GRE Big Book Words List| Match Practice

GRE Big Book Words

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abase

	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	adv. an expression of assent.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

abbess

	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.

abbey

	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.

abbot

	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.

abdicate

	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. madhouse.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

abdomen

	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis

abdominal

	n. diversion.
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout

abduction

	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination

abed

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons

aberration

	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	a. compatible
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes

abet

	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	a. awake; alert

abeyance

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

abhorrence

	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. the act of detesting extremely.

abhorrent

	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	v. assemble; convene; gather

abidance

	n. an abiding.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis

abject

	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole

abjure

	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	a. of or relating to the heart

ablution

	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	n. an ox.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite

abnegate

	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself

abnormal

	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal

abominable

	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	v. to coagulate.
	n. a vehement appeal.

abominate

	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	v. to hate violently.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	n. delusive speech.

abomination

	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.

aboriginal

	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.

aborigines

	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	a. awake; alert

abrade

	v. breakdown; failure
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial

abrasion

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. scratch; friction
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning

abridge

	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

abridgment

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge

abrogate

	n. absolute government.
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	n. unrestricted power.
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

abrupt

	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another

abscess

	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use

abscission

	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.

abscond

	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

absence

	n. courtesy towards women
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout

absolution

	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	v. to make the first attack.
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. courtesy towards women

absolve

	n. one who attacks.
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

absorb

	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention

absorption

	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.

abstain

	v. produce; give rise to
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor

abstemious

	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable

abstinence

	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	v. to make supremely happy.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

abstruse

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. agreement.

absurd

	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish

abundant

	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.

abusive

	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.

abut

	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. the buttocks.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent

abyss

	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

academic

	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	v. to sail quite around.

academician

	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

academy

	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.

accede

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. engagement to marry.

accelerate

	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept

	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	v. to take when offered.
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use

access

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. approach; entry; entrance

accessible

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	v. associate; join
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

accession

	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

accessory

	adj. withered.
	a. compatible
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

acclaim

	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

accommodate

	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	v. to bring about.

accompaniment

	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.

accompanist

	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious

accompany

	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	v. travel with; be associated with
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry

accomplice

	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing

accomplish

	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. politeness.
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete

accordion

	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	n. obsolescence.
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.

accost

	adj. tending to one point.
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	v. to delay past the proper hour.

account

	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters

accouter

	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. one who entrusts.

accredit

	a. compatible
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for

accumulate

	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	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
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something

accuracy

	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout

accurate

	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision

accursed

	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	v. to name in baptism.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. over-regulated administrative system

accusation

	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.

accusatory

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	v. to unite.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.

accuse

	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
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	v. blame; condemn

accustom

	n. one who attacks.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form

acerbity

	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

acetate

	v. to walk about
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	adj. compassionate.
	v. make amends for; reimburse

acetic

	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour

ache

	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	v. to be in pain or distress.

achillean

	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	adj. invulnerable.

achromatic

	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. alliance
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	adj. colorless,

acid

	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

acidify

	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	interj. well done.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	v. to change into acid.

acknowledge

	n. scratch; friction
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks

acknowledgment

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	n. recognition.
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object

acme

	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	v. to unite.

acoustic

	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. hard coal.

acquaint

	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	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

acquiesce

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. an unprovoked attack.

acquiescence

	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. passive consent.

acquit

	n. scratch; friction
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.

acquittal

	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

acquittance

	v. associate; join
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station

acreage

	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

acrid

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent

acrimonious

	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	n. permanence.
	adj. designed to excite love.

acrimony

100

	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. an adulterating substance.
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. expression of warm approval; praise

actionable

101

	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive

actuality

102

	n. any reality.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

actuary

103

	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.

actuate

104

	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	v. put into motion or action; activate

acumen

105

	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. passive consent.
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

acute

106

	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

adamant

107

	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	adj. compassionate.
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	adj. containing gold.

addendum

108

	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	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
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger

addle

109

	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. absolute government.
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable

adduce

110

	n. agreement.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

adhere

111

	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	v. to hate violently.

adherence

112

	n. attachment.
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. any reality.
	n. diversion.

adherent

113

	n. group of closely located islands
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

adhesion

114

	adj. dominant.
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.

adieu

115

	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.

adjacency

116

	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

adjacent

117

	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

adjudge

118

	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	v. to predict.
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	v. diagnose; examine

adjunct

119

	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. estrangement.
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior

adjuration

120

	n. a vehement appeal.
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs

adjutant

121

	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	adj. auxiliary.

