This document provides definitions for 84 words beginning with the prefix "a-", most of which are verbs or adjectives. The definitions cover a wide range of topics from actions like abase and abbreviate to concepts like abeyance and abstruse. Many relate to intangible ideas such as aberration, abhor, and abjure while others involve physical objects or locations such as abode, abut, and abyss. Overall, the document concisely defines a diverse list of terms using 3 words or less per definition.
This document provides definitions for 84 words beginning with the prefix "a-", most of which are verbs or adjectives. The definitions cover a wide range of topics from actions like abase and abbreviate to concepts like abeyance and abstruse. Many relate to intangible ideas such as aberration, abhor, and abjure while others involve physical objects or locations such as abode, abut, and abyss. Overall, the document concisely defines a diverse list of terms using 3 words or less per definition.
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This document provides definitions for 84 words beginning with the prefix "a-", most of which are verbs or adjectives. The definitions cover a wide range of topics from actions like abase and abbreviate to concepts like abeyance and abstruse. Many relate to intangible ideas such as aberration, abhor, and abjure while others involve physical objects or locations such as abode, abut, and abyss. Overall, the document concisely defines a diverse list of terms using 3 words or less per definition.
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~ oneself/sb (esp with sth away; existence lower can/could, in rough 33. abstruse oneself/sb in negative 23. abridge adj. difficult to dignity; sentences or v. make understand degrade questions shorter, esp by 34. abusive oneself/sb ; can/could) using fewer adj. criticizing 2. abash to tolerate words; harshly and destroy the (sb/sth); condense rudely; self-possession endure; bear 24. abrogate insulting or self- 12. abject v. cancel, 35. abut v. confidence adj. wretched; repeal or annul ~ on/against sth of:disconcert hopeless (sth) (of land or a 3. abate v. 13. abjure v. 25. abscission building) have make or promise or The act of a common become less swear to give cutting off, as boundary or 4. abbreviate up (a claim, an in a surgical side with sth; v. ~ sth shorten opinion, a operation. adjoin sth (a word, belief, etc); 26. abscond 36. abysmal phrase, etc), renounce v. ~go away adj. extremely esp by omitting formally suddenly and bad letters 14. ablution secretly, esp in 37. abyss n. 5. abdicate n. (fml or joc ) order to avoid hole so deep v. resign from ceremonial arrest that it seems to or formally washing of the 27. absolute have no bottom renounce the body, hands, adj. complete; 38. academic throne sacred vessels, total adj. of schools, 6. aberrant etc 28. absolve v. colleges, etc adj. not 15. abnegation ~ sb (fml esp accede v. following the n. denial or law , ) clear sb ~ (fml ) take normal or renunciation (of guilt); office correct way (of a doctrine) declare sb free accelerate 7. aberration 16. abode n. (from blame, a v. make move n. deviation house; home promise, a faster or from what is 17. abolish v. duty, etc) happen earlier; accepted as end the 29. abstain v. increase the normal or right existence of ~ keep oneself speed of 8. abet v. 18. abominable from doing or accessible ~ sb (in sth) adj. ~(fml ) enjoying sth, adj. ~ that can help or causing esp from be reached, encourage sb to disgust; taking used, etc commit an detestable alcoholic accessory offence or do 19. abominate drinks; n. thing that is sth wrong v. feel hatred refrain ; a useful or 9. abeyance or disgust for 30. abstemious decorative n. be in (sth/sb); detest; adj. not taking extra but that abeyance; loathe much food or is not essential; fall/go into 20. aboriginal drink; not self- minor fitting or abeyance (of a adj. inhabiting indulgent; attachment right, rule, a land from a moderate 39. acclaim problem, etc) very early 31. abstinence v. welcome be suspended period, esp n. ~ abstaining, (sb/sth) with temporarily; before the esp from food shouts of not be in force arrival of or alcoholic approval; or use for a colonists drinks applaud loudly time 21. abortive 32. abstract 40. acclimate 10. abhor v. adj. coming to adj. existing in to adapt to a feel hatred and nothing; thought or as new disgust for unsuccessful an idea but not temperature, (sb/sth); detest 22. abrasive having a altitude, adj. that physical or climate, environment, 54. acme n. process) begin , doing sth) or situation highest stage of ; expert or 41. acclivity n. development; 65. acuity n. skilful in upward slope point of (esp of thought (doing) sth 42. accolade perfection or the senses) 76. adhere n. praise; 55. acne n. sharpness; v. ~ (to sth) approval inflammation acuteness remain 43. accommodate of the oil- 66. acumen attached (to v. provide glands of the n. ability to sth); stick (as lodging or skin, producing understand if) by means of room for red pimples on and judge glue or suction 44. accomplice the face and things quickly 77. adherent n. person who neck and clearly; n. supporter of helps another 56. acoustics shrewdness a party or to do sth n. qualities of 67. acute doctrine wicked or a room, hall, adj. very 78. adjacent illegal etc that make it great; severe having a 45. accord n. good or bad for 68. adage n. common peace treaty; carrying sound traditional endpoint or agreement 57. acquiesce saying; border also 46. accost v. v. ~ (fml ) proverb ; immediately approach and accept sth 69. adamant preceding or speak to (sb) without adj. firmly or following boldly protest; offer stubbornly 79. adjoin v. 47. accoutre no opposition determined; be next or equip (to a plan, unwilling to be nearest to and 48. accretion conclusion, etc) persuaded joined with n. growth or 58. acquittal 70. adapt v. 80. adjourn increase by n. judgement ~ sth (for sth) v. stop (a means of that a person is make sth meeting, etc) gradual not guilty of suitable for a for a time; additions the crime with new use, postpone 49. accrue v. which he has situation, etc; 81. adjunct ~ (from sth) been charged modify sth n. ~ thing that come as a 59. acrid 71. addendum is added or natural adj. having a n. thing that is attached to sth increase or strongly bitter to be added else but is less advantage, esp smell or taste 72. addiction important and financial; 60. acrimonious n. ~ condition not essential accumulate adj. bitter of taking 82. adjuration 50. acerbity 61. acrophobia drugs, etc solemn urging Sourness of "acro'phobic habitually and 83. adjutant taste, adjectiv being unable to n. army officer character, or 62. actuarial stop doing so responsible for tone. calculating; without administrative 51. acetic pertaining to suffering work in a adj. of, insurance adverse effects battalion containing, statistics 73. addle v. 84. admonish producing, or 63. actuary confuse to express derived from n. expert who (sth/sb); warning or acetic acid or calculates muddle disapproval to vinegar insurance risks 74. address especially in a 52. acidulous and premiums n. details of gentle, earnest, adj. rather 64. actuate v. where a person or solicitous sharp or bitter make (a lives, works or manner in taste or machine, an can be found, 85. adore v. manner electrical and where love deeply and 53. acknowledge device, etc) letters, etc may respect (sb) v. accept the move or work; be delivered highly truth of admit make (a 75. adept 86. adorn v. (sth) adj. ~ ~ (at/in ~ sth/sb/oneself add beauty or 100. aestheti that is thought air moving ornament to c adj. by some to about; well- sth/sb/oneself concerned with follow death ventilated 87. adroit beauty and the 112. agape 124. alacrity adj. ~ skilful; appreciation of adj. ~ (of the n. prompt and clever beauty mouth) wide eager readiness 88. adulation 101. affable open, esp with 125. alchemy n. excessive adj. polite and wonder n. medieval admiration or friendly 113. agenda form of praise; flattery 102. affected n. matters of chemistry, the 89. adulterate adj. not natural business to be chief aim of v. make poorer or genuine; discussed at a which was to in quality by pretended; meeting, etc discover how to adding another artificial 114. agglome turn ordinary substance 103. affidavit ration n. metals into 90. Advent n. written action of gold , n. the ~ of statement that agglomerating 126. alcove sth/sb the can be used as 115. aggrand n. small space approach or evidence in ize to make in a room, etc arrival of court, made by appear great or formed by part 91. adventitious sb who swears greater:praise of the wall adj. not that it is true highly being set back; planned; 104. affiliatio 116. aggrega recess accidental n n. te v. ~ sb 127. alias 92. adversary affiliating or (fml ) be n. name by n. opponent in being affiliated formed or which a person a contest; 105. affinity bring sb into is called at enemy n. ~ ~ (between an assembled other times or 93. adverse A and B) group or in other places; adj. not structural amount false name favourable; resemblance or 117. aghast 128. alienate contrary similarity of adj. ~ filled v. ~ sb cause 94. adversity character; with horror or sb to become n. relationship amazement unfriendly or unfavourable 106. affirmat 118. agility indifferent; conditions; ion n. nimbleness estrange sb trouble affirming 119. agitate 129. aliment 95. advert n. 107. affix v. cause ary adj. of = v. ~ sth (fml ) anxiety to (a food and advertisement stick, fasten or person, his digestion 96. advocacy attach sth feelings, etc); 130. alimony n. ~ giving of 108. afflictio disturb; excite n. allowance support (to a n n. pain; 120. agnostic that a court cause, etc) suffering; n. person who may order a 97. advocate distress believes that man to pay to v. speak 109. affluenc nothing can be his wife or publicly in e n. known about former wife favour of (sth); abundance of the existence of before or after recommend; money, goods God or of a legal support or property; anything separation or 98. aegis n. wealth except material divorce under the aegis 110. affront things 131. allay of sb/sth with n. ~ (to sb/sth) 121. agog v. make (sth) the protection deliberately adj. eager; less; relieve or support of insulting or excited 132. allege sb/sth, esp a disrespectful 122. agraria v. state (sth) as public remark, action, n adj. of a fact but institution etc, esp in land without proof; 99. aerie = public 123. airy give as an eyrie 111. afterlife adj. having argument or n. existence plenty of fresh excuse 133. allegian 141. allusion atmosphere of pleasant and ce n. ~ (to n. ~ indirect a place good-tempered sb/sth) support reference 154. ambigu 165. amicabl of or loyalty to 142. alluvial ous adj. e adj. a government, adj. made of having more showing ruler, cause, sand, earth, etc than one friendliness; etc left by rivers or possible without 134. allegory floods, esp in a meaning hostility n. story, delta 155. ambival 166. amiss painting or 143. alms ence the adj. , adv description in n. money, state of having wrong(ly); which the clothes, food, contradictory inappropriate(l characters and etc given to or conflicting y) events are poor people emotional 167. amity meant as 144. aloft attitudes n. friendly symbols of adv. up in the 156. amble relationship purity, truth, air; overhead v. ride or walk between people patience, etc , 145. aloof at a slow, or countries 135. alleviate adj. ~ cool and leisurely pace 168. amnesia v. make less remote in 157. ambrosi n. partial or severe; ease character; a n. food total loss of 136. alliterati unconcerned of the gods memory on n. 146. altercati 158. ambulat 169. amnesty occurrence of on n. (act ory n. general the same letter of) quarrelling walking pardon, esp for or sound at the or arguing 159. ambush offences beginning of noisily n. waiting in a against the two or more 147. altruisti hidden position State words in c (adj.) to make a 170. amok succession, as unselfish surprise attack adv. run amok in sing a song 148. amalga 160. amelior rush about in a of sixpence or m n. ate v. wild and angry as thick as alloy of (cause sth to) frenzy thieves , sing a mercury with become better 171. amoral song of another metal 161. amenabl adj. not based sixpence as 149. amalga e adj. ~ on moral thick as thieves mate v. ~ (of people) standards; not 137. allocate (with sb/sth) willing to be following any v. ~ sth allot or (cause people influenced or moral rules ; assign sth (to or things to) controlled (by 172. amorou sb/sth) for a combine or sth) s adj. special purpose unite 162. amend readily 138. alloy 150. amass v. correct an showing or n. metal v. gather error in (sth); feeling love; formed of a together or make minor relating to love mixture of collect (sth), improvements 173. amorph metals or of esp in large in; change ous adj. metal and quantities slightly having no another 151. amazon 163. amenitie definite shape substance n. tall strong s or form; not 139. allude athletic woman [ amenity: ] organized v. ~ to sb/sth 152. ambidex [often pl] a 174. amphibi (fml ) mention trous adj. useful or an n. sb/sth briefly able to use the pleasant animal able to or indirectly left hand or the facility or live both on 140. allure right hand service land and in v. tempt or equally well 164. amiable water attract (sb) by 153. ambienc adj. showing 175. amphith the expectation e n. and inspiring eater oval of gaining sth environment; friendliness; building with tiers of seats 176. ample evil or 201. annals active adj. enough anathema n. story of opposition or 177. amplify 189. ancestry events year by hostility, esp v. increase n. line of year; historical between two (sth) in size or ancestors records people strength 190. anchor 202. anneal 214. antagon 178. amputat n. heavy metal v. make tough istic adj. ~ e v. cut off device attached by cooling showing or by surgical to a rope, slowly after feeling operation chain, etc and heating antagonism; 179. amulet used to moor a 203. annex hostile n. piece of ship or boat to v. take 215. anteced jewellery, etc the sea-bottom possession of e be worn as a or a balloon to 204. annihila earlier in time; charm1( the ground te v. go back further 180. anachro 191. ancillar destroy 216. anteced nism n. y adj. ~ completely ents ancestr mistake of helping in a 205. annotat 217. antedilu placing sth in subsidiary way e v. add vian adj. of the wrong 192. anecdot notes to giving the time before historical e n. short, explanation or Noah's Flood period interesting or comment 218. anthem 181. analgesi amusing story 206. annuity n. short a n. loss of about a real n. fixed sum of musical ability to feel person or event money paid to composition, pain while still , sb yearly, usu usu for a choir conscious 193. anemia for the and an organ, 182. analgesi condition in remaining part to be sung in c adj. n which blood of his lifetime religious substance that lacks red 207. annul services, often relieves pain corpuscles v. declare (sth) with words 183. analogo 194. anesthet no longer taken from the us adj. ~ ic = valid; abolish; Bible , partially anaesthesia, cancel 219. antholo similar or anaesthetic 208. anodyne gy n. parallel; 195. anguish n, adj that can collection of offering an n. severe relieve pain poems or analogy physical or 209. anoint pieces of prose 184. analogy mental pain v. ~ sb apply on the same n. ~ partial 196. angular oil or ointment subject or by similarity adj. having to sb (esp as a the same writer between two angles or sharp religious 220. anthrop things that are corners ceremony) oid adj. compared 197. animad 210. anomalo man-like in 185. anarchis version n. us adj. form t n. person criticism different from 221. anthrop who believes in 198. animate what is ologist n. anarchism d adj. normal; student of or 186. anarchy lively irregular expert in n. absence of 199. animosit 211. anomaly anthropology government or y n. ~ ~ n. anomalous 222. anthrop control in (between A and thing; omorphic adj. society; B) (instance of) irregularity treating gods, lawlessness strong dislike 212. anonym animals, etc as 187. anathe or of hostility ity n. state human in form ma n. 200. animus of being and personality detested person n. animosity anonymous , or thing shown in 213. antagon 223. anticlim 188. anathe speech or ism n~ ~ ax n. matize action (between A and disappointing declare to be B) (instance of) end to a series of events which 234. apathy events like 254. appall had seemed n. ~ lack of those in the to overcome likely to interest, Apocalypse with become more enthusiasm or 245. apocryp consternation, interesting, concern; hal adj. not shock, or exciting or indifference likely to be dismay impressive 235. ape genuine; 255. apparen 224. antidote n. any of the untrue or t adj. n. ~ substance four primates invented clearly seen or that acts (gorilla, 246. apogee understood; against the chimpanzee, n. position in obvious effects of a orang-utan, the orbit of the 256. appariti poison or gibbon) most moon, a planet on n. disease closely related or a satellite appearance, 225. antipath to man . when it is at its esp of sth y settled 236. apertur greatest startling, aversion or e n. distance from strange or dislike:DISTA narrow the earth , unexpected , STE opening 247. apolitica 257. appease 226. antiquat 237. apex l adj. not v. make quiet ed adj. (of n. top or interested or or calm, usu by things) out of highest point involved in making date, obsolete , 238. aphasia politics concessions or 227. antique n. partial or 248. apologis by satisfying adj. belonging total loss of t n. person demands to the distant ability to speak who defends a 258. appellat past or understand doctrine by ion n. name 228. antiquit spoken logical or title; system y n. language, argument of naming ; ancient times, caused by 249. apoplex 259. append esp before the damage to the y n. v. ~ sth (fml ) Middle Ages brain sudden attach or add 229. antisepti 239. aphoris inability to feel sth (esp in c n. m n. short or move, writing) substance that wise saying; caused by the 260. applicat prevents a maxim ; blockage or ion n. ~ (to wound, etc 240. apiarist rupture of an sb) (for sth) from becoming n. person who artery in the formal request septic, esp by keeps bees brain , 261. apposite destroying 241. apiary 250. apostate adj. ~ (of a bacteria n. place with a n. person who remark, etc) 230. antithesi number of renounces his very s n. ~ (of/to hives where former beliefs, appropriate sth/sb) direct bees are kept etc (for a purpose opposite 242. apicultu 251. apothec or an occasion) 231. antler re the ary n. 262. appraise n. branched cultivation of person who v. assess the horn of a stag bees on a prepares and value or or of some commercial sells medicines quality of other deer scale for the and medical 263. appreci 232. anvil production of goods ate v. n. iron block honey 252. apotheg understand on which a 243. aplomb m = and enjoy smith shapes n. confidence apophthegm (sth); value heated metal and self- 253. apotheo highly by hammering control; poise sis n. (of a 264. apprehe it 244. apocaly human being) nd v. seize 233. apatheti ptic adj. making or (sb); arrest c adj. prophesying becoming a god 265. apprehe showing or great and or a sain nsive adj. ~ feeling apathy dramatic ~ (that.../for sb/sth) feeling between two records of a been paid anxiety; parties (usu government, earlier fearful; uneasy when asked by town, etc 298. arrhyth 266. apprise them to do so) 287. ardor mic lacking v. ~ sb of sth 277. arboreal extreme vigor rhythm or inform sb of adj. of or living or regularity sth in trees energy:INTEN 299. arrogan 267. approba 278. arboret SITY ce a tion n. um n. 288. arduous feeling or an approval; place where adj. needing impression of consent trees are grown much effort or superiority 268. appropr for scientific energy; manifested in iate adj. ~ study or for laborious an overbearing suitable; right display 289. argot manner or and proper 279. arcade n. words and presumptuous 269. appurte n. covered phrases used claims nances passage or by a particular 300. arroyo [ appurtenance area, esp one group and not a brook; a : ] a secondary with an arched intended to be creek a water- or less roof and shops understood by carved gully or significant along one or others; cant ; channel thing or part both sides 290. aria 301. arsenal 270. apropos 280. arcane n. song for one n. place where adv, adj requiring voice, esp in an weapons and appropriate or secret or opera or ammunition relevant to mysterious oratorio are made or what is being knowledge 291. arid stored said or done 281. arch- adj. having 302. artery 271. aptitude comb form little or no n. any of the n. ~ natural chief; most rainfall; dry tubes carrying ability or skill important 292. aristocr blood from the 272. aquiline 282. archaeol acy n. heart to all adj. of or like ogy n. study highest social parts of the an eagle of ancient class; the body 273. arable civilizations by nobility 303. artful n. , adj suitable scientific 293. armada adj. cunningly for ploughing analysis of n. large fleet of clever at and for physical ships getting what growing crops remains found 294. aromati one wants; 274. arbiter in the ground c adj. crafty n. ~ person 283. archaic having a 304. articulat who has power adj. of a much pleasant, e adj. able to decide what earlier or an distinctive to express one's will be done, ancient period smell; fragrant ideas clearly in accepted, etc in history 295. arraign words with regard to 284. archety v. ~ sb (law ) 305. artifacts sth pe n. bring a something 275. arbitrar original or criminal created by y adj. ideal model charge against humans based on from which sb; bring sb to usually for a personal others are court for trial practical opinion or copied; 296. array purpose; impulse, not on prototype ; v. place (esp especially :an reason 285. archipel armed forces, object 276. arbitrat ago n. (sea troops, etc) in remaining e v. ~ surrounding a) battle order from a (between A and group of many 297. arrears particular B) make a islands n. money that period judgement 286. archives is owed and 306. artifice about or settle n. historical should have n. clever (a dispute) documents or trickery; 318. asperity 330. assuage not having deception n. harshness v. make (sth) parts that 307. artisan or severity, esp less severe; correspond to a manually of manner soothe each other in skilled worker 319. aspersio 331. assumpt size, shape, etc; 308. artless n ion n. lacking adj. simple and slanderous thing accepted symmetry natural; remark as true or as 342. atavism without deceit 320. aspirant sure to happen, n. 309. ascenda n. ~ (fml ) but not proved reappearance ncy n. ~ person who is 332. assuran in a person of a (position of) ambitious (for ce n. characteristic having fame, confident belief or quality that dominant promotion, in one's own has not been power or success, etc) abilities and seen in his control 321. aspirati powers family for 310. ascertai on n. ~ ~ 333. asteroid many n v. (to do sth) n. any of many generations discover (sth) strong desire small planets 343. atheistic so that one is or ambition revolving adj. certain; get to 322. aspire round the sun, 344. atone know v. ~ after/to sth esp between v. ~ (fml ) act 311. ascetic desire strongly the orbits of in a way that adj. not to achieve sth; Mars and compensates allowing have ambition Jupiter for a previous oneself for sth 334. astigmat wrong, error, pleasures and 323. assail ism n. etc comforts; v. ~ sb (fml ) defect in an eye 345. atrocity having or attack sb or a lens that n. great involving a violently or prevents wickedness or very austere repeatedly correct cruelty life 324. assay focusing 346. atrophy 312. ascribe n. testing of esp 335. astral n. wasting v. ~ sth to metals for adj. of or from away of the sb/sth consider quality the stars body or part of sth to be 325. assent 336. astringe it through lack caused by, n. ~ (fml ) nt n. of nourishment written by or agreement; substance, used or use belonging to approval medically or in 347. attentiv sb/sth 326. assert cosmetics, that e adj. ~ 313. aseptic v. make others makes skin or giving adj. free from recognize (sth) body tissue attention (to bacteria that by behaving contract and so sb/sth); alert cause a thing to firmly and stops bleeding and watchful become septic; confidently 337. astrono 348. attenuat surgically clean 327. assessm mical adj. e v. make 314. ashen ent n. of astronomy (sth/sb) thin or adj. like ashes action of 338. astute slender in colour; very assessing adj. clever and 349. attest pale 328. assiduo quick at seeing v. ~ (to) sth be 315. asinine us adj. how to gain an or give clear adj. stupid or showing advantage; proof of sth stubborn constant and shrewd 350. attire 316. askance careful 339. asunder n. clothes; adv. look attention adv. into dress 317. askew 329. assimila pieces; apart 351. attribut adj. , adv not in te v. (cause 340. asylum e v. ~ sth a straight or sth to) become n. safety; to sb/sth level position; absorbed into refuge regard sth as crooked the body after 341. asymme belonging to, digestion tric adj. caused by or produced by success; down the side 388. awry sb/sth favourable; of a mountain adv. 352. attrition promising 374. avarice crookedly; out n. process of 362. austere n. greed for of position; gradually adj. severely wealth or gain askew ; weakening sb's and strictly 375. avenge 389. axiom strength and moral; having v. take or get n. statement confidence by no pleasures or revenge for that is accepted continuous comforts 376. aver as true without harassment 363. austerit v. (fml ) state further proof 353. atypical y n. (sth) firmly or argument adj. not quality of being and positively; 390. azure representative austere assert ; n. , adj bright or 364. authenti 377. averse blue, as of the characteristic cate adj. ~ to sth not sky of its type; not Rractical liking sth; 391. babble typical experience of opposed to sth v. talk in a 354. audacio sth 378. aversion way that is us adj. 365. authorit n. ~ strong difficult or showing a arian adj. dislike impossible to willingness to favouring 379. avert understand take risks; complete v. ~ sth turn 392. bacchan daring; fearless obedience to sth away al n. 355. audit authority 380. aviary (dated or fml ) n. official before personal n. large cage or bout of noisy, examination of freedom building for drunken accounts to see 366. authorit keeping birds merrymaking . that they are in ative adj. in, eg in a zoo , bacchana-lian order having 381. avid adj 356. augmen authority; that adj. ~ eager; 393. bacchan t v. make can be trusted; greedy alia (sth) larger in reliable 382. avocatio orgiastic rites number or 367. autocrat n associated with size; increase n. ruler of an secondary or Bacchus 357. augury autocracy minor 394. bacchan omen; 368. autocrat occupation alian prophecy ic adj. 383. avow [ bacchanalia: ] 358. august 369. automat v. declare (sth) [often cap] majestic, on n. = openly; admit orgiastic rites venerable robot 384. avuncul associated with 359. aureole 370. autono ar adj. of Bacchus sun's corona; mous adj. or like an 395. backslid halo self-governing; uncle, esp in e v. lapse 360. auroral acting manner from good [ aurora: ] an independently 385. awe ways into one's atmospheric 371. autopsy n. feeling of former bad phenomenon n. examination respect ways of living consisting of of a dead body combined with 396. badger bands, to learn the fear or wonder n. animal of the curtains, or cause of death; 386. awful weasel family, streamers of post-mortem () adj. extremely grey with black light, usually 372. auxiliar bad or and white green, red, or y adj. unpleasant; stripes on its yellow, that giving help or terrible head, living in move across support; 387. awl holes in the the sky in polar additional n. small ground and regions. 373. avalanc pointed tool for moving about 361. auspicio he n. mass making holes, at night . us adj. of snow, ice esp in leather 397. badinag showing signs and rock that or wood e n. of future slides rapidly playful teasing; existence/life higher happiness; banter ; cause of sb's lawcourts blessedness ; 398. baffle ruin or trouble 418. barterer 430. bedizen v. be too 408. bank [ barter: ] to dress with difficult for to n. land sloping trade (goods, vulgar finery understand; up along each services, etc.) 431. bedragg puzzle side of a river in exchange for le wet 399. bait or canal; other goods, thoroughly n. food or ground near a services, etc., 432. beeline imitation food river rather than for the most direct put on a hook 409. banterin money route between to catch fish or g adj. 419. base two places placed in nets, playfully n. lowest part 433. befuddl traps, etc to teasing of sth, esp the e confuse attract prey 410. bar part on which thoroughly 400. baleful n. piece of it rests or is 434. beget adj. solid material supported v. (arch ) be threatening evil 411. barb 420. bask the father of or harm; n. point of an v. ~ sit or lie (sb) menacing arrow, a fish- enjoying 435. begrudg 401. balk hook, etc warmth e v. n. thick, curved 421. bastard resent or be roughly- backwards to n. illegitimate dissatisfied squared make it child with wooden beam difficult to pull 422. bastion 436. beguile 402. ballast out . n. part of a charm (sb) n. heavy 412. bard fortification 437. behemot material placed n. minstrel that projects h huge in a ship's hold 413. bareface from the rest creature; to keep it d adj. 423. bate something of steady impudent; let down; monstrous size 403. balm shameless restrain or power n. sweet- 414. bargain 424. battalio 438. beholde smelling oil or n. agreement n n. army n adj. ~ to ointment in which both unit composed sb (dated or obtained from or all sides of several fml ) owing certain types of promise to do companies and thanks or tree, used for sth for each forming part of indebted to sb soothing pain other a regiment or 439. behoove or for healing , 415. baroque brigade n. suited to ; 404. balmy adj. n highly 425. bauble incumbent adj. (of air) ornate style n. showy upon gentle and fashionable in ornament of 440. belabor pleasantly the arts (esp little value to explain or warm architecture) in 426. bawdy insist on 405. banal Europe in the adj. amusing in excessively adj. 17th and 18th a coarse or 441. belated commonplace; centuries , indecent way adj. coming uninteresting 416. barrage 427. bearing very late or too 406. bandy n. barrier built n. way of late v. (idm ) across a river standing, 442. beleagu bandy `words to store water walking, etc; er v. (with sb) for irrigation, deportment besiege (dated ) prevent 428. beatific 443. belie exchange flooding, etc adj. showing or v. give a words, etc, esp 417. barriste giving great joy wrong or an when r n. lawyer and serenity; untrue idea of quarrelling who has the blissful (sth) 407. bane right to speak 429. beatitud 444. belittle n. the bane of and argue as e n. great v. make seem sb's an advocate in unimportant or 455. benevol constantly; (sth) (on sth) of little value ent adj. ~ threaten offer (a price) 445. bellicose being, or 467. besiege in order to buy adj. eager to wishing to be, v. surround sth, esp at an fight; warlike; kind, friendly with armed auction aggressive and helpful forces in order 480. biennial 446. belligere 456. benign to make it adj. happening nt adj. adj. kindly; surrender every second waging war; gentle 468. besmirc year engaged in a 457. benison h v. 481. bifurcat conflict blessing dishonour ed 447. bemoan 458. bent (sb/sth); [ bifurcate: ] to v. show sorrow n. ~ (for slander fork or divide for or complain sth/doing sth) 469. bestial into two parts about (sb/sth) natural skill (at adj. of or like a or branches 448. bemuse sth); liking or beast; brutish; 482. bigot d adj. inclination (for cruel n. person who bewildered or sth/doing sth) 470. bestow holds strong confused 459. bequeat v. ~ sth (fml ) beliefs and 449. benedict h v. ~ sth present sth as a opinions, and is ion n. (to sb) arrange, gift (to sb); intolerant of blessing, esp by making a confer anyone who one said before will, to give 471. betoken disagrees a meal or at the (property, v. be a sign of 483. bigotry end of a church money etc) (to (sth); indicate n. bigoted service sb) when one 472. betray attitude or 450. benefact dies v. ~ sb/sth behaviour or n. 460. berate hand over or 484. bilious person who v. scold sharply show sb/sth adj. caused by gives money or 461. bereave disloyally (to or suffering other help to a d an enemy) from too much school, [ bereave: ] 473. betroth bile hospital, [usually foll by become 485. bilk charity, etc of] to deprive engaged to v. ~ sb of sth) 451. benefice (of) something marry avoid paying nt adj. or someone 474. bevy money to sb; showing active valued, esp. n. large group cheat sb (out of kindness; through death 475. beware sth) generous; 462. bereave v. ~ (of sb/sth) 486. billow charitable ment n. be cautious (of n. large wave 452. benefici state of being sb/sth); take 487. billowin al adj. ~ bereaved care (about g having a 463. bereft sb/sth) ; [ billow: ] a helpful or adj. ~ (fml ) 476. bewitch large sea wave useful effect; deprived of (a v. put a magic 488. bitter advantageous power or spell on adj. having a 453. benefici quality) 477. bicamer sharp taste like ary n. 464. berserk al adj. aspirin or person who adj. wild with having two unsweetened receives sth, rage legislative coffee; not esp one who 465. beseech chambers sweet receives v. ~ sb (for sth) 478. bicker 489. bivouac money, ask sb v. ~ n. temporary property, etc earnestly; (over/about camp without when sb dies implore sb; sth) quarrel tents or any 454. benefit entreat sb about other cover, n. profit; gain; 466. beset unimportant esp used by future good v. (fml ) things soldiers or (used esp with surround 479. bid mountaineers the vs and (sb/sth) on all v. ~ (sth) (for 490. bizarre preps shown) sides; trouble sth); esp US ~ adj. strange in appearance or perfection of set of primary 523. bolt effect; sb/sth colours n. metal bar grotesque; 501. blight 511. bluff that slides into eccentric ; n. disease that v. try to a socket to lock 491. blackbal withers plants deceive by a door, l v. 502. blighted pretending to window, etc prevent from (adj.) causing be stronger, 524. bombar joining a club frustration or braver, dment n. or group by destruction cleverer, etc 525. bombast voting against 503. bliss than one is n. pompous him in a ballot n. perfect 512. blunder and 492. blanch happiness; n. stupid or meaningless v. prepare by great joy careless words putting briefly 504. blithe mistake 526. bombast in boiling adj. happy and 513. blunt ic adj. water; scald carefree; adj. without a pompous and 493. bland casual sharp edge or a empty adj. gentle or 505. bloated point 527. bookish casual in adj. swollen 514. blurt adj. fond of manner; with fat, gas or v. blurt sth out reading; showing no liquid say sth studious strong 506. blotch suddenly and 528. boon emotions; n. large tactlessly n. request or suave ; discoloured 515. blush favour (used 494. blandish mark, usu v. ~ (at sth) esp with the vs ment n. (fml irregular in become red in shown) ) flattering or shape the face 529. boor coaxing words 507. blowhar (because of sth) n. rough, rude and actions d a very 516. bluster or insensitive 495. blare boastful and v. blow man v. ~ make a talkative fiercely or in 530. boorish loud harsh person strong gusts adj. of or like a sound like a 508. bludgeo 517. bode boor trumpet n n. short v. be a sign of 531. boost 496. blasphe thick stick with (sth coming) v. increase the mous adj. a heavy end, 518. bog strength or showing used as a n. wet spongy value of help or contempt or weapon ground formed encourage irreverence for 509. blue of decaying (sb/sth) God and adj. having the vegetation 532. botch sacred things colour of a 519. bogus v. ~ sth spoil 497. blasphe clear sky or the adj. not sth by poor or my n. sea on a sunny genuine; false clumsy work; blasphemous day 520. Bohemi repair sth behaviour or 510. blues an n, adj badly language [ blue: ] any of having or 533. bouillon 498. blatant a group of displaying a n. thin clear adj. very colours, such as very informal soup or broth; obvious; that of a clear and stock ; unashamed; unclouded sky, unconventional 534. bound flagrant that have way of life , v. form the 499. bleak wavelengths in 521. boistero boundary of adj. (of a the range 490-- us adj. (sth); limit landscape) 445 noisy, lively 535. bountifu bare; exposed; nanometres. and cheerful l adj. wind-swept Blue is the 522. bolster giving 500. blemish complementary n. long pillow, generously n. mark or colour of usu shaped like 536. bourgeo stain that spoils yellow and a roll, across is adj. of the beauty or with red and the head of a or relating to green forms a bed the property- owning middle to face and 562. bristle 573. browbe class endure danger, n. short stiff at v. ~ sb 537. bout pain or hair (into doing sth) n. ~ short suffering; 563. bristling frighten sb period of a having no fear; rising like with stern specified courageous bristles; looks and activity 549. brawl showing words; bully ; 538. bovine n. noisy irritation intimidate adj. of or quarrel or fight 564. brittle 574. browse relating to 550. brawn adj. hard but v. examine cattle n. strong easily broken; books in a 539. bowdler muscles; fragile casual, ize muscular 565. broach leisurely way expurgate strength v. make a hole 575. bruise 540. brackis 551. brawny in to draw off n. injury h adj. adj. strong and the liquid caused by a slightly salty muscular inside; open (a blow to the 541. brag 552. brazen bottle, etc) to body or to a v. ~ (about/of adj. shameless; use the fruit, sth) talk with insolent contents discolouring too much pride 553. breach 566. brocade the skin but (about sth); n. breaking or n. fabric woven not breaking it boast neglect with a raised 576. brunt 542. braggad 554. breadth pattern, esp of n. bear the ocio n. distance or gold or silver brunt of sth a:empty measurement threads 577. brusque boasting from side to 567. brochur adj. rough and b:arrogant side; width e n. abrupt; curt pretension:CO 555. breed booklet or 578. buccane CKINESS v. (of animals) pamphlet er n. 543. braggar produce young containing pirate t n. 556. brevity information 579. bucolic person who n. shortness or about sth or adj. of country brags briefness advertising sth life or the 544. braid 557. bridle 568. broil countryside; n. number of n. part of a v. cook (meat) rustic ; threads of silk, horse's harness on a fire or 580. buffet cotton, etc that goes on its gridiron; grill n. counter woven together head, including 569. bromide where food and in a narrow the metal bit n. chemical drink may be band for for the mouth, compound of bought and decorating the straps and bromine, used consumed, esp clothes and the reins in medicine to in a railway material 558. brim calm the nerves station or on a 545. brand n. top edge of 570. brooch train n. particular a cup, bowl, n. ornament 581. buffoon make of goods glass, etc with a hinged n. ridiculous or their trade 559. brindled pin and clasp, but amusing mark adj. brown worn on person; clown 546. brandis with streaks of women's 582. buffoon h v. wave another colour clothes , ery n. in a 560. brink 571. brood ridiculous triumphant or n. edge at the n. all the behaviour; threatening top of a steep young birds or clowning ; way; display high place, eg a other animals 583. bugaboo 547. bravado cliff produced at bugbear; n. display of 561. brisk one hatching or object of boldness adj. quick; birth baseless terror 548. brave active; 572. brook 584. bulge adj. (of a energetic n. small stream n. rounded person) ready swelling; imitation; an officer in with a raised outward curve parody the armed design, esp one 585. bulk 595. burly forces with two n. size, adj. with a 608. cajole coloured layers quantity or strong heavy v. ~ sb(into/out so that the volume, esp body; sturdy of sth); ~ sb background is when great 596. burnish (into/out of of a different 586. bullion v. make smooth doing sth) colour from the n. gold or silver and shiny by persuade sb (to design in bulk or bars, rubbing; polish do sth) by 621. camp before it is 597. bust flattery or n. place where made into n. sculpture of deceit; coax sb people (eg coins, etc a person's 609. calamity holiday- 587. bully head, shoulders n. serious makers, Scouts n. person who and chest misfortune or or explorers) uses his 598. buttress disaster live strength or n. support 610. calculat temporarily in power to built against a ed tents or huts frighten or wall . undertaken 622. canard hurt weaker 599. buxom after n. false report people adj. (of women) considering the or rumour 588. bulwark plump and likelihood of 623. candor n. wall, esp of healthy- success or unreserved, earth, built as a looking; having failure honest, or defence a large bosom ; 611. caldron sincere 589. bump 600. cabal = cauldron expression:FO v. ~ n. secret 612. caliber RTHRIGHTN against/into political plot ability; ESS sb/sth knock or 601. cache capacity 624. canine strike sth with n. place for 613. calligra adj. of, like or a dull-sounding hiding food, phy n. relating to dogs blow; collide treasure or beautiful 625. canker with sth weapons handwriting n. disease that 590. bungle 602. cacopho 614. callous destroys the v. do badly or nous (adj.) adj. cruelly wood of plants clumsily; spoil sounding insensitive or and trees (a task) jarring unsympathetic 626. canny through lack of 603. cacopho 615. callow adj. shrewd skill ny n. loud adj. immature and careful, 591. buoyant unpleasant and esp in business adj. (of an mixture of inexperienced matters object) able to discordant 616. callus 627. cant float sounds n. area of thick n. insincere 592. bureauc 604. cadaver hardened skin talk, esp about racy n. n. dead body of 617. calorific religion or system of a person; adj. of or morality; government corpse ; producing heat hypocrisy ; through 605. cadaver 618. calumny 628. cantank departments ous adj. n. false erous adj. managed by looking like a statement bad-tempered; State officials, corpse; very about sb, made quarrelsome ; not by elected pale and to damage his 629. cantata representatives gaunt ; character n. short 593. burgeon 606. cadence 619. camara musical work, v. (of a plant) n. rhythm in derie n. often on a put out leaves; sound friendship and religious sprout 607. cadet mutual trust; subject, sung 594. burlesq n. young comradeship ; by soloists and ue n. person training 620. cameo usu a choir, comic or to become a n. small piece accompanied exaggerated policeman or of hard stone by an orchestra 630. canter heading of an imitation of 664. casual n. (of a horse) article in a sb/sth that adj. happening movement that magazine, etc , exaggerates by chance is faster than a 641. captious certain 665. casualty trot but slower adj. fond of characteristics n. person who than a gallop criticizingor in order to is killed or 631. canto raising amuse or injured in war n. any of the objections ridicule or in an main divisions about 652. carillon accident of a long poem unimportant n. set of bells 666. cataclys 632. canvass matters; sounded either m n. v. ~ (for sth) quibbling ; from a sudden go around an 642. carafe keyboard or violentchange area asking n. glass mechanically or disaster, eg (people) for container in 653. carnage a flood, an (political which wine or n. killing of earthquake, a support) water are many people revolution or a 633. capacio served at meals 654. carnal war us adj. . adj. of the 667. catalyst that can hold 643. carapac body; sexual or n. substance much; roomy e n. shell sensual that speeds up 634. capacity on the back of 655. carnivor a chemical n. ability to a tortoise or ous adj. reaction hold or contain crustacean flesh-eating without itself sth 644. carat 656. carousal changing 635. capillar n. unit of (noisy party 668. catapult y n. any of weight ( with) drinking n. Y-shaped the very 645. carcinog and merry- stick with a narrow blood enic making piece of elastic vessels [ carcinogen: ] 657. carping attached to it, connecting "carcino'genic adj. tending to used esp by arteries and adjective make petty children for veins in the 646. cardinal complaints; shooting stones body adj. most fault-finding . 