GRE Big Book Words List| Match Practice

GRE Big Book Words

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abase

	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

abbess

	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

abbey

	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	v. to collect into a mass.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.

abbot

	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	v. to sail quite around.
	v. to confuse.
	adv. from side to side.

abdicate

	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations

abdomen

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis

abdominal

	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.

abduction

	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.

abed

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. the first light of day; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

aberration

	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases

abet

	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

abeyance

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful

abhorrence

	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. one who attacks.
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.

abhorrent

	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.

abidance

	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. an abiding.

abject

	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status

abjure

	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

ablution

	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite

abnegate

	n. composition; order
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. any strikingly great person or object.

abnormal

	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted

abominable

	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.

abominate

	v. to force into military service.
	v. to hate violently.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve

abomination

	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement

aboriginal

	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	v. diagnose; examine
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act

aborigines

	v. to blend.
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

abrade

	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

abrasion

	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. scratch; friction

abridge

	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.

abridgment

	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	v. to predict.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	adv. in good season or time.

abrogate

	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.

abrupt

	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.

abscess

	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

abscission

	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort

abscond

	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.

absence

	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.

absolution

	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with

absolve

	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate

absorb

	n. largeness.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention

absorption

	n. portion.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works

abstain

	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	adv. from side to side.

abstemious

	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	v. to cover with ornament.
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate

abstinence

	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.

abstruse

	n. a person with whom another confers.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

absurd

	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish

abundant

	a. two-sided; mutual
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity

abusive

	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	adj. tending to one point.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

abut

	adj. taking notice.
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.

abyss

	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity

academic

	n. a vehement appeal.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

academician

	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	adj. wanting water.

academy

	adj. corporeal.
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. grasp; ability to understand

accede

	n. the act or state or conforming.
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times

accelerate

	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	a. moved by sexual love; loving

	v. to take when offered.
	n. proximity.
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.

access

	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

accessible

	v. put into motion or action; activate
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	adj. dominant.

accession

	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. courtesy towards women

accessory

	n. the passion for collecting books.
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things

acclaim

	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

accommodate

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

accompaniment

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal

accompanist

	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.

accompany

	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. a title of jesus
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	v. travel with; be associated with

accomplice

	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	v. to predict.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.

accomplish

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	adj. cheerful.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete

accordion

	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

accost

	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	adj. notoriously bad.
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

account

	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event

accouter

	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	n. a title of jesus

accredit

	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person

accumulate

	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. courtesy towards women
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others

accuracy

	v. to blend.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing

accurate

	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. historian.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.

accursed

	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.

accusation

	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner

accusatory

	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form

accuse

	v. blame; condemn
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.

accustom

	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. water saturated with salt.
	v. to make familiar by use.

acerbity

	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. portion.

acetate

	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	v. to unite.
	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.

acetic

	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

ache

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.

achillean

	adj. invulnerable.
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose

achromatic

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	adj. colorless,

acid

	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

acidify

	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	v. to change into acid.
	v. breakdown; failure
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.

acknowledge

	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.

acknowledgment

	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	n. recognition.
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film

acme

	v. produce; give rise to
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

acoustic

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.

acquaint

	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin

acquiesce

	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	adj. tending to one point.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	v. assent; agree without protesting

acquiescence

	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. passive consent.
	n. engagement to marry.

acquit

	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule

acquittal

	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. composition; order
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold

acquittance

	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	adv. an expression of assent.
	adv. once more.
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.

acreage

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. blessing.
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.

acrid

	n. ally; form a group or unite
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

acrimonious

	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

acrimony

100

	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. a college student.

actionable

101

	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. greediness.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing

actuality

102

	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. any reality.
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	v. diagnose; examine

actuary

103

	adj. designed to excite love.
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.

actuate

104

	a. occurring or payable every year
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	v. put into motion or action; activate

acumen

105

	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	v. to coagulate.
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

acute

106

	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

adamant

107

	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	adj. capable of being appealed to.

addendum

108

	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends

addle

109

	n. passive consent.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	adj. before noon.

adduce

110

	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

adhere

111

	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.

adherence

112

	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. attachment.
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

adherent

113

	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right

adhesion

114

	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	v. contradict; give a false impression

adieu

115

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger

adjacency

116

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour

adjacent

117

	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger

adjudge

118

	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. an escort or lover.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	adj. having the nature of a tree.

adjunct

119

	v. to coagulate.
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. compression

adjuration

120

	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	n. a vehement appeal.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. estrangement.

adjutant

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	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

administrator

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	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name

admissible

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	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.

admittance

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	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.

