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- ABASE
- lower, degrade. humiliate
- ABATE
- subside or moderate
- ABERRANT
- abnormal or deviant
- ABERRATION
- deviation from the expected or normal, mental irregularity
- ABET
- assistance
- ABEYANCE
- suspended action
- ABJECT
- wretched, lacking in pride
- ABJURE
- renounce upon oath
- ABNEGATION
- renunciation, selfsacrifice
- ABOMINATE
- loath, hate
- ABROGATE
- abolish
- ABSCISSION
- cutting off, separation
- ABSCOND
- depart secretly and hide
- ABSTEMIOUS
- sparing in eating and drinking
- ABSTINENCE
- restraint from eating or drinking
- ABSTRUSE
- obscure, profound, difficult to understand
- ABYSMAL
- bottomless
- ACADEMIC
- related to school, not practical or directly useful
- ACCEDE
- Aagree
- ACCLIVITY
- sharp upsloe of ahill
- ACCOUTRE
- equip
- ACCRETION
- growth, increase
- ACCRUE
- come about by addition
- ACERBITY
- bitterness of speecha nd temper
- ACETIC
- vinegary
- ACIDULOUS
- slightly sour, sharp, caustic
- ACME
- peak, pinnacle, highest point
- ACQUIESCE
- agree passively
- ACRIMONIOUS
- bitter in word or manner
- ACROPHOBIA
- FEAR OF HEIGHTS
- ACTUARIAL
- calculating, pertaining to insurvance statistics
- ACTUATE
- motivate
- ACUITY
- sharpness
- ACUMEN
- mental keenness
- ACUTE
- quickly perceptive, keen, brief, severe
- ADAGE
- wise saying
- ADAMANT
- hard, inflexible
- ADDLE
- muddle, drive crazy, become rotton
- ADHERE
- stick fast
- ADHERENT
- supporter, follower
- ADJUNCT
- something(generally nonessential or inferior) added on or attached.
- ADJURATION
- solemn urging
- ADJUTANT
- staff officer assisting the commander, assistant
- ADULATION
- flattery, admiration
- ADULTERATE
- make impure by adding inferior or tained substances
- ADVENTITITIOUS
- accidental, causal
- ADVERSITY
- poverty, misfortune
- ADVERT
- refer to
- AEGIS
- shield, defense
- AERIE
- nest of a large bird of prey
- AFFECTED
- artificial, pretended order to impress
- AFFIDAVIT
- written statement under oath
- AFFINITY
- kinship
- AGGLOMERATION
- collection, heap
- AGGRANDIZE
- increase or intensify, raise in power, wealth, rank or honor
- ALACRITY
- cheerful promptness, eagerness
- ALIMENTARY
- supplying nourishment
- ALIMONY
- payments made to an ex-spouse after divorce
- ALLAY
- calm passify
- ALLEGE
- state without proof
- ALLITERATION
- repition of the beginning sound in poetry
- ALLOY
- a mixture as of metals, make less pure, lessen or moderate(verb)
- ALLUVIAL
- pertaining to soil deposits left by running water
- ALTRUISTIC
- unselfishly generous, concerned for others
- AMALGAMATE
- combine, unite in one body
- AMBIENCE
- environment, atmosphere
- AMBIVALENCE
- the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
- AMENABLE
- readily managed or willing to be led, answerable or accountable legally
- AMENITIES
- convenient features, courtesies
- AMITY
- friendship
- AMNESTY
- pardon
- AMPLIFY
- broaden or clarifty by expanding, intensity, make stronger
- AMOK
- in a state of rage
- ANACHRONISM
- misplaced in time
- ANALGESIC
- causing insensitivity to pain
- ANALOGOUS
- comprable
- ANATHEMA
- solemn curse, someone or something regarded as a curse
- ANCILLARY
- serving as an aid or accessory, auxiliary
- ANIMADVERSION
- critical remark
- ANIMUS
- hostile feeling, intent
- ANNEAL
- reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling
- ANNEX
- attach, take possession of
- ANNOTATE
- comment, make explanatory notes
- ANNUITY
- yearly llowance
- ANODYNE
- drug that reliees pain, opiate
- ANNOInt
- consecrate
- ANOMALOUS
- abnormal, irregalur
- ANTAGONISM
- hostility, active resistance
- ANTEDILUVIAN
- antiquated, extremely ancient
- ANTHROPOID
- man-like
- ANTHROPOMORPHIC
- having human form or characteristics
- ANTICLIMAX
- letdown in thought or emotion
- ANTIDOTE
- remedy to counteract a poison or disease
- ANTIQUATED
- obsolete, outdated
- ANTISEPTIC
- substance that prevents infection
- ANTITHESIS
- direct opposite
- ANVIL
- iron block used in hammering out metals
- APATHY
- lack of caring, indifference
- APE
- imitate, mimic
- APHASIA
- loss of speech due to injury or illness
- APHORISM
- pithy maxim or saying
- APIARY
- place where bees are kept
- APLOMB
- poise, assurance
- APOCALYPTIC
- prophetic, pertaining to revelations
- APOCRYPHAL
- untrue, made up
- APOGEE
- highest point
- APOSTATE
- one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
- APOTHEGM
- pithy, compact saying
- APOTHEOSIS
- elevation to godhood, an ideal example of something
- APPEASE
- pacify, soothe relieve
- APPELLATION
- name, title
- APPEND
- attach
- APPLICATION
- diligent attention
- APPOSITE
- appropriate, fitting
- APPRAISE
- estimate value of
- APPREHEND
- arrest, dread, perceive
- APPREHENSIVE
- fearful, discerning
- APPRISE
- inform
- APPURTENANCES
- subordinate possessions
- APROPOS
- with reference to , regarding
- AQUILINE
- curved, hooked
- ARBITER
- person with power to decide a matter in a dispute, judge
- ARBITTRATE
- act as judge
- ARCANE
- secret, mysterious
- ARCHETYPE
