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- abase
- lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self-respect
- abash
- embarrass
- abate
- subside or moderate
- abbreviate
- shorten
- abdicate
- renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility)
- aberrant
- abnormal or deviant
- aberration
- deviation from the normal; mental disorder
- abet
- assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage
- abeyance
- suspended action
- abhor
- detest; hate
- abide
- dwell; abide by: comply with; put up with; tolerate; Ex: abide by the rules;
- abject
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sunk to or existing in a low state or condition
showing utter hopelessness or resignation <abject surrender>
expressing or offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit <abject flattery> <an abject apology> - abjure
- renounce upon oath
- ablution
- washing
- abnegation
- renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation
- abode
- dwelling place; home
- abolish
- cancel; put an end to
- abominable
- detestable; extremely unpleasant
- abominate
- loathe; hate
- aboriginal
- being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native; indigenous; N. aborigine
- abortive
- unsuccessful; fruitless
- abrasive
- rubbing away; tending to grind down
- abridge
- condense or shorten
- abrogate
- abolish
- abscission
- cutting off; separation
- abscond
- depart secretly and hide
- absolute
- complete; totally unlimited; having complete power; certain; not relative; Ex. absolute honesty/ruler; CF. absolutism
- absolve
-
pardon (an offense)
To pronounce clear of guilt or blame - abstain
- refrain; withhold from participation; intentionally not use one's vote;
- abstemious
- sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
- abstinence
- restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking; CF. abstention: act of abstaining from vote
- abstract
- theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentationals representational (of a style of art) showing things as they actually appear in real life
- abstruse
- obscure; profound; difficult to understand
- abusive
- coarsely insulting; physically harmful
- abut
- border upon; adjoin
- abysmal
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bottomless
profound, limitless
extremely bad - abyss
- enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit
- academic
- related to a school; not practical or directly useful
- accede
- agree
- accelerate
- move faster
- accessible
- easy to approach; obtainable
- accessory
- additional object; useful but not essential thing
- acclaim
- applaud; praise; greet with great approval; announce with great approval; N: strong expression of approval and praise
- acclimate
- adjust to climate or environment; adapt
- acclivity
- sharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivity
- accommodate
- oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make enough space for; ADJ. accommodative; CF. accomodating: helpful and obliging
- accomplice
- partner in crime
- accord
- agreement
- accost
- approach and speak first to a person
- accoutre
- to outfit and equip as for military; N. accoutrement - equipment
- accretion
- growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth; Ex. towers and other accretions of the castle; V. accrete
- acetic
- vinegary
- acidulous
- slightly sour (in taste or manner); sharp; caustic
- acknowledge
- recognize; admit
- acme
- peak; pinnacle; highest point
- acne
- skin disease (on the face)
- acoustics
- science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
- acquiesce
- assent; agree passively; comply without protest
- acquittal
- deliverance from a charge; V. acquit: free from a charge or accusation; discharge from a duty; conduct (oneself) in a specified manner
- acrid
- bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterly pungent
- acrimonious
- stinging; caustic; bitter in words or manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-natured animosity in speech or behavior
- acrophobia
- fear of heights
- actuarial
- calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics
- actuary
- someone who advises insurance companies
- actuate
- motivate; activate; cause to act
- acuity
- sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)
- acumen
- mental keenness; sharpness of judgment; ability to judge quickly and well; Ex. business acumen
- acute
- (of the senses) sharp; quickly perceptive; keen; penetrating; brief and severe; Ex. acute sense of smell/analysis/pain
- adage
- wise saying; proverb s proverbadage; someone or something well known for notoriety; ADJ. proverbial: of a proverb; widely known; ADV. proverbially
- adamant
- hard; inflexible
- adapt
- make or become suitable for a specific use; alter; modify; adjust; N. adaptation: act of adapting; composition recast into a new form; Ex. The play is an adaption of a short novel.
