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- exculpate
- to clear of blame or fault, vindicate
- execrable
- utterly detestable, abhorrent
- exhilaration
- state of being energetic or filled with happiness
- exorbitant
- extravagant, greater than reasonable, excessively costly
- exponent
- one who champions or advocates
- expound
- to elaborate; to expand or increase
- expurgate
- to censor, to examine and remove offensive material
- extemporaneous
- unrehearsed, on the spur of the moment
- extenuate
- to lessen the seriousness, strength, or effect of
- extrinsic
- not inherent or essential, coming from without
- exuberant
- lively, happy, and full of good spirits
- exude
- to give off, ooze
- fervent
- having intense feeling, enthusiastic; fervid
- feign
- to pretend; to make a false representation of something; to invent falsely; to give a false impression
- flaccid
- soft and limp
- florid
- very fancy, usu. refers to intangible objects, ie. florid speech
- ford
- the shallow part of a river; to cross a river at the shallow part
- forensics
- the art or study of argumentation and formal debate
- fracas
- a big fight
- furrow
- a narrow groove made in the fround; to make wrinkles in the face
- facade
- face, front; mask, superficial appearance
- fallacious
- wrong, unsound, illogical
- fallow
- uncultivated, unused
- fanaticism
- extreme devotion to a cause; excessive enthusiasm
- fathom
- to measure the depth of, gauge; to understand
- fawn
- to flatter excessively, seek the favor of
- faze
- to bother, upset, or disconcert
- feckless
- ineffective, careless; irresponsible
- felicitous
- suitable, appropriate; well-spoken
- fell
- to chop, cut down
- fervid
- passionate, intense, zealous
- fetid
- foul-smelling, putrid
- fiasco
- disaster, utter failure
- finicky
- fussy, difficult to please
- flamboyant
- flashy, garish; exciting, dazzling
- fluctuate
- to alternate, waver
- foil
- to defeat, frustrate
- foreboding
- dark sense of evil to come
- forestall
- to prevent, delay; anticipate
- forethought
- anticipation, foresight
- forlorn
- dreary, deserted; unhappy; hopeless, despairing
- forswear
- to repudiate, renounce, disclaim, reject
- forte
- strong point, something a person does well
- foster
- to nourish, cultivate, promote, to encourage
- fractious
- unruly, rebellious
- fraudulent
- deceitful, dishonest, unethical
- fraught
- full of, accompanied by
- fulsome
- sickenly excessive; repulsive, offensively flattering; insincere
- funereal
- mournful, appropriate to a funeral
- gaffe
- a social blunder, an embarrassing mistake, a faux pas
- galvanize
- to startle into sudden activity; to revitalize
- gastronomy
- the art of eating well
- germane
- relevant, applicant, pertinent
- glower
- to look or stare with sullen dislike or anger
- goldbrick
- to swindle, to sell something worthless as if it were valuable; a swindle
- glut
- surplus, overabundance
- gargantuan
- giant, tremendous
- garner
- to gather and store, to earn, to gather
- gaunt
- thin and bony
- germinate
- to begin to grow (as with a seed or idea)
- gestation
- growth process from conception to birth
- gibe
- to make heckling, taunting, or jeering remarks
- girth
- distance around something
- glib
- fluent in an insincere manner; offhand, casual
- gluttony
- eating and drinking to excess
- goad
- to prod or urge
- gratis
- free, costing nothing
- grievous
- causing grief or sorrow; serious and distressing
- grimace
- facial expression showing pain or disgust
- grovel
- to humble oneself in a demeaning way
- gullible
- easily deceived
- gustatory
- relating to sense of taste
- halcyon
- peaceful, serene; carefree
- hubris
- excessive pride; arrogance
- humanist
- one who has great concern for human welfare, values, and dignity; a student of the classics
- hybrid
- formed, bred, or composed from different elements
- hypodermic
- beneath the skin
- hardy
- robust, vigorous; strong, energetic, and active in mind or body