admonish

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	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. obsolescence.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

admonition

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	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	adj. tending to one point.

ado

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	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of

adoration

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	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

adroit

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	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.

adulterant

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	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things

adulterate

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	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	adj. tending to one point.
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees

adumbrate

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	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.

advent

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	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. any article of personal property.

adverse

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	n. an abiding.
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose

adversity

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	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune

advert

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	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

advertiser

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	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	v. to coagulate.

advisory

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	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice

advocacy

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	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation

advocate

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	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	n. the first light of day; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force

aerial

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	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin

aeronaut

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	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women

aeronautics

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	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	interj. well done.

aerostat

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	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.

aerostatics

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	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.

affable

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	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	v. to change into acid.
	n. attachment.

affect

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	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. composition; order
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

affectation

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	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.

affiliate

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	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	v. associate; incorporate
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

affirmative

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	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. act of accompanying someone or something

affix

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	a. awake; alert
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

affluence

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	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

affront

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	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	v. to bring about.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.

afoot

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	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	adv. in progress.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

aforesaid

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	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

afresh

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	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. the science of life or living organisms.

afterthought

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	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	adj. affected with anemia.
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house

agglomerate

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	v. to pile or heap together.
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.

aggrandize

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	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use

aggravate

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	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing

aggravation

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	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

aggregate

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	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things

aggress

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	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	v. to make the first attack.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person

aggression

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	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	n. an unprovoked attack.

aggrieve

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	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations

aghast

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	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad

agile

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	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor

agitate

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	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	a. compatible

agrarian

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	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. passive consent.
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	adj. fond of drinking.

ailment

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	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person

airy

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	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive

akin

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	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

alabaster

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	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. an abiding.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

alacrity

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	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power

albeit

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	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. harmony.
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding

albino

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	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.

album

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	n. approach; entry; entrance
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.

alchemy

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	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

alcohol

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	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.

alcoholism

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	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	n. greediness.
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply

alcove

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	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

alder

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	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.

alderman

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	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	n. a title of jesus
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with

aldermanship

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	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. portion.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose

alias

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	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

alien

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	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. the first light of day; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something

alienable

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	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

alienate

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	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together

alienation

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	n. estrangement.
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	v. associate; join

aliment

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	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. that which nourishes.
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

alkali

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	n. composition; order
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

allay

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	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. that which nourishes.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy

allege

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	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	v. to make the first attack.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people

allegory

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	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	adj. fond of drinking.

alleviate

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	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing

alley

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	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

alliance

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	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties

allot

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	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.

allotment

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	n. portion.
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.

allude

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	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

allusion

201

	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.

alluvion

202

	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. flood.

ally

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	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator

almanac

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	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race

aloof

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	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	a. compatible; harmonious

altar

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	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

alter

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	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert

alteration

208

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	n. an abiding.
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

altercate

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	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease

alternate

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	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	adj. before noon.
	v. to bring about.

alternative

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	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	v. breakdown; failure

altitude

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	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. an adulterating substance.
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	adj. low in tone or compass.

alto

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	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants

altruism

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	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league

altruist

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	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. proximity.
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over

amalgam

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	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.

amalgamate

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	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

amateur

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	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art

amatory

219

	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. sulfur.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

ambidextrous

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	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

ambiguous

221

	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	v. assent; agree without protesting

ambitious

222

	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement

ambrosial

223

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	adj. compassionate.
	adv. in progress.
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.

ambulance

224

	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point

ambulate

225

	v. to walk about
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted

ambush

226

	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

ameliorate

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	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

amenable

228

	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name

americanism

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	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	v. refrain from buying or using

amicable

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	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

amity

231

	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations

amorous

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	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	a. moved by sexual love; loving

amorphous

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	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

amour

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	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. the buttocks.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.

ampere

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	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.

amphibious

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	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

amphitheater

237

	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status

amplitude

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	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. largeness.
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue

amply

239

	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	adv. sufficiently.

amputate

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	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	adj. notoriously bad.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	v. to cover with ornament.

amusement

241

	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	adj. compassionate.
	n. diversion.

anachronism

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	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	v. to coagulate.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

anagram

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	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness

analogous

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	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	a. comparable; similar or alike

analogy

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	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect

analyst

246

	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	adj. dominant.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	adj. cheerful.

analyze

247

	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	v. to collect into a mass.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	v. diagnose; examine

anarchy

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	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion

anathema

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	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others

anatomy

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	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

anecdote

251

	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	n. sulfur.
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	v. breakdown; failure

anemia

252

	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	v. breakdown; failure
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality

anemic

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	adj. affected with anemia.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily

anemometer

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	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. obsolescence.

