GRE Big Book Words List| Match Practice

GRE Big Book Words

Group (1) - Matching Quizzes

abase

	adj. fit to be eaten.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms

abbess

	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility

abbey

	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

abbot

	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.

abdicate

	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

abdomen

	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

abdominal

	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.

abduction

	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality

abed

	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	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. wanting water.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.

aberration

	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	adj. having the nature of a tree.

abet

	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations

abeyance

	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. engagement to marry.

abhorrence

	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks

abhorrent

	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

abidance

	adj. invulnerable.
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. an abiding.

abject

	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage

abjure

	v. to be in collusion.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	v. to pile or heap together.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever

ablution

	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

abnegate

	adj. dominant.
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself

abnormal

	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal

abominable

	v. refrain from buying or using
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art

abominate

	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	v. to hate violently.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native

abomination

	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.

aboriginal

	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.

aborigines

	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

abrade

	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

abrasion

	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. scratch; friction
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. any reality.

abridge

	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. any article of personal property.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

abridgment

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

abrogate

	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution

abrupt

	v. to blend.
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

abscess

	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	v. to hate violently.
	n. act of accompanying someone or something

abscission

	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	v. cause to come together formally
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit

abscond

	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	n. compression
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

absence

	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite

absolution

	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.

absolve

	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.

absorb

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.

absorption

	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. historian.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.

abstain

	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose

abstemious

	n. engagement to marry.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate

abstinence

	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food

abstruse

	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.

absurd

	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish

abundant

	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect

abusive

	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	adv. from side to side.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole

abut

	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning

abyss

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. a placing opposite.

academic

	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

academician

	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

academy

	v. to make the first attack.
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. portion.

accede

	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

accelerate

	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

	v. to take when offered.
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. a placing opposite.
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years

access

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

accessible

	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with

accession

	n. lack of caring; indifference
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.

accessory

	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film

acclaim

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	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 makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected

accompaniment

	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. act of accompanying someone or something

accompanist

	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

accompany

	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.

accomplice

	v. produce; give rise to
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

accomplish

	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity

accordion

	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

accost

	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with

account

	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.

accouter

	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	v. equip; provide with military equipment

accredit

	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

accumulate

	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase

accuracy

	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

accurate

	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees

accursed

	n. recognition.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow

accusation

	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious

accusatory

	a. awake; alert
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people

accuse

	v. blame; condemn
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	v. to blend.

accustom

	v. to make familiar by use.
	prep. apart from.
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

acerbity

	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	adj. capable of being appealed to.

acetate

	n. that which nourishes.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

acetic

	adj. contributing to an end.
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography

ache

	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	v. to be in pain or distress.

achillean

	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	adj. invulnerable.
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

achromatic

	adj. colorless,
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality

acid

	n. politeness.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. composition; order
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.

acidify

	adv. in progress.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	v. to change into acid.
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself

acknowledge

	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

acknowledgment

	n. recognition.
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	v. to refer incidentally.
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still

acme

	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict

acoustic

	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
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.

acquaint

	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. the passion for collecting books.

acquiesce

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	adj. before noon.
	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

acquiescence

	adj. corporeal.
	n. passive consent.
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite

acquit

	v. breakdown; failure
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.

acquittal

	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty

acquittance

	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.

acreage

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented

acrid

	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. attachment.
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

acrimonious

	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.

acrimony

100

	n. a title of jesus
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.

actionable

101

	a. definitive; decisive; final
	v. to blend.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures

actuality

102

	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. any reality.
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. an abiding.

actuary

103

	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.

actuate

104

	n. ally; form a group or unite
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	v. put into motion or action; activate

acumen

105

	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

acute

106

	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

adamant

107

	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	adj. invulnerable.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

addendum

108

	a. of or relating to the heart
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book

addle

109

	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused

adduce

110

	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. absolute government.
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

adhere

111

	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. compression
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem

adherence

112

	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. attachment.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number

adherent

113

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing

adhesion

114

	adj. serving or tending to force.
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

adieu

115

	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

adjacency

116

	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	adv. once more.

adjacent

117

	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination

adjudge

118

	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.

adjunct

119

	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function

adjuration

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	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. a vehement appeal.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable

adjutant

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	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.

administrator

122

	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. courtesy towards women
	v. to make the first attack.
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept

admissible

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	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	a. compatible
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.

admittance

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	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	adv. once more.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

admonish

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	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	v. to confuse.

admonition

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	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate

ado

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	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.

adoration

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	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.

adroit

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	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

adulterant

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	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. an adulterating substance.
	v. to happen to or befall.

