IVB 2025 Finals Flashcards
(1002 cards)
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abacus
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A table or tray scattered with sand which was used for calculating or drawing.
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abase
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To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
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abash
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To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit.
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abdicate
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To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
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aberration
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The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state.
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abiding
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To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.
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abstain
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Keep or withhold oneself.
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abstemious
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Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
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abstruse
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Difficult to comprehend or understand.
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accede
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To approach; to arrive, to come forward.
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accessory
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Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or being contributory. Said of people and things, and, when of people, usually in a bad sense
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accredit
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To ascribe; attribute; credit with.
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accretion
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The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
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Achilles’ heel
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An Achilles’ heel (or Achilles heel) is a weakness despite overall strength, which can lead to downfall
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ad hoc
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For a particular purpose.
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ad nauseam
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To a nauseating or sickening degree.
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addle
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(provincial) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one’s living.
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adduce
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To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.
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adjudicate
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To settle a legal case or other dispute.
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admonitory
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Of or pertaining to an admonition; serving to reprove, warn or advise.
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advert
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An advertisement, an ad.
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aegis
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A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoulders, more as an emblem of power and protection than a military shield. The aegis of Athena or Minerva is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center.
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affable
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Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
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affront
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An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
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agape
In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.
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agglomeration
The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
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aggrandize
To make great; to enlarge; to increase.
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aggregate
A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
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agronomist
A scientist whose speciality is agronomy.
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alacrity
Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
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albatross
Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.
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albeit
Although, despite (it) being.
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alcove
A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
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alibi
The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed
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alkali
One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
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alloy
A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.
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allusion
An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned
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alter ego
Somebody's alternate personality or persona; another self.
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alternative
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
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altruistic
Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish
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altruistically
to act in a way that shows unselfish concern for the welfare of others, prioritizing their needs and well-being above one's own
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ambi
generally means both or around. It's a Latin prefix used in English to form compound words, indicating something related to both sides or encompassing a surrounding area
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ambiguity
Something, particularly words and sentences, that is open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning etc cannot be determined from its context.
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ambivalence
The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.
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ambulatory
The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.
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amenable
Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
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amity
Friendship. The cooperative and supportive relationship between people, or animals. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, affection, and respect along with a degree of rendering service to friends in times of need or crisis.
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amnesty
Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
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amulet
A kind of protective charm or ornament, often bearing magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences or evil spirits.
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anachronism
A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.
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analogue
Something that bears an analogy to something else
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ancillary
Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
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android
A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily male)
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anecdote
A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
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anglophobe
A person who hates or fears (or has an aversion to) England, its people or anything English.
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anodyne
Any medicine or other agent that relieves pain
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anomaly
A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
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antagonism
A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.
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antagonistic
Contending or acting against.
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apartheid
The policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990.
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aperture
An opening, gap, or hole, usually small and narrow
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aphorism
An original, laconic phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought.
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apogee
The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is furthest from the Earth, the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.
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applique
A decorative design made by cutting pieces of material and applying them to the surface of another for decoration.
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apprehend
To take or seize; to take hold of.
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apprehensive
Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
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approbation
The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official recognition.
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arbitrary
Anything arbitrary, such as an arithmetical value or a fee.
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arboreal
Any tree-dwelling creature.
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Arcadian
Pertaining to an arcade.
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arcane
Understood by only a few.
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archetype
An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
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archipelago
(collective) A group of islands.
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ardor
Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
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arduous
Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.
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arrogate
To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.
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ashen
Made from the wood of the ash-tree.
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asperity
Roughness as of stone or weather.
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aspic
A dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or consommé.
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assignation
An appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature.
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astringent
A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.
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atavism
The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence.
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atmospheric
Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.
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au pair
A single girl (or, rarely, a boy) who helps a host family with childcare, housework, or both while staying as a guest with a host family and generally receiving a small allowance (or pocket money).
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auburn
A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.
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Augean
requiring so much effort to complete or solve as to seem impossible
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augment
(grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
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augur
A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.
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autocratic
Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.
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autonomy
Self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
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avant-garde
The vanguard of an army or other force.
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aversion
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike.
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avian
A bird.
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aviary
A house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse.
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avionics
The science and technology of the development and use of electrical and electronic devices in aviation.
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axiomatic
Self-evident or unquestionable.
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basilica
A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.
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bedfellows
One with whom one shares a bed.
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befuddled
To perplex, confuse (someone).
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beggar
A person who begs.
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behest
A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of.
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belie
To lie around; encompass.
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bellow
The deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.
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benediction
A short invocation for help, blessing and guidance from God, said on behalf of another person or persons (sometimes at the end of a church worship service).
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berate
To chide or scold vehemently
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besmirch
To make dirty.
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bigot
One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to one's own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.
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billingsgate
coarse and abusive language, often associated with vulgarity and foulness. The term originates from the Billingsgate Fish Market in London, which was known for the loud and often crude language used by its vendors.
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blandish
To persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole.
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blandishment
Flattering speech or actions designed to persuade or influence.
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blatant
Bellowing; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.
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blather
Nonsensical or foolish talk.
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blathering
To talk rapidly without making much sense.
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blatherskite
A voluble purveyor of nonsense; a blusterer.
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bleary
Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion.
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blithe
(dated or literary) Happy, cheerful.
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bloom
A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
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bode
An omen; a foreshadowing.
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boisterous
Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.
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bombast
Cotton, or cotton wool.
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bona fide
In good faith; sincere; without deception or ulterior motive.
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bonsai
A tree or plant that has been miniaturized by planting it in a small pot, restricting its roots, and by careful pruning.
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boor
A peasant.
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bork
(US politics) To defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.
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bosom
(somewhat obsolete) The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).
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botch
An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
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brawny
Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.
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bridle
The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.
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brio
Vigour or vivacity.
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brusque
Rudely abrupt, unfriendly.
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bumpkin
A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
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buoyancy
The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
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burgeoning
To grow or expand.
