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accessible
Approachable.
aviary
A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept.
boatswain
A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
archipelago
Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves.
abdicate
To give up (royal power or the like).
assets
pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
ambulate
To walk about
bacterium
A microbe.
ailment
Slight sickness.
atrocious
Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
approbation
Sanctio,
allegory
The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness.
balsam
A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
antonym
A word directly opposed to another in meaning.
barograph
An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
anterior
Prior.
acquaint
To make familiar or conversant.
alto
The lowest or deepest female voice or part.
believe
To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
accumulate
To become greater in quantity or number.
arbitrary
Fixed or done capriciously.
abbey
The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
albino
A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
bric-a-brac
Objects of curiosity or for decoratio,
belate
To delay past the proper hour.
aperture
Hole.
antecedent
One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
ally
A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness.
animadversion
The utterance of criticism or censure.
Augustinian
Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
advertiser
One who advertises, especially in newspapers.
accelerate
To move faster.
aggress
To make the first attack.
allotment
Portio,
acquittal
A discharge from accusation by judicial actio,
amour
A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
abbess
The lady superior of a nunnery.
anew ad
Once more.
butte
A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
afterthought
A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
aspirant
One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.
befriend
To be a friend to, especially when in need.
advert
To refer incidentally.
antiseptic
Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms.
adduce
To bring forward or name for consideratio,
athwart ad
From side to side.
Americanism
A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States.
anemic
Affected with anemia.
benevolence
Any act of kindness or well-doing.
amenable
Willing and ready to submit.
butt
To strike with or as with the head, or horns.
abidance
An abiding.
accessory
A person or thing that aids the principal agent.
bromine
A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
abomination
A very detestable act or practice.
amicable
Done in a friendly spirit.
brigade
A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
assessor
An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
brazier
An open pan or basin for holding live coals.
aura
Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
acidify
To change into acid.
album
A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like.
bailiff
An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
advocate
One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court.
anthropomorphous
Having or resembling human form.
botanical
Connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
antispasmodic
Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
aversion
A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing.
autarchy
Unrestricted power.
antemundane
Pertaining to time before the world's creatio,
arbor
A tree.
avocation
Diversio,
addle
To make inefficient or worthless; muddle.
admittance
Entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
abscess
A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
aforesaid
Said in a preceding part or before.
abridge
To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles.
arrear
Something overdue and unpaid.
alacrity
Cheerful willingness.
banal
Commonplace.
ambiguous
Having a double meaning.
anonymous
Of unknown authorship.
administrator
One who manages affairs of any kind.
aghast
Struck with terror and amazement.
bigamy
The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
boorish
Rude.
astringent
Harsh in disposition or character.
aristocracy
A hereditary nobility
anagram
The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
amorous
Having a propensity for falling in love.
amalgamate
To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.
assignee
One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
annex
To add or affix at the end.
apostasy
A total departure from one's faith or religio,
bawl
To proclaim by outcry.
assonant
Having resemblance of sound.
attorney-general
The chief law-officer of a government.
abase
To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade.
bombast
Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
ambitious
Eagerly desirous and aspiring.
apprehensible
Capable of being conceived.
baton
An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege.
ameliorate
To relieve, as from pain or hardship
annotate
To make explanatory or critical notes on or upo,
atrocity
Great cruelty or reckless wickedness.
bombardier
A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
adulterant
An adulterating substance.
biennial
A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.
agglomerate
To pile or heap together.
baleful
Malignant.
acquiescence
Passive consent.
affirmative
Answering yes; to a question at issue.
anteroom
A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
bodice
A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist.
brotherhood
Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
brevity
Shortness of duratio,
blaze
A vivid glowing flame.
antagonism
Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons.
brokerage
The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
betroth
To engage to marry.
brimstone
Sulfur.
abrupt
Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break.
anesthetic
Pertaining to or producing loss of sensatio,
bulwark
Anything that gives security or defense.
breach
The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligatio,
berth
A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc.
alienable
Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
apparent
Easily understood.
