GRE Big Book Words List| Match Practice

GRE Big Book Words

Group (1) - Matching Quizzes

abase

	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. largeness.
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.

abbess

	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	v. to name in baptism.

abbey

	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

abbot

	v. to walk about
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.

abdicate

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

abdomen

	n. one who entrusts.
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

abdominal

	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	n. recognition.
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food

abduction

	v. to change into acid.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force

abed

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

aberration

	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

abet

	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

abeyance

	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.

abhorrence

	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.

abhorrent

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever

abidance

	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. an abiding.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

abject

	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status

abjure

	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.

ablution

	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite

abnegate

	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. politeness.

abnormal

	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak

abominable

	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	prep. apart from.

abominate

	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	v. to hate violently.

abomination

	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.

aboriginal

	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. a tree.
	n. an escort or lover.
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.

aborigines

	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

abrade

	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. a tree.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode

abrasion

	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. scratch; friction
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis

abridge

	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	v. associate; incorporate
	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. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

abridgment

	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist

abrogate

	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

abrupt

	v. associate; join
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.

abscess

	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

abscission

	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	v. to take when offered.

abscond

	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	a. occurring or payable every year
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	v. to agree.

absence

	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. state of being absent; state of being away

absolution

	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

absolve

	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

absorb

	n. madhouse.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.

absorption

	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

abstain

	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice

abstemious

	v. to confuse.
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.

abstinence

	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	n. scratch; friction
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire

abstruse

	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

absurd

	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish

abundant

	n. diversion.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	v. contradict; give a false impression

abusive

	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

abut

	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	adj. harmonious.

abyss

	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

academic

	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

academician

	v. to change into acid.
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. passive consent.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

academy

	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists

accede

	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

accelerate

	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. conversation.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	v. to take when offered.
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.

access

	n. approach; entry; entrance
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	adv. in progress.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.

accessible

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

accession

	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. a placing opposite.
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.

accessory

	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league

acclaim

	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. scratch; friction
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. that which nourishes.

accommodate

	adv. sufficiently.
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

accompaniment

	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.

accompanist

	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.

accompany

	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity

accomplice

	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing

accomplish

	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.

accordion

	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. compression
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	v. state without proof; assert to be true

accost

	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.

account

	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

accouter

	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	a. two-sided; mutual
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth

accredit

	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for

accumulate

	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

accuracy

	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

accurate

	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

accursed

	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve

accusation

	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy

accusatory

	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.

accuse

	v. blame; condemn
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. passive consent.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge

accustom

	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	v. to make familiar by use.
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status

acerbity

	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

acetate

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.

acetic

	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode

ache

	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract

achillean

	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	adj. invulnerable.

achromatic

	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	adj. colorless,
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

acid

	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. politeness.
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

acidify

	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	v. to change into acid.
	v. to bring about.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.

acknowledge

	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

acknowledgment

	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. recognition.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.

acme

	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.

acoustic

	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	v. to blend.
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change

acquaint

	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.

acquiesce

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. hard coal.

acquiescence

	n. passive consent.
	n. hillside.
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. lack of caring; indifference

acquit

	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule

acquittal

	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

acquittance

	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	adj. wanting water.
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily

acreage

	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.

acrid

	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

acrimonious

	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	v. to unite.
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner

acrimony

100

	a. capable; adept
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person

actionable

101

	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	adj. containing gold.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. a flowering shrub.

actuality

102

	n. any reality.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming

actuary

103

	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.

actuate

104

	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	prep. apart from.
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality

acumen

105

	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

acute

106

	adj. low in tone or compass.
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

adamant

107

	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

addendum

108

	adj. fond of drinking.
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book

addle

109

	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. the state of being adjacent.

adduce

110

	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.

adhere

111

	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	a. considerable; perceptible

adherence

112

	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. attachment.
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	n. state of being suitable

adherent

113

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.

adhesion

114

	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. scratch; friction

adieu

115

	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	inter. good-by; farewell.

adjacency

116

	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. the state of being adjacent.

adjacent

117

	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage

adjudge

118

	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. unrestricted power.
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.

adjunct

119

	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

adjuration

120

	v. declare to be true; affirm
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	n. a vehement appeal.

adjutant

121

	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	adj. auxiliary.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

administrator

122

	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	n. sulfur.

admissible

123

	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. expression of warm approval; praise

admittance

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	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	adj. rebellious.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

admonish

125

	adj. affected with anemia.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

admonition

126

	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

ado

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	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	adj. having or resembling human form.

adoration

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	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god

adroit

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	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power

adulterant

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	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote

adulterate

131

	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. agreement.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

adumbrate

132

	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	v. to agree.
	v. to blend.

