GRE Big Book Words List| Match Practice

GRE Big Book Words

Group (1) - Matching Quizzes

abase

	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

abbess

	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	adj. withered.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.

abbey

	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. component or part; citizen, voter

abbot

	n. over-regulated administrative system
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. the superior of a community of monks.

abdicate

	adj. auxiliary.
	n. compression
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

abdomen

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	v. breakdown; failure

abdominal

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

abduction

	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force

abed

	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.

aberration

	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	v. to change into acid.
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing

abet

	a. comparable; similar or alike
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing

abeyance

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

abhorrence

	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. the act of detesting extremely.

abhorrent

	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.

abidance

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. an abiding.

abject

	adj. rebellious.
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

abjure

	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

ablution

	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things

abnegate

	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself

abnormal

	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	v. to take when offered.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

abominable

	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor

abominate

	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	v. to hate violently.
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

abomination

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.

aboriginal

	v. to confuse.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near

aborigines

	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

abrade

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode

abrasion

	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	adj. saintly.
	n. scratch; friction

abridge

	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. a vehement appeal.
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

abridgment

	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.

abrogate

	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused

abrupt

	v. breakdown; failure
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.

abscess

	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason

abscission

	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice

abscond

	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere

absence

	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	v. to take when offered.

absolution

	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	adj. having the nature of a tree.

absolve

	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.

absorb

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.

absorption

	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	v. to force into military service.
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

abstain

	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

abstemious

	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital

abstinence

	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time

abstruse

	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

absurd

	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish

abundant

	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

abusive

	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

abut

	v. to bring about.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.

abyss

	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

academic

	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm

academician

	n. largeness.
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	adj. cowardly.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

academy

	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

accede

	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

accelerate

	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants

	v. to take when offered.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation

access

	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. approach; entry; entrance

accessible

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.

accession

	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.

accessory

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	v. to make widely or generally known.

acclaim

	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

accommodate

	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

accompaniment

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. permanence.

accompanist

	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. one who or that which accompanies.

accompany

	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

accomplice

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

accomplish

	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

accordion

	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	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. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force

accost

	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	n. an animal having two feet.

account

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

accouter

	n. conversation.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	v. equip; provide with military equipment

accredit

	v. to bring about.
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for

accumulate

	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. obsolescence.
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. sharp and bitter manner

accuracy

	v. associate; incorporate
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem

accurate

	v. to take when offered.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward

accursed

	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

accusation

	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	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. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.

accusatory

	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept

accuse

	v. blame; condemn
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal

accustom

	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	v. to make familiar by use.
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

acerbity

	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	v. cause to come together formally
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner

acetate

	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name

acetic

	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others

ache

	v. to be in pain or distress.
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

achillean

	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	adj. invulnerable.

achromatic

	adj. colorless,
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble

acid

	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

acidify

	v. to change into acid.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable

acknowledge

	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

acknowledgment

	n. recognition.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	v. to be in pain or distress.

acme

	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence

acoustic

	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.

acquaint

	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility

acquiesce

	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases

acquiescence

	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. passive consent.
	n. sulfur.

acquit

	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	adj. rebellious.
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor

acquittal

	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity

acquittance

	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere

acreage

	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.

acrid

	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	a. chief; serving as an essential component

acrimonious

	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god

acrimony

100

	adv. in good season or time.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes

actionable

101

	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble

actuality

102

	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. any reality.
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	v. refrain from buying or using

actuary

103

	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force

actuate

104

	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. one who loves books.
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself

acumen

105

	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	v. to be in collusion.

acute

106

	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

adamant

107

	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with

addendum

108

	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.

addle

109

	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured

adduce

110

	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	v. to take when offered.
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. the science of life or living organisms.

adhere

111

	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.

adherence

112

	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. attachment.
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction

adherent

113

	v. to bring about.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air

adhesion

114

	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. flood.

adieu

115

	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. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	inter. good-by; farewell.

adjacency

116

	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down

adjacent

117

	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill

adjudge

118

	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	v. to happen to or befall.
	v. refrain from buying or using

adjunct

119

	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	a. definitive; decisive; final

adjuration

120

	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. a vehement appeal.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

adjutant

121

	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	v. to agree.
	adj. auxiliary.

administrator

122

	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole

admissible

123

	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	v. to hate violently.

admittance

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	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.

admonish

125

	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other

admonition

126

	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

ado

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	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	interj. well done.

adoration

128

	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.

adroit

129

	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.

adulterant

130

	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. an adulterating substance.

adulterate

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	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	n. composition; order
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion

adumbrate

132

	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.

