acquisition: n. Syn. acquirement; attainment act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something | adolescent: n. a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity; |
adverse: a. Syn. unfavorable; hostile in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose | aesthetic: a. Syn. artistic; elegant elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste |
affiliate: v. Syn. associate; incorporate associate; incorporate | afflict: v. Syn. plague; suffer; torment cause pain, suffering or distress |
aggravate: v. Syn. worsen; exacerbate worsen; make worse or more troublesome | agitation: n. Syn. anxiety; disturbance anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance |
alleviate: v. Syn. relieve; moderate; reduce provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part | amends: n. compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation |
anonymous: a. Syn. unknown; nameless having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name | appraisal: n. Syn. assessment; evaluation assessment; evaluation; the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth |
articulate: a. Syn. effective; distinct expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language | ascertain: v. Syn. discover; insure find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of |
ascribe: v. Syn. refer; attribute; assign inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality | assault: n. Syn. attack; onslaught attack; onslaught |
assert: v. Syn. declare declare or state with confidence; put oneself forward boldly | asset: n. Syn. properties; advantage properties; advantage; useful or valuable quality |
assimilate: v. Syn. absorb incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble | attorney: n. Syn. lawyer lawyer; one who is appointed by another to act in his place or stead; proxy |
augment: v. Syn. increase make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity | authentic: a. Syn. genuine; real; valid; trustworthy not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy |
avail: v. Syn. profit; promote turn to advantage of; be of service to; profit; promote | avert: v. Syn. prevent prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away |
baffle: v. Syn. frustrate; perplex frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of | barren: a. Syn. desolate desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking |
batch: n. quantity of bread baked at one time; a collection of things or persons to be handled together | bizarre: a. Syn. fantastic fantastic; violently contrasting; strangely unconventional in style or appearance |
bleak: a. Syn. cold; cheerless cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable | blunder: n. Syn. error serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion |
blunt: a. Syn. insensitive having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive | bonus: n. an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation |
brace: n. something which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly, as bandage, cord, or rod; | brittle: a. easily broken; having little elasticity |
capsule: n. Syn. pill small container; pill in form of small rounded gelatinous; shortened version of a written work | casualty: n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident |
ceramic: a. of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings. | cereal: n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food. |
commentary: n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material | commitment: n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action |
commute: v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place | compatible: a. Syn. harmonious harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes |
competence: n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually | compile: v. Syn. assemble; gather; accumulate put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources |
compulsory: a. Syn. mandatory; obligatory mandatory; obligatory; required by rule | concede: v. Syn. admit; yield admit; yield; give up physical control of another |
conceive: v. Syn. design; consider form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way | concession: n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission |
concise: a. Syn. succinct; terse brief and compact; expressing much in few words | confer: v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over |
configuration: n. arrangement of parts or elements; outline | conform: v. comply with; follow; fit; meet |
confusion: n. mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; lack of clarity or order | consecutive: a. Syn. successive; sequential following one after another without interruption; sequential |
consensus: n. Syn. Agreement; accord general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole | conserve: v. Syn. retain; preserve retain; protect from loss or harm; preserve; use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste |
conspicuous: a. Syn. noticeable; prominent noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious | constituent: n. Syn. component; element; ingredient component or part; citizen, voter |
constrain: v. Syn. restrain; confine restrain; keep within close bounds; confine | consultant: n. an expert who gives advice |
contaminate: v. Syn. taint; pollute; defile make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile | contemplate: v. Syn. ponder; meditate look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought |
contempt: n. Syn. disgrace state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of | contend: v. strive in opposition; contest; dispute; struggle for |
