.
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diphthong
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n. The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds.
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diplomacy
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n. Tact, shrewdness, or skill in conducting any kind of negotiations or in social matters.
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diplomat
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n. A representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another.
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diplomatic
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adj. Characterized by special tact in negotiations.
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diplomatist
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n. One remarkable for tact and shrewd management.
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disagree
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v. To be opposite in opinion.
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disallow
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v. To withhold permission or sanction.
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disappear
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v. To cease to exist, either actually or for the time being.
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disappoint
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v. To fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish, or desire of.
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disapprove
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v. To regard with blame.
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disarm
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v. To deprive of weapons.
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disarrange
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v. To throw out of order.
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disavow
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v. To disclaim responsibility for.
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disavowal
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n. Denial.
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disbeliever
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n. One who refuses to believe.
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disburden
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v. To disencumber.
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disburse
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v. To pay out or expend, as money from a fund.
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discard
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v. To reject.
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discernible
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adj. Perceivable.
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disciple
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n. One who believes the teaching of another, or who adopts and follows some doctrine.
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disciplinary
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adj. Having the nature of systematic training or subjection to authority.
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discipline
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v. To train to obedience.
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disclaim
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v. To disavow any claim to, connection with, or responsibility to.
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discolor
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v. To stain.
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discomfit
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v. To put to confusion.
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discomfort
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n. The state of being positively uncomfortable.
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disconnect
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v. To undo or dissolve the connection or association of.
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disconsolate
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adj. Grief-stricken.
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discontinuance
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n. Interruption or intermission.
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discord
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n. Absence of harmoniousness.
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discountenance
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v. To look upon with disfavor.
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discover
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v. To get first sight or knowledge of, as something previously unknown or unperceived.
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discredit
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v. To injure the reputation of.
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discreet
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adj. Judicious.
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discrepant
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adj. Opposite.
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discriminate
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v. To draw a distinction.
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discursive
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adj. Passing from one subject to another.
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discussion
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n. Debate.
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disenfranchise
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v. To deprive of any right privilege or power
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disengage
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v. To become detached.
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disfavor
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n. Disregard.
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disfigure
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v. To impair or injure the beauty, symmetry, or appearance of.
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dishabille
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n. Undress or negligent attire.
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dishonest
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adj. Untrustworthy.
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disillusion
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v. To disenchant.
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disinfect
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v. To remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious diseases.
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disinfectant
|
n. A substance used to destroy the germs of infectious diseases.
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disinherit
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v. To deprive of an inheritance.
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disinterested
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adj. Impartial.
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disjunctive
|
adj. Helping or serving to disconnect or separate.
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dislocate
|
v. To put out of proper place or order.
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dismissal
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n. Displacement by authority from an office or an employment.
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dismount
|
v. To throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like.
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disobedience
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n. Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction.
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disobedient
|
adj. Neglecting or refusing to obey.
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disown
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v. To refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself.
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disparage
|
v. To regard or speak of slightingly.
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disparity
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n. Inequality.
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dispel
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v. To drive away by or as by scattering in different directions.
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dispensation
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n. That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power.
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displace
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v. To put out of the proper or accustomed place.
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dispossess
|
v. To deprive of actual occupancy, especially of real estate.
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disputation
|
n. Verbal controversy.
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disqualify
|
v. To debar.
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disquiet
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v. To deprive of peace or tranquillity.
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disregard
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v. To take no notice of.
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disreputable
|
adj. Dishonorable or disgraceful.
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disrepute
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n. A bad name or character.
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disrobe
|
v. To unclothe.
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disrupt
|
v. To burst or break asunder.
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dissatisfy
|
v. To displease.
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dissect
|
v. To cut apart or to pieces.
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dissection
|
n. The act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of a plant or an animal.
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dissemble
|
v. To hide by pretending something different.
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disseminate
|
v. To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown.
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dissension
|
n. Angry or violent difference of opinion.
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dissent
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n. Disagreement.
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dissentient
|
n. One who disagrees.
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dissentious
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adj. Contentious.
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dissertation
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n. Thesis.
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disservice
|
n. An ill turn.
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dissever
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v. To divide.
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dissimilar
|
adj. Different.
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dissipate
|
v. To disperse or disappear.
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dissipation
|
n. The state of being dispersed or scattered.
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dissolute
|
adj. Lewd.
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dissolution
|
n. A breaking up of a union of persons.
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dissolve
|
v. To liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture.
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dissonance
|
n. Discord.
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dissonant
|
adj. Harsh or disagreeable in sound.
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dissuade
|
v. To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading.
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dissuasion
|
n. The act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans of through persuasion, or pleading.
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disyllable
|
n. A word of two syllables.
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distemper
|
n. A disease or malady.
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distend
|
v. To stretch out or expand in every direction.
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distensible
|
adj. Capable of being stretched out or expanded in every direction.
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distention
|
n. Expansion.
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distill
|
v. To extract or produce by vaporization and condensation.
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distillation
|
n. Separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile.
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distiller
|
n. One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic liquors.
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distinction
|
n. A note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies.
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distort
|
v. To twist into an unnatural or irregular form.
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distrain
|
v. To subject a person to distress.
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distrainor
|
n. One who subjects a person to distress.
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distraught
|
adj. Bewildered.
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distrust
|
n. Lack of confidence in the power, wisdom, or good intent of any person.
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disunion
|
n. Separation of relations or interests.
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diurnal
|
adj. Daily.
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divagation
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n. Digression.
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divergent
|
adj. Tending in different directions.
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diverse
|
adj. Capable of various forms.
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diversion
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n. Pastime.
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diversity
|
n. Dissimilitude.
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divert
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v. To turn from the accustomed course or a line of action already established.
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divertible
|
adj. Able to be turned from the accustomed course or a line of action already established.
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divest
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v. To strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments, or accouterments or disinvestment.
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divination
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n. The pretended forecast of future events or discovery of what is lost or hidden.
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divinity
|
n. The quality or character of being godlike.
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divisible
|
adj. Capable of being separated into parts.
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divisor
|
n. That by which a number or quantity is divided.
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divulge
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v. To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret.
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divulgence
|
n. A divulging.
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docile
|
adj. Easy to manage.
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docket
|
n. The registry of judgments of a court.
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doe
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n. The female of the deer.
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dogma
|
n. A statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority.
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dogmatic
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adj. Making statements without argument or evidence.
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dogmatize
|
v. To make positive assertions without supporting them by argument or evidence.
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doleful
|
adj. Melancholy.
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dolesome
|
adj. Melancholy.
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dolor
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n. Lamentation.
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dolorous
|
adj. Expressing or causing sorrow or pain.
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domain
|
n. A sphere or field of action or interest.
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domesticity
|
n. Life in or fondness for one's home and family.
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domicile
|
n. The place where one lives.
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dominance
|
n. Ascendancy.
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dominant
|
adj. Conspicuously prominent.
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dominate
|
v. To influence controllingly.
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domination
|
n. Control by the exercise of power or constituted authority.
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domineer
|
v. To rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance.
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donate
|
v. To bestow as a gift, especially for a worthy cause.
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donator
|
n. One who makes a donation or present.
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donee
|
n. A person to whom a donation is made.
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donor
|
n. One who makes a donation or present.
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dormant
|
adj. Being in a state of or resembling sleep.
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doublet
|
n. One of a pair of like things.
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doubly
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adv. In twofold degree or extent.
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dowry
|
n. The property which a wife brings to her husband in marriage.
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drachma
|
n. A modern and an ancient Greek coin.
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dragnet
|
n. A net to be drawn along the bottom of the water.
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dragoon
|
n. In the British army, a cavalryman.
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drainage
|
n. The means of draining collectively, as a system of conduits, trenches, pipes, etc.
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dramatist
|
n. One who writes plays.
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dramatize
|
v. To relate or represent in a dramatic or theatrical manner.
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drastic
|
adj. Acting vigorously.
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drought
|
n. Dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither.
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drowsy
|
adj. Heavy with sleepiness.
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drudgery
|
n. Hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation.
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dubious
|
adj. Doubtful.
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duckling
|
n. A young duck.
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ductile
|
adj. Capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread.
