GRE Big Book Words List| Match Practice

GRE Big Book Words

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abase

	v. to take when offered.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

abbess

	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	v. to mean; signify.

abbey

	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. harmony.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

abbot

	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

abdicate

	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously

abdomen

	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	v. blame; condemn
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.

abdominal

	v. cause to come together formally
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.

abduction

	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force

abed

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.

aberration

	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. proximity.
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

abet

	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

abeyance

	n. an angel of high rank.
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.

abhorrence

	n. permanence.
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.

abhorrent

	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.

abidance

	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. an abiding.
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things

abject

	interj. well done.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness

abjure

	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever

ablution

	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement

abnegate

	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself

abnormal

	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	v. to happen to or befall.

abominable

	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

abominate

	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	v. to hate violently.
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.

abomination

	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. a very detestable act or practice.

aboriginal

	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	v. to remind oneself.

aborigines

	v. to await.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

abrade

	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode

abrasion

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	n. scratch; friction
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

abridge

	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

abridgment

	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.

abrogate

	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.

abrupt

	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show

abscess

	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of

abscission

	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	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. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.

abscond

	n. the act or state or conforming.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	adv. in progress.

absence

	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis

absolution

	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest

absolve

	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	v. to sail quite around.

absorb

	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	n. any article of personal property.

absorption

	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	interj. well done.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration

abstain

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	v. to blend.

abstemious

	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity

abstinence

	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. one who entrusts.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.

abstruse

	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.

absurd

	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. estrangement.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other

abundant

	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. attachment.
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources

abusive

	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly

abut

	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.

abyss

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

academic

	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station

academician

	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

academy

	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

accede

	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over

accelerate

	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. sulfur.
	v. to mean; signify.
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.

	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	v. to take when offered.
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant

access

	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	adj. invulnerable.

accessible

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. a college student.
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

accession

	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

accessory

	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

acclaim

	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.

accommodate

	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. attachment.

accompaniment

	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind

accompanist

	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	v. to make the first attack.

accompany

	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form

accomplice

	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	adj. corporeal.
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing

accomplish

	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	v. to take when offered.
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

accordion

	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.

accost

	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. conversation.
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

account

	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

accouter

	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

accredit

	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.

accumulate

	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.

accuracy

	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	v. to study plant-life.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill

accurate

	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	a. of or relating to the heart
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.

accursed

	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.

accusation

	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.

accusatory

	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

accuse

	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	v. blame; condemn
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

accustom

	v. to make familiar by use.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. the act of rising.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

acerbity

	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. an escort or lover.
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

acetate

	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.

acetic

	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour

ache

	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	adj. cone-bearing trees.

achillean

	adj. taking notice.
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	adj. invulnerable.

achromatic

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	adj. colorless,
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive

acid

	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	n. diversion.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

acidify

	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	v. to change into acid.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	v. to take when offered.

acknowledge

	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. diversion.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity

acknowledgment

	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. recognition.

acme

	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

acoustic

	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.

acquaint

	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle

acquiesce

	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	adj. opposed to human slavery.

acquiescence

	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	n. passive consent.
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. one who loves books.

acquit

	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	n. ally; form a group or unite

acquittal

	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.

acquittance

	v. to force into military service.
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	v. contradict; give a false impression

acreage

	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	adv. in progress.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.

acrid

	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune

acrimonious

	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial

acrimony

100

	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.

actionable

101

	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. passive consent.

actuality

102

	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	n. any reality.

actuary

103

	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. diversion.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.

actuate

104

	n. composition; order
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	v. to delay past the proper hour.

acumen

105

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

acute

106

	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. permanence.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.

adamant

107

	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

addendum

108

	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude

addle

109

	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused

adduce

110

	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. assemble; convene; gather
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury

adhere

111

	a. concerning; simultaneous
	v. to mean; signify.
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with

adherence

112

	n. attachment.
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship

adherent

113

	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

adhesion

114

	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. a stream that unites with another.

adieu

115

	inter. good-by; farewell.
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native

adjacency

116

	n. the state of being adjacent.
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	v. to make supremely happy.

adjacent

117

	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point

adjudge

118

	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. the buttocks.

adjunct

119

	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. an adulterating substance.

adjuration

120

	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. a vehement appeal.

adjutant

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	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	adj. auxiliary.
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

administrator

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	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

admissible

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	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	n. the buttocks.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	v. to make widely or generally known.

admittance

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	v. to cover with ornament.
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.

admonish

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	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate

admonition

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	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

ado

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	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).

