GRE Big Book Words List| Match Practice

GRE Big Book Words

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abase

	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial

abbess

	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.

abbey

	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence

abbot

	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.

abdicate

	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	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. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	v. to sail quite around.

abdominal

	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	v. produce; give rise to

abduction

	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help

abed

	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	adv. in bed; on a bed.

aberration

	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners

abet

	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	v. to pile or heap together.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

abeyance

	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror

abhorrence

	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position

abhorrent

	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	a. compatible; harmonious

abidance

	v. produce; give rise to
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. an abiding.
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible

abject

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. one who attacks.

abjure

	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever

ablution

	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

abnegate

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion

abnormal

	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.

abominable

	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	n. sharp and bitter manner

abominate

	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	v. to hate violently.
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.

abomination

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	v. to sail quite around.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. one who entrusts.

aboriginal

	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. politeness.

aborigines

	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. approach; entry; entrance

abrade

	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	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. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge

abrasion

	n. scratch; friction
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	v. travel with; be associated with

abridge

	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. an adulterating substance.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

abridgment

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited

abrogate

	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film

abrupt

	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another

abscess

	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility

abscission

	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. alliance
	v. associate; incorporate

abscond

	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	adj. tending to one point.
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly

absence

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts

absolution

	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

absolve

	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	n. an escort or lover.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse

absorb

	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. a tree.
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.

absorption

	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.

abstain

	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something

abstemious

	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.

abstinence

	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

abstruse

	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. greediness.
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality

absurd

	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.

abundant

	a. capable; adept
	a. compatible; harmonious
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.

abusive

	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	v. associate; join
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	v. to pass criticism or censure.

abut

	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals

abyss

	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. diversion.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

academic

	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. permanence.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

academician

	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	v. associate; incorporate
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

academy

	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	v. to pass criticism or censure.

accede

	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition

accelerate

	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	v. to take when offered.

access

	v. to agree.
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures

accessible

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time

accession

	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling

accessory

	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

acclaim

	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

accommodate

	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

accompaniment

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties

accompanist

	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important

accompany

	v. to sail quite around.
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal

accomplice

	n. group of closely located islands
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. recognition.

accomplish

	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. compression
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

accordion

	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

accost

	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit

account

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people

accouter

	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. the superior of a community of monks.

accredit

	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for

accumulate

	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase

accuracy

	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated

accurate

	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision

accursed

	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

accusation

	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. a college student.
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party

accusatory

	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

accuse

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	v. blame; condemn
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act

accustom

	v. to make familiar by use.
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	a. considerable; perceptible

acerbity

	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

acetate

	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest

acetic

	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.

ache

	v. to be in pain or distress.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

achillean

	v. associate; incorporate
	adj. invulnerable.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women

achromatic

	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	adj. colorless,

acid

	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry

acidify

	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. alliance
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	v. to change into acid.

acknowledge

	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	adv. an expression of assent.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey

acknowledgment

	n. recognition.
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

acme

	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	n. sulfur.
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal

acoustic

	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. alliance

acquaint

	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	adj. before noon.

acquiesce

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	prep. apart from.

acquiescence

	n. passive consent.
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order

acquit

	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	n. an escort or lover.
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.

acquittal

	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	adv. in bed; on a bed.

acquittance

	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.

acreage

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede

acrid

	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. blessing.
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	adj. rebellious.

acrimonious

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	n. madhouse.

acrimony

100

	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	adj. saintly.

actionable

101

	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.

actuality

102

	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. alliance
	n. any reality.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

actuary

103

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. passive consent.

actuate

104

	v. put into motion or action; activate
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	a. awake; alert
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point

acumen

105

	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.

acute

106

	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. absolute government.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.

adamant

107

	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.

addendum

108

	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	v. to confuse.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

addle

109

	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused

adduce

110

	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.

adhere

111

	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with

adherence

112

	n. attachment.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	v. declare to be true; affirm

adherent

113

	n. greediness.
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.

adhesion

114

	v. to hate violently.
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. greediness.

adieu

115

	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole

adjacency

116

	n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

adjacent

117

	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	a. considerable; perceptible

adjudge

118

	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons

adjunct

119

	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior

adjuration

120

	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	n. a vehement appeal.
	a. comparable; similar or alike

adjutant

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	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place

administrator

122

	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. recognition.
	adv. from side to side.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition

admissible

123

	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.

admittance

124

	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	adj. tending to one point.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.

