Question | Answer |
Abase v. | To lower in position, estimation, or the like; |
abbess n. | The lady superior of a nunnery. |
abbey n. | The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns. |
abbot n. | The superior of a community of monks. |
abdicate v. | To give up (royal power or the like). |
abdomen n. | In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly. |
abdominal n. | Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen. |
abduction n. | A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally. |
abed adv. | In bed; on a bed. |
aberration n. | Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course. |
Abet v. | To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense). |
abeyance n. | A state of suspension or temporary inaction. |
abhorrence n. | The act of detesting extremely. |
abhorrent adj. | Very repugnant; hateful. |
abidance n. | An abiding. |
abject adj. | Sunk to a low condition. |
abjure v . | To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath. |
able-bodied adj. | Competent for physical service. |
ablution n. | A washing or cleansing, especially of the body. |
abnegate v. | To renounce (a right or privilege). |
abnormal adj. | Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard. |
abominable adj. | Very hateful. |
abominate v. | To hate violently. |
abomination n. | A very detestable act or practice. |
aboriginal adj. | Primitive; unsophisticated. |
aborigines n. | The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country. |
aboveboard adv. | & adj. Without concealment, fraud, or trickery. |
abrade v. | To wear away the surface or some part of by friction. |
abrasion n. | That which is rubbed off. |
abridge v. | To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles. |
abridgment n. | A condensed form as of a book or play. |
abrogate v. | To abolish, repeal. |
abrupt adj. | Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break. |
abscess n. | A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body. |
abscission n. | The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation. |
abscond v. | To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest. |
absence n. | The fact of not being present or available. |
absent-minded adj. | Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business. |
absolution n. | Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses. |
absolve v. | To free from sin or its penalties. |
absorb v. | To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water. |
absorption n. | The act or process of absorbing. |
abstain v. | To keep oneself back (from doing or using something). |
abstemious adj. | Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food. |
abstinence n. | Self denial. |
abstruse adj. | Dealing with matters difficult to be understood. |
absurd adj. | Inconsistent with reason or common sense. |
abundant adj. | Plentiful. |
abusive adj. | Employing harsh words or ill treatment. |
abut v. | To touch at the end or boundary line. |
abyss n. | Bottomless gulf. |
academic adj. | Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university. |
academician n. | A member of an academy of literature, art, or science. |
academy n. | Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught. |
accede v. | To agree. |
accelerate v. | To move faster. |
accept v. | To take when offered. |
access n. | A way of approach or entrance; passage. |
accessible adj. | Approachable. |
accession n. | Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government. |
accessory n | . A person or thing that aids the principal agent. |
acclaim v. | To utter with a shout. |
accommodate v. | To furnish something as a kindness or favor. |
accompaniment n. | A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part. |
accompanist n. | One who or that which accompanies. |
accompany v. | To go with, or be associated with, as a companion. |
accomplice n. | An associate in wrong-doing. |
accomplish v. | To bring to pass. |
accordion n. | A portable free-reed musical instrument. |
accost v. | To speak to. |
account n. | A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions. |
accouter v. | To dress. |
accredit v. | To give credit or authority to. |
accumulate v. | To become greater in quantity or number. |
accuracy n. | Exactness. |
accurate adj. | Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard. |
accursed adj. | Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune. |
accusation n. | A charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error. |
accusatory adj. | Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation. |
accuse v. | To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error. |
accustom v. | To make familiar by use. |
acerbity n. | Sourness, with bitterness and astringency. |
acetate n. | A salt of acetic acid. |
acetic adj. | Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar. |
ache v. | To be in pain or distress. |
Achillean adj. | Invulnerable. |
achromatic adj. | Colorless, |
acid n. | A sour substance. |
acidify v. | To change into acid. |
acknowledge v. | To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of. |
acknowledgment n. | Recognition. |
acme n | . The highest point, or summit. |
acoustic adj. | Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing. |
acquaint v. | To make familiar or conversant. |
acquiesce v. | To comply; submit. |
acquiescence n. | Passive consent. |
acquire v. | To get as one's own. |
acquisition n. | Anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor. |
acquit v. | To free or clear, as from accusation. |
acquittal n. | A discharge from accusation by judicial action. |
acquittance n. | Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility. |
acreage n. | Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land. |
acrid adj. | Harshly pungent or bitter. |
acrimonious adj. | Full of bitterness. |
acrimony n. | Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper. |
actionable adj. | Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words. |
actuality n. | Any reality. |
