GRE Big Book Words List| Match Practice

GRE Big Book Words

Group (1) - Matching Quizzes

abase

	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.

abbess

	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.

abbey

	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. state of being suitable
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept

abbot

	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring

abdicate

	adj. before noon.
	a. compatible; harmonious
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

abdomen

	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident

abdominal

	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.

abduction

	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	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. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force

abed

	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	adv. in bed; on a bed.

aberration

	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

abet

	v. to be in pain or distress.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position

abeyance

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax

abhorrence

	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	adv. once more.
	n. eating or drinking of something
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right

abhorrent

	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.

abidance

	n. one who attacks.
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	n. an abiding.

abject

	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status

abjure

	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.

ablution

	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude

abnegate

	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing

abnormal

	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status

abominable

	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	n. state of being suitable
	v. to walk about

abominate

	v. to name in baptism.
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	v. to hate violently.
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression

abomination

	adj. producing coagulation.
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. a very detestable act or practice.

aboriginal

	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native

aborigines

	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	v. to walk about
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.

abrade

	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality

abrasion

	n. scratch; friction
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

abridge

	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

abridgment

	n. conversation.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.

abrogate

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	v. to walk about
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak

abrupt

	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. engagement to marry.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.

abscess

	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	n. hillside.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

abscission

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.

abscond

	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	n. sulfur.

absence

	v. to agree.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	adv. from side to side.

absolution

	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. delusive speech.
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

absolve

	v. to make the first attack.
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

absorb

	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant

absorption

	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. something overdue and unpaid.

abstain

	n. a person with whom another confers.
	adv. an expression of assent.
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.

abstemious

	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate

abstinence

	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner

abstruse

	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

absurd

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish

abundant

	n. ally; form a group or unite
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. agreement.

abusive

	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind

abut

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass

abyss

	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.

academic

	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

academician

	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. conversation.
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

academy

	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	n. the state of being adjacent.

accede

	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede

accelerate

	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	v. to take when offered.

access

	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. approach; entry; entrance

accessible

	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly

accession

	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	v. to hate violently.
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works

accessory

	v. to unite.
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.

acclaim

	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. the act of rising.
	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration

accommodate

	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. historian.

accompaniment

	adj. cheerful.
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue

accompanist

	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	n. one who or that which accompanies.

accompany

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	v. travel with; be associated with
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

accomplice

	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	a. two-sided; mutual

accomplish

	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete

accordion

	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	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 grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.

accost

	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners

account

	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

accouter

	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. a vehement appeal.
	v. equip; provide with military equipment

accredit

	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	v. to cover with ornament.
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble

accumulate

	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase

accuracy

	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.

accurate

	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision

accursed

	v. to unite.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

accusation

	v. to name in baptism.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party

accusatory

	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. eating or drinking of something
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to

accuse

	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	v. blame; condemn
	n. a title of jesus

accustom

	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	n. hillside.
	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. hard coal.

acerbity

	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict

acetate

	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

acetic

	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour

ache

	v. to be in pain or distress.
	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. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.

achillean

	adj. invulnerable.
	adj. saintly.
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. one who attacks.

achromatic

	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	adj. colorless,

acid

	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

acidify

	v. to change into acid.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit

acknowledge

	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	adv. once more.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

acknowledgment

	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. recognition.
	v. to take when offered.
	n. an angel of high rank.

acme

	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality

acoustic

	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. unrestricted power.
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

acquaint

	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	v. cause to come together formally

acquiesce

	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

acquiescence

	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	v. to study plant-life.
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	n. passive consent.

acquit

	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable

acquittal

	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

acquittance

	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	a. arousing or provoking laughter

acreage

	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	n. one who entrusts.
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

acrid

	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	v. to blend.
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent

acrimonious

	n. portion.
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner

acrimony

100

	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	n. group of closely located islands
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

actionable

101

	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

actuality

102

	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	n. any reality.
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy

actuary

103

	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	adj. that may or can collapse.

actuate

104

	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. attachment.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	v. put into motion or action; activate

acumen

105

	n. flood.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

acute

106

	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious

adamant

107

	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle

addendum

108

	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts

addle

109

	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

adduce

110

	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with

adhere

111

	v. to walk about
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

adherence

112

	n. attachment.
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

adherent

113

	n. flood.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity

adhesion

114

	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. the state of being attached or joined.

adieu

115

	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown

adjacency

116

	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	n. the state of being adjacent.

adjacent

117

	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	adj. harmonious.
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

adjudge

118

	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.

adjunct

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	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	adv. an expression of assent.

adjuration

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	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. a vehement appeal.
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

adjutant

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	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	adj. auxiliary.
	adj. notoriously bad.