anesthetic

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	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling

anew

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	adv. once more.
	a. considerable; perceptible
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker

angelic

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	a. considerable; perceptible
	adj. saintly.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

anglophobia

258

	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

angular

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	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind

anhydrous

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	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	adj. withered.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	a. awake; alert

animadversion

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	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations

animadvert

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	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	adj. taking notice.

animalcule

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	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable

animate

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	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind

animosity

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	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act

annalist

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	a. awake; alert
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. historian.

annals

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	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

annex

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	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party

annihilate

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	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

annotate

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	adj. cheerful.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

annual

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	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest

annuity

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	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.

annunciation

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	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. proclamation.
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax

anode

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	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement

anonymous

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	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	interj. well done.

antagonism

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	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	v. produce; give rise to

antarctic

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	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	n. act of accompanying someone or something

ante

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	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	v. breakdown; failure
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.

antecede

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	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. the act of rising.
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited

antecedent

280

	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible

antechamber

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	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	adj. delicate, ethereal.

antedate

282

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	v. be earlier in time; go back further

antediluvian

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	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	v. associate; incorporate

antemeridian

284

	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	adj. before noon.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate

antenatal

285

	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

286

	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.

anteroom

287

	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy

anthology

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	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	adj. dominant.

anthracite

289

	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. hard coal.

anthropology

290

	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

anthropomorphous

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	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

antic

292

	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

antichrist

293

	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function

anticlimax

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	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.

anticyclone

295

	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

antidote

296

	v. breakdown; failure
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts

antilogy

297

	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.

antipathize

298

	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league

antiphon

299

	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

antiphony

300

	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. a title of jesus

antipodes

301

	adj. sated with pleasure.
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation

antiquary

302

	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning

antiquate

303

	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number

antique

304

	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

antiseptic

305

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms

antislavery

306

	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	adj. opposed to human slavery.

antispasmodic

307

	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.

antistrophe

308

	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole

antitoxin

309

	adj. serving or tending to force.
	adj. designed to excite love.
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.

antonym

310

	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.

anxious

311

	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years

apathy

312

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. lack of caring; indifference

aperture

313

	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	v. to make familiar by use.

apex

314

	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

aphorism

315

	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

apiary

316

	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.

apogee

317

	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

apology

318

	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.

apostate

319

	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive

apostle

320

	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

apothecary

321

	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term

apotheosis

322

	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something

appall

323

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	v. associate; join
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

apparent

324

	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. portion.

apparition

325

	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

appease

326

	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help

appellate

327

	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

appellation

328

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose

append

329

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	v. quote; adduce as an instance

appertain

330

	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

apposite

331

	prep. apart from.
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.

apposition

332

	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time

appraise

333

	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

appreciable

334

	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	a. considerable; perceptible
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

apprehend

335

	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	a. compatible
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile

apprehensible

336

	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.

approbation

337

	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.

appropriate

338

	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.

aqueduct

339

	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	n. portion.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person

aqueous

340

	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise

arbiter

341

	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge

arbitrary

342

	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	v. breakdown; failure

arbitrate

343

	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	adj. colorless,
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.

arbor

344

	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	n. a tree.
	n. water saturated with salt.
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

arboreal

345

	n. an escort or lover.
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.

arborescent

346

	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

arboretum

347

	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show

arboriculture

348

	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.

arcade

349

	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place

archaeology

350

	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room

archaic

351

	adj. low in tone or compass.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated

archaism

352

	v. declare to be true; affirm
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. obsolescence.
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.

archangel

353

	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. an abiding.

archbishop

354

	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of

archdeacon

355

	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem

archetype

356

	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.

archipelago

357

	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. group of closely located islands
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term

ardent

358

	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate

ardor

359

	v. to await.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

arid

360

	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties

aristocracy

361

	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class

aristocrat

362

	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

armada

363

	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things

armful

364

	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	adj. corporeal.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change

armory

365

	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured

aroma

366

	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

arraign

367

	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. recognition.

arrange

368

	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing

arrangement

369

	n. composition; order
	v. to await.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.

arrant

370

	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	adj. notoriously bad.

arrear

371

	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. courtesy towards women
	a. definitive; decisive; final

arrival

372

	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.

arrogant

373

	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others

arrogate

374

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar

artesian

375

	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure

artful

376

	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

arthurian

377

	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.

artifice

378

	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

artless

379

	v. contradict; give a false impression
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor

ascendant

380

	adj. dominant.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

ascension

381

	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. the act of rising.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. a very detestable act or practice.

