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- abase
- verb: To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade.
- abdicate
- verb: To give up (power or rights). The king abdicated the throne. The congressman abdicated his responsibility when he took a bribe.
- aberration
- noun: Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
- abeyance
- temporary supression or suspension. He held his concerns in abeyance until the speaker was finished.
- abject
- adjective: Sunk to a low condition.
- abstruse
- adjective: Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
- acerbity / acerbic
- noun/adj: Sourness, with bitterness and astringency.
- acquiesce
- verb: To comply; submit.
- acrimony
- noun: Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
- adulterate
- verb: To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients.
- aesthetic
- pertaining to beauty or art
- aggrandize
- verb: To cause to appear greatly.
- alacrity
- noun: Cheerful willingness.
- allegory
- noun: The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness.
- amalgamate
- verb: To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.
- ameliorate
- verb: To relieve, as from pain or hardship
- amortize
- to diminish by installment payments
- anachronism
- noun: Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
- anathema
- noun: Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
- ancillary
- accessory; subordinate; helping
- antediluvian
- adjective: Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
- anterior
- adjective: Prior.
- antipathy
- noun: dislike, hostility, extreme opposition or aversion
- apocryphal
- not genuine; fictional
- apotheosis
- noun: Deification.
- approbation
- noun: Sanction.
- ardent
- adjective: Burning with passion.
- ardor
- noun: Intensity of passion or affection.
- arduous
- extremely difficult; laborious
- ascetic
- adjective: Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.
- aspersion
- noun: false rumor; damaging report; slander
- assiduous
- adjective: Diligent.
- assuage
- verb: To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease.
- astringent
- adjective: Harsh in disposition or character.
- atrocious
- adjective: Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
- atrophy
- to waste away; to wither from disuse
- attenuate
- to weaken, to make thin or slender
- augur / augury
- verb: To predict. Noun: prophecy, prediction of events
- august
- dignified, awe inspiring, venerable
- auspicious
- having favorable prospects, promising
- avarice
- noun: Passion for getting and keeping riches.
- axiom
- premise, postulate, self-evident truth
- baleful
- adjective: Malignant.
- banal
- adjective: Commonplace.
- bastion
- fortifications, stronghold
- belabor
- to insist repeatedly or harp on
- beleaguer
- to harass, plague
- belie
- verb: To misrepresent.
- bellicose
- adjective: Warlike.
- belligerent
- adjective: Manifesting a warlike spirit.
- benighted
- unenlightened
- bequeath
- verb: To give by will.
- beseech
- verb: To implore.
- bilk
- to cheat, defraud
- blandish
- to coax with flattery
- blight
- to afflict, to destroy
- bonhome
- good natured geniality, atmosphere of good cheer
- boon
- blessing, something to be thankful for
- bourgeois
- middle class
- breach
- noun: The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation.
- brigand
- noun: One who lives by robbery and plunder.
- brusque
- adjective: Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech.
- burgeon
- to sprout or flourish
- buttress
- noun: Any support or prop.
- cadence
- noun: Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops.
- cajole
- verb: To impose on or dupe by flattering speech.
- callow
- adjective: Without experience of the world.
- capacious
- adjective: Roomy.
- capitulate
- verb: To surrender or stipulate terms.
- caprice / capricious
- noun: A whim. Ajd: impulsive, whimsical, without much thought
- castigate
- verb: To punish.
- catharsis
- purification, emothionally cleaning
- catholic
- ajd: broad and comprehensive, universal
- cavalier
- carefree, happy, with lordly disdain
- centripetal
- directed or moving towards the center
- chagrin
- noun: Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors.
- charlatan
- noun: A quack.
- chicanery
- trickery, fraud, deception
- choleric
- adjective: Easily provoked to anger.
- circumlocution
- noun: Indirect or roundabout expression.
- circumscribe
- verb: To confine within bounds.
- circumspect
- adjective: Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration.
- clandestine
- adjective: Surreptitious.
- clemency
- noun: Mercy.
- coalescence
- noun: The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product.
- collateral
- accompanying, associated
- colloquy
- noun: Conversation.
- collusion
- noun: A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.
