GRE Big Book Words List| Match Practice

GRE Big Book Words

Group (1) - Matching Quizzes

abase

	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	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

abbess

	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	adj. opposed to human slavery.

abbey

	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

abbot

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	v. to cover with ornament.
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.

abdicate

	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. attachment.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

abdomen

	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis

abdominal

	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

abduction

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander

abed

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.

aberration

	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.

abet

	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

abeyance

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. madhouse.
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	a. moved by sexual love; loving

abhorrence

	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

abhorrent

	n. composition; order
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for

abidance

	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. an abiding.
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases

abject

	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. madhouse.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race

abjure

	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	adj. withered.

ablution

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere

abnegate

	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

abnormal

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal

abominable

	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	prep. apart from.

abominate

	v. to hate violently.
	n. attachment.
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	a. compatible; harmonious

abomination

	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.

aboriginal

	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.

aborigines

	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.

abrade

	n. a placing opposite.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. state of being suitable

abrasion

	adj. taking notice.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. scratch; friction
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

abridge

	a. occurring or payable every year
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations

abridgment

	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.

abrogate

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

abrupt

	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. courtesy towards women
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. a title of jesus

abscess

	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.

abscission

	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. obsolescence.
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.

abscond

	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	adj. capable of being appealed to.

absence

	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

absolution

	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble

absolve

	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	v. to mean; signify.
	adj. designed to excite love.

absorb

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	adj. saintly.

absorption

	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down

abstain

	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.

abstemious

	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. a tree.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary

abstinence

	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire

abstruse

	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. one who attacks.

absurd

	n. permanence.
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish

abundant

	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use

abusive

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly

abut

	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. hillside.

abyss

	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

academic

	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.

academician

	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners

academy

	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists

accede

	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. over-regulated administrative system

accelerate

	v. to walk about
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm

	v. to take when offered.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.

access

	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

accessible

	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with

accession

	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.

accessory

	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

acclaim

	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

accommodate

	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

accompaniment

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow

accompanist

	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

accompany

	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.

accomplice

	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown

accomplish

	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.

accordion

	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

accost

	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary

account

	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height

accouter

	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	adj. producing coagulation.
	n. sulfur.

accredit

	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for

accumulate

	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	a. occurring or payable every year
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope

accuracy

	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit

accurate

	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision

accursed

	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	adj. colorless,
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.

accusation

	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

accusatory

	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. a placing opposite.
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room

accuse

	v. blame; condemn
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest

accustom

	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race

acerbity

	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious

acetate

	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.

acetic

	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage

ache

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	v. to be in pain or distress.

achillean

	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	adj. invulnerable.

achromatic

	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	adj. colorless,

acid

	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion

acidify

	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. historian.
	v. to change into acid.

acknowledge

	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

acknowledgment

	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	n. recognition.

acme

	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal

acoustic

	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.

acquaint

	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film

acquiesce

	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

acquiescence

	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. passive consent.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.

acquit

	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	v. to remind oneself.

acquittal

	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	adj. fond of drinking.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.

acquittance

	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror

acreage

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

acrid

	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.

acrimonious

	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	v. to pass criticism or censure.

acrimony

100

	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.

actionable

101

	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	v. to pass criticism or censure.

actuality

102

	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. any reality.
	adj. compassionate.

actuary

103

	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. passive consent.

actuate

104

	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. an abiding.
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	adj. having or resembling human form.

acumen

105

	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

acute

106

	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	adj. having the nature of a tree.

adamant

107

	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	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

addendum

108

	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.

addle

109

	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. one who attacks.

adduce

110

	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	v. to make the first attack.
	adj. producing coagulation.

adhere

111

	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. proclamation.
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.

adherence

112

	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. attachment.
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

adherent

113

	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	adj. containing gold.

adhesion

114

	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. attachment.

adieu

115

	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	inter. good-by; farewell.

adjacency

116

	n. the state of being adjacent.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment

adjacent

117

	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near

adjudge

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	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	adj. compassionate.
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

adjunct

119

	adj. cowardly.
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing

adjuration

120

	n. permanence.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. a vehement appeal.

adjutant

121

	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height

administrator

122

	v. contradict; give a false impression
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	adj. wanting water.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department

admissible

123

	n. tendency to keep together
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	v. to unite.

admittance

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	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.

admonish

125

	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence

admonition

126

	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. attachment.

ado

127

	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. compression
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle

adoration

128

	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill

adroit

129

	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

adulterant

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	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. an adulterating substance.
	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass

adulterate

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	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

adumbrate

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	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth

advent

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	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.

