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- abase (v.)
- to lower, demean, degrade
- abate (v.)
- to lessen, to reduce in severity
- abbreviate (v.)
- to shorten, reduce
- abduct (v.)
- to kidnap
- aberration (n.)
- a deviation from the expected course
- abhor (v.)
- to hate, loathe
- abide (v.)
- to put up with, tolerate
- abject (adj.)
- of the most miserable or contemptible kind
- abort (v.)
- to give up unfinished
- abridge (v.)
- to shorten, cut down
- abrogate (v.)
- to abolish, often by authority
- abscond (v.)
- to sneak away and hide
- abundant (adj.)
- in great numbers
- accede (v.)
- to agree
- accentuate (v.)
- to emphasize, to highlight
- accommodating (adj.)
- obliging, helpful
- accost (v.)
- to approach or confront aggressively
- acumen (n.)
- keen insight
- acute (adj.)
- sharp, severe
- affable (adj.)
- friendly, amiable
- affluent (adj.)
- rich, wealthy
- aggrandize (v.)
- to increase or make greater
- aggregate (v.)
- to gather, amass
- aghast (adj.)
- struck by amazement or terror
- agoraphobia (n.)
- an abnormal fear of open or public places
- akimbo (adj.)
- with hands on hips and elbows extending outward
- alacrity (n.)
- speed, readiness
- algid (adj.)
- frigid, cold
- allay (v.)
- to sooth, assuage
- alleviate (v.)
- to relieve
- aloof (adj.)
- reserved, distant
- altercation (n.)
- an argument, dispute
- amalgamation (n.)
- a union, a merger
- ambivalent (adj.)
- having contradictory feelings
- amble (v.)
- to stroll, walk
- ameliorate (v.)
- to improve, to make better
- amend (v.)
- to change for the better, improve
- amiable (adj.)
- friendly, affable
- amorous (adj.)
- relating to or showing love
- amorphous (adj.)
- without shape or borders
- anomaly (n.)
- something that does not fit into the normal order
- antechamber (n.)
- a waiting room
- anxiety (n.)
- uneasiness
- aphorism (n.)
- a short saying
- apocalypse (n.)
- total devastation, the end of the world
- apparitional (adj.)
- ghostly, spectral
- arbitrator (n.)
- one who settles controversy between two sides
- ascetic (n.)
- one who practices restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually religious
- assuage (v.)
- to ease, pacify
- atone (v.)
- to apologize, make amends
- audacious (adj.)
- excessively bold
- augment (v.)
- to increase or make larger
- austere (adj.)
- very bare, bleak, simple
- baleful (adj.)
- harmful, threatening
- bard (n.)
- a poet, often a singer as well
- battery (n.)
- an assault or an array of similar things intended for use together
- belligerent (adj.)
- contentious, ready to fight
- benevolent (adj.)
- kind, good, caring
- benign (adj.)
- non-threatening, innocuous
- berate (v.)
- to scold severely
- bereft (adj.)
- without, devoid of
- bide (v.)
- to wait, or remain in a condition
- bilk (v.)
- to cheat, to swindle
- blandish (v.)
- to coax through flattery
- bloated (adj.)
- swollen, bigger than desired
- boisterous (adj.)
- loud, energetic
- bourgeois (adj.)
- middle class
- brash (adj.)
- hasty or lacking in sensitivity
- brazen (adj.)
- excessively bold, brash
- brumal (adj.)
- wintry, relating to winter
- brusque (adj.)
- short, abrupt, dismissive
- buffet (n.)
- a spread of food involving choices
- buffet (v.)
- to hit or strike
- burgeon (v.)
- to come forth, blossom
- cacophony (n.)
- noise, discordant sound
- cadence (n.)
- rhythm
- cajole (v.)
- to urge, coax
- callous (adj.)
- harsh, cold, unfeeling
- calumny (n.)
- an attempt to defame another’s reputation
- camaraderie (n.)
- cheerful unity among a group
- canvas (n.)
- a piece of cloth on which an artist paints
- capricious (adj.)
- impulsive, unpredictable, subject to whim
- captivate (v.)
- to hold the interest of, to gain the attention of
- carouse (v.)
