GRE Big Book Words List| Match Practice

GRE Big Book Words

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abase

	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

abbess

	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	n. an unprovoked attack.

abbey

	n. historian.
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of

abbot

	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.

abdicate

	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

abdomen

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

abdominal

	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.

abduction

	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force

abed

	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.

aberration

	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

abet

	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. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

abeyance

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.

abhorrence

	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

abhorrent

	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident

abidance

	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. an abiding.

abject

	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive

abjure

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

ablution

	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

abnegate

	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself

abnormal

	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. proximity.
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action

abominable

	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	n. a salt of acetic acid.

abominate

	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	v. to hate violently.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.

abomination

	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. a very detestable act or practice.

aboriginal

	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

aborigines

	n. a placing opposite.
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	v. to confuse.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

abrade

	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts

abrasion

	n. scratch; friction
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	n. permanence.
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

abridge

	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

abridgment

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.

abrogate

	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	n. state of being suitable
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.

abrupt

	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.

abscess

	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

abscission

	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

abscond

	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.

absence

	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. component or part; citizen, voter

absolution

	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest

absolve

	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

absorb

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing

absorption

	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity

abstain

	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain

abstemious

	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.

abstinence

	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

abstruse

	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with

absurd

	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

abundant

	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. eating or drinking of something

abusive

	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert

abut

	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. the buttocks.
	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. proclamation.

abyss

	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal

academic

	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

academician

	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

academy

	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor

accede

	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	v. to sail quite around.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness

accelerate

	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	adv. sufficiently.
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected

	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	a. two-sided; mutual
	n. state of being suitable
	v. to take when offered.

access

	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. that which nourishes.

accessible

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.

accession

	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. politeness.

accessory

	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted

acclaim

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

accommodate

	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

accompaniment

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	adj. rebellious.
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of

accompanist

	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. delusive speech.

accompany

	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act

accomplice

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

accomplish

	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	v. to predict.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete

accordion

	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

accost

	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.

account

	v. to agree.
	adj. wanting water.
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event

accouter

	a. awake; alert
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	v. to remind oneself.

accredit

	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

accumulate

	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. engagement to marry.

accuracy

	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive

accurate

	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

accursed

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	adv. sufficiently.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	adj. dominant.

accusation

	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize

accusatory

	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. group of closely located islands
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.

accuse

	v. to be in collusion.
	v. blame; condemn
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite

accustom

	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.

acerbity

	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.

acetate

	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to

acetic

	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort

ache

	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

achillean

	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	adj. invulnerable.

achromatic

	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	adj. colorless,

acid

	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful

acidify

	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	v. to change into acid.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm

acknowledge

	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. delusive speech.
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks

acknowledgment

	n. recognition.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things

acme

	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal

acoustic

	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. an adulterating substance.

acquaint

	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. proximity.
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar

acquiesce

	adj. taking notice.
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused

acquiescence

	n. passive consent.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.

acquit

	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. absolute government.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.

acquittal

	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.

acquittance

	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.

acreage

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

acrid

	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	adv. in good season or time.
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent

acrimonious

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole

acrimony

100

	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.

actionable

101

	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act

actuality

102

	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. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. any reality.

actuary

103

	adv. from side to side.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	v. to walk about
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

actuate

104

	v. put into motion or action; activate
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	v. to sail quite around.
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

acumen

105

	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

acute

106

	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

adamant

107

	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

addendum

108

	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end

addle

109

	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.

adduce

110

	v. to be in collusion.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	adj. cheerful.

adhere

111

	adj. fit to be eaten.
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

adherence

112

	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	adj. cheerful.
	n. attachment.

adherent

113

	adj. withered.
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

adhesion

114

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	adj. notoriously bad.
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	n. the state of being attached or joined.

adieu

115

	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

adjacency

116

	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

adjacent

117

	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	n. one who entrusts.

adjudge

118

	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

adjunct

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	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke

adjuration

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	n. a vehement appeal.
	v. to force into military service.
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something

adjutant

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	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	adv. sufficiently.

administrator

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	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.

admissible

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	v. to agree.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. passive consent.
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.

admittance

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	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees

admonish

125

	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. an ox.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

admonition

126

	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize

ado

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	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth

adoration

128

	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god

adroit

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	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

adulterant

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	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show

adulterate

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	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

adumbrate

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	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	n. a college student.
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade

advent

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	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important

adverse

134

	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. agreement.
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose

adversity

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	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness

advert

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	v. to refer incidentally.
	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure

advertiser

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	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce

advisory

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	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.