adverse

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	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

adversity

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	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune

advert

136

	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	v. to refer incidentally.
	adj. rebellious.
	adj. capable of being conceived.

advertiser

137

	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.

advisory

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	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.

advocacy

139

	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.

advocate

140

	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	adj. taking notice.

aerial

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	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. an adulterating substance.

aeronaut

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	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.

aeronautics

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	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. a title of jesus

aerostat

144

	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.

aerostatics

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	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision

affable

146

	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury

affect

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	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

affectation

148

	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. part or division of poem of some length

affiliate

149

	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	v. associate; incorporate

affirmative

150

	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming

affix

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	n. largeness.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away

affluence

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	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.

affront

153

	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

afoot

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	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	n. a college student.
	adv. in progress.

aforesaid

155

	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	adj. cowardly.
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

afresh

156

	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

afterthought

157

	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival

agglomerate

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	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	v. to pile or heap together.

aggrandize

159

	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. permanence.
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	v. to cover with ornament.

aggravate

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	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome

aggravation

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	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity

aggregate

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	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

aggress

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	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	v. to make the first attack.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories

aggression

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	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

aggrieve

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	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	v. to happen to or befall.

aghast

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	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert

agile

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	v. assemble; convene; gather
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

agitate

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	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

agrarian

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	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.

ailment

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	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	adj. dominant.
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	n. sickness; illness; affliction

airy

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	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.

akin

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	v. to force into military service.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	a. of the same kin; related by blood

alabaster

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	n. composition; order
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly

alacrity

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	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

albeit

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	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. a vehement appeal.
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.

albino

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	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. estrangement.

album

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	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	v. to coagulate.
	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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	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

alcohol

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	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.

alcoholism

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	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

alcove

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	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room

alder

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	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near

alderman

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	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	n. portion.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.

aldermanship

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	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent

alias

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	v. to collect into a mass.
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy

alien

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	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	v. to mean; signify.
	v. to bring about.

alienable

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	n. part or division of poem of some length
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing

alienate

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	a. awake; alert
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.

alienation

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	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. estrangement.
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously

aliment

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	n. that which nourishes.
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.

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
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence

allay

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	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person

allege

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	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect

allegory

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	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

alleviate

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	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry

alley

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	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	n. an abiding.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

alliance

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	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.

allot

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	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

allotment

199

	n. portion.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror

allude

200

	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. any strikingly great person or object.

allusion

201

	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply

alluvion

202

	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. flood.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

ally

203

	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	v. associate; join
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	adj. recovering health after sickness.

almanac

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	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. a tree.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing

aloof

205

	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

altar

206

	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with

alter

207

	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.

alteration

208

	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle

altercate

209

	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. blessing.
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.

alternate

210

	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

alternative

211

	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence

altitude

212

	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass

alto

213

	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies

altruism

214

	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. proclamation.

altruist

215

	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.

amalgam

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	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	v. to change into acid.
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.

amalgamate

217

	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.

amateur

218

	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art

amatory

219

	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	adj. designed to excite love.

ambidextrous

220

	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow

ambiguous

221

	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning

ambitious

222

	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.

ambrosial

223

	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.

ambulance

224

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital

ambulate

225

	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	v. to walk about
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	adj. low in tone or compass.

ambush

226

	adj. rebellious.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

ameliorate

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	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better

amenable

228

	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable

americanism

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	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.

amicable

230

	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.

amity

231

	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

amorous

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	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious

amorphous

233

	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	v. quote; adduce as an instance

amour

234

	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	v. to blend.

ampere

235

	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. ally; form a group or unite

amphibious

236

	a. concerning; simultaneous
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	adj. living both on land and in water.

amphitheater

237

	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct

amplitude

238

	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. largeness.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.

amply

239

	n. proximity.
	v. to name in baptism.
	adv. sufficiently.
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.

amputate

240

	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune

amusement

241

	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. diversion.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	adj. fit to be eaten.

anachronism

242

	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.

anagram

243

	n. hillside.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.

analogous

244

	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	a. comparable; similar or alike

analogy

245

	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

analyst

246

	n. hillside.
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	adj. containing gold.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.

analyze

247

	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	adj. fond of drinking.
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. the place where christ was crucified.

anarchy

248

	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion

anathema

249

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

anatomy

250

	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant

anecdote

251

	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	v. to obtain the friendship of.