admonish

125

	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible

admonition

126

	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

ado

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	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle

adoration

128

	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station

adroit

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	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

adulterant

130

	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. an adulterating substance.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. group of closely located islands

adulterate

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	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

adumbrate

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	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal

advent

133

	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

adverse

134

	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

adversity

135

	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance

advert

136

	v. to refer incidentally.
	v. to bring about.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	v. travel with; be associated with

advertiser

137

	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown

advisory

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	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite

advocacy

139

	v. contradict; give a false impression
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase

advocate

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	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

aerial

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	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air

aeronaut

142

	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies

aeronautics

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	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.

aerostat

144

	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

aerostatics

145

	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	interj. well done.

affable

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	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	inter. good-by; farewell.

affect

147

	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	a. chief; serving as an essential component

affectation

148

	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner

affiliate

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	v. associate; incorporate
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	v. be earlier in time; go back further

affirmative

150

	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.

affix

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	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.

affluence

152

	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

affront

153

	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

afoot

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	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	adv. in progress.

aforesaid

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	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose

afresh

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	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.

afterthought

157

	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.

agglomerate

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	n. part or division of poem of some length
	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

aggrandize

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	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.

aggravate

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	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. an angel of high rank.

aggravation

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	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.

aggregate

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	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time

aggress

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	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	v. to make the first attack.
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

aggression

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	n. an unprovoked attack.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".

aggrieve

165

	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.

aghast

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	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	v. refrain from buying or using
	v. to collect into a mass.
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious

agile

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	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. delusive speech.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick

agitate

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	n. passive consent.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action

agrarian

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	v. bump; hit; conflict
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end

ailment

170

	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. an acute epidemic disease.

airy

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	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	adj. delicate, ethereal.

akin

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	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill

alabaster

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	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

alacrity

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	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement

albeit

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	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding

albino

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	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room

album

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	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	adj. fond of drinking.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	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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	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

alcohol

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	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.

alcoholism

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	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

alcove

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	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	adj. producing coagulation.

alder

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	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	v. to remind oneself.
	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. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit

alderman

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	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude

aldermanship

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	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept

alias

185

	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. one who attacks.
	v. to predict.
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily

alien

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	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary

alienable

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	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.

alienate

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	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. approach; entry; entrance

alienation

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	n. estrangement.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. a vehement appeal.

aliment

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	n. one who attacks.
	n. that which nourishes.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

alkali

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	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. one who loves books.
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.

allay

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	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	adj. that may or can collapse.

allege

193

	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.

allegory

194

	adj. fit to be eaten.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.

alleviate

195

	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

alley

196

	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down

alliance

197

	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. unrestricted power.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties

allot

198

	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.

allotment

199

	n. portion.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate

allude

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	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion

allusion

201

	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence

alluvion

202

	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. flood.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

ally

203

	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

almanac

204

	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status

aloof

205

	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.

altar

206

	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing

alter

207

	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert

alteration

208

	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever

altercate

209

	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.

alternate

210

	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	adj. producing coagulation.
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right

alternative

211

	adj. fond of drinking.
	v. to hate violently.
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.

altitude

212

	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.

alto

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	n. state of being suitable
	adv. from side to side.
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance

altruism

214

	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor

altruist

215

	n. absolute government.
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.

amalgam

216

	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.

amalgamate

217

	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

amateur

218

	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts

amatory

219

	n. flood.
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	adj. designed to excite love.
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

ambidextrous

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	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy

ambiguous

221

	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement

ambitious

222

	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner

ambrosial

223

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming

ambulance

224

	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

ambulate

225

	adj. fit to be eaten.
	v. to walk about
	n. water saturated with salt.
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance

ambush

226

	n. harmony.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station

ameliorate

227

	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use

amenable

228

	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival

americanism

229

	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. conversation.
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	adj. cowardly.

amicable

230

	n. absolute government.
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.

amity

231

	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	adj. producing coagulation.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.

amorous

232

	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives

amorphous

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	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. largeness.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited

amour

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	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

ampere

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	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.

amphibious

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	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.

amphitheater

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	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena

amplitude

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	n. largeness.
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	adj. auxiliary.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something

amply

239

	adv. sufficiently.
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner

amputate

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	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	adj. fit to be eaten.

amusement

241

	n. diversion.
	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	n. one who attacks.

anachronism

242

	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.

anagram

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	n. harmony.
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	adj. corporeal.

analogous

244

	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. grasp; ability to understand

analogy

245

	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

analyst

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	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.

analyze

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	v. diagnose; examine
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.

anarchy

248

	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. a vehement appeal.

anathema

249

	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.

anatomy

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	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point

anecdote

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	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

anemia

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	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. largeness.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.

