GRE Big Book Words List| Match Practice

GRE Big Book Words

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abase

	n. obsolescence.
	n. a title of jesus
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

abbess

	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. sharp and bitter manner
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts

abbey

	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.

abbot

	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

abdicate

	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

abdomen

	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. a tree.
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.

abdominal

	adj. dominant.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.

abduction

	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force

abed

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	v. produce; give rise to
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion

aberration

	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

abet

	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter

abeyance

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence

abhorrence

	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. any article of personal property.
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance

abhorrent

	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	a. occurring or payable every year
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. a placing opposite.

abidance

	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. an abiding.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize

abject

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status

abjure

	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

ablution

	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.

abnegate

	n. an escort or lover.
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself

abnormal

	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. one who loves books.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.

abominable

	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad

abominate

	v. to hate violently.
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade

abomination

	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god

aboriginal

	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. over-regulated administrative system

aborigines

	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down

abrade

	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. composition; order
	v. to mean; signify.

abrasion

	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. scratch; friction
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

abridge

	n. a vehement appeal.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point

abridgment

	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	adv. from side to side.
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.

abrogate

	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete

abrupt

	adj. living both on land and in water.
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another

abscess

	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

abscission

	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. engagement to marry.
	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.

abscond

	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole

absence

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.

absolution

	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.

absolve

	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts

absorb

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention

absorption

	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.

abstain

	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.

abstemious

	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse

abstinence

	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit

abstruse

	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	v. to unite.
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.

absurd

	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. alliance
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes

abundant

	n. harmony.
	a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.

abusive

	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. a college student.
	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

abut

	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	adj. cowardly.
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist

abyss

	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. the act of rising.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

academic

	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
	n. an ox.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	v. associate; join

academician

	n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.

academy

	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.

accede

	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.

accelerate

	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected

	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	v. to take when offered.
	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

access

	n. approach; entry; entrance
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.

accessible

	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.

accession

	v. to predict.
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate

accessory

	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

acclaim

	v. applaud; announce with great approval
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	v. to mean; signify.

accommodate

	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.

accompaniment

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration

accompanist

	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

accompany

	n. obsolescence.
	v. to await.
	v. travel with; be associated with
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously

accomplice

	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	interj. well done.
	adj. containing gold.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing

accomplish

	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	adj. cheerful.

accordion

	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. any reality.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.

accost

	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly

account

	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. compression

accouter

	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

accredit

	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated

accumulate

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase

accuracy

	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	v. cause to come together formally
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value

accurate

	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

accursed

	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations

accusation

	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty

accusatory

	v. associate; incorporate
	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.

accuse

	v. blame; condemn
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.

accustom

	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell

acerbity

	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together

acetate

	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

acetic

	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour

ache

	n. compression
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential

achillean

	adj. invulnerable.
	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	prep. apart from.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind

achromatic

	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	adj. colorless,

acid

	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful

acidify

	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	v. to change into acid.

acknowledge

	n. a stream that unites with another.
	n. an ox.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. a vehement appeal.

acknowledgment

	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. a college student.
	n. recognition.

acme

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.

acoustic

	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. the science of life or living organisms.

acquaint

	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	adj. having the nature of a tree.

acquiesce

	n. greediness.
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.

acquiescence

	n. passive consent.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	a. occurring or payable every year

acquit

	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	v. diagnose; examine
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.

acquittal

	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	a. two-sided; mutual

acquittance

	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse

acreage

	n. compression
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.

acrid

	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	v. equip; provide with military equipment

acrimonious

	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.

acrimony

100

	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.

actionable

101

	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.

actuality

102

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. any reality.
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity

actuary

103

	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. hillside.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

actuate

104

	v. put into motion or action; activate
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	n. blessing.
	v. to bring about.

acumen

105

	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
	n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
	v. to make familiar by use.

acute

106

	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. madhouse.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote

adamant

107

	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance

addendum

108

	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power

addle

109

	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event

adduce

110

	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

adhere

111

	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

adherence

112

	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. attachment.
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).

adherent

113

	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause

adhesion

114

	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression

adieu

115

	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	inter. good-by; farewell.

adjacency

116

	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.

adjacent

117

	v. to coagulate.
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	a. moved by sexual love; loving

adjudge

118

	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.

adjunct

119

	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.

adjuration

120

	n. a vehement appeal.
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted

adjutant

121

	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	adj. fond of drinking.
	adj. auxiliary.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.

administrator

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	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. an escort or lover.
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. expression of warm approval; praise

admissible

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	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

admittance

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	v. to make familiar by use.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.

admonish

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	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect

admonition

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	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	n. the passion for collecting books.

ado

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	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.

adoration

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	n. lack of caring; indifference
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere

adroit

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	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end

adulterant

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	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. any reality.

adulterate

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	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. a narrow strip of wood.

adumbrate

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	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity

advent

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	n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.

adverse

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	n. scratch; friction
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations

adversity

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	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune

advert

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	v. to refer incidentally.
	n. permanence.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.

advertiser

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	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

advisory

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	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	adj. rebellious.
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

advocacy

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	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

advocate

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	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	v. to remind oneself.

aerial

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	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

aeronaut

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	n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated

aeronautics

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	n. an escort or lover.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with

aerostat

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	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival

aerostatics

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	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

affable

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	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.

affect

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	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.

affectation

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	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	n. delusive speech.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire

affiliate

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	v. declare to be true; affirm
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	v. associate; incorporate
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation

affirmative

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	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.

affix

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	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	v. assent; agree without protesting

affluence

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	adj. harmonious.
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.

affront

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	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years

afoot

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	adv. in progress.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

aforesaid

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	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.

afresh

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	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	adv. once more, after rest or interval.

afterthought

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	n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes

agglomerate

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	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	v. to mean; signify.
	v. to pile or heap together.

aggrandize

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	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity

aggravate

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	v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	v. to await.