- addendum
- addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book)
- addiction
- compulsive habitual need
- addle
- make or become confused; muddle; drive crazy; become rotten (egg)
- address
- direct a speech to; speak to; deal with or discuss; direct one's efforts or attention to; make with a destination; N: formal speech
- adept
- expert at; very skilled
- adhere
- stick fast; be a devotd follower; N. adhesion: adhering; devotion; loyality
- adherent
- supporter; follower
- adjacent
- adjoining; neighboring; close by
- adjoin
- be next to
- adjourn
- suspend until a later time; move from one place to another
- adjunct
- something attached to but holding an inferior position
- adjuration
- solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly
- adjutant
- staff officer assisting the commander; assistant
- admonish
- warn or speak to with gentle disapproval; reprove
- adore
- love deeply and respect highly
- adorn
- decorate
- adroit
- skillful (in using mind or hand)
- adulation
- flattery; admiration that is more than is necessary or deserved
- adulterate
- make impure or of poorer quality by adding inferior or tainted(contaminated) substances
- advent
- arrival
- adventitious
- accidental; casual; happening by chance
- adversary
- opponent; enemy
- adverse
- going against; opposing; unfavorable; hostile
- adversity
- great hardship or affliction; misfortune; calamitous event
- advert
- refer
- advocacy
- support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something
- advocate
- speak in favor of; support (an idea or plan); urge; plead for
- aegis
- shield; protection; defense
- aerie
- nest of a large bird of prey
- aesthetic
- artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful (of a person or building); CF. aesthete; CF. aesthetics
- affable
- easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendly
- affected
- artificial; pretended
- affidavit
- written statement made under oath (for use as proof in a court of law)
- affiliation
- joining; associating with
- affinity
- feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity for her; Ex. many affinities between two languages
- affirmation
- positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath; V. affirm; ADJ. affirmative; CF. affirmative action: positive discrimination
- affliction
- state of distress; trial; cause of distress or suffering; V. afflict: inflict grievous suffering on
- affluence
- abundance; wealth
- affront
- insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings of intentionally
- afterlife
- life after death; later part of one's life
- agape
- openmouthed
- agenda
- items of business at a meeting
- agglomeration
-
collection; heap;
V. agglomerate: gather into a rounded mass; N. - aggrandize
- make greater; increase in power, wealth, rank, or honor; N. aggrandizement
- aggregate
- sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex. aggregate 100 dollars
- aghast
- filled with great surprise or fear; horrified
- agility
- nimbleness; ability to move quickly
- agitate
- stir up; disturb
- agnostic
- one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality
- agog
- highly excited; intensely curious
- agrarian
- pertaining to land or its cultivation; Ex. agrarian reform
- airy
- of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unreal
- alacrity
- cheerful promptness without reluctance
- alchemy
- medieval chemistry
- alcove
- nook; recess
- alias
- an assumed name esp. by a criminal (usually to mislead people); ADV. alias
- alienate
- make unfriendly or hostile; estrange; separate; change the ownership of
- alimentary
- supplying nourishment
- alimony
- payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce
- allay
- calm; pacify
- allege
- state without proof
- allegiance
- loyalty
- allegory
- story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable
- alleviate
- relieve (pain)
- alliteration
- repetition of beginning sound in poetry
- allocate
- assign; set apart for a particular purpose
- alloy
- mixture as of metals; something added that lowers in value or purity; V: mix; make less pure; lower in value or quality; spoil; CF. unalloyed: not in mixture with other maetals; pure; complete; unqualified; Ex. unalloyed happiness
- allude
- refer indirectly; N. allusion: indirect reference
- allure
- entice; attract; tempt
- alluvial
- pertaining to soil deposits left by running water
- alms
- money or goods given to the poor
- aloft
- upward; high up in the air
- aloof
- apart; not open in one's relationship with other people; reserved; ADV.
- altercation
- noisy quarrel
- altruistic
- unselfishly generous; concerned for others; N. altiruism: unselfish concern for the welfare of others; unselfishness; OP. egoism
- amalgam
- combination of different things; mixture of metals (containing mercury) used for filling holes in teeth
- amalgamate
- (of societies or groups) combine; unite in one body
- amass
- collect (gradually, in a very large amount)
- amazon
- female warrior
- ambidextrous
- capable of using either hand with equal ease
- ambience
- environment; atmosphere; Ex. restraurant with a pleasant ambience; ADJ. ambient: completely surrounding; Ex. ambient temperature
- ambiguous
- unclear or doubtful in meaning; having more than one possible interpretation
- ambivalence
- the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions
- amble
- walking at an easy unhurried pace; V: walk slowly and aimlessly
- ambrosia
- food of the gods
- ambulatory
- able to walk
- ambush
- act of lying in wait to attack by surprise; sudden attack made from a concealed position; Ex. lie in ambush; V.
- ameliorate
- improve
- amenable
- obedient; compliant; readily managed; responsive; willing to be led; answerable or accountable legally; responsible; able to be tested by; Ex. amenable to sensible suggestions; Ex. He is very amenable; Ex. amenable to the usual tests
- amend
- correct; change ; generally for the better
- amenities
- convenient features that helps to make life pleasant; social courtesies
- amiable
- agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly
- amicable
- peaceful; politely friendly; not quarrelsome; Ex. amicable settlement
- amiss
- wrong; faulty; Ex. something amiss; ADV.
- amity
- friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations
- amnesia
- loss of memory
- amnesty
- pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)
- amok(amuck)
- in a state of rage; Ex. run amok
- amoral
- nonmoral; having no understanding of right and wrong
- amorous
- moved by sexual love; loving; of sexual love; Ex. amorous advances
- amorphous
- formless; lacking shape or definition
- amphibian
- able to live both on land and in water; N.
