GRE Big Book Words List| Match Practice

GRE Big Book Words

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abase

	n. eating or drinking of something
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.

abbess

	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.

abbey

	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

abbot

	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede

abdicate

	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. historian.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

abdomen

	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. scratch; friction
	n. state of being suitable

abdominal

	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor

abduction

	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	v. to set apart as sacred.

abed

	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	adv. once more.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.

aberration

	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. hard coal.
	n. book of literary selections by various authors

abet

	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.

abeyance

	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension

abhorrence

	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.

abhorrent

	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. any article of personal property.

abidance

	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. an abiding.
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.

abject

	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	n. diversion.

abjure

	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. agreement.

ablution

	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

abnegate

	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned

abnormal

	n. a person with whom another confers.
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.

abominable

	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad

abominate

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	v. to hate violently.
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.

abomination

	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. a college student.

aboriginal

	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. that which nourishes.

aborigines

	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years

abrade

	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. delusive speech.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode

abrasion

	n. scratch; friction
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	n. an abiding.
	v. state without proof; assert to be true

abridge

	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. blessing.
	n. sulfur.
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists

abridgment

	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	a. capable; adept

abrogate

	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.

abrupt

	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another

abscess

	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

abscission

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.

abscond

	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution

absence

	v. to be in collusion.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in

absolution

	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. flood.
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest

absolve

	v. to make supremely happy.
	v. to unite.
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.

absorb

	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

absorption

	adj. tending to one point.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.

abstain

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. state of being suitable
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice

abstemious

	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. attachment.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

abstinence

	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

abstruse

	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. hillside.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

absurd

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish

abundant

	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	adj. cheerful.
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

abusive

	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

abut

	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.

abyss

	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

academic

	n. any article of personal property.
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

academician

	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity

academy

	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension

accede

	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker

accelerate

	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble

	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	v. to take when offered.
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

access

	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. approach; entry; entrance

accessible

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. obsolescence.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement

accession

	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	adj. cowardly.
	v. produce; give rise to

accessory

	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.

acclaim

	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

accommodate

	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	adj. wanting water.
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.

accompaniment

	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. courtesy towards women
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	adj. producing coagulation.

accompanist

	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value

accompany

	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity

accomplice

	v. to make widely or generally known.
	v. to cover with ornament.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

accomplish

	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect

accordion

	n. estrangement.
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

accost

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

account

	n. alliance
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

accouter

	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons

accredit

	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition

accumulate

	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase

accuracy

	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value

accurate

	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

accursed

	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

accusation

	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. a salt of acetic acid.

accusatory

	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.

accuse

	v. blame; condemn
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

accustom

	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	v. to make familiar by use.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

acerbity

	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

acetate

	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	adj. rebellious.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

acetic

	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour

ache

	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. eating or drinking of something
	v. to be in pain or distress.

achillean

	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	adj. invulnerable.

achromatic

	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	adj. colorless,

acid

	n. politeness.
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful

acidify

	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	v. to change into acid.
	n. recognition.

acknowledge

	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice

acknowledgment

	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. recognition.
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

acme

	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.

acoustic

	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function

acquaint

	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar

acquiesce

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force

acquiescence

	interj. well done.
	n. passive consent.
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

acquit

	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	adj. cowardly.
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.

acquittal

	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty

acquittance

	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	a. considerable; perceptible
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance

acreage

	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	adj. harmonious.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.

acrid

	a. of or relating to the heart
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent

acrimonious

	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. passive consent.

acrimony

100

	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity

actionable

101

	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.

actuality

102

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. any reality.
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

actuary

103

	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive

actuate

104

	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	v. put into motion or action; activate

acumen

105

	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

acute

106

	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.

adamant

107

	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	a. concerning; simultaneous

addendum

108

	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.

addle

109

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused

adduce

110

	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	v. to sail quite around.
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.

adhere

111

	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with

adherence

112

	v. to make the first attack.
	n. attachment.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

adherent

113

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	adj. notoriously bad.
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.

adhesion

114

	v. to cover with ornament.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. one who attacks.

adieu

115

	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

adjacency

116

	n. the state of being adjacent.
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. hillside.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

adjacent

117

	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near

adjudge

118

	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.

adjunct

119

	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. a person with whom another confers.

adjuration

120

	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

adjutant

121

	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	adj. auxiliary.

administrator

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	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	v. equip; provide with military equipment

admissible

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	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	adj. before noon.
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.

admittance

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	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.

admonish

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	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune

admonition

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	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

ado

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	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. that which nourishes.