advent

133

	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part

adverse

134

	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. harmony.
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person

adversity

135

	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives

advert

136

	v. to refer incidentally.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	v. to predict.
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

advertiser

137

	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.

advisory

138

	n. attachment.
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	a. having power to advice; containing advice

advocacy

139

	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something

advocate

140

	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.

aerial

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	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	v. to hate violently.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey

aeronaut

142

	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.

aeronautics

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	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

aerostat

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	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	a. intended to confuse in an argument

aerostatics

145

	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

affable

146

	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly

affect

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	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited

affectation

148

	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade

affiliate

149

	v. associate; incorporate
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action

affirmative

150

	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal

affix

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	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. tendency to keep together

affluence

152

	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.

affront

153

	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.

afoot

154

	adv. in progress.
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.

aforesaid

155

	n. flood.
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

afresh

156

	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	adj. compassionate.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.

afterthought

157

	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	v. to make familiar by use.

agglomerate

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	v. to blend.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	v. to pile or heap together.

aggrandize

159

	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

aggravate

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	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.

aggravation

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	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold

aggregate

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	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. that which nourishes.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to

aggress

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	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	v. to make the first attack.
	n. an ox.
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory

aggression

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	n. an unprovoked attack.
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. a flowering shrub.

aggrieve

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	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever

aghast

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	v. to mean; signify.
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help

agile

167

	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance

agitate

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	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

agrarian

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	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.

ailment

170

	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. one who or that which accompanies.

airy

171

	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	adj. delicate, ethereal.

akin

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	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality

alabaster

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	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job

alacrity

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	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. permanence.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose

albeit

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	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

albino

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	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.

album

177

	adv. in good season or time.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	v. to be in collusion.

alchemy

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	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	a. capable; adept
	v. to sail quite around.

alcohol

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	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing

alcoholism

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	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act

alcove

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	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist

alder

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	n. an unprovoked attack.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind

alderman

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	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.

aldermanship

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	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

alias

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	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate

alien

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	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person

alienable

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	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

alienate

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	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow

alienation

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	n. estrangement.
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

aliment

190

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. that which nourishes.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

alkali

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	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.

allay

192

	adj. auxiliary.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease

allege

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	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

allegory

194

	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent

alleviate

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	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. portion.

alley

196

	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

alliance

197

	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

allot

198

	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

allotment

199

	n. portion.
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	adv. in good season or time.

allude

200

	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	adv. an expression of assent.
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion

allusion

201

	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade

alluvion

202

	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. flood.
	v. to refer incidentally.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.

ally

203

	a. comparable; similar or alike
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator

almanac

204

	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity

aloof

205

	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	adj. contributing to an end.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

altar

206

	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	a. definitive; decisive; final

alter

207

	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.

alteration

208

	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	v. to force into military service.
	n. courtesy towards women
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

altercate

209

	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air

alternate

210

	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	adj. colorless,
	n. a placing opposite.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

alternative

211

	adj. harmonious.
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

altitude

212

	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. estrangement.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.

alto

213

	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	adv. an expression of assent.

altruism

214

	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing

altruist

215

	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator

amalgam

216

	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. one who loves books.

amalgamate

217

	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury

amateur

218

	n. a title of jesus
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest

amatory

219

	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	adj. designed to excite love.

ambidextrous

220

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension

ambiguous

221

	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease

ambitious

222

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. an abiding.
	adj. low in tone or compass.

ambrosial

223

	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.

ambulance

224

	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital

ambulate

225

	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	v. to walk about
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	v. to hate violently.

ambush

226

	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly

ameliorate

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	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.

amenable

228

	interj. well done.
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable

americanism

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	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance

amicable

230

	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.

amity

231

	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	n. delusive speech.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations

amorous

232

	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	adj. taking notice.
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

amorphous

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	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition

amour

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	a. compatible
	v. cause to come together formally
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.

ampere

235

	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.

amphibious

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	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties

amphitheater

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	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena

amplitude

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	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. largeness.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.

amply

239

	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	adv. sufficiently.

amputate

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	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity

amusement

241

	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. diversion.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof

anachronism

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	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

anagram

243

	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.

analogous

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	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

analogy

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	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives

analyst

246

	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. the act of rising.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	adv. in progress.

analyze

247

	n. compression
	a. occurring or payable every year
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	v. diagnose; examine

anarchy

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	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources

anathema

249

	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	v. to coagulate.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

anatomy

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	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.

anecdote

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	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.

anemia

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	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality

anemic

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	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	adj. affected with anemia.

anemometer

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	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.

anesthetic

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	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling

anew

256

	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	adv. once more.
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

angelic

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	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	adj. saintly.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

anglophobia

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	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.