advent

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	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important

adverse

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	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better

adversity

135

	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune

advert

136

	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	v. to refer incidentally.
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.

advertiser

137

	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

advisory

138

	n. engagement to marry.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. the act of rising.

advocacy

139

	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something

advocate

140

	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order

aerial

141

	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air

aeronaut

142

	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	a. of or relating to the heart

aeronautics

143

	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. blessing.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

aerostat

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	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form

aerostatics

145

	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

affable

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	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons

affect

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	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

affectation

148

	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. composition; order
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

affiliate

149

	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	v. associate; incorporate

affirmative

150

	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	adj. withered.
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce

affix

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	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	adj. withered.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.

affluence

152

	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	adj. saintly.
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth

affront

153

	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.

afoot

154

	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	adv. in progress.
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.

aforesaid

155

	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end

afresh

156

	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	v. to bring about.
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.

afterthought

157

	adj. rebellious.
	adv. from side to side.
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.

agglomerate

158

	v. to pile or heap together.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	n. alliance
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.

aggrandize

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	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant

aggravate

160

	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies

aggravation

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	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. that which nourishes.
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

aggregate

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	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. a title of jesus
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it

aggress

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	v. to make the first attack.
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over

aggression

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	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. an unprovoked attack.

aggrieve

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	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.

aghast

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	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame

agile

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	v. recover gradually from an illness
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

agitate

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	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

agrarian

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	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity

ailment

170

	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

airy

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	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	v. to predict.

akin

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	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. one who loves books.
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms

alabaster

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	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	adj. withered.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.

alacrity

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	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. proximity.

albeit

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	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak

albino

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	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	adj. withered.
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

album

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	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

alchemy

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	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department

alcohol

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	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.

alcoholism

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	v. to be in collusion.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order

alcove

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	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	inter. good-by; farewell.

alder

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	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

alderman

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	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.

aldermanship

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	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

alias

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	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

alien

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	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. a title of jesus
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person

alienable

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	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will

alienate

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	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere

alienation

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	n. estrangement.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.

aliment

190

	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. that which nourishes.

alkali

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	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. diversion.
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

allay

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	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	adj. before noon.

allege

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	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade

allegory

194

	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

alleviate

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	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part

alley

196

	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	v. associate; incorporate
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. attachment.

alliance

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	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean

allot

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	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

allotment

199

	n. portion.
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.

allude

200

	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. book of literary selections by various authors

allusion

201

	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	n. an acute epidemic disease.

alluvion

202

	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. flood.
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise

ally

203

	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass

almanac

204

	n. group of closely located islands
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

aloof

205

	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	v. assemble; convene; gather

altar

206

	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. group of closely located islands
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity

alter

207

	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.

alteration

208

	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable

altercate

209

	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. the act of rising.

alternate

210

	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	v. associate; incorporate
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. obsolescence.

alternative

211

	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

altitude

212

	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.

alto

213

	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	v. to remind oneself.

altruism

214

	n. that which nourishes.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

altruist

215

	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height

amalgam

216

	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

amalgamate

217

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	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
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury

amateur

218

	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect

amatory

219

	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	v. associate; incorporate

ambidextrous

220

	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts

ambiguous

221

	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.

ambitious

222

	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem

ambrosial

223

	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. portion.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable

ambulance

224

	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

ambulate

225

	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	v. to walk about
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.

ambush

226

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. use of force to get someone to obey

ameliorate

227

	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. one who loves books.

amenable

228

	n. one who entrusts.
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable

americanism

229

	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.

amicable

230

	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity

amity

231

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	adj. invulnerable.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations

amorous

232

	n. that which nourishes.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. a vehement appeal.
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

amorphous

233

	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish

amour

234

	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

ampere

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	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	adj. notoriously bad.

amphibious

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	n. hillside.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	adj. living both on land and in water.

amphitheater

237

	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena

amplitude

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	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	n. largeness.
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test

amply

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	adv. sufficiently.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing

amputate

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	n. historian.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation

amusement

241

	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. diversion.
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion

anachronism

242

	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	adv. in good season or time.

anagram

243

	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. the science of life or living organisms.

analogous

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	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.

analogy

245

	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

analyst

246

	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing

analyze

247

	v. to await.
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts

anarchy

248

	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion

anathema

249

	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.

anatomy

250

	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

anecdote

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	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better

anemia

252

	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality

anemic

253

	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	adj. affected with anemia.
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner

anemometer

254

	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

anesthetic

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	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling

anew

256

	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	adv. once more.
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house

angelic

257

	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	adj. saintly.
	n. an angel of high rank.