adoration

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	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position

adroit

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	a. awake; alert
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

adulterant

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	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. an adulterating substance.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	adj. capable of being conceived.

adulterate

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	n. a tree.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. the buttocks.

adumbrate

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	n. blessing.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	adj. opposed to human slavery.

advent

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	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in

adverse

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	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	adj. producing coagulation.

adversity

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	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	adj. dominant.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune

advert

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	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	v. to refer incidentally.
	adv. from side to side.

advertiser

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	v. to hate violently.
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

advisory

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	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice

advocacy

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	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

advocate

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	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. proclamation.

aerial

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	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house

aeronaut

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	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	n. one who loves books.
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request

aeronautics

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	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. compression
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused

aerostat

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	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.

aerostatics

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	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.

affable

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	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

affect

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	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

affectation

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	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.

affiliate

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	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	v. associate; incorporate
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.

affirmative

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	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming

affix

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	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	n. an adulterating substance.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something

affluence

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	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery

affront

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	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease

afoot

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	adv. in progress.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

aforesaid

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	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	v. breakdown; failure

afresh

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	n. hillside.
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.

afterthought

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	n. grasp; ability to understand
	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.

agglomerate

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	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	v. to pile or heap together.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue

aggrandize

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	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

aggravate

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	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	interj. well done.

aggravation

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	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.

aggregate

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	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to

aggress

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	v. to make the first attack.
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison

aggression

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	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. an unprovoked attack.

aggrieve

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	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	v. to predict.

aghast

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	n. the act of rising.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing

agile

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	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick

agitate

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	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

agrarian

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	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. passive consent.
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.

ailment

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	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

airy

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	v. to set apart as sacred.
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.

akin

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	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.

alabaster

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	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

alacrity

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	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.

albeit

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	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean

albino

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	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	adv. sufficiently.
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

album

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	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect

alchemy

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	n. historian.
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	adj. tending to one point.
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

alcohol

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	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end

alcoholism

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	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time

alcove

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	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.

alder

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	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	adv. in progress.

alderman

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	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

aldermanship

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	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. eating or drinking of something

alias

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	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.

alien

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	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person

alienable

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	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

alienate

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	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

alienation

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	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. estrangement.

aliment

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	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. that which nourishes.
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick

alkali

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	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

allay

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	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	v. to mean; signify.
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease

allege

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	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.

allegory

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	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form

alleviate

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	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution

alley

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	n. attachment.
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.

alliance

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	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	a. two-sided; mutual
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties

allot

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	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

allotment

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	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. portion.
	v. make amends for; reimburse

allude

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	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

allusion

201

	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor

alluvion

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	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	n. flood.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.

ally

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	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.

almanac

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	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.

aloof

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	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome

altar

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	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout

alter

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	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert

alteration

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	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	adj. cheerful.
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

altercate

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	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	a. two-sided; mutual

alternate

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	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.

alternative

211

	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown

altitude

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	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena

alto

213

	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. alliance
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies

altruism

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	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

altruist

215

	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	v. state without proof; assert to be true

amalgam

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	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.

amalgamate

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	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. largeness.

amateur

218

	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	adj. tending to one point.

amatory

219

	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity

ambidextrous

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	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus

ambiguous

221

	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.

ambitious

222

	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever

ambrosial

223

	v. to blend.
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	v. to mean; signify.

ambulance

224

	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. one who attacks.

ambulate

225

	n. courtesy towards women
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	v. to walk about
	v. to happen to or befall.

ambush

226

	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station

ameliorate

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	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept

amenable

228

	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	v. to sail quite around.
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate

americanism

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	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.

amicable

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	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.

amity

231

	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	adj. containing gold.
	v. cause to come together formally
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

amorous

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	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

amorphous

233

	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition

amour

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	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. the buttocks.
	n. composition; order

ampere

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	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.

amphibious

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	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.

amphitheater

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	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

amplitude

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	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. largeness.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away

amply

239

	adv. sufficiently.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever

amputate

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	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown

amusement

241

	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. diversion.

anachronism

242

	n. recognition.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.

anagram

243

	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

analogous

244

	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. a salt of acetic acid.

analogy

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	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.

analyst

246

	adj. taking notice.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

analyze

247

	v. diagnose; examine
	adj. cheerful.
	v. to remind oneself.
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status

anarchy

248

	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	adj. cone-bearing trees.

anathema

249

	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

anatomy

250

	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

anecdote

251

	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

anemia

252

	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

anemic

253

	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	adj. affected with anemia.
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together

anemometer

254

	n. passive consent.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. eating or drinking of something

anesthetic

255

	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	n. one who entrusts.
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	a. awake; alert

anew

256

	n. an unprovoked attack.
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	adv. once more.