angular

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	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

anhydrous

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	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	adj. withered.

animadversion

261

	v. to force into military service.
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	adj. cowardly.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.

animadvert

262

	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	v. to pass criticism or censure.

animalcule

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	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

animate

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	n. largeness.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated

animosity

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	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act

annalist

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	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. historian.
	adv. once more.

annals

267

	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. a college student.
	adj. containing gold.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of

annex

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	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.

annihilate

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	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.

annotate

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	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.

annual

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	a. occurring or payable every year
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory

annuity

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	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

annunciation

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	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	n. proclamation.

anode

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	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.

anonymous

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	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. passive consent.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons

antagonism

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	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.

antarctic

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	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus

ante

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	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. an animal having two feet.

antecede

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	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent

antecedent

280

	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.

antechamber

281

	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	v. breakdown; failure
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.

antedate

282

	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still

antediluvian

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	n. the act or state or conforming.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	adj. invulnerable.

antemeridian

284

	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
	adj. before noon.
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.

antenatal

285

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

286

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. a tree.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

anteroom

287

	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass

anthology

288

	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	interj. well done.
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar

anthracite

289

	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. hard coal.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

anthropology

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	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something

anthropomorphous

291

	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. one who loves books.
	adj. having or resembling human form.

antic

292

	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

antichrist

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	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.

anticlimax

294

	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

anticyclone

295

	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term

antidote

296

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	v. to refer incidentally.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

antilogy

297

	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

antipathize

298

	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. a college student.
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.

antiphon

299

	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy

antiphony

300

	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.

antipodes

301

	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

antiquary

302

	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.

antiquate

303

	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

antique

304

	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	v. to coagulate.
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

antiseptic

305

	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud

antislavery

306

	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain

antispasmodic

307

	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.

antistrophe

308

	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".

antitoxin

309

	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. the act of rising.
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.

antonym

310

	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term

anxious

311

	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter

apathy

312

	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.

aperture

313

	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole

apex

314

	n. greediness.
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	a. having power to advice; containing advice

aphorism

315

	adj. affected with anemia.
	v. to walk about
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	n. component or part; citizen, voter

apiary

316

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	v. to mean; signify.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey

apogee

317

	n. an angel of high rank.
	v. to bring about.
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

apology

318

	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.

apostate

319

	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	v. to agree.

apostle

320

	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	adj. saintly.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

apothecary

321

	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.

apotheosis

322

	v. to confuse.
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.

appall

323

	n. composition; order
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something

apparent

324

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye

apparition

325

	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

appease

326

	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	adj. before noon.
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

appellate

327

	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. tendency to keep together
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator

appellation

328

	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

append

329

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

appertain

330

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	adj. dominant.
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part

apposite

331

	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

apposition

332

	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.

appraise

333

	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test

appreciable

334

	a. considerable; perceptible
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	v. to mean; signify.
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow

apprehend

335

	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body

apprehensible

336

	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. flood.
	adj. capable of being conceived.

approbation

337

	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

appropriate

338

	n. approach; entry; entrance
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	adj. cheerful.

aqueduct

339

	v. associate; join
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in

aqueous

340

	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. attachment.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

arbiter

341

	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

arbitrary

342

	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice

arbitrate

343

	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. historian.

arbor

344

	n. a tree.
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry

arboreal

345

	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind

arborescent

346

	n. compression
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce

arboretum

347

	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	v. to blend.

arboriculture

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	v. to remind oneself.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. blessing.

arcade

349

	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible

archaeology

350

	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term

archaic

351

	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	v. to happen to or befall.
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

archaism

352

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. obsolescence.

archangel

353

	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.

archbishop

354

	a. awake; alert
	n. conversation.
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law

archdeacon

355

	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. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame

archetype

356

	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

archipelago

357

	v. to force into military service.
	n. group of closely located islands
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

ardent

358

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	v. to name in baptism.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate

ardor

359

	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

arid

360

	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants

aristocracy

361

	v. cause to come together formally
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.

aristocrat

362

	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. passive consent.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

armada

363

	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly

armful

364

	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. use of force to get someone to obey

armory

365

	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	prep. apart from.
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured

aroma

366

	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	a. capable; adept
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food

arraign

367

	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.

arrange

368

	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	v. to study plant-life.

arrangement

369

	n. composition; order
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

arrant

370

	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	adj. notoriously bad.
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest

arrear

371

	n. an abiding.
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power

arrival

372

	adj. containing gold.
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

arrogant

373

	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	v. to predict.

arrogate

374

	adj. withered.
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right

artesian

375

	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room

artful

376

	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. hillside.