ascent

382

	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.

ascetic

383

	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	v. blame; condemn
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere

ascribe

384

	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	n. one who entrusts.
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.

asexual

385

	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position

ashen

386

	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women

askance

387

	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together

asperity

388

	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate

aspirant

389

	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. the buttocks.

aspire

390

	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts

assailant

391

	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. one who attacks.
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

assassin

392

	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	n. engagement to marry.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

assassinate

393

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	adj. cheerful.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.

assassination

394

	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	n. state of being absent; state of being away

assay

395

	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	v. cause to come together formally

assent

396

	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	v. to mean; signify.
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. scratch; friction

assess

397

	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish

assessor

398

	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.

assets

399

	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	adj. corporeal.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

assiduous

400

	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion

assignee

401

	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in

assimilate

402

	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

assonance

403

	n. any article of personal property.
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.

assonant

404

	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.

assonate

405

	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.

assuage

406

	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease

astringent

407

	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	n. unrestricted power.

astute

408

	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.

atheism

409

	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.

athirst

410

	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	adj. wanting water.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.

athwart

411

	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	adv. from side to side.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

atomizer

412

	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	n. blessing.
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak

atone

413

	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes

atonement

414

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth

atrocious

415

	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.

atrocity

416

	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

attache

417

	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.

attest

418

	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

auburn

419

	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	v. to make widely or generally known.

audacious

420

	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice

audible

421

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance

audition

422

	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. component or part; citizen, voter

auditory

423

	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	v. produce; give rise to

augment

424

	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	v. to hate violently.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect

augur

425

	v. associate; join
	v. to predict.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury

augustinian

426

	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others

aura

427

	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.

aural

428

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	v. to name in baptism.

auricle

429

	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act

auricular

430

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

auriferous

431

	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	adj. containing gold.
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

aurora

432

	n. the first light of day; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise

auspice

433

	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick

austere

434

	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented

autarchy

435

	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. unrestricted power.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

authentic

436

	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

authenticity

437

	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.

autocracy

438

	n. absolute government.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

autocrat

439

	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	v. breakdown; failure
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power

automaton

440

	n. flood.
	adj. producing coagulation.
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans

autonomous

441

	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.

autonomy

442

	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event

autopsy

443

	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.

autumnal

444

	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

auxiliary

445

	n. water saturated with salt.
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.

avalanche

446

	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice

avarice

447

	n. over-regulated administrative system
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. a placing opposite.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

aver

448

	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence

averse

449

	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship

aversion

450

	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.

avert

451

	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet

aviary

452

	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change

avidity

453

	v. declare to be true; affirm
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. greediness.

avocation

454

	n. one who attacks.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar

avow

455

	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. any article of personal property.

awaken

456

	n. attachment.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse

aye

457

	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	adv. an expression of assent.

azalea

458

	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	a. definitive; decisive; final

azure

459

	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. unrestricted power.
	n. the first light of day; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force

baconian

460

	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

bacterium

461

	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus

badger

462

	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned

baffle

463

	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of

bailiff

464

	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. madhouse.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.

baize

465

	adj. taking notice.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. a flowering shrub.

bale

466

	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year

baleful

467

	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".

ballad

468

	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	v. make amends for; reimburse

balsam

469

	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye

banal

470

	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography

barcarole

471

	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious

baritone

472

	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with

barograph

473

	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. alliance
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious

barometer

474

	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. unrestricted power.
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere

barring

475

	prep. apart from.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. delusive speech.

bask

476

	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	v. breakdown; failure
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice

bass

477

	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies

baste

478

	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept

baton

479

	n. engagement to marry.
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	v. to make the first attack.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race

battalion

480

	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

batten

481

	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow

batter

482

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence

bauble

483

	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject

bawl

484

	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

beatify

485

	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	v. to make supremely happy.
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. largeness.

beatitude

486

	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.

beau

487

	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. an escort or lover.

becalm

488

	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile

beck

489

	adv. in progress.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect

bedaub

490

	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	adj. saintly.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing

bedeck

491

	adj. cowardly.
	v. to cover with ornament.
	n. passive consent.
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

bedlam

492

	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. madhouse.
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing

befog

493

	v. to confuse.
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts

befriend

494

	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part

beget

495

	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	v. produce; give rise to
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.

begrudge

496

	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.

belate

497

	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force

belay

498

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	adj. harmonious.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people

belie

499

	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. the first light of day; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	v. contradict; give a false impression

believe

500

	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.