actuary n. | An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums. |
actuate v. | To move or incite to action. |
acumen n. | Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination. |
acute adj. | Having fine and penetrating discernment. |
adamant n. | Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability. |
addendum n. | Something added, or to be added. |
addle v. | To make inefficient or worthless; muddle. |
adduce v. | To bring forward or name for consideration. |
adhere v. | To stick fast or together. |
adherence n. | Attachment. |
adherent adj. | Clinging or sticking fast. |
adhesion n. | The state of being attached or joined. |
adieu inter. | Good-by; farewell. |
adjacency n. | The state of being adjacent. |
adjacent n. | That which is near or bordering upon. |
adjudge v. | To award or bestow by formal decision. |
adjunct n. | Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place. |
adjuration n. | A vehement appeal. |
adjutant adj. | Auxiliary. |
administrator n. | One who manages affairs of any kind. |
admissible adj. | Having the right or privilege of entry. |
admittance n. | Entrance, or the right or permission to enter. |
admonish v. | To warn of a fault. |
admonition n. | Gentle reproof. |
ado n. | unnecessary activity or ceremony. |
adoration n. | Profound devotion. |
adroit adj. | Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers. |
adulterant n | . An adulterating substance. |
adulterate v. | To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients. |
adumbrate v. | To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem. |
advent n. | The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage. |
adverse adj. | Opposing or opposed. |
adversity n. | Misfortune. |
advert v. | To refer incidentally. |
advertiser n. | One who advertises, especially in newspapers. |
advisory adj. | Not mandatory. |
advocacy n. | The act of pleading a cause. |
advocate n. | One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court. |
aerial adj. | Of, pertaining to, or like the air. |
aeronaut n. | One who navigates the air, a balloonist. |
aeronautics n. | the art or practice of flying aircraft |
aerostat n. | A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air. |
aerostatics n | The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties. |
affable adj. | Easy to approach. |
affect v. | To act upon |
affectation n. | A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt. |
affiliate n. | Some auxiliary person or thing. |
affirmative adj | . Answering yes; to a question at issue. |
affix v. | To fasten. |
affluence n. | A profuse or abundant supply of riches. |
affront n. | An open insult or indignity. |
afire adv. & adj. | On fire, literally or figuratively. |
afoot adv. | In progress. |
aforesaid adj. | Said in a preceding part or before. |
afresh adv. | Once more, after rest or interval. |
afterthought n. | A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time. |
agglomerate v. | To pile or heap together. |
aggrandize v. | To cause to appear greatly. |
aggravate v. | To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome. |
aggravation n. | The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc. |
aggregate n. | The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something. |
aggress v. | To make the first attack. |
aggression n. | An unprovoked attack. |
aggrieve v. | To give grief or sorrow to. |
aghast adj. | Struck with terror and amazement. |
agile adj. | Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally. |
agitate v. | To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts). |
agrarian adj. | Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land. |
aide-de-camp n. | An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general. |
ailment n. | Slight sickness. |
airy adj. | Delicate, ethereal. |
akin adj. | Of similar nature or qualities. |
alabaster n. | A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum. |
alacrity n. | Cheerful willingness. |
albeit conj. | Even though. |
albino n. | A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris. |
album n. | A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like. |
alchemy n. | Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold. |
alcohol n. | A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste. |
alcoholism n. | A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages. |
alcove n. | A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room. |
alder n. | Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family. |
alderman n. | A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions. |
aldermanship n. | The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman. |
alias n. | An assumed name. |
alien n. | One who owes allegiance to a foreign government. |
alienable adj. | Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands. |
alienate v. | To cause to turn away. |
alienation n. | Estrangement. |
aliment n. | That which nourishes. |
alkali n. | Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc. |
allay v. | To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate. |
allege v. | To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court. |
allegory n. | The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness. |
alleviate v. | To make less burdensome or less hard to bear. |
alley n. | A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like. |
alliance n | . Any combination or union for some common purpose. |
allot v. | To assign a definite thing or part to a certain person. |
allotment n. | Portion. |
allude v. | To refer incidentally, or by suggestion. |
allusion n. | An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it. |
alluvion n. | Flood. |
ally n | . A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness. |
almanac n. | A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information. |
aloof adv. | Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others. |
altar n. | Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned. |
alter v. | To make change in. |
alteration n. | Change or modification. |
