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- inclement
- stormy; unkind
- incontinent
- lacking self-restraint; licentious
- incontrovertible
- indisputable; not open to question
- incredulous
- withholding belief; skeptical
- incubate
- hatch; scheme
- inculcate
- teach; instill
- incumbent
- obligatory; currently holding an office
- incur
- bring upon oneself
- incursion
- temporary invasion
- indelible
- not able to be erased
- indenture
- bind as servant or apprentice to master
- indicative
- suggestive; implying
- indices
- signs; indications
- indigent
- poor; destitute
- indignity
- offensive or insulting treatment
- indiscretion
- lack of tactfulness or sound judgment
- indiscriminate
- choosing at random; confused
- indissoluble
- permanent
- induce
- persuade; bring about
- ineffable
- unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech
- inexorable
- relentless; unyielding; implacable
- infer
- deduce; conclude
- infraction
- violation (of a rule or regulation); breach
- infusion
- act of introducing or instilling a quality; liquid solution
- ingratiate
- become popular with
- inimical
- unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
- iniquitous
- wicked; immoral; unrighteous
- innocuous
- harmless
- inordinate
- unrestrained; excessive
- inscrutable
- impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious
- insensible
- unconscious; unresponsive
- insolvent
- bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts
- interloper
- intruder; unwanted meddler
- intimate
- hint; suggest
- inveterate
- deep-rooted; habitual
- invidious
- designed to create ill will or envy
- invocation
- prayer for help; calling upon as a reference or support
- iota
- very small quantity
- irksome
- annoying; tedious
- irrevocable
- unalterable; irreversible
- jabber
- chatter rapidly or unintelligibly
- jaded
- fatigued; surfeited
- jaunt
- trip; short journey
- jaunty
- lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree
- jingoist
- extremely aggressive and militant patriot; warlike chauvinist
- jostle
- shove; bump
- jurisprudence
- science of law
- kernel
- central or vital part; whole seed (as of corn)
- kindred
- related; belonging to the same family
- kleptomaniac
- person who has a compulsive desire to steal
- knave
- untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel
- knoll
- little round hill
- kudos
- honor; glory; praise
- laconic
- brief and to the point
- laggard
- slow; sluggish
- lampoon
- ridicule
- lap
- take in food or drink with one's tongue; splash gently
- larder
- pantry; place where food is kept
- latitude
- freedom from narrow limitations
- lax
- careless
- leaven
- cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven
- lechery
- lustfulness; impurity in thought and deed
- leery
- suspicious; cautious
- legacy
- gift made by a will
- legerdemain
- sleight of hand
- liability
- drawback; debts
- libel
- defamatory statement; act or writing something that smears a person's character
- lilliputian
- extremely small
- limber
- flexible
- limerick
- humorous short verse
- liniment
- ointment; lotion; salve
- lionize
- treat as a celebrity
- list
- tilt; lean over
- listless
- lacking in spirit or energy
- litany
- supplicatory prayer
- loath
- reluctant; disinclined
- loll
- lounge about
- loom
- appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged or distorted form)
- lope
- gallop slowly
- low
- moo
- ludicrous
- laughable; trifling
- lugubrious
- mournful
- lull
-
n. moment of calm
v. soothe; cause one to relax one's guard; subside - lumber
- move heavily or clumsily
- luminary
- celebrity; dignitary
- lummox
- big, clumsy, often stupid person
- lurid
- wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome
- luscious
- pleasing to taste or smell
- machinations
- evil schemes or plots
- madrigal
- pastoral song
- malaise
- uneasiness; vague feeling of ill health
- malfeasance
- wrongdoing
- maniacal
- raging mad; insane
- manifest
- evident; visible; obvious
- marked
- noticeable or pronounced; targeted for vengeance
- marquee
- canopy above an entrance, under which one can take shelter; rooflike shelter above a theater entrance
- martinet
- strict disciplinarian
- maudlin
- effusively sentimental
- maul
- handle roughly
- meek
- quite and obedient; spiritless
- mellifluous
- sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodious
- mercurial
- capricious; changing; fickle
- metaphysical
- pertaining to speculative philosophy
- mettle
- courage; spirit
- milieu
- environment; means of expression
- mincing
- affectedly dainty
- minutiae
- petty details
- misapprehension
- error; misunderstanding
- mite
- very small object or creature; small coin
- modicum
- limited quantity
- molt
- shed or cast off hair or feathers
- monolithic
- solidly uniform; unyielding
- moratorium
- legal delay of payment
- morbid
- given to unwholesome thought; moody; characteristic of disease
- motley
- multi-colored; mixed
- multifarious
- varied; greatly diversified
- muster
- gather; assemble
- musty
- stale; spoiled by age
- natty
- neatly or smartly dressed
- negligible
- so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easisly disregarded
- nemesis
- someone seeking revenge
- neologism
- new or newly coined word or phrase
- nettle
- annoy; vex
- nicety
- precision; minute distinction
- nip
- stop something's growth or development; snip off; bite; make numb with cold
- nondescript
- undistinctive; ordinary
- nonplus
- bring to halt by confusion; perplex
- notoriety
- disrepute; ill fame
- nuance
- shade of difference in meaning or color; subtle distinction
- numismatist
- person who collects coins
- obdurate
- stubborn
- obfuscate
- confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex
- oblivion
- obscurity; forgetfulness
- obstreperous
- boisterous; noisy
- obtuse
- blunt; stupid
- obviate
- make unnecessary; get rid of
- ogle
- look at amorously; make eyes at
- olfactory
- concerning the sense of smell
- onerous
- burdensome
- onset
- beginning; attack
- oracular
- prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous
- ordain
- decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine
- ordination
- ceremony making someone a minister
- ostensible
- apparent; professed; pretended
- outlandish
- bizarre; peculiar; unconventional
- overbearing
- bossy and arrogant; decisively important
- overt
- open to view
- overwrought
- extremely agitated; hysterical
- paean
- song of praise or joy
- pall
- grow tiresome
- palliate
- lessen the violence of (a disease); alleviate; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses
- paltry
- insignificant; petty; trifling
- pan
- criticize harshly
- panache
- flair; flamboyance
- pandemic
- widespread; affecting the majority of people
- pandemonium
- wild tumult
- pander
- cater to the low desires of others
- panegyric
- formal praise
- paraphernalia
- equipment; odds and ends
- paroxysm
- fit or attack of pain, laughter, rage
- partial
- incomplete; having a liking for something
- pastiche
- imitation of another's style in musical composition or writing
- patent
- open for the public to read; obvious
- pathos
- tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
- patina
- green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting
- patrician
- noble; aristocratic
- patronize
- support; act superior toward; be a customer of
- pedagogy
- teaching; art of education
- pedestrian
- ordinary; unimaginative
- penchant
- strong inclination; liking
- peremptory
- demanding and leaving no choice
- perennial
- something that is continuing or recurrent
- perfunctory
- superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm
- pernicious
- very destructive (deadly)
- perpetrate
- commit an offense
- perquisite
- any gain above stipulated salary
- persona
- public personality or facade
- perspicacious
- having insight; penetrating; astute
- pert
- impertinent; forward
- pertinacious
- stubborn; persistent
- perverse
- stubbornly wrongheaded; wicked and perverted
- philanderer
- faithless lover; flirt
- philistine
- narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain
- philology
- study of language
- phlegmatic
- calm; not easily disturbed
- phylum
- major class of plants; primary branch of animal kingdom; division
- picaresque
- pertaining to rogues in literature
- pied
- variegated; multicolored
- pine
- languish, decline; long for, yearn
- pique
-
n. irritation; resentment
v. provoke or arouse; annoy - pivotal
- crucial; key; vital
- placebo
- harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
- plaintive
- mournful
- plasticity
- ability to be molded
- platitude
- trite remark; commonplace statement
- plaudit
- enthusiastically worded approval; round of applause
- plumb
- checking perpendicularity; vertical
- plutocracy
- society ruled by the wealthy
- poignancy
- quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion
- ponderous
- weighty; unwieldy
- pontifical
- pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious
- pore
- study industriously; ponder; scrutinize
- poseur
- person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant, etc., to impress others
- postulate
- essential premise; underlying assumption
- potentate
- monarch; sovereign
- prate
- speak foolishly; boast idly
- preamble
- introductory statement
- precept
- practical rule guiding conduct
- precinct
- district or division of a city
- precipice
- cliff; dangerous position
- precipitate
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adj. rash; premature; hasty; sudden
v. throw headlong; hasten - precipitous
- steep; overhasty
- precis
- concise summing up of main points
- preclude
- make impossible; eliminate
- precocious
- advanced in development
- predispose
- give an inclination toward; make susceptible to
- preeminent
- outstanding; superior
- preempt
- head off; forestall (hinder; prevent) by acting first; appropriate for oneself; supplant (replace; usurp)
- preen
- make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction
- prehensile
- capable of grasping or holding
- prelate
- church dignitary
- premise
- assumption; postulate
- preposterous
- absurd; ridiculous
- prerogative
- privilege; unquestionable right
- prescience
- ability to foretell the future
- presumptuous
- overconfident; impertinently bold; taking liberties
- prevail
- induce; triumph over
- prim
- very precise and formal; exceedingly proper
- primordial
- existing at the beginning (of time); rudimentary
- pristine
- characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled
- privation
- hardship; want
- problematic
- doubtful; unsettled; questionable; perplexing
- prodigious
- marvelous; enormous
- profligate
- dissipated; wasteful; wildly immoral
- progeny
- children; offspring
- prolixity
- tedious wordiness; verbosity
- prompt
- cause; provoke; provide a cue for an actor
- promulgate
- proclaim a doctrine or law; make known by official publication
- propinquity
- nearness; kinship
- propitiate
- appease
- propound
- put forth for analysis
- proscribe
- ostracize; banish; outlaw
- proselytize
- convert to a religion or belief
- protean
- versatile; able to take on many shapes
- protocol
- diplomatic etiquette
- provident
- displaying foresight; thrifty; preparing for emergencies
- provisional
- tentative; temporary
- prowess
- extraordinary ability; military bravery
- prude
- excessively modest person
- prurient
- having or causing lustful thoughts and desires