- comely / omeliness
- adjective: Handsome. Noun: physical grace or beauty
- commensurate
- proportional, appropriate amount
- commodious
- roomy, spacious
- compliment
- verb: To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise.
- compunction
- noun: Remorseful feeling.
- conciliatory
- adjective: Tending to reconcile.
- congenital
- existing since birth (e.g., congenital disease)
- congruity
- correspondence, harmony, agreement
- conjecture
- noun: A guess.
- conjure
- to evoke, to cast a spell
- consonant
- adjective: Being in agreement or harmony with.
- construe
- to interpret or explain
- consummate
- verb: To bring to completion. Adj: accomplished, complete, perfect
- continence
- noun: Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion.
- contravene
- verb: To prevent or obstruct the operation of.
- convivial
- adjective: Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking.
- convoke
- to call together, to summon
- convoluted
- adj: twisted, complicated, invovled
- copious
- adjective: Plenteous.
- corporeal
- adjective: Of a material nature; physical.
- corpulent
- adjective: Obese, fat
- corroborate
- verb: To strengthen, as proof or conviction.
- cosset
- to pamper, to treat with great care
- countenance
- Noun: facial expression, look of approval or support Verb: to favor or support
- countermand
- to annul, cancel, to give a contrary order
- craven
- cowardly
- credence
- noun: Belief.
- credulous
- adjective: Easily deceived.
- crescendo
- gradual increase (as in loudness of music)
- culpable
- adjective: Guilty.
- cupidity
- noun: Avarice.
- curmudgeon
- cranky person (usually male!)
- cursory
- adjective: Rapid and superficial.
- dauntless / daunt
- adjective: Fearless. Verb: to discourage, to intimidate
- debase
- verb: To lower in character or virtue.
- debilitate
- to weaken, make feebable
- debunk
- to discredit, to disprove
- deciduous
- adjective: Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc.
- declivity
- downward slope
- decorous
- adjective: Suitable for the occasion or circumstances.
- decry
- to belittle, to openly condemn
- deference
- noun: Respectful submission or yielding, as to another's opinion, wishes, or judgment.
- deft
- skilful, dexterous
- deleterious
- adjective: Hurtful, morally or physically.
- delineate
- verb: To represent by sketch or diagram.
- deluge
- verb: To overwhelm with a flood of water.
- demur
- to express doubts or objections
- dennigrate
- to slur someone's reputation
- depose
- to remove from a high position,as from a throne
- deprave\ity
- noun: sinfulness, moral corruption
- deprecate
- verb: To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite.
- depreciate
- verb: To lessen the worth of.
- derogate
- to belittle, to openly disparage
- desecrate
- to abuse something sacred (like a church or tomb)
- desiccant
- noun: Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds.
- despondent
- adjective: Disheartened.
- despot
- noun: An absolute and irresponsible monarch.
- destitute
- adjective: Poverty-stricken.
- desultory
- adjective: Not connected with what precedes.
- dexterity
- noun: Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work.
- diabolic
- adjective: Characteristic of the devil.
- diaphanous
- adjective: Transparent.
- diatribe
- noun: A bitter or malicious criticism.
- dichotomy
- division into two (often opposing) parts
- dictum
- noun: A positive utterance.
- didactic
- adjective: Pertaining to teaching.
- diffidence
- noun: Self-distrust.
- dilatory
- adjective: Tending to cause delay.
- diminutive
- small, little; Betty is dimutive of Elizabeth
- disconcerting
- bewildering, perplexing, slightly disturbing
- discord
- noun: Absence of harmoniousness, disagrement, variance
- discursive
- adjective: Passing from one subject to another.
- disparage
- verb: To regard or speak of slightingly.
- dissemble
- verb: To hide by pretending something different.
- disseminate
- verb: To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown.
- dissension
- noun: Angry or violent difference of opinion.
- dissipate
- verb: To disperse or disappear.
- distend
- verb: To stretch out or expand in every direction.
- dither
- to move or act confusedly or without clear purpose
- diurnal
- adjective: Daily.
- divine
- verb: to fortell the future adj: godlike
- divisive
- creating disunity or conflict
- dogmatic
- adjective: Making statements without argument or evidence.