adoration

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	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

adroit

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	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation

adulterant

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	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. an adulterating substance.

adulterate

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	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

adumbrate

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	n. one who entrusts.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade

advent

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	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	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. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction

adversity

135

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus

advert

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	n. conversation.
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	v. to refer incidentally.

advertiser

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	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.

advisory

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	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination

advocacy

139

	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something

advocate

140

	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory

aerial

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	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire

aeronaut

142

	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class

aeronautics

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	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. composition; order
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.

aerostat

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	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. proximity.

aerostatics

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	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.

affable

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	v. to force into military service.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly

affect

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	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.

affectation

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	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down

affiliate

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	v. associate; incorporate
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	a. having power to advice; containing advice

affirmative

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	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	adj. notoriously bad.

affix

151

	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	a. definitive; decisive; final

affluence

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	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

affront

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	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	v. blame; condemn

afoot

154

	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	adv. in progress.
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term

aforesaid

155

	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass

afresh

156

	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.

afterthought

157

	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.

agglomerate

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	v. to pile or heap together.
	v. to change into acid.
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin

aggrandize

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	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited

aggravate

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	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together

aggravation

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	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. compression
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

aggregate

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	v. to confuse.
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.

aggress

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	v. to make the first attack.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune

aggression

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	n. compression
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action

aggrieve

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	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

aghast

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	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	a. considerable; perceptible

agile

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	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	adj. colorless,
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

agitate

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	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

agrarian

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	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters

ailment

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	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.

airy

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	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term

akin

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	n. a placing opposite.
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.

alabaster

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	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. obsolescence.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

alacrity

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	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention

albeit

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	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.

albino

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	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.

album

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	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	v. to happen to or befall.

alchemy

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	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit

alcohol

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	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

alcoholism

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	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious

alcove

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	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

alder

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	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	adj. affected with anemia.
	adj. invulnerable.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

alderman

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	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite

aldermanship

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	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.

alias

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	adj. containing gold.
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. sharp and bitter manner

alien

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	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down

alienable

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	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	v. be earlier in time; go back further

alienate

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	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.

alienation

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	a. compatible; harmonious
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. politeness.
	n. estrangement.

aliment

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	v. to be in collusion.
	n. that which nourishes.
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.

alkali

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	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with

allay

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	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right

allege

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	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status

allegory

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	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

alleviate

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	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory

alley

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	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.

alliance

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	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

allot

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	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

allotment

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	n. portion.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.

allude

200

	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. an escort or lover.

allusion

201

	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble

alluvion

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	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. flood.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.

ally

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	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

almanac

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	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

aloof

205

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote

altar

206

	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.

alter

207

	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert

alteration

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	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change

altercate

209

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	v. cause to come together formally
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.

alternate

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	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.

alternative

211

	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	v. associate; join
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.

altitude

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	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

alto

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	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

altruism

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	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. a placing opposite.
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

altruist

215

	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	adj. contributing to an end.
	v. to await.

amalgam

216

	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.

amalgamate

217

	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts

amateur

218

	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.

amatory

219

	v. to remind oneself.
	adj. designed to excite love.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness

ambidextrous

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	v. associate; incorporate
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.

ambiguous

221

	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.

ambitious

222

	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement

ambrosial

223

	n. the buttocks.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

ambulance

224

	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital

ambulate

225

	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	v. to walk about
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.

ambush

226

	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

ameliorate

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	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	inter. good-by; farewell.

amenable

228

	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	a. concerning; simultaneous

americanism

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	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	v. to study plant-life.

amicable

230

	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. hillside.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

amity

231

	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations

amorous

232

	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	v. breakdown; failure

amorphous

233

	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.

amour

234

	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.

ampere

235

	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.

amphibious

236

	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	adj. capable of being conceived.

amphitheater

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	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

amplitude

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	n. largeness.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible

amply

239

	n. state of being suitable
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	adv. sufficiently.

amputate

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	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation

amusement

241

	n. diversion.
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	a. of or relating to the heart

anachronism

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	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

anagram

243

	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.

analogous

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	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.

analogy

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	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. a very detestable act or practice.

analyst

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	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help

analyze

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	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.

anarchy

248

	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations

anathema

249

	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.

anatomy

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	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power

anecdote

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	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

anemia

252

	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality

anemic

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	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	adj. affected with anemia.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize

anemometer

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	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.

anesthetic

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	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.

anew

256

	adv. once more.
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

angelic

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	adj. saintly.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

anglophobia

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	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.

angular

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	n. one who attacks.
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	v. to name in baptism.
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner

anhydrous

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	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. tendency to keep together
	adj. withered.

