| Your |
Gay |
| adjunct |
an accessory, an assistant, assisting |
| apposite |
suitable; appropriate |
| aspect |
a facial expression; the appearance of a situation; direction a thing faces |
| asperity |
irritability; roughness or harshness |
| bespeak |
to reserve in advance; to signify something |
| consort |
a companion |
| corollary |
a natural consequence of |
| cowl |
a hood (esp on a robe) |
| crux |
a puzzling question |
| default |
to fail to fulfill an obligation; the failure |
| descry |
to catch sight of; to discover through careful observation |
| dissidence |
disagreement; dissent |
| doff |
to remove; to discard |
| estimable |
admirable |
| facsimile |
an exact copy |
| faculty |
an ability (esp to think or function) |
| fellowship |
a grant; a society; friendship |
| flak |
excessive criticism; bursting shells fired from artillery guns |
| fleece |
to rob or cheat |
| foment |
to instigate or incite; to medically treat the skin with warm fluids |
| foray |
a sudden attack |
| forlorn |
abandoned |
| gaffe |
a blunder |
| gambit |
an opening move |
| grouse |
to complain |
| headlong |
rash; impetuous; headfirst |
| hoodwink |
to trick |
| imposture |
a deception |
| incidence |
the range of occurrence or effect; the striking of something on a surface |
| indelicate |
offensive; insensitive |
| indemnify |
to protect against harm; to compensate for harm done |
| juggernaut |
an overwhelming and irresistible force |
| keystone |
an essesntial principal |
| list |
to lean to one side; an inclination |
| lucubrate |
to write in a scholarly fashion |
| luculent |
easily understood |
| manifold |
varied; a copy |
| manumit |
to free from bondage |
| mealy-mouthed |
unwilling to use direct and plain language |
| minatory |
threatening |
| miscegenation |
interracial marriage or sexual relations |
| modality |
the way in which something is done |
| monolithic |
singular, large and powerful |
| nugatory |
useless |
| objurgate |
to scold sharply |
| obloquy |
public condemnation |
| obverse |
facing the observer; the front part of something ; principal side of a coin |
| onus |
a burdensome responsibility; a stigma |
| parse |
to analyze or explain grammatical structures |
| pell-mell |
in a hurried, disordered, and confused manner |
| percolate |
to filter; to seep through; to bubble up or become active |
| perorate |
to make a lengthy speech |
| plumb |
exactly vertical |
| ply |
a layer of wood or cloth; to use or wield; to work at |
| posh |
fashionable; stylish |
| pot shots |
criticism made in a careless manner |
| potentiate |
to strengthen |
| precept |
a rule of conduct |
| prefigure |
to represent in an early form; a prototype |
| priggish |
arrogant, smug, or narrow-minded |
| pronouncement |
a formal statement |
| provenance |
a source or origin |
| provident |
thrifty (carefully providing for the future) |
| puissance |
great power or strength |
| pyre |
a pile of combustibles (esp for burning a body) |
| quintessence |
the purest form of something |
| rapacious |
greedy |
| recondite |
abtruse; concealed; hidden |
| recourse |
a source of help; the act of appealing for help |
| regale |
to give pleasure to |
| regaled |
well entertained |
| repartee |
a swift, witty reply |
| repine |
to yearn after something; to be discontented |
| repute |
to be regarded as |
| requite |
to avenge |
| restitute |
to restore to original conditions; to pay for damages |
| rigmarole |
nonsense; confused rambling |
| Rubicon |
an important decision (that can not be later reversed) |
| salacious |
lewd; erotic |
| sceptic |
someone who typically doubts or questions |
| scotch |
to put an end to |
| scourge |
something that inflicts suffering |
| sear |
to burn the surface of; to wither or dry up |
| seemly |
proper; suitable |
| semaphore |
a visual signaling system |
| shunt |
to divert to another course |
| simper |
an artificial smile |
| sinecure |
a job with little work that pays well |
| sodden |
to soak; soaked or soggy |
| spate |
a sudden outpouring |
| specter |
a ghost; a threatening possibility |
| stalwart |
strong and faithful |
| stockade |
an enclosed area |
| stodgy |
dull, boring |
| suborn |
to persuade someone to break a law |
| subsume |
to classify in a less specific category |
| subterfuge |
a trick (used to avoid blame or defeat) |
| summarily |
without delay |
| teetotal |
completely abstaining from drinking alcohol |
| temerity |
a reckless disregard of danger |
| tender |
to propose something |
| toady |
to flatter excessively |
| toward |
favorable; imminent |
| transcribe |
to copy in writing |
| transgress |
to break a rule |
| transpire |
to become known |
| transpose |
to change the order of |
| tumid |
swolled; bloated; pompous |
| undergrid |
to strengthen or support from below |
| vanguard |
the leading element of a military force |
| varnish |
a glossy/deceptive appearance |
| vascular |
passionate; vigorous |
| venial |
wrong but pardonable |
| vim |
energy; vigor |
| viscid |
thick and gooey |
| vitiate |
lower the quality of;to lessen the legal authority of |
| welter |
confusion; turmoil; to lie soaked in a fluid |
| wrought |
made with care; shaped by hammering |
| wry |
humorous in a dry or ironic way |
| accompaniment |
a secondary musical instrument or voice |
| acolyte |
a follower or attendant (esp in religious ceremony) |