- prototype, primitive pattern
- ARCHIPELAGO
- a group of closely related islands
- ARMADA
- fleet of warships
- ARRAIGN
- charge in court, indict
- ARRAY
-
marshal, draw up in order
or
clothe, adorn - ARREARS
- being in debt
- ARROYO
- gully
- ARTLESS
- without guile, open and honest
- ASCENDANCY
- controlling influence
- ASCETIC
- practicing self-denial, austere
- ASEPTIC
- preventing infection
- ASPERITY
- sharpness of temper
- ASPERSION
- slanderous remark
- ASPIRANT
- seeker after position or status
- ASSAY
- analyze, evaluate
- ASSIDUOUS
- diligent
- ASSURANCE
-
promise or pledge
self-confidence - ASTRINGENT
- binding, causing contraction, harsh or severe
- ASTUTE
- wise, shrewd
- ASSUNDER
- into parts, apart
- ATAVISM
- resemblance to remote ancetors rather than to parents, reversion to an earlier type, throwback
- ATTENUATE
- make thin, weaken
- ATTRIBUTE
-
essential quality
verb-ascribe, explain - ATTRITION
- gradual decrease in numbers, wearing away the opposition by means of harassment
- AUGURY
- omen, prophesy
- august
- impressive, majestic
- aureole
- sun's corona, halo
- auspicious
- favoring success
- austere
- forbiddingly stern, severly simple
- aver
- state confidently
- averse
- reluctant, disinclined
- avert
- prevent, turn away
- avocation
- secondary or minor occupation
- avuncular
- like an uncle
- axiom
- self-evident truth requiring no proof
- badinage
- teasing conversation
- bait
- harass, tease
- baleful
- deadly, having a malign influence on
- balk
- to stop short, to foil
- ballast
- heavy substance used to add stability or weight
- balm
- something that relieves pain
- banal
- hackneyed, commonplace, trite
- bandy
- discuss lightly or glibly, exchange words heatedly
- bane
- cause of ruin
- bantering
- good natured ridiculing
- barefaced
- shameless, bold
- baroque
- highly ornate
- barrage
- barrier laid down by artillery fire, overwhelming profusion
- bate
- let down, restrain
- bawdy
- indecent, obscene
- beatifici
- giving bliss, blissful
- beatitude
- state of bliss
- bedizen
- dress with vugar finery
- bedraggle
- wet thoroughly
- beguile
- mislead or delude, cheat, pass time
- behoove
- be suited to, be incumbent upon
- beleaguer
- beseige, attack, harass
- belie
- contradict, give false impression
- bemoan
- lament, express dispproval of
- beneficient
- kindly, doing good
- benison
- blessing
- bereft
- deprived of, lacking
- beset
- harass or trouble, hem in
- betoken
- signify, indicate
- bevy
- large group
- bilious
- suffering from indigestion
- bilk
- swindle, cheat
- bivouac
- temporary encampment
- blandishment
- flattery
- blase
- bored with pleasure or dissipation
- blowhard
- talkative boaster
- bluff
-
rough but good natured(adj)
pretense(of strength), deception, high cliff(N) - bolster
- support, reinforce
- bombastic
- pompous, using inflated language
- boon
- blessing, benefit
- bourgeois
- middle class, materialistic, dully conventional
- bowdlerize
- expurgate
- brackish
- somewhat saline
- bravado
- swagger, assumed air of defiance
- breach
- breaking of contract or duty, fissure or gap
- brindled
- tawny or grayish with straks or spots
- brook
- tolerate, edure
- bucolic
- rustic, pastoral
- bugaboo
- bugbear, object of baseless terror
- bulwark
- earthwork or other strong defense, person who defends
- buoyant
- able to float, cheerful and optimistic
- burgeon
- grow forth, send out buds
- burlesque
- give an imitation that ridicules
- buttress
- support, prop up
- buxom
- plump
- cabal
- small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
- cache
- hiding place
- cacophonous
- discordant, inharmonious
- callow
- youthful, immature, inexperienced
- calorific
- heat producing
- calumny
- malicious misrepresentation, slander
- canard
- unfounded rumor
- canker
- ulcerous sore, any evil
- canny
- shrewd, thrifty
- cant
- insincere expressins of piety, jargon of thieves
- cantata
- story set to music
- canto
- division of a long poem
- capacious
- spacious
- capillary
- having a very fine bore
- caprice
- whim
- capricious
- unpredictable, fickle
- captious
- fault finding
- carapace
- shell covering the back(of a turtle, etc)
- cardinal
- chief(i.e.--rule)
- carillon
- set of bells capable of being played
- carousal
- drunken revel
- carping
- petty criticism, fault-finding
- carrion
- rotting flesh of a dead body
- castigation
- punishment, severe criticism
- cataclysm
- deluge, upheaval
- catalyst
- agent that brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged
- cataract
- great waterfall, eye abnormality
- catcall
- shout of disapproval, boo
- catechism
- book for religious instruction, instruction by question and answer
- categorical
- without exception, unqualified, absolute
- catholic
- universal, wide-ranging liberal
- caucus
- private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
- caulk
- to make watertight by plugging the seams
- causal
- implying a cause and effect relationship
- caustic
- burning, sarcastically biting
- cauterize
- burn with a hot iron