angelic

257

	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	adj. saintly.

anglophobia

258

	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.

angular

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	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	a. concerning; simultaneous

anhydrous

260

	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. hard coal.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	adj. withered.

animadversion

261

	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. eating or drinking of something

animadvert

262

	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis

animalcule

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	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.

animate

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	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	adj. dominant.
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists

animosity

265

	v. diagnose; examine
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

annalist

266

	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. historian.

annals

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	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

annex

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	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint

annihilate

269

	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.

annotate

270

	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

annual

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	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	a. occurring or payable every year

annuity

272

	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

annunciation

273

	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. proclamation.

anode

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	v. to sail quite around.
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.

anonymous

275

	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

antagonism

276

	v. to sail quite around.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.

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. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.

ante

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	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

antecede

279

	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	v. to make the first attack.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.

antecedent

280

	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	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
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.

antechamber

281

	v. to force into military service.
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

antedate

282

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

antediluvian

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	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	adj. cowardly.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.

antemeridian

284

	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	adj. before noon.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.

antenatal

285

	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies

286

	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).

anteroom

287

	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	v. to take when offered.

anthology

288

	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.

anthracite

289

	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. hard coal.
	adj. affected with anemia.
	adj. that may or can collapse.

anthropology

290

	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. diversion.

anthropomorphous

291

	adj. having or resembling human form.
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.

antic

292

	v. to remind oneself.
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. group of closely located islands

antichrist

293

	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	adv. sufficiently.

anticlimax

294

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

anticyclone

295

	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.

antidote

296

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	v. quote; adduce as an instance

antilogy

297

	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to

antipathize

298

	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.

antiphon

299

	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	adj. containing gold.

antiphony

300

	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. an ox.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

antipodes

301

	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.

antiquary

302

	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	adj. saintly.

antiquate

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	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.

antique

304

	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion

antiseptic

305

	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	adv. once more.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms

antislavery

306

	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	n. the buttocks.
	a. occurring or payable every year
	adj. opposed to human slavery.

antispasmodic

307

	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

antistrophe

308

	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.

antitoxin

309

	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. an escort or lover.
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.

antonym

310

	v. to await.
	n. diversion.
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term

anxious

311

	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter

apathy

312

	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. a title of jesus
	n. lack of caring; indifference

aperture

313

	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate

apex

314

	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax

aphorism

315

	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose

apiary

316

	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.

apogee

317

	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

apology

318

	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad

apostate

319

	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

apostle

320

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. book of literary selections by various authors

apothecary

321

	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.

apotheosis

322

	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	adv. sufficiently.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something

appall

323

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

apparent

324

	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned

apparition

325

	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.

appease

326

	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status

appellate

327

	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	adj. capable of being appealed to.

appellation

328

	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks

append

329

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	adj. taking notice.
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.

appertain

330

	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.

apposite

331

	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger

apposition

332

	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. contestant you hope to defeat

appraise

333

	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

appreciable

334

	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.

apprehend

335

	n. an escort or lover.
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive

apprehensible

336

	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	adj. capable of being conceived.

approbation

337

	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. composition; order
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	a. intended to confuse in an argument

appropriate

338

	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	adj. cheerful.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

aqueduct

339

	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with

aqueous

340

	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor

arbiter

341

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge

arbitrary

342

	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	v. contradict; give a false impression

arbitrate

343

	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.

arbor

344

	n. a tree.
	v. to predict.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

arboreal

345

	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees

arborescent

346

	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

arboretum

347

	adj. saintly.
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.

arboriculture

348

	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole

arcade

349

	a. two-sided; mutual
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place

archaeology

350

	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	adj. compassionate.
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

archaic

351

	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated

archaism

352

	n. obsolescence.
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	n. the science of life or living organisms.

archangel

353

	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. one who entrusts.

archbishop

354

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

archdeacon

355

	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station

archetype

356

	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population

archipelago

357

	a. comparable; similar or alike
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. group of closely located islands
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind

ardent

358

	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

ardor

359

	v. produce; give rise to
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

arid

360

	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants

aristocracy

361

	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.

aristocrat

362

	v. to make supremely happy.
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	a. two-sided; mutual
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble

armada

363

	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.

armful

364

	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. an angel of high rank.

armory

365

	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured

aroma

366

	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

arraign

367

	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear

arrange

368

	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak

arrangement

369

	n. composition; order
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort

arrant

370

	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

arrear

371

	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. something overdue and unpaid.

arrival

372

	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.

