abandon | n. lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm |
abide | v. endure; put up with; bear; tolerate |
abnormal | a. unusual; not typical; not normal |
absurd | a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish |
abuse | n. improper use or handling; misuse |
access | n. approach; entry; entrance |
accidental | a. unexpected; happening by chance, unintentionally |
accomplice | n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing |
acquaintance | n. personal knowledge or information about someone or something |
activate | v. make active or more active; stimulate; make radioactive |
acute | a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe |
adamant | a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding |
addiction | n. the compulsive physiological and psychological need for a substance; being abnormally dependent on something |
ado | n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle |
adopt | v. accept; take on; raise; take into one's family |
adorable | a. deserving to be adored; worthy of divine honors |
adore | v. worship with profound reverence; pay divine honors to; regard with the utmost esteem and affection |
affected | a. speaking or behaving in an artificial way; emotionally stirred or moved; infected or attacked |
affection | n. fondness; tender feeling toward another; fondness |
affirmative | a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming |
agenda | n. items of business at a meeting; list or program of things to be done or considered |
aggressive | a. making assaults; unjustly attacking; combative; hostile; tending to spread quickly |
agitated | a. disturbed; excited; expressing agitation |
agony | n. the extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; last struggle of life; death struggle |
agreement | n. state of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character |
airborne | a. aloft; flying; in the air |
alias | n. assumed name; another name; a name that has been assumed temporarily |
allegiance | n. loyalty to a nation, sovereign, or cause; fidelity to any person or thing; devotion |
allergic | a. excessively sensitive; susceptible; having an allergy |
allergy | n. hypersensitivity reaction; abnormally high sensitivity to certain substances |
alley | n. a narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes |
ally | n. confederate; partner; collaborator |
altar | n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity |
ambrosia | n. something with delicious flavor or fragrance; fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut |
ambush | n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station |
amendment | n. a change or changes made to the words of a text; revision |
amnesia | n. partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting from shock or illness |
amulet | n. object worn, especially around the neck, as a charm against evil or injury; charm |
anemia | n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality |
ankle | n. the joint which connects the foot with the leg; tarsus |
anonymous | a. having no name; having an unknown or unacknowledged name |
anticipate | v. act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict |
antidote | n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; an agent that relieves or counteracts |
apology | n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse |
appalling | a. causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful |
appeal | n. attraction; charm; attract; fascinate; challenge |
appealing | a. attractive or interesting; charming |
appetite | n. instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink |
appropriate | v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use |
apron | n. an article of dress, of cloth or other stuff, worn on the forepart of the body, to keep the clothes clean |
archer | n. bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow |
archives | n. public records; place where public records are kept |
arena | n. a playing field where sports events take place; a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments |
arrogance | n. overbearing pride; haughtiness; manifest feeling of personal superiority in rank, power, or estimation |
arrogant | a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others |
arson | n. malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is a felony |
arsonist | n. criminal who illegally sets fire to property |
artillery | n. large weapons, such as cannon and missile launchers operated by crews; army branch in use of large weapons |
assault | n. a violent attack; an onslaught |
asset | n. properties; advantage; useful or valuable quality |
assurance | n. promise or pledge; certainty; self-confidence; freedom from doubt |
assured | a. made sure; exhibiting confidence or authority; indubitable |
asthma | n. chronic respiratory disease, often arising from allergies |
asylum | n. place of refuge or shelter; protection |
attic | n. story or room directly below the roof of a building, especially a house; |
attorney | n. lawyer; one who is appointed by another to act in his place or stead; proxy |
auction | n. public sale of property to the highest bidder |
audition | v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance |
authentic | a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy |
authorization | n. act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant |
authorize | v. empower; give permission for; sanction |
autopsy | n. examination of dead body; post-mortem |
awe | n. mixed emotion of reverence, respect, dread, and wonder; fear, as of something evil |
bacon | n. back and sides of a pig salted and smoked |
badge | n. a distinctive mark, token, or sign worn on the person |
bait | v. harass; tease; lure, entice, or entrap |
bald | a. hairless; lacking a natural or usual covering |
ballroom | n. large room used mainly for dancing |
bane | n. something causes misery or death; curse; fatal injury or ruin |
