GRE Big Book Words List| Match Practice

GRE Big Book Words

Group (1) - Matching Quizzes

abase

	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus

abbess

	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.

abbey

	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind

abbot

	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. the superior of a community of monks.

abdicate

	v. recover gradually from an illness
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	v. to study plant-life.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

abdomen

	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.

abdominal

	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.

abduction

	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	adj. compassionate.

abed

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league

aberration

	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding

abet

	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice

abeyance

	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated

abhorrence

	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.

abhorrent

	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.

abidance

	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	adv. from side to side.
	n. an abiding.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity

abject

	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet

abjure

	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

ablution

	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	a. occurring or payable every year

abnegate

	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. a narrow strip of wood.

abnormal

	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	adj. low in tone or compass.

abominable

	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad

abominate

	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	v. to hate violently.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. estrangement.

abomination

	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. a very detestable act or practice.

aboriginal

	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.

aborigines

	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole

abrade

	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. courtesy towards women
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery

abrasion

	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. scratch; friction

abridge

	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	v. to await.
	n. an adulterating substance.

abridgment

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.

abrogate

	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

abrupt

	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	v. to collect into a mass.
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

abscess

	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

abscission

	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of

abscond

	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees

absence

	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

absolution

	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint

absolve

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

absorb

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

absorption

	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	adj. cowardly.
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air

abstain

	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice

abstemious

	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison

abstinence

	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.

abstruse

	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. an adulterating substance.

absurd

	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.

abundant

	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	a. compatible
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.

abusive

	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

abut

	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.

abyss

	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request

academic

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.

academician

	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

academy

	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists

accede

	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	n. historian.
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy

accelerate

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle

	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	v. to take when offered.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

access

	n. an abiding.
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

accessible

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

accession

	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.

accessory

	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration

acclaim

	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.

accommodate

	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.

accompaniment

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	n. a flowering shrub.

accompanist

	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations

accompany

	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	adj. harmonious.
	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year

accomplice

	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. a college student.
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works

accomplish

	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	v. to make familiar by use.

accordion

	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job

accost

	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly

account

	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick

accouter

	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. harmony.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing

accredit

	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.

accumulate

	v. travel with; be associated with
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase

accuracy

	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

accurate

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. scratch; friction
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner

accursed

	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

accusation

	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.

accusatory

	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

accuse

	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	adj. containing gold.
	v. blame; condemn

accustom

	v. to make familiar by use.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.

acerbity

	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere

acetate

	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.

acetic

	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour

ache

	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. sulfur.

achillean

	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	adj. invulnerable.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable

achromatic

	n. passive consent.
	n. compression
	v. to make supremely happy.
	adj. colorless,

acid

	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful

acidify

	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	v. to change into acid.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.

acknowledge

	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks

acknowledgment

	n. recognition.
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	n. madhouse.
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

acme

	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	v. to cover with ornament.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal

acoustic

	a. awake; alert
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. an animal having two feet.

acquaint

	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar

acquiesce

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	v. to blend.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge

acquiescence

	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. passive consent.
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour

acquit

	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance

acquittal

	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	a. intended to confuse in an argument

acquittance

	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.

acreage

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	a. considerable; perceptible
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity

acrid

	v. to unite.
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women

acrimonious

	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner

acrimony

100

	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.

actionable

101

	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.

actuality

102

	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. any reality.

actuary

103

	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.

actuate

104

	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	v. put into motion or action; activate

acumen

105

	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. blessing.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem

acute

106

	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.

adamant

107

	n. the passion for collecting books.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

addendum

108

	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book

addle

109

	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

adduce

110

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content

adhere

111

	n. greediness.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with

adherence

112

	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. attachment.
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.

adherent

113

	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion

adhesion

114

	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	a. capable; adept
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

adieu

115

	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.

adjacency

116

	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. blessing.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.

adjacent

117

	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near

adjudge

118

	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. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.

adjunct

119

	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	adv. in bed; on a bed.

adjuration

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	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. a vehement appeal.

adjutant

121

	adj. auxiliary.
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

administrator

122

	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	v. to walk about
	n. one who manages a government agency or department

admissible

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	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	n. hillside.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing

admittance

124

	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

admonish

125

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

admonition

126

	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited

ado

127

	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood

adoration

128

	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.

adroit

129

	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	v. cause to come together formally
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

adulterant

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	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.

adulterate

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	n. approach; entry; entrance
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

adumbrate

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	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

advent

133

	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	v. cause to come together formally
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.

adverse

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	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.

adversity

135

	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. passive consent.
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

advert

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	v. to refer incidentally.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.

advertiser

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	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.