administrator

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	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.

admissible

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	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	v. to await.
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented

admittance

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	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

admonish

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	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

admonition

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	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.

ado

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	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle

adoration

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	n. permanence.
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner

adroit

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	a. compatible
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

adulterant

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	n. an adulterating substance.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

adulterate

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	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

adumbrate

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	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

advent

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	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important

adverse

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	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose

adversity

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	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	a. two-sided; mutual
	v. to unite.
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain

advert

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	v. to refer incidentally.
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.

advertiser

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	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	v. to make supremely happy.

advisory

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	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	adv. in progress.

advocacy

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	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.

advocate

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	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.

aerial

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	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.

aeronaut

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	adj. dominant.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.

aeronautics

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	adj. contributing to an end.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.

aerostat

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	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.

aerostatics

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	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

affable

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	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation

affect

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	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.

affectation

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	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	v. to walk about
	v. include; consist of; be composed of

affiliate

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	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	v. associate; incorporate

affirmative

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	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	n. absolute government.
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	v. to confuse.

affix

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	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	v. to confuse.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something

affluence

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	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth

affront

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	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. obsolescence.

afoot

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	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	adv. in progress.

aforesaid

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	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.

afresh

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	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

afterthought

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	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter

agglomerate

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	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. agreement.
	v. to pile or heap together.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.

aggrandize

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	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.

aggravate

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	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

aggravation

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	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial

aggregate

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	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. the denial of the existence of god.

aggress

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	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. to make the first attack.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position

aggression

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	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. hard coal.
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.

aggrieve

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	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.

aghast

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	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	adj. capable of being conceived.

agile

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	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. delusive speech.
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick

agitate

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	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint

agrarian

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	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	adj. harmonious.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters

ailment

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	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction

airy

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	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	v. to bring about.
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things

akin

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	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something

alabaster

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	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes

alacrity

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	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. compression
	adj. low in tone or compass.

albeit

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	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding

albino

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	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	n. portion.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.

album

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	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.

alchemy

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	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	adj. producing coagulation.
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	n. obsolescence.

alcohol

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	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	n. eating or drinking of something

alcoholism

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	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. estrangement.
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

alcove

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	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place

alder

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	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	adj. dominant.
	n. diversion.
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.

alderman

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	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	v. to cover with ornament.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others

aldermanship

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	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	v. to unite.
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.

alias

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	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. eating or drinking of something
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action

alien

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	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person

alienable

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	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	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

alienate

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	n. compression
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

alienation

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	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. estrangement.

aliment

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	n. that which nourishes.
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

alkali

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	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	adj. colorless,
	v. to study plant-life.

allay

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	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

allege

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	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	n. the denial of the existence of god.

allegory

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	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.

alleviate

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	v. comment; make explanatory notes
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase

alley

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	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.

alliance

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	adj. withered.
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

allot

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	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

allotment

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	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	n. portion.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured

allude

200

	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

allusion

201

	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing

alluvion

202

	adj. capable of being conceived.
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. flood.

ally

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	n. confederate; partner; collaborator
	adj. cowardly.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. breaking of contract or duty

almanac

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	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension

aloof

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	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey

altar

206

	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	v. to make familiar by use.
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity

alter

207

	v. to collect into a mass.
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	v. state without proof; assert to be true

alteration

208

	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change

altercate

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	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

alternate

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	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. one who attacks.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.

alternative

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	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

altitude

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	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere

alto

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	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion

altruism

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	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.

altruist

215

	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. obsolescence.
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension

amalgam

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	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve

amalgamate

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	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	n. engagement to marry.

amateur

218

	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal

amatory

219

	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue

ambidextrous

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	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice

ambiguous

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	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. recognition.
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning

ambitious

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	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	v. quote; adduce as an instance

ambrosial

223

	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.

ambulance

224

	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

ambulate

225

	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	v. to walk about
	n. over-regulated administrative system

ambush

226

	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	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. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station

ameliorate

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	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better

amenable

228

	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures

americanism

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	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.

amicable

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	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable

amity

231

	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy

amorous

232

	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

amorphous

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	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.

amour

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	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring

ampere

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	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation

amphibious

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	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	v. to be in collusion.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	adj. living both on land and in water.

amphitheater

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	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote

amplitude

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	n. largeness.
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

amply

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	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	adv. sufficiently.
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity

amputate

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	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

amusement

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	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	n. diversion.
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form

anachronism

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	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things

anagram

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	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

analogous

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	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

analogy

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	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. the act or state or conforming.

analyst

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	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. an ox.

analyze

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	v. diagnose; examine
	adj. fond of drinking.
	a. capable; adept
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist

anarchy

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	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion

anathema

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	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

anatomy

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	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly

anecdote

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	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice

anemia

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	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.

