"abate","to lessen, to subside " "abdication","giving up control authority " "abet","help/encourage somebody (in doing wrong) " "abeyance","suspended

action " "abidance","the state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with)" "abject","hopeless, most unfortunate or miserable" "abjure","promise or swear to give up " "abraded","rubbed off worn away by friction " "abrogate","repeal or annul by authority " "absonous","inharmonious, incongruous, discordant" "abstruse","difficult to comprehend, obscure, esoteric, recondite" "abut","border on " "acarpous","worn out, effete, no longer fertile" "accolade","praise, approval, encomium " "accretion","the growing of separate things into one ; increase by natural grow th" "admonish /-nitory","warn strongly, take to task / containing warning " "adulation","excessive praise, flattery, sycophancy" "affable","polite and friendly " "affiance","give to (in marriage) ; assure by promise" "afterwise","Wise after the event, wise or knowing when it is too late" "agglutination","clumping of bacteria/red cells when held together by antibodies ; glueing" "agog","eager/excited " "ail","trouble, be ill " "alacrity","eager and cheerful readiness " "allegiance","duty, support, loyalty " "altruism","quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others, selflessness " "amalgamate","to combine several elements into a whole" "ambidextrous","able to use the left hand or the right equally well " "ambiguous","having two contrary meanings, equivocal" "ambivalent ","characterized by opposite feelings or emotions" "ambulatory","(pertaining to legs) able to walk about, ambulant" "ambuscade","act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise, ambush" "ameliorate","improve make better " "amenable","ageeable; responsive to suggestion; changeable" "amortize","end (a debt) by setting aside money " "anachronism","something out of place i.t.o. its historical or chronological con text" "annals","chronological record of events in successive years, chronicles" "antithetical","direct opposing " "aplomb","self-confidence " "apochryphal","false, spurious, fallacious" "apostate","one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions " "apotheosis","deification, glorification to godliness " "appellation","identifying words by which something is classified, designation" "apprise","make aware of, give information or notice to ; Gain in value (of curr ency)" "apprise","give notice to inform " "approbation","approval, commendation" "appropriate","confiscate, invade" "apropos","appropriate to the situation, apt, felicitous" "apt","well-suited, quick-witted, pertinent " "arabesque","a complex ornate design " "arboreal","of connected with trees " "ardor","enthusiasm, fervour, zeal " "argot","jargon slang " "arrant","in the highest degree "

"arrogate","demand as being one's property, seize and take control without autho rity" "ascetic","practicing religious self-denial, austere, stark " "ascribe","consider to be the origin of or belonging to " "aseptic","surgically clean " "asperity","hardship, something hard to endure; harshness, irritability," "aspersion","slander, calumny " "asseverate","state categorically, make a positive statement or solemn declarati on" "assiduous","diligent, hard-working, sedulous " "assuage","make something (pain desire) less " "astringent","substance that shrinks " "atonement","repayment, death of Jesus " "attenuate","make thin. Weaken, enervate " "attune","bring into harmony " "augury","omen sign, prediction" "august","majestic venerable " "austere","severely moral and strict, simple and plain, ascetic, stark" "avarice","greed, esp for wealth" "avatar","incarnation ; new personification of a familiar idea" "aver","affirm, assert, prove, justify " "aversion","strong dislike " "avid","eager, greedy, zealous for something " "avow","admit, declare openly " "awry","twisted toward one side, off course ; not functioning properly" "axiom / axiomatic","a universally accepted principle; self evident truth, taken as given" "bacchanalian","drunken merrymaking" "baleful","harmful, causing evil, ominous, pernicious, baneful, pestilent" "baneful","causing harm or ruin, sinister, ominous, pernicious, baleful" "barrage","artificial obstacle built across a river " "barren","not good enough, unable to have young ones without value " "bedizen","to adorn, especially in a cheap and showy manner " "belabor","beat hard " "belie","be in contradiction with, represent falsely, negate, contradict" "bellicose","warlike, belligerent, pugnacious, contentious" "belligerent","(person nation) waging war " "benediction","act of praying for divine protection, blessing" "benevolence","wish or activity in doing good " "bequest","arrangement to give something at death, legacy, inheritance" "berate","scold sharply, reproach, vituperate, upbraid" "bereft","rob or dispossess of something (material) " "beset","surrounded to be attacked by all sides, besieged ; plagued" "bilge","bulge; sides of the vessel that curve in to form the bottom (ship)" "binge","Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself" "blandishment","flattery, coaxing, enticement" "blithe","cheerful, casual, carefree, insouciant, nonchalant" "boorish","crude, offensive, rude " "brazen","made of brass " "broach","bring up, announce, begin to talk about, initiate" "brook","to tolerate, endure " "bucolic","charachteristic of rural areas/people (like a village/r !!), rustic, pastoral" "burgeon","to expand, grow and flourish" "burnish","to polish rub to a shine " "cabal","a scheme or plot a group of plotters " "cacophony / -nous","a loud harsh or strident noise" "cadence","recurrent rhythmical series, rhythm, a 'beat'" "cadge","to beg to get by begging " "cajole","use flattery or deceit to persuade "

