GRE Big Book Words List| Match Practice

GRE Big Book Words

Group (1) - Matching Quizzes

abase

	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

abbess

	v. to confuse.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.

abbey

	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	v. to force into military service.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured

abbot

	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.

abdicate

	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

abdomen

	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis

abdominal

	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.

abduction

	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration

abed

	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.

aberration

	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

abet

	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name

abeyance

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension

abhorrence

	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees

abhorrent

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	adj. auxiliary.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.

abidance

	n. an abiding.
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.

abject

	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.

abjure

	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever

ablution

	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish

abnegate

	adv. an expression of assent.
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. madhouse.
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself

abnormal

	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law

abominable

	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	n. absolute government.
	n. recognition.
	adj. taking notice.

abominate

	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	v. to hate violently.
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

abomination

	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention

aboriginal

	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants

aborigines

	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

abrade

	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. proclamation.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate

abrasion

	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. scratch; friction
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	v. make amends for; reimburse

abridge

	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode

abridgment

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused

abrogate

	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	v. to refer incidentally.
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	v. produce; give rise to

abrupt

	adj. producing coagulation.
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another

abscess

	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.

abscission

	v. cause to come together formally
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.

abscond

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.

absence

	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate

absolution

	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end

absolve

	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs

absorb

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request

absorption

	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

abstain

	n. one who attacks.
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate

abstemious

	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement

abstinence

	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	adj. affected with anemia.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

abstruse

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.

absurd

	n. sulfur.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena

abundant

	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. alliance
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important

abusive

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

abut

	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.

abyss

	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

academic

	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

academician

	n. sulfur.
	n. conversation.
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

academy

	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	a. of or relating to the heart

accede

	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede

accelerate

	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	v. to take when offered.
	n. an abiding.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus

access

	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. approach; entry; entrance

accessible

	adv. in good season or time.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary

accession

	adj. before noon.
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	a. considerable; perceptible

accessory

	v. to confuse.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.

acclaim

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. an angel of high rank.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

accommodate

	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. assent; agree without protesting

accompaniment

	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.

accompanist

	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person

accompany

	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. an angel of high rank.

accomplice

	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing

accomplish

	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete

accordion

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

accost

	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	adj. taking notice.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. largeness.

account

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	adj. delicate, ethereal.

accouter

	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy

accredit

	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	adj. wanting water.
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.

accumulate

	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase

accuracy

	a. capable; adept
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. breaking of contract or duty

accurate

	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

accursed

	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion

accusation

	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune

accusatory

	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.

accuse

	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	v. blame; condemn
	a. definitive; decisive; final

accustom

	v. to make familiar by use.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	n. delusive speech.

acerbity

	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. recognition.
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence

acetate

	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. a narrow strip of wood.

acetic

	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal

ache

	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted

achillean

	adj. invulnerable.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. sickness; illness; affliction

achromatic

	adj. colorless,
	adv. in progress.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming

acid

	adj. harmonious.
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful

acidify

	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	v. to change into acid.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times

acknowledge

	adj. cowardly.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person

acknowledgment

	n. recognition.
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.

acme

	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.

acoustic

	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.

acquaint

	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	adj. rebellious.

acquiesce

	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations

acquiescence

	adj. saintly.
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. passive consent.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.

acquit

	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value

acquittal

	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty

acquittance

	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

acreage

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	adv. from side to side.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.

acrid

	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.

acrimonious

	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	v. bump; hit; conflict

acrimony

100

	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	adj. dominant.

actionable

101

	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.

actuality

102

	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. any reality.

actuary

103

	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. the act or state or conforming.

actuate

104

	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

acumen

105

	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings

acute

106

	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function

adamant

107

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	v. diagnose; examine

addendum

108

	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down

addle

109

	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused

adduce

110

	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. proclamation.
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

adhere

111

	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	adj. taking notice.

adherence

112

	n. attachment.
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	a. definitive; decisive; final

adherent

113

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.

adhesion

114

	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	adv. from side to side.

adieu

115

	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part

adjacency

116

	n. the state of being adjacent.
	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

adjacent

117

	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right

adjudge

118

	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body

adjunct

119

	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger

adjuration

120

	n. a vehement appeal.
	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. diversion.

adjutant

121

	n. a placing opposite.
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.

administrator

122

	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department

admissible

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	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.

admittance

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	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	adj. corporeal.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. sharp and bitter manner

admonish

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	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	adv. once more.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

admonition

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	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

ado

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	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. one who manages a government agency or department

adoration

128

	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department

adroit

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	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful

adulterant

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	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. an adulterating substance.
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.