636. capitula important; 658. carrion 669. cataract te v. ~ chief; n. dead and n. large steep surrender (to fundamental decaying flesh waterfall sb), esp on 647. cardiolo 659. cartogra 670. catastro agreed gist n. pher n. phe n. conditions 648. careen person who sudden great 637. caprice v. turn on its draws maps disaster or n. sudden side (esp for and charts misfortune change in cleaning or 660. cascade 671. catcall attitude or repairing) n. waterfall, n. shrill whistle behaviour with 649. career esp one of a expressing no obvious n. profession series forming disapproval cause; whim ; or occupation a large 672. catechis 638. capricio with waterfall m n. us adj. opportunities 661. caste summary of characterized for n. any of the the principles by sudden advancement hereditary of a religion in changes in or promotion Hindu social the form of attitude or 650. carefree classes questions and behaviour; adj. without 662. castigati answers unpredictable; responsibilities on severe 673. categori impulsive or worries; punishment cal adj. 639. capsize cheerful 663. castrate unconditional; v. overturn or 651. caricatu v. remove the absolute; be overturned re n. testicles of (a explicit 640. caption picture,descrip male animal or 674. cater n. short title or tion or person); geld v. ~ (for sth/sb) provide horseback, in rebuke sb of certainty; food and cars, etc formally lack of doubt ; services, esp at 684. cavalier 694. centaur 704. cessatio social functions n. Cavalier n. one of a tribe n n. action 675. catharsi supporter of of creatures or act of s n. Charles I in the with a man's ceasing; pause (instance of English Civil head, arms and 705. cession the) release of War upper body on n. action of strong feelings 685. cavil a horse's body ceding sth, esp through the v. ~ (at sth) and legs land or rights effect of art, (fml ) make 695. centigra 706. chafe esp drama unnecessary de adj. of v. ~ become 676. catharti complaints or using a irritated or c adj. (about sth) temperature impatient causing 686. cede scale with the (because of sth) catharsis; v. ~ sth give up freezing-point 707. chaff purgative ; n. one's rights to of water at 0 n. outer purgative drug or possession of and the covering of 677. catholic sth boiling-point at corn, etc, adj. = Roman 687. celerity 100 separated from Catholic n. quickness 696. centrifu the grain by (Roman) 688. celestial gal adj. threshing or 678. caucus adj. of the sky moving away winnowing n. (meeting of 689. celibate from the centre 708. chaffing the) adj. remaining or axis (n.) banter; parliamentary unmarried, esp 697. centrifu teasing members of a for religious ge n. 709. chagrin particular reasons rotating n. feeling of political party 690. cemeter machine using disappointment or any other y n. area centrifugal or annoyance legislature of land, not a force to 710. chalice 679. caulk churchyard, separate n. large cup for v. make (esp a used for substances, eg holding wine, boat) burying the milk and esp one from watertight by dead , cream which filling the 691. censor 698. centripe consecrated seams or joints n. person tal adj. wine is drunk with authorized moving at the waterproof toexamine towards the Eucharist material books, films, centre or axis 711. chamele 680. causal plays, letters, 699. centurio on n. any adj. of or etc and remove n n. officer of various forming a partswhich are commanding a types of small cause; relating considered unit of 100 lizard that can to cause and indecent, soldiers change colour effect ; offensive, 700. cerebral according to its 681. caustic politically adj. of the surroundings adj. that can unacceptable brain 712. champio burn or or a threat to 701. cerebrat n n. destroy things security ion n. person, team, by chemical 692. censorio working of the animal or plant action us adj. brain; thinking that has 682. cauteriz tending to find ; defeated or e burn faults in people 702. ceremon excelled all with hot iron or things; ious adj. others in a or caustic severely critical full of competition 683. cavalca ; ceremony; very 713. champio de n. 693. censure formal ; nship n. procession of v. ~ sb criticize 703. certitud contest to people on sb severely; e n. feeling decide who is the champion 714. chancell to have special 734. cherubi steps for ballet or n. head knowledge or c adj. and dancing on of government skill, esp in with a plump stage in Austria etc medicine and innocent 746. chortle 715. chant 723. charm face n. loud chuckle n. simple tune n. power of 735. chicaner of pleasure or to which pleasing, y n. use of amusement psalms or fascinating or clever but 747. chorus canticles are attracting misleading talk n. group of fitted by people; in order to singers; choir singing several attractiveness trick sb, esp in 748. chronic syllables or 724. chary legal matters; adj. lasting for words to the adj. ~ (of sth) dishonest a long time; same note cautious; wary practice continually 716. chaotic 725. chase 736. chide recurring adj. in a state v. ~ sb/sth run v. ~ sb (for sth) 749. chronicl of chaos; after in order (dated or fml ) e n. record completely to capture or rebuke; scold of historical disorganized overtake sb/sth 737. chimeri events in the 717. chapel 726. chasm cal adj. order in which n. small n. deep unreal; fanciful they happened building or opening in the 738. chip 750. chuckle room used for ground; abyss; n. thin piece v. laugh quietly Christian gorge ; cut or broken or to oneself worship, eg in 727. chassis off from wood, 751. churlish a school, n. framework stone, china, adj. It seems prison, large on which the glass, etc churlish to private house, body and 739. chisel refuse such a etc working parts n. tool with a generous offer 718. chapero of a vehicle, sharp cutting 752. ciliated n n. older radio or edge at the end, having minute person, usu a television are for shaping hairs woman, who built , ; . wood, stone or 753. cipher looks after a 728. chaste metal n. (method of) girl or a young adj. not having 740. chivalro secret writing unmarried had sexual us adj. in which a set woman on intercourse; showing the of letters or social occasions virgin ; qualities of a symbols is used 719. chaplain 729. chasten perfect knight to represent n. clergyman v. punish in 741. choice others; code attached to the order to n. ~ act of 754. circlet chapel of a correct or choosing n. circular school, prison, improve; between two or band, eg of etc, or serving discipline ; more precious metal, in the armed 730. chastise possibilities flowers, etc, forces v. punish (sb) 742. choir worn round the 720. char severely, esp by n. organized head as an v. (cause sth to) beating group of ornament become black 731. chauvini singers, esp one 755. circuit by burning; st n, adj that performs n. line, route scorch displaying or in church or journey 721. charism feeling services round a place a n. chauvinism 743. choleric 756. circuito power to 732. check adj. easily us adj. long inspire v. ~ (up) make angered; bad- and indirect; devotion and sure of sth by tempered ; roundabout enthusiasm examining or 744. chore 757. circuml 722. charlata investigating it n. small ocution n. use n n. 733. checker routine task of many words person who ed adj. 745. choreog to say sth that falsely claims chequered raphy n. could be said in 770. clap 783. clip 790. cloying a few words v. ~ sth n. any of adj. sickeningly 758. circums (together) various wire or sweet cribe v. strike (the metal devices 791. coagulat restrict (sth) palms of one's used for e v. within limits; hands) together holding things change from a confine 771. clapper together liquid to a 759. circums n. piece of 784. clipper thick and semi- pect adj. metal, etc fixed n. clippers solid state; clot considering loosely inside a instrument for 792. coalesce everything bell and clipping nails, v. combine and carefully making it hair, hedges, form one before acting; sound by etc group, cautious; striking the 785. clique substance, wary ; side n. small group mass, etc 760. circumv 772. clarion of people, often 793. coalition ent v. find adj. loud, clear with shared n. action of a way of and rousing interests, who uniting into overcoming or 773. clasp associate one body or avoiding (sth) n. device for closely and group 761. cistern fastening exclude others 794. coax an artificial things together from their v. (~ sb sth) reservoir (as an 774. claustro group persuade sb underground phobia n. 786. cloister gently or tank) for abnormal fear n. covered gradually storing liquids of being in an passage around 795. coda and especially enclosed space an open court n. final passage water (as 775. clavicle or quadrangle, of a piece of rainwater) n. collar-bone . with a wall on music 762. citadel 776. cleave the outer side 796. coddle fortress v. break or and columns or v. treat with 763. cite split, esp along arches on the great care and quote; a natural line inner side, esp tenderness commend 777. cleft within a 797. codicil 764. civil n. crack or convent or n. later adj. of or split occurring college, or addition to a relating to the naturally attached to a will, esp one citizens of a 778. clemenc cathedral that changes country y n. 787. clot part of it 765. clairvoy mildness (esp n. half-solid 798. codify ant n, adj of weather) lump formed v. arrange having such 779. cliche from a liquid, (laws, rules, power n. phrase or eg from blood etc) 766. clamber idea which is when it is systematically v. climb, esp used so often exposed to the into a code(3a) with difficulty that it has air 799. coercion or effort, using become stale or 788. clout n. coercing or the hands and meaningless n. heavy blow being coerced feet 780. clientele with the hand 800. coeval 767. clamor n. customers or a hard adj. ~ (fml ) shout, or clients as a object existing at the complain with group 789. clown same time or a lot of noise 781. climacti n. comic having the 768. clandest c adj. entertainer same age as ine adj. forming a who paints his sb/sth else; done secretly; climax face and contemporary ; kept secret; 782. clime dresses in a 801. cog surreptitious n. (arch or joc ) ridiculous way each of a series 769. clangor country; and performs of teeth on the make a loud climate(1b) funny or edge of a resonant noise foolish tricks wheel, that fit between those metal used as normal desert of a similar money conversation punishment wheel, so that 813. coincide but not formal 834. comity each wheel can nce n. speech or friendly social cause the other occurrence of writing atmosphere:soc one to move similar events 823. colloquy ial harmony 802. cogent or n. conversation 835. comman adj. circumstances 824. collusio deer v. convincing; at the same n n. ~ ~ take possession strong time by chance (between sb or control of 803. cogitate 814. coincide and sb) (fml ) forcibly or for v. ~ sth (fml or nt adj. secret official (esp joc ) think happening at agreement or military) deeply about the same time co-operation purposes sth by chance between two or 836. comme 804. cognate 815. colande more people morate v. adj. ~ r n. metal with the aim of keep (a great (linguistics ) (of or plastic bowl deceiving or person, event, a word or with many cheating others etc) in people's language) small holes in 825. colossal memories having the it, used to adj. very large; 837. comme same source or drain water immense; huge morative origin as from 826. colossus adj. helping to another one vegetables, etc, n. statue much commemorate 805. cognitiv esp after larger than life 838. commen e adj. of or cooking size surate relating to 816. collabor 827. coma adj~(fml ) in cognition ate v. ~ (on n. state of deep the right 806. cogniza sth) work unconsciousnes proportion (to nce n. together (with s, usu lasting a sth); knowledge; sb), esp to long time and appropriate awareness create or caused by 839. commis 807. cohabit produce sth severe injury erate v. ~ v. ~ (fml ) (usu 817. collage or illness (on/over sth) of an n. fixing pieces 828. comatos (fml ) feel, or unmarried of paper, cloth, e adj. in a say that one couple) live photographs, coma; deeply feels, sympathy together etc to a surface unconscious ; 840. commod 808. cohere 818. collate 829. combust ious adj. v. stick v. ~ A and B/~ ible adj. having a lot of together in a A with B that can catch space available mass or group examine and fire and burn for use; roomy 809. cohesion compare in easily 841. common n. tendency to order to find 830. comeba place adj. stick together; the differences ck a ordinary; not unity between them return to a interesting 810. cohorts 819. collater former 842. common [ cohort: ] one al adj. side position, status, wealth n. of the ten units by side; etc. independent of between 300 parallel ; 831. comely State or and 600 men in 820. collation having a community an ancient n. action of pleasing 843. commu Roman Legion collating appearance:not nal adj. 811. coiffure 821. collecte homely or for the use of n. way in which d adj. in plain all; shared (esp a control of 832. comesti 844. commu woman's) hair oneself; calm ble ne v. ~ ~ is arranged; 822. colloqui something fit to (together) talk hairstyle ; al adj. be eaten to sb 812. coin belonging to or 833. comeup intimately; feel n. piece of suitable for pance close to sb/sth 845. compact (usu derog ) improve the by the rules, adj. closely calmly satisfied growth of etc; obligatory packed with oneself, plants 874. compun together one's work, etc 864. compos ction n. ~ 846. compart 855. complai ure n. (fml ) (usu in ment n. any sant adj. state of being negative of the sections ready to calm in mind sentences ) into which a please; obliging or behaviour feeling of guilt larger area or 856. comple 865. compou or regret for enclosed space, ment n. ~ nd n. one's action esp a railway thing that goes thing made up 875. compute carriage, is well or suitably of two or more v. ~ sth divided with sth else, or separate things calculate sth 847. compass makes it combined with a ion n. ~ complete together computer pity for the 857. comple 866. compre 876. concate sufferings of mentary adj. hend v. nate to link others, making ~ combining understand together in a one want to well to form a fully series or chain help them balanced whole 867. compre 877. concave 848. compati 858. complia hensive adj. adj. curved ble adj. ~ nce n. ~ that includes inwards like (of people, action in everything the inner ideas, accordance 868. compres surface of a arguments, with a request s v. ~ sth sphere or ball . principles, etc) or command; press sth 878. concede suited; that can obedience together; force v. ~ sth admit exist together 859. complia sth into a that sth is true, 849. compelli nt adj. ~ small(er) space valid, proper, ng adj. (usu derog ) 869. compris etc extremely (too) willing to e v. have 879. conceit interesting and comply (with as parts or n. excessive exciting, so that other people, members; be pride in oneself one has to pay with rules, etc) made up of or in one's attention 860. complici 870. compro powers, 850. compen ty n. ~ mise n. abilities, etc dium n. ~ action of taking giving up of 880. concent (of sth) brief part with certain ric adj. ~ but full another person demands by (of circles) account; (in a crime or each side in a having the summary some other dispute, so that same centre 851. compila wrongdoing); an agreement 881. concepti tion n. shared may be on n. compiling responsibility reached which conceiving or 852. compile 861. compon satisfies both to being v. ~ sth ent n. any some extent conceived (for/from sth) of the parts of 871. compuls 882. concerte collect which sth is ion n. ~ d adj. (information) made compelling or arranged or and arrange it 862. comport being done in co- in a book, list, v. ~ oneself compelled operation report, etc with sth 872. compuls 883. concessi 853. complac conduct oneself ive adj. on n. ~ ency n. ~ in the specified extremely conceding (usu derog ) way; behave interesting; 884. conciliat calm feeling of 863. compost fascinating ory adj. satisfactionwit n. mixture of 873. compuls intended or h oneself, one's decayed ory adj. likely to work, etc organic matter, that must be conciliate 854. complac manure, etc done; required 885. concise ent adj. ~ added to soil to adj. giving a lot of information 896. condime in a restricted together into a in few words; nts space rounded mass brief [ condiment: ] 906. confisca 916. conglom 886. conclave any spice or te v. take eration n. n. private sauce such as possession of assortment of meeting salt, pepper, by authority, different things 887. conclusi mustard, etc. without gathered ve adj. 897. condole payment or together or convincing; v. ~ with sb compensation found in the ending doubt (fml ) express 907. conflagr same place 888. concoct sympathy (for ation n. great 917. congrue v. make (sth) a misfortune, and destructive nce by mixing bereavement, fire correspondenc ingredients etc) , 908. confluen e of parts; (esp ones that 898. condone ce n. place harmonious do not usu go v. treat or where two relationship together) regard as if it rivers flow 918. congrue 889. concomi were not together and nt adj. tant adj. ~ serious or become one having the (fml ) wrong; 909. conform same size and accompanying; overlook; ist n. shape happening forgive person who 919. conifer together 899. conduci conforms to n. type of tree 890. concord ve adj. ~ to accepted that bears n. harmony sth allowing or behaviour, the cones (cone 3) between helping sth to established 920. conjectu people; lack of happen religion, etc re v. ~ quarrelling and 900. conduit 910. conform (fml ) form unfriendliness n. large pipe ity n. ~ (and express) 891. concord through which (fml ) an opinion not at n. liquids flow (behaviour, based on firm agreement, esp 901. confida etc) evidence; guess between a State nt n. conforming to 921. conjugal and the trusted person established adj. of Church on to whom one rules, customs, marriage or church affairs speaks about etc , the 892. concur one's private 911. confoun relationship v. (fml ) ~ affairs or d v. between a (with sb/sth) secrets puzzle and husband and a (in sth) agree; 902. confide surprise (sb); wife express v. ~ sth to sb perplex 922. conjure agreement tell (a secret) to 912. congeal v. do clever 893. concurr sb v. (cause to) tricks which ent adj. ~ 903. confiden become thick seem magical, existing, ce n. ~ (in or solid, esp by esp with quick happening or sb/sth) firm cooling movements of done at the trust (in sb, in 913. congeni the hands same time sb's ability, or al adj. 923. conniva 894. condesc in what is said, pleasing nce n. ~ end v. do reported, etc) because of conniving (at a sth that one 904. confiden similarities in wrong action) regards as tial adj. to temperament, 924. connoiss undignified or be kept secret; interests,etc eur n. below one's not to be made 914. congenit person with level of known to al adj. good importance others present from judgement on 895. condign 905. confine or before birth matters in adj. (of v. ~ sb/sth 915. conglom which punishment, keep (a person erate n. appreciation of etc) severe and or an animal) materials fineness or well deserved gathered beauty is needed, esp the room with sb); ~ disease- fine arts glass walls and (together) carrying 925. connota roof used to (against sb) substances tion n. idea protect plants make secret 953. contemp which a word from cold, built plans (with t n. ~ (for makes one against an others), esp to sb/sth) feeling think of in outside wall of do wrong that sb/sth is addition to the a house, and 944. constern completely main meaning with a door ation n. worthless and 926. connubi into the house . surprise and cannot be al adj. of 935. consign anxiety; great respected marriage; of v. ~ sb/sth to dismay 954. contend husband and sb/sth hand 945. constitu v. ~ wife over sb/sth to ency n. with/against 927. consang sb/sth; give (body of voters sb/sth; ~ for sth uineous adj. sb/sth up to living in a) struggle in Descended sb/sth district having order to from the same 936. consiste its own elected overcome a parent or ncy n. representative rival, ancestor. (approv ) in parliament competitor or 928. consang quality of being 946. constitu difficulty uinity n. consistent(1) ent adj. 955. contenti relationship by 937. console forming or on n. ~ being v. ~ sb give helping to contending descended comfort or make a whole (contend 1); from the same sympathy to 947. constitu competition family (sb who is tion n. laws 956. contenti 929. conscien unhappy, and principles ous tious adj. disappointed, according to exhibiting an careful to do etc) which a state is often perverse what one ought 938. consolid governed and wearisome to do, and do it ation n. 948. constrai tendency to as well as one consolidating nt n. con- quarrels and can or being straining or disputes 930. conscrip consolidated being 957. contest t v. ~ sb 939. consona constrained dispute force sb by law nce n. 949. construe 958. context to serve in the harmony v. ~ sth (fml ) writings armed forces 940. consona explain the preceding and 931. consecr nt n. meaning of following ate v. speech sound (words, passage quoted bring into produced by sentences, 959. contiguo religious use or completely or actions, etc); us adj. ~ (sb) into a partially interpret sth (fml ) touching; religious office obstructing the 950. consum neighbouring; by a special air being mate adj. near ceremony breathed out highly skilled; 960. continen 932. consens through the perfect ce n. us n. ~ mouth 951. contagio control of one's agreement in 941. consort n n. feelings, esp in opinion; n. husband or spreadingof sexual matters collective wife, esp of a disease by 961. continge opinion ruler being close to nt adj. ~ 933. consequ 942. conspira or touching on/upon sth ential adj. cy n. ~ act other people dependent on following as a of conspiring, 952. contami sth that may or result or an esp joint nate v. ~ may not effect (esp planning of a sth/sb make happen indirect) crime sth/sb impure 962. contorti 934. conserv 943. conspire by adding ons atory n. v. ~ (against dangerous or [ contortion: ] the act or is asked for sociable; fond that logically process of fun; riddle ; of being with must be so, contorting or 973. convene others once sth else the state of v. summon to 984. convoke has been being contorted come together; v. call together established 963. contrab arrange (a or summon (a 994. coroner and n. meeting, etc) meeting, etc) n. official who goods brought 974. conventi 985. convolut investigates into or taken on n. ed adj. any violent or out of a conference of coiled; twisted suspicious country members of a 986. convulsi death illegally profession, on n. 995. corpore 964. contrav political party, sudden violent al adj. of ene v. act etc uncontrollable or for the or be contrary 975. conventi body body; bodily to (a law, etc); onal adj. movement, 996. corpule break (often derog ) caused by nt adj. (of 965. contrite based on contraction of a person or his adj. filled with convention(2a) muscles body) fat or showing 976. converg 987. copious 997. corpus deep regret for e v. ~ ~ adj. plentiful; n. collection of having done (at sth) (of abundant written (or wrong; lines, moving 988. coquette sometimes repentant objects, etc) n. girl or spoken) texts 966. contriva (come towards woman who 998. corpuscl nce n. ~ each other and) flirts e n. any of device or tool, meet at a point 989. cordial the red or esp one made 977. convers adj. sincere white cells in by an ant adj. ~ and friendly the blood individual for a with sth having 990. cordon 999. correlat particular knowledge of n. line or ring e v. ~ ~ A purpose sth; familiar of policemen, and/with B 967. contrive with sth soldiers, etc, have a mutual v. plan (sth) 978. convers esp one which relation or cleverly or e v. ~ guards sth or connection, esp deceitfully; (about sth); ~ prevents people of affecting or invent; design (together) entering or depending on 968. contrive (fml ) talk leaving an area each other; (try d adj. 979. convert 991. cornice to) show such a planned in v. ~ (sth) (from n. ornamental relation or advance rather sth) (into/to moulding, eg in connection than being sth) change plaster, round between sth spontaneous or (sth) from one the walls of a and sth else genuine form or use to room, just 1000. correlati 969. controv another below the on n. ~ ~ ert v. deny 980. convex ceiling . (between A and the truth of adj. with a 992. cornuco B) mutual (sth); argue curved surface pia n. relationship about like the outside ornamental 1001. corrobo 970. contum of a ball animal's horn rate v. acious adj. 981. conveya shown in art as confirm or give obstinate and nce n. overflowing support to disobedient conveying with flowers, 1002. corrode 971. contusio 982. convicti fruit and corn, v. ~ (away) be n n. bruise on n. ~ the symbolizing destroyed or 972. conundr convicting of a abundance , destroy (sth) um n. person for a 993. corollar slowly, esp by question, usu crime y n. ~ chemical action with a pun in 983. convivia (fml ) natural 1003. corrosiv its answer, that l adj. consequence or e n, adj cheerful and result; thing that corrodes 1004. corruga law cases are strong desire 1037. cringe ted adj. held for sth v. ~ move back folded, 1014. covenan 1025. craven or lower one's wrinkled or t n. adj. cowardly body in fear; furrowed formal 1026. credenc cower 1005. cosmic agreement that e n. 1038. crinkle adj. of the is legally attach/give n. wrinkle or whole universe binding credence to sth thin crease, esp or cosmos 1015. covert (fml ) believe in material 1006. coterie adj. concealed; (gossip, such as tin foil n. small group not open; reports, etc) or paper, or in of people with secret 1027. credenti skin , shared 1016. covetous al 1039. criteria activities, adj. ~ (derog ) something that n. (pl of interests, having or entitles a criterion) tastes, etc, esp showing a person to standard by one that tends strong desire to confidence, which sth is to be exclusive possess (esp sth authority, etc. judged 1007. counten that belongs to 1028. credo 1040. crochet ance n. sb else) n. creed n. method of (expression on 1017. cow 1029. credulit making fabric sb's) face n. fully-grown y n. too by looping 1008. counter female of any great a thread into a mand v. animal of the readiness to pattern of cancel (a ox family, esp believe things connected command or the domestic 1030. creed stitches, using an order kind kept by n. system of a hooked already given), farmers to beliefs or needle (called a esp by giving a produce milk opinions, esp crochet-hook) new and and beef religious beliefs 1041. crone opposite one , 1018. cower 1031. creep n. ugly 1009. counter v. crouch down v. move slowly, withered old part n. or move quietly or woman person or thing backwards in stealthily, esp 1042. cross that fear or distress crouching low n. mark made corresponds to 1019. coy 1032. cremate by drawing one or has the same abbr. = v. burn to line across function as sb company ashes, esp another, eg x or sth else 1020. cozen ceremonially at or + + 1010. coup cheat; a funeral 1043. crossbre n. surprising hoodwink; 1033. crescen ed Also: and successful swindle do adj. interbreed to action 1021. crabbed adv of or with breed (animals 1011. couple adj. small and increasing or plants) using n. two people difficult to read loudness parents of or things that 1022. craft 1034. crest different races, are seen n. occupation, n. tuft of varieties, together or esp one that feathers on a breeds, etc. associated, esp needs skill in bird's head 1044. crotchet a man and the use of the 1035. crestfall y adj. bad- woman hands; such a en adj. sad tempered together skill or because of 1045. crust 1012. courier technique unexpected n. hard outer n. person 1023. crass failure, surface of a employed to adj. (fml disappointment loaf of bread; guide and derog , ) , etc pastry covering assist a group complete; very 1036. crevice of a pie, tart, of tourists great; utter n. narrow etc 1013. court 1024. crave opening or 1046. crux n. place where v. ~ sth have a crack in a rock, n. most vital or trials or other wall, etc , difficult part of a matter, an wrong; 1068. curtail 1080. daub issue, etc offender v. make shorter v. ~ A on ~ B 1047. crypt 1057. culvert or less; reduce (with A) put (a n. room n. drain that 1069. cynical soft substance) beneath the crosses beneath adj. of or like on (a surface) floor of a a road, a cynic in a rough or church railway, etc; 1070. cynosur careless way 1048. cryptic underground e n. 1081. daunt adj. with a channel for person or thing v. discourage meaning that is electrical that attracts (sb); frighten hidden or not cables ; everybody's 1082. dauntles easily 1058. cumbers attention or s adj. not understood; ome adj. admiration; easily mysterious heavy and centre of discouraged or 1049. cubicle difficult to attraction frightened n. small carry, wear, etc 1071. dabble 1083. dawdle compartment 1059. cumulat v. ~ sth splash v. be slow; made by ive adj. (hands, feet, waste time separating off gradually etc) around in 1084. daze part of a larger increasing in water v. make (sb) room, eg for amount, force, 1072. dainty confused and dressing, etc by one adj. (of things) unable to react undressing or addition after small and properly sleeping in another pretty 1085. dazzle 1050. cue 1060. cunning 1073. dais v. blind (sb) n. ~ thing said adj. clever at n. raised briefly with too or done to deceiving platform, esp much light, signal sb's turn people at one end of a brilliance, etc to say or do 1061. cupidity room, for a 1086. deadloc sth, esp in a n. greed, esp speaker, etc k n. theatrical or for money or 1074. dally complete other possessions v. ~ (over sth) failure to reach performance 1062. curator waste time agreement or 1051. cuisine n. person in 1075. damn to settle a n. (style of) charge of a v. condemn quarrel or cooking museum, an art (sb) to suffer in grievance 1052. culinary gallery, etc hell 1087. deadpan adj. of or for 1063. curb 1076. dank marked by an cooking n. ~ thing that adj. impassive 1053. cull restrains or unpleasantly matter-of-fact v. kill (a controls damp and cold manner, style, certain number 1064. curfew 1077. dapper or expression of usu weaker n. signal or adj. (usu of a 1088. dearth animals) in a time after small person) n. ~ shortage; herd, in order which people neat and smart scarcity to reduce its must stay in appearance; 1089. debacle size indoors until nimble in n. sudden and 1054. culmina the next day movement complete tion n. 1065. curmud 1078. dappled failure; fiasco eventual geon n. adj. having 1090. debar conclusion or bad-tempered patches of to exclude from result person different colour a place, a right, 1055. culpable 1066. cursive or shades of etc.; bar adj. ~ adj. with letters colour 1091. debase deserving rounded and 1079. dart v. lower the blame; joined together n. small quality, status blameworthy 1067. cursory pointed missile or value of 1056. culprit adj. done used as a 1092. debauch n. person who quickly and not weapon or in v. make act has done sth thoroughly; the game of immorally by (too) hurried darts using bad 1104. decimat 1116. deface 1127. defile influence e v. kill or v. spoil the v. make (sth) 1093. debilitat destroy a large appearance or dirty or impure e v. make part of (sth) legibility of by 1128. definitiv very weak 1105. deciphe marking or e adj. clear 1094. debonai r v. damaging the and having r adj. succeed in surface final authority; cheerful and understanding 1117. defalcat that cannot or self-assured 1106. declivity e misuse need not be 1095. debris n. downward money held in changed n. scattered slope trust 1129. deflect fragments; 1107. decomp 1118. defamat v. ~ (from sth) wreckage osition n. ion n. (cause sth to) 1096. debunk 1108. decorou defaming or turn from its v. show that s adj. being defamed direction of the reputation dignified and 1119. defame movement of is socially v. attack the 1130. defoliate undeserved or acceptable good v. destroy the exaggerated 1109. decoru reputation of leaves of 1097. debut m n. say bad things 1131. defray n. first dignified and about (sb) v. provide appearance in socially 1120. default money for public as a acceptable n. failure to do (sth); pay for performer behaviour sth, esp to pay (sth) 1098. debutan 1110. decoy a debt or 1132. defrock te n. young n. (real or appear in court v. = unfrock woman making imitation) bird 1121. defeatist 1133. deft her first or animal used n. person who adj. ~ skilful appearance in to attract shows and quick, esp fashionable others so that defeatism . -- with the hands society they can be adj 1134. defunct 1099. decaden shot or trapped 1122. defect adj. (of people) ce n. 1111. decree n. fault or lack dead (falling to a) n. order given that spoils a 1135. degener lower level (in by a ruler or person or thing ate v. ~ morals, art, an authority 1123. defectio (into sth) pass literature, etc) and having the n n. ~ into a worse esp after a force of a law deserting a physical, period at a 1112. decrepit party, cause, mental or high level adj. made weak religion, etc , moral state 1100. decant by age or hard 1124. defer than one which v. ~ sth pour use v. ~ sth (to sth) is considered (wine, etc) 1113. decrepit delay sth until normal or from a bottle ude n. state a later time; desirable into another of being postpone sth 1136. degrada container, esp decrepit 1125. deferenc tion n. slowly so that 1114. decry e n. giving degrading or the sediment is v. ~ sb/sth (as way to the being degraded left behind sth) speak views, wishes, 1137. dehydra 1101. decapita critically of etc of others, te v. te v. cut the sb/sth to make usu out of remove water head off him/it seem less respect; respect or moisture 1102. decelera valuable, 1126. defiance from te v. slow useful, etc; n. open 1138. deify down disparage disobedience or v. make a god 1103. deciduo sb/sth resistance; of (sb/sth); us adj. 1115. deducibl refusal to give worship as a that loses its e adj. that way to god leaves may be authority or 1139. deign annually, usu deduced opposition; v. be kind or in autumn defying gracious enough (to do who tries to 1163. denigrat force (a sth); win people's e v. claim foreigner, condescend support by that (sb/sth) is criminal, etc) 1140. delete using inferior, to leave a v. ~ sth cross emotional and worthless, etc; country out or often belittle 1174. depose deliberately unreasonable 1164. denizen v. remove omit (sth arguments n. person or from power written or 1152. demean type of animal 1175. depositi printed) v. ~ oneself or plant living on n. 1141. deleteri lower oneself in or growing removing from ous adj. ~ dignity; permanently in power; (fml ) harmful deprive oneself a place dethronement 1142. delibera of others' 1165. denomi 1176. depravit te adj. respect nation n. y n. state done on 1153. demean name, esp of a of being purpose; or general class or depraved; intentional behavior; type; corruption 1143. delineat bearing ; classification 1177. depreca e v. show behavioral 1166. denotati te v. feel (sth) by attributes on and express drawing or 1154. demente meaning; disapproval of describing; d adj. distinguishing (sth) portray mad by name 1178. deprecia 1144. delirium 1155. demerit 1167. denoue te v. n. mental n. fault; defect ment n. become less disturbance 1156. demise last part, esp of valuable caused by n. death a novel, play, 1179. depreda illness, 1157. demogr etc, in which tion n. resulting in aphic everything is damage caused restlessness related to settled or made by an attack, and often wild population clear accident, etc talk balance 1168. denounc 1180. deputize 1145. delta 1158. demoliti e v. ~ sb verb to n. the fourth on the act (to sb) (as sth) appoint or act letter of the of demolishing; give as deput Greek alphabet especially information (to 1181. derange } :destruction in the authorities) d adj. 1146. delude war by means against sb unable to act v. ~ sb of explosives 1169. depict and think deliberately 1159. demonia v. show (sb/sth) normally, esp mislead sb; c adj. as a picture; because of deceive sb very evil; portray mental illness; 1147. deluge devilish 1170. deplete seriously n. great flood 1160. demotic v. reduce disturbed or rush of adj. of or used greatly the 1182. derelict water by ordinary quantity, size, adj. deserted 1148. delusion people power or value and allowed to n. deluding or 1161. demur of fall into ruins; being deluded v. ~ (at sth) 1171. deplore dilapidated 1149. delusive (fml ) express a v. be shocked 1183. derelicti adj. not real; doubt (about or offended by on n. being misleading sth) or an (sth); condemn derelict 1150. delve objection (to 1172. deploy 1184. deride v. ~ in/into sth sth) v. (cause v. ~ sb/sth treat search or 1162. demure troops, etc to) sb/sth as funny rummage in adj. move into the and not worthy sth (pretending to correct position of serious 1151. demago be) quiet, for battle attention; gue n. serious and 1173. deport mock sb/sth political leader modest v. ~ sb legally 1185. derision regardless of limited in 1222. diadem n. ridicule or danger range or scope; n. crown worn mockery 1197. despica definite ; as a sign of 1186. derivati ble adj. ~ 1208. determi royal power on n. (to do sth) nation n. ~ 1223. dialectic development or deserving to be quality of being n. (philosophy ) origin despised; firmly art of 1187. derivati contemptible committed to discovering ve adj. 1198. despise doing sth; and testing derived from v. ~ sb/sth (for resoluteness truths by sth else; not sth) feel 1209. deterren discussion and original contempt for t n, adj logical 1188. dermato sb/sth; consider that deters or is argument logist n. sb/sth as meant to deter 1224. dialectic expert in worthless 1210. detonati al adj. of or dermatology 1199. despoil on n. relating to 1189. derogat v. ~sth (fml ) explosion dialectic ory adj. rob (a place) of 1211. detracti 1225. diaphan showing a sth valuable; on n. ous adj. hostile or plunder sth unfair criticism light, very fine critical attitude 1200. despond of sb/sth; and almost (to sb's ent adj. ~ belittling ; transparent reputation, having or 1212. detrime 1226. diatribe etc); insulting showing loss of ntal adj. ~ n. ~ lengthy 1190. descry hope; wretched harmful and bitter v. (fml ) see 1201. despot 1213. deviate attack in words (sth) esp a long An absolute v. ~ from sth 1227. dichoto way away; and stop following my n. ~ catch sight of irresponsible 1214. devious (fml ) 1191. desecrat monarch. adj. cunning; separation into e n. treat 1202. despotis dishonest or between two in an unworthy m tyranny 1215. devise groups or or evil way 1203. destitute v. think out (a things that are 1192. deserts adj. without plan, system, opposed, n. what one money, food, tool, etc); entirely deserves etc and other invent different, etc 1193. desiccat things 1216. devoid 1228. dictum e v. necessary for adj. ~ of sth n. saying; remove all the life; without sth; maxim moisture from impoverished completely 1229. didactic to preserve it 1204. desultor lacking in sth adj. intended 1194. desolate y adj. 1217. devolve to teach adj. deserted going from one v. ~ on/upon 1230. die and miserable thing to sb (of work, n. block of 1195. despera another, duties) be hard metal do n. without a transferred or with a design, (dated ) man definite plan or passed to sb etc cut into it, who commits purpose; 1218. devotee used for dangerous, esp unmethodical n. person who shaping coins, criminal, acts 1205. detache is devoted to printing-type, without d adj. not sth; enthusiast medals, etc or worrying about influenced by 1219. devout for stamping himself or others; adj. sincerely paper, leather, other people impartial religious; pious etc so that 1196. desperat 1206. detain 1220. dextero designs stand e adj. v. prevent us adj. out from the feeling or from leaving or