adulterate

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	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

adumbrate

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	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade

advent

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	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important

adverse

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	adj. capable of being conceived.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.

adversity

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	v. to remind oneself.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

advert

136

	n. an ox.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department

advertiser

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	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	adj. invulnerable.

advisory

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	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	a. having power to advice; containing advice

advocacy

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	n. approach; entry; entrance
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict

advocate

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	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. an angel of high rank.

aerial

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	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

aeronaut

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	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.

aeronautics

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	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

aerostat

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	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.

aerostatics

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	adj. wanting water.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

affable

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	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly

affect

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	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

affectation

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	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible

affiliate

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	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	adj. rebellious.
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	v. associate; incorporate

affirmative

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	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.

affix

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	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere

affluence

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	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.

affront

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	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect

afoot

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	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	adv. in progress.
	n. ally; form a group or unite

aforesaid

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	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

afresh

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	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	v. to make supremely happy.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear

afterthought

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	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	adv. once more.
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.

agglomerate

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	v. to pile or heap together.
	adj. auxiliary.
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.

aggrandize

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	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	n. portion.

aggravate

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	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. a spiritual advisor.

aggravation

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	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain

aggregate

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	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year

aggress

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	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	v. to make the first attack.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	adj. having or resembling human form.

aggression

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	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of

aggrieve

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	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.

aghast

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	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	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

agile

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	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick

agitate

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	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. obsolescence.

agrarian

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	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	a. compatible; harmonious
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters

ailment

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	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

airy

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	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. group of closely located islands
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy

akin

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	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait

alabaster

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	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

alacrity

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	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

albeit

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	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

albino

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	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something

album

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	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

alchemy

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	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources

alcohol

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	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.

alcoholism

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	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

alcove

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	v. to agree.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

alder

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	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision

alderman

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	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.

aldermanship

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	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. an adulterating substance.

alias

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	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

alien

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	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.

alienable

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	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.

alienate

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	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	prep. apart from.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.

alienation

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	v. to walk about
	n. estrangement.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.

aliment

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	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. that which nourishes.
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

alkali

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	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble

allay

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	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve

allege

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	inter. good-by; farewell.
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.

allegory

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	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. that which nourishes.
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive

alleviate

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	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.

alley

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	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others

alliance

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	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle

allot

198

	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. madhouse.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. delusive speech.

allotment

199

	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. portion.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

allude

200

	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion

allusion

201

	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor

alluvion

202

	v. to predict.
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	n. flood.
	n. harmony.

ally

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	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.

almanac

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	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.

aloof

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	a. compatible
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	v. to confuse.

altar

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	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house

alter

207

	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. an abiding.

alteration

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	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	n. proximity.

altercate

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	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.

alternate

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	v. to blend.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute

alternative

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	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	v. to coagulate.
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	n. conversation.

altitude

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	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. any article of personal property.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.

alto

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	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.

altruism

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	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	v. to sail quite around.

altruist

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	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter

amalgam

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	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.

amalgamate

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	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.

amateur

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	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art

amatory

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	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	adj. designed to excite love.
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect

ambidextrous

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	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. engagement to marry.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease

ambiguous

221

	adj. before noon.
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.

ambitious

222

	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement

ambrosial

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	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

ambulance

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	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly

ambulate

225

	v. to walk about
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists

ambush

226

	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.

ameliorate

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	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better

amenable

228

	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	adj. cowardly.

americanism

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	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	v. to remind oneself.

amicable

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	adj. taking notice.
	v. to walk about
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

amity

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	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	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. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations

amorous

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	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion

amorphous

233

	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	adj. taking notice.

amour

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	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better

ampere

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	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.

amphibious

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	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still

amphitheater

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	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement

amplitude

238

	n. tendency to keep together
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	n. largeness.

amply

239

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	adv. sufficiently.
	n. that which nourishes.
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.

amputate

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	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. engagement to marry.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest

amusement

241

	n. diversion.
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

anachronism

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	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.

anagram

243

	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. the buttocks.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

analogous

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	a. comparable; similar or alike
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.

analogy

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	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept

analyst

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	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	interj. well done.
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year

analyze

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	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. a flowering shrub.
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	v. diagnose; examine

anarchy

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	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

anathema

249

	n. blessing.
	n. diversion.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

anatomy

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	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	adv. in good season or time.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

anecdote

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	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography

anemia

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	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. the state of being attached or joined.

anemic

253

	n. absolute government.
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	adj. affected with anemia.
	n. blessing.