anecdote
A brief account of some interesting event or incident.
accomplish
To bring to pass.
ascendant
Dominant.
append
To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary.
belittle
To disparage.
ascetic
Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotio,
abdominal
Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdome,
adhesion
The state of being attached or joined.
addendum
Something added, or to be added.
animosity
Hatred.
animate
To make alive.
bestride
To get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
abyss
Bottomless gulf.
ambidextrous
Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.
betrothal
Engagement to marry.
brooch
An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside.
archaeology
The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of ma,
ardent
Burning with passio,
autonomy
Self-government.
annihilate
To destroy absolutely.
boycott
To place the products or merchandise of under a ba,
academy
Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught.
blatant
Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous.
absent-minded
Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business.
bibulous
Fond of drinking.
abstruse
Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
auricle
One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
agile
Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally.
able-bodied
Competent for physical service.
acquit
To free or clear, as from accusatio,
barcarole
A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers.
appraise
To estimate the money value of.
accompanist
One who or that which accompanies.
anatomy
That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms.
blockade
The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces.
aggrieve
To give grief or sorrow to.
acid
A sour substance.
amphitheater
An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena.
alien
One who owes allegiance to a foreign government.
academician
A member of an academy of literature, art, or science.
automaton
Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical.
actionable
Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
blithe
Joyous.
armada
A fleet of war-vessels.
asexual
Having no distinct sexual organs.
alternate
One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other.
apparition
Ghost.
awaken
To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
aide-de-camp
An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general.
acetic
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar.
antechamber
A waiting room for those who seek audience.
bulbous
Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
bullock
An ox.
bombard
To assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
animadvert
To pass criticism or censure.
acrimonious
Full of bitterness.
broach
To mention, for the first time.
accost
To speak to.
aldermanship
The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderma,
accursed
Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
admissible
Having the right or privilege of entry.
acquisition
Anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor.
accomplice
An associate in wrong-doing.
bevel
Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
adoration
Profound devotio,
brethren
pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
beneficiary
One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property.
alley
A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like.
benefice
A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
aerostatics
The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
arbitrate
To act or give judgment as umpire.
burnish
To make brilliant or shining.
accede
To agree.
buttress
Any support or prop.
analyst
One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
bedeck
To cover with ornament.
aspire
To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained.
brogan
A coarse, heavy shoe.
arrival
A coming to stopping-place or destinatio,
adversity
Misfortune.
bureaucracy
Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business.
avow
To declare openly.
abominate
To hate violently.
abstinence
Self denial.
abusive
Employing harsh words or ill treatment.
askance ad
With a side or indirect glance or meaning.
alter
To make change i,
analogous
Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations.
bronchitis
Inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
abnormal
Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard.
appease
To soothe by quieting anger or indignatio,
bemoan
To lament
baffle
To foil or frustrate.
apex
The highest point, as of a mountai,
access
A way of approach or entrance; passage.
alchemy
Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold.
aurora
A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere.
brine
Water saturated with salt.
autocrat
Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.
bight
A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
augur
To predict.
advisory
Not mandatory.
actuary
An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
avarice
Passion for getting and keeping riches.
advocacy
The act of pleading a cause.
adjacency
The state of being adjacent.
alcoholism
A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
airy
Delicate, ethereal.
benison
Blessing.
accept
To take when offered.
abominable
Very hateful.
baste
To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
absorption
The act or process of absorbing.
attache
A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
accustom
To make familiar by use.
autumnal
Of or pertaining to autum,
alkali
Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc.
benignity
Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
adulterate
To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients.
beneficial
Helpful.
altruist
One who advocates or practices altruism.
anthology
A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.
abundant
Plentiful.
appertain
To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relatio,
apogee
The climax.
aphorism
Proverb.
battalion
A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
adjuration
A vehement appeal.