anemia

252

	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	adv. once more.
	v. cause to come together formally
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud

anemic

253

	v. to pile or heap together.
	adj. affected with anemia.
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

anemometer

254

	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	adj. cowardly.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

anesthetic

255

	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival

anew

256

	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	adv. once more.
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality

angelic

257

	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	adj. saintly.
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

anglophobia

258

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

angular

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	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	v. to make the first attack.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner

anhydrous

260

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	adj. withered.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination

animadversion

261

	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.

animadvert

262

	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	v. to hate violently.

animalcule

263

	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.

animate

264

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

animosity

265

	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. the place where christ was crucified.

annalist

266

	n. historian.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused

annals

267

	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote

annex

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	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

annihilate

269

	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. one who attacks.
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.

annotate

270

	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing

annual

271

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	adj. invulnerable.
	a. occurring or payable every year
	v. to cover with ornament.

annuity

272

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary

annunciation

273

	n. proclamation.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others

anode

274

	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.

anonymous

275

	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	adj. designed to excite love.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

antagonism

276

	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

antarctic

277

	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

ante

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	n. an unprovoked attack.
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout

antecede

279

	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.

antecedent

280

	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.

antechamber

281

	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. lack of caring; indifference

antedate

282

	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	v. be earlier in time; go back further

antediluvian

283

	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	v. assemble; convene; gather

antemeridian

284

	adj. before noon.
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. the buttocks.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

antenatal

285

	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

286

	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. a title of jesus
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful

anteroom

287

	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. proclamation.
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.

anthology

288

	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

anthracite

289

	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	n. hard coal.

anthropology

290

	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.

anthropomorphous

291

	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.

antic

292

	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	adj. withered.

antichrist

293

	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

anticlimax

294

	v. to change into acid.
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

anticyclone

295

	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

antidote

296

	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.

antilogy

297

	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.

antipathize

298

	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior

antiphon

299

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

antiphony

300

	v. travel with; be associated with
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.

antipodes

301

	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	a. capable; adept
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.

antiquary

302

	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.

antiquate

303

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned

antique

304

	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood

antiseptic

305

	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.

antislavery

306

	v. refrain from buying or using
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	adj. opposed to human slavery.

antispasmodic

307

	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. portion.

antistrophe

308

	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class

antitoxin

309

	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	v. to bring about.
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

antonym

310

	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean

anxious

311

	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	v. produce; give rise to

apathy

312

	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. any article of personal property.
	v. to be in collusion.

aperture

313

	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	v. to make widely or generally known.

apex

314

	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	v. cause to come together formally
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion

aphorism

315

	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things

apiary

316

	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.

apogee

317

	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.

apology

318

	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. courtesy towards women
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.

apostate

319

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. one who loves books.

apostle

320

	n. absolute government.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	adv. sufficiently.

apothecary

321

	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.

apotheosis

322

	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something

appall

323

	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.

apparent

324

	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye

apparition

325

	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode

appease

326

	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.

appellate

327

	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	adj. compassionate.

appellation

328

	n. breaking of contract or duty
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy

append

329

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts

appertain

330

	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs

apposite

331

	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	adj. wanting water.
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited

apposition

332

	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

appraise

333

	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing

appreciable

334

	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	a. considerable; perceptible
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.

apprehend

335

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent

apprehensible

336

	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.

approbation

337

	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	adj. wanting water.

appropriate

338

	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	adv. sufficiently.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof

aqueduct

339

	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.

aqueous

340

	n. attachment.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

arbiter

341

	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.

arbitrary

342

	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame

arbitrate

343

	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

arbor

344

	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. a tree.

arboreal

345

	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

arborescent

346

	n. agreement.
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. compression

arboretum

347

	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited

arboriculture

348

	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	v. diagnose; examine

arcade

349

	adj. affected with anemia.
	n. conversation.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place

archaeology

350

	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

archaic

351

	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated

archaism

352

	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. obsolescence.
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.

archangel

353

	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

archbishop

354

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years

archdeacon

355

	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still

archetype

356

	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

archipelago

357

	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. group of closely located islands

ardent

358

	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate

ardor

359

	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

arid

360

	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. sulfur.

aristocracy

361

	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class

aristocrat

362

	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important

armada

363

	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted

armful

364

	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.

armory

365

	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

aroma

366

	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.

arraign

367

	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law

arrange

368

	n. a college student.
	v. to blend.
	v. to happen to or befall.
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose

arrangement

369

	n. composition; order
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.

arrant

370

	n. unrestricted power.
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	a. compatible

arrear

371

	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	adj. compassionate.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof

arrival

372

	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time

arrogant

373

	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others

arrogate

374

	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.

artesian

375

	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

artful

376

	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.