aggravation

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	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. any strikingly great person or object.

aggregate

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	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	adj. cheerful.
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.

aggress

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	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	v. to make the first attack.
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.

aggression

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	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. an unprovoked attack.
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

aggrieve

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	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.

aghast

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	adv. once more.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor

agile

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	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.

agitate

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	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.

agrarian

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	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	v. to unite.
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	v. to agree.

ailment

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	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. an escort or lover.
	n. hillside.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction

airy

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	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	adj. said in a preceding part or before.

akin

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	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	adj. cheerful.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners

alabaster

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	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use

alacrity

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	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. alliance

albeit

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	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	adv. once more.
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name

albino

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	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.

album

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	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs

alchemy

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	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in

alcohol

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	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use

alcoholism

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	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote

alcove

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	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

alder

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	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar

alderman

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	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. one who attacks.

aldermanship

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	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	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
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.

alien

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	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person

alienable

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	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

alienate

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	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

alienation

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	adj. harmonious.
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	n. estrangement.

aliment

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	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. that which nourishes.
	n. the act or state or conforming.

alkali

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	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

allay

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	n. hard coal.
	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

allege

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	v. to be in collusion.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	v. state without proof; assert to be true

allegory

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	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity

alleviate

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	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	v. to await.
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part

alley

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	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.

alliance

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	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.

allot

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	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.

allotment

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	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. portion.

allude

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	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	n. that which nourishes.

allusion

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	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor

alluvion

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	n. absolute government.
	n. flood.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. unrestricted power.

ally

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	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator

almanac

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	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation

aloof

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	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	v. to delay past the proper hour.

altar

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	n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	v. to sail quite around.
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of

alter

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	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert

alteration

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	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change

altercate

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	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	n. madhouse.

alternate

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	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest

alternative

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	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

altitude

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	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height

alto

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	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.

altruism

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	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.

altruist

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	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. composition; order
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.

amalgam

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	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame

amalgamate

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	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

amateur

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	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art

amatory

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	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	adj. designed to excite love.
	adj. joined together in pairs.

ambidextrous

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	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	a. capable of using either hand with equal ease
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize

ambiguous

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	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning

ambitious

222

	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	v. to unite.
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb

ambrosial

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	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.

ambulance

224

	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital

ambulate

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	n. hard coal.
	n. a flowering shrub.
	v. to walk about
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.

ambush

226

	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	n. greediness.
	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.

ameliorate

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	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. the act of rising.
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better

amenable

228

	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	adj. dominant.
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable

americanism

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	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject

amicable

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	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	v. to refer incidentally.

amity

231

	n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	v. include; consist of; be composed of

amorous

232

	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. hard coal.
	v. to happen to or befall.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving

amorphous

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	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	v. associate; join

amour

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	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	v. contradict; give a false impression

ampere

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	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal

amphibious

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	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
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	a. considerable; perceptible

amphitheater

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	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. use of force to get someone to obey

amplitude

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	n. an angel of high rank.
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. largeness.
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

amply

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	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	adv. sufficiently.

amputate

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	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	a. compatible

amusement

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	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	v. authorize; commission; give credit for
	n. diversion.
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.

anachronism

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	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.

anagram

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	n. obsolescence.
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.

analogous

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	a. comparable; similar or alike
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes

analogy

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	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

analyst

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	v. to cover with ornament.
	n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. the act or state or conforming.

analyze

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	v. diagnose; examine
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.

anarchy

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	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people

anathema

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	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

anatomy

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	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.

anecdote

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	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography

anemia

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	v. to remind oneself.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander

anemic

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	inter. good-by; farewell.
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	adj. affected with anemia.

anemometer

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	n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

anesthetic

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	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true

anew

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	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	adv. once more.
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other

angelic

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	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	adj. saintly.
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends

anglophobia

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	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	adv. an expression of assent.
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing

angular

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	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner

anhydrous

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	adj. withered.
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply

animadversion

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	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject

animadvert

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	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence

animalcule

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	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	inter. good-by; farewell.

animate

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	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	a. considerable; perceptible
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another

animosity

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	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	adv. from side to side.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal

annalist

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	n. historian.
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation

annals

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	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education

annex

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	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.

annihilate

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	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.

annotate

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	n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	v. comment; make explanatory notes

annual

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	v. to make widely or generally known.
	a. occurring or payable every year
	v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
	adj. serving or tending to force.

annuity

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	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year

annunciation

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	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	n. proclamation.
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.

anode

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	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	adj. before noon.
	n. greediness.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.

anonymous

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	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

antagonism

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	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	a. compatible; harmonious
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor

antarctic

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	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	adj. before noon.

ante

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	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision

antecede

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	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	v. to cover with ornament.
	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm

antecedent

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	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object

antechamber

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	v. to predict.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.

antedate

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	v. be earlier in time; go back further
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	n. blessing.

antediluvian

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	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. composition; order
	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times

antemeridian

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	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	adj. before noon.
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	v. travel with; be associated with

antenatal

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	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

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	a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect

anteroom

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	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	v. associate; join
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune

anthology

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	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.

anthracite

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	n. hard coal.
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

anthropology

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	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings

anthropomorphous

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	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.

antic

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	n. recognition.
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies

antichrist

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	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear

anticlimax

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	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

anticyclone

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	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.

antidote

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	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts

antilogy

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	n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.
	n. agreement.
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

antipathize

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	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	adj. designed to excite love.

antiphon

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	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.

antiphony

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	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	n. any strikingly great person or object.

antipodes

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	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

antiquary

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	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

antiquate

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	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned

antique

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	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion

antiseptic

305

	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. a college student.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms

antislavery

306

	n. an escort or lover.
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
	adj. opposed to human slavery.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.

antispasmodic

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	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.

antistrophe

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	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

antitoxin

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	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.

