GRE Big Book Words List| Match Practice

GRE Big Book Words

Group (1) - Matching Quizzes

abase

	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

abbess

	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. the buttocks.

abbey

	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	v. produce; give rise to

abbot

	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	v. to walk about
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

abdicate

	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	n. compression

abdomen

	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.

abdominal

	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.

abduction

	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. hillside.
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	n. the place where christ was crucified.

abed

	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious

aberration

	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue

abet

	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for

abeyance

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

abhorrence

	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. a narrow strip of wood.

abhorrent

	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.

abidance

	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. an abiding.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. one who entrusts.

abject

	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.

abjure

	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.

ablution

	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art

abnegate

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness

abnormal

	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable

abominable

	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad

abominate

	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	v. to hate violently.
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment

abomination

	n. a tree.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

aboriginal

	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	n. a flowering shrub.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native

aborigines

	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.

abrade

	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	adj. before noon.
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations

abrasion

	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. state of being suitable
	n. scratch; friction

abridge

	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage

abridgment

	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.

abrogate

	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	n. scratch; friction
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

abrupt

	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another

abscess

	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole

abscission

	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

abscond

	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution

absence

	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. sulfur.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

absolution

	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential

absolve

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

absorb

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.

absorption

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	v. associate; incorporate
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration

abstain

	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

abstemious

	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

abstinence

	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal

abstruse

	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will

absurd

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	n. a college student.

abundant

	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. historian.
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

abusive

	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.

abut

	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. one who loves books.

abyss

	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request

academic

	n. unrestricted power.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies

academician

	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

academy

	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists

accede

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned

accelerate

	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	v. to take when offered.
	v. assemble; convene; gather

access

	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.

accessible

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. an ox.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. one who attacks.

accession

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.

accessory

	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.

acclaim

	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause

accommodate

	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things

accompaniment

	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity

accompanist

	a. considerable; perceptible
	adj. cheerful.
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.

accompany

	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. the superior of a community of monks.

accomplice

	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing

accomplish

	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something

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. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming

accost

	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat

account

	n. a person with whom another confers.
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.

accouter

	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

accredit

	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest

accumulate

	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	adj. contributing to an end.

accuracy

	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

accurate

	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision

accursed

	interj. well done.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad

accusation

	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

accusatory

	n. greediness.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.

accuse

	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	v. blame; condemn
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees

accustom

	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	v. to make familiar by use.
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.

acerbity

	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

acetate

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. a salt of acetic acid.

acetic

	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour

ache

	v. to be in pain or distress.
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate

achillean

	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	adj. invulnerable.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.

achromatic

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	adj. colorless,
	n. recognition.

acid

	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

acidify

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	v. to change into acid.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

acknowledge

	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. any reality.
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

acknowledgment

	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	n. group of closely located islands
	n. recognition.

acme

	v. to remind oneself.
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal

acoustic

	adj. containing gold.
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.

acquaint

	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

acquiesce

	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation

acquiescence

	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. passive consent.

acquit

	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	v. quote; adduce as an instance

acquittal

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

acquittance

	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

acreage

	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter

acrid

	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	v. put into motion or action; activate

acrimonious

	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. water saturated with salt.

acrimony

100

	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

actionable

101

	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.

actuality

102

	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. any reality.
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. an animal having two feet.

actuary

103

	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.

actuate

104

	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander

acumen

105

	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. composition; order
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout

acute

106

	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. compression
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.

adamant

107

	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

addendum

108

	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. politeness.
	v. associate; join

addle

109

	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling

adduce

110

	n. tendency to keep together
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

adhere

111

	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. that which nourishes.
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

adherence

112

	n. attachment.
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. that which nourishes.
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope

adherent

113

	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause

adhesion

114

	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. the state of being attached or joined.

adieu

115

	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

adjacency

116

	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	v. to blend.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity

adjacent

117

	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. courtesy towards women

adjudge

118

	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food

adjunct

119

	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior

adjuration

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	n. a vehement appeal.
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts

adjutant

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	adj. invulnerable.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.

administrator

122

	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.

admissible

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	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change

admittance

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	v. blame; condemn
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

admonish

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	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

admonition

126

	n. historian.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	interj. well done.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

ado

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	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	prep. apart from.
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. scratch; friction

adoration

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	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

adroit

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	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	a. of the same kin; related by blood

adulterant

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	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.

adulterate

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	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute

adumbrate

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	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose

advent

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	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.

adverse

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	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. permanence.
	v. to mean; signify.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose

adversity

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	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. act of accompanying someone or something

advert

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	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	adj. withered.