"calcify","to change into a hard, stony condition, petrify" "calipers","metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument " "callow","immature, inexperienced, unsophisticated, fledgling, nave" "calumny","slander, aspersion " "cannon","code of laws or set of principles (usually religious in nature)" "cant","insincere talk/jargon " "capitulate","to surrender, give up" "capricious","unpredictable, erratic, changing one's mind impulsively, whimsical " "captious","faultfinding" "caret","mark used by an author to indicate where something is to be inserted" "carousal","drunken revel, a merry drinking party" "castigate / -ion","to chastise correct by punishing / severe punishment " "cathartic","strongly laxative, stimulates evacuation of the bowels (shitting), purgative" "caucus","a closed political meeting" "caustic","biting, sarcastic (in speech), satire " "censure","expression of blame or disapproval, a rebuke " "centurion","leader of a unit of 100 soldiers " "chagrin","strong feelings of embarrassment, vexation, shame / to hurt the pride of" "chary","cautious, wary " "chastened","corrected punished " "chastisement","punishment " "chicanery","legal trickery, deception, shenanigan, guile, foxiness / false arg ument" "choleric","quickly aroused to anger, irascible" "chronicles","chronological record of events in successive years, annals" "churl","bad-tempered person " "clamor","shout, complain with a lot of noise " "cloture","closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting " "cloy","To fill to satiety, to stuff full, to clog ; to overload, to burden" "coagulation","change to a thick and solid state " "coalescing","coming together and uniting into one substance " "coda","passage that concludes a piece of music, finale (analogous to epilogue)" "coddle","treat with care and tenderness " "codicil","an addition to a will, appendix, supplement" "coeval","of the same period, contemporary, coetaneous" "cogent","strong convincing " "cogitate","think deeply, mediate " "cognizant","being fully aware of " "colander","bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water " "collusion","secret agreement for a deceitful purpose " "commensurate","equivalent, corresponding in size or degree ; fitting, appropria te to" "commingle","mix together different elements" "commodious","having plenty of space for what is needed " "compendium","a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work, collection" "complacent / ncy","self-satisfied, contented to a fault / feeling of self-satis faction, smug" "complaisance","tending to comply, willingness to please, obliging, deference" "compunction","feeling of regret for one's action, contrite " "conceit","over-high opinion of, too much pride " "concord","agreement or harmony " "confluence","flowing together, place where two things come together" "confound","be confusing or perplexing to, cause to be unable to think clearly" "congeal","make or become gelatinous, stiff and solid " "congenial","suitable to your needs or similar to your nature, agreeble, friendl y"

"congenital","present from birth but not necessarily hereditary, inherent" "conjoin","to join together " "consternation","surprise and fear dismay " "consummate","perfect, make perfect, complete ; of marriages" "contemn","to scorn or despise " "contentious","argumentative, combative, quarrelsome, pugnacious, bellicose" "contiguous","touching, neighboring, near, adjoining" "continence","self-restraint; sexual chastity" "contrite","filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing, compunction " "contumacious","insubordinate, rebellious " "conundrum","a riddle, dilemma, enigma " "convivial","friendly, occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company" "convoke","call together, summon " "convoluted","complicated, coiled, twisted, labyrinthine " "cornucopia","abundant supply " "corporeal","pertaining to the body, somatic" "corroborate / -tion","Support with evidence, confirm / additional strengthening , evidence " "coruscate","glitter; scintillate; be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity" "countenance","to favor or approve of " "countervail","counterbalance " "covetous","eagerly desirous " "cower","crouch shrink back " "coy","shy, modest (esp of a girl) " "crass","so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility (stupid ity)" "cravat","piece of linen worn as a necktie " "craven","cowardly person, pusillanimous" "culpable","deserving blame (of a crime)" "curmudgeon","bad-tempered person " "cursory","quick, hurried, perfunctory" "dainty","pretty, delicate (food) ; difficult to please " "dawdler","person who is slow, waste of time " "dearth","shortage, sacarcity, paucity" "debacle","A sudden and violent collapse, sudden disaster " "debilitate","make weak (w.r.t. health)" "decimate","kill in large numbers (one in every ten), annihilate" "decorum / -rous","propriety, properness / proper" "decrepitude","state of deterioration due to old age or long use, dilapidation" "decry","disapprove of " "defer","postpone, delay ; submit to another's wish or opinion" "deference / tial","showing respect, regardful of another's wishes" "delineate","to portray, depict, sketch out, define, describe " "deluge","great flood, heavy rush of water / to flood, inundate" "demagogue","person appealing not to reasons but to emotions, rabble-rouser" "demur","to hesitate, raise objections " "denigrate","defame, belittle, sully, disparage, detract" "denouement","an outcome or solution the unraveling of a plot " "deposition","dethronement, depositing " "deprave","make morally bad corrupt " "deprecate","protest against, express disapproval of, inveigh, deplore" "dereliction","deserting and leaving to fall into ruins " "derision","ridicule, scorn, treat with contempt" "descry","catch sight of, see something in the distance " "desiccate / nt","dehydrate / substance used to absorb moisture" "desuetude","cessation of use disuse " "desultory","aimless haphazard digressing at random " "detraction","criticism, slandering, verbal attack, aspersion, calumny" "detumescence","diminishing or lessening of swelling " "diaphanous","transparent gauzy "

"diatribe","violent verbal attack, tirade, malediction, obloquy, jeremiad, fulmi nation" "dichotomy","Being twofold, a classification into two opposed subclasses, dualit y" "didactic","intended to teach or instruct" "diffidence","shyness " "digression","a message that departs from the main subject, wandering off" "dilapidate","Bring into a condition of decay by neglect or misuse" "dilate","speak comprehensively, become wider, large " "dilatory","tending to cause delay, procrastinating" "dilettante","one with amateur or superficial interest in a subject, dabbler" "dirge","hymn of mourning performed as a memorial to a dead person, lament" "disabuse","to set right, undeceive" "discern / -ing","see with an effort but clearly, perceive, recognize / shrewd; discriminating" "discomfit","confuse embarrass " "disconcert","upset the self-possession of " "disconsolate","sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled" "discordant","conflicting in sound, disharmonious, dissonant" "discountenance","refuse to approve of " "discourse","speech, lecture " "discreet","careful/prudent " "discrepancy","A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions" "disdain","look on with contempt " "disencumber","free from encumbrance " "disheveled","untidy " "disingenuous","sophisticated, artful, trying to deceive, cunning " "disinter","dig up from the earth (inter = bury) " "disparage / -ging","to belittle, denigrate / derogative" "disparate","essentially different, unlike " "disproof","proof to the contrary " "disquisition","an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion" "dissemble","speak or behave so as to hide something (in mind) " "disseminate","distribute (esp. ideas) " "dissent","have a different opinion refuse to assent " "dissimulate","pretend; conceal by feigning, as of feelings" "dissolute","lewd, debauched, degenerate, dissipated, libertine, profligate" "distend","to swell, expand" "divest","take away possessions from someone, deprive of status" "divestiture","An order to an offending party to rid itself of property" "divulge","make known something secret, disclose" "doggerel","trivial, poorly constructed verse " "dolt","stupid fellow " "dote","show much fondness, excessive attention, Be senile due to old age" "dour","stubbornly unyielding, pertinacious ; dull, sullen, gloomy, saturnine" "drawl","slow way of speaking by drawing out the vowels" "droll","jesting " "drone","male bee, person who isn't self-employed " "dulcet","melodious, harmonious " "duress","threats to compel somebody " "ebullient / ce","overflowing with enthusiasm / exuberance, outburst of feeling " "eclectic","composed of elements drawn from various sources, compiled" "ecumenical","representing the whole Christian world, of worldwide scope" "edacious","devouring, voracious, ravenous, rapacious" "effete","marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay" "efficacy / cious","production of a desired result, productive, efficient, effec tive" "effluvia","outflow in a stream of particles a noxious odor or vapor " "effrontery","boldness, impudence, arrogance "