- amphitheater
- oval building with tiers of seats; CF. arena
- ample
- enough; abundant; spacious; large in size; Ex. ample opportunity/garden; N. amplitude: quality of being ample; abundance; largeness of space
- amplify
- increase in size or effect; expand; broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger; Ex. amplify one's remarks with a graph
- amputate
- cut off part of body; prune (a limb)
- amulet
- charm; talisman; an object worn believed to protect against evil, bad luck
- anachronism
- an error involving time in a story; something or someone misplaced in time; ADJ. anachronistic
- analgesia
- condition of being unable to feel pain
- analgesic
- causing insensitivity to pain; N.
- analogous
- comparable; similar
- analogy
- similarity; parallelism; comparing two similar things
- anarchist
- person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority
- anarchy
- absence of governing body; state of disorder
- anathema
- solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse; V. anathematize
- ancestry
- family descent; ADJ. ancestral
- anchor
- secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place; N. anchorage
- ancillary
- serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary; N.
- anecdote
- short story of an amusing or interesting event
- anemia
- A pathological deficiency in the oxygen-carrying component of the blood, measured in unit volume concentrations of hemoglobin, red blood cell volume, or red blood cell number.
- anesthetic
- substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness; N. anesthesia
- anguish
- acute pain; extreme suffering
- angular
- sharp-cornered; having an angle; not rounded (body); bony; lean; gaunt; stiff in manner
- animadversion
- critical remark; V. animadvert: comment critically with disapproval
- animated
- lively; spirited
- animosity
- active enmity
- animus
- hostile feeling or intent; animosity; hostility; disposition
- annals
- records arranged in yearly parts; history
- anneal
- reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass)
- annex
- attach; add to a large thing; take possession of; incorporate (territory) into a larger existing political unit (by force); N: building added to a large one
- annihilate
- destroy
- annotate
- comment; make explanatory notes
- annuity
- yearly allowance
- annul
- make void
- anodyne
- drug that relieves pain or trouble; opiate; ADJ. Ex. anodyne statement
- anoint
- consecrate; put oil on (in a religious ceremony)
- anomalous
- abnormal; irregular
- anomaly
- irregularity
- anonymity
- state of being nameless; anonymousness; ADJ. anonymous
- antagonism
- hostility; active opposition; V. antagonize: cause to become an enemy; N. antagonist: person who is opposed to another; opponent; adversary; principal character in oppostion to the protagonist
- antecede
- precede
- antecedents
- preceding events that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background
- antediluvian
- antiquated; extremely ancient
- anthem
- song of praise or patriotism; Ex. national anthem
- anthology
- book of literary selections by various authors; CF. omnibus
- anthropoid
- manlike; resembling a human being; N.
- anthropologist
- student of the history and science of humankind
- anthropomorphic
- having human form or characteristics
- anticlimax
- letdown in thought or emotion; something unexciting, ordinary, or disappointing coming after something important or exciting
- antidote
- remedy to counteract a poison or disease; Ex. antidote to the economic troubles
- antipathy
- aversion; dislike or opposition
- antiquated
- obsolete; old-fashioned; outdated
- antique
- made in an earlier period and usu. valuable; N: object that was made in an earlier period and that is rare or valuable
- antiquity
- quality of being very old; ancient times; antisepticsubstance that prevents infection in a wound; ADJ.
- antithesis
- contrast; direct opposite of or to; ADJ. antithetic or antithetical
- antler
- bony growth on the head of a deer
- anvil
- iron block used in hammering out metals
- apathy
- lack of caring; indifference; lack of concern or interest in important matters; Ex. He was sunk in apathy after his failure; ADJ. apathetic
- ape
- imitate or mimic (a person's behavior or manner)
- aperture
- opening; hole; adjustable opening in a camera that limits the amount of light
- apex
- tip; summit; climax; highest point
- aphasia
- loss of speech due to injury or illness
- aphorism
- pithy maxim or saying; ADJ. aphoristic
- apiarist
- person who keeps bees
- apiary
- a place where bees are kept
- apiculture
- bee-keeping
- vapid
- lacking liveliness; dull and unimaginative; insipid and flavorless; Ex. vapid lecture
- aplomb
- poise; composure in difficult situations; assurance; self-confidence
- apocalyptic
- prophetic; pertaining to revelations especially of disaster; N. apocalypse
- apocryphal
- (of a story) widely believed but untrue
- apogee
- highest point; the point farthest from the earth; OP. perigee
- apolitical
- having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs
- apologist
- one who writes in defense of a cause or institution; N. apologia
- apoplexy
- stroke; loss of consciousness caused by too much blood in the brain
- apostate
- one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs; N. apostasy
- apothecary
- druggist; pharmacist
- apothegm
- (apophthegm) pithy, compact saying
- apotheosis
- elevation to godhood; an ideal example of something
- appall
- dismay; shock deeply