arrogant

373

	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

arrogate

374

	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.

artesian

375

	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede

artful

376

	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

arthurian

377

	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	v. to cover with ornament.
	n. estrangement.

artifice

378

	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.

artless

379

	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest

ascendant

380

	adj. dominant.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

ascension

381

	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. the act of rising.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize

ascent

382

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward

ascetic

383

	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. a college student.
	n. an angel of high rank.

ascribe

384

	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	interj. well done.
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	adj. cowardly.

asexual

385

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	v. to hate violently.

ashen

386

	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

askance

387

	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes

asperity

388

	v. associate; join
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.

aspirant

389

	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content

aspire

390

	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end

assailant

391

	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	n. one who attacks.

assassin

392

	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

assassinate

393

	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival

assassination

394

	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

assay

395

	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

assent

396

	n. delusive speech.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept

assess

397

	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	n. scratch; friction

assessor

398

	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	adv. an expression of assent.

assets

399

	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.

assiduous

400

	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent

assignee

401

	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.

assimilate

402

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	a. considerable; perceptible
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others

assonance

403

	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. expression of warm approval; praise

assonant

404

	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	v. to collect into a mass.

assonate

405

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud

assuage

406

	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.

astringent

407

	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

astute

408

	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	v. equip; provide with military equipment

atheism

409

	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts

athirst

410

	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	adj. wanting water.

athwart

411

	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	adv. from side to side.

atomizer

412

	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	v. state without proof; assert to be true

atone

413

	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	v. to agree.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

atonement

414

	n. unrestricted power.
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad

atrocious

415

	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept

atrocity

416

	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

attache

417

	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing

attest

418

	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

auburn

419

	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. state of being suitable
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

audacious

420

	n. compression
	n. that which nourishes.
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold

audible

421

	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. over-regulated administrative system

audition

422

	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	n. proclamation.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

auditory

423

	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing

augment

424

	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	n. lack of caring; indifference

augur

425

	v. to predict.
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune

augustinian

426

	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	adj. auxiliary.

aura

427

	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

aural

428

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.

auricle

429

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.

auricular

430

	v. to be in pain or distress.
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.

auriferous

431

	adj. containing gold.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. historian.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.

aurora

432

	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	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

auspice

433

	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. an angel of high rank.

austere

434

	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.

autarchy

435

	n. unrestricted power.
	v. to be in collusion.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence

authentic

436

	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede

authenticity

437

	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.

autocracy

438

	n. absolute government.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. alliance

autocrat

439

	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity

automaton

440

	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. lack of caring; indifference

autonomous

441

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. harmony.

autonomy

442

	adv. sufficiently.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.

autopsy

443

	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem

autumnal

444

	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.

auxiliary

445

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

avalanche

446

	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	adj. rebellious.

avarice

447

	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

aver

448

	v. to coagulate.
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.

averse

449

	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

aversion

450

	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.

avert

451

	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.

aviary

452

	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept

avidity

453

	n. greediness.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.

avocation

454

	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

avow

455

	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly

awaken

456

	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.

aye

457

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	v. to confuse.
	adv. an expression of assent.

azalea

458

	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	n. a flowering shrub.

azure

459

	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity

baconian

460

	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still

bacterium

461

	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.

badger

462

	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of

baffle

463

	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. scratch; friction
	adj. taking notice.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population

bailiff

464

	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

baize

465

	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

bale

466

	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation

baleful

467

	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other

ballad

468

	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing

balsam

469

	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

banal

470

	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.

barcarole

471

	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.

baritone

472

	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change

barograph

473

	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives

barometer

474

	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill

barring

475

	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	v. cause to come together formally
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	prep. apart from.

bask

476

	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented

bass

477

	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

baste

478

	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.

baton

479

	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.

battalion

480

	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.

batten

481

	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. an abiding.
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.

batter

482

	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	v. to await.

bauble

483

	v. to make the first attack.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

bawl

484

	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout

beatify

485

	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time

beatitude

486

	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. sulfur.

beau

487

	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. an escort or lover.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

becalm

488

	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.

beck

489

	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	adj. cowardly.
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	a. awake; alert

bedaub

490

	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter

bedeck

491

	v. to cover with ornament.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

bedlam

492

	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. madhouse.
	adj. auxiliary.

befog

493

	n. one who attacks.
	v. to confuse.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

befriend

494

	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.

beget

495

	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	v. produce; give rise to
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition

begrudge

496

	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. a tree.
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable

belate

497

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	n. agreement.

belay

498

	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something

belie

499

	adj. invulnerable.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

believe

500

	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.