arthurian

377

	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.

artifice

378

	v. to change into acid.
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

artless

379

	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".

ascendant

380

	adj. dominant.
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.

ascension

381

	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. the act of rising.

ascent

382

	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	n. attachment.
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible

ascetic

383

	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".

ascribe

384

	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality

asexual

385

	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. estrangement.
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.

ashen

386

	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	v. to blend.

askance

387

	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes

asperity

388

	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	v. to happen to or befall.

aspirant

389

	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away

aspire

390

	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.

assailant

391

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. one who attacks.

assassin

392

	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	adv. in progress.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

assassinate

393

	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	adj. saintly.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.

assassination

394

	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	n. a tree.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.

assay

395

	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. greediness.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow

assent

396

	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept

assess

397

	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.

assessor

398

	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.

assets

399

	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	prep. apart from.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.

assiduous

400

	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. an animal having two feet.

assignee

401

	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.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy

assimilate

402

	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

assonance

403

	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. conversation.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

assonant

404

	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. a title of jesus
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

assonate

405

	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete

assuage

406

	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	adj. taking notice.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease

astringent

407

	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere

astute

408

	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. an angel of high rank.
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks

atheism

409

	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	a. of or relating to the heart

athirst

410

	adj. wanting water.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. attachment.

athwart

411

	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. greediness.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	adv. from side to side.

atomizer

412

	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.

atone

413

	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	v. to be in pain or distress.

atonement

414

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention

atrocious

415

	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	n. an ox.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.

atrocity

416

	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

attache

417

	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.

attest

418

	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	v. associate; incorporate
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

auburn

419

	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion

audacious

420

	v. to confuse.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

audible

421

	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.

audition

422

	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. the act of rising.
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force

auditory

423

	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile

augment

424

	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	adj. tending to one point.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.

augur

425

	n. a person with whom another confers.
	v. to predict.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.

augustinian

426

	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.

aura

427

	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. madhouse.

aural

428

	n. passive consent.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.

auricle

429

	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. group of closely located islands
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

auricular

430

	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.

auriferous

431

	n. a title of jesus
	adj. containing gold.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. obsolescence.

aurora

432

	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. engagement to marry.
	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

auspice

433

	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

austere

434

	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party

autarchy

435

	n. unrestricted power.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. an acute epidemic disease.

authentic

436

	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

authenticity

437

	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	v. to pass criticism or censure.

autocracy

438

	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. absolute government.

autocrat

439

	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	v. associate; incorporate
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power

automaton

440

	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans

autonomous

441

	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time

autonomy

442

	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality

autopsy

443

	n. ally; form a group or unite
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious

autumnal

444

	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

auxiliary

445

	n. the state of being adjacent.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort

avalanche

446

	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	adj. harmonious.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice

avarice

447

	n. conversation.
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

aver

448

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

averse

449

	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

aversion

450

	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force

avert

451

	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	v. diagnose; examine
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away

aviary

452

	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	v. refrain from buying or using
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

avidity

453

	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. greediness.
	v. to pile or heap together.
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity

avocation

454

	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters

avow

455

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.

awaken

456

	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. obsolescence.

aye

457

	adv. an expression of assent.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

azalea

458

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	adj. withered.

azure

459

	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	adj. notoriously bad.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune

baconian

460

	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle

bacterium

461

	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat

badger

462

	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

baffle

463

	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other

bailiff

464

	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

baize

465

	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. the science of life or living organisms.

bale

466

	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.

baleful

467

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

ballad

468

	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious

balsam

469

	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. a title of jesus

banal

470

	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	adj. containing gold.
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.

barcarole

471

	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.

baritone

472

	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. a vehement appeal.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

barograph

473

	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.

barometer

474

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary

barring

475

	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	prep. apart from.
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

bask

476

	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	v. declare to be true; affirm

bass

477

	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	adj. auxiliary.
	v. blame; condemn
	adj. low in tone or compass.

baste

478

	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.

baton

479

	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	adj. tending to one point.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height

battalion

480

	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with

batten

481

	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission

batter

482

	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. engagement to marry.

bauble

483

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. madhouse.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

bawl

484

	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. a placing opposite.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of

beatify

485

	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	v. to make supremely happy.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin

beatitude

486

	n. group of closely located islands
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. largeness.

beau

487

	n. an escort or lover.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite

becalm

488

	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	adj. producing coagulation.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.

beck

489

	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself

bedaub

490

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	adj. having or resembling human form.

bedeck

491

	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	v. to cover with ornament.

bedlam

492

	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. madhouse.