anemic

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	adj. affected with anemia.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	n. madhouse.
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout

anemometer

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	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.

anesthetic

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	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. the act or state or conforming.

anew

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	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	adv. once more.

angelic

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	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. obsolescence.
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	adj. saintly.

anglophobia

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	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.

angular

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	adj. living both on land and in water.
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

anhydrous

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	adj. withered.
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

animadversion

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	n. state of being suitable
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks

animadvert

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	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	v. refrain from buying or using

animalcule

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	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. proximity.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

animate

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	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated

animosity

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	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act

annalist

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	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. historian.
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

annals

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	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

annex

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	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward

annihilate

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	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	v. to await.
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct

annotate

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	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

annual

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	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	a. occurring or payable every year

annuity

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	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious

annunciation

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	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. proclamation.
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.

anode

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	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	adv. in progress.

anonymous

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	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing

antagonism

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	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.

antarctic

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	n. over-regulated administrative system
	v. to happen to or befall.
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

ante

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	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	v. to make the first attack.

antecede

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	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order

antecedent

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	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

antechamber

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	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.

antedate

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	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	n. unrestricted power.

antediluvian

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	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect

antemeridian

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	adj. before noon.
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

antenatal

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	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

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	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

anteroom

287

	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.

anthology

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	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.

anthracite

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	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. hard coal.
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants

anthropology

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	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply

anthropomorphous

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	adj. having or resembling human form.
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.

antic

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	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.

antichrist

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	adj. wanting water.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures

anticlimax

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	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

anticyclone

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	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm

antidote

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	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

antilogy

297

	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. engagement to marry.
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.

antipathize

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	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. historian.

antiphon

299

	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. estrangement.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. blessing.

antiphony

300

	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	v. to blend.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

antipodes

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	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode

antiquary

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	adj. cheerful.
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory

antiquate

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	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	v. blame; condemn

antique

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	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion

antiseptic

305

	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	v. travel with; be associated with
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	adj. fond of drinking.

antislavery

306

	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	adj. opposed to human slavery.

antispasmodic

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	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees

antistrophe

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	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye

antitoxin

309

	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. the passion for collecting books.

antonym

310

	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	v. to collect into a mass.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

anxious

311

	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	v. breakdown; failure
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter

apathy

312

	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	v. to hate violently.

aperture

313

	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	v. to make the first attack.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.

apex

314

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax

aphorism

315

	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	n. that which nourishes.
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

apiary

316

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey

apogee

317

	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

apology

318

	n. estrangement.
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. a college student.
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place

apostate

319

	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. ally; form a group or unite

apostle

320

	n. a title of jesus
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

apothecary

321

	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases

apotheosis

322

	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.

appall

323

	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak

apparent

324

	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye

apparition

325

	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

appease

326

	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end

appellate

327

	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor

appellation

328

	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	v. to take when offered.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy

append

329

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station

appertain

330

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. a tree.
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

apposite

331

	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	v. to force into military service.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

apposition

332

	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	adj. low in tone or compass.

appraise

333

	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.

appreciable

334

	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	a. considerable; perceptible

apprehend

335

	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive

apprehensible

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	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	adj. capable of being conceived.

approbation

337

	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

appropriate

338

	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	v. to sail quite around.

aqueduct

339

	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

aqueous

340

	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something

arbiter

341

	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. a vehement appeal.
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly

arbitrary

342

	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies

arbitrate

343

	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	v. blame; condemn
	a. arousing or provoking laughter

arbor

344

	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. the buttocks.
	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. a tree.

arboreal

345

	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees

arborescent

346

	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	a. considerable; perceptible
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.

arboretum

347

	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	v. to hate violently.

arboriculture

348

	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. proximity.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.

arcade

349

	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

archaeology

350

	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. sulfur.

archaic

351

	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

archaism

352

	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	n. obsolescence.

archangel

353

	adj. affected with anemia.
	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. compression
	n. a salt of acetic acid.

archbishop

354

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.

archdeacon

355

	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	adj. auxiliary.
	v. produce; give rise to

archetype

356

	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body

archipelago

357

	n. group of closely located islands
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	a. of the same kin; related by blood

ardent

358

	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. obsolescence.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification

ardor

359

	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

arid

360

	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble

aristocracy

361

	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end

aristocrat

362

	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble

armada

363

	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.

armful

364

	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts

armory

365

	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured

aroma

366

	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

arraign

367

	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	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. an ox.
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

arrange

368

	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary

arrangement

369

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. composition; order

arrant

370

	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point

arrear

371

	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. a tree.

