abandon | n. lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm |
abort | v. stop; terminate before completion; terminate a pregnancy |
abortion | n. termination of pregnancy; failure of a plan |
absurd | a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish |
abuse | n. improper use or handling; misuse |
academic | a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to the scholarly organization; based on formal education |
academy | n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists |
access | n. approach; entry; entrance |
account | n. narrative or record of events; the reason given for a particular action or event |
accountant | n. one who maintains and audits business accounts |
accurate | a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision |
accuse | v. blame; say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind |
accused | n. defendant or defendants in a criminal case; a person charged with an offense |
acid | n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful |
acknowledge | v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks |
address | v. make a formal speech to; deal with or discuss; direct efforts or attention of |
adjust | v. change something slightly, especially to make it more correct, effective, or suitable |
administration | n. management; supervision; people who are in charge of management; the activity of government for powers and duties |
adopt | v. accept; take on; raise; take into one's family |
adore | v. worship with profound reverence; pay divine honors to; regard with the utmost esteem and affection |
adult | n. one who has attained maturity or legal age; fully grown |
affect | v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon |
affection | n. fondness; tender feeling toward another; fondness |
afford | v. pay; provide; have the financial means for; bear the cost of |
agency | n. a business that serves other businesses; an administrative unit of government |
agenda | n. items of business at a meeting; list or program of things to be done or considered |
aggressive | a. making assaults; unjustly attacking; combative; hostile; tending to spread quickly |
agreement | n. state of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character |
aid | n. person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; helper; assistant |
air | v. be broadcast on television or radio |
aisle | n. passageway between rows of seats, as in an auditorium or an airplane; the wing of a building |
alarm | n. any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger |
album | n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing, photographs |
alien | a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person |
alliance | n. state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union of interests between families, states, parties |
ally | n. confederate; partner; collaborator |
alone | a. solitary; by oneself, not with any other people |
alternative | n. one of two or more things, ideas, or courses of action that may be used; option or choice |
amaze | v. astonish; affect with wonder |
ambassador | n. authorized messenger or representative |
ambulance | n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; a wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital |
amount | n. total of two or more quantities; aggregate; sum |
anniversary | a. annual; yearly; annual return of the day on which any notable event took place |
annual | a. occurring or payable every year |
anonymous | a. having no name; having an unknown or unacknowledged name |
antique | n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion |
anxiety | n. concern something in a state of painful uneasiness; state of restlessness and agitation |
anyhow | ad. in any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event |
apart | ad. separately, regarding space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside |
appeal | n. attraction; charm; attract; fascinate; challenge |
appetite | n. instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink |
apply | v. exert; put into service; avail oneself to; |
appointment | n. act of putting a person into a non-elective position; arrangement |
appreciate | v. be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of |
approach | n. a way of considering or doing something |
appropriate | v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use |
approval | n. official approbation; endorsement; an act of approving |
area | n. a plane surface, as of the floor of a room; open space in a building; the enclosed space; extent; scope; range |
argue | v. invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; debate |
arrogant | a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others |
article | n. essay; editorial; individual thing or element of a class |
ashamed | a. affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt |
aside | ad. on, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest |
aspirin | n. white crystalline compound drug to relieve pain and reduce fever and inflammation |
assault | n. a violent attack; an onslaught |
assist | v. give help or support to, especially as a subordinate |
associate | v. connect or join together; combine |
assume | v. suppose; presume; take on; bear |
assure | v. tell someone confidently that something is true; guarantee; convince |
attack | n. offensive move; expression of strong criticism; hostile comment |
attempt | n. the action of trying at something |
attend | v. be present at; go to; take care of; tend |
attitude | n. posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue |
attorney | n. lawyer; one who is appointed by another to act in his place or stead; proxy |
attractive | a. appealing; pleasing; inviting; tempting |
auction | n. public sale of property to the highest bidder |
audience | n. a group of people within hearing; crowd seeing a stage performance |
authority | n. jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government |