adulterate

131

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

adumbrate

132

	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	v. to hate violently.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade

advent

133

	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.

adverse

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	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. group of closely located islands
	n. madhouse.
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better

adversity

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	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. portion.

advert

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	v. to refer incidentally.
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.

advertiser

137

	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect

advisory

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	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.

advocacy

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	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something

advocate

140

	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

aerial

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	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. madhouse.
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.

aeronaut

142

	n. proclamation.
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.

aeronautics

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	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	v. blame; condemn

aerostat

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	n. hillside.
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.

aerostatics

145

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.

affable

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	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	v. cause to come together formally

affect

147

	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. state of being suitable
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

affectation

148

	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works

affiliate

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	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	v. associate; incorporate
	n. permanence.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.

affirmative

150

	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.

affix

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	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.

affluence

152

	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	v. to study plant-life.

affront

153

	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect

afoot

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	n. delusive speech.
	adv. in progress.
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event

aforesaid

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	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. one who loves books.

afresh

156

	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. the buttocks.

afterthought

157

	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.

agglomerate

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	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. to hate violently.

aggrandize

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	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

aggravate

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	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

aggravation

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	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.

aggregate

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	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

aggress

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	adj. having or resembling human form.
	v. to make the first attack.
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

aggression

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	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	n. a placing opposite.
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.

aggrieve

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	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

aghast

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	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. a tree.
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

agile

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	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	n. compression
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.

agitate

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	v. bump; hit; conflict
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve

agrarian

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	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

ailment

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	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction

airy

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	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

akin

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	v. diagnose; examine
	v. to change into acid.
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood

alabaster

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	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

alacrity

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	a. awake; alert
	v. to hate violently.
	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness

albeit

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	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding

albino

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	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. alliance

album

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	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. the act of rising.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.

alchemy

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	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration

alcohol

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	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. madhouse.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.

alcoholism

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	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

alcove

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	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.

alder

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	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.

alderman

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	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	v. to predict.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.

aldermanship

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	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.

alias

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	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.

alien

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	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.

alienable

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	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. a tree.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. unrestricted power.

alienate

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	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	v. travel with; be associated with
	adj. before noon.

alienation

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	n. estrangement.
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible

aliment

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	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	n. that which nourishes.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.

alkali

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	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	adj. fit to be eaten.

allay

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	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	adj. saintly.
	v. associate; join
	adj. designed to excite love.

allege

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	v. to walk about
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.

allegory

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	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.

alleviate

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	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	v. to sail quite around.
	v. to hate violently.

alley

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	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

alliance

197

	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. estrangement.
	v. to set apart as sacred.

allot

198

	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.

allotment

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	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	v. to mean; signify.
	n. portion.

allude

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	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	v. to collect into a mass.
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion

allusion

201

	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time

alluvion

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	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. flood.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

ally

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	a. awake; alert
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome

almanac

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	v. to bring about.
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

aloof

205

	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.

altar

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	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve

alter

207

	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

alteration

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	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

altercate

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	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	adj. designed to excite love.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

alternate

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	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

alternative

211

	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

altitude

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	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.

alto

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	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	v. to force into military service.

altruism

214

	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

altruist

215

	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice

amalgam

216

	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.

amalgamate

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	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury

amateur

218

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art

amatory

219

	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	adj. designed to excite love.
	adj. corporeal.

ambidextrous

220

	v. to unite.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	v. put into motion or action; activate

ambiguous

221

	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

ambitious

222

	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. group of closely located islands
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	v. to take when offered.

ambrosial

223

	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	adj. living both on land and in water.

ambulance

224

	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue

ambulate

225

	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	v. to walk about

ambush

226

	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	v. to agree.
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

ameliorate

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	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better

amenable

228

	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. a title of jesus
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

americanism

229

	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

amicable

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	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

amity

231

	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art

amorous

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	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	adv. in progress.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.

amorphous

233

	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	v. to bring about.
	n. an adulterating substance.
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue

amour

234

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation

ampere

235

	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	v. refrain from buying or using
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.

amphibious

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	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	adj. colorless,
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	adj. living both on land and in water.

amphitheater

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	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential

amplitude

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	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. largeness.

amply

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	adv. sufficiently.
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	n. absolute government.
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding

amputate

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	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune

amusement

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	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	n. diversion.

anachronism

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	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.

anagram

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	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	adj. sated with pleasure.

analogous

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	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

analogy

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	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.

analyst

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	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle

analyze

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	v. diagnose; examine
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

anarchy

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	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	v. to mean; signify.
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter

anathema

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	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties

anatomy

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	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm

anecdote

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	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

anemia

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	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

anemic

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	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	adj. affected with anemia.
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.