anglophobia

258

	adj. saintly.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation

angular

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	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule

anhydrous

260

	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	adj. withered.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

animadversion

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	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	n. diversion.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.

animadvert

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	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable

animalcule

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	adj. auxiliary.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.

animate

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	n. the first light of day; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	v. to bring about.

animosity

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	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.

annalist

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	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. historian.
	n. book of literary selections by various authors

annals

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	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	adj. cheerful.

annex

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	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit

annihilate

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	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming

annotate

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	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

annual

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	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect

annuity

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	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning

annunciation

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	n. proclamation.
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories

anode

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	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.

anonymous

275

	v. to refer incidentally.
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

antagonism

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	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind

antarctic

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	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. estrangement.

ante

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	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

antecede

279

	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

antecedent

280

	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. one who loves books.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.

antechamber

281

	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.

antedate

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	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	v. to make the first attack.
	v. be earlier in time; go back further

antediluvian

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	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal

antemeridian

284

	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	adj. before noon.

antenatal

285

	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	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. a placing opposite.
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

286

	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	adj. withered.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

anteroom

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	prep. apart from.
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.

anthology

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	v. associate; incorporate
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned

anthracite

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	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. hard coal.

anthropology

290

	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor

anthropomorphous

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	adj. corporeal.
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	adj. having or resembling human form.

antic

292

	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

antichrist

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	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.

anticlimax

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	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

anticyclone

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	a. awake; alert
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.

antidote

296

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction

antilogy

297

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

antipathize

298

	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	adj. saintly.

antiphon

299

	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.

antiphony

300

	n. an escort or lover.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.

antipodes

301

	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

antiquary

302

	v. to remind oneself.
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans

antiquate

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	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. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

antique

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	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.

antiseptic

305

	n. passive consent.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	n. delusive speech.
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body

antislavery

306

	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent

antispasmodic

307

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	adj. fit to be eaten.

antistrophe

308

	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

antitoxin

309

	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.

antonym

310

	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.

anxious

311

	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. agreement.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	prep. apart from.

apathy

312

	n. lack of caring; indifference
	v. to walk about
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. one who entrusts.

aperture

313

	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.

apex

314

	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax

aphorism

315

	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. a vehement appeal.

apiary

316

	adj. before noon.
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time

apogee

317

	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. a spiritual advisor.

apology

318

	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

apostate

319

	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. group of closely located islands
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

apostle

320

	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

apothecary

321

	n. group of closely located islands
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling

apotheosis

322

	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	adj. colorless,

appall

323

	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak

apparent

324

	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	n. estrangement.

apparition

325

	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	a. of the same kin; related by blood

appease

326

	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. a stream that unites with another.

appellate

327

	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.

appellation

328

	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy

append

329

	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	v. to change into acid.

appertain

330

	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

apposite

331

	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited

apposition

332

	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

appraise

333

	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	interj. well done.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.

appreciable

334

	a. considerable; perceptible
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food

apprehend

335

	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	v. to walk about
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.

apprehensible

336

	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

approbation

337

	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. alliance
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage

appropriate

338

	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time

aqueduct

339

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test

aqueous

340

	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

arbiter

341

	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times

arbitrary

342

	adj. invulnerable.
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle

arbitrate

343

	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

arbor

344

	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. flood.
	n. a tree.

arboreal

345

	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	adj. wanting water.

arborescent

346

	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. engagement to marry.
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

arboretum

347

	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

arboriculture

348

	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

arcade

349

	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	n. a placing opposite.
	interj. well done.
	a. comparable; similar or alike

archaeology

350

	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. permanence.
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives

archaic

351

	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

archaism

352

	n. obsolescence.
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

archangel

353

	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

archbishop

354

	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.

archdeacon

355

	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision

archetype

356

	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned

archipelago

357

	n. group of closely located islands
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.

ardent

358

	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate

ardor

359

	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with

arid

360

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants

aristocracy

361

	n. any reality.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class

aristocrat

362

	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble

armada

363

	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble

armful

364

	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. recognition.

armory

365

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion

aroma

366

	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food

arraign

367

	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	v. to change into acid.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

arrange

368

	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.

arrangement

369

	adj. colorless,
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. composition; order
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling

arrant

370

	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	adj. notoriously bad.

arrear

371

	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. something overdue and unpaid.

arrival

372

	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.

arrogant

373

	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans

arrogate

374

	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

artesian

375

	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	adj. cowardly.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.

artful

376

	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.

arthurian

377

	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.

