GRE Big Book Words List| Match Practice

GRE Big Book Words

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abase

	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

abbess

	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.

abbey

	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use

abbot

	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. an animal having two feet.

abdicate

	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.

abdomen

	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.

abdominal

	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	adv. in progress.
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker

abduction

	v. to predict.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force

abed

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	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

aberration

	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite

abet

	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.

abeyance

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.

abhorrence

	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.

abhorrent

	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	v. recover gradually from an illness

abidance

	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. an abiding.

abject

	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status

abjure

	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

ablution

	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. blessing.

abnegate

	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. delusive speech.
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself

abnormal

	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	v. produce; give rise to

abominable

	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

abominate

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	v. to hate violently.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film

abomination

	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily

aboriginal

	v. to collect into a mass.
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated

aborigines

	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

abrade

	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	adj. tending to one point.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	v. associate; join

abrasion

	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. scratch; friction
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. the passion for collecting books.

abridge

	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

abridgment

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity

abrogate

	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.

abrupt

	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another

abscess

	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.

abscission

	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.

abscond

	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

absence

	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise

absolution

	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	v. travel with; be associated with
	v. to blend.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest

absolve

	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish

absorb

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice

absorption

	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. passive consent.
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.

abstain

	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

abstemious

	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable

abstinence

	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire

abstruse

	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.

absurd

	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive

abundant

	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources

abusive

	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

abut

	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

abyss

	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	v. to make familiar by use.

academic

	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

academician

	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth

academy

	v. to bring about.
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. absolute government.

accede

	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. the state of being attached or joined.

accelerate

	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected

	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	v. to take when offered.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

access

	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. a person with whom another confers.

accessible

	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with

accession

	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.

accessory

	n. courtesy towards women
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

acclaim

	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned

accommodate

	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. group of closely located islands
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

accompaniment

	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	adj. before noon.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. act of accompanying someone or something

accompanist

	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

accompany

	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	v. travel with; be associated with
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. grasp; ability to understand

accomplice

	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing

accomplish

	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing

accordion

	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem

accost

	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request

account

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. flood.
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

accouter

	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

accredit

	v. produce; give rise to
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.

accumulate

	n. an animal having two feet.
	a. awake; alert
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase

accuracy

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. an escort or lover.
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees

accurate

	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years

accursed

	n. hillside.
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

accusation

	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.

accusatory

	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	adv. in good season or time.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs

accuse

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	v. blame; condemn

accustom

	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	v. to make familiar by use.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.

acerbity

	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

acetate

	n. one who loves books.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate

acetic

	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	adv. in good season or time.
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography

ache

	v. to be in pain or distress.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow

achillean

	adv. an expression of assent.
	adj. invulnerable.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter

achromatic

	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	adj. colorless,
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	adj. joined together in pairs.

acid

	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.

acidify

	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	v. to change into acid.

acknowledge

	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

acknowledgment

	n. recognition.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve

acme

	n. state of being suitable
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal

acoustic

	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.

acquaint

	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.

acquiesce

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	v. assent; agree without protesting

acquiescence

	n. composition; order
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. passive consent.

acquit

	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	adv. from side to side.

acquittal

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	adj. fit to be eaten.

acquittance

	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.

acreage

	prep. apart from.
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something

acrid

	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent

acrimonious

	adj. rebellious.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner

acrimony

100

	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement

actionable

101

	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	adv. sufficiently.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.

actuality

102

	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. any reality.
	v. to sail quite around.
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

actuary

103

	v. to mean; signify.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.

actuate

104

	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. agreement.
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	v. to be in collusion.

acumen

105

	n. harmony.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. agreement.
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

acute

106

	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

adamant

107

	n. an unprovoked attack.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. attachment.
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing

addendum

108

	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit

addle

109

	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	n. a placing opposite.
	adj. rebellious.

adduce

110

	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.

adhere

111

	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down

adherence

112

	n. attachment.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design

adherent

113

	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause

adhesion

114

	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. the state of being attached or joined.

adieu

115

	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	inter. good-by; farewell.

adjacency

116

	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	a. of or relating to the heart
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.

adjacent

117

	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate

adjudge

118

	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

adjunct

119

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior

adjuration

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	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important

adjutant

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	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse

administrator

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	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

admissible

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	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

admittance

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	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

admonish

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	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	v. travel with; be associated with
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

admonition

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	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle

ado

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	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	a. compatible
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place

adoration

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	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.

adroit

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	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

adulterant

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	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

adulterate

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	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being

adumbrate

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	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	v. to mean; signify.
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.