bankrupt | a. penniless, without any money; financially ruined |
banner | n. flag; sign; a newspaper headline that runs across the full page |
barb | n. sharp projection from fishhook; openly cutting remark |
barbecue | n. a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors |
barge | n. flatboat; long, large boat for transporting freight that is unpowered and towed or pushed by other craft |
bark | n. a sound made by a dog; harsh sound uttered by a dog |
barn | n. an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals |
barrier | n. obstacle; structure built to bar passage; boundary or limit |
batch | n. quantity of bread baked at one time; a collection of things or persons to be handled together |
beacon | n. signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning |
beam | n. ray of light; a long piece of metal or wood; long piece fixed or movable in structure, machine, or tool |
beat | v. whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly |
beaver | n. amphibious rodent about two feet in length; fur of the beaver; tall hat, originally made from beaver fur |
behold | v. have in sight; see clearly; look at; perceive by the visual faculty |
benign | a. kindly; favorable; not malignant |
betray | v. be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly |
beverage | n. liquids for drinking, usually excluding water; refreshment |
bizarre | a. fantastic; violently contrasting; strangely unconventional in style or appearance |
blackmail | n. extortion of money or value from a person by threat of exposing a criminal act or discreditable information |
blade | n. the flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants; cutting part of an instrument |
bless | v. make or pronounce holy; consecrate; make happy |
blizzard | n. a severe snowstorm with strong winds |
blur | n. something hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind; dim, confused appearance; moral stain or blot |
bodyguard | n. guard to protect or defend person; lifeguard |
bogus | a. counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine |
bolt | v. dash or dart off; move or jump suddenly |
boost | v. raise; advance; push or shove upward |
booster | n. device for increasing power or effectiveness; enthusiastic promoter, as of a sports team or school |
booze | n. drink greedily or immoderately, especially alcoholic liquor |
bore | v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill |
bouquet | n. small cluster or arrangement of flowers; an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present |
bout | n. a contest between antagonists; contest or fight; a period of time spent in a particular way, as in illness |
brace | n. something which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly, as bandage, cord, or rod; |
brake | n. a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction |
breach | n. breaking of contract or duty; breaking of waves or surf; fissure or gap |
brilliant | a. full of light; shining; bright; sharp and clear in tone |
brink | n. edge, margin, or border of a steep place verge |
brutal | a. like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless |
brutality | n. quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness |
bubble | n. foam; dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic; fantastic or impracticable idea or belief |
buckle | v. fold or collapse; bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat |
budge | v. move off; move or stir slightly; alter a position or attitude |
bug | n. general name applied to various insects |
bulb | n. the rounded part of a cylindrical structure; electric lamp consisting of a glass ball |
bully | n. noisy, blustering fellow; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; insolent, tyrannical fellow |
bum | n. one who is devoted to a particular activity; murmuring or humming sound; lazy or shiftless person |
bumper | n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage |
bust | n. the occasion for excessive eating or drinking; complete failure; sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person |
bypass | n. the channel used to conduct gas or liquid around another pipe or a fixture |
cadet | n. younger of two brothers; student at a military school who is training to be an officer |
canary | n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance |
canyon | n. narrow chasm with cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge |
capacity | n. mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate |
carnival | n. festivity; traveling amusement show usually including rides, games, and sideshows |
carol | n. round dance; a song of joy; a song of praise or joy, especially for Christmas |
carve | v. make something by cutting into especially wood or stone; sculpt |
cascade | n. small waterfall; sudden downpour |
category | n. group; class; a collection of things sharing a common attribute |
catholic | a. broadly sympathetic; universal; related to Roman Catholic Church |
cavalry | n. part of military force which serves on horseback |
cavern | n. cave; large underground chamber, as in a cave |
cavity | n. hole; cavern; hollow area within the body |
celebrated | a. famous; well-known; having illustrious past |
celebrity | n. a widely known person |
cellar | n. room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground |
cemetery | n. place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; graveyard |
cereal | n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as a food |
cerebral | a. relating to the brain or cerebrum; intellectual rather than emotional |
chaos | n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass |
chap | n. crack, as in earth surface; splitting of skin, caused by cold or exposure; one of the jaws or cheeks; man or boy |
charitable | a. benevolent; kind and not judging people in a negative way |
charity | n. activity or gift that benefits the public at large |