animadversion

261

	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. comment; make explanatory notes
	adj. tending to one point.
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.

animadvert

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	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	v. to pass criticism or censure.

animalcule

263

	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble

animate

264

	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.

animosity

265

	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act

annalist

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	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. historian.

annals

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	n. portion.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.

annex

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	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	adv. in progress.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

annihilate

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	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb

annotate

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	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

annual

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	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	a. occurring or payable every year
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune

annuity

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	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	adj. serving or tending to force.

annunciation

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	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. proclamation.

anode

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	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	adj. rebellious.
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

anonymous

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	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	v. breakdown; failure
	v. to take when offered.

antagonism

276

	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor

antarctic

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	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.

ante

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	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet

antecede

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	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order

antecedent

280

	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept

antechamber

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	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of

antedate

282

	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	n. a college student.
	adj. taking notice.

antediluvian

283

	n. a vehement appeal.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.

antemeridian

284

	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	adj. before noon.

antenatal

285

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

286

	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

anteroom

287

	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

anthology

288

	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.

anthracite

289

	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	n. hard coal.
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	adj. affected with anemia.

anthropology

290

	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear

anthropomorphous

291

	adj. having or resembling human form.
	interj. well done.
	n. water saturated with salt.
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly

antic

292

	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	v. to confuse.

antichrist

293

	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something

anticlimax

294

	prep. apart from.
	n. the act of rising.
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. that which nourishes.

anticyclone

295

	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.

antidote

296

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. unrestricted power.

antilogy

297

	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.

antipathize

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	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision

antiphon

299

	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	a. having power to advice; containing advice

antiphony

300

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.

antipodes

301

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.

antiquary

302

	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.

antiquate

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	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. madhouse.
	v. to remind oneself.
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.

antique

304

	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	v. to bring about.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.

antiseptic

305

	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	n. the denial of the existence of god.

antislavery

306

	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

antispasmodic

307

	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	v. to force into military service.
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.

antistrophe

308

	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with

antitoxin

309

	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.

antonym

310

	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term

anxious

311

	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

apathy

312

	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.

aperture

313

	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. an ox.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole

apex

314

	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. the buttocks.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.

aphorism

315

	v. to predict.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

apiary

316

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. courtesy towards women
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey

apogee

317

	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. obsolescence.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. an abiding.

apology

318

	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	v. to hate violently.
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.

apostate

319

	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. a flowering shrub.

apostle

320

	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. historian.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

apothecary

321

	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.

apotheosis

322

	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something

appall

323

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily

apparent

324

	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	v. associate; join

apparition

325

	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.

appease

326

	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve

appellate

327

	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.

appellation

328

	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy

append

329

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people

appertain

330

	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	n. any reality.
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.

apposite

331

	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.

apposition

332

	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. contestant you hope to defeat

appraise

333

	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity

appreciable

334

	v. cause to come together formally
	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

apprehend

335

	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive

apprehensible

336

	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	adj. wanting water.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

approbation

337

	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily

appropriate

338

	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of

aqueduct

339

	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.

aqueous

340

	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

arbiter

341

	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.

arbitrary

342

	n. attachment.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout

arbitrate

343

	v. to hate violently.
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

arbor

344

	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. a tree.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.

arboreal

345

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees

arborescent

346

	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	adj. joined together in pairs.

arboretum

347

	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	v. to predict.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

arboriculture

348

	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure

arcade

349

	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place

archaeology

350

	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	a. compatible

archaic

351

	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated

archaism

352

	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. obsolescence.

archangel

353

	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	adj. contributing to an end.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth

archbishop

354

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge

archdeacon

355

	adv. sufficiently.
	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use

archetype

356

	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned

archipelago

357

	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. group of closely located islands

ardent

358

	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter

ardor

359

	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning

arid

360

	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	v. to confuse.

aristocracy

361

	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

aristocrat

362

	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.

armada

363

	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	adj. producing coagulation.

armful

364

	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	n. any article of personal property.
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.

armory

365

	n. a college student.
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured

aroma

366

	n. water saturated with salt.
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food

arraign

367

	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. a spiritual advisor.

arrange

368

	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. a narrow strip of wood.

arrangement

369

	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. composition; order
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

arrant

370

	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily

arrear

371

	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.

arrival

372

	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	v. to walk about

arrogant

373

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. the act or state or conforming.

arrogate

374

	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.

artesian

375

	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. approach; entry; entrance

artful

376

	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. the buttocks.
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.

arthurian

377

	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.

artifice

378

	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	v. to be in pain or distress.