advocacy

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	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

advocate

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	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

aerial

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	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	n. the act or state or conforming.

aeronaut

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	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things

aeronautics

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	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	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
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.

aerostat

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	adj. taking notice.
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.

aerostatics

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	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator

affable

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	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

affect

147

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

affectation

148

	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	adj. cheerful.

affiliate

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	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	v. associate; incorporate

affirmative

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	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming

affix

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	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	v. to blend.
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something

affluence

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	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth

affront

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	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

afoot

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	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	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. be earlier in time; go back further
	adv. in progress.

aforesaid

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	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.

afresh

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	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	v. to force into military service.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.

afterthought

157

	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	prep. apart from.

agglomerate

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	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.

aggrandize

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	n. passive consent.
	n. harmony.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation

aggravate

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	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome

aggravation

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	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	adj. wanting water.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

aggregate

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	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement

aggress

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	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	v. to make the first attack.

aggression

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	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

aggrieve

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	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

aghast

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	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement

agile

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	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	a. definitive; decisive; final

agitate

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	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person

agrarian

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	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole

ailment

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	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. sickness; illness; affliction

airy

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	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy

akin

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	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.

alabaster

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	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	v. blame; condemn
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

alacrity

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	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness

albeit

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	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. blessing.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding

albino

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	n. hillside.
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

album

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	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

alchemy

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	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	adj. tending to one point.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

alcohol

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	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity

alcoholism

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	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test

alcove

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	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room

alder

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	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	adj. invulnerable.

alderman

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	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

aldermanship

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	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.

alias

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	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. any reality.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily

alien

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	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population

alienable

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	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. courtesy towards women
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.

alienate

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	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

alienation

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	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. any article of personal property.
	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. estrangement.

aliment

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	n. that which nourishes.
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

alkali

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	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.

allay

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	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down

allege

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	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful

allegory

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	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	v. state without proof; assert to be true

alleviate

195

	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited

alley

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	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

alliance

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	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.

allot

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	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.

allotment

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	n. portion.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

allude

200

	v. to blend.
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	adj. auxiliary.
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion

allusion

201

	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor

alluvion

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	n. flood.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing

ally

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	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

almanac

204

	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law

aloof

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	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

altar

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	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.

alter

207

	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	v. to force into military service.

alteration

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	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change

altercate

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	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.

alternate

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	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute

alternative

211

	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	n. estrangement.

altitude

212

	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

alto

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	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.

altruism

214

	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar

altruist

215

	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	v. cause to come together formally
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. the act of rising.

amalgam

216

	n. historian.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.

amalgamate

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	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury

amateur

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	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. portion.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.

amatory

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	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	adj. designed to excite love.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book

ambidextrous

220

	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. recognition.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease

ambiguous

221

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning

ambitious

222

	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. hillside.
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement

ambrosial

223

	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

ambulance

224

	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	a. of or relating to the heart

ambulate

225

	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	v. to walk about

ambush

226

	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes

ameliorate

227

	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	v. diagnose; examine

amenable

228

	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. water saturated with salt.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of

americanism

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	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness

amicable

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	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

amity

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	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye

amorous

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	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

amorphous

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	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	n. permanence.
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily

amour

234

	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.

ampere

235

	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. the state of being attached or joined.

amphibious

236

	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	adv. once more.
	adj. living both on land and in water.

amphitheater

237

	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.

amplitude

238

	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. largeness.
	v. to agree.
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

amply

239

	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	adv. sufficiently.
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.

amputate

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	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence

amusement

241

	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. diversion.
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.

anachronism

242

	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

anagram

243

	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

analogous

244

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	v. to unite.
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. diversion.

analogy

245

	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

analyst

246

	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

analyze

247

	v. to blend.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	v. diagnose; examine
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another

anarchy

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	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion

anathema

249

	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. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing

anatomy

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	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of

anecdote

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	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly

anemia

252

	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. any article of personal property.
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. tendency to keep together

anemic

253

	adj. affected with anemia.
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

anemometer

254

	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated

anesthetic

255

	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	adj. capable of being appealed to.

anew

256

	adv. once more.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence

angelic

257

	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	adj. saintly.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.

anglophobia

258

	n. composition; order
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.

angular

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	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still

anhydrous

260

	adj. withered.
	n. hard coal.
	n. proclamation.
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

animadversion

261

	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.

animadvert

262

	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	v. refrain from buying or using
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. one who entrusts.

animalcule

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	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.

animate

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	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated

animosity

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	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration

annalist

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	n. historian.
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	adv. an expression of assent.

annals

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	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. book of literary selections by various authors

annex

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	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.

annihilate

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	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind

annotate

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	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

annual

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	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.

annuity

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	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

annunciation

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	n. proclamation.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused

anode

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	n. scratch; friction
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.

anonymous

275

	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

antagonism

276

	n. one who entrusts.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet

antarctic

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	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.

ante

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	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.

antecede

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	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait

antecedent

280

	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

antechamber

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	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.

antedate

282

	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. absolute government.
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason

antediluvian

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	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists

antemeridian

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	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	adj. before noon.
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	v. to unite.

antenatal

285

	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.