advent

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	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	v. to blend.
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

adverse

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	adj. living both on land and in water.
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive

adversity

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	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune

advert

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	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	v. to refer incidentally.
	v. to sail quite around.
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.

advertiser

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	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	adv. from side to side.
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune

advisory

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	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	adj. corporeal.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	adj. that may or can collapse.

advocacy

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	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

advocate

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	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing

aerial

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	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with

aeronaut

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	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.

aeronautics

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	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. any reality.
	n. attachment.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

aerostat

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	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.

aerostatics

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	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	n. an escort or lover.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees

affable

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	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	v. refrain from buying or using
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly

affect

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	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for

affectation

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	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.

affiliate

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	v. associate; incorporate
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.

affirmative

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	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive

affix

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	n. composition; order
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible

affluence

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	adj. dominant.
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	adj. harmonious.
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

affront

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	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. water saturated with salt.

afoot

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	v. to refer incidentally.
	adv. in progress.
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.

aforesaid

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	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.

afresh

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	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.

afterthought

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	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works

agglomerate

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	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	v. to pile or heap together.
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.

aggrandize

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	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation

aggravate

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	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	v. to happen to or befall.

aggravation

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	n. portion.
	a. awake; alert
	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

aggregate

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	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. group of closely located islands

aggress

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	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	v. to make the first attack.
	n. approach; entry; entrance

aggression

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	n. an unprovoked attack.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.

aggrieve

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	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.

aghast

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	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. the buttocks.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement

agile

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	n. the act of rising.
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

agitate

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	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. one who loves books.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.

agrarian

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	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. scratch; friction

ailment

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	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	n. sickness; illness; affliction

airy

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	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	adj. before noon.

akin

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	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

alabaster

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	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	adj. corporeal.

alacrity

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	v. to hate violently.
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness

albeit

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	n. the act of rising.
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere

albino

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	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.

album

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	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	a. considerable; perceptible
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus

alchemy

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	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

alcohol

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	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.

alcoholism

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	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.

alcove

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	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.

alder

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	adj. compassionate.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit

alderman

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	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together

aldermanship

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	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.

alias

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	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity

alien

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	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.

alienable

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	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.

alienate

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	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives

alienation

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	n. estrangement.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.

aliment

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	n. that which nourishes.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

alkali

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	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	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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	a. capable; adept
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value

allege

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	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose

allegory

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	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. grasp; ability to understand

alleviate

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	v. to confuse.
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	v. diagnose; examine

alley

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	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something

alliance

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	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.

allot

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	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

allotment

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	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. portion.
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	a. chief; serving as an essential component

allude

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	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. a narrow strip of wood.

allusion

201

	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede

alluvion

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	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. flood.

ally

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	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	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.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.

aloof

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	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote

altar

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	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait

alter

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	v. to refer incidentally.
	adv. in progress.
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.

alteration

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	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.

altercate

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	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance

alternate

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	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute

alternative

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	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

altitude

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	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.

alto

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	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious

altruism

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	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	a. of or relating to the heart

altruist

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	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert

amalgam

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	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected

amalgamate

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	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison

amateur

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	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.

amatory

219

	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	adj. designed to excite love.

ambidextrous

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	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

ambiguous

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	a. compatible; harmonious
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

ambitious

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	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

ambrosial

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	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.

ambulance

224

	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital

ambulate

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	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	v. to walk about

ambush

226

	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. that which nourishes.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

ameliorate

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	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. sulfur.
	v. to remind oneself.
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better

amenable

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	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute

americanism

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	n. obsolescence.
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination

amicable

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	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	n. portion.

amity

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	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet

amorous

232

	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	v. associate; join

amorphous

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	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with

amour

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	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. portion.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.

ampere

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	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

amphibious

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	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	v. breakdown; failure
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	v. to happen to or befall.

amphitheater

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	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.

amplitude

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	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. largeness.
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin

amply

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	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	adv. sufficiently.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

amputate

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	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. composition; order
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold

amusement

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	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. diversion.
	v. to make familiar by use.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

anachronism

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	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill

anagram

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	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.

analogous

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	n. an unprovoked attack.
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.

analogy

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	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

analyst

246

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.

analyze

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	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	v. diagnose; examine
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. tendency to keep together

anarchy

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	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	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
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival

anathema

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	n. one who loves books.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

anatomy

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	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

anecdote

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	n. a college student.
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography

anemia

252

	n. recognition.
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality

anemic

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	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	adj. affected with anemia.

anemometer

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	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.

anesthetic

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	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	adj. fit to be eaten.

anew

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	adv. once more.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	v. assemble; convene; gather

angelic

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	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	adj. saintly.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place

anglophobia

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	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. an abiding.
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.