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duet
|
n. A composition for two voices or instruments.
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dun
|
v. To make a demand or repeated demands on for payment.
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duplex
|
adj. Having two parts.
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duplicity
|
n. Double-dealing.
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durance
|
n. Confinement.
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duration
|
n. The period of time during which anything lasts.
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duteous
|
adj. Showing submission to natural superiors.
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dutiable adj.
|
Subject to a duty, especially a customs duty.
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dutiful
|
adj. Obedient.
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dwindle
|
v. To diminish or become less.
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|
dyne
|
n. The force which, applied to a mass of one gram for 1 second, would give it a velocity of 1 cm/s.
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earnest
|
adj. Ardent in spirit and speech.
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earthenware
|
n. Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun.
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|
eatable
|
adj. Edible.
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ebullient
|
adj. Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling.
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|
eccentric
|
adj. Peculiar.
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eccentricity
|
n. Idiosyncrasy.
|
|
eclipse
|
n. The obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body.
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|
economize
|
v. To spend sparingly.
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|
ecstasy
|
n. Rapturous excitement or exaltation.
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|
ecstatic
|
adj. Enraptured.
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edible
|
adj. Suitable to be eaten.
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edict
|
n. That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule of action.
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edify
|
v. To build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion.
|
|
editorial
|
n. An article in a periodical written by the editor and published as an official argument.
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educe
|
v. To draw out.
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efface
|
v. To obliterate.
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effect
|
n. A consequence.
|
|
effective
|
adj. Fit for a destined purpose.
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effectual
|
adj. Efficient.
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effeminacy
|
n. Womanishness.
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effeminate
|
adj. Having womanish traits or qualities.
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effervesce
|
v. To bubble up.
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effervescent
|
adj. Giving off bubbles of gas.
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effete
|
adj. Exhausted, as having performed its functions.
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efficacious
|
adj. Effective.
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efficacy
|
n. The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it.
|
|
efficiency
|
n. The state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty.
|
|
efficient
|
adj. Having and exercising the power to produce effects or results.
|
|
efflorescence
|
n. The state of being flowery, or a flowery appearance.
|
|
efflorescent
|
adj. Opening in flower.
|
|
effluvium
|
n. A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter.
|
|
effrontery
|
n. Unblushing impudence.
|
|
effulgence
|
n. Splendor.
|
|
effuse
|
v. To pour forth.
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effusion
|
n. an outpouring.
|
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egoism
|
n. The theory that places man's chief good in the completeness of self.
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egoist
|
n. One who advocates or practices egoism.
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|
egotism
|
n. Self-conceit.
|
|
egotist
|
n. One given to self-mention or who is constantly telling of his own views and experiences.
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|
egregious
|
adj. Extreme.
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egress
|
n. Any place of exit.
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eject
|
v. To expel.
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v. To quietly terminate: said of time.
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elapse
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elasticity
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n. That property of matter by which a body tends to return to a former shape after being changed.
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electrolysis
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n. The process of decomposing a chemical compound by the passage of an electric current.
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electrotype
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n. A metallic copy of any surface, as a coin.
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elegy
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n. A lyric poem lamenting the dead.
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element
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n. A component or essential part.
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elicit
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v. To educe or extract gradually or without violence.
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eligible
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adj. Qualified for selection.
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eliminate
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v. To separate and cast aside.
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Elizabethan
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adj. Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era.
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elocution
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n. The art of correct intonation, inflection, and gesture in public speaking or reading.
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eloquent
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adj. Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech.
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elucidate
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v. To bring out more clearly the facts concerning.
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elude
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v. To evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice.
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elusion
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n. Evasion.
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emaciate
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v. To waste away in flesh.
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emanate
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v. To flow forth or proceed, as from some source.
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emancipate
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v. To release from bondage.
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embargo
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n. Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade.
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embark
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v. To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme.
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embarrass
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v. To render flustered or agitated.
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embellish
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v. To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features.
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embezzle
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v. To misappropriate secretly.
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emblazon
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v. To set forth publicly or in glowing terms.
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emblem
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n. A symbol.
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embody
|
v. To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact or visible form.
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embolden
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v. To give courage to.
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embolism
|
n. An obstruction or plugging up of an artery or other blood-vessel.
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embroil
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v. To involve in dissension or strife.
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emerge
|
v. To come into view or into existence.
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emergence
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n. A coming into view.
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emergent
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adj. Coming into view.
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emeritus
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adj. Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position.
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emigrant
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n. One who moves from one place to settle in another.
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emigrate
|
v. To go from one country, state, or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another.
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eminence
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n. An elevated position with respect to rank, place, character, condition, etc.
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eminent
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adj. High in station, merit, or esteem.
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emit
|
v. To send or give out.
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emphasis
|
n. Any special impressiveness added to an utterance or act, or stress laid upon some word.
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emphasize
|
v. To articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word, or a group of words.
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emphatic
|
adj. Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set of words.
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employee
|
n. One who works for wages or a salary.
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employer
|
n. One who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay.
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emporium
|
n. A bazaar or shop.
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empower
|
v. To delegate authority to.
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emulate
|
v. To imitate with intent to equal or surpass.
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enact
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v. To make into law, as by legislative act.
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enamor
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v. To inspire with ardent love.
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encamp
|
v. To pitch tents for a resting-place.
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encomium
|
n. A formal or discriminating expression of praise.
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encompass
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v. To encircle.
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encore
|
n. The call for a repetition, as of some part of a play or performance.
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encourage
|
v. To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind.
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encroach
|
v. To invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the possessions of another.
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encumber
|
v. To impede with obstacles.
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encyclical
|
adj. Intended for general circulation.
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encyclopedia
|
n. A work containing information on subjects, or exhaustive of one subject.
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endanger
|
v. To expose to peril.
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endear
|
v. To cause to be loved.
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endemic
|
adj. Peculiar to some specified country or people.
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endue
|
v. To endow with some quality, gift, or grace, usually spiritual.
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endurable
|
adj. Tolerable.
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endurance
|
n. The ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship, or stress of any kind without succumbing.
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energetic
|
adj. Working vigorously.
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enervate
|
v. To render ineffective or inoperative.
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enfeeble
|
v. To debilitate.
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enfranchise
|
v. To endow with a privilege, especially with the right to vote.
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engender
|
v. To produce.
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engrave
|
x. To cut or carve in or upon some surface.
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engross
|
v. To occupy completely.
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enhance
|
v. To intensify.
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enigma
|
n. A riddle.
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enjoin
|
v. To command.
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enkindle
|
v. To set on fire.
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enlighten
|
v. To cause to see clearly.
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enlist
|
v. To enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment.
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enmity
|
n. Hatred.
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ennoble
|
v. To dignify.
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enormity
|
n. Immensity.
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enormous
|
adj. Gigantic.
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enrage
|
v. To infuriate.
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enrapture
|
v. To delight extravagantly or intensely.
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enshrine
|
v. To keep sacred.
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ensnare
|
v. To entrap.
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entail
|
v. To involve; necessitate.
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entangle
|
v. To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications.
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enthrall
|
v. To bring or hold under any overmastering influence.
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enthrone
|
v. To invest with sovereign power.
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enthuse
|
v. To yield to or display intense and rapturous feeling.
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enthusiastic
|
adj. Full of zeal and fervor.
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entirety
|
n. A complete thing.
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entomology
|
n. The branch of zoology that treats of insects.
|
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entrails
|
n. pl. The internal parts of an animal.
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entreaty
|
n. An earnest request.
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entree
|
n. The act of entering.
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entrench
|
v. To fortify or protect, as with a trench or ditch and wall.
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entwine
|
v. To interweave.
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enumerate
|
v. To name one by one.
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epic
|
n. A poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages, heroes, etc.
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epicure
|
n. One who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and drinking.
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Epicurean
|
adj. Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite.
|
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epicycle
|
n. A circle that rolls upon the external or internal circumference of another circle.
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epicycloid
|
n. A curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls upon another circle.
|
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epidemic
|
n. Wide-spread occurrence of a disease in a certain region.
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epidermis
|
n. The outer skin.
|
|
epigram
|
n. A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation.
