able:
a. have the skills and qualifications to do things well
a. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity | about:
ad. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
ad. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct |
above:
ad. at an earlier place
ad. in or to a place that is higher | above-mentioned:
a. mentioned or named earlier in the same text |
abreast:
a. being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
ad. alongside each other, facing in the same direction | abroad:
ad. in a place across an ocean
ad. far away from home or one's usual surroundings |
abrogation:
n. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation | abruptly:
ad. quickly and without warning |
absent-minded:
a. lost in thought; showing preoccupation | abstraction:
n. a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
n. a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance |
accent:
n. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
v. to stress, single out as important | accept:
v. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
v. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to |
acceptable:
a. adequate for the purpose
a. judged to be in conformity with approved usage | acceptance:
n. the state of being acceptable and accepted
n. (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract) |
accordance:
n. concurrence of opinion
n. the act of granting rights | according:
a. (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with
a. (followed by `to') as reported or stated by |
accordingly:
ad. in accordance with
ad. (sentence connectors) because of the reason given | accrued:
v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition |
accumulative:
a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing | accurately:
ad. strictly correctly
ad. with few mistakes |
accustom:
v. make psychologically or physically used (to something) | ache:
v. have a desire for something or someone who is not present
n. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain |
aching:
n. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
a. causing a dull and steady pain | acknowledgment:
n. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
n. a statement acknowledging something or someone |
acre:
n. a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru
n. a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean | acrobat:
n. an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination |
acrobatics:
n. the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
n. the gymnastic moves of an acrobat | act:
v. perform on a stage or theater
v. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected |
action:
v. put in effect
n. the state of being active | active:
a. disposed to take action or effectuate change
a. in operation |
activity:
n. a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
n. an organic process that takes place in the body | actor:
n. a person who acts and gets things done
n. a theatrical performer |
actress:
n. a female actor | actuality:
n. the state of actually existing objectively |
add:
v. bestow a quality on
v. make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of | addition:
n. a quantity that is added
n. a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area |
adequately:
ad. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree | adjective:
n. a word that expresses an attribute of something
n. the word class that qualifies nouns |
adjustable:
a. capable of being changed so as to match or fit
a. capable of being regulated | admirable:
a. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
a. inspiring admiration or approval |
advantage:
n. benefit resulting from some event or action
n. the quality of having a superior or more favorable position | advantageous:
a. giving an advantage
a. appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness |
adverb:
n. the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
n. a word that modifies something other than a noun | adverbial:
a. of or relating to or functioning as an adverb
n. a word or group of words function as an adverb |
advertisement:
n. a public promotion of some product or service | advertising:
n. a public promotion of some product or service
n. the business of drawing public attention to goods and services |
advice:
n. a proposal for an appropriate course of action | advise:
v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something
v. inform (somebody) of something |
adviser:
n. an expert who gives advice | aeroplane:
n. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets |
affair:
n. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
n. a vaguely specified concern | afloat:
a. aimlessly drifting
a. covered with water |
aforesaid:
a. being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | afraid:
a. filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
a. having feelings of aversion or unwillingness |
africa:
n. the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean | african:
a. of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
n. a native or inhabitant of Africa |
after:
ad. behind or in the rear
ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time | afternoon:
n. the part of the day between noon and evening
n. a conventional expression of greeting or farewell |
afterward:
ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time | again:
ad. anew |
age:
n. an era of history having some distinctive feature
v. make older | aggravation:
n. an exasperated feeling of annoyance
n. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse |
aggression:
n. the act of initiating hostilities
n. deliberately unfriendly behavior | ago:
a. gone by; or in the past
ad. in the past |
agonize:
v. cause to agonize
v. suffer agony or anguish | agree:
v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together |
agreeably:
ad. in an enjoyable manner | agreed:
v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together |
agricultural:
a. relating to rural matters
a. relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming | ahead:
ad. at or in the front
ad. toward the future; forward in time |
aids:
n. a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles | aimless:
a. aimlessly drifting
a. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another |
airline:
n. a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
n. a hose that carries air under pressure | airliner:
n. a commercial airplane that carries passengers |
airmail:
n. letters and packages that are transported by aircraft
v. send or transport by airmail | airplane:
n. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets |
airport:
n. an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo | airway:
n. the passages through which air enters and leaves the body
n. a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines) |
alarming:
a. frightening because of an awareness of danger | alas:
ad. by bad luck |
alcohol:
n. a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
n. any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation | alcoholic:
a. addicted to alcohol
a. characteristic of or containing alcohol |
alcoholism:
n. habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
n. an intense persistent desire to drink alcohol... | ale:
n. a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume |
algebra:
n. the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations | alienation:
n. the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly
n. separation resulting from hostility |
alive:
a. capable of erupting
a. having life or vigor or spirit | all:
ad. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
a. completely given to or absorbed by |
allied:
a. related by common characteristics or ancestry
a. of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War I | allocation:
n. a share set aside for a specific purpose
n. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan |
allotment:
n. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
n. a share set aside for a specific purpose | allow:
v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
v. allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting |
almost:
ad. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | aloud:
ad. using the voice; not silently
ad. with relatively high volume |
alphabet:
n. the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
n. a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language | also:
ad. in addition |
altogether:
n. informal terms for nakedness
ad. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly') | always:
ad. at any time or in any event
ad. without variation or change, in every case |
ambient:
a. completely enveloping | america:
n. North America and South America and Central America
n. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independenc... |
american:
n. the English language as used in the United States
a. of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas | amplifier:
n. electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it |
amusement:
n. a feeling of delight at being entertained
n. an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention | analogue:
a. of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input
n. something having the property of being analogous to something else |
ancient:
a. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
n. a very old person | angel:
n. spiritual being attendant upon God
n. person of exceptional holiness |
anger:
n. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
v. become angry | angle:
v. present with a bias
v. seek indirectly |
angry:
a. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
a. feeling or showing anger | animal:
a. marked by the appetites and passions of the body
n. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
annoyance:
n. the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
n. the act of troubling or annoying someone | another:
a. any of various alternatives; some other |
answer:
v. be liable or accountable
v. understand the meaning of | ant:
n. social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers |
antecedent:
n. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
n. the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun | antonymous:
a. of words: having opposite meanings |
anxiously:
ad. with anxiety or apprehension | any:
ad. to any degree or extent
a. one or some or every or all without specification |
anyway:
ad. used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
ad. in any way whatsoever | anywhere:
ad. at or in or to any place |
apartment:
n. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house | apparently:
ad. from appearances alone
ad. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') |
appear:
v. come into sight or view
v. be issued or published | appearance:
n. the act of appearing in public view
n. formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action |
applause:
n. a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together | apple:
n. native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits
n. fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh |
appreciably:
ad. to a noticeable degree | apprize:
v. increase the value of
v. make aware of |
approximation:
n. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
n. the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue | april:
n. the month following March and preceding May |
arabian:
n. a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
n. a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia | arabic:
n. the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects
a. relating to or characteristic of Arabs |
arbitrate:
v. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences | arbitration:
n. the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment
n. (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management) |
archaeologist:
n. an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture | arctic:
a. of or relating to the Arctic
n. a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow |
argument:
n. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
n. (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program | aristocratic:
a. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy |
arm:
v. prepare oneself for a military confrontation
n. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm | armchair:
n. chair with a support on each side for arms |
army:
n. a large number of people united for some specific purpose
n. the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare | around:
ad. in circumference
ad. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction |
arrival:
n. the act of arriving at a certain place
n. someone who arrives (or has arrived) | arrive:
v. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
v. succeed in a big way; get to the top |
arrogantly:
ad. in an arrogant manner | arrow:
n. a mark to indicate a direction or relation
n. a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow |
art:
n. the creation of beautiful or significant things
n. the products of human creativity; works of art collectively | artist:
n. a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination |
artistic:
a. relating to or characteristic of art or artists
a. aesthetically pleasing | as:
ad. to the same degree (often followed by `as')
n. a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and real... |
asean:
n. an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism | ash:
v. convert into ashes
n. strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats |
ashore:
ad. towards the shore from the water | ashtray:
n. a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes |
asia:
n. the nations of the Asian continent collectively
n. the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations | asian:
n. a native or inhabitant of Asia
a. of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture |
ask:
v. make a request or demand for something to somebody
v. direct or put; seek an answer to | asleep:
ad. in the sleep of death
ad. into a sleeping state |
ass:
n. hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse
n. a pompous fool | assassinate:
v. murder; especially of socially prominent persons
v. destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation |
assassinator:
n. a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed | assertion:
n. a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
n. the act of affirming or asserting or stating something |
associative:
a. characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination | astonishment:
n. the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising |
astronaut:
n. a person trained to travel in a spacecraft | at:
n. a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
n. 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos |
athletic:
a. having a sturdy and well proportioned body
a. relating to or befitting athletics or athletes | atlantic:
a. relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean
n. the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east |
atmospheric:
a. relating to or located in the atmosphere | attentively:
ad. with attention; in an attentive manner |
attributable:
a. capable of being attributed | attribution:
n. assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
n. assigning to a cause or source |
attributive:
a. of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify | aunt:
n. the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle |
aural:
a. relating to or characterized by an aura
a. of or pertaining to hearing or the ear | auspice:
n. a favorable omen |
australia:
n. a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
n. the smallest continent; between ... | australian:
n. a native or inhabitant of Australia
a. of or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its inhabitants or its languages |
autumn:
n. the season when the leaves fall from the trees | availability:
n. the quality of being at hand when needed |
await:
v. look forward to the probable occurrence of | awake:
a. not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
a. mentally perceptive and responsive |
awaken:
v. stop sleeping
v. cause to become awake or conscious | award:
n. something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
v. give as judged due or on the basis of merit |
away:
ad. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
ad. out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts) | awesome:
a. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder |
awfully:
ad. used as intensifiers
ad. in a terrible manner | awkwardness:
n. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
n. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape |
ax:
v. terminate
v. chop or split with an ax | axial:
a. relating to or attached to the axis
a. situated on or along or in the direction of an axis |
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