angular

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	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. passive consent.

anhydrous

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	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	adj. withered.
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet

animadversion

261

	n. absolute government.
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

animadvert

262

	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract

animalcule

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	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.

animate

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	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	adj. dominant.

animosity

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	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus

annalist

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	n. historian.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.

annals

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	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person

annex

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	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit

annihilate

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	inter. good-by; farewell.
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	n. passive consent.

annotate

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	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.

annual

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	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	prep. apart from.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.

annuity

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	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. agreement.

annunciation

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	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	n. proclamation.

anode

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	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. state of being suitable
	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

anonymous

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	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.

antagonism

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	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. proclamation.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.

antarctic

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	adj. tending to one point.
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.

ante

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	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	v. to name in baptism.

antecede

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	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

antecedent

280

	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

antechamber

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	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.

antedate

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	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners

antediluvian

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	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive

antemeridian

284

	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	adj. before noon.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy

antenatal

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	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.

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	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.

anteroom

287

	n. group of closely located islands
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.

anthology

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	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	v. to sail quite around.

anthracite

289

	n. agreement.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	adv. in progress.
	n. hard coal.

anthropology

290

	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings

anthropomorphous

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	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear

antic

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	n. absolute government.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

antichrist

293

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. water saturated with salt.

anticlimax

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	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	v. assent; agree without protesting

anticyclone

295

	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.

antidote

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	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts

antilogy

297

	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something

antipathize

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	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.

antiphon

299

	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. a tree.
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict

antiphony

300

	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. the state of being attached or joined.

antipodes

301

	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	adj. corporeal.
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near

antiquary

302

	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person

antiquate

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	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

antique

304

	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	v. to make supremely happy.

antiseptic

305

	v. to blend.
	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	v. to change into acid.

antislavery

306

	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	v. to sail quite around.
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of

antispasmodic

307

	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission

antistrophe

308

	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement

antitoxin

309

	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue

antonym

310

	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	v. to walk about

anxious

311

	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	n. harmony.
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite

apathy

312

	n. lack of caring; indifference
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

aperture

313

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate

apex

314

	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. the denial of the existence of god.

aphorism

315

	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	v. to collect into a mass.

apiary

316

	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.

apogee

317

	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others

apology

318

	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	adj. withered.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.

apostate

319

	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity

apostle

320

	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	v. assemble; convene; gather

apothecary

321

	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.

apotheosis

322

	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	v. to coagulate.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.

appall

323

	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.

apparent

324

	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye

apparition

325

	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

appease

326

	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve

appellate

327

	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.

appellation

328

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	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. mechanism that imitates actions of humans

append

329

	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. any reality.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.

appertain

330

	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

apposite

331

	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	v. to remind oneself.

apposition

332

	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	v. to change into acid.

appraise

333

	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with

appreciable

334

	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	a. considerable; perceptible
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

apprehend

335

	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years

apprehensible

336

	adj. capable of being conceived.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

approbation

337

	interj. well done.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

appropriate

338

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	adj. colorless,
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use

aqueduct

339

	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	v. to remind oneself.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote

aqueous

340

	v. to make the first attack.
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition

arbiter

341

	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. historian.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage

arbitrary

342

	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

arbitrate

343

	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. act of accompanying someone or something

arbor

344

	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. a tree.

arboreal

345

	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.

arborescent

346

	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

arboretum

347

	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. flood.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. composition; order

arboriculture

348

	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object

arcade

349

	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

archaeology

350

	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

archaic

351

	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	v. to sail quite around.
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated

archaism

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	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. obsolescence.
	n. a placing opposite.

archangel

353

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. permanence.

archbishop

354

	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	n. historian.
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.

archdeacon

355

	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. a title of jesus

archetype

356

	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	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
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.

archipelago

357

	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	n. group of closely located islands
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of

ardent

358

	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.

ardor

359

	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal

arid

360

	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. sulfur.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

aristocracy

361

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. that which nourishes.

aristocrat

362

	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. alliance
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune

armada

363

	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. an acute epidemic disease.

armful

364

	n. an abiding.
	adj. affected with anemia.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.

armory

365

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with

aroma

366

	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

arraign

367

	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	adj. cone-bearing trees.

arrange

368

	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. the buttocks.
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.

arrangement

369

	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. composition; order
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule

arrant

370

	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	v. breakdown; failure
	adj. notoriously bad.
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art

arrear

371

	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship

arrival

372

	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	adj. harmonious.
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

arrogant

373

	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. the act of rising.
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity

arrogate

374

	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right

artesian

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	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league

artful

376

	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode

arthurian

377

	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	adj. taking notice.
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

artifice

378

	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	v. blame; condemn
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.