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burnish
Polish; lustre.
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buss
a kiss
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cachinnate
To laugh loudly, immoderately, or too often.
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cadre
A frame or framework.
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caftan
A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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caldron
A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.
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calico
A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.
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caliper
(usually plurale tantum) Uncommon variant of calipers.
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caliph
The political leader of the Muslim world, successor of Muhammad's political authority, not religious or spiritual.
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calisthenics
(in the plural) Gymnastic exercises under the participation of a (surface-wise) multitude of muscles and often minimal equipment (thus, usually bodyweight exercises) with a stress on stamina.
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callous
Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.
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canny
Careful, prudent, cautious.
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canon
A generally accepted principle; a rule.
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cant
An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
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cantor
Singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony.
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capitulation
A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
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capricious
Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim
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cardinal
One of the officials appointed by the pope in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking only below the pope and the patriarchs, constituting the special college which elects the pope. (See Wikipedia article on Catholic cardinals.)
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careen
The position of a ship laid on one side.
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career
One's calling in life; a person's occupation; one's profession.
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carp
Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.
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caster
Someone or something that casts
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castigate
To punish or reprimand someone severely.
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censure
The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
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cerulean
(color) A greenish-blue color.
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chaff
The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
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chagrin
Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
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chapfallen
Crestfallen, dejected.
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chasten
To punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc.); to restrain, moderate.
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chattel
Tangible, movable property.
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chic
Good form; style.
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chirrup
A series of chirps, clicks or clucks.
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choleric
A person with a choleric temperament.
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chortle
A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.
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christen
To perform the religious act of the baptism, to baptise.
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chronicle
A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
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cipher
A numeric character.
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circulatory
A vessel with two portions unequally exposed to heat, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation.
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circumspect
Carefully aware of all circumstances; considerate of all that is pertinent.
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cliche
Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude.
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clique
A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.
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cloven
To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
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cobble
A cobblestone.
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cockamamie
A decal, a design that can be transferred to a surface.
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codger
An amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man.
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coeval
Something of the same era.
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cogitation
The process of cogitating; contemplation, deliberation, reflection, meditation.
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cognomen
Surname.
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cold call
A sales call either by telephone or personal presence, made without a referral or without preparing the recipient of the call.
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cold front
The leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air.
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colloquium
A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
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colloquy
A conversation or dialogue.
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collusion
A secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy.
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comatose
In a coma, unconscious.
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commandeer
To seize for military use.
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commensurate
To reduce to a common measure.
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commodities
Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.
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communique
An official report or statement, such as a government press release or the report of a conference.
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commutation
A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
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commute
To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
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compass
A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
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compendium
A short, complete summary; an abstract.
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comport
Manner of acting; conduct; deportment.
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concordant
Agreeing or harmonious; consistent (with).
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condescending
To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something).
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confabulation
creation of false memories without the intention to deceive
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confection
A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
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confluence
The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.
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confrere
A colleague or fellow, especially a professional one.
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congeal
To change from a liquid to solid state perhaps by cold
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congeries
A collection or aggregation of disparate items.
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conglomerate
A cluster of heterogeneous things.
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congregate
To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body
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conjugal
Of or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses; connubial.
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connotation
A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
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Consequential
Following as a result.
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conspicuous
Obvious or easy to notice.
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constricted
To narrow, especially by application of pressure.
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contentious
Marked by heated arguments or controversy.
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conterminous
Meeting end to end or at the ends.
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contraband
Any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess
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contrarian
A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially one who denounces the majority persuasion.
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contravention
The act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement.
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contrive
To invent by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise
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convalesce
To recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness.
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convection
The process of conveying something.
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convertible
(in plural) Interchangeable things or terms.
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conveyance
An act or instance of conveying.
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convolutions
A twist or fold.
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coquette
To act as a flirt or coquet.
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cornucopia
A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted.
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corona
The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.
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corporal
Having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal.
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corporate
A bond issued by a corporation.
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corporeal
Material; tangible; physical.
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corrugated
(of the skin) To wrinkle.
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countermand
An order to the contrary of a previous one.
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counterpoint
A melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies.
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coup
A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.
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courtly
Befitting of a royal court; reflecting the manners or behaviour of people at court.
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covert
A covering.
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crass
Coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination
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craven
A coward.
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credulous
Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.
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crest
The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
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crimp
A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts.
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crucible
A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.
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cuisine
A characteristic style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
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culpable
Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy.
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cultivar
A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species.
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cupola
A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
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curtail
A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.
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cybernetics
The theory/science of communication and control in the animal and the machine.
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cyclopean
Suggestive of a cyclops.
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cygnet
The young of a swan.
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cynical
Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.
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cynosure
(usually capitalized) Ursa Minor or Polaris, the North Star, used as a guide by navigators.
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daedal
an adjective that means skillfully made, ingenious, or cleverly intricate
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dais
A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from.
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dale
A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.
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dark horse
Someone who possesses talents or favorable characteristics that are not known or expected by others.
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dauntless
Invulnerable to fear or intimidation.
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de facto
A legally undeclared spouse; a partner in a spousal relationship which is not officially declared as a marriage, comparable to a common law husband or wife.
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debacle
An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
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debrief
To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain intelligence.
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decadence
A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay
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decadent
A person affected by moral decay.
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Decalogue
Any set of rules that have the weight of authority
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declivity
The downward slope of a hill; the downward slope of a curve.
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decrepit
Weakened or worn out from age or wear.
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defector
One who defects.
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deferential
Respectful and considerate; showing deference.
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deferment
An act or instance of deferring or putting off.
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defoliant
An agent used to defoliate plants.
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deft
Quick and neat in action; skillful.
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deign
To condescend; to do despite a perceived affront to one's dignity.
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delinquent
One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws.
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deliquesce
To melt and disappear.
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demur
Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
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denizen
An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in.