skilful with surface showing great doing sth; one's hands 1231. diffiden despair and delay 1221. diabolic ce shyness ready to do 1207. determi al adj. = 1232. diffuse anything nate adj. diabolic v. spread all around; send diminishing or the bar; expel in agreement; out in all being from the conflicting directions diminished; practice of law 1270. discount 1233. diffusio reduction by official n. amount of n n. 1244. din action money taken diffusing or n. continuing 1258. disburse off the cost of being diffused loud confused v. pay out sth 1234. dignitar noise (money) 1271. discours y n. person 1245. dinghy 1259. discerni e n. with a high n. any of ble adj. that lengthy and rank or various types can just be serious position of small open discerned treatment of a 1235. digressi boat 1260. discerni subject in on n. 1246. dingy ng adj. speech or digressing adj. dirty- showing writing 1236. dilapida looking; not careful 1272. discredi ted adj. cheerful or judgement t v. falling to bright; drab 1261. disclaim damage the pieces; in a bad 1247. dint v. say that one good state of repair n. = dent does not have reputation of 1237. dilate 1248. diorama (sth); renounce 1273. discrepa v. become a picture (or 1262. disclose ncy n. ~ wider, larger series of v. ~ sth (to sb) difference; or further open pictures) allow sth to be failure to agree 1238. dilatory representing a seen 1274. discrete adj. ~ (in doing continuous 1263. discomb adj. separate; sth) slow in scene obulated distinct acting 1249. dire [ discombobula 1275. discretio 1239. dilemm adj. dreadful; te: ] (informal) n n. a n. terrible (chiefly U.S. quality of being situation in 1250. dirge and Canadian) discreet; good which one has n. song sung at to throw into judgement to choose a burial or for confusion 1276. discrimi between two a dead person 1264. discomfi nate v. ~ ~ undesirable 1251. disabuse t v. A from B see things or v. ~ sb of sth confuse or or make a courses of free sb of (false embarrass (sb) difference action ideas) 1265. discomp (between two 1240. dilettant 1252. disaffect ose v. make things) e n. (often ed adj. (sb) feel uneasy 1277. discrimi derog ) person discontented; or nating adj. who studies or disloyal uncomfortable showing good does sth, but 1253. disappr 1266. disconce judgement and without serious obation n. rt v. cause perception interest or disapproval to feel 1278. discrimi understanding 1254. disarray confused, upset nation n. 1241. diligenc n. state in or embarrassed good e n. ~ which people 1267. disconso judgement and steady effort; or things are late adj. perception careful hard no longer unhappy, esp 1279. discursi work properly at the loss of ve adj. 1242. dilute organized sb/sth; refusing wandering v. ~ sth make 1255. disavow to be from one point (a liquid or al n. comforted to another colour) thinner 1256. disband 1268. discord 1280. disdain or weaker (by v. stop n. n. feeling that adding water operating as an disagreement; sb/sth is not or another organization; quarrelling good enough to liquid) break up 1269. discorda deserve one's 1243. diminuti 1257. disbar nt adj. not respect; on n. remove from contempt 1281. disemba than one really cannot be dissecting or rk v. ~ does compared being dissected (from sth) (of 1292. disinter 1302. disparit 1315. dissemb people) leave a v. (fml ) dig up y n. le v. hide ship or an (sth buried) difference or or disguise aircraft 1293. disinter inequality (one's true 1282. disenfra ested adj. not 1303. dispassi thoughts and nchise v. = influenced by onate adj. feelings); disfranchise personal not influenced dissimulate 1283. disenga feelings or by emotion; 1316. dissemi ge v. ~ interests; impartial nate v. sth/sb (fml ) unbiased 1304. dispatch spread widely free or 1294. disjointe v. ~ sb/sth 1317. dissensi disconnect d adj. in send sb/sth off on n. angry sth/sb from which it is to a destination disagreement sth/sb that difficult to or for a special 1318. dissent holds it/him understand purpose n. holding firmly how the ideas, 1305. dispel opinions which 1284. disfigur events, etc v. drive (sth) differ from e v. spoil follow each away; cause to common or the appearance other and vanish officially held of develop 1306. dispense ones 1285. disgorge 1295. disjunct v. ~ sth give 1319. dissertat v. ~ sth throw ion Also sth out; ion n. ~ long out (food, etc) called: distribute sth essay on a from the dis'juncture 1307. disperse particular stomach or the act of v. go in subject, esp throat; vomit disconnecting different one written for sth or the state of directions; a doctorate or 1286. disgrunt being scatter; break similar degree; le to make disconnected; up thesis ill-humored or separation 1308. dispirite 1320. dissiden discontented 1296. dislodge d adj. t n. person usually used as v. ~ sb/sth 1309. disport who strongly a participial move or force v. ~ oneself disagrees with adjective sb/sth from a amuse oneself or opposes 1287. disheart previously energetically official views en v. cause fixed position 1310. disprop and policies to lose hope or 1297. dismant ortion n. ~ 1321. dissimul confidence le v. take (instance of) ate v. hide 1288. dishevel to pieces being out of or disguise ed 1298. dismem proportion (one's thoughts [ dishevel: ] ber v. cut 1311. disputat and feelings); di'shevelment or tear off the ious adj. dissemble nou limbs of fond of 1322. dissipat 1289. dishono 1299. dismiss arguing; e v. r v. ~ sb remove inclined to scatter or [ dishonour: ] sb (esp an argue ; vanish to treat with employee) from 1312. disquiet 1323. dissoluti disrespect a position ude a on n. ~ 1290. disinclin 1300. dispara feeling or state breaking up (of ation n. ~ ge v. of anxiety or sth); dissolving (fml ) suggest, esp uneasines 1324. dissona unwillingness; unfairly, that is 1313. disquisit nce n. reluctance of little value ion n. ~ long discord 1291. disingen or importance elaborate 1325. dissuade uous adj. 1301. disparat spoken or v. ~ sb (try to) insincere, esp e adj. so written report stop sb by in pretending different in or account advice or that one knows kind or degree 1314. dissectio persuasion less about sth that they n n. 1326. distant 1338. diva 1350. doctrine 1361. domina adj. far away operatic singer; n. set of beliefs nt adj. ~ in space or prima donna held by a most important time 1339. diverge church, or prominent; 1327. distend v. ~ (of lines, political party, dominating v. (cause sth to) roads, etc) group of 1362. dominat swell by means separate and scientists, etc e v. have of pressure go in different 1351. docume control of or a from inside directions, nt n. very strong 1328. distill becoming paper, form, influence on undergo further apart book, etc giving (people, events, distillation; of 1340. diverge information etc) liquids nt adj. about sth, 1363. dominee 1329. distinct divergent evidence or r v. ~ adj. easily paths, opinions proof of sth (derog ) try to heard, seen, 1341. diverse 1352. dodderi make sb do felt or adj. of different ng adjs exactly what understood; kinds; varied weak and one wants by definite 1342. diversio uncertain in ordering him 1330. distincti n n. movement about, on n. ~ action of 1353. doff regardless of difference or turning sth v. take off what he wants contrast aside or (one's hat) to do between one changing its 1354. dogged 1364. don person or thing direction adj. n. teacher at a and another 1343. diversit determined; university, esp 1331. distincti y n. state not giving up at an Oxford ve adj. ~ of being easily or a that varied; variety 1355. doggerel Cambridge distinguishes 1344. divest n. verse that college sth by making v. ~ sb of sth produces a 1365. doom it different take off (sb's clumsy and n. death or from others clothes) ridiculous ruin; any 1332. distort 1345. divine effect terrible and v. pull or twist adj. of, from 1356. dogmati inevitable fate out of its usual or like God or c adj. of 1366. dorman shape a god or based on t adj. 1333. distortio 1346. divulge dogma temporarily n n. v. ~ sth make 1357. doldru inactive distorting or known (sth ms n. the 1367. dormer being distorted secret) doldrums parts n. upright 1334. distract 1347. docile of the ocean window built in v. ~ sb stop sb adj. easy to near the a sloping roof concentrating control equator where 1368. dorsal on sth 1348. docket there is little or adj. of or on 1335. distrait n. document no wind the back of an adj. absent- or label listing 1358. dolorou animal or a minded; not goods s adj. plant paying delivered, jobs sorrowful 1369. dossier attention ; done, contents 1359. dolt n. set of 1336. distraug of a package, n. stupid documents ht adj. very etc , person containing troubled in 1349. doctrina 1360. domicile information mind with grief ire adj. n. a person's about a person, or worry rigidly place of an event, etc; 1337. diurnal applying a residence, esp file , adj. of the theory with no as officially 1370. dotage daytime; not concern for established for n. in one's nocturnal practical purposes of dotage problems taxation, etc , confused in one's mind because of old 1385. draw be pressed, become age n. (usu sing ) ~ beaten or gradually less 1371. dote (for sth) act of pulled into fine or smaller v. ~ on sb/sth picking at strands without 1409. dynamic show (too) random tickets being heated , adj. of power much fondness in a lottery, 1398. ductility or forces that for sb/sth matches in a the malleability produce 1372. dour tournament, of something movement adj. stern; etc that can be 1410. dynamo severe; gloomy- 1386. dregs drawing into n. device for looking; joyless n. solid wires or converting 1373. douse particles that hammered into steam-power, v. ~ sb/sth put sink to the thin sheets water-power, sb/sth into bottom of 1399. dulcet etc into (water); throw certain liquids, adj. sounding electricity; (water) over esp wine and sweet; pleasing generator . sb/sth ; beer to the ear 1411. dys- 1374. dowdy 1387. dribble 1400. dull [ dys- adj. (derog ) v. allow saliva adj. not bright 1412. prefix (of clothes, etc) to run from the or clear : ] prefix dull; mouth 1401. dumbfo 1413. :] unfashionable; 1388. drip und v. diseased, drab , v. fall in drops make abnormal, or 1375. downcas 1389. drivel speechless with faulty t adj. n. silly surprise; 1414. dysenter looking nonsense astonish y n. downwards 1390. droll 1402. dummy inflammation 1376. dowry adj. amusing in n. model of the of the bowels, n. property or an odd or a human figure, causing severe money brought quaint way used for diarrhoea, usu by a bride to 1391. drone displaying or with a her husband n. male honey- fitting clothes, discharge of 1377. dowse bee etc mucus and = douse 1392. droop 1403. dupe blood 1378. doze v. bend or hang v. ~ sb deceive 1415. dyslexia v. sleep lightly downwards or trick sb (into n. (also word- 1379. drab through doing sth) blindness) adj. dull; tiredness or 1404. duplicit abnormal uninteresting weakness y n. difficulty in 1380. draconi 1393. dross deliberate reading and an adj. n. scum of deception spelling, caused very harsh waste matter 1405. duratio by a brain 1381. draft on melted n n. time condition n. rough metals during which 1416. dyspepti preliminary 1394. drudge sth lasts or c adj. n written version n. person who continues person of sth has to do long 1406. duress suffering from 1382. drama hard boring n. threats or dyspepsia or n. play for the jobs force used to the irritability theatre, radio 1395. drudger make sb do sth; that it causes or TV y n. hard compulsion 1417. earmar 1383. drastic boring work 1407. dutiful k v. ~ adj. having a 1396. dubious adj. showing sb/sth (for strong or adj. ~ not respect and sth/sb) assign violent effect certain and obedience; or set aside 1384. draught slightly fulfilling all sb/sth (to or for n. current of suspicious one's a special air in a room about sth; obligations purpose) or some other doubtful 1408. dwindle 1418. earn enclosed space 1397. ductile v. ~ (to v. get (money) adj. that can nothing) by working 1419. earthly waste (of effect; 1452. egoism adj. of this money, accomplish n. state of world; not strength, time, 1441. effemin mind in which spiritual resources, etc) ate adj. (of one is always 1420. earthy 1430. ecosyste a man or his thinking about adj. of or like m n. behaviour) like oneself and earth or soil ecological unit a woman; what is best for 1421. ebb consisting of a unmanly oneself v. ~ (of the group of plants 1442. efferves 1453. egotism tide) go out; and living cence (n.) n. practice of recede ; creatures liveliness; talking too 1422. ebullien interacting spirit; often or too t adj. full with each other enthusiasm; much about of energy and and with their bubbliness oneself; excitement; surroundings 1443. effete selfishness ; exuberant ; 1431. ecstasy adj. weak, 1454. egotistic 1423. eccentri n. great joy or having lost al c adj. happiness power [ egotist: ] a unusual; 1432. eddy 1444. efficacy conceited peculiar; not n. circular or n. state or boastful person conventional or spiral quality of being 1455. egregiou normal movement of efficacious s adj. (usu 1424. eccentri water, air, fog, 1445. effigy of sb/sth bad ) city n. dust, etc n. carved exceptional; quality of being 1433. edict figure or model outstanding eccentric; n. order or representing a 1456. egress strangeness of proclamation person or n. (right of) behaviour, etc issued by an animal going out 1425. ecclesias authority 1446. effluviu 1457. ejaculati tic n. 1434. edifice m noxious on n. clergyman n. large or smell sudden 1426. eclectic imposing 1447. effronte discharge or adj. (of people, building ry n. ejection of beliefs, etc) not 1435. edify boldness or fluid, esp restricted to v. (fml or joc ) rudeness semen, from one source of improve the without shame; the body ideas, etc, but mind or impertinence 1458. elaborat choosing from character of 1448. effulgen e adj. very or using a wide (sb) t radiant detailed and range 1436. eerie splendor:BRIL complicated; 1427. eclipse adj. causing a LIANCE carefully n. blocking of feeling of 1449. effusion prepared and the light of the mystery and n. pouring out, finished sun or of the fear esp of liquid 1459. elaborat moon (when 1437. efface 1450. effusive ion addition the earth's v. rub or wipe adj. showing of details; shadow falls on (sth) out; cause (too much) intricacy it) to fade feeling; too 1460. elastic 1428. ecliptic 1438. effective emotional adj. returning (Astronomy) a adj. having an 1451. ego to its normal or the great circle effect; n. individual's previous size or on the celestial producing the perception or shape after sphere intended result experience of being pulled or representing 1439. effectual himself, esp in pressed the apparent adj. (not used relation to 1461. elated annual path of of people) other people or adj. ~ in high the sun relative producing the to the outside spirits; very to the stars. intended result world; part of happy or 1429. econom 1440. effectua the mind that proud y n. te to cause can think, feel 1462. elegy avoidance of to happen; and act n. poem or song expressing difficult to 1484. emblazo and softens the sorrow, esp for capture n v. skin the dead; 1472. elysian decorate with 1497. emolum lament ; adj. the Elysian heraldic or ent n. (fml 1463. elevatio fields other devices or rhet ) profit n n. 1473. Elysium 1485. embody made from elevating or n. (in Greek v. ~ sth (in sth) being being elevated myths) home of (fml ) express employed; fee 1464. elicit the blessed or give visible or salary v. ~ sth (fml ) after death form to (ideas, 1498. empath draw (facts, a 1474. emaciat feelings, etc) y n. response, etc) ed adj. 1486. emboss ability to from sb, made thin and raise in a relief imagine and sometimes with weak 1487. embrace share another difficulty 1475. emanate close encircling person's 1465. elixir v. ~ from sth/sb with the arms feelings, n. imaginary come or flow and pressure to experience, etc substance with from sth/sb the bosom 1499. empiric which medieval 1476. emancip especially as a al adj. scientists hoped ate v. ~ sb sign of based on to change set sb free, esp affection:HUG observation or metals into from political, 1488. embroid experiment, gold or make legal or social er v. ~ A ~ not on theory people live for restrictions B (with A) 1500. emulate ever 1477. emascul decorate (cloth) v. ~ sb (fml ) 1466. ellipsis ate v. with try to do as n. (grammar) remove the needlework well as or (instance of) sexual organs 1489. embroil better than sb leaving out a of (a male throw into 1501. enact word or words animal); confusion; v. perform (a from (the castrate ; involve in part, play, etc) grammatical 1478. embarg strife; entangle on, or as if on, structure of) a o n. (on 1490. embryo the stage of a sentence when sth) official nic adj. in theatre the meaning order that an early stage 1502. enamor can be forbids sth, esp of development ed (adj.) understood trade, the 1491. emend filled with love without it/them movement of v. remove and desire 1467. elliptical ships, etc errors from 1503. enciphe adj. containing 1479. embark 1492. emendat r convert ellipsis v. ~ (cause ion n. ordinary 1468. elope sb/sth to) go or action of language into v. ~ run away be taken on emending code with a lover, board a ship or 1493. emetic 1504. encircle esp to get an aircraft n, adj causing v. form a circle married 1480. embed vomiting round; 1469. eloquen to enclose 1494. eminent surround ce n. closely in or as adj. famous 1505. enclave expressive if in a matrix and n. small language, esp 1481. embellis distinguished territory of one to impress or h v. ~ sth 1495. emissar state persuade an make sth y n. surrounded by audience beautiful by person sent to that of another 1470. elucidat adding deliver a 1506. encomia e v. make ornaments, etc message or to stic (sth) clear; 1482. embezzl conduct [ encomiast: ] explain ement n. negotiations en"comi'astic, 1471. elusive embezzling 1496. emollien en"comi'astical adj. tending to 1483. embitter t n, adj adjective escape or v. fill with that soothes 1507. encomiu disappear; bitter feelings m n. (fml ) very high 1519. enfranc 1530. enlist 1541. enthrall praise in hise v. give v. ~ (in/for sth); capture; make speech or (sb) political ~ (sb) (as sth) slave writing rights, esp the enter or cause 1542. entice 1508. encomp right to vote at (sb) to enter v. ~ sb (from ass v. parliamentary the armed sth); ~ sb (into include or elections forces sth/doing sth) comprise sth 1520. engage 1531. enliven try to tempt or 1509. encroac v. ~ sb (fml ) v. make more persuade sb, hment n. ~ arrange to lively or usu by offering (fml ) action of employ sb; hire cheerful sth pleasant or encroaching sb 1532. enmity a reward 1510. encumb 1521. engaged n. condition or 1543. entity er to adj. busy; feeling of being n. thing with impede or occupied an enemy; distinct and hamper the 1522. engagin hostility real existence function or g adj. 1533. ennui 1544. entomol activity likely to attract n. weariness of ogy n. of:HINDER or occupy the mind caused by scientific study 1511. endear attention; lack of of insects v. ~ sb/oneself charming anything 1545. entoura to sb make 1523. engende interesting or ge n. all sb/oneself loved r v. be the exciting to do; those who or liked by sb cause of (a feeling of accompany 1512. endear situation or boredom and attend an ment n. condition) 1534. enormit important word or 1524. engross y n. great person expression of v. occupy all wickedness 1546. entranc affection the time or 1535. enraptu e n. ~ 1513. endemic attention of re v. fill opening, gate, n, adj that is (sb) (sb) with great door, passage, regularly found 1525. engulf delight or joy etc by which in a particular v. (of the sea, 1536. ensconc one enters sth country or flames, etc) e v. ~ 1547. entreat area, or among surround (sth) oneself/sb in v. ~ sb (fml ) a particular or cause (sth) sth establish or ask sb (for sth) group of people to disappear; settle oneself in earnestly and 1514. endorse envelop a safe, secret, feelingly; beg v. write one's 1526. enhance comfortable, 1548. entree name on the v. increase etc place n. ~ (into sth) back of make (sb/sth) 1537. ensue right or 1515. endue look better v. ~ happen privilege of v. ~ sb with sth 1527. enigma afterwards or admission or provide or n. question, as a result; entry supply sb with person, thing, follow 1549. entrepre a good quality, circumstance, 1538. entail neur n. ability etc etc that is v. make person who 1516. endurin difficult to necessary; starts or g adj. understand; involve organizes a continuing in mystery 1539. enterpri commercial existence; 1528. enigmat se n. enterprise, esp lasting ic adj. project or one involving 1517. energize difficult to undertaking, financial risk invigorate; understand; esp one that is 1550. enumer make forceful mysterious difficult or ate v. and active 1529. enjoin needs courage name one by 1518. enervate v. ~ sth (fml or 1540. enterpri one; count v. cause to lose law ) impose sing adj. 1551. enunciat strength or (an action or having or e v. say or energy prohibition) on showing pronounce sb; order enterprise(2) clearly 1552. environ e"piste'mologis 1572. equinox 1584. escapad enclose; t nou n. either of the e n. surround 1563. epitaph two times in daring, 1553. eon n. words the year mischievous or n. an written or said (around adventurous indefinitely about a dead 1573. equipois act; prank long period of person, esp e n. 1585. eschew time words balanced state, v. keep away 1554. epaulet inscribed on a esp of the from (sth); an ornamental tombstone mind; abstain from; cloth pad worn 1564. epithet equilibrium ; avoid on the shoulder n. adjective or 1574. equitabl 1586. esoteric 1555. epheme descriptive e adj. fair adj. likely to be ral adj. phrase that and just; understood by living, lasting, refers to the reasonable only those with etc for a very character or 1575. equity a special short time most important n. fairness; knowledge or 1556. epic quality of right interest; n. long poem sb/sth eg judgement mysterious; about the deeds Alfred the 1576. equivoc obscure of one or more Great, Attila al adj. 1587. espiona great heroes, or the Hun , having a ge n. a nation's past 1565. epitome double or practice of history n. thing that doubtful spying or using 1557. epicure shows on a meaning; spies to obtain n. person who small scale all ambiguous secret takes a special the 1577. equivoc information interest in and characteristics ate v. 1588. espouse gets great of sth much speak in an v. give one's pleasure from larger ambiguous way support to (a food and drink 1566. epoch to hide the cause, theory, 1558. epicurea n. period of truth or etc) n n, adj time in history, mislead people 1589. esteem fond of life, the history 1578. erode v. (not used in pleasure and of the earth, v. destroy or the continuous luxury etc, esp one wear (sth) tenses ) have a 1559. epigram marked by away gradually high opinion of n. short poem notable events 1579. erotic (sb/sth); or saying or adj. of or respect greatly expressing an characteristics arousing sexual 1590. estimabl idea in a clever 1567. equable desire e adj. and amusing adj. free from 1580. errant worthy of great way extremes of adj. doing respect 1560. epilogue heat or cold; wrong; 1591. estrange n. part or moderate misbehaving d section added 1568. equani 1581. erratic [ estrange: ] at the end of a mity n. adj. irregular [usually book, play, calmness of or uneven in passive; often film, mind or movement, foll by from] programme, temper quality or to separate and etc, as a 1569. equestri behaviour; live apart from comment on an adj. of unreliable (one's spouse) the main action horse-riding 1582. erroneo 1592. ethereal 1561. episodic 1570. equilibri us adj. adj. of adj. occurring um n. state incorrect; unearthly irregularly; of being mistaken delicacy and sporadic balanced 1583. erudite lightness; 1562. epistem 1571. equine adj. having or seeming too ologist adj. of or like a showing great spiritual or [ epistemology: horse or horses learning; fairy-like for ] scholarly this world 1593. ethnic 1602. euphori a situation) censure adj. of a a n. worse; scathingly national, racial intense feeling aggravate 1624. exculpat or tribal group of happiness 1613. exact e v. ~ sb that has a and pleasant adj. correct in (fml ) free sb common excitement every detail; from blame; cultural 1603. euthana precise say that sb is tradition sia n. 1614. exacting not guilty 1594. ethnolog gentle and adj. making 1625. execrabl y n. painless death great demands; e adj. science of the for a person requiring great verybad; different suffering from effort terrible human races, a painful 1615. exalt 1626. execrate their incurable v. make (sb) to declare to be characteristics, disease, higher in rank evil or relations to one extreme old or greater in detestable:DE another, etc age, etc power NOUNCE 1595. ethos 1604. evanesc 1616. exasper 1627. execute n. ent adj. ate v. v. carry out, characteristic quickly fading; irritate or perform (what spirit, moral soon annoy greatly one is asked or values, ideas or disappearing 1617. except told to do) beliefs of a from memory prep ~ ~ 1628. executio group, 1605. evasive (that...) not ner n. community or adj. having the including public official culture aim or (sb/sth); but who carries out 1596. etymolo intention of not a death gy n. avoiding 1618. exceptio sentence study of the capture, of not nable adj. 1629. executiv origin and giving a direct that sb can e adj. history of answer, etc object to concerned with words and 1606. evenhan 1619. excerpt the their meanings ded n. ~ passage, management 1597. eugenic without extract, from a and carrying pertaining to partiality book, film, out of plans, the 1607. eventual piece of music, decisions, etc improvement adj. happening etc 1630. executor of race at last as a 1620. exchequ n. person who 1598. eulogisti result; ultimate er n. the is appointed by c adj. full 1608. evince Exchequer the maker of a of high praise v. show clearly government will to carry 1599. eulogy that one has (a department in out the terms n. (speech or feeling, quality, charge of of the will piece of writing etc); exhibit public money 1631. exegesis containing) 1609. evocativ 1621. excise n. (fml ) high praise of a e adj. ~ n. government explanation person or thing that evokes or tax on certain and 1600. euphemi is able to evoke goods interpretation sm n. use memories, manufactured, of a written of pleasant, feelings, etc (of sold or used work, esp the mild or sth) within a Bible , indirect words 1610. evoke country 1632. exempla or phrases in v. bring to 1622. exclaim ry adj. place of more mind (a feeling, v. cry out serving as an accurate or memory, etc); suddenly and example; direct ones summon up loudly from suitable for 1601. euphony 1611. ewe pain, anger, imitation n. pleasantness n. female sheep surprise, etc 1633. exemplif of sound, esp in 1612. exacerb 1623. excoriat y v. be a words ate v. make e to typical (pain, disease, example of high or great; (wrong one has payment to the (sth) unreasonable done) and do owner 1634. exempt 1646. exorcise something to 1666. expunge adj. ~ free from drive out evil show one is v. ~ sth (fml ) an obligation, spirits sorry; make up remove or wipe duty or 1647. exotic for out (words, payment; not adj. 1657. expletiv names, etc) liable introduced e n. violent from a list, 1635. exertion from another (often book, etc n. action of country; not meaningless) 1667. expurga applying native exclamation te v. influence, etc 1648. expansi said in anger, remove 1636. exhale ve adj. pain, etc; improper or v. breathe able or tending swear-word objectionable (sth) out to expand 1658. explicat parts from (a 1637. exhilara 1649. expatiat e v. book, etc) ting adj. e v. ~ explain and 1668. exquisit very exciting; on/upon sth analyse (esp an e adj. causing write or speak idea, a extremely happiness at great length statement or a beautiful or 1638. exhort or in detail work of delicate; finely v. ~ sb (fml ) about a subject literature) in or skilfully advise sb 1650. expatria detail made or done strongly or te n. 1659. explicit 1669. extant earnestly; urge person living adj. (of a adj. still in sb outside his own statement, etc) existence 1639. exhume country clearly and 1670. extempo v. take from 1651. expedie fully expressed raneous adj. the ground (for nt adj. 1660. exploit spoken or done examination) useful, helpful n. brave or without 1640. exigency or advisable adventurous preparation; n. (condition for a particular deed or action extempore ; of) urgent need purpose, 1661. exposito 1671. extenuat or demand; though not ry serving e v. make emergency necessarily fair to expound or (wrongdoing) 1641. exiguou or moral set fourth less serious (by s adj. very 1652. expedite 1662. expostul providing an small (in v. help the ation n. excuse) amount); progress of protest; 1672. extirpat scanty (work, reasoned e v. 1642. existenti business, etc); persuasion, etc remove or al adj. of or hasten or speed 1663. exposur destroy (sth) relating to (esp up e n. completely human) 1653. expediti action of 1673. extol existence ous adj. exposing or v. ~sb (as sth) 1643. exodus done with state of being (fml ) praise n. ~ (to...) (fml speed and exposed (sb/sth) highly or joc ) efficiency 1664. expound 1674. extort departure of 1654. expendit v. ~ sth (fml ) v. ~ sth obtain many people at ure n. explain or sth by violence, one time action of make sth clear threats, etc 1644. exonera spending or by giving 1675. extraditi te to using details on relieve of a 1655. expertis 1665. expropr surrender of responsibility, e n. expert iate v. ~ sth prisoner by one obligation, or knowledge or (from sb) take state to another hardship skill, esp in a away 1676. extrane 1645. exorbita particular field (property, etc) ous adj. ~ nt adj. (of a 1656. expiate for public use not belonging price, charge, v. accept without to or directly etc) much too punishment for connected with the subject or sth; rejoice 1697. faculty usu played on matter being greatly n. any of the trumpets dealt with 1686. fabricat powers of the 1710. fantastic 1677. extrapol e v. invent body or mind adj. wild and ation n. ~ 1687. facade 1698. fake strange (fml ) n. front (of a n. object (eg a 1711. farce 1678. extricat building) work of art) n. funny play e v. ~ 1688. facet that seems for the theatre sb/sth (fml ) set n. any of the genuine but is based on sb/sth free; many sides of a not unlikely release sb/sth ; cut stone or 1699. fallaciou situations and 1679. extrinsic jewel s adj. events adj. ~ (fml ) (of 1689. facetiou misleading; 1712. far- qualities, s adj. based on error fetched adj. values, etc) not intended to be 1700. fallible (of a belonging to or amusing, often adj. liable to comparison) part of the real inappropriatel make mistakes strained; nature of a y 1701. fallow unnatural person or 1690. facile adj. ploughed 1713. fashion thing; coming adj. easily but left n. manner or from outside obtained or unplanted to way of doing 1680. extrover achieved (and restore its sth t n. so not highly fertility 1714. fastidio person more valued) 1702. falsify us adj. interested in 1691. facilitat make false by selecting what is e v. (of an mutilation or carefully; happening object, a addition; as of choosing only around him process, etc but a message or what is good ; than in his own not of a person) story 1715. fatalism thoughts and make (sth) easy 1703. falter n. belief that emotions or less difficult v. move, walk events are 1681. extrude 1692. facsimil or act decided by v. ~ sth (fml ) e n. exact hesitantly, usu fate(1); force or copy or because of acceptance of squeeze out sth reproduction of weakness, fear all that under pressure writing, or indecision happens as 1682. exubera printing, a 1704. fanaticis inevitable ; nce n. state picture, etc m n. great 1716. fathom or quality of 1693. faction or obsessive n. measure of being n. small united enthusiasm the depth of exuberant group within a 1705. fancied water , 61.8 1683. exubera larger one, esp imaginary; 1717. fathoml nt adj. in politics unreal ess adj. too overflowing 1694. factious 1706. fancier deep to with happiness adj. of or n. person with measure and causedby a special 1718. fatuous excitement; faction interest in and adj. stupid and very lively and 1695. factitiou love for sth silly; foolish cheerful s adj. 1707. fanciful 1719. fauna 1684. exude deliberately adj. using the n. all the v. ~ (sth) created or imagination animals of an (from/through developed; rather than area or a sth) (of drops unnatural; reason period of time of liquid, etc) artificial 1708. fancy 1720. favoritis come or pass 1696. factotu n. power of the m out slowly; m n. mind to [ favouritism: ] ooze out person imagine the practice of 1685. exult employed to do 1709. fanfare giving special v. ~ (at/in sth) all kinds of n. short treatment to a get great work ceremonial person or pleasure from piece of music, group 1721. fawning or from life as foul or number, esp 0 [ fawn: ] a a pet unpleasant; to 9 09 young deer of 1737. ferment stinking 1761. figurine either sex aged v. change 1749. fetish n. small under one year chemically n. object that ornamental 1722. faze through the is worshipped, statue, esp of a v. fluster (sb) action of esp because a person 1723. feasible organic spirit is 1762. filch adj. that can be substances (esp believed to live v. steal (esp sth done; yeast) in it of small value) practicable; 1738. ferment 1750. fetter 1763. filial possible ation n. n. chain put adj. of or 1724. feature fermenting round the feet expected from n. one of the 1739. ferociou of a person or a son or named parts of s adj. animal to limit daughter the face (eg fierce, violent movement 1764. filibuste nose, mouth, or savage 1751. feud r n. person eyes) which 1740. ferret n. long and who tries to together form n. small animal bitter quarrel delay or its appearance of the weasel between two prevent the 1725. febrile family, kept for people, families making of adj. caused by driving rabbits or groups decisions in a fever from their 1752. fiasco (esp 1726. feckless burrows, n. complete parliamentary) adj. inefficient; killing rats, etc and ridiculous meetings by irresponsible ; 1741. fertile failure making long 1727. fecundit adj. able to 1753. fiat speeches y n. produce much; n. formal 1765. filigree 1728. feeblemi rich in authorization, n. fine nded nutrients order or decree ornamental 1729. feign 1742. fervent 1754. fickle work using v. pretend adj. showing adj. often gold, silver or 1730. feint warmth and changing; not copper wire n. pretended sincerity of constant 1766. filing attack to feeling; 1755. fictitiou [ card: ] an distract an enthusiastic; s adj. index in which opponent's passionate imagined or each item is attention from 1743. fervid invented; not separately the main attack adj. = fervent real listed on 1731. felicitou 1744. fervor 1756. fidelity systematically s adj. (esp intensity of n. ~ loyalty; arranged cards of words) well- feeling or faithfulness 1767. filth chosen; apt expression 1757. fiend n. disgusting 1732. felicity 1745. fester n. evil spirit; dirt n. great v. become devil 1768. finale happiness infected and 1758. figment n. last part of a 1733. feline filled with pus n. thing that is piece of music adj. n animal 1746. festive not real but or a drama, etc of the cat adj. of or only imagined 1769. finery family suitable for a 1759. figurati n. gay and 1734. fell feast or ve adj. (of elegant clothes pt of fall festival; joyous words) used in or decoration 1735. felon 1747. fete an imaginative 1770. finesse n. person guilty n. outdoor or a n. skill in of felony entertainment metaphorical dealing with 1736. feral or sale, usu to way rather people or adj. (of raise money for than literally situations animals) wild a special 1760. figure cleverly or or savage, esp purpose n. written tactfully after escaping 1748. fetid symbol for a 1771. finicky from captivity adj. smelling adj. too fussy about food, 1781. flagrant 1793. flicker or period of clothes, etc adj. v. (of a light or flowering 1772. finish particularly flame) burn or 1804. florid v. come or bad, shocking shine adj. elaborate bring (sth) to and obvious unsteadily and ornate; an end 1782. flail 1794. flighty excessively 1773. finished n. tool adj. (esp of a decorated or adj. ~ (infml ) consisting of a woman or her colourful in a state of stick swinging behaviour) 1805. flotsam having from a long changeable and n. parts of a completed sth handle, used unreliable; not wrecked ship or no longer esp formerly to serious or its cargo dealing with separate grain 1795. flinch found floating sb/sth from chaff , v. move or in the sea 1774. finite 1783. flair draw back 1806. flounder adj. having n. ~ for sth suddenly, from v. move or bounds; natural ability shock, fear or struggle limited; not to do sth well pain helplessly or infinite 1784. flamboy 1796. flip clumsily; move 1775. firebran ant adj. v. toss (sth) with difficulty, d n. piece showy, very with a sharp as through of burning confident and movement of mud or deep wood extravagant the thumb and snow 1776. fissure 1785. flashy forefinger so 1807. flourish n. long deep adj. attractive that it turns v. be crack in rock but usu not in over in the air successful, very or in the earth good taste; 1797. flippanc active, or 1777. fit showy y n. being widespread; adj. ~ for 1786. flaunt flippant prosper sb/sth; ~ to do v. show (sth 1798. flippant 1808. flout sth suitable or considered adj. not v. disobey suited for valuable) in showing openly and sb/sth; well order to gain sufficient scornfully adapted for the admiration respect or 1809. flowery sb/sth; good of other people seriousness adj. covered enough for 1787. flay 1799. flirt with or having sb/sth v. remove the v. ~ behave a lot of flowers 1778. fitful skin from (a (towards sb) in 1810. fluctuat adj. occurring dead animal) a romantic or e v. ~ (of a in short 1788. fleck suggestive way price, number, periods, not n. ~ very small but without rate, etc) rise regularly and patch or spot of serious and fall; steadily a colour intentions change 1779. flaccid 1789. fledglin 1800. flit irregularly adj. soft and g v. fly or move 1811. fluctuati weak; loose inexperienced lightly and on n. ~ and limp; not 1790. fleece quickly from (of/in sth) firm ; n. woolly hair one place to 1812. fluency 1780. flag of a sheep or another n. quality or n. piece of similar animal 1801. floe condition of cloth with a 1791. fleet n. sheet of being fluent particular n. group of floating ice, usu 1813. fluke design, that can warships, on the sea n. (infml ) be attached by submarines, etc 1802. flora thing that is one edge to a under one n. all the plants accidentally rope, pole, etc commander of a particular successful; and used as a 1792. flick area or period lucky stroke in symbol of a n. quick light of time a game country, party, blow, eg with a 1803. floresce 1814. flush etc or as a whip or the tip nce the n. flow of signal of a finger process, state, blood to the face that causes 1826. foppish 1837. forfeit appear in the a red adj. of or like a v. lose or give near future colouring; fop up (sth) as a 1847. forthrig blush 1827. foray consequence of ht adj. 1815. fluster n. sudden or punishment clear and v. make attack, esp to for having honest in nervous and obtain sth; raid done sth manner and confused 1828. forbear wrong, or in speech; 1816. fluted ance n. order to straightforwar (esp. of the patient self- achieve sth d shaft of a control; 1838. forge 1848. fortitud column) having tolerance n. workshop e n. flutes 1829. ford with a fire and courage, 1817. flutter n. shallow an anvil where endurance and v. (of the wings place in a river metals are self-control in of birds, where one can heated and facing pain, butterflies, etc) walk or drive shaped, esp one danger or move lightly across used by a smith difficulty and quickly 1830. forebear for making 1849. fortuito 1818. flux s n. person horseshoes us adj. n. continuous from whom 1839. forgo happening by change or one is v. give up or do chance or succession of descended;ance without (esp coincidence changes; stor sth pleasant) 1850. forum unsettled state 1831. forebodi 1840. forlorn n. place where 1819. fodder ng n. ~ adj. lonely and important n. dried food, strong feeling unhappy; public issues hay, etc that danger or uncared for can be forhorses and trouble is 1841. formalit discussed farm animals , coming y n. 1851. forward 1820. foible 1832. forensic careful adj. directed n. small, usu adj. of, related observance of or moving harmless, to or used in rules, towards the peculiarity or law conventions, front weakness in a 1833. forerun etc of language 1852. foster person's ner n. or behaviour v. help the character person or thing 1842. formida growth or 1821. foil that prepares ble adj. development of n. metal rolled the way for the causing fear or (sth); or hammered coming of sb or great anxiety; encourage or into a very thin sth else more frightening; promote flexible sheet important; sign awesome 1853. foul 1822. foist of what is to 1843. forsake adj. having a v. foist sth on follow v. (fml ) give bad smell or sb force sb into 1834. foresha (sth) up; taste; dirty and accepting sth dow v. be a renounce disgusting not wanted sign or 1844. forswea 1854. founder 1823. foliage warning of r v. n. person who n. leaves of a 1835. foresigh (promise to) founds or tree or plant; t n. ability give up (sth); establishes sth leaves with to see what renounce 1855. fracas their stems and one's future 1845. forte n. (usu branches needs are likely n. thing that sb sing)noisy 1824. foment to be; careful does quarrel, fight, v. arouse or planning particularly or disturbanc increase 1836. forestall well; strong 1856. fractiou 1825. foolhard v. act before so point s adj. y adj. as to prevent 1846. forthco irritable; bad- foolishly bold him from doing ming adj. tempered or rash; sth about to 1857. frail reckless happen or adj. physically weak or 1869. friction fruit or be of or forming delicate n. rubbing of fruitful the