arthurian

377

	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

artifice

378

	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with

artless

379

	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

ascendant

380

	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	adj. dominant.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful

ascension

381

	n. the act of rising.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

ascent

382

	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

ascetic

383

	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere

ascribe

384

	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.

asexual

385

	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

ashen

386

	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. obsolescence.

askance

387

	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	adj. rebellious.
	v. to await.
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes

asperity

388

	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner

aspirant

389

	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

aspire

390

	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.

assailant

391

	n. one who attacks.
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	adv. once more.
	n. unrestricted power.

assassin

392

	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. an escort or lover.
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.

assassinate

393

	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason

assassination

394

	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

assay

395

	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. absolute government.

assent

396

	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	interj. well done.

assess

397

	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly

assessor

398

	v. to change into acid.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies

assets

399

	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.

assiduous

400

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

assignee

401

	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.

assimilate

402

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

assonance

403

	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

assonant

404

	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	n. historian.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

assonate

405

	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	n. a placing opposite.
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.

assuage

406

	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. estrangement.

astringent

407

	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere

astute

408

	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. largeness.

atheism

409

	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

athirst

410

	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	adj. wanting water.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.

athwart

411

	adv. from side to side.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).

atomizer

412

	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something

atone

413

	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

atonement

414

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

atrocious

415

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees

atrocity

416

	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	v. blame; condemn

attache

417

	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

attest

418

	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.

auburn

419

	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

audacious

420

	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

audible

421

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees

audition

422

	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

auditory

423

	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. component or part; citizen, voter

augment

424

	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. compression
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity

augur

425

	v. to predict.
	adj. withered.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.

augustinian

426

	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design

aura

427

	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.

aural

428

	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. engagement to marry.
	n. a title of jesus
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.

auricle

429

	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.

auricular

430

	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

auriferous

431

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	adj. containing gold.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.

aurora

432

	n. the first light of day; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. a stream that unites with another.

auspice

433

	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	adj. cowardly.

austere

434

	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	adj. containing gold.
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

autarchy

435

	n. proclamation.
	n. unrestricted power.
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.

authentic

436

	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	adj. harmonious.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile

authenticity

437

	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression

autocracy

438

	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. absolute government.

autocrat

439

	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power

automaton

440

	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans

autonomous

441

	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

autonomy

442

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination

autopsy

443

	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.

autumnal

444

	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

auxiliary

445

	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary

avalanche

446

	n. a placing opposite.
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice

avarice

447

	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury

aver

448

	v. declare to be true; affirm
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. the passion for collecting books.

averse

449

	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable

aversion

450

	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	v. to make the first attack.

avert

451

	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	v. to pass criticism or censure.

aviary

452

	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	a. two-sided; mutual
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept

avidity

453

	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. greediness.

avocation

454

	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge

avow

455

	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

awaken

456

	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.

aye

457

	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	adv. an expression of assent.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

azalea

458

	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	n. a flowering shrub.
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. an ox.

azure

459

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. diversion.
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race

baconian

460

	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent

bacterium

461

	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	a. chief; serving as an essential component

badger

462

	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

baffle

463

	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.

bailiff

464

	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.

baize

465

	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	adj. capable of being appealed to.

bale

466

	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

baleful

467

	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

ballad

468

	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble

balsam

469

	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

banal

470

	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

barcarole

471

	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease

baritone

472

	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	n. estrangement.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.

barograph

473

	n. one who loves books.
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	a. comparable; similar or alike

barometer

474

	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	v. to remind oneself.
	adj. invulnerable.

barring

475

	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	prep. apart from.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. that which nourishes.

bask

476

	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. a title of jesus
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

bass

477

	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	adj. low in tone or compass.

baste

478

	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

baton

479

	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

battalion

480

	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.

batten

481

	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter

batter

482

	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.

bauble

483

	adj. dominant.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

bawl

484

	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily

beatify

485

	v. to set apart as sacred.
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	v. to make supremely happy.

beatitude

486

	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness

beau

487

	n. an escort or lover.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

becalm

488

	n. portion.
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

beck

489

	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. expression of warm approval; praise

bedaub

490

	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	n. a title of jesus

bedeck

491

	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	v. to hate violently.
	v. to cover with ornament.

bedlam

492

	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. madhouse.

befog

493

	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	v. to confuse.

befriend

494

	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

beget

495

	v. produce; give rise to
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.

begrudge

496

	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

belate

497

	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	a. capable; adept
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. ally; form a group or unite

belay

498

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	v. associate; incorporate
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial

belie

499

	v. contradict; give a false impression
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. the act of rising.

believe

500

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

belittle

501

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.

