acceptable: a. adequate for the purpose, judged to be in conformity with approved usage | accidentally: ad. without intention; in an unintentional manner, of a minor or subordinate nature |
accommodate: v. provide with something desired or needed, have room for; hold without crowding | acquiesce: v. to agree or express agreement |
acquire: v. win something through one's efforts, take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | acquit: v. pronounce not guilty of criminal charges, behave in a certain manner |
amateur: n. an athlete who does not play for pay, engaged in as a pastime | apparent: a. appearing as such but not necessarily so, clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment |
argument: n. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal | believe: v. follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer, judge or regard; look upon; judge |
bourgeois: a. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class, belonging to the middle class | broccoli: n. plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds, branched green undeveloped flower heads |
bureaucracy: n. a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials | calendar: n. a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year, a tabular array of the days |
category: n. a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme, a collection of things sharing a common attribute | changeable: a. capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature, subject to change |
chihuahua: n. an old breed of tiny short-haired dog with protruding eyes from Mexico held to antedate Aztec civilization | column: n. a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure, anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower |
conscience: n. conformity to one's own sense of right conduct, motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions | conscious: a. knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts, intentionally conceived |
consensus: n. agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole | curve: n. a line or outline which gradually deviates from being straight for some or all of its length |
definitely: ad. without question and beyond doubt, without doubt (used for emphasis) | drunkenness: n. the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess |
dumbbell: n. short bar with weight at each end, stupid person | embarrass: v. cause to feel awkward or ashamed; hamper or impede |
entrepreneur: n. someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it | equipment: n. an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service |
exceed: v. be or do something to a greater degree, be superior or better than some standard | exhilarate: v. fill with sublime emotion, make (someone) feel very happy |
existence: n. everything that exists anywhere, the state or fact of existing | fiery: a. characterized by intense emotion, like or suggestive of fire |
foreign: a. relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world | gauge: v. determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation, measure precisely and against a standard |
grateful: a. feeling or showing gratitude, affording comfort or pleasure | guarantee: v. give surety or assume responsibility, make certain of |
harass: v. annoy continually or chronically, exhaust by attacking repeatedly | height: n. (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot |
hierarchy: n. a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system, the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body | humorous: a. full of or characterized by humor, causing lighthearted laughter and amusement |
ignorance: n. lack of knowledge, education, or information | immediate: a. immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect, performed with little or no delay |
independent: n. a neutral or uncommitted person, especially in politics | ingenious: a. showing inventiveness and skill, cleverly and originally devised and well suited to its purpose |
intelligence: n. secret information about an enemy, the ability to comprehend | jewelry: n. an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems |
judgment: n. the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions, the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision | kernel: n. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, a single whole grain of a cereal |
leisure: n. freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity, time available for ease and relaxation | library: n. a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study, a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing |
license: n. freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices, a legal document giving official permission to do something | maintenance: n. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence, court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated |
maneuver: n. a military training exercise, an action aimed at evading an opponent | manoeuvre: v. perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense, act in order to achieve a certain goal |
medieval: a. as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened | millennium: n. period of a thousand years, especially when calculated from the traditional date of the birth of Christ |
miniature: a. being on a very small scale, of a much smaller size than normal | mischievous: a. deliberately causing harm or damage, naughtily or annoyingly playful |
misspell: v. spell a word wrongly or incorrectly | necessary: n. anything indispensable, unavoidably determined by prior circumstances |
neighbor: n. a nearby object of the same kind | noticeable: a. capable or worthy of being perceived, undesirably noticeable |
occasionally: ad. now and then or here and there | occurrence: n. an event that happens, an instance of something occurring |
particularly: ad. to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common, uniquely or characteristically | pastime: n. a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts, usually pleasantly |
perseverance: n. persistent determination, continuing or repeating behavior | personnel: n. the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management, group of people willing to obey orders |
playwright: n. someone who writes plays | possession: n. the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior, being controlled by passion or the supernatural |
precede: v. be earlier in time; go back further, move ahead (of others) in time or space | precocious: a. characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity, appearing or developing early |
principal: n. the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account | privilege: n. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group, especially a hereditary or official right |
pronunciation: n. the way a word or a language is customarily spoken, the manner in which someone utters a word | publicly: ad. by the public or the people generally, in a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly |
questionnaire: n. a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information | receipt: n. a written or printed statement acknowledging that something has been paid for or that goods have been received. |
recommend: v. push for something, make attractive or acceptable | reference: n. a remark that calls attention to something or someone |
relevant: a. having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue | rhyme: v. be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable |
separate: a. separated according to race, sex, class, or religion, have the connection undone; having become separate | supersede: v. take the place or move into the position of |
surveillance: n. close observation of a person or group, usually by the police | synecdoche: n. substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa |
threshold: n. a strip of wood, metal, or stone forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or room | tomorrow: n. the near future, the next day, the day after, following the present day |
twelfth: a. coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position, one part in twelve equal parts | until: prep. up to point in time mentioned, as far as |
vacuum: n. a space entirely devoid of matter | vengeance: n. the act of taking revenge, especially in the next life |
weather: n. the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc. | Wednesday: n. the fourth day of the week; the third working day |
weird: a. strikingly odd or unusual, suggesting something supernatural | |
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