altercate v. | To contend angrily or zealously in words. |
alternate n. | One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other. |
alternative n | . Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else. |
altitude n. | Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea. |
alto n. | The lowest or deepest female voice or part. |
altruism n | . Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest. |
altruist n. | One who advocates or practices altruism. |
amalgam n. | An alloy or union of mercury with another metal. |
amalgamate v. | To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body. |
amateur adj. | Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession. |
amatory adj. | Designed to excite love. |
ambidextrous adj | . Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease. |
ambiguous adj. | Having a double meaning. |
ambitious adj. | Eagerly desirous and aspiring. |
ambrosial adj. | Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious. |
ambulance n. | A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded. |
ambulate v. | To walk about |
ambush n. | The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy. |
ameliorate v. | To relieve, as from pain or hardship |
amenable adj. | Willing and ready to submit. |
Americanism n. | A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States. |
amicable adj. | Done in a friendly spirit. |
amity n. | Friendship. |
amorous adj. | Having a propensity for falling in love. |
amorphous adj. | Without determinate shape. |
amour n. | A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature. |
ampere n. | The practical unit of electric-current strength. |
ampersand n. | The character &; and. |
amphibious adj. | Living both on land and in water. |
amphitheater n | . An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena. |
amplitude n. | Largeness. |
amply adv. | Sufficiently. |
amputate v. | To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body. |
amusement n. | Diversion. |
anachronism n. | Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time. |
anagram n. | The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase. |
analogous adj. | Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations. |
analogy n. | Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed. |
analyst n | One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method. |
analyze v. | To examine minutely or critically. |
anarchy n. | Absence or utter disregard of government. |
anathema n. | Anything forbidden, as by social usage. |
anatomy n. | That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms. |
ancestry n. | One's ancestors collectively. |
anecdote n. | A brief account of some interesting event or incident. |
anemia n. | Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles. |
anemic adj. | Affected with anemia. |
anemometer n. | An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind. |
anesthetic adj. | Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation. |
anew adv. | Once more. |
angelic adj. | Saintly. |
Anglophobia n. | Hatred or dread of England or of what is English. |
Anglo-Saxon n. | The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India. |
angular adj. | Sharp-cornered. |
anhydrous adj. | Withered. |
animadversion n. | The utterance of criticism or censure. |
animadvert v. | To pass criticism or censure. |
animalcule n. | An animal of microscopic smallness. |
animate v. | To make alive. |
animosity n. | Hatred. |
annalist n. | Historian. |
annals n. | A record of events in their chronological order, year by year. |
annex v. | To add or affix at the end. |
annihilate v. | To destroy absolutely. |
annotate v. | To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon. |
annual adj. | Occurring every year. |
annuity n. | An annual allowance, payment, or income. |
annunciation n. | Proclamation. |
anode n. | The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like. |
anonymous adj. | Of unknown authorship. |
antagonism n. | Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons. |
Antarctic adj. | Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it. |
ante v. | In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt. |
antecede v. | To precede. |
antecedent n. | One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality. |
antechamber n. | A waiting room for those who seek audience. |
antedate v. | To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one. |
antediluvian adj. | Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah. |
antemeridian adj. | Before noon. |
antemundane adj. | Pertaining to time before the world's creation. |
antenatal adj. | Occurring or existing before birth. |
anterior adj. | Prior. |
anteroom n. | A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger. |
anthology n. | A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors. |
anthracite n. | Hard coal. |
anthropology n. | The science of man in general. |
anthropomorphous adj. | Having or resembling human form. |
antic n. | A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action. |
Antichrist n. | Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power. |
anticlimax n. | A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said. |
anticyclone n. | An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward. |
antidote n | Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like |
antilogy n | Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas |
antipathize v | To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike |
antiphon n | A response or alteration of responses, generally musical |
antiphony n | An anthem or other composition sung responsively |
antipodes n | A place or region on the opposite side of the earth |
antiquary n | One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc |
antiquate v | To make old or out of date |
antique adj | Pertaining to ancient times |
antiseptic n | Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms |
antislavery adj | Opposed to human slavery |
antispasmodic adj | Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections |
antistrophe n | The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home" |
antitoxin n | A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms |
antonym n | A word directly opposed to another in meaning |
anxious adj | Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter |
apathy n | Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling |
aperture n | Hole |
apex n | The highest point, as of a mountain |
aphorism n | Proverb |
apiary n | A place where bees are kept |
apogee n | The climax |
apology n | A disclaimer of intentional error or offense |
apostasy n | A total departure from one's faith or religion |
apostate adj | False |
apostle n | Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority |
apothecary n | One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions |
apotheosis n | Deification |
appall v | To fill with dismay or horror |
apparent adj | Easily understood |
apparition n | Ghost |
appease v | To soothe by quieting anger or indignation |
appellate adj | Capable of being appealed to |
appellation n | The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called |
append v | To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary |
appertain v | To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation |
apposite adj | Appropriate |
apposition n | The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact |
appraise v | To estimate the money value of |
appreciable adj | Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect |
apprehend v | To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law |
apprehensible adj | Capable of being conceived |
approbation n | Sanction |
appropriate adj | Suitable for the purpose and circumstances |
aqueduct n | A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance |
aqueous adj | Of, pertaining to, or containing water |
arbiter n | One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters |
arbitrary adj | Fixed or done capriciously |
arbitrate v | To act or give judgment as umpire |
arbor n | A tree |
arboreal adj | Of or pertaining to a tree or trees |
arborescent adj | Having the nature of a tree |
arboretum n | A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs |
arboriculture n | The cultivation of trees or shrubs |
arcade n | A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc |
archaic adj | Antiquated |
archaism n | Obsolescence |
archangel n | An angel of high rank |
archbishop n | The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church |
archdeacon n | A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese |
archaeology n | The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man |
archetype n | A prototype |
archipelago n | Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves |
ardent adj | Burning with passion |
ardor n | Intensity of passion or affection |
arid adj | Very dry |
aristocracy n | A hereditary nobility |
aristocrat n | A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility |
armada n | A fleet of war-vessels |
armful n | As much as can be held in the arm or arms |
armory n | An arsenal |
aroma n | An agreeable odor |
arraign v | To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not |
arrange v | To put in definite or proper order |
arrangement n | The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order |
arrant adj | Notoriously bad |
arrear n | Something overdue and unpaid |
arrival n | A coming to stopping-place or destination |
arrogant adj | Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc |
arrogate v | To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds |
Artesian well n | A very deep bored well |
artful adj | Characterized by craft or cunning |
Arthurian adj | Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story |
artifice n | Trickery |
artless adj | Ingenuous |
ascendant adj | Dominant |
ascension n | The act of rising |
ascent n | A rising, soaring, or climbing |
ascetic adj | Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion |
ascribe v | To assign as a quality or attribute |
asexual adj | Having no distinct sexual organs |
ashen adj | Pale |
askance adv | With a side or indirect glance or meaning |
asperity n | Harshness or roughness of temper |
aspirant n | One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place |
aspiration n | An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach |
aspire v | To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained |
assailant n | One who attacks |
assassin n | One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly |
assassinate v | To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person |
assassination n | Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery |
assay n | The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore |
assent v | To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion |
assess v | To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid) |
assessor n | An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes |
assets n | pl |
assiduous adj | Diligent |
assignee n | One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests |
assimilate v | To adapt |
assonance n | Resemblance or correspondence in sound |
assonant adj | Having resemblance of sound |
assonate v | To accord in sound, especially vowel sound |
assuage v | To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease |
astringent adj | Harsh in disposition or character |
astute adj | Keen in discernment |
atheism n | The denial of the existence of God |
athirst adj | Wanting water |
athwart adv | From side to side |
atomizer n | An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc |
atone v | To make amends for |
atonement n | Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury |
atrocious adj | Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel |
atrocity n | Great cruelty or reckless wickedness |
attache n | A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy |
attest v | To certify as accurate, genuine, or true |
attorney-general n | The chief law-officer of a government |