antonym

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	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another

anxious

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	a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
	v. produce; give rise to
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus

apathy

312

	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	a. two-sided; mutual
	n. lack of caring; indifference

aperture

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	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential

apex

314

	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

aphorism

315

	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	n. agreement.
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus

apiary

316

	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.

apogee

317

	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole

apology

318

	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will

apostate

319

	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	n. a college student.

apostle

320

	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	v. produce; give rise to
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

apothecary

321

	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	adj. colorless,
	n. sharp and bitter manner

apotheosis

322

	n. a tree.
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something

appall

323

	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	adj. contributing to an end.
	v. to agree.

apparent

324

	adj. cheerful.
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive

apparition

325

	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	v. assent; agree without protesting
	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune

appease

326

	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.

appellate

327

	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet

appellation

328

	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. politeness.
	n. greediness.

append

329

	n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.

appertain

330

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.

apposite

331

	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	v. to make supremely happy.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited

apposition

332

	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.

appraise

333

	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity

appreciable

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	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	a. considerable; perceptible

apprehend

335

	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive

apprehensible

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	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour

approbation

337

	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	v. to sail quite around.
	n. expression of warm approval; praise

appropriate

338

	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice

aqueduct

339

	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	v. to cover with ornament.
	v. to refer incidentally.
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

aqueous

340

	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	v. to make supremely happy.

arbiter

341

	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	v. to make the first attack.
	adj. fond of drinking.

arbitrary

342

	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.

arbitrate

343

	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes

arbor

344

	n. hillside.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	n. a tree.

arboreal

345

	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite

arborescent

346

	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with

arboretum

347

	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	adj. saintly.
	n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited

arboriculture

348

	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	n. breaking of contract or duty

arcade

349

	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
	adj. containing gold.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing

archaeology

350

	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse

archaic

351

	n. conversation.
	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated

archaism

352

	n. an abiding.
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. obsolescence.

archangel

353

	n. an angel of high rank.
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured

archbishop

354

	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. sharp and bitter manner

archdeacon

355

	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.

archetype

356

	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.

archipelago

357

	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. hard coal.
	adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.
	n. group of closely located islands

ardent

358

	n. an adulterating substance.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

ardor

359

	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. intensity of passion or affection.
	v. recover gradually from an illness

arid

360

	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

aristocracy

361

	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	n. intensity of passion or affection.

aristocrat

362

	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something

armada

363

	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things

armful

364

	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	v. blame; condemn
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs

armory

365

	adv. in progress.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship

aroma

366

	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. the act or state or conforming.

arraign

367

	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

arrange

368

	inter. good-by; farewell.
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

arrangement

369

	n. composition; order
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	n. one who manages a government agency or department
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.

arrant

370

	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. engagement to marry.
	adj. notoriously bad.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate

arrear

371

	n. a college student.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.

arrival

372

	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees

arrogant

373

	v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
	adj. cone-bearing trees.

arrogate

374

	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year

artesian

375

	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.

artful

376

	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	n. portion.
	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.

arthurian

377

	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

artifice

378

	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse

artless

379

	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest

ascendant

380

	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	adj. dominant.
	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	adj. capable of being appealed to.

ascension

381

	v. to be in pain or distress.
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. the act of rising.

ascent

382

	n. delusive speech.
	adv. in bed; on a bed.
	n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use

ascetic

383

	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	adj. cheerful.

ascribe

384

	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. greediness.
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.

asexual

385

	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

ashen

386

	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	v. blame; condemn

askance

387

	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
	n. group of closely located islands
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

asperity

388

	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.

aspirant

389

	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

aspire

390

	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts

assailant

391

	adv. sufficiently.
	n. one who attacks.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

assassin

392

	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation

assassinate

393

	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.

assassination

394

	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	n. an adulterating substance.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack

assay

395

	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test

assent

396

	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate

assess

397

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	adj. colorless,
	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something

assessor

398

	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.

assets

399

	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	n. attachment.
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

assiduous

400

	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent

assignee

401

	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

assimilate

402

	n. diversion.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

assonance

403

	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	n. part or division of poem of some length

assonant

404

	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
	v. to make widely or generally known.

assonate

405

	v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

assuage

406

	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
	v. to force into military service.

astringent

407

	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	v. to pile or heap together.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere

astute

408

	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence

atheism

409

	n. the denial of the existence of god.
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	n. courtesy towards women
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft

athirst

410

	adj. wanting water.
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	adj. delicate, ethereal.

athwart

411

	adv. once more.
	n. a title of jesus
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	adv. from side to side.

atomizer

412

	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.

atone

413

	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use

atonement

414

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.

atrocious

415

	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with

atrocity

416

	n. madhouse.
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

attache

417

	n. composition; order
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

attest

418

	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly

auburn

419

	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy

audacious

420

	n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold

audible

421

	a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

audition

422

	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	v. to happen to or befall.

auditory

423

	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	interj. well done.
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing

augment

424

	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity

augur

425

	adj. auxiliary.
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
	v. to predict.

augustinian

426

	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	n. proclamation.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.

aura

427

	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. madhouse.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons

aural

428

	n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. the place where christ was crucified.

auricle

429

	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room

auricular

430

	n. permanence.
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	v. to pile or heap together.

auriferous

431

	adj. containing gold.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of

aurora

432

	n. attachment.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	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. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.

auspice

433

	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect

austere

434

	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.

autarchy

435

	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. unrestricted power.
	v. to happen to or befall.
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality

authentic

436

	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole

authenticity

437

	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.

autocracy

438

	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. absolute government.
	v. to coagulate.
	n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.

autocrat

439

	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	n. flood.

automaton

440

	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans

autonomous

441

	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

autonomy

442

	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	a. formless; lacking shape or definition

autopsy

443

	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.

autumnal

444

	n. over-regulated administrative system
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.

auxiliary

445

	n. one who or that which accompanies.
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

avalanche

446

	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	adj. auxiliary.

avarice

447

	v. officially charge someone in a court of law
	v. to cover with ornament.
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. any article of personal property.