- to revel, to party
- cavity (n.)
- a hole
- celestial (adj.)
- relating to the sky or the heavens
- chastise (v.)
- to criticize, to scold
- choreographed (adj.)
- arranged, as in dance
- circumlocution (n.)
- indirect language
- circumspect (adj.)
- cautious
- clairvoyant (adj.)
- able to see things that others cannot
- claustrophobia (n.)
- an abnormal fear of closed or crowded spaces
- cliché (n.)
- a trite, overused expression
- coalesce (v.)
- to combine into one
- cogent (adj.)
- intelligent, viable
- collusion (n.)
- a conspiracy, a secret agreement
- colossus (n.)
- an enormous structure
- comatose (adj.)
- lethargic
- commendable (adj.)
- worthy of praise
- commodious (adj.)
- spacious, roomy
- compel (v.)
- to force
- complicit (adj.)
- being an accomplice in a wrongful act
- concede (v.)
- to give in, to accept
- conciliatory (adj.)
- agreeable, friendly
- concoct (v.)
- to make up or invent
- concord (n.)
- agreement
- conduit (n.)
- a pipe,passage,channel
- confluence (n.)
- a convergence,a coming together
- confound (v.)
- to frustrate
- connotation (n.)
- a meaning or association suggested by a word beyond its definition
- contusion (n.)
- bruise, injury
- convalescence (n.)
- the gradual return to health after illness
- copious (adj.)
- abundant, plentiful
- corpulent (adj.)
- very fat
- cosmopolitan (adj.)
- worldly, sophisticated
- credulity (n.)
- readiness to believe
- cursory (adj.)
- brief to the point of being superficial
- daft (adj.)
- insane, foolish
- daunting (adj.)
- intimidating
- dearth (n.)
- a lack, scarcity
- defame (v.)
- to destroy the reputation of
- deft (adj.)
- skilled, adept
- defunct (adj.)
- no longer used or existing
- deleterious (adj.)
- harmful
- delude (v.)
- to deceive, to mislead
- deluge (n.)
- a great flood or something that overwhelms like a flood
- derelict (adj.)
- run-down, abandoned
- desolate (adj.)
- deserted, lifeless
- despondent (adj.)
- discouraged, hopeless, depressed
- destitute (adj.)
- impoverished
- diaphanous (adj.)
- transparent, light, airy
- dictate (v.)
- to pronounce, command, prescribe
- differentiate (v.)
- to distinguish, to make different
- dilapidated (adj.)
- in a state of disrepair
- diligent (adj.)
- careful, showing care
- diminish (v.)
- to decrease or make smaller
- diminutive (adj.)
- miniature, small
- discreet (adj.)
- prudent or inconspicuous
- discrete (adj.)
- separate, distinct, individual
- disparage (v.)
- to criticize, degrade, belittle
- dissonance (n.)
- lack of harmony or agreement
- divergent (adj.)
- different, deviating, contrary
- diverse (adj.)
- varied
- divisive (adj.)
- cusing conflict, opposition
- domicile (n.)
- a residence, a home
- doppelganger (n.)
- a ghostly double of a living person
- douse (v.)
- to drench, saturate
- dutiful (adj.)
- careful to fulfill obligations
- dynamic (adj.)
- characterized by continuous change or activity
- elocution (n.)
- the art of public speaking
- elucidate (v.)
- to clarify
- empathetic (adj.)
- feeling another’s pain as one’s own
- empathy (n.)
- the experience of another’s feelings as one’s own
- enervate (v.)
- to weaken,make weary
- enervated (adj.)
- lacking energy, weakened, exhausted
- entity (n.)
- something that exists as a discrete unit
- entomology (n.)
- the study of insects
- envious (adj.)
- jealous
- erect (v.)
- to construct, to raise
- erroneous (adj.)
- mistaken, incorrect
- espouse (v.)
- to support, or to marry
- espy (v.)–
- catch sight of, glimpse
- ethereal (adj.)
- heavenly, exceptionally delicate or refined
- euphoric (adj.)
- elated, overjoyed
- exacerbate (v.)
- to make more violent, intense
- excursion (n.)
- a trip, an outing
- exemplary (adj.)