artifice

378

	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality

artless

379

	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily

ascendant

380

	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	adj. dominant.

ascension

381

	n. the act of rising.
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	adj. tending to one point.
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use

ascent

382

	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce

ascetic

383

	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	adj. producing coagulation.
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive

ascribe

384

	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality

asexual

385

	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

ashen

386

	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes

askance

387

	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes

asperity

388

	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.

aspirant

389

	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	v. quote; adduce as an instance

aspire

390

	v. to coagulate.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	v. quote; adduce as an instance

assailant

391

	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. one who attacks.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive

assassin

392

	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.

assassinate

393

	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	v. to walk about
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

assassination

394

	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.

assay

395

	adj. auxiliary.
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	v. quote; adduce as an instance

assent

396

	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	v. produce; give rise to
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.

assess

397

	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	adj. taking notice.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something

assessor

398

	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.

assets

399

	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	adj. taking notice.

assiduous

400

	adj. withered.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. composition; order
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent

assignee

401

	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.

assimilate

402

	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases

assonance

403

	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.

assonant

404

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind

assonate

405

	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number

assuage

406

	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	adv. once more.

astringent

407

	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art

astute

408

	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. the act of rising.

atheism

409

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	v. to hate violently.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. the denial of the existence of god.

athirst

410

	adj. wanting water.
	n. diversion.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement

athwart

411

	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	v. to name in baptism.
	adv. from side to side.
	a. definitive; decisive; final

atomizer

412

	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede

atone

413

	adv. from side to side.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.

atonement

414

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. obsolescence.

atrocious

415

	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	a. two-sided; mutual
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.

atrocity

416

	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject

attache

417

	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	v. to agree.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

attest

418

	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity

auburn

419

	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.

audacious

420

	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. largeness.
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.

audible

421

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	prep. apart from.

audition

422

	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

auditory

423

	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

augment

424

	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
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near

augur

425

	v. to predict.
	n. harmony.
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

augustinian

426

	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.

aura

427

	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons

aural

428

	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.

auricle

429

	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. breaking of contract or duty

auricular

430

	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect

auriferous

431

	adj. containing gold.
	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. the passion for collecting books.

aurora

432

	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	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. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. an adulterating substance.

auspice

433

	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.

austere

434

	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	v. cause to come together formally
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply

autarchy

435

	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. unrestricted power.
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited

authentic

436

	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	v. to mean; signify.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

authenticity

437

	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

autocracy

438

	n. one who attacks.
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	n. absolute government.

autocrat

439

	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

automaton

440

	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter

autonomous

441

	adj. compassionate.
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	adj. designed to excite love.
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

autonomy

442

	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination

autopsy

443

	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.

autumnal

444

	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things

auxiliary

445

	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

avalanche

446

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

avarice

447

	n. the act or state or conforming.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.

aver

448

	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.

averse

449

	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of

aversion

450

	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	v. to obtain the friendship of.

avert

451

	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job

aviary

452

	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. hillside.

avidity

453

	adv. once more.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. greediness.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.

avocation

454

	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

avow

455

	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	v. associate; join
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly

awaken

456

	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	v. to force into military service.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.

aye

457

	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	adv. an expression of assent.

azalea

458

	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. a flowering shrub.
	v. to await.

azure

459

	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing

baconian

460

	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity

bacterium

461

	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. portion.

badger

462

	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

baffle

463

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly

bailiff

464

	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. conversation.
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.

baize

465

	v. to walk about
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.

bale

466

	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

baleful

467

	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

ballad

468

	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition

balsam

469

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job

banal

470

	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. flood.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality

barcarole

471

	n. a tree.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together

baritone

472

	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter

barograph

473

	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.

barometer

474

	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.

barring

475

	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	n. that which nourishes.
	prep. apart from.

bask

476

	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. portion.

bass

477

	adj. saintly.
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	adv. in good season or time.

baste

478

	n. over-regulated administrative system
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing

baton

479

	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	adj. joined together in pairs.

battalion

480

	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.

batten

481

	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person

batter

482

	n. the act or state or conforming.
	v. to change into acid.
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something

bauble

483

	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

bawl

484

	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. recognition.

beatify

485

	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.

beatitude

486

	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile

beau

487

	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. an escort or lover.
	v. to make supremely happy.

becalm

488

	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

beck

489

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	adj. tending to one point.
	a. definitive; decisive; final

bedaub

490

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.

bedeck

491

	v. to cover with ornament.
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned

bedlam

492

	n. madhouse.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. the act of detesting extremely.