| addle |
to confuse |
| adduce |
to offer as an example or proof of |
| adjure |
to urge solemnly |
| afferent |
carried towards a central point |
| afield |
going astray; away from home |
| agnate |
pertaining to the father's side |
| amortize |
to pay off a debt through installments; to devalue something over a period of time |
| anadromous |
migrating upriver to breed |
| anodize |
to coat a metal with a protective oxide layer |
| aplomb |
poise; self confidence |
| argot |
a special vocabulary |
| atavism |
the reappearance of a trait after several generation of its absence |
| bawdy |
lewd; obscene |
| beatific |
showing great happiness |
| beholden |
indebted to |
| bellows |
a device for driving air through something |
| benchmark |
a standard |
| besmirch |
to make dirty |
| bowdlerize |
to sensor a text |
| braise |
to roast |
| broach |
to make a hole in something |
| cadre |
a framework; a core group of trained people |
| capitol |
the building in which legislators meet |
| careen |
to lurch or swerve |
| cartel |
a group of businesses formed to control their market and reduce competition |
| cataract |
a large waterfall or heavy downpour |
| caveat |
a warning |
| chassis |
the steel frame of a car |
| chasten |
to discipline |
| cline |
a gradual variation in inherited traits |
| cogitate |
to ponder deeply |
| cohort |
a group; a follower or associate |
| collate |
to compare carefully; to arrange in order |
| colonnade |
a series of columns |
| commonwealth |
a self-governing political body |
| concomitant |
existing or occurring at the same time |
| condign |
well deserved |
| confabulate |
to chat |
| confrere |
a colleague |
| consortium |
an association of countries or companies |
| corona |
a glow around something |
| cow |
to intimidate |
| crepuscular |
dim;indistinct |
| crestfallen |
feeling dejected |
| crone |
withered old woman |
| croon |
to speak or sing in a low tune |
| crucible |
a pot in which metals are melted |
| cryogenic |
pertaining to low temperatures |
| dais |
a raised platform for a speaker |
| deadpan |
not showing facial expressions; to show no expression |
| delimit |
to establish the limits of |
| delta |
a triangular patch of land (bet 2 branches of a river) |
| denizen |
something that lives in a particular place |
| depredate |
to prey upon or plunder |
| dextral |
pertaining to the right side |
| dictum |
an authoritative opinion; a saying |
| die |
a device used for cutting or shaping |
| disconsolate |
unhappy; without hope |
| dissimulate |
to hide the truth |
| dissolute |
living an immoral life |
| distaff |
a device used to spin wool by hand |
| dodder |
to tremble (to 2 frailty) |
| doggerel |
crude poetry that is not artistic; crude; rude |
| dowdy |
unattractively dull |
| educe |
to elicit |
| empiricism |
the doctrine that knowledge is based on observation rather than theory |
| emulsion |
droplets of one fluid suspended in another |
| endogamy |
marriage inside one's social group |
| endue |
to furnish with a quality or power |
| epistemology |
the study of the nature of knowledge |
| epistle |
a letter to someone (esp a formal one) |
| epoxy |
a type of glue |
| escrow |
an agreement monitored by a third party |
| estuary |
the part of the river where it meets the sea |
| ethology |
the study of animal behavior |
| eventuate |
to result in |
| eviscerate |
to remove the intestines of |
| ex post facto |
applying retrospectively |
| exogamy |
marriage outside one's social group |
| expostulate |
to try to dissuade someone |
| faun |
a type of mythological creature |
| fen |
a marshy area |
| ferrous |
pertaining to iron |
| fiat |
an order or decree |
| fiducial |
based on trust |
| filigree |
an ornamental work made from wire |
| flange |
a protruding collar on the end of a shaft (used for strengthenings or attachment) |
| flummox |
to confuse |
| foist |
to sell as genuine |
| font |
a source of abundance |
| founder |
to fail completely; to fill with water and sink |
| fresco |
a picture painted on a wall before the plaster is dry |
| frieze |
a band of decoration around the edge of something |
| frumpish |
dull and plain |
| fulgent |
shining brightly; radiating |
| fusillade |
a simultaneous firing of arms |
| fustian |
pompous language |
| garrison |
a military post (or its troops); to establish such a post |
| gasconade |
extravagant boasting |
| gerontocracy |
governmental rule by elders |
| gewgaw |
a showy, but worthless item |
| gibe |
to scoff or sneer |
| grade |
an inclination; a slope |
| guy |
to secure with ropes; a rope or cable |
| halcyon |
tranquil |
| highbrow |
highly cultured or intellectual; someone overly concerned about high culture |
| homeopathy |
medical treatment that uses small doses of medication that if used on a healthy person in large doses, would create the symptoms of the ailment being treated |
| hortative |
urgin or encouraging |
| hullabaloo |
an uproar |
| imbibe |
to drink; to learn new concepts |
| import |
to imply; the meaning of something |
| imprint |
to make an impression on; the impression |
| incarnate |
embodied in human form; to put into concrete form |
| increscent |
increasing |
| inculpate |
to incriminate |
| inviolate |
not damaged or violated |
| jejune |
not interesting; juvenile |
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