"egress","reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse, the act of coming o ut" "elegy","a lament, a melancholy composition, dirge" "emaciate","make thin and weak " "emancipate","free from slavery or servitude,give equal rights to minorities, ma numit" "embellish","make beautiful " "emolient","soothing (esp to the skin), mollify" "emote","stir up, excite " "emulate","to simulate, imitate ; strive to equality" "encapsulate","enclose in capsule " "encomium","warm or glowing praise, eulogy, panegyric, accolade" "encumbrance","burden things that get on the way of " "endearing","making dear or liked " "endemic","epidemic ; prevailing to people living in a particular location" "enervate","weaken, deprive of strength, attenuate " "engender","cause, produce, give rise to " "ennui","dissatisfaction and restlesness as a result of boredom" "ensign","flag/badge, commisioned rank below lieutenent junior" "entangle","put into difficulties " "enthral","please greatly, astound, enslave (fig) " "entreat","ask earnestly, beseech" "enunciate","pronounce (words) ; express a theory " "ephemeral","brief, fleeting, evanescent" "epicurean","one who is devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment), hedonist" "epigram","a witty statement" "epilogue","short passage/speech after the end of a book/play, antonym of prolog ue" "epistle","letter " "epithet","adjective " "epitome","summary, abstract, synopsis, prologue / standard example, paradigm" "equable","steady, regular " "equanimity","calmness of temperament " "equipoise","equal distribution of weight, equilibrium " "equivocal / ate","having a double meaning, suspicious / try to deceive, prevari cate" "erudite","learned, scholarly " "escapade","prank, any carefree episode, wild and exciting undertaking" "eschew","avoid " "esoteric","abstruse, obscure, intended only for a small circle of people" "espouse","marry give one's support to " "evanescent","tending to disappear like vapour, vanishing, ephemeral, fleeting" "evince","to show clearly, to indicate " "exacerbate","to make worse" "exacting","demanding, rigorous, fastidious" "excoriate","severely criticize " "exhort","to strongly urge, force" "exigent / -ncy","urgent / emergency, an urgent situation " "expatiate","to roam wander freely " "expedient","likely to be useful for a purpose, practical" "expiation","ending, expiring " "expostulate","argue earnestly, to dissuade, correct or protest " "expurgate","to remove obscenity, purify, censor, bowdlerize" "exscind","to cut out, cut away " "extant","still in existence " "extempore / risation","without previous thought or preparation / improvisation, impromptu" "extenuate","reduce the strength of, lessen seriousness, partially excuse " "extirpate","to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind " "extol","praise highly, laud, exalt"

"extralegal","outside the law " "extricable","that can be freed " "extrovert","cheerful person " "exuberance","state of growing vigorously being full of life " "facetious","humorous, funny, jocular " "fallacious","based on error, apocryphal" "farcical","absurd, ludicrous" "fatuous","without sense, foolish, self-satisfaction " "fawn","young deer, try to win somebody's favour, pander, toady, grovel" "fealty","loyalty that citizens owe to their country, allegiance" "feckless","lacking purpose or vitality, ineffective, careless " "fecund","fertile " "feign","make believe, a pretence of, simulate, sham, dissemble" "feint","pretend " "felicitous","apt, suitably expressed well chosen, apropos " "felon","person guilty of murder " "ferment","become agitated ; organic molecule splitting into simpler substances " "ferocity","savage, cruelty " "ferret","discover by searching search " "fervid / vent","showing earnest feeling, zealous, vehement " "fervor","warmth of feelings, earnestness " "fetid","stinking, malodorous, putrid, foetid" "fetter","to shackle, put in chains, to restrain" "fidelity","loyalty; accuracy of sound reproduction" "figurehead","carved image on the prow of a ship " "filibuster","intentional obstruction (esp to delay legislatve action)" "flag","droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness" "flak","criticism, aspersion, calumny, excoriation ; anti-aircraft guns " "fledge / -ed","grow feathers, of birds, ant. of molt / able to fly, trained, ex perienced " "fledgling","young and inexperienced, young bird that has become capable of flyi ng" "fleeting","lasting for a markedly brief time, moving past swiftly, antonym of p erennial" "flinch","draw, move back, wince " "flout","reject, mock, to go against (tradition), sneer" "foible","defect of character (a person is wrongly proud) " "foment","put something warm (to lessen pain) ; to stir up public opinion, insti gate" "foppish","like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes " "forage","food for horses and cattle " "forbear / ance","refrain from, be patient, ancestor / patience, willingness to wait " "ford","shallow place in a river (to cross) " "forestall","prevent by taking action in advance, preempt " "forswear","renounce, disallow, repudiate " "fortuitous","happening by fortunate accident or chance, serendipitous" "fractious","stubbornly resistant to authority, refractory ; Easily irritated or annoyed" "fritter","spend frivolously and unwisely, profligate, spendthrift" "froward","not willing to yield or comply, stubborn, intransigence, intractable" "fulgent","shining intensely, dazzling" "fulmination","bitter protest, tirade, malediction, obloquy, jeremiad, diatribe" "fulsome","disgusting, offensive due to excessiveness " "furtive","marked by stealth, covert, clandestine, surreptitious" "gaffe","socially awkward or tactless act, rustic, gaucherie" "gainsay","to deny, to oppose" "gamut","complete extent or range, plethora" "garble","make unfair selection from facts "