- haughty
- arrogant and condescending
- heinous
- shocking, wicked, terrible
- hemorrhage
- heavy bleeding; to bleed heavily
- heterogeneous
- composed of unlike parts, different, diverse
- hew
- to cut with an ax
- hoary
- very old; whitish or gray from age
- homage
- public honor and respect
- hone
- to sharpen
- hutch
- pen or coop for animals; shack, shanty
- hygienic
- clean, sanitary
- hypochondria
- unfounded belief that one is often ill
- hypocrite
- person claiming beliefs or virtues he doesn't really possess
- husband
- to farm; manage carefully and thriftily
- importune
- to beg, urge, or insist persistently
- incarnate
- in the flesh
- inchoate
- incomplete; only partially formed
- inoculate
- to protect against disease
- insouciant
- nonchalant, lighthearted, carefree
- idealism
- pursuit of noble goals
- illusory
- unreal, deceptive
- illustrious
- famous, renowned
- immaculate
- spotless; free from error
- immerse
- to bathe, dip; to engross, preoccupy
- immune
- exempt; protected from harm or disease; unresponsive to
- impair
- to damage, injure
- impasse
- blocked path, dilemma with no solution
- impassive
- showing no emotion
- impeach
- to charge with misdeeds in public office; accuse
- impecunious
- poor, having no money
- impediment
- barrier, obstacle; speech disorder
- impertinent
- rude
- impious
- not devout in religion
- implacable
- inflexible, incapable of being pleased
- implicate
- to involve in a crime, incriminate
- implicit
- implied, not directly expressed
- impoverish
- to make poor or bankrupt
- imprecation
- curse
- impregnable
- totally safe from attack, able to resist defeat
- impudent
- arrogant, audacious
- incarcerate
- to put in jail; to confine
- incendiary
- combustible, flammable, burning easily; tending to arouse anger or passion
- inception
- beginning
- incognito
- in disguise, concealing one's identity
- incontrovertible
- unquestionable, beyond dispute
- incredulous
- skeptical, doubtful
- inculcate
- to teach, impress in the mind
- indefatigable
- never tired
- indelible
- permanent, not erasable
- indomitable
- fearless, unconquerable
- indubitable
- unquestionable
- induce
- to persuade; bring about, to influence, to cause
- infamy
- reputation for bad deeds
- infirmity
- disease, ailment
- ingenious
- original, clever, inventive
- ingrate
- ungrateful person
- ingratiate
- to bring oneself purposely into another's good graces, to work to make yourself liked
- inhibit
- to hold back, to prevent, restrain
- inimical
- hostile, unfriendly
- iniquity
- sin, evil act
- innovate
- to invent, modernize, revolutionize
- innuendo
- indirect and subtle criticism, insinuation
- inscrutable
- impossible to understand fully
- insurrection
- rebellion
- integrity
- decency, honesty; wholesome
- intemperate
- not moderate; excessive, especially in the use of alcoholic beverages
- inter
- to bury
- interloper
- trespasser; meddler in others' affairs
- intermittent
- starting and stopping
- interrogate
- to question formally
- intimation
- clue, suggestion
- introvert
- someone given to self-analysis
- inure
- to harder; accustom; become used to
- invidious
- envious; obnoxious; causing resentment or envy
- invincible
- invulnerable, unbeatable
- iota
- a very tiny amount
- iridescent
- showing many colors
- itinerary
- route of a traveler's journey
- jaunt
- a short pleasure trip
- jejune
- lacking maturity or significance; irrelevant
- jettison
- to throw or cast off
- jingoist
- an excessively vigilant patriot, a bellicose chauvinist, a warmongering nationalist
- jurisprudence
- the study of law
- jaded
- tired by excess or overuse; slightly cynical
- jargon
- nonsensical talk; specialized language
- jocular
- jovial, playful, humorous
- juncture
- point where two things are joined
- karma
- consequences of one's actions; fate; destiny
- kernel
- innermost, essential part; seed grain, often in a shell
- knell
- sound of a funeral bell; omen of death or failure