artless

379

	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. over-regulated administrative system

ascendant

380

	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. hard coal.
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	adj. dominant.

ascension

381

	n. the act of rising.
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily

ascent

382

	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

ascetic

383

	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. estrangement.
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject

ascribe

384

	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

asexual

385

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name

ashen

386

	adj. dominant.
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	v. bump; hit; conflict

askance

387

	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.

asperity

388

	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	inter. good-by; farewell.

aspirant

389

	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.

aspire

390

	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air

assailant

391

	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. one who attacks.
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	adj. harmonious.

assassin

392

	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.

assassinate

393

	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin

assassination

394

	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

assay

395

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test

assent

396

	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure

assess

397

	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	adj. dominant.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy

assessor

398

	n. engagement to marry.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.

assets

399

	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

assiduous

400

	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year

assignee

401

	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. hillside.
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. politeness.

assimilate

402

	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	v. to study plant-life.

assonance

403

	v. to make the first attack.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for

assonant

404

	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

assonate

405

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	adj. compassionate.
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.

assuage

406

	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

astringent

407

	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.

astute

408

	n. an adulterating substance.
	adj. contributing to an end.
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

atheism

409

	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect

athirst

410

	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	adj. wanting water.

athwart

411

	adv. from side to side.
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary

atomizer

412

	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

atone

413

	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	adj. having the nature of a tree.

atonement

414

	adj. wanting water.
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. sulfur.
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.

atrocious

415

	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	v. to bring about.
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.

atrocity

416

	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

attache

417

	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	adj. having or resembling human form.

attest

418

	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. that which nourishes.
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with

auburn

419

	n. attachment.
	adv. from side to side.
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

audacious

420

	adj. harmonious.
	a. compatible
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold

audible

421

	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

audition

422

	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

auditory

423

	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job

augment

424

	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.

augur

425

	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	v. to predict.
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

augustinian

426

	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	a. compatible; harmonious

aura

427

	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

aural

428

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

auricle

429

	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.

auricular

430

	v. travel with; be associated with
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.

auriferous

431

	v. to await.
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	adj. containing gold.

aurora

432

	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. the first light of day; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
	n. the act of rising.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever

auspice

433

	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

austere

434

	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.

autarchy

435

	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. unrestricted power.

authentic

436

	n. an ox.
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

authenticity

437

	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.

autocracy

438

	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. absolute government.

autocrat

439

	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily

automaton

440

	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit

autonomous

441

	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

autonomy

442

	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.

autopsy

443

	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

autumnal

444

	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

auxiliary

445

	adj. cowardly.
	n. madhouse.
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

avalanche

446

	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice

avarice

447

	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

aver

448

	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle

averse

449

	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.

aversion

450

	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

avert

451

	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away

aviary

452

	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor

avidity

453

	n. greediness.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.

avocation

454

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	adj. taking notice.

avow

455

	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. compression
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly

awaken

456

	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence

aye

457

	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.

azalea

458

	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	n. a flowering shrub.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

azure

459

	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue

baconian

460

	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

bacterium

461

	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus

badger

462

	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

baffle

463

	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	v. to remind oneself.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever

bailiff

464

	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour

baize

465

	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. courtesy towards women

bale

466

	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere

baleful

467

	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

ballad

468

	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. sulfur.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing

balsam

469

	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

banal

470

	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	adv. once more.
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality

barcarole

471

	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	adj. living both on land and in water.

baritone

472

	v. blame; condemn
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	v. to hate violently.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

barograph

473

	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. harmony.

barometer

474

	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	n. lack of caring; indifference

barring

475

	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	adv. sufficiently.
	prep. apart from.

bask

476

	v. to cover with ornament.
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.

bass

477

	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. alliance

baste

478

	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. the act of rising.

baton

479

	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	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. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	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.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect

batter

482

	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. largeness.

bauble

483

	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

bawl

484

	n. a person with whom another confers.
	adj. containing gold.
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout

beatify

485

	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

beatitude

486

	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	a. capable; adept

beau

487

	n. an escort or lover.
	n. proclamation.
	v. to make the first attack.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

becalm

488

	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	n. politeness.
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. permanence.

beck

489

	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	v. associate; join

bedaub

490

	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.

bedeck

491

	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	v. to cover with ornament.
	adj. designed to excite love.

bedlam

492

	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. madhouse.
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action

befog

493

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	v. to confuse.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times

befriend

494

	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert

beget

495

	v. produce; give rise to
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

begrudge

496

	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	n. part or division of poem of some length

belate

497

	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.

belay

498

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.

belie

499

	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.