"garish","gaudy, tastelessly showy, tawdry, raffish" "garner","to gather and save to store up " "garrulous / lity","too talkative, loquacious, effusive / talkativeness" "gaucherie","socially awkward, tactless behavior " "germane","relevant, pertinent to, apt " "gesticulate","to wave one's arms" "gird","encircle or bind ; put a girdle on or around ; bind with something round " "glean","gather facts in small quantities " "glib","ready and smooth but not sincere " "gloat","over look at with selfish delight " "glut","supply to much fill to excess " "gnaw","waste away, bite steadily " "goad","to urge on" "gossamer","soft light delicate material, antonym of ponderous" "gouge","tool for cutting grooves in wood " "grandiloquent","Lofty in style, magniloquent, pompous, pontifical, portentous, overblown" "gratuitous","voluntary, free" "gregarious","living in societies, liking the company, social" "gristle","tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults" "grouse","to complain, grumble" "grovel","crawl humble oneself , fawn, pander, to be toady" "hack","cut roughly / hired horse " "hackneyed","commonplace by overuse, trite, banal, platitude, clichd" "halcyon","calm and peaceful " "hallow","to make holy consecrate " "hapless","unlucky" "harangue","a long passionate, forceful speech " "harbinger","something or somebody that foretells the coming of, warning signs" "harrow","to distress, create stress or torment " "hedonism / t / tic","devotion to pleasure of the senses / pleasure seeker / epi curean" "hegemony","dominance of one state or ideology over another" "hermetic","sealed by fusion " "hew","make by hard work cut (by striking) " "highbrow","(person) with superior tastes " "hirsute","hairy, shaggy " "histrionic","overly dull, characteristic of acting or a stage performance, melo dramatic" "hoi polloi","the masses, the rabble " "holster","leather case for a pistol, sheath" "homiletics","act of preaching " "hone","stone used for sharpening tools " "hoodwink","trick, mislead, Influence by slyness " "hubris","arrogant, pride " "husk","worthless outside part of anything " "hyperbole","an exaggerated statement used as figure of speech" "iconoclast","person who attacks popular beliefs " "idiosyncrasy","personal mannerism " "idiosyncrasy / -atic","behavioral attribute that is distinctive to an individua l / private" "idyll","a serene episode of pastoral or romantic charm ; bucolic " "ignoble","dishonorable common undignified " "ignominious","shameful dishonorable undignified disgraceful " "imbroglio","complicated and embarrassing situation " "immutable","that cannot be changed " "impecunious","having little or no money " "impede","hinder, get in the way of " "impediment","something that hinders (e.g. stammer) "

"imperious","commanding, haughty, arrogant " "impetuous","having sudden energy, impulsive, forceful ; haste, precipitous" "impiety","lack of reverence or dutifulness " "implicate","show that somebody has a share " "importune","beg urgently or insistently, plead" "imprecate","to invoke or conjure a curse (as an insult), malediction" "impromptu","without preparation, extempore " "impudent","rash, indiscreet " "impugn","attack as false or wrong, challenge" "impunity","immunity from punishment or penalty" "impute","to attribute to a cause or source ascribe " "inadvertent","accidental, unintentional" "inane","silly, senseless " "inasmuch","since because " "incarcerate","to imprison" "inchoate","not yet fully formed, elementary, rudimentary, amorphous ; incipient " "incipient","beginning, emerging, partly in existence, inchoate" "incise","engrave make a cut in " "incumbent/s / -ncy ","official who holds an office/official duties / term of of fice, tenure" "incursion","a raid, a sudden attack " "indefatigability","not easily exhaustible tirelessness " "indelible","that cannot be rubbed out " "indigent / -nce","poor / poverty " "indolent / -nce","lazy / laziness, sloth, acedia " "indomitable","not easily discouraged or subdued " "inebriety","habitual intoxication" "ineffable","too great to be described in words " "ineluctable","certain inevitable " "inept / ineptitude","unskillful said or done at the wrong time / quality of bei ng unskillful" "inexorable","not placated or appeased, unsusceptible to persuasion, intransigen t" "infelicitous","unfortunate, inappropriate" "infuse","put, pour, fill " "inimical","harmful or unfriendly, antagonistic, dissident" "inimitable","defying imitation, unmatchable " "innocuous","causing no harm " "insalubrious / ity","unhealthy, debilitating / unwholesomeness, debilitation" "insignia","badge worn by soldier to show official position" "insipid","without taste or flavor, bland, vapid" "insolvent","unable to pay dept, bankrupt" "insouciant","blithely unconcerned, carefree, indifferent, nonchalant" "instantiate","represent by an instance or a concrete example" "insularity","narrow-mindedness, state of being isolated or detached" "intemperence","lack of restraint or moderation; addiction to alcohol" "interdict","prohibit forbid " "intermittent","marked by regular intervals" "intersperse","place here and there " "intractable","obstinate, unmanageable, froward, refractory, recalcitrant, intra nsigent" "intransigent / ce","uncompromising, , adamant, inexorable / stubbornness, intra ctability" "intrepid","fearless, brave, undaunted " "inundate","flood cover by overflowing, submerge, engulf, deluge " "inured","accustomed to adapted " "invective","abusive language curses, vituperation" "inveigh","to attack verbally denounce deprecate " "inveigle","to obtain by deception or flattery"

