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- incarnate
- endowed with flesh; invested with bodily form; personified; Ex. devil incarnate; V: give bodily form to; embody
- s finish
- surface texture; completeness of execution
- n hoary
- white with age
- n illimitable
- infinite; limitless
- n hermitage
- home of a hermit
- n gouge
- overcharge (with high price); extort from; Ex. gouge the public; CF. usury
- n immure
- imprison; shut up in confinement; CF. wall
- n gouge
- tear out; cut out (as if with a gouge); Ex. gouge his eyes out; N: chisel for cutting out hollow areas in wood
- n ignominy
- deep disgrace; shame or dishonor; ADJ. ignominious; Ex. ignominous defeat
- glossary
- brief explanation of words used in the text
- n haven
- place of safety; refuge; harbor; Ex. tax haven
- imprudent
- lacking caution; not prudent; injudicious
- guile
- deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning; Ex. persuade her by guile
- n impolitic
- not wise; not expedient; not politic
- n glaze
- cover with a thin and shiny surface; apply a glaze to; N: thin, smooth, shiny coating (as for pottery); Ex. unglazed pottery
- n hubris
- arrogance; excessive self-conceit
- n gestate
- evolve as in prenatal growth; N. gestation: period of development from conception until birth
- n impinge
- infringe; encroach; influence; touch; collide with; Ex. The effects are impinging on every aspect of our lives.
- n hibernal
- wintry; wintery; of or like winter
- n imbue
- saturate(soak thoroughly); fill; Ex. imbue someone with feelings
- n importunate
- urging; always demanding; troublesomely urgent or persistent
- incredulity
- tendency to disbelief
- n herpetologist
- one who studies reptiles; CF. herpetology: branch of zoology that deals with reptiles and amphibians
- n gorge
- stuff oneself (with food); glut; CF. gorgeous: dazzlingly beautiful
- s hail
- frozen rain drop; V: salute or greet; precipitate hail
- n glean
- gather leavings; gather grain left behind by reapers; gather bit by bit (facts or information) often with difficulty
- n inane
- silly; senseless; Ex. inane remarks; N. inanity
- s grim
- causing great fear; unrelenting; determined in spite of fear; Ex. grim smile
- n gustatory
- affecting or relating to the sense of taste
- glutton
- someone who eats too much; ADJ. gluttonous: given to gluttony; greedy; CF. gluttony: habit of eating too much
- n glut
- overstock; fill beyond capacity (with food); fill to excess; N: oversupply
- n impuissance
- powerlessness; feebleness
- s charm
- quality of pleasing; amulet; action or formula thought to have magical power; spell; V: attract; cast a spell on; bewitch
- s imperil
- put in danger
- graduated
- arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc.)
- idiosyncrasy
- individual trait usually odd in nature; behavioral peculiarity; eccentricity; attitude, behavior, or opinion peculiar to a person; anything highly individual or eccentric; ADJ. idiosyncratic
- s finished
- properly made and complete; Ex. finished product/performance
- s graduate
- arrange into categories or grades; divide into marked intervals (for use in measurement); Ex. graduated ruler
- impalpable
- imperceptible(not easily understood); intangible; OP. palpable: tangible; easily perceptible
- n hackles
- hairs on back and neck, especially of a dog; Ex. make someone's hackles rise
- hibernate
- sleep throughout the winter; N. hibernation
- n grotto
- small cavern
- grotesque
- fantastic; comically hideous; strange and unnatural (causing fear or amusement)
- n gourmet
- connoisseur of food and drink; epicure
- gratify
- please; satisfy; Ex. gratify a desire
- incipient
- beginning; in an early stage
- s scowl
- frown angrily; N: angry frown
- impenitent
- not repentant
- n hue_and_cry
- outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule
- n harrowing
- agonizing; distressing; traumatic; V. harrow: break up and level (soil) with a harrow; inflict great distress on; agonize; N: farming machine to break up the earth
- imponderable
- weightless; that cannot undergo precise evaluation; CF. pound
- n grate
- make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred by rubbing against a rough surface; Ex. grated cheese N: framework of metal bars to hold fuel in a fireplace
- s groom
- man employed to take care of horses; V: make neat and trim; clean and brush (an animal)
- n hinterlands
- back country; inner part of a country; OP. foreland
- n grouse
- complain; fuss; grumble; grouch; N: plump chickenlike game bird
- n hortatory
- encouraging; exhortive; marked by exhortation; CF. exhort
- n husbandry
- frugality; thrift; economy; agriculture; farming; Ex. animal husbandry; CF. husbandman
- n humus
- substance or rich soil formed by decaying vegetable matter; CF. soil
- n impugn
- dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way); attack as false or questionable; challenge; gainsay; CF. fight
- implacable
- incapable of being pacified; impossible to appease; Ex. implacable enemy
- imperceptible
- unnoticeable; impossible to perceive; undetectable
- s mat
- not shiny; matte; having a dull finish; N: flat piece of material used as a floor covering; V.