anemic

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	adj. affected with anemia.
	adj. contributing to an end.
	a. compatible
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

anemometer

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	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.

anesthetic

255

	adj. dominant.
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

anew

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	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	adv. once more.
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.

angelic

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	v. to coagulate.
	adj. saintly.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.

anglophobia

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	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity

angular

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	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force

anhydrous

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	v. to be in pain or distress.
	n. alliance
	adj. withered.
	n. historian.

animadversion

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	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.

animadvert

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	n. breaking of contract or duty
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	v. to pass criticism or censure.

animalcule

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	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope

animate

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	n. hard coal.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	n. greediness.

animosity

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	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	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. hillside.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act

annalist

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	n. historian.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.

annals

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	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	v. to be in pain or distress.

annex

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	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. an escort or lover.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. a very detestable act or practice.

annihilate

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	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. act of accompanying someone or something

annotate

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	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist

annual

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	a. occurring or payable every year
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	adj. tending to one point.
	n. use of force to get someone to obey

annuity

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	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	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. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem

annunciation

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	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	adj. colorless,
	n. proclamation.

anode

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	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

anonymous

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	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.

antagonism

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	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward

antarctic

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	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble

ante

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	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. hillside.
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.

antecede

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	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another

antecedent

280

	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	n. harmony.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

antechamber

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	n. sulfur.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.

antedate

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	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	v. be earlier in time; go back further

antediluvian

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	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	n. any article of personal property.

antemeridian

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	adj. before noon.
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help

antenatal

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	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

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	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	n. delusive speech.

anteroom

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	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.

anthology

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	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

anthracite

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	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. hard coal.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography

anthropology

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	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings

anthropomorphous

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	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change

antic

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	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.

antichrist

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	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.

anticlimax

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	v. to predict.
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	a. moved by sexual love; loving

anticyclone

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	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.

antidote

296

	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts

antilogy

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	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

antipathize

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	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.

antiphon

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	v. to be in collusion.
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.

antiphony

300

	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. diversion.

antipodes

301

	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance

antiquary

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	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.

antiquate

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	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned

antique

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	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.

antiseptic

305

	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.

antislavery

306

	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	adv. in good season or time.
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	adj. opposed to human slavery.

antispasmodic

307

	adj. wanting water.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god

antistrophe

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	inter. good-by; farewell.
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".

antitoxin

309

	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

antonym

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	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term

anxious

311

	n. state of being suitable
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

apathy

312

	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract

aperture

313

	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. an ox.
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another

apex

314

	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. hillside.

aphorism

315

	v. to unite.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

apiary

316

	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.

apogee

317

	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure

apology

318

	v. to unite.
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse

apostate

319

	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

apostle

320

	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

apothecary

321

	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.

apotheosis

322

	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing

appall

323

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	adj. invulnerable.
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.

apparent

324

	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.

apparition

325

	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	n. an ox.
	v. to refer incidentally.

appease

326

	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve

appellate

327

	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of

appellation

328

	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place

append

329

	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	a. capable; adept
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

appertain

330

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	v. travel with; be associated with

apposite

331

	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame

apposition

332

	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

appraise

333

	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.

appreciable

334

	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune

apprehend

335

	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing

apprehensible

336

	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	adj. capable of being conceived.

approbation

337

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. a college student.
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	adj. delicate, ethereal.

appropriate

338

	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use

aqueduct

339

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of

aqueous

340

	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

arbiter

341

	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion

arbitrary

342

	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	v. produce; give rise to
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

arbitrate

343

	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.

arbor

344

	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. a tree.

arboreal

345

	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	v. to cover with ornament.

arborescent

346

	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. harmony.

arboretum

347

	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

arboriculture

348

	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement

arcade

349

	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose

archaeology

350

	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. any reality.
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible

archaic

351

	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited

archaism

352

	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	v. produce; give rise to
	n. obsolescence.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.

archangel

353

	n. an angel of high rank.
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill

archbishop

354

	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with

archdeacon

355

	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content

archetype

356

	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. tendency to keep together

archipelago

357

	n. group of closely located islands
	v. associate; join
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	v. to take when offered.

ardent

358

	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

ardor

359

	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. act of accompanying someone or something

arid

360

	n. portion.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	adj. affected with anemia.

aristocracy

361

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose

aristocrat

362

	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble

armada

363

	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	v. to walk about

armful

364

	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept

armory

365

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

aroma

366

	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food

arraign

367

	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. an unprovoked attack.

arrange

368

	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose

arrangement

369

	n. the act or state or conforming.
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. composition; order

arrant

370

	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

arrear

371

	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	a. arousing or provoking laughter

arrival

372

	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.