arrival

372

	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away

arrogant

373

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	a. intended to confuse in an argument

arrogate

374

	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit

artesian

375

	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure

artful

376

	n. a college student.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important

arthurian

377

	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

artifice

378

	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. an ox.

artless

379

	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test

ascendant

380

	adj. dominant.
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. book of literary selections by various authors

ascension

381

	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. the act of rising.
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect

ascent

382

	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.

ascetic

383

	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain

ascribe

384

	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

asexual

385

	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

ashen

386

	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

askance

387

	n. one who entrusts.
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.

asperity

388

	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate

aspirant

389

	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	adj. contributing to an end.
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner

aspire

390

	n. tendency to keep together
	v. breakdown; failure
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end

assailant

391

	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	n. one who attacks.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

assassin

392

	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	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. one who manages a government agency or department
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest

assassination

394

	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	n. one who entrusts.

assay

395

	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test

assent

396

	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

assess

397

	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. politeness.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.

assessor

398

	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. greediness.

assets

399

	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object

assiduous

400

	v. breakdown; failure
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy

assignee

401

	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	prep. apart from.

assimilate

402

	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	n. harmony.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.

assonance

403

	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes

assonant

404

	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time

assonate

405

	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions

assuage

406

	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

astringent

407

	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

astute

408

	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence

atheism

409

	adj. tending to one point.
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of

athirst

410

	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	adj. wanting water.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film

athwart

411

	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	adv. from side to side.
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

atomizer

412

	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. expression of warm approval; praise

atone

413

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

atonement

414

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin

atrocious

415

	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	n. engagement to marry.
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

atrocity

416

	n. a person with whom another confers.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract

attache

417

	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

attest

418

	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. one who entrusts.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

auburn

419

	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. the first light of day; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.

audacious

420

	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind

audible

421

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

audition

422

	n. water saturated with salt.
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

auditory

423

	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	v. refrain from buying or using

augment

424

	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.

augur

425

	n. one who loves books.
	v. to predict.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

augustinian

426

	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

aura

427

	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	v. associate; incorporate
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function

aural

428

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution

auricle

429

	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes

auricular

430

	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order

auriferous

431

	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	adj. containing gold.

aurora

432

	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. the first light of day; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force

auspice

433

	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

austere

434

	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented

autarchy

435

	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. unrestricted power.
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe

authentic

436

	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy

authenticity

437

	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request

autocracy

438

	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	n. absolute government.
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings

autocrat

439

	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

automaton

440

	v. to make the first attack.
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

autonomous

441

	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect

autonomy

442

	n. a tree.
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive

autopsy

443

	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye

autumnal

444

	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

auxiliary

445

	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.

avalanche

446

	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept

avarice

447

	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

aver

448

	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	v. declare to be true; affirm
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes

averse

449

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	a. two-sided; mutual
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling

aversion

450

	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve

avert

451

	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	v. to change into acid.
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away

aviary

452

	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

avidity

453

	n. greediness.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy

avocation

454

	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.

avow

455

	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	adj. withered.

awaken

456

	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

aye

457

	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.

azalea

458

	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. historian.
	n. a flowering shrub.

azure

459

	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. group of closely located islands
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

baconian

460

	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name

bacterium

461

	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

badger

462

	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. composition; order
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

baffle

463

	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted

bailiff

464

	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.

baize

465

	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person

bale

466

	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	a. considerable; perceptible
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation

baleful

467

	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean

ballad

468

	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing

balsam

469

	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

banal

470

	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. a placing opposite.

barcarole

471

	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing

baritone

472

	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

barograph

473

	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters

barometer

474

	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. state of being suitable
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.

barring

475

	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	prep. apart from.
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.

bask

476

	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth

bass

477

	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	adj. low in tone or compass.
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

baste

478

	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit

baton

479

	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. passive consent.

battalion

480

	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. the passion for collecting books.

batten

481

	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. a narrow strip of wood.

batter

482

	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

bauble

483

	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	prep. apart from.

bawl

484

	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.

beatify

485

	adj. saintly.
	v. to make supremely happy.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	v. be earlier in time; go back further

beatitude

486

	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	v. refrain from buying or using
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously

beau

487

	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	n. an escort or lover.
	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.

becalm

488

	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	v. to change into acid.

beck

489

	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. greediness.
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.

bedaub

490

	n. scratch; friction
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.

bedeck

491

	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	v. to cover with ornament.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. the denial of the existence of god.

bedlam

492

	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. madhouse.
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect

befog

493

	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. to confuse.
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait

befriend

494

	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.

beget

495

	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	v. produce; give rise to
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.

begrudge

496

	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.

belate

497

	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.