administrator

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	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes

admissible

123

	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition

admittance

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	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

admonish

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	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down

admonition

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	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

ado

127

	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	v. to remind oneself.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

adoration

128

	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

adroit

129

	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

adulterant

130

	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. an adulterating substance.
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

adulterate

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	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number

adumbrate

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	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

advent

133

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important

adverse

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	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.

adversity

135

	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design

advert

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	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	v. to refer incidentally.

advertiser

137

	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. the superior of a community of monks.

advisory

138

	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

advocacy

139

	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.

advocate

140

	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another

aerial

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	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.

aeronaut

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	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

aeronautics

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	adj. containing gold.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

aerostat

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	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent

aerostatics

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	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

affable

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	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly

affect

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	v. to coagulate.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort

affectation

148

	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	adj. withered.

affiliate

149

	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	v. associate; incorporate
	v. to await.
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

affirmative

150

	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.

affix

151

	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	n. proclamation.
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something

affluence

152

	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. an angel of high rank.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

affront

153

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function

afoot

154

	adv. in progress.
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

aforesaid

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	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. the act of rising.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.

afresh

156

	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. politeness.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.

afterthought

157

	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.

agglomerate

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	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	v. to pile or heap together.

aggrandize

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	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

aggravate

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	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome

aggravation

161

	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts

aggregate

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	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury

aggress

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	interj. well done.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	v. to make the first attack.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.

aggression

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	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. attachment.
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. an unprovoked attack.

aggrieve

165

	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	adj. joined together in pairs.

aghast

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	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	adj. rebellious.
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.

agile

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	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick

agitate

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	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy

agrarian

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	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

ailment

170

	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	n. part or division of poem of some length

airy

171

	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test

akin

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	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. lack of caring; indifference

alabaster

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	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.

alacrity

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	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration

albeit

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	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still

albino

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	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	adj. designed to excite love.
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of

album

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	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole

alchemy

178

	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

alcohol

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	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune

alcoholism

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	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show

alcove

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	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

alder

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	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

alderman

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	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.

aldermanship

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	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together

alias

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	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation

alien

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	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person

alienable

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	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	adj. having the nature of a tree.

alienate

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	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design

alienation

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	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. estrangement.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	adv. an expression of assent.

aliment

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	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. that which nourishes.
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

alkali

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	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. passive consent.
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.

allay

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	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.

allege

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	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with

allegory

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	n. passive consent.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity

alleviate

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	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

alley

196

	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter

alliance

197

	adj. dominant.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties

allot

198

	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

allotment

199

	n. portion.
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. general structure, form, or outline.

allude

200

	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

allusion

201

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

alluvion

202

	n. flood.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

ally

203

	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.

almanac

204

	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.

aloof

205

	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something

altar

206

	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

alter

207

	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

alteration

208

	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

altercate

209

	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.

alternate

210

	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute

alternative

211

	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.

altitude

212

	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.

alto

213

	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things

altruism

214

	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

altruist

215

	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. recognition.
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior

amalgam

216

	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

amalgamate

217

	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

amateur

218

	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	n. group of closely located islands

amatory

219

	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful

ambidextrous

220

	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.

ambiguous

221

	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

ambitious

222

	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.

ambrosial

223

	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

ambulance

224

	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital

ambulate

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	v. to walk about
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

ambush

226

	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station

ameliorate

227

	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	adv. sufficiently.
	n. engagement to marry.

amenable

228

	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	adj. serving or tending to force.

americanism

229

	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.

amicable

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	adj. rebellious.
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious

amity

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	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance

amorous

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	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving

amorphous

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	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

amour

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	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.

ampere

235

	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	adj. withered.

amphibious

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	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together

amphitheater

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	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists

amplitude

238

	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. largeness.

amply

239

	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	adv. sufficiently.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

amputate

240

	adj. contributing to an end.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune

amusement

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	a. compatible; harmonious
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	n. diversion.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.

anachronism

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	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film

anagram

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	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.

analogous

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	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

analogy

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	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	v. associate; incorporate
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others

analyst

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	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases

analyze

247

	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. a placing opposite.
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.

anarchy

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	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion

anathema

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	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being

anatomy

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	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

anecdote

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	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography

anemia

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	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.

anemic

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	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	adj. affected with anemia.
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

anemometer

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	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.

anesthetic

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	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease

anew

256

	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	adv. once more.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

angelic

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	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. diversion.
	adj. saintly.
	adj. fit to be eaten.

anglophobia

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	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. harmony.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something

angular

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	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy

anhydrous

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	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
	adj. withered.
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

animadversion

261

	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	adj. wanting water.
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.