"inveterate","deep-rooted, habitual, chronic, long-established, wonted" "involute","complex " "irascible","irritable, easily angered, choleric" "ire","anger " "irksome","tiresome, bothersome, irritating" "irresolute","hesitating, undecided " "irrevocable","final and unalterable " "itinerate","to travel from place to place to peregrinate " "jaded","tired, fatigued" "jeremiad","long and mournful complaint / an expression of grievance" "jingoism","an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions, fanatical patriotis m" "jocular","meant as a joke " "juxtapose","to place side by side" "labyrinth / -ine","Complex system of pathways where it is easy to get lost / hi ghly intricate " "lachrymose","causing tears, tearful " "laconic","rudely abrupt, blunt, brusk, brusque, curt" "laconic","using few words, concise, terse, pithy, compendious, sententious" "lament","feel great sorrow ; mournful speech or hymn, elegy, dirge" "languish","lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief ; become feeble" "lassitude","weariness, tiredness " "latent","potentially existing but not presently evident or realized, not active " "lechery","unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity, gross lewdness, lustfulne ss" "lethargic","drowsy, lazy; indifferent" "levee","formal reception / embankment , dam " "levity","lack of seriousness " "libel","statement that damages reputation " "libertine","immoral person " "lien","legal claim until a debt on it is repaid " "limn","paint, portray " "lint","cotton or linen fabric used to dress wounds" "lionize","treat as a famous person " "lithe","bending twisting " "loll","rest to sit or stand in a lazy way hang (dog's tongue)" "lope","move along with long strides " "loquacious","talkative, garrulous, effusive " "lucubrate","write in scholarly fashion " "luculent","easily understood lucid clear " "lugubrious","mournful, excessively sad " "lumber","move in a clumsy/noisy way " "macabre","gruesome, suggesting death " "macerate","make or become soft by soaking in water " "machination","plot, scheme (esp. evil) " "magnanimity","quality of being noble in mind and heart, forgiving, munificence, largess" "magnate","a very wealthy or powerful businessman, tycoon" "maladroit","tactless, clumsy " "malaise","unease, physical discomfort" "malapropism","misuse of a word (for one that resembles it) " "malevolence","wishing to do evil, antonym of benevolence " "malinger","to fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty " "manacle","chains for the hands or feet " "mandate","order; charge, assign authority to" "manumit","free from slavery or servitude, liberate, emancipate" "martinet","someone who demands exact conformity to rules, disciplinarian" "matriculation","be admitted, enter a university as a student (after 12th year)" "maudlin","sentimental in a silly or tearful way "

"maul","hurt by rough handling " "maverick","rebel, nonconformist " "mawkish","effusively or insincerely emotional, sickeningly sentimental (soap op era's)" "mellifluous","sweetly flowing " "mendacity","dishonesty, antonym of veracity" "mendicant","a beggar " "mercurial","quick changeable in character; lasting for a brief time, fleeting " "meretricious","attractive on the surface but of little value (skin-deep beauty) " "mesmerize","hypnotize " "mettle / -some","quality of endurance or courage / courageous, high-spirited " "middling","fairly good but not very good " "militate","have force or influence; bring about an effect or change" "minatory","menacing, threatening " "mince","pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize " "misanthrope","person who hates mankind " "misdemeanor","a crime less serious than a felony, offense, violation, infringem ent" "misogynist","one who hates women/females " "mitigate","to make less severe or intense, moderate, relieve, palliate, assuage " "mollify","make calmer or quieter, assuage, alleviate" "molt","moult lose hair feathers before new growing " "monolithic","characterized by massiveness and rigidity and uniformity, monument al" "morbid","diseased, unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas) " "mordant","harshly ironic or sinister" "motility","the power of having the inherent power of motion (eg. Animals, etc)" "muffler","cloth worn round the neck / silencer " "multifarious","varied, motley, greatly diversified " "munificence","quality of being extremely generous, magnanimity, largess" "nadir","lowest point on celestial sphere, extreme state of adversity, ant. of z enith" "natty","marked by smartness in dress and manners" "nebulous","cloud-like, hazy, vague, indistinct " "nefarious","wicked, vile" "neologism","a new word, expression, or usage" "neophyte","person who has been converted to a belief " "nepotism","favoritism" "nexus","a connection tie or link, alliance" "nibble","show some inclination to accept (an offer) " "nihilism","no right or wrong ; the delusion that everything is unreal" "noisome","offensive disgusting (smell) " "non sequitur","a conclusion that does not follow from the facts stated, irrelev ant reply" "nonchalant","not having interest " "nondescript","lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and unintere sting" "nonplused","greatly surprised " "nostrum","a quack remedy an untested cure " "noxious","harmful, injurious" "nuance","a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude, subtlety" "nugatory","trifling/worthless " "obdurate","hardened and unrepenting stubborn inflexible " "obeisance","act of obeying, dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to anot her person" "obfuscate","to darken make obscure muddle "

"obloquy","abusively detractive language, slander, vituperation, calumny,aspersi on " "obsequious","too eager to obey or serve " "obstreperous","noisy loud " "obtain","to be established accepted or customary, axiom" "obtrusive","projecting, prominent, undesirably noticeable " "obtuse","blunt/stupid " "obviate","to make unnecessary get rid of " "occluded","blocked up " "odium / odius","contempt, dislike, aversion / repulsive, hateful " "officious","too eager or ready to help or offer advice " "ominous","threatening, fore-shadowing ill fortune " "omnipotent / -nce","having unlimited power, all-powerful" "omniscient / -nce","having unlimited knowledge, infinitely wise, all-knowing" "onerous","needing effort burdensome " "opprobrious / -ium","showing scorn or reproach, contempt ; dishonour, shame, sc urrilous" "ossify","to turn, to bone, to settle rigidly into an idea " "ostensible","seeming appearing as such professed " "ostentatious ","vulgar display intended to attract notice and impress others, p retentious" "ostracism","shut out from society refuse to meet talk " "overweening","presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate, being a jerk " "paean","song of praise or triumph " "palate","roof of the mouth sense of taste " "palliate","lessen the severity of, assuage, alleviate, mitigate " "palpability","can be felt touched, understood, tangibility" "palpitate","tremble, beat rapidly and irregularly " "paltry","insignificant, petty, trifling" "panegyric","formal praise, eulogy, encomium, accolade, laurels" "panorama","comprehensive view, 360 degrees" "paradigm","a model example or pattern, prototype, epitome" "paragon","a model example of excellence, quintessence, apotheosis" "pariah","an outcast a rejected and despised person " "parochial","narrow, restricted, insular" "parsimonious","too economical, miserly, penurious " "partisan","one-sided committed to a party biased or prejudiced " "paucity","scarcity, a lacking of " "peccadillo","small sin, small weakness in one's character " "pecuniary","relating to or involving money, monetary" "pedagogy","the art or profession of training, teaching, instructing; education" "pedantic","bookish, showing off, learning " "pediment","triangular part above columns in Greek buildings" "pellucid","transparent, easy to understand " "penchant","strong inclination, a liking " "penitent","feeling or showing regret " "penury / -urious","extreme poverty / poor, pinched, impecunious; stingy, parsim onious" "peregrination","traveling about wandering " "peremptory","urgent, imperative, unchallengeable ending debate " "perfidy / -fidious","treachery, breaking of faith / treacherous, faithless " "perfunctory","done as a duty without care, hastily, cursory " "peripatetic","wandering " "perjury","willful, FALSE statement, unlawful act " "pernicious","harmful, injurious " "persiflage","light teasing, banter" "personable","pleasing in appearance attractive " "perspicacious/ -ity","acutely insightful and wise / quick judging and astute, s