advisory

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	n. hillside.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

advocacy

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	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere

advocate

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	adj. taking notice.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. an acute epidemic disease.

aerial

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	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.

aeronaut

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	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly

aeronautics

143

	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in

aerostat

144

	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose

aerostatics

145

	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	v. to change into acid.

affable

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	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.

affect

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	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

affectation

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	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	adj. contributing to an end.
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish

affiliate

149

	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	v. associate; incorporate
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

affirmative

150

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming

affix

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	n. courtesy towards women
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

affluence

152

	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

affront

153

	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect

afoot

154

	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	adv. in progress.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. an abiding.

aforesaid

155

	n. harmony.
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.

afresh

156

	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	v. to hate violently.
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

afterthought

157

	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning

agglomerate

158

	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	v. to pile or heap together.

aggrandize

159

	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation

aggravate

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	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	n. an escort or lover.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.

aggravation

161

	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. attachment.
	n. absolute government.
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable

aggregate

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	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures

aggress

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	v. to make the first attack.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. recognition.
	prep. apart from.

aggression

164

	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	v. include; consist of; be composed of

aggrieve

165

	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.

aghast

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	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement

agile

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	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

agitate

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	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.

agrarian

169

	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. hard coal.

ailment

170

	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	n. sickness; illness; affliction

airy

171

	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	v. to remind oneself.

akin

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	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. permanence.
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

alabaster

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	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty

alacrity

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	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	v. to agree.

albeit

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	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

albino

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	n. grasp; ability to understand
	adj. contributing to an end.
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.

album

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	adj. corporeal.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	adj. fond of drinking.

alchemy

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	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	adj. dominant.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

alcohol

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	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	v. diagnose; examine

alcoholism

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	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.

alcove

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	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. any article of personal property.

alder

182

	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	adj. capable of being appealed to.

alderman

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	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.

aldermanship

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	n. a title of jesus
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. an animal having two feet.

alias

185

	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.

alien

186

	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome

alienable

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	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	v. to mean; signify.

alienate

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	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason

alienation

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	n. estrangement.
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	adj. containing gold.

aliment

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	n. that which nourishes.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.

alkali

191

	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. one who attacks.
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.

allay

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	a. definitive; decisive; final
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive

allege

193

	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	a. chief; serving as an essential component

allegory

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	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. attachment.

alleviate

195

	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part

alley

196

	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	adv. in progress.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	v. to change into acid.

alliance

197

	n. largeness.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole

allot

198

	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.

allotment

199

	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. portion.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.

allude

200

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with

allusion

201

	v. to agree.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor

alluvion

202

	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. flood.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

ally

203

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator

almanac

204

	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

aloof

205

	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	v. breakdown; failure
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

altar

206

	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.

alter

207

	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.

alteration

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	v. to remind oneself.
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change

altercate

209

	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	v. quote; adduce as an instance

alternate

210

	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	v. refrain from buying or using

alternative

211

	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point

altitude

212

	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	n. sharp and bitter manner

alto

213

	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect

altruism

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	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something

altruist

215

	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. scratch; friction
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. largeness.

amalgam

216

	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women

amalgamate

217

	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury

amateur

218

	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.

amatory

219

	adj. designed to excite love.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

ambidextrous

220

	v. put into motion or action; activate
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease

ambiguous

221

	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

ambitious

222

	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use

ambrosial

223

	n. delusive speech.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.

ambulance

224

	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	adv. in bed; on a bed.

ambulate

225

	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. courtesy towards women
	v. to walk about
	v. to pile or heap together.

ambush

226

	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	v. equip; provide with military equipment

ameliorate

227

	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better

amenable

228

	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	a. definitive; decisive; final

americanism

229

	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter

amicable

230

	v. to be in pain or distress.
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

amity

231

	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.

amorous

232

	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.

amorphous

233

	adv. sufficiently.
	n. tendency to keep together
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.

amour

234

	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

ampere

235

	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole

amphibious

236

	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources

amphitheater

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	adj. rebellious.
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

amplitude

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	v. associate; join
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. largeness.

amply

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	adv. sufficiently.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	n. engagement to marry.

amputate

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	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.

amusement

241

	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	n. diversion.
	n. engagement to marry.

anachronism

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	v. declare to be true; affirm
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing

anagram

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	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	n. conversation.

analogous

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	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.

analogy

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	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

analyst

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	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.

analyze

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	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	v. diagnose; examine
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years

anarchy

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	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune

anathema

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	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.

anatomy

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	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.

anecdote

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	v. to hate violently.
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography

anemia

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	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply

anemic

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	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	adj. affected with anemia.
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. approach; entry; entrance

anemometer

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	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.

anesthetic

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	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	v. to coagulate.
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.