basis or 1858. frailty one surface or 1881. frugalit foundation of n. physical thing against y thrift sth; essential weakness another 1882. fruitful 1894. funereal 1859. franchis 1870. frieze adj. having adj. suitable e n. right n. band of many good for a funeral; to vote at sculpture or results; gloomy; dismal public elections decoration productive or 1895. furor 1860. frantic round the top profitable; A general adj. in an of a wall or successful commotion; extreme state building 1883. fruition public disorder of emotion, esp 1871. frigid n. fulfilment of or uproar. fear or anxiety adj. very cold hopes, plans, 1896. furrow 1861. fraudule 1872. fringe etc; getting n. long narrow nt adj. n. (US bang) what one wants trench cut in deceitful or front hair cut or has worked the earth, esp dishonest so that it hangs for by a plough 1862. fraught over the 1884. frustrat 1897. furtive adj. ~ with sth forehead e v. adj. done filled with sth; 1873. frisk prevent (sb) secretly and charged with v. pass one's from doing or quietly so as sth hands over (sb) achieving sth not to be 1863. fray in a search for 1885. fuddle noticed n. the fray hidden v. confuse 1898. fusillade fight, contest or weapons, (sb/sth), esp n. continuous argument; drugs, etc with alcoholic or lively or 1874. fritter drink simultaneous challenging v. fritter sth 1886. fugitive shooting of action away (on sth) n. ~ person guns 1864. freeboot waste (esp who is running 1899. fusion er one's time or away or n. the blending buccaneer money) escaping or uniting of 1865. frenetic foolishly (on 1887. fulcrum different things adj. very small useless n. point on into one, by excited; things) which a lever is melting, etc frenzied; 1875. frivolou supported 1900. fuss frantic s adj. not 1888. fulminat n. (esp 1866. frenzied sensible or e v. ~ unnecessary) adj. wildly serious; foolish protest nervous excited or and light- strongly and excitement or agitated; hearted loudly activity frantic 1876. frock 1889. fulsome 1901. fussy 1867. fresco n. dress worn adj. excessive adj. (usu n. picture by women or and insincere derog ) painted in girls 1890. fumble nervously water-colour 1877. frolic v. touch or active or on a wall or v. ~ (about) handle excited about ceiling before play about in a awkwardly or small things the plaster is lively happy nervously 1902. futile dry way 1891. function adj. producing 1868. fret 1878. frolicso al adj. of no result; v. ~ me adj. or having a useless; (about/at/over merry; playful functionor pointless sth) (cause sb 1879. frond functions 1903. gadfly to) become n. leaf-like part 1892. function n. fly that unhappy, bad- of a fern or ary n. stings horses tempered, or palm person with and cattle anxious about 1880. fructify official duties 1904. gaffe sth; worry v. (fml ) (cause 1893. fundam n. social sth to) bear ental adj. blunder; indiscreet act 1915. gambit over-decorated, or stupidly; or remark n. opening esp in a vulgar gawp 1905. gainsay movein chess in way 1935. gazette v. (arch ) (usu which a player 1925. garner n. official in negative sacrifices a v. ~ sth ~ sth journal with sentences or piece in order (in/up) (fml ) public notices questions ) to win an collect sth in and lists of contradict advantage later and (usu) store government, (sb/sth); deny 1916. gambol it military, legal (sth) v. (US also -l-) 1926. garnish and university 1906. gait jump or skip v. ~ sth appointments n. manner of about playfully decorate (food 1936. genealo walking or 1917. gamely for the table) gy n. running adv: fight, with small study of family 1907. galaxy struggle, etc additional history, n. any of the gamely, ie amounts of showing who large systems bravely but food the ancestors of of stars in perhaps 1927. garrulit particular outer space unsuccessfully y people were 1908. gale , garrulousness and how they n. very strong 1918. gamut ns talkativeness were related to wind storm (at n. the gamut 1928. garrulo each other sea) 8 complete range us adj. 1937. generali 1909. gall or scale talking too ty n. n. bitter liquid 1919. gangren much, esp general secreted by the e n. decay about statement, esp liver; bile and death of unimportant one that is 1910. galleon body tissue things vague or n. large when the blood 1929. gastron indefinite Spanish supply has omy n. art 1938. generate sailing-ship been stopped and science of v. cause to exist used from the 1920. gape choosing, or occur; 15th to the 17th v. ~ (often cooking and produce century 1517 derog ) stare eating good 1939. generic 1911. galley with an open food adj. shared by n. long flat mouth, usu in 1930. gauche or including a ship, usu rowed surprise adj. socially whole group or by slaves or 1921. garbled awkward or class; not criminals; adj. confusedor clumsy specific ancient Greek misleading 1931. gaudy 1940. genesis or Roman 1922. gargant adj. (derog ) n. (fml) warship ; uan adj. too bright and beginning; 1912. gallows enormous; showy, esp in a starting-point; n. wooden gigantic vulgar way origin framework on 1923. gargoyle 1932. gaunt 1941. geniality which n. stone or adj. made n. quality of criminals are metal spout in exceptionally being genial put to death by the form of a thin by hunger 1942. genre hanging grotesque or illness; n. particular 1913. galvanic human or haggard style or kind, adj. producing animal figure, 1933. gavel esp of works of an electric for carrying n. small art or current by rain-water hammer used literature chemical action away from the by an grouped 1914. galvaniz roof of a auctioneer or according to e to church, etc chairman as a their form or stimulate or 1924. garish signal for order subject matter excite as if by adj. or attention 1943. genteel an electric unpleasantly 1934. gawk adj. polite or shock bright; over- v. ~ (infml ) refined in an coloured or stare impolitely affected or exaggerated 1954. geronto harm or good fortune or way cracy making a noise sb else's failure 1944. gentility government 1965. girth 1978. gloss n. genteel ruled by old n. distance n. brightness manners and people round sth of or shine on a behaviour; 1955. gerontol approximately smooth surface social ogy n. cylindrical 1979. glossary superiority scientific study shape n. list of 1945. gentle of old age and 1966. gist technical or adj. mild; the process of n. the gist main special words kind; careful; growing old point or explaining not rough, 1956. gerryma general their meanings violent or nder v. meaning 1980. glossy severe arrange the 1967. glacial adj. smooth 1946. gentry boundaries of adj. of the Ice and shiny n. people of or divide (an Age 1981. glow good social area) for voting 1968. glamor v. send out position next in order to give [ glamour: ] light and heat below the unfair charm and withoutflame nobility advantages to allure; 1982. glower 1947. genuflec one party in an fascination v. ~ look in an t v. bend election 1969. glare angry or a the knee, esp in 1957. gestate n. strong threatening worship , evolve; as in unpleasant way 1948. genus pre-natal dazzling light 1983. glut n. (biology ) growth 1970. glaring v. ~ sth (with group of 1958. gesticul adj. dazzling sth) supply sth animals or ation n. 1971. glaze with much plants within a gesticulating v. fit sheets or more than is family(4), often 1959. ghastly panes of glass needed itself adj. causing into 1984. glutinou subdivided into horror or fear 1972. gleam s adj. of or several 1960. gibberis n. brief like gluten; species(1) h n. appearance of sticky 1949. geriatric meaningless light 1985. glutton s n. branch sounds; 1973. glean n. person who of medicine unintelligible v. gather eats too much dealing with talk; nonsense 1974. glib 1986. gnarl the diseases 1961. gibe adj. (derog ) any knotty and care of old v. ~ (at sb/sth) speaking or protuberance people jeer at or mock spoken fluently or swelling on 1950. germ sb/sth; make and without a tree n. portion of a fun of sb/sth hesitation, but 1987. gnarled living organism 1962. giddy not sincerely or adj. twisted capable of adj. having the trustworthily and rough; becoming a feeling that 1975. glimmer covered with new organism; everything is v. send out a knobs embryo of a turning round weak unsteady 1988. gnome seed ; and that one is light dwarf; 1951. german going to fall 1976. glitter underground e adj. ~ 1963. gild v. ~ shine spirit (fml ) relevant v. cover with brightly with 1989. goad 1952. germina gold-leaf(3) or little sharp n. pointed l adj. in gold-coloured flashes of light; stick for the earliest paint sparkle making cattle, stage of 1964. gingerly 1977. gloat etc move on development adv. with great v. ~ express or 1990. gobble 1953. germina care and feel selfish v. ~ sth eat sth te v. start caution to delight at one's fast, noisily growing avoid causing own success or and greedily (leaving nothing 2000. graduat 2010. gratify serious and behind) ed v. (fml ) give unsmiling in 1991. gorge [ graduate: ] n. pleasure or appearance n. narrow a person who satisfaction to 2020. grimace steep-sided has been (sb) n. ugly twisted valley, usu with awarded a first 2011. gratis expression (on a stream or degree from a adv. without the face), river university or payment; free expressing 1992. gory college 2012. gratuito pain, disgust, adj. (esp rhet ) 2001. granary us adj. etc or intended covered with n. building done, given or to cause gore where grain is acting laughter 1993. gossame stored unnecessarily, 2021. grisly r n. fine 2002. grandeu purposely and adj. causing silky substance r n. without good horror or of webs made greatness; reason terror; ghastly by small magnificence; 2013. gratuity 2022. groom spiders, impressiveness n. money given n. person in floating in calm 2003. grandilo to sb who has charge of air or spread quent adj. done one a horses over grass, etc using or being service; tip ; 2023. groove 1994. gouge a pompous 2014. gravity n. long narrow n. tool with a style of speech, n. force that cut or sharp full of words attracts objects depression in semicircular which ordinary in space the surface of edge for people do not towards each hard material cutting grooves understand other, and on 2024. gross in wood 2004. grandio the earth pulls n. (esp 1995. gourma se adj. them towards commerce ) nd n. planned on a the centre of twelve dozen lover of food; large scale; the planet, so 2025. grotesq glutton ; (intended to that things fall ue adj. 1996. gourmet seem) imposing to the ground strangely n. person who 2005. granulat when dropped distorted so as enjoys and is e v. form 2015. graze to arouse fear expert in the into grains or v. ~ (of cattle, or laughter; choice of fine have a sheep, etc) eat fantastic food, wines, etc granular growing grass 2026. grotto 1997. gracious surface or 2016. gregario n. cave, esp one adj. ~ (of texture us adj. made persons and 2006. graphic liking to be artificially as a behaviour) adj. of visual with other garden shelter kind, polite and symbols people 2027. grouch generous (esp 2007. graphite 2017. grievanc v. ~ (derog ) to sb who is n. soft black e n. ~ real complain socially substance used or imagined 2028. grouse inferior) in making lead cause for n. small dark 1998. gradatio pencils, in complaint or bird of n n. lubrication, protest (used northern hilly gradual change and for slowing esp with the vs areas, shot for from one thing down neutrons shown) sport and food to another in atomic 2018. grill 2029. grovel 1999. graduat reactors n. device on a v. (derog ) ~ e n. ~ 2008. grapple cooker that (to/before sb) person who v. ~ seize (an directs heat lie or crawl holds a degree opponent) downwards for with the face (esp the first or firmly and try cooking meat, downwards in bachelor's) to fight toasting bread, a show of from a 2009. grate etc humility or university or n. fireplace 2019. grim fear polytechnic adj. very 2030. growl several types of an animal or a hearing sth v. ~ (of large long- plant; home when no such animals or winged sea- 2053. habituat thing is thunder) make bird with usu e v. ~ actually a low white and grey sb/oneself to present threatening or black sth accustom 2064. halting sound feathers . sb/oneself to adj. slow and 2031. grudge 2044. gullible sth hesitant, as if v. ~ sth feel adj. willing to 2054. hackles lacking in resentful about believe n. long confidence sth; do or give anything or feathers on the 2065. hamper sth very anyone; easily neck of the n. large basket unwillingly deceived domestic cock, with a hinged 2032. grudgin 2045. gush etc or hairs on lid, esp one g adj. v. ~ (from sth) the neck of a containing unwilling; flow or pour dog food, wine, etc reluctant out suddenly in 2055. hackney 2066. handso 2033. gruel great quantities ed adj. me adj. n. simple dish 2046. gust used so often (of men) good- made of n. sudden that it has looking oatmeal, etc violent rush of become trite 2067. hap boiled in milk wind and dull chance; luck or water 2047. gustator 2056. haggard 2068. haphaza 2034. grueling y affecting adj. looking rd adj. exhausting the sense of tired and without plan or 2035. gruesom taste unhappy, esp order; random e adj. 2048. gusto from worry, 2069. hapless filling one with n. enthusiastic lack of sleep, adj. unlucky; horror or vigour in doing etc unfortunate disgust; sth 2057. haggle 2070. harangu frightful 2049. gusty v. ~ e n. long, 2036. gruff adj. with wind (over/about loud, serious adj. rough; blowing in sth) argue (esp and usu angry surly gusts about the price, speech 2037. grumble 2050. guy etc when 2071. harass v. ~ n. rope or agreeing upon v. trouble and (about/at/over chain used to the terms of a annoy sth) complain keep sth steady sale or other continually or protest in a or secured, eg transaction) 2072. harbing bad-tempered to hold a tent 2058. hail er n. ~ way in place n. frozen rain (rhet ) person 2038. grunt 2051. gyrosco falling in a or thing that v. (of animals, pe n. shower announces or esp pigs) make device 2059. halcyon shows that a low rough containing a adj. peaceful sb/sth is sound from wheel which, and happy coming deep in the when its spins 2060. hale 2073. harbor throat , fast, always adj. hale and to give shelter 2039. guffaw maintains the `hearty (esp of or refuge to v. give a noisy same an old person) 2074. hardy laugh orientation strong and adj. able to 2040. guile regardless of healthy endure cold or n. deceit; any movement 2061. halfhear difficult cunning of the ted conditions; 2041. guileless supporting 2062. hallowe tough, robust without deceit structure, often d set 2075. harping 2042. guise used in ships' apart as sacred [ harp: ] a n. style of stabilizers 2063. hallucin large dress 2052. habitat ation n. triangular 2043. gull n. natural illusion of plucked n. any of environment of seeing or stringed instrument 2085. hazardo 2099. helm where a hermit consisting of a us adj. n. handle or or a group of soundboard dangerous; wheel for hermits lives connected to an risky moving the 2109. herpetol upright pillar 2086. hazy rudder of a ogist one by means of a adj. misty ship or boat that a branch curved 2087. headfirs 2100. hem of zoology crossbar from t with the n. edge of a dealing with which the head foremost; piece of cloth reptiles and strings extend headlong which has been amphibians downwards. 2088. headlon turned under 2110. heterod 2076. harrow g adv, adj and sewn or ox adj. not n. heavy frame with the head fixed down conforming with metal first 2101. herald with accepted spikes or discs 2089. headstr n. person who standards or dragged over ong adj. made beliefs ploughed land obstinately important 2111. heteroge to break up determined to announcements neous adj. lumps of earth, do things in and carried made up of cover seeds, etc one's own way messages from different kinds; 2077. harrowi without a ruler varied in ng listening to 2102. herbivo composition [ harrow: ] any others; self- rous adj. 2112. hew of various willed ; feeding on v. chop or cut implements 2090. healthfu plants (sth/sb) with an used to level l adj. good 2103. herd axe, sword, etc the ground, stir for the health n. number of 2113. heyday the soil, break 2091. healthy animals, esp n. time of up clods, adj. having cattle, feeding greatest destroy weeds, good health; or staying success, etc., in soil well and able to together prosperity, 2078. harry resist disease 2104. hereafte power, etc v. annoy (sb) 2092. heckler r adv. (in 2114. hiatus with repeated n. legal n. gap in a requests, 2093. hedonis documents, etc) series or questions, etc; m n. from now on; sequence, harass belief that following this , making it 2079. hatch pleasure should 2105. heresy incomplete; n. opening in a be the main n. belief or break in door, floor or aim in life opinion that is continuity ; ceiling 2094. hedonist contrary to 2115. hibernal 2080. haughti n. believer in what is wintry ness n. hedonism generally 2116. hibernat Pride; 2095. heed accepted, esp in e v. spend arrogance. v. pay attention religion the winter in a 2081. haunt to (advice, etc); 2106. heretic state like deep v. visit (a take notice of n. person who sleep place) (sth) is guilty of 2117. hide regularly 2096. heedless heresy or who v. prevent 2082. haven not noticing; supports a (sth/sb/oneself) n. place of disregarding heresy from being safety or rest; 2097. hegemo 2107. hermeti seen; put or refuge ny n. c adj. keep out of 2083. havoc leadership, esp tightly closed sight n. widespread by one state in so that air 2118. hideous damage; great a group of cannot escape adj. filling the destruction states or enter; mind with 2084. hazard 2098. heinous completely horror; very n. ~ (thing that adj. very airtight ; ugly; frightful can cause) wicked 2108. hermita 2119. hierarch danger; risk ge n. place y n. system with dramatic; made of yarn demands are grades of affected spun at home met authority or 2132. hive 2142. homily 2151. hostility status from the n. (also n. long and n. ~ being lowest to the `beehive) box boring talk hostile (to highest or other from sb on the sb/sth); 2120. hierogly container for correct way to antagonism; phic adj. of bees to live in behave, etc enmity or written in 2133. hoard 2143. homoge 2152. hothead hieroglyphs n. carefully neous adj. n. person who 2121. high- collected and formed of parts often acts too flown adj. guarded store that are all of hastily or extravagantly of money, food the same type rashly; grand and or other 2144. hone impetuous pretentious treasured n. stone used person ; 2122. hilarity objects for sharpening 2153. hovel n. loud 2134. hoary the cutting n. small house laughter; great adj. (also edges of tools, that is unfit to amusement hoar) (esp of etc live in; very 2123. hindmos hair) grey or 2145. hoodwin poor and t adj. white with age k v. ~ sb squalid furthest behind 2135. hoax deceive sb; dwelling ; 2124. hindran n. mischievous trick sb 2154. hover ce n. ~ trick played on 2146. horde v. remain in thing or person sb for a joke n. very large the air in one that hinders 2136. holocau group (esp of place 2125. hindsigh st n. large- people); huge 2155. hubbub t n. scale crowd; throng n. loud wisdom about destruction, 2147. horosco confused noise, an event after esp by fire; pe n. eg of many it has occurred great loss of forecast of a voices; din ; 2126. hinterla human life person's future 2156. hubris nds 2137. holster based on a n. arrogant [ hinterland: ] n. leather case diagram pride land lying for a pistol, usu showing the 2157. hue behind fixed to a belt relative n. colour; something, esp. or saddle . positions of the variety or a coast or the 2138. homage planets, etc at a shade of colour shore of a river n. things said particular 2158. hull 2127. hireling or done to time, eg the n. body of a n. person show great time of his ship whose services respect; tribute birth 2159. humane may be hired to a person or 2148. hortator adj. having or 2128. hirsute his qualities y showing adj. (esp of a (used esp with encouraging; sympathy, man) covered the vs shown) exhortative kindness and with hair; 2139. homely 2149. horticul understanding hairy; shaggy adj. (approv tural adj. a 2160. humanit 2129. historic esp Brit) horticultural arian adj. adj. famous or simple and show, society, concerned with important in plain expert improving the history 2140. homeost 2150. hostage lives of 2130. historic asis n. person held mankind and al adj. tendency of a as a captive by reducing concerning system to one or more suffering, esp past events maintain others who by social 2131. histrioni relative threaten to reform c adj. very stability keep, harm or 2161. humble theatrical in 2141. homesp kill him unless adj. (of a manner; un adj. certain person or his excessively words or actions) having shelter, usu 2181. hypothe different from or showing a made of wood tical adj. of that of others low or modest or metal , or based on a 2189. idiosync opinion of 2173. hybrid hypothesis; not ratic a one's own n. animal or necessarily true peculiarity of importance; plant that has or real ; constitution or not proud parents of 2182. hysteria temperament:a 2162. humdru different n. wild n m adj. species or uncontrollable individualizing lacking varieties emotion or characteristic excitement or 2174. hydroph excitement, or quality variety; dull; obia n. with eg 2190. idle monotonous abnormal fear laughter, adj. doing or 2163. humid of water and of crying or having no adj. containing drinking, esp screaming work; not moisture; as a symptom 2183. ichthyol employed damp of rabies in ogy study of 2191. idolatry 2164. humility humans fish n. worship of n. humble 2175. hygiene 2184. icon idols attitude of n. study and n. painting, 2192. idyll mind; modesty practice of carving, etc of n. short piece 2165. hummo cleanliness as a a holy person, of poetry or ck n. low way of itself regarded prose that hill or hump in maintaining as sacred describes a the ground; good health 2185. iconocla happy and hillock ; and preventing stic peaceful scene 2166. humor disease attacking or event, esp of to soothe or 2176. hyperbo cherished country life content by le n. beliefs 2193. idyllic indulgence exaggeratedsta 2186. ideology adj. like an 2167. humus tement that is n. ideas that idyll; peaceful n. rich dark made for form the basis and pleasant organic special effect of an economic 2194. igneous material and is not or political adj. (of rocks) formed by the meant to be theory or that formed by decay of dead taken literally, are held by a molten matter leaves, etc and eg I've invited particular (esp from essential to the millions of group or volcanoes) that fertility of soil people to my person has become 2168. hurl party , 2187. idiom solid v. throw 2177. hypercri n. phrase or 2195. ignite violently; fling tical adj. too sentence whose v. catch fire 2169. hurtle critical, esp of meaning is not 2196. ignoble v. move small faults clear from the adj. not violently, 2178. hypnosi meaning of its honourable in noisily or with s n. state individual character or great speed in like deep sleep words and purpose; the specified in which a which must be shameful direction person's learnt as a 2197. ignomin 2170. husband actions may be whole unit ; , ious adj. n. man to controlled by give way, a shameful or whom a another person change of humiliating; woman is 2179. hypocho heart, be hard causing married ndriac n. put to it disgrace 2171. husband person who 2188. idiosync 2198. ignomin ry n. suffers from rasy n. y shame farming hypochondria person's or humiliation; 2172. hut 2180. hypocrit particular way disgrace n. small ical adj. of of thinking, 2199. illicit roughly-built hypocrisy or a behaving, etc adj. not house or hypocrite that is clearly allowed by law; of being no way out; misdoings; not illegal immobile deadlock penitent; 2200. illimitab 2213. immolat 2224. impassi 2235. imperati le infinite e v. kill oned adj. ve adj. 2201. illumina (sb) as a showingstrong very urgent or te v. sacrifice deep feeling important; provide with 2214. immune 2225. impassi needing light adj. ~ that ve adj. immediateatten 2202. illusion cannot be showing no tion n. false idea, harmed by a sign of feeling 2236. imperce belief or disease or 2226. impeach ptible adj. impression; illness, either v. ~ sb accuse that cannot be delusion because of (a public noticed or felt 2203. illusive inoculation or official or because so adjs. based on through politician) of small, slight or illusion; natural committing a gradual deceptive resistance serious crime, 2237. imperial 2204. illusory 2215. immure esp one against adj. of an based on or v. imprison the State empire or its producing (sb); shut in 2227. impecca ruler(s) illusion:DECE 2216. immuta ble adj. 2238. imperil PTIVE ble adj. free from v. (fml ) put 2205. imbalan that cannot be mistakes; (sb/sth) in ce n. lack changed; that excellent or danger; of balance or will never faultless endanger proportion; change 2228. impecun 2239. imperio inequality 2217. impair ious adj. us adj. 2206. imbecili v. weaken or having little or proud and ty n. damage no money arrogant; stupidity 2218. impale 2229. impede domineering; 2207. imbibe v. ~ sb/sth v. hinder or expecting v. drink (sth, pierce sb/sth obstruct the obedience esp alcohol) with a sharp- progress or 2240. imperm 2208. imbrogli pointed object movement of eable adj. o n. 2219. impalpa 2230. impedi not allowing a complicated, ble adj. ment n. ~ liquid to pass confused or that cannot be person or thing through embarrassing touched or felt that hinders or 2241. imperso situation, esp a physically obstructs the nal adj. political or an 2220. impart progress or not influenced emotional one , v. ~ sth (to sth) movement of by, showing or 2209. imbue give (a quality) sth involving v. ~ sb/sth with to sth 2231. impel human feelings sth fill or 2221. imparti v. ~ sb (to sth) 2242. imperti inspire sb/sth al adj. not force or urge nent adj. ~ with (feelings, favouring one sb to do sth not respectful; etc) person or thing 2232. impendi rude 2210. immacu more than ng adj. 2243. impertu late adj. another; fair or about to rbable adj. perfectly clean neutral happen; not easily and tidy; 2222. impassa imminent troubled or spotless ble adj. 2233. impenet worried; calm 2211. immine impossible to rable adj. ~ 2244. impervi nt adj. travel on or that cannot be ous adj. ~ about to over entered, passed not allowing happen; likely 2223. impasse through, etc water, gas, etc to happen very n. difficult 2234. impenit to pass through soon position or ent adj. not 2245. impetuo 2212. immobil situation from sorry for or us adj. ity n. state which there is ashamed of acting or done one's quickly and with little 2257. implore 2266. impover behaviour or thought or v. ask or beg ish v. speech care; rash or earnestly; make poor 2276. impugn impulsive beseech 2267. impreca v. express 2246. impetus 2258. imply tion n. oath doubts about n. ~ thing that v. suggest (sth) or curse (sth) encourages a indirectly 2268. impregn 2277. impuiss process to rather than able adj. so ance n. lack develop more state it strong and of power or quickly directly; hint well- effectiveness; 2247. impiety 2259. impoliti constructed weakness n. lack of c adj. not that it cannot 2278. impunit respect, esp for wise; not be entered y n. with God and politic orcaptured impunity with religion , 2260. impond 2269. impregn freedom from 2248. impinge erable adj. ate v. ~ sth punishment or v. ~ on/upon of which the cause (one injury sth have an effect or substance) to 2279. impute effect on sth importance be filled in v. ~ sth to 2249. impious cannot be every part with sb/sthput the adj. showing a measured or another responsibility lack of respect, estimated substance; for sth on esp for God 2261. import saturate sth sb/sth; and religion; v. ~ sth ~ sth 2270. improm attributesth to not pious , (into...) bring ptu adj. sb/sth ; 2250. implaca (goods, ideas, adv without 2280. inadvert ble adj. etc) from a preparation, ently adv. by that cannot be foreign country rehearsal or accident; changed or into one's own thought in unintentionally satisfied country advance 2281. inaliena 2251. implausi 2262. importu 2271. impropr ble adj. that ble adj. nate adj. iety n. cannot be unlikely to be persistent, esp indecent or taken away true; not in making unsuitable 2282. inamora convincing requests or behaviour; ta masc. 2252. impleme demands dishonest inamorato nt n. tool 2263. importu practice 2283. inane or instrument ne v. ~ sb 2272. improvi adj. without 2253. implicat (for sth) ask sb dent adj. meaning; silly e v. ~ sb persistently not preparing or stupid show that sb is (for sth), usu in for future 2284. inanima involved in sth, an annoying needs; wasteful te adj. not esp a crime manner; beg or 2273. improvi alive, esp in the 2254. implicat demand se v. way that ion n. ~ insistently compose or humans and thing that is 2264. impostu play (music), animals are suggested or re n. speak or act 2285. inarticul implied; (action of) without ate adj. thingnot openly deliberately previous unable to stated deceiving by preparation express one's 2255. implicit pretending to 2274. imprude words, ideas or adj. ~ implied, be sb else nt adj. not feelings clearly but not 2265. impoten wise or 2286. inaugur expressed t adj. discreet; not ate v. ~ sb directly; not unable to take prudent introduce (a explicit effective 2275. impude new public 2256. implode action; nce n. official or v. burst or powerless or being leader) at a collapse helpless impudent; special inwards impudent ceremony 2287. incande and therefore including much or material scent adj. not fully or all form glowing or formed or 2310. incognit 2321. incorrig shining when developed o adj. , adv ible adj. that heated 2299. incidenc with one's true cannot be 2288. incantat e n. ~ of identity corrected or ion n. series sth extent to hidden; in improved of words used which sth disguise 2322. incredul as a magic spell happens or has 2311. incohere ity a or charm an effect nt adj. not tendency to 2289. incapaci 2300. incident clear or logical disbelief tate v. ~ sb n. event or 2312. incomm 2323. incredul make sb unable happening,ofte odious adj. ous adj. not (to do sth); n of minor uncomfortable, willing or able weaken or importance usu because too to believe; disable sb 2301. incident small; showing 2290. incarcer al adj. inconvenient; disbelief ate v. ~ sb small and 2313. incompa 2324. increme (fml ) put sb in relatively tible adj. ~ nt n. prison unimportant; not able to live increase, esp in 2291. incarnat minor or work money paid as e adj. in 2302. incinera happily with sb a salary; added the physical te v. 2314. incongr amount form of a destroy uity n. 2325. incrimin human being completely by state of being ate v. make 2292. incarnat burning; burn incongruous appear to be ion n. to ashes ; 2315. inconse guilty of person that 2303. incipien quential adj. wrongdoing prominently t adj. in its trivial or 2326. incrusta displays a early stages; irrelevant; not tion n. particular beginning to important formation of a quality happen 2316. inconsis hard outer 2293. incendia 2304. incisive tency n. covering; ry adj. adj. clear and quality of being encrusting ; designed to set precise; direct inconsistent 2327. incubate buildings, etc or sharp 2317. incontin v. keep (eggs) on fire 2305. incite ent adj. warm, usu by 2294. incense v. ~ sb urge or unable to sitting on them, n. substance persuade sb to control the until they that produces a do sth by bladder or hatch pleasant smell making him bowels in 2328. incubus when burnt, very angry or passing waste n. male evil used esp in excited matter from spirit formerly religious 2306. incleme the body supposed to ceremonies nt adj. 2318. incontro have sex with a 2295. incentiv cold and vertible adj. so sleeping e n. ~ stormy; bad obvious and woman thing that 2307. incline certain that it 2329. inculcat encourages sb v. ~ towards cannot be e v. ~ sth ~ to do sth; sth lean or disputed or sb with sth (fml stimulus slope in the denied ) fix (ideas, 2296. inceptio direction of sth 2319. incorpo principles, etc) n n. start 2308. inclined rate v. ~ firmly in sb's or beginning of adj. ~ wanting sth (in/into sth) mind, esp by sth to behave in a make sth part repetition 2297. incessan particular way; of a whole; 2330. incumbe t adj. not disposed include nt adj. ~ stopping; 2309. inclusiv 2320. incorpo on/upon sb continual e adj. ~ real adj. necessary as 2298. inchoate including sth; without a body part of sb's adj. just begun duty 2331. incur 2341. indicati dissolved or 2364. industri v. cause oneself ve adj. broken up; ous adj. to suffer (sth stating a fact or firm and hard-working; bad); bring asking lasting diligent ; upon oneself questions of 2353. indite 2365. inebriat 2332. incursio fact write; compose e adj. n n n. ~ 2342. indices 2354. indoctri habitually (into/on/upon pl of index nate v. ~ sb drunk (person) sth) sudden 2343. indict (usu derog ) 2366. inebriat attack on or v. ~ sb (law ) cause sb to ed adj. invasion of a accuse sb have (a drunk; place (not usu officially (of particular set intoxicated made in order sth); charge sb of beliefs), esp 2367. inebriet to occupy it 2344. indiffere by teaching y habitual permanently) nt adj. ~ which excludes intoxication 2333. indecisi having no any other 2368. ineffabl on n. ~ interest in points of view e adj. too state of being sb/sth; neither 2355. indolenc great to be unable to for nor against e laziness described in decide; sb/sth; not 2356. indolent words hesitation caring about adj. lazy; 2369. ineffect 2334. indecisi sb/sth inactive ; ual adj. ve adj. not 2345. indigenc 2357. indomit lacking final or e n. able adj. confidence and conclusive poverty that cannot be unable to get 2335. indefati 2346. indigeno subdued or things done; gable adj. us adj. ~ defeated; without effect never giving up (fml ) unyielding 2370. inelucta or stopping in belonging 2358. indubita ble adj. that spite of naturally (to a ble adj. that cannot be tiredness or place); native cannot be escaped from difficulty; 2347. indigent doubted; 2371. inept tireless adj. poor without doubt ; adj. ~ (at 2336. indelible 2348. indignat 2359. induce sth/doing sth) adj. that ion n. ~ v. persuade or completely cannot be (at/over/about influence (sb) unskilful (at rubbed out or sth) anger to do sth sth) removed caused by sth 2360. induct 2372. inequity 2337. indemni thought to be v. ~ sb install n. injustice or fy v. ~ sb unjust, unfair, sb formally or unfairness (from/against etc with ceremony 2373. inerranc sth) (law or 2349. indignit in a position or y commerce ) y n. rude an office; (christianity) promise to or unworthy admit sb as a exemption compensate sb treatment member of sth from error for any harm causing shame 2361. inductiv 2374. inert he may suffer or loss of e adj. adj. without 2338. indentat respect based on power to move ion n. 2350. indiscri induction or act indenting or minate adj. ~ 2362. indulge 2375. inertia being indented (in sth) acting v. ~ oneself/sb n. lack of 2339. indentu without careful (with sth) allow vigour; re v. ~ sb judgement oneself/sb to lethargy contract sb to 2351. indisput have whatever 2376. inestima work as an able adj. one/he likes or ble adj. too apprentice that cannot be wants great, precious, 2340. indeter disputed or 2363. indulge etc to be minate adj. denied nt adj. estimated not fixed or 2352. indissol inclined to 2377. inevitab exact; vague; uble adj. indulge le adj. that indefinite that cannot be cannot be avoided; that is 2388. infinites permanent 2411. innovati sure to happen imal adj. feature or on n. 2378. inexora extremelysmall quality of innovating ble adj. 2389. infirmit sb/sth 2412. innuend continuing y n. 2401. inhibit o n. unstoppably; weakness v. ~ sb prevent (derog ) relentless 2390. inflated sb from doing indirect 2379. inextric adj. filled with sth that should reference (usu able adj. so air, gas, etc be natural or suggesting sth closely linked 2391. influx easy to do bad or that separation n. ~ arrival of 2402. inhibite discreditable is impossible people or d adj. (of about sb) 2380. infallibl things, esp people) unable 2413. inoppor e adj. suddenly and to relax or tune adj. incapable of in large express one's not making numbers or feelings in a appropriate or mistakes or quantities natural and convenient doing wrong 2392. infractio spontaneous 2414. inordina 2381. infamou n n. way te adj. s adj. ~ breaking of a 2403. inimical beyond proper well-known as rule, law, etc , adj. ~ (fml ) or normal being wicked 2393. infringe unfriendly; limits; or immoral; v. break (a hostile excessive notorious rule, an 2404. inimitab 2415. inquisiti 2382. infantile agreement, etc) le adj. ve adj. fond adj. of infants 2394. ingeniou impossible to of inquiring or infancy s adj. ~ (at imitate; too into other 2383. infer sth/doing sth) good, clever, people's affairs v. ~ sth (from (of a person) etc to imitate 2416. inquisit sth) reach (an clever at 2405. iniquito or n. opinion) from finding new or us adj. investigator, facts or simple very wicked or esp an officer reasoning; solutions for unjust of the conclude sth complex 2406. initiate Inquisition 2384. infernal problems v. put (a 2417. inroad adj. of hell 2395. ingenue scheme, etc) n. ~ (into sth) 2385. infest n. simple into operation; sudden attack To be present innocent girl, cause (sth) to on another's in such esp as begin territory; raid numbers as to portrayed in 2407. injuriou 2418. insalubr be a source of plays, films, etc s adj. ~ ious adj. annoyance, 2396. ingenuo (to sb/sth) unhealthy trouble, or us adj. not causing or 2419. insatiabl danger. attempting to likely to cause e adj. ~ 2386. infidel deceive or injury; that cannot be n. person with conceal; open; harmful satisfied; very no belief in a innocent 2408. inkling greedy religion, esp in 2397. ingraine n. ~ slight 2420. inscruta what is d adj. knowledge (of ble adj. that considered to deeply fixed; sth secret or cannot be be the true thorough not previously understood or religion , 2398. ingrate known); hint known; 2387. infiltrat ungrateful 2409. innate mysterious e v. ~ (into person adj. in one's 2421. insensat sth) (of liquids, 2399. ingratia nature; e adj. gases, etc) pass te to possessed from without the slowly by become birth power to feel filtering; popular with 2410. innocuo or experience penetrate 2400. inherent us adj. 2422. insensib adj. ~ existing causing no le adj. as a natural or harm unconscious as the result of effects of fully a part of sth which is not injury, illness, confinement in sth else his affair, etc; etc an institution 2446. integrity intruder 2423. insidiou 2435. insubor n. quality of 2454. interme s adj. dinate adj. being honest diary n. ~ spreading or disobedient; and morally person who acting rebellious ; upright acts as a means gradually and 2436. insubor 2447. intellect of unnoticed but dination n. n. power of the communication with harmful being mind to reason between two or effects insubordinate and acquire more others 2424. insightf 2437. insubsta knowledge 2455. intermi ul adj. ntial adj. 2448. intellige nable adj. showing insight not solid or ntsia n. the going on too 2425. insinuat real; imaginary intelligentsia long, and usu e v. ~ sth 2438. insularit those people therefore suggest sth (to y n. state of within a annoying or sb) being insular community boring unpleasantly 2439. insuper who areof high 2456. intermit and indirectly able adj. (of intelligence and tent adj. 2426. insipid difficulties) concern continually adj. having that cannot be themselves stopping and almost no taste overcome with mattersof then starting or flavour 2440. insurge culture, again; not 2427. insolenc nt adj. in learning, etc; constant e n. ~ revolt; intellectuals as 2457. internec being insolent rebellious a class ; ine adj. 2428. insolven 2441. insurmo 2449. inter causing t adj. untable adj. v. (fml ) put (a destruction to unable to pay (of obstacles, corpse) in a both sides debts; difficulties, etc) grave or tomb; 2458. interpol bankrupt ; that cannot be bury ate v. ~ sth 2429. insomni overcome 2450. interdict (fml ) make (a a n. 2442. insurrec v. (esp law ) remark, etc) inability to tion n. prohibit (an which sleep sudden,usu action); forbid interrupts a 2430. insoucia violent, action the use of conversation, nt taken by the (sth) ; speech, etc lighthearted population to 2451. interim 2459. interreg unconcern:NO try to remove n. in the num n. NCHALANCE the government interimduring period when a 2431. instigate 2443. intangib the time that state has no v. cause to le adj. that comes between; normal or begin or cannot be meantime lawful ruler, happen; clearly or 2452. interject esp at the end initiate definitely ion n. word of a sovereign's 2432. institute understood or or phrase used reign and n. society or grasped; as an before the organization indefinable exclamation (eg appointment of for a special 2444. integral Oh!, Hurray! a successor (usu social, adj. ~ or For 2460. interrog professional or necessary for goodness sake!) ate v. ~ sb educational) completeness , !!! question sb purpose 2445. integrat 2453. interlop aggressively or 2433. instituti e v. ~ sth er n. closely and for on the act (into sth); ~ A person who is a long time of instituting and B/~ A with present in a 2461. interspe 2434. instituti B combine sth place where he rse v. ~ B onalize to in such a way does not among/between subject to the that it becomes belong, /in/throughout deleterious interferes in A; ~ A with B vary sth by 2473. intrinsic upheld by 2492. invoke placing other ally adv: He reasoning v. use (sth) as things at is not 2481. invalida a reason for irregular intrinsically te v. make one's action intervals bad invalid 2493. invulner among it 2474. introspe 2482. invectiv able adj. ~ 2462. interstic ctive adj. e n. violent that cannot be e n. ~ inclined to attack in wounded, hurt (of/between/in introspect words; abusive or damaged by sth) (fml ) very 2475. introver language attack small gap or t n. person 2483. inveigh 2494. iota crack who is more v. ~ against n. the Greek 2463. interven interested in sb/sth attack sb letter I, i I, i e v. (of