auburn adj | Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair |
audacious adj | Fearless |
audible adj | Loud enough to be heard |
audition n | The act or sensation of hearing |
auditory adj | Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing |
augment v | To make bigger |
augur v | To predict |
Augustinian adj | Pertaining to St |
aura n | Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons |
aural adj | Of or pertaining to the ear |
auricle n | One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins |
auricular adj | Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing |
auriferous adj | Containing gold |
aurora n | A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere |
auspice n | favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance |
austere adj | Severely simple; unadorned |
autarchy n | Unrestricted power |
authentic adj | Of undisputed origin |
authenticity n | The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed |
autobiography n | The story of one's life written by himself |
autocracy n | Absolute government |
autocrat n | Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence |
automaton n | Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical |
autonomous adj | Self-governing |
autonomy n | Self-government |
autopsy n | The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death |
autumnal adj | Of or pertaining to autumn |
auxiliary n | One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory |
avalanche n | The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock |
avarice n | Passion for getting and keeping riches |
aver v | To assert as a fact |
averse adj | Reluctant |
aversion n | A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing |
avert v | To turn away or aside |
aviary n | A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept |
avidity n | Greediness |
avocation n | Diversion |
avow v | To declare openly |
awaken v | To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like |
awry adv | & adj |
aye adv | An expression of assent |
azalea n | A flowering shrub |
azure n | The color of the sky |
Baconian adj | Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy |
bacterium n | A microbe |
badger v | To pester |
baffle v | To foil or frustrate |
bailiff n | An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment |
baize n | A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc |
bale n | A large package prepared for transportation or storage |
baleful adj | Malignant |
ballad n | Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form |
balsam n | A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing |
banal adj | Commonplace |
barcarole n | A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers |
barograph n | An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure |
barometer n | An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface |
barring prep | Apart from |
baritone adj | Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor |
bask v | To make warm by genial heat |
bass adj | Low in tone or compass |
baste v | To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking |
baton n | An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege |
battalion n | A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment |
batten n | A narrow strip of wood |
batter n | A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery |
bauble n | A trinket |
bawl v | To proclaim by outcry |
beatify v | To make supremely happy |
beatitude n | Any state of great happiness |
beau n | An escort or lover |
becalm v | To make quiet |
beck v | To give a signal to, by nod or gesture |
bedaub v | To smear over, as with something oily or sticky |
bedeck v | To cover with ornament |
bedlam n | Madhouse |
befog v | To confuse |
befriend v | To be a friend to, especially when in need |
beget v | To produce by sexual generation |
begrudge v | To envy one of the possession of |
belate v | To delay past the proper hour |
belay v | To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat |
belie v | To misrepresent |
believe v | To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others |
belittle v | To disparage |
belle n | A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc |
bellicose adj | Warlike |
belligerent adj | Manifesting a warlike spirit |
bemoan v | To lament |
benediction n | a solemn invocation of the divine blessing |
benefactor n | A doer of kindly and charitable acts |
benefice n | A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service |
beneficent adj | Characterized by charity and kindness |
beneficial adj | Helpful |
beneficiary n | One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property |
benefit n | Helpful result |
benevolence n | Any act of kindness or well-doing |
benevolent adj | Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being |
benign adj | Good and kind of heart |
benignant adj | Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect |
benignity n | Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner |
benison n | Blessing |
bequeath v | To give by will |
bereave v | To make desolate with loneliness and grief |
berth n | A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc |
beseech v | To implore |
beset v | To attack on all sides |
besmear v | To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance |
bestial adj | Animal |
bestrew v | To sprinkle or cover with things strewn |
bestride v | To get or sit upon astride, as a horse |
bethink v | To remind oneself |
betide v | To happen to or befall |
betimes adv | In good season or time |
betroth v | To engage to marry |
betrothal n | Engagement to marry |
bevel n | Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees |
bewilder v | To confuse the perceptions or judgment of |
bibliomania n | The passion for collecting books |
bibliography n | A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject |
bibliophile n | One who loves books |
bibulous adj | Fond of drinking |
bide v | To await |
biennial n | A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second |