anew

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	adv. once more.
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.

angelic

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	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	adj. saintly.
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.

anglophobia

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	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population

angular

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	adj. serving or tending to force.
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

anhydrous

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	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	adj. withered.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion

animadversion

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	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.

animadvert

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	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	v. to pass criticism or censure.

animalcule

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	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	v. to agree.

animate

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	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	adj. fond of drinking.

animosity

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	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.

annalist

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	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	n. historian.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing

annals

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	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. historian.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

annex

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	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away

annihilate

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	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	v. travel with; be associated with

annotate

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	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

annual

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	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	v. diagnose; examine
	a. occurring or payable every year
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

annuity

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	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

annunciation

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	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	n. recognition.
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. proclamation.

anode

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	v. travel with; be associated with
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.

anonymous

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	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. any reality.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.

antagonism

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	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise

antarctic

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	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted

ante

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	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	v. to confuse.
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.

antecede

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	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	n. sulfur.

antecedent

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	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. to mean; signify.

antechamber

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	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.

antedate

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	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. a tree.
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases

antediluvian

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	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times

antemeridian

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	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	adj. auxiliary.
	adj. before noon.

antenatal

285

	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	n. water saturated with salt.
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

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	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.

anteroom

287

	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.

anthology

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	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	n. one who loves books.
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. book of literary selections by various authors

anthracite

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	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. hard coal.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.

anthropology

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	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise

anthropomorphous

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	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

antic

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	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	adj. containing gold.

antichrist

293

	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality

anticlimax

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	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

anticyclone

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	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

antidote

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	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. tendency to keep together
	n. blessing.
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something

antilogy

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	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for

antipathize

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	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	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.

antiphon

299

	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. an ox.

antiphony

300

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.

antipodes

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	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

antiquary

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	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive

antiquate

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	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.

antique

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	n. a placing opposite.
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion

antiseptic

305

	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms

antislavery

306

	n. attachment.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	adj. opposed to human slavery.

antispasmodic

307

	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.

antistrophe

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	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power

antitoxin

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	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

antonym

310

	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.

anxious

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	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	a. occurring or payable every year
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	n. the superior of a community of monks.

apathy

312

	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. lack of caring; indifference

aperture

313

	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	adj. taking notice.

apex

314

	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.

aphorism

315

	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. harmony.
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy

apiary

316

	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey

apogee

317

	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour

apology

318

	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. conversation.
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

apostate

319

	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

apostle

320

	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	v. to sail quite around.

apothecary

321

	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	n. a title of jesus
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

apotheosis

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	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. scratch; friction
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something

appall

323

	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire

apparent

324

	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye

apparition

325

	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

appease

326

	n. the act of rising.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. a spiritual advisor.

appellate

327

	a. two-sided; mutual
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	v. to predict.

appellation

328

	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	v. cause to come together formally
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy

append

329

	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

appertain

330

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal

apposite

331

	adj. that may or can collapse.
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. any article of personal property.
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune

apposition

332

	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.

appraise

333

	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension

appreciable

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	a. considerable; perceptible
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit

apprehend

335

	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive

apprehensible

336

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	a. compatible

approbation

337

	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.

appropriate

338

	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

aqueduct

339

	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	n. composition; order

aqueous

340

	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

arbiter

341

	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.

arbitrary

342

	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

arbitrate

343

	n. flood.
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. breaking of contract or duty

arbor

344

	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	v. to cover with ornament.
	n. a tree.
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue

arboreal

345

	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	v. to refer incidentally.
	v. to change into acid.
	adv. sufficiently.

arborescent

346

	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	adj. cheerful.

arboretum

347

	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together

arboriculture

348

	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.

arcade

349

	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test

archaeology

350

	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.

archaic

351

	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

archaism

352

	n. obsolescence.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. courtesy towards women
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

archangel

353

	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something

archbishop

354

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.

archdeacon

355

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	v. be earlier in time; go back further

archetype

356

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

archipelago

357

	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. group of closely located islands
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere

ardent

358

	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

ardor

359

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point

arid

360

	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants

aristocracy

361

	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.

aristocrat

362

	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	adv. in bed; on a bed.

armada

363

	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things

armful

364

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	adj. invulnerable.
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.

armory

365

	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited

aroma

366

	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food

arraign

367

	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment

arrange

368

	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. the act of detesting extremely.

arrangement

369

	n. composition; order
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	v. to pile or heap together.

arrant

370

	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.

arrear

371

	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole

arrival

372

	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

arrogant

373

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. politeness.

arrogate

374

	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute

artesian

375

	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect

artful

376

	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

arthurian

377

	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	v. to set apart as sacred.

artifice

378

	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.