his own or sth violently 2495. irascible time) come or thoughts and in words adj. (of a be between feelings than in 2484. inveigle person) easily 2464. intimate things outside v. ~ sb into made angry adj. ~ having himself, and is sth/doing sth 2496. irate or being a very often shy and persuade sb to adj. angry close and unwilling to go somewhere 2497. iridesce friendly speak or join in or do sth by nt adj. relationship activities with using flattery showing 2465. intimida others and deception colours like te v. ~ sb 2476. intrude 2485. inverse those of the frighten sb (in v. ~ on/upon adj. reversed in rainbow order to make sb/sth; ~ position, 2498. irksome him do sth) (oneself/sth) direction or adj. tiresome; 2466. intolera into sth (esp relation annoying nt adj. not fml ) put 2486. invert 2499. ironic tolerant (oneself/sth) v. put upside adj. using or 2467. intoxica into a place or down or in the expressing te To make situation where opposite order, irony; full of drunk. one/it is position or irony 2468. intracta unwelcome or arrangement 2500. irony ble adj. not unsuitable 2487. invetera n. expression easily 2477. intuition te adj. (of of one's controlled or n. (power of) bad feelings, meaning by dealt with; understanding habits, etc) that saying the hard to things (eg a have lasted a direct opposite manage situation, sb's long time and of one's 2469. intransi feelings) seem likely to thoughts in gence state immediately, continue order to be of stubborn; without the 2488. invidiou emphatic, unwillingness need for s adj. amusing, to compromise conscious likely to cause sarcastic, etc 2470. intrepid reasoning or resentment or 2501. irreconc adj. fearless; study unpopularity ilable adj. ~ brave 2478. inundat 2489. invincib (with sb/sth) 2471. intrigue e v. ~ le adj. too (of people) that v. ~ (against sth(fml ) cover strong to be cannot be sb) make and sth with water overcome or reconciled carry out by overflowing; defeated 2502. irrefuta secret plans or flood 2490. inviolab ble adj. that plots to do sth 2479. inured le adj. that cannot be bad accustomed must not be proved false 2472. intrinsic to/adapted violated or 2503. irreleva adj. belonging 2480. invalid dishonoured nt adj. ~ naturally; adj. not 2491. invocati not connected existing within, properly based on => (with sth); not not coming or able to be invoke relevant (to from outside sth) 2504. irremed chemical 2522. jaundice 2532. jingoist iable adj. properties d adj. n. person who that cannot be 2514. isthmus affected by has such a remedied or n. narrow strip jealousy, spite, belief corrected of land joining etc; bitter 2533. jocose 2505. irrepara two larger 2523. jaunt adj. humorous; ble adj. that areas of land n. short playful ; cannot be put that would journey, made 2534. jocular right, restored otherwise be for pleasure adj. meant as or repaired separated by 2524. jaunty a joke; 2506. irrepres water adj. feeling or humorous sible adj. 2515. itineran showing 2535. jocund that cannot be t adj. cheerfulness adj. merry; held back or travelling from and self- cheerful ; controlled place to place confidence; 2536. jollity 2507. irreproa 2516. itinerar sprightly n. state of chable adj. y n. plan 2525. jeopardi being jolly freefrom blame for, or record ze put in 2537. jostle or fault of, a journey; danger v. ~ push 2508. irresolut route 2526. jeopard roughly against e adj. 2517. jab y n. in (sb), usu in a feeling or v. ~ (at sb/sth) jeopardy in crowd showing (with sth); ~ danger of 2538. jovial uncertainty; sb/sth (with harm, loss or adj. very hesitating ; sth) poke or destruction cheerful and 2509. irretriev push at sb/sth 2527. jest good- able adj. that roughly, usu n. thing said or humoured; cannot be with sth sharp done to cause merry retrieved or or pointed amusement; 2539. jubilatio remedied 2518. jabber joke ; n n. great 2510. irrevere v. ~ talk 2528. jetsam happiness, esp nce The rapidly in what n. goods because of a quality seems to be a thrown success showing or confused overboard 2540. judiciar expressing a manner from a ship in y n. judges deficiency of 2519. jaded distress to of a country veneration, adj. tired and lighten it; such collectively especially for lacking zest, goods washed 2541. judiciou sacred things. usu after too up ashore ; s adj. 2511. irrevere much of sth 2529. jettison showing or nt adj. 2520. jargon v. throw or havinggood feeling or n. technical or eject from a sense showing no specialized ship in distress, 2542. jug respect for words used by or from an n. (US pitcher) sacred things a particular aeroplane, a deep vessel, 2512. irrevoca group of people spacecraft, etc with a handle ble adj. that and difficult 2530. jibe and a lip, for cannot be for others to to be in accord: holding and changed or understand AGREE pouring liquids revoked; final 2521. jaundice 2531. jingoism 2543. juggern 2513. isotope n. disease n. extreme and aut n. very n. one of two or caused by an unreasonable large more forms of excess of bile in belief that articulated a chemical the blood one's own lorry element with which makes country is best, 2544. jumble different the skin and together with a to mix into a atomic weight the whites of warlike confused or and different the eyes attitude disordered nuclear become towards other mass properties but abnormally countries 2545. juncture the same yellow n. at this juncture (fml ) the tube is 2566. knell 2575. lacerate at a particular, turned n. sound of a v. injure by esp important, 2553. ken bell rung tearing stage in a series n. slowly after a 2576. lacerati of events beyond/outside death or at a on n. 2546. junket one's ken not funeral tearing of the n. sweet within one's 2567. knit flesh custard-like range of v. ~ sth (for sb) 2577. lachrym pudding made knowledge make (a ose adj. in of milk curdled 2554. kernel garment or the habit of with rennet, n. soft and usu fabric) by weeping; and often edible part forming wool, tearful; sweetened and inside a nut or silk, etc yarn mournful flavoured , fruit stone . into connecting 2578. lackadai 2547. junta 2555. killjoy loops, either by sical adj. n. group, esp of n. person who hand (using lacking vigour military spoils the long needles) and officers, who enjoymentof or on a determination; rule a country others machine unenthusiastic after taking 2556. kindle 2568. knoll 2579. lacklust power by force v. catch fire n. small round er lacking in a revolution 2557. kindred hill or mound brilliance or 2548. juridical n. family 2569. knotty vitality ; adj. of law or relationship adj. (of lacking luster legal 2558. kinetic timber) full of or shine proceedings adj. of or knots 2580. laconic 2549. jurisdict produced by 2570. kudos adj. using few ion n. movement n. honour and words; terse authority to 2559. kismet glory; credit1( 2581. lag carry out n. destiny; 2571. labile v. ~ (behind justice and to fate ; readily or sb/sth); ~ interpret and 2560. kleptom continually (behind) go too apply laws; aniac n. undergoing slow; fail to right to person chemical, keep pace with exercise legal suffering from physical, or others authority kleptomania ; . biological 2582. laggard 2550. jurispru adj change or n. person who dence n. 2561. knack breakdown:UN lags behind science or n. skill at STABLE 2583. lagoon philosophy of performing 2572. laboriou n. salt-water law some special s adj. lake separated 2551. juxtapos task; ability needing much from the open e v. place 2562. knave effort sea by (people or n. = jack1 4 2573. labyrint sandbanks or things) side by 2563. knavery h n. coral reefs side or very n. dishonesty; complicated 2584. laity close together, trickery ; network of n. the laity all esp to show a 2564. knead winding the members of contrast v. press and passages, a Church who 2552. kaleidos stretch with the paths, etc are not cope n. toy hands to form through which ordained consisting of a a firm smooth it is difficult to clergymen; tube containing paste find one's way laymen ; small loose 2565. kneel 2574. lace 2585. lambast pieces of v. =>Usage at n. delicate e v. hit coloured glass, dream dream. fabric with an (sb) hard and etc and mirrors ~ (down) go ornamental repeatedly; which reflect down on one or openwork thrash ; these to form both knees; design of 2586. lament changing rest on the threads v. ~ (for/over patterns when knee(s) sb/sth) feel or express great giving of 2608. lax handed down sorrow or money or gifts, adj. not from the past, regret for esp to sb of sufficiently esp one that (sb/sth) lower rank or strict or severe; may not be 2587. lampoo status negligent true n n. piece 2598. lascivio 2609. laxative 2621. legerde of writing that us adj. n, adj causing main n. attacks and feeling, or helping the skilful ridicules a expressing or bowels to performance of person, a book, causing sexual empty tricks using the an institution, desire 2610. layman hands; etc 2599. lassitud n. person who juggling; 2588. lance e n. does not have conjuring ; n. weapon tiredness of an expert 2622. legislatu used for mind or body knowledge of a re n. body catching fish, 2600. latch subject of people with etc with a long n. fastening 2611. leash the power to wooden shaft for a gate or n. = lead make and and a pointed door, 2612. leaven change laws steel head consisting of a n. substance 2623. leniency 2589. lancet bar that is used to make mercifulness as n. sharp lifted from its dough rise a consequence pointed two- catch, groove, before it is of being lenient edged surgical hole, etc by a baked to make or tolerant ; a instrument lever bread disposition to used for 2601. latent 2613. leave- yield to the opening adj. existing taking n. act wishes of abscesses, etc but not yet of saying someone 2590. languid active, goodbye 2624. leonine adj. lacking developed or 2614. lechery adj. of or like a vigour or visible n. excessive lion energy; slow- 2602. lateral interest in 2625. lethal moving adj. of, at, from sexual pleasure adj. causing or 2591. languish or towards the 2615. lectern able to cause v. lack or lose side n. high sloping death vitality 2603. latitude desk made to 2626. lethargi 2592. languor n. distance of a hold a c adj. Hot n. tiredness or place north or lecturer's weather laziness of south of the notes, a Bible makesme mind and equator, in church, etc lethargic body; measured in 2616. leery 2627. levee listlessness ; degrees . adj. ~ (infml ) n. assembly of 2593. lank 2604. laud wary; visitors, esp at adj. straight v. praise suspicious a formal and limp (sb/sth); glorify 2617. leeway reception 2594. lap 2605. laudable n. amount of 2628. levitate n. area formed adj. deserving freedom to v. rise and float by the upper praise; move, change, in the air, esp part of a seated praiseworthy etc that is left by means of person's thighs 2606. laudator to sb supernatural 2595. larceny y adj. 2618. legacy powers n. (instance of) expressing or n. money or 2629. levity theft of giving praise property left to n. lack of personal goods 2607. lavish sb in a will proper 2596. larder adj. ~ ~ (in 2619. legato seriousness or n. cupboard or doing sth) adj. adv (to be respect small room giving or played) in a 2630. levy used for producing smooth even v. ~ sth (on sb) storing food generously or manner collect (a 2597. largess in large 2620. legend payment, etc) n. generous quantities n. story by authority or force; impose opera or 2655. linguisti colour of lead; sth musical play c adj. of bluish-grey 2631. lewd 2642. license language or 2666. loath adj. treating v. give a licence linguistics adj. ~ to do sth sexual matters to 2656. lionize unwilling; in a vulgar or 2643. licentiou assign great reluctant indecent way s adj. social 2667. loathe 2632. lexicogr disregardingth importance to v. feel great apher n. e rules of 2657. liquidat hatred or person who behaviour, esp e v. pay or disgust for compiles in sexual settle (sb/sth) dictionaries matters 2658. list 2668. lode 2633. lexicon 2644. lien n. series of n. vein of metal n. dictionary, n. ~ (on/upon names, items, ore esp of an sth) right to figures, etc 2669. loft ancient keep sb's written or n. room or language , property until printed space directly 2634. liability a debt owed in 2659. listless under the roof n. ~state of connection adj. having no of a house, being liable with it (for energy, vitality used for 2635. liaison repair, or enthusiasm storing things n. transport, etc) 2660. litany 2670. lofty communication is paid , n. series of adj. (of and co- 2645. ligneous prayers to God thoughts, aims, operation adj. woody for use in etc) noble; between units 2646. lilliputia church exalted of an n adj. on a services, 2671. log organization small scale; spoken by a n. length of 2636. libel tiny priest with set tree-trunk that n. false written 2647. limber responses by has fallen or or printed adj. supple; the been cut down statement that flexible ; congregation 2672. loiter damages sb's 2648. limbo 2661. lithe v. ~ stand reputation n. in limbo in adj. bending or about idly 2637. libelous an turning easily; 2673. loll defamatory; intermediate or supple v. ~ rest, sit or injurious to the uncertain state; 2662. litigatio stand lazily, good name of a neglected n n. often while person 2649. limn process of leaning against 2638. libertine portray; going to law sth n. man who describe vividly 2663. litotes 2674. longevit lives an 2650. limp n. ironical y n. long irresponsible adj. not stiff or understatemen life and immoral firm t,esp using a 2675. lookout life 2651. limpid negative to the act of 2639. libidino adj. clear; emphasize the keeping watch us adj. transparent contrary , It against danger, having or 2652. lineage wasn't easy It etc. showing strong n. line of was very 2676. loom sexual feelings; descent from difficult n. machine for lustful ; an ancestor; 2664. litter weaving cloth 2640. libido ancestry n. light 2677. lope n. (psychology ) 2653. lineame rubbish (eg bits v. run fairly emotional nts n. of paper, fast with long energy or urge, features of the wrappings, bounding esp sexual face, etc bottles) left strides 2641. libretto 2654. linger lying about, esp 2678. lopsided n. words that v. stay for a in a public adj. with one are sung and long time; be place side lower, spoken in an unwilling to 2665. livid smaller, etc leave adj. of the than the other; unevenly laughter; sweet in taste 2712. maculat balanced ridiculous; or smell ed make 2679. loquacio absurd 2701. lush dirty or spotty; us adj. 2690. lugubrio adj. growing also used fondof talking; us adj. thickly and metaphorically talkative ; dismal; strongly; ; spot, stain, or 2680. lot mournful luxuriant pollute n. the `lot, all 2691. lull 2702. lust 2713. madriga the `lot, the v. ~ sb/sth (to n. ~ (for sb) l n. whole `lot the sth) make (a strong sexual songfor several whole number person or an desire voices, usu or amount (of animal) quiet 2703. luster without sb/sth) or less active; shine; gloss instrumental 2681. lottery soothe sb/sth 2704. lustrous accompanimen n. way of 2692. lumber adj. having t,on the themes raising money n. unwanted lustre of love and/or by selling pieces of 2705. luxurian nature 16, numbered furniture, etc t adj. 2714. maelstr tickets and that are stored growing thickly om n. giving prizes to away or take and strongly; great whirlpool the holders of up space lush 2715. magiste numbers 2693. lumen 2706. luxuriat rial adj. selected at a unit of e v. ~ in having or random luminous flux sth take great showing 2682. lounge equal to the pleasure in sth; authority v. sit or stand light emitted in enjoy sth as a 2716. magistr in a lazy way, a unit solid luxury ate n. esp leaning angle by a 2707. macabr official who against sth; loll uniform point e adj. acts as a judge 2683. lout source of one connected with in the lowest n. clumsy candle intensity death, and thus courts; Justice vulgar man or 2694. luminar causing fear; of the Peace youth with bad y n. gruesome 2717. magnan manners person who 2708. mace imity n. 2684. low inspires or n. large heavy being adj. not high influences club formerly magnanimous or tall; not others used as a 2718. magnate extending far 2695. luminou weapon, usu n. wealthy and upwards s adj. having a head powerful 2685. lubricat giving out with metal landowner or e v. put oil light; bright spikes , industrialist or grease on or 2696. lunar 2709. macerat 2719. magnilo in so that it adj. of the e v. (cause quent adj. moves easily moon sth to) become (of words, 2686. lucid 2697. lunatic soft or break speech) adj. clearly n. insane up by soaking pompous- expressed; easy person 2710. Machia sounding , to understand 2698. lurid vellian adj. 2720. magnitu 2687. lucrativ adj. having cunning and de n. (usu e adj. bright glaring deceitful in large) size producing colours or gaining what 2721. maim much money; combinations one wants; v. wound or profitable of colour showing such injure so that 2688. lucre 2699. lurk cunning or part of the n. profit or v. be or stay deceit body cannot be money-making, hidden, esp 2711. machina used as a motive for when waiting tions 2722. makeshi doing sth to attack [ machination: ft n, adj 2689. ludicrou 2700. luscious ] an intrigue, used s adj. adj. rich and plot, or scheme temporarily causing until sth better 2733. malfeas 2743. mandat 2754. manipul is available ance a e n. ~ (to ate v. 2723. maladro wrongful act do sth) control or it adj. not that the actor authority given handle with clever or had no right to to a party, skill skilful; clumsy; do; improper trade union, etc 2755. manner bungling professional by the people ed adj. 2724. malady conduct who support it having an n. disease; 2734. maliciou 2744. mandat unnatural style illness s adj. ory adj. of speaking, 2725. malaise intended to required by writing, etc; n. general harm others law; affected feeling of 2735. malign compulsory 2756. manneri illness, without v. say 2745. maneuv sm n. clear signs of a unpleasant or er = peculiar habit particular untrue things manoeuvre of behaviour, disease about 2746. mange speech, etc 2726. malapro 2736. maligna n. skin disease 2757. mantle pism nt adj. of hairy n. loose ncomical feeling or animals, sleeveless cloak confusion of a showing great caused by a 2758. manumi word with desire to harm parasite t v. (fml ) another, others; 2747. mangle (formerly) free similar- malevolent v. damage (a slave) sounding,word 2737. malinge greatly, 2759. mar which has a rer n. (almost) v. damage quite different person who beyond (sth); spoil meaning, eg malingers recognition; 2760. maraud `an 2738. malleabl mutilate a sudden short ingenuousmach e adj. that 2748. mangy attack ; search ine for peeling can be beaten adj. suffering for plunder potatoes' or pressed into from mange 2761. margin 2727. malapro different 2749. maniaca n. blank space pos of an shapes easily l adj. round the inappropriate 2739. malodor violently mad written or or misapplied ous adj. 2750. manifest printed matter nature or kind smelling adj. ~ (fml ) on a page 2728. malcont unpleasant clear and 2762. margina ent n, adj 2740. mamma obvious l adj. of discontented l n. any 2751. manifest or in a margin and rebellious of the class of ation 2763. marital 2729. maledict animals that outward adj. of ion n. give birth to demonstration; ahusband or prayer that sb live offspring indication wife; of or sth may be and feed their 2752. manifest marriage destroyed, young on milk o n. 2764. maritim hurt, etc; curse from the breast (publication e adj. of ; 2741. mammo containing a) the sea, sailing 2730. malefact th n. public or shipping or n. large hairy declaration by 2765. marked wrongdoer; type of a political adj. clear; criminal elephant, now party, ruler, noticeable; 2731. malefici extinct etc of easily seen ent 2742. manacle principles and 2766. maroon 2732. malevol n. one of a pair policy adj. n ent adj. ~ of chains or 2753. manifol brownish red wishing to do metal bands d adj. of 2767. marred evil or cause for binding the many types; [ mar: ] vt. to harm to others; hands or feet; many and cause harm to; spiteful fetter ; various spoil or impair 2768. marrow the Roman (about) handle etc who n. soft fatty Catholic sb/sth roughly disagree substance that Church or brutally 2800. mediocr fills the hollow 2779. masticat 2789. mausole e adj. not parts of human e v. chew um n. very good; and animal (food) large, finely second-rate bones 2780. mat built tomb 2801. meditati 2769. marshal n. piece of 2790. mauve on n. deep n. officer of material, made adj. n pale thought, esp high rank of straw, purple colour about spiritual 2770. marsupi rushes, fibre, 2791. maveric matters al n, adj of etc, used to k n. 2802. medium the class of cover part of a unbranded calf n. (pl usu mammals floor 2792. mawkis media) means which includes 2781. material h adj. by which sth is the kangaroo, ism n. sentimental in expressed or the female of 1obsession with a feeble or communicated which has a material sickly way 2803. medley pouch on its possessions,bod 2793. maxim n. piece of body to hold its ily comforts, n. saying that music made up young etc while expresses a of passages 2771. martial neglecting general truth from other adj. of or spiritual values or rule of musical works associated with 2782. materna conduct, eg 2804. meek war l adj. of `Waste not, adj. humble 2772. martine or like a want not' , and obedient; t n. mother 2794. mayhem submissive person who 2783. matriar n. violent 2805. megalo imposes strict ch n. disorder or mania n. discipline and female head of confusion; form of demands a family or havoc madness in obedience to tribe 2795. meager which a person orders 2784. matricul deficient in has an 2773. martyr ate v. be quality or exaggerated n. person who admitted or quantity view of his own is killed or admit as a 2796. mealym importance, made to suffer student to a outhed power, etc greatly because university hesitant to 2806. melanch of his beliefs 2785. matrim state facts or oly n. deep 2774. mash ony n. opinions simply sadness which n. grain, bran, state of being and directly as lasts for some etc cooked in married; from e.g. time; water until marriage timidity or depression ; soft, used as 2786. matrix hypocrisy 2807. melee food for n. mould into 2797. meande n. animals which molten r v. confusedstrugg 2775. masochi metal, liquid, follow a le; confused st n. etc is poured to winding crowd of 2776. mason form shapes course, flowing people n. person who for eg printer's slowly 2808. melliflu builds in or type, 2798. meddles ous adj. works with gramophone ome adj. sweet- stone records, etc fond of or in sounding; 2777. masque 2787. maudlin the habit of (almost) rade n. adj. foolishly or meddling musical false show; tearfully 2799. mediate 2809. mement pretence sentimental or v. ~ act as a o n. thing 2778. mass self-pitying, esp peacemaker or given, bought, n. celebration when drunk , go-between for etc and kept as of Christ's Last 2788. maul two or more a reminder (of Supper, esp in v. ~ sb/sth people, groups, a person, a place or an interested only eat his words' unhealthy or event) in making or `She has a unpleasant 2810. memoir money, etc; heart of stone' mist, etc n. written done from this I'll make him 2839. microco record of motive eat his sm n. events, usu 2821. mercuri wordsShe has a thing or being based on al adj. (of heart of stone regarded as personal people or their 2829. metaph representing knowledge moods, etc) ysical adj. the universe, or 2811. memori often changing of metaphysics mankind, on a al n. ~ 2822. meretric 2830. mete small scale; monument, ious adj. v. mete sth out miniature plaque, apparently (to sb) (fml ) representation ceremony, etc attractive but give or 2840. migrant that reminds in fact administer n, adj person people of an valueless (punishment, or animal who event or a 2823. merger rewards, etc) migrates person n. joining 2831. meteori 2841. migrato 2812. memori together (esp c adj. of ry adj. alize two meteors having or of commemorate commercial 2832. meter the habit of 2813. menace companies) n. device that migrating n. threatening 2824. merit measures the 2842. milieu quality, tone, n. quality of volume of gas, n. (usu sing ) feeling, etc deserving water, etc social 2814. menage praise or passing surroundings; rie n. reward; worth; through it, time environment collection of excellence passing, 2843. militant wild animals in 2825. mesmeri electrical adj. using force captivity, esp in ze current, or strong a travelling hypnotize distance, etc pressure, or circus or for 2826. metallur 2833. methodi supporting exhibition gical cal adj. their use, to 2815. mendaci [ metallurgy: ] done in an achieve one's ous adj. the scientific orderly, logical aims untruthful; study of the way 2844. militate lying extraction, 2834. meticulo v. ~ against sth 2816. mendica refining, us adj. ~ (of evidence, nt n, adj alloying, and giving or facts, etc) have (person) fabrication of showing great great force or getting a living metals and of precision and influence to by begging their structure care; very prevent sth 2817. menial and properties attentive to 2845. militia adj. (of work) 2827. metamo detail n. force of suitable to be rphosis n. 2835. metrical civilians who done by (fml) change of adj. of or are trained as servants; form or nature, composed in soldiers and unskilled eg by natural verse, not prose reinforce the 2818. mentor growth or 2836. metropo regular army n. experienced development lis n. chief in the internal and trusted 2828. metaph city of a region defence of the adviser of an or n. use or country; country in an inexperienced of a word or capital emergency person phrase to 2837. mettle 2846. millenni 2819. mercant indicate sth n. quality of um n. ile adj. of different from endurance or period of 1000 trade and (though related courage, esp in years commerce; of in some way to) people or 2847. milliner merchants ; the literal horses y n. 2820. mercena meaning, as in 2838. miasma (trimmings for) ry adj. `I'll make him n. (fml ) women's hats 2848. mime 2859. mire 2870. miscrea 2883. mobile n. (in the n. swampy nt n. adj. that can theatre, etc) ground or bog; villain; move or be use of only soft deep mud wrongdoer ; moved easily facial 2860. mirth 2871. misdem and quickly expressions n. merriment eanor a from place to and gestures to orhappiness; crime less place tell a story laughter serious than a 2884. mock 2849. mimicry 2861. misadve felony v. ~ makefun n. mimicking nture n. 2872. miserly of (sb/sth), esp 2850. minator (piece of) bad adj. like a by mimicking y adj. luck; miser; mean or him/it threatening misfortune selfish contemptuousl 2851. mincing 2862. misanth 2873. misgivin y; ridicule adj. affected rope a gs 2885. mode 2852. mingle person who [ misgiving: ] a n. ~ (fml ) way v. ~ with sth/~ hates or feeling of or manner in (together) form distrusts uncertainty, which sth is a mixture with mankind apprehension, done sth; combine 2863. misappr or doub 2886. modicu 2853. miniatu ehension n. 2874. mishap m n. ~ re n. very under a n. unlucky small or small detailed misappre`hensi accident(usu moderate painting, usu of on not not serious) amount of sth a person understanding 2875. misnom 2887. modish 2854. minion correctly er n. adj. n. (derog or joc 2864. miscella wrong use of a fashionable ) subordinate neous adj. of name, word or 2888. modulat or assistant, various kinds description e v. vary esp one who 2865. miscella 2876. misoga the strength, tries to win ny n. ~ my hatred volume or favour by varied of marriage pitch of obeying a collection of 2877. misogyn 2889. modulat superior items ist n. ion toning slavishly 2866. mischan person who down; 2855. minuscu ce n. (piece hates women changing from le adj. of) bad luck 2878. missile one key to very small; tiny 2867. mischief n. object or another ; n. behaviour weapon that is 2890. mogul 2856. minute that is thrown or fired n. very rich, n. one sixtieth annoying or at a target important or part of an does slight 2879. missive influential hour, equal to damage, but is n. letter, esp a person 60 seconds , 60 not malicious long or official 2891. molecul 2857. minutia (used esp as in one e n. e n. very the expressions 2880. mite smallest unit small or shown) n. very small into which a unimportant 2868. miscond or modest substance can details uct n. (esp contribution or be divided 2858. mirage law ) improper offering without a n. optical behaviour, esp 2881. mitigate change in its illusion caused of a sexual or v. make (sth) chemical by hot air professional less severe, nature conditions, esp kind violent or 2892. mollify that of a sheet 2869. miscons painful; v. lessen the of water true v. get a moderate anger of (sb); seeming to wrong idea of 2882. mnemo make calmer; appear in the or misinterpret nic adj. of soothe desert or on a (sb's words, or designed to 2893. mollyco hot road acts, etc) help the ddle v. treat memory (sb) with too much kindness grey; black and 2914. mores 2924. motility and protection; white n. customs or ability to move pamper 2904. monogr conventions spontaneously 2894. molt am n. two considered and the act or or more typical of or independently process of letterscombine essential to a 2925. motley sheding hair, d in one design group or adj. of many feathers, shell, and marked on communtiy different types horns, or an handkerchiefs, 2915. morgue of people or outer layer notepaper, etc , n. building in things periodically; 2905. monogr which dead 2926. mottled specifically aph n. bodies are kept adj. marked :ECDYSIS detailed before being with patches of 2895. molten scholarly study buried or different adj. melted or of one subject cremated; colours without made liquid by 2906. monolit mortuary ; a regular heating to a hic adj. 2916. moribu pattern very high consisting of nd adj. at 2927. motto temperature one or more the point of n. short 2896. moment monoliths death; about to sentence or ous adj. 2907. monoth come to an end phrase chosen very eism n. 2917. morose and used as a important; belief that adj. very guide or rule of serious there is only unhappy, bad- behaviour or as 2897. moment one God tempered and an expression um n. 2908. monoto silent; sullen of the aims or force that ny n. state 2918. mortar ideals of a increases the of being n. mixture of family, a rate of monotonous; lime or cement, country, an development of lack of variety sand and institution, etc a process; that causes water, used to 2928. mounte impetus weariness and hold bricks, bank n. 2898. monarc boredom stones, etc person who hy n. 2909. monum together in tries to cheat system of ental adj. building others by government by of, related to or 2919. morticia clever talk; a monarch serving as a n n. swindler 2899. monasti monument =undertaker 2929. muddle c adj. of 2910. moodine 2920. mortify v. ~ sth (up) or relating to ss n. v. cause (sb) to put sth into monks or 2911. morator be very disorder; mix monasteries ium n. ~ ashamed or sth up 2900. monetar (on sth) embarrassed 2930. muggy y adj. of temporary 2921. mosaic adj. (of money or stopping of an n. picture or weather) currency activity, esp by pattern made oppressively 2901. mongrel official by placing warm and n. dog of agreement together small damp mixed breed 2912. morbid pieces of glass, 2931. mulct 2902. monoch adj. having or stone, etc of defraud a romatic showing an different person of having or interest in colours something; fine consisting of gloomy or 2922. mote 2932. multifar one color or unpleasant n. small ious adj. of hue things, esp particle, usu of many different 2903. monoch disease or dust; speck ; kinds; having rome adj. death 2923. motif great variety having or using 2913. mordan n. decorative 2933. multifor images in t adj. design or m having black, white very sarcastic; pattern many forms and shades of biting 2934. multilin 2944. musty [ narcissism: ] 2969. necrom gual adj. adj. smelling an exceptional ancy n. art speaking or or tasting stale, interest in or or practice of using many mouldy and admiration for communicating languages damp oneself, esp. by magic with 2935. multipli 2945. mutable one's physical the dead in city n. ~ of adj. liable to appearance order to learn sth large change; likely 2957. narrativ about the number or to change ; e n. future great variety of 2946. mutablil spoken or 2970. nectar things ity written account n. sweet liquid 2936. mundan 2947. mute of events; story produced by e adj. adj. silent; 2958. nascent flowers and ordinary and making no adj. beginning collected by typically sound to exist; not yet bees for unexciting 2948. muted well developed making honey 2937. munific (of a sound or 2959. natal 2971. nefariou ent adj. colour) pertaining to s adj. extremely softened birth wicked; generous; (of 2949. mutilate 2960. natation unlawful sth given) large v. injure, swimming 2972. negate in amount or damage or 2961. natty v. deny or splendid in disfigure by adj. (infml ) disprove the quality breaking, (often derog ) existence of 2938. mural tearing or smart and tidy; (sb/sth) n. painting cutting off a neat 2973. negation done on a wall necessary part 2962. nausea n. action of 2939. murky 2950. mutinou n. feeling of denying adj. s adj. sickness or 2974. negligen unpleasantly guilty of disgust ce n. lack dark; gloomy mutiny; 2963. nauseat of proper care 2940. murmur refusing to e v. make or attention; n. low obey; feel nausea carelessness continuous rebellious 2964. nauseou 2975. negligibl indistinct 2951. mutter s adj. e adj. of sound v. ~ (to sb) causing little 2941. muse (about sth) nausea; importance or n. the Muses speak or say disgusting ; size; not worth the nine (sth) in a low 2965. nautical considering goddesses, voice that is adj. of ships, 2976. nemesis daughters of hard to hear sailors or n. (usu sing) Zeus or 2952. myopic navigation (fml) deserved Jupiter, who adj. short- 2966. navigabl and protected and sighted e adj. unavoidable encouraged 2953. myriad suitable for punishment for poetry, music, n. extremely ships, boats, etc wrong doing dancing, large number to sail on 2977. neologis history and 2954. mystic 2967. nebula m n. other branches adj. of hidden n. light or dark newly-invented of art and meaning or patch in the word literature , spiritual night sky 2978. neophyt 2942. musky power, esp in caused by a e n. adj. (smelling) religion cluster of very person recently like musk 2955. nadir distant stars or converted to 2943. muster n. point in the a cloud of dust some belief or n. assembly or heavens or gas religion gathering of directly 2968. nebulou 2979. nepotis people or beneath an s adj. m n. things, esp for observer cloudlike; hazy practice among review or 2956. narcissis ; people with inspection t power or influence of 2991. nirvana puzzle (sb) is new and favouring their n. state of greatly inexperienced own relatives, perfect bliss in 3002. nonsens in a job, esp by giving which the e n. situation, etc; them jobs individual meaningless beginner 2980. nether becomes words 3014. noxious adj. lower absorbed into 3003. noose adj. harmful; 2981. nettle the supreme n. loop in one poisonous n. common spirit end of a rope, 3015. nuance wild plant with 2992. nocturn with a knot n. subtle hairs on its al adj. of that allows the difference in leaves that or in the night; loop to be meaning, sting and done or tightened as colour, feeling, redden the skin happening in the other end etc when touched the night of the rope is 3016. nubile 2982. nexus 2993. noisome pulled adj. old n. (fml ) adj. offensive; 3004. nostalgi enough to connected disgusting; a n. marry group or stinking sentimental 3017. nugator series; bond or 2994. nomadic longing for y adj. connection adj. of nomads; things that are worthless; 2983. nib wandering past pointless; not n. metal point 2995. nomencl 3005. nostrum valid of a pen ature n. n. medicine 3018. nullify 2984. nicety system of falsely v. make (an n. accuracy; naming, esp in recommended agreement, etc) precision a particular as effective; lose its legal 2985. niggardl branch of quack remedy ; force y adj. science 3006. notable 3019. numism mean; stingy 2996. nominal adj. deserving atist n. 2986. niggle adj. existing, to be noticed; expert in v. ~ give too etc in name remarkable numismatics; much time and only; not real 3007. notch collector of attention to or actual n. ~ V-shaped coins and unimportant 2997. nonchal cut in an edge medals ; details; ance or surface V 3020. nuptial criticize in a indifference; 3008. notoriet adj. of petty way lack of interest y n. fame marriage or of 2987. nihilism 2998. noncom for being bad a wedding n. total mittal in some way 3021. nurse rejection of all neutral; 3009. nourish n. person, usu religious and unpledged; v. keep alive female, trained moral beliefs undecided and well with to help a 2988. nihilist 2999. nondesc food doctor to look n. believer in ript n, adj 3010. nourish after the sick nihilism without a ment n. or injured 2989. nimble distinctive food 3022. nurture adj. able to character and 3011. nova v. care for and move quickly so not easily n. (astronomy) educate and neatly; classified star that 3023. nutrient agile 3000. nonentit suddenly n, adj 2990. nip y n. becomes much (substance) v. press (sth) person without brighter for a serving as or hard (eg any special short period providing between the qualities or 3012. novelty nourishment, finger and achievements; n. quality of esp for plants thumb, or the unimportant being novel; or animals teeth, or with person newness; 3024. nutritio the claws as a 3001. nonplus strangeness n n. crab does); v. surprise or 3013. novice nourishment; pinch n. person who food 3025. nutritio account of his respectful (esp understand; us adj. of life and in the hope of stupid (high) value as achievements getting a 3056. obviate food; 3035. objectiv reward or v. remove nourishing e adj. not favour from (sth); get rid of 3026. oaf influenced by sb) 3057. Occiden n. stupid, personal 3045. obsequy t n. the clumsy and feelings or exequies; Occident the awkward opinions; funeral; countries of the person (usu unbiased; fair interment West, ie male) 3036. obligato 3046. obsessio Europe and 3027. oath ry adj. n n. ~ America n. (words used required by state of being 3058. occlude in making a) rule, law or obsessed to close up or solemn promise custom; 3047. obsessiv block to do sth or compulsory e adj. of or off:OBSTRUC solemn 3037. oblique having an T declaration adj. not obsession 3059. occult that sth is true horizontal or 3048. obsidian adj. only for (usu appealing vertical; black volcanic those with to God, etc as a sloping; rock special witness) slanting 3049. obsolete knowledge or 3028. oatmeal 3038. obliterat adj. no longer powers; n. meal made e v. used; out of hidden, secret from crushed remove all date 3060. oculist oats, used in signs of (sth); 3050. obstetri n. specialist in porridge, rub or blot out cian n. treating oatcakes, etc 3039. oblivion doctor who diseases and 3029. obdurat n. state of specializes in defects of the e adj. forgetting; obstetrics eye impossible to state of being 3051. obstinat 3061. odds change; unaware or e adj. n. probability stubborn unconscious refusing to or chance 3030. obeisanc 3040. obliviou change one's 3062. odious e n. deep s adj. ~ opinion or adj. bow (of respect of/to sth chosen course disgusting; or obedience) unaware of or of action; hateful 3031. obelisk not noticing stubborn 3063. odium n. tall pointed sth; having no 3052. obstrepe n. general or stone pillar memory of sth rous widespread with four sides, 3041. obloquy adjnoisy and hatred or set up as a n. public shame uncontrolled; disgust felt monument or or disgrace; unruly towards a landmark abuse; 3053. obtrude person or his 3032. obese discredit ; v. ~(on/upon actions adj. (of people) 3042. obnoxio sb/sth) (fml ) 3064. odorifer very fat us adj. force (oneself, ous giving 3033. obfuscat very one's opinions, off an order e v. unpleasant; ideas, etc) upon 3065. odorous (deliberately) nasty; offensive sb/sth, esp adj. having a make (sth) 3043. obscure when (pleasant or confused or adj. not easily unwanted unpleasant) difficult to or clearly seen 3054. obtrusiv smell understand or understood; e adj. very 3066. odyssey 3034. obituary indistinct; noticeable or n. long n. printed hidden obvious; adventurous notice (eg in a 3044. obsequi inclined to journey newspaper) of ous adj. ~ obtrude 3067. offensiv a person's (to sb) too 3055. obtuse e adj. death, often willing to obey adj. slow to upsetting or with a short or serve; too annoying; 3078. onerous 3089. optician 3099. ordain insulting adj. needing n. person who v. make a 3068. offhand effort; makes and sells priest or adj. too casual; burdensome optical minister abrupt 3079. onomat instruments, 3100. ordeal 3069. officious opoeia n. esp contact n. difficult or adj. too ready combination of lenses and painful or willing to sounds in a glasses experience give orders, word that 3090. optimist 3101. ordinan offer advice or imitates or n. person who ce n. help, or use suggests what is always order, rule or one's the word refers hopeful and law made by a authority; to eg hiss, expects the best government or bossy and cuckoo, thud ; in all things an authority interfering hiss cuckoo 3091. optimu 3102. ordinati 3070. ogle thud m adj. on n. v. ~ at sb look 3080. onslaug best or most ceremony of or stare at (esp ht n. ~ favourable ordaining (a a woman) in a fierce attack 3092. optional priest or way that 3081. onus adj. that may minister) suggests sexual n. the onus be chosen or 3103. orgy interest duty or not, as one n. wild party, 3071. olfactor responsibility wishes; not usu with a lot y adj. of or (for doing sth); compulsory of drinking concerned with burden 3093. optomet and/or sexual the sense of 3082. ooze rist one activity smell v. ~ from/out who fits glasses 3104. orient 3072. oligarch of sth; ~ to remedy n. the Orient y n. form out/away come visual defects countries of the of government or flow out 3094. opulenc (Far) East (eg in which a slowly e n. Japan, China) small group of 3083. opalesce opulently 3105. orientati people hold all nt adj. 3095. opus