286

	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	v. to walk about
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited

anteroom

287

	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.

anthology

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	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

anthracite

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	n. hard coal.
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive

anthropology

290

	n. harmony.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings

anthropomorphous

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	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.

antic

292

	n. permanence.
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. hard coal.
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.

antichrist

293

	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	v. to sail quite around.

anticlimax

294

	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	v. to predict.
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.

anticyclone

295

	n. attachment.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down

antidote

296

	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. part or division of poem of some length

antilogy

297

	adv. in progress.
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away

antipathize

298

	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.

antiphon

299

	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. agreement.
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god

antiphony

300

	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. flood.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.

antipodes

301

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

antiquary

302

	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.

antiquate

303

	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	adj. containing gold.
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning

antique

304

	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. hillside.

antiseptic

305

	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race

antislavery

306

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.

antispasmodic

307

	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. a placing opposite.
	n. harmony.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter

antistrophe

308

	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

antitoxin

309

	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.

antonym

310

	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator

anxious

311

	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	adv. in progress.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict

apathy

312

	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.

aperture

313

	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. proclamation.

apex

314

	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

aphorism

315

	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

apiary

316

	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.

apogee

317

	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. diversion.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

apology

318

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive

apostate

319

	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

apostle

320

	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

apothecary

321

	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air

apotheosis

322

	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.

appall

323

	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

apparent

324

	adj. affected with anemia.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert

apparition

325

	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will

appease

326

	adj. low in tone or compass.
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

appellate

327

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.

appellation

328

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

append

329

	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	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. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

appertain

330

	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

apposite

331

	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

apposition

332

	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	a. definitive; decisive; final

appraise

333

	prep. apart from.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	n. a placing opposite.

appreciable

334

	a. considerable; perceptible
	v. to walk about
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station

apprehend

335

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

apprehensible

336

	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	v. to pass criticism or censure.

approbation

337

	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	n. sulfur.
	n. expression of warm approval; praise

appropriate

338

	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use

aqueduct

339

	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.

aqueous

340

	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.

arbiter

341

	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	adj. rebellious.
	n. historian.
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

arbitrary

342

	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).

arbitrate

343

	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition

arbor

344

	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. a tree.
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode

arboreal

345

	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. one who attacks.
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease

arborescent

346

	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

arboretum

347

	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait

arboriculture

348

	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. water saturated with salt.

arcade

349

	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. largeness.
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

archaeology

350

	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	adv. once more.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. an adulterating substance.

archaic

351

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. an angel of high rank.

archaism

352

	n. obsolescence.
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible

archangel

353

	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. an angel of high rank.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.

archbishop

354

	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope

archdeacon

355

	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.

archetype

356

	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. proclamation.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	prep. apart from.

archipelago

357

	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. group of closely located islands
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

ardent

358

	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

ardor

359

	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years

arid

360

	adj. sated with pleasure.
	v. to blend.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants

aristocracy

361

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.

aristocrat

362

	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble

armada

363

	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

armful

364

	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.

armory

365

	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	a. compatible
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial

aroma

366

	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food

arraign

367

	n. sharp and bitter manner
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof

arrange

368

	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it

arrangement

369

	n. composition; order
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	v. to be in collusion.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent

arrant

370

	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.

arrear

371

	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	adj. invulnerable.
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.

arrival

372

	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.

arrogant

373

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter

arrogate

374

	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.

artesian

375

	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

artful

376

	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

arthurian

377

	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. one who entrusts.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.

artifice

378

	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity

artless

379

	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission

ascendant

380

	adj. dominant.
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	v. to predict.
	n. a title of jesus

ascension

381

	n. the act of rising.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	v. to confuse.

ascent

382

	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward

ascetic

383

	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice

ascribe

384

	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will

asexual

385

	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	adj. designed to excite love.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity

ashen

386

	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor

askance

387

	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	adj. taking notice.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

asperity

388

	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate

aspirant

389

	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

aspire

390

	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. that which nourishes.
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease

assailant

391

	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. one who attacks.