aver

448

	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	v. declare to be true; affirm

averse

449

	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

aversion

450

	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	n. hard coal.
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

avert

451

	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

aviary

452

	n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
	n. tendency to keep together
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.

avidity

453

	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	n. greediness.

avocation

454

	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. tendency to keep together
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

avow

455

	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly

awaken

456

	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.

aye

457

	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	adv. an expression of assent.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	n. conversation.

azalea

458

	a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	n. a flowering shrub.

azure

459

	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

baconian

460

	n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle

bacterium

461

	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.

badger

462

	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

baffle

463

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of

bailiff

464

	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.

baize

465

	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years

bale

466

	v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
	v. to agree.

baleful

467

	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	prep. apart from.
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	v. associate; incorporate

ballad

468

	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	n. that which nourishes.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years

balsam

469

	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.

banal

470

	a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
	a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

barcarole

471

	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.
	adj. harmonious.
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

baritone

472

	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	n. that which nourishes.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

barograph

473

	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

barometer

474

	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography

barring

475

	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	prep. apart from.
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity

bask

476

	n. alliance
	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away

bass

477

	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	adj. low in tone or compass.

baste

478

	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. flood.

baton

479

	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race

battalion

480

	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing

batten

481

	v. to be in pain or distress.
	n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
	v. to study plant-life.
	n. a narrow strip of wood.

batter

482

	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence

bauble

483

	n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
	adv. in progress.
	n. engagement to marry.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

bawl

484

	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout

beatify

485

	n. the state of being adjacent.
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	v. to make supremely happy.

beatitude

486

	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	adj. affected with anemia.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence

beau

487

	n. an escort or lover.
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

becalm

488

	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something

beck

489

	n. ally; form a group or unite
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

bedaub

490

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives

bedeck

491

	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	v. to cover with ornament.
	a. unusual; not typical; not normal

bedlam

492

	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	n. madhouse.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune

befog

493

	v. to confuse.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something

befriend

494

	n. conversation.
	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete

beget

495

	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	v. produce; give rise to
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air

begrudge

496

	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	a. intended to confuse in an argument

belate

497

	v. to delay past the proper hour.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.
	v. to unite.
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.

belay

498

	adj. notoriously bad.
	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

belie

499

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	v. contradict; give a false impression
	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.

believe

500

	n. one who attacks.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	adj. compassionate.
	n. one who or that which accompanies.

belittle

501

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse

belle

502

	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.

bellicose

503

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	adj. containing gold.

belligerent

504

	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive

bemoan

505

	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	inter. good-by; farewell.

benediction

506

	n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. compression
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject

benefactor

507

	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
	v. to bring about.
	n. single celled organism with no nucleus

benefice

508

	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	adj. dominant.
	v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout

beneficent

509

	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use

beneficial

510

	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
	v. to study plant-life.
	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being

beneficiary

511

	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of

benefit

512

	n. a college student.
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain

benevolence

513

	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.

benevolent

514

	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	a. helper, additional or subsidiary
	a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable

benign

515

	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals

benignant

516

	n. breaking of contract or duty
	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle

benignity

517

	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. an adulterating substance.
	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.

benison

518

	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	n. blessing.

bequeath

519

	n. compression
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.

bereave

520

	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.

berth

521

	n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	n. largeness.
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited

beseech

522

	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
	v. assent; agree without protesting

beset

523

	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention

besmear

524

	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.

bestial

525

	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason

bestrew

526

	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.

bestride

527

	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.

bethink

528

	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	v. breakdown; failure
	v. to remind oneself.
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.

betide

529

	v. to happen to or befall.
	v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.

betimes

530

	n. historian.
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	adv. in good season or time.

betroth

531

	n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
	v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	n. confederate; partner; collaborator

betrothal

532

	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	n. engagement to marry.
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.

bevel

533

	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others

bewilder

534

	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.
	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time

bibliography

535

	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	n. scratch; friction

bibliomania

536

	n. the passion for collecting books.
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	v. blame; condemn
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.

bibliophile

537

	n. any reality.
	n. agreement.
	n. an ox.
	n. one who loves books.

bibulous

538

	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
	adj. cowardly.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	adj. fond of drinking.

bide

539

	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	v. to await.

biennial

540

	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness

bier

541

	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.

bigamist

542

	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	v. to agree.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit

bigamy

543

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people

bight

544

	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

bilateral

545

	a. two-sided; mutual
	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. diversion.
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.

bilingual

546

	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. the passion for collecting books.
	n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery

biograph

547

	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

biology

548

	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. the science of life or living organisms.
	n. lack of caring; indifference

biped

549

	n. an animal having two feet.
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate

birthright

550

	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	v. contradict; give a false impression

bitterness

551

	n. sharp and bitter manner
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
	a. two-sided; mutual
	adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.

blase

552

	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.

blaspheme

553

	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.
	n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value

blatant

554

	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
	adv. sufficiently.

blaze

555

	v. travel with; be associated with
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners

blazon

556

	adj. dominant.
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	v. to make widely or generally known.

bleak

557

	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	v. to pile or heap together.

blemish

558

	v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

blithe

559

	v. to unite.
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted

blithesome

560

	adj. cheerful.
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height
	interj. well done.
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.

blockade

561

	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily

boatswain

562

	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
	n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire

bodily

563

	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	adj. corporeal.
	interj. well done.
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.

boisterous

564

	a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly

bole

565

	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over

bolero

566

	a. unusual; not typical; not normal
	n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.

boll

567

	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration

bolster

568

	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever

bomb

569

	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

bombard

570

	v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.

bombardier

571

	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes

bombast

572

	n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.