artless

379

	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest

ascendant

380

	adj. dominant.
	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage

ascension

381

	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. the act of rising.
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease

ascent

382

	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward

ascetic

383

	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	v. to force into military service.
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

ascribe

384

	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	adv. in good season or time.

asexual

385

	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

ashen

386

	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes

askance

387

	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes

asperity

388

	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate

aspirant

389

	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak

aspire

390

	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	v. to sail quite around.

assailant

391

	n. one who attacks.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect

assassin

392

	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	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.
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	v. to predict.

assassination

394

	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

assay

395

	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable

assent

396

	v. associate; join
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. composition; order

assess

397

	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. obsolescence.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

assessor

398

	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute

assets

399

	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.

assiduous

400

	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

assignee

401

	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. courtesy towards women
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	adj. saintly.

assimilate

402

	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	v. to blend.
	n. compression
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

assonance

403

	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth

assonant

404

	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	v. to bring about.
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things

assonate

405

	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.

assuage

406

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.

astringent

407

	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere

astute

408

	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	adj. living both on land and in water.

atheism

409

	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.

athirst

410

	v. to await.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	adj. wanting water.

athwart

411

	adv. from side to side.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident

atomizer

412

	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.

atone

413

	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	v. include; consist of; be composed of

atonement

414

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.

atrocious

415

	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.

atrocity

416

	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

attache

417

	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.

attest

418

	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	v. to cover with ornament.

auburn

419

	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	n. largeness.
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. unrestricted power.

audacious

420

	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. an abiding.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

audible

421

	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	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 act of rising.
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear

audition

422

	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

auditory

423

	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing

augment

424

	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right

augur

425

	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	v. to predict.

augustinian

426

	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire

aura

427

	adj. auxiliary.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. an unprovoked attack.

aural

428

	n. engagement to marry.
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.

auricle

429

	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential

auricular

430

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	a. occurring or payable every year

auriferous

431

	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	adj. containing gold.
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	v. to make supremely happy.

aurora

432

	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	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. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

auspice

433

	n. one who entrusts.
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice

austere

434

	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented

autarchy

435

	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. unrestricted power.
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition

authentic

436

	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. greediness.

authenticity

437

	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help

autocracy

438

	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. absolute government.
	v. produce; give rise to

autocrat

439

	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.

automaton

440

	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	adj. contributing to an end.
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of

autonomous

441

	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air

autonomy

442

	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	a. compatible
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years

autopsy

443

	adj. before noon.
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

autumnal

444

	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

auxiliary

445

	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	v. to predict.

avalanche

446

	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	adj. capable of being appealed to.

avarice

447

	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

aver

448

	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	adj. joined together in pairs.

averse

449

	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	adj. cowardly.

aversion

450

	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward

avert

451

	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away

aviary

452

	n. the passion for collecting books.
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept

avidity

453

	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. greediness.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over

avocation

454

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	v. to agree.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

avow

455

	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

awaken

456

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. recognition.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.

aye

457

	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

azalea

458

	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

azure

459

	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue

baconian

460

	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

bacterium

461

	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. harmony.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor

badger

462

	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.

baffle

463

	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of

bailiff

464

	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily

baize

465

	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other

bale

466

	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal

baleful

467

	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.

ballad

468

	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. one who loves books.
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror

balsam

469

	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

banal

470

	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

barcarole

471

	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

baritone

472

	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

barograph

473

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.

barometer

474

	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner

barring

475

	a. considerable; perceptible
	adj. auxiliary.
	prep. apart from.
	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

bask

476

	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	v. breakdown; failure

bass

477

	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	adj. low in tone or compass.

baste

478

	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. the buttocks.
	a. concerning; simultaneous

baton

479

	v. to be in collusion.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement

battalion

480

	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.

batten

481

	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. a narrow strip of wood.

batter

482

	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	v. produce; give rise to
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.

bauble

483

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold

bawl

484

	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

beatify

485

	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.

beatitude

486

	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.

beau

487

	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. an escort or lover.
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

becalm

488

	n. any article of personal property.
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.

beck

489

	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

bedaub

490

	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. an adulterating substance.
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

bedeck

491

	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	v. to cover with ornament.
	adv. in good season or time.
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

bedlam

492

	n. madhouse.
	adj. cheerful.
	n. a college student.
	n. act of accompanying someone or something

befog

493

	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	v. to confuse.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

befriend

494

	n. permanence.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	adj. capable of being conceived.

beget

495

	v. produce; give rise to
	n. the act of rising.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

begrudge

496

	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.

belate

497

	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.

belay

498

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.

belie

499

	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality

believe

500

	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. compression

belittle

501

	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down

belle

502

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	v. to cover with ornament.