befog

493

	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	v. to make familiar by use.
	v. to confuse.
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy

befriend

494

	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	a. of the same kin; related by blood

beget

495

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	v. produce; give rise to

begrudge

496

	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.

belate

497

	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.

belay

498

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent

belie

499

	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.

believe

500

	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.

belittle

501

	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.

belle

502

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	v. to confuse.

bellicose

503

	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to

belligerent

504

	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	a. of or relating to the heart
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

bemoan

505

	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	a. concerning; simultaneous

benediction

506

	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.

benefactor

507

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	v. be earlier in time; go back further

benefice

508

	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

beneficent

509

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis

beneficial

510

	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being

beneficiary

511

	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

benefit

512

	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

benevolence

513

	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

benevolent

514

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable

benign

515

	v. refrain from buying or using
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated

benignant

516

	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. eating or drinking of something
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

benignity

517

	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

benison

518

	n. blessing.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. portion.

bequeath

519

	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.

bereave

520

	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	v. to name in baptism.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.

berth

521

	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance

beseech

522

	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly

beset

523

	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	adv. once more.

besmear

524

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery

bestial

525

	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason

bestrew

526

	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	v. to make familiar by use.

bestride

527

	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable

bethink

528

	adj. capable of being conceived.
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse

betide

529

	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.

betimes

530

	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	adv. in good season or time.

betroth

531

	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.

betrothal

532

	n. engagement to marry.
	v. breakdown; failure
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.

bevel

533

	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey

bewilder

534

	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. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.

bibliography

535

	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

bibliomania

536

	n. the passion for collecting books.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	adj. capable of being appealed to.

bibliophile

537

	n. one who loves books.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility

bibulous

538

	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	adv. an expression of assent.
	adj. fond of drinking.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve

bide

539

	v. to await.
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	v. to force into military service.

biennial

540

	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter

bier

541

	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	a. capable; adept
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison

bigamist

542

	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. act of accompanying someone or something

bigamy

543

	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy

bight

544

	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.

bilateral

545

	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	a. two-sided; mutual
	v. assent; agree without protesting

bilingual

546

	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.

biograph

547

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	adj. contributing to an end.

biology

548

	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation

biped

549

	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. an animal having two feet.

birthright

550

	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

bitterness

551

	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. sharp and bitter manner

blase

552

	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	adj. sated with pleasure.

blaspheme

553

	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.

blatant

554

	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. the state of being adjacent.

blaze

555

	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	v. to happen to or befall.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.

blazon

556

	v. to make widely or generally known.
	adj. cheerful.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity

bleak

557

	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.

blemish

558

	n. group of closely located islands
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

blithe

559

	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change

blithesome

560

	adj. cheerful.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

blockade

561

	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	adj. tending to one point.
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	n. proximity.

boatswain

562

	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. sulfur.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book

bodily

563

	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	adj. corporeal.

boisterous

564

	a. of or relating to the heart
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

bole

565

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others

bolero

566

	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	v. to await.

boll

567

	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving

bolster

568

	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

bomb

569

	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	adj. living both on land and in water.

bombard

570

	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	n. an escort or lover.
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem

bombardier

571

	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited

bombast

572

	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial

boorish

573

	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners

bore

574

	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	adj. affected with anemia.

borough

575

	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke

bosom

576

	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	adj. designed to excite love.

botanical

577

	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.

botanize

578

	v. to study plant-life.
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.

botany

579

	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. any article of personal property.
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification

bountiful

580

	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	adj. cheerful.

bowdlerize

581

	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.

bowler

582

	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.

boycott

583

	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	adj. before noon.

brae

584

	n. hillside.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals

braggart

585

	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	v. to pile or heap together.
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion

brandish

586

	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	v. to be in collusion.
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

bravado

587

	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

bravo

588

	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	interj. well done.
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.

bray

589

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. an abiding.
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

braze

590

	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.

brazier

591

	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.

breach

592

	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. breaking of contract or duty

breaker

593

	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

breech

594

	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. the buttocks.

brethren

595

	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	n. an adulterating substance.

brevity

596

	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus

bridle

597

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

brigade

598

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. flood.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune

brigadier

599

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. absolute government.
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.

brigand

600

	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	v. to study plant-life.
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with

brimstone

601

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. sulfur.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.

brine

602

	n. water saturated with salt.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede

bristle

603

	a. compatible
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

britannia

604

	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being

briticism

605

	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	v. associate; join

brittle

606

	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

broach

607

	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait

broadcast

608

	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

brogan

609

	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. passive consent.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.

brogue

610

	prep. apart from.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

brokerage

611

	v. to force into military service.
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused

bromine

612

	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept

bronchitis

613

	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve

bronchus

614

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	adj. tending to one point.