- doleful
- adjective: Melancholy.
- droll
- amusing in a wry, subtle way
- dulcet
- pleasant sounding, soothing to the ear
- duress
- threat of force or intimidation
- dyspeptic
- gloomy and irritable, suffering from indigestion
- ebb
- to fade away; to recede
- ebullient
- adjective: Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling.
- edict
- noun: That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule of action.
- edify
- verb: To build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion.
- efface
- verb: To obliterate.
- efficacious
- adjective: Effective.
- effigy
- likeness of a person (symbol for a person instead of the person themselves) He was hanged in effigy since they couldn't hang him for real.
- effrontery
- noun: Unblushing impudence.
- effulgence
- noun: Splendor, brilliance
- effusive
- adj: expressing emotion without restraint, overflowing with emotion
- egregious
- adjective: Extreme.
- egress
- noun: Any place of exit.
- elucidate
- verb: To bring out more clearly the facts concerning.
- endemic
- adjective: Peculiar to some specified country or people.
- enervate
- verb: To render ineffective or inoperative.
- engender
- verb: To produce.
- enmity
- noun: Hatred.
- ennui
- boredom, lack of interest or energy
- ensconce
- to settle comfortably into a place (like an arm chair, or job(
- entreaty
- noun: An earnest request.
- ephemeral
- momentary, transitory, fleeting
- Epicurean
- adjective: Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite.
- epigram
- noun: A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation.
- equanimity
- noun: Evenness of mind or temper.
- erudite
- adjective: Very-learned.
- esoteric
- understood by only a few (like very high math)
- ethereal (ih theer ee uhl)
- not of this world, spiritual, very delicate
- ethos
- belief or (moral) character of a group (
- evanescent
- adjective: Fleeting.
- evince
- verb: To make manifest or evident.
- exacerbate
- verb: To make more sharp, severe, or virulent.
- exculpate
- to clear of blame or fault, vindicate (clear of crime)
- execrable
- adjective: Abominable.
- exhort
- to urge or incite by strong speech
- exhume
- verb: To dig out of the earth (what has been buried).
- exigent
- adjective: Urgent.
- exonerate
- verb: To relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, or blame.
- expedient
- adjective: Contributing to personal advantage.
- expiate
- verb: To make satisfaction or amends for.(like for a sin)
- expurgate
- to censor, to get rid of all trace of
- extemporaneous
- adjective: Done or made without much or any preparation.
- extricate
- verb: Disentangle.
- fallow
- noun: Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest.
- fastidious
- adjective: Hard to please.
- fatuous
- adjective: Idiotic
- fecund
- fertile, fruitful, productive (lots of growing things or babies)
- felicitate
- verb: To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event.
- fervid
- adjective: Intense.
- fetid
- foul-smelling, putrid (like a scummy pond)
- fetter
- to bind, chain, confine
- flacid
- limp, flabby, weak
- florid
- adjective: Flushed with red.
- foible
- noun: A personal weakness or failing.
- foment
- to arouse or incite (foment a riot)
- forbearance
- noun: Patient endurance or toleration of offenses.
- forswear
- verb: To renounce upon oath.
- forte (fohr tay)
- noun: A strong point.
- founder
- to sink, to fall hoplessly (either physically or emotionaly)
- fracas
- noisy dispute
- fractious
- unruly, rebellious
- fulsome
- adjective: Offensive from excess of praise or commendation.
- gambol
- noun: Playful leaping or frisking.
- garner
- to gather and store (his great deeds garnered praise from everyone)
- garrulous
- adjective: Given to constant trivial talking.
- gibe
- verb: To utter taunts or reproaches.
- glib
- smooth spoken in an insincere manner, offhand, casual
- glower
- to glare, stare angrily and intensely
- goad
- to prod or urge (goad the mule on, goad him until he lost his temper)
- guile
- noun: Duplicity.
- gustatory / gusto
- adj: relating to sense of taste noun: keen enjoyment
- hackney
- verb: To make stale or trite by repetition.
- hapless
- unfortunate, having bad luck, cannot get anything right
- harbinger
- noun: One who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing.
- harrowing
- extremely distressing, terrifying (harrowing journey through the volcano)