on n. the power changing n. musical activity of 3073. ominous colour like an composition orientating adj. suggesting opal; iridescent numbered as oneself; state of that sth bad is 3084. opaque one of a being about to adj. not composer's orientated happen; allowing light works (work1 3106. orifice threatening to pass 5b) (usu in n. outer 3074. omnipot through; not order of opening in the ent adj. transparent publication) body, etc having 3085. opiate 3096. oracular 3107. ornate unlimited or n. drug adj. of or like adj. richly very great containing an oracle; with decorated power opium, used to hidden 3108. ornithol 3075. omnipre relieve pain or meaning ogist n. sent adj. to help sb sleep 3097. orator expert in present 3086. opportu n. person who ornithology everywhere ne adj. (of makes formal 3109. orthodo 3076. omnisci time) suitable speeches in x adj. ent adj. or favourable public generally knowing for a purpose 3098. oratorio accepted or everything 3087. opportu n. musical approved 3077. omnivor nist n. composition for 3110. orthogr ous adj. person who solo voices, aphy n. (of animals) acts like this chorus and (study or eating both 3088. opprobr orchestra,usu system of) plants and ium n. with a Biblical spelling animal flesh public disgrace theme 3111. oscillate and shame v. move repeatedly and 3122. outlaw 3133. overhau 3142. ovoid regularly from n. person who l v. adj. n egg- one position to has broken the examine shaped (object) another and law and is carefully and 3143. pachyde back again hiding to avoid thoroughly and rm n. any 3112. osseous being caught make any of varioustypes adj. of bone; 3123. outlook necessary of thick- having bones; n. ~ view on repairs skinned, four- bony ; which one 3134. oversee footed animal, 3113. ossify looks out v. watch over eg an elephant v. (fml ) (cause 3124. outmod and control or a rhinoceros sth to) become ed adj. no (sb/sth); 3144. pacifist hard like bone; longer supervise n. person who change into fashionable 3135. overt believes in bone ; 3125. outrage adj. done or pacifism 3114. ostensib n. (act of) shown openly 3145. pacify le adj. great violence or publicly; not v. calm or stated though or cruelty secret or soothe the perhaps not 3126. outskirt hidden anger or true; apparent s n. 3136. overthr distress of (sb) 3115. ostentati outlying ow v. 3146. padre ous adj. districts (esp of cause the n. (used esp as showing or a city or large downfall or a form of liking town); outer defeat of address ) ostentation areas (sb/sth); put an clergyman in 3116. ostraciz 3127. outspok end to the armed e exclude en adj. ~ 3137. overture forces from public saying openly n. ~ (fml ) 3147. paean favor; ban exactly what friendly n. (fml) song of 3117. oust one thinks; approach, praise or v. ~ sb (fml ) frank proposalor triumph remove sb 3128. outstrip offer made (to 3148. painstak (from a v. run faster sb) with the ing adj. position, job, than (sb in a aim of starting done with, etc) sometimes race) and leave discussions requiring or in order to take him behind 3138. overtur taking great his place 3129. outwit n v. turn care or trouble 3118. outcast v. win or defeat over or upside- 3149. palatabl n, adj ~ (sb) by being down; upset e adj. (person) driven cleverer or 3139. overwee pleasant to away from more cunning ning adj. taste home, friends, than him showing too 3150. palate society, etc; 3130. ovation much self- n. roof of the homeless and n. great confidence or mouth friendless applause or conceit 3151. palatial (person) cheering 3140. overwhe adj. like a 3119. outfit expressing lm v. cover palace n. all the welcome or (sth/sb) 3152. paleonto equipment or approval completely by logy study articles needed 3131. overbea flowing over or of prehistoric for a particular ring adj. pouring down life purpose; kit forcing others on it/him; 3153. palette 3120. outgoin to do what one submerge n. thin board g adj. wants (without suddenly on which an going out; caring about 3141. overwro artist mixes leaving their feelings); ught adj. in colours when 3121. outlandi domineering a state of painting, with sh adj. 3132. overblo nervous a hole for the looking or wn adj. excitement, thumb to hold sounding past their best; anxiety, etc; it by strange too fully open tense and upset 3154. palimps handles, used thick fibrous 3182. paramo est n. for cooking stems used by ur illicit manuscript food in the Ancient lover from which the 3164. panacea Egyptians to 3183. paranoi original writing n. ~ remedy for make paper a n. has been all diseases or 3174. parable mental illness removed in troubles n. story told to in which a order to create 3165. panache illustrate a person is space for new n. confident moral or obsessed by writing stylish manner spiritual truth mistaken 3155. pall 3166. pandem 3175. paradig beliefs, esp that v. ~ become ic n, adj m n. set he is being uninterestingor disease of all the badly treated boring by occurring over different forms by others or being a whole of a word that he is experienced too country or the 3176. paradox somebody very often whole world n. statement important 3156. pallet 3167. Pandem that seems to 3184. paraphe n. large onium n. be absurd or rnalia n. wooden or wild and noisy contradictory numerous metal tray or disorder or but is or may small articles platform for confusion be true or personal carrying goods, 3168. pander 3177. paragon belongings, esp esp one that v. pander to n. ~ of sth the equipment can be raised sth/sb (derog ) person who is a needed for a using a fork-lift try to satisfy (a perfect hobby or sport truck vulgar, weak or example of a 3185. paraphr 3157. palliate immoral quality (used ase n. re- v. make(esp a desire, or sb esp in the wording of a pain or disease) having this); expression piece of less severe or gratify sth/sb shown) writing, unpleasant, 3169. panegyr 3178. parallel statement, etc, withoutremovi ic n. adj. (of two or esp in order to ng its cause; speech or piece more lines) make it easier alleviate , of writing having the to understand 3158. pallid praising sb/sth same distance 3186. parasite adj. pale, esp 3170. pang between each n. animal or because of n. sudden other at every plant (eg illness sharp feeling of point mistletoe) that 3159. palm pain 3179. paralleli lives on or in n. inner 3171. panora sm n. state another and surface of the mic adj. a of being gets its food hand between panoramic parallel; from it the wrist and view from the similarity 3187. parched the fingers top of the 3180. paramet [ parch: ] to 3160. palpable tower er n. deprive or be adj. that can 3172. pantomi quantity that deprived of be felt or me n. type does not vary water; dry up touched of play with in a particular 3188. parchm 3161. palpitat music, dancing case but does ent n. e v. beat and clowning, vary in other heavy paper- rapidly based on a cases like material 3162. paltry traditional 3181. paramo made from the adj. very story or fairy- unt adj. skin of sheep small; tale and usu having the or goats and unimportant performed at greatest used for 3163. pan Christmas importance or writing on n. wide flat 3173. papyrus significance; 3189. pare (usu metal) n. tall reed- supreme v. trim by container, with like water- cutting away a handle or plant with the edges 3190. pariah own weapon or 3209. pastiche head of a n. social one's hand to n. literary, family or tribe outcast block it musical or 3219. patricia 3191. parish 3200. parsimo artistic work in n n. n. area within nious adj. the style of member of the a diocese, very careful in another aristocracy having its own spending author, 3220. patrimo church and money or using composer, etc ny n. clergyman resources; 3210. pastoral property 3192. parity mean adj. relatingto inherited from n. state of 3201. parsimo or portraying one's father or being equal; ny n. country life, ancestors equality excessive the countryside 3221. patroniz 3193. parlanc carefulness in or shepherds, e to be e n. spending esp in an kind or helpful particular way money or using idealized way to, but in a of speaking or resources; 3211. pastry haughty or use of words; meanness ; n. mixture of snobbish way, phraseology 3202. partial flour, fat and as if dealing 3194. parley adj. of or water baked in with an n. (esp forming a part; an oven and inferior formerly) not complete used as a base 3222. paucity meeting 3203. partialit or covering for n. ~ (fml ) between y n. ~ tarts, pies, etc smallness of enemies or being partial( 3212. patent number or opponents to 3204. partisan adj. ~ obvious; quantity discuss terms n. enthusiastic clear; evident 3223. pauper for peace, etc and often 3213. pathetic n. very poor 3195. parochi uncritical adj. causing person al adj. of supporter of a one to feel pity 3224. peccadil or relating to a person, group or sadness lo n. small church parish or cause 3214. patholo unimportant 3196. parody 3205. partitio gical adj. of offence or sin n. ~ (piece of) n n. or relating to 3225. pecunia speech, writing action of pathology ry adj. of or music that dividing or 3215. pathos or concerning imitates the state of being n. quality, esp money style of an divided into in speech, 3226. pedagog author, parts, esp the writing, acting, ue n. composer, etc division of one etc that causes teacher in an amusing country into a feeling of pity 3227. pedagog and often two or more or sadness y n. study exaggerated nations 3216. patina or science of way; comic 3206. parvenu n. green ways and imitation n. person who coating that methods of 3197. paroxys has suddenly forms on the teaching m n. risen from a surface of old 3228. pedant sudden attack low social or bronze or n. person who or outburst economic copper attaches too 3198. parquet position to one 3217. patois much n. flooring of wealth or n. dialect importance to made of power spoken by the detail or to wooden blocks 3207. passive common people rules, esp when arranged in a adj. not active; of a region and learning or pattern submissive differing from teaching 3199. parry 3208. paste the standard 3229. pedantic v. turn aside n. moist soft language of the adj. of or like a or ward off (a mixture, esp of country pedant blow or an a powdery 3218. patriarc 3230. peddle attack) by substance and h n. male v. go from using one's a liquid house to house to sell goods; metal or plastic object (esp 3263. perfunct be a pedlar ; holder around the ory adj. a) 3231. pedestal 3242. penance total shadow of (of an action) n. base of a n. ~ the moon or done as a duty column punishment earth in an or routine, 3232. pedestri that one eclipse) without care or an n. imposes on 3252. penurio interest person walking oneself to show us adj. 3264. perigee in the street that one is very poor n. point in the 3233. pediatri sorry for 3253. penury orbit of the cian expert having done n. extreme moon, a planet in children's wrong poverty or a spacecraft diseases 3243. penchan 3254. peon at which it is 3234. pedigree t n. ~ for n. person nearest to the n. line of sth liking or employedas a earth ancestors taste for sth messenger 3265. perimet 3235. peer 3244. pendant 3255. percepti er n. n. person who n. ornament ve adj. outer edge of a is equal to that hangs quick to notice closed another in from a chain and geometric rank, status or worn round the understand shape merit neck things 3266. peripate 3236. peerless 3245. pending 3256. percussi tic adj. adj. superior to adj. waiting to on n. going from all others; be decided or striking of two place to place without equal ; settled (usu hard) 3267. periphe 3237. peevish 3246. pendulo objects ral adj. ~ adj. easily us adj. together of secondary or annoyed (esp hanging down 3257. perditio minor by loosely so as to n n. importance (to unimportant swing from everlasting sth) things); side to side punishment of 3268. periphe irritable ; 3247. penetrat the wicked ry n. 3238. pejorati e v. ~ sth after death boundary of a ve adj. make a way 3258. peregrin surface or an expressing into or through ation n. area criticismor sth travelling 3269. perjury scorn; 3248. penitent 3259. perempt n. action of derogatory; adj. feeling or ory adj. perjuring disparaging showing regret (esp derog ) (of oneself 3239. pell- or remorse for a person, his 3270. permea mell adv. having done manner, etc) ble adj. in a hurrying, sth wrong insisting on that can be disorderly 3249. penolog immediate permeated by manner; y n. study obedience or fluids or gas; headlong of crime and its submission; porous ; 3240. pellucid punishment, domineering 3271. permissi adj. and the 3260. perenni ve adj. transparentor management of al adj. allowing great translucent; prisons lasting for a freedomof very clear 3250. pensive long time behaviour, esp 3241. pen adj. thinking 3261. perfidio to children or n. instrument deeply about us adj. ~ in sexual for writing sth, esp in a sad (fml ) matters with ink, or serious way treacherous, 3272. pernicio consisting of a 3251. penumb deceitful or us adj. ~ pointed piece ra n. disloyal (to sb/sth) of split metal, a partly shaded 3262. perforat having a very metal ball, etc, area around e v. make harmful or fixed into a the shadow of a hole or holes destructive an opaque through effect (on showing great from right to ancient Jewish sb/sth) insight or wrong; sect that was 3273. perorati judgement; perverting opposed to the on n. last discerning 3293. pervert Sadducees, part of a 3283. perspicu v. turn away teaching strict speech; ity plain to from its proper observance of summing up the nature or use Jewish 3274. perpetr understanding 3294. pessimis tradition as ate v. especially m n. interpreted commit (a because of tendency to be rabbinically crime, etc) clarity and gloomy and and believing 3275. perpetu precision of believe that the in life after al adj. presentation worst will death and in continuing 3284. perspicu happen the coming of indefinitely; ous adj. 3295. pest the Messiah permanent expressed n. annoying 3304. phenom 3276. perpetu clearly person or thing ena ate v. cause 3285. pert 3296. pestilent observable to continue adj. not ial causing facts; subjects 3277. perquisi showing plague; baneful of scientific te n. (fml ) respect; cheeky 3297. pestle investigation (infml perk) 3286. pertinac n. heavy 3305. philand money or ious adj. round-ended erer n. man goods given or holding firmly tool used for who does this regarded as a to an opinion crushing and 3306. philanth right in or a course of grinding things ropist n. addition to action; to powder, esp person who one's pay determined in a special helps others, 3278. persever 3287. pertinen bowl esp through e v. ~ ~ t adj. ~ 3298. petrify charitable (with sb) (usu (fml ) relevant take away work or approv ) (to sth); to the power to feel donations of continue trying point through terror; money to do sth, esp in 3288. perturb turn to stone 3307. philateli spite of v. make (sb) 3299. petty st n. person difficulty very worried; adj. (derog ) who collects 3279. persist disturb small or trivial; postage stamps v. ~ continue 3289. peruse unimportant 3308. Philistin to do sth, esp in v. read (sth), 3300. petulant e n. person an obstinate esp carefully or adj. who has no and thoroughly unreasonably interest in or determined 3290. pervasiv impatient or understanding way and in e adj. irritable of the arts, or spite of present and 3301. phalanx is hostile to opposition, perceived n. (in ancient them; argument or everywhere; Greece) close uncultured failure pervading formation, esp person 3280. persona 3291. perverse of infantry 3309. philolog ble adj. adj. (of a ready for battle y n. having a person) 3302. pharisai science or pleasant deliberately cal studyof the appearance or continuing to pertaining to development of manner behave in a the Pharisees language or of 3281. personif way that is who paid a particular y v. treat wrong, scrupulous language (sth) as if it unreasonable attention to 3310. phlegma were a human or tradition; tic adj. being unacceptable hypocritical calm and even- 3282. perspica 3292. perversi 3303. pharisee tempered; cious adj. on n. (Judaism) a showing the having or changing sth member of an quality of making dyes, ornament built 3340. placid phlegm paint, etc on to a roof or adj. calm and 3311. phobia 3321. pilfer buttress peaceful; n. extreme or v. ~ (from 3329. pious undisturbed abnormal sb/sth) steal adj. having or 3341. plagiari dislike or fear (sth, esp of showing a deep ze to steal of sth; aversion small value or devotion to and pass off 3312. phoenix in small religion (the ideas or n. mythical quantities) 3330. piquant words of bird of the 3322. pillage adj. having a another) as Arabian desert, n. (esp pleasantly one's own:use said to live for formerly) sharp taste (another's several stealing or 3331. pique production) hundred years damaging of v. hurt the without before burning property, esp pride or self- crediting the itself and then by soldiers in respect of (sb); source rising born war , offend 3342. plaintiv again from its 3323. pillory 3332. piscator e adj. ashes , n. wooden ial adj. of sounding sad; 3313. phylum framework or concerning sorrowful n. (biology ) with holes for fishing or 3343. plait major division the head and fishermen v. weave or in the animal hands, into 3333. pitfall twist (three or or plant which n. unsuspected more lengths of kingdom wrongdoers danger or hair, straw, 3314. physiog were locked in difficulty etc) under and nomy n. former times, 3334. pith over one features of a so that they n. soft spongy another to person's face could be substance that make one rope- 3315. physiolo publicly fills the stems like length gical adj. of ridiculed . of certain 3344. plane or concerning 3324. pinch plants, eg reeds n. (geometry ) physiology v. take or hold , surfacesuch 3316. piebald (sth) in a tight 3335. pithy that a straight adj. covered grip between adj. concise line joining any with the thumb and and full of two points in it irregularly- finger meaning; terse touches it at all shaped patches 3325. pine 3336. pittance points of two colours, n. (also `pine n. very small or 3345. plaster usu black and tree) any of insufficient n. soft mixture white , several types of amount of of lime, sand, 3317. pieceme evergreen tree money paid or water, etc that al adv. that bear cones received as becomes hard piece by piece; and have wages or an when dry and a part at a time needle-shaped allowance is used for 3318. pied leaves growing 3337. pivotal making a adj. having in clusters adj. of or smooth surface mixed colours, 3326. pinion forming a pivot on walls and esp black and n. outer 3338. placate ceilings white segment of a v. make less 3346. plasticit 3319. piety bird's wing angry; soothe y n. state n. devotion to 3327. pinnace or pacify or quality of God and n. small motor 3339. placebo being able to respect for boat carried on n. (medical ) be moulded or religious a ship for harmless shaped principles; taking people substance given 3347. platitud being pious ashore, loading as if it were e n. 3320. pigment goods, etc , medicine to commonplace n. colouring 3328. pinnacle calm a patient remark or matter used for n. small who mistakenly statement, esp pointed believes he is ill when it is said as if it were situation or platform for 3381. pomposi new or condition the conductor ty n. being interesting 3359. ploy of an orchestra, pompous 3348. platonic n. words or a lecturer, etc 3382. pondero adj. Platonic actions, eg in a to stand on us adj. of or game, intended 3370. poignan slow and concerning the to win an cy n. state awkward Greek advantage over or quality of because of philosopher one's opponent being poignant great weight Plato or his 3360. pluck 3371. poise 3383. pontific teachings v. ~ sth gather v. be or keep al adj. of 3349. plaudit or remove sth balanced or the Pope n. (fml ) by pulling; suspended 3384. pore applause, pick sth 3372. polar n. any of the praise or some 3361. plumage adj. of or near tiny openings other sign of n. feathers the North or in the surface approval covering a South Pole of the skin or 3350. plausibl bird's body 3373. polarity of a leaf, e adj. 3362. plumb n. possession through which seeming to be n. piece of lead or location of moisture can right or that is tied to a negative and pass reasonable; cord and used positive poles 3385. porous believable to find the 3374. polarize adj. allowing 3351. plebeian depth of water to break up liquid or air to adj. of the or test whether into opposing pass through, lower social a wall, etc is factions or esp slowly classes vertical , groupings 3386. porridg 3352. plebiscit 3363. plumber 3375. polemic e n. soft e n. n. person n. ~ (against/in food made by (decision made whose job is to favour of boiling a cereal by a) direct fit and repair sth/sb) speech, in water or vote by all water-pipes, piece of milk qualified water-tanks, writing, etc 3387. portend citizens on an cisterns, etc in containing very v. be a sign or important buildings forceful warning of (sth political matter 3364. plume arguments in the future); 3353. plenary n. feather, esp (against or for foreshadow adj. attended a large one sth/sb) 3388. portent by all who have used as a 3376. polemic n. ~ (fml ) sign the right to decoration al adj. of or warning of a attend 3365. plumme polemics future (often 3354. plenitud t n. 3377. politic unpleasant) e a full plumb-line adj. (of actions) event; omen supply 3366. plump well judged; 3389. portly 3355. plethora adj. (esp of an prudent adj. (esp of an n. quantity animal, a 3378. polity older person) greater than person, parts of n. form or having a stout what is needed; the body) process of body; fat over- having a full government 3390. pose abundance rounded shape; 3379. polygam v. ~ (for sb) sit 3356. pliable fleshy ist man or stand in a adj. easily 3367. plutocra who practices particular bent, shaped or cy n. this position in twisted; government by 3380. polyglot order to be flexible a rich and adj. knowing, painted, drawn 3357. pliant powerful class using or or adj. bending 3368. podiatri written in photographed easily; supple st n. = many 3391. poseur 3358. plight chiropodist languages n. (derog) n. serious and 3369. podium person who difficult n. small behaves in an unnatural heterogeneous explaining the prevent (sth, or affected way in mixture; purpose of the sb doing sth); order to 3403. poultice book, make (sth) impress others n. soft heated document, impossible 3392. posterit mass spread on lecture, etc that 3423. precocio y n. a cloth and put follows us adj. (of following or on a sore place 3413. precario a child) having future on the body to us adj. developed generations soothe pain, depending on certain abilities 3393. posthu reduce chance; at an earlier mous adj. swelling, etc uncertain age than usual happening or 3404. practica 3414. precede 3424. precurs given after ble adj. nt n. or n. ~(of death that can be put earlier sth) person or 3394. postmor into practice; decision, case, thing that tem workable event, etc that comes before occurring after 3405. practica is regarded as sth; forerunner death l adj. an example or 3425. predato 3395. postulat concerned with rule for what r n. e v. put practiceand comes later animal that (sth) forward action rather 3415. precept kills and eats as a fact or than theory n. rule or other animals accept (sth) as 3406. pragmat guide, esp for 3426. predato true, esp as a ic adj. behaviour ry adj. basis for treating things 3416. precinct (living by) reasoning or in a sensible n. area killing other argument and realistic enclosed by animals for 3396. posture way; concerned definite food n. attitude or with practical boundaries, esp 3427. predece position of the results the walls of a ssor n. body 3407. pragmat cathedral, person who 3397. potable ist n. church or held an office adj. fit for person who college or position drinking; acts in a 3417. precipic before sb else drinkable ; practical way e n. very 3428. predeter 3398. potent 3408. prance steep or mine v. adj. (of drugs, v. move jerkily vertical face of decide or fix etc) having a by raising the a cliff, (sth) in strong effect forelegs and mountain or advance; 3399. potentat springing rock prearrange e n. ruler forward from 3418. precipit 3429. predica with direct the hind legs ant Moving ment n. power over his 3409. prank onward quickly difficult or people; n. playful or and heedlessly. unpleasant autocratic mischievous 3419. precipit situation, esp monarch trick ate v. cause one in which sb 3400. potentia 3410. prate (sth) to happen is uncertain l adj. that v. ~ (on about suddenly or what to do can or may sth) talk or soon(er); 3430. predilec come into chatter too hasten tion n. ~ (for existence; much (about 3420. precipit sth) special possible sth) ous adj. liking (for sth); 3401. potion 3411. prattle dangerously preference n. drink of v. ~ (away) (of high or steep 3431. predisp medicine, a child) talk in 3421. precise ose v. ~ sb poison or a a simple way; adj. stated to/towards sth liquid used in babble clearly influence sb (in magic 3412. preambl andaccurately a specified 3402. potpour e n. ~ 3422. preclud way) in ri opening e v. ~ sb advance statement from doing sth 3432. preemin based; will happen; 3461. prevaric ent having hypothesis foreboding ate v. try to paramount 3442. premoni 3451. prestige avoid telling rank, dignity, tion n. ~ n. respect the (whole) or feeling that sth based on good truth by importance:O unpleasant is reputation, speaking in an UTSTANDING going to past evasive or a 3433. preempt happen achievements, misleading to replace with 3443. premoni etc way; something tory adj. 3452. presume equivocate considered to giving a v. suppose to 3462. prey be of greater warning be true; take n. animal, value or 3444. prepond (sth) for bird, etc priority:take erance granted hunted and precedence superiority of 3453. presum killed by over power, ptuous adj. another for 3434. preen quantity (of a person or food v. clean or 3445. preposs his behaviour) 3463. prim smooth (its essing adj. too bold or self- adj. (usu feathers or makinga good confident derog ) (of a itself) with its impression; 3454. pretend person) beak attractive v. make disliking 3435. prefator 3446. preposte oneself appear anything that is y adj. rous adj. to be sth in improper, rude acting as a completely order to or rough; preface; contrary to deceive others prudish introductory reason or or in play 3464. primal 3436. prefigur common sense; 3455. pretensi adj. first or e v. absurd or on n. ~ original; represent outrageous (making of a) primeval beforehand 3447. preroga claim 3465. primary (sth that will tive n. right 3456. pretenti adj. earliest in happen in the or privilege, ous adj. time or order future); esp one claiming merit of development foreshadow belonging to a or importance; 3466. primate 3437. prehensi particular pompous or n. archbishop le adj. able person or showy 3467. prime to grasp and group 3457. pretern adj. most hold things 3448. presage atural adj. important; 3438. prelate n. sign that sth beyond what is chief; n. high-ranking (esp sth natural or fundamental clergyman, eg a unpleasant) normal; 3468. primoge bishop or an will happen; unusual niture n. archbishop omen ; 3458. pretext fact of being a 3439. prelude 3449. prescien n. ~ reason first-born child n. ~ action or ce given (for 3469. primord event that foreknowledge doing sth) that ial adj. happens before of is not the real existing at or another larger events:a:divine reason; excuse from the or more omniscience 3459. prevail beginning, esp important one b:human v. ~ exist or of the world or and forms an anticipation of happen the universe; introduction to the course of generally; be primeval it events:FORES widespread 3470. primp 3440. premedi IGHT 3460. prevale v. (derog ) tidy tate v. plan 3450. presenti nt adj. ~ (oneself, one's in advance ment n. (among/in hair, etc) in a 3441. premise vague feeling sth/sb) existing fussy way n. statement or that sth (esp or happening 3471. pristine idea on which sth unpleasant) generally; adj. in its reasoning is widespread original condition; other pointed 3493. prohibit into the sea or unspoilt object ive adj. a lake; 3472. privatio 3482. prodigal intended to or headland ; . n n. lack adj. spending tending to 3505. promote of things money or prevent the use to contribute to necessary for resources too or purchase of the growth or life; freely; sth prosperity deprivation extravagant 3494. projectil of:FURTHER 3473. privy 3483. prodigio e n. object 3506. prompt adj. private; us adj. (to be) shot adj. done secret very great in forward, esp without delay; 3474. prize size, amount or from a gun punctual n. award given degree, so as to 3495. proletar 3507. promulg to the winner cause ian member ate v. of a amazement or of the working make (sth) competition, admiration; class widely known; race, etc enormous 3496. prolifer disseminate 3475. probe 3484. prodigy ate v. 3508. prone n. tool for n. person with produce new adj. lying flat, examining a unusual or growth or esp face place remarkable offspring downwards whichcannot be qualities or rapidly; 3509. prong reached abilities multiply ; n. each of the otherwise, esp 3485. profane 3497. prolific two or more a thin adj. not adj. producing long pointed implement with sacred; secular much fruit or parts of a fork a blunt end 3486. profliga many flowers 3510. pronoun used by a te adj. or offspring ced adj. doctor for recklessly 3498. prolix very noticeable examining a extravagant or adj. (of a 3511. prop wound wasteful speech, writer, n. rigid 3476. probity 3487. profoun etc) using too support, esp a n. quality of d adj. many words piece of wood, being honest deep, intense or and so boring used to prevent and far-reaching; to listen to or sth falling or trustworthy; verygreat read sagging integrity ; 3488. profusio 3499. prolixity 3512. propaga 3477. problem n n. ~ of n. te v. atic adj. sth abundant 3500. prologu increase the difficult to deal supply of sth e n. ~ number of by a with or to 3489. progenit introductory natural understand or n. part of a poem processfrom 3478. proclivit ancestor (of a or play the parent y n. ~ (fml ) person, an 3501. prolong stock natural animal or a v. make 3513. propella inclination to plant) longer, esp in nt n. do sth (esp sth 3490. progeny time; extend propelling bad); tendency n. offspring 3502. promine agent, eg an 3479. procrast 3491. prognos nt adj. explosive that inate v. delay is n. jutting out; propels a bullet or postpone (medical) projecting from a weapon, action forecast of the 3503. promisc a fuel that 3480. procure likely course of uous adj. provides thrust ment n. a disease or an not carefully for a rocket, or obtaining illness chosen; compressed gas 3481. prod 3492. prognos indiscriminate that forces out v. ~ (at sb/sth) ticate v. tell or casual the contents of push or poke (sth) in 3504. promon an aerosol (sb/sth) with a advance; tory n. container finger or some predict area of high 3514. propens land jutting out ity n. ~ (for doing/to do sth) uninspired; and easily; your eggs in (fml ) unimaginative variable ; one basket' inclination or 3525. prosceni 3535. protocol 3543. provide tendency um n. the n. system of nce n. way 3515. propheti part of the rules governing in which God c adj. of stage in front formal or nature cares or like a of the curtain occasions, eg for and prophet or 3526. proscrib meetings protects all prophets e v. state between creatures 3516. prophyl officially that governments, 3544. provide actic adj. (sth) is diplomats, etc; nt adj. tending to dangerous or official having or prevent a forbidden etiquette showing disease or 3527. proselyt 3536. prototy wisdom for misfortune ize to pe n. first future needs; 3517. propinq recruit or or original thrifty uity n. convert example of sth 3545. provinci nearness in especially to a that has been al adj. of a space or time new faith, or will be province (1) 3518. propitia institution, or copied or 3546. provisio te v. win cause developed; n n. ~ of the favour or 3528. prosody model or sth giving, forgiveness of n. science of preliminary lending, (sb) (esp when verse forms version supplying or he is angry) by and poetic 3537. protract making sth a pleasing act; metres v. make (sth) available; appease or 3529. prosper last a long time providing sth placate v. be or longer; 3547. provisio 3519. propitio successful; lengthen or nal adj. for us adj. ~ thrive prolong the presenttime (fml ) giving or 3530. prosperi 3538. protrud only, with the indicating a ty n. state e v. ~ possibility of good chance of of being (from sth) being changed, success; successful or (cause sth to) etc later; favourable rich; good jut or stick out temporary 3520. propone fortune from a surface; 3548. proviso nt n. ~ 3531. prosper (cause sth to) n. clause, etc person who ous adj. project that is insisted supports a successful or 3539. protube on as a cause, theory, thriving, esp rance n. condition of an etc financially being agreement 3521. propoun 3532. prostrat protuberant 3549. provoca d v. put e adj. 3540. provena tive adj. (sth) forward stretched out nce n. tending or for on the ground (place of) intended to consideration face origin arouse anger, or solution downward, esp 3541. provend annoyance, 3522. propriet because of er n. food controversy, y n. state exhaustion or for horses and etc of being in order to cattle, eg hay 3550. provoke correct in one's show or oats; fodder v. make (sb) social or moral submission, 3542. proverb angry or behaviour respect, etc n. short well- annoyed 3523. propulsi 3533. protago known saying 3551. prowess ve adj. that nist n. that states a n. outstanding drives sth (esp (fml ) chief general truth skill or ability; a vehicle) character in a or gives advice, expertise forward drama; hero eg `It takes two 3552. proximi 3524. prosaic 3534. protean to make a ty n. ~ (to adj. adj. that can quarrel' or sth) nearness in change quickly `Don't put all space or time; outside in or affecting sharp or strong closeness physical or the lungs taste or smell 3553. proxy natural laws 3576. pulpit 3585. punitive n. person 3563. psychop n. raised and adj. intended authorized to athic adj. of enclosed as punishment act on behalf of or suffering platform in a 3586. puny another from a severe church, where adj. (usu 3554. prude emotional or a clergyman derog ) small, n. person who mental stands when he weak and behaves in an disorder is preaching . underdevelope extremely or 3564. psychosi 3577. pulsate d unnaturally s n. severe v. expand and 3587. purchas proper mental illness contract e n. manner, esp that affects the rhythmically; (action of) one who is (too) whole throb buying sth easily shocked personality 3578. pulse 3588. purgato by sexual 3565. psychos n. regular ry n. (in matters omatic adj. beating of the Roman 3555. prudent caused or made arteries as Catholic adj. acting with worse by blood is teaching) place or showing mental stress pumped or condition in care and 3566. pteroda through them which the souls foresight; ctyl n. by the heart, of the dead are showing good extinct flying esp as felt at purified by judgement reptile the wrist suffering in 3556. prune 3567. pucker 3579. pulveriz preparation for n. dried plum v. ~ (up) (cause e to reduce Heaven 3557. prurient sth to) form (as by 3589. purge adj. having or small folds or crushing, v. ~ sb ~ sth showing wrinkles beating, or (away) make sb excessive 3568. pudding grinding) to clean or pure interest in n. (Brit) (dish very small by removing sexual matters of) sweet food particles:ATO (evil, sin, etc) 3558. pry eaten at the MIZE 3590. purport v. ~ (into sth) end of a meal; 3580. pummel n. ~ (fml ) inquire too dessert v. strike general curiously or 3569. puerile (sb/sth) meaning or rudely about adj. showing repeatedly, esp intention (of other people's immaturity; with the fist(s); sth) private affairs childish and beat 3591. purport 3559. pseudon silly 3581. punctili ed adj. ym n. 3570. pugilist ous adj. alleged; person's name n. very careful to supposed; that is not his professionalbo carry out one's rumoured real name, esp xer duties, etc 3592. purse one used by an 3571. pugnaci correctly; very n. small bag author; pen- ous adj. attentive to for money name inclined or details of 3593. purveyo 3560. psyche eager to fight; behaviour or r n. n. human soul aggressive ceremony person or firm or mind 3572. pugnaci 3582. pundit that supplies 3561. psychiat ty n. n. very learned goods or rist n. 3573. puissant Hindu services specialist in powerful; 3583. pungenc 3594. pushy psychiatry strong; potent y n. adj. (also 3562. psychic 3574. pulchrit quality or state pushing) adj adj. concerned ude of being (infml derog , ) with processes physical pungent trying and comeliness 3584. pungent constantly to phenomena 3575. pulmon n. having a draw attention that seem to be ary adj. of, to oneself and gain an 3606. quagmir bird that is 3627. quietud advantage; e n. area being hunted e n. self-assertive of soft wet 3615. quash stillness; calm ; 3595. pusillani ground; bog or v. reject (by 3628. quintess mous adj. marsh legal ence n. the ~ cowardly; 3607. quail procedure) as of sth essential timid ; n. small bird, not valid; part of (a 3596. putative similar to a declare (sth) theory, speech, adj. generally partridge . not to be condition, etc) supposed to be; 3608. quaint enforceable by 3629. quip reputed adj. law n. witty or 3597. putrefy attractively 3616. quay sarcastic v. (cause sth to) odd or old- n. landing- remark rot or decay; fashioned place, usu built 3630. quirk become or 3609. qualifie of stone or n. habit or make putrid d adj. iron, for action that is 3598. putresce having loading and peculiar to nt adj. completed the unloading ships sb/sth inthe process of relevant 3617. queasy 3631. quisling rotting training or adj. having a n. traitor, esp 3599. putrid examination tendency to feel one who helps adj. (esp of 3610. qualify sick; feeling an enemy animal or v. ~ (sb) (for/as sick occupying his vegetable sth) have or 3618. queer country , matter) that give (sb) the adj. different 3632. quiver has become qualities, from what is v. tremble rotten; training, etc expected; slightly or decomposed that are strange, esp in vibrate 3600. puzzle necessary or an unpleasant 3633. quixotic n. questionthat suitable (for way adj. noble, is difficult to sth) 3619. quell unselfish or understand or 3611. qualms v. put an end to gallant in an answer; [ qualm: ] a (sth); suppress extravagant or mystery sudden feeling 3620. quench impractical 3601. pyre of sickness or v. extinguish way n. large pile of nausea (fire, flames, 3634. quizzica wood, etc for 3612. quandar etc), esp with l adj. in a burning a dead y n. state water questioning body as part of of not being 3621. querulo manner, esp a funeral able to decide us adj. when amused ceremony what to do; complaining; 3635. quorum 3602. pyroma awkward or irritable n. minimum niac n. difficult 3622. query number of person who situation n. question people who suffers from 3613. quarant 3623. queue must be pyromania ine n. n. line of present at a 3603. quack isolation for people, meeting (of a interj, n harsh people or vehicles, etc committee, etc) sound made by animals that waiting for sth before it can a duck may carry an or to do sth proceed and its 3604. quadru infectious 3624. quibble decisions, etc ped n. disease, until it n. objection or can be four-footed is known that criticism, esp considered animal there is no atrivial one valid 3605. quaff danger of the 3625. quicksil 3636. quotidia v. drink (sth) disease being ver n. = n adj. by swallowing passed on to mercury everyday; large amounts others 3626. quiescen commonplace at a time, not 3614. quarry t adj. 3637. rabble taking small n. animal or inactive; n. disorderly sips passive; quiet crowd; mob ; 3638. rabid 3648. rally 3657. rancid 3669. rarefied adj. suffering v. ~ (round/to adj. tasting or adj. less dense from rabies sb/sth); ~ smelling bad than is normal; 3639. rabies (round) (of because of thin n. fatal virus people) come staleness 3670. rasp disease causing together, esp to 3658. rancor n. coarse file madness in make new bitter deep- with rows of dogs, foxes and efforts, eg after seated ill will sharp points on other animals, a defeat or 3659. random its surface transmitted to when there is adj. done, 3671. raspy humans usu by danger, need, chosen, etc adj. rough; a bite , etc without grating 3640. raconte 3649. ram method or 3672. ratify ur n. n. uncastrated conscious v. make (an person who male sheep . choice; agreement, a tells stories 3650. ramble haphazard treaty, etc) skilfully and v. walk for 3660. rank officially valid, wittily pleasure with n. position in a usu by signing 3641. raffle no special scale of it n. lottery with destination responsibility, 3673. ratiocin an article as 3651. ramifica quality, social ation n. the prize tion n. part status, etc process of 3642. rag of a complex 3661. rankle logical and n. odd cloth, structure; v. cause lasting methodical usu torn, secondary bitterness or reasoning frayed, etc consequence, resentment 3674. ration 3643. ragamuf esp one that 3662. ransack n. fixed fin n. complicates v. ~ sth search quantity, esp person, esp a 3652. ramify (a place) an official small boy, in v. (fml ) (cause thoroughly allowance of dirty untidy sth to) branch 3663. rant food, etc in clothes out in many v. ~ (derog ) times of 3644. rail directions; speak loudly, shortage n. level or make or violently or 3675. rational sloping bar or become a theatrically adj. able to connected network 3664. rapacio reason series of bars of 3653. ramp us adj. 3676. rational wood or metal, n. slope greedy, esp for e n. eg forming joining two money; fundamental part of a fence, levels of grasping reason for or the top of a ground, a floor, 3665. rapport logical basis of banister, a a road, etc n. ~ sth protective 3654. rampan sympathetic 3677. rationali barrier, etc t adj. and ze to 3645. raiment flourishing harmonious provide n. clothing excessively; relationship plausible but 3646. rake unrestrained 3666. rapt