belittle

501

	adj. colorless,
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down

belle

502

	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	v. to remind oneself.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass

bellicose

503

	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect

belligerent

504

	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive

bemoan

505

	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly

benediction

506

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	v. to confuse.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. use of force to get someone to obey

benefactor

507

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.

benefice

508

	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated

beneficent

509

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

beneficial

510

	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. unrestricted power.
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being

beneficiary

511

	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

benefit

512

	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time

benevolence

513

	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

benevolent

514

	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself

benign

515

	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.

benignant

516

	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. politeness.
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.

benignity

517

	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

benison

518

	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. blessing.

bequeath

519

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

bereave

520

	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition

berth

521

	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	adj. living both on land and in water.

beseech

522

	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. politeness.
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor

beset

523

	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. passive consent.
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling

besmear

524

	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.

bestial

525

	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

bestrew

526

	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

bestride

527

	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

bethink

528

	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.

betide

529

	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. harmony.
	v. to happen to or befall.

betimes

530

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	adv. in good season or time.
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect

betroth

531

	n. a vehement appeal.
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	v. to pile or heap together.

betrothal

532

	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. engagement to marry.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.

bevel

533

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming

bewilder

534

	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists

bibliography

535

	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. compression
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject

bibliomania

536

	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	v. to take when offered.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

bibliophile

537

	n. one who loves books.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. portion.

bibulous

538

	n. a placing opposite.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	adj. fond of drinking.

bide

539

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	v. to await.
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused

biennial

540

	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	adv. sufficiently.

bier

541

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion

bigamist

542

	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

bigamy

543

	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	inter. good-by; farewell.

bight

544

	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

bilateral

545

	n. an animal having two feet.
	a. two-sided; mutual
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	adj. cone-bearing trees.

bilingual

546

	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	v. to set apart as sacred.

biograph

547

	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.

biology

548

	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of

biped

549

	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. an animal having two feet.
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.

birthright

550

	v. cause to come together formally
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.

bitterness

551

	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. sharp and bitter manner

blase

552

	v. to name in baptism.
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

blaspheme

553

	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change

blatant

554

	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive

blaze

555

	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame

blazon

556

	v. to confuse.
	adj. corporeal.
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	v. to make widely or generally known.

bleak

557

	n. courtesy towards women
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.

blemish

558

	v. cause to come together formally
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

blithe

559

	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted

blithesome

560

	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	adj. cheerful.

blockade

561

	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class

boatswain

562

	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. the buttocks.

bodily

563

	adj. corporeal.
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	v. to be in collusion.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.

boisterous

564

	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune

bole

565

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.

bolero

566

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest

boll

567

	v. to make widely or generally known.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

bolster

568

	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner

bomb

569

	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept

bombard

570

	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.

bombardier

571

	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.

bombast

572

	adj. dominant.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.

boorish

573

	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	n. part or division of poem of some length

bore

574

	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	adj. dominant.
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things

borough

575

	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other

bosom

576

	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.

botanical

577

	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

botanize

578

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. state of being suitable
	v. to study plant-life.

botany

579

	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

bountiful

580

	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously

bowdlerize

581

	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus

bowler

582

	n. passive consent.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. engagement to marry.

boycott

583

	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	v. refrain from buying or using

brae

584

	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. hillside.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design

braggart

585

	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person

brandish

586

	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	adj. compassionate.

bravado

587

	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.

bravo

588

	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	adj. cowardly.
	interj. well done.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.

bray

589

	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.

braze

590

	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.

brazier

591

	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. one who attacks.
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	inter. good-by; farewell.

breach

592

	n. greediness.
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

breaker

593

	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

breech

594

	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. the buttocks.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.

brethren

595

	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.

brevity

596

	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

bridle

597

	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.

brigade

598

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	v. blame; condemn

brigadier

599

	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition

brigand

600

	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

brimstone

601

	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. sulfur.
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.

brine

602

	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune

bristle

603

	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly

britannia

604

	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.

briticism

605

	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. compression

brittle

606

	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. one who attacks.
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.

broach

607

	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit

broadcast

608

	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry

brogan

609

	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously

brogue

610

	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.

brokerage

611

	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value

bromine

612

	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	v. to refer incidentally.

bronchitis

613

	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. one who attacks.
	n. attachment.
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena

bronchus

614

	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	adj. fond of drinking.

brooch

615

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	n. an angel of high rank.

brotherhood

616

	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.

browbeat

617

	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	a. capable; adept
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

brusque

618

	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.

buffoon

619

	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement

buffoonery

620

	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

bulbous

621

	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	v. to walk about
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune

bullock

622

	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. an ox.
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect

bulrush

623

	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad

bulwark

624

	n. the first light of day; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	v. state without proof; assert to be true

bumper

625

	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

bumptious

626

	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena

bungle

627

	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.