boorish

573

	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital

bore

574

	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill

borough

575

	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

bosom

576

	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	v. put into motion or action; activate
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

botanical

577

	v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
	adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant

botanize

578

	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	v. to study plant-life.
	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together

botany

579

	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
	n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification

bountiful

580

	v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
	a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent

bowdlerize

581

	v. to take when offered.
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks

bowler

582

	a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
	n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison

boycott

583

	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	adj. joined together in pairs.
	v. refrain from buying or using

brae

584

	n. hillside.
	a. of or relating to the heart
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners

braggart

585

	n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. one who entrusts.

brandish

586

	n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something

bravado

587

	prep. apart from.
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
	n. an animal having two feet.
	n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.

bravo

588

	interj. well done.
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end

bray

589

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	n. estrangement.
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor

braze

590

	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
	a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.

brazier

591

	n. act of accompanying someone or something
	n. any reality.
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.

breach

592

	n. breaking of contract or duty
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	a. compatible; harmonious
	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

breaker

593

	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.

breech

594

	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. the buttocks.

brethren

595

	n. courtesy towards women
	adj. very repugnant; hateful.
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.

brevity

596

	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height

bridle

597

	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.
	n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

brigade

598

	a. considerable; perceptible
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	adj. contributing to an end.

brigadier

599

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.
	n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal

brigand

600

	v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. lack of caring; indifference

brimstone

601

	v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
	n. sulfur.

brine

602

	a. formless; lacking shape or definition
	n. water saturated with salt.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	adj. tending to one point.

bristle

603

	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).

britannia

604

	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	n. the united kingdom of great britain.
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.

briticism

605

	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.

brittle

606

	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity

broach

607

	v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
	a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act

broadcast

608

	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.
	adj. auxiliary.

brogan

609

	n. a coarse, heavy shoe.
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune

brogue

610

	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.

brokerage

611

	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.

bromine

612

	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change

bronchitis

613

	n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	n. a stream that unites with another.
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	v. to agree.

bronchus

614

	n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

brooch

615

	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women

brotherhood

616

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.

browbeat

617

	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect

brusque

618

	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners

buffoon

619

	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	n. scratch; friction

buffoonery

620

	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	n. feeling secure or certain about something

bulbous

621

	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	n. the lady superior of a nunnery.
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
	adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.

bullock

622

	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. an ox.

bulrush

623

	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

bulwark

624

	a. comparable; similar or alike
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time

bumper

625

	adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

bumptious

626

	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
	n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.

bungle

627

	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act

buoyancy

628

	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond

buoyant

629

	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near

bureau

630

	n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	adj. invulnerable.
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.

bureaucracy

631

	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	n. examination of dead body; post-mortem

burgess

632

	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.

burgher

633

	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts

burnish

634

	v. refrain from buying or using
	a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

bursar

635

	adj. having the right or privilege of entry.
	n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor

bustle

636

	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. hard coal.
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force

butt

637

	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
	n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.
	v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.

butte

638

	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.

buttress

639

	v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.

cabal

640

	v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

cabinet

641

	v. to sail quite around.
	n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	adj. saintly.

cacophony

642

	v. produce; give rise to
	n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. composition; order

cadaverous

643

	a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
	n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
	n. the buttocks.
	v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation

cadence

644

	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
	adj. before noon.

cadenza

645

	n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

caitiff

646

	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	adj. cowardly.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts

cajole

647

	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	n. the state of being adjacent.

cajolery

648

	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	adj. delicate, ethereal.
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	n. delusive speech.

calculable

649

	a. compatible
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.

calculus

650

	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	n. politeness.
	n. conversation.

callosity

651

	n. the state of being hard and insensible.
	v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
	a. easily approachable; warmly friendly
	n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery

callow

652

	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. a stream that unites with another.

calorie

653

	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	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. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. estrangement.
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander

calvary

655

	n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	n. a stream that unites with another.

calvinism

656

	n. a narrow strip of wood.
	n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion

calvinize

657

	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.

came

658

	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film

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
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	ad. even though; although; notwithstanding
	v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete

campaign

660

	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.

canaanite

661

	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	v. to make widely or generally known.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.

canary

662

	v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives

candid

663

	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
	n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

candor

664

	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor

canine

665

	a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	n. hard coal.
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force

canon

666

	n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict

cant

667

	n. the trunk or body of a tree.
	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
	n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey

cantata

668

	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	a. compatible; harmonious
	n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.

canto

669

	n. delusive speech.
	a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
	n. part or division of poem of some length
	n. an adulterating substance.

cantonment

670

	a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.

capacious

671

	v. recover gradually from an illness
	n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity

capillary

672

	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital

capitulate

673

	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	n. the state of being adjacent.
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

caprice

674

	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.
	n. over-regulated administrative system
	adj. withered.

caption

675

	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle

captious

676

	a. intended to confuse in an argument
	n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	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
	adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.

captivate

677

	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	n. politeness.

carcass

678

	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.
	a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
	v. to pass criticism or censure.

cardiac

679

	v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
	n. agreement.
	n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	a. of or relating to the heart

cardinal

680

	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	n. the act of rising.
	n. an ox.

caret

681

	n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies

caricature

682

	n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
	v. to blend.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

carnage

683

	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
	a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air

carnal

684

	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily

carnivorous

685

	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.

carouse

686

	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital

carrion

687

	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	a. of or relating to the heart
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner

cartilage

688

	adj. capable of being conceived.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally

cartridge

689

	n. breaking of contract or duty
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	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. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity

castigate

691

	n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

casual

692

	adj. colorless,
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.

casualty

693

	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. hillside.

cataclysm

694

	a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

cataract

695

	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	n. obsolescence.

catastrophe

696

	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

cathode

697

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.

catholicism

698

	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	v. to confuse.
	v. to force into military service.
	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.

catholicity

699

	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
	v. to sail quite around.
	n. universal prevalence or acceptance.
	n. contestant you hope to defeat

caucus

700

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	v. to be in pain or distress.
	n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

causal

701

	n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	v. to be in collusion.
	a. implying cause-and-effect relationship
	a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

caustic

702

	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation

cauterize

703

	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

cede

704

	v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another
	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. a flowering shrub.
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.