- serving as an example
- exigent (adj.)
- critical, urgent
- existential (adj.)
- relating to existence
- exorbitant (adj.)
- excessive
- extol (v.)
- to praise
- extravagant (adj.)
- excessive, over-the-top
- fabricate (v.)
- to invent, make-up, concoct
- fabulist (n.)
- a teller of fables; a liar
- facile (adj.)
- easy
- fallacious (adj.)
- incorrect, misleading
- familial (adj.)
- relating to family
- fatuous (adj.)
- silly, foolish
- fecund (adj.)
- fertile fruitful
- feign (v.)
- to fake or pretend to
- feral (adj.)
- savage, wild, untamed
- fetter (v.)
- to restrain, chain, tie
- fey (adj.)
- magical
- fickle (adj.)
- characterized by changeableness, whimsical
- figurative (adj.)
- symbolic
- firmament (n.)
- the sky, the heavens
- flabbergasted (adj.)
- astounded, stupefied
- flaccid (adj.)
- limp
- flattery (n.)
- compliments, sycophancy
- flout (v.)
- to scorn, ignore, show contempt for
- fluctuate (v.)
- to vary irregularly
- flux (n.)
- a state of constant change or a flow
- forage (v.)
- to rummage, scavenge, graze for food
- forestall (v.)
- to delay, impede
- forlorn(adj.)
- lonely, hopeless
- formidable (adj.)
- arousing fear or alarm
- forsake (v.)
- to abandon, forget
- fortify (v.)
- to strengthen
- fortitude (n.)
- strength, bravery
- fortuitous (adj.)
- lucky, occurring by chance
- foster (v.)
- to stimulate, promote, encourage
- frenetic (adj.)
- frenzied, hectic, frantic
- gape (v.)
- to open the mouth and stare stupidly
- gay (adj.)
- happy, cheery, or homosexual
- gluttonous (adj.)
- insatiable in appetite
- goad (v.)
- to urge, to provoke into action
- gourmand (n.)
- one who likes eating and drinking
- grandiose (adj.)
- extraordinary, grand in scope
- gregarious (adj.)
- sociable, outgoing
- grotto (n.)
- a small cave or cavern
- guile (n.)
- deceitful actions or behavior
- hail (v.)
- to come from
- hapless (adj.)
- unlucky
- harmony (n.)
- agreement, often of sound
- harrowing (adj.)
- agonizing, distressing
- hedonist (n.)
- one whose primary pursuit is pleasure
- henchman (n.)
- a trusted follower, goon
- hiatus (n.)
- an interruption in continuity, a break
- hiemal (adj.)
- wintry, relating to winter
- hierarchy (n.)
- a ranking system of groups or individuals
- histrionic (adj.)
- excessively dramatic or emotional
- idolatrous (adj.)
- worshiping excessively an object or person
- illusory (adj.)
- deceptive, produced by an illusion
- immaculate (adj.)
- impeccably clean, spotless, pure
- immutable (adj.)
- not susceptible to change
- impecunious (adj.)
- excessivly poor
- impervious (adj.)
- unable to be penetrated, unaffected
- impudent (adj.)
- rude, improper
- incessant (adj.)
- without interruption
- incisive (adj.)
- clear, sharp, direct
- inclement (adj.)
- stormy, bad, severe
- inclination (n.)
- a tendency, propensity
- indictment (n.)
- accusation of wrongdoing
- indignation (n.)
- anger due to an unfair situation
- inextricable (adj.)
- hopelessly confused or tangled
- infuse (v.)
- to inject
- ingenious (adj.)
- marked by special intelligence
- inimical (adj.)
- hostile, threatening
- iniquity (n.)
- a wicked act, a sin
- innate (adj.)
- inborn, native, inherent
- innocuous (adj.)
- harmless
- inquisitor (n.)
- someone who asks questions or makes an inquiry
- inundate (v.)
- to flood
- invariable (adj.)
- not susceptible to change
- invective (n.)
- a verbal attack
- inveterate (adj.)
- habitual, natural
- irascible (adj.)
- easily angered
- jubilant (adj.)
- joyful, happy
- judicious (adj.)
- of sound judgment
- juvenile (adj.)
- young or immature