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epilogue
|
n. The close of a narrative or dramatic poem.
|
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epiphany
|
n. Any appearance or bodily manifestation of a deity.
|
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episode
|
n. An incident or story in a literary work, separable from yet growing out of it.
|
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epitaph
|
n. An inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in memory of the dead.
|
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epithet
|
n. Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in "Father Aeneas".
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epitome
|
n. A simplified representation.
|
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epizootic
|
adj. Prevailing among animals.
|
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epoch
|
n. A interval of time, memorable for extraordinary events.
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epode
|
n. A species of lyric poems.
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equalize
|
v. To render uniform.
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equanimity
|
n. Evenness of mind or temper.
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equestrian
|
adj. Pertaining to horses or horsemanship.
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equilibrium
|
n. A state of balance.
|
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equitable
|
adj. Characterized by fairness.
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equity
|
n. Fairness or impartiality.
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equivalent
|
adj. Equal in value, force, meaning, or the like.
|
|
equivocal
|
adj. Ambiguous.
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equivocate
|
v. To use words of double meaning.
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eradicate
|
v. To destroy thoroughly.
|
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errant
|
adj. Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds.
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|
erratic
|
adj. Irregular.
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erroneous
|
adj. Incorrect.
|
|
erudite
|
adj. Very-learned.
|
|
erudition
|
n. Extensive knowledge of literature, history, language, etc.
|
|
eschew
|
v. To keep clear of.
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|
espy
|
v. To keep close watch.
|
|
esquire
|
n. A title of dignity, office, or courtesy.
|
|
essence
|
n. That which makes a thing to be what it is.
|
|
esthetic
|
adj. Pertaining to beauty, taste, or the fine arts.
|
|
estimable
|
adj. Worthy of respect.
|
|
estrange
|
v. To alienate.
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|
estuary
|
n. A wide lower part of a tidal river.
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et cetera
|
Latin. And so forth.
|
|
eugenic
|
adj. Relating to the development and improvement of race.
|
|
eulogize
|
v. To speak or write a laudation of a person's life or character.
|
|
eulogy
|
n. A spoken or written laudation of a person's life or character.
|
|
euphemism
|
n. A figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is substituted.
|
|
euphonious
|
adj. Characterized by agreeableness of sound.
|
|
euphony
|
n. Agreeableness of sound.
|
|
eureka
|
Greek. I have found it.
|
|
evade
|
v. To avoid by artifice.
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|
evanesce
|
v. To vanish gradually.
|
|
evanescent
|
adj. Fleeting.
|
|
evangelical
|
adj. Seeking the conversion of sinners.
|
|
evangelist
|
n. A preacher who goes from place to place holding services.
|
|
evasion
|
n. Escape.
|
|
eventual
|
adj. Ultimate.
|
|
evert
|
v. To turn inside out.
|
|
evict
|
v. To dispossess pursuant to judicial decree.
|
|
evidential
|
adj. Indicative.
|
|
evince
|
v. To make manifest or evident.
|
|
evoke
|
v. To call or summon forth.
|
|
evolution
|
n. Development or growth.
|
|
evolve
|
v. To unfold or expand.
|
|
exacerbate
|
v. To make more sharp, severe, or virulent.
|
|
exaggerate
|
v. To overstate.
|
|
exasperate
|
v. To excite great anger in.
|
|
excavate
|
v. To remove by digging or scooping out.
|
|
exceed
|
v. To go beyond, as in measure, quality, value, action, power, skill, etc.
|
|
excel
|
v. To be superior or distinguished.
|
|
excellence
|
n. Possession of eminently or unusually good qualities.
|
|
excellency
|
n. A title of honor bestowed upon various high officials.
|
|
excellent
|
adj. Possessing distinguished merit.
|
|
excerpt
|
n. An extract or selection from written or printed matter.
|
|
excess
|
n. That which passes the ordinary, proper, or required limit, measure, or experience.
|
|
excitable
|
adj. Nervously high-strung.
|
|
excitation
|
n. Intensified emotion or action.
|
|
exclamation
|
n. An abrupt or emphatic expression of thought or of feeling.
|
|
exclude
|
v. To shut out purposely or forcibly.
|
|
exclusion
|
n. Non-admission.
|
|
excrescence
|
n. Any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development.
|
|
excretion
|
n. The getting rid of waste matter.
|
|
excruciate
|
v. To inflict severe pain or agony upon.
|
|
excursion
|
n. A journey.
|
|
excusable
|
adj. Justifiable.
|
|
execrable
|
adj. Abominable.
|
|
execration
|
n. An accursed thing.
|
|
executor
|
n. A person nominated by the will of another to execute the will.
|
|
exegesis
|
n. Biblical exposition or interpretation.
|
|
exemplar
|
n. A model, pattern, or original to be copied or imitated.
|
|
exemplary
|
adj. Fitted to serve as a model or example worthy of imitation.
|
|
exemplify
|
v. To show by example.
|
|
exempt
|
adj. Free, clear, or released, as from some liability, or restriction affecting others.
|
|
exert
|
v. To make an effort.
|
|
exhale
|
v. To breathe forth.
|
|
exhaust
|
v. To empty by draining off the contents.
|
|
exhaustible
|
adj. Causing or tending to cause exhaustion.
|
|
exhaustion
|
n. Deprivation of strength or energy.
|
|
exhaustive
|
adj. Thorough and complete in execution.
|
|
exhilarate
|
v. To fill with high or cheerful spirits.
|
|
exhume
|
v. To dig out of the earth (what has been buried).
|
|
exigency
|
n. A critical period or condition.
|
|
exigent
|
adj. Urgent.
|
|
existence
|
n. Possession or continuance of being.
|
|
exit
|
n. A way or passage out.
|
|
exodus
|
n. A going forth or departure from a place or country, especially of many people.
|
|
exonerate
|
v. To relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, or blame.
|
|
exorbitance
|
n. Extravagance or enormity.
|
|
exorbitant
|
adj. Going beyond usual and proper limits.
|
|
exorcise v
|
. To cast or drive out by religious or magical means.
|
|
exotic
|
adj. Foreign.
|
|
expand
|
v. To increase in range or scope.
|
|
expanse
|
n. A continuous area or stretch.
|
|
expansion
|
n. Increase of amount, size, scope, or the like.
|
|
expatriate
|
v. To drive from one's own country.
|
|
expect
|
v. To look forward to as certain or probable.
|
|
expectancy
|
n. The act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable.
|
|
expectorate
|
v. To cough up and spit forth.
|
|
expediency
|
n. Fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case.
|
|
expedient
|
adj. Contributing to personal advantage.
|
|
expedite
|
v. To hasten the movement or progress of.
|
|
expeditious
|
adj. Speedy.
|
|
expend
|
v. To spend.
|
|
expense
|
n. The laying out or expending or money or other resources, as time or strength.
|
|
expiate
|
v. To make satisfaction or amends for.
|
|
explicate
|
v. To clear from involvement.
|
|
explicit
|
adj. Definite.
|
|
explode
|
v. To cause to burst in pieces by force from within.
|
|
explosion
|
n. A sudden and violent outbreak.
|
|
explosive
|
adj. Pertaining to a sudden and violent outbreak.
|
|
exposition
|
n. Formal presentation.
|
|
expository
|
adj. Pertaining to a formal presentation.
|
|
expostulate
|
v. To discuss.
|
|
exposure
|
n. An open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements, or points of the compass.
|
|
expressive
|
adj. Full of meaning.
|
|
expulsion
|
n. Forcible ejection.
|
|
extant
|
adj. Still existing and known.
|
|
extemporaneous
|
adj. Done or made without much or any preparation.
|
|
extempore
|
adv. Without studied or special preparation.
|
|
extensible
|
adj. Capable of being thrust out.
|
|
extension
|
n. A reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope.
|
|
extensive
|
adj. Extended widely in space, time, or scope.
|
|
extensor
|
n. A muscle that causes extension.
|
|
extenuate
|
v. To diminish the gravity or importance of.
|
|
exterior
|
n. That which is outside.
|
|
external
|
n. Anything relating or belonging to the outside.
|
|
extinct
|
adj. Being no longer in existence.
|
|
extinguish
|
v. To render extinct.
|
|
extol
|
v. To praise in the highest terms.