advertiser

137

	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film

advisory

138

	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.

advocacy

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	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something

advocate

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	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

aerial

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	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

aeronaut

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	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will

aeronautics

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	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

aerostat

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	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.

aerostatics

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	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	adj. compassionate.
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

affable

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	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly

affect

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	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

affectation

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	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of

affiliate

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	v. associate; incorporate
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.

affirmative

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	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming

affix

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	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	v. to blend.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something

affluence

152

	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.

affront

153

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect

afoot

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	adv. in progress.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	adv. in good season or time.

aforesaid

155

	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	v. to take when offered.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. an angel of high rank.

afresh

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	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

afterthought

157

	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.

agglomerate

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	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	v. to pile or heap together.
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason

aggrandize

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	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.

aggravate

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	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome

aggravation

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	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

aggregate

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	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to

aggress

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	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	v. to make the first attack.
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.

aggression

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	n. an unprovoked attack.
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.

aggrieve

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	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	v. to walk about
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming

aghast

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	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle

agile

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	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality

agitate

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	n. a placing opposite.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	adj. producing coagulation.
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible

agrarian

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	n. the buttocks.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters

ailment

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	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor

airy

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	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.

akin

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	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	v. to make the first attack.

alabaster

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	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	v. to change into acid.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

alacrity

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	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.

albeit

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	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. attachment.
	v. to mean; signify.

albino

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	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. unrestricted power.

album

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	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	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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	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

alcohol

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	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.

alcoholism

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	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest

alcove

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	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.

alder

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	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room

alderman

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	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	a. compatible; harmonious
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something

aldermanship

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	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

alias

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	v. to unite.
	n. state of being suitable
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

alien

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	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus

alienable

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	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence

alienate

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	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

alienation

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	n. estrangement.
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker

aliment

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	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	adj. cowardly.
	n. that which nourishes.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

alkali

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	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. proximity.
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

allay

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	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.

allege

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	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

allegory

194

	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form

alleviate

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	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something

alley

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	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

alliance

197

	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	v. to set apart as sacred.

allot

198

	v. to bring about.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.

allotment

199

	n. portion.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with

allude

200

	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. the denial of the existence of god.

allusion

201

	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor

alluvion

202

	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	n. flood.

ally

203

	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. an abiding.

almanac

204

	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

aloof

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	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote

altar

206

	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. a tree.
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity

alter

207

	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures

alteration

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	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	n. over-regulated administrative system

altercate

209

	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.

alternate

210

	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	v. to remind oneself.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. the state of being adjacent.

alternative

211

	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class

altitude

212

	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.

alto

213

	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

altruism

214

	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	adj. invulnerable.

altruist

215

	adv. in good season or time.
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

amalgam

216

	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce

amalgamate

217

	n. a college student.
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	n. recognition.
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

amateur

218

	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art

amatory

219

	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	adj. designed to excite love.

ambidextrous

220

	adj. saintly.
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	v. to confuse.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease

ambiguous

221

	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	n. agreement.
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. scratch; friction

ambitious

222

	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement

ambrosial

223

	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will

ambulance

224

	v. to agree.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use

ambulate

225

	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	v. to walk about

ambush

226

	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. attachment.
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.

ameliorate

227

	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

amenable

228

	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.

americanism

229

	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.

amicable

230

	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.

amity

231

	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

amorous

232

	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	a. definitive; decisive; final

amorphous

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	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	adj. capable of being conceived.

amour

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	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.

ampere

235

	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.

amphibious

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	n. recognition.
	v. associate; join
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	adj. living both on land and in water.

amphitheater

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	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena

amplitude

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	n. largeness.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.

amply

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	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	adv. sufficiently.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

amputate

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	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away

amusement

241

	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. diversion.

anachronism

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	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	adj. delicate, ethereal.

anagram

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	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part

analogous

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	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. any reality.
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place

analogy

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	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

analyst

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	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance

analyze

247

	v. to change into acid.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. engagement to marry.

anarchy

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	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion

anathema

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	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.

anatomy

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	n. part or division of poem of some length
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

anecdote

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	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography

anemia

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	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	v. cause to come together formally

anemic

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	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	adj. affected with anemia.

anemometer

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	adv. in good season or time.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.

anesthetic

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	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography

anew

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	adv. once more.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race

angelic

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	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	adj. saintly.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.

anglophobia

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	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end

angular

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	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	a. compatible
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.