brooch

615

	adj. wanting water.
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute

brotherhood

616

	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	n. estrangement.

browbeat

617

	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.

brusque

618

	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. the buttocks.
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish

buffoon

619

	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	n. any article of personal property.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

buffoonery

620

	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

bulbous

621

	v. to mean; signify.
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke

bullock

622

	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. agreement.
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	n. an ox.

bulrush

623

	n. ally; form a group or unite
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.

bulwark

624

	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends

bumper

625

	n. one who entrusts.
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.

bumptious

626

	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing

bungle

627

	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. proclamation.

buoyancy

628

	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	v. to cover with ornament.
	v. assemble; convene; gather

buoyant

629

	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. attachment.
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

bureau

630

	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

bureaucracy

631

	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole

burgess

632

	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.

burgher

633

	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.

burnish

634

	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	v. to coagulate.

bursar

635

	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography

bustle

636

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force

butt

637

	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.

butte

638

	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with

buttress

639

	v. to be in pain or distress.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.

cabal

640

	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.

cabinet

641

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

cacophony

642

	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

cadaverous

643

	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body

cadence

644

	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

cadenza

645

	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.

caitiff

646

	adj. cowardly.
	adv. in progress.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.

cajole

647

	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.

cajolery

648

	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. delusive speech.
	n. the buttocks.

calculable

649

	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.

calculus

650

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit

callosity

651

	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown

callow

652

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	v. recover gradually from an illness

calorie

653

	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject

calumny

654

	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance

calvary

655

	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. the place where christ was crucified.

calvinism

656

	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter

calvinize

657

	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

came

658

	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

cameo

659

	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film

campaign

660

	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. use of force to get someone to obey

canaanite

661

	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	v. to blend.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.

canary

662

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

candid

663

	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.

candor

664

	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	adj. colorless,

canine

665

	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. any article of personal property.

canon

666

	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes

cant

667

	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

cantata

668

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean

canto

669

	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing

cantonment

670

	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.

capacious

671

	n. unrestricted power.
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.

capillary

672

	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter

capitulate

673

	n. an angel of high rank.
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	adj. taking notice.

caprice

674

	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. attachment.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. delusive speech.

caption

675

	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement

captious

676

	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	adj. low in tone or compass.

captivate

677

	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point

carcass

678

	adj. that may or can collapse.
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	v. to be in pain or distress.

cardiac

679

	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	adj. invulnerable.
	a. of or relating to the heart

cardinal

680

	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. state of being suitable
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing

caret

681

	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. any article of personal property.

caricature

682

	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect

carnage

683

	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.

carnal

684

	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.

carnivorous

685

	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.

carouse

686

	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	adj. tending to one point.
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.

carrion

687

	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

cartilage

688

	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.

cartridge

689

	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

caste

690

	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. engagement to marry.

castigate

691

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

casual

692

	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.

casualty

693

	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	adv. in good season or time.

cataclysm

694

	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

cataract

695

	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

catastrophe

696

	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	adj. compassionate.
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate

cathode

697

	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	adj. before noon.
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.

catholicism

698

	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest

catholicity

699

	n. eating or drinking of something
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.

caucus

700

	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

causal

701

	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.

caustic

702

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	v. to await.

cauterize

703

	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning

cede

704

	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	a. two-sided; mutual
	adj. that may or can collapse.

censor

705

	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.

censorious

706

	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

census

707

	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population

centenary

708

	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air

centiliter

709

	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	a. occurring or payable every year
	v. to make the first attack.

centimeter

710

	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait

centurion

711

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	v. to confuse.
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

cereal

712

	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	n. absolute government.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.

ceremonial

713

	n. alliance
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes

ceremonious

714

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

cessation

715

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

cession

716

	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

chameleon

717

	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

chancery

718

	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.

chaos

719

	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing

characteristic

720

	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	adj. withered.
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere

characterize

721

	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	a. arousing or provoking laughter

charlatan

722

	a. awake; alert
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. any article of personal property.

chasten

723

	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.

chastise

724

	n. one who attacks.
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.

chastity

725

	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

chateau

726

	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station

chattel

727

	n. any article of personal property.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.

check

728

	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	n. component or part; citizen, voter

chiffon

729

	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters

chivalry

730

	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. courtesy towards women

cholera

731

	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	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. an acute epidemic disease.

choleric

732

	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	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

choral

733

	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.

christ

734

	adj. tending to one point.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. a title of jesus
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of

christen

735

	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. blessing.

christendom

736

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.

chromatic

737

	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	adj. tending to one point.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.