censor

705

	n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
	n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
	n. the superior of a community of monks.
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

censorious

706

	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.
	a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
	v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

census

707

	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	v. to remind oneself.
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.

centenary

708

	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something
	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years

centiliter

709

	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	adj. fit to be eaten.
	n. a hundredth of a liter.

centimeter

710

	v. blame; condemn
	a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.
	n. the state of being attached or joined.

centurion

711

	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

cereal

712

	n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of

ceremonial

713

	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite

ceremonious

714

	a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
	n. any reality.
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust

cessation

715

	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing
	adj. cone-bearing trees.
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.

cession

716

	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.
	n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.

chameleon

717

	n. lizard that changes color in different situations
	v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.

chancery

718

	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
	n. expression of warm approval; praise
	n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

chaos

719

	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	v. to walk about
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
	n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms

characteristic

720

	n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus
	n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
	a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
	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

characterize

721

	n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
	v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

charlatan

722

	n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
	n. obsolescence.
	adj. auxiliary.

chasten

723

	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof

chastise

724

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause

chastity

725

	v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
	adj. tending to one point.
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.

chateau

726

	n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
	a. of the same kin; related by blood
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned

chattel

727

	v. disparage or depreciate; put down
	n. any article of personal property.
	n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.

check

728

	adj. rebellious.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing

chiffon

729

	n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. permanence.
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with

chivalry

730

	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. courtesy towards women
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

cholera

731

	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	n. an acute epidemic disease.
	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.

choleric

732

	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	v. to confuse.
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger

choral

733

	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.

christ

734

	v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	n. a title of jesus
	a. comparable; similar or alike
	v. to make supremely happy.

christen

735

	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
	adj. contributing to an end.
	v. to name in baptism.

christendom

736

	n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

chromatic

737

	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
	v. assemble; convene; gather
	n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing

chronology

738

	n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time
	adj. affected with anemia.
	adj. saintly.
	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.

chronometer

739

	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

cipher

740

	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity
	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	n. a narrow strip of wood.

circulate

741

	n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

circumference

742

	n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
	v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	adj. of or pertaining to autumn.

circumlocution

743

	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. courtesy towards women

circumnavigate

744

	n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.
	v. to sail quite around.
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	a. easily broken; having little elasticity

circumscribe

745

	v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations

circumspect

746

	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
	n. absolute government.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.

citadel

747

	n. a spiritual advisor.
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle

cite

748

	n. historian.
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	v. quote; adduce as an instance

claimant

749

	n. delusive speech.
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.

clairvoyance

750

	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. dead and putrefying flesh.
	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. intuitive sagacity or perception.

clamorous

751

	v. to be in collusion.
	adj. affected with anemia.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud

clan

752

	v. to make supremely happy.
	n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
	n. an angel of high rank.
	n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

clandestine

753

	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	a. two-sided; mutual
	a. compatible; harmonious
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

clangor

754

	n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women

clarify

755

	v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.

clarion

756

	n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow

classify

757

	a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
	v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories

clearance

758

	n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
	n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	n. the act of detesting extremely.

clemency

759

	a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
	adj. having the nature of a tree.
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act

clement

760

	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.
	adj. compassionate.
	v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
	n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.

clothier

761

	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
	n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.

clumsy

762

	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.

coagulant

763

	n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
	adj. producing coagulation.
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.

coagulate

764

	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	n. the act of detesting extremely.
	n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass

coalescence

765

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. a condensed form as of a book or play.
	adv. once more.
	n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing

coalition

766

	v. declare to be true; affirm
	n. hillside.
	n. great mass of falling snow and ice
	n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body

coddle

767

	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

codicil

768

	a. moved by sexual love; loving
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.
	n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will

coerce

769

	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
	v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.

coercion

770

	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. use of force to get someone to obey
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.

coercive

771

	a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
	n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	adj. serving or tending to force.

cogent

772

	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract

cognate

773

	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
	n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
	a. two-sided; mutual

cognizant

774

	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	adj. taking notice.
	v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.

cohere

775

	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	n. a flowering shrub.
	adj. characterized by craft or cunning.
	v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation

cohesion

776

	n. tendency to keep together
	n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
	a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote

cohesive

777

	n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.
	a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.

coincide

778

	n. the passion for collecting books.
	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	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. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

coincidence

779

	n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
	adj. rebellious.
	v. to agree.

coincident

780

	v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	a. concerning; simultaneous

collaborate

781

	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.

collapse

782

	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	n. compression
	v. breakdown; failure
	v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

collapsible

783

	a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
	a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

colleague

784

	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker

collective

785

	adj. dominant.
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
	n. hillside.

collector

786

	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	v. diagnose; examine
	inter. good-by; farewell.
	n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.

collegian

787

	n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	v. to make supremely happy.
	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. a college student.

collide

788

	a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
	v. bump; hit; conflict

collier

789

	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

collision

790

	v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
	v. to make of or ornament with brass.
	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals

colloquial

791

	n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
	v. quote; adduce as an instance
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act

colloquialism

792

	n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
	a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement
	n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

colloquy

793

	v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
	v. make amends for; reimburse
	n. conversation.
	n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass

collusion

794

	n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

colossus

795

	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. a vehement appeal.
	n. one who works in a coal-mine.
	n. state of being absent; state of being away

comely

796

	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	adj. having or resembling human form.
	a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

comestible

797

	adj. fit to be eaten.
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
	n. breaking of contract or duty
	a. capable; adept

comical

798

	n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
	a. arousing or provoking laughter
	n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
	n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.

commemorate

799

	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
	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.

commentary

800

	n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
	a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
	n. permanence.
	n. absolute government.

commingle

801

	v. to blend.
	a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
	n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
	v. to make supremely happy.

commissariat

802

	n. a flowering shrub.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	v. attach; add as supplement or appendix

commission

803

	a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. the state of being attached or joined.
	n. the buttocks.