arrogant

373

	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others

arrogate

374

	adv. in progress.
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	a. arousing or provoking laughter

artesian

375

	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

artful

376

	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause

arthurian

377

	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	adj. contributing to an end.
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. an angel of high rank.

artifice

378

	v. produce; give rise to
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. engagement to marry.
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity

artless

379

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	adj. containing gold.
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	adj. taking notice.

ascendant

380

	adj. dominant.
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	v. to take when offered.

ascension

381

	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. the act of rising.
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean

ascent

382

	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward

ascetic

383

	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect

ascribe

384

	n. greediness.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

asexual

385

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	v. blame; condemn
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.

ashen

386

	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. the act or state or conforming.

askance

387

	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle

asperity

388

	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate

aspirant

389

	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.

aspire

390

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

assailant

391

	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. recognition.
	n. one who attacks.

assassin

392

	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	v. to unite.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.

assassinate

393

	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.

assassination

394

	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

assay

395

	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

assent

396

	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

assess

397

	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. an acute epidemic disease.

assessor

398

	n. sulfur.
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.

assets

399

	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	v. to blend.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

assiduous

400

	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour

assignee

401

	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	adj. harmonious.
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.

assimilate

402

	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	v. to happen to or befall.
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

assonance

403

	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. alliance

assonant

404

	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

assonate

405

	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	v. cause to come together formally
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	a. concerning; simultaneous

assuage

406

	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease

astringent

407

	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere

astute

408

	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

atheism

409

	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. conversation.
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. part or division of poem of some length

athirst

410

	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	adj. wanting water.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	a. considerable; perceptible

athwart

411

	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	adv. from side to side.

atomizer

412

	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	adj. designed to excite love.

atone

413

	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

atonement

414

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

atrocious

415

	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. attachment.

atrocity

416

	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	a. occurring or payable every year

attache

417

	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.

attest

418

	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	v. to predict.
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect

auburn

419

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.

audacious

420

	n. the state of being adjacent.
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	adj. invulnerable.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold

audible

421

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	v. to pile or heap together.

audition

422

	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	v. to change into acid.
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

auditory

423

	adj. dominant.
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another

augment

424

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity

augur

425

	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	v. to predict.

augustinian

426

	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity

aura

427

	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. contestant you hope to defeat

aural

428

	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. state of being suitable

auricle

429

	adj. taking notice.
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.

auricular

430

	a. capable; adept
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

auriferous

431

	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	adj. containing gold.
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

aurora

432

	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	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. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion

auspice

433

	n. conversation.
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. any article of personal property.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.

austere

434

	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to

autarchy

435

	n. unrestricted power.
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

authentic

436

	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. flood.

authenticity

437

	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.

autocracy

438

	n. absolute government.
	v. to walk about
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. a person with whom another confers.

autocrat

439

	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	adv. once more.

automaton

440

	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

autonomous

441

	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere

autonomy

442

	n. hillside.
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator

autopsy

443

	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	v. to predict.

autumnal

444

	adj. saintly.
	n. recognition.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

auxiliary

445

	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.

avalanche

446

	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	adv. from side to side.
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

avarice

447

	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. the denial of the existence of god.

aver

448

	adj. designed to excite love.
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing

averse

449

	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	adj. low in tone or compass.

aversion

450

	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

avert

451

	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

aviary

452

	n. greediness.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	adj. cheerful.

avidity

453

	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. greediness.

avocation

454

	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

avow

455

	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly

awaken

456

	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. conversation.

aye

457

	a. capable; adept
	adv. an expression of assent.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.

azalea

458

	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

azure

459

	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue

baconian

460

	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

bacterium

461

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.

badger

462

	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down

baffle

463

	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of

bailiff

464

	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department

baize

465

	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	a. awake; alert

bale

466

	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native

baleful

467

	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	n. an animal having two feet.
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

ballad

468

	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.

balsam

469

	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.

banal

470

	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	a. compatible
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

barcarole

471

	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.

baritone

472

	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content

barograph

473

	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	v. to name in baptism.
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years

barometer

474

	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	v. recover gradually from an illness

barring

475

	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	prep. apart from.
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

bask

476

	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. a title of jesus
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content

bass

477

	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital

baste

478

	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.

baton

479

	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.

battalion

480

	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.

batten

481

	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. a narrow strip of wood.

batter

482

	n. permanence.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence

bauble

483

	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

bawl

484

	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

beatify

485

	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	v. to make supremely happy.
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.