belay

498

	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. one who loves books.
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle

belie

499

	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law

believe

500

	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content

belittle

501

	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners

belle

502

	n. conversation.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.

bellicose

503

	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. a placing opposite.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.

belligerent

504

	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

bemoan

505

	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity

benediction

506

	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception

benefactor

507

	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow

benefice

508

	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

beneficent

509

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	v. to collect into a mass.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

beneficial

510

	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.

beneficiary

511

	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode

benefit

512

	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	adj. delicate, ethereal.

benevolence

513

	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

benevolent

514

	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	a. occurring or payable every year
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.

benign

515

	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	n. greediness.
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.

benignant

516

	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity

benignity

517

	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

benison

518

	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. blessing.
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something

bequeath

519

	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down

bereave

520

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

berth

521

	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice

beseech

522

	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts

beset

523

	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. recognition.
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in

besmear

524

	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	adj. affected with anemia.
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

bestial

525

	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.

bestrew

526

	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist

bestride

527

	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works

bethink

528

	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	v. to remind oneself.
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase

betide

529

	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. state of being suitable
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.

betimes

530

	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	adv. in good season or time.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict

betroth

531

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.

betrothal

532

	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. engagement to marry.
	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

bevel

533

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".

bewilder

534

	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	adj. saintly.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes

bibliography

535

	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject

bibliomania

536

	n. the passion for collecting books.
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye

bibliophile

537

	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	adj. affected with anemia.
	n. one who loves books.

bibulous

538

	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	adj. fond of drinking.

bide

539

	v. to await.
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

biennial

540

	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	v. to confuse.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured

bier

541

	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.

bigamist

542

	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	v. associate; join

bigamy

543

	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	n. permanence.
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.

bight

544

	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected

bilateral

545

	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	a. two-sided; mutual
	n. compression

bilingual

546

	adv. in good season or time.
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

biograph

547

	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.

biology

548

	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	n. an abiding.

biped

549

	n. an animal having two feet.
	adj. dominant.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food

birthright

550

	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	v. applaud; announce with great approval

bitterness

551

	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. politeness.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. hard coal.

blase

552

	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	adj. sated with pleasure.

blaspheme

553

	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented

blatant

554

	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.

blaze

555

	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better

blazon

556

	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. scratch; friction
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	v. to make widely or generally known.

bleak

557

	adv. in good season or time.
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

blemish

558

	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.

blithe

559

	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

blithesome

560

	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	v. breakdown; failure
	adj. cheerful.
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

blockade

561

	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power

boatswain

562

	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	adj. compassionate.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	v. to make widely or generally known.

bodily

563

	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. a placing opposite.
	adj. corporeal.
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner

boisterous

564

	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	n. an angel of high rank.
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.

bole

565

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.

bolero

566

	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

boll

567

	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute

bolster

568

	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously

bomb

569

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. proclamation.

bombard

570

	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.

bombardier

571

	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite

bombast

572

	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of

boorish

573

	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.

bore

574

	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. a tree.

borough

575

	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.

bosom

576

	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease

botanical

577

	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.

botanize

578

	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	v. to refer incidentally.
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.

botany

579

	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. a placing opposite.
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase

bountiful

580

	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

bowdlerize

581

	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	v. produce; give rise to
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

bowler

582

	v. to name in baptism.
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	v. to make familiar by use.

boycott

583

	v. refrain from buying or using
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

brae

584

	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. hillside.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.

braggart

585

	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.

brandish

586

	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak

bravado

587

	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	n. a vehement appeal.
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery

bravo

588

	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	adj. wanting water.
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	interj. well done.

bray

589

	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show

braze

590

	v. recover gradually from an illness
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.

brazier

591

	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

breach

592

	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	v. assent; agree without protesting

breaker

593

	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.

breech

594

	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. the buttocks.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

brethren

595

	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs

brevity

596

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression

bridle

597

	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

brigade

598

	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.

brigadier

599

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously

brigand

600

	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

brimstone

601

	n. sulfur.
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain

brine

602

	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. diversion.
	n. a placing opposite.
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence

bristle

603

	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	adj. cowardly.

britannia

604

	n. greediness.
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.

briticism

605

	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.

brittle

606

	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.

broach

607

	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front

broadcast

608

	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	adj. containing gold.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.

brogan

609

	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	adj. serving or tending to force.

brogue

610

	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.

brokerage

611

	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.

bromine

612

	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	v. to study plant-life.
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	n. a spiritual advisor.

bronchitis

613

	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused

bronchus

614

	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere

brooch

615

	v. diagnose; examine
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women

brotherhood

616

	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

browbeat

617

	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

brusque

618

	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.

buffoon

619

	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

buffoonery

620

	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker

bulbous

621

	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.