- kudos
- fame, glory, honor, acclaim, compliment
- lambaste
- to assault violently with words
- lax
- not strict; careless or negligent; lazy; irresponsible
- lexicon
- a glossary or dictionary
- limpid
- transparent; clear; lucid
- liniment
- a medicinal liquid or salve for rubbing on the skin
- liquidate
- to get rid of; to settle a debt
- luminary
- a person who has attained eminence in his field
- lachrymose
- tearful
- lackadaisical
- idle, lazy; apathetic, indifferent
- laggard
- dawdler, loafer, lazy person
- larder
- a place where food is stored
- lassitude
- lethargy, sluggishness, a state or feeling of weariness or diminished energy
- laxity
- carelessness
- legerdemain
- trickery
- legible
- readable
- lenient
- easygoing, permissive
- liberal
- tolerant, broad-minded; generous, lavish
- libertine
- one without moral restraint
- licentious
- inmoral; unrestrained by society, lacking moral restraint esp. sexual restraint
- lionize
- to treat as a celebrity
- lissome
- easily flexed, limber, agile
- listless
- lacking energy and enthusiasm
- literate
- able to read and write; well-read and educated
- lithe
- moving and bending with ease; graceful
- livid
- discolored from a bruise; reddened with anger
- loiter
- to stand around idly
- ludicrous
- laughable, ridiculous
- lumber
- to move around slowly and awkwardly
- lurid
- harshly shocking, sensational; glowing
- luxuriance
- elegance, lavishness
- lyrical
- suitable for poetry and song; expressing feeling
- meritorious
- deserving praise or reward
- mirth
- amusement or laughter
- maelstrom
- whirlpool; turmoil; agitated state of mind
- malady
- illness
- malapropism
- humorous misuse of a word
- malcontent
- a discontented person, one who holds a grudge
- malice
- animosity, spite, hatred
- mar
- to damage, deface; spoil
- mannered
- artificial or stilted in character
- maritime
- relating to the sea or sailing
- martinet
- strict disciplinarian, one who rigidly follows rules
- masochist
- one who enjoys pain or humiliation
- mawkish
- sickeningly or disgustingly sentimental
- medieval
- relating to the Middle Ages (about a.d. 500-1500)
- melancholy
- sadness, depression
- menagerie
- various animals kept together for exhibition
- meretricious
- gaudy, falsely attractive
- meticulous
- extremely careful, fastidious, painstaking
- mettle
- courageousness; endurance
- militate
- to operate against, work against
- misconstrue
- to misinterpret
- miserliness
- extreme stinginess
- misnomer
- an incorrect name or designation
- missive
- a note or letter
- mnemonic
- relating to memory; designed to assist memory
- molt
- to shed hair, skin, or an outer layer periodically
- monastic
- extremely plain or secluded, as in a monastery
- montage
- composite picture; a single pictorial composition made by juxtaposing or superimposing many pictures or designs
- moot
- debatable; purely academic, deprived of practical significance
- morbid
- gruesome; relating to disease; abnormally gloomy
- morsel
- a small bit of food
- mote
- small particle, speck
- motley
- many colored; composed of diverse parts
- mottle
- to mark with spots
- mutability
- changeability
- neophyte
- a novice or beginner
- noisome
- offensive or disgusting; stinking, noxious
- numerology
- the study of numbers for the purposes of predicting the future
- nadir
- lowest point
- nascent
- starting to develop, coming into existence
- nettle
- to irritate
- niche
- recess in a wall; best position for something
- nocturnal
- pertaining to night; active at night
- novitiate
- state or period of being a beginner or novice; the place where a novice lives
- nullify
- to make legally invalid; to counteract the effect of
- nomadic
- moving from place to place
- obeisance
- deep reverence; a bow or curtsy
- odometer
- instrument that measures how many miles one has traveled
- olfactory
- pertaining to the sense of smell
- oligarchy
- government by only a few people