belittle

501

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. proximity.
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	v. to be in pain or distress.

belle

502

	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem

bellicose

503

	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

belligerent

504

	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	v. refrain from buying or using
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with

bemoan

505

	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.

benediction

506

	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	a. concerning; simultaneous

benefactor

507

	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

benefice

508

	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

beneficent

509

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	v. to take when offered.
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena

beneficial

510

	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	adj. tending to one point.
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. any strikingly great person or object.

beneficiary

511

	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	v. to sail quite around.

benefit

512

	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain

benevolence

513

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.

benevolent

514

	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	v. to force into military service.
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object

benign

515

	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. a tree.

benignant

516

	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.

benignity

517

	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

benison

518

	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. blessing.
	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 be in collusion.

bequeath

519

	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.

bereave

520

	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.

berth

521

	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious

beseech

522

	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly

beset

523

	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	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

besmear

524

	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. permanence.
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. one who or that which accompanies.

bestial

525

	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person

bestrew

526

	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
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.

bestride

527

	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration

bethink

528

	v. to remind oneself.
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem

betide

529

	v. to happen to or befall.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

betimes

530

	adv. in good season or time.
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.

betroth

531

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	v. to refer incidentally.
	v. to force into military service.

betrothal

532

	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. engagement to marry.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.

bevel

533

	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal

bewilder

534

	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. group of closely located islands
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes

bibliography

535

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

bibliomania

536

	v. to blend.
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. the passion for collecting books.

bibliophile

537

	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. one who loves books.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary

bibulous

538

	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	adj. fond of drinking.

bide

539

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	v. to await.

biennial

540

	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

bier

541

	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.

bigamist

542

	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.

bigamy

543

	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	v. to set apart as sacred.

bight

544

	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

bilateral

545

	a. two-sided; mutual
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	adj. joined together in pairs.

bilingual

546

	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station

biograph

547

	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. a stream that unites with another.

biology

548

	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

biped

549

	n. an animal having two feet.
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. greediness.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

birthright

550

	n. courtesy towards women
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

bitterness

551

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept

blase

552

	v. make amends for; reimburse
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease

blaspheme

553

	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.

blatant

554

	n. grasp; ability to understand
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	a. comparable; similar or alike

blaze

555

	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

blazon

556

	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women

bleak

557

	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

blemish

558

	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb

blithe

559

	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.

blithesome

560

	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	adj. cheerful.

blockade

561

	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage

boatswain

562

	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.

bodily

563

	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	adj. corporeal.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

boisterous

564

	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of

bole

565

	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.

bolero

566

	v. to blend.
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.

boll

567

	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.

bolster

568

	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion

bomb

569

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place

bombard

570

	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	v. to be in collusion.

bombardier

571

	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. unrestricted power.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house

bombast

572

	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.

boorish

573

	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

bore

574

	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

borough

575

	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.

bosom

576

	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice

botanical

577

	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part

botanize

578

	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	v. to study plant-life.

botany

579

	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
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.

bountiful

580

	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	adj. containing gold.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

bowdlerize

581

	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	n. sulfur.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

bowler

582

	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	a. two-sided; mutual
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.

boycott

583

	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	v. refrain from buying or using

brae

584

	n. hillside.
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	a. two-sided; mutual
	n. a person with whom another confers.

braggart

585

	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person

brandish

586

	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

bravado

587

	n. historian.
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject

bravo

588

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	interj. well done.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

bray

589

	n. greediness.
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	adj. wanting water.

braze

590

	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.

brazier

591

	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.

breach

592

	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	adj. wanting water.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. breaking of contract or duty

breaker

593

	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	adj. wanting water.

breech

594

	n. the buttocks.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.

brethren

595

	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	interj. well done.
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited

brevity

596

	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.

bridle

597

	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. historian.
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

brigade

598

	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.

brigadier

599

	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. the buttocks.
	a. compatible; harmonious

brigand

600

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. an ox.
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

brimstone

601

	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. sulfur.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

brine

602

	n. agreement.
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. water saturated with salt.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

bristle

603

	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

britannia

604

	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

briticism

605

	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert

brittle

606

	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	n. agreement.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity

broach

607

	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.

broadcast

608

	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. attachment.

brogan

609

	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force

brogue

610

	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

brokerage

611

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	v. to pile or heap together.

bromine

612

	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. that which nourishes.
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

bronchitis

613

	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs

bronchus

614

	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. madhouse.
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties

brooch

615

	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station

brotherhood

616

	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.

browbeat

617

	a. concerning; simultaneous
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

brusque

618

	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	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
	a. occurring or payable every year

buffoon

619

	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

buffoonery

620

	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. attachment.