believe

500

	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near

belittle

501

	adj. rebellious.
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

belle

502

	v. to be in pain or distress.
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

bellicose

503

	n. flood.
	interj. well done.
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

belligerent

504

	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	v. produce; give rise to
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

bemoan

505

	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

benediction

506

	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

benefactor

507

	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge

benefice

508

	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	n. agreement.

beneficent

509

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art

beneficial

510

	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. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet

beneficiary

511

	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

benefit

512

	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain

benevolence

513

	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

benevolent

514

	n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue

benign

515

	n. permanence.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.

benignant

516

	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. sickness; illness; affliction

benignity

517

	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house

benison

518

	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. blessing.
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

bequeath

519

	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	adv. an expression of assent.

bereave

520

	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.

berth

521

	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	adj. designed to excite love.

beseech

522

	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly

beset

523

	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

besmear

524

	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

bestial

525

	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

bestrew

526

	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.

bestride

527

	v. to await.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. flood.
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.

bethink

528

	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. any reality.
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.

betide

529

	v. to happen to or befall.
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

betimes

530

	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	adv. in good season or time.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. approach; entry; entrance

betroth

531

	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry

betrothal

532

	n. engagement to marry.
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	a. capable; adept

bevel

533

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

bewilder

534

	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

bibliography

535

	interj. well done.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory

bibliomania

536

	n. the passion for collecting books.
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity

bibliophile

537

	n. state of being suitable
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. one who loves books.

bibulous

538

	adj. fond of drinking.
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.

bide

539

	v. to await.
	n. agreement.
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function

biennial

540

	a. occurring or payable every year
	adv. sufficiently.
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years

bier

541

	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality

bigamist

542

	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.

bigamy

543

	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.

bight

544

	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.

bilateral

545

	a. two-sided; mutual
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

bilingual

546

	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

biograph

547

	v. diagnose; examine
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick

biology

548

	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. the science of life or living organisms.

biped

549

	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. an animal having two feet.

birthright

550

	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. obsolescence.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.

bitterness

551

	n. sharp and bitter manner
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters

blase

552

	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.

blaspheme

553

	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.

blatant

554

	adj. withered.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive

blaze

555

	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. the denial of the existence of god.

blazon

556

	v. to make widely or generally known.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house

bleak

557

	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. hillside.
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act

blemish

558

	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint

blithe

559

	n. madhouse.
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people

blithesome

560

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	adj. cheerful.

blockade

561

	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will

boatswain

562

	adj. rebellious.
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.

bodily

563

	adj. corporeal.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger

boisterous

564

	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show

bole

565

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. engagement to marry.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

bolero

566

	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	adj. recovering health after sickness.

boll

567

	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.

bolster

568

	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor

bomb

569

	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department

bombard

570

	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	n. tendency to keep together
	n. a placing opposite.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.

bombardier

571

	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something

bombast

572

	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.

boorish

573

	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.

bore

574

	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. madhouse.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time

borough

575

	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	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. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	v. to confuse.

bosom

576

	adv. once more.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.

botanical

577

	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.

botanize

578

	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.

botany

579

	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	v. put into motion or action; activate

bountiful

580

	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	v. to study plant-life.
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

bowdlerize

581

	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

bowler

582

	v. to collect into a mass.
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.

boycott

583

	v. refrain from buying or using
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. portion.
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.

brae

584

	n. hillside.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	v. breakdown; failure
	n. a flowering shrub.

braggart

585

	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end

brandish

586

	n. eating or drinking of something
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

bravado

587

	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.

bravo

588

	interj. well done.
	v. to take when offered.
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.

bray

589

	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	v. to hate violently.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration

braze

590

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

brazier

591

	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	adj. corporeal.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.

breach

592

	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art

breaker

593

	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	adj. taking notice.
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.

breech

594

	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. the buttocks.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height

brethren

595

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	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. make amends for; reimburse
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.

brevity

596

	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	adj. cowardly.
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression

bridle

597

	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	v. bump; hit; conflict

brigade

598

	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

brigadier

599

	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

brigand

600

	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

brimstone

601

	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. sulfur.
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. a placing opposite.

brine

602

	n. water saturated with salt.
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show

bristle

603

	adj. wanting water.
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.

britannia

604

	adj. colorless,
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.

briticism

605

	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	v. to confuse.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	adj. opposed to human slavery.

brittle

606

	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. largeness.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede

broach

607

	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.

broadcast

608

	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	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. harmony.

brogan

609

	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke

brogue

610

	n. greediness.
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	v. be earlier in time; go back further

brokerage

611

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

bromine

612

	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune

bronchitis

613

	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.