anemometer

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	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. the act of rising.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.

anesthetic

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	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

anew

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	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	adv. once more.

angelic

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	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	adj. saintly.
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity

anglophobia

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	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.

angular

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	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured

anhydrous

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	adj. withered.
	adv. from side to side.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	adj. joined together in pairs.

animadversion

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	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.

animadvert

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	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. one who entrusts.

animalcule

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	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.

animate

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	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.

animosity

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	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	interj. well done.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.

annalist

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	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. historian.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

annals

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	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

annex

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	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something

annihilate

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	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.

annotate

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	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	adv. sufficiently.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.

annual

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	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.

annuity

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	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings

annunciation

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	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	v. to agree.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. proclamation.

anode

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	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence

anonymous

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	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.

antagonism

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	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

antarctic

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	v. to change into acid.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it

ante

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	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.

antecede

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	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	adj. opposed to human slavery.

antecedent

280

	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. any article of personal property.

antechamber

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	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	adj. wanting water.
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.

antedate

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	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.

antediluvian

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	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. a flowering shrub.

antemeridian

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	adj. before noon.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise

antenatal

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	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion

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	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity

anteroom

287

	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	n. harmony.

anthology

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	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	n. engagement to marry.

anthracite

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	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. hard coal.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.

anthropology

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	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings

anthropomorphous

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	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. an unprovoked attack.

antic

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	n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.

antichrist

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	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	adj. rebellious.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit

anticlimax

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	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house

anticyclone

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	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.

antidote

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	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts

antilogy

297

	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial

antipathize

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	n. proclamation.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.

antiphon

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	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

antiphony

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	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.

antipodes

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	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	v. diagnose; examine
	v. to take when offered.

antiquary

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	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission

antiquate

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	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned

antique

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	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. sharp and bitter manner

antiseptic

305

	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	n. historian.
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

antislavery

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	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.

antispasmodic

307

	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.

antistrophe

308

	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	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. group of closely located islands
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".

antitoxin

309

	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.

antonym

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	v. to remind oneself.
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

anxious

311

	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air

apathy

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	n. lack of caring; indifference
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

aperture

313

	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

apex

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	n. the act of rising.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

aphorism

315

	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

apiary

316

	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.

apogee

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	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position

apology

318

	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. passive consent.
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner

apostate

319

	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film

apostle

320

	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest

apothecary

321

	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.

apotheosis

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	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object

appall

323

	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak

apparent

324

	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

apparition

325

	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

appease

326

	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.

appellate

327

	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	adj. capable of being appealed to.

appellation

328

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	adj. before noon.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another

append

329

	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	v. to set apart as sacred.

appertain

330

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity

apposite

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	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. ally; form a group or unite

apposition

332

	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.

appraise

333

	adj. invulnerable.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity

appreciable

334

	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. greediness.

apprehend

335

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	adj. colorless,

apprehensible

336

	adj. capable of being conceived.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.

approbation

337

	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. madhouse.
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.

appropriate

338

	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	prep. apart from.

aqueduct

339

	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	v. to coagulate.

aqueous

340

	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

arbiter

341

	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job

arbitrary

342

	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle

arbitrate

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	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.

arbor

344

	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. a tree.
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity

arboreal

345

	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works

arborescent

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	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	adj. having the nature of a tree.

arboretum

347

	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	v. to pile or heap together.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes

arboriculture

348

	n. a title of jesus
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

arcade

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	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict

archaeology

350

	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. attachment.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

archaic

351

	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. that which nourishes.

archaism

352

	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. obsolescence.
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

archangel

353

	n. an angel of high rank.
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. one who entrusts.

archbishop

354

	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	n. an acute epidemic disease.

archdeacon

355

	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. that which nourishes.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.

archetype

356

	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.

archipelago

357

	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. group of closely located islands
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill

ardent

358

	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune

ardor

359

	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital

arid

360

	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	a. of or relating to the heart
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants

aristocracy

361

	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. the buttocks.
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class

aristocrat

362

	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content

armada

363

	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.

armful

364

	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. hillside.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.

armory

365

	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured

aroma

366

	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.

arraign

367

	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	adj. cowardly.

arrange

368

	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose

arrangement

369

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. composition; order

arrant

370

	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	adj. notoriously bad.
	v. to name in baptism.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

arrear

371

	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. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. something overdue and unpaid.

arrival

372

	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

arrogant

373

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.

arrogate

374

	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.

artesian

375

	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others

artful

376

	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

arthurian

377

	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.