belle

502

	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

bellicose

503

	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

belligerent

504

	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form

bemoan

505

	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works

benediction

506

	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	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. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content

benefactor

507

	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

benefice

508

	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

beneficent

509

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

beneficial

510

	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. one who entrusts.

beneficiary

511

	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	adj. affected with anemia.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.

benefit

512

	n. ally; form a group or unite
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

benevolence

513

	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.

benevolent

514

	n. proclamation.
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable

benign

515

	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

benignant

516

	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

benignity

517

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other

benison

518

	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. blessing.

bequeath

519

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. a spiritual advisor.

bereave

520

	adj. corporeal.
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.

berth

521

	v. diagnose; examine
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	adv. sufficiently.

beseech

522

	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

beset

523

	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	v. associate; join

besmear

524

	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	inter. good-by; farewell.

bestial

525

	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason

bestrew

526

	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.

bestride

527

	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	v. breakdown; failure
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.

bethink

528

	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	v. to remind oneself.
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law

betide

529

	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain

betimes

530

	adj. producing coagulation.
	adv. in good season or time.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing

betroth

531

	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. any article of personal property.
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.

betrothal

532

	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. engagement to marry.
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire

bevel

533

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	adj. contributing to an end.
	adj. tending to one point.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.

bewilder

534

	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	n. group of closely located islands

bibliography

535

	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject

bibliomania

536

	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	n. blessing.

bibliophile

537

	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. one who loves books.

bibulous

538

	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. greediness.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

bide

539

	v. to await.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade

biennial

540

	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

bier

541

	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite

bigamist

542

	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	adj. colorless,
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.

bigamy

543

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

bight

544

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention

bilateral

545

	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	a. two-sided; mutual
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful

bilingual

546

	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.

biograph

547

	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

biology

548

	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.

biped

549

	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest

birthright

550

	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs

bitterness

551

	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. conversation.
	adv. in progress.
	n. sharp and bitter manner

blase

552

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

blaspheme

553

	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. a title of jesus
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.

blatant

554

	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. portion.

blaze

555

	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

blazon

556

	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	v. bump; hit; conflict

bleak

557

	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.

blemish

558

	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	adj. containing gold.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

blithe

559

	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	v. associate; incorporate
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision

blithesome

560

	n. tendency to keep together
	adj. cheerful.
	n. alliance
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.

blockade

561

	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	v. associate; incorporate
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

boatswain

562

	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	adj. fond of drinking.

bodily

563

	adj. corporeal.
	v. to sail quite around.
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

boisterous

564

	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

bole

565

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	v. blame; condemn
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. a college student.

bolero

566

	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	adj. opposed to human slavery.

boll

567

	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist

bolster

568

	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke

bomb

569

	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. state of being suitable
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height

bombard

570

	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.

bombardier

571

	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. attachment.
	n. diversion.
	n. the passion for collecting books.

bombast

572

	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy

boorish

573

	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing

bore

574

	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy

borough

575

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. flood.
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

bosom

576

	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being

botanical

577

	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

botanize

578

	v. to study plant-life.
	n. that which nourishes.
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly

botany

579

	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. engagement to marry.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

bountiful

580

	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.

bowdlerize

581

	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate

bowler

582

	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.

boycott

583

	adv. in progress.
	v. refrain from buying or using
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.

brae

584

	n. composition; order
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. hillside.

braggart

585

	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. hard coal.
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person

brandish

586

	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome

bravado

587

	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

bravo

588

	n. a college student.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	interj. well done.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

bray

589

	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	adj. auxiliary.

braze

590

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

brazier

591

	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole

breach

592

	v. to be in pain or distress.
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	adv. sufficiently.
	n. breaking of contract or duty

breaker

593

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

breech

594

	n. the buttocks.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.

brethren

595

	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy

brevity

596

	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.

bridle

597

	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties

brigade

598

	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	a. capable; adept
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years

brigadier

599

	adv. sufficiently.
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	a. capable; adept

brigand

600

	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

brimstone

601

	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. sulfur.

brine

602

	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.

bristle

603

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

britannia

604

	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

briticism

605

	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. a placing opposite.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.

brittle

606

	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity

broach

607

	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle

broadcast

608

	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	v. to unite.
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show

brogan

609

	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

brogue

610

	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease

brokerage

611

	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. recognition.

bromine

612

	n. an ox.
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

bronchitis

613

	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

bronchus

614

	n. composition; order
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.

brooch

615

	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

brotherhood

616

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	adj. rebellious.

browbeat

617

	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	n. delusive speech.

brusque

618

	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	v. to hate violently.

buffoon

619

	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

buffoonery

620

	n. diversion.
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.