bronchus

614

	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in

brooch

615

	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious

brotherhood

616

	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will

browbeat

617

	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. an abiding.

brusque

618

	v. to study plant-life.
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

buffoon

619

	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	n. proclamation.

buffoonery

620

	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

bulbous

621

	n. an escort or lover.
	adj. harmonious.
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.

bullock

622

	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. an ox.

bulrush

623

	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

bulwark

624

	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	adj. containing gold.

bumper

625

	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

bumptious

626

	v. to unite.
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	n. general structure, form, or outline.

bungle

627

	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. state of being suitable
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place

buoyancy

628

	a. concerning; simultaneous
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

buoyant

629

	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

bureau

630

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	prep. apart from.

bureaucracy

631

	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize

burgess

632

	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. one who attacks.

burgher

633

	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

burnish

634

	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change

bursar

635

	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	v. to hate violently.
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

bustle

636

	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	adv. in progress.

butt

637

	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse

butte

638

	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease

buttress

639

	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

cabal

640

	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena

cabinet

641

	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	adj. having or resembling human form.

cacophony

642

	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.

cadaverous

643

	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	v. to await.

cadence

644

	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. flood.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away

cadenza

645

	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.

caitiff

646

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	adj. cowardly.
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form

cajole

647

	n. diversion.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

cajolery

648

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. delusive speech.
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use

calculable

649

	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.

calculus

650

	a. two-sided; mutual
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. an ox.
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.

callosity

651

	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.

callow

652

	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent

calorie

653

	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	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. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.

calumny

654

	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. an abiding.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

calvary

655

	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. a spiritual advisor.

calvinism

656

	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.

calvinize

657

	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation

came

658

	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured

cameo

659

	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

campaign

660

	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. sharp and bitter manner

canaanite

661

	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

canary

662

	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

candid

663

	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. an angel of high rank.

candor

664

	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.

canine

665

	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate

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
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job

cant

667

	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.

cantata

668

	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

canto

669

	n. part or division of poem of some length
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. conversation.

cantonment

670

	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	adj. containing gold.
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.

capacious

671

	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling

capillary

672

	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of

capitulate

673

	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

caprice

674

	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind

caption

675

	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration

captious

676

	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	v. to change into acid.
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

captivate

677

	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality

carcass

678

	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.

cardiac

679

	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	a. of or relating to the heart
	interj. well done.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

cardinal

680

	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	a. chief; serving as an essential component

caret

681

	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.

caricature

682

	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

carnage

683

	n. attachment.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	n. madhouse.

carnal

684

	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. one who entrusts.
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract

carnivorous

685

	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude

carouse

686

	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.

carrion

687

	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

cartilage

688

	n. historian.
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near

cartridge

689

	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.

caste

690

	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies

castigate

691

	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

casual

692

	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance

casualty

693

	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	v. bump; hit; conflict

cataclysm

694

	prep. apart from.
	n. one who entrusts.
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.

cataract

695

	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality

catastrophe

696

	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	v. associate; incorporate
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune

cathode

697

	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	v. to refer incidentally.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

catholicism

698

	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	v. diagnose; examine
	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. include; consist of; be composed of

catholicity

699

	adj. cheerful.
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something

caucus

700

	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. proclamation.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

causal

701

	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something

caustic

702

	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.

cauterize

703

	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.

cede

704

	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere

censor

705

	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content

censorious

706

	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

census

707

	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help

centenary

708

	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

centiliter

709

	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	v. cause to come together formally

centimeter

710

	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations

centurion

711

	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

cereal

712

	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.

ceremonial

713

	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite

ceremonious

714

	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. permanence.
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial

cessation

715

	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends

cession

716

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

chameleon

717

	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. engagement to marry.
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations

chancery

718

	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations

chaos

719

	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.

characteristic

720

	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

characterize

721

	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. the passion for collecting books.

charlatan

722

	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.

chasten

723

	adj. withered.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing

chastise

724

	adj. fond of drinking.
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of

chastity

725

	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

chateau

726

	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	adj. colorless,
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	adj. rebellious.

chattel

727

	n. any article of personal property.
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

check

728

	n. estrangement.
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.

chiffon

729

	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.

chivalry

730

	n. an abiding.
	n. courtesy towards women
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease

cholera

731

	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will

choleric

732

	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger

choral

733

	n. a tree.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.