chronology

738

	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

chronometer

739

	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. estrangement.

cipher

740

	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve

circulate

741

	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

circumference

742

	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

circumlocution

743

	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

circumnavigate

744

	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	v. to change into acid.
	v. to sail quite around.

circumscribe

745

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

circumspect

746

	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.

citadel

747

	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. act of accompanying someone or something

cite

748

	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. sulfur.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important

claimant

749

	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. the passion for collecting books.

clairvoyance

750

	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

clamorous

751

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	adj. colorless,

clan

752

	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.

clandestine

753

	n. state of being suitable
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist

clangor

754

	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	v. to agree.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

clarify

755

	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression

clarion

756

	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	n. unrestricted power.

classify

757

	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	adj. saintly.
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

clearance

758

	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. a placing opposite.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

clemency

759

	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	v. to confuse.

clement

760

	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	adj. compassionate.
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories

clothier

761

	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. the passion for collecting books.

clumsy

762

	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude

coagulant

763

	adj. producing coagulation.
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	v. to sail quite around.
	adj. taking notice.

coagulate

764

	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification

coalescence

765

	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.

coalition

766

	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. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	adj. taking notice.
	v. produce; give rise to

coddle

767

	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. grasp; ability to understand

codicil

768

	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.

coerce

769

	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

coercion

770

	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point

coercive

771

	adj. serving or tending to force.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

cogent

772

	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations

cognate

773

	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.

cognizant

774

	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	adj. taking notice.

cohere

775

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation

cohesion

776

	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. tendency to keep together
	n. a very detestable act or practice.

cohesive

777

	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another

coincide

778

	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	adj. invulnerable.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

coincidence

779

	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	n. a placing opposite.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	adj. saintly.

coincident

780

	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	adj. containing gold.
	a. concerning; simultaneous

collaborate

781

	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.

collapse

782

	v. breakdown; failure
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

collapsible

783

	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

colleague

784

	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person

collective

785

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

collector

786

	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown

collegian

787

	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. a college student.
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty

collide

788

	v. bump; hit; conflict
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. approach; entry; entrance

collier

789

	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	adj. withered.

collision

790

	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals

colloquial

791

	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

colloquialism

792

	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. an adulterating substance.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

colloquy

793

	n. conversation.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

collusion

794

	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

colossus

795

	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	adj. wanting water.
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

comely

796

	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful

comestible

797

	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. diversion.
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.

comical

798

	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter

commemorate

799

	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	inter. good-by; farewell.

commentary

800

	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person

commingle

801

	v. to blend.
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	v. to make supremely happy.

commissariat

802

	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.

commission

803

	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize

commitment

804

	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope

committal

805

	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	v. to blend.

commodity

806

	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	adj. compassionate.

commotion

807

	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

commute

808

	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	n. general structure, form, or outline.

comparable

809

	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.

comparative

810

	n. tendency to keep together
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.

comparison

811

	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak

compensate

812

	n. absolute government.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

competence

813

	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something

competent

814

	a. capable; adept
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.

competitive

815

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. one who entrusts.
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

competitor

816

	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	v. to study plant-life.

complacent

817

	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.

complaisance

818

	n. politeness.
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. delusive speech.
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others

complaisant

819

	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. that which nourishes.

complement

820

	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	n. an ox.

complex

821

	n. hillside.
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse

compliant

822

	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks

complicate

823

	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.

complication

824

	n. lack of caring; indifference
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".

complicity

825

	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.

compliment

826

	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy

component

827

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary

comport

828

	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	v. to unite.
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase

composure

829

	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.

comprehensible

830

	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible

comprehension

831

	adv. in progress.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	n. grasp; ability to understand

comprehensive

832

	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. recognition.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.

compress

833

	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.

compressible

834

	n. proclamation.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	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

compression

835

	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

comprise

836

	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	v. include; consist of; be composed of

compulsion

837

	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	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

	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

compunction

839

	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.

compute

840

	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation

concede

841

	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.

conceit

842

	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

conceive

843

	v. to take when offered.
	v. to blend.
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

concerto

844

	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	v. associate; incorporate

concession

845

	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position

conciliate

846

	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	v. blame; condemn
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

conciliatory

847

	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

conclusive

848

	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	adj. capable of being appealed to.

concord

849

	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

concordance

850

	n. harmony.
	n. alliance
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar

concur

851

	v. to agree.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

concurrence

852

	n. agreement.
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification

concurrent

853

	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward

concussion

854

	v. to bring about.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. alliance
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow

condensation

855

	n. compression
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

condense

856

	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	adj. invulnerable.