befog

493

	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	v. to confuse.

befriend

494

	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

beget

495

	v. produce; give rise to
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

begrudge

496

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. greediness.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

belate

497

	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	adj. low in tone or compass.

belay

498

	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

belie

499

	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	v. to mean; signify.
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.

believe

500

	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. an angel of high rank.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial

belittle

501

	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down

belle

502

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.

bellicose

503

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

belligerent

504

	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak

bemoan

505

	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of

benediction

506

	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin

benefactor

507

	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help

benefice

508

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

beneficent

509

	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. an ox.

beneficial

510

	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.

beneficiary

511

	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	adj. compassionate.
	v. cause to come together formally

benefit

512

	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear

benevolence

513

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis

benevolent

514

	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. agreement.
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable

benign

515

	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice

benignant

516

	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.

benignity

517

	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. greediness.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

benison

518

	n. blessing.
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

bequeath

519

	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down

bereave

520

	v. to name in baptism.
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.

berth

521

	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	v. to study plant-life.
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.

beseech

522

	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value

beset

523

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	v. to pass criticism or censure.

besmear

524

	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others

bestial

525

	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

bestrew

526

	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. delusive speech.

bestride

527

	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. courtesy towards women

bethink

528

	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	v. to remind oneself.

betide

529

	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	v. to happen to or befall.

betimes

530

	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	a. capable; adept
	adv. in good season or time.

betroth

531

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	adj. withered.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

betrothal

532

	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. engagement to marry.

bevel

533

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	v. to name in baptism.
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

bewilder

534

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter

bibliography

535

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

bibliomania

536

	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality

bibliophile

537

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. one who loves books.

bibulous

538

	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

bide

539

	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	v. to await.

biennial

540

	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	v. to happen to or befall.
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years

bier

541

	n. proclamation.
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass

bigamist

542

	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	v. to pile or heap together.

bigamy

543

	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	n. breaking of contract or duty

bight

544

	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete

bilateral

545

	n. hard coal.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	a. two-sided; mutual
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune

bilingual

546

	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party

biograph

547

	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

biology

548

	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. alliance
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	a. compatible

biped

549

	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	n. obsolescence.

birthright

550

	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	adj. contributing to an end.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.

bitterness

551

	n. sharp and bitter manner
	adv. in good season or time.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. an adulterating substance.

blase

552

	n. alliance
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	adj. sated with pleasure.

blaspheme

553

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.

blatant

554

	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.

blaze

555

	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.

blazon

556

	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	v. to happen to or befall.

bleak

557

	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

blemish

558

	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

blithe

559

	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. diversion.
	n. any reality.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted

blithesome

560

	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	adj. cheerful.

blockade

561

	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	adv. sufficiently.
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity

boatswain

562

	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.

bodily

563

	n. unrestricted power.
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	adj. corporeal.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

boisterous

564

	v. to await.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

bole

565

	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. attachment.

bolero

566

	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. an ox.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.

boll

567

	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.

bolster

568

	n. delusive speech.
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	adj. opposed to human slavery.

bomb

569

	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite

bombard

570

	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.

bombardier

571

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily

bombast

572

	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	adj. withered.

boorish

573

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

bore

574

	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

borough

575

	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other

bosom

576

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce

botanical

577

	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

botanize

578

	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	v. to study plant-life.

botany

579

	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources

bountiful

580

	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind

bowdlerize

581

	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

bowler

582

	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.

boycott

583

	n. a college student.
	v. refrain from buying or using
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune

brae

584

	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. hillside.

braggart

585

	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	adj. fit to be eaten.

brandish

586

	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned

bravado

587

	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. a title of jesus
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery

bravo

588

	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	interj. well done.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

bray

589

	adj. serving or tending to force.
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity

braze

590

	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	v. to be in pain or distress.

brazier

591

	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.

breach

592

	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	n. ally; form a group or unite

breaker

593

	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill

breech

594

	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. the buttocks.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

brethren

595

	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

brevity

596

	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event

bridle

597

	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	v. to sail quite around.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable

brigade

598

	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	adj. rebellious.

brigadier

599

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. sulfur.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

brigand

600

	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

brimstone

601

	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	adv. in progress.
	n. sulfur.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement

brine

602

	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. water saturated with salt.

bristle

603

	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.

britannia

604

	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	a. awake; alert
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.

briticism

605

	n. an escort or lover.
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.

brittle

606

	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

broach

607

	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.

broadcast

608

	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show

brogan

609

	v. to study plant-life.
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing

brogue

610

	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

brokerage

611

	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. compression
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.