anemometer

254

	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited

anesthetic

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	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle

anew

256

	adv. once more.
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	v. to sail quite around.
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope

angelic

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	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	v. associate; join
	adj. saintly.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

anglophobia

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	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. courtesy towards women
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger

angular

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	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.

anhydrous

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	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	v. to study plant-life.
	adj. withered.

animadversion

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	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	v. associate; join

animadvert

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	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout

animalcule

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	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	adv. from side to side.

animate

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	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

animosity

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	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room

annalist

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	n. historian.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.

annals

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	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

annex

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	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.

annihilate

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	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	v. to happen to or befall.
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence

annotate

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	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. state of being absent; state of being away

annual

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	n. largeness.
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	a. occurring or payable every year

annuity

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	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. one who entrusts.

annunciation

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	n. proclamation.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

anode

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	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin

anonymous

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	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

antagonism

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	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

antarctic

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	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.

ante

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	n. ally; form a group or unite
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.

antecede

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	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters

antecedent

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	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.

antechamber

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	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number

antedate

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	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial

antediluvian

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	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. over-regulated administrative system

antemeridian

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	adj. before noon.
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.

antenatal

285

	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.

286

	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. passive consent.

anteroom

287

	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor

anthology

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	v. refrain from buying or using
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.

anthracite

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	n. hard coal.
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	v. to coagulate.
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.

anthropology

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	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	v. to sail quite around.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings

anthropomorphous

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	adj. having or resembling human form.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	a. comparable; similar or alike

antic

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	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. passive consent.

antichrist

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	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	a. awake; alert
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.

anticlimax

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	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

anticyclone

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	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist

antidote

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	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

antilogy

297

	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax

antipathize

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	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus

antiphon

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	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	v. to force into military service.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.

antiphony

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	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm

antipodes

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	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

antiquary

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	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	v. to pass criticism or censure.

antiquate

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	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition

antique

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	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	adj. harmonious.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

antiseptic

305

	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.

antislavery

306

	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	adj. opposed to human slavery.

antispasmodic

307

	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

antistrophe

308

	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect

antitoxin

309

	n. the state of being adjacent.
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.

antonym

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	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power

anxious

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	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	adj. rebellious.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize

apathy

312

	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint

aperture

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	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	adv. from side to side.

apex

314

	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax

aphorism

315

	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling

apiary

316

	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.

apogee

317

	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	a. considerable; perceptible

apology

318

	v. to walk about
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

apostate

319

	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	v. to happen to or befall.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

apostle

320

	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. agreement.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential

apothecary

321

	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

apotheosis

322

	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.

appall

323

	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. one who attacks.
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak

apparent

324

	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	v. to confuse.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.

apparition

325

	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status

appease

326

	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	v. to mean; signify.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold

appellate

327

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity

appellation

328

	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. one who loves books.

append

329

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

appertain

330

	adj. auxiliary.
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	n. delusive speech.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

apposite

331

	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	adv. sufficiently.
	a. of or relating to the heart
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited

apposition

332

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in

appraise

333

	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity

appreciable

334

	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

apprehend

335

	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	adj. dominant.

apprehensible

336

	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

approbation

337

	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	adj. compassionate.
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. expression of warm approval; praise

appropriate

338

	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. portion.
	v. to pass criticism or censure.

aqueduct

339

	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

aqueous

340

	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

arbiter

341

	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

arbitrary

342

	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle

arbitrate

343

	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. a college student.
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

arbor

344

	v. to unite.
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	n. a tree.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

arboreal

345

	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time

arborescent

346

	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	adj. having the nature of a tree.

arboretum

347

	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited

arboriculture

348

	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.

arcade

349

	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	adv. in progress.

archaeology

350

	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. group of closely located islands

archaic

351

	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

archaism

352

	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. obsolescence.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	adj. sated with pleasure.

archangel

353

	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	n. composition; order
	n. an angel of high rank.

archbishop

354

	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	v. to coagulate.
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	a. definitive; decisive; final

archdeacon

355

	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind

archetype

356

	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things

archipelago

357

	n. group of closely located islands
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest

ardent

358

	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	v. to unite.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful

ardor

359

	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury

arid

360

	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.

aristocracy

361

	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

aristocrat

362

	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 of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

armada

363

	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

armful

364

	prep. apart from.
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward

armory

365

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	v. to make the first attack.

aroma

366

	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	adj. compassionate.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food

arraign

367

	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law

arrange

368

	adv. from side to side.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose

arrangement

369

	v. declare to be true; affirm
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	n. composition; order

arrant

370

	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.

arrear

371

	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.

arrival

372

	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. proximity.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

arrogant

373

	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others

arrogate

374

	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.