anhydrous

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	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	adj. invulnerable.
	adj. withered.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for

animadversion

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	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	a. occurring or payable every year

animadvert

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	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	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 fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

animalcule

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	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.

animate

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	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

animosity

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	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act

annalist

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	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. historian.
	n. obsolescence.

annals

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	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. the act of detesting extremely.

annex

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	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	adj. harmonious.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit

annihilate

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	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.

annotate

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	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

annual

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	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	a. occurring or payable every year

annuity

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	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value

annunciation

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	n. proclamation.
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another

anode

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	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.

anonymous

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	v. to force into military service.
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

antagonism

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	n. greediness.
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor

antarctic

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	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.

ante

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	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	adj. notoriously bad.

antecede

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	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change

antecedent

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	v. to confuse.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.

antechamber

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	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

antedate

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	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.

antediluvian

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	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. diversion.
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.

antemeridian

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	v. to confuse.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	adj. before noon.

antenatal

285

	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

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	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years

anteroom

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	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. hillside.
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.

anthology

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	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. book of literary selections by various authors

anthracite

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	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. hard coal.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling

anthropology

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	adj. serving or tending to force.
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings

anthropomorphous

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	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily

antic

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	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality

antichrist

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	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.

anticlimax

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	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere

anticyclone

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	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.

antidote

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	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts

antilogy

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	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit

antipathize

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	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease

antiphon

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	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.

antiphony

300

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request

antipodes

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	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.

antiquary

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	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. an abiding.

antiquate

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	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	adj. designed to excite love.

antique

304

	v. to confuse.
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation

antiseptic

305

	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	adj. low in tone or compass.

antislavery

306

	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. courtesy towards women
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning

antispasmodic

307

	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	n. historian.
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.

antistrophe

308

	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	interj. well done.
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	v. to await.

antitoxin

309

	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	adj. rebellious.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times

antonym

310

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term

anxious

311

	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	n. historian.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.

apathy

312

	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	v. travel with; be associated with

aperture

313

	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner

apex

314

	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	adj. dominant.

aphorism

315

	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

apiary

316

	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	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. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind

apology

318

	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse

apostate

319

	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing

apostle

320

	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	v. to unite.

apothecary

321

	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle

apotheosis

322

	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	adj. rebellious.
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent

appall

323

	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	v. to mean; signify.
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something

apparent

324

	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye

apparition

325

	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence

appease

326

	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve

appellate

327

	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

appellation

328

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.

append

329

	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

appertain

330

	adj. saintly.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

apposite

331

	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. permanence.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.

apposition

332

	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

appraise

333

	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity

appreciable

334

	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	a. considerable; perceptible
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".

apprehend

335

	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

apprehensible

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	adj. capable of being conceived.
	adj. containing gold.
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

approbation

337

	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

appropriate

338

	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use

aqueduct

339

	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force

aqueous

340

	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

arbiter

341

	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	v. to await.
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

arbitrary

342

	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. a narrow strip of wood.

arbitrate

343

	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. state of being suitable
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish

arbor

344

	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. a tree.
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things

arboreal

345

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	adj. capable of being conceived.

arborescent

346

	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior

arboretum

347

	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited

arboriculture

348

	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

arcade

349

	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily

archaeology

350

	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

archaic

351

	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	v. assent; agree without protesting

archaism

352

	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. obsolescence.

archangel

353

	n. attachment.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

archbishop

354

	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.

archdeacon

355

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.

archetype

356

	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race

archipelago

357

	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. group of closely located islands

ardent

358

	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. engagement to marry.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. grasp; ability to understand

ardor

359

	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

arid

360

	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

aristocracy

361

	n. one who attacks.
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.

aristocrat

362

	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble

armada

363

	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent

armful

364

	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory

armory

365

	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured

aroma

366

	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	v. to walk about
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

arraign

367

	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law

arrange

368

	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. historian.
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.

arrangement

369

	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. composition; order
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

arrant

370

	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	adj. notoriously bad.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.

arrear

371

	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. ally; form a group or unite

arrival

372

	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. harmony.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.

arrogant

373

	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.

arrogate

374

	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	interj. well done.

artesian

375

	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

artful

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	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.

arthurian

377

	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

artifice

378

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

artless

379

	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.

ascendant

380

	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	adj. dominant.

ascension

381

	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. the act of rising.

ascent

382

	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse

ascetic

383

	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. tendency to keep together
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere

ascribe

384

	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	adj. affected with anemia.

asexual

385

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.

ashen

386

	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	n. proximity.

