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backdrop
backstage
balance
ballet
bandmaster
bang
bankrupt
bar
barbaric
barbecue
barn
baroque
barrage
barren
barricade
basement
basin
batter
bay
bead
beaded
beamline
behavior
beleaguer
belie
bellows
benefit
betray
bicameral
biography
bison
bitumen
blade
blame
blaze
bleak
blend
blight
bluff
blush
board
bold
bonanza
bonding
boom
boon
boost
boot up
booth
boson
boundless
bounty
bouquet
brace
breach
breath
brilliance
brilliantly
brim
bronze
brook
brush
bumbler
bunch
burgeon
buzz
buzzer
bypass
cabinetmaker
calculate
calibration
cancellation
canny
canopy
canyon
caper
capsize
capsule
captivity
cardinal
cartel
carve
carving
cascade
cassette
cast
casting
catalogue
catalyst
catastrophe
catching
categorize
caterpillar
cathedral
caution
cautious
cavern
celebrity
cell
certification
cessation
chagrin
chamber
charcoal
charge
charitable
chauffeur
checkout
chef
cherished
chill
chilling
chilly
chivalry
choir
choke
chop
chord
chore
choreography
chorus
chromosphere
chronological
chug
cider
circulate
civility
civilization
claim
clam
clan
clap
classification
classify
clergy
clergyman
clinical
clip
clog
clumsy
clutch
coalesce
coax
codefendant
codify
cognition
coherent
cohesive
coil
coinage
Word and Definition List
backdrop
n. background; setting
backstage
ad. In or toward the area behind the performing space in a theater, especially the area comprising the dressing roomsbalance
n. being in equilibrium; equilibrium; symmetry; stabilityballet
n. a sort of theatrical representation by dancers bandmaster
n. conductor of a bandbang
n. a vigorous blow; a conspicuous successbankrupt
v. cause to become financially ruin; ruinbar
n. a counter where you can obtain food or drink; cafe; strip; stickbarbaric
a. resembling uncivilized persons, lacking refinementbarbecue
n. a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doorsbarn
n. an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animalsbaroque
a. complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shapebarrage
n. an artificial obstruction, such as a dam, built in a watercourse to increase its depth or to divert its flow; rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communicationbarren
a. desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lackingbarricade
n. structure set up across a route of access to obstruct the passage of an enemybasement
n. cellar; storage roombasin
n. bowl-shaped vessel, usually used for holding food or liquidsbatter
v. hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blowsbay
n. body of water partially enclosed by land but with a wide mouth; reddish-brown animal, especially a horse having a black tailbead
n. small, often round piece of material, such as glass, plastic, or wood, that is pierced for stringing or threadingbeaded
a. covered with beads of liquidbeamline
n. line traveled by a particle beam in an acceleratorbehavior
n. conduct; mannerbeleaguer
v. besiege or attack; harass; surround with troopsbelie
v. contradict; give a false impressionbellows
n. a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercelybenefit
n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gainbetray
v. be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillinglybicameral
a. composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branchesbiography
n. an account of the series of events making up a person's life; accounts of people's lifebison
n. any of several large shaggy-manned humped bovid having large heads and short hornsbitumen
n. any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbonsblade
n. sharp cutting edge of a knife; sword or knife; swords-manblame
v. condemn; rebuke; find fault with; censureblaze
n. a burst of fire, a flamebleak
a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorableblend
n. combination; mixture; forming uniform mixtureblight
v. blast; prevent the growth and fertility of; destroy the happiness of; ruin; frustratebluff
a. direct and outspoken but good-naturedblush
v. become rosy or reddish; turn red, as if in embarrassment or shameboard
n. a committee having supervisory powers; a flat piece of material designed for a special purposebold
a. brave; daring; intrepid; impudentbonanza
n. boom; rich mine, vein, or pocket of ore; sudden opportunity to make moneybonding
n. formation of a close human relationship, as between friends; emotional and physical attachment occurring between a parent or parent figureboom
n. deep resonant sound, as of an explosionboon
n. blessing; benefit bestowed, especially in response to a requestboost
v. raise or lift by pushing up from behind or below; increase; raiseboot up
v. start a computer using its bootstrap procedurebooth
n. small enclosed compartment with a window, used to separate the occupant from others; small stall for the display and sale of goodsboson
n. any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principleboundless
a. being without boundaries or limits; infinite; vastbounty
n. liberality in giving; something that is given liberally; goodness, kindnessbouquet
n. small cluster or arrangement of flowers; an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a presentbrace
v. confront with questions; prepare or position so as to be ready for impact or dangerbreach
n. an opening or tear; breaking of waves; a gap or riftbreath
n. air that is inhaled and exhaled in respirationbrilliance
n. cleverness; magnificencebrilliantly
ad. brightly; radiantlybrim
n. brink; edgebronze
n. an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elementsbrook
n. creek; streambrush
n. short and sometimes occasional encounter or experiencebumbler