artifice

378

	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression

artless

379

	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice

ascendant

380

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	adj. dominant.
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation

ascension

381

	n. the act of rising.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.

ascent

382

	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward

ascetic

383

	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.

ascribe

384

	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.

asexual

385

	adj. fit to be eaten.
	a. capable; adept
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly

ashen

386

	n. the act of rising.
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

askance

387

	adj. dominant.
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	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. to give grief or sorrow to.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with

aspirant

389

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job

aspire

390

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number

assailant

391

	n. one who attacks.
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.

assassin

392

	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. ally; form a group or unite

assassinate

393

	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. a flowering shrub.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.

assassination

394

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

assay

395

	n. a college student.
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test

assent

396

	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. permanence.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

assess

397

	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. any article of personal property.

assessor

398

	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial

assets

399

	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force

assiduous

400

	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

assignee

401

	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

assimilate

402

	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	v. to bring about.
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with

assonance

403

	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole

assonant

404

	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

assonate

405

	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.

assuage

406

	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease

astringent

407

	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	n. attachment.
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. historian.

astute

408

	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	adj. compassionate.
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	v. recover gradually from an illness

atheism

409

	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.

athirst

410

	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. diversion.
	adj. wanting water.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.

athwart

411

	adv. from side to side.
	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

atomizer

412

	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

atone

413

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

atonement

414

	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film

atrocious

415

	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.

atrocity

416

	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

attache

417

	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	v. to sail quite around.

attest

418

	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

auburn

419

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. the buttocks.
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.

audacious

420

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold

audible

421

	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth

audition

422

	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request

auditory

423

	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission

augment

424

	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

augur

425

	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	v. to predict.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

augustinian

426

	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause

aura

427

	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. ally; form a group or unite

aural

428

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.

auricle

429

	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. a title of jesus

auricular

430

	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.

auriferous

431

	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	a. compatible; harmonious
	adj. containing gold.

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
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term

auspice

433

	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.

austere

434

	v. blame; condemn
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling

autarchy

435

	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. unrestricted power.
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.

authentic

436

	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.

authenticity

437

	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography

autocracy

438

	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. absolute government.
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of

autocrat

439

	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power

automaton

440

	adj. contributing to an end.
	a. two-sided; mutual
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence

autonomous

441

	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. state of being absent; state of being away

autonomy

442

	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

autopsy

443

	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	v. cause to come together formally
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time

autumnal

444

	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

auxiliary

445

	n. lack of caring; indifference
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary

avalanche

446

	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice

avarice

447

	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

aver

448

	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act

averse

449

	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass

aversion

450

	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	adj. corporeal.

avert

451

	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away

aviary

452

	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept

avidity

453

	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. greediness.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.

avocation

454

	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

avow

455

	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

awaken

456

	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	n. absolute government.

aye

457

	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena

azalea

458

	n. a tree.
	n. a flowering shrub.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

azure

459

	n. attachment.
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.

baconian

460

	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

bacterium

461

	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

badger

462

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist

baffle

463

	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause

bailiff

464

	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population

baize

465

	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

bale

466

	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. the buttocks.
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation

baleful

467

	interj. well done.
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	adv. once more.

ballad

468

	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	adj. invulnerable.

balsam

469

	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

banal

470

	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	adj. tending to one point.
	v. equip; provide with military equipment

barcarole

471

	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.

baritone

472

	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

barograph

473

	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.

barometer

474

	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	v. to change into acid.

barring

475

	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	prep. apart from.
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	adj. joined together in pairs.

bask

476

	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for

bass

477

	v. to unite.
	n. conversation.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	adj. low in tone or compass.

baste

478

	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations

baton

479

	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race

battalion

480

	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.

batten

481

	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice

batter

482

	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	adv. once more.

bauble

483

	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

bawl

484

	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point

beatify

485

	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	v. to make supremely happy.
	v. produce; give rise to

beatitude

486

	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

beau

487

	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	n. an escort or lover.

becalm

488

	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. eating or drinking of something

beck

489

	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential

bedaub

490

	n. water saturated with salt.
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	v. to confuse.

bedeck

491

	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	adv. in good season or time.
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	v. to cover with ornament.

bedlam

492

	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. madhouse.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance

befog

493

	adj. tending to one point.
	v. to confuse.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	n. breaking of contract or duty

befriend

494

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.

beget

495

	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	v. produce; give rise to
	n. unrestricted power.

begrudge

496

	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

belate

497

	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. a person with whom another confers.

belay

498

	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.

belie

499

	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.

believe

500

	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part

belittle

501

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.

belle

502

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

bellicose

503

	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow

belligerent

504

	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another

bemoan

505

	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.