assassin

392

	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate

assassinate

393

	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	adj. contributing to an end.

assassination

394

	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.

assay

395

	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	a. definitive; decisive; final

assent

396

	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept

assess

397

	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	adj. invulnerable.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.

assessor

398

	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.

assets

399

	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce

assiduous

400

	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.

assignee

401

	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. largeness.

assimilate

402

	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

assonance

403

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

assonant

404

	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

assonate

405

	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance

assuage

406

	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to

astringent

407

	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law

astute

408

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence

atheism

409

	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. the denial of the existence of god.

athirst

410

	adj. wanting water.
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.

athwart

411

	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	adv. from side to side.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit

atomizer

412

	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.

atone

413

	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.

atonement

414

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.

atrocious

415

	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	v. to agree.
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.

atrocity

416

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

attache

417

	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly

attest

418

	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass

auburn

419

	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.

audacious

420

	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke

audible

421

	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate

audition

422

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

auditory

423

	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing

augment

424

	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	v. blame; condemn
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	n. a spiritual advisor.

augur

425

	v. to predict.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. that which nourishes.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.

augustinian

426

	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.

aura

427

	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. proximity.

aural

428

	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.

auricle

429

	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning

auricular

430

	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.

auriferous

431

	adj. having or resembling human form.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	adj. containing gold.

aurora

432

	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. the first light of day; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away

auspice

433

	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

austere

434

	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. eating or drinking of something
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

autarchy

435

	n. unrestricted power.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

authentic

436

	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	v. to sail quite around.
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy

authenticity

437

	n. unrestricted power.
	v. travel with; be associated with
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.

autocracy

438

	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. absolute government.

autocrat

439

	n. any reality.
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

automaton

440

	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans

autonomous

441

	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

autonomy

442

	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.

autopsy

443

	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

autumnal

444

	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

auxiliary

445

	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. madhouse.

avalanche

446

	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice

avarice

447

	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	v. bump; hit; conflict

aver

448

	v. declare to be true; affirm
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

averse

449

	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated

aversion

450

	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

avert

451

	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	n. hillside.

aviary

452

	n. an adulterating substance.
	v. to await.
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected

avidity

453

	n. greediness.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	v. to happen to or befall.

avocation

454

	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital

avow

455

	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill

awaken

456

	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. estrangement.
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

aye

457

	adv. an expression of assent.
	a. of or relating to the heart
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

azalea

458

	n. a flowering shrub.
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race

azure

459

	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	v. to take when offered.
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	a. occurring or payable every year

baconian

460

	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

bacterium

461

	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	v. to predict.
	adj. low in tone or compass.

badger

462

	v. to confuse.
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. estrangement.

baffle

463

	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works

bailiff

464

	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	n. conversation.
	adj. cone-bearing trees.

baize

465

	prep. apart from.
	n. one who attacks.
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

bale

466

	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. historian.

baleful

467

	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

ballad

468

	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass

balsam

469

	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

banal

470

	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content

barcarole

471

	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.

baritone

472

	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.

barograph

473

	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.

barometer

474

	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.

barring

475

	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	prep. apart from.
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish

bask

476

	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth

bass

477

	adj. low in tone or compass.
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	v. to change into acid.
	n. recognition.

baste

478

	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

baton

479

	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race

battalion

480

	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.

batten

481

	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	v. travel with; be associated with

batter

482

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	adj. saintly.
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

bauble

483

	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	v. to predict.

bawl

484

	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension

beatify

485

	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth

beatitude

486

	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison

beau

487

	n. an escort or lover.
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.

becalm

488

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. recognition.

beck

489

	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.

bedaub

490

	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.

bedeck

491

	v. to cover with ornament.
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	n. blessing.
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

bedlam

492

	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. madhouse.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation

befog

493

	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	v. to confuse.
	n. the state of being adjacent.

befriend

494

	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.

beget

495

	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	n. any reality.
	v. produce; give rise to
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

begrudge

496

	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. a tree.
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

belate

497

	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving

belay

498

	n. a placing opposite.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere

belie

499

	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

believe

500

	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law

belittle

501

	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down

belle

502

	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	adv. an expression of assent.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility

bellicose

503

	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring

belligerent

504

	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	a. comparable; similar or alike

bemoan

505

	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.

benediction

506

	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose

benefactor

507

	a. capable; adept
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people

benefice

508

	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

beneficent

509

	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.