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denomination
The act of naming or designating.
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deplore
To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
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deposition
The removal of someone from office.
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derisory
Laughably small or inadequate.
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dermatology
The study of the skin and its diseases
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desipient
foolish, silly, or trifling
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despot
A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.
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despotic
Of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant.
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destitution
The action of deserting or abandoning.
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desultory
Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order, planning, or rational connection; lacking logical sequence.
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dictamen
decision , judgement
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die
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
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dilatory
Relating to dilation; dilative
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dire
Warning of bad consequences, ill-boding; portentous.
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dirge
A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
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dis
An insult or put-down; an expression of disrespect.
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disabuse
To free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (somebody).
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discern
To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.
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discernment
The ability to distinguish; judgement.
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discomfit
To defeat completely; to rout.
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discordant
Not in harmony or accord
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disinterested
Having no stake or interest in the outcome; free of bias, impartial.
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disparage
Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
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disparate
(chiefly in the plural) Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.
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dissertation
A formal exposition of a subject, especially a research paper that students write in order to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree; a thesis.
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dither
The state of being undecided.
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ditto
That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.
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divest
To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
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docent
A teacher or lecturer at some universities (in central Europe, etc.)
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doctrinaire
A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility.
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doff
(clothing) To remove or take off, especially of clothing.
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dogged
To pursue with the intent to catch.
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doldrums
A slothful or stupid person.
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dominion
Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
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drivel
Senseless talk; nonsense
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droll
A funny person; a buffoon, a wag.
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drone
A male ant, bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen bee.
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drubbing
To beat (someone or something) with a stick.
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dulcimer
A stringed instrument, with strings stretched across a sounding board, usually trapezoidal. It is played on the lap or horizontally on a table. Some have their own legs. These musical instruments are played by plucking on the strings (traditionally with a quill) or by tapping on them (in the case of the hammer dulcimers).
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dyspeptic
A dyspeptic person.
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dystopia
A vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society.
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ebony
A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
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eclat
A brilliant or successful effect; brilliance of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown.
317
ecotourism
Responsible travel to natural areas supporting the fauna, flora, and local economy
318
eddy
A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
319
eerie
Strange, weird, fear-inspiring.
320
effigy
A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.
321
efflorescence
the appearance of a white, powdery deposit on the surface of porous materials like brick, concrete, or stone, caused by the evaporation of water carrying dissolved salts to the surface
322
effluent
A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.
323
effulgent
Radiant, resplendent, shining.
324
eke
(obsolete except Britain) An addition.
325
elision
The deliberate omission of something.
326
elocution
The art of public speaking with expert control of gesture and voice, etc.
327
emaciated
To make extremely thin or wasted.
328
emancipate
To set free from the power of another; to liberate
329
emancipation
The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence.
330
embed
fix (an object) firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass.
implant (an idea or feeling) within something else so it becomes an ingrained or essential characteristic of it.
331
embezzle
To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.
332
emblematic
Serving as, or relating to a symbol, emblem or illustration of a type.
333
emissary
An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.
334
enamored
(mostly in the passive, followed by "of" or "with") To cause to be in love.
335
enclave
A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.
336
encomium
Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
337
encrypt
To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.
338
encumber
To load down something with a burden
339
engender
To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).
340
entice
To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
341
entourage
A retinue of attendants, associates or followers.
342
entree
(French Canada) A smaller dish served before the main course of a meal.
343
epicenter
The point on the land or water surface directly above the focus, or hypocentre, of an earthquake.
344
Epicurean
One who is devoted to pleasure.
345
epigrammatic
Having the characteristics of an epigram
346
epitaph
An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.
347
epoch
A particular period of history, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable.
348
equable
Unvarying, calm and steady; constant and uniform.
349
equivocal
A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term.
350
especial
Exceptional in importance or significance; special.
351
espouse
To become/get married to.
352
estrangement
The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.
353
etch
To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
354
etude
A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.
355
euphoria
An excited state of joy; a feeling of intense happiness.
356
evanescent
Disappearing, vanishing.
357
evince
To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.
358
evolution
A change of position.
359
ex officio
By virtue of the office that originated it, or of the title held.
360
exalt
To honor; to hold in high esteem.
361
excavate
To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
362
excise tax
tax imposed on a specific good or activity, levied at the federal, state, or local level
363
exigency
(chiefly in the plural) The demands or requirements of a situation.
364
exodus
A sudden departure of a large number of people.
365
exoteric
Suitable to be imparted to the public without secrecy or other reserves
366
expatiate
To range at large, or without restraint.
367
expatriate
One who lives outside their own country.
368
expedient
A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.
369
expeditiously
In an expeditious manner
370
explicate
To explain meticulously or in great detail; to elucidate; to analyze.
371
expropriate
To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.
372
expunge
To erase or strike out.
373
extant
Still in existence.
374
extemporaneous
Without preparation or advanced thought; offhand.
375
extenuate
To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.
376
extradite
To remove a person from one state to another by legal process.
377
exude
To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
378
façade
The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
379
facile
Easy, now especially in a disparaging sense; contemptibly easy.
380
faction
A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.
381
factious
Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
382
factotum
A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities.
383
fantasia
A form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces.
384
farce
A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.
385
farcical
Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.
386
fascia
A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
387
fawning
To give birth to a fawn.
388
feint
A movement made to confuse the opponent; a dummy.
389
feisty
Tenacious, energetic, spunky.
390
felicitous
Characterized by felicity.
391
fell
A cutting-down of timber.
392
fend
Self-support; taking care of one's own well-being.
393
feral
A domesticated animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans.
394
ferret
An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.
395
fervor
An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
396
fete
A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.
397
filial
Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
398
filibuster
A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
399
flaccid
Flabby.
400
flag
A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
401
flagitious
(of people) Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
402
flair
A natural or innate talent or aptitude.
403
flame
The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
404
flashing
To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
405
flaunt
Anything displayed for show.