animadvert

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	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. compression
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort

animalcule

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	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	a. concerning; simultaneous

animate

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	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. an animal having two feet.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

animosity

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	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

annalist

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	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. historian.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.

annals

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	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists

annex

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	n. a college student.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis

annihilate

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	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving

annotate

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	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals

annual

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	a. occurring or payable every year
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	adj. taking notice.

annuity

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	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence

annunciation

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	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. proclamation.

anode

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	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat

anonymous

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	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. alliance

antagonism

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	n. state of being suitable
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

antarctic

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	n. ally; form a group or unite
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

ante

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	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.

antecede

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	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	v. to collect into a mass.

antecedent

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	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.

antechamber

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	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant

antedate

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	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. blessing.
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	v. be earlier in time; go back further

antediluvian

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	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times

antemeridian

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	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. hillside.
	adj. before noon.
	n. breaking of contract or duty

antenatal

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	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	adj. having or resembling human form.

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	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge

anteroom

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	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.

anthology

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	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility

anthracite

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	v. to mean; signify.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. hard coal.

anthropology

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	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital

anthropomorphous

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	adj. containing gold.
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

antic

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	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury

antichrist

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	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.

anticlimax

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	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	adj. affected with anemia.
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad

anticyclone

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	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.

antidote

296

	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning

antilogy

297

	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	a. compatible; harmonious
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.

antipathize

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	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	adj. harmonious.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune

antiphon

299

	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design

antiphony

300

	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.

antipodes

301

	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. a stream that unites with another.

antiquary

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	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test

antiquate

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	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

antique

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	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object

antiseptic

305

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	n. a very detestable act or practice.

antislavery

306

	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

antispasmodic

307

	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.

antistrophe

308

	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect

antitoxin

309

	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured

antonym

310

	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	n. recognition.
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term

anxious

311

	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.

apathy

312

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

aperture

313

	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. water saturated with salt.
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.

apex

314

	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye

aphorism

315

	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

apiary

316

	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey

apogee

317

	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

apology

318

	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

apostate

319

	adv. sufficiently.
	a. capable; adept
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. an escort or lover.

apostle

320

	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time

apothecary

321

	n. any article of personal property.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	a. definitive; decisive; final

apotheosis

322

	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. a very detestable act or practice.

appall

323

	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	v. to make supremely happy.

apparent

324

	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

apparition

325

	n. flood.
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.

appease

326

	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object

appellate

327

	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.

appellation

328

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission

append

329

	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	v. to remind oneself.

appertain

330

	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

apposite

331

	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. obsolescence.
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited

apposition

332

	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

appraise

333

	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

appreciable

334

	a. considerable; perceptible
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

apprehend

335

	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.

apprehensible

336

	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.

approbation

337

	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

appropriate

338

	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility

aqueduct

339

	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	a. arousing or provoking laughter

aqueous

340

	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	v. to collect into a mass.
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry

arbiter

341

	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

arbitrary

342

	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room

arbitrate

343

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	adj. tending to one point.
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.

arbor

344

	n. a tree.
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve

arboreal

345

	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.

arborescent

346

	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	adj. having the nature of a tree.

arboretum

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	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited

arboriculture

348

	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

arcade

349

	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

archaeology

350

	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

archaic

351

	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated

archaism

352

	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. obsolescence.
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

archangel

353

	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	adj. containing gold.
	v. to predict.

archbishop

354

	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

archdeacon

355

	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.

archetype

356

	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. attachment.
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.

archipelago

357

	n. group of closely located islands
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. eating or drinking of something

ardent

358

	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve

ardor

359

	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously

arid

360

	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

aristocracy

361

	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	adv. sufficiently.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

aristocrat

362

	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy

armada

363

	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary

armful

364

	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

armory

365

	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things

aroma

366

	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	adj. corporeal.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement

arraign

367

	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings

arrange

368

	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job

arrangement

369

	n. composition; order
	v. to happen to or befall.
	v. to mean; signify.
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show

arrant

370

	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	adj. notoriously bad.

arrear

371

	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

arrival

372

	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.

arrogant

373

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation

arrogate

374

	n. historian.
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite

artesian

375

	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.

artful

376

	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.

arthurian

377

	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait

artifice

378

	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	adj. capable of being appealed to.

artless

379

	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration

ascendant

380

	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	adj. dominant.

ascension

381

	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. the act of rising.

ascent

382

	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. a college student.

ascetic

383

	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.

ascribe

384

	n. unrestricted power.
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. any reality.
	a. awake; alert

asexual

385

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations

ashen

386

	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. hard coal.
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes

askance

387

	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. historian.
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean

asperity

388

	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth

aspirant

389

	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.