commitment

804

	n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
	v. to obtain the friendship of.
	n. scratch; friction
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame

committal

805

	n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
	a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	n. alliance

commodity

806

	n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
	v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

commotion

807

	a. having properties of vinegar; sour
	n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures
	n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
	a. moved by sexual love; loving

commute

808

	v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.

comparable

809

	adj. corporeal.
	v. to take when offered.
	n. passage from one form or state to another; change
	a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with

comparative

810

	a. relative; based on, or involving comparison
	n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
	n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
	v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

comparison

811

	n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	n. elevation especially above sea level; height

compensate

812

	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	n. support; active pleading on behalf of something
	v. make or become better; improve; grow better
	v. make amends for; reimburse

competence

813

	adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.

competent

814

	a. capable; adept
	v. associate; incorporate
	n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.

competitive

815

	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive

competitor

816

	n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. tendency to keep together
	v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive

complacent

817

	a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.

complaisance

818

	v. estimate value; judge worth of something
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	n. politeness.

complaisant

819

	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	n. breaking of contract or duty

complement

820

	n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	adj. sated with pleasure.
	a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated

complex

821

	n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.

compliant

822

	n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
	v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply

complicate

823

	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
	v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
	a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory

complication

824

	n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.

complicity

825

	n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
	v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.

compliment

826

	v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
	n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect

component

827

	n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.

comport

828

	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
	v. to conduct or behave (oneself).
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing

composure

829

	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. chronological record of the events of successive years
	n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
	n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.

comprehensible

830

	a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.

comprehension

831

	a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.

comprehensive

832

	n. largeness.
	n. a tree.
	adj. fond of drinking.
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope

compress

833

	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. grasp; ability to understand
	v. close; squeeze or press together; contract
	n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists

compressible

834

	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
	v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

compression

835

	a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
	n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
	n. the act or state or conforming.
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

comprise

836

	a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	v. include; consist of; be composed of

compulsion

837

	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	a. having power to advice; containing advice
	n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor

compulsory

838

	n. a tree.
	a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
	v. to free or clear, as from accusation.
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner

compunction

839

	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
	v. to cover with ornament.
	adj. having resemblance of sound.

compute

840

	a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	v. reckon; make mathematical calculation
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.

concede

841

	v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another
	v. to agree.
	n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
	v. to walk about

conceit

842

	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
	n. a title of jesus
	n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
	n. a very detestable act or practice.

conceive

843

	n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	adj. characterized by charity and kindness.
	v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
	n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

concerto

844

	n. composition for orchestra and a soloist
	a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
	a. sky blue; light purplish-blue
	n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse

concession

845

	n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
	a. occurring or payable every year
	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	n. one who advocates or practices altruism.

conciliate

846

	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	v. to bring forward or name for consideration.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.

conciliatory

847

	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
	n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit

conclusive

848

	n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
	a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	a. definitive; decisive; final

concord

849

	n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.
	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. an animal of microscopic smallness.
	adj. harmonious.

concordance

850

	n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	n. harmony.
	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

concur

851

	v. to agree.
	n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
	n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees

concurrence

852

	n. agreement.
	v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole

concurrent

853

	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	n. one who entrusts.
	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. the utterance of criticism or censure.

concussion

854

	n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
	v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.

condensation

855

	n. compression
	n. tendency to keep together
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	n. state of being absent; state of being away

condense

856

	n. any strikingly great person or object.
	n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.

condescend

857

	v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
	n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	n. any article of personal property.

condolence

858

	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
	n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest

conduce

859

	n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
	v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	v. to bring about.

conducive

860

	v. associate; join
	n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	n. an abiding.
	adj. contributing to an end.

conductible

861

	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy
	v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.

conduit

862

	n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
	n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
	n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.

confectionery

863

	adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	v. bump; hit; conflict
	n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.

confederacy

864

	adj. withered.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	n. alliance
	adj. colorless,

confederate

865

	n. ally; form a group or unite
	n. word of opposite meaning; counter term
	n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
	v. to indulge in profane oaths.

confer

866

	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
	v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
	n. lizard that changes color in different situations

conferee

867

	n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
	a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
	n. a person with whom another confers.
	n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

confessor

868

	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud
	n. a spiritual advisor.

confidant

869

	n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.
	n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
	adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	n. an adulterating substance.

confide

870

	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy

confidence

871

	v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
	n. feeling secure or certain about something
	n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion

confident

872

	n. book of literary selections by various authors
	v. to force into military service.
	a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
	a. assured; having or marked by assurance

confinement

873

	v. to coagulate.
	n. any reality.
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
	n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse

confiscate

874

	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	v. approach; tend to meet; come together

conflagration

875

	v. complete; consummate; make perfect
	a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.

confluence

876

	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	n. that which nourishes.
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet

confluent

877

	adj. withered.
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
	n. a stream that unites with another.

conformable

878

	adj. harmonious.
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	a. chief; serving as an essential component
	v. regret strongly; express disapproval of

conformance

879

	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
	n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
	n. the act or state or conforming.

conformation

880

	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
	adj. of or pertaining to the ear.
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.

conformity

881

	n. similarity in form or character; agreement
	a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
	v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
	a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters

confront

882

	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
	v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test

congeal

883

	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
	v. to coagulate.
	v. leave to someone by a will; hand down

congenial

884

	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	a. compatible

congest

885

	n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	v. to collect into a mass.
	n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number

congregate

886

	v. assemble; convene; gather
	adj. occurring or existing before birth.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

coniferous

887

	n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
	adj. cone-bearing trees.

conjecture

888

	v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	adv. in good season or time.

conjoin

889

	v. to unite.
	n. portion.
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury

conjugal

890

	a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
	n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
	v. to study plant-life.
	a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial

conjugate

891

	adj. joined together in pairs.
	n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
	n. the science of life or living organisms.

conjugation

892

	v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	n. the state or condition of being joined together.
	a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
	n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.