bier n | A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave |
bigamist n | One who has two spouses at the same time |
bigamy n | The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living |
bight n | A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line |
bilateral adj | Two-sided |
bilingual adj | Speaking two languages |
biograph n | A bibliographical sketch or notice |
biography n | A written account of one's life, actions, and character |
biology n | The science of life or living organisms |
biped n | An animal having two feet |
birthright n | A privilege or possession into which one is born |
bitterness n | Acridity, as to the taste |
blase adj | Sated with pleasure |
blaspheme v | To indulge in profane oaths |
blatant adj | Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous |
blaze n | A vivid glowing flame |
blazon v | To make widely or generally known |
bleak adj | Desolate |
blemish n | A mark that mars beauty |
blithe adj | Joyous |
blithesome adj | Cheerful |
blockade n | The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces |
boatswain n | A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc |
bodice n | A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist |
bodily adj | Corporeal |
boisterous adj | Unchecked merriment or animal spirits |
bole n | The trunk or body of a tree |
bolero n | A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing |
boll n | A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton |
bolster v | To support, as something wrong |
bomb n | A hollow projectile containing an explosive material |
bombard v | To assail with any missile or with abusive speech |
bombardier n | A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells |
bombast n | Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects |
boorish adj | Rude |
bore v | To weary by tediousness or dullness |
borough n | An incorporated village or town |
bosom n | The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman |
botanical adj | Connected with the study or cultivation of plants |
botanize v | To study plant-life |
botany n | The science that treats of plants |
bountiful adj | Showing abundance |
Bowdlerize v | To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages |
bowler n | In cricket, the player who delivers the ball |
boycott v | To place the products or merchandise of under a ban |
brae n | Hillside |
braggart n | A vain boaster |
brandish v | To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear |
bravado n | An aggressive display of boldness |
bravo interj | Well done |
bray n | A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn |
braze v | To make of or ornament with brass |
brazier n | An open pan or basin for holding live coals |
breach n | The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation |
breaker n | One who trains horses, dogs, etc |
breech n | The buttocks |
brethren n | pl |
brevity n | Shortness of duration |
bric-a-brac n | Objects of curiosity or for decoration |
bridle n | The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins |
brigade n | A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments |
brigadier n | General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general |
brigand n | One who lives by robbery and plunder |
brimstone n | Sulfur |
brine n | Water saturated with salt |
bristle n | One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc |
Britannia n | The United Kingdom of Great Britain |
Briticism n | A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British |
brittle adj | Fragile |
broach v | To mention, for the first time |
broadcast adj | Disseminated far and wide |
brogan n | A coarse, heavy shoe |
brogue n | Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people |
brokerage n | The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker |
bromine n | A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor |
bronchitis n | Inflammation of the bronchial tubes |
bronchus n | Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs |
brooch n | An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside |
brotherhood n | Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity |
browbeat v | To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner |
brusque adj | Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech |
buffoon n | A clown |
buffoonery n | Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc |
bulbous adj | Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb |
bullock n | An ox |
bulrush n | Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water |
bulwark n | Anything that gives security or defense |
bumper n | A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health |
bumptious adj | Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit |
bungle v | To execute clumsily |
buoyancy n | Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas |
buoyant adj | Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat |
bureau n | A chest of drawers for clothing, etc |
bureaucracy n | Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business |
burgess n | In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or Virginia |
burgher n | An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town |
burnish v | To make brilliant or shining |
bursar n | A treasurer |
bustle v | To hurry |
butt v | To strike with or as with the head, or horns |
butte n | A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated |
buttress n | Any support or prop |
by-law n | A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like |
cabal n | A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose |
cabalism n | Superstitious devotion to one's religion |
cabinet n | The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation |
cacophony n | A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones |
cadaverous adj | Resembling a corpse |
cadence n | Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops |
cadenza n | An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument |
caitiff adj | Cowardly |