untrue reasons n. long- 3655. rampart adj. ~ so intent for conduct handled tool n. defensive or absorbed 3678. raucous with a row of wall round a that one is adj. loud and prongs at the fort, etc unaware of hoarse; harsh- end for consisting of a other things; sounding drawing wide bank of spellbound 3679. ravage together fallen earth with a 3667. rapture v. damage leaves, path for n. intense badly; destroy smoothing soil, walking along delight 3680. rave etc the top 3668. rare v. ~ talk wildly 3647. rakish 3656. ramshac adj. not often or furiously as adj. of or like kle adj. happening or if in a fever or a rake almost seen, etc; mad collapsing unusual 3681. ravel representing :relapse into known or v. ~ (sth) (up) the letters or criminal understood; (cause threads syllables in it behavior obscure or fibres to) 3692. rebuttal 3701. recipien 3711. reconna tangle and n. act of t n. ~ issance n. become rebutting or person who exploration or knotted being rebutted receives sth a survey of an 3682. ravenou 3693. recalcitr 3702. reciproc area, esp for s adj. ant adj. al adj. military very hungry resisting given and purposes 3683. ravine authority or received in 3712. recount n. deep narrow discipline; return; mutual v. ~ sth give a steep-sided disobedient 3703. reciproc detailed valley between 3694. recant ate v. give account of sth; mountains v. formally and receive tell about sth 3684. raze reject (a (sth) in return; 3713. recourse to destroy to former exchange (sth) n. possible the opinion, belief, mutually ; source of help, ground:DEMO etc) as being 3704. recital eg in an LISH wrong n. public emergency 3685. reaction 3695. recapitu performance of 3714. recreant ary n, adj late v. state music, dance, n, adj (person opposing (esp again or etc by a soloist who is) political) summarize the or a small cowardly, progress or main points of group unfaithful or reform 3696. recast 3705. recite treacherous 3686. realm v. ~ sth (as sth) v. ~ (to sb) say 3715. recrimi n. kingdom put (sth written (a poem, nation n. 3687. reaper or spoken) into passage, etc) accusation in n. person who a new form aloud from response to an reaps 3697. receptiv memory, esp to accusation 3688. rebate e adj. ~ an audience from sb else; n. amount by able or quick to 3706. reckon countercharge which a debt, receive new v. ~ sb/sth 3716. rectify tax, etc can be ideas, among sth; ~ v. put (sth) reduced; suggestions, etc sb/sth as sth right; correct discount or 3698. recess (not used in the 3717. rectitud partial refund n. (US also continuous e n. moral 3689. rebuff vacation) tenses ) be of correctness or n. unkind or period of time the opinion or straightforwar contemptuous when work or consider that dness; honesty refusal or business is sb/sth is as 3718. recumb rejection (of an stopped, esp in specified ent adj. offer, request, Parliament, the 3707. recline (esp of a friendly lawcourts, etc v. lean or lie person) lying gesture, etc); 3699. recessio back in a down; snub n n. horizontal or reclining 3690. rebuke temporary near-horizontal 3719. recuper v. ~ sb express decline in position ate v. ~ sharp or severe economic 3708. recluse (fml ) recover disapproval to activity or n. person who from illness, sb, esp prosperity lives alone and exhaustion or officially; 3700. recidivis avoids other loss, etc reprove sb m a people 3720. recurre 3691. rebus tendency to 3709. reconcil nt adj. n. puzzle in relapse into a e to make recurring often which a word previous consistent or or regularly or phrase has condition or congruous 3721. redolent to be guessed mode of 3710. recondit adj. ~ of/with from pictures behavior; e adj. (of sth smelling or diagrams especially subjects) little strongly of sth 3722. redoubt 3732. refulgen physical well- less strict, able adj. to t adj. being determined or be feared and gloriously 3744. regimen harsh respected; bright; t n. 3754. relevant formidable shining ; (artillery and adj. ~ (to 3723. redress 3733. refurbis armour) unit sth/sb)connecte v. put right (a h v. make divided into d with what is wrong); clean or bright batteries or being compensate for again; squadrons discussed, what (sth) redecorate 3745. rehabilit is 3724. reduce 3734. refuse ate v. happening,wha v. ~ sth (to/by n. waste or restore to a t is being done, sb) make sth worthless normal life by etc smaller in size, material; retraining, 3755. relic number, rubbish medical n. trace or degree, price, 3735. refute treatment, etc, feature etc v. prove to be esp after surviving from 3725. redunda wrong imprisonment a past age and nt adj. not 3736. regal or illness serving to needed; adj. of, like or 3746. reimbur remind people superfluous; fit for a king or se v. ~ sth of it unnecessary queen; royal ~ sb (for sth) 3756. religious 3726. reek 3737. regale (usu fml ) pay adj. of religion n. strong bad v. ~ sb with sth back to sb 3757. relinqui smell amuse or (money that he sh v. give 3727. refector entertain sb has spent, lost, up or cease to y n. (with stories, etc); refund sth practise, feel, dining-hall in a jokes, etc) 3747. reinstat etc (sth); monastery, 3738. regatta e v. ~ sb abandon convent, n. sporting restore sb to a 3758. relish college, school, event at which previous (esp n. ~ great etc , races are held important) enjoyment of 3728. referend between position food, etc; zest um n. rowing-boats 3748. reiterate 3759. remedia referring of a or yachts v. say or do ble adj. political issue 3739. regener (sth) again or that can be to a general ation repeatedly remedied vote by all the spiritual 3749. rejoinde 3760. reminisc people of a rebirth r n. what ence n. country for a 3740. regent is said in reply; recalling of decision; vote n. person retort past events and thus taken appointed to 3750. rejuven experiences; 3729. refracti rule a country ate v. reminiscing ; on n. while the restore 3761. reminisc refracting or monarch is too youthful ent adj. ~ being refracted young, old, ill, appearance, of sb/sth . etc, or is absent strength, etc to reminding one 3730. refracto 3741. regicide 3751. relapse of or ry adj. n. crime of v. ~ fall back suggesting difficult to killing a king into a previous sb/sth control or 3742. regime condition or a 3762. remiss discipline; n. method or worse state adj. ~ (fml ) wilful or system of after making careless of unmanageable government an one's duty; lax 3731. refrain 3743. regimen improvement 3763. remissio n. lines of a n. set of rules 3752. relegate n n. song or poem about diet, banish; consign pardoning or which are exercise, etc to inferior forgiveness of repeated, esp at aimed at position sins by God the end of each improving sb's 3753. relent 3764. remit verse health and v. decide to be v. (fml ) refrain from 3775. renditio 3786. repeal warehouse or inflicting (a n n. way in v. withdraw museum punishment, which a officially; 3798. reprehe etc) dramatic role revoke ; nsible 3765. remitta or piece of 3787. repel adjdeserving to nce n. music, etc is v. drive be remitting of performed; (sb/sth) back or reprehended money rendering away; repulse 3799. repress 3766. remnant 3776. renegad 3788. repellen v. restrain or n. small e n. t adj. ~ suppress (an remaining person that arousing impulse); quantity or deserts a cause, distaste or check part or number political party, disgust; 3800. reprieve of things or religious repulsive v. postpone or people group, etc 3789. repercu cancel a 3767. remonst 3777. renege ssion n. punishment for rance n. v. ~ (on sth) indirect effect (sb), esp the remonstrating; fail to keep a or result of an death sentence protest ; promise, one's event, etc; 3801. reprima 3768. remonst word, etc consequence nd v. ~ sb rate v. ~ 3778. renounc 3790. repertoi rebuke sb (for with sb; ~ e v. agree re n. all the a fault, etc), against sth to give up plays, songs, esp officially make a protest ownership or pieces, etc 3802. reprisal or complaint possession of which a n. returning an about sb/sth (sth), esp company, injury, esp 3769. remorse formally actor, political or n. ~ sense of 3779. renovat musician, etc military, done deep and bitter e v. knows and is to oneself; regret for restore to good prepared to retaliation having done condition perform 3803. reprise sth wrong 3780. renown 3791. repine recurrent 3770. remote n. fame or v. ~ (fml ) feel action; musical adj. ~ (from distinction or show repetition; sth) far away 3781. rent discontent; fret repeat from other n. regular 3792. replenis performance communities, payment made h v. ~ sth 3804. reproac houses, etc; for the use of fill sth again h v. ~ isolated land, premises, 3793. replete sb/oneself (for 3771. remune a telephone, adj. ~ (fml ) sth) criticize rative adj. machinery, etc; well-fed or full; sb/oneself, esp profitable sum paid in gorged for failing to do 3772. rend this way 3794. replica sth v. (arch or 3782. reparab n. exact copy, 3805. reproba fml ) tear (sth) le adj. (of esp one made te adj. n apart forcibly; a loss, etc) that by an artist of immoral or split can be made one of his own unprincipled 3773. render good , pictures, etc (person) v. ~ sth (for 3783. reparati 3795. replicat 3806. reproba sth); ~ sth (to on n. ~ e v. be or tion severe sb) give sth in (for sth) make a copy of disapproval return or compensating (sth); 3807. reprove exchange, or as for damage; reproduce v. ~ sb (fml ) sth which is making 3796. repose blame or due amends for loss v. rest; lie rebuke sb; 3774. rendezv 3784. repartee 3797. reposito censure ous n. ~ n. sharp clever ry n. place 3808. repudiat (with sb) (place retorts where things e v. refuse chosen for a) 3785. repast are stored or to have any meeting at an meal may be found, more to do agreed time esp a with (sb); repeal (a law, 3830. resound (sb) back to life disown ; contract, etc); v. ~ again 3809. repugna annul (through/throu 3843. resuscit nce n. ~ 3819. resentm ghout sth) (of a ate v. bring strong aversion ent n. sound, voice, (sb/sth) back to or disgust resenting sb/sth etc) fill a place consciousness 3810. repulse 3820. reserve with sound; 3844. retain v. drive back v. ~ sth put produce echoes v. keep (sth) in (an attacker or aside or keep 3831. resource one's an attack) by sth for a later ful adj. possession or fighting; repel ; occasion or clever at use 3811. repulsio special use finding ways of 3845. retaliate n n. ~ 3821. residual doing things v. ~ repay an feeling of adj. left over as 3832. respirati injury, insult, loathing or a residue(1); on n. etc with a aversion; remaining (single act of) similar one disgust 3822. residue breathing air 3846. retard 3812. reputabl n. ~ (of sth) 3833. respite v. make (sth) e adj. what remains n. ~ interval of slow or late having a good after a part or rest or relief 3847. retentiv reputation; quantity is 3834. resplend e adj. respected or taken or used ent adj. ~ having the trustworthy 3823. resign (fml ) brilliant ability to 3813. reputed v. ~ give up with colour or remember adj. generally (one's job, decorations; facts, said or position, etc) splendid impressions, considered to 3824. resignat 3835. responsi etc , be sth/sb ion n. ~ veness n. 3848. reticent 3814. requiem (instance of) 3836. restituti adj. ~ not n. (also resigning on n. ~ (fml revealing one's requiem `mass) 3825. resilient ) restoration of thoughts or special mass adj. springing a thing to its feelings easily; for the repose back to its proper owner reserved of the soul of a original form or original 3849. retinue dead person after being state n. group of 3815. requisit bent, stretched, 3837. restive attendants e adj. crushed, etc; adj. restless or accompanying required by springy , uneasy an important circumstances 3826. resoluti 3838. restrain person or necessary on n. t n. 3850. retiring for success quality of being restraining or adj. avoiding 3816. requisiti resolute or being society; shy on n. ~ (for firm; restrained 3851. retort sth) official, determination 3839. resumpt v. make a usu written, 3827. resolve ion n. quick, witty or demand for v. ~ (instance of) angry reply, (esp) the use of on/upon/agains resuming esp to an property or t sth/doing sth (resume 1) accusation or materials by an decide firmly; 3840. resurge challenge army in determine (rare) 3852. retract wartime or by 3828. resonan 3841. resurge v. withdraw (a certain people t adj. nt adj. statement, in an continuing to rising or charge, etc) emergency echo; reviving after 3853. retracti 3817. requite resounding destruction, on n. v. ~ sth (with 3829. resort defeat, retracting sth) give sth in v. ~ to sth disappearance, 3854. retrench return for sth make use of sth etc v. make else; repay sth for help; adopt 3842. resurrec economies or 3818. rescind sth as an t v. bring reduce v. cancel or expedient expenses 3855. retributi decree, permit, 3878. rig 3890. roil on n. ~ etc) v. ~ sth (with to stir (fml ) deserved 3868. revulsio sth) fit (a ship up:DISTURB, punishment or n n. ~ or boat) with DISORDER compensation feeling of masts, spars, 3891. rolling for injury, etc disgust or ropes, sails, etc having gentle 3856. retrieve horror 3879. righteou rising and v. ~ sth (esp 3869. rhapsod s adj. falling slopes; fml ) get ize recite a doing what is undulating possession of rhapsody ; say morally right 3892. romp sth again (something) 3880. rightful v. play about 3857. retroact with great adj. just, together in a ive adj. enthusiasm proper or legal lively way, effective from a 3870. rhapsod 3881. rigid running, past date y n. adj. stiff; not jumping, etc 3858. retrogra (often in titles ) bending or 3893. rooster de adj. romantic yielding n. = cock going composition in 3882. rigor 3894. roseate backwards irregular form severity adj. deep pink 3859. retrospe 3871. rhetoric 3883. rile 3895. roster ctive adj. n. using v. annoy (sb); n. (esp in the looking back language irritate army, etc) list on the past impressively or 3884. rip of names 3860. revelry persuasively, v. divide or showing duties n. noisy esp in public make a hole in to be celebrations; speaking (sth) by pulling performed and revels 3872. ribald sharply the times at 3861. reverbe adj. humorous 3885. rivet which those rate v. ~ in a vulgar, n. metal pin or named are to echo or obscene or bolt for perform them resound disrespectful fastening 3896. rostrum repeatedly way twopieces of n. raised 3862. reveren 3873. rickety metal together, platform from d adj. adj. weak or its headless end which public deserving to be shaky, esp in being speeches are treated with the joints; hammered or made respect, esp likely to fall or pressed flat to 3897. rote because of age, collapse prevent n. by `rote by etc , 3874. riddle slipping heart; from 3863. reverent n. puzzling 3886. riveting memory, adj. feeling or question, adj. that holds without showing statement or the attention; thinking of the reverence description, esp enthralling meaning 3864. reverie one intended to 3887. rivulet 3898. rotund n. idle and test the n. small stream adj. (of a pleasant cleverness of 3888. robust person) thoughts those wishing adj. vigorous; rounded; 3865. revert to solve it healthy and plump; fat v. ~ to sth 3875. rider strong 3899. rotunda return to (a n. person who 3889. rococo n. type of former state or rides a horse, adj. of a style round building condition) bicycle, etc of decorationin or hall, esp one 3866. revile 3876. rife furniture, with a domed v. criticize adj. (esp of bad architecture, roof (sb/sth), in things) music, etc with 3900. rotundit angry and widespread; much y n. state abusive common elaboratedecor of being rotund language , 3877. rift ation, common 3901. rousing 3867. revoke n. split, crack, in Europe in adj. vigorous; v. withdraw or break, etc the 18th giving cancel (a century 18 encouragement 3902. rout them while important to be 3936. sanctim n. utter defeat searching for changed, onious adj. 3903. rubble sth argued about, showing that n. bits of 3914. run- etc one feels broken stone, down n. 3925. sadistic morally better rock or bricks act of running adj. of or than other 3904. rubric down (an showing sadism people n. words put as industry, a 3926. saga 3937. sanction a heading, esp company, etc); n. long story of n. permission to show or reduction of heroic deeds, or approval for explain how sth the size of an esp of Icelandic an action, a should be done, industry, etc or Norwegian change, etc etc 3915. runic heroes , 3938. sanctua 3905. ruddy adj. of runes; 3927. sagaciou ry n. adj. (approv ) written in or s adj. sacred place, (of a person's inscribed with showing eg a church, face) having a runes wisdom and temple or fresh healthy 3916. ruse good mosque , colour n. deceitful way judgement 3939. sanguin 3906. rudimen of doing sth or 3928. sage ary adj. tary adj. getting sth; n. very wise with much existing in an trick man bloodshed; imperfect or 3917. rustic 3929. salaciou bloody undeveloped adj. typical of s adj. (of 3940. sanguin form the country or speech, books, e adj. ~ 3907. rue country people pictures, etc) (about n. type of 3918. rusticat treating sexual sth/that...) evergreen e v. send activity, nudity, hopeful; shrub with (a student) etc in an optimistic bitter leaves away from obscene way; 3941. sap formerly used university indecent; lewd n. liquid in a in medicine temporarily, as , plant that 3908. rueful a punishment 3930. salient carries food to adj. showing or 3919. rustle adj. most all its parts feeling good- v. make a dry noticeable or 3942. sarcasm humoured light sound, esp important; n. bitter, esp regret by friction or main ironic, remarks 3909. ruffian rubbing 3931. saline intended to n. violent together adj. containing wound sb's lawless man 3920. ruthless salt; salty feelings 3910. rumble adj. having or 3932. sallow 3943. sardonic v. make a deep showing no adj. (of a adj. expressing heavy pity or person's skin scorn, usu in a continuous compassion; or complexion) grimly sound cruel yellowish humorous way; 3911. rumina 3921. saboteu 3933. salubrio mocking nt n, adj r n. us adj. (esp 3944. sartorial that chews the person who of the climate) adj. of (usu cud, eg a cow commits health-giving men's) clothes 3912. ruminat sabotage 3934. salutary or a way of e v. ~ 3922. sacchari adj. having a dressing think deeply; ne adj. good effect 3945. sate meditate; very sweet; too 3935. salvage satisfy to the ponder sweet n. rescue of a full; cloy 3913. rummag 3923. sacrilegi damaged ship 3946. satellite e v. ~ (for ous or its cargo; n. natural sth); ~ desecrating; rescue of body in space (about/around) profane property from orbiting round turn things 3924. sacrosa damage caused a larger body, over or nct adj. by fire, floods, esp a planet disarrange considered too etc 3947. satiate next to a group stops 3979. scrappy v. provide (sb) building so that recognizing the adj. made up with so much builders, authority of the of bits and of sth that he painters, etc other pieces; not well wants no more can work on it, 3968. scholarl organized; not 3948. satire or to support a y adj. complete n. attacking platform showing the 3980. scraps foolish or 3960. scale learning, care [ scrap: ] a wicked n. any of the and attention small piece of behaviour by thin typical of a something making fun of overlapping scholar larger; it, often by plates of hard 3969. scintilla fragment using sarcasm material n. not a 3981. screech and parody covering the scintilla of sth v. I, Ipr, Ip, 3949. satirical skin of many (fml ) not the Tn, Tn.pr, adj. containing fish and slightest Tn.p] ~ (out) or using satire reptiles amount of sth (at sb) give a 3950. saturate 3961. scanty 3970. scintillat harsh high- v. ~ sth make adj. small in e v. give off pitched cry; sth very wet; size or amount; sparks; sparkle call out (sth) in soak sth hardly large 3971. scion such a way 3951. saturnin enough n. young 3982. scrimm e adj. (of a 3962. scapego member of a age n. person or his at n. family, esp a confused appearance) person who is noble one , struggle or gloomy blamed or 3972. scoff fight; tussle 3952. satyr punished for v. I, Ipr] ~ 3983. scruple n. god of the the wrongdoing speak n. feeling that woods, half of sb else contemptuousl prevents one man and half 3963. scaveng y (about or to from doing or goat e v. ~ (of sb/sth); jeer or allowing sth 3953. saunter an animal or a mock that one thinks v. walk in a bird) search 3973. scorch may be wrong leisurely way; for decaying v. burn or 3984. scrupul stroll flesh as food; discolour (a ous adj. 3954. savant use decaying surface) by dry extremely n. person of flesh for food heat careful and great learning 3964. scenario 3974. score thorough; 3955. savor n. written n. number of paying great enjoy; have a outline of a points, goals, attention to distinctive film, play, etc etc made by a details flavor, smell, with details of player or team 3985. scrutini or quality the scenes and in a game, or ze examine 3956. savory plot gained in a closely and n. herb of the 3965. schemat competition, critically mint family ic adj. in etc 3986. scuffle used in cooking the form of a 3975. scotch n. confused 3957. scabbar diagram or adj. of Scottish struggle d n. cover chart people between people for the blade of 3966. scheme 3976. scourge who are close a sword, n. ~ plan for n. whip for together dagger or doing or flogging people 3987. scurrilo bayonet; organizing sth 3977. scowl us adj. sheath . 3967. schism n. bad- abusive and 3958. scad n. strong tempered or insulting, esp a great disagreement, angry look on in a crude or quantity esp in a the face obscene way 3959. scaffold religious 3978. scrap 3988. scurry n. frame made organization n. C] small, v. run with of long metal over doctrine, usu unwanted, short quick tubes put up in which one piece; fragment steps 3989. scurvy during the 4007. seduce 4020. seminar n. disease of course of the v. tempt to y n. the blood earth's orbit have sexual college for caused by a around it. intercourse training priests lack of vitamin 3997. secessio 4008. sedulous or rabbis C in the diet n n. ~ adj. showing 4021. senility 3990. scuttle (fml ) (instance much hard n. state of v. run with of) seceding work, steady being senile short quick 3998. seclusio effort or care 4022. sensitiza steps n n. 4009. seedy tion 3991. seamy secluding or adj. shabby- [ sensitize: ] to adj. being secluded looking; make or unattractive 3999. secrete disreputable become andsordid v. (of an 4010. seemly sensitive 3992. sear organ) produce / adj (dated or 4023. sensual v. scorch or (a substance, fml ) proper = adj of, burn (a usu liquid) and suitable by suggesting, surface) either as waste the standards enjoying or 3993. season material or for of polite society giving physical n. part of the use within the 4011. seep (often sexual) year body v. ~ through pleasure distinguished 4000. sect into sth/out (of 4024. sensuou according to its n. group of sth) (of liquids) s adj. particular type people who flow slowly and affecting, of weather, esp share (esp in small noticed by or one of the four religious) quantities giving pleasure traditional beliefs or through a to the senses periods into opinions which substance 4025. sententi which the year differ from 4012. seethe ous adj. is divided, ie those of most v. bubble and expressing spring, people froth as if pompous summer, 4001. sectaria boiling moral autumn and n adj. of a 4013. seine judgements winter sect or sects net for 4026. sentient 3994. seasona 4002. secular catching fish adj. capable of ble adj. adj. not 4014. seismic perceiving or suitable for the concerned with adj. of feeling things time of year spiritual or earthquakes 4027. sentime 3995. seasonal religious 4015. selective ntal adj. of adj. happening affairs; worldly adj. using or or concerning during a 4003. sedate based on the emotions, particular adj. calm and selection rather than the season; varying dignified; 4016. self- reason with the composed indulgence n. 4028. sentinel seasons 4004. sedative 4017. self- n. sentry 3996. seasone n. drug or righteous adj. 4029. septic d medicine that showing in a adj. caused by [ season: ] one sedates smug way that or causing of the four 4005. sedentar one believes infection with equal periods y adj. that what one harmful into which the done sitting does, thinks, bacteria year is divided down etc is right 4030. sepulche by the 4006. sedition 4018. semblan r equinoxes and n. words or ce n. ~ of [ sepulchre: ] a solstices, actions sth appearance burial vault, resulting from intended to of being sth; tomb, or grave the apparent make people likeness to sth 4031. sequeste movement of rebel against 4019. seminal r v. ~ the sun north the authority of adj. of seed or sb/oneself and south of the State semen (from sth) keep the equator sb/oneself away or apart from sun, eg in order 4052. shear an arrow, etc) other people; to determine v. cut the wool at sb/sth seclude the position of off (a sheep) 4062. shove 4032. sere one's ship , with shears v. push being dried 4043. shack 4053. sheathe roughly and withered n. roughly built v. put (sth) 4063. shrew 4033. serendip shed, hut or into a sheath n. small ity n. house 4054. shed mouse-like making 4044. shackle n. one-storey animal that pleasant and n. either of a building used feeds on insects unexpected pair of metal for storing 4064. shrewd discoveries rings linked by things, adj. having or entirely by a chain, used sheltering showing good chance for fastening a animals, judgement and 4034. serenity prisoner's vehicles, etc or common sense; the quality or wrists or as a workshop astute state of being ankles together 4055. sheer 4065. shrivel shining bright 4045. shade adj. complete; v. ~ (sth) (up) and steady n. ~ (place thorough; utter (cause sth to) 4035. serpenti where there is) 4056. sherbet shrink and ne adj. comparative refreshing wrinkle from twisting and darkness and drink of weak heat, cold or curving like a often coolness sweet fruit- dryness snake caused by sth juice 4066. shudder 4036. serrated blocking direct 4057. shift v. ~ (with sth) adj. having light or heat, v. ~ shiver violently notches on the esp of the sun (sth/sb/oneself) with cold, fear, edge like a saw; 4046. sham (from.../to...); ~ etc; tremble having a v. pretend (sth/sb/oneself) 4067. shuffle toothed edge (sth); feign (about/around) v. walk 4037. servile 4047. shamble (cause without lifting adj. too ready s n. scene sth/sb/oneself the feet to obey others; of complete to) change or completely lacking disorder; move from one clear of the independence muddle; mess position or ground 4038. servitud 4048. Shangri direction to 4068. shun e n. -la a another v. keep away condition of remote or 4058. shimme from (sth/sb); being forced to imaginary r v. shine avoid work for others utopia with a soft light 4069. shunt and having no 4049. shard that seems to v. move (a freedom n. broken piece waver railway 4039. sever of pottery, 4059. shirk locomotive, v. ~ sth (from glass, etc v. avoid doing wagons, etc) sth) divide or 4050. shaving (work, one's from one track break or [ shave: ] [also duty, etc) to another separate sth by intr] to remove through 4070. shyster cutting (the beard, laziness, n. 4040. severan hair, etc.) from cowardice, etc unscrupulous ce n. (the face, head, 4060. shoddy and dishonest cutting or or body) by adj. of poor person, esp a being cut; scraping the quality or lawyer discontinuation skin with a badly made 4071. sibling 4041. severity razor 4061. shoot n. any one of n. quality of 4051. sheaf v. ~ (sth) (at two or more being severe n. bundle of sb/sth); ~ sth people with the 4042. sextant stalks of corn, (from sth); ~ same parents; n. instrument barley, etc tied sth (off) fire (a brother or used for together after gun or some sister measuring the reaping other weapon); 4072. sibylline altitude of the fire (a bullet, adj. spoken by or 4082. simulate between small 4106. slavish characteristic v. pretend to groups of adj. lacking in of a sibyl; have or feel soldiers, ships, independence mysteriously 4083. sinecure etc, esp one or originality prophetic n. position that that is not 4107. sleazy 4073. sidereal requires no planned adj. (infml ) adj. of the stars work or 4095. skittish (esp of a place) or measured by responsibility, adj. lively and dirty and not them but gives the playful; respectable; 4074. sidetrac holder prestige difficult to sordid k to or money control 4108. sledge distract or be 4084. sinewy 4096. skuldug n. vehicle with distracted from adj. having gery n. long narrow a main subject strong sinews; deception and strips of wood, or topic tough; planning of evil metal, etc 4075. sift muscular acts; trickery instead of v. put (sth) 4085. singular 4097. skulk wheels, for through a sieve adj. of the v. hide or move travelling over 4076. significa form used around as if ice and snow nt adj. when speaking one is ashamed 4109. sleek having a about one or trying to adj. smooth meaning, esp person or thing hide, esp when and glossy one that is 4086. sinister one is planning 4110. sleeper immediately adj. suggesting sth bad n. person who obvious evil, or that sth 4098. slack sleeps in the 4077. silt bad may adj. not tight specified way n. sand, mud, happen or tense; loose 4111. sleigh etc carried by 4087. sinuous 4099. slacken n. sledge, esp flowing water adj. having v. become one drawn by a and left at the many curves slack horse mouth of a and twists; 4100. slag 4112. sleight river, in a winding n. waste n. ,sleight of harbour, etc 4088. siren matter that `hand great 4078. simian n. device that remains after skill in using adj. n (of or makes a long metal has been the hands in like a) monkey loud sound as a extracted from performing or ape signal or ore by smelting conjuring 4079. simile warning 4101. slake tricks, etc n. comparison 4089. skeptic v. satisfy 4113. slew of one thing = sceptic 4102. slander pt of slay with another, 4090. skiff n. false 4114. slick eg `as brave as n. small light statement adj. done a lion', `a face boat for rowing intended to smoothly and like a mask' or sculling, usu damage sb's efficiently, 4080. simper by one person , reputation apparently v. smile in a 4091. skim 4103. slap without effort foolish, v. remove v. strike 4115. slight affected way cream, scum, (sb/sth) with adj. not 4081. simplisti etc from the the palm of the serious or c adj. surface of (a hand or with important; making liquid) sth flat; smack small difficult 4092. skimp 4104. slapdas 4116. slink problems, v. ~ use or h adj. adv v. move as if issues, ideas, provide less in a careless one feels guilty etcseem much than enough of and hasty way or ashamed, or simpler than (what is 4105. slaughte does not want they really are; needed) r n. the to be seen over- 4093. skinflint killing of 4117. slipshod simplifying n. miser animals, esp adj. not done 4094. skirmis for food or not doing h n. fight things carefully; sth spread a 4139. snivel 4150. solemnit careless greasy or v. (derog ) cry y n. state 4118. slither sticky and sniff in a or quality of v. slide or slip substance, eg miserable, usu being solemn; unsteadily paint, on sth/sb self-pitying, seriousness 4119. sloth 4130. smelt way 4151. solicit n. laziness; v. heat and 4140. snub v. ~ (for sth); ~ idleness ; melt in order to v. treat (sb) (sth) (from sb) 4120. slough obtain the coldly, rudely (fml ) ask (sb) n. swamp; metal it or with for (eg money, marsh ; contains contempt, esp help, votes) 4121. slovenly 4131. smirk by paying no earnestly; try adj. careless, n. silly or self- attention (to to obtain (sth) untidy, dirty, satisfied smile him) 4152. solicitor etc in 4132. smolder 4141. snuffle n. lawyer who appearance, = smoulder v. make prepares legal dress or habits 4133. smother sniffing noises documents (eg 4122. sluggar v. die from 4142. soar for the sale of d n. lazy lack of air, or v. go up high land or slow-moving from not being in the air buildings), person able to quickly advises clients 4123. sluggish breathe; 4143. sober on legal adj. slow- suffocate adj. with one's matters, and moving; not 4134. smudge actions and speaks for alert or lively; n. dirty or thoughts not them in the lethargic blurred mark, affected by lower courts 4124. sluice oftencaused by alcohol 4153. solicitou n. sliding gate rubbing 4144. sobriety s adj. ~ or other device 4135. smug n. quality or (fml ) very for controlling adj. (usu state of being concerned and the flow of derog ) too sober anxious about water out of or pleased with or 4145. sodden (sb's welfare, into a canal, proud of adj. soaked comfort, etc) lake, lock, etc oneself, one's through; very 4154. soliloqu 4125. slur achievements, wet y n. v. run (sounds, etc; self- 4146. sojourn speaking one's words) into satisfied v. stay (with thoughts aloud, each other so 4136. sneak sb) in a place esp in a play that they are v. ~ (to sb) for a time when a indistinct (Brit infml 4147. solace character does 4126. sly derog , ) (used n. (thing that this without adj. (often esp by children gives) comfort another derog ) acting ) tell an adult or relief (from character or done in a about the pain, trouble, being present secret, often faults, distress, etc) on stage cunning and wrongdoings, 4148. solder 4155. solitude deceitful, way etc of another n. soft mixture n. being alone 4127. smart child of metals used, without adj. bright and 4137. snicker when melted, companions; new-looking; v. laugh in a for joining solitary state well-dressed; suppressed, esp harder metals, 4156. solstice neat unpleasant, wires, etc n. either of the 4128. smatteri way; snigger together two times of ng n. ~ 4138. snip 4149. solecism the year at slight v. ~ (at) sth cut n. mistake in which the sun knowledge, esp sth sharply the use of is furthest of a language (esp with language, esp North or South 4129. smear scissors or one that shows of the equator v. ~ sth shears) in short sb to be foreign 4157. soluble on/over sth/sb; quick strokes or of low social adj. ~ that can ~ sth/sb with class , be dissolved 4158. solvent 4169. sophisti what is usu 4191. spectral adj. having cation n. needed or adj. of or like enough money quality of being used; kept in a spectre(1) to pay one's sophisticated reserve for use 4192. spectru debts; not in 4170. sophistr when needed m n. (usu debt y n. use of 4181. sparse sing ) image of 4159. somatic sophisms adj. not dense, a band of pertaining to 4171. sophom thick or colours as seen the body; oric crowded; in a rainbow physical conceited and thinly scattered (and usu 4160. somber overconfident 4182. Spartan described as of a dismal or of knowledge adj. (of red, orange, depressing but poorly conditions) yellow, green, character:ME informed and simple and blue, indigo LANCHOLY immature harsh; without and violet), 4161. somnam 4172. soporifi luxury or formed by a bulist n. c n, adj comforts ray of light person who causing sleep 4183. spasmo that has passed does this; 4173. sordid dic adj. through a sleep-walker ; adj. (of occurring or prism 4162. somnole conditions, done at 4193. speechle nt adj. places, etc) irregular ss adj. almost asleep; dirty and intervals (usu unable to sleepy; drowsy unpleasant; for short speak, esp 4163. sonic squalid periods at a because of adj. relating to 4174. sound time); not strong feeling sound, sound- adj. in good continuous or 4194. spendth waves or the condition; not regular rift n. speed of sound hurt, diseased, 4184. spat person who 4164. sonnet injured or pt, pp of spit spends money n. type of poem damaged 4185. spate extravagantly containing 14 4175. sour n. sudden fast and wastefully lines, each of adj. having a rush 4195. sphinx- 10 syllables, sharp taste 4186. spatial like and with a (like that of adj. of, 4196. spin formal pattern vinegar, a concerning or v. ~ sth of rhymes lemon or existing in (round) make 4165. sonorou unripe fruit) space sth turn round s adj. 4176. sovereig 4187. spatula and round having a full n adj. (of n. tool with a rapidly deep sound power) without wide flat blunt 4197. splice 4166. soothsay limit; highest blade used for v. join (two er n. 4177. sovereig mixing and ends of rope) fortune-teller; nty n. spreading, esp by weaving the prophet independent in cooking and strands of one 4167. sophist sovereign painting into the strands n. person who power 4188. spawn of the other uses clever but 4178. sow n. eggs of fish, 4198. spoilspo false n. fully grown shellfish and rt arguments female pig . frogs, toads, etc (informal) intended to 4179. spangle 4189. specious 4199. spontan deceive n. tiny piece of adj. seeming eity 4168. sophisti shining metal rightor true impulsiveness; cated adj. or plastic used but actually absence of having or for decoration wrong or false premeditation showing much on a dress, etc, 4190. speck 4200. spoof worldly esp in large n. very small n. ~ (of/on sth) experience and numbers spot or stain; humorous knowledge of 4180. spare tiny particle imitation or fashionable life adj. in parody addition to 4201. spooneri unimportant 4220. staid 4227. stanch sm n. matters adj. (of people, v. stop the flow result of 4211. squalid their of (esp blood) changing adj. very dirty appearance, 4228. standstil round, esp and unpleasant behaviour, l n. halt; accidentally, (esp because of tastes, etc) stop the initial neglect or serious, dull 4229. stanza sounds of two poverty) and old- n. group of or more words 4212. squalor fashioned; lines forming a when speaking, n. squalid state conservative unit in some eg well-boiled 4213. squande 4221. stalemat types of poem; icicle for well- r v. ~ sth e n. verse of poetry oiled bicycle waste (time, position of the 4230. start well-oiled money, etc); pieces in the n. beginning of bicycle well- use sth game of chess a journey, an boiled icicle wastefully in which the activity, a plan, 4202. sporadic 4214. squash player whose a race, etc; adj. happening v. press or move it is process or act or seen only squeeze (sb/sth) cannot move of starting occasionally or flat or into a without putting 4231. stately in a few places; pulp; crush his king in adj. dignified; occurring 4215. squat check imposing; irregularly v. ~ (down) (of 4222. stalwart grand 4203. sportive people) sit on adj. (of a 4232. static adj. playful one's heels or person) strong adj. not 4204. sprightl on the ground and sturdy moving or y adj. with the knees 4223. stamina changing; lively and full drawn up n. ability to stationary of energy under or close endure much 4233. statute 4205. sprout to the body; physical or n. law passed v. ~ (from sth) crouch mental strain; by Parliament begin to grow 4216. squeami long-lasting or a similar or appear; put sh adj. energy and law-making out leaves, having a resilience; body and shoots, etc delicate staying-power written down 4206. spruce stomach and 4224. stamme formally adj. tidy and easily made r v. 4234. statutor clean in sick speak with y adjfixed, appearance; 4217. squelch sudden pauses done or smart ; v. make a and a tendency required by 4207. spry sucking sound to repeat statute adj. lively and as when feet rapidly the 4235. steadfas active are lifted from same sound or t adj. ~ 4208. spurious thick sticky syllable (fml usu adj. not mud (because of a approv , ) firm genuine or 4218. staccato speech defect and not authentic; false adj. adv (to be or from fear, changing or or fake played) with excitement, etc) yielding; 4209. spurn each successive 4225. stamp constant v. reject or note short, v. ~ sth put 4236. stealth refuse clear (one's foot) n. acting or scornfully or anddetached; down heavily behaving in a contemptuousl not smooth(ly) on (the ground, quiet or secret y 4219. stagnant etc); flatten way 4210. squabbl adj. not (sth) by doing 4237. steep e v. ~ flowing and this adj. (of a (about/over therefore dirty 4226. stamped slope, stairs, sth) quarrel and smelling e n. etc) rising or noisily (as unpleasant; sudden rush of falling sharply, children do), still and stale frightened not gradually esp over animals 4238. stellar feeling or 4256. stoic 4266. strew adj. of a star or reputation n. person who v. ~ A (on/over stars 4247. stilted has great self- B); ~ B with A 4239. stem adj. (of a control and scatter sth n. main manner of who endures (over a central part of talking, pain, surface); cover a plant, bush writing, discomfort or (a surface) with or tree coming behaving, etc) misfortune scattered up from the stiff and without things; roots, from unnatural; complaining or sprinkle which the artificial showing signs 4267. striated leaves or 4248. stink of feeling it , adj. marked flowers grow v. (infml ) ~ (of 4257. stoke with stripes, 4240. stench sth) have a v. ~ sth (with lines or n. very very sth) put (coal furrows unpleasant unpleasant and or some other 4268. stricture smell offensive smell fuel) on the fire n. (fml ) severe 4241. stentori 4249. stint of a furnace, an criticism or an adj. (of v. ~ on sth; ~ engine, etc condemnation a voice) loud sb/oneself (usu 4258. stolid 4269. strident and powerful in negative adj. (of a adj. loud and 4242. stereoty sentences ) person) not harsh; shrill pe n. restrict, limit easily excited; 4270. stringen image,idea, sb/oneself to a showing little t adj. that character, etc small amount or no emotion must be that has of (esp food) or interest obeyed; strict become fixed 4250. stipend 4259. stoop or severe or n. official v. ~ (down) 4271. strut standardizedin income (esp of bend forward n. rod or bar a conventional a clergyman); and down placed in a form without salary ; 4260. stout framework to individuality 4251. stipple adj. strong strengthen and 4243. sterile v. paint, draw and thick brace it adj. not or engrave in 4261. straggle 4272. studied producing or small dots (not v. grow or adj. carefully not able to in lines, etc) spread in an considered; produce seeds, 4252. stipulate irregular or intentional; young or v. state (sth) untidy manner deliberate children clearly and 4262. strangle 4273. studious 4244. stickler firmly as a v. kill by adj. spending n. ~ for sth requirement squeezing or a lot of time person who 4253. stock gripping the studying thinks that a n. store of throat tightly; 4274. stultify certain goal is goods available throttle v. (fml ) cause very important