contradict: v. Syn. confront; oppose confront; oppose | contrive: v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design |
controversial: a. Syn. controvertible; disputable controvertible; disputable | controversy: n. Syn. contention; argument contentious speech act; argument |
converge: v. Syn. approach approach; tend to meet; come together | convict: v. find or declare guilty |
cordial: a. Syn. gracious gracious; showing warm and friendliness | corps: n. an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions; a body of people associated together |
corrode: v. destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away | corrupt: a. Syn. spoiled; tainted changed from sound to putrid state; spoiled; tainted |
costume: n. Syn. dress; attire dress; attire; aset of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season | courtesy: n. polite behavior; act of civility or respect; consent or agreement in spite of fact |
cripple: n. Syn. handicap; maim; disable person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limb | criterion: n. standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test |
crucial: a. of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance | culminate: v. reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit |
cumulative: a. increasing by successive addition | curb: v. bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain |
curt: a. having been shortened; effectively cut short; rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner | cynical: a. skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic |
deficit: n. Syn. shortfall; shortage inadequacy or insufficiency; sum of money falls short of required amount; shortage | degenerate: v. Syn. deteriorate become worse; decline; fall |
deliberate: v. Syn. consider; ponder consider; think about carefully; weigh | denote: v. Syn. signify; indicate; show indicate; signify directly; refer to specifically |
denounce: v. Syn. condemn; criticize; announce condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner | depict: v. Syn. portray; describe represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe |
designate: v. Syn. nominate; assign; name indicate or specify; point out; assign a name or title to | despise: v. dislike intensely; regard with contempt or scorn |
deteriorate: v. Syn. decline become worse; decline | diffuse: v. spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely |
dilemma: n. Syn. predicament predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options | dilute: v. Syn. weaken; attenuate weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water |
discern: v. Syn. detect; perceive detect; perceive | discrepancy: n. Syn. difference lack of consistency; difference |
discrete: a. Syn. separate; distinct separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts | disguise: n. dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception |
dismay: v. Syn. discourage; frighten destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm | dispatch: n. Syn. expedition; sending off act of sending off something; property of being prompt and efficient; message usually sent in haste |
disperse: v. Syn. scatter move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known | disposition: n. Syn. temperament; nature; tendency natural or acquired habit with tendency; act or means of getting rid of something |
disrupt: v. Syn. upset; interrupt upset; throw into confusion or disorder | dissipate: v. Syn. waste; scatter spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse |
distil: v. drop; fall in drops; flow in a small stream | disturbance: n. Syn. disorder; turmoil disorder; turmoil; mental or emotional unbalance or disorder |
divine: v. perceive intuitively; foresee future; have nature of or being a deity | drastic: a. Syn. radical; severe radical; taking effect violently or rapidly |
dubious: a. Syn. questionable questionable; filled with doubt | dwell: v. Syn. reside; inhabit live as a resident; exist in a given place or state |
eccentric: a. Syn. irregular; odd; whimsical; bizarre departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern | edible: a. Syn. eatable eatable; substance that can be used as food |
ego: n. self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves; exaggerated sense of self-importance | elicit: v. Syn. provoke draw out; bring forth or to light; generate or provoke as response or answer |
elite: n. a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status | eloquent: a. Syn. expressive; persuasive vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive |
embark: v. Syn. commence commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey | empirical: a. derived from experiment and observation rather than theory |
endow: v. Syn. grant; award grant; award; give qualities or abilities to | enhance: v. Syn. increase; improve make better or more attractive; increase; improve |
ensue: v. Syn. follow pursue; follow or come afterward; follow as a consequence | entail: v. Syn. require; necessitate; involve imply or require; cause to ensue or accrue; cut or carve in ornamental way |
entity: n. real being; something that exists as a particular and discrete unit; fact of existence | entrepreneur: n. Syn. businessperson; enterprise person who organizes and operates a business; contractor |
envisage: v. look in the face of; apprehend; consider or regard in a certain way | epoch: n. Syn. era particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable |
equilibrium: n. Syn. balance mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives | erosion: n. Syn. corrosion corrosion; a gradual decline of something |
erroneous: a. Syn. mistaken; wrong containing or derived from error; mistaken | escort: n. one who conducts someone as attendant; guard; protection, care, or safeguard on a journey |