artless

379

	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

ascendant

380

	n. scratch; friction
	adj. dominant.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad

ascension

381

	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. the act of rising.

ascent

382

	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. blessing.

ascetic

383

	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	a. arousing or provoking laughter

ascribe

384

	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable

asexual

385

	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.

ashen

386

	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

askance

387

	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.

asperity

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	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over

aspirant

389

	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason

aspire

390

	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.

assailant

391

	n. one who attacks.
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	adj. sated with pleasure.

assassin

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	v. associate; join
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable

assassinate

393

	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

assassination

394

	n. attachment.
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

assay

395

	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test

assent

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	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	adj. rebellious.

assess

397

	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. state of being absent; state of being away

assessor

398

	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

assets

399

	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	adj. producing coagulation.

assiduous

400

	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. an acute epidemic disease.

assignee

401

	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy

assimilate

402

	n. tendency to keep together
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over

assonance

403

	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	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. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	adj. notoriously bad.

assonant

404

	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

assonate

405

	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity

assuage

406

	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

astringent

407

	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously

astute

408

	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

atheism

409

	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.

athirst

410

	adj. cowardly.
	a. compatible
	adj. wanting water.
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.

athwart

411

	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	adv. from side to side.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

atomizer

412

	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	v. to blend.

atone

413

	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	adj. notoriously bad.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute

atonement

414

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. any article of personal property.
	adj. joined together in pairs.

atrocious

415

	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	a. capable; adept
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere

atrocity

416

	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. general structure, form, or outline.

attache

417

	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.

attest

418

	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

auburn

419

	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner

audacious

420

	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.

audible

421

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.

audition

422

	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

auditory

423

	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. obsolescence.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	adj. low in tone or compass.

augment

424

	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

augur

425

	v. to predict.
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

augustinian

426

	v. to change into acid.
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of

aura

427

	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	adj. cheerful.
	n. madhouse.
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

aural

428

	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together

auricle

429

	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. unrestricted power.
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. a narrow strip of wood.

auricular

430

	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

auriferous

431

	v. associate; join
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	adj. containing gold.

aurora

432

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	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. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander

auspice

433

	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. attachment.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.

austere

434

	v. to make supremely happy.
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

autarchy

435

	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. unrestricted power.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit

authentic

436

	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	v. to name in baptism.
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate

authenticity

437

	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.

autocracy

438

	adj. invulnerable.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. absolute government.

autocrat

439

	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power

automaton

440

	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

autonomous

441

	v. produce; give rise to
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together

autonomy

442

	n. an escort or lover.
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination

autopsy

443

	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. diversion.
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem

autumnal

444

	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	adv. in bed; on a bed.

auxiliary

445

	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.

avalanche

446

	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice

avarice

447

	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories

aver

448

	v. declare to be true; affirm
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	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. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other

averse

449

	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.

aversion

450

	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

avert

451

	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule

aviary

452

	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.

avidity

453

	n. greediness.
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.

avocation

454

	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

avow

455

	n. permanence.
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	v. to name in baptism.
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly

awaken

456

	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

aye

457

	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass

azalea

458

	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

azure

459

	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	v. equip; provide with military equipment

baconian

460

	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	adj. saintly.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout

bacterium

461

	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	v. to pass criticism or censure.

badger

462

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

baffle

463

	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	v. to obtain the friendship of.

bailiff

464

	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.

baize

465

	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

bale

466

	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. one who entrusts.

baleful

467

	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

ballad

468

	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. composition; order
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.

balsam

469

	v. refrain from buying or using
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

banal

470

	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

barcarole

471

	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	adj. taking notice.
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.

baritone

472

	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

barograph

473

	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.

barometer

474

	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. passive consent.
	n. the buttocks.
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere

barring

475

	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	v. to force into military service.
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	prep. apart from.

bask

476

	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	v. include; consist of; be composed of

bass

477

	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	adj. low in tone or compass.

baste

478

	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty

baton

479

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	v. to cover with ornament.
	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. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance

batten

481

	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. courtesy towards women

batter

482

	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. historian.

bauble

483

	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	v. associate; join
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing

bawl

484

	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

beatify

485

	v. to make supremely happy.
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	adv. in good season or time.

beatitude

486

	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party

beau

487

	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. an escort or lover.
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.

becalm

488

	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling

beck

489

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

bedaub

490

	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	v. to name in baptism.
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

bedeck

491

	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	v. to cover with ornament.

bedlam

492

	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. madhouse.

befog

493

	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	v. to confuse.

befriend

494

	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.