bellicose

503

	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

belligerent

504

	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	adv. in progress.
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable

bemoan

505

	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

benediction

506

	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	a. of the same kin; related by blood

benefactor

507

	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

benefice

508

	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity

beneficent

509

	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	adj. containing gold.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

beneficial

510

	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. the buttocks.
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being

beneficiary

511

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

benefit

512

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	v. to take when offered.
	a. of or relating to the heart

benevolence

513

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.

benevolent

514

	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.

benign

515

	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. historian.

benignant

516

	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade

benignity

517

	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

benison

518

	v. to blend.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. blessing.

bequeath

519

	n. a spiritual advisor.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	v. to take when offered.
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down

bereave

520

	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	n. hillside.

berth

521

	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. associate; incorporate
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job

beseech

522

	v. recover gradually from an illness
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	n. diversion.
	v. to name in baptism.

beset

523

	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. one who loves books.
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

besmear

524

	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract

bestial

525

	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. one who entrusts.
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

bestrew

526

	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.

bestride

527

	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	v. to make the first attack.

bethink

528

	n. estrangement.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	v. to remind oneself.

betide

529

	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	v. to happen to or befall.
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing

betimes

530

	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	adv. in good season or time.
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.

betroth

531

	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry

betrothal

532

	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. engagement to marry.
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned

bevel

533

	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.

bewilder

534

	n. approach; entry; entrance
	v. recover gradually from an illness
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

bibliography

535

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. that which nourishes.
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison

bibliomania

536

	v. to be in collusion.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.

bibliophile

537

	adj. compassionate.
	v. to walk about
	n. one who loves books.
	n. the denial of the existence of god.

bibulous

538

	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	adj. fond of drinking.
	adj. harmonious.

bide

539

	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	v. to await.

biennial

540

	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years

bier

541

	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food

bigamist

542

	v. to remind oneself.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve

bigamy

543

	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. estrangement.
	v. to collect into a mass.

bight

544

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	v. to agree.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing

bilateral

545

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	a. two-sided; mutual
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. breaking of contract or duty

bilingual

546

	n. proximity.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	v. be earlier in time; go back further

biograph

547

	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.

biology

548

	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	adj. joined together in pairs.

biped

549

	n. an animal having two feet.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

birthright

550

	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass

bitterness

551

	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect

blase

552

	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

blaspheme

553

	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	v. to study plant-life.
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.

blatant

554

	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive

blaze

555

	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame

blazon

556

	v. to make widely or generally known.
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. one who entrusts.
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist

bleak

557

	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.

blemish

558

	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

blithe

559

	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.

blithesome

560

	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	adj. cheerful.
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling

blockade

561

	adj. harmonious.
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	n. the act of rising.
	adj. colorless,

boatswain

562

	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. one who attacks.

bodily

563

	n. sulfur.
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	adj. corporeal.
	v. to set apart as sacred.

boisterous

564

	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league

bole

565

	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. one who or that which accompanies.

bolero

566

	v. to force into military service.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. diversion.
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.

boll

567

	adj. compassionate.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.

bolster

568

	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	v. to await.

bomb

569

	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important

bombard

570

	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

bombardier

571

	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.

bombast

572

	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. one who entrusts.

boorish

573

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners

bore

574

	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. harmony.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.

borough

575

	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other

bosom

576

	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	a. of or relating to the heart

botanical

577

	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees

botanize

578

	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	v. to study plant-life.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works

botany

579

	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor

bountiful

580

	v. to unite.
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously

bowdlerize

581

	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant

bowler

582

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	n. estrangement.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for

boycott

583

	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

brae

584

	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. hillside.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.

braggart

585

	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.

brandish

586

	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

bravado

587

	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person

bravo

588

	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	interj. well done.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

bray

589

	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.

braze

590

	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	v. to collect into a mass.
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.

brazier

591

	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.

breach

592

	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.

breaker

593

	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.

breech

594

	n. the buttocks.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

brethren

595

	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. an angel of high rank.

brevity

596

	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	a. concerning; simultaneous

bridle

597

	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

brigade

598

	adj. before noon.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	n. flood.

brigadier

599

	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

brigand

600

	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate

brimstone

601

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	n. sulfur.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

brine

602

	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause

bristle

603

	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

britannia

604

	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	a. compatible; harmonious

briticism

605

	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

brittle

606

	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

broach

607

	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce

broadcast

608

	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.

brogan

609

	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.

brogue

610

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

brokerage

611

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

bromine

612

	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

bronchitis

613

	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.

bronchus

614

	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. the buttocks.
	adv. from side to side.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.