askance

387

	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

asperity

388

	n. flood.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing

aspirant

389

	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	adj. before noon.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals

aspire

390

	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

assailant

391

	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. one who attacks.
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.

assassin

392

	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	adj. fond of drinking.

assassinate

393

	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.

assassination

394

	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

assay

395

	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. politeness.

assent

396

	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography

assess

397

	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something

assessor

398

	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	adj. affected with anemia.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.

assets

399

	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.

assiduous

400

	n. an animal having two feet.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent

assignee

401

	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).

assimilate

402

	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	adj. tending to one point.
	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.

assonance

403

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate

assonant

404

	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

assonate

405

	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. act of accompanying someone or something

assuage

406

	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

astringent

407

	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	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

astute

408

	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

atheism

409

	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

athirst

410

	adj. wanting water.
	n. permanence.
	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

athwart

411

	adv. from side to side.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of

atomizer

412

	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	adj. corporeal.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	v. to agree.

atone

413

	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

atonement

414

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused

atrocious

415

	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art

atrocity

416

	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.

attache

417

	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	adj. wanting water.
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect

attest

418

	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.

auburn

419

	n. approach; entry; entrance
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement

audacious

420

	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	adj. before noon.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. one who or that which accompanies.

audible

421

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. an angel of high rank.

audition

422

	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

auditory

423

	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing

augment

424

	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.

augur

425

	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	v. to predict.

augustinian

426

	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

aura

427

	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. something overdue and unpaid.

aural

428

	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.

auricle

429

	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase

auricular

430

	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet

auriferous

431

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	adj. containing gold.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

aurora

432

	n. the first light of day; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	adj. affected with anemia.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

auspice

433

	v. to sail quite around.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.

austere

434

	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.

autarchy

435

	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. unrestricted power.
	v. state without proof; assert to be true

authentic

436

	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. composition; order

authenticity

437

	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book

autocracy

438

	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. absolute government.
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. a person with whom another confers.

autocrat

439

	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing

automaton

440

	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.

autonomous

441

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. an adulterating substance.
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. part or division of poem of some length

autonomy

442

	n. diversion.
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.

autopsy

443

	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. the act of rising.

autumnal

444

	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other

auxiliary

445

	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

avalanche

446

	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house

avarice

447

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick

aver

448

	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	v. declare to be true; affirm

averse

449

	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	adj. wanting water.
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling

aversion

450

	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly

avert

451

	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror

aviary

452

	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept

avidity

453

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. greediness.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.

avocation

454

	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	v. to await.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

avow

455

	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down

awaken

456

	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god

aye

457

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	adv. an expression of assent.

azalea

458

	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	interj. well done.
	n. a flowering shrub.
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain

azure

459

	n. any article of personal property.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

baconian

460

	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

bacterium

461

	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	v. quote; adduce as an instance

badger

462

	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

baffle

463

	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

bailiff

464

	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house

baize

465

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point

bale

466

	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

baleful

467

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	adj. auxiliary.

ballad

468

	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning

balsam

469

	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

banal

470

	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it

barcarole

471

	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	a. compatible
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.

baritone

472

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	adj. cowardly.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

barograph

473

	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait

barometer

474

	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	adj. compassionate.
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.

barring

475

	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	prep. apart from.

bask

476

	n. one who entrusts.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. approach; entry; entrance

bass

477

	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible

baste

478

	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.

baton

479

	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. one who entrusts.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something

battalion

480

	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.

batten

481

	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm

batter

482

	n. courtesy towards women
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties

bauble

483

	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

bawl

484

	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	adj. compassionate.
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate

beatify

485

	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. an angel of high rank.
	v. to be in collusion.
	v. to make supremely happy.

beatitude

486

	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry

beau

487

	n. an escort or lover.
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	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. notoriously bad.

becalm

488

	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still

beck

489

	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	v. to agree.
	n. water saturated with salt.

bedaub

490

	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune

bedeck

491

	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	v. to cover with ornament.

bedlam

492

	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. madhouse.

befog

493

	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	v. to confuse.

befriend

494

	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.

beget

495

	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	v. produce; give rise to
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

begrudge

496

	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.

belate

497

	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected

belay

498

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.

belie

499

	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.

believe

500

	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. conversation.

belittle

501

	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	v. cause to come together formally
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming

belle

502

	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.

bellicose

503

	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

belligerent

504

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter

bemoan

505

	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.

benediction

506

	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	v. breakdown; failure
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.

benefactor

507

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force

benefice

508

	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with

beneficent

509

	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	v. to force into military service.
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate

beneficial

510

	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time

beneficiary

511

	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	v. to mean; signify.
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.