Antichrist
Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.
bravado
An aggressive display of boldness.
bilateral
Two-sided.
alderman
A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
acquittance
Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
archbishop
The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church.
abhorrence
The act of detesting extremely.
annals
A record of events in their chronological order, year by year.
austere
Severely simple; unadorned.
aural
Of or pertaining to the ear.
accordion
A portable free-reed musical instrument.
avert
To turn away or aside.
archaism
Obsolescence.
abrasion
That which is rubbed off.
beset
To attack on all sides.
admonish
To warn of a fault.
ardor
Intensity of passion or affectio,
amateur
Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a professio,
allot
To assign a definite thing or part to a certain perso,
apostate
False.
abrade
To wear away the surface or some part of by frictio,
alternative
Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else.
beatify
To make supremely happy.
allusion
An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it.
atone
To make amends for.
aeronaut
One who navigates the air, a balloonist.
birthright
A privilege or possession into which one is bor,
bilingual
Speaking two languages.
aver
To assert as a fact.
accession
Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
accurate
Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard.
antic
A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic actio,
assay
The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore.
annunciation
Proclamatio,
bustle
To hurry.
browbeat
To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner.
authenticity
The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
admonition
Gentle reproof.
alleviate
To make less burdensome or less hard to bear.
Baconian
Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy.
archetype
A prototype.
by-law
A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like.
auriferous
Containing gold.
adverse
Opposing or opposed.
benefactor
A doer of kindly and charitable acts.
abhorrent
Very repugnant; hateful.
bestial
Animal.
biped
An animal having two feet.
alienate
To cause to turn away.
brandish
To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear.
acrimony
Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
befog
To confuse.
acknowledgment
Recognitio,
alcove
A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room.
absence
The fact of not being present or available.
bungle
To execute clumsily.
anthracite
Hard coal.
antitoxin
A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
afresh ad
Once more, after rest or interval.
arboretum
A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
avalanche
The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock.
amalgam
An alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
acrid
Harshly pungent or bitter.
bewilder
To confuse the perceptions or judgment of.
benefit
Helpful result.
ado
unnecessary activity or ceremony.
acquire
To get as one's ow,
arrant
Notoriously bad.
antediluvian
Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
ascent
A rising, soaring, or climbing.
bleak
Desolate.
bestrew
To sprinkle or cover with things strew,
adamant
Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability.
affix
To faste,
aggression
An unprovoked attack.
armful
As much as can be held in the arm or arms.
abstemious
Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
absurd
Inconsistent with reason or common sense.
botanize
To study plant-life.
brigadier
General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
aboriginal
Primitive; unsophisticated.
adjudge
To award or bestow by formal decisio,
buoyancy
Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
ancestry
One's ancestors collectively.
abscond
To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.
azalea
A flowering shrub.
aqueous
Of, pertaining to, or containing water.
boll
A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotto,
acme
The highest point, or summit.
arcade
A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it.
apposite
Appropriate.
aborigines
The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
brigand
One who lives by robbery and plunder.
benevolent
Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being.
antilogy
Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
achromatic
Colorless,
afoot ad
In progress.
alienation
Estrangement.
anthropology
The science of man in general.
beget
To produce by sexual generatio,
biograph
A bibliographical sketch or notice.
absorb
To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water.
acclaim
To utter with a shout.
authentic
Of undisputed origi,
acerbity
Sourness, with bitterness and astringency.
assent
To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinio,
azure
The color of the sky.
assassin
One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
assonate
To accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
abjure
To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
batter
A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery.
beck
To give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
adhere
To stick fast or together.
Anglophobia
Hatred or dread of England or of what is English.
breaker
One who trains horses, dogs, etc.
bier
A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
ascribe
To assign as a quality or attribute.
awry ad
&, Out of the proper form, direction, or positio,
bauble
A trinket.
audible
Loud enough to be heard.
acreage
Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
autopsy
The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death.
bide
To await.
accuracy
Exactness.
assimilate
To adapt.
benediction
a solemn invocation of the divine blessing.
altercate
To contend angrily or zealously in words.
bitterness
Acridity, as to the taste.
archdeacon
A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
atomizer
An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
actuate
To move or incite to actio,
bridle
The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins.
bomb
A hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
asperity
Harshness or roughness of temper.