agacity " "perspicuous / -uity","transparently clear, easily understandable / clarity, ant onym of ambiguity" "pertinent","appropriate, having precise or logical relevance, germane, apt" "peruse","to examine with great care" "pervade / -vasive","permeate or diffuse through / tendency to spread throughout " "petrified","frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terro r" "petrify","to make hard rocklike ; make rigid and set into a conventional patter n" "petrous","like a rock hard stony " "petulant","unreasonably impatient " "philanthropy","charity, desire to do good for mankind, altruism, antonym of mis anthropy" "philistine","a smug ignorant person one who lacks knowledge " "phlegmatic","calm sluggish temperament unemotional " "picaresque","involving clever rogues or adventurers " "pied","of mixed colors " "pillory","to punish, hold up to public scorn" "pine","waste away through sorrow or illness " "pious","dutiful to parents devoted to religion " "piquant","agreeably pungent, stimulating " "pique","hurt the pride or self-respect stir (curiosity) " "pith","essential part force soft liquid substance " "pivotal","of great importance (others depend on or ""revolve around"" it) " "plaintive","mournful, melancholy, sorrowful " "plaque","flat metal as a memorial usually of brass / abnormal patch on teeth" "platitude","a trite or banal statement, unoriginality " "plebeian","one of the common people, vulgar, commoner" "plethora","glut, Extreme excess " "pliant","pliable easily bent shaped or twisted " "plod","continue doing something without resting " "plumb","get to the root of " "poignant","deeply moving, keen " "polemical","controversial, argumentative" "poncho","large piece of cloth " "ponderous","heavy, bulky, dull " "portent","omen marvelous threatening " "prattle","to babble meaninglessly in an empty and idle manner" "preamble","preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution" "precarious","uncertain risky dangerous " "precepts","rules establishing standards of conduct " "precipitate","solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering" "precipitate / -tous","hurl or throw violently, fall vertically, sharply, or hea dlong, occur abruptly" "preclude","prevent from happening, make impossible " "precocious","premature or advanced development of a child" "precursory","preliminary, anticipating " "predilection","special liking, mental preference " "preen","tidy / show self-satisfaction " "preponderance","greatness in number strength weight " "presage","warning sign " "prescient / -nce","perceiving the significance of future events / foreknowledg e of events" "presumption","arrogance " "preternatural","not normal or usual " "prevaricate","to stray from the truth, to equivocate" "prim","neat formal " "pristine","primitive, unspoiled, pure, as in earlier times, unadulterated "

"probity","uprightness, incorruptibility, principle " "proclivity","inclination " "procrastination","keeping on putting off, delaying, stalling, dilly-dallying, s hilly-shallying" "prodigious","enormous, wonderful " "profane","worldly; having contempt for God, blasphemous, sacrilegious" "profligate / gacy","wasteful, extravagant, prodigal, licentious / dissolution, dissipation " "proliferate","grow, reproduce by rapid multiplication " "prolific","bearing in abundance especially offspring; intellectually productive " "prolix","tiring because too long " "propensity","natural inclination, proclivity, aptness" "propinquity","property of being near in time or place; affinity of nature" "propitiate / -tory","appease / conciliatory, appeasing, mitigating " "propitious","auspicious presenting favorable circumstances " "proscribe","denounce as dangerous " "proselytize","convert to another faith or religion, evangelize" "protracted","prolonged " "protuberance","part of a thing that protrudes, a bulge" "provident","frugal, looking to the future " "provisional","of the present time only " "prudence","careful forethought, astuteness, circumspection" "prudish","easily shocked, excessively modest ; exaggeratedly proper, prim, pris sy " "prune","dried plum, silly person " "prurient","characterized by lust, lubricious, salacious, lascivious " "pucker","wrinkle " "pugnacious","fond of in the habit of fighting, bellicose, contentious" "puissance","strength " "punctilious","precise paying attention to trivialities " "pundit","pedant authority on a subject " "pungency","sharpness stinging quality " "purvey","provide supply " "pusillanimous","cowardly, craven " "putrefy / -faction","rot, decay, give off a foul odour / becoming rotten " "quaff","drink deeply " "quail","lose courage turn frightened " "qualm","feeling of doubt temporary feeling of sickness " "quandary","state of doubt or perplexity " "quell","suppress subdue " "querulous","habitually complaining, whiny, fretful" "quibble","try to avoid by sophistication " "quiescent / -ence","at rest, dormant, torpid / state of being passive, motionle ss " "quintessence","purest and most concentrated essence of something; typical model , paragon" "quintessence","the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and w ater" "quirk","habit or action peculiar to somebody or something " "quixotic","not sensible about practical matters, unrealistic / extravagently ch ivalrous" "quotidian","recurring daily, banal " "rabble","mob crowd the lower classes of populace " "raconteur","person who tells anecdotes " "raffish","low, vulgar, tawdry, garish" "ramify","to be divided or subdivided to branch out " "rampant","flourishing, spreading unchecked, violent and uncontrollable action" "rancorous","feeling bitterness spitefulness "