bromine

612

	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander

bronchitis

613

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	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.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode

bronchus

614

	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	adj. rebellious.

brooch

615

	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	v. to force into military service.

brotherhood

616

	n. attachment.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.

browbeat

617

	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.

brusque

618

	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of

buffoon

619

	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations

buffoonery

620

	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune

bulbous

621

	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants

bullock

622

	n. a person with whom another confers.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. an ox.

bulrush

623

	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

bulwark

624

	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

bumper

625

	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

bumptious

626

	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing

bungle

627

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity

buoyancy

628

	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. a placing opposite.
	n. one who entrusts.

buoyant

629

	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	v. to predict.

bureau

630

	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	v. to name in baptism.

bureaucracy

631

	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	v. to agree.

burgess

632

	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.

burgher

633

	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse

burnish

634

	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

bursar

635

	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation

bustle

636

	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help

butt

637

	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive

butte

638

	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.

buttress

639

	a. capable; adept
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. group of closely located islands
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

cabal

640

	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

cabinet

641

	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet

cacophony

642

	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

cadaverous

643

	v. bump; hit; conflict
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

cadence

644

	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

cadenza

645

	inter. good-by; farewell.
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.

caitiff

646

	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	adj. cowardly.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	prep. apart from.

cajole

647

	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function

cajolery

648

	n. delusive speech.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. recognition.

calculable

649

	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. the buttocks.
	n. delusive speech.

calculus

650

	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

callosity

651

	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	adj. taking notice.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

callow

652

	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together

calorie

653

	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	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
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. proclamation.

calumny

654

	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.

calvary

655

	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. ally; form a group or unite

calvinism

656

	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.

calvinize

657

	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	adj. compassionate.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

came

658

	v. to be in collusion.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.

cameo

659

	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	v. blame; condemn
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film

campaign

660

	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

canaanite

661

	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

canary

662

	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	v. to pass criticism or censure.

candid

663

	inter. good-by; farewell.
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	v. to force into military service.

candor

664

	n. diversion.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

canine

665

	n. group of closely located islands
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

canon

666

	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	adj. rebellious.
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud

cant

667

	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

cantata

668

	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate

canto

669

	n. part or division of poem of some length
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

cantonment

670

	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

capacious

671

	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. one who entrusts.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

capillary

672

	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. delusive speech.
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter

capitulate

673

	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. an angel of high rank.
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. the denial of the existence of god.

caprice

674

	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. scratch; friction
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

caption

675

	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.

captious

676

	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy

captivate

677

	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

carcass

678

	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.

cardiac

679

	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

cardinal

680

	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm

caret

681

	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. composition; order
	v. to take when offered.
	v. to make supremely happy.

caricature

682

	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

carnage

683

	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.

carnal

684

	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	v. associate; join
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

carnivorous

685

	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory

carouse

686

	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.

carrion

687

	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

cartilage

688

	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. a tree.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.

cartridge

689

	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned

caste

690

	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever

castigate

691

	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. a flowering shrub.

casual

692

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment

casualty

693

	n. courtesy towards women
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

cataclysm

694

	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	n. eating or drinking of something

cataract

695

	a. of or relating to the heart
	interj. well done.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality

catastrophe

696

	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

cathode

697

	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.

catholicism

698

	v. to sail quite around.
	adv. in good season or time.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.

catholicity

699

	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.

caucus

700

	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	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. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

causal

701

	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship

caustic

702

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	adj. notoriously bad.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere

cauterize

703

	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point

cede

704

	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. any article of personal property.
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution

censor

705

	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented

censorious

706

	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

census

707

	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

centenary

708

	n. eating or drinking of something
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	interj. well done.
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect

centiliter

709

	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.

centimeter

710

	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	v. to agree.
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

centurion

711

	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable

cereal

712

	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.

ceremonial

713

	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. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

ceremonious

714

	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with

cessation

715

	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. a flowering shrub.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

cession

716

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality

chameleon

717

	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate

chancery

718

	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	adv. sufficiently.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

chaos

719

	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass

characteristic

720

	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait

characterize

721

	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment

charlatan

722

	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

chasten

723

	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof

chastise

724

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	adj. before noon.

chastity

725

	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	v. cause to come together formally
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse

chateau

726

	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. portion.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.

chattel

727

	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. any article of personal property.
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.

check

728

	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

chiffon

729

	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.

chivalry

730

	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. courtesy towards women
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.

cholera

731

	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

choleric

732

	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.