charter | v. license; authorize; hold under a lease or rental agreement of goods and services |
chase | v. pursue to kill or take; hunt; follow as if to catch |
chateau | n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house |
chevron | n. badge consisting of stripes meeting at an angle, worn on the sleeve of military or police uniform to indicate rank |
chic | n. good form; style; elegance under being fashionable |
chimera | n. monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having lion head, goat body, and dragon tail |
choir | n. band or organized company of singers, especially in church service |
chop | v. hew; cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax |
chorus | n. any utterance produced simultaneously by a group |
chubby | a. of a person, slightly overweight, somewhat fat and hence soft; rounded, and plump |
chuck | v. toss or throw smartly out of hand; make noise or call, as a hen calls her chickens |
chump | n. short, thick, heavy piece of wood; stupid or foolish person |
chunk | n. a thick mass or piece, amount |
cider | n. beverage made from juice pressed from apples |
civilian | a. of or relating to non-military life |
clam | v. be moist or glutinous; stick or adhere; produce or cause to clang |
clamp | n. any of various devices used to join, grip, support, or compress mechanical or structural parts |
clarity | n. clearness of thought or style; brightness; splendor |
clientele | n. clients of professional person; the body of customers or patrons |
closure | n. act of shutting; closing |
clot | n. thick, viscous, or coagulated mass or lump, as of blood; compact group |
clumsy | a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude |
coalition | n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body |
coincidence | n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance |
collision | n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals |
colossal | a. of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic |
coma | n. state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person |
commence | v. have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin |
commitment | n. pledge, undertaking; an act of binding yourself to a course of action |
commotion | n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement |
compact | a. closely and firmly united or packed together; briefly giving a gist of something |
compassion | n. the sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration |
compassionate | a. having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful |
compatible | a. harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes |
compelling | a. overpowering; drivingly forceful; urgently requiring attention |
compliment | n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise |
compromise | v. adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of |
compulsive | a. having the power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion. |
con | ad. against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side |
concede | v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another |
conceive | v. form or develop in mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way |
concussion | n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow |
condemn | v. blame; denounce; express strong disapproval of |
confide | v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence |
confront | v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with |
confrontation | n. state of being confronted, especially a meeting face to face; clash of opinions and ideas |
conjure | v. call on or summon by sacred name or in a solemn manner; implore earnestly; practice magical arts |
consolation | n. act of consoling; state of being consoled; refreshment of spirit; comfort |
console | v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort |
conspiracy | n. plot; intrigue; agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act |
constellation | n. some stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name |
contagious | a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases |
contempt | n. state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of |
continent | n. one of the large landmasses of the earth |
contingency | n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility |
contract | v. constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate |
convert | n. change something into another form; transform |
convertible | a. capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable |
convict | v. find or declare guilty |
conviction | n. the judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief |
coop | n. barrel or cask for liquor; enclosure or cage, as for poultry or small animals |
corny | a. producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn; strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; |
corporal | a. belonging or relating to the body; bodily; noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant |
corporate | a. united or combined into one body; collective; belonging to a corporation or incorporated body |
cosmic | a. of the universe; vast |
costume | n. dress; attire; a set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season |
couch | n. sofa; arrange or dispose as in a bed |
counterfeit | v. make a copy of, usually with the intent to defraud; forge |
coup | n. sudden stroke; sudden appropriation of leadership or power; a takeover |
covert | a. secretive, not openly shown |
coy | a. quiet; still; tending to avoid people and social situations; reserved |
cram | v. pack; force, press, or squeeze into an insufficient space |
cramp | n. something that confines or contracts; restraint; hindrance |
cramped | a. jammed; stuffed; uncomfortably small or restricted |
crank | n. device for rotary motion, by handle or arm; bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage; twist or turn in speech |
cranky | a. having a bad disposition; having eccentric ways; odd; full of bends and turns; crooked |