beget

495

	v. produce; give rise to
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet

begrudge

496

	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	adj. withered.
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling

belate

497

	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker

belay

498

	v. diagnose; examine
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission

belie

499

	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.

believe

500

	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

belittle

501

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

belle

502

	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

bellicose

503

	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect

belligerent

504

	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

bemoan

505

	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of

benediction

506

	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

benefactor

507

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. agreement.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

benefice

508

	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

beneficent

509

	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet

beneficial

510

	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event

beneficiary

511

	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time

benefit

512

	v. to study plant-life.
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive

benevolence

513

	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.

benevolent

514

	a. comparable; similar or alike
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. historian.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable

benign

515

	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant

benignant

516

	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.

benignity

517

	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

benison

518

	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. blessing.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful

bequeath

519

	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. a vehement appeal.
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down

bereave

520

	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.

berth

521

	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	adj. producing coagulation.
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job

beseech

522

	n. that which nourishes.
	n. a title of jesus
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly

beset

523

	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

besmear

524

	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.

bestial

525

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. a flowering shrub.
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort

bestrew

526

	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important

bestride

527

	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

bethink

528

	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	v. to remind oneself.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

betide

529

	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	v. blame; condemn
	v. to happen to or befall.

betimes

530

	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	adv. in good season or time.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.

betroth

531

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

betrothal

532

	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	n. engagement to marry.
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire

bevel

533

	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter

bewilder

534

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.

bibliography

535

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. group of closely located islands

bibliomania

536

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

bibliophile

537

	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	n. one who loves books.

bibulous

538

	v. cause to come together formally
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	adj. fond of drinking.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

bide

539

	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	adj. cheerful.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	v. to await.

biennial

540

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

bier

541

	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.

bigamist

542

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.

bigamy

543

	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison

bight

544

	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.

bilateral

545

	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	a. two-sided; mutual
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

bilingual

546

	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

biograph

547

	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.

biology

548

	adj. taking notice.
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time

biped

549

	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

birthright

550

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile

bitterness

551

	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

blase

552

	adj. sated with pleasure.
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.

blaspheme

553

	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.

blatant

554

	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. group of closely located islands
	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.

blaze

555

	n. recognition.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. largeness.
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame

blazon

556

	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.

bleak

557

	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

blemish

558

	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. hillside.
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

blithe

559

	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	adj. withered.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted

blithesome

560

	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	adj. cheerful.

blockade

561

	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	a. arousing or provoking laughter

boatswain

562

	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. diversion.

bodily

563

	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	adj. corporeal.

boisterous

564

	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. attachment.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

bole

565

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. compression
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.

bolero

566

	v. to cover with ornament.
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	adj. dominant.

boll

567

	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part

bolster

568

	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion

bomb

569

	n. group of closely located islands
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.

bombard

570

	n. a vehement appeal.
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.

bombardier

571

	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms

bombast

572

	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

boorish

573

	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners

bore

574

	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

borough

575

	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate

bosom

576

	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	v. to unite.

botanical

577

	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept

botanize

578

	v. to walk about
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	v. to study plant-life.

botany

579

	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly

bountiful

580

	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use

bowdlerize

581

	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

bowler

582

	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. an angel of high rank.

boycott

583

	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	v. refrain from buying or using
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. one who entrusts.

brae

584

	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. hillside.
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.

braggart

585

	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person

brandish

586

	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. agreement.
	adj. cheerful.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.

bravado

587

	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite

bravo

588

	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	interj. well done.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

bray

589

	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

braze

590

	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. the act of rising.
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.

brazier

591

	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

breach

592

	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.

breaker

593

	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	adj. invulnerable.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

breech

594

	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. the buttocks.
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	a. of or relating to the heart

brethren

595

	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect

brevity

596

	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously

bridle

597

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	a. capable; adept

brigade

598

	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	v. to obtain the friendship of.

brigadier

599

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	v. travel with; be associated with

brigand

600

	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance

brimstone

601

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. sulfur.

brine

602

	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job

bristle

603

	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	n. an ox.
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.

britannia

604

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.

briticism

605

	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.

brittle

606

	v. cause to come together formally
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

broach

607

	v. to confuse.
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce

broadcast

608

	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show

brogan

609

	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.

brogue

610

	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.

brokerage

611

	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.

bromine

612

	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. historian.
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts

bronchitis

613

	n. a college student.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain

bronchus

614

	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar

brooch

615

	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent

brotherhood

616

	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm

browbeat

617

	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

brusque

618

	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	adj. capable of being conceived.

buffoon

619

	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	a. compatible
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

buffoonery

620

	v. to study plant-life.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

bulbous

621

	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. hillside.