artesian

375

	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.

artful

376

	n. a spiritual advisor.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.

arthurian

377

	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

artifice

378

	n. proximity.
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.

artless

379

	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	n. scratch; friction
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest

ascendant

380

	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	adj. dominant.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice

ascension

381

	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. the act of rising.
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.

ascent

382

	adj. cowardly.
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice

ascetic

383

	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere

ascribe

384

	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

asexual

385

	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune

ashen

386

	adj. harmonious.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest

askance

387

	n. group of closely located islands
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes

asperity

388

	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	v. to confuse.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate

aspirant

389

	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position

aspire

390

	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

assailant

391

	n. one who attacks.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power

assassin

392

	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.

assassinate

393

	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.

assassination

394

	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

assay

395

	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	n. recognition.

assent

396

	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	n. one who loves books.

assess

397

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	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. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve

assessor

398

	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

assets

399

	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. delusive speech.

assiduous

400

	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

assignee

401

	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	adj. fit to be eaten.

assimilate

402

	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.

assonance

403

	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	v. to force into military service.

assonant

404

	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. estrangement.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

assonate

405

	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

assuage

406

	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.

astringent

407

	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement

astute

408

	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.

atheism

409

	adj. taking notice.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. the denial of the existence of god.

athirst

410

	adj. wanting water.
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

athwart

411

	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	adv. from side to side.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose

atomizer

412

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

atone

413

	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease

atonement

414

	adj. invulnerable.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.

atrocious

415

	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.

atrocity

416

	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.

attache

417

	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality

attest

418

	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	n. act of accompanying someone or something

auburn

419

	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.

audacious

420

	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner

audible

421

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. an ox.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works

audition

422

	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.

auditory

423

	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing

augment

424

	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity

augur

425

	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	v. to predict.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness

augustinian

426

	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever

aura

427

	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. sulfur.
	n. any article of personal property.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons

aural

428

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

auricle

429

	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

auricular

430

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show

auriferous

431

	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	adj. containing gold.

aurora

432

	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	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. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name

auspice

433

	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.

austere

434

	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented

autarchy

435

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. unrestricted power.
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together

authentic

436

	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish

authenticity

437

	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.

autocracy

438

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. absolute government.
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.

autocrat

439

	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	adj. tending to one point.
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

automaton

440

	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans

autonomous

441

	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious

autonomy

442

	n. conversation.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

autopsy

443

	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	adj. wanting water.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem

autumnal

444

	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

auxiliary

445

	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary

avalanche

446

	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede

avarice

447

	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

aver

448

	v. declare to be true; affirm
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

averse

449

	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. one who loves books.

aversion

450

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.

avert

451

	a. concerning; simultaneous
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. greediness.

aviary

452

	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept

avidity

453

	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. greediness.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

avocation

454

	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

avow

455

	adj. colorless,
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

awaken

456

	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.

aye

457

	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	adv. an expression of assent.
	adj. producing coagulation.
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait

azalea

458

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	v. to confuse.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	n. a flowering shrub.

azure

459

	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	n. permanence.

baconian

460

	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.

bacterium

461

	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune

badger

462

	n. portion.
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. any strikingly great person or object.

baffle

463

	v. to remind oneself.
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race

bailiff

464

	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere

baize

465

	adj. dominant.
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated

bale

466

	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial

baleful

467

	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. composition; order
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb

ballad

468

	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

balsam

469

	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

banal

470

	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	adj. cheerful.

barcarole

471

	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere

baritone

472

	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	v. to bring about.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

barograph

473

	v. to refer incidentally.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.

barometer

474

	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

barring

475

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	prep. apart from.

bask

476

	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision

bass

477

	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name

baste

478

	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	a. occurring or payable every year
	prep. apart from.
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.

baton

479

	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

battalion

480

	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus

batten

481

	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

batter

482

	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

bauble

483

	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

bawl

484

	n. one who entrusts.
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily

beatify

485

	v. to make supremely happy.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts

beatitude

486

	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	adj. corporeal.

beau

487

	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. an escort or lover.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.

becalm

488

	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still

beck

489

	n. an angel of high rank.
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.

bedaub

490

	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.

bedeck

491

	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	v. to cover with ornament.
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	n. part or division of poem of some length

bedlam

492

	n. madhouse.
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	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. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious

befog

493

	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	v. to confuse.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together

befriend

494

	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	a. awake; alert
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god

beget

495

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	a. compatible; harmonious
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	v. produce; give rise to

begrudge

496

	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.

belate

497

	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter

belay

498

	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.