bulbous

621

	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.

bullock

622

	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. an ox.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

bulrush

623

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.

bulwark

624

	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends

bumper

625

	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	a. capable; adept
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.

bumptious

626

	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing

bungle

627

	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity

buoyancy

628

	v. to take when offered.
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another

buoyant

629

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.

bureau

630

	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive

bureaucracy

631

	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. over-regulated administrative system

burgess

632

	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement

burgher

633

	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force

burnish

634

	n. scratch; friction
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

bursar

635

	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented

bustle

636

	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem

butt

637

	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.

butte

638

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.

buttress

639

	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. politeness.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.

cabal

640

	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.

cabinet

641

	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.

cacophony

642

	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

cadaverous

643

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. an abiding.
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body

cadence

644

	n. the buttocks.
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

cadenza

645

	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	v. to study plant-life.
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.

caitiff

646

	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	adj. cowardly.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment

cajole

647

	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	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

cajolery

648

	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. the buttocks.
	n. delusive speech.
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.

calculable

649

	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	a. two-sided; mutual
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.

calculus

650

	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere

callosity

651

	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. an adulterating substance.

callow

652

	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

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
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	v. assent; agree without protesting

calumny

654

	v. to unite.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	v. to force into military service.

calvary

655

	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. compression
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.

calvinism

656

	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	v. to coagulate.
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.

calvinize

657

	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.

came

658

	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

cameo

659

	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

campaign

660

	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

canaanite

661

	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade

canary

662

	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.

candid

663

	a. concerning; simultaneous
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.

candor

664

	n. eating or drinking of something
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

canine

665

	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect

canon

666

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works

cant

667

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.

cantata

668

	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.

canto

669

	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. part or division of poem of some length

cantonment

670

	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.

capacious

671

	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. passive consent.
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

capillary

672

	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	v. contradict; give a false impression

capitulate

673

	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.

caprice

674

	adj. invulnerable.
	v. to coagulate.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.

caption

675

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	adj. contributing to an end.

captious

676

	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases

captivate

677

	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	adj. cone-bearing trees.

carcass

678

	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. the buttocks.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.

cardiac

679

	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	a. of or relating to the heart
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling

cardinal

680

	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter

caret

681

	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.

caricature

682

	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential

carnage

683

	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

carnal

684

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily

carnivorous

685

	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	v. make amends for; reimburse

carouse

686

	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.

carrion

687

	n. state of being suitable
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

cartilage

688

	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. sulfur.

cartridge

689

	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.

caste

690

	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	adj. sated with pleasure.

castigate

691

	v. to pile or heap together.
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

casual

692

	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. composition; order
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

casualty

693

	adj. invulnerable.
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident

cataclysm

694

	v. cause to come together formally
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things

cataract

695

	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold

catastrophe

696

	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	prep. apart from.

cathode

697

	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.

catholicism

698

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.

catholicity

699

	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

caucus

700

	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. any article of personal property.
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator

causal

701

	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	v. to change into acid.

caustic

702

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for

cauterize

703

	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.

cede

704

	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.

censor

705

	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	a. two-sided; mutual
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial

censorious

706

	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

census

707

	v. to set apart as sacred.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population

centenary

708

	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	adv. an expression of assent.
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward

centiliter

709

	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	adj. cheerful.
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request

centimeter

710

	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.

centurion

711

	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for

cereal

712

	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	adj. containing gold.

ceremonial

713

	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.

ceremonious

714

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts

cessation

715

	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	n. eating or drinking of something

cession

716

	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	v. breakdown; failure
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.

chameleon

717

	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name

chancery

718

	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.

chaos

719

	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.

characteristic

720

	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	adj. notoriously bad.

characterize

721

	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination

charlatan

722

	adj. cheerful.
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. harmony.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

chasten

723

	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	n. proximity.
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name

chastise

724

	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	a. awake; alert
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke

chastity

725

	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. greediness.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

chateau

726

	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house

chattel

727

	n. any article of personal property.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

check

728

	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.

chiffon

729

	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	adj. corporeal.
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.

chivalry

730

	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. courtesy towards women

cholera

731

	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

choleric

732

	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

choral

733

	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality

christ

734

	n. a title of jesus
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

christen

735

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity

christendom

736

	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison

chromatic

737

	n. a flowering shrub.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	a. awake; alert
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

chronology

738

	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest

chronometer

739

	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

cipher

740

	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number

circulate

741

	v. blame; condemn
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

circumference

742

	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. engagement to marry.