brooch

615

	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	v. to study plant-life.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something

brotherhood

616

	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

browbeat

617

	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. portion.

brusque

618

	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. scratch; friction
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror

buffoon

619

	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	n. conversation.
	v. associate; join

buffoonery

620

	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. courtesy towards women
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

bulbous

621

	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.

bullock

622

	n. an ox.
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	v. to confuse.

bulrush

623

	n. eating or drinking of something
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.

bulwark

624

	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives

bumper

625

	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

bumptious

626

	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	v. to cover with ornament.
	n. largeness.

bungle

627

	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.

buoyancy

628

	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. sulfur.
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned

buoyant

629

	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

bureau

630

	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down

bureaucracy

631

	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown

burgess

632

	n. blessing.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

burgher

633

	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit

burnish

634

	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.

bursar

635

	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality

bustle

636

	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	a. occurring or payable every year

butt

637

	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

butte

638

	adj. auxiliary.
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.

buttress

639

	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	v. to change into acid.

cabal

640

	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.

cabinet

641

	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice

cacophony

642

	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness

cadaverous

643

	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body

cadence

644

	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede

cadenza

645

	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.

caitiff

646

	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	v. associate; join
	adj. cowardly.
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations

cajole

647

	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.

cajolery

648

	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. delusive speech.

calculable

649

	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. state of being suitable

calculus

650

	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value

callosity

651

	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.

callow

652

	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision

calorie

653

	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree

calumny

654

	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	v. to sail quite around.

calvary

655

	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

calvinism

656

	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.

calvinize

657

	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	adj. before noon.

came

658

	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.

cameo

659

	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film

campaign

660

	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

canaanite

661

	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	v. diagnose; examine

canary

662

	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. the act of rising.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

candid

663

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	v. to be in collusion.
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others

candor

664

	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

canine

665

	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

canon

666

	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	v. to make widely or generally known.

cant

667

	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

cantata

668

	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

canto

669

	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.

cantonment

670

	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.

capacious

671

	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists

capillary

672

	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome

capitulate

673

	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	adj. contributing to an end.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners

caprice

674

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned

caption

675

	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.

captious

676

	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. group of closely located islands
	adj. rebellious.
	a. intended to confuse in an argument

captivate

677

	n. scratch; friction
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	v. blame; condemn

carcass

678

	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	v. make amends for; reimburse

cardiac

679

	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. the act or state or conforming.

cardinal

680

	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial

caret

681

	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

caricature

682

	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	v. to cover with ornament.

carnage

683

	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.

carnal

684

	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. madhouse.

carnivorous

685

	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	adj. wanting water.
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.

carouse

686

	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

carrion

687

	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

cartilage

688

	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.

cartridge

689

	n. passive consent.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

caste

690

	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

castigate

691

	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

casual

692

	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists

casualty

693

	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	a. compatible; harmonious

cataclysm

694

	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey

cataract

695

	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality

catastrophe

696

	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune

cathode

697

	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.

catholicism

698

	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years

catholicity

699

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.

caucus

700

	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	adj. cowardly.
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.

causal

701

	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	v. blame; condemn

caustic

702

	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit

cauterize

703

	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	n. that which nourishes.
	prep. apart from.

cede

704

	n. the passion for collecting books.
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

censor

705

	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.

censorious

706

	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies

census

707

	n. the passion for collecting books.
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.

centenary

708

	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.

centiliter

709

	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	v. to refer incidentally.
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes

centimeter

710

	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

centurion

711

	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

cereal

712

	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	v. breakdown; failure

ceremonial

713

	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

ceremonious

714

	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce

cessation

715

	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal

cession

716

	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. politeness.

chameleon

717

	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted

chancery

718

	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.

chaos

719

	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

characteristic

720

	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait

characterize

721

	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance

charlatan

722

	n. obsolescence.
	n. a college student.
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

chasten

723

	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof

chastise

724

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	adj. sated with pleasure.

chastity

725

	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey

chateau

726

	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law

chattel

727

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. any article of personal property.

check

728

	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	v. to make widely or generally known.

chiffon

729

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

chivalry

730

	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. courtesy towards women
	n. that which nourishes.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.

cholera

731

	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar

choleric

732

	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.

choral

733

	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

christ

734

	n. a title of jesus
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.

christen

735

	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. to name in baptism.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

christendom

736

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people

chromatic

737

	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.

chronology

738

	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing

chronometer

739

	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

cipher

740

	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	v. to make familiar by use.

circulate

741

	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	v. travel with; be associated with
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice

circumference

742

	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	v. to confuse.

circumlocution

743

	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.

circumnavigate

744

	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	v. to sail quite around.