406
flay
A fright; a scare.
407
flexor
A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
408
flotilla
A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.
409
flounce
A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.W
410
flounder
A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder, Platichthys flesus.
411
flummery
A custard; any of several bland, gelatinous foodstuffs, usually made from stewed fruit and thickened with oatmeal, cornstarch or flour.
412
flux
The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
413
fop
A vain man; a dandy.
414
forbear
To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
415
fortitude
Mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.
416
franglais
Alternative letter-case form of Franglais
417
fratricide
The killing of one's brother (or sister).
418
fresco
A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade.
419
friable
Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
420
fugacious
Fleeting, fading quickly, transient.
421
fulgurant
flashing or sparkling like lightning, or brilliant and impressive
422
fulminate
Any salt or ester of fulminic acid, mostly explosive.
423
fulsome
Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.
424
fungo
A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught.
425
furtive
Stealthy.
426
gabble
Confused or unintelligible speech.
427
gainsay
To say something in contradiction to.
428
gambit
An opening in chess, in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
429
garrulous
Excessively or tiresomely talkative.
430
gawky
An awkward, ungainly person.
431
gelid
Very cold; icy or frosty.
432
genteel
Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
433
gentrification
(urban studies) The renewal and rebuilding that accompanies the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas and often displaces earlier, usually poorer, residents; any example of such a process.
434
geopolitical
Of, or relating to geopolitics.
435
gesticulate
To make gestures or motions, as in speaking.
436
gimbal
A device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped.
437
gird
To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
438
glade
An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
439
glen
A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills.
440
glissade
A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps (Wikipedia).
441
glutinous
Glue-like, sticky, viscid.
442
gnash
A sudden snapping of the teeth.
443
goad
A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
444
Gondola
A small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice.
445
Gothic
Of or relating to the Goths or their language.
446
gourmet
A connoisseur in eating and drinking; someone who takes their food seriously.
447
grandeur
The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.
448
granivorous
That eats seeds
449
grapple
A close hand-to-hand struggle; the act of grappling.
450
gratis
Free, without charge.
451
gratuitous
Given freely; unearned.
452
green
Having green as its color.
453
greenhorn
An inexperienced person; a novice, beginner or newcomer
454
grill
A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses, to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
455
grist
Grain that is to be ground in a mill.
456
grit
A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
457
ground
The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
458
grudging
To be unwilling to give or allow (someone something).
459
gull
A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae.
460
gustatory
Of, or relating to, the sense of taste.
461
gynecologist
A physician specializing in diseases of the female reproductive system.
462
habitué
One who frequents a place.
463
hackneyed
To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
464
hamstring
One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.
465
hansom
A Hansom cab; a carriage
466
harangue
An impassioned, disputatious public speech.
467
harp
A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body
468
hatha-yoga
a traditional form of yoga that emphasizes physical postures (asanas) and breathing techniques to achieve balance and harmony between the body, mind, and spirit.
469
hauteur
Haughtiness or arrogance; loftiness.
470
heady
Intoxicating or stupefying.
471
hearten
To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.
472
heighten
To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
473
heir presumptive
Someone who will become an heir (usually to a monarchy) only if no-one with a better claim is born.
474
heliocentric
Having the sun at the center/centre; usually in reference to a solar system or orbit.
475
Hellenistic
relating to Greek history, language, and culture from the death of Alexander the Great to the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony by Octavian in 31 BC
476
high-flown
Pretentiously eloquent; highly figurative
477
highboy
A tall chest of drawers raised up on high legs.
478
hinterland
The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.
479
histrionic
Of or relating to actors or acting.
480
holocaust
A sacrifice that is completely burned to ashes.
481
homologous
Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
482
honcho
Boss, leader
483
horde
A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
484
hortatory
Exhortation or advice; incitement; encouragement.
485
hot button
A central issue, concern or characteristic, especially one that motivates people to make a choice
486
Howdah
A seat, usually with a canopy, carried on the back of an elephant or camel.
487
hullabaloo
A clamour, a commotion; a fuss or uproar.
488
humus
A large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed from the chemical and biological decomposition of plant and animal residues and from the synthetic activity of microorganisms
489
hyperbole
Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
490
idiosyncrasy
A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person.
491
idyllic
An idyllic state or situation. (A substantive use of the adjective)
492
Ignominiously
in a way that is shameful, disgraceful, or dishonorable. It describes actions or events that cause public disgrace or loss of reputation.
493
immolate
To kill as a sacrifice.
494
impeller
Something which or someone who impels, usually a part of a pump.
495
impend
To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang.
496
impervious
Unaffected or unable to be affected by something.
497
impinge
To make a physical impact on.
498
imponderable
An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism.
499
importunate
(of a demand) Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so.
500
imposture
The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition
501
impoverished
To make poor.
502
impromptu
A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo.
503
in concert
acting jointly
504
in extremis
in an extremely difficult situation
505
inalienable
Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable.
506
inane
That which is void or empty.
507
inanity
The property of being inane, of lacking material of interest or satisfaction, emptiness.
508
inaugural
An inauguration; a formal beginning.
509
incendiary
Something capable of causing fire, particularly a weapon.
510
indenture
A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).
511
indictment
An official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury.
512
indigenous
Born or originating in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.
513
indigent
A person in need, or in poverty.
514
indolent
Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor
515
indubitable
That which is indubitable.
516
ineptitude
The quality of being inept.
517
inequity
A lack of justice; injustice.
518
ineradicable
Not able to be eradicated; (of a root, plant, etc.) too deep to remove.
519
inferno
A place or situation resembling Hell.
520
inflection
(grammar) A change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function.
521
influx
A flow inward or into something; a coming in.
522
infrastructure
(systems theory) An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
523
ingratiate
To bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please him or her.
524
inimical
Harmful in effect.
525
injunction
The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
526
inlay
The material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration.
527
innuendo
A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication, intimation or insinuation.