benefit

512

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.

benevolence

513

	a. considerable; perceptible
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. historian.

benevolent

514

	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.

benign

515

	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	n. any reality.
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase

benignant

516

	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. sharp and bitter manner

benignity

517

	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

benison

518

	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	n. blessing.
	v. to confuse.

bequeath

519

	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down

bereave

520

	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.

berth

521

	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.

beseech

522

	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	a. compatible

beset

523

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

besmear

524

	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	adj. dominant.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere

bestial

525

	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason

bestrew

526

	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination

bestride

527

	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose

bethink

528

	v. to remind oneself.
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	v. to bring about.
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice

betide

529

	v. put into motion or action; activate
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.

betimes

530

	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	v. to hate violently.
	adv. in good season or time.

betroth

531

	n. greediness.
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	adj. living both on land and in water.

betrothal

532

	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	n. engagement to marry.
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

bevel

533

	n. delusive speech.
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

bewilder

534

	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. the state of being attached or joined.

bibliography

535

	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

bibliomania

536

	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. the passion for collecting books.

bibliophile

537

	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. one who loves books.
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.

bibulous

538

	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship

bide

539

	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. to await.

biennial

540

	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	v. produce; give rise to
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

bier

541

	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary

bigamist

542

	n. the act of rising.
	n. any article of personal property.
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.

bigamy

543

	n. attachment.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.

bight

544

	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. breaking of contract or duty

bilateral

545

	a. two-sided; mutual
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.

bilingual

546

	n. historian.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

biograph

547

	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity

biology

548

	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. the science of life or living organisms.

biped

549

	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	adj. saintly.

birthright

550

	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.

bitterness

551

	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.

blase

552

	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	v. to hate violently.

blaspheme

553

	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.

blatant

554

	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.

blaze

555

	n. attachment.
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things

blazon

556

	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.

bleak

557

	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

blemish

558

	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.

blithe

559

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	adj. wanting water.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people

blithesome

560

	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	adj. cheerful.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration

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
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.

boatswain

562

	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. a stream that unites with another.

bodily

563

	adj. corporeal.
	adj. fond of drinking.
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

boisterous

564

	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion

bole

565

	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	v. to cover with ornament.
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. alliance

bolero

566

	v. to bring about.
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude

boll

567

	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.

bolster

568

	adv. sufficiently.
	n. estrangement.
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth

bomb

569

	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing

bombard

570

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.

bombardier

571

	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	adv. in progress.
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes

bombast

572

	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	v. refrain from buying or using
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass

boorish

573

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest

bore

574

	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	a. awake; alert

borough

575

	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	v. to agree.

bosom

576

	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.

botanical

577

	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. proximity.
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye

botanize

578

	v. to study plant-life.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still

botany

579

	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification

bountiful

580

	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	v. to obtain the friendship of.

bowdlerize

581

	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

bowler

582

	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

boycott

583

	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	v. refrain from buying or using
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.

brae

584

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. hillside.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

braggart

585

	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	n. delusive speech.
	v. to confuse.

brandish

586

	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.

bravado

587

	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery

bravo

588

	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	interj. well done.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination

bray

589

	v. associate; join
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.

braze

590

	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.

brazier

591

	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.

breach

592

	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class

breaker

593

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. composition; order

breech

594

	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. the buttocks.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.

brethren

595

	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote

brevity

596

	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.

bridle

597

	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".

brigade

598

	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	adj. containing gold.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.

brigadier

599

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

brigand

600

	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons

brimstone

601

	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. sulfur.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art

brine

602

	v. to remind oneself.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. water saturated with salt.

bristle

603

	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

britannia

604

	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.

briticism

605

	v. to bring about.
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height

brittle

606

	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity

broach

607

	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

broadcast

608

	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	adj. sated with pleasure.

brogan

609

	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.

brogue

610

	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle

brokerage

611

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality

bromine

612

	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height

bronchitis

613

	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.

bronchus

614

	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. the state of being adjacent.

brooch

615

	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	n. any article of personal property.

brotherhood

616

	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together

browbeat

617

	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

brusque

618

	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends

buffoon

619

	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value

buffoonery

620

	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. proximity.
	a. of or relating to the heart

bulbous

621

	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another

bullock

622

	n. an ox.
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	v. to pile or heap together.
	adj. that may or can collapse.

bulrush

623

	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.

bulwark

624

	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations

bumper

625

	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories

bumptious

626

	n. the passion for collecting books.
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.