circumscribe

745

	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

circumspect

746

	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. blessing.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

citadel

747

	n. that which nourishes.
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

cite

748

	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. quote; adduce as an instance
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion

claimant

749

	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily

clairvoyance

750

	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission

clamorous

751

	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial

clan

752

	v. to force into military service.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation

clandestine

753

	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.

clangor

754

	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

clarify

755

	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate

clarion

756

	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help

classify

757

	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories

clearance

758

	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

clemency

759

	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

clement

760

	adj. withered.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	adj. compassionate.

clothier

761

	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease

clumsy

762

	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude

coagulant

763

	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	adj. producing coagulation.
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to

coagulate

764

	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	interj. well done.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	v. to agree.

coalescence

765

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.

coalition

766

	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	a. two-sided; mutual
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.

coddle

767

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	prep. apart from.

codicil

768

	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. an angel of high rank.

coerce

769

	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.

coercion

770

	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	adj. notoriously bad.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

coercive

771

	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. flood.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	adj. serving or tending to force.

cogent

772

	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	n. engagement to marry.

cognate

773

	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	a. awake; alert
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.

cognizant

774

	adj. taking notice.
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.

cohere

775

	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. an ox.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation

cohesion

776

	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. tendency to keep together
	adj. that may or can collapse.

cohesive

777

	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

coincide

778

	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

coincidence

779

	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	v. to agree.
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

coincident

780

	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect

collaborate

781

	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

collapse

782

	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	v. breakdown; failure

collapsible

783

	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	adv. once more.
	adj. that may or can collapse.

colleague

784

	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

collective

785

	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

collector

786

	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases

collegian

787

	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. a college student.

collide

788

	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

collier

789

	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	v. to bring about.
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.

collision

790

	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

colloquial

791

	n. sharp and bitter manner
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

colloquialism

792

	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	adv. sufficiently.
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

colloquy

793

	n. conversation.
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.

collusion

794

	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures

colossus

795

	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. any strikingly great person or object.

comely

796

	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere

comestible

797

	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.

comical

798

	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly

commemorate

799

	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	a. chief; serving as an essential component

commentary

800

	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. scratch; friction
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

commingle

801

	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	v. to blend.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

commissariat

802

	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	v. to make the first attack.

commission

803

	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

commitment

804

	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	n. historian.

committal

805

	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	v. to mean; signify.

commodity

806

	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	a. considerable; perceptible
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.

commotion

807

	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. breaking of contract or duty

commute

808

	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	v. to pile or heap together.

comparable

809

	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

comparative

810

	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	a. compatible; harmonious
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison

comparison

811

	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. composition; order
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick

compensate

812

	v. make amends for; reimburse
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem

competence

813

	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.

competent

814

	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	a. capable; adept
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something

competitive

815

	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. portion.
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. the place where christ was crucified.

competitor

816

	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	adj. rebellious.
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race

complacent

817

	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

complaisance

818

	n. madhouse.
	n. politeness.
	n. engagement to marry.
	n. any article of personal property.

complaisant

819

	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.

complement

820

	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary

complex

821

	v. to bring about.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to

compliant

822

	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

complicate

823

	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job

complication

824

	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	v. to hate violently.
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	v. to study plant-life.

complicity

825

	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing

compliment

826

	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident

component

827

	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	n. a person with whom another confers.

comport

828

	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	v. cause to come together formally

composure

829

	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind

comprehensible

830

	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	v. to study plant-life.
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible

comprehension

831

	adv. from side to side.
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

comprehensive

832

	n. proximity.
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease

compress

833

	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.

compressible

834

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.

compression

835

	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	v. to make supremely happy.

comprise

836

	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. eating or drinking of something
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily

compulsion

837

	n. attachment.
	adj. colorless,
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

compulsory

838

	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect

compunction

839

	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

compute

840

	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	adj. harmonious.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation

concede

841

	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. eating or drinking of something
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another

conceit

842

	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still

conceive

843

	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality

concerto

844

	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	prep. apart from.
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly

concession

845

	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	v. to predict.
	adj. fond of drinking.
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission

conciliate

846

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	v. to obtain the friendship of.

conciliatory

847

	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.

conclusive

848

	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

concord

849

	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.

concordance

850

	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	adj. wanting water.
	n. harmony.
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

concur

851

	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	v. to agree.

concurrence

852

	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. agreement.

concurrent

853

	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. the act or state or conforming.

concussion

854

	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	adj. withered.
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. the denial of the existence of god.

condensation

855

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. compression
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	adj. capable of being appealed to.

condense

856

	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate

condescend

857

	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	n. blessing.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.

condolence

858

	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	v. to make the first attack.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

conduce

859

	v. to bring about.
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	n. a very detestable act or practice.