available | a. convenient for use or disposal; not busy, free; obtainable; accessible |
avoid | v. shield away from; prevent |
aware | a. knowing; having knowledge or cognizance |
awful | a. causing fear, dread, or terror; extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible |
awkward | a. difficult to handle or manage |
bachelor | n. unmarried men; the first or lowest academic degree conferred by universities and colleges |
backward | a. directed to the back or rear; unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; undeveloped |
bacon | n. back and sides of a pig salted and smoked |
badge | n. a distinctive mark, token, or sign worn on the person |
baggage | n. trunks, bags, parcels, and suitcases in which one carries one's belongings while traveling; luggage |
bait | v. harass; tease; lure, entice, or entrap |
bake | v. prepare, as food, by cooking in dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal |
balance | n. being in equilibrium; equilibrium; symmetry; stability |
balcony | n. platform projecting from the wall of a building |
bald | a. hairless; lacking a natural or usual covering |
ballet | n. a sort of theatrical representation by dancers |
band | n. orchestra; team; strip; ribbon; belt; unite; ally |
bang | n. a vigorous blow; a conspicuous success |
banner | n. flag; sign; a newspaper headline that runs across the full page |
bar | n. a counter where you can obtain food or drink; cafe; strip; stick |
barbecue | n. a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors |
bare | a. lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing |
barely | ad. just; only; hardly; scarcely |
bargain | n. agreement between parties concerning the sale of property |
barn | n. an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals |
barrel | n. vessel; large cylindrical container |
baseball | n. game played with a bat and ball by two opposing teams of nine players; ball used in this game |
basement | n. cellar; a part of a building that is below the level of the first floor |
battery | n. beating or pounding; set of guns or heavy artillery; a dry cell that produces an electric current |
bay | n. an inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf; a small body of water set off from the main body |
beam | n. ray of light; a long piece of metal or wood; long piece fixed or movable in structure, machine, or tool |
bear | v. support; sustain; carry; have; yield; give birth; hold up or support |
bearing | n. carrying another part; patient endurance; suffering without complaint; the act of producing or giving birth |
beat | v. whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly |
beaten | a. formed or made thin by hammering; totally worn-out; exhausted |
behalf | n. represent; advantage, benefit, the interest of someone |
behave | v. perform; conduct oneself in a proper way |
belly | n. part of the human body which extends downward from breast to thighs, and contains bowels; womb |
beloved | a. greatly loved; dear to the heart |
bend | v. strain or move out of a straight line; curve; turn toward some certain point |
benefit | n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being; welfare; gain |
bent | a. determined to do or have |
bet | n. stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; amount or object risked in a wager |
betray | v. be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly |
bid | v. make an offer of; propose; offer in words; declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance |
bite | v. pierce the skin with teeth; seize with the teeth; sting with a stinger; eat into; have a sharp taste |
bitter | a. harsh or corrosive in tone; painful; acrid; acrimonious |
bizarre | a. fantastic; violently contrasting; strangely unconventional in style or appearance |
blame | v. condemn; rebuke; find fault with; censure |
blank | a. of white or pale color; without color; empty; void |
blast | n. explode; burst; gale; a powerful gust of wind or air |
bleed | v. emit blood; lose blood; withdraw blood from the body |
bless | v. make or pronounce holy; consecrate; make happy |
block | v. hinder; obstruct; indicate broadly without great detail; sketch |
blonde | a. of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion. |
board | n. a committee having supervisory powers; a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose |
boarding | n. wooden boards collectively; act of entering a ship; supplying with meals and lodgings for pay |
bold | a. brave; daring; intrepid; impudent |
bolt | v. dash or dart off; move or jump suddenly |
bond | n. link; connection; uniting force or tie; binding agreement; duty |
bonus | n. an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation |
boom | n. bonanza; prosperity; prosper; expand; flourish |
booth | n. house or shed built for temporary occupation; covered stall or temporary structure |
border | n. outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden; margin; verge; brink; boundary |
bore | v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill |
bother | v. annoy; trouble; make agitated or nervous; fluster |
bounce | v. jolt; rebound after having struck an object or a surface |
bound | n. tied; held; committed; limit; constraint; leap; jump |
boutique | n. small shop within a large department store or supermarket |
brand | n. a burning piece of wood; mark made by burning with a hot iron; distinctive mark upon in any way |
break | n. opportunity to do something; pause or interval, as from work; a sudden change |
breakdown | n. process of failing to function or continue; a sudden collapse in physical or mental health; summary of itemized data |
breeze | n. light current of air; gentle wind; progress swiftly and effortlessly |
bribe | n. something serving to influence or persuade; reward or gift to prevent judgment |
brief | a. short in time, duration, length, or extent; concise |