|
|
extort
|
v. To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection of another to some necessity.
|
|
extortion
|
n. The practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion.
|
|
extradite
|
v. To surrender the custody of.
|
|
extradition
|
n. The surrender by a government of a person accused of crime to the justice of another government.
|
|
extrajudicial
|
adj. Happening out of court.
|
|
extraneous
|
adj. Having no essential relation to a subject.
|
|
extraordinary
|
adj. Unusual.
|
|
extravagance
|
n. Undue expenditure of money.
|
|
extravagant
|
adj. Needlessly free or lavish in expenditure.
|
|
extremist
|
n. One who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views.
|
|
extremity
|
n. The utmost point, side, or border, or that farthest removed from a mean position.
|
|
extricate
|
v. Disentangle.
|
|
extrude
|
v. To drive out or away.
|
|
exuberance
|
n. Rich supply.
|
|
exuberant
|
adj. Marked by great plentifulness.
|
|
fabricate
|
v. To invent fancifully or falsely.
|
|
fabulous
|
adj. Incredible.
|
|
facet
|
n. One of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond or other gem.
|
|
facetious
|
adj. Amusing.
|
|
facial
|
adj. Pertaining to the face.
|
|
facile
|
adj. Not difficult to do.
|
|
facilitate
|
v. To make more easy.
|
|
facility
|
n. Ease.
|
|
facsimile
|
n. An exact copy or reproduction.
|
|
faction
|
n. A number of persons combined for a common purpose.
|
|
factious
|
adj. Turbulent.
|
|
fallacious
|
adj. Illogical.
|
|
fallacy
|
n. Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning.
|
|
fallible
|
adj. Capable of erring.
|
|
fallow
|
n. Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest.
|
|
famish
|
v. To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst.
|
|
fanatic
|
n. A religious zealot.
|
|
fancier
|
n. One having a taste for or interest in special objects.
|
|
fanciless
|
adj. Unimaginative.
|
|
fastidious
|
adj. Hard to please.
|
|
fathom
|
n. A measure of length, 6 feet.
|
|
fatuous
|
adj. Idiotic
|
|
faulty
|
adj. Imperfect.
|
|
faun
|
n. One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human, with goats feet.
|
|
fawn
|
n. A young deer.
|
|
fealty
|
n. Loyalty.
|
|
feasible
|
adj. That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable.
|
|
federate
|
v. To league together.
|
|
feint
|
n. Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement.
|
|
felicitate
|
v. To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event.
|
|
felicity
|
n. A state of well-founded happiness.
|
|
felon
|
n. A criminal or depraved person.
|
|
felonious
|
adj. Showing criminal or evil purpose.
|
|
felony
|
n. One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment.
|
|
feminine
|
adj. Characteristic of woman or womankind.
|
|
fernery
|
n. A place in which ferns are grown.
|
|
ferocious
|
adj. Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature.
|
|
ferocity
|
n. Savageness.
|
|
fervent
|
adj. Ardent in feeling.
|
|
fervid
|
adj. Intense.
|
|
fervor
|
n. Ardor or intensity of feeling.
|
|
festal
|
adj. Joyous.
|
|
festive
|
adj. Merry.
|
|
fete
|
n. A festival or feast.
|
|
fetus
|
n. The young in the womb or in the egg.
|
|
feudal
|
adj. Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal.
|
|
feudalism
|
n. The feudal system.
|
|
fez
|
n. A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red with a black tassel.
|
|
fiasco
|
n. A complete or humiliating failure.
|
|
fickle
|
adj. Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose.
|
|
fictitious
|
adj. Created or formed by the imagination.
|
|
fidelity
|
n. Loyalty.
|
|
fiducial
|
adj. Indicative of faith or trust.
|
|
fief
|
n. A landed estate held under feudal tenure.
|
|
filibuster
|
n. One who attempts to obstruct legislation.
|
|
finale
|
n. Concluding performance.
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finality
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n. The state or quality of being final or complete.
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finally
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adv. At last.
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financial
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adj. Monetary.
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financier
|
n. One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations.
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finery
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n. That which is used to decorate the person or dress.
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finesse
|
n. Subtle contrivance used to gain a point.
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finite
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adj. Limited.
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fiscal
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adj. Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government.
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fishmonger
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n. One who sells fish.
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fissure
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n. A crack or crack-like depression.
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fitful
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adj. Spasmodic.
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fixture
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n. One who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position.
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flag-officer
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n. The captain of a flag-ship.
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flagrant
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adj. Openly scandalous.
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flamboyant
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adj. Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste.
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flatulence
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n. Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels.
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flection
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n. The act of bending.
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fledgling
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n. A young bird.
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flexible
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adj. Pliable.
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flimsy
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adj. Thin and weak.
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flippant
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adj. Having a light, pert, trifling disposition.
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floe
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n. A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice.
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flora
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n. The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district.
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floral
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adj. Pertaining to flowers.
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florid
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adj. Flushed with red.
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florist
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n. A dealer in flowers.
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fluctuate
|
v. To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another.
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fluctuation
|
n. Frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to another.
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flue
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n. A smoke-duct in a chimney.
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fluent
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adj. Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas.
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fluential
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adj. Pertaining to streams.
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flux
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n. A state of constant movement, change, or renewal.
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foggy
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adj. Obscure.
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foible
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n. A personal weakness or failing.
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foist
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v. To palm off.
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foliage
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n. Any growth of leaves.
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foliox
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n. Any growth of leaves.
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folk-lore
|
n. The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people.
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fondle
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v. To handle tenderly and lovingly.
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foolery
|
n. Folly.
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foot-note
|
n. A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column.
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foppery
|
n. Dandyism.
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foppish
|
adj. Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners.
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forbearance
|
n. Patient endurance or toleration of offenses.
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forby
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adv. Besides.
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forcible
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adj. Violent.
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forecourt
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n. A court opening directly from the street.
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forejudge
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v. To judge of before hearing evidence.
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forepeak
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n. The extreme forward part of a ship's hold, under the lowest deck.
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foreshore
|
n. That part of a shore uncovered at low tide.
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forebode
|
v. To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil.
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forecast
|
v. To predict.
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forecastle
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n. That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds.
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foreclose
|
v. To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property.
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forefather
|
n. An ancestor.
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forego
|
v. To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of.
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foreground
|
n. That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator.
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forehead
|
n. The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair.
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foreign
|
adj. Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country.
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foreigner
|
n. A citizen of a foreign country.
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foreknowledge
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n. Prescience.
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foreman
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n. The head man.
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foreordain
|
v. To predetermine.
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foreordination
|
n. Predestination.
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forerun
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v. To go before as introducing or ushering in.
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foresail
|
n. A square sail.
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foresee
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v. To discern beforehand.
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foresight
|
n. Provision against harm or need.
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foretell
|
v. To predict.
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forethought
|
n. Premeditation.
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forfeit
|
v. To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation.
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forfend
|
v. To ward off.
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forgery
|
n. Counterfeiting.
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forgo
|
v. To deny oneself.
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formation
|
n. Relative disposition of parts.
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formidable
|
adj. Difficult to accomplish.
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formula
|
n. Fixed rule or set form.
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forswear
|
v. To renounce upon oath.
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forte
|
n. A strong point.
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forth
|
adv. Into notice or view.
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forthright
|
adv. With directness.
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fortify
|
v. To provide with defensive works.
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fortitude
|
n. Patient courage.
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foursome
|
adj. Consisting of four.
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fracture
|
n. A break.
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fragile
|
adj. Easily broken.
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frailty
|
n. Liability to be broken or destroyed.
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fragile
|
adj. Capable of being broken.
|
|
frankincense
|
n. A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes.
|
|
frantic
|
adj. Frenzied.
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|
fraternal
|
adj. Brotherly.
|
|
fraudulence
|
n. Deceitfulness.
|
|
fraudulent
|
adj. Counterfeit.
|
|
fray
|
v. To fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads.
|
|
freemason
|
n. A member of an ancient secret fraternity originally confined to skilled artisans.
|
|
freethinker
|
n. One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion.
|
|
free trade
|
n. Commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs.
|
|
frequency
|
n. The comparative number of any kind of occurrences within a given time or space.
|
|
fresco
|
n. The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings.
|
|
freshness
|
n. The state, quality, or degree of being fresh.
|
|
fretful
|
adj. Disposed to peevishness.