belie

499

	v. to confuse.
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.

believe

500

	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

belittle

501

	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.

belle

502

	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.

bellicose

503

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.

belligerent

504

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude

bemoan

505

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of

benediction

506

	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

benefactor

507

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

benefice

508

	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.

beneficent

509

	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.

beneficial

510

	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.

beneficiary

511

	n. unrestricted power.
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	adj. invulnerable.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

benefit

512

	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things

benevolence

513

	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

benevolent

514

	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	v. to name in baptism.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.

benign

515

	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

benignant

516

	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	v. to sail quite around.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.

benignity

517

	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery

benison

518

	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. blessing.
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

bequeath

519

	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	adj. wanting water.
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

bereave

520

	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.

berth

521

	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	adj. withered.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

beseech

522

	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks

beset

523

	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	adj. cheerful.
	n. the science of life or living organisms.

besmear

524

	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

bestial

525

	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.

bestrew

526

	n. permanence.
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	v. to be in collusion.
	v. blame; condemn

bestride

527

	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.

bethink

528

	v. to remind oneself.
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native

betide

529

	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art

betimes

530

	adv. in good season or time.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.

betroth

531

	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	v. to make supremely happy.
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. an abiding.

betrothal

532

	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. engagement to marry.

bevel

533

	n. attachment.
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously

bewilder

534

	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	n. delusive speech.

bibliography

535

	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position

bibliomania

536

	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. the passion for collecting books.

bibliophile

537

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. one who loves books.
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.

bibulous

538

	adj. fond of drinking.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole

bide

539

	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	v. to await.

biennial

540

	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	n. conversation.

bier

541

	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

bigamist

542

	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.

bigamy

543

	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	adj. before noon.
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

bight

544

	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.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.

bilateral

545

	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	a. two-sided; mutual
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job

bilingual

546

	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.

biograph

547

	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.

biology

548

	n. hard coal.
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. the science of life or living organisms.

biped

549

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	n. an animal having two feet.

birthright

550

	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources

bitterness

551

	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act

blase

552

	adj. sated with pleasure.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. an animal having two feet.

blaspheme

553

	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry

blatant

554

	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. a very detestable act or practice.

blaze

555

	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward

blazon

556

	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others

bleak

557

	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. absolute government.
	v. refrain from buying or using
	prep. apart from.

blemish

558

	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.

blithe

559

	adv. in progress.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	n. hard coal.

blithesome

560

	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	adj. cheerful.
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.

blockade

561

	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better

boatswain

562

	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

bodily

563

	adj. corporeal.
	n. estrangement.
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	interj. well done.

boisterous

564

	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.

bole

565

	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.

bolero

566

	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law

boll

567

	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice

bolster

568

	v. to agree.
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion

bomb

569

	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	adv. from side to side.
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.

bombard

570

	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	v. make amends for; reimburse

bombardier

571

	adj. saintly.
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

bombast

572

	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	v. to agree.
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive

boorish

573

	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy

bore

574

	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.

borough

575

	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	v. to study plant-life.
	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. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

bosom

576

	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.

botanical

577

	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented

botanize

578

	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.

botany

579

	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.

bountiful

580

	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

bowdlerize

581

	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.

bowler

582

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	adj. wanting water.
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	adj. taking notice.

boycott

583

	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.

brae

584

	n. hillside.
	a. capable; adept
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout

braggart

585

	n. tendency to keep together
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity

brandish

586

	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

bravado

587

	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential

bravo

588

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	interj. well done.
	v. to refer incidentally.

bray

589

	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.

braze

590

	a. awake; alert
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.

brazier

591

	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something

breach

592

	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

breaker

593

	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity

breech

594

	n. the buttocks.
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

brethren

595

	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
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	v. to happen to or befall.

brevity

596

	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

bridle

597

	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

brigade

598

	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.

brigadier

599

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	adj. sated with pleasure.

brigand

600

	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat

brimstone

601

	n. sulfur.
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.

brine

602

	n. water saturated with salt.
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.

bristle

603

	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	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. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force

britannia

604

	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	v. to unite.

briticism

605

	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.

brittle

606

	n. attachment.
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. the state of being adjacent.

broach

607

	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.

broadcast

608

	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.

brogan

609

	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

brogue

610

	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.

brokerage

611

	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	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. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	v. associate; join
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior

bronchitis

613

	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.

bronchus

614

	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.

brooch

615

	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

brotherhood

616

	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	adv. once more.
	a. considerable; perceptible
	v. to force into military service.

browbeat

617

	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.

brusque

618

	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

buffoon

619

	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better

buffoonery

620

	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties

bulbous

621

	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.