essence: n. most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | ethics: n. Syn. morals; principles morals; study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct. |
ethnic: a. Syn. racial relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage | evoke: v. Syn. bring out; arouse bring out; arouse; call forth |
exemplify: v. Syn. embody serve as an example of; embody | exempt: a. not subject to duty or obligation; not subject to taxation |
exotic: a. Syn. strange from another part of the world; foreign; strikingly strange or unusual | expertise: n. Syn. skill specialized knowledge; expert skill |
explicit: a. Syn. definite; outspoken precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken | exposition: n. exhibition; part of a play that provides the background information; opening section of a fugue |
exquisite: a. Syn. excellent; flawless excellent; flawless; acutely perceptive or discriminating | extinct: a. Syn. nonexistent; vanished; dead no longer existing or living; vanished; dead |
extinguish: v. quench; put out, as a light or fire; cause to die out; put an end to; destroy | fabricate: v. Syn. build build; put together out of components or parts |
facet: n. Syn. side small, smooth, flat surface, as on a bone or tooth; side; a smooth surface | facilitate: v. Syn. promote; expedite help bring about; make less difficult |
feeble: a. Syn. weak; frail lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail | flap: n. flat, usually thin piece attached at only one side; act of waving or fluttering; blow given with something flat; slap |
fling: v. Syn. discard throw with force or recklessness; throw or cast away; move in an abrupt | fluctuate: v. Syn. waver; shift rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly |
flutter: v. vibrate or move quickly; drive in disorder; throw into confusion; wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner | foam: n. white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids |
foil: v. Syn. hinder prevent from being successful | formidable: a. Syn. menacing; threatening arousing fear; threatening; difficult to undertake or defeat |
formulate: v. Syn. policy; theory decide upon and express in words | fort: n. Syn. fortress; stronghold a fortified defensive structure; permanent army post |
fossil: n. Syn. remnant remnant; remains of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age | foster: v. Syn. rear rear; promote the growth of; help develop |
foul: n. Syn. disgusting; filthy act that violates of the rules of a sport | fracture: v. Syn. break; crack break into pieces; crack; destroy; violate or abuse |
fraud: n. getting money by lying or cheating; something intended to deceive | fringe: n. Syn. margin; periphery margin; periphery; decorative border of hanging threads, cords, or strips, often attached to a separate band |
frustrate: v. Syn. thwart; defeat make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment | galaxy: n. large, isolated system of stars, as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities |
gaol: n. Syn. jail place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment | garment: n. any article of clothing, as coat or gown |
gear: n. toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, to transmit motion or to change speed or direction | glide: v. Syn. slide; slip slide; move in a smooth, effortless manner |
gloomy: a. Syn. dusky; dim imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim; clouded | gorgeous: a. Syn. beautiful; magnificent dazzlingly beautiful; magnificent |
gossip: n. Syn. rumor rumor; malicious report about other people; light informal conversation for social occasions | graze: v. Syn. feed scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage |
grease: n. oil; fat; state of being covered with unclean things | grief: n. pain of mind; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends; sorrow; sadness |
grieve: v. cause to be sorrowful; distress | grim: a. unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding |
hamper: v. Syn. obstruct put at disadvantage; prevent progress or free movement of | hatch: v. Syn. breed breed; emerge from the egg |
haul: v. Syn. transport; drag draw slowly or heavily; pull or drag forcibly; shift direction | haunt: v. Syn. torment; bother; disturb be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; bother; disturb |
heal: v. Syn. cure cure; make or get healthy again | heave: v. Syn. lift; raise; hoist; throw cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; lift; raise; hoist; throw |
heir: n. Syn. descendent; offspring person who inherits some title or office | heritage: n. Syn. legacy; bequest; tradition legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition |
hierarchy: n. Syn. class; order arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked | hinder: v. Syn. stunt; inhibit; hamper; impede put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress |
hinge: n. a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other | hitherto: ad. to this place; to a prescribed limit; up to this time; as yet; until now |
homogeneous: a. Syn. uniform; similar of the same or similar nature or kind | hose: n. a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas |
hover: v. Syn. float; waver; vacillate hang about; wait nearby; remain floating | humidity: n. Syn. dampness; moisture dampness; moisture |
hurl: v. Syn. throw; cast; toss throw with great force; cast; toss | hypothesis: n. Syn. assumption; theory assumption; theory |
hysterical: a. marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; affected, or troubled, with fear or panic | |
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