buoyancy

628

	adj. saintly.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

buoyant

629

	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	adj. that may or can collapse.

bureau

630

	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	v. blame; condemn
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.

bureaucracy

631

	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

burgess

632

	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	adj. cheerful.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.

burgher

633

	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.

burnish

634

	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. passive consent.

bursar

635

	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person

bustle

636

	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.

butt

637

	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.

butte

638

	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward

buttress

639

	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.

cabal

640

	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

cabinet

641

	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.

cacophony

642

	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

cadaverous

643

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	v. to blend.

cadence

644

	n. harmony.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together

cadenza

645

	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.

caitiff

646

	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	adj. cowardly.
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.

cajole

647

	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

cajolery

648

	n. delusive speech.
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	v. to hate violently.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof

calculable

649

	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time

calculus

650

	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

callosity

651

	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	a. concerning; simultaneous

callow

652

	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	v. to bring about.
	v. to be in collusion.

calorie

653

	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.

calumny

654

	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. obsolescence.

calvary

655

	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

calvinism

656

	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. proximity.
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations

calvinize

657

	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

came

658

	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.

cameo

659

	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law

campaign

660

	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

canaanite

661

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. any reality.
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.

canary

662

	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. obsolescence.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious

candid

663

	adj. cheerful.
	adj. dominant.
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial

candor

664

	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

canine

665

	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away

canon

666

	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly

cant

667

	n. a title of jesus
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

cantata

668

	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	adj. before noon.

canto

669

	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.

cantonment

670

	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	adj. withered.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	v. to delay past the proper hour.

capacious

671

	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy

capillary

672

	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

capitulate

673

	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

caprice

674

	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve

caption

675

	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune

captious

676

	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm

captivate

677

	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. greediness.

carcass

678

	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet

cardiac

679

	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	v. to walk about
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population

cardinal

680

	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	n. compression

caret

681

	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

caricature

682

	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition

carnage

683

	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	adj. harmonious.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

carnal

684

	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.

carnivorous

685

	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

carouse

686

	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures

carrion

687

	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.

cartilage

688

	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

cartridge

689

	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.

caste

690

	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".

castigate

691

	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance

casual

692

	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. an escort or lover.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance

casualty

693

	v. put into motion or action; activate
	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

cataclysm

694

	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

cataract

695

	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

catastrophe

696

	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.

cathode

697

	v. produce; give rise to
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.

catholicism

698

	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak

catholicity

699

	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	a. considerable; perceptible
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.

caucus

700

	n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

causal

701

	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.

caustic

702

	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.

cauterize

703

	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

cede

704

	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete

censor

705

	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content

censorious

706

	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	v. assent; agree without protesting

census

707

	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent

centenary

708

	v. to force into military service.
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. a stream that unites with another.

centiliter

709

	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	v. to mean; signify.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate

centimeter

710

	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

centurion

711

	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	v. to name in baptism.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	a. of or relating to the heart

cereal

712

	n. one who loves books.
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.

ceremonial

713

	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. attachment.

ceremonious

714

	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

cessation

715

	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	adj. compassionate.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.

cession

716

	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	adv. in good season or time.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

chameleon

717

	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. delusive speech.
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations

chancery

718

	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

chaos

719

	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass

characteristic

720

	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.

characterize

721

	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.

charlatan

722

	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth

chasten

723

	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	adj. wanting water.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict

chastise

724

	adj. affected with anemia.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. a narrow strip of wood.

chastity

725

	adj. harmonious.
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

chateau

726

	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	adv. from side to side.
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year

chattel

727

	n. any article of personal property.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place

check

728

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	adj. dominant.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain

chiffon

729

	adj. before noon.
	n. flood.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.

chivalry

730

	n. courtesy towards women
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	adj. affected with anemia.

cholera

731

	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	adv. in progress.
	n. an acute epidemic disease.

choleric

732

	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger

choral

733

	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve

christ

734

	n. a title of jesus
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	v. associate; join
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.

christen

735

	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

christendom

736

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. the act of rising.
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.

chromatic

737

	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.

chronology

738

	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time

chronometer

739

	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

cipher

740

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number

circulate

741

	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

circumference

742

	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	a. awake; alert

circumlocution

743

	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition

circumnavigate

744

	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	v. to sail quite around.
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

circumscribe

745

	n. an escort or lover.
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. greediness.
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show

circumspect

746

	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

citadel

747

	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	adj. tending to one point.