benediction

506

	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

benefactor

507

	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something

benefice

508

	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. composition; order
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

beneficent

509

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	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
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	v. to walk about

beneficial

510

	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being

beneficiary

511

	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate

benefit

512

	v. blame; condemn
	adj. affected with anemia.
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration

benevolence

513

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander

benevolent

514

	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	v. to take when offered.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. group of closely located islands

benign

515

	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant

benignant

516

	v. refrain from buying or using
	v. to await.
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art

benignity

517

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	v. produce; give rise to
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

benison

518

	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. blessing.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

bequeath

519

	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.

bereave

520

	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus

berth

521

	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

beseech

522

	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	a. of the same kin; related by blood

beset

523

	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	v. bump; hit; conflict

besmear

524

	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.

bestial

525

	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect

bestrew

526

	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

bestride

527

	v. declare to be true; affirm
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time

bethink

528

	v. to remind oneself.
	n. proximity.
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

betide

529

	adj. harmonious.
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.

betimes

530

	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	adv. in good season or time.
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. water saturated with salt.

betroth

531

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.

betrothal

532

	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	adj. tending to one point.
	n. engagement to marry.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

bevel

533

	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

bewilder

534

	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

bibliography

535

	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject

bibliomania

536

	n. the passion for collecting books.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness

bibliophile

537

	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. one who loves books.

bibulous

538

	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	v. to agree.
	a. capable; adept

bide

539

	v. to await.
	n. courtesy towards women
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion

biennial

540

	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	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. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey

bier

541

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.

bigamist

542

	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.

bigamy

543

	adv. sufficiently.
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.

bight

544

	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	a. occurring or payable every year

bilateral

545

	a. two-sided; mutual
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film

bilingual

546

	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

biograph

547

	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.

biology

548

	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	adj. capable of being conceived.

biped

549

	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint

birthright

550

	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile

bitterness

551

	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	adj. tending to one point.
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy

blase

552

	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.

blaspheme

553

	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

blatant

554

	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive

blaze

555

	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame

blazon

556

	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. scratch; friction
	v. to make widely or generally known.

bleak

557

	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery

blemish

558

	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

blithe

559

	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner

blithesome

560

	adj. cheerful.
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.

blockade

561

	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.

boatswain

562

	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow

bodily

563

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	adj. corporeal.
	n. the first light of day; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.

boisterous

564

	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

bole

565

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	v. associate; join
	v. to happen to or befall.

bolero

566

	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

boll

567

	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. proximity.
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.

bolster

568

	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.

bomb

569

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. one who entrusts.

bombard

570

	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. the buttocks.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood

bombardier

571

	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.

bombast

572

	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.

boorish

573

	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	adj. cheerful.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit

bore

574

	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.

borough

575

	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to 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
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

bosom

576

	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.

botanical

577

	n. the buttocks.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.

botanize

578

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	v. to study plant-life.

botany

579

	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.

bountiful

580

	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

bowdlerize

581

	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works

bowler

582

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

boycott

583

	v. to walk about
	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change

brae

584

	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. hillside.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down

braggart

585

	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	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. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person

brandish

586

	v. to refer incidentally.
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time

bravado

587

	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.

bravo

588

	adj. designed to excite love.
	interj. well done.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth

bray

589

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	adj. tending to one point.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

braze

590

	n. conversation.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.

brazier

591

	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	v. to bring about.

breach

592

	n. the state of being adjacent.
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. component or part; citizen, voter

breaker

593

	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.

breech

594

	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. the buttocks.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

brethren

595

	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	v. associate; incorporate
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.

brevity

596

	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression

bridle

597

	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject

brigade

598

	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

brigadier

599

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.

brigand

600

	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

brimstone

601

	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	adj. tending to one point.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. sulfur.

brine

602

	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	v. to walk about
	v. associate; incorporate
	n. water saturated with salt.

bristle

603

	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

britannia

604

	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).

briticism

605

	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive

brittle

606

	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

broach

607

	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	v. to be in collusion.

broadcast

608

	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show

brogan

609

	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	v. produce; give rise to

brogue

610

	n. attachment.
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

brokerage

611

	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

bromine

612

	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.

bronchitis

613

	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.

bronchus

614

	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	interj. well done.
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	v. to take when offered.

brooch

615

	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women

brotherhood

616

	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. compression
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.

browbeat

617

	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem

brusque

618

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	v. to coagulate.
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept

buffoon

619

	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	adj. cone-bearing trees.

buffoonery

620

	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.

bulbous

621

	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	adj. living both on land and in water.