condescend

857

	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

condolence

858

	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

conduce

859

	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	v. to bring about.
	n. absolute government.

conducive

860

	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).

conductible

861

	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.

conduit

862

	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	a. two-sided; mutual
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

confectionery

863

	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function

confederacy

864

	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. alliance
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	adj. serving or tending to force.

confederate

865

	adj. serving or tending to force.
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive

confer

866

	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	n. any strikingly great person or object.

conferee

867

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	v. blame; condemn

confessor

868

	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	a. definitive; decisive; final

confidant

869

	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.

confide

870

	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	v. to make familiar by use.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

confidence

871

	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	v. to be in collusion.
	adj. having or resembling human form.

confident

872

	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	n. the act of detesting extremely.

confinement

873

	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.

confiscate

874

	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.

conflagration

875

	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition

confluence

876

	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable

confluent

877

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. one who manages a government agency or department

conformable

878

	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	adv. in progress.
	adj. harmonious.

conformance

879

	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. state of being suitable

conformation

880

	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film

conformity

881

	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	adv. an expression of assent.

confront

882

	v. to agree.
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated

congeal

883

	v. to coagulate.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

congenial

884

	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	a. compatible

congest

885

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	v. to collect into a mass.

congregate

886

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

coniferous

887

	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	adj. cone-bearing trees.

conjecture

888

	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. expression of warm approval; praise

conjoin

889

	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	v. to unite.

conjugal

890

	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue

conjugate

891

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage

conjugation

892

	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action

conjunction

893

	n. one who attacks.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	v. to blend.

connive

894

	v. to be in collusion.
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms

connoisseur

895

	n. a placing opposite.
	n. harmony.
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts

connote

896

	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	v. to mean; signify.

connubial

897

	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

conquer

898

	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease

consanguineous

899

	a. capable; adept
	v. to pile or heap together.
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	adv. in progress.

conscience

900

	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

conscientious

901

	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

conscious

902

	a. awake; alert
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward

conscript

903

	v. to force into military service.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.

consecrate

904

	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.

consecutive

905

	n. historian.
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. compression

consensus

906

	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population

conservatism

907

	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. agreement.
	adj. having or resembling human form.

conservative

908

	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	adj. cone-bearing trees.

conservatory

909

	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act

consign

910

	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

consignee

911

	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.

consignor

912

	n. one who entrusts.
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	adj. cone-bearing trees.

consistency

913

	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick

console

914

	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	a. capable; adept

consolidate

915

	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use

consonance

916

	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	v. to bring about.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.

consonant

917

	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation

consort

918

	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	v. associate; join
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.

conspicuous

919

	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

conspirator

920

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times

conspire

921

	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

constable

922

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness

constellation

923

	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another

consternation

924

	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror

constituency

925

	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.

constituent

926

	n. blessing.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. component or part; citizen, voter

constrict

927

	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

consul

928

	n. scratch; friction
	n. an ox.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.

consulate

929

	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together

consummate

930

	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. greediness.

consumption

931

	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune

consumptive

932

	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	interj. well done.

contagion

933

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

contagious

934

	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases

contaminate

935

	n. an adulterating substance.
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.

contemplate

936

	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

contemporaneous

937

	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected

contemporary

938

	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement

contemptible

939

	v. to take when offered.
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name

contemptuous

940

	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.

contender

941

	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

contiguity

942

	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	n. proximity.
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance

contiguous

943

	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

continence

944

	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. agreement.

contingency

945

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.

contingent

946

	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.

continuance

947

	n. permanence.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick

continuation

948

	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point

continuity

949

	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.

continuous

950

	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. the act of rising.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

contort

951

	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.

contraband

952

	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. compression
	a. moved by sexual love; loving

contradiction

953

	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct

contradictory

954

	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.

contraposition

955

	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	n. a placing opposite.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.

contravene

956

	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	v. cause to come together formally
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.

contribution

957

	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

contributor

958

	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.

contrite

959

	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

contrivance

960

	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease

contrive

961

	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

control

962

	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes

controller

963

	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. estrangement.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.

contumacious

964

	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	adj. rebellious.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.

contumacy

965

	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. a college student.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey

contuse

966

	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.

contusion

967

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.

convalesce

968

	n. a placing opposite.
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	v. to study plant-life.

convalescence

969

	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	v. to coagulate.
	v. to await.
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

convalescent

970

	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

convene

971

	adj. contributing to an end.
	v. cause to come together formally
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. the act of rising.

convenience

972

	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. state of being suitable
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.

converge

973

	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	v. associate; incorporate
	n. an animal having two feet.

convergent

974

	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	adj. tending to one point.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

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