beatitude

486

	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness

beau

487

	n. an escort or lover.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

becalm

488

	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete

beck

489

	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force

bedaub

490

	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

bedeck

491

	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	v. to cover with ornament.
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

bedlam

492

	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. madhouse.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms

befog

493

	v. to confuse.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

befriend

494

	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute

beget

495

	v. produce; give rise to
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house

begrudge

496

	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	adv. from side to side.

belate

497

	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor

belay

498

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist

belie

499

	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.

believe

500

	v. cause to come together formally
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point

belittle

501

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	interj. well done.

belle

502

	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.

bellicose

503

	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

belligerent

504

	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.

bemoan

505

	n. a placing opposite.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of

benediction

506

	n. an escort or lover.
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

benefactor

507

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race

benefice

508

	n. approach; entry; entrance
	a. capable; adept
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

beneficent

509

	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.

beneficial

510

	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle

beneficiary

511

	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.

benefit

512

	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. water saturated with salt.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

benevolence

513

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something

benevolent

514

	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

benign

515

	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	v. to mean; signify.
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject

benignant

516

	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	v. travel with; be associated with
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.

benignity

517

	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit

benison

518

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. blessing.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

bequeath

519

	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	adj. taking notice.
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down

bereave

520

	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait

berth

521

	adj. taking notice.
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

beseech

522

	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

beset

523

	v. to mean; signify.
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. unrestricted power.

besmear

524

	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition

bestial

525

	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god

bestrew

526

	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.

bestride

527

	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

bethink

528

	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	v. to remind oneself.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.

betide

529

	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	v. to happen to or befall.

betimes

530

	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	adv. in good season or time.

betroth

531

	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.

betrothal

532

	n. engagement to marry.
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

bevel

533

	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.

bewilder

534

	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. the superior of a community of monks.

bibliography

535

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	adj. colorless,

bibliomania

536

	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms

bibliophile

537

	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. one who loves books.
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force

bibulous

538

	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

bide

539

	v. to await.
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

biennial

540

	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. engagement to marry.

bier

541

	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition

bigamist

542

	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. madhouse.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	adj. auxiliary.

bigamy

543

	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.

bight

544

	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. group of closely located islands

bilateral

545

	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	a. two-sided; mutual

bilingual

546

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	adj. taking notice.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

biograph

547

	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.

biology

548

	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. the science of life or living organisms.

biped

549

	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious

birthright

550

	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.

bitterness

551

	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act

blase

552

	adj. sated with pleasure.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

blaspheme

553

	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement

blatant

554

	n. politeness.
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	v. to happen to or befall.

blaze

555

	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. one who attacks.

blazon

556

	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	v. to make widely or generally known.

bleak

557

	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass

blemish

558

	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	v. to predict.

blithe

559

	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.

blithesome

560

	adj. cheerful.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	n. engagement to marry.

blockade

561

	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

boatswain

562

	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	v. refrain from buying or using
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment

bodily

563

	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. tendency to keep together
	adj. corporeal.
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension

boisterous

564

	v. make amends for; reimburse
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.

bole

565

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. compression

bolero

566

	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. hillside.
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.

boll

567

	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.

bolster

568

	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	v. to coagulate.
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite

bomb

569

	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end

bombard

570

	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	n. blessing.
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.

bombardier

571

	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.

bombast

572

	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing

boorish

573

	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners

bore

574

	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

borough

575

	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity

bosom

576

	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	adv. from side to side.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

botanical

577

	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.

botanize

578

	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	v. to study plant-life.

botany

579

	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point

bountiful

580

	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts

bowdlerize

581

	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

bowler

582

	v. to force into military service.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.

boycott

583

	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	v. refrain from buying or using

brae

584

	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. hillside.

braggart

585

	adj. saintly.
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person

brandish

586

	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease

bravado

587

	v. to force into military service.
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. part or division of poem of some length

bravo

588

	interj. well done.
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.

bray

589

	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	v. to take when offered.
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.

braze

590

	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. the state of being attached or joined.

brazier

591

	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.

breach

592

	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	n. a tree.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

breaker

593

	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.

breech

594

	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. the buttocks.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert

brethren

595

	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.

brevity

596

	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

bridle

597

	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. proximity.

brigade

598

	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	v. assent; agree without protesting

brigadier

599

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	a. two-sided; mutual

brigand

600

	v. to bring about.
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

brimstone

601

	n. sulfur.
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly

brine

602

	n. water saturated with salt.
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	adv. in progress.

bristle

603

	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.

britannia

604

	n. a vehement appeal.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect

briticism

605

	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works

brittle

606

	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity

broach

607

	a. compatible; harmonious
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with

broadcast

608

	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.