bullock

622

	n. an ox.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. the act of rising.
	v. to change into acid.

bulrush

623

	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

bulwark

624

	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends

bumper

625

	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud

bumptious

626

	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	adj. opposed to human slavery.

bungle

627

	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.

buoyancy

628

	n. water saturated with salt.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.

buoyant

629

	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	adj. invulnerable.

bureau

630

	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.

bureaucracy

631

	n. over-regulated administrative system
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	n. an escort or lover.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

burgess

632

	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	adj. cone-bearing trees.

burgher

633

	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design

burnish

634

	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	v. refrain from buying or using

bursar

635

	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

bustle

636

	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest

butt

637

	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.

butte

638

	n. agreement.
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.

buttress

639

	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing

cabal

640

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. recognition.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	v. refrain from buying or using

cabinet

641

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet

cacophony

642

	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	v. blame; condemn

cadaverous

643

	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	a. arousing or provoking laughter

cadence

644

	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

cadenza

645

	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	n. a salt of acetic acid.

caitiff

646

	adj. cowardly.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.

cajole

647

	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

cajolery

648

	n. delusive speech.
	adj. harmonious.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

calculable

649

	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	adj. saintly.

calculus

650

	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. an abiding.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.

callosity

651

	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	a. compatible

callow

652

	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve

calorie

653

	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
	adv. from side to side.
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent

calumny

654

	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander

calvary

655

	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help

calvinism

656

	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	inter. good-by; farewell.

calvinize

657

	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.

came

658

	v. associate; join
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change

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
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	adj. taking notice.

campaign

660

	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	v. make amends for; reimburse

canaanite

661

	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography

canary

662

	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.

candid

663

	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	v. to predict.
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	adv. once more.

candor

664

	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.

canine

665

	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs

canon

666

	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

cant

667

	n. harmony.
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest

cantata

668

	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus

canto

669

	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. part or division of poem of some length

cantonment

670

	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request

capacious

671

	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. madhouse.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth

capillary

672

	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality

capitulate

673

	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.

caprice

674

	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.

caption

675

	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing

captious

676

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties

captivate

677

	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

carcass

678

	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	v. associate; join
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.

cardiac

679

	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	a. of or relating to the heart
	v. to make the first attack.

cardinal

680

	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

caret

681

	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. compression
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

caricature

682

	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

carnage

683

	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.

carnal

684

	a. concerning; simultaneous
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.

carnivorous

685

	n. recognition.
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force

carouse

686

	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.

carrion

687

	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

cartilage

688

	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	n. passive consent.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.

cartridge

689

	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.

caste

690

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	v. to hate violently.

castigate

691

	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

casual

692

	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	v. to take when offered.

casualty

693

	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.

cataclysm

694

	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

cataract

695

	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality

catastrophe

696

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something

cathode

697

	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.

catholicism

698

	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance

catholicity

699

	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. state of being suitable
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

caucus

700

	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. an abiding.

causal

701

	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

caustic

702

	n. diversion.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act

cauterize

703

	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. a vehement appeal.

cede

704

	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

censor

705

	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.

censorious

706

	adj. producing coagulation.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. a placing opposite.

census

707

	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another

centenary

708

	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.

centiliter

709

	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

centimeter

710

	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

centurion

711

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

cereal

712

	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.

ceremonial

713

	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy

ceremonious

714

	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.

cessation

715

	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing

cession

716

	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

chameleon

717

	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	n. sulfur.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

chancery

718

	adj. harmonious.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.

chaos

719

	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass

characteristic

720

	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	adj. harmonious.
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	adj. notoriously bad.

characterize

721

	v. to predict.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. breaking of contract or duty

charlatan

722

	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

chasten

723

	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	adj. taking notice.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.

chastise

724

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	adj. colorless,

chastity

725

	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	v. breakdown; failure
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.

chateau

726

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. one who attacks.
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	adv. in progress.

chattel

727

	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. any article of personal property.

check

728

	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain

chiffon

729

	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	a. definitive; decisive; final

chivalry

730

	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. courtesy towards women
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant

cholera

731

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. portion.

choleric

732

	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

choral

733

	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.

christ

734

	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. a title of jesus
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population

christen

735

	n. one who entrusts.
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	v. to name in baptism.
	v. to walk about

christendom

736

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

chromatic

737

	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.

chronology

738

	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

chronometer

739

	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

cipher

740

	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.

circulate

741

	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

circumference

742

	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected

circumlocution

743

	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

circumnavigate

744

	adj. rebellious.
	v. to sail quite around.
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

circumscribe

745

	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. the buttocks.
	adj. compassionate.
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously

circumspect

746

	v. to name in baptism.
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. an animal having two feet.