bulbous

621

	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner

bullock

622

	n. an ox.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity

bulrush

623

	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. a placing opposite.
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. an animal having two feet.

bulwark

624

	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings

bumper

625

	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. unrestricted power.
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	n. an acute epidemic disease.

bumptious

626

	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial

bungle

627

	n. an ox.
	v. to make the first attack.
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

buoyancy

628

	v. to mean; signify.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.

buoyant

629

	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve

bureau

630

	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.

bureaucracy

631

	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. a college student.
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.

burgess

632

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.

burgher

633

	v. bump; hit; conflict
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.

burnish

634

	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise

bursar

635

	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters

bustle

636

	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.

butt

637

	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	v. include; consist of; be composed of

butte

638

	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

buttress

639

	v. to change into acid.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person

cabal

640

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

cabinet

641

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	v. to take when offered.
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

cacophony

642

	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar

cadaverous

643

	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. obsolescence.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.

cadence

644

	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

cadenza

645

	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse

caitiff

646

	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	adj. cowardly.
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art

cajole

647

	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality

cajolery

648

	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. delusive speech.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem

calculable

649

	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

calculus

650

	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

callosity

651

	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.

callow

652

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated

calorie

653

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. alliance
	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

calumny

654

	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

calvary

655

	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. the place where christ was crucified.

calvinism

656

	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.

calvinize

657

	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey

came

658

	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. sulfur.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

cameo

659

	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	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. historian.
	v. to predict.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.

canaanite

661

	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	adj. rebellious.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.

canary

662

	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. estrangement.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance

candid

663

	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

candor

664

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition

canine

665

	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. politeness.
	n. scratch; friction

canon

666

	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	a. awake; alert
	n. a very detestable act or practice.

cant

667

	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

cantata

668

	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus

canto

669

	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter

cantonment

670

	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding

capacious

671

	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. the state of being attached or joined.

capillary

672

	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. one who entrusts.

capitulate

673

	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	v. to change into acid.

caprice

674

	n. recognition.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. to walk about
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

caption

675

	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	v. to make the first attack.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

captious

676

	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	a. intended to confuse in an argument

captivate

677

	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	a. awake; alert

carcass

678

	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.

cardiac

679

	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	a. of or relating to the heart
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly

cardinal

680

	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with

caret

681

	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. attachment.

caricature

682

	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

carnage

683

	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. a tree.

carnal

684

	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily

carnivorous

685

	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

carouse

686

	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	adj. harmonious.
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

carrion

687

	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle

cartilage

688

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house

cartridge

689

	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

caste

690

	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. unrestricted power.
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies

castigate

691

	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality

casual

692

	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number

casualty

693

	adj. compassionate.
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem

cataclysm

694

	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

cataract

695

	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. the place where christ was crucified.

catastrophe

696

	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent

cathode

697

	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power

catholicism

698

	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.

catholicity

699

	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party

caucus

700

	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.

causal

701

	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works

caustic

702

	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action

cauterize

703

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something

cede

704

	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	v. to make familiar by use.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

censor

705

	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger

censorious

706

	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.

census

707

	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

centenary

708

	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	a. concerning; simultaneous

centiliter

709

	v. to predict.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

centimeter

710

	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.

centurion

711

	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.

cereal

712

	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. agreement.
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help

ceremonial

713

	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke

ceremonious

714

	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	v. breakdown; failure
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

cessation

715

	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	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 set apart as sacred.
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

cession

716

	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	adj. tending to one point.

chameleon

717

	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. largeness.
	adj. corporeal.
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations

chancery

718

	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict

chaos

719

	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	v. to await.
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass

characteristic

720

	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. state of being absent; state of being away

characterize

721

	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.

charlatan

722

	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract

chasten

723

	v. to confuse.
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. obsolescence.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof

chastise

724

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.

chastity

725

	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect

chateau

726

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. greediness.

chattel

727

	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. any article of personal property.
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something

check

728

	n. attachment.
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain

chiffon

729

	n. alliance
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

chivalry

730

	n. courtesy towards women
	interj. well done.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality

cholera

731

	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. an acute epidemic disease.

choleric

732

	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

choral

733

	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.

christ

734

	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. a title of jesus
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.

christen

735

	v. to name in baptism.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest

christendom

736

	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. attachment.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. an adulterating substance.

chromatic

737

	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. politeness.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.