circumlocution

743

	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital

circumnavigate

744

	v. to sail quite around.
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness

circumscribe

745

	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. unrestricted power.
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

circumspect

746

	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. unrestricted power.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league

citadel

747

	adj. cowardly.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle

cite

748

	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	v. be earlier in time; go back further

claimant

749

	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	v. to predict.
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke

clairvoyance

750

	adj. fond of drinking.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

clamorous

751

	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	v. to remind oneself.

clan

752

	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better

clandestine

753

	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

clangor

754

	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.

clarify

755

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	adj. cheerful.

clarion

756

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

classify

757

	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other

clearance

758

	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly

clemency

759

	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. tendency to keep together

clement

760

	n. one who attacks.
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	adj. compassionate.
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things

clothier

761

	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

clumsy

762

	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	v. associate; incorporate
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease

coagulant

763

	adj. producing coagulation.
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

coagulate

764

	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain

coalescence

765

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal

coalition

766

	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

coddle

767

	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. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

codicil

768

	n. approach; entry; entrance
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will

coerce

769

	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

coercion

770

	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.

coercive

771

	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	adj. serving or tending to force.

cogent

772

	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede

cognate

773

	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

cognizant

774

	adj. taking notice.
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.

cohere

775

	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	v. to pass criticism or censure.

cohesion

776

	n. tendency to keep together
	n. the act of rising.
	v. to make familiar by use.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused

cohesive

777

	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.

coincide

778

	n. permanence.
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect

coincidence

779

	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. flood.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

coincident

780

	a. concerning; simultaneous
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome

collaborate

781

	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter

collapse

782

	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	v. breakdown; failure
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.

collapsible

783

	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	v. to blend.

colleague

784

	v. to blend.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other

collective

785

	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. a person with whom another confers.

collector

786

	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art

collegian

787

	n. a college student.
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. lack of caring; indifference

collide

788

	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs

collier

789

	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	v. to name in baptism.

collision

790

	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming

colloquial

791

	n. an animal having two feet.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	adj. corporeal.
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status

colloquialism

792

	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.

colloquy

793

	n. conversation.
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down

collusion

794

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	adv. in good season or time.

colossus

795

	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice

comely

796

	n. passive consent.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name

comestible

797

	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	adj. fit to be eaten.

comical

798

	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	adj. fit to be eaten.

commemorate

799

	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

commentary

800

	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	a. considerable; perceptible

commingle

801

	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	v. to blend.
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people

commissariat

802

	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.

commission

803

	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize

commitment

804

	n. a title of jesus
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	n. grasp; ability to understand

committal

805

	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

commodity

806

	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. an escort or lover.

commotion

807

	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

commute

808

	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. hillside.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place

comparable

809

	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	v. to force into military service.
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters

comparative

810

	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. alliance
	v. to make the first attack.

comparison

811

	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker

compensate

812

	n. lack of caring; indifference
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	v. recover gradually from an illness

competence

813

	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. attachment.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things

competent

814

	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	a. capable; adept

competitive

815

	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition

competitor

816

	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. tendency to keep together
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.

complacent

817

	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

complaisance

818

	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. politeness.
	n. flood.

complaisant

819

	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others

complement

820

	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.

complex

821

	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	a. two-sided; mutual

compliant

822

	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away

complicate

823

	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.

complication

824

	adj. taking notice.
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

complicity

825

	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	n. any article of personal property.
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

compliment

826

	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

component

827

	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

comport

828

	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. the passion for collecting books.

composure

829

	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

comprehensible

830

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.

comprehension

831

	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

comprehensive

832

	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope

compress

833

	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	v. to coagulate.
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract

compressible

834

	n. hard coal.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing

compression

835

	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary

comprise

836

	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject

compulsion

837

	n. alliance
	v. to take when offered.
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint

compulsory

838

	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.

compunction

839

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

compute

840

	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. the state of being adjacent.

concede

841

	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	v. to pile or heap together.

conceit

842

	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something

conceive

843

	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

concerto

844

	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	v. to bring about.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book

concession

845

	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force

conciliate

846

	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	adj. producing coagulation.
	v. to change into acid.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

conciliatory

847

	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party

conclusive

848

	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	a. definitive; decisive; final

concord

849

	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years

concordance

850

	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. harmony.
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.

concur

851

	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	v. to agree.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

concurrence

852

	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. agreement.
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.

concurrent

853

	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

concussion

854

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near

condensation

855

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. compression
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.

condense

856

	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

condescend

857

	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity

condolence

858

	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

conduce

859

	v. to bring about.
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite

conducive

860

	n. a flowering shrub.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	adj. contributing to an end.

conductible

861

	a. compatible
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing

conduit

862

	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. conversation.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.

confectionery

863

	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	v. to be in pain or distress.