528
inquest
A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death
529
inroad
An advance into enemy territory, an incursion, an attempted invasion
530
inscrutable
One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.
531
insouciant
Casually unconcerned; carefree, indifferent, nonchalant.
532
insular
An islander.
533
insurgent
One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.
534
insurrection
A violent uprising of part or all of a national population against the government or other authority.
535
intern
A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily.
536
intravenous
A dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.
537
intrepid
Fearless; bold; brave.
538
intuit
To know intuitively or by immediate perception.
539
inversion
The action of inverting.
540
ipso facto
By that very fact itself; actually. Compare eo ipso.
541
ire
Iron.
542
irrevocable
Unable to be retracted or reversed; final.
543
isometrics
A line connecting isometric points.
544
itinerant
One who travels from place to place.
545
jabberwocky
Invented or meaningless language; nonsense
546
jaded
To tire, weary or fatigue
547
jamb
(interior decorating) Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.
548
jaunty
A master-at-arms onboard a Royal Navy ship
549
jet
A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
550
jingoism
Excessive patriotism or aggressive nationalism, especially with regards to foreign policy.
551
jitney
A small bus or minibus which typically operates service on a fixed route, sometimes scheduled.
552
jodhpurs
Flared riding trousers of heavy cloth, fitting tightly from knee to ankle.
553
journeyman
A tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman
554
juggernaut
A literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path.
555
julienne
A garnish of vegetables cut into long, thin strips.
556
juxtaposition
The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.
557
keen
To make cold, to sharpen.
558
keratin
The protein of which hair and nails are composed.
559
kindred
(often plurale tantum) Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin.
560
kinescope
A recording of a television broadcast made by filming the screen of a monitor; a telerecording.
561
kitchen cabinet
Built-in cabinet found in a kitchen.
562
knoll
A small mound or rounded hill.
563
lackey
A footman, a liveried male servant.
564
lanyard
A short rope used for fastening rigging.
565
latke
A pancake fried in oil, usually made from potatoes and sometimes also onions, traditionally served on Hanukkah.
566
lee
A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
567
leeway
The drift of a ship or airplane in a leeward direction.
568
leggy
(chiefly of a woman) Having long, attractive legs; long-legged.
569
libertine
Someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.
570
lien
A tendon.
571
ligature
The act of tying or binding something.
572
limber
To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
573
limerick
A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having a 9–9–6–6–9 cadence.
574
lineaments
Any distinctive shape or line, etc.
575
littoral
A shore.
576
lobbyist
A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.
577
locution
A phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage.
578
lodestone
A naturally occurring magnet.
579
lowing
To depress; to lower.
580
lucent
Emitting light; shining, luminous.
581
lucre
Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner.
582
luftmensch
an impractical, unrealistic, or contemplative person, often one who seems to have their head in the clouds and is unconcerned with the practicalities of earning a living
583
luxuriate
To enjoy luxury, to indulge.
584
macabre
Representing or personifying death.
585
macerate
A macerated substance.
586
macrame
A form of decorative textile made by knotting and weaving.
587
magazine
A non-academic periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at the fold.
588
magnanimity
The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul.
589
malaise
A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness.
590
malodorous
Having a bad odor.
591
manger
A trough for animals to eat from.
592
marsupial
A mammal of which the female has a pouch in which it rears its young, which are born immature, through early infancy, such as the kangaroo or koala, or else pouchless members of the Marsupialia like the shrew opossum.
593
masticate
To chew (food).
594
matriarch
A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.
595
matrix
The womb.
596
maven
An expert in a given field.
597
measure
A prescribed quantity or extent.
598
megalopolis
A large conurbation, where two or more large cities have sprawled outward to meet, forming something larger than a metropolis; a megacity.
599
meld
To combine multiple similar objects into one
600
melee
A battle fought at close range; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
601
mellifluous
Flowing like honey.
602
melodrama
A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.
603
mentor
A wise and trusted counselor or teacher
604
mercantile
Concerned with the exchange of goods for profit.
605
mettle
A quality of endurance and courage.
606
minaret
The tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer).
607
minimalist
One who believes in or seeks a minimal state; one who seeks to minimize or reduce to a minimum.
608
ministration
The act of ministering.
609
misanthropic
Hating or disliking mankind.
610
miscreant
One who has behaved badly, or illegally.
611
mite
Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).
612
modality
The fact of being modal.
613
modicum
A modest, small, or trifling amount.
614
mollify
To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort.
615
molt
The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.
616
moot
A moot court.
617
mortify
To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
618
mosaic
A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
619
mugwump
An independent neutral politician, especially in reference to the 1884 U.S. presidential election.
620
mulish
Characteristic of a mule; stubborn, obstinate, or intractable
621
multifarious
Having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; made up of many differing parts; manifold.
622
mutate
To undergo mutation.
623
myrtle
An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
624
nascent
Emerging; just coming into existence.
625
nebulous
In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
626
nemesis
An archenemy
627
neologism
A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.
628
nepotism
The favoring of relatives or personal friends because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.
629
nettlesome
(of a person, thing, situation, etc.) Causing irritation, annoyance, or discomfort; bothersome, irksome.
630
niggardly
Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.
631
nocive
adjective meaning harmful or injurious
632
nomenclature
A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.
633
nostalgia
A longing for home or familiar surroundings; homesickness.
634
notional
A fake company used as a front in espionage.
635
nubby
Knobbly; covered with small knobs.
636
nubile
A young sexually attractive woman.
637
obfuscate
To make dark; overshadow
638
oblivious
(usually followed by to or of) Lacking awareness; unmindful; unaware, unconscious of.
639
obscurantist
A practitioner of obscurantism; an obscurant
640
obtrude
To proffer (something) by force; to impose (something) on someone or into some area.
641
obviate
To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required).
642
odyssey
An extended adventurous voyage.
643
omnibus
A vehicle set up to carry many people (now usually called a bus).
644
onerous
Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.