bullock

622

	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. an ox.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.

bulrush

623

	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	v. to agree.
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet

bulwark

624

	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.

bumper

625

	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing

bumptious

626

	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	v. assent; agree without protesting

bungle

627

	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	v. to cover with ornament.
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner

buoyancy

628

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".

buoyant

629

	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	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. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

bureau

630

	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	v. to walk about

bureaucracy

631

	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	adj. withered.

burgess

632

	v. to name in baptism.
	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.

burgher

633

	adv. sufficiently.
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being

burnish

634

	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth

bursar

635

	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

bustle

636

	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	adj. designed to excite love.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

butt

637

	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position

butte

638

	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.

buttress

639

	n. a title of jesus
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement

cabal

640

	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	v. to walk about
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

cabinet

641

	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. an adulterating substance.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet

cacophony

642

	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

cadaverous

643

	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	adj. fond of drinking.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible

cadence

644

	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

cadenza

645

	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others

caitiff

646

	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
	adj. cowardly.

cajole

647

	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

cajolery

648

	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. delusive speech.
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	v. to twist into a misshapen form.

calculable

649

	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.

calculus

650

	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	v. to take when offered.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person

callosity

651

	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	adj. compassionate.

callow

652

	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness

calorie

653

	adj. invulnerable.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree

calumny

654

	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration

calvary

655

	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. the place where christ was crucified.

calvinism

656

	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with

calvinize

657

	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly

came

658

	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes

cameo

659

	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. agreement.
	a. two-sided; mutual

campaign

660

	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

canaanite

661

	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

canary

662

	n. the act of rising.
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.

candid

663

	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).

candor

664

	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	v. to coagulate.

canine

665

	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. a stream that unites with another.

canon

666

	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works

cant

667

	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

cantata

668

	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

canto

669

	n. part or division of poem of some length
	adj. tending to one point.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.

cantonment

670

	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	v. travel with; be associated with
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. water saturated with salt.

capacious

671

	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. politeness.

capillary

672

	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	adj. withered.
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter

capitulate

673

	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

caprice

674

	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement

caption

675

	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve

captious

676

	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts

captivate

677

	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy

carcass

678

	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.

cardiac

679

	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	a. of or relating to the heart

cardinal

680

	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	v. to make supremely happy.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. an ox.

caret

681

	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.

caricature

682

	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect

carnage

683

	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.

carnal

684

	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily

carnivorous

685

	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory

carouse

686

	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

carrion

687

	v. to bring about.
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity

cartilage

688

	n. one who entrusts.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.

cartridge

689

	v. to take when offered.
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.

caste

690

	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

castigate

691

	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

casual

692

	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies

casualty

693

	n. conversation.
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision

cataclysm

694

	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	v. to change into acid.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.

cataract

695

	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	v. to confuse.

catastrophe

696

	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune

cathode

697

	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	adv. from side to side.
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

catholicism

698

	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	n. passive consent.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

catholicity

699

	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.

caucus

700

	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

causal

701

	adj. cowardly.
	adj. tending to one point.
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful

caustic

702

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. compression
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.

cauterize

703

	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason

cede

704

	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

censor

705

	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity

censorious

706

	n. largeness.
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

census

707

	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. blessing.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker

centenary

708

	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
	n. a spiritual advisor.

centiliter

709

	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.

centimeter

710

	n. diversion.
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

centurion

711

	n. grasp; ability to understand
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

cereal

712

	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.

ceremonial

713

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

ceremonious

714

	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

cessation

715

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. one who attacks.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

cession

716

	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

chameleon

717

	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	v. to cover with ornament.
	a. definitive; decisive; final

chancery

718

	v. cause to come together formally
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth

chaos

719

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

characteristic

720

	v. to collect into a mass.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.

characterize

721

	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

charlatan

722

	adj. affected with anemia.
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

chasten

723

	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.

chastise

724

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts

chastity

725

	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	v. assent; agree without protesting

chateau

726

	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement

chattel

727

	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	n. sulfur.
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. any article of personal property.

check

728

	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain

chiffon

729

	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.

chivalry

730

	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. courtesy towards women
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.

cholera

731

	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.

choleric

732

	n. water saturated with salt.
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger

choral

733

	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement

christ

734

	v. travel with; be associated with
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. a title of jesus

christen

735

	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	v. to name in baptism.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

christendom

736

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. the buttocks.
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

chromatic

737

	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	a. comparable; similar or alike

chronology

738

	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	v. to name in baptism.

chronometer

739

	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. that which nourishes.

cipher

740

	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	v. to set apart as sacred.

