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Terms
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- illegible
- not legible; impossible or hard to read; undecipherable
- illiterate
- not illiterate; unable to read or write; uneducated
- illogical
- not logical; not observing the rules of logic; irrational; fallacious
- immaculate
- not spotted; absolutely clean; stainless
- immature
- not mature; not fully grown or developed; young; childish
- impunity
- state of being not punished; freedom from punishment, harm, loss, etc.; immunity
- inaccessible
- not accessible; unreachable; hard to get to; unapproachable
- incessant
- not ceasing; continuing without interruption; interminable; ceaseless
- inflexible
- not flexible; not easily bent; firm; unyielding
- ingratitude
- state of being not grateful; ungratefulness; lack of gratitude
- inhospitable
- not hospitable; not showing kindness to guests and strangers; unfriendly
- insoluble
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1. not soluble; incapable of being solved; unsolvable; irresolvable
2. not capable of being dissolved - irreconcilable
- not reconcilable; not able to be brought into friendly accord or compromise; incompatible
- irrelevant
- not relevant; inapplicable; off the topic; extraneous
- irrevocable
- not revocable; incapable of being recalled or revoked; unalterable; irreversible
- benediction
- blessing; good wishes; approbation
- malediction
- curse
- benefactor
- person who gives kindly aid, money, or a similar benefit
- malefactor
- offender; evildoer; criminal
- beneficial
- productive of good; helpful; advantageous
- beneficiary
- person receiving some good, advantage, or benefit
- benevolent
- disposed to promote the welfare of others; kind; charitable
- malevolent
- showing ill will; spiteful; malicious; vicious
- maladjusted
- badly adjusted; out of harmony with one's environment
- malice
- ill will; intention or desire to harm another; enmity; malevolence
- malnutrition
- bad or faulty nutrition; poor nourishment
- maltreat
- treat badly or roughly; mistreat; abuse
- decadent
- deteriorating; growing worse; declining
- deciduous
- having leaves that fall down at the end of the growing season; shedding leaves
- demented
- out of one's mind; mad; insane; deranged
- demolish
- pull or tear down; destroy; raze; wreck
- demote
- move down in grade or rank; degrade; downgrade
- dependent
- unable to exist without the support of another
- depreciate
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1. go down in price or value
2. speak slightingly of; belittle; disparage - despise
- look down on; scorn; feel contempt for; abhor; disdain
- deviate
- turn aside, or down; stray; wander; digress
- devour
- eat greedily; eat like an animal
- discontent
- dissatisfied; disgruntled
- discredit
- disbelieve; refuse to trust
- discrepancy
- disagreement; difference; inconsistency; variation
- disintegrate
- break into bits; crumble; decay
- dispassionate
- calm; composed; impartial
- disrepair
- opposite of good condition or repair; bad condition
- dissent
- feel differently; differ in opinion; disagree
- dissident
- not agreeing; dissenting; nonconformist
- distract
- draw away, or divert the attention of; confuse; bewilder
- secede
- withdraw from an organization or federation
- secession
- with drawl from an organization or federation
- seclude
- keep apart from others; place in solitude; isolate; sequester
- secure
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1. apart, or free, from care, fear, or worry; confident; assured
2. safe against loss, attack, or danger - sedition
- going apart from, or against, an established government; action, speech, or writing to overthrow the government; insurrection; treason
- segregate
- separate from the main body; isolate
- circumference
- distance around the circle or rounded body; perimeter
- circumlocution
- roundabout way of speaking; use of excessive numbers of words to express an idea; verbiage; tautology
- circumnavigate
- sail around
- circumscribe
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1. draw a line around
2. limit; restrict - circumspect
- looking around and paying attention to all possible consequences before acting; cautious; prudent
- circumvent
- go around; get the better of; frustrate; skirt; bypass
- coalesce
- grow together; unite into one; join; combine
- coherent
- sticking together; logically connected; consistent; logical
- collaborate
- work together with another or others, esp. as a coauthor
- collision
- secret agreement for a fraudulent purpose; conspiracy; plot
- concord
- state of being together in heart or mind; agreement; harmony
- congenital
- existing at birth; inborn; innate
- convene
- come together in a body; meet; assemble
- correspond
- agree; be in harmony; match; tally
- obliterate
- erase; blot out; destroy; remove all traces of
- obsess
- trouble the mind of; haunt; preoccupy
- obstacle
- something standing in the way; hindrance; obstruction; impediment
- obstruct
- be in the way of; hinder; impede; block
- obviate
- meet and dispose of; make unnecessary; forestall; avert
- perennial
- continuing through the years; enduring; unceasing
- perennial (n.)
- plant that lives through the years
- perforate
- make a hole or holes through; pierce; puncture
- permeate
- pass through; penetrate; spread through; pervade
- perplex
- confuse throughly; puzzle; bewilder
- persist
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1. continue in spite of opposition; refuse to stop; persevere
2. continue to exist; last; endure - pertinent
- connected with the matter under consideration; to the point; related; relevant
- perturb
- disturb thoroughly or considerably; make uneasy; agitate; upset
- precede
- go before; come before
- preclude
- put a barrier before; impede; prevent; make impossible
- precocious
- showing mature characteristics at an early age
- preconceive
- form an opinion of beforehand, without adequate evidence
- prefabricated
- constructed beforehand
- preface
- foreword; preliminary remarks; author's introduction to a book
- premature
- before the proper or usual time; early; untimely
- premeditate
- consider beforehand
- presume
- take for granted without proof; assume; suppose
- preview
- view of something before it is shown to the public
- procrastinate
- put things off from day to day; delay; dawdle
- proficient
- well advanced in any subject or occupation; skilled; adept; expert
- profuse
- pouring forth freely; exceedingly generous; extravagant; lavish
- project
- throw or cast forward
- prominent
- standing out; notable; important; conspicuous
- propel
- impel forward; drive onward; force ahead; push; thrust
- proponent
- person who puts forth a proposal or argues in favor of something; advocate; supporter
- prospect
- thing looked forward to; expectation; vision
- prospects
- chances
- protract
- draw out; lengthen; extend; prolong
- protrude
- thrust forth; stick out; bulge; jut
- provoke
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1. call forth; bring on; cause
2. make angry; annoy incense; irritate