645
opus
A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works.
646
ordinance
A local law
647
orifice
A mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening.
648
ornate
To adorn; to honour.
649
osmosis
The net movement of solvent molecules, usually water, from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration through a partially permeable membrane.
650
ossify
To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into bone; particularly the processes of growth in humans and animals.
651
ostracize
To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism.
652
over the top
Bold; beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; outrageous.
653
overture
An opening; a recess or chamber.
654
overweening
Unduly confident; arrogant
655
oxymoron
A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
656
pachyderm
A member of the obsolete taxonomic order Pachydermata, grouping of thick-skinned, hoofed animals such as the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, elephant, pig and horse.
657
pagoda
A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple.
658
palpable
Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.
659
palpitate
To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart.
660
panache
An ornamental plume on a helmet.
661
pander
A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer.
662
pantheistic
a doctrine which identifies God with the universe, or regards the universe as a manifestation of God.
663
papier-mâché
a malleable mixture of paper and glue, or paper, flour, and water, that becomes hard when dry.
664
paramount
A chief or superior.
665
paraphernalia
miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity
666
pare
To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife
667
parity
Equality; comparability of strength or intensity.
668
parley
A conference, especially one between enemies.
669
paroxysm
A random or sudden outburst (of activity).
670
parquetry
The technique of applying wooden tiles or veneers to create a decorative geometrical pattern on floors, furniture etc.
671
party hack
"Political hack" is a pejorative term describing a person who is more loyal to a particular political party than to their own sense of ethics.
672
parvanimity
the state or quality of being small-minded, narrow, and mean in spirit. Opposite of generosity
673
patent
A declaration issued by a government agency declaring someone the inventor of a new invention and having the privilege of stopping others from making, using or selling the claimed invention; a letter patent.
674
patronage
The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
675
patronize
To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.
676
peal
A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.
677
pedant
A teacher or schoolmaster.
678
pedantic
Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
679
pedometer
A device, often electronic, that measures the number of steps taken, and thus estimates the distance walked.
680
penal
Of or relating to punishment.
681
penchant
Taste, liking, or inclination (for).
682
pent
To enclose in a pen.
683
penumbra
A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse.
684
percipient
One who perceives something.
685
peremptory
A challenge to the admission of a juror, without the challenger needing to show good cause.
686
perfidious
Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.
687
periphrastic
Expressed in more words than are necessary.
688
perpetrate
To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit.
689
perspicacious
Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.
690
pestilence
Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
691
pettifog
To quibble over trivial matters; nitpick.
692
philatelist
someone who collects and studies postage stamps
693
physiotherapist
A therapist who treats physical injury or dysfunction, usually with exercise.
694
piazza
A public square, especially in Italian cities.
695
pinioned
To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying.
696
placid
Calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil
697
plaintively
expressing sadness, sorrow, or a mournful quality in a way that is also weak or co
698
platonic
Of or relating to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato or his philosophies.
699
plausible
Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; conceivably true or likely
700
player
One that plays
701
plenary
Plenary session
702
pliant
Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking
703
plinth
A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.
704
ply
A layer of material.
705
pneumatic
A vehicle, such as a bicycle, whose wheels are fitted with pneumatic tyres.
706
poach
The act of cooking in simmering liquid.
707
poignant
Of a weapon, etc. sharp-pointed; keen.
708
point
A discrete division of something.
709
poky
A gambling device based on the card game poker.
710
poltroon
An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch.
711
polychrome
Esculin (so called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions)
712
polyglot
One who has mastered, notably speaks, several languages.
713
ponderous
Heavy, massive, weighty.
714
porcinely
resembling a pig or pigs.
715
portent
Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen.
716
portentous
Of momentous or ominous significance.
717
portrayal
The act of portraying.
718
post mortem
an examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death.
719
pragmatic
A man of business.
720
prattle
Silly, childish talk; babble.
721
precarious
Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous.
722
preempt
A preemptive bid.
723
preen
A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
724
preponderance
Excess or superiority of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing.
725
prepossessing
Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive
726
preposterous
Absurd, or contrary to common sense.
727
prerogative
A hereditary or official right or privilege.
728
prescient
Exhibiting or possessing prescience; having knowledge of, or seemingly able to correctly predict, events before they take place.
729
prestidigitation
A performance of or skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with the hands.
730
preternatural
Beyond or not conforming to what is natural or according to the regular course of things; strange.
731
prevaricate
To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
732
prig
A tinker.
733
prima donna
The principal female singer or the leading lady.
734
primeval
Belonging to the first ages
735
primordial
A first principle or element.
736
pristine
Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
737
profligacy
Careless wastefulness.
738
prognosis
A forecast of the future course of a disease or disorder, based on medical knowledge.
739
prolific
Fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
740
promiscuous
Made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition.
741
propinquity
Nearness or proximity.
742
propitiate
To conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit.
743
propitious
Favorable; benevolent.
744
proponent
One who supports something; an advocate
745
props
An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
746
protagonist
(authorship) The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.
747
provincial
A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
748
prudent
Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; careful, discreet, sensible; — opposed to rash; directed by prudence or wise forethought; evincing prudence
749
pseudonym
A fictitious name, as those used by writers and movie stars.
750
psychobabble
The jargon of psychology and psychoanalysis, especially when regarded as trite or trivial.
751
puckish
Mischievous; excessively playful.
752
pulchritude
Physical beauty.
753
pullulate
To multiply rapidly.
754
purloin
To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
755
purport
Import, intention or purpose
756
quail
To waste away; to fade, to wither
757
quarry
A site for mining stone, limestone, or slate.
758
queasy
Experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an unsettled stomach.
759
quid pro quo
Something which is understood as something else; an equivocation.
760
quizzical
Questioning or suggesting puzzlement.
761
rack
A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other
762
raconteur
A storyteller, especially a person noted for telling stories with skill and wit.
763
raffish
Characterized by careless unconventionality; rakish.