citadel

747

	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	v. recover gradually from an illness

cite

748

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune

claimant

749

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.

clairvoyance

750

	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art

clamorous

751

	adj. cowardly.
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other

clan

752

	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	v. associate; join
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives

clandestine

753

	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	n. lack of caring; indifference

clangor

754

	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.

clarify

755

	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad

clarion

756

	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. the passion for collecting books.

classify

757

	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

clearance

758

	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. obsolescence.

clemency

759

	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	v. produce; give rise to
	n. the act or state or conforming.

clement

760

	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	adj. compassionate.
	v. to make the first attack.

clothier

761

	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion

clumsy

762

	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population

coagulant

763

	adj. producing coagulation.
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

coagulate

764

	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition

coalescence

765

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. unrestricted power.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.

coalition

766

	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	v. include; consist of; be composed of

coddle

767

	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	adj. delicate, ethereal.

codicil

768

	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	v. to pile or heap together.

coerce

769

	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

coercion

770

	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.

coercive

771

	n. an ox.
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. approach; entry; entrance

cogent

772

	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better

cognate

773

	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still

cognizant

774

	adj. taking notice.
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary

cohere

775

	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing

cohesion

776

	n. tendency to keep together
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	v. declare to be true; affirm

cohesive

777

	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	a. considerable; perceptible
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort

coincide

778

	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse

coincidence

779

	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	v. associate; join
	a. intended to confuse in an argument

coincident

780

	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. group of closely located islands
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of

collaborate

781

	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

collapse

782

	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	v. breakdown; failure

collapsible

783

	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	n. an animal having two feet.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring

colleague

784

	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	inter. good-by; farewell.

collective

785

	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

collector

786

	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	adj. before noon.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.

collegian

787

	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. a college student.
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold

collide

788

	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	v. bump; hit; conflict

collier

789

	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

collision

790

	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

colloquial

791

	v. associate; incorporate
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

colloquialism

792

	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

colloquy

793

	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	n. conversation.
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

collusion

794

	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	n. sulfur.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

colossus

795

	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. a very detestable act or practice.

comely

796

	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. an animal having two feet.

comestible

797

	v. to mean; signify.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

comical

798

	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence

commemorate

799

	adv. in good season or time.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

commentary

800

	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. delusive speech.

commingle

801

	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	v. to blend.
	v. to sail quite around.
	n. an animal having two feet.

commissariat

802

	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 department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	adj. cheerful.

commission

803

	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	v. to pile or heap together.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

commitment

804

	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

committal

805

	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	v. be earlier in time; go back further

commodity

806

	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	v. equip; provide with military equipment

commotion

807

	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

commute

808

	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place

comparable

809

	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. politeness.
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease

comparative

810

	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue

comparison

811

	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.

compensate

812

	adj. wanting water.
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	v. to bring about.

competence

813

	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

competent

814

	a. capable; adept
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	v. to set apart as sacred.

competitive

815

	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition

competitor

816

	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	n. historian.
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival

complacent

817

	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.

complaisance

818

	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. politeness.
	adj. having or resembling human form.

complaisant

819

	n. a flowering shrub.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.

complement

820

	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right

complex

821

	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

compliant

822

	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. of the same kin; related by blood
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

complicate

823

	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something

complication

824

	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	v. produce; give rise to
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

complicity

825

	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. an ox.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing

compliment

826

	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing

component

827

	v. to blend.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

comport

828

	v. to mean; signify.
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

composure

829

	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.

comprehensible

830

	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible

comprehension

831

	n. grasp; ability to understand
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial

comprehensive

832

	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.

compress

833

	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy

compressible

834

	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art

compression

835

	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term

comprise

836

	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	adv. sufficiently.
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes

compulsion

837

	adj. taking notice.
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases

compulsory

838

	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.

compunction

839

	n. an angel of high rank.
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

compute

840

	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.

concede

841

	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

conceit

842

	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself

conceive

843

	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

concerto

844

	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.

concession

845

	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.

conciliate

846

	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease

conciliatory

847

	adj. contributing to an end.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography

conclusive

848

	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.

concord

849

	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. flood.

concordance

850

	n. harmony.
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited

concur

851

	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	v. to agree.

concurrence

852

	n. agreement.
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	v. to make familiar by use.

concurrent

853

	n. a person with whom another confers.
	v. to unite.
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.

concussion

854

	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow

condensation

855

	n. flood.
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. compression
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something

condense

856

	v. to make supremely happy.
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

condescend

857

	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity

condolence

858

	n. eating or drinking of something
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

conduce

859

	v. to bring about.
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected

conducive

860

	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	adj. contributing to an end.
	adv. from side to side.