bullock

622

	n. a tree.
	n. an ox.
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.

bulrush

623

	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever

bulwark

624

	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

bumper

625

	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory

bumptious

626

	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

bungle

627

	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering 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
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

buoyancy

628

	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.

buoyant

629

	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

bureau

630

	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.

bureaucracy

631

	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.

burgess

632

	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

burgher

633

	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use

burnish

634

	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times

bursar

635

	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. the buttocks.

bustle

636

	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.

butt

637

	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.

butte

638

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.

buttress

639

	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. state of being suitable
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants

cabal

640

	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

cabinet

641

	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar

cacophony

642

	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

cadaverous

643

	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

cadence

644

	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension

cadenza

645

	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

caitiff

646

	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	n. an animal having two feet.
	adj. cowardly.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.

cajole

647

	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite

cajolery

648

	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. delusive speech.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

calculable

649

	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

calculus

650

	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	v. to predict.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks

callosity

651

	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

callow

652

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

calorie

653

	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	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. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent

calumny

654

	adj. sated with pleasure.
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

calvary

655

	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. the place where christ was crucified.

calvinism

656

	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. a vehement appeal.
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

calvinize

657

	n. flood.
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	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. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.

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
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	a. of or relating to the heart

campaign

660

	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial

canaanite

661

	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.

canary

662

	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

candid

663

	n. recognition.
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

candor

664

	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. engagement to marry.

canine

665

	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. hillside.
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

canon

666

	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.

cant

667

	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.

cantata

668

	n. an abiding.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	adj. taking notice.
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

canto

669

	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

cantonment

670

	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness

capacious

671

	adj. withered.
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.

capillary

672

	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number

capitulate

673

	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

caprice

674

	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being

caption

675

	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	a. of or relating to the heart
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

captious

676

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.

captivate

677

	a. two-sided; mutual
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.

carcass

678

	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. the place where christ was crucified.

cardiac

679

	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	a. of or relating to the heart

cardinal

680

	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. an escort or lover.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures

caret

681

	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.

caricature

682

	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.

carnage

683

	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people

carnal

684

	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	n. an escort or lover.
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept

carnivorous

685

	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak

carouse

686

	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	v. to change into acid.

carrion

687

	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.

cartilage

688

	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.

cartridge

689

	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.

caste

690

	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

castigate

691

	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. unrestricted power.
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

casual

692

	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated

casualty

693

	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. permanence.

cataclysm

694

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.

cataract

695

	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive

catastrophe

696

	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. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over

cathode

697

	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.

catholicism

698

	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	v. to cover with ornament.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.

catholicity

699

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.

caucus

700

	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

causal

701

	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	adj. containing gold.
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

caustic

702

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.

cauterize

703

	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

cede

704

	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	n. largeness.

censor

705

	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.

censorious

706

	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. any strikingly great person or object.

census

707

	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. hard coal.
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion

centenary

708

	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. portion.
	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject

centiliter

709

	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	n. a college student.
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.

centimeter

710

	n. any article of personal property.
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks

centurion

711

	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	adj. designed to excite love.

cereal

712

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.

ceremonial

713

	inter. good-by; farewell.
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert

ceremonious

714

	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

cessation

715

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. tendency to keep together
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing

cession

716

	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. hillside.
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year

chameleon

717

	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion

chancery

718

	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

chaos

719

	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	v. state without proof; assert to be true

characteristic

720

	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait

characterize

721

	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	v. to cover with ornament.
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial

charlatan

722

	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner

chasten

723

	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

chastise

724

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

chastity

725

	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. attachment.

chateau

726

	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	adj. compassionate.

chattel

727

	v. to await.
	n. any article of personal property.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.

check

728

	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	a. capable; adept
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain

chiffon

729

	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will

chivalry

730

	n. courtesy towards women
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

cholera

731

	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. an ox.

choleric

732

	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with

choral

733

	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.

christ

734

	v. put into motion or action; activate
	adv. once more.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. a title of jesus

christen

735

	v. to name in baptism.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

christendom

736

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	v. blame; condemn
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

chromatic

737

	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. conversation.

chronology

738

	v. to change into acid.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time

chronometer

739

	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

cipher

740

	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number

circulate

741

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	v. to coagulate.
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned

circumference

742

	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. an angel of high rank.

circumlocution

743

	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

circumnavigate

744

	v. to sail quite around.
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle

circumscribe

745

	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint

circumspect

746

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	v. to make widely or generally known.

citadel

747

	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. hard coal.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race

cite

748

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories

claimant

749

	adj. capable of being conceived.
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. politeness.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.