n. someone who makes mistakes because of incompetencebunch
n. clump; cluster; gatheringburgeon
v. to develop or grow rapidlybuzz
n. confusion of activity and gossip; sound of rapid vibrationbuzzer
n. a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound bypass
v. to avoid by using an alternative channel or routecabinetmaker
n. a woodworker who specializes in making furniture;calculate
v. compute; determine; estimatecalibration
n. adjustment; measurementcancellation
n. act of cancelling; calling off some arrangementcanny
a. careful; pleasant; shrewdcanopy
n. covering; umbrellacanyon
n. narrow chasm with steep cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorgecaper
n. crime, especially theft, or a narrative about such a crimecapsize
v. overturn or cause to overturn; turn over or upsetcapsule
n. small container; spacecraft to transport people in outer spacecaptivity
n. state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslavedcardinal
a. chief; serving as an essential componentcartel
n. a combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the memberscarve
v. cut; sculptcarving
n. cutting away parts to create a desired shapecascade
n. a stream or sequence of something, a waterfallcassette
n. container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or videocast
v. throw something, especially light; throw with force; hurlcasting
n. choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or moviecatalogue
v. to creat or add to a systematic and complete list of itemcatalyst
n. agent which brings about chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchangedcatastrophe
n. great, often sudden calamity; complete failure; sudden violent change in the earth's surfacecatching
a. act of seizing or taking hold of; captivating; alluringcategorize
v. classify; sortcaterpillar
n. a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or mothcathedral
n. church; templecaution
n. care; being attentive to possible dangercautious
a. conservative; carefulcavern
n. cave; large underground chamber, as in a cavecelebrity
n. a widely known person cell
n. any small compartmentcertification
n. document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts; confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidencecessation
n. a stopping or discontinuance of actionchagrin
n. anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointmentchamber
n. room in a house, especially a bedroom; hall for the meetings of a legislative or other assembly; enclosed spacecharcoal
n. a stick of black carbon material used for drawing; a very dark gray color charge
n. accusation, a claim of wrongdoingcharitable
a. benevolent; kind; humanechauffeur
n. a person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury classcheckout
n. counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases; the latest time for vacating a hotel roomchef
n. a professional cook cherished
a. deeply loved or highly valuedchill
a. cool; freezechilling
a. causing mild fearchilly
a. coldchivalry
n. courtesy towards womenchoir
n. band or organized company of singers, especially in church servicechoke
v. breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; reduce the air supplychop
v. hew; cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an axchord
n. combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded togetherchore
n. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific feechoreography
n. art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of danceschorus
n. any utterance produced simultaneously by a groupchromosphere
n. a gaseous layer of the sun's atmospherechronological
a. arranged in order of time of occurrencechug
v. dull explosive sound, usually short and repeated, made by or as if by a laboring enginecider
n. beverage made from juice pressed from applescirculate
v. move around, as from person to person or place to placecivility
n. act of showing regard for others; courteous behavior; politeness; citizenshipcivilization
n. cultureclaim
n. demand for something as rightful or dueclam
v. be moist or glutinous; stick or adhere; produce or cause to clangclan
n. a large group of relatives, friends, or associates; a traditional social unit, consisting of a number of families claiming a common ancestorclap
v. applaud; slap; strike together with a sharp sound, as one hard surface on anotherclassification
n. assigning to a class or categoryclassify
v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categoriesclergy
n. clergymen collectively; body of people ordained for religious serviceclergyman
n. a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Churchclinical
a. involving direct observation of a patientclip
v. cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears; cut off the edge of:clog
v. congest; jamclumsy
a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude clutch
n. device for gripping and holding; tense, critical situationcoalesce
v. combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unitecoax
v. persuade or try to persuade by pleading or flatterycodefendant
n. a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single actioncodify
v. arrange laws, rules as a code; classify; arrange or systematizecognition
n. the process of knowingcoherent
a. adhesive; cohesive; sticking together ; logical; sound; capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent mannercohesive
a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integratedcoil
n. a series of connected spirals or concentric rings formed by gathering or winding; spiral pipe or series of spiral pipescoinage
n. coins collectively