"rant","use extravagant language " "rapacious","greedy (esp for money) " "rarefy","to make thin to make less dense to purify or refine " "raucus","harch, hoarse, rough sounding, strident, clamorous, vociferous" "rave","act with excessive enthusiasm " "reactionary","opposing progress " "rebuff","snub, reject " "recalcitrant","disobedient, refractory, fractious, intractable, froward" "recant","take back as being FALSE give up " "recast","cast or fashion anew " "recidivism","relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior " "recitals","a number of performance of music " "recluse","person who lives alone and avoids people " "recompense","make payment, to reward, punish " "recondite","little known, abstruse, obscure, esoteric" "recreancy","cowardice, a cowardly giving up " "recumbent","lying down, in a position of comfort or rest, reclining, acc/dec-um bent" "redoubtable","formidable causing fear " "refractory","stubborn, unmanageable, recalcitrant, fractious, intractable, frow ard" "refulgent","shining brilliant " "regale","to delight or entertain to feast " "regicide","crime of killing a king " "rejuvenation","becoming young in nature or appearance " "relapse","fall back again " "relegate","to forcibly assign to task esp. to demote" "relinquish","part with a possession or right, turn away from; give up (power)" "remonstrate","to protest object " "render","deliver provide represent " "renegade","someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw / break established customs " "renege","fail to fulfill a promise or obligation" "repast","meal " "repine","to be discontented with " "reproach","scold upbraid, berate, vituperate" "reprobate","person hardened in sin one devoid of decency " "reprove","to mildly criticize, admonish" "repudiate","disown refuse to accept or pay " "requite","repay give in return " "rescind / -cission","annul, repeal / The act of rescinding, (law) the cancellat ion of a contract " "resigned","unresisting submissive " "respite","a pause for relaxation, abatement, hiatus" "restive","refusing to move reluctant to be controlled " "resuscitation","coming back to consciousness " "retard","check, hinder, impede, stymie" "reticent","reserved, untalkative, silent, taciturn, introvert " "revere / reverent","have deep respect for / feeling or showing deep respect " "rhetoric","art of using language effectively to please or persuade; grandiloque nce" "ribald","humorously vulgar and offensive " "rift","split, crack, dissension " "risible","arousing or provoking laughter" "rotund","rich and deep plump and round " "rubric","heading, title or category" "rumple","make rough " "rustic","characteristic of a village, ordinary, bucolic, pastoral, bumpkin" "saccharine","excessively sweet"

"sacrilege","blasphemy, desecration, profanation" "sagacious / -city","having sound judgment, perceptive, wise like a sage/ wisdom , insight" "salacious","obscene " "salubrious","healthful " "salutary","remedial, wholesome, causing improvement " "sanctimonious","self-righteous, hypocritical with FALSE piety " "sanguine","cheerful, confident, optimistic; inclined to a healthy reddish color (blood)" "satiate","satisfy fully " "satire","witty language used to convey insults or scorn, caustic remark, sarcas m" "saturnine","gloomy, dark, sullen, morose " "saucy","rude, sassy, impudent, impertinent" "savant","person of great learning " "scabbard","sheath for the blade " "scorch","become discolored, dry up ; go at high speed " "scurrilous","expressing offensive reproach, vulgar, coarse, opprobrious" "scurvy","mean, contemptible " "sedulous","persevering, assiduous" "seminal","like a seed, constituting a source, originative " "sententious","short and pithy full of maxims/proverbs " "sequester","keep away from others, requisition forcibly, confiscate, approbate" "sere","make hard and without feeling " "serendipity","luck in discovering things you were not looking for, pleasant acc ident" "sermon","reproving a person for his faults " "serrated","having a toothed edge " "servile","like a slave lacking independence " "shard","piece of broken earthenware " "sheath","cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool " "shunt","send from one track to another lay aside evade discussion " "sidestep","avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or is sues)" "simper","(give a) silly/self-conscious smile " "sinuous","winding, undulating, serpentine (snake-like)" "skiff","small boat " "skit","short piece of humorous writing/play" "slack","sluggish dull not tight " "slake","to satisfy, satiate ; allay , assuage " "sluggard","lazy slow-moving person " "slur","join sounds/words (indistinct) " "smolder","burn slowly without flame " "snare","trap " "snub","treat with contempt " "sodden","soaked saturated " "solicitous","concerned and attentive, eager" "solvent","able to meet financial obligations ; to dissolve another substance" "somatic","of the body, corporal / -eal " "sophistry","fallacious reasoning faulty logic " "sophomore / -ric","2nd-year undergrad / self-assured although immature, affecte d, bombastic" "soporific","producing sleep, somnific, somnolent, slumberous" "sordid","wretched, comfortless, contemptible, squalid " "specious","illogical of questionable truth or merit, deceptively attractive " "spendthrift","one who spends money wastefully, prodigal, squanderer, profligate " "splenetic","bad-tempered, irritable " "splice","join (two ends) " "spoliation","act of stripping and taking by force ; intentional destruction of