Anglo-Saxon
The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India.
adherence
Attachment.
antipathize
To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
auricular
Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
bibliomania
The passion for collecting books.
breech
The buttocks.
apiary
A place where bees are kept.
antiphony
An anthem or other composition sung responsively.
anhydrous
Withered.
arrogate
To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds.
aggravation
The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime, offense, misfortune, etc.
brae
Hillside.
adherent
Clinging or sticking fast.
bole
The trunk or body of a tree.
artful
Characterized by craft or cunning.
braze
To make of or ornament with brass.
bedlam
Madhouse.
burgess
In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or Virginia.
aroma
An agreeable odor.
bronchus
Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
bedaub
To smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
becalm
To make quiet.
acknowledge
To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of.
augment
To make bigger.
acoustic
Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
bumper
A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health.
apostle
Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
assonance
Resemblance or correspondence in sound.
amorphous
Without determinate shape.
assailant
One who attacks.
Bowdlerize
To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages.
bereave
To make desolate with loneliness and grief.
annalist
Historia,
anticlimax
A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said.
auspice
favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
bursar
A treasurer.
aggrandize
To cause to appear greatly.
allude
To refer incidentally, or by suggestio,
affiliate
Some auxiliary person or thing.
ashen
Pale.
ante
In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
altitude
Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea.
aggravate
To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome.
assuage
To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease.
aberration
Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
burgher
An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate tow,
brogue
Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people.
accompany
To go with, or be associated with, as a companio,
averse
Reluctant.
bibliography
A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject.
apology
A disclaimer of intentional error or offense.
athirst
Wanting water.
allege
To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court.
abduction
A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally.
accusatory
Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusatio,
adroit
Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers.
ampere
The practical unit of electric-current strength.
anemia
Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles.
assess
To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid).
anxious
Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter.
belie
To misrepresent.
advent
The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage.
amputate
To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body.
accredit
To give credit or authority to.
ablution
A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
Achillean
Invulnerable.
aspiration
An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach.
aeronautics
the art or practice of flying aircraft
broadcast
Disseminated far and wide.
analyze
To examine minutely or critically.
acetate
A salt of acetic acid.
acute
Having fine and penetrating discernment.
anarchy
Absence or utter disregard of government.
bodily
Corporeal.
blithesome
Cheerful.
beatitude
Any state of great happiness.
autobiography
The story of one's life written by himself.
artifice
Trickery.
akin
Of similar nature or qualities.
bigamist
One who has two spouses at the same time.
abeyance
A state of suspension or temporary inactio,
buffoon
A clow,
amplitude
Largeness.
abridgment
A condensed form as of a book or play.
atonement
Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
amatory
Designed to excite love.
barometer
An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface.
beau
An escort or lover.
adjutant
Auxiliary.
brusque
Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech.
audacious
Fearless.
anode
The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
aggregate
The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something.
affect
To act upon
abbot
The superior of a community of monks.
bibliophile
One who loves books.
altruism
Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
antenatal
Occurring or existing before birth.
attest
To certify as accurate, genuine, or true.
antiquate
To make old or out of date.
anemometer
An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
braggart
A vain boaster.
betide
To happen to or befall.
bureau
A chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
amphibious
Living both on land and in water.
agitate
To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts).
atheism
The denial of the existence of God.
alabaster
A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
bask
To make warm by genial heat.
aristocrat
A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility.
accusation
A charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error.
apothecary
One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
angelic
Saintly.
benign
Good and kind of heart.
accompaniment
A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part.
blazon
To make widely or generally know,
anathema
Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
alias
An assumed name.
blemish
A mark that mars beauty.
appropriate
Suitable for the purpose and circumstances.
abscission
The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operatio,
appall
To fill with dismay or horror.