aspire

390

	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

assailant

391

	n. one who attacks.
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	v. produce; give rise to
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

assassin

392

	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait

assassinate

393

	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.

assassination

394

	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. any reality.
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

assay

395

	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement

assent

396

	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude

assess

397

	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	adj. rebellious.

assessor

398

	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	adv. in good season or time.

assets

399

	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

assiduous

400

	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent

assignee

401

	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.

assimilate

402

	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

assonance

403

	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

assonant

404

	n. greediness.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

assonate

405

	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. recognition.

assuage

406

	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. group of closely located islands
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. composition; order

astringent

407

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose

astute

408

	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence

atheism

409

	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. the denial of the existence of god.

athirst

410

	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	adj. wanting water.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause

athwart

411

	n. ally; form a group or unite
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	adv. from side to side.
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily

atomizer

412

	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. state of being suitable
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.

atone

413

	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people

atonement

414

	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	adj. low in tone or compass.

atrocious

415

	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

atrocity

416

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	v. to predict.
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

attache

417

	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. blessing.

attest

418

	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing

auburn

419

	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance

audacious

420

	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold

audible

421

	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something

audition

422

	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

auditory

423

	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing

augment

424

	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. act of accompanying someone or something

augur

425

	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	v. to predict.
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans

augustinian

426

	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	adj. compassionate.

aura

427

	n. unrestricted power.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons

aural

428

	n. lack of caring; indifference
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.

auricle

429

	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.

auricular

430

	v. to name in baptism.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.

auriferous

431

	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. diversion.
	adj. containing gold.

aurora

432

	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	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. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

auspice

433

	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. an ox.

austere

434

	adv. from side to side.
	v. to predict.
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

autarchy

435

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. unrestricted power.

authentic

436

	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy

authenticity

437

	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

autocracy

438

	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. absolute government.
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	v. to name in baptism.

autocrat

439

	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

automaton

440

	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. sulfur.

autonomous

441

	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

autonomy

442

	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	adj. fond of drinking.

autopsy

443

	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test

autumnal

444

	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art

auxiliary

445

	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

avalanche

446

	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.

avarice

447

	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. sulfur.

aver

448

	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.

averse

449

	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling

aversion

450

	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.

avert

451

	n. over-regulated administrative system
	v. to predict.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.

aviary

452

	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

avidity

453

	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. greediness.
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect

avocation

454

	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race

avow

455

	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	adj. having or resembling human form.

awaken

456

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.

aye

457

	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	adv. an expression of assent.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.

azalea

458

	a. compatible; harmonious
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. a flowering shrub.

azure

459

	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect

baconian

460

	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

bacterium

461

	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. ally; form a group or unite

badger

462

	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action

baffle

463

	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.

bailiff

464

	n. proximity.
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.

baize

465

	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	adv. in progress.
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.

bale

466

	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	adj. fit to be eaten.

baleful

467

	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

ballad

468

	adj. auxiliary.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. alliance
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.

balsam

469

	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

banal

470

	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action

barcarole

471

	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

baritone

472

	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. an adulterating substance.
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

barograph

473

	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept

barometer

474

	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily

barring

475

	prep. apart from.
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. proclamation.

bask

476

	adj. taking notice.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

bass

477

	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	v. to blend.
	n. delusive speech.
	adj. low in tone or compass.

baste

478

	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes

baton

479

	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race

battalion

480

	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. the buttocks.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.

batten

481

	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor

batter

482

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence

bauble

483

	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	adj. low in tone or compass.

bawl

484

	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

beatify

485

	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.

beatitude

486

	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.

beau

487

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. an escort or lover.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.

becalm

488

	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. the science of life or living organisms.

beck

489

	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery

bedaub

490

	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

bedeck

491

	v. to cover with ornament.
	v. to change into acid.
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

bedlam

492

	n. madhouse.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.

befog

493

	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	v. to confuse.

befriend

494

	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.

beget

495

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	v. produce; give rise to

begrudge

496

	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission

belate

497

	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	v. to make widely or generally known.

belay

498

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

belie

499

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	v. contradict; give a false impression

believe

500

	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	v. to study plant-life.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations

belittle

501

	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant

belle

502

	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite

bellicose

503

	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.

belligerent

504

	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive

bemoan

505

	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy

benediction

506

	interj. well done.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. scratch; friction
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious

benefactor

507

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

benefice

508

	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

beneficent

509

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry

beneficial

510

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.