bungle

627

	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. one who attacks.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision

buoyancy

628

	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

buoyant

629

	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

bureau

630

	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to

bureaucracy

631

	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. the superior of a community of monks.

burgess

632

	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.

burgher

633

	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

burnish

634

	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. proclamation.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

bursar

635

	n. politeness.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause

bustle

636

	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	adj. fond of drinking.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes

butt

637

	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.

butte

638

	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners

buttress

639

	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling

cabal

640

	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	interj. well done.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration

cabinet

641

	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet

cacophony

642

	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	v. to take when offered.
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.

cadaverous

643

	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	v. refrain from buying or using
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

cadence

644

	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	adj. producing coagulation.

cadenza

645

	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing

caitiff

646

	n. courtesy towards women
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	adj. cowardly.
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.

cajole

647

	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
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	v. breakdown; failure
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.

cajolery

648

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. agreement.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. delusive speech.

calculable

649

	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	v. to make supremely happy.
	v. to make widely or generally known.

calculus

650

	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.

callosity

651

	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. the act of rising.
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick

callow

652

	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. a title of jesus
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror

calorie

653

	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. historian.
	n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree

calumny

654

	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	v. to change into acid.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.

calvary

655

	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. a spiritual advisor.

calvinism

656

	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	v. declare to be true; affirm

calvinize

657

	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	n. proximity.
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.

came

658

	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.

cameo

659

	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive

campaign

660

	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

canaanite

661

	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. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling

canary

662

	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance

candid

663

	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. component or part; citizen, voter

candor

664

	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

canine

665

	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. the science of life or living organisms.

canon

666

	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.

cant

667

	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin

cantata

668

	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

canto

669

	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	a. occurring or payable every year

cantonment

670

	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women

capacious

671

	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	v. associate; join

capillary

672

	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

capitulate

673

	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance

caprice

674

	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. any article of personal property.

caption

675

	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole

captious

676

	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. passive consent.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party

captivate

677

	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event

carcass

678

	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence

cardiac

679

	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	a. of or relating to the heart

cardinal

680

	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

caret

681

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision

caricature

682

	a. comparable; similar or alike
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind

carnage

683

	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people

carnal

684

	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously

carnivorous

685

	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	a. occurring or payable every year
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

carouse

686

	v. bump; hit; conflict
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

carrion

687

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

cartilage

688

	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	a. capable; adept
	v. cause to come together formally

cartridge

689

	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.

caste

690

	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.

castigate

691

	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.

casual

692

	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. general structure, form, or outline.

casualty

693

	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. harmony.

cataclysm

694

	n. flood.
	adj. withered.
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	a. of or relating to the heart

cataract

695

	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.

catastrophe

696

	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

cathode

697

	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.

catholicism

698

	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.

catholicity

699

	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.

caucus

700

	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

causal

701

	n. one who loves books.
	n. compression
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	v. bump; hit; conflict

caustic

702

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	v. to collect into a mass.
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept

cauterize

703

	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. absolute government.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle

cede

704

	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.

censor

705

	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure

censorious

706

	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

census

707

	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.

centenary

708

	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

centiliter

709

	adj. fond of drinking.
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

centimeter

710

	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

centurion

711

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	v. produce; give rise to
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

cereal

712

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. recognition.
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.

ceremonial

713

	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause

ceremonious

714

	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.

cessation

715

	n. any article of personal property.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing

cession

716

	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

chameleon

717

	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	adj. saintly.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance

chancery

718

	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	v. to pile or heap together.
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.

chaos

719

	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration

characteristic

720

	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout

characterize

721

	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. to walk about
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

charlatan

722

	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. the act of rising.

chasten

723

	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope

chastise

724

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. a vehement appeal.

chastity

725

	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest

chateau

726

	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

chattel

727

	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. any article of personal property.
	adj. producing coagulation.
	n. permanence.

check

728

	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere

chiffon

729

	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.

chivalry

730

	n. courtesy towards women
	adj. compassionate.
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	v. to walk about

cholera

731

	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	v. to take when offered.

choleric

732

	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	v. include; consist of; be composed of

choral

733

	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	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
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

christ

734

	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	n. a title of jesus
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

christen

735

	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	v. to name in baptism.

christendom

736

	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.

chromatic

737

	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.

chronology

738

	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	n. the buttocks.
	v. breakdown; failure
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole

chronometer

739

	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	v. travel with; be associated with
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

cipher

740

	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	n. one who attacks.
	n. the act of rising.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.

circulate

741

	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. an angel of high rank.

circumference

742

	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object

circumlocution

743

	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.