brogan

609

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept

brogue

610

	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	a. comparable; similar or alike

brokerage

611

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	v. to study plant-life.

bromine

612

	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.

bronchitis

613

	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.

bronchus

614

	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	v. quote; adduce as an instance

brooch

615

	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women

brotherhood

616

	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	adj. compassionate.
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.

browbeat

617

	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

brusque

618

	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	v. diagnose; examine

buffoon

619

	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. courtesy towards women
	adj. opposed to human slavery.

buffoonery

620

	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	adj. compassionate.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations

bulbous

621

	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

bullock

622

	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. an ox.

bulrush

623

	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

bulwark

624

	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	v. to take when offered.
	n. diversion.

bumper

625

	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

bumptious

626

	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force

bungle

627

	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.

buoyancy

628

	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.

buoyant

629

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	adj. cheerful.
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.

bureau

630

	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. sulfur.

bureaucracy

631

	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.

burgess

632

	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. contestant you hope to defeat

burgher

633

	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.

burnish

634

	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time

bursar

635

	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

bustle

636

	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near

butt

637

	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. an angel of high rank.

butte

638

	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place

buttress

639

	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.

cabal

640

	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. obsolescence.
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.

cabinet

641

	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential

cacophony

642

	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

cadaverous

643

	adj. before noon.
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

cadence

644

	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

cadenza

645

	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.

caitiff

646

	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	adj. cowardly.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

cajole

647

	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	v. to blend.

cajolery

648

	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. delusive speech.

calculable

649

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.

calculus

650

	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior

callosity

651

	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. an abiding.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.

callow

652

	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak

calorie

653

	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree

calumny

654

	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.

calvary

655

	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.

calvinism

656

	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.

calvinize

657

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.

came

658

	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint

cameo

659

	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

campaign

660

	v. declare to be true; affirm
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.

canaanite

661

	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

canary

662

	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	v. to make the first attack.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance

candid

663

	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial

candor

664

	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable

canine

665

	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

canon

666

	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

cant

667

	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.

cantata

668

	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.

canto

669

	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. part or division of poem of some length

cantonment

670

	n. conversation.
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.

capacious

671

	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.

capillary

672

	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.

capitulate

673

	adj. cheerful.
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

caprice

674

	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind

caption

675

	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

captious

676

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	v. to make familiar by use.

captivate

677

	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory

carcass

678

	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. eating or drinking of something

cardiac

679

	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. an escort or lover.

cardinal

680

	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge

caret

681

	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

caricature

682

	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

carnage

683

	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	v. to unite.

carnal

684

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily

carnivorous

685

	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory

carouse

686

	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design

carrion

687

	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. contestant you hope to defeat

cartilage

688

	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away

cartridge

689

	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming

caste

690

	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	v. to change into acid.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies

castigate

691

	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort

casual

692

	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. agreement.

casualty

693

	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy

cataclysm

694

	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. something overdue and unpaid.

cataract

695

	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour

catastrophe

696

	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin

cathode

697

	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke

catholicism

698

	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal

catholicity

699

	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

caucus

700

	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

causal

701

	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.

caustic

702

	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	adj. notoriously bad.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action

cauterize

703

	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever

cede

704

	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	adj. dominant.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

censor

705

	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

censorious

706

	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

census

707

	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

centenary

708

	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years

centiliter

709

	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	adj. auxiliary.

centimeter

710

	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. historian.
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

centurion

711

	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

cereal

712

	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease

ceremonial

713

	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times

ceremonious

714

	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy

cessation

715

	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs

cession

716

	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

chameleon

717

	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts

chancery

718

	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	a. concerning; simultaneous

chaos

719

	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass

characteristic

720

	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait

characterize

721

	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

charlatan

722

	n. absolute government.
	n. portion.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.

chasten

723

	v. to be in collusion.
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. the act of detesting extremely.

chastise

724

	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke

chastity

725

	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	v. to collect into a mass.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.

chateau

726

	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house

chattel

727

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. any article of personal property.
	v. to be in collusion.
	v. state without proof; assert to be true

check

728

	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain

chiffon

729

	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.

chivalry

730

	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	adj. colorless,
	n. courtesy towards women

cholera

731

	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	adj. before noon.

choleric

732

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	v. travel with; be associated with
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned

choral

733

	a. compatible; harmonious
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	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. support; active pleading on behalf of something

christ

734

	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	adj. contributing to an end.
	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. a title of jesus

christen

735

	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	v. to name in baptism.

christendom

736

	adv. in good season or time.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth

chromatic

737

	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. harmony.
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned

chronology

738

	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time

chronometer

739

	interj. well done.
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.