764
raiment
Clothing, garments, dress, material.
765
rakish
Dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance.
766
rampant
Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.
767
rampart
A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.
768
rancid
Rank in taste or smell.
769
rankle
To cause irritation or deep bitterness.
770
rappel
Descending by means of a rope, abseiling.
771
rapt
An ecstasy; a trance.
772
rarefied
Distant from the lives and everyday concerns of ordinary people; esoteric, exclusive, select.
773
ratiocinate
To use the powers of the mind logically and methodically; to reason.
774
ravage
Grievous damage or havoc.
775
ravening
Predation (of an animal); voracious eating or consumption.
776
reappraisal
A second look at or reassess a value of something; a new appraisal.
777
rebuff
A sudden resistance or refusal.
778
recalcitrant
A person who is recalcitrant.
779
recant
To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
780
recapitulate
To summarize or repeat in concise form.
781
reclamation
The act of reclaiming or the state of being reclaimed.
782
recrimination
The act of recriminating.
783
rectilinear
In a straight line.
784
red tape
The binding tape once used for holding important documents together.
785
redoubtable
Eliciting respect or fear; imposing; awe-inspiring.
786
redux
(of a topic) Redone, restored, brought back, or revisited.
787
reel
A shaky or unsteady gait.
788
refulgent
Resplendent, or shining brightly and radiantly.
789
rejoinder
The defendant's answer to the replication.
790
relegate
Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
791
reminisce
An act of reminiscence.
792
renegade
An outlaw or rebel.
793
repair
The act of repairing something.
794
repel
To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc.
795
repine
To fail; to wane.
796
repose
Rest; sleep.
797
reprimand
A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
798
reprobation
disapproval, condemnation, or rejection
799
repudiate
To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
800
respite
A brief interval of rest or relief.
801
retrench
To dig or redig a trench where one already exists.
802
revamp
A renovation, revision or improvement.
803
reverie
A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream.
804
revisionist
A proponent of revisionism
805
riff
A repeated instrumental melody line in a song.
806
risque
Suggestive of sexual impropriety; bordering on the indelicate.
807
rotunda
A round building, usually small, often with a dome
808
rout
A noise, especially a loud one
809
roux
A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.
810
rueful
Causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow, especially in a wry or humorous way.
811
ruse
A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.
812
rut
Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals.
813
saccharine
Sentimentalism
814
sacrilegious
Committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.
815
sampler
A piece of needlework embroidered with a variety of designs.
816
sanctions
An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
817
sanctuary
A place of safety, refuge or protection.
818
sang-froid
Composure, self-possession or imperturbability especially when in a dangerous situation.
819
sapient
An intelligent, self-aware being.
820
sardonic
Scornfully mocking or cynical.
821
satellite
A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
822
satiate
To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.
823
satire
A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humor, irony, and exaggeration are often used to aid this.
824
savanna
A tropical grassland with scattered trees
825
scallop
Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the family Pectinidae which are free-swimming.
826
scarf
A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
827
scarp
The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet
828
scathing
To injure or harm.
829
scrim
A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,.
830
scrumptious
Delicious; delectable.
831
scrunch
To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch.
832
scrutiny
Intense study of someone or something.
833
scuttle
A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
834
séance
A ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium.
835
segue
An instance of segueing, a transition.
836
seminal
A seed.
837
semiotics
The study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication.
838
Sensate
To feel or apprehend by means of the senses; to perceive.
839
sententious
Full of meaning.
840
sentient
Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.
841
sequester
Sequestration; separation
842
seriatim
Point by point; sequential.
843
shaman
A traditional (prescientific) faith healer.
844
shank
The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
845
sheaf
A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
846
shimmer
A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.
847
shrew
Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae (order Soricomorpha).
848
sierra
A rugged range of mountains.
849
simian
An ape or monkey, especially an anthropoid.
850
sinologist
a person who studies or is an expert in sinology (= Chinese language, literature, history, society, etc.)
851
Sisyphean
denoting or relating to a task that can never be completed
852
skein
A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel.
853
skulk
A group of foxes.
854
sleuth
A detective.
855
slogan
A catch phrase associated with the product or service being advertised.
856
sloth
Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.
857
sluice
An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
858
smidgen
A very small quantity or amount.
859
snide
An underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practise; a sharper; a cheat.
860
snipe
Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
861
snippet
A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
862
snitch
A thief.
863
sociopath
A person with an antisocial personality disorder, exhibiting antisocial behavior that usually is the result of social and environmental factors in the person's early life.
864
sojourn
A short stay somewhere.
865
solar plexus
A complex network of nerves and ganglia, located within the abdomen behind the stomach.
866
solstice
One of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or shortest.
867
somnambulist
a person who walks in while asleep and performs some other actions
868
spate
A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
869
species
Type or kind. (Compare race.)
870
specious
Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
871
spin
Rapid circular motion.
872
spin doctor
A person employed to gloss over a poor public image (or present it in a better light) in business and politics, especially after unfavourable results have been achieved. A lobbyist; PR person.
873
spiteful
Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.
874
splayed
To spread; spread out.
875
splotch
An irregular-shaped spot or stain.
876
spoonerism
A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.
877
squalid
Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
878
squalor
Filthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty
879
squeamish
Easily bothered or upset; tending to be nauseated or nervous; oversensitive
880
stanch
That which stanches or checks a flow.
881
stellar
(notcomp) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.
882
sterling
The currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound.
883
stertorous
Sounding like snoring or snorting.
884
stiletto
A small, slender knife or dagger-like weapon intended for stabbing.
885
stint
A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
886
Stockholm syndrome
feelings of trust or affection felt in many cases of kidnapping or hostage-taking by a victim toward a captor
887
stoicism
A school of philosophy popularized during the Roman Empire that emphasized reason as a means of understanding the natural state of things, or logos, and as a means of freeing oneself from emotional distress.