circumnavigate

744

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	v. to sail quite around.
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital

circumscribe

745

	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

circumspect

746

	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	a. two-sided; mutual
	v. contradict; give a false impression

citadel

747

	n. one who entrusts.
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle

cite

748

	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	adj. saintly.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	v. quote; adduce as an instance

claimant

749

	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. any article of personal property.
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry

clairvoyance

750

	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

clamorous

751

	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.

clan

752

	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding

clandestine

753

	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

clangor

754

	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited

clarify

755

	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.

clarion

756

	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.

classify

757

	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	n. one who entrusts.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

clearance

758

	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. a spiritual advisor.

clemency

759

	v. to sail quite around.
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge

clement

760

	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	adj. compassionate.
	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

clothier

761

	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.

clumsy

762

	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	adj. cowardly.
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality

coagulant

763

	adj. producing coagulation.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar

coagulate

764

	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	v. to confuse.
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.

coalescence

765

	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class

coalition

766

	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

coddle

767

	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. tendency to keep together

codicil

768

	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will

coerce

769

	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms

coercion

770

	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent

coercive

771

	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.

cogent

772

	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause

cognate

773

	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.

cognizant

774

	adj. taking notice.
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling

cohere

775

	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring

cohesion

776

	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. tendency to keep together
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	adj. containing gold.

cohesive

777

	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	adj. rebellious.

coincide

778

	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

coincidence

779

	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.

coincident

780

	a. concerning; simultaneous
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement

collaborate

781

	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. a narrow strip of wood.

collapse

782

	v. breakdown; failure
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. proximity.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

collapsible

783

	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	adj. that may or can collapse.

colleague

784

	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. state of being suitable
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	v. to await.

collective

785

	n. an animal having two feet.
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

collector

786

	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.

collegian

787

	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. a college student.

collide

788

	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	v. bump; hit; conflict

collier

789

	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

collision

790

	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.

colloquial

791

	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

colloquialism

792

	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.

colloquy

793

	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. conversation.
	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

collusion

794

	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something

colossus

795

	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain

comely

796

	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together

comestible

797

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	adj. fit to be eaten.

comical

798

	n. a person with whom another confers.
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.

commemorate

799

	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

commentary

800

	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art

commingle

801

	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	v. to blend.

commissariat

802

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.

commission

803

	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

commitment

804

	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

committal

805

	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	v. to study plant-life.

commodity

806

	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.

commotion

807

	n. an ox.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	adj. fond of drinking.

commute

808

	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

comparable

809

	v. to name in baptism.
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.

comparative

810

	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour

comparison

811

	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. a stream that unites with another.

compensate

812

	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean

competence

813

	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse

competent

814

	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	a. capable; adept
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort

competitive

815

	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

competitor

816

	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book

complacent

817

	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.

complaisance

818

	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. politeness.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

complaisant

819

	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.

complement

820

	n. proximity.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.

complex

821

	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party

compliant

822

	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	adj. containing gold.
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

complicate

823

	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

complication

824

	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	a. compatible; harmonious

complicity

825

	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

compliment

826

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise

component

827

	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

comport

828

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

composure

829

	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	n. madhouse.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit

comprehensible

830

	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible

comprehension

831

	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. grasp; ability to understand

comprehensive

832

	n. one who loves books.
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.

compress

833

	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	adj. containing gold.

compressible

834

	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	v. to blend.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.

compression

835

	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	n. ally; form a group or unite

comprise

836

	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	v. include; consist of; be composed of

compulsion

837

	n. ally; form a group or unite
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. one who attacks.

compulsory

838

	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet

compunction

839

	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

compute

840

	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

concede

841

	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	v. to sail quite around.

conceit

842

	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent

conceive

843

	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	n. permanence.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

concerto

844

	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. passive consent.
	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.

concession

845

	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	v. to happen to or befall.

conciliate

846

	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	n. agreement.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.

conciliatory

847

	v. to predict.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

conclusive

848

	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	n. historian.

concord

849

	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

concordance

850

	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. harmony.
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy

concur

851

	v. to agree.
	n. an adulterating substance.
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	v. cause to come together formally

concurrence

852

	n. engagement to marry.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. the act of rising.
	n. agreement.

concurrent

853

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	adj. notoriously bad.
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time

concussion

854

	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.

condensation

855

	n. compression
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	adj. auxiliary.

condense

856

	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down

condescend

857

	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. eating or drinking of something
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

condolence

858

	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.

conduce

859

	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	v. to bring about.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	v. state without proof; assert to be true

conducive

860

	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	adj. contributing to an end.
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years

conductible

861

	n. the act of rising.
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

conduit

862

	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.