cipher

740

	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality

circulate

741

	adj. saintly.
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship

circumference

742

	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.

circumlocution

743

	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts

circumnavigate

744

	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. sulfur.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	v. to sail quite around.

circumscribe

745

	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect

circumspect

746

	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. the act of rising.

citadel

747

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. hard coal.
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect

cite

748

	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of

claimant

749

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.

clairvoyance

750

	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	v. equip; provide with military equipment

clamorous

751

	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease

clan

752

	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.

clandestine

753

	n. courtesy towards women
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

clangor

754

	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	inter. good-by; farewell.

clarify

755

	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate

clarion

756

	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.

classify

757

	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence

clearance

758

	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

clemency

759

	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act

clement

760

	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	adj. compassionate.

clothier

761

	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.

clumsy

762

	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented

coagulant

763

	adj. producing coagulation.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.

coagulate

764

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population

coalescence

765

	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	v. diagnose; examine
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

coalition

766

	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.

coddle

767

	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point

codicil

768

	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	adv. sufficiently.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

coerce

769

	v. to await.
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	v. to cover with ornament.

coercion

770

	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

coercive

771

	adj. affected with anemia.
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.

cogent

772

	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	n. tendency to keep together
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy

cognate

773

	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	v. produce; give rise to
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function

cognizant

774

	adj. taking notice.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

cohere

775

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies

cohesion

776

	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. tendency to keep together
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	adv. once more.

cohesive

777

	adj. withered.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.

coincide

778

	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

coincidence

779

	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	adj. rebellious.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality

coincident

780

	a. concerning; simultaneous
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.

collaborate

781

	n. water saturated with salt.
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

collapse

782

	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	v. breakdown; failure
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.

collapsible

783

	adj. that may or can collapse.
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.

colleague

784

	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power

collective

785

	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

collector

786

	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.

collegian

787

	v. to take when offered.
	v. to make the first attack.
	n. a college student.
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.

collide

788

	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

collier

789

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	v. to confuse.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

collision

790

	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	adj. cowardly.

colloquial

791

	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. engagement to marry.
	n. attachment.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

colloquialism

792

	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

colloquy

793

	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. conversation.

collusion

794

	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned

colossus

795

	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	v. contradict; give a false impression

comely

796

	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. diversion.

comestible

797

	v. to sail quite around.
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. a title of jesus
	n. sulfur.

comical

798

	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

commemorate

799

	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.

commentary

800

	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	prep. apart from.

commingle

801

	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. portion.
	v. to blend.
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.

commissariat

802

	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive

commission

803

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings

commitment

804

	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	v. cause to come together formally
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize

committal

805

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

commodity

806

	n. permanence.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.

commotion

807

	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	interj. well done.
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour

commute

808

	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	n. one who attacks.
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name

comparable

809

	n. engagement to marry.
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus

comparative

810

	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait

comparison

811

	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

compensate

812

	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

competence

813

	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede

competent

814

	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	a. capable; adept

competitive

815

	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	v. associate; incorporate

competitor

816

	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.

complacent

817

	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content

complaisance

818

	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. politeness.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful

complaisant

819

	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others

complement

820

	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	adj. recovering health after sickness.

complex

821

	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. any strikingly great person or object.

compliant

822

	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	v. to hate violently.
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

complicate

823

	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

complication

824

	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	v. declare to be true; affirm

complicity

825

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing

compliment

826

	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator

component

827

	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	adj. harmonious.

comport

828

	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	adj. invulnerable.
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame

composure

829

	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.

comprehensible

830

	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.

comprehension

831

	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	v. declare to be true; affirm

comprehensive

832

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. flood.
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope

compress

833

	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	a. considerable; perceptible

compressible

834

	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.

compression

835

	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	adv. in progress.
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause

comprise

836

	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	adj. cowardly.
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.

compulsion

837

	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.

compulsory

838

	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule

compunction

839

	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	adj. rebellious.
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.

compute

840

	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

concede

841

	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time

conceit

842

	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

conceive

843

	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters

concerto

844

	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

concession

845

	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. proclamation.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

conciliate

846

	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.

conciliatory

847

	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.

conclusive

848

	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.

concord

849

	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things

concordance

850

	v. declare to be true; affirm
	n. engagement to marry.
	n. harmony.
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

concur

851

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	v. to agree.

concurrence

852

	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. agreement.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.

concurrent

853

	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time

concussion

854

	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	v. assent; agree without protesting

condensation

855

	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. compression

condense

856

	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

condescend

857

	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	adj. tending to one point.