beneficiary

511

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily

benefit

512

	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

benevolence

513

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	a. chief; serving as an essential component

benevolent

514

	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

benign

515

	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	v. refrain from buying or using

benignant

516

	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	v. to collect into a mass.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks

benignity

517

	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.

benison

518

	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. blessing.

bequeath

519

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary

bereave

520

	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	n. alliance
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

berth

521

	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. the act of rising.

beseech

522

	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.

beset

523

	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

besmear

524

	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter

bestial

525

	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason

bestrew

526

	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite

bestride

527

	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	v. to bring about.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height

bethink

528

	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	v. to remind oneself.
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes

betide

529

	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population

betimes

530

	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	adv. in good season or time.

betroth

531

	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	adj. containing gold.

betrothal

532

	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	n. engagement to marry.
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts

bevel

533

	n. an abiding.
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.

bewilder

534

	n. harmony.
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes

bibliography

535

	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject

bibliomania

536

	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

bibliophile

537

	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. one who loves books.

bibulous

538

	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.

bide

539

	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	adj. compassionate.
	v. to await.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

biennial

540

	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.

bier

541

	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. greediness.
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.

bigamist

542

	inter. good-by; farewell.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

bigamy

543

	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit

bight

544

	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.

bilateral

545

	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	v. to study plant-life.
	a. two-sided; mutual
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity

bilingual

546

	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge

biograph

547

	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	a. awake; alert
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass

biology

548

	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	v. to unite.

biped

549

	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. an animal having two feet.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate

birthright

550

	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	v. to walk about
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.

bitterness

551

	n. a college student.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	adj. rebellious.
	n. sharp and bitter manner

blase

552

	n. lack of caring; indifference
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

blaspheme

553

	n. obsolescence.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.

blatant

554

	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.

blaze

555

	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book

blazon

556

	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	v. associate; incorporate
	n. obsolescence.
	v. to make widely or generally known.

bleak

557

	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.

blemish

558

	a. of or relating to the heart
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

blithe

559

	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted

blithesome

560

	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	adj. cheerful.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.

blockade

561

	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

boatswain

562

	n. any reality.
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.

bodily

563

	v. to remind oneself.
	adj. corporeal.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

boisterous

564

	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another

bole

565

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native

bolero

566

	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	v. associate; incorporate
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

boll

567

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever

bolster

568

	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with

bomb

569

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality

bombard

570

	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	n. something overdue and unpaid.

bombardier

571

	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place

bombast

572

	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	v. travel with; be associated with

boorish

573

	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. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	adj. having the nature of a tree.

bore

574

	n. one who entrusts.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	v. to delay past the proper hour.

borough

575

	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

bosom

576

	n. scratch; friction
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation

botanical

577

	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout

botanize

578

	v. to study plant-life.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	prep. apart from.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.

botany

579

	v. refrain from buying or using
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	adj. joined together in pairs.

bountiful

580

	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	n. the act of rising.
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. a title of jesus

bowdlerize

581

	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

bowler

582

	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

boycott

583

	v. refrain from buying or using
	adj. cheerful.
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.

brae

584

	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. hillside.
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. to cover with ornament.

braggart

585

	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request

brandish

586

	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	v. to sail quite around.
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations

bravado

587

	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. any article of personal property.
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something

bravo

588

	interj. well done.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct

bray

589

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.

braze

590

	n. the passion for collecting books.
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	adv. from side to side.

brazier

591

	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year

breach

592

	n. an abiding.
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity

breaker

593

	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

breech

594

	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. the buttocks.

brethren

595

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.

brevity

596

	n. absolute government.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years

bridle

597

	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

brigade

598

	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole

brigadier

599

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

brigand

600

	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

brimstone

601

	n. sulfur.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.

brine

602

	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.

bristle

603

	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

britannia

604

	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.

briticism

605

	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.

brittle

606

	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.

broach

607

	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.

broadcast

608

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	v. to take when offered.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show

brogan

609

	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	v. refrain from buying or using
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years

brogue

610

	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	adv. once more.
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout

brokerage

611

	n. hard coal.
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	v. to coagulate.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.

bromine

612

	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

bronchitis

613

	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women

bronchus

614

	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.

brooch

615

	adj. cowardly.
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate

brotherhood

616

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	n. hard coal.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food

browbeat

617

	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

brusque

618

	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.

buffoon

619

	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	v. cause to come together formally
	n. recognition.
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place

buffoonery

620

	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	v. to bring about.
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance

bulbous

621

	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.

bullock

622

	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	adj. corporeal.
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. an ox.

bulrush

623

	adv. in progress.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

bulwark

624

	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. politeness.
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends

bumper

625

	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist

bumptious

626

	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant

bungle

627

	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use

buoyancy

628

	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.