confectionery

863

	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	n. sharp and bitter manner

confederacy

864

	n. alliance
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited

confederate

865

	n. ally; form a group or unite
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. passive consent.

confer

866

	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease

conferee

867

	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve

confessor

868

	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. portion.

confidant

869

	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

confide

870

	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.

confidence

871

	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.

confident

872

	n. blessing.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance

confinement

873

	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.

confiscate

874

	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. an ox.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

conflagration

875

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	v. to cover with ornament.

confluence

876

	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.

confluent

877

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated

conformable

878

	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	adj. harmonious.
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

conformance

879

	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause

conformation

880

	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event

conformity

881

	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

confront

882

	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

congeal

883

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. historian.
	v. to coagulate.
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly

congenial

884

	n. scratch; friction
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	a. compatible

congest

885

	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	v. to collect into a mass.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.

congregate

886

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.

coniferous

887

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

conjecture

888

	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	v. to be in pain or distress.

conjoin

889

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	v. to unite.
	adj. producing coagulation.

conjugal

890

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	v. to make supremely happy.
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial

conjugate

891

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

conjugation

892

	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	v. blame; condemn
	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. the state of being adjacent.

conjunction

893

	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. any reality.
	n. scratch; friction
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

connive

894

	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	v. to be in collusion.
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning

connoisseur

895

	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts

connote

896

	v. to mean; signify.
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept

connubial

897

	v. cause to come together formally
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

conquer

898

	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity

consanguineous

899

	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune

conscience

900

	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

conscientious

901

	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	v. to make familiar by use.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes

conscious

902

	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	a. awake; alert

conscript

903

	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	v. to force into military service.
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

consecrate

904

	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

consecutive

905

	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body

consensus

906

	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

conservatism

907

	n. eating or drinking of something
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

conservative

908

	v. to cover with ornament.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.

conservatory

909

	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

consign

910

	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. the science of life or living organisms.

consignee

911

	v. to blend.
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	adj. fond of drinking.

consignor

912

	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. one who entrusts.
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.

consistency

913

	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. courtesy towards women

console

914

	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. engagement to marry.

consolidate

915

	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

consonance

916

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.

consonant

917

	n. eating or drinking of something
	a. compatible; harmonious
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. engagement to marry.

consort

918

	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	v. associate; join
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

conspicuous

919

	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment

conspirator

920

	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks

conspire

921

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together

constable

922

	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

constellation

923

	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.

consternation

924

	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror

constituency

925

	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.

constituent

926

	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive

constrict

927

	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. absolute government.
	adj. corporeal.

consul

928

	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited

consulate

929

	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert

consummate

930

	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive

consumption

931

	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. eating or drinking of something
	v. associate; join

consumptive

932

	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	adj. colorless,
	adj. taking notice.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

contagion

933

	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

contagious

934

	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion

contaminate

935

	n. proximity.
	adj. auxiliary.
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect

contemplate

936

	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

contemporaneous

937

	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.

contemporary

938

	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others

contemptible

939

	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	adj. having or resembling human form.

contemptuous

940

	v. to take when offered.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect

contender

941

	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

contiguity

942

	n. proximity.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	adj. invulnerable.

contiguous

943

	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. diversion.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

continence

944

	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	adj. corporeal.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

contingency

945

	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

contingent

946

	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. proclamation.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive

continuance

947

	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. permanence.
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression

continuation

948

	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations

continuity

949

	adj. corporeal.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

continuous

950

	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together

contort

951

	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

contraband

952

	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy

contradiction

953

	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

contradictory

954

	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	a. awake; alert

contraposition

955

	n. a placing opposite.
	n. greediness.
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse

contravene

956

	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

contribution

957

	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious

contributor

958

	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint

contrite

959

	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival

contrivance

960

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential

contrive

961

	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. hard coal.

control

962

	n. the buttocks.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. a title of jesus
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

controller

963

	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.

contumacious

964

	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	adj. rebellious.

contumacy

965

	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

contuse

966

	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	adj. producing coagulation.
	n. an ox.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.

contusion

967

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	v. to name in baptism.

convalesce

968

	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	n. historian.
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive

convalescence

969

	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner

convalescent

970

	adj. cheerful.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	adj. recovering health after sickness.

convene

971

	v. cause to come together formally
	n. alliance
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem

convenience

972

	n. state of being suitable
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit

converge

973

	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together

convergent

974

	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	adj. tending to one point.

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