cite

748

	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	v. travel with; be associated with
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

claimant

749

	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.

clairvoyance

750

	n. a college student.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.

clamorous

751

	adj. harmonious.
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.

clan

752

	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design

clandestine

753

	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	n. absolute government.
	n. proclamation.
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

clangor

754

	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent

clarify

755

	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. part or division of poem of some length

clarion

756

	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. courtesy towards women
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object

classify

757

	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	adj. dominant.
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories

clearance

758

	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something

clemency

759

	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	adj. recovering health after sickness.

clement

760

	adj. compassionate.
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.

clothier

761

	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	adj. cowardly.
	adj. corporeal.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

clumsy

762

	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	v. to await.

coagulant

763

	adj. producing coagulation.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	n. a title of jesus

coagulate

764

	v. to pile or heap together.
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass

coalescence

765

	n. an escort or lover.
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert

coalition

766

	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together

coddle

767

	v. make amends for; reimburse
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point

codicil

768

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision

coerce

769

	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly

coercion

770

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate

coercive

771

	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	adj. serving or tending to force.

cogent

772

	n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.

cognate

773

	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. a placing opposite.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function

cognizant

774

	adj. taking notice.
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

cohere

775

	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation

cohesion

776

	n. absolute government.
	n. tendency to keep together
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	v. assemble; convene; gather

cohesive

777

	v. to cover with ornament.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. a tree.
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

coincide

778

	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

coincidence

779

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. the buttocks.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

coincident

780

	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	a. concerning; simultaneous

collaborate

781

	v. to walk about
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

collapse

782

	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	v. breakdown; failure

collapsible

783

	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

colleague

784

	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad

collective

785

	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

collector

786

	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	n. recognition.

collegian

787

	n. a college student.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

collide

788

	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad

collier

789

	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks

collision

790

	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end

colloquial

791

	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

colloquialism

792

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

colloquy

793

	n. diversion.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. conversation.
	v. refrain from buying or using

collusion

794

	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	v. to happen to or befall.

colossus

795

	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. conversation.
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

comely

796

	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.

comestible

797

	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

comical

798

	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. permanence.

commemorate

799

	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

commentary

800

	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still

commingle

801

	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	v. to blend.
	v. to be in collusion.

commissariat

802

	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	adj. compassionate.
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.

commission

803

	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. flood.

commitment

804

	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	v. breakdown; failure

committal

805

	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	v. cause to come together formally
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other

commodity

806

	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

commotion

807

	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury

commute

808

	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.

comparable

809

	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

comparative

810

	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	adj. living both on land and in water.

comparison

811

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.

compensate

812

	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

competence

813

	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	v. put into motion or action; activate

competent

814

	a. capable; adept
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

competitive

815

	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

competitor

816

	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	adj. harmonious.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.

complacent

817

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.

complaisance

818

	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. politeness.
	n. any strikingly great person or object.

complaisant

819

	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive

complement

820

	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	adv. from side to side.
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

complex

821

	v. diagnose; examine
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures

compliant

822

	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. the passion for collecting books.

complicate

823

	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.

complication

824

	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. proximity.
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

complicity

825

	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter

compliment

826

	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise

component

827

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	adj. cowardly.

comport

828

	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

composure

829

	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.

comprehensible

830

	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value

comprehension

831

	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	adj. compassionate.

comprehensive

832

	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope

compress

833

	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. one who manages a government agency or department

compressible

834

	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident

compression

835

	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

comprise

836

	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.

compulsion

837

	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	adj. having the nature of a tree.

compulsory

838

	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something

compunction

839

	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	v. to agree.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

compute

840

	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.

concede

841

	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. an abiding.

conceit

842

	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. part or division of poem of some length

conceive

843

	adj. serving or tending to force.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times

concerto

844

	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

concession

845

	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	adj. dominant.
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission

conciliate

846

	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	v. to obtain the friendship of.

conciliatory

847

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	adj. cowardly.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

conclusive

848

	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune

concord

849

	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	v. assemble; convene; gather

concordance

850

	n. harmony.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance

concur

851

	v. to agree.
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. the buttocks.

concurrence

852

	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	n. agreement.

concurrent

853

	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time

concussion

854

	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women

condensation

855

	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	n. compression

condense

856

	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important

condescend

857

	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	adj. withered.
	v. to predict.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

condolence

858

	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

conduce

859

	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	v. to bring about.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

conducive

860

	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	adj. contributing to an end.

conductible

861

	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. one who loves books.

conduit

862

	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune

confectionery

863

	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	v. breakdown; failure
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.

confederacy

864

	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. alliance
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.