Briticism
A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British.
absolve
To free from sin or its penalties.
botany
The science that treats of plants.
baize
A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
bale
A large package prepared for transportation or storage.
antislavery
Opposed to human slavery.
alcohol
A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
arboreal
Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.
aerial
Of, pertaining to, or like the air.
affront
An open insult or indignity.
bumptious
Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit.
antique
Pertaining to ancient times.
angular
Sharp-cornered.
appreciable
Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect.
boisterous
Unchecked merriment or animal spirits.
auxiliary
One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory.
apposition
The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
almanac
A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical informatio,
adjacent
That which is near or bordering upo,
buoyant
Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat.
amity
Friendship.
armory
An arsenal.
aboveboard ad
&, Without concealment, fraud, or trickery.
biology
The science of life or living organisms.
artless
Ingenuous.
Arthurian
Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story.
aloof ad
Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others.
bolster
To support, as something wrong.
biography
A written account of one's life, actions, and character.
abdomen
In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly.
accouter
To dress.
bore
To weary by tediousness or dullness.
adjunct
Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place.
antistrophe
The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
belle
A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
affluence
A profuse or abundant supply of riches.
beneficent
Characterized by charity and kindness.
bulrush
Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
abnegate
To renounce (a right or privilege).
ambrosial
Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
ascension
The act of rising.
arrogant
Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc.
alluvion
Flood.
auburn
Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
blaspheme
To indulge in profane oaths.
bass
Low in tone or compass.
Britannia
The United Kingdom of Great Britai,
absolution
Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses.
besmear
To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
apathy
Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling.
abstain
To keep oneself back (from doing or using something).
abut
To touch at the end or boundary line.
acquiesce
To comply; submit.
bravo
interj. Well done.
aye ad
An expression of assent.
acumen
Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discriminatio,
assassination
Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery.
antiphon
A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
account
A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions.
assassinate
To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent perso,
annual
Occurring every year.
bethink
To remind oneself.
antiquary
One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
allay
To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate.
bristle
One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
aqueduct
A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
ache
To be in pain or distress.
assiduous
Diligent.
antedate
To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one.
alder
Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family.
astute
Keen in discernment.
beseech
To implore.
arrange
To put in definite or proper order.
bellicose
Warlike.
betimes ad
In good season or time.
ampersand
The character &; and.
antecede
To precede.
autonomous
Self-governing.
amusement
Diversio,
audition
The act or sensation of hearing.
analogy
Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed.
anachronism
Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
appellation
The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called.
brittle
Fragile.
affectation
A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
animalcule
An animal of microscopic smallness.
bequeath
To give by will.
begrudge
To envy one of the possession of.
arid
Very dry.
actuality
Any reality.
autocracy
Absolute government.
Antarctic
Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it.
abed ad
In bed; on a bed.
arboriculture
The cultivation of trees or shrubs.
Artesian well
A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
arrangement
The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order.
anticyclone
An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
borough
An incorporated village or tow,
antemeridian
Before noo,
amply ad
Sufficiently.
ambulance
A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded.
alteration
Change or modificatio,
arraign
To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not.
bountiful
Showing abundance.
apprehend
To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law.
accuse
To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error.
avidity
Greediness.
blase
Sated with pleasure.
arborescent
Having the nature of a tree.
batten
A narrow strip of wood.
affable
Easy to approach.
badger
To pester.
buffoonery
Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc.
bosom
The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woma,
belligerent
Manifesting a warlike spirit.
altar
Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned.
baritone
Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
ballad
Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form.
abject
Sunk to a low conditio,
afire ad
&, On fire, literally or figuratively.
annuity
An annual allowance, payment, or income.
abrogate
To abolish, repeal.
bowler
In cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
ambush
The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy.
arbiter
One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.
academic
Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university.
alliance
Any combination or union for some common purpose.
belay
To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
adumbrate
To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.
bolero
A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
archaic
Antiquated
appellate
Capable of being appealed to.
apotheosis
Deificatio,
accommodate
To furnish something as a kindness or favor.
archangel
An angel of high rank.
bray
A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a hor,
agrarian
Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land.
antipodes
A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
aerostat
A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
benignant
Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
auditory
Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing.
antidote
Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like.
aliment
That which nourishes.
abet
To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).
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