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|
frightful
|
adj. Apt to induce terror or alarm.
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|
frigid
|
adj. Lacking warmth.
|
|
frigidarium
|
n. A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc.
|
|
frivolity
|
n. A trifling act, thought, saying, or practice.
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|
frivolous
|
adj. Trivial.
|
|
frizz
|
v. To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to.
|
|
frizzle
|
v. To cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair.
|
|
frolicsome
|
adj. Prankish.
|
|
frontier
|
n. The part of a nation's territory that abuts upon another country.
|
|
frowzy
|
adj. Slovenly in appearance.
|
|
frugal
|
adj. Economical.
|
|
fruition
|
n. Fulfillment.
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|
fugacious
|
adj. Fleeting.
|
|
fulcrum
|
n. The support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns.
|
|
fulminate
|
v. To cause to explode.
|
|
fulsome
|
adj. Offensive from excess of praise or commendation.
|
|
fumigate
|
v. To subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially for disinfection.
|
|
functionary
|
n. An official.
|
|
fundamental
|
adj. Basal.
|
|
fungible
|
adj. That may be measured, counted, or weighed.
|
|
fungous
|
adj. Spongy.
|
|
fungus
|
n. A plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom.
|
|
furbish
|
v. To restore brightness or beauty to.
|
|
furlong
|
n. A measure, one-eighth of a mile.
|
|
furlough
|
n. A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer.
|
|
furrier
|
n. A dealer in or maker of fur goods.
|
|
further
|
adj. More distant or advanced.
|
|
furtherance
|
n. Advancement.
|
|
furtive
|
adj. Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief.
|
|
fuse
|
v. To unite or blend as by melting together.
|
|
fusible
|
adj. Capable of being melted by heat.
|
|
futile
|
adj. Of no avail or effect.
|
|
futurist
|
n. A person of expectant temperament.
|
|
gauge
|
n. An instrument for measuring.
|
|
gaiety
|
n. Festivity.
|
|
gaily
|
adv. Merrily.
|
|
gait
|
n. Carriage of the body in going.
|
|
gallant
|
adj. Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit.
|
|
galore
|
adj. Abundant.
|
|
galvanic
|
adj. Pertaining or relating to electricity produced by chemical action.
|
|
galvanism
|
n. Current electricity, especially that arising from chemical action.
|
|
galvanize
|
v. To imbue with life or animation.
|
|
gamble
|
v. To risk money or other possession on an event, chance, or contingency.
|
|
gambol
|
n. Playful leaping or frisking.
|
|
gamester
|
n. A gambler.
|
|
gamut
|
n. The whole range or sequence.
|
|
garnish
|
v. In cookery, to surround with additions for embellishment.
|
|
garrison
|
n. The military force stationed in a fort, town, or other place for its defense.
|
|
garrote
|
v. To execute by strangling.
|
|
garrulous
|
adj. Given to constant trivial talking.
|
|
gaseous
|
adj. Light and unsubstantial.
|
|
gastric
|
adj. Of, pertaining to, or near the stomach.
|
|
gastritis
|
n. Inflammation of the stomach.
|
|
gastronomy
|
n. The art of preparing and serving appetizing food.
|
|
gendarme
|
n. In continental Europe, particularly in France, a uniformed and armed police officer.
|
|
genealogy
|
n. A list, in the order of succession, of ancestors and their descendants.
|
|
genealogist
|
n. A tracer of pedigrees.
|
|
generality
|
n. The principal portion.
|
|
generalize
|
v. To draw general inferences.
|
|
generally
|
adv. Ordinarily.
|
|
generate
|
v. To produce or cause to be.
|
|
generic
|
adj. Noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific.
|
|
generosity
|
n. A disposition to give liberally or to bestow favors heartily.
|
|
genesis
|
n. Creation.
|
|
geniality
|
n. Warmth and kindliness of disposition.
|
|
genital
|
adj. Of or pertaining to the animal reproductive organs.
|
|
genitive
|
adj. Indicating source, origin, possession, or the like.
|
|
genteel
|
adj. Well-bred or refined.
|
|
gentile
|
adj. Belonging to a people not Jewish.
|
|
geology
|
n. The department of natural science that treats of the constitution and structure of the earth.
|
|
germane
|
adj. Relevant.
|
|
germinate
|
v. To begin to develop into an embryo or higher form.
|
|
gestation
|
n. Pregnancy.
|
|
gesticulate
|
v. To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech.
|
|
gesture
|
n. A movement or action of the hands or face, expressive of some idea or emotion.
|
|
ghastly
|
adj. Hideous.
|
|
gibe
|
v. To utter taunts or reproaches.
|
|
giddy
|
adj. Affected with a whirling or swimming sensation in the head.
|
|
gigantic
|
adj. Tremendous.
|
|
giver
|
n. One who gives, in any sense.
|
|
glacial
|
adj. Icy, or icily cold.
|
|
glacier
|
n. A field or stream of ice.
|
|
gladden
|
v. To make joyous.
|
|
glazier
|
n. One who cuts and fits panes of glass, as for windows.
|
|
glimmer
|
n. A faint, wavering, unsteady light.
|
|
glimpse
|
n. A momentary look.
|
|
globose
|
adj. Spherical.
|
|
globular
|
adj. Spherical.
|
|
glorious
|
adj. Of excellence and splendor.
|
|
glutinous
|
adj. Sticky.
|
|
gluttonous
|
adj. Given to excess in eating.
|
|
gnash
|
v. To grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage.
|
|
Gordian knot
|
n. Any difficulty the only issue out of which is by bold or unusual manners.
|
|
gourmand
|
n. A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table.
|
|
gosling
|
n. A young goose.
|
|
gossamer
|
adj. Flimsy.
|
|
gourd
|
n. A melon, pumpkin, squash, or some similar fruit having a hard rind.
|
|
graceless
|
adj. Ungracious.
|
|
gradation
|
n. A step, degree, rank, or relative position in an order or series.
|
|
gradient
|
adj. Moving or advancing by steps.
|
|
granary
|
n. A storehouse for grain after it is thrashed or husked.
|
|
grandeur
|
n. The quality of being grand or admirably great.
|
|
grandiloquent
|
adj. Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style.
|
|
grandiose
|
adj. Having an imposing style or effect.
|
|
grantee
|
n. The person to whom property is transferred by deed.
|
|
grantor
|
n. The maker of a deed.
|
|
granular
|
adj. Composed of small grains or particles.
|
|
granulate
|
v. To form into grains or small particles.
|
|
granule
|
n. A small grain or particle.
|
|
grapple
|
v. To take hold of.
|
|
gratification
|
n. Satisfaction.
|
|
gratify
|
v. To please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desire or need.
|
|
gratuitous
|
adj. Voluntarily.
|
|
gratuity
|
n. That which is given without demand or claim. Tip.
|
|
gravity
|
n. Seriousness.
|
|
gregarious
|
adj. Not habitually solitary or living alone.
|
|
grenadier
|
n. A member of a regiment composed of men of great stature.
|
|
grief
|
n. Sorrow.
|
|
grievance
|
n. That which oppresses, injures, or causes grief and at the same time a sense of wrong.
|
|
grievous
|
adj. Creating affliction.
|
|
grimace
|
n. A distortion of the features, occasioned by some feeling of pain, disgust, etc.
|
|
grindstone
|
n. A flat circular stone, used for sharpening tools.
|
|
grisly
|
adj. Fear-inspiring.
|
|
grotesque
|
adj. Incongruously composed or ill-proportioned.
|
|
grotto
|
n. A small cavern.
|
|
ground
|
n. A pavement or floor or any supporting surface on which one may walk.
|
|
guess
|
n. Surmise.
|
|
guile
|
n. Duplicity.
|
|
guileless
|
adj. Frank.
|
|
guinea
|
n. An English monetary unit.
|
|
guise
|
n. The external appearance as produced by garb or costume.
|
|
gullible
|
adj. Credulous.
|
|
gumption
|
n. Common sense.
|
|
gusto
|
n. Keen enjoyment.
|
|
guy
|
n. Stay-rope.