beneficial

510

	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill

beneficiary

511

	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

benefit

512

	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever

benevolence

513

	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down

benevolent

514

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

benign

515

	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

benignant

516

	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

benignity

517

	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

benison

518

	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	n. blessing.

bequeath

519

	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

bereave

520

	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. a placing opposite.
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.

berth

521

	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job

beseech

522

	n. diversion.
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.

beset

523

	adj. harmonious.
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in

besmear

524

	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.

bestial

525

	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason

bestrew

526

	v. to walk about
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.

bestride

527

	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. sharp and bitter manner

bethink

528

	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	v. to remind oneself.

betide

529

	n. unrestricted power.
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	v. to happen to or befall.

betimes

530

	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	adv. in good season or time.

betroth

531

	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	a. capable; adept

betrothal

532

	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	n. engagement to marry.
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. agreement.

bevel

533

	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade

bewilder

534

	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. tendency to keep together
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

bibliography

535

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal

bibliomania

536

	n. the passion for collecting books.
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. recognition.

bibliophile

537

	n. one who loves books.
	v. to pile or heap together.
	v. to take when offered.
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something

bibulous

538

	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	adj. fond of drinking.
	adj. contributing to an end.

bide

539

	v. to await.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others

biennial

540

	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use

bier

541

	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

bigamist

542

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

bigamy

543

	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	adv. in good season or time.
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.

bight

544

	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

bilateral

545

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	a. two-sided; mutual
	adj. rebellious.
	n. an unprovoked attack.

bilingual

546

	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	adj. taking notice.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

biograph

547

	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.

biology

548

	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. the science of life or living organisms.

biped

549

	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. an animal having two feet.
	v. to make familiar by use.

birthright

550

	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.

bitterness

551

	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute

blase

552

	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	v. to name in baptism.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive

blaspheme

553

	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.

blatant

554

	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	v. to mean; signify.
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act

blaze

555

	adj. rebellious.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame

blazon

556

	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	n. recognition.
	interj. well done.

bleak

557

	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	n. that which nourishes.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice

blemish

558

	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.

blithe

559

	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives

blithesome

560

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	adj. cheerful.

blockade

561

	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage

boatswain

562

	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	v. to walk about
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.

bodily

563

	adj. corporeal.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.

boisterous

564

	adv. in good season or time.
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	a. of or relating to the heart

bole

565

	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties

bolero

566

	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. composition; order
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

boll

567

	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	n. estrangement.

bolster

568

	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion

bomb

569

	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

bombard

570

	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.

bombardier

571

	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.

bombast

572

	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. the first light of day; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

boorish

573

	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention

bore

574

	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	v. to coagulate.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.

borough

575

	n. a vehement appeal.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other

bosom

576

	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

botanical

577

	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant

botanize

578

	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing

botany

579

	v. associate; incorporate
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification

bountiful

580

	adj. compassionate.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode

bowdlerize

581

	n. any article of personal property.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.

bowler

582

	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.

boycott

583

	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down

brae

584

	n. hillside.
	v. to force into military service.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. use of force to get someone to obey

braggart

585

	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another

brandish

586

	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race

bravado

587

	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something

bravo

588

	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	a. capable; adept
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	interj. well done.

bray

589

	v. to force into military service.
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with

braze

590

	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	a. compatible
	n. scratch; friction

brazier

591

	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	v. to take when offered.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.

breach

592

	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.

breaker

593

	prep. apart from.
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. delusive speech.

breech

594

	v. associate; join
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	n. the buttocks.

brethren

595

	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	adj. serving or tending to force.

brevity

596

	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act

bridle

597

	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle

brigade

598

	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame

brigadier

599

	adj. cowardly.
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.

brigand

600

	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

brimstone

601

	v. declare to be true; affirm
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. sulfur.

brine

602

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. water saturated with salt.
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension

bristle

603

	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect

britannia

604

	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. part or division of poem of some length

briticism

605

	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

brittle

606

	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential

broach

607

	adj. invulnerable.
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.

broadcast

608

	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories

brogan

609

	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.

brogue

610

	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with

brokerage

611

	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.

bromine

612

	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. one who loves books.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility

bronchitis

613

	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	a. awake; alert

bronchus

614

	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.

brooch

615

	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women

brotherhood

616

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	n. sulfur.
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter

browbeat

617

	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	n. a title of jesus
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.

brusque

618

	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.

buffoon

619

	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown

buffoonery

620

	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

bulbous

621

	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party

bullock

622

	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. an ox.