crate | n. large basket, used for moving china or similar wares; box or case whose sides are of wooden slats with interspaces |
crave | v. ask with earnestness or importunity; ask with submission or humility; beg |
craving | n. vehement or urgent desire; longing for; consuming desire; yearning |
creed | n. definite summary of what is believed; confession of faith for public use |
creek | n. a small stream, often a shallow tributary to a river; brook |
cripple | n. person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limb |
crook | v. bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure |
crooked | a. having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; curved |
crude | a. being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive |
crumb | n. small fragment or piece, especially a small piece of bread or other food; broken or cut off |
crunch | v. chew with force and noise; crush, grind or tread noisily |
cryptic | a. having hidden meaning; mystifying; using code or cipher |
cub | n. young animal; awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy; a stall for cattle |
cubicle | n. sleeping place partitioned off from a large dormitory; small compartment, as for work or study |
cuddle | v. lie close or snug; crouch; nestle; embrace closely |
cuff | n. fold at the end of the sleeve; part of sleeve turned back from the hand; any ornamental appendage at the wrist |
cuisine | n. kitchen or cooking department; food; manner or style of cooking; cookery |
cult | n. religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false; community of religious worship and ritual |
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 |
cushion | n. soft pillow or pad usually used for sitting, reclining, or kneeling |
custody | n. keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security |
cute | a. ingenious; delightfully pretty or dainty |
cynical | a. skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic |
dandy | n. man who affects extreme elegance in clothes and manners; something very good or agreeable |
darn | v. mend, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by the needle; sew together with yarn or thread |
dart | v. move suddenly and rapidly |
debris | n. remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up |
debut | n. beginning or first attempt; first appearance before the public |
decoy | n. lure or bait; means used to mislead or lead into danger |
decree | n. order from one having authority; decision, order, or sentence by a court |
deed | n. something that is carried out; act or action; feat or exploit |
defendant | n. one required to make answer in an action or suit |
definition | n. clarity of outline; concise explanation |
deliberate | v. consider; think about carefully; weigh |
delirious | a. having a delirium; wandering in mind; insane; raving; wild |
delta | n. an area of flat land where a river spreads out into several smaller rivers before entering the sea |
delusion | n. false belief; mistaken or unfounded opinion |
dent | n. cavity; a depression scratched or carved into a surface |
deposition | n. testimony under oath; the act of depositing, especially laying down of matter by natural process |
deputy | n. one appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him; substitute in office |
desirable | a. worthwhile; worth doing or achieving; advisable |
despicable | a. fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless |
destruction | n. havoc; event that completely destroys something |
detour | n. a turning; circuitous route; deviation from a direct course |
devastating | a. destructive; highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction |
devious | a. departing from the correct and accepted way; misleading; not straightforward |
devotion | n. faithfulness; ardent, often selfless affection and dedication |
diabetes | n. a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood |
diabolical | a. extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell |
dictate | v. prescribe; rule as a dictator |
dilemma | n. predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options |
diplomatic | a. relating to diplomacy; marked by tact and sensitivity in dealing with others |
dirk | n. a kind of dagger or poniard |
disaster | n. catastrophe; great harm, damage, or death, or serious difficulty |
disastrous | a. extremely bad; terrible; dreadful |
discharge | v. relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off |
discreet | a. free from ostentation or pretension; distinct; distinguishable |
discretion | n. knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; the trait of judging wisely and objectively |
disguise | n. dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception |
dispatch | n. act of sending off something; the property of being prompt and efficient; message usually sent in haste |
distinction | n. excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference |
distinguished | a. prominent; celebrated, well-known, or eminent because of past achievements |
distracted | a. having the attention diverted; suffering conflicting emotions; distraught |
distraught | a. deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict; mad; insane |
distress | n. discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to |
disturbance | n. disorder; turmoil; mental or emotional unbalance or disorder |
dock | v. deprive someone of benefits; remove or shorten the tail of an animal |
dodge | v. avoid a blow by moving or shifting quickly aside; a shifty or ingenious trick |
dome | n. building or house, especially as the great hall, church, or temple; anything shaped like a cupola |
don | v. put clothing on one's body |
dose | n. quantity of medicine given; sufficient quantity; portion |
drool | v. drivel, or drop saliva; let run from the mouth; talk nonsense; silly talk or write |
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