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| 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 |