chronology

738

	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time

chronometer

739

	v. to make the first attack.
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	a. two-sided; mutual
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

cipher

740

	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number

circulate

741

	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories

circumference

742

	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye

circumlocution

743

	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution

circumnavigate

744

	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	v. to sail quite around.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value

circumscribe

745

	n. any article of personal property.
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

circumspect

746

	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	v. breakdown; failure
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	v. cause to come together formally

citadel

747

	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

cite

748

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	v. quote; adduce as an instance

claimant

749

	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	a. capable; adept

clairvoyance

750

	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	n. an angel of high rank.

clamorous

751

	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	v. produce; give rise to

clan

752

	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	adj. compassionate.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives

clandestine

753

	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things

clangor

754

	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. courtesy towards women
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

clarify

755

	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

clarion

756

	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing

classify

757

	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories

clearance

758

	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	adj. rebellious.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

clemency

759

	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame

clement

760

	adj. compassionate.
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. approach; entry; entrance

clothier

761

	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	v. associate; join
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.

clumsy

762

	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude

coagulant

763

	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	adj. producing coagulation.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.

coagulate

764

	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.

coalescence

765

	n. harmony.
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change

coalition

766

	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down

coddle

767

	adj. saintly.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point

codicil

768

	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	v. associate; join
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.

coerce

769

	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

coercion

770

	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

coercive

771

	adj. serving or tending to force.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination

cogent

772

	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.

cognate

773

	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans

cognizant

774

	adj. taking notice.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	a. comparable; similar or alike

cohere

775

	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	a. compatible
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite

cohesion

776

	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. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. tendency to keep together
	adj. saintly.

cohesive

777

	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.

coincide

778

	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.

coincidence

779

	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	v. to predict.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

coincident

780

	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	a. concerning; simultaneous

collaborate

781

	v. make amends for; reimburse
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. courtesy towards women
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

collapse

782

	v. breakdown; failure
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population

collapsible

783

	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	n. something overdue and unpaid.

colleague

784

	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. any article of personal property.
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.

collective

785

	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

collector

786

	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.

collegian

787

	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. a college student.
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct

collide

788

	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	v. bump; hit; conflict

collier

789

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.

collision

790

	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

colloquial

791

	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another

colloquialism

792

	n. composition; order
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	v. equip; provide with military equipment

colloquy

793

	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	n. conversation.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease

collusion

794

	n. portion.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

colossus

795

	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to

comely

796

	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	n. proclamation.

comestible

797

	v. contradict; give a false impression
	adj. invulnerable.
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	adj. fit to be eaten.

comical

798

	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body

commemorate

799

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

commentary

800

	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

commingle

801

	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	v. to blend.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission

commissariat

802

	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.

commission

803

	v. to cover with ornament.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

commitment

804

	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

committal

805

	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

commodity

806

	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

commotion

807

	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry

commute

808

	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

comparable

809

	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing

comparative

810

	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate

comparison

811

	n. one who entrusts.
	adj. cowardly.
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.

compensate

812

	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	n. a college student.
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.

competence

813

	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

competent

814

	a. capable; adept
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.

competitive

815

	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition

competitor

816

	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes

complacent

817

	n. lack of caring; indifference
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.

complaisance

818

	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	n. politeness.
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

complaisant

819

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others

complement

820

	adv. in good season or time.
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

complex

821

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest

compliant

822

	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis

complicate

823

	a. awake; alert
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.

complication

824

	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.

complicity

825

	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth

compliment

826

	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise

component

827

	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	v. to agree.

comport

828

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over

composure

829

	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.

comprehensible

830

	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	v. refrain from buying or using
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible

comprehension

831

	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. grasp; ability to understand

comprehensive

832

	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. one who entrusts.
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native

compress

833

	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.

compressible

834

	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.

compression

835

	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode

comprise

836

	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.

compulsion

837

	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint

compulsory

838

	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	adj. notoriously bad.

compunction

839

	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

compute

840

	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	adj. cowardly.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

concede

841

	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

conceit

842

	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

conceive

843

	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.

concerto

844

	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	v. contradict; give a false impression

concession

845

	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. book of literary selections by various authors

conciliate

846

	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	v. to obtain the friendship of.

conciliatory

847

	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. greediness.
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation

conclusive

848

	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.

concord

849

	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	a. chief; serving as an essential component

concordance

850

	n. harmony.
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	adj. fit to be eaten.

concur

851

	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	v. to agree.
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power

concurrence

852

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. agreement.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb

concurrent

853

	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	v. to bring about.

concussion

854

	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.

condensation

855

	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	n. compression
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	v. assemble; convene; gather

condense

856

	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

condescend

857

	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth

condolence

858

	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb

conduce

859

	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	v. to bring about.