circulate

741

	adj. having or resembling human form.
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem

circumference

742

	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable

circumlocution

743

	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year

circumnavigate

744

	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	v. to sail quite around.
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over

circumscribe

745

	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	adj. before noon.
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.

circumspect

746

	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence

citadel

747

	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle

cite

748

	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown

claimant

749

	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	v. to mean; signify.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose

clairvoyance

750

	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. over-regulated administrative system

clamorous

751

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	v. travel with; be associated with
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.

clan

752

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away

clandestine

753

	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force

clangor

754

	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem

clarify

755

	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. permanence.

clarion

756

	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	adj. dominant.
	v. to be in pain or distress.

classify

757

	v. to coagulate.
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.

clearance

758

	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy

clemency

759

	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act

clement

760

	n. obsolescence.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	adj. compassionate.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish

clothier

761

	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.

clumsy

762

	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

coagulant

763

	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	adj. producing coagulation.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.

coagulate

764

	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.

coalescence

765

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

coalition

766

	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

coddle

767

	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	adj. harmonious.
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

codicil

768

	n. an ox.
	n. courtesy towards women
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously

coerce

769

	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb

coercion

770

	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.

coercive

771

	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	n. any reality.
	adj. serving or tending to force.

cogent

772

	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	adj. having the nature of a tree.

cognate

773

	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence

cognizant

774

	a. concerning; simultaneous
	adj. taking notice.
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

cohere

775

	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	v. assemble; convene; gather

cohesion

776

	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	n. tendency to keep together
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

cohesive

777

	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	adj. compassionate.
	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

coincide

778

	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

coincidence

779

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

coincident

780

	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	a. concerning; simultaneous
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.

collaborate

781

	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.

collapse

782

	v. breakdown; failure
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

collapsible

783

	n. a placing opposite.
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. act of accompanying someone or something

colleague

784

	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold

collective

785

	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase
	n. group of closely located islands
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

collector

786

	n. recognition.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.

collegian

787

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	v. to take when offered.
	n. a college student.
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct

collide

788

	n. eating or drinking of something
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing

collier

789

	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.

collision

790

	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals

colloquial

791

	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

colloquialism

792

	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	adj. affected with anemia.
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

colloquy

793

	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. conversation.
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

collusion

794

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	adj. saintly.
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down

colossus

795

	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	v. to mean; signify.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. any strikingly great person or object.

comely

796

	n. agreement.
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

comestible

797

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
	adj. fit to be eaten.

comical

798

	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.

commemorate

799

	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily

commentary

800

	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

commingle

801

	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	v. to blend.
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere

commissariat

802

	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.

commission

803

	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.

commitment

804

	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends

committal

805

	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

commodity

806

	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.

commotion

807

	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	n. approach; entry; entrance

commute

808

	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

comparable

809

	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	n. any article of personal property.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement

comparative

810

	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.

comparison

811

	n. that which nourishes.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.

compensate

812

	v. make amends for; reimburse
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.

competence

813

	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things

competent

814

	a. capable; adept
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. a college student.
	n. a salt of acetic acid.

competitive

815

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. unrestricted power.
	adj. affected with anemia.
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition

competitor

816

	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.

complacent

817

	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	a. two-sided; mutual
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it

complaisance

818

	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. politeness.
	n. obsolescence.

complaisant

819

	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle

complement

820

	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.

complex

821

	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse

compliant

822

	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners

complicate

823

	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. greediness.

complication

824

	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	v. associate; join
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use

complicity

825

	n. delusive speech.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

compliment

826

	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned

component

827

	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.

comport

828

	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

composure

829

	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.

comprehensible

830

	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.

comprehension

831

	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

comprehensive

832

	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope

compress

833

	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	adj. saintly.
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing

compressible

834

	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	n. an escort or lover.
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.

compression

835

	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.

comprise

836

	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance

compulsion

837

	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint

compulsory

838

	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule

compunction

839

	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. hillside.

compute

840

	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept

concede

841

	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another

conceit

842

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

conceive

843

	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

concerto

844

	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. delusive speech.

concession

845

	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

conciliate

846

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.

conciliatory

847

	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

conclusive

848

	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition

concord

849

	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things

concordance

850

	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. harmony.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.

concur

851

	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	v. to agree.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

concurrence

852

	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	n. agreement.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey

concurrent

853

	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. absolute government.

concussion

854

	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing

condensation

855

	n. compression
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	adj. having or resembling human form.

condense

856

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. the state of being attached or joined.

condescend

857

	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	v. to make the first attack.
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

condolence

858

	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

conduce

859

	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	n. courtesy towards women
	v. to bring about.
	n. part or division of poem of some length

conducive

860

	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	adj. contributing to an end.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate

conductible

861

	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	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. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

conduit

862

	adj. cowardly.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

confectionery

863

	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	v. breakdown; failure
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented

confederacy

864

	n. alliance
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

confederate

865

	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. ally; form a group or unite

confer

866

	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. politeness.
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

conferee

867

	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.