|
|
guzzle
|
v. To swallow greedily or hastily; gulp.
|
|
gynecocracy
|
n. Female supremacy.
|
|
gynecology
|
n. The science that treats of the functions and diseases peculiar to women.
|
|
gyrate
|
v. To revolve.
|
|
gyroscope
|
n. An instrument for illustrating the laws of rotation.
|
|
habitable
|
adj. Fit to be dwelt in.
|
|
habitant
|
n. Dweller.
|
|
habitual
|
adj. According to usual practice.
|
|
habitude
|
n. Customary relation or association.
|
|
hackney
|
v. To make stale or trite by repetition.
|
|
haggard
|
adj. Worn and gaunt in appearance.
|
|
halcyon
|
adj. Calm.
|
|
hale
|
adj. Of sound and vigorous health.
|
|
handwriting
|
n. Penmanship.
|
|
hanger-on
|
n. A parasite.
|
|
happy-go-lucky
|
adj. Improvident.
|
|
harangue
|
n. A tirade.
|
|
harass
|
v. To trouble with importunities, cares, or annoyances.
|
|
harbinger
|
n. One who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing.
|
|
hard-hearted
|
adj. Lacking pity or sympathy.
|
|
hardihood
|
n. Foolish daring.
|
|
harmonious
|
adj. Concordant in sound.
|
|
havoc
|
n. Devastation.
|
|
hawthorn
|
n. A thorny shrub much used in England for hedges.
|
|
hazard
|
n. Risk.
|
|
head first
|
adv. Precipitately, as in diving.
|
|
head foremost
|
adv. Precipitately, as in diving.
|
|
heartrending
|
adj. Very depressing.
|
|
heathenish
|
adj. Irreligious.
|
|
heedless
|
adj. Thoughtless.
|
|
heifer
|
n. A young cow.
|
|
heinous
|
adj. Odiously sinful.
|
|
hemorrhage
|
n. Discharge of blood from a ruptured or wounded blood-vessel.
|
|
hemorrhoids
|
n. pl. Tumors composed of enlarged and thickened blood-vessels, at the lower end of the rectum.
|
|
henchman
|
n. A servile assistant and subordinate.
|
|
henpeck
|
v. To worry or harass by ill temper and petty annoyances.
|
|
heptagon
|
n. A figure having seven sides and seven angles.
|
|
heptarchy
|
n. A group of seven governments.
|
|
herbaceous
|
adj. Having the character of a herb.
|
|
herbarium
|
n. A collection of dried plants scientifically arranged for study.
|
|
herbivorous
|
adj. Feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as animals.
|
|
hereditary
|
adj. Passing naturally from parent to child.
|
|
heredity
|
n. Transmission of physical or mental qualities, diseases, etc., from parent to offspring.
|
|
heresy
|
n. An opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or accepted principles.
|
|
heretic
|
n. One who holds opinions contrary to the recognized standards or tenets of any philosophy.
|
|
heritage
|
n. Birthright.
|
|
hernia
|
n. Protrusion of any internal organ in whole or in part from its normal position.
|
|
hesitancy
|
n. A pausing to consider.
|
|
hesitant
|
adj. Vacillating.
|
|
hesitation
|
n. Vacillation.
|
|
heterodox
|
adj. At variance with any commonly accepted doctrine or opinion.
|
|
heterogeneity
|
n. Unlikeness of constituent parts.
|
|
heterogeneous
|
adj. Consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds.
|
|
heteromorphic
|
adj. Deviating from the normal form or standard type.
|
|
hexangular
|
adj. Having six angles.
|
|
hexapod
|
adj. Having six feet.
|
|
hexagon
|
n. A figure with six angles.
|
|
hiatus
|
n. A break or vacancy where something necessary to supply the connection is wanting.
|
|
hibernal
|
adj. Pertaining to winter.
|
|
Hibernian
|
adj. Pertaining to Ireland, or its people.
|
|
hideous
|
adj. Appalling.
|
|
hilarious
|
adj. Boisterously merry.
|
|
hillock
|
n. A small hill or mound.
|
|
hinder
|
v. To obstruct.
|
|
hindmost
|
adj. Farthest from the front.
|
|
hindrance
|
n. An obstacle.
|
|
hirsute
|
adj. Having a hairy covering.
|
|
hoard
|
v. To gather and store away for the sake of accumulation.
|
|
hoarse
|
adj. Having the voice harsh or rough, as from a cold or fatigue.
|
|
homage
|
n. Reverential regard or worship.
|
|
homogeneity
|
n. Congruity of the members or elements or parts.
|
|
homogeneous
|
adj. Made up of similar parts or elements.
|
|
homologous
|
adj. Identical in nature, make-up, or relation.
|
|
homonym
|
n. A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another.
|
|
homophone
|
n. A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another.
|
|
honorarium
|
n. A token fee or payment to a professional man for services.
|
|
hoodwink
|
v. To deceive.
|
|
horde
|
n. A gathered multitude of human beings.
|
|
hosiery
|
n. A stocking.
|
|
hospitable
|
adj. Disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous kindness.
|
|
hospitality
|
n. The practice of receiving and entertaining strangers and guests with kindness.
|
|
hostility
|
n. Enmity.
|
|
huckster
|
n. One who retails small wares.
|
|
humane
|
adj. Compassionate.
|
|
humanitarian
|
n. A philanthropist.
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humanize
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v. To make gentle or refined.
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humbug
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n. Anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead.
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humiliate
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v. To put to shame.
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hussar
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n. A light-horse trooper armed with saber and carbine.
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hustle
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v. To move with haste and promptness.
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hybrid
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adj. Cross-bred.
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hydra
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n. The seven- or nine-headed water-serpent slain by Hercules.
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hydraulic
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adj. Involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion.
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hydrodynamics
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n. The branch of mechanics that treats of the dynamics of fluids.
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hydroelectric
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adj. Pertaining to electricity developed water or steam.
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hydromechanics
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n. The mechanics of fluids.
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hydrometer
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n. An instrument for determining the density of solids and liquids by flotation.
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hydrostatics
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n. The branch of science that treats of the pressure and equilibrium of fluids.
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hydrous
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adj. Watery.
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hygiene
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n. The branch of medical science that relates to improving health.
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hypercritical
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adj. Faultfinding.
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hypnosis
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n. An artificial trance-sleep.
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hypnotic
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adj. Tending to produce sleep.
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hypnotism
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n. An artificially induced somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion.
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hypnotize
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v. To produce a somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestions.
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hypocrisy
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n. Extreme insincerity.
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hypocrite
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n. One who makes false professions of his views or beliefs.
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hypodermic
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adj. Pertaining to the area under the skin.
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hypotenuse
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n. The side of a right-angled triangle opposite the right angle.
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hypothesis
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n. A proposition taken for granted as a premise from which to reach a conclusion.
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hysteria
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n. A nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying.
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ichthyic
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adj. Fish-like.
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ichthyology
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n. The branch of zoology that treats of fishes.
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ichthyosaurs
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n. A fossil reptile.
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icily
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adv. Frigidly.
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iciness
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n. The state of being icy.
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icon
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n. An image or likeness.
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iconoclast
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n. An image-breaker.
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idealize
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v. To make to conform to some mental or imaginary standard.
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idiom
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n. A use of words peculiar to a particular language.
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idiosyncrasy
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n. A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual.
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idolize
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v. To regard with inordinate love or admiration.
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ignoble
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adj. Low in character or purpose.
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ignominious
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adj. Shameful.
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Iliad
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n. A Greek epic poem describing scenes from the siege of Troy.
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illegal
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adj. Not according to law.
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illegible
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adj. Undecipherable.
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illegitimate
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adj. Unlawfully begotten.
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illiberal
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adj. Stingy.
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illicit
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adj. Unlawful.
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illimitable
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adj. Boundless.
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illiterate
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adj. Having little or no book-learning.
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ill-natured
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adj. Surly.
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illogical
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adj. Contrary to the rules of sound thought.
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illuminant
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n. That which may be used to produce light.
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illuminate
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v. To supply with light.
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illumine
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v. To make bright or clear.
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illusion
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n. An unreal image presented to the senses.
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illusive
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adj. Deceptive.