buoyant

629

	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	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
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

bureau

630

	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.

bureaucracy

631

	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. hillside.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film

burgess

632

	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force

burgher

633

	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

burnish

634

	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.

bursar

635

	v. contradict; give a false impression
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

bustle

636

	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	v. to study plant-life.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

butt

637

	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to

butte

638

	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. group of closely located islands
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.

buttress

639

	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity

cabal

640

	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

cabinet

641

	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet

cacophony

642

	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

cadaverous

643

	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. proximity.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial

cadence

644

	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.

cadenza

645

	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.

caitiff

646

	adj. cowardly.
	n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
	n. diversion.
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".

cajole

647

	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	adj. corporeal.

cajolery

648

	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. delusive speech.
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding

calculable

649

	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.

calculus

650

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position

callosity

651

	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power

callow

652

	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	adj. fond of drinking.
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants

calorie

653

	n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

calumny

654

	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	v. to pile or heap together.
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander

calvary

655

	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	adj. taking notice.

calvinism

656

	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	v. assemble; convene; gather

calvinize

657

	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit

came

658

	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

cameo

659

	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	a. of or relating to the heart

campaign

660

	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	v. to bring about.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.

canaanite

661

	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	n. historian.
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance

canary

662

	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion

candid

663

	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial

candor

664

	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.

canine

665

	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better

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. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together

cant

667

	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	adj. recovering health after sickness.

cantata

668

	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving

canto

669

	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth

cantonment

670

	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward

capacious

671

	v. to study plant-life.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy

capillary

672

	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling

capitulate

673

	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

caprice

674

	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. hard coal.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof

caption

675

	adj. invulnerable.
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass

captious

676

	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize

captivate

677

	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement

carcass

678

	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant

cardiac

679

	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. conversation.
	a. of or relating to the heart

cardinal

680

	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	adv. from side to side.
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

caret

681

	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.

caricature

682

	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. any strikingly great person or object.

carnage

683

	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	v. quote; adduce as an instance

carnal

684

	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	adj. sated with pleasure.

carnivorous

685

	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory

carouse

686

	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

carrion

687

	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy

cartilage

688

	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

cartridge

689

	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.

caste

690

	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	adj. opposed to human slavery.

castigate

691

	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously

casual

692

	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another

casualty

693

	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	v. to cover with ornament.
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.

cataclysm

694

	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

cataract

695

	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.

catastrophe

696

	v. to make the first attack.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. one who attacks.

cathode

697

	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory

catholicism

698

	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

catholicity

699

	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.

caucus

700

	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	v. include; consist of; be composed of

causal

701

	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. madhouse.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.

caustic

702

	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

cauterize

703

	v. to cover with ornament.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change

cede

704

	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

censor

705

	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. an ox.
	adj. designed to excite love.

censorious

706

	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.

census

707

	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	adj. fit to be eaten.

centenary

708

	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	prep. apart from.

centiliter

709

	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. eating or drinking of something
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

centimeter

710

	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect

centurion

711

	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	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. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. scratch; friction

cereal

712

	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something

ceremonial

713

	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite

ceremonious

714

	n. greediness.
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans

cessation

715

	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	v. to change into acid.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	v. to happen to or befall.

cession

716

	adj. rebellious.
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere

chameleon

717

	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune

chancery

718

	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air

chaos

719

	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down

characteristic

720

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait

characterize

721

	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. absolute government.
	a. comparable; similar or alike

charlatan

722

	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. expression of warm approval; praise

chasten

723

	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

chastise

724

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	adj. harmonious.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent

chastity

725

	n. eating or drinking of something
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	a. considerable; perceptible

chateau

726

	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. the state of being adjacent.

chattel

727

	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. any article of personal property.

check

728

	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.

chiffon

729

	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.

chivalry

730

	n. courtesy towards women
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

cholera

731

	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. an acute epidemic disease.

choleric

732

	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. one who entrusts.

choral

733

	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

christ

734

	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. a title of jesus
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.

christen

735

	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	v. to name in baptism.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.

christendom

736

	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.

chromatic

737

	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	n. eating or drinking of something

chronology

738

	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	n. any article of personal property.

chronometer

739

	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.

cipher

740

	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	n. the act or state or conforming.

circulate

741

	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.

circumference

742

	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

circumlocution

743

	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation

circumnavigate

744

	v. to sail quite around.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. proximity.

circumscribe

745

	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends

circumspect

746

	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. part or division of poem of some length

citadel

747

	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth

cite

748

	v. to make familiar by use.
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

claimant

749

	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. sickness; illness; affliction

clairvoyance

750

	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

clamorous

751

	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud

clan

752

	n. an escort or lover.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.