bullock

622

	n. an ox.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.

bulrush

623

	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

bulwark

624

	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job

bumper

625

	n. the act of rising.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

bumptious

626

	adv. in progress.
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts

bungle

627

	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

buoyancy

628

	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	inter. good-by; farewell.

buoyant

629

	v. produce; give rise to
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence

bureau

630

	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.

bureaucracy

631

	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

burgess

632

	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. obsolescence.

burgher

633

	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

burnish

634

	v. to confuse.
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	prep. apart from.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

bursar

635

	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	n. any article of personal property.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance

bustle

636

	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness

butt

637

	adj. invulnerable.
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act

butte

638

	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

buttress

639

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

cabal

640

	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. engagement to marry.

cabinet

641

	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune

cacophony

642

	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. proclamation.
	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

cadaverous

643

	n. flood.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.

cadence

644

	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet

cadenza

645

	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident

caitiff

646

	adj. cowardly.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated

cajole

647

	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	v. refrain from buying or using
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

cajolery

648

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	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. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	n. delusive speech.

calculable

649

	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	v. to make supremely happy.
	v. to predict.
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.

calculus

650

	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	v. to remind oneself.
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

callosity

651

	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling

callow

652

	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

calorie

653

	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. greediness.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

calumny

654

	n. agreement.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander

calvary

655

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble

calvinism

656

	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean

calvinize

657

	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.

came

658

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite

cameo

659

	a. capable; adept
	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. a vehement appeal.
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned

campaign

660

	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit

canaanite

661

	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.

canary

662

	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food

candid

663

	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

candor

664

	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.

canine

665

	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

canon

666

	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.

cant

667

	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. unrestricted power.
	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect

cantata

668

	adj. dominant.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.

canto

669

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.

cantonment

670

	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.

capacious

671

	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	n. tendency to keep together
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy

capillary

672

	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. tendency to keep together
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.

capitulate

673

	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.

caprice

674

	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect

caption

675

	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends

captious

676

	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

captivate

677

	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

carcass

678

	adj. living both on land and in water.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

cardiac

679

	v. to pile or heap together.
	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.

cardinal

680

	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse

caret

681

	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order

caricature

682

	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

carnage

683

	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people

carnal

684

	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

carnivorous

685

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	adj. having or resembling human form.

carouse

686

	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration

carrion

687

	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

cartilage

688

	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. one who entrusts.
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class

cartridge

689

	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse

caste

690

	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole

castigate

691

	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey

casual

692

	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	adj. fond of drinking.

casualty

693

	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

cataclysm

694

	n. tendency to keep together
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point

cataract

695

	interj. well done.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality

catastrophe

696

	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	n. tendency to keep together
	adj. cheerful.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune

cathode

697

	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.

catholicism

698

	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	n. a vehement appeal.
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.

catholicity

699

	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.

caucus

700

	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	adj. taking notice.

causal

701

	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow

caustic

702

	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action

cauterize

703

	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. any article of personal property.
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.

cede

704

	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.

censor

705

	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	adj. opposed to human slavery.

censorious

706

	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. part or division of poem of some length

census

707

	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.

centenary

708

	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years

centiliter

709

	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

centimeter

710

	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

centurion

711

	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

cereal

712

	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. approach; entry; entrance

ceremonial

713

	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	adj. delicate, ethereal.

ceremonious

714

	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	n. compression
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.

cessation

715

	n. the act or state or conforming.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage

cession

716

	n. permanence.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

chameleon

717

	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. a placing opposite.
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations

chancery

718

	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. proximity.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.

chaos

719

	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. engagement to marry.

characteristic

720

	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned

characterize

721

	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	v. to take when offered.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof

charlatan

722

	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

chasten

723

	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest

chastise

724

	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke

chastity

725

	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for

chateau

726

	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.

chattel

727

	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. any article of personal property.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. unrestricted power.

check

728

	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

chiffon

729

	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place

chivalry

730

	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. courtesy towards women
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

cholera

731

	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.

choleric

732

	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger

choral

733

	n. portion.
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.

christ

734

	adv. in progress.
	n. a title of jesus
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	v. to pile or heap together.

christen

735

	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	v. to cover with ornament.
	v. to name in baptism.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused

christendom

736

	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	v. to make familiar by use.

chromatic

737

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.

chronology

738

	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	v. breakdown; failure
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.

chronometer

739

	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

cipher

740

	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior

circulate

741

	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	v. produce; give rise to

circumference

742

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	adj. fond of drinking.