briefcase | n. portable, often flat case with a handle, used for carrying papers or books |
brilliant | a. full of light; shining; bright; sharp and clear in tone |
brutal | a. like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless |
bubble | n. foam; dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic; fantastic or impracticable idea or belief |
buck | v. move quickly and violently; jump vertically; strive with determination |
bucket | n. vessel for drawing up water from a well; a vessel for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain |
bud | n. one that is not yet fully developed; sprout |
budget | n. estimate; a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose |
bug | n. general name applied to various insects |
bull | n. male of any species of cattle; large, strong, and aggressive person; optimist regarding business conditions |
bully | n. noisy, blustering fellow; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; insolent, tyrannical fellow |
bump | n. impact as from a collision; lump on the body caused by a blow |
bunch | n. clump; cluster; gathering |
bush | n. place abounding in trees or shrubs; the wild forest |
business | n. rightful concern or responsibility; occupation, work, or trade-in which a person is engaged; commercial enterprise |
bust | n. the occasion for excessive eating or drinking; complete failure; sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person |
buzz | n. confusion of activity and gossip; the sound of rapid vibration |
cabin | n. a small room on a ship or boat where people sleep |
cabinet | n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; a closet |
cable | n. solid thick rope made of twisted steel or metal wire |
cafe | n. coffee house; restaurant where coffee and liquors are served |
cafeteria | n. a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier |
calendar | n. the orderly arrangement as years, months, weeks, and days; a table showing months, weeks, and days |
campaign | n. battle; a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end |
campus | n. the field where the buildings of a university are situated |
cancel | v. revoke; call off; omit or delete |
candidate | n. a person who is considered for something; a person who is nominated for an office, prize, or honor |
capable | a. having the ability required for a specific task |
capacity | n. mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate |
cape | n. piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; sleeveless outer garment |
capital | n. wealth in the form of money or property; assets available for use; a city that is the official seat of government |
capture | n. act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power; thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem |
carrot | n. the root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped and of a reddish yellow color |
carry | v. convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; hold or support while moving; bear |
cart | n. common name for various kinds of vehicles; two-wheeled vehicle; light business wagon |
carton | n. pasteboard for paper boxes; pasteboard box |
cash | n. money paid at the time of purchase; money in the form of bills or coins; currency |
cast | v. assign the roles of; choose at random |
casual | a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance |
catch | v. capture or seize, especially after a chase; take by or as if by trapping; reach just in time |
catching | a. act of seizing or taking hold of; captivating; alluring |
catholic | a. broadly sympathetic; universal; related to Roman Catholic Church |
cellar | n. room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground |
cemetery | n. place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; graveyard |
cereal | n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as a food |
ceremony | n. a formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual or custom |
certificate | n. the document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts; document issued to a person completing a course |
challenge | v. assert a right; raise a formal objection; take exception to |
chamber | n. cell; compartment; room |
champagne | n. light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France |
champion | v. protect or fight for the first place |
channel | n. passage for water or other fluids to flow through; bed of a stream or river; route of communication or access |
chaos | n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass |
chapel | n. place of worship that is smaller than and subordinate to a church; service conducted in a chapel |
chapter | n. division of a book or treatise; assembly of monks; bishop's council; organized branch of some society |
charge | v. set or ask for a certain price; load to capacity; fill; instruct or urge authoritatively; command |
charity | n. activity or gift that benefits the public at large |
charm | n. power or quality of pleasing or delighting; attractiveness; item worn for its supposed magical benefit |
chart | n. graph; diagram; map showing coastlines, water depths, or other information of use to navigators |
chase | v. pursue to kill or take; hunt; follow as if to catch |
chat | n. talk without exchanging too much information; informal conversation |
check | v. stop motion; curb or restrain |
cheer | n. the lightness of spirits or mood; source of joy or happiness; festive food and drink; refreshment |
cherish | v. harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear |
chew | v. bite and grind with the teeth |
chief | a. highest in office or rank; principal; head |
chill | a. cool; freeze; a feeling of cold |
chin | n. the central forward portion of the lower jaw; bottom of the face |
chip | v. cut small pieces from; diminish or reduce to shape; break or crack |
choir | n. band or organized company of singers, especially in church service |
choke | v. breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; reduce the air supply |