clandestine

753

	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	v. to walk about
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art

clangor

754

	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity

clarify

755

	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	n. recognition.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.

clarion

756

	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope

classify

757

	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. state of being absent; state of being away

clearance

758

	v. to remind oneself.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.

clemency

759

	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act

clement

760

	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	adj. compassionate.

clothier

761

	adj. containing gold.
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	a. comparable; similar or alike

clumsy

762

	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.

coagulant

763

	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	adj. producing coagulation.

coagulate

764

	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass

coalescence

765

	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

coalition

766

	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

coddle

767

	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.

codicil

768

	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will

coerce

769

	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station

coercion

770

	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. state of being suitable
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. use of force to get someone to obey

coercive

771

	adj. serving or tending to force.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious

cogent

772

	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still

cognate

773

	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function

cognizant

774

	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	adj. taking notice.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble

cohere

775

	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	adj. colorless,

cohesion

776

	n. tendency to keep together
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories

cohesive

777

	adj. colorless,
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. permanence.

coincide

778

	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade

coincidence

779

	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	v. to confuse.

coincident

780

	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	v. blame; condemn
	a. concerning; simultaneous

collaborate

781

	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	a. compatible; harmonious
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.

collapse

782

	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	v. breakdown; failure
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence

collapsible

783

	adj. that may or can collapse.
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function

colleague

784

	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy

collective

785

	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

collector

786

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

collegian

787

	n. a college student.
	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

collide

788

	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	v. to sail quite around.

collier

789

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.

collision

790

	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals

colloquial

791

	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography

colloquialism

792

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

colloquy

793

	v. to make familiar by use.
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. conversation.

collusion

794

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

colossus

795

	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	adv. once more.

comely

796

	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

comestible

797

	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks

comical

798

	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	adj. taking notice.
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories

commemorate

799

	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

commentary

800

	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use

commingle

801

	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	v. to blend.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	v. to force into military service.

commissariat

802

	n. agreement.
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.

commission

803

	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	v. to be in collusion.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

commitment

804

	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner

committal

805

	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

commodity

806

	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.

commotion

807

	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. alliance
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people

commute

808

	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place

comparable

809

	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	v. breakdown; failure
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	v. blame; condemn

comparative

810

	v. diagnose; examine
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.

comparison

811

	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness

compensate

812

	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	v. make amends for; reimburse

competence

813

	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass

competent

814

	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	a. capable; adept
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

competitive

815

	n. a placing opposite.
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

competitor

816

	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert

complacent

817

	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. historian.

complaisance

818

	n. politeness.
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.

complaisant

819

	n. one who loves books.
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. a college student.

complement

820

	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.

complex

821

	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures

compliant

822

	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request

complicate

823

	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	adj. compassionate.
	adj. dominant.

complication

824

	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	v. assent; agree without protesting

complicity

825

	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance

compliment

826

	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.

component

827

	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	a. occurring or payable every year
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action

comport

828

	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	a. two-sided; mutual

composure

829

	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.

comprehensible

830

	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	a. awake; alert
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.

comprehension

831

	n. grasp; ability to understand
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	adv. once more.

comprehensive

832

	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar

compress

833

	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract

compressible

834

	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	adj. having or resembling human form.

compression

835

	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite

comprise

836

	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	v. include; consist of; be composed of

compulsion

837

	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

compulsory

838

	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

compunction

839

	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

compute

840

	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation

concede

841

	n. an escort or lover.
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

conceit

842

	n. an escort or lover.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

conceive

843

	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. absolute government.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

concerto

844

	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	v. to agree.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.

concession

845

	adj. fond of drinking.
	v. to await.
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. an acute epidemic disease.

conciliate

846

	adj. colorless,
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate

conciliatory

847

	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

conclusive

848

	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	v. associate; incorporate
	a. definitive; decisive; final

concord

849

	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.

concordance

850

	n. harmony.
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.

concur

851

	v. associate; join
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. to agree.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate

concurrence

852

	n. agreement.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase

concurrent

853

	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name

concussion

854

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	a. awake; alert
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.

condensation

855

	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. compression
	v. to confuse.
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

condense

856

	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

condescend

857

	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. sharp and bitter manner

condolence

858

	n. a college student.
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	adj. fond of drinking.

conduce

859

	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	v. to bring about.
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	n. an angel of high rank.

conducive

860

	a. comparable; similar or alike
	adj. contributing to an end.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.

conductible

861

	v. to blend.
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	v. to walk about
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.