christ

734

	n. a title of jesus
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	v. to cover with ornament.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill

christen

735

	v. to name in baptism.
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility

christendom

736

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources

chromatic

737

	n. the first light of day; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner

chronology

738

	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

chronometer

739

	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

cipher

740

	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

circulate

741

	adj. notoriously bad.
	prep. apart from.
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror

circumference

742

	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

circumlocution

743

	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. composition; order

circumnavigate

744

	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	v. to sail quite around.
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god

circumscribe

745

	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable

circumspect

746

	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends

citadel

747

	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.

cite

748

	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm

claimant

749

	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	v. to walk about
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better

clairvoyance

750

	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.

clamorous

751

	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud

clan

752

	n. largeness.
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort

clandestine

753

	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	a. moved by sexual love; loving

clangor

754

	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	v. to collect into a mass.
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial

clarify

755

	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

clarion

756

	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	adj. wanting water.
	adj. taking notice.

classify

757

	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	adj. cone-bearing trees.

clearance

758

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

clemency

759

	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	v. associate; join
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act

clement

760

	adj. compassionate.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	v. refrain from buying or using

clothier

761

	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.

clumsy

762

	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.

coagulant

763

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. historian.
	adj. producing coagulation.
	adj. corporeal.

coagulate

764

	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. harmony.
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass

coalescence

765

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.

coalition

766

	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	adv. sufficiently.
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

coddle

767

	adv. sufficiently.
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	n. tendency to keep together
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

codicil

768

	adv. from side to side.
	n. permanence.
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	adj. compassionate.

coerce

769

	n. a tree.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. flood.

coercion

770

	n. permanence.
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

coercive

771

	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

cogent

772

	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence

cognate

773

	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick

cognizant

774

	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	v. to make supremely happy.
	adj. taking notice.

cohere

775

	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation

cohesion

776

	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. tendency to keep together

cohesive

777

	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

coincide

778

	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

coincidence

779

	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.

coincident

780

	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.

collaborate

781

	v. to confuse.
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

collapse

782

	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	v. breakdown; failure
	v. put into motion or action; activate

collapsible

783

	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.

colleague

784

	n. one who attacks.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. engagement to marry.

collective

785

	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere

collector

786

	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.

collegian

787

	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. a college student.
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.

collide

788

	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	v. to make the first attack.
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason

collier

789

	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing

collision

790

	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. largeness.
	n. compression

colloquial

791

	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.

colloquialism

792

	a. awake; alert
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

colloquy

793

	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	v. to predict.
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. conversation.

collusion

794

	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

colossus

795

	a. concerning; simultaneous
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. any strikingly great person or object.

comely

796

	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	a. compatible
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race

comestible

797

	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	adj. fit to be eaten.

comical

798

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. harmony.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

commemorate

799

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.

commentary

800

	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

commingle

801

	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	v. to blend.
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.

commissariat

802

	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place

commission

803

	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	v. to await.

commitment

804

	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

committal

805

	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

commodity

806

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.

commotion

807

	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point

commute

808

	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	a. considerable; perceptible

comparable

809

	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with

comparative

810

	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison

comparison

811

	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. a placing opposite.
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter

compensate

812

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away

competence

813

	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	v. to be in collusion.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

competent

814

	a. capable; adept
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action

competitive

815

	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.

competitor

816

	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle

complacent

817

	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	adj. before noon.
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis

complaisance

818

	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. politeness.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

complaisant

819

	n. the passion for collecting books.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.

complement

820

	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	v. to refer incidentally.

complex

821

	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. the act or state or conforming.

compliant

822

	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	adv. from side to side.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion

complicate

823

	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. the act of rising.

complication

824

	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet

complicity

825

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book

compliment

826

	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise

component

827

	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	v. to refer incidentally.
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

comport

828

	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).

composure

829

	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	interj. well done.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind

comprehensible

830

	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality

comprehension

831

	n. a placing opposite.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	n. grasp; ability to understand

comprehensive

832

	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.

compress

833

	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. state of being suitable

compressible

834

	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick

compression

835

	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	v. to sail quite around.

comprise

836

	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value

compulsion

837

	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	adj. corporeal.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.

compulsory

838

	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.

compunction

839

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

compute

840

	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

concede

841

	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. an acute epidemic disease.

conceit

842

	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

conceive

843

	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

concerto

844

	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.

concession

845

	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion

conciliate

846

	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	n. tendency to keep together

conciliatory

847

	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

conclusive

848

	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.

concord

849

	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. the state of being adjacent.

concordance

850

	n. harmony.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.

concur

851

	v. to agree.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. a spiritual advisor.

concurrence

852

	n. engagement to marry.
	n. agreement.
	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. an unprovoked attack.