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illusory
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adj. Deceiving or tending to deceive, as by false appearance.
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imaginable
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adj. That can be imagined or conceived in the mind.
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imaginary
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adj. Fancied.
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imbibe
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v. To drink or take in.
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imbroglio
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n. A misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife.
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imbrue
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v. To wet or moisten.
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imitation
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n. That which is made as a likeness or copy.
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imitator
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n. One who makes in imitation.
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immaculate
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adj. Without spot or blemish.
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immaterial
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adj. Of no essential consequence.
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immature
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adj. Not full-grown.
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immeasurable
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adj. Indefinitely extensive.
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immense
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adj. Very great in degree, extent, size, or quantity.
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immerse
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v. To plunge or dip entirely under water or other fluid.
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immersion
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n. The act of plunging or dipping entirely under water or another fluid.
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immigrant
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n. A foreigner who enters a country to settle there.
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immigrate
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v. To come into a country or region from a former habitat.
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imminence
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n. Impending evil or danger.
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imminent
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adj. Dangerous and close at hand.
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immiscible
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adj. Separating, as oil and water.
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immoral
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adj. Habitually engaged in licentious or lewd practices.
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immortalize
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v. To cause to last or to be known or remembered throughout a great or indefinite length of time.
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immovable
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adj. Steadfast.
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immune
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adj. Exempt, as from disease.
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immutable
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adj. Unchangeable.
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impair
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v. To cause to become less or worse.
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impalpable
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adj. Imperceptible to the touch.
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impartial
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adj. Unbiased.
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impassable
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adj. That can not be passed through or over.
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impassible
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adj. Not moved or affected by feeling.
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impassive
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adj. Unmoved by or not exhibiting feeling.
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impatience
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n. Unwillingness to brook delays or wait the natural course of things.
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impeccable
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adj. Blameless.
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impecunious
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adj. Having no money.
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impede
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v. To be an obstacle or to place obstacles in the way of.
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impel
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v. To drive or urge forward.
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impend
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v. To be imminent.
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imperative
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adj. Obligatory.
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imperceptible
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adj. Indiscernible.
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imperfectible
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adj. That can not be perfected.
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imperil
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v. To endanger.
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imperious
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adj. Insisting on obedience.
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impermissible
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adj. Not permissible.
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impersonal
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adj. Not relating to a particular person or thing.
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impersonate
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v. To appear or act in the character of.
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impersuadable
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adj. Unyielding.
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impertinence
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n. Rudeness.
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imperturbable
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adj. Calm.
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impervious
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adj. Impenetrable.
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impetuosity
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n. Rashness.
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impetuous
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adj. Impulsive.
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impetus
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n. Any impulse or incentive.
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impiety
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n. Irreverence toward God.
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impious
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adj. Characterized by irreverence or irreligion.
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implausible
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adj. Not plausible.
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impliable
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adj. Capable of being inferred.
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implicate
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v. To show or prove to be involved in or concerned
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implicit
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adj. Implied.
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imply
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v. To signify.
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impolitic
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adj. Inexpedient.
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importation
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n. The act or practice of bringing from one country into another.
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importunate
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adj. Urgent in character, request, or demand.
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importune
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v. To harass with persistent demands or entreaties.
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impotent
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adj. Destitute of or lacking in power, physical, moral, or intellectual.
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impoverish
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v. To make indigent or poor.
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impracticable
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adj. Not feasible.
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impregnable
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adj. That can not be taken by assault.
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impregnate
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v. To make pregnant.
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impromptu
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n. Anything done or said on the impulse of the moment.
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improper
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adj. Not appropriate, suitable, or becoming.
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impropriety
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n. The state or quality of being unfit, unseemly, or inappropriate.
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improvident
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adj. Lacking foresight or thrift.
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improvise
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v. To do anything extemporaneously or offhand.
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imprudent
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adj. Heedless.
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impudence
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n. Insolent disrespect.
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impugn
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v. To assail with arguments, insinuations, or accusations.
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impulsion
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n. Impetus.
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impulsive
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adj. Unpremeditated.
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impunity
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n. Freedom from punishment.
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impure
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adj. Tainted.
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impute
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v. To attribute.
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inaccessible
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adj. Difficult of approach.
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inaccurate
|
adj. Not exactly according to the facts.
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inactive
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adj. Inert.
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inadequate
|
adj. Insufficient.
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inadmissible
|
adj. Not to be approved, considered, or allowed, as testimony.
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inadvertent
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adj. Accidental.
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inadvisable
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adj. Unadvisable.
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inane
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adj. Silly.
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inanimate
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adj. Destitute of animal life.
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inapprehensible
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adj. Not to be understood.
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inapt
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adj. Awkward or slow.
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inarticulate
|
adj. Speechless.
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inaudible a
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dj. That can not be heard.
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inborn
|
adj. Implanted by nature.
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inbred
|
adj. Innate.
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incandescence
|
n. The state of being white or glowing with heat.
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incandescent
|
adj. White or glowing with heat.
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incapacitate
|
v. To deprive of power, capacity, competency, or qualification.
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incapacity
|
n. Want of power to apprehend, understand, and manage.
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incarcerate
|
v. To imprison.
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incendiary
|
n. Chemical or person who starts a fire-literally or figuratively.
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incentive
|
n. That which moves the mind or inflames the passions.
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inception
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n. The beginning.
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inceptive
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adj. Beginning.
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incessant
|
adj. Unceasing.
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inchmeal
|
adv. Piecemeal.
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inchoate
|
adj. Incipient.
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inchoative
|
n. That which begins, or expresses beginning.
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incidence
|
n. Casual occurrence.
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incident
|
n. A happening in general, especially one of little importance.
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incidentally
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adv. Without intention.
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incinerate
|
v. To reduce to ashes.
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incipience
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n. Beginning.
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incipient
|
adj. Initial.
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incisor
|
n. A front or cutting tooth.
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incite
|
v. To rouse to a particular action.
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incitement
|
n. That which moves to action, or serves as an incentive or stimulus.
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incoercible
|
adj. Incapable of being forced, constrained, or compelled.
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|
incoherence
|
n. Want of connection, or agreement, as of parts or ideas in thought, speech, etc.
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incoherent
|
adj. Not logically coordinated, as to parts, elements, or details.
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incombustible
|
adj. That can not be burned.
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incomparable
|
adj. Matchless.
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incompatible
|
adj. Discordant.
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incompetence
|
n. General lack of capacity or fitness.
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incompetent
|
adj. Not having the abilities desired or necessary for any purpose.
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incomplete
|
adj. Lacking some element, part, or adjunct necessary or required.
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incomprehensible
|
adj. Not understandable.
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|
incompressible
|
adj. Resisting all attempts to reduce volume by pressure.
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|
inconceivable
|
adj. Incomprehensible.
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incongruous
|
adj. Unsuitable for the time, place, or occasion.
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inconsequential
|
adj. Valueless.
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inconsiderable
|
adj. Small in quantity or importance.
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inconsistent
|
adj. Contradictory.
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inconstant
|
adj. Changeable.
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incontrovertible
|
adj. Indisputable.
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inconvenient
|
adj. Interfering with comfort or progress.
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indefensible
|
adj. Untenable.
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|
indefinitely
|
adv. In a vague or uncertain way.
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indelible
|
adj. That can not be blotted out, effaced, destroyed, or removed.
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indescribable
|
adj. That can not be described.
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indestructible
|
adj. That can not be destroyed.
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indicant
|
adj. That which points out.
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|
indicator
|
n. One who or that which points out.
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indict
|
v. To find and declare chargeable with crime.
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|
indigence
|
n. Poverty.
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|
indigenous
|
adj. Native.
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|
indigent
|
adj. Poor.
|
|
indigestible
|
adj. Not digestible, or difficult to digest.
|
|
indigestion
|
n. Difficulty or failure in the alimentary canal in changing food into absorptive nutriment.
|
|
indignant
|
adj. Having such anger and scorn as is aroused by meanness or wickedness.
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|
indignity
|
n. Unmerited contemptuous conduct or treatment.
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indiscernible
|
adj. Not perceptible.
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indiscreet
|
adj. Lacking wise judgment.
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indiscriminate
|
adj. Promiscuous.