conductible

861

	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital

conduit

862

	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.

confectionery

863

	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

confederacy

864

	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. alliance

confederate

865

	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	n. a narrow strip of wood.

confer

866

	v. to set apart as sacred.
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. the place where christ was crucified.

conferee

867

	n. a person with whom another confers.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

confessor

868

	n. one who attacks.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. an unprovoked attack.

confidant

869

	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.

confide

870

	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

confidence

871

	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	n. expression of warm approval; praise

confident

872

	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. any reality.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

confinement

873

	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force

confiscate

874

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	v. to make familiar by use.

conflagration

875

	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict

confluence

876

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.

confluent

877

	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.

conformable

878

	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	adj. harmonious.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	adj. invulnerable.

conformance

879

	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	prep. apart from.
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout

conformation

880

	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. general structure, form, or outline.

conformity

881

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.

confront

882

	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.

congeal

883

	v. to coagulate.
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times

congenial

884

	a. compatible
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated

congest

885

	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity

congregate

886

	n. attachment.
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	v. make amends for; reimburse

coniferous

887

	n. sulfur.
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander

conjecture

888

	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.

conjoin

889

	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	v. to unite.
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters

conjugal

890

	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial

conjugate

891

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. one who loves books.
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. lack of caring; indifference

conjugation

892

	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request

conjunction

893

	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned

connive

894

	v. to be in collusion.
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time

connoisseur

895

	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. proclamation.
	n. largeness.

connote

896

	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	v. to mean; signify.
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to

connubial

897

	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

conquer

898

	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

consanguineous

899

	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

conscience

900

	v. to bring about.
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment

conscientious

901

	adj. corporeal.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	v. cause to come together formally

conscious

902

	a. awake; alert
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	v. put into motion or action; activate

conscript

903

	v. to force into military service.
	n. greediness.
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

consecrate

904

	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy

consecutive

905

	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

consensus

906

	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

conservatism

907

	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. a tree.
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor

conservative

908

	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

conservatory

909

	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	a. definitive; decisive; final

consign

910

	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another

consignee

911

	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

consignor

912

	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. one who entrusts.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists

consistency

913

	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

console

914

	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort

consolidate

915

	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	adj. cone-bearing trees.

consonance

916

	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

consonant

917

	adj. serving or tending to force.
	a. compatible; harmonious
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.

consort

918

	v. associate; join
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near

conspicuous

919

	a. of or relating to the heart
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. an abiding.

conspirator

920

	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. part or division of poem of some length

conspire

921

	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. the act of rising.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together

constable

922

	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	v. to make supremely happy.

constellation

923

	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena

consternation

924

	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

constituency

925

	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.

constituent

926

	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.

constrict

927

	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals

consul

928

	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	n. an angel of high rank.

consulate

929

	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity

consummate

930

	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.

consumption

931

	n. the buttocks.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. sulfur.

consumptive

932

	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. proximity.
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax

contagion

933

	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. proclamation.

contagious

934

	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases

contaminate

935

	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties

contemplate

936

	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.

contemporaneous

937

	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. an acute epidemic disease.

contemporary

938

	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

contemptible

939

	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.

contemptuous

940

	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	n. an adulterating substance.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof

contender

941

	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

contiguity

942

	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. proximity.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

contiguous

943

	adj. capable of being conceived.
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

continence

944

	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book

contingency

945

	n. historian.
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

contingent

946

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	adv. sufficiently.

continuance

947

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. permanence.

continuation

948

	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. a person with whom another confers.

continuity

949

	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time

continuous

950

	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.

contort

951

	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

contraband

952

	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of

contradiction

953

	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	n. group of closely located islands

contradictory

954

	v. to be in collusion.
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

contraposition

955

	n. a placing opposite.
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

contravene

956

	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.

contribution

957

	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.

contributor

958

	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	adj. wanting water.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.

contrite

959

	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.

contrivance

960

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

contrive

961

	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

control

962

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	v. produce; give rise to
	adv. an expression of assent.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

controller

963

	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect

contumacious

964

	n. a placing opposite.
	adj. rebellious.
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor

contumacy

965

	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.

contuse

966

	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.

contusion

967

	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin

convalesce

968

	v. recover gradually from an illness
	adj. affected with anemia.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

convalescence

969

	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. proximity.

convalescent

970

	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.

convene

971

	v. cause to come together formally
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.

convenience

972

	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. scratch; friction
	n. state of being suitable

converge

973

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. any strikingly great person or object.

convergent

974

	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	adj. tending to one point.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.

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