condolence

858

	n. alliance
	a. compatible; harmonious
	v. produce; give rise to
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

conduce

859

	v. to bring about.
	v. associate; join
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

conducive

860

	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve

conductible

861

	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	a. awake; alert
	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

conduit

862

	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

confectionery

863

	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.

confederacy

864

	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. alliance

confederate

865

	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	v. to pile or heap together.

confer

866

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply

conferee

867

	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

confessor

868

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. blessing.
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect

confidant

869

	n. compression
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner

confide

870

	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

confidence

871

	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.

confident

872

	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	n. an escort or lover.

confinement

873

	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	adj. rebellious.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.

confiscate

874

	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties

conflagration

875

	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. conversation.
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict

confluence

876

	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person

confluent

877

	v. cause to come together formally
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	adv. once more.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis

conformable

878

	adj. harmonious.
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.

conformance

879

	n. the act or state or conforming.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily

conformation

880

	v. to sail quite around.
	adj. producing coagulation.
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

conformity

881

	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet

confront

882

	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect

congeal

883

	n. proximity.
	v. to coagulate.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

congenial

884

	a. compatible
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

congest

885

	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

congregate

886

	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	v. assemble; convene; gather

coniferous

887

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. an animal having two feet.

conjecture

888

	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth

conjoin

889

	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	v. to unite.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.

conjugal

890

	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial

conjugate

891

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	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

conjugation

892

	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	v. to walk about
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

conjunction

893

	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing

connive

894

	adv. sufficiently.
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

connoisseur

895

	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	adj. designed to excite love.
	v. associate; join
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters

connote

896

	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	v. to mean; signify.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate

connubial

897

	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. harmony.
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.

conquer

898

	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

consanguineous

899

	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with

conscience

900

	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.

conscientious

901

	adj. rebellious.
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable

conscious

902

	n. passive consent.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	a. awake; alert
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown

conscript

903

	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	v. to force into military service.
	n. sulfur.

consecrate

904

	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	v. to set apart as sacred.

consecutive

905

	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases

consensus

906

	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

conservatism

907

	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

conservative

908

	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. alliance
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

conservatory

909

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art

consign

910

	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. madhouse.

consignee

911

	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	adj. taking notice.
	n. recognition.

consignor

912

	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	n. one who entrusts.

consistency

913

	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

console

914

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit

consolidate

915

	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

consonance

916

	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused

consonant

917

	a. compatible; harmonious
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number

consort

918

	adj. sated with pleasure.
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	v. associate; join
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content

conspicuous

919

	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

conspirator

920

	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.

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. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.

constable

922

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

constellation

923

	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name

consternation

924

	v. to force into military service.
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.

constituency

925

	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	adv. in progress.

constituent

926

	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning

constrict

927

	adj. compassionate.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.

consul

928

	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	adj. tending to one point.
	v. associate; incorporate
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.

consulate

929

	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

consummate

930

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect

consumption

931

	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. eating or drinking of something
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

consumptive

932

	n. harmony.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

contagion

933

	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	v. to change into acid.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

contagious

934

	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	v. to happen to or befall.
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases

contaminate

935

	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners

contemplate

936

	n. a placing opposite.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. diversion.

contemporaneous

937

	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.

contemporary

938

	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	adj. tending to one point.

contemptible

939

	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	n. an ox.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.

contemptuous

940

	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect

contender

941

	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. contestant you hope to defeat

contiguity

942

	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	v. to await.
	n. proximity.

contiguous

943

	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring

continence

944

	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.

contingency

945

	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

contingent

946

	n. a title of jesus
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time

continuance

947

	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. permanence.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

continuation

948

	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point

continuity

949

	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. madhouse.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.

continuous

950

	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.

contort

951

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.

contraband

952

	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	v. to force into military service.

contradiction

953

	n. conversation.
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct

contradictory

954

	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	n. a spiritual advisor.

contraposition

955

	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. a placing opposite.

contravene

956

	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	v. to coagulate.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.

contribution

957

	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

contributor

958

	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	v. to predict.

contrite

959

	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

contrivance

960

	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.

contrive

961

	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. expression of warm approval; praise

control

962

	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

controller

963

	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. an animal having two feet.

contumacious

964

	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	adj. rebellious.

contumacy

965

	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor

contuse

966

	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	v. to blend.

contusion

967

	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. the buttocks.

convalesce

968

	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	v. recover gradually from an illness

convalescence

969

	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated

convalescent

970

	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	adj. recovering health after sickness.

convene

971

	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	v. cause to come together formally

convenience

972

	n. state of being suitable
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

converge

973

	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

convergent

974

	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	adj. tending to one point.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

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