confederacy

864

	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	n. alliance
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

confederate

865

	n. ally; form a group or unite
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.

confer

866

	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth

conferee

867

	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	v. to collect into a mass.

confessor

868

	n. composition; order
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

confidant

869

	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place

confide

870

	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.

confidence

871

	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	adj. cheerful.

confident

872

	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	n. estrangement.
	n. historian.
	n. a stream that unites with another.

confinement

873

	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	n. the act or state or conforming.

confiscate

874

	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated

conflagration

875

	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

confluence

876

	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet

confluent

877

	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.

conformable

878

	adj. harmonious.
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

conformance

879

	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	v. put into motion or action; activate

conformation

880

	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. general structure, form, or outline.

conformity

881

	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other

confront

882

	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition

congeal

883

	v. to coagulate.
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain

congenial

884

	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	a. compatible
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy

congest

885

	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear

congregate

886

	n. engagement to marry.
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. an acute epidemic disease.

coniferous

887

	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	v. to force into military service.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem

conjecture

888

	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	v. to mean; signify.
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity

conjoin

889

	v. to unite.
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

conjugal

890

	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
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial

conjugate

891

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god

conjugation

892

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.

conjunction

893

	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	a. arousing or provoking laughter

connive

894

	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	v. to be in collusion.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.

connoisseur

895

	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. any reality.
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation

connote

896

	v. to make supremely happy.
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	v. to mean; signify.
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

connubial

897

	v. to cover with ornament.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose

conquer

898

	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

consanguineous

899

	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

conscience

900

	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject

conscientious

901

	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable

conscious

902

	a. awake; alert
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	v. to await.

conscript

903

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	v. to force into military service.

consecrate

904

	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. any article of personal property.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. composition; order

consecutive

905

	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential

consensus

906

	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

conservatism

907

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

conservative

908

	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. a tree.

conservatory

909

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	a. chief; serving as an essential component

consign

910

	n. any reality.
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.

consignee

911

	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	adj. dominant.

consignor

912

	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. one who entrusts.

consistency

913

	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. sulfur.
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

console

914

	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention

consolidate

915

	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm

consonance

916

	v. to be in collusion.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.

consonant

917

	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	a. compatible; harmonious
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.

consort

918

	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	v. associate; join
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose

conspicuous

919

	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	v. breakdown; failure
	n. scratch; friction

conspirator

920

	n. any reality.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.

conspire

921

	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	a. considerable; perceptible

constable

922

	v. make amends for; reimburse
	adj. dominant.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. part or division of poem of some length

constellation

923

	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass

consternation

924

	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	adj. saintly.
	v. to refer incidentally.
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.

constituency

925

	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	a. awake; alert
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).

constituent

926

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital

constrict

927

	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another

consul

928

	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.

consulate

929

	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	a. capable; adept
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.

consummate

930

	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

consumption

931

	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. eating or drinking of something

consumptive

932

	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	v. diagnose; examine

contagion

933

	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.

contagious

934

	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured

contaminate

935

	adj. taking notice.
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. the state of being attached or joined.

contemplate

936

	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality

contemporaneous

937

	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

contemporary

938

	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence

contemptible

939

	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	adj. dominant.
	v. to confuse.
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends

contemptuous

940

	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect

contender

941

	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

contiguity

942

	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	n. proximity.

contiguous

943

	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious

continence

944

	a. compatible
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	v. cause to come together formally

contingency

945

	n. madhouse.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

contingent

946

	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. a title of jesus
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.

continuance

947

	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. permanence.
	n. alliance
	v. to change into acid.

continuation

948

	n. an abiding.
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	adj. tending to one point.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.

continuity

949

	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick

continuous

950

	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

contort

951

	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	adv. once more.

contraband

952

	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject

contradiction

953

	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	n. one who entrusts.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design

contradictory

954

	adj. producing coagulation.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated

contraposition

955

	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. a placing opposite.
	adj. colorless,
	adj. sated with pleasure.

contravene

956

	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. obsolescence.

contribution

957

	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy

contributor

958

	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.

contrite

959

	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort

contrivance

960

	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.

contrive

961

	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	v. cause to come together formally

control

962

	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.

controller

963

	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party

contumacious

964

	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	adj. rebellious.

contumacy

965

	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.

contuse

966

	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. a vehement appeal.
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	v. to pile or heap together.

contusion

967

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.

convalesce

968

	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution

convalescence

969

	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.

convalescent

970

	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.

convene

971

	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	v. cause to come together formally

convenience

972

	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	v. to hate violently.
	n. state of being suitable
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

converge

973

	v. put into motion or action; activate
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.

convergent

974

	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	adj. tending to one point.

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