clairvoyance

750

	v. to remind oneself.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.

clamorous

751

	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. state of being suitable
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused

clan

752

	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. sulfur.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

clandestine

753

	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. the state of being adjacent.

clangor

754

	v. to make familiar by use.
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

clarify

755

	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate

clarion

756

	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.

classify

757

	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

clearance

758

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	n. eating or drinking of something
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

clemency

759

	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with

clement

760

	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	adj. dominant.
	adj. compassionate.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful

clothier

761

	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.

clumsy

762

	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.

coagulant

763

	adj. producing coagulation.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	v. breakdown; failure
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

coagulate

764

	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass

coalescence

765

	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts

coalition

766

	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	adj. cowardly.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.

coddle

767

	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point

codicil

768

	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	v. associate; join
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will

coerce

769

	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.

coercion

770

	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.

coercive

771

	adj. serving or tending to force.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. delusive speech.
	adj. rebellious.

cogent

772

	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	adj. harmonious.
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.

cognate

773

	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	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. an animal having two feet.
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function

cognizant

774

	n. the act or state or conforming.
	adj. taking notice.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

cohere

775

	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	v. include; consist of; be composed of

cohesion

776

	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. tendency to keep together
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".

cohesive

777

	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. the buttocks.
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily

coincide

778

	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

coincidence

779

	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	v. to confuse.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

coincident

780

	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

collaborate

781

	n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	a. having power to advice; containing advice

collapse

782

	v. breakdown; failure
	n. portion.
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

collapsible

783

	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book

colleague

784

	n. a placing opposite.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order

collective

785

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. unrestricted power.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

collector

786

	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. madhouse.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.

collegian

787

	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. a college student.

collide

788

	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	v. to change into acid.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge

collier

789

	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

collision

790

	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. the buttocks.

colloquial

791

	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

colloquialism

792

	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.

colloquy

793

	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. conversation.

collusion

794

	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.

colossus

795

	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	adj. wanting water.
	n. any strikingly great person or object.

comely

796

	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.

comestible

797

	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	adj. fit to be eaten.

comical

798

	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise

commemorate

799

	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

commentary

800

	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	adj. delicate, ethereal.

commingle

801

	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	v. to blend.

commissariat

802

	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	n. madhouse.

commission

803

	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	n. largeness.
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize

commitment

804

	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

committal

805

	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

commodity

806

	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	adj. designed to excite love.
	v. declare to be true; affirm

commotion

807

	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

commute

808

	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	v. to happen to or befall.

comparable

809

	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. a flowering shrub.

comparative

810

	v. associate; join
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

comparison

811

	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.

compensate

812

	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	v. make amends for; reimburse

competence

813

	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

competent

814

	adj. cowardly.
	a. awake; alert
	a. capable; adept
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade

competitive

815

	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade

competitor

816

	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	adj. dominant.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.

complacent

817

	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.

complaisance

818

	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. politeness.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department

complaisant

819

	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	v. to agree.

complement

820

	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.

complex

821

	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	prep. apart from.

compliant

822

	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.

complicate

823

	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.

complication

824

	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	adj. contributing to an end.
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion

complicity

825

	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	adj. producing coagulation.

compliment

826

	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	v. to hate violently.
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise

component

827

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. politeness.

comport

828

	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of

composure

829

	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	adj. fond of drinking.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

comprehensible

830

	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. something overdue and unpaid.

comprehension

831

	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.

comprehensive

832

	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. estrangement.
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope

compress

833

	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	adj. joined together in pairs.

compressible

834

	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration

compression

835

	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

comprise

836

	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	prep. apart from.
	v. include; consist of; be composed of

compulsion

837

	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	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. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	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

	v. to study plant-life.
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.

compunction

839

	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	v. to force into military service.

compute

840

	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	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. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle

concede

841

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.

conceit

842

	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself

conceive

843

	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

concerto

844

	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist

concession

845

	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	a. compatible; harmonious

conciliate

846

	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place

conciliatory

847

	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. any article of personal property.
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

conclusive

848

	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. historian.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

concord

849

	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission

concordance

850

	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. harmony.
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. the buttocks.

concur

851

	v. to agree.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	a. comparable; similar or alike

concurrence

852

	n. diversion.
	n. agreement.
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	a. chief; serving as an essential component

concurrent

853

	n. obsolescence.
	v. to confuse.
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated

concussion

854

	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. estrangement.

condensation

855

	n. compression
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.

condense

856

	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

condescend

857

	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest

condolence

858

	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	v. to make the first attack.
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.

conduce

859

	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	v. to bring about.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

conducive

860

	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	adj. contributing to an end.