evidence" "sponge","to live at anothers expense, like a parasite" "spurn","have nothing to do reject or refuse " "squalor / lid","filth, sordidness / foul, filthy " "squander","spend wastefully, profligate, fritter / prodigal, spendthrift" "squat","crouch ; settle without permission " "stanch","to stop the flow of a fluid " "statute","An act passed or enacted by a legislative body" "stentorian","extremely loud and powerful " "stickler","person who insists on importance of something " "stigmatize","describe somebody scornfully " "stint","to be thrifty, frugal, to set limits " "stipple","paint with dots " "stodgy","old fashioned, conventional and unimaginative and hence dull" "stoic","unaffected by pleasure or pain, unemotional ; steadfast" "stolid","showing no emotion, impassive, phlegmatic, stolic, apathetic" "striated","striped, grooved or banded " "strut","a supporting bar " "stupefy","to stun, baffle, amaze" "stygian","hence dark gloomy " "stymie","to hinder, obstruct or block " "subdue","overcome bring under control " "sublime","extreme, astounding, grand, regal, respledent, exalted" "suborn","induce by bribery or something to commit perjury " "subpoena","(sa-pi-na) written order requiring a person to appear in a low court " "subsume","include under a rule " "subtle","not obvious, hidden and devious, insidious, pernicious; difficult to d iscern" "succinct","brief, concise, pithy, terse, compendious, sententious" "succor","assistance, relief in time of distress " "sullied","to be stained or discredited " "sumptuous","magnificent " "sundry","various, miscellaneous, separate " "supercilious","disdainful, characterized by haughty scorn " "superfluous","more then is needed or wanted, surplus, redundant, supererogatory " "supine","lying on the back, slow to act, passive " "supplant","to take the place of, supersede" "suppliant","asking humbly, beseeching, suplicant" "supplicate","make a humble petition to " "surcharge","An additional charge / Rip off; ask an unreasonable price" "surfeit","feed to fulness or to excess, satiate" "surreptitious","secretive, covert, clandestine, furtive" "suture","(su-cher) join with a seam, as of a wound in surgery" "sycophant","one who seeks favour through flattery, toady, obsequious, fawn, gro veler" "tacit / taciturn","implied without direct expression / untalkative, silent, ret icent " "talon","claw of a bird of prey " "tamp","tap or drive down by repeated light blows " "tangential","suddenly changeable " "tarnished","lost brightness " "taunt","contemptuous reproach hurtful remark " "taut","tightly stretched " "tautology","a repetition, a redundancy " "tawdry","cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky, garish, raffish" "teetotal","oppose to alcohol " "temerity","boldness, brashness, intrepidness " "temperance","abstinence from alcohol, self-control, moderation "

"tenacity","firmness, persistence, adhesiveness, tending to hang on " "tenuous","insubstantial, flimsy, weak " "tepid","lukewarm " "terse","brief and to the point, pithy" "testiness","feeling easily irritated" "thrift","care, economy, thriving, prosperous " "thwart","obstruct/frustrate " "timorous","fearful timid afraid " "tirade","harsh spech, verbal attack, diatribe, philippic, revilement, vilificat ion" "tithe","a levy or tax of one tenth of something" "toady","flatterer, sycophant, obsequious" "toil","work hard" "torpid / torpor","sleeping, dormant; sluggish, lethargic / mental and physical sluggishness" "tortuous","devious/not straightforward " "tout","advertize in strongly positive terms, show off" "tractable","easily controlled or guided " "transient","for a brief time, fleeting, ephemeral" "transitory","for a brief time, temporary" "travesty","parody/imitation " "trenchant","forceful effective vigorous extremely perceptive incisive " "trifling","unimportant " "trite","repeated too often, banal, platitude, clichd, hackneyed" "truculence","aggressiveness, ferocity " "trudge","walk heavily " "turbid","muddy, clouded with sediment ,stirred up, murky ; confused" "turgid","excessively ornate swollen or bloated " "turpitude","wickedness, shamefulness " "tutelary","providing protective supervision, safeguarding, custodial, custodial " "tyro","beginner, amateur, tiro, novice, rookie" "ubiquitous / -ty","being present everywhere at once, omnipresent ; constantly e ncountered" "umbrage","offense resentment " "unbridled","not restrained or controlled, violent" "uncouth","rough, awkward " "undulate","to move in wavelike fashion fluctuate, sinuate" "unencumbered","easy-going trifle " "unfeigned","not pretended, sincerely felt or expressed, genuine" "untenable","incapable of being defended or justified, not viable, indefensible" "untoward","unfortunate inconvenient " "upbraid","scold, reproach, berate, vituperate " "urbane","elegant refined in manners " "uxorious","foolishly fond of, devoted or submissive to your wife" "vacillate","to be uncertain, hesitate" "vagary","strange act or idea " "vanquish","conquer " "vapid","flavourless, bland, insipid" "variagated","multicoloured" "veer","change direction " "vehement","marked by extreme intensity of emotions, inclined to react violently ; fervid" "venal","ready to do something dishonest, corrupt minded" "veneer","surface appearance covering the TRUE nature " "veracity","truthfulness, honesty " "verdant","fresh and green " "verisimilitude","appearing TRUE or real " "veritable","real rightly named " "vernacular","characteristic of everyday language, argot, colloquial / lingo of

a group" "vernal","suggestive of youth, vigorous and fresh ; occurring in spring" "verve","spirit vigor enthusiasm " "vestige","trace or sign " "vicarious","experienced at secondhand, done by one as a substitute for another" "victuals","stock or supply of foods" "vilify","say evil things, slander, revile, vituperate" "vindictive","spiteful, showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt" "virago","a loud domineering woman,a nag " "virulent","extremely harmful or poisionous ; hostile, antagonistic ; bitter, vi triolic" "visceral","of the internal organs of the body " "vitiate","lower the quality, weaken, corrupt morally, pollute, pervert, debase" "vitriolic","caustic, erosive, acerbic, virulent" "vituperate","curse, abuse in words, berate, upbraid, reproach" "voluble / -bility","fluent / fluency verbosity easy use of spoken language " "voracious","having an insatiable apetite, greedy, edacious, ravenous, rapacious " "waffle","talk vaguely and without much result " "waft","scent waving movement carry lightly through " "wag","merry person " "warmonger","person who stirs up war " "wean","to turn away (from a habit) " "welter","turmoil a bewildering jumble " "wend","to go proceed " "wince","show bodily or mental pain, flinch" "wizened","lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness" "wonted","customary, habitual, inveterate " "writ","written order " "yarn","tale, story, fibers for knitting " "yoke","to join or link together (with a yoke)" "yokel","country bumpkin" "zealous / zealot","fervent, ardent, impassioned / one passionately devoted to a cause" "zenith","highest point on the imaginary celstial sphere, antonym of nadir"