888
strangulation
The act of strangling or the state of being strangled.
889
stratum
One of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another.
890
stygian
Dark and gloomy.
891
sub rosa
(in workers' compensation cases) Covert surveillance video used to catch workers' compensation applicants and show that they are in fact not injured.
892
subsume
To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.
893
subterfuge
An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and diplomatics.
894
succinct
Brief and to the point
895
sundry
(usually in the plural) A minor miscellaneous item.
896
Superable
Capable of being overcome or surmounted; surmountable or conquerable
897
superannuated
To retire or put out of use due to age.
898
supersede
An updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.
899
suppliant
One who pleads or requests earnestly.
900
surfeit
An excessive amount of something.
901
surmise
Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
902
surrogate
A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
903
swashbuckling
Adventurous, exciting.
904
synapse
The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.
905
synchronize
To cause two or more events or actions to happen at exactly the same time or same rate, or in a time-coordinated way.
906
synchronous
At the same time, at the same frequency.
907
synoptic
Of or relating to a synopsis.
908
synthesis
The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
909
tactical
A combinator of proof tactics.
910
tactile
Tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch.
911
tailored
To make, repair, or alter clothes.
912
tandem
A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing the pulling power but only the animal in front able to steer.
913
tangible
A physical object, something that can be touched.
914
tantamount
Something which has the same value or amount (as something else). (attributive use passing into adjective, below)
915
tarn
A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England.
916
temerarious
Recklessly daring or bold.
917
temporize
To deliberately act evasively or prolong a discussion in order to gain time or postpone a decision, sometimes in order to reach a compromise or simply to make a conversation more temperate; to stall for time.
918
tenderfoot
An inexperienced person; a novice
919
tendril
A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support.
920
tenure
A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
921
tepid
Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
922
termagant
A quarrelsome, scolding woman, especially one who is old and shrewish.
923
terra firma
Continental land, as distinguished from islands.
924
terrene
The Earth's surface; the earth; the ground.
925
terse
(by extension) Of speech or style; brief, concise, to the point.
926
testator
One who dies having made a legally valid will.
927
theocracy
Government under the control of a state-sponsored religion.
928
theorem
A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas.
929
thermocline
A layer within a body of water or air where the temperature changes rapidly with depth.
930
thermocouple
A transducer consisting of two different metals welded together at each end; a voltage is produced that is proportional to the difference in temperature between the two junctions (one of which is normally held at a known temperature)
931
thrall
One who is enslaved or under mind control.
932
tic
A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization.
933
timbre
The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.
934
tony
Stylish, high-toned, upscale.
935
topography
A precise description of a place.
936
torpid
(Oxford University slang) An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.
937
torque
A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton metre or Nm; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly foot-pound, a unit of work or energy)
938
tortuous
Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
939
totem
Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family.
940
touche
An acknowledgement of a hit.
941
touchstone
A stone used to check the quality of gold alloys by rubbing them to leave a visible trace.
942
tout
Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
943
Tractable
(of people) Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed.
944
traipse
A long or tiring walk.
945
transcend
To pass beyond the limits of something.
946
transcendent
That which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.
947
transcribe
To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to another representation. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.
948
transfix
To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
949
transmogrify
To completely alter the form of.
950
trek
A journey by ox wagon.
951
trepidation
A fearful state; a state of concern or hesitation.
952
tristful
sad, sorrowful, or melancholy
953
troop
(collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
954
trove
A treasure trove; a collection of treasure.
955
turkey
The guinea fowl (family Numididae).
956
tyro
A beginner; a novice.
957
umbrage
A feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
958
unabashed
Not disconcerted or embarrassed.
959
undergird
To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the underside of an object.
960
unicameral
Of, or having, a single legislative chamber.
961
unorthodox
Unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic
962
unpretentious
Simple, humble, not pretentious, plain.
963
unregenerate
Which cannot be transformed in mind and spirit
964
usury
An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.
965
utilitarian
Someone who practices or advocates utilitarianism.
966
vagary
An erratic, unpredictable occurrence or action.
967
vale
A valley.
968
vamoose
To run away (from); to flee.
969
vascular
Relating to the flow of fluids, such as blood, lymph, or sap, through the body of an animal or plant, or to the vessels that carry such fluids
970
vaunted
To speak boastfully.
971
vehemence
An intense concentration, force or power.
972
venality
the state of being open to bribery or corruption, or the willing selling of one's services or influence for personal gain
973
veracity
(of a person) The quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.
974
verisimilitude
The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality, realism.
975
verity
Truth, fact or reality, especially an enduring religious or ethical truth.
976
vertigo
A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
977
vexation
The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating.
978
vilify
To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
979
vindicate
To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
980
vindictive
Having a tendency to seek revenge when wronged, vengeful.
981
virtuoso
An expert in virtù or art objects and antiquities; a connoisseur.
982
visceral
Of or relating to the viscera—internal organs of the body.
983
vitriolic
Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from or resembling vitriol.
984
vivify
To bring to life; to enliven.
985
vociferous
Making or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous.
986
volatile
A chemical or compound that changes into a gas easily.
987
voracious
Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
988
vulpine
Any of certain canids called foxes (including the true foxes, the arctic fox and the grey fox); distinguished from the canines, which are regarded as similar to the dog and wolf.
989
waffle
A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern.
990
waggle
A wobbling motion.
991
waif
A castaway; a homeless child.
992
wan
The quality of being wan; wanness.
993
warble
The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations.
994
warp
The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally;
995
warren
The system of burrows where rabbits live.
996
wherewithal
The ability and means required to accomplish some task.
997
whet
The act of whetting something.
998
whorl
A pattern of concentric circles.
999
wily
Sly, cunning, full of tricks
1000
windfall
Something that has been blown down by the wind.
1001
wonk
An overly studious person, particularly student.
1002
zany
A fool or clown, especially one whose business on the stage is to imitate foolishly the actions of the principal clown.