for sale, 4263. stratage (sth) to be and tries to distribution or m n. trick, ineffective or make other use, in a shop, plan or scheme seem absurd; people aim at it warehouse, etc to deceive sb negate 4245. stifle 4254. stockad (esp an enemy) 4275. stumble v. feel or make e n. line 4264. stratifie v. ~ strike unable to or wall of d [ stratify: one's foot breathe (easily) strong upright ] to form or be against sth and because of lack posts, built as a formed in almost fall of fresh air; defence layers or strata 4276. stump suffocate 4255. stodgy 4265. stratum n. part of a 4246. stigma adj. (infml n. any of a tree left in the n. mark of derog , ) (of series of ground after shame or food) heavy, horizontal the rest has disgrace; solid and layers, esp of fallen or been shameful difficult to rock in the cut down digest earth's crust 4277. stun sexual ones) in obedience, etc; 4308. subversi v. make (a more socially submissive ve adj. ~ person or an acceptable 4298. subside trying or likely animal) ways v. sink to a to weaken or unconscious by 4289. sublime lower or to the destroy a a blow, esp to adj. of the normal level political the head greatest, most 4299. subsidia system, an 4278. stupefy admirable ry adj. 1~ accepted belief, make numb; kind; causing connected to etc stun; amaze awe and but smaller, of 4309. succinct 4279. stupor reverence less adj. n. condition of 4290. sublimi importance,etc expressedbriefl being dazed or nal adj. than sth else; y and clearly; nearly being subordinate concise unconscious perceivedor 4300. subsidy 4310. succor caused by affecting the n. money paid, to go to the aid shock, drugs, mind without esp by a of:RELIEVE alcohol, etc one being government, to 4311. succulen 4280. sturdy aware of it help an t adj. (of adj. strong 4291. submer industry, to fruit and meat) and solid ge v. go support the juicy and 4281. stygian under the arts, to keep delicious adj. very dark; surface of a prices down, 4312. succum gloomy liquid, the sea, etc b v. ~ 4282. stymie etc 4301. subsiste (fml ) stop n. situation on 4292. submissi nce n. resisting the green in ve adj. subsisting (temptation, which an willing to yield 4302. substant illness, attack, opponent's ball to the authority ial adj. etc); yield is between of others; large in 4313. suckle one's own ball obedient amount; v. feed with and the hole 4293. subordi considerable milk from the 4283. suavity nate adj. ~ 4303. substant breast or udder [ suave: ] (to sb) lower in iate v. give 4314. suffocat 4284. subalter rank or facts to support e v. die as n n. any position (a claim, a result of not officer in the 4294. suborn statement, etc); being able to army below the v. use bribery prove breathe rank of captain or some other 4304. substant 4315. suffragi 4285. subdue means to ive adj. st advocate v. bring under persuade (sb) genuine or of voting rights control by to do sth actual; real (for women) force; defeat illegal, esp tell 4305. subsum 4316. suffuse 4286. subjecti lies in a court e v. ~ sth v. ~ sth (esp of ve adj. of law (fml ) include colour or existing in the 4295. subpoen sth in a moisture) mind and not a n. particular spread all over produced by written order group, class, sth things outside requiring a etc or under a 4317. suitor the mind person to rule n. man 4287. subjuga appear in a 4306. subterfu courting a te v. gain lawcourt ge n. trick woman controlof (a 4296. subsequ or excuse, esp 4318. sullen country, etc); ent adj. one used to adj. silent, subdue; later; following avoid bad-tempered conquer ; 4297. subservi difficulties, and gloomy 4288. sublima ent adj. ~ blame, failure, 4319. sully te v. (often derog ) etc v. (fml or rhet express giving too 4307. subtlety usu fig , ) make (instinctual much respect, n. quality of (sth) dirty; urges, esp being subtle stain; ruin or destroy (sb's still be seen, esp of food and 4354. sustain reputation, etc) heard, etc drink v. bear 4320. sultry 4331. supernu 4343. surge (weight) adj. (of the merary adj. v. move without weather, air, in excess of the forward in or breaking or etc) normal like waves falling oppressively number; extra 4344. surly 4355. sustena hot and humid 4332. superse adj. bad- nce n. food 4321. summat de v. take tempered and and drink; ion n. the place of be unfriendly nourishment summing-up; introduced so 4345. surmise 4356. suture summary as to be used v. suppose (sth) n. stitch or 4322. sumptu instead of without having stitches made ous adj. (sth/sb) evidence that in sewing up a looking 4333. supine makes it wound, esp expensive and adj. lying flat certain; guess following an splendid on the 4346. surmou operation , 4323. sunder back,face nt v. deal 4357. swagger v. ~ sth/sb (fml upwards with (a v. walk or or rhet ) 4334. supplan difficulty, etc); behave in a separate sth/sb, t v. take overcome proud or esp by force or the place of 4347. surpass boastful way for ever (sb/sth); v. ~ sb/sth (in 4358. swamp 4324. sundry replace sth) (fml ) do n. soft wet adj. various 4335. supple or be better land; marsh ; 4325. superan adj. bent or than sb/sth; 4359. swarm nuated adj. bending easily; exceed sb/sth n. large old and barely not stiff; 4348. surrepti number of fit for work or flexible tious adj. insects, birds, use 4336. supplian done or acting etc moving 4326. supercili t n, adj secretly or around ous adj. (person) asking stealthily together, esp thinking or humbly for sth 4349. surrogat bees following showing that 4337. supplica e n. ~ a queen bee one thinks one nt n. (fml ) person or 4360. swarthy is better than person who thing that acts adj. dark or other people; supplicates; or is used dark-skinned arrogant and suppliant instead of 4361. swathe disdainful 4338. supplica another; n. strip of 4327. superer te v. ~ sth substitute grass or other ogatory (fml ) ask (sb) 4350. surveilla plants cut by a superfluous; humbly or nce n. mower, scythe, more than pleadingly for careful watch etc needed or sth kept on sb 4362. sway demanded 4339. supposit suspected of v. move or 4328. superfic ion n. doing wrong lean slowly ial adj. of supposing 4351. suscepti from side to or on the 4340. supposit ble adj. ~ side surface only itious to sth easily 4363. swear 4329. superflu assumed; influenced or v. ~ (at sb/sth) ous adj. counterfeit; harmed by sth use rude or more than is hypothetical 4352. suspend blasphemous needed or 4341. suppres v. ~ sth (fml ) words in anger, wanted s v. put hang sth up surprise, etc; 4330. superim an end to (sth), 4353. suspens curse pose v. ~ sth esp by force; e n. 4364. swear- put sth on top crush feeling of word n. of sth else, esp 4342. surfeit tenseness, rude or so that what is n. ~ (of sth) too worry, etc blasphemous underneath can much of sth, about what word may happen 4365. swell two statements, 4383. taciturn something v. ~(to sth); ~ eg All men adj. saying desirable to (sth) (up) (with must die; I am very little; the view but sth) (cause sth a man; uncommunicati continually to) therefore I ve ; keeping it out becomelarger must die 4384. tact of reach or bulge 4374. sylvan n. skill at not 4396. tantamo outwards, eg => silvan offending unt adj. ~ because of 4375. symbios people or at to sth equal in pressure from is n. gaining effect to sth; as inside relationship goodwill by good as sth 4366. swelter between two saying or doing 4397. tantrum v. be species, the right thing n. outburst of uncomfortably organisms,etc 4385. tactful bad temper, hot; suffer that live close adj. having or esp in a child from the heat together and showing tact 4398. taper 4367. swerve depend on each 4386. tactile n. length of v. change other in adj. of or using wax-covered direction various ways the sense of thread like a suddenly 4376. symmet touch very thin 4368. swill ry n. 4387. taint candle burned v. ~ sth exact match in n. trace of to give light or (out/down) (esp size and shape some bad to light other Brit) rinse or between the quality or candles, etc flush sth by two halves of decay or 4399. tarantul pouring large sth infection a n. any of amounts of 4377. synchro 4388. takeoff several types of water, etc into, nous 4389. talisman large spider, over or similary timed; n. object that is many of them through it simultaneous thought to hairy and some 4369. swindler with bring good of them n. person who 4378. synoptic luck, eg a ring poisonous , swindles adj. of or or locket 4400. tardy 4370. swipe forming a 4390. talon adj. (fml ) slow v. (infml ) ~ synopsis n. claw, esp of to act, move or (at) sth/sb (try 4379. synthesi a bird of prey happen to) hit sth/sb s n. 4391. tan 4401. tarnish with a swinging combining of v. convert v. lose its or reckless separate parts, (animal skin) brightness by blow elements, etc to into leather by being exposed 4371. sybarite form a complex treating it with to air or damp n. person who whole tannic acid, etc 4402. tarry is very fond of 4380. syntheti 4392. tangenti v. (arch or rhet luxury and c adj. al ) delay in comfort made by peripheral; coming to or 4372. sycopha synthesis( only slightly going from a nt n. 4381. tablet connected; place; linger person who n. slab or digressing 4403. tart tries to gain panel with 4393. tangible adj. sharp- people's favour words cut or adj. that can tasting; acid by insincerely written on it, be perceived by 4404. tatter flattering them esp one fixed to touch to make or and always a wall as a 4394. tanner become ragged agreeing with memorial , n. person who or worn to them 4382. tacit tans skins to shreds 4373. syllogis adj. make leather 4405. taunt m n. form understoodwit 4395. tantalize v. ~ sb try to of reasoning in hout being put to tease or provoke sb which a into words; torment by or with scornful conclusion is implied as if by or critical drawn from presenting remarks; jeer agitated; degree of small flat at sb turbulent stretching or pieces of stone 4406. taut 4418. tempo being stretched of various adj. tightly n. speed or 4431. tentativ colours stretched; not rhythm of a e adj. arranged in a slack piece of music done, said, etc pattern 4407. tautolog 4419. tempora to test sth; 4444. testator ical l adj. of hesitant or n. person who tautologous / worldly affairs, exploratory; has made a tR ie not spiritual; not definite or will4(4) 4408. tawdry secular decisive 4445. testy adj. showy or 4420. tempori 4432. tenuous adj. easily gaudy but ze avoid adj. thin; annoyed; without real committing slender irritable value oneself; gain 4433. tenure 4446. tether 4409. tawny time n. holding of n. rope or adj. brownish- 4421. tenaciou office or land chain by which yellow s adj. or other an animal is 4410. taxono sticking or property, etc , fastened while mist one clinging firmly 4434. tepid it is grazing who study the together or to adj. lukewarm 4447. themati general an object 4435. terminal c adj. of principles of 4422. tenacity adj. of the last or related to a scientific firmness; stage in a fatal theme classification persistency; disease 4448. theocrac 4411. tedium adhesiveness 4436. termina y n. n. tediousness; 4423. tenancy te v. come system of boredom use of land or to an end or government by 4412. teetotali buildings as a bring (sth) to priests or a sm the tenant(1) an end priestly class in principle or 4424. tenant 4437. termina which the laws practice of n. person who tion n. of the State are complete pays rent to a point at which believed to be abstinence landlord for or way in the laws of God from alcoholic the use of a which sth ends 4449. theoreti drinks room, a 4438. terminol cal adj. 4413. temerity building, land, ogy n. concerned with n. audacity; etc technical terms the theory of a rashness 4425. tend of a particular subject 4414. temper v. take care of subject 4450. therape n. state of the or look after 4439. terminu utic adj. of mind as 4426. tendenti s n. the art of regards anger ous adj. (of station at the healing or the or calmness a speech, a end of a curing of 4415. tempera piece of railway line disease ment n. writing, etc) 4440. terrestri 4451. thermal person's nature aimed at al adj. of or adj. ofheat as it affects the helping a living on land 4452. thesis way he thinks, cause; not 4441. terse n. statement or feels and impartial adj. using few theory put behaves 4427. tender words; concise; forward and 4416. tempera adj. easily curt supported by te adj. damaged or 4442. tertiary arguments behaving with hurt; delicate adj. third in 4453. thespian temperance(1); 4428. tenet order, rank, adj. of acting showing self- n. principle; importance, or the theatre control belief; doctrine etc; next after 4454. thrall 4417. tempest 4429. tensile secondary slave; bondage uous adj. adj. of tension 4443. tessellat 4455. thrash stormy; 4430. tension ed adj. v. beat with a violently n. state or made from stick or whip, esp as a parts, so as to as a tax to person about to punishment cause a slight support the become a priest 4456. threadb tingling clergy and the ormonk are adj. sensation, often church 4492. topogra worn thin; with twitching 4480. titillate phy n. shabby movements and v. stimulate or features of a 4457. threat laughter excite (sb), esp place or n. expression 4467. tightwa sexually district, esp the of one's d 4481. title position of its intention to excessively n. name of a rivers, punish or harm frugal person; book, poem, mountains, sb, esp if he miser picture, etc , roads, does not obey 4468. tiller 4482. titter buildings, etc 4458. thresh n. person who n. short 4493. topple v. beat out or tills nervous laugh v. ~ (over) be separate from 4469. tiltable 4483. titular unsteady and husks of wheat, 4470. timbre adj. having a fall etc using a n. certain title( 4494. torpedo machine or characteristicq 4484. toady n. tube-shaped (esp formerly) uality of sound n. person who explosive an implement produced by a flatters another underwater held in the particular or treats him missile hand voice or with excessive launched 4459. thrifty instrument respect in the against ships adj. showing 4471. timid hope of gain or by submarines, thrift; adj. easily advantage aircraft or economical ; frightened; shy 4485. toga surface ships 4460. thrive 4472. timidity n. loose outer 4495. torpor v. ~ (on sth) timidness ns garment worn n. torpid grow or 4473. timorou by men in condition develop well s adj. ancient Rome 4496. torque and vigorously; timid 4486. toil n. twisting prosper 4474. tinge v. ~ away force causing 4461. throb v. ~ sth colour (at/over sth) rotation in v. ~ (with sth) sth slightly work long or machinery (of the heart, 4475. tint hard 4497. torrent pulse, etc) beat, n. shade or 4487. token n. violently esp faster or variety of a n. sign, symbol rushing stream stronger colour or evidence of of water, lava, thanusual 4476. tipple sth etc 4462. throes v. be in the 4488. toll 4498. torrid n. severe pains habit of n. money paid adj. very hot 4463. throng drinking for the use of a and dry n. crowded alcoholic road, bridge, 4499. torso mass of people drinks, esp too harbour, etc , n. main part of or things often or too 4489. tome the human 4464. throttle much n. large heavy body, not v. seize by the 4477. tirade book, esp a including the throat and stop n. long angry scholarly or head, arms and him breathing; speech of serious one , legs; trunk choke; strangle criticism or 4490. tonic 4500. tortuous 4465. thwart accusation n. medicine adj. full of v. prevent 4478. titanic that gives twists and doing what he adj. gigantic; strength or turns intends; oppose immense energy, taken 4501. toss (a plan, etc) 4479. tithe after illness or v. ~ sth (to sb) successfully n. one tenth of when tired throw sth 4466. tickle the annual 4491. tonsure lightly or v. touch or produce of a n. shaving the carelessly or stroke lightly, farm, etc top or all of the easily esp at sensitive formerly paid head of a 4502. totem heavy or noisy 4524. transito 4536. tread n. natural steps ry adj. v. ~ (on, etc object, esp an 4514. trample lasting for only sth/sb) set one's animal, v. ~ sth/sb a short time; foot down; considered by (down) tread transient walk or step N American heavily on 4525. transluc 4537. treasure Indians as the sth/sb so as to ent adj. n. gold, silver, emblem of a cause damage allowinglight to jewels, etc clan or family or destruction pass through 4538. treatise 4503. totter 4515. trance but not n. ~ long v. walk or n. sleep-like transparent written work move state, caused eg 4526. transmu dealing unsteadily; by being te v. ~sth systematically stagger hypnotized change sth with one 4504. touchin 4516. tranquil (into sth subject g adj. lity n. completely 4539. trek arousing pity tranquil different) n. long hard or sympathy condition 4527. transpa journey, esp on 4505. touchsto 4517. transcen rent adj. foot ne stone d v. be or allowinglight to 4540. tremor used to test the go beyond the pass through so n. slight fineness of gold range of that objects shaking or alloys; (human behind can be trembling criterion experience, seen clearly 4541. tremulo 4506. touchy belief, powers 4528. transpir us adj. adj. easily of description, e v. (of an tremblingfrom offended etc) event, a secret, nervousness or 4507. tout 4518. transcen etc) become weakness v. ~ try to get dent adj. known 4542. trencha people to buy extremely 4529. transpo nt adj. (one's goods or great; supreme rt v. ~ strongly and services), esp in 4519. transcen sth/sb (to...) effectively an annoyingly dental take sth/sb expressed; insistent way adjgoing from one place penetrating 4508. toxic beyond the to another in a 4543. trepidat adj. poisonous limits of vehicle ion n. great 4509. tract humanknowled 4530. transpos worry or fear n. large stretch ge, experience e v. cause about sth or area of land or reason, esp to change unpleasant that 4510. tractabl in a mystical or places may happen e adj. religious way 4531. trappin 4544. tribulati easily guided, 4520. transcri gs n. on n. (sad handled or be v. ~ sth outward signs event, accident, controlled; copy sth in of prestige, illness, etc that docile ; writing wealth, etc causes) great 4511. traduce 4521. transgre 4532. traumat trouble or v. saydamaging ssion n. ic adj. of suffering untrue things transgressing or causing 4545. tribunal about (sb/sth); 4522. transien trauma n. group of slander or t adj. 4533. travail officials with defame; lasting for only n. painful the authority to 4512. trajecto a short time; effort settle certain ry n. brief; fleeting 4534. traverse types of dispute curved path of 4523. transitio v. travel, lie or 4546. tribune sth that has n n. ~ (to extendacross Any champion been fired, hit sth) (instance 4535. travesty of the rights or thrown into of) changing n. ~ absurd and liberties of the air, eg a from one state imitation of or the people: missile or condition to inferior often used as 4513. tramp another substitute for the name for a v. walk with sth newspaper. 4547. tribute or pieces of 4570. turbule 4581. tyro n. action, information nce n. beginner; statement or 4559. troth unrest or novice gift that is n. (idm ) plight disturbance 4582. ubiquito meant to show one's troth 4571. tureen us adj. one's respect or 4560. trough n. deep dish (seeming to be) admiration n. long narrow with a lid from present 4548. trickle open box for which soup, everywhere or v. flow in a animals to feed vegetables, etc in several thin stream or drink from are served at places at the 4549. trickster 4561. truculen table same time n. person who ce 4572. turgid 4583. ulcer tricks or cheats agressiveness; adj. (of n. open sore people; ferocity language, style, containing swindler ; 4562. truism etc) pompous poisonous 4550. trident n. statement and difficult to matter on the n. spear with that is follow; boring outside of the three points obviouslytrue, 4573. turmoil body or on the 4551. trifle esp one that n. great surface of an n. thing, does not say disturbance, internal organ question or anything agitation or 4584. ulterior activity that important, eg confusion adj. beyond has little value Nothing lasts 4574. turncoat what is obvious or importance for ever , n. person who or admitted 4552. trifling 4563. truncate changes from 4585. ultimate adj. v. shorten by one side, party, adj. beyond unimportant; cutting off the etc to another which no other trivial top or end 4575. turpitud exists or is 4553. trigger 4564. trunk e n. state possible; last or n. lever that n. main stem or quality of final releases a of a tree, from being wicked; 4586. ultimatu spring, esp so which the depravity ; m n. final as to fire a gun branches 4576. tutelage demand or 4554. trilogy grow . n. protection statement of n. group of 4565. tryst of and terms to be three related meeting authority over accepted works, esp 4566. tumid a person, without three novels or adj. (of parts of country, etc; discussion, eg operas the body) guardianship one sent to a 4555. trim swollen 4577. tutelary foreign v. make (sth) 4567. tumult adj. acting as a government neat or smooth n. disturbance guardian or and by cutting or confusion, protector threatening away irregular esp of a large 4578. tycoon war if the parts mass of people n. wealthy and conditions are 4556. trinket 4568. tundra powerful not accepted n. small n. vast flat businessman or 4587. umbrag ornament, treeless Arctic industrialist; e n. give piece of regions of magnate `umbrage; take jewellery, etc of Europe, Asia 4579. typhoon `umbrage (at little value and N America n. violent sth) (fml or 4557. trite where the tropical joc ) (make sb) adj. not new or subsoil is hurricane that feel offended or original, permanently occurs in the slighted because often frozen western Pacific 4588. unaccou used; 4569. turbid 4580. tyranny ntable adj. hackneyed; adj. (of n. cruel, unjust that cannot be commonplace , liquids) opaque or oppressive explained or 4558. trivia or muddy; not use of power or accounted for n. unimportant clear authority 4589. unanimi things, details ty n. complete or tunnel 4613. unfalter note (or the agreement or beneath (sth); ing same note in unity weaken at the steadfast different 4590. unassail base 4614. unfeigne octaves) able adj. 4603. undersc d adj. not 4627. universa that cannot be ore v. = pretended; l adj. of, attacked or underline genuine or belonging to, conquered 4604. underst sincere affecting or 4591. unassua ate v. state 4615. unfetter done by all ged or express in a to release from people or 4592. unassu very controlled fetters, bonds, things in the ming adj. way etc. world or in a not drawing 4605. underta 4616. unfledge particular attention to ker n. d group oneself or to person whose immature 4628. unkemp one's merits or business is to 4617. unfrock t adj. not rank; modest prepare the v. dismiss from kept tidy; 4593. unbridle dead for burial the priesthood looking d adj. not or cremation 4618. ungainl dishevelled or controlled or and arrange y adj. neglected checked funerals clumsy or 4629. unmitig 4594. uncanny 4606. undulat awkward; not ated adj. adj. unnatural e v. have a graceful having no 4595. uncere wave-like 4619. unguent accompanying monious adj. movement or ointment advantages without proper appearance 4620. uniform whatever; formality or 4607. undulati ity complete; dignity ng sameness; absolute 4596. unconsc [ undulate: ] to consistency; 4630. unobtru ionable adj. move or cause monotony sive adj. not unreasonable to move in 4621. unilater too obvious or or excessive waves or as if al adj. easily 4597. uncouth in waves done by or noticeable; not adj. rough, 4608. unearth affecting one drawing awkward or ill- v. ~ sth person, group, attention to mannered; not uncover or country, etc itself or refined , obtain sth from and not himself; 4598. unction the ground by another; one- discreet n. action of digging sided 4631. unprece anointing with 4609. unearthl 4622. unimpe dented adj. oil as a y adj. achable adj. without religious rite supernatural that cannot be precedent; 4599. unctuou or mysterious doubted or never having s adj. or frightening questioned; happened, been insincerelyearn 4610. unequiv trustworthy done or been est or ocal adj. 4623. uninhibi known before flattering, esp having only ted 4632. unprepo in an oily way one possible unrepressed ssessing adj. 4600. undergi meaning; clear 4624. unintim not attractive rd and ating or appealing in strengthen the unmistakeable 4625. unique appearance base of 4611. unerrin adj. being the 4633. unravel 4601. underha gly adv. only one of its v. (cause sth nd adj. 4612. unexcep type woven, knotted done or doing tionable adj. 4626. unison or tangled to) things in a sly that cannot be n. in unison separate into or secret way; criticized; (with sb/sth) strands deceitful entirely sounding or 4634. unregen 4602. undermi satisfactory singing erate ne v. together the unrepentant; make a hollow same musical unreformed 4635. unrequi 4648. upbraid money at) (words used in) ted adj. v. ~ sb (dated excessively saying farewell, (esp of love) or fml ) scold high interest esp on serious not returned or or reproach sb 4661. utopia occasions rewarded 4649. upright n. imaginary 4671. valedict 4636. unruly adj. in a place or state ory adj. adj. not easy to vertical of things in serving as or control or position; erect which accompanying discipline; 4650. uproar everything is a farewell disorderly n. noise and perfect 4672. valid 4637. unsavor excitement or 4662. uxoriou adj. legally y anger; tumult s adj. effective distasteful; 4651. uproari excessively because made morally ous adj. fond of one's or done with offensive very noisy or wife the correct 4638. unscath high-spirited 4663. vacillate formalities ed adj. not 4652. upshot v. ~ (fml usu 4673. validate injured or n. the ~ the derog , ) keep v. make legally hurt; final result or changing one's valid; ratify unharmed outcome mind; move 4674. valor 4639. unseeml 4653. urbane backwards and bravery y adj. (of adj. having or forwards 4675. vampire behaviour,etc) showing between two n. reanimated not proper or refined emotions corpsebelieved seemly; manners, 4664. vacuous by some to unbecoming smooth adj. showing or leave its grave 4640. unsightl elegance and suggesting at night and y adj. not sophistication absence of suck the blood pleasant to 4654. urchin thought or of living people look at; ugly n. (esp dated ) intelligence; 4676. vanguar 4641. unsullie mischievous or inane d n. the d naughty child, 4665. vagabon vanguard 4642. untenab esp a boy d n. leading part of le adj. that 4655. urge wanderer or an advancing cannot be v. drive vagrant, esp an army or fleet defended forcibly or idle or 4677. vantage 4643. untowar hurry in a dishonest one n. position,etc d adj. certain 4666. vagary that gives sb inconvenient or direction n. superiority or unfortunate; 4656. urgent strange,unusua advantage awkward adj. needing l or capricious 4678. vapid 4644. unwarr immediate change; whim adj. dull or anted adj. attention, 4667. vagrant uninteresting unjustified or action or n. person 4679. vaporize unauthorized decision without a to convert (as 4645. unwield 4657. ursine settled home or by the y adj. bearlike; regular work; application of awkward to pertaining to a tramp heat or by move or bear 4668. vain spraying) into control because 4658. usage adj. having too vapor of its shape, n. manner of high an opinion 4680. variegat size or weight using sth; of one's looks, e To mark 4646. unwittin treatment abilities, etc; with different g adj. not 4659. usurp conceited ; shades or knowing or v. take (sb's 4669. vainglor colors. aware power, right, ious adj. full 4681. variegat 4647. unwonte position) of vainglory; ed adj. d adj. not wrongfully or conceited and marked customary or by force boastful ; irregularlywith usual 4660. usury 4670. valedicti differently n. (lending of on n. coloured patches, in revenge for 4701. ventrilo forms on streaks, spots, previous quist n. copper, brass etc murders person skilled and bronze 4682. varnish 4691. vendor in this surfaces n. hard shiny n. person who 4702. venture 4713. verge transparent sells food or n. project or n. = soft coating applied other small undertaking,es shoulder (soft) to the surface items from a p a commercial 4714. verisimi of esp stall in the one where lar having woodwork or open air there is a risk the appearance metalwork 4692. veneer of failure of truth 4683. vassal n. decorative 4703. ventures probable n. man wood or plastic ome adj. (of 4715. verisimi promising to glued to the people) ready litude n. fight for and be surface of to take risks; appearance or loyal to a king cheaper wood daring semblance or lord in (for furniture, 4704. venue ofbeing true or return for the etc) , n. place where real right to hold 4693. venerab people agree to 4716. veritabl land le adj. meet, esp for a e adj. 4684. vaunted deserving sports contest rightly named [ vaunt: ] vt. to respect because or match or called; real describe, of age, 4705. veraciou 4717. verity praise, or character, s adj. (of a n. truth (of a display (one's associations, person) statement, etc) success, etc truthful 4718. vernacu possessions, 4694. venerate 4706. veracity lar n. etc.) boastfully v. respect n. truthfulness; language or 4685. veer (sb/sth) deeply; truth dialect spoken v. (esp of a regard as 4707. verbaliz in a particular vehicle) change sacred e put into country or direction or 4695. venial words region, as course adj. not 4708. verbati compared with 4686. vegetate serious; m adj. a formal or v. live a dull excusable adv exactly as written life with little 4696. venison spoken or language activity or n. flesh of a written; word 4719. vernal interest deer used as for word adj. of, in or 4687. veheme meat 4709. verbiage appropriate to nt adj. 4697. venom n. (use of) too the season of showing or n. poisonous many words, or spring caused by fluid of certain unnecessarily 4720. versatile strong feeling; snakes, difficult adj. turning passionate scorpions, etc, words,to easily or 4688. velocity injected by a express an readily from n. (usu of bite or sting idea, etc one subject, inanimate 4698. vent 4710. verbose skill or things ) speed, n. opening that adj. using or occupation to esp in a given allows air, gas, containing another direction liquid, etc to more words 4721. vertebra 4689. venal pass out of or than are te n, adj adj. ready to into a confined needed having a accept money space , 4711. verdant backbone for doing sth 4699. ventilate adj. (of grass, 4722. vertex dishonest v. cause air to vegetation, n. (fml) highest 4690. vendetta enter and move fields, etc) point or top; n. hereditary freely through fresh and green apex feud between 4700. ventral 4712. verdigri 4723. vertigo families in adj. of or on s n. n. feeling of which murders the abdomen greenish-blue losing one's are committed substance that balance, caused esp by looking esp for the blame or infectious down from a worse suspicion disease great height; 4734. victuals 4745. vindicti 4755. visage dizziness n. food and ve adj. n. person'sface 4724. verve drink; having or 4756. visceral n. enthusiasm, provisions ; showing a adj. of the spirit or 4735. vie desire for viscera vigour, esp in v. ~ with sb revenge; 4757. viscid artistic or (for sth/to do unforgiving adhesive; gluey literary work sth); ~ for sth 4746. vintner 4758. viscous 4725. vestige (fml ) compete n. wine- adj. not n. small keenly with sb merchant pouringeasily; remaining part (for sth); rival 4747. violate thick and of what once sb for sth v. break or be sticky existed; trace 4736. vigil contrary to 4759. vise 4726. veto n. staying 4748. viper tool for holding n. awake, esp at n. any of work in place constitutional night, to keep various types 4760. vision right to reject watch or to of poisonous n. power of or forbid a pray snake found in seeing; sight legislative 4737. vigilanc Africa, Asia 4761. visionar proposal or e and Europe , y adj. action watchfulness 4749. virile having or 4727. vex 4738. vigilant adj. (of men) showing v. anger or adj. looking out having foresight or annoy (sb), esp for possible procreative wisdom with trivial danger, power; sexually 4762. vital matters trouble, etc; potent adj. connected 4728. viable watchful or 4750. virtual with or adj. sound and alert adj. being or essential to life workable; 4739. vigilante acting as what 4763. vitiate feasible n. member of a is described, v. weaken or 4729. viand self-appointed but not spoil the food group of people accepted as quality or 4730. vibrant who try to such in name efficiency of adj. vibrating prevent crime or officially (sth) strongly; and disorder in 4751. virtue 4764. vitreous resonant a community n. moral adj. having a 4731. vicar 4740. vignette goodness or glass-like n. clergyman in n. illustration, excellence texture or charge of a esp on the title- 4752. virtuoso finish parish where page of a book, n. person who 4765. vitriolic tithes formerly but not in a is exceptionally adj. savagely belonged to definite border skilled in the and another person 4741. vigor techniques of a bitterlyhostile or an active bodily or fine art, esp 4766. vitupera institution mental playing a tive adj. 4732. vicariou strength or musical vituperative s adj. felt force instrument or debate, or experienced 4742. vile singing criticism, etc indirectly, by adj. extremely 4753. virulent 4767. vivaciou sharing disgusting adj. extremely s adj. (esp imaginatively 4743. vilify harmful or of a woman) in the feelings, v. (fml ) say deadly lively or high- activities, etc of evil or insulting 4754. virus spirited another person things about n. simple 4768. vivid 4733. vicissitu (sb); slander organism, adj. strong de n. (fml ) 4744. vindicat smaller than and bright; change in one's e v. clear bacteria, and intense circumstances, (sb/sth) of causing 4769. vivisecti on n. practice of practised by 4790. wade looking ill or performing blacks in the W v. walk with tired; pallid surgical Indies, esp in an effort 4801. wanderl experiments on Haiti , (through ust n. live animals for 4780. voracio water, mud or strong desire to scientific us adj. anything that travel research very greedy in makes walking 4802. wane 4770. vixen eating; difficult) v. show a n. female fox ravenous 4791. waffle gradually 4771. vocifero 4781. vortex n. small crisp decreasing us adj. n. whirling cake made of area of loudor noisy; mass of water, cooked batter brightness expressing air, etc, as in a with a pattern after being full one's views whirlpool or of squares on 4803. wangle forcibly and whirlwind it, often eaten v. ~ sth (out of insistently 4782. vouch with syrup , sb) get or 4772. vogue v. ~ for sb/sth 4792. waft arrange sth n. ~ current or take v. be carried that one wants prevailing responsibility lightly and by using fashion for or express smoothly (as if) trickery or 4773. volatile confidence in through the air clever adj. changing (a person, his 4793. wag persuasion rapidly into behaviour, v. (cause sth 4804. wanton vapour etc); guarantee to) move adj. done 4774. volition 4783. vouchsa quickly from deliberately for n. act of using fe v. ~ sth side to side or no good one's will in (dated or fml ) up and down reason; wilful choosing, grant sth (to 4794. wage 4805. warble making a sb) as a gift or n. regular (usu v. (esp of a decision, etc privilege weekly) bird) sing in a 4775. volley 4784. voyeur payment made continuous n. n. person who or received for gentle trilling simultaneous gets pleasure work or way throwing or from watching services 4806. ward firing of a in secret others 4795. waggish n. separate number of undressing or adj. of, like, part or room in stones, bullets, engaging in done or made a hospital for a etc sexual activities by a wag particular 4776. voluble 4785. vulgar 4796. waif group of adj. (of a adj. lacking in n. homeless patients person) good taste or person, esp an 4807. warp speaking a lot; refinement abandoned v. become bent talkative 4786. vulnera child or twisted from 4777. volumin ble adj. ~ 4797. waive the usual or ous adj. that can be v. not insist on natural shape, (of clothing etc) hurt, wounded (sth) in a esp because of using much or injured particular case; uneven material; loose- 4787. vulpine forego shrinkage or fitting or ample adj. of or like a 4798. wake expansion 4778. voluptu fox v. ~(up) stop 4808. warrant ous adj. 4788. vulture sleeping n. ~ written giving a feeling n. large bird, 4799. wallow order giving of luxury or usu with head v. (~ in sth) lie authority to do sensual and neck and roll about sth pleasure almost bare of in mud, water, 4809. warrant 4779. voodoo feathers, that etc ed n. form of lives on the 4800. wan [ warrant: ] religion based flesh of dead adj. (of a anything that on belief in animals person, his gives authority witchcraft and 4789. vying appearance, for an action or magical rites, pres p of vie etc) pale and decision; authorization; feeding it with etc), esp by 4839. willowy sanction solid food rubbing with a adj. tall, lithe 4810. warrant 4818. weary stone and slender y n. adj. very tired, 4827. whiff 4840. wilt guarantee, esp esp as a result n. ~ faint smell v. (of a plant or one given to the of effort or or puff of air flower) droop buyer of an endurance; or smoke and wither article, exhausted 4828. whim 4841. wily promising to 4819. weather n. sudden adj. crafty or repair or n. condition of desire or idea, cunning; full of replace it if the atmosphere esp an unusual wiles necessary at a certain or 4842. wince 4811. warren place and time, unreasonable v. ~ show pain, n. area of land with reference one; caprice distress or with many to temperature 4829. whimsic embarrassment burrows in and the al adj. full by a slight which rabbits presence of of whimsy; involuntary live and breed rain, sunshine, fanciful, movement, esp 4812. wary wind, etc playful or of the muscles adj. ~ (of 4820. weird capricious in the face sb/sth) looking adj. 4830. whimsy 4843. windfall out for possible (frightening n. odd or n. fruit, esp an danger or because it is) playful apple, that has difficulty; unnatural, behaviour or been blown off cautious uncanny or humour a tree by the 4813. wastrel strange 4831. whine wind n. lazy good- 4821. well- n. long high- 4844. winnow for-nothing bred adj. pitched v. blow a person having or complaining current of air 4814. waver showing good cry, esp one through (grain) v. be or manners made by a dog in order to become weak 4822. welt or child remove (the or unsteady; n. strip of 4832. whinny chaff) falter leather round n. gentle 4845. winsom 4815. wax the edge of the neighing sound e adj. n. soft sticky upperof a shoe, 4833. whit attractive and yellow to which the n. the smallest pleasant substance sole is stitched amount 4846. wisp produced by 4823. welter 4834. whittle n. ~ small bees and used n. ~ of sth/sb v. ~ (at) sth cut separate by them for disorderly thin slices or bunch, bundle making mixture of strips off or twist (of sth) honeycombs things or (wood, etc) 4847. wistful 4816. waylay people; general 4835. wholeso adj. full of or v. (pt, pp confusion me adj. expressing sad waylaid )wait 4824. wheedle good for one's or vague for and stop (sb v. ~ sth (out of health or well- longing who is passing), sb) obtain sth being 4848. withdra esp in order to by being 4836. whorl wn adj. rob him or to pleasant to or n. one turn of uncommunicati ask him for sth flattering sb a spiral ve or 4817. wean 4825. whelp 4837. wiggle unsociable v. ~ sb/sth (on n. young v. (cause sth to) 4849. wither to sth) animal of the move from side v. ~ ~ (sth) gradually stop dog family; to side with (up) (cause sth feeding (a baby puppy or cub ; rapid short to) become dry, or young 4826. whet movements shrivelled or animal) with its v. (fml ) 4838. willful dead mother's milk sharpen (the intentional; 4850. withhol and start blade of a headstrong d v. (fml ) knife, an axe, ~ sth (from sb/sth) (fml ) 4862. wreak 4872. xenopho directly above refuse to give v. ~ sth (on sb) bia n. an observer sth; keep sth carry out intense dislike 4883. zephyr back (revenge or or fear of n. soft gentle 4851. withstan vengeance) on foreigners or breeze d v. (often sb; inflict sth strangers 4884. zest fml ) endure 4863. wrench 4873. yen n. ~ great (sth) without v. ~ sth off n. unit of enjoyment or giving in, (sth); ~ sb/sth money in excitement; collapsing, away twist or Japan gusto wearing out, pull sb/sth 4874. yeoman etc; resist violently away n. (Brit) (esp 4852. witless from sth arch ) farmer adj. 4864. wrest who owns and unintelligent or v. ~ sth from works his land foolish; out of sb take sth 4875. yield one's mind away from sb v. bear, 4853. witticis violently produce or m n. witty 4865. wretch provide remark n. very 4876. yoke 4854. wizardr unfortunate or n. shaped y n. miserable piece of wood practice of person fixed across the magic 4866. wring necks of two 4855. wizened v. ~ sth (out) animals (esp adj. having a twist and oxen) pulling a dried-up squeeze sth in cart, plough, wrinkled skin; order to etc shrivelled remove liquid 4877. yokel 4856. woe from it n. simple- n. great 4867. wrinkle minded sorrow or n. small fold or country distress line in the skin, person; 4857. woeful esp one of those bumpkin ; adj. full of on the face that 4878. yore woe; sad are caused by n. of yore (arch 4858. wont age or rhet ) long adj. ~ to do sth 4868. writ ago in the habit of n. formal legal 4879. zany doing sth; written order adj. (infml ) accustomed to to do or not to amusingly doing sth do sth, issued ridiculous; 4859. worldly by a court of eccentric adj. of (the law or a person 4880. zeal affairs of) the in authority n. ~ (for sth) world, esp the 4869. writhe (usu intense) pursuit of v. twist or roll energy or pleasure or about, esp enthusiasm; material gain; because of keenness not spiritual great pain 4881. zealot 4860. wrangle 4870. wrongh n. person who n. ~ eaded is extremely (about/over 4871. wry enthusiastic sth) noisy or adj. (of a about sth, esp angry person's face, religion or argument or features, etc) politics; fanatic dispute (with twisted into an ,; sb) (about sth) expression of 4882. zenith 4861. wrath disappointment n. point in the n. extreme , disgust or heavens anger mockery