bulrush

623

	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. permanence.
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect

bulwark

624

	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. the act of rising.
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	adv. from side to side.

bumper

625

	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. historian.
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule

bumptious

626

	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. harmony.
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing

bungle

627

	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence

buoyancy

628

	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons

buoyant

629

	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job

bureau

630

	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage

bureaucracy

631

	n. over-regulated administrative system
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion

burgess

632

	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

burgher

633

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.

burnish

634

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

bursar

635

	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation

bustle

636

	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem

butt

637

	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.

butte

638

	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.

buttress

639

	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

cabal

640

	adv. an expression of assent.
	v. to blend.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

cabinet

641

	n. politeness.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

cacophony

642

	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

cadaverous

643

	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.

cadence

644

	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite

cadenza

645

	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

caitiff

646

	adj. cowardly.
	n. hard coal.
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak

cajole

647

	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.

cajolery

648

	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. delusive speech.

calculable

649

	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position

calculus

650

	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

callosity

651

	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

callow

652

	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease

calorie

653

	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	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. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander

calvary

655

	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	v. state without proof; assert to be true

calvinism

656

	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action

calvinize

657

	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean

came

658

	adj. containing gold.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.

cameo

659

	v. to bring about.
	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. politeness.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.

campaign

660

	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood

canaanite

661

	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.

canary

662

	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.

candid

663

	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial

candor

664

	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

canine

665

	v. put into motion or action; activate
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near

canon

666

	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	n. an angel of high rank.

cant

667

	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown

cantata

668

	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.

canto

669

	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	v. to coagulate.

cantonment

670

	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.

capacious

671

	inter. good-by; farewell.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

capillary

672

	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. blessing.

capitulate

673

	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect

caprice

674

	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. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind

caption

675

	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	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. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery

captious

676

	v. to remind oneself.
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. largeness.

captivate

677

	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest

carcass

678

	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

cardiac

679

	v. associate; join
	a. of or relating to the heart
	v. to blend.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

cardinal

680

	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

caret

681

	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height

caricature

682

	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	a. compatible
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect

carnage

683

	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	v. cause to come together formally
	n. blessing.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people

carnal

684

	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	adv. once more.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence

carnivorous

685

	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. state of being suitable
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory

carouse

686

	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.

carrion

687

	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. scratch; friction

cartilage

688

	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint

cartridge

689

	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial

caste

690

	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

castigate

691

	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

casual

692

	v. to collect into a mass.
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality

casualty

693

	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	v. to remind oneself.
	adj. colorless,
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

cataclysm

694

	n. compression
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

cataract

695

	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources

catastrophe

696

	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune

cathode

697

	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

catholicism

698

	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.

catholicity

699

	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror

caucus

700

	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	adj. compassionate.

causal

701

	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate

caustic

702

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. one who entrusts.
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

cauterize

703

	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.

cede

704

	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

censor

705

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

censorious

706

	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity

census

707

	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode

centenary

708

	adj. saintly.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years

centiliter

709

	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

centimeter

710

	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

centurion

711

	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

cereal

712

	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. compression
	n. historian.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize

ceremonial

713

	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

ceremonious

714

	n. historian.
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

cessation

715

	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air

cession

716

	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. harmony.
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

chameleon

717

	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another

chancery

718

	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

chaos

719

	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	n. one who attacks.

characteristic

720

	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait

characterize

721

	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	adj. containing gold.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	adj. invulnerable.

charlatan

722

	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner

chasten

723

	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	v. to make the first attack.
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof

chastise

724

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke

chastity

725

	n. politeness.
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.

chateau

726

	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

chattel

727

	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. any article of personal property.

check

728

	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.

chiffon

729

	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film

chivalry

730

	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. courtesy towards women
	adj. saintly.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode

cholera

731

	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

choleric

732

	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.

choral

733

	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

christ

734

	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. a title of jesus
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

christen

735

	v. to name in baptism.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

christendom

736

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

chromatic

737

	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases

chronology

738

	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	v. to be in collusion.
	v. associate; join
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion

chronometer

739

	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. ally; form a group or unite

cipher

740

	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number

circulate

741

	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for

circumference

742

	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	adj. cowardly.

circumlocution

743

	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	v. to mean; signify.

circumnavigate

744

	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	v. to sail quite around.

circumscribe

745

	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

circumspect

746

	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious

citadel

747

	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion

cite

748

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	v. quote; adduce as an instance

claimant

749

	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.

clairvoyance

750

	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	adj. auxiliary.