- inception
- start; beginning
- immutable
- unchangeable
- n husband
- use sparingly; conserve; save; Ex. husband one's energy; CF. house holder
- incubus
- burden; very worriying problem; mental care; nightmare; male devil; CF. succubus
- grandiose
- affectedly grand; pretentious; high-flown; ridiculously exaggerated; impressive; great in size or scope; grand; Ex. grandiose ideas
- implicit
- understood but not stated; implied; unquestioning and complete; Ex. implicit trust
- n hilarity
- boisterous mirth(merriment; laughter); ADJ. hilarious: full of laughter
- n igneous
- produced by fire; of fire; volcanic; (of rocks) formed from lava; Ex. igneous meteorite
- n habituate
- accustom or familiarize; addict
- grandeur
- impressiveness; stateliness; majesty
- inculcate
- teach (ideas or principles); instill
- n hapless
- unfortunate; luckless
- n incrustation
- hard coating or crust; V. incrust: encrust; cover with a crust
- homogeneous
- of the same kind; uniform in composition throughout
- s mutter
- utter (complaining words) indistinctly in low tones
- n hew
- cut to pieces with ax or sword; chop; N.
- n hermetic
- sealed by fusion so as to be airtight; airtight
- n glossy
- smooth and shining; N. gloss: shiny brightness on a surface; superficially attractive appearance; Ex. gloss of good manners
- impertinent
- insolent; rude; not pertinent; N. impertinence
- incontinent
- lacking self-restraint; not continent; licentious
- n headlong
- hasty; rash; headfirst; ADV.
- s gloss
- brief explanation note or translation of a difficult expression; V.
- illicit
- illegal
- illusory
- illusive; deceptive; not real
- impunity
- freedom from punishment or harm; CF. punish
- incidental
- not essential; minor; N: something incidental
- n hindmost
- furthest behind; farthest to the rear
- gravity
- seriousness; ADJ. grave
- s mongrel
- plant or animal (esp. a dog) of mixed breed; ADJ.
- s vivid
- (of light or color) bright and distinct; evoking lifelike mental images; Ex. vivid red hair/description
- gratuitous
- given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for; done without good reason; Ex. gratuitous comment
- n impute
- attribute; ascribe; charge; N. imputation
- haughtiness
- pride; arrogance; ADJ. haughty
- n idiom
- expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words; distinctive style (of expression); Ex. idiom of the modern popular music; ADJ. idiomatic
- graphic
- pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described
- n gory
- bloody; N. gore: blood (from a wound)
- n gratis
- free; without charge; ADJ.
- n gibe
- mock; make jeering remarks; N: jeering remarks
- herbivorous
- grain-eating; CF. herbivore
- heedless
- not noticing; disregarding
- harry
- harass, annoy, torment (by repeated attacks); raid
- impudence
- impertinence; insolence
- s sleek
- smooth and shining (as from good health); V.
- impermeable
- impervious; not permitting passage through its substance; impossible to permeate
- incarnation
- act of assuming a human body and human nature; one who personifies something; personification; Ex. previous incarnation/reincarnation
- harbinger
- forerunner (which foreshadows what is to come)
- n halcyon
- calm; peaceful; Ex. halcyon days
- s masquerade
- wear a mask or disguise; pretend; N: costume party or ball at which masks are worn; pretense; disguise
- gyroscope
- apparatus used to maintain balance, ascertain direction, etc.
- glib
- fluent (with insincerity or superficiality); facile; slick
- incommodious
- not spacious; inconvenient
- impassable
- not able to be traveled or crossed
- grievance
- cause of complaint; complaint
- goad
- urge on; drive with a goad; cause (someone) to do something by continued annoyance; Ex. They goaded him into doing it by saying he was a coward; N: sharp-pointed stick for driving cattle; stimulus; CF. annoy continually
- n grapple
- wrestle; come to grips with; take hold of and struggle with; Ex. grapple with the burglar
- n glutinous
- sticky; viscous; gluey
- n impeccable
- faultless
- impiety
- irreverence; lack of respect for God or piety
- increment
- increase
- incidence
- rate of occurrence; particular occurrence; Ex. high incidence of infant mortality
- n holocaust
- destruction by fire; CF. burnt whole; CF. Holocaust
- n immolate
- offer or kill as a sacrifice (by fire)
- n hirsute
- hairy; having a lot of hair
- s graphite
- black form of carbon used in lead pencils
- n hap
- chance; luck
- n imbroglio
- complicated situation (as in a play); painful or complex misunderstanding (as in a play); entanglement; confused mass (as of papers); V. embroil
- impassive
- without feeling; expressionless; imperturbable; stoical; Ex. impassive face
- n gourmand
- epicure; person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
- n grill
- question severely; cook on a grill; broil; N: cooking surface of parallel metal bars
- n gorge
- narrow canyon; steep rocky cleft; ravine (made by a stream which runs through it)
- s sheer
- pure; thin and transparent; very steep
- s gerontology
- study of the sociological phenomena associated with old age
- n harangue
- long, passionate, and vehement speech; V.