conductible

861

	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.

conduit

862

	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud

confectionery

863

	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.

confederacy

864

	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. alliance
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

confederate

865

	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease

confer

866

	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

conferee

867

	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	adj. low in tone or compass.

confessor

868

	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	n. a spiritual advisor.

confidant

869

	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value

confide

870

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	adj. dominant.

confidence

871

	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings

confident

872

	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.

confinement

873

	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	v. to happen to or befall.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.

confiscate

874

	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	adj. recovering health after sickness.

conflagration

875

	n. composition; order
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.

confluence

876

	v. to bring about.
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression

confluent

877

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	adv. in good season or time.

conformable

878

	adj. harmonious.
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food

conformance

879

	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

conformation

880

	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate

conformity

881

	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement

confront

882

	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with

congeal

883

	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	v. to coagulate.
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent

congenial

884

	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	a. compatible
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class

congest

885

	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	v. to collect into a mass.

congregate

886

	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	v. assemble; convene; gather

coniferous

887

	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	adj. containing gold.
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. hillside.

conjecture

888

	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.

conjoin

889

	v. to unite.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal

conjugal

890

	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

conjugate

891

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest

conjugation

892

	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.

conjunction

893

	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

connive

894

	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. use of force to get someone to obey

connoisseur

895

	adj. designed to excite love.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

connote

896

	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	v. to mean; signify.
	v. breakdown; failure
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.

connubial

897

	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.

conquer

898

	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over

consanguineous

899

	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation

conscience

900

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. flood.
	a. two-sided; mutual

conscientious

901

	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something

conscious

902

	a. awake; alert
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something

conscript

903

	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	v. to force into military service.
	n. an animal having two feet.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for

consecrate

904

	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	adj. affected with anemia.
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art

consecutive

905

	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. an acute epidemic disease.

consensus

906

	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality

conservatism

907

	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something

conservative

908

	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. any reality.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. recognition.

conservatory

909

	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

consign

910

	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

consignee

911

	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.

consignor

912

	n. one who entrusts.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	a. occurring or payable every year

consistency

913

	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. proclamation.
	adv. in good season or time.
	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
	adj. affected with anemia.
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.

consolidate

915

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

consonance

916

	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.

consonant

917

	a. compatible; harmonious
	adv. from side to side.
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees

consort

918

	v. associate; join
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	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.

conspicuous

919

	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	v. recover gradually from an illness

conspirator

920

	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

conspire

921

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	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. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

constable

922

	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

constellation

923

	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.

consternation

924

	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope

constituency

925

	v. to predict.
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity

constituent

926

	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	adj. withered.
	v. cause to come together formally

constrict

927

	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. sulfur.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing

consul

928

	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

consulate

929

	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. water saturated with salt.
	adj. fond of drinking.

consummate

930

	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	v. to delay past the proper hour.

consumption

931

	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

consumptive

932

	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming

contagion

933

	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. tendency to keep together

contagious

934

	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	v. to refer incidentally.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

contaminate

935

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. an acute epidemic disease.

contemplate

936

	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	adv. in good season or time.
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.

contemporaneous

937

	v. make amends for; reimburse
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror

contemporary

938

	v. to coagulate.
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented

contemptible

939

	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean

contemptuous

940

	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help

contender

941

	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	adv. sufficiently.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat

contiguity

942

	n. an escort or lover.
	prep. apart from.
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. proximity.

contiguous

943

	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring

continence

944

	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

contingency

945

	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help

contingent

946

	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	n. compression
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension

continuance

947

	n. permanence.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing

continuation

948

	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.

continuity

949

	n. an unprovoked attack.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

continuous

950

	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name

contort

951

	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans

contraband

952

	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

contradiction

953

	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve

contradictory

954

	v. to make the first attack.
	adv. an expression of assent.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.

contraposition

955

	n. a placing opposite.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

contravene

956

	n. composition; order
	adj. colorless,
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.

contribution

957

	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification

contributor

958

	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	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. chronological record of the events of successive years

contrite

959

	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.

contrivance

960

	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	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.

contrive

961

	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design

control

962

	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

controller

963

	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily

contumacious

964

	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	adj. rebellious.
	a. capable; adept

contumacy

965

	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.

contuse

966

	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.

contusion

967

	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.

convalesce

968

	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	a. comparable; similar or alike

convalescence

969

	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown

convalescent

970

	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. scratch; friction
	adj. recovering health after sickness.

convene

971

	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	v. cause to come together formally
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties

convenience

972

	n. state of being suitable
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.

converge

973

	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together

convergent

974

	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	adj. tending to one point.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring

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