conjunction

893

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
	n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
	well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure

connive

894

	n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
	n. scratch; friction
	prep. apart from.
	v. to be in collusion.

connoisseur

895

	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
	adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.

connote

896

	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
	v. to mean; signify.
	v. to obtain the friendship of.

connubial

897

	n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
	v. to study plant-life.
	adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force

conquer

898

	a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
	n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
	n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
	v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over

consanguineous

899

	a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
	a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	v. to coagulate.

conscience

900

	n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. approach; entry; entrance
	n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.

conscientious

901

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	a. diligent; responsible; reliable
	n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.

conscious

902

	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	a. awake; alert
	n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.

conscript

903

	v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
	v. cause to come together formally
	n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
	v. to force into military service.

consecrate

904

	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
	v. to set apart as sacred.
	v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point

consecutive

905

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

consensus

906

	v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
	n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
	n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
	n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.

conservatism

907

	v. occur at the same time as; correspond
	n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
	v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
	n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

conservative

908

	n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
	a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
	v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.
	v. to confuse.

conservatory

909

	v. to happen to or befall.
	v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
	n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope

consign

910

	n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
	v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
	v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
	a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

consignee

911

	n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
	a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
	n. proximity.

consignor

912

	n. one who entrusts.
	v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
	a. considerable; perceptible
	n. an angel of high rank.

consistency

913

	n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
	v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
	adj. capable of being appealed to.
	n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

console

914

	n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
	a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort

consolidate

915

	v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
	n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others

consonance

916

	n. the state or quality of being in accord with.
	n. agreement.
	adj. living both on land and in water.
	a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope

consonant

917

	v. state without proof; assert to be true
	a. compatible; harmonious
	v. to collect into a mass.
	v. blame; condemn

consort

918

	v. associate; join
	adj. producing coagulation.
	adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

conspicuous

919

	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
	a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious

conspirator

920

	n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
	v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter

conspire

921

	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. any reality.
	v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.

constable

922

	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
	a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive

constellation

923

	n. flood.
	n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
	n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
	n. the place where christ was crucified.

consternation

924

	v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
	n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
	n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing

constituency

925

	v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
	v. to predict.
	n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.

constituent

926

	a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
	n. component or part; citizen, voter
	n. the place where christ was crucified.
	v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion

constrict

927

	n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint
	v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease

consul

928

	n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
	n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
	n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.

consulate

929

	n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.
	n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	a. two-sided; mutual
	n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

consummate

930

	a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
	adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.
	adj. notoriously bad.
	n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

consumption

931

	n. eating or drinking of something
	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.

consumptive

932

	n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. the buttocks.

contagion

933

	n. the communication of disease from person to person.
	a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
	v. to give grief or sorrow to.
	n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.

contagious

934

	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
	a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
	n. official examination of the details of a country's population

contaminate

935

	n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
	n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
	v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance

contemplate

936

	adj. having no distinct sexual organs.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

contemporaneous

937

	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	n. a very detestable act or practice.
	v. blame; condemn

contemporary

938

	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
	a. modern; belonging to the same period of time
	a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
	v. to delay past the proper hour.

contemptible

939

	n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
	a. definitive; decisive; final
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean

contemptuous

940

	a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
	n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
	a. following one after another without interruption; sequential

contender

941

	a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
	n. contestant you hope to defeat
	v. equip; provide with military equipment
	n. attachment.

contiguity

942

	n. proximity.
	n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge
	a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts

contiguous

943

	n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
	a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
	n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.

continence

944

	n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
	v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode
	n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
	n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

contingency

945

	v. make obsolete or old-fashioned
	n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
	n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.

contingent

946

	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
	v. cause to come together formally
	n. the passion for collecting books.

continuance

947

	n. permanence.
	a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
	adj. capable of being conceived.
	v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

continuation

948

	v. to pass criticism or censure.
	n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
	adj. serving or tending to force.
	n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point

continuity

949

	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. property of a continuous and connected period of time
	a. compatible; harmonious

continuous

950

	n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
	adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
	n. that which nourishes.
	v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.

contort

951

	v. to twist into a misshapen form.
	v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	n. something overdue and unpaid.
	n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause

contraband

952

	n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	a. every two years; lasting or living for two years

contradiction

953

	n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
	n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

contradictory

954

	n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	n. a salt of acetic acid.
	n. harmony.

contraposition

955

	a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	n. a placing opposite.
	a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
	v. associate; incorporate

contravene

956

	n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. any act of kindness or well-doing.
	v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.

contribution

957

	a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
	v. associate; join
	n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy

contributor

958

	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. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
	n. one who has two spouses at the same time.
	v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.

contrite

959

	v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
	n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
	adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
	n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

contrivance

960

	n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
	a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
	n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.

contrive

961

	v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
	v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
	v. stop motion; curb or restrain
	n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.

control

962

	n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
	v. include; consist of; be composed of
	n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.

controller

963

	n. single celled organism with no nucleus
	adj. designed for gradual destruction.
	n. one who or that which regulates or directs.
	v. to act or give judgment as umpire.

contumacious

964

	n. water saturated with salt.
	adj. rebellious.
	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.

contumacy

965

	n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
	a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented

contuse

966

	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. general structure, form, or outline.
	v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

contusion

967

	adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.
	n. injury that doesn't break the skin
	n. ritual; ceremony or rite
	n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing

convalesce

968

	v. recover gradually from an illness
	adj. that may or can collapse.
	n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
	n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important

convalescence

969

	n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	n. sickness; illness; affliction
	a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner

convalescent

970

	adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	adj. recovering health after sickness.
	n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force

convene

971

	n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
	n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
	a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
	v. cause to come together formally

convenience

972

	adj. before noon.
	n. state of being suitable
	n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

converge

973

	v. approach; tend to meet; come together
	v. to award or bestow by formal decision.
	n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
	n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

convergent

974

	n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
	v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
	n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
	adj. tending to one point.

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