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indispensable
|
adj. Necessary or requisite for the purpose.
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indistinct
|
adj. Vague.
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indivertible
|
adj. That can not be turned aside.
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indivisible
|
adj. Not separable into parts.
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indolence
|
n. Laziness.
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|
indolent
|
adj. Habitually inactive or idle.
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|
indomitable
|
adj. Unconquerable.
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induct
|
v. To bring in.
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|
indulgence
|
n. The yielding to inclination, passion, desire, or propensity in oneself or another.
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indulgent
|
adj. Yielding to the desires or humor of oneself or those under one's care.
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|
inebriate
|
v. To intoxicate.
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|
inedible
|
adj. Not good for food.
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|
ineffable
|
adj. Unutterable.
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|
inefficient
|
adj. Not accomplishing an intended purpose.
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|
inefficiency
|
n. That which does not accomplish an intended purpose.
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|
ineligible
|
adj. Not suitable to be selected or chosen.
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|
inept
|
adj. Not fit or suitable.
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inert
|
adj. Inanimate.
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|
inestimable
|
adj. Above price.
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|
inevitable
|
adj. Unavoidable.
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inexcusable
|
adj. Not to be justified.
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|
inexhaustible
|
adj. So large or furnishing so great a supply as not to be emptied, wasted, or spent.
|
|
inexorable
|
adj. Unrelenting.
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|
inexpedient
|
adj. Unadvisable.
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|
inexpensive
|
adj. Low-priced.
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|
inexperience
|
n. Lack of or deficiency in experience.
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inexplicable
|
adj. Such as can not be made plain.
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|
inexpressible
|
adj. Unutterable.
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|
inextensible
|
adj. Of unchangeable length or area.
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|
infallible
|
adj. Exempt from error of judgment, as in opinion or statement.
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|
infamous
|
adj. Publicly branded or notorious, as for vice, or crime.
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|
infamy
|
n. Total loss or destitution of honor or reputation.
|
|
inference
|
n. The derivation of a judgment from any given material of knowledge on the ground of law.
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|
infernal
|
adj. Akin to or befitting hell or its occupants.
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|
infest
|
v. To be present in such numbers as to be a source of annoyance, trouble, or danger.
|
|
infidel
|
n. One who denies the existence of God.
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|
infidelity
|
n. Disloyalty.
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|
infinite
|
adj. Measureless.
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|
infinity
|
n. Boundless or immeasurable extension or duration.
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|
infirm
|
adj. Lacking in bodily or mental strength.
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|
infirmary
|
n. A place for the reception or treatment of the sick.
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infirmity
|
n. A physical, mental, or moral weakness or flaw.
|
|
inflammable
|
adj. Easily set on fire or excited.
|
|
inflammation
|
n. A morbid process in some part of the body characterized by heat, swelling, and pain.
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inflexible
|
adj. That can not be altered or varied.
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|
influence
|
n. Ability to sway the will of another.
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|
influential
|
adj. Having the power to sway the will of another.
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|
influx
|
n. Infusion.
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|
infrequence
|
n. Rareness.
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|
infrequent
|
adj. Uncommon.
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infringe
|
v. To trespass upon.
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|
infuse
|
v. To instill, introduce, or inculcate, as principles or qualities.
|
|
infusion
|
n. The act of imbuing, or pouring in.
|
|
ingenious
|
adj. Evincing skill, originality, or cleverness, as in contrivance or arrangement.
|
|
ingenuity
|
n. Cleverness in contriving, combining, or originating.
|
|
ingenuous
|
adj. Candid, frank, or open in character or quality.
|
|
inglorious
|
adj. Shameful.
|
|
ingraft
|
v. To set or implant deeply and firmly.
|
|
ingratiate
|
v. To win confidence or good graces for oneself.
|
|
ingratitude
|
n. Insensibility to kindness.
|
|
ingredient
|
n. Component.
|
|
inherence
|
n. The state of being permanently existing in something.
|
|
inherent
|
adj. Intrinsic.
|
|
inhibit
|
v. To hold back or in.
|
|
inhospitable
|
adj. Not disposed to entertain strangers gratuitously.
|
|
inhuman
|
adj. Savage.
|
|
inhume
|
v. To place in the earth, as a dead body.
|
|
inimical
|
adj. Adverse.
|
|
iniquity
|
n. Gross wrong or injustice.
|
|
initiate
|
v. To perform the first act or rite.
|
|
inject
|
v. To introduce, as a fluid, by injection.
|
|
injunction
|
n. Mandate.
|
|
inkling
|
n. A hint.
|
|
inland
|
adj. Remote from the sea.
|
|
inlet
|
n. A small body of water leading into a larger.
|
|
inmost
|
adj. Deepest within.
|
|
innocuous
|
adj. Harmless.
|
|
innovate
|
v. To introduce or strive to introduce new things.
|
|
innuendo
|
n. Insinuation.
|
|
innumerable
|
adj. Countless.
|
|
inoffensive
|
adj. Causing nothing displeasing or disturbing.
|
|
inopportune
|
adj. Unsuitable or inconvenient, especially as to time.
|
|
inquire
|
v. To ask information about.
|
|
inquisition
|
n. A court or tribunal for examination and punishment of heretics.
|
|
inquisitive
|
adj. Given to questioning, especially out of curiosity.
|
|
inquisitor
|
n. One who makes an investigation.
|
|
inroad
|
n. Forcible encroachment or trespass.
|
|
insatiable
|
adj. That desires or craves immoderately or unappeasably.
|
|
inscribe
|
v. To enter in a book, or on a list, roll, or document, by writing.
|
|
inscrutable
|
adj. Impenetrably mysterious or profound.
|
|
insecure
|
adj. Not assured of safety.
|
|
insensible
|
adj. Imperceptible.
|
|
insentient
|
adj. Lacking the power of feeling or perceiving.
|
|
inseparable .
|
adj. That can not be separated
|
|
insidious
|
adj. Working ill by slow and stealthy means.
|
|
insight
|
n. Intellectual discernment.
|
|
insignificance
|
n. Lack of import or of importance.
|
|
insignificant
|
adj. Without importance, force, or influence.
|
|
insinuate
|
v. To imply.
|
|
insipid
|
adj. Tasteless.
|
|
insistence
|
n. Urgency.
|
|
insistent
|
adj. Urgent.
|
|
insolence
|
n. Pride or haughtiness exhibited in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others.
|
|
insolent
|
adj. Impudent.
|
|
insomnia
|
n. Sleeplessness.
|
|
inspector
|
n. An official appointed to examine or oversee any matter of public interest or importance.
|
|
instance
|
n. A single occurrence or happening of a given kind.
|
|
instant
|
n. A very brief portion of time.
|
|
instantaneous
|
adj. Done without perceptible lapse of time.
|
|
instigate
|
v. To provoke.
|
|
instigator
|
n. One who incites to evil.
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|
instill
|
v. To infuse.
|
|
instructive
|
adj. Conveying knowledge.
|
|
insufficiency
|
n. Inadequacy.
|
|
insufficient
|
adj. Inadequate for some need, purpose, or use.
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insular
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adj. Pertaining to an island.
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insulate
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v. To place in a detached state or situation.
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insuperable
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adj. Invincible.
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insuppressible
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adj. Incapable of being concealed.
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insurgence
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n. Uprising.
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insurgent
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n. One who takes part in forcible opposition to the constituted authorities of a place.
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insurrection
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n. The state of being in active resistance to authority.
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intangible
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adj. Not perceptible to the touch.
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integrity
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n. Uprightness of character and soundness of moral principle.
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intellect
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n. The faculty of perception or thought.
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intellectual
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adj. Characterized by intelligence.
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intelligence
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n. Capacity to know or understand.
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intelligible
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adj. Comprehensible.
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intemperance
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n. Immoderate action or indulgence, as of the appetites.
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intension
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n. The act of stringing or stretching, or state of being strained.
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intensive
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adj. Adding emphasis or force.
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intention
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n. That upon which the mind is set.
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interact
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v. To act reciprocally.
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intercede
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v. To mediate between persons.
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intercept
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v. To interrupt the course of.
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intercession
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n. Entreaty in behalf of others.
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intercessor
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n. A mediator.
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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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