conducive

860

	adj. contributing to an end.
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner

conductible

861

	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

conduit

862

	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	adv. in good season or time.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.

confectionery

863

	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle

confederacy

864

	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. alliance
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition

confederate

865

	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. sharp and bitter manner

confer

866

	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

conferee

867

	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. a person with whom another confers.

confessor

868

	n. a spiritual advisor.
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.

confidant

869

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.

confide

870

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

confidence

871

	n. a vehement appeal.
	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. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

confident

872

	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

confinement

873

	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	n. agreement.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native

confiscate

874

	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	adj. auxiliary.

conflagration

875

	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	adj. colorless,
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.

confluence

876

	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. one who entrusts.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet

confluent

877

	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. a stream that unites with another.

conformable

878

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	adj. harmonious.

conformance

879

	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

conformation

880

	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

conformity

881

	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. madhouse.
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

confront

882

	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with

congeal

883

	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	v. to coagulate.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	v. include; consist of; be composed of

congenial

884

	a. compatible
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	n. an ox.

congest

885

	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	v. to collect into a mass.
	v. to confuse.
	a. capable; adept

congregate

886

	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.

coniferous

887

	n. blessing.
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant

conjecture

888

	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

conjoin

889

	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	v. to unite.

conjugal

890

	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. hillside.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	v. to make supremely happy.

conjugate

891

	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	adj. joined together in pairs.

conjugation

892

	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	n. alliance
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. an unprovoked attack.

conjunction

893

	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes

connive

894

	v. to be in collusion.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.

connoisseur

895

	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

connote

896

	v. to mean; signify.
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	v. recover gradually from an illness

connubial

897

	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

conquer

898

	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. portion.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	v. associate; incorporate

consanguineous

899

	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	prep. apart from.

conscience

900

	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	v. produce; give rise to

conscientious

901

	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	v. to force into military service.
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

conscious

902

	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	a. awake; alert
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	a. moved by sexual love; loving

conscript

903

	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	v. to force into military service.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent

consecrate

904

	n. harmony.
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	v. to coagulate.

consecutive

905

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

consensus

906

	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.

conservatism

907

	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks

conservative

908

	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.

conservatory

909

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist

consign

910

	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. state of being absent; state of being away

consignee

911

	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

consignor

912

	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. one who entrusts.

consistency

913

	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

console

914

	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.

consolidate

915

	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.

consonance

916

	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. compression
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.

consonant

917

	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	a. compatible; harmonious

consort

918

	v. associate; join
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.

conspicuous

919

	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. a flowering shrub.
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

conspirator

920

	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce

conspire

921

	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality

constable

922

	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

constellation

923

	v. to study plant-life.
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. harmony.

consternation

924

	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. recognition.
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

constituency

925

	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	adj. tending to one point.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.

constituent

926

	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply

constrict

927

	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. courtesy towards women
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing

consul

928

	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing

consulate

929

	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse

consummate

930

	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.

consumption

931

	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. an adulterating substance.

consumptive

932

	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

contagion

933

	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

contagious

934

	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	v. to confuse.

contaminate

935

	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile

contemplate

936

	n. hard coal.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert

contemporaneous

937

	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival

contemporary

938

	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause

contemptible

939

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

contemptuous

940

	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	v. to take when offered.
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

contender

941

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat

contiguity

942

	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. proximity.
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

contiguous

943

	n. blessing.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.

continence

944

	n. a tree.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	v. produce; give rise to
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity

contingency

945

	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.

contingent

946

	n. recognition.
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding

continuance

947

	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	n. permanence.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause

continuation

948

	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point

continuity

949

	n. blessing.
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute

continuous

950

	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	adv. from side to side.
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

contort

951

	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.

contraband

952

	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.

contradiction

953

	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct

contradictory

954

	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.

contraposition

955

	n. a placing opposite.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	adj. living both on land and in water.

contravene

956

	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.

contribution

957

	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	v. refrain from buying or using
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.

contributor

958

	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with

contrite

959

	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. flood.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.

contrivance

960

	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

contrive

961

	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself

control

962

	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.

controller

963

	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

contumacious

964

	adj. rebellious.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. a vehement appeal.

contumacy

965

	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

contuse

966

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. lack of caring; indifference

contusion

967

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.

convalesce

968

	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

convalescence

969

	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	adj. harmonious.
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.

convalescent

970

	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle

convene

971

	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	v. cause to come together formally
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

convenience

972

	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. state of being suitable
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive

converge

973

	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.

convergent

974

	adj. tending to one point.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited

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