circumlocution

743

	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. grasp; ability to understand

circumnavigate

744

	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	v. to sail quite around.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede

circumscribe

745

	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

circumspect

746

	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding

citadel

747

	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	a. occurring or payable every year
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle

cite

748

	n. obsolescence.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	v. quote; adduce as an instance

claimant

749

	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. proximity.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

clairvoyance

750

	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade

clamorous

751

	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

clan

752

	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives

clandestine

753

	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	v. recover gradually from an illness

clangor

754

	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

clarify

755

	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate

clarion

756

	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.

classify

757

	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	n. sulfur.
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration

clearance

758

	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

clemency

759

	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act

clement

760

	v. to make the first attack.
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	adj. compassionate.
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.

clothier

761

	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

clumsy

762

	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar

coagulant

763

	adj. producing coagulation.
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. harmony.
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance

coagulate

764

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.

coalescence

765

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

coalition

766

	adv. an expression of assent.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

coddle

767

	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right

codicil

768

	v. blame; condemn
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will

coerce

769

	adj. producing coagulation.
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb

coercion

770

	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. eating or drinking of something

coercive

771

	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

cogent

772

	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	a. of or relating to the heart
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	v. diagnose; examine

cognate

773

	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. compression
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function

cognizant

774

	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. a tree.
	adj. taking notice.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

cohere

775

	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation

cohesion

776

	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	v. to blend.
	n. tendency to keep together

cohesive

777

	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy

coincide

778

	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

coincidence

779

	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. largeness.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	a. having power to advice; containing advice

coincident

780

	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.

collaborate

781

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

collapse

782

	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	v. breakdown; failure
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	adj. having the nature of a tree.

collapsible

783

	adj. that may or can collapse.
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. conversation.

colleague

784

	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	adj. rebellious.
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor

collective

785

	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. a tree.

collector

786

	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind

collegian

787

	n. a college student.
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance

collide

788

	adj. wanting water.
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.

collier

789

	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something

collision

790

	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.

colloquial

791

	n. politeness.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

colloquialism

792

	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.

colloquy

793

	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. conversation.
	n. greediness.
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content

collusion

794

	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

colossus

795

	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	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. any strikingly great person or object.

comely

796

	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. blessing.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

comestible

797

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.

comical

798

	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content

commemorate

799

	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.

commentary

800

	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

commingle

801

	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	v. to blend.
	v. blame; condemn
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.

commissariat

802

	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.

commission

803

	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize

commitment

804

	n. politeness.
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

committal

805

	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.

commodity

806

	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted

commotion

807

	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

commute

808

	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted

comparable

809

	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with

comparative

810

	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. recognition.
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.

comparison

811

	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite

compensate

812

	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

competence

813

	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	adj. tending to one point.

competent

814

	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	a. capable; adept
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused

competitive

815

	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. one who loves books.
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition

competitor

816

	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. state of being absent; state of being away

complacent

817

	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book

complaisance

818

	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. politeness.
	n. an adulterating substance.

complaisant

819

	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. hillside.
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect

complement

820

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect

complex

821

	adj. before noon.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	adj. living both on land and in water.

compliant

822

	adj. colorless,
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force

complicate

823

	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality

complication

824

	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	adj. compassionate.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated

complicity

825

	v. recover gradually from an illness
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes

compliment

826

	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise

component

827

	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something

comport

828

	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.

composure

829

	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind

comprehensible

830

	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native

comprehension

831

	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. grasp; ability to understand

comprehensive

832

	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another

compress

833

	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract

compressible

834

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.

compression

835

	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment

comprise

836

	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. obsolescence.

compulsion

837

	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	v. to confuse.
	n. compression
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint

compulsory

838

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.

compunction

839

	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression

compute

840

	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

concede

841

	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	v. to coagulate.
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. a person with whom another confers.

conceit

842

	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

conceive

843

	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	v. produce; give rise to
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	inter. good-by; farewell.

concerto

844

	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	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

concession

845

	n. group of closely located islands
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission

conciliate

846

	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.

conciliatory

847

	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	adj. before noon.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

conclusive

848

	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together

concord

849

	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things

concordance

850

	n. a spiritual advisor.
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	n. harmony.
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.

concur

851

	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	v. to agree.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings

concurrence

852

	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	n. agreement.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people

concurrent

853

	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. harmony.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.

concussion

854

	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content

condensation

855

	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. compression
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.

condense

856

	n. scratch; friction
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.

condescend

857

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.

condolence

858

	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with

conduce

859

	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	v. to bring about.
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate

conducive

860

	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. hard coal.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others

conductible

861

	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists

conduit

862

	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	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. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.