- n gull
- trick; deceive; hoodwink; N: person who is easily tricked; dupe
- s primal
- first in rank or importance; being first in time; original; Ex. man's primal innocence
- n gruel
- thin liquid porridge
- n hummock
- small hill; hillock
- grandiloquent
- (of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language; pompous; bombastic
- n hermetic
- concerning alchemy or magic; obscure and mysterious; occult
- n ignoble
- unworthy; not noble; dishonorable; Ex. ignoble deed
- s spin
- rotate swiftly; make (thread) by twisting (cotton, wool, etc.); N.
- n iconoclastic
- attacking cherished traditions; N. iconoclast: one who attacks traditional ideas; one who destroys sacred images
- n gossamer
- sheer; very light; like cobwebs; N: soft and sheer fabric; cobweb
- n hale
- healthy
- s wage
- begin and continue (a war)
- n imperious
- domineering; too commanding; haughty; CF. imperial/emperor
- n inchoate
- (of desire, wish, plan) recently begun; not explicit; at the beginning of development; rudimentary; elementary; Ex. inchoate mass
- hierarchy
- arrangement by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks; body of persons having authority
- n imprecation
- curse; swearword
- n hyperbole
- exaggeration; overstatement; ADJ. hyperbolic: of hyperbole; of a hyperbola
- s matin\'ee(matinee)
- dramatic or musical performance given in the afternoon
- n hone
- sharpen (a tool); N: whetstone for sharpening a tool
- s natal
- connected with birth; CF. prenatal; CF. postnatal
- n hireling
- one who serves for hire (usually used contemptuously); one who works solely for compensation; Ex. hireling politician
- n incantation
- singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formula; (the saying of) words used in magic; CF. enchant
- n incorporeal
- without a material body; insubstantial
- n gloat
- express evil satisfaction; look at or think about with evil satisfaction; view malevolently; Ex. The thief gloated over the stolen jewels.
- s impart
- grant a share of; make known; Ex. news to impart
- n histrionic
- theatrical; excessively dramatic or emotional; affected; of actors or acting; N. histrionics: histrionic behavior
- s idyll(idyl)
- short poem idealizing rural life; simple happy period of life (in the country); scene from such a time; Ex. idyll of two young lovers
- hypocritical
- pretending to be virtuous; deceiving; N. hypocrisy: profession of beliefs one does not possess; CF. hypocrite
- s totem
- animal, plant, or natural object serving as a symbol of a clan or family; representation of this; Ex. totem pole
- n glimmer
- shine erratically; twinkle; N: dim or unsteady light; faint indication; Ex. glimmer of hope
- n hovel
- shack; small wretched house
- improvident
- thriftless; not providing for the future
- s glamor
- compelling charm; ADJ. glamorous
- hackneyed
- commonplace; trite
- s gnarl
- protruding knot on a tree; V.
- n glaring
- (of something bad) highly conspicuous; harshly bright; shining intensely and blindingly
- n glower
- scowl; glare; look or stare angrily
- n heterodox
- (of beliefs) against accepted opinion; unorthodox; unconventional
- impropriety
- improperness; unsuitableness
- n gesticulation
- motion; gesture; V. gesticulate: make gestures (while speaking)
- impel
- drive or force onward; drive to take action; urge to action
- imperial
- like an emperor; related to an empire; CF. imperialism
- n guy
- cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied; CF. guide
- n hurtle
- crash; rush; move with great speed; Ex. hurtling runaway train
- homespun
- domestic; made at home; spun or woven at home; simple and ordinary; Ex. homespun philosophy
- gregarious
- sociable; (of an animal) tending to form a group
- incisive
- (appreciatively) cutting; sharp; Ex. incisive remarks; V. incise: make a cut into
- illusive
- deceiving; based on illusion; causing illusion; deceptive
- n gnarled
- twisted
- gratuity
- tip
- n importune
- beg persistently; make repeated requests (in an annoying way)
- s slick
- make smooth or glossy; N: smooth surface; Ex. oil slick; ADJ: smooth; glossy; deftly executed; adroit; glib
- n hubbub
- confused uproar; loud noise; din
- impecunious
- without money
- s shudder
- shake uncontrollably; tremble; V.
- s high-flown
- highly pretentious or inflated
- gnome
- dwarf; underground spirit who guards treasure hoards
- hindrance
- block; obstacle; V. hinder
- n hegemony
- dominance especially of one nation over others
- s glitter
- shine brightly with flashing points of light; Ex. glittering diamond ring; N: sparkling light; attractiveness; glamor; Ex. glitter of the sun on the waves
- n granary
- storehouse for grain
- ideology
- system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture
- n guffaw
- boisterous laughter; V.
- n gerrymander
- change voting district lines in order to favor a political party; N. CF. Elbridge Gerry + (sala)mander
- hieroglyphic
- picture writing; ADJ.
- n granulate
- form into grains or granules; N. granule: grain or particle
- s recital
- act of reciting publicly; detailed account; performance of music or dance (by a solo performer)
- s stately
- formal; ceremonious; grand in style or size; majestic
- n gloss_over
- explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults