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- abrogate
- to abolish, repeal, or nullify
- afford
- to permit or allow, to enable, to give
- anathema
- something or someone loathed or detested
- ancillary
- subordinate; providing assistance
- annul
- to make void or to cancel, usu. refers to marriage
- anthropology
- the study of human cultures
- antithetical
- in opposition, contrary to
- apostate
- one who deserts his professed principles or faith
- arsenal
- a storehouse of weapons
- ascertain
- to determine with certainty; to find out definitely
- assuage
- to soothe, pacify, or relieve
- augury
- an omen, edp. a good omen
- auspices
- protection, support; sponsorship
- ardent
- enthusiastic, passionate, fervent
- abase
- to humble; disgrace
- abet
- to aid; act as an accomplice
- abscond
- to depart secretly
- acme
- highest point; summit
- adage
- an old saying or proverb
- adumbrate
- to sketch, outline in a shadowy way
- aerie
- nook or nest built high in the air
- affront
- personal offense; insult
- alias
- assumed name
- ample
- abundant, plentiful
- agile
- well coordinated, nimble
- adversarial
- antagonistic, competitive
- allegory
- symbolic representation
- agitation
- excitement; uneasiness
- affected
- pretentious, phony
- accrue
- to accumulate, grow by additions
- abandon
- total lack of inhibition
- amulet
- ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits
- animation
- enthusiasm, excitement
- anthology
- collection of literary works
- antiquated
- outdated, obsolete
- antiquity
- ancient times, the quality of being old
- arable
- suitable for cultivation
- arboreal
- relating to trees; living in trees
- archipelago
- large group of islands
- ashen
- resembling ashes; deathly pale
- askew
- crooked, tilted
- aspersion
- false rumor, damaging report, slander
- aspire
- to have great hopes; to aim at a goal
- assail
- to attack, assault
- astringent
- harsh, severe, stern
- atrocious
- monstrous, shockingly bad, wicked
- august
- dignified, awe inspiring, venerable
- avenge
- to retaliate, take revenge for an injury or crime
- aver
- to declare to be true, affirm
- avert
- to turn (something) away; to prevent, hinder
- aviary
- large enclosure housing birds
- barometer
- an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
- beguile
- to delude by guile or craft; to mislead, divert; charm
- behest
- a command or order
- bellicose
- warlike, belligerent
- brusque
- rough and short in manner, blunt, abrupt
- buttress
- a support for a building or structure; to support
- balm
- soothing, healing influence
- banter
- playful conversation
- bay
- to bark, especially in a deep, prolonged way
- behemoth
- huge creature
- benighted
- unenlightened
- berate
- to scold harshly
- blanch
- to pale; take the color out of
- boor
- crude person, one lacking manners or taste
- burnish
- to polish, make smooth and bright
- baleful
- harmful, with evil intentions
- beseech
- to beg, plead, implore
- bestial
- beastly, animal-like
- blandish
- to coax with flattery, to persuade by flattering
- boisterous
- loud, rowdy, unrestrained
- botanist
- a scientist who studies plants
- brazen
- bold, shameless, impudent; of or like brass
- bombastic
- using high-sounding but meaningless language
- bias
- prejudice, slant
- beneficient
- kindly, charitable; doing good deeds; producing good effects
- cabal
- a group of conspirators; the acts of such a group; a clique
- calipers
- a pinching instrument used for determining the thickness of objects or the distance between surfaces
- canon
- a rule or law, especially a religious one; a body of rules or laws; an authoritative list; the set of works by an author that are accepted as authentic
- cantankerous
- ill-natured, contentious
- canvass
- to campaign; to seek or solicit orders, votes, etc.
- capacitor
- a device used to store energy
- captious
- ill-natured, quarrelsome
- carp
- to complain or find fault with someone
- cartography
- the study and creation of maps
- cavil
- to quibble; to raise trivial objections
- chimerical
- imaginary, given to fantasy
- closefisted
- stingy
- cogitate
- to ponder; to meditate; to think carefully about
- conscript
- enlisted, drafted, or enrolled; usu. refers to mandatory military
- coterie
- a group of close associates; a circle of friends
- coy
- shy, reluctant to make a commitment
- craven
- cowardly, afraid
- curmudgeon
- a greedy, irascible, crotchety old person
- callous
- thick-skinned, insensitive
- canny
- smart; founded on common sense
- caucus
- smaller group within an organization; a meeting of such a group
- cede
- to surrender possession of something
- cessation
- temporary or complete halt
- champion
- to defend or support
- chary
- watchful, cautious, extremely shy
- chide
- to scold, express disapproval
- chromatic
- relating to color
- citadel
- fortress or stronghold
- clamor
- to make a noisy outcry; a noisy outcry
- clandestine
- secretive, concealed for a darker purpose
- cloister
- to confine, seclude
- coddle
- to baby, treat indulgently
- collateral
- accompanying
- commodious
- roomy, spacious
- commute
- to change a penalty to a less severe one
- compensate
- to repay or reimburse
- compliant
- submissive and yielding
- compunction
- feeling of uneasiness caused by guilt or regret
- concave
- curving inward
- concede
- to yield, admit
- conduit
- tube, pipe, or similar passage
- conflagation
- big, destructive fire
- confound
- to baffle, perplex, confuse
- congeal
- to become thick or solid, as a liquid freezing
- conglomerate
- collected group of varied things
- constrained
- forced, compelled; confined, restricted
- continence
- self-control, self-restraint
