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5000freevocab #1
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aboveboard | without concealment, fraud, or trickery |
| actuary | an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums |
| adjuvant | auxillary; that helps or aids |
| animadversion | the utterance of criticism or censure; a critical (esp. unfavorable) comment (on or upon something) |
| ante | in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt |
| antracite | hard coal |
| antic | a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action |
| antilogy | a contradiction in ideas, statements, or terms |
| averse | reluctant |
| balsam | medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing |
| beck | to give a signal to, by nod or gesture |
| brae | a sloping bank; hillside |
| brimstone | sulfur |
| cameo | any small engraved or carved work in relief; a minor but well defined role in a play, movie, etc, esp. when performed by a notable actor |
| chagrin | a feeling of embarrassment and annoyance because one has failed or been disappointed; mortification |
| codicil | an addition to a will that changes, explains, revokes, or adds provisions |
| commissariat | the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs |
| chiffon | a very thin guaze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc. |
| complicity | participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer |
| cornice | an ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling |
| coxswain | one who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under a officer |
| culvert | any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal |
| curio | any unusual or rare article |
| cynosure | any person or thing that is the center of attention or interest |
| dendroid | treelike in form |
| derrick | a large apparatus for lifting and moving heavy objects |
| datum | something known or assumed; information from which conclusions can be inferred |
| defalcate | to steal or misuse funds entrusted to one's care; embezzle |
| caitiff | a mean, evil, or corwardly person |
| cadenza | an elaborate, often improvised musical passage played unaccompanied by the solo instrument in a concerto |
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