confederate

865

	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	v. to hate violently.
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.

confer

866

	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak

conferee

867

	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.

confessor

868

	n. a spiritual advisor.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.

confidant

869

	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply

confide

870

	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

confidence

871

	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down

confident

872

	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	n. greediness.

confinement

873

	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house

confiscate

874

	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. scratch; friction
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

conflagration

875

	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.

confluence

876

	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. a vehement appeal.
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

confluent

877

	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

conformable

878

	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	adj. harmonious.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times

conformance

879

	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.

conformation

880

	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. general structure, form, or outline.

conformity

881

	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis

confront

882

	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	v. state without proof; assert to be true

congeal

883

	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. hard coal.
	v. to coagulate.

congenial

884

	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	a. compatible

congest

885

	n. engagement to marry.
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.

congregate

886

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	adj. contributing to an end.
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence

coniferous

887

	n. hard coal.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

conjecture

888

	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment

conjoin

889

	v. to unite.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	adv. in bed; on a bed.

conjugal

890

	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. absolute government.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.

conjugate

891

	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	a. compatible; harmonious
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	adj. joined together in pairs.

conjugation

892

	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.

conjunction

893

	adv. an expression of assent.
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league

connive

894

	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. book of literary selections by various authors

connoisseur

895

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated

connote

896

	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	v. to mean; signify.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.

connubial

897

	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.

conquer

898

	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. alliance
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.

consanguineous

899

	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor

conscience

900

	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.

conscientious

901

	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable

conscious

902

	v. to cover with ornament.
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	a. awake; alert
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees

conscript

903

	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	v. to force into military service.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.

consecrate

904

	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

consecutive

905

	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly

consensus

906

	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. historian.

conservatism

907

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house

conservative

908

	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

conservatory

909

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	adj. cheerful.
	v. to sail quite around.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.

consign

910

	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit

consignee

911

	a. occurring or payable every year
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	v. to change into acid.

consignor

912

	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. one who entrusts.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve

consistency

913

	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity

console

914

	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. passive consent.
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

consolidate

915

	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	v. to unite.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.

consonance

916

	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. attachment.
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.

consonant

917

	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	a. compatible; harmonious

consort

918

	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. alliance
	v. associate; join
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.

conspicuous

919

	v. to make familiar by use.
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.

conspirator

920

	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	a. considerable; perceptible
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).

conspire

921

	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	n. a tree.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times

constable

922

	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning

constellation

923

	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. obsolescence.

consternation

924

	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. sickness; illness; affliction

constituency

925

	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.

constituent

926

	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. component or part; citizen, voter

constrict

927

	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing

consul

928

	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	v. to unite.
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	v. state without proof; assert to be true

consulate

929

	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	interj. well done.

consummate

930

	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.

consumption

931

	v. associate; join
	n. eating or drinking of something
	a. compatible
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility

consumptive

932

	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	v. to change into acid.

contagion

933

	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	adj. compassionate.

contagious

934

	adj. dominant.
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

contaminate

935

	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. portion.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile

contemplate

936

	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

contemporaneous

937

	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. courtesy towards women
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.

contemporary

938

	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	v. travel with; be associated with
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	adj. producing coagulation.

contemptible

939

	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	v. associate; join
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.

contemptuous

940

	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve

contender

941

	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.

contiguity

942

	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. proximity.
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

contiguous

943

	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

continence

944

	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

contingency

945

	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.

contingent

946

	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.

continuance

947

	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. permanence.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish

continuation

948

	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

continuity

949

	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. hard coal.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	a. concerning; simultaneous

continuous

950

	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.

contort

951

	v. to make the first attack.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.

contraband

952

	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

contradiction

953

	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

contradictory

954

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing

contraposition

955

	n. a placing opposite.
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. any article of personal property.

contravene

956

	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. delusive speech.
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity

contribution

957

	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. an adulterating substance.

contributor

958

	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. a flowering shrub.

contrite

959

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly

contrivance

960

	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	adv. in good season or time.

contrive

961

	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb

control

962

	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital

controller

963

	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.

contumacious

964

	adj. rebellious.
	n. an animal having two feet.
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists

contumacy

965

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.

contuse

966

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	adj. compassionate.
	v. associate; join
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.

contusion

967

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

convalesce

968

	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful

convalescence

969

	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	n. any strikingly great person or object.

convalescent

970

	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

convene

971

	n. sharp and bitter manner
	v. cause to come together formally
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	adj. harmonious.

convenience

972

	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. state of being suitable

converge

973

	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.

convergent

974

	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	adj. tending to one point.

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