conducive

860

	n. diversion.
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	adj. contributing to an end.

conductible

861

	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.

conduit

862

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.

confectionery

863

	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	v. to cover with ornament.
	v. to await.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

confederacy

864

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	n. alliance
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle

confederate

865

	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. ally; form a group or unite
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	n. an angel of high rank.

confer

866

	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

conferee

867

	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. a person with whom another confers.

confessor

868

	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

confidant

869

	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

confide

870

	v. to be in collusion.
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding

confidence

871

	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things

confident

872

	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	v. to mean; signify.
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.

confinement

873

	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	v. breakdown; failure
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

confiscate

874

	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	adj. colorless,
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use

conflagration

875

	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	v. quote; adduce as an instance

confluence

876

	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.

confluent

877

	v. to make familiar by use.
	v. associate; incorporate
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	n. a stream that unites with another.

conformable

878

	adj. harmonious.
	v. associate; incorporate
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison

conformance

879

	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. an escort or lover.
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. the act or state or conforming.

conformation

880

	n. part or division of poem of some length
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud

conformity

881

	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	a. awake; alert
	adj. dominant.

confront

882

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important

congeal

883

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	v. to coagulate.

congenial

884

	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	a. compatible

congest

885

	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	v. to collect into a mass.

congregate

886

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. the passion for collecting books.

coniferous

887

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test

conjecture

888

	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.

conjoin

889

	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	v. to unite.
	n. proximity.

conjugal

890

	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.

conjugate

891

	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	adj. joined together in pairs.

conjugation

892

	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage

conjunction

893

	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.

connive

894

	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	v. to be in collusion.

connoisseur

895

	n. flood.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. harmony.

connote

896

	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	v. to mean; signify.

connubial

897

	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.

conquer

898

	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. a title of jesus
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over

consanguineous

899

	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. approach; entry; entrance

conscience

900

	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time

conscientious

901

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable

conscious

902

	a. awake; alert
	adj. rebellious.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

conscript

903

	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	v. to force into military service.
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.

consecrate

904

	v. to set apart as sacred.
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

consecutive

905

	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential

consensus

906

	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

conservatism

907

	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts

conservative

908

	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole

conservatory

909

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	adj. cheerful.
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter

consign

910

	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect

consignee

911

	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.

consignor

912

	n. one who entrusts.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly

consistency

913

	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. greediness.

console

914

	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.

consolidate

915

	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

consonance

916

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement

consonant

917

	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	a. compatible; harmonious

consort

918

	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	v. associate; join
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

conspicuous

919

	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	adj. taking notice.

conspirator

920

	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious

conspire

921

	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	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. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation

constable

922

	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	v. cause to come together formally
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.

constellation

923

	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name

consternation

924

	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.

constituency

925

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. an abiding.
	v. bump; hit; conflict

constituent

926

	adj. tending to one point.
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

constrict

927

	n. an animal having two feet.
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. blessing.

consul

928

	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.

consulate

929

	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.

consummate

930

	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy

consumption

931

	n. hard coal.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	n. eating or drinking of something

consumptive

932

	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	adj. producing coagulation.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.

contagion

933

	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	v. to collect into a mass.
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.

contagious

934

	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude

contaminate

935

	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	n. a placing opposite.
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.

contemplate

936

	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. an angel of high rank.

contemporaneous

937

	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

contemporary

938

	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

contemptible

939

	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	adj. tending to one point.
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean

contemptuous

940

	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	adj. taking notice.

contender

941

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.

contiguity

942

	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. proximity.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

contiguous

943

	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

continence

944

	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

contingency

945

	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility

contingent

946

	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.

continuance

947

	n. permanence.
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	v. to change into acid.
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution

continuation

948

	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point

continuity

949

	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

continuous

950

	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

contort

951

	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere

contraband

952

	n. proclamation.
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.

contradiction

953

	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	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

contradictory

954

	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose

contraposition

955

	n. a placing opposite.
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition

contravene

956

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	v. bump; hit; conflict

contribution

957

	n. sulfur.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.

contributor

958

	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

contrite

959

	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.

contrivance

960

	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.

contrive

961

	n. madhouse.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design

control

962

	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	n. a tree.
	adj. serving or tending to force.

controller

963

	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing

contumacious

964

	adj. rebellious.
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle

contumacy

965

	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. historian.

contuse

966

	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent

contusion

967

	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

convalesce

968

	v. recover gradually from an illness
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty

convalescence

969

	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation

convalescent

970

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

convene

971

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	v. cause to come together formally
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

convenience

972

	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. state of being suitable

converge

973

	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together

convergent

974

	adj. tending to one point.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	v. to coagulate.

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