confessor

868

	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. a spiritual advisor.
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

confidant

869

	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable

confide

870

	v. to bring about.
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

confidence

871

	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.

confident

872

	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

confinement

873

	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.

confiscate

874

	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

conflagration

875

	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty

confluence

876

	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. agreement.
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet

confluent

877

	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	v. to blend.

conformable

878

	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	adj. harmonious.
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with

conformance

879

	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily

conformation

880

	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. diversion.

conformity

881

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks

confront

882

	n. hillside.
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job

congeal

883

	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	v. to coagulate.
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest

congenial

884

	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	adj. invulnerable.
	a. compatible
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.

congest

885

	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	v. to collect into a mass.

congregate

886

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect

coniferous

887

	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

conjecture

888

	a. occurring or payable every year
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

conjoin

889

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	v. to unite.

conjugal

890

	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	v. to obtain the friendship of.

conjugate

891

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	v. refrain from buying or using
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	v. to be in collusion.

conjugation

892

	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

conjunction

893

	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	v. associate; incorporate
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league

connive

894

	n. harmony.
	v. to be in collusion.
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts

connoisseur

895

	n. group of closely located islands
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts

connote

896

	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	v. to mean; signify.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something

connubial

897

	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.

conquer

898

	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.

consanguineous

899

	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part

conscience

900

	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	v. breakdown; failure
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle

conscientious

901

	a. comparable; similar or alike
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. the superior of a community of monks.

conscious

902

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	a. awake; alert
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

conscript

903

	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	adv. in good season or time.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	v. to force into military service.

consecrate

904

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	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. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person

consecutive

905

	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot

consensus

906

	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases

conservatism

907

	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

conservative

908

	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

conservatory

909

	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. agreement.
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure

consign

910

	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. a tree.
	n. any strikingly great person or object.

consignee

911

	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor

consignor

912

	n. one who entrusts.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner

consistency

913

	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	v. to unite.
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.

console

914

	v. bump; hit; conflict
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	adj. recovering health after sickness.

consolidate

915

	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm

consonance

916

	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	v. to bring about.
	adv. once more.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus

consonant

917

	n. proximity.
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	a. compatible; harmonious

consort

918

	v. associate; join
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. over-regulated administrative system

conspicuous

919

	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse

conspirator

920

	n. the passion for collecting books.
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter

conspire

921

	adv. sufficiently.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	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. mental keenness; quickness of perception

constable

922

	n. greediness.
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

constellation

923

	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear

consternation

924

	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror

constituency

925

	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

constituent

926

	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation

constrict

927

	adj. cowardly.
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing

consul

928

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.

consulate

929

	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse

consummate

930

	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	n. politeness.

consumption

931

	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. attachment.

consumptive

932

	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	v. to agree.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part

contagion

933

	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.

contagious

934

	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	v. to unite.
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

contaminate

935

	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile

contemplate

936

	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	adj. designed to excite love.

contemporaneous

937

	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

contemporary

938

	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. an ox.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

contemptible

939

	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	v. to blend.
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean

contemptuous

940

	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	v. to cover with ornament.
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite

contender

941

	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.

contiguity

942

	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. proximity.

contiguous

943

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	v. breakdown; failure

continence

944

	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	v. contradict; give a false impression

contingency

945

	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	a. arousing or provoking laughter

contingent

946

	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	v. make amends for; reimburse

continuance

947

	n. permanence.
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	adj. cheerful.

continuation

948

	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	n. a college student.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away

continuity

949

	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. conversation.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner

continuous

950

	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

contort

951

	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. harmony.

contraband

952

	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

contradiction

953

	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. one who attacks.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct

contradictory

954

	adj. sated with pleasure.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing

contraposition

955

	n. a placing opposite.
	v. to name in baptism.
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent

contravene

956

	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry

contribution

957

	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy

contributor

958

	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle

contrite

959

	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing

contrivance

960

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

contrive

961

	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design

control

962

	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

controller

963

	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part

contumacious

964

	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	adj. rebellious.
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival

contumacy

965

	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent

contuse

966

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.

contusion

967

	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.

convalesce

968

	adj. affected with anemia.
	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	v. recover gradually from an illness

convalescence

969

	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.

convalescent

970

	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	adj. recovering health after sickness.

convene

971

	n. part or division of poem of some length
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	v. cause to come together formally
	adj. capable of being conceived.

convenience

972

	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. state of being suitable
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving

converge

973

	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

convergent

974

	adj. tending to one point.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals

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