concurrent

853

	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit

concussion

854

	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion

condensation

855

	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. compression
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

condense

856

	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. proclamation.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures

condescend

857

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity

condolence

858

	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

conduce

859

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	v. to bring about.
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	adj. rebellious.

conducive

860

	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	adj. contributing to an end.

conductible

861

	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.

conduit

862

	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse

confectionery

863

	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown

confederacy

864

	n. alliance
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.

confederate

865

	n. ally; form a group or unite
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

confer

866

	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass

conferee

867

	n. a person with whom another confers.
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. an abiding.

confessor

868

	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.

confidant

869

	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. the denial of the existence of god.

confide

870

	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. composition; order
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

confidence

871

	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome

confident

872

	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	adj. tending to one point.
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet

confinement

873

	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful

confiscate

874

	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists

conflagration

875

	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something

confluence

876

	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible

confluent

877

	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing

conformable

878

	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	adj. harmonious.
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing

conformance

879

	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor

conformation

880

	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content

conformity

881

	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.

confront

882

	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with

congeal

883

	n. madhouse.
	v. to coagulate.
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans

congenial

884

	v. to unite.
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	a. compatible
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

congest

885

	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another

congregate

886

	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.

coniferous

887

	n. delusive speech.
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

conjecture

888

	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. madhouse.

conjoin

889

	n. an angel of high rank.
	adj. rebellious.
	v. to unite.
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

conjugal

890

	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

conjugate

891

	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited

conjugation

892

	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	adj. withered.
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.

conjunction

893

	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

connive

894

	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.

connoisseur

895

	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts

connote

896

	v. to mean; signify.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	a. compatible

connubial

897

	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity

conquer

898

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune

consanguineous

899

	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. composition; order
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.

conscience

900

	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.

conscientious

901

	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem

conscious

902

	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	a. awake; alert
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind

conscript

903

	v. to force into military service.
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	adj. taking notice.

consecrate

904

	v. to set apart as sacred.
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect

consecutive

905

	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. attachment.

consensus

906

	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. tendency to keep together
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.

conservatism

907

	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	v. to make familiar by use.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary

conservative

908

	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other

conservatory

909

	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.

consign

910

	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. approach; entry; entrance

consignee

911

	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.

consignor

912

	adv. in progress.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. one who entrusts.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations

consistency

913

	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	v. to name in baptism.

console

914

	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	v. to make the first attack.

consolidate

915

	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	adv. from side to side.
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place

consonance

916

	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof

consonant

917

	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	v. to confuse.
	a. compatible; harmonious

consort

918

	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	v. associate; join
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.

conspicuous

919

	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive

conspirator

920

	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter

conspire

921

	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.

constable

922

	v. to remind oneself.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.

constellation

923

	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place

consternation

924

	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate

constituency

925

	n. permanence.
	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

constituent

926

	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away

constrict

927

	v. to mean; signify.
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself

consul

928

	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. hard coal.
	n. unrestricted power.

consulate

929

	adv. in progress.
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.

consummate

930

	v. breakdown; failure
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. eating or drinking of something
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources

consumption

931

	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.

consumptive

932

	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote

contagion

933

	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.

contagious

934

	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

contaminate

935

	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

contemplate

936

	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

contemporaneous

937

	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	a. considerable; perceptible
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better

contemporary

938

	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	adj. cheerful.
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	a. chief; serving as an essential component

contemptible

939

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean

contemptuous

940

	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	v. to make familiar by use.

contender

941

	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat

contiguity

942

	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. proximity.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

contiguous

943

	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

continence

944

	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity

contingency

945

	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever

contingent

946

	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.

continuance

947

	n. permanence.
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.

continuation

948

	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.

continuity

949

	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

continuous

950

	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.

contort

951

	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties

contraband

952

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. hard coal.

contradiction

953

	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.

contradictory

954

	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing

contraposition

955

	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. a placing opposite.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

contravene

956

	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	v. to name in baptism.

contribution

957

	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	n. one who loves books.
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy

contributor

958

	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

contrite

959

	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. sulfur.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.

contrivance

960

	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.

contrive

961

	v. to bring about.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	v. to mean; signify.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

control

962

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

controller

963

	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.

contumacious

964

	a. comparable; similar or alike
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	adj. rebellious.
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

contumacy

965

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

contuse

966

	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.

contusion

967

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.

convalesce

968

	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate

convalescence

969

	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. madhouse.
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected

convalescent

970

	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	adj. capable of being conceived.

convene

971

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	v. cause to come together formally
	n. a placing opposite.

convenience

972

	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. state of being suitable
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.

converge

973

	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

convergent

974

	adj. tending to one point.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.

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