clamorous

751

	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. lack of caring; indifference

clan

752

	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

clandestine

753

	n. scratch; friction
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

clangor

754

	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	v. to walk about
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

clarify

755

	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	adj. compassionate.

clarion

756

	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter

classify

757

	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories

clearance

758

	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.

clemency

759

	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other

clement

760

	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	adj. compassionate.
	v. to sail quite around.

clothier

761

	n. a college student.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.

clumsy

762

	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

coagulant

763

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	adj. producing coagulation.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

coagulate

764

	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

coalescence

765

	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated

coalition

766

	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.

coddle

767

	n. the passion for collecting books.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

codicil

768

	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.

coerce

769

	v. to make familiar by use.
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

coercion

770

	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	v. to study plant-life.
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

coercive

771

	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.

cogent

772

	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive

cognate

773

	a. capable; adept
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion

cognizant

774

	adj. taking notice.
	n. a placing opposite.
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect

cohere

775

	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	a. compatible; harmonious

cohesion

776

	n. tendency to keep together
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.

cohesive

777

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

coincide

778

	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	v. to force into military service.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander

coincidence

779

	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

coincident

780

	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	a. concerning; simultaneous

collaborate

781

	n. alliance
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

collapse

782

	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	v. breakdown; failure
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected

collapsible

783

	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. a narrow strip of wood.

colleague

784

	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.

collective

785

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	adj. fond of drinking.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable

collector

786

	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. courtesy towards women
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

collegian

787

	n. composition; order
	n. a college student.
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.

collide

788

	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	adj. joined together in pairs.

collier

789

	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

collision

790

	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.

colloquial

791

	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	a. arousing or provoking laughter

colloquialism

792

	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will

colloquy

793

	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. conversation.

collusion

794

	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.

colossus

795

	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. any strikingly great person or object.

comely

796

	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful

comestible

797

	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

comical

798

	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others

commemorate

799

	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term

commentary

800

	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

commingle

801

	v. to blend.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.

commissariat

802

	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	v. associate; join
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.

commission

803

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize

commitment

804

	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

committal

805

	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. one who or that which accompanies.

commodity

806

	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena

commotion

807

	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.

commute

808

	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	adj. opposed to human slavery.

comparable

809

	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with

comparative

810

	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. portion.
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.

comparison

811

	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse

compensate

812

	v. make amends for; reimburse
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage

competence

813

	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

competent

814

	a. capable; adept
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

competitive

815

	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter

competitor

816

	v. blame; condemn
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.

complacent

817

	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person

complaisance

818

	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. politeness.
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

complaisant

819

	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings

complement

820

	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.

complex

821

	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

compliant

822

	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. any article of personal property.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply

complicate

823

	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.

complication

824

	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.

complicity

825

	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	adj. wanting water.

compliment

826

	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. state of being suitable
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise

component

827

	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	adv. in good season or time.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something

comport

828

	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	adv. in bed; on a bed.

composure

829

	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	adv. an expression of assent.

comprehensible

830

	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander

comprehension

831

	n. grasp; ability to understand
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	adj. corporeal.
	a. intended to confuse in an argument

comprehensive

832

	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	a. occurring or payable every year

compress

833

	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

compressible

834

	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.

compression

835

	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

comprise

836

	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	v. include; consist of; be composed of

compulsion

837

	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	v. to take when offered.
	n. harmony.

compulsory

838

	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. an abiding.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. part or division of poem of some length

compunction

839

	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

compute

840

	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	adj. rebellious.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

concede

841

	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works

conceit

842

	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	interj. well done.
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something

conceive

843

	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

concerto

844

	n. passive consent.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. grasp; ability to understand

concession

845

	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	v. to await.
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission

conciliate

846

	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	n. hillside.
	n. lack of caring; indifference

conciliatory

847

	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

conclusive

848

	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.

concord

849

	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

concordance

850

	n. that which nourishes.
	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. harmony.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

concur

851

	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	v. to agree.
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better

concurrence

852

	n. agreement.
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies

concurrent

853

	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.

concussion

854

	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away

condensation

855

	n. compression
	v. to cover with ornament.
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	v. to study plant-life.

condense

856

	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. sulfur.

condescend

857

	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity

condolence

858

	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration

conduce

859

	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	v. to bring about.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.

conducive

860

	adj. invulnerable.
	adj. contributing to an end.
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.

conductible

861

	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.