confectionery

863

	n. delusive speech.
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

confederacy

864

	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. alliance

confederate

865

	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	adv. once more.

confer

866

	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	v. associate; join
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

conferee

867

	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	v. to cover with ornament.

confessor

868

	n. a spiritual advisor.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.

confidant

869

	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	v. to agree.
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor

confide

870

	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	adv. in progress.
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured

confidence

871

	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

confident

872

	adj. cowardly.
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	v. associate; join

confinement

873

	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force

confiscate

874

	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

conflagration

875

	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict

confluence

876

	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.

confluent

877

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks

conformable

878

	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	adj. harmonious.
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

conformance

879

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. an adulterating substance.

conformation

880

	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. an abiding.
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.

conformity

881

	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. over-regulated administrative system

confront

882

	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. largeness.
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.

congeal

883

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	v. to coagulate.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality

congenial

884

	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	a. compatible
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	v. to study plant-life.

congest

885

	n. engagement to marry.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	v. to collect into a mass.
	adj. having the nature of a tree.

congregate

886

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right

coniferous

887

	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful

conjecture

888

	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.

conjoin

889

	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	adv. in good season or time.
	v. to unite.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.

conjugal

890

	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial

conjugate

891

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect

conjugation

892

	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. component or part; citizen, voter

conjunction

893

	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	v. to remind oneself.
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

connive

894

	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	v. to be in collusion.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.

connoisseur

895

	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

connote

896

	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	v. to mean; signify.
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

connubial

897

	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	v. associate; join
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.

conquer

898

	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time

consanguineous

899

	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor

conscience

900

	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. estrangement.

conscientious

901

	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place

conscious

902

	a. awake; alert
	adj. contributing to an end.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.

conscript

903

	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	v. to force into military service.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.

consecrate

904

	adj. rebellious.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. a tree.

consecutive

905

	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. an escort or lover.
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.

consensus

906

	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

conservatism

907

	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy

conservative

908

	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

conservatory

909

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	v. to confuse.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

consign

910

	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. the denial of the existence of god.

consignee

911

	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

consignor

912

	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. one who entrusts.
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.

consistency

913

	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	adj. sated with pleasure.

console

914

	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

consolidate

915

	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.

consonance

916

	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.

consonant

917

	n. agreement.
	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor

consort

918

	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	v. associate; join
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated

conspicuous

919

	n. one who loves books.
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious

conspirator

920

	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter

conspire

921

	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. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	v. to pass criticism or censure.

constable

922

	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.

constellation

923

	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	v. to change into acid.

consternation

924

	v. to predict.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror

constituency

925

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	v. breakdown; failure
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.

constituent

926

	adj. taking notice.
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

constrict

927

	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. a narrow strip of wood.

consul

928

	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.

consulate

929

	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.

consummate

930

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	v. to make familiar by use.
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

consumption

931

	n. any reality.
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. scratch; friction
	n. eating or drinking of something

consumptive

932

	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in

contagion

933

	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. an abiding.

contagious

934

	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases

contaminate

935

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile

contemplate

936

	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. agreement.

contemporaneous

937

	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

contemporary

938

	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time

contemptible

939

	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention

contemptuous

940

	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect

contender

941

	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

contiguity

942

	n. proximity.
	n. an ox.
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	v. equip; provide with military equipment

contiguous

943

	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring

continence

944

	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent

contingency

945

	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

contingent

946

	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.

continuance

947

	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. permanence.
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing

continuation

948

	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance

continuity

949

	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. blessing.

continuous

950

	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

contort

951

	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	v. associate; incorporate

contraband

952

	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.

contradiction

953

	adj. affected with anemia.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.

contradictory

954

	n. an unprovoked attack.
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	v. to pile or heap together.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing

contraposition

955

	n. a placing opposite.
	n. any article of personal property.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations

contravene

956

	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	v. to sail quite around.
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.

contribution

957

	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy

contributor

958

	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with

contrite

959

	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans

contrivance

960

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented

contrive

961

	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. unrestricted power.

control

962

	n. estrangement.
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

controller

963

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.

contumacious

964

	n. any article of personal property.
	adj. rebellious.
	n. attachment.
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.

contumacy

965

	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.

contuse

966

	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract

contusion

967

	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose

convalesce

968

	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. politeness.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food

convalescence

969

	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.

convalescent

970

	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	adv. from side to side.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.

convene

971

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	v. cause to come together formally
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote

convenience

972

	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	n. state of being suitable
	n. politeness.
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation

converge

973

	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

convergent

974

	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	adj. tending to one point.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

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