conduit

862

	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.

confectionery

863

	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

confederacy

864

	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	n. alliance
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	n. agreement.

confederate

865

	n. historian.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	n. harmony.
	n. ally; form a group or unite

confer

866

	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. tendency to keep together
	v. to collect into a mass.
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

conferee

867

	n. a person with whom another confers.
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident

confessor

868

	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin

confidant

869

	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.

confide

870

	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	v. to happen to or befall.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

confidence

871

	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league

confident

872

	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	v. to be in collusion.

confinement

873

	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. delusive speech.
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly

confiscate

874

	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.

conflagration

875

	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict

confluence

876

	v. to study plant-life.
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	n. that which nourishes.
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet

confluent

877

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.

conformable

878

	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	adj. harmonious.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. an ox.

conformance

879

	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.

conformation

880

	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

conformity

881

	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem

confront

882

	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories

congeal

883

	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	v. to coagulate.
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes

congenial

884

	a. compatible
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	v. to blend.
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

congest

885

	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	adj. cheerful.
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	v. to collect into a mass.

congregate

886

	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

coniferous

887

	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.

conjecture

888

	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	v. put into motion or action; activate

conjoin

889

	v. to unite.
	adj. wanting water.
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. recognition.

conjugal

890

	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	v. refrain from buying or using
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice

conjugate

891

	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.

conjugation

892

	n. any reality.
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

conjunction

893

	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. one who entrusts.
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league

connive

894

	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.

connoisseur

895

	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another

connote

896

	v. to mean; signify.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	adj. cheerful.

connubial

897

	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. engagement to marry.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow

conquer

898

	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.

consanguineous

899

	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.

conscience

900

	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

conscientious

901

	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable

conscious

902

	a. awake; alert
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.

conscript

903

	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	v. to force into military service.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

consecrate

904

	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	v. to set apart as sacred.

consecutive

905

	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.

consensus

906

	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect

conservatism

907

	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	interj. well done.
	n. courtesy towards women

conservative

908

	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	a. definitive; decisive; final

conservatory

909

	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art

consign

910

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	v. produce; give rise to
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another

consignee

911

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures

consignor

912

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. one who entrusts.
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect

consistency

913

	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	a. arousing or provoking laughter

console

914

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. one who entrusts.

consolidate

915

	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm

consonance

916

	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together

consonant

917

	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	a. compatible; harmonious
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies

consort

918

	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	v. associate; join
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal

conspicuous

919

	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.

conspirator

920

	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	adj. corporeal.

conspire

921

	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.

constable

922

	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	v. to take when offered.
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request

constellation

923

	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.

consternation

924

	a. two-sided; mutual
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror

constituency

925

	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

constituent

926

	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.

constrict

927

	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	v. to study plant-life.
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.

consul

928

	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.

consulate

929

	n. compression
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	a. capable; adept
	n. harmony.

consummate

930

	n. an escort or lover.
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	a. awake; alert

consumption

931

	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being

consumptive

932

	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

contagion

933

	v. to be in pain or distress.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	adj. colorless,

contagious

934

	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

contaminate

935

	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. historian.
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

contemplate

936

	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

contemporaneous

937

	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously

contemporary

938

	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	adv. in progress.
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time

contemptible

939

	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean

contemptuous

940

	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. the science of life or living organisms.

contender

941

	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

contiguity

942

	n. hillside.
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. proximity.

contiguous

943

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

continence

944

	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite

contingency

945

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility

contingent

946

	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.

continuance

947

	n. permanence.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

continuation

948

	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. an escort or lover.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus

continuity

949

	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	adj. cowardly.
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

continuous

950

	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources

contort

951

	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.

contraband

952

	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away

contradiction

953

	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance

contradictory

954

	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing

contraposition

955

	n. a placing opposite.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.

contravene

956

	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	adv. once more.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

contribution

957

	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.

contributor

958

	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. the place where christ was crucified.

contrite

959

	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition

contrivance

960

	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.

contrive

961

	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	v. assemble; convene; gather

control

962

	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	adj. rebellious.
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial

controller

963

	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.

contumacious

964

	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	adj. rebellious.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something

contumacy

965

	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.

contuse

966

	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. one who entrusts.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.

contusion

967

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin

convalesce

968

	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	v. recover gradually from an illness

convalescence

969

	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	adj. delicate, ethereal.

convalescent

970

	v. declare to be true; affirm
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. hillside.

convene

971

	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	v. cause to come together formally
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

convenience

972

	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. state of being suitable

converge

973

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.

convergent

974

	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. madhouse.
	v. to sail quite around.
	adj. tending to one point.

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