conduit

862

	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat

confectionery

863

	adj. before noon.
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law

confederacy

864

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. alliance
	v. produce; give rise to
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works

confederate

865

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. ally; form a group or unite

confer

866

	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	v. to confuse.
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

conferee

867

	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	n. composition; order
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate

confessor

868

	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. a spiritual advisor.

confidant

869

	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	a. definitive; decisive; final

confide

870

	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status

confidence

871

	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

confident

872

	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	adv. sufficiently.

confinement

873

	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. agreement.

confiscate

874

	n. lack of caring; indifference
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.

conflagration

875

	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict

confluence

876

	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

confluent

877

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept

conformable

878

	v. to await.
	adj. harmonious.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent

conformance

879

	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. the act or state or conforming.

conformation

880

	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.

conformity

881

	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. group of closely located islands
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.

confront

882

	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	v. to cover with ornament.

congeal

883

	v. to coagulate.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.

congenial

884

	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	a. compatible

congest

885

	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. greediness.
	v. declare to be true; affirm

congregate

886

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	a. considerable; perceptible

coniferous

887

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.

conjecture

888

	a. concerning; simultaneous
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

conjoin

889

	v. to unite.
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. proclamation.

conjugal

890

	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	adj. invulnerable.
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	adj. auxiliary.

conjugate

891

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.

conjugation

892

	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.

conjunction

893

	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind

connive

894

	inter. good-by; farewell.
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

connoisseur

895

	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere

connote

896

	adj. serving or tending to force.
	v. to mean; signify.
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

connubial

897

	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.

conquer

898

	n. a title of jesus
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

consanguineous

899

	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour

conscience

900

	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment

conscientious

901

	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. any article of personal property.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable

conscious

902

	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	a. awake; alert
	v. recover gradually from an illness

conscript

903

	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	v. to force into military service.

consecrate

904

	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	v. to set apart as sacred.

consecutive

905

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated

consensus

906

	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter

conservatism

907

	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

conservative

908

	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

conservatory

909

	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter

consign

910

	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.

consignee

911

	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.

consignor

912

	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. one who entrusts.
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor

consistency

913

	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	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. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

consolidate

915

	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm

consonance

916

	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with

consonant

917

	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	a. compatible; harmonious

consort

918

	adj. having or resembling human form.
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	v. associate; join

conspicuous

919

	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

conspirator

920

	adj. harmonious.
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter

conspire

921

	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	v. to blend.
	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. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

constable

922

	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression

constellation

923

	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	n. absolute government.
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name

consternation

924

	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	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. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	adj. delicate, ethereal.

constituency

925

	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room

constituent

926

	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. any article of personal property.
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate

constrict

927

	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate

consul

928

	n. the state of being adjacent.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	v. to predict.
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.

consulate

929

	v. to cover with ornament.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. one who attacks.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.

consummate

930

	n. state of being suitable
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect

consumption

931

	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. eating or drinking of something

consumptive

932

	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	adj. notoriously bad.
	adj. cowardly.

contagion

933

	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. alliance

contagious

934

	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.

contaminate

935

	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.

contemplate

936

	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power

contemporaneous

937

	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.

contemporary

938

	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy

contemptible

939

	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.

contemptuous

940

	v. produce; give rise to
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	n. the denial of the existence of god.

contender

941

	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome

contiguity

942

	n. proximity.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something

contiguous

943

	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring

continence

944

	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity

contingency

945

	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art

contingent

946

	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort

continuance

947

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. permanence.

continuation

948

	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	adj. designed to excite love.

continuity

949

	adj. producing coagulation.
	interj. well done.
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

continuous

950

	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	a. capable; adept
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time

contort

951

	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	adj. taking notice.
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.

contraband

952

	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent

contradiction

953

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct

contradictory

954

	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.

contraposition

955

	n. absolute government.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	n. a placing opposite.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

contravene

956

	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.

contribution

957

	n. tendency to keep together
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy

contributor

958

	n. tendency to keep together
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house

contrite

959

	v. to bring about.
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement

contrivance

960

	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.

contrive

961

	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery

control

962

	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear

controller

963

	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind

contumacious

964

	adj. rebellious.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.

contumacy

965

	n. proclamation.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

contuse

966

	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	adj. notoriously bad.

contusion

967

	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to

convalesce

968

	v. recover gradually from an illness
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement

convalescence

969

	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.

convalescent

970

	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	adj. recovering health after sickness.

convene

971

	n. grasp; ability to understand
	v. cause to come together formally
	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. alliance

convenience

972

	n. state of being suitable
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures

converge

973

	n. harmony.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited

convergent

974

	n. alliance
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	adj. tending to one point.
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick

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