circuit | n. electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow |
circus | n. public entertainment of performances by acrobats, clowns, and trained animals |
civil | a. having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite |
civilian | a. of or relating to non-military life |
claim | n. demand for something as rightful or due |
classic | n. work of acknowledged excellence and authority, or its author; creation of the highest excellence |
clearance | n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust |
click | v. make a slight, sharp noise by gentle striking; tick |
client | n. someone who pays to get goods or services |
clinic | n. healthcare facility for outpatient care |
clip | n. a small section of filmed or filed material |
closet | n. a small room or apartment; room for privacy |
clue | n. a ball of thread or cord; thread; something guides or directs anything of a doubtful or intricate nature |
coach | n. tutor; teacher; a vehicle carrying many passengers |
cocaine | n. drug extracted from coca leaves as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure, that can become addictive |
code | n. body of law; system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; system of symbols, letters, or words |
coin | v. make pieces of money from metal; invent or fabricate |
coincidence | n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance |
column | n. pillar; cylindrical or polygonal support for roof; anything resembling, in form or position; upright body or mass |
combat | v. struggle as with an opposing force; fight with |
combine | v. blend; fuse; merge |
comedy | n. light and humorous drama with a happy ending |
comic | a. arousing or provoking laughter; ridiculous; amusing; humorous |
comment | v. express an opinion; remark |
commercial | a. money-making; involved in work that is intended for the mass market |
commission | n. fee for services; a group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize |
commit | v. do something that cannot be changed; cause to be admitted |
commitment | n. pledge, undertaking; an act of binding yourself to a course of action |
committee | n. special group delegated to consider some matter |
communicate | v. send information about; make known; impart; reveal clearly |
communication | n. the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information |
community | n. society; a group of people living in the same locality and under the same government |
company | n. team; guard team; group of persons; business enterprise |
compare | v. examine and note the similarities or differences of |
competition | n. struggle; rivalry; an act of competing as for a profit prize |
competitive | a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition |
complex | a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures |
complicated | a. difficult to analyze or understand |
compliment | n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise |
compromise | v. adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of |
concentrate | v. bring to or direct toward a common center; unite more closely; gather into one body |
concept | n. something formed in mind; thought or notion |
concern | n. interest in any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety |
concrete | n. solid mass; covering with cement; hard, strong construction material consisting of sand, conglomerate, and gravel |
condition | n. mode or state of being; fitness; existing circumstances |
conduct | v. direct the course of; manage or control; lead or guide |
confess | v. acknowledge; admit that you have done something wrong |
confidence | n. feeling secure or certain about something |
confident | a. assured; having or marked by assurance |
confidential | a. treated with confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; secret |
confirm | v. support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify |
conflict | n. fight; struggle; incompatibility of dates or events |
confront | v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with |
confusion | n. a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; lack of clarity or order |
congress | n. meeting of elected or appointed representatives |
conscience | n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment |
conscious | a. awake, thinking, and knowing what is happening around you; alert |
conspiracy | n. plot; intrigue; agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act |
constant | a. invariable; repeating; continually occurring; persistent |
constitution | n. law determining the fundamental political principles of a government; the act of forming something |
consult | v. seek advice or information of; take into account; consider |
consumer | n. people who buy goods or services |
contact | v. get in touch with; reach |
contempt | n. state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of |
content | n. volume; something contained; material, including text and images |
contest | v. contend for; call in question; oppose; dispute |
contract | v. constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate |
contrary | a. relation of direct opposition; very opposed in nature or character or purpose |
convention | n. social or moral custom; formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates; agreement between states |
convict | v. find or declare guilty |
conviction | n. the judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief |
convince | v. overpower; force to yield assent to truth; satisfy by proof; prove guilty |
cooperate | v. work or act together toward a common end or purpose |
core | n. basic, center, or most important part; the essence |
corner | n. position at which two lines, surfaces, or edges meet and form an angle |
corporate | a. united or combined into one body; collective; belonging to a corporation or incorporated body |
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