- contravene
- to contradict, deny, act contrary to
- conundrum
- riddle, puzzle or problem with no solution
- convalescence
- gradual recovery after an illness
- convene
- to meet, come together, assemble
- convex
- curved outward
- convoluted
- twisted, complicated, involved
- corpulence
- obesity, fatness, bulkiness
- coven
- group of witches
- crass
- crude, unrefined
- creed
- statement of belief or principle
- cuisine
- characteristic style of cooking
- cupidity
- greed
- curt
- abrupt, blunt
- cosmetic
- relating to beauty; affecting the surface of something
- consolidate
- to combine, incorporate
- consolation
- something providing comfort or solace for a loss or hardship
- conscientious
- governed by conscience; careful and thorough
- deft
- very skillful
- dehydrate
- to remove water
- demography
- the statistical study of the characteristics of populations
- desalinate
- to remove salt from something
- diplomatic
- tactful; good at negotiating
- discomfit
- to frustrate, to confuse
- dither
- to vacillate between choices; to tremble with excitement
- diurnal
- occurring every day; occurring during the daytime
- divisive
- creating conflict and disagreement
- draconian
- severe, harsh, cruel
- debase
- to degrade or lower in quality or stature
- debunk
- to discredit, disprove, to expose the nonsense of
- deciduous
- losing leaves in the fall; short-lived, temporary
- decorum
- proper behavior, etiquette
- decry
- to belittle, openly condemn, to put down, to denounce
- deface
- to mar the appearance of, vandalize
- defamatory
- slanderous, injurious to the reputation
- deflation
- decrease, depreciation
- defunct
- no longer existing, dead, extinct
- delectable
- appetizing, delicious, delightful
- delegate
- to give powers to another
- demean
- to degrade, humiliate, humble
- demographics
- data relating to study of human population
- demote
- to reduce to a lower rank or grade
- demur
- to express doubts or objections
- denigrate
- to slur or blacken someone's reputation
- deplete
- to use up, exhaust
- deplore
- to express or feel disapproval of; regret strongly
- deploy
- to spread out strategically over an area
- derivative
- copied or adapted; not original
- desist
- to stop doing something
- deter
- to discourage; prevent from happening
- deviate
- to stray, wander
- devout
- deeply religious
- dexterous
- skilled physically or mentally
- diaphanous
- allowing light to show through; delicate
- diatribe
- bitter verbal attack
- dialect
- regional style of speaking
- diffuse
- widely spread out
- dilapidated
- in despair, run down, neglected
- dilatory
- slow, tending to delay
- dirge
- funeral hymn
- disarray
- clutter, disorder
- disburse
- to pay out
- disconcerting
- bewildering, perplexing, slightly disturbing, confusing
- discordant
- harsh-sounding, badly out of tune
- discredit
- to dishonor or disgrace
- discrepancy
- difference between
- disgorge
- to vomit, discharge violently
- disheveled
- untidy, disarranged, unkempt
- dispassionate
- free from emotion; impartial, unbiased
- dispel
- to drive out or scatter
- dispense
- to distribute, administer
- disperse
- to break up, scatter
- dispirit
- to dishearten, make dejected
- disrepute
- disgrace, dishonor
- dissemble
- to pretend, disguise one's motives
- dissuade
- to persuade someone to alter original intentions
- distraught
- very worried and distressed
- divine
- to foretell or know by inspiration
- doleful
- sad, mournful
- doting
- excessively fond, loving to excess
- drivel
- stupid talk; slobber
- droll
- amusing in a wry, subtle odd way, often understated
- dulcet
- pleasant sounding, soothing to the ear
- dupe
- to deceive, trick; a fool or pawn
- dyspeptic
- suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable
- effigy
- a likeness of a person, usu. one used to express hatred for that person
- ersatz
- serving as a substitute; synthetic, artificial
- etymology
- the study of words and their meanings
- euphonious
- pleasant-sounding, opposite of cacophonous; melodious
- evince
- to demonstrate convincingly; to prove
- execrate
- to curse, denounce
- exhume
- to unbury; to dig out of the ground
- expiate
- to make amends, to atone
- expunge
- to erase, obliterate, to blot out
- ebb
- to fade away, recede
- ecstatic
- joyful
- edict
- law, command, official public order
- edifice
- building
- effervescent
- bubbly, lively
- effrontery
- impudent boldness; audacity
- effulgent
- brilliantly shining
- elation
- exhilaration, joy
- elegy
- mournful poem, usually about the dead
- eloquence
- fluent and effective speech
- emaciated
- skinny, scrawny, gaunt, especially from hunger
- emancipate
- to set free, liberate
- embellish
- to ornament; make attractive with decoration or details; add details to a statement
- embezzle
- to steal money in violation of a trust
- emollient
- having soothing qualities, especially for skin
- enjoin
- to urge, order, command; forbid or prohibit, as by judicial order
- enmity
- hostility, antagonism, ill-will
- ennui
- boredom, lack of interest and energy
- ensconce
- to settle comfortably into a place
- enthrall
- to captivate, enchant, enslave
- entreat
- to plead, beg
- enunciate
- to pronounce clearly
- epicure
- person with refined taste in food and wine
- eradicate
- to erase or wipe out
- errant
- straying, mistaken, roving
- eschew
- to abstain from, avoid
- estrange
- to alienate, keep at a distance
- eulogy
- high praise, often in a public speech
- euphony
- pleasant, harmonious sound
- euphoria
- feeling of well-being or happiness
- evade
- to avoid, dodge
- evict
- to put out or force out
- excruciating
- agonizing, intensely painful