choral

733

	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native

christ

734

	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. a title of jesus

christen

735

	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	v. to name in baptism.
	adj. joined together in pairs.

christendom

736

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	adj. harmonious.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for

chromatic

737

	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole

chronology

738

	n. a title of jesus
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time

chronometer

739

	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

cipher

740

	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	a. capable; adept
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number

circulate

741

	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content

circumference

742

	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. historian.
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object

circumlocution

743

	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. one who loves books.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

circumnavigate

744

	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	v. to sail quite around.
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence

circumscribe

745

	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.

circumspect

746

	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease

citadel

747

	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. an escort or lover.
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things

cite

748

	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	v. to make familiar by use.
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

claimant

749

	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. an ox.

clairvoyance

750

	v. recover gradually from an illness
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.

clamorous

751

	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud

clan

752

	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	v. to study plant-life.

clandestine

753

	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.

clangor

754

	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. sharp and bitter manner

clarify

755

	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate

clarion

756

	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

classify

757

	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury

clearance

758

	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

clemency

759

	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act

clement

760

	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	adj. compassionate.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).

clothier

761

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	adj. producing coagulation.
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.

clumsy

762

	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place

coagulant

763

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	adj. producing coagulation.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

coagulate

764

	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	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. cheerful.

coalescence

765

	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.

coalition

766

	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	adj. taking notice.
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence

coddle

767

	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.

codicil

768

	adv. once more.
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect

coerce

769

	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. obsolescence.

coercion

770

	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	v. to walk about

coercive

771

	adj. serving or tending to force.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. expression of warm approval; praise

cogent

772

	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.

cognate

773

	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. estrangement.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others

cognizant

774

	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	adj. taking notice.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb

cohere

775

	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation

cohesion

776

	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. tendency to keep together

cohesive

777

	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.

coincide

778

	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.

coincidence

779

	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

coincident

780

	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	a. concerning; simultaneous

collaborate

781

	v. to cover with ornament.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

collapse

782

	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	v. breakdown; failure

collapsible

783

	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	v. to sail quite around.
	adj. contributing to an end.

colleague

784

	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner

collective

785

	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. any article of personal property.

collector

786

	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.

collegian

787

	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. a college student.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something

collide

788

	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.

collier

789

	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for

collision

790

	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.

colloquial

791

	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement

colloquialism

792

	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	v. to cover with ornament.
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts

colloquy

793

	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	v. to coagulate.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. conversation.

collusion

794

	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.

colossus

795

	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book

comely

796

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful

comestible

797

	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent

comical

798

	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

commemorate

799

	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

commentary

800

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

commingle

801

	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	v. to blend.
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. the act of rising.

commissariat

802

	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

commission

803

	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. passive consent.
	adj. opposed to human slavery.

commitment

804

	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	interj. well done.

committal

805

	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use

commodity

806

	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	v. to walk about
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.

commotion

807

	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage

commute

808

	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

comparable

809

	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people

comparative

810

	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	v. blame; condemn

comparison

811

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.

compensate

812

	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	v. to refer incidentally.
	v. make amends for; reimburse

competence

813

	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. the science of life or living organisms.

competent

814

	a. capable; adept
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

competitive

815

	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial

competitor

816

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

complacent

817

	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.

complaisance

818

	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. politeness.
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly

complaisant

819

	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations

complement

820

	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.

complex

821

	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	n. that which nourishes.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures

compliant

822

	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	adj. affected with anemia.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.

complicate

823

	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

complication

824

	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.

complicity

825

	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

compliment

826

	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal

component

827

	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	v. associate; join
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror

comport

828

	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).

composure

829

	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right

comprehensible

830

	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. proclamation.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

comprehension

831

	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter

comprehensive

832

	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass

compress

833

	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

compressible

834

	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. madhouse.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	a. arousing or provoking laughter

compression

835

	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.

comprise

836

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation

compulsion

837

	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect

compulsory

838

	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends

compunction

839

	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect

compute

840

	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation

concede

841

	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another

conceit

842

	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.

conceive

843

	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.

concerto

844

	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist

concession

845

	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

conciliate

846

	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.

conciliatory

847

	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity

conclusive

848

	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	v. to obtain the friendship of.

concord

849

	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable

concordance

850

	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. harmony.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease

concur

851

	v. to agree.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem

concurrence

852

	n. agreement.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

concurrent

853

	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	adj. withered.

concussion

854

	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.

condensation

855

	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. compression
	adj. cowardly.
	n. breaking of contract or duty

condense

856

	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate

condescend

857

	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned

condolence

858

	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.

conduce

859

	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	v. to bring about.

conducive

860

	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	adj. contributing to an end.
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of

conductible

861

	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

conduit

862

	n. delusive speech.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect

confectionery

863

	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential

confederacy

864

	n. alliance
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.

confederate

865

	n. ally; form a group or unite
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	adj. producing coagulation.

confer

866

	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. a title of jesus
	a. capable; adept
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

conferee

867

	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. an acute epidemic disease.

confessor

868

	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing

confidant

869

	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	adj. withered.
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.

confide

870

	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	v. recover gradually from an illness

confidence

871

	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

confident

872

	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance

confinement

873

	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over

confiscate

874

	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	n. an ox.

conflagration

875

	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. diversion.
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict

confluence

876

	v. to name in baptism.
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.

confluent

877

	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	a. capable; adept
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. a stream that unites with another.

conformable

878

	adj. harmonious.
	n. group of closely located islands
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit

conformance

879

	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

conformation

880

	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design

conformity

881

	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. component or part; citizen, voter

confront

882

	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	v. refrain from buying or using
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

congeal

883

	v. to bring about.
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	v. to coagulate.
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.

congenial

884

	a. compatible
	v. to confuse.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect

congest

885

	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	v. to collect into a mass.

congregate

886

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	v. to force into military service.
	v. assemble; convene; gather

coniferous

887

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.

conjecture

888

	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	adv. once more.
	v. to make supremely happy.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

conjoin

889

	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	v. to unite.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.

conjugal

890

	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile

conjugate

891

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.

conjugation

892

	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

conjunction

893

	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

connive

894

	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension

connoisseur

895

	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations

connote

896

	v. to mean; signify.
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

connubial

897

	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	v. to coagulate.
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

conquer

898

	adj. wanting water.
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. sickness; illness; affliction

consanguineous

899

	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse

conscience

900

	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment

conscientious

901

	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable

conscious

902

	a. awake; alert
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain

conscript

903

	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. a placing opposite.
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	v. to force into military service.

consecrate

904

	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	adv. in bed; on a bed.

consecutive

905

	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.

consensus

906

	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect

conservatism

907

	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

conservative

908

	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

conservatory

909

	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art

consign

910

	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	interj. well done.

consignee

911

	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.

consignor

912

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. one who entrusts.
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.

consistency

913

	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

console

914

	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	v. to agree.

consolidate

915

	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent

consonance

916

	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with

consonant

917

	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes

consort

918

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	v. associate; join
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.

conspicuous

919

	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

conspirator

920

	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame

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
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	adj. containing gold.

constable

922

	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. a vehement appeal.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

constellation

923

	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	v. put into motion or action; activate

consternation

924

	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad

constituency

925

	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression

constituent

926

	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force

constrict

927

	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near

consul

928

	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.

consulate

929

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

consummate

930

	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

consumption

931

	n. eating or drinking of something
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.

consumptive

932

	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

contagion

933

	v. to predict.
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

contagious

934

	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class

contaminate

935

	n. composition; order
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile

contemplate

936

	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. any article of personal property.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior

contemporaneous

937

	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.

contemporary

938

	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

contemptible

939

	a. occurring or payable every year
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean

contemptuous

940

	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect

contender

941

	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	v. to await.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	prep. apart from.

contiguity

942

	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. proximity.

contiguous

943

	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

continence

944

	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

contingency

945

	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

contingent

946

	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

continuance

947

	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. permanence.
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.

continuation

948

	n. harmony.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point

continuity

949

	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists

continuous

950

	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	adv. an expression of assent.

contort

951

	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.

contraband

952

	n. portion.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal

contradiction

953

	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote

contradictory

954

	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art

contraposition

955

	n. a placing opposite.
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years

contravene

956

	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.

contribution

957

	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy

contributor

958

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.

contrite

959

	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

contrivance

960

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

contrive

961

	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital

control

962

	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. historian.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

controller

963

	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful

contumacious

964

	v. to be in collusion.
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	adj. rebellious.

contumacy

965

	n. group of closely located islands
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.

contuse

966

	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. portion.

contusion

967

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. the act of rising.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

convalesce

968

	v. recover gradually from an illness
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

convalescence

969

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	adj. rebellious.
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.

convalescent

970

	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

convene

971

	v. to refer incidentally.
	v. cause to come together formally
	v. to take when offered.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives

convenience

972

	v. declare to be true; affirm
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. state of being suitable
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation

converge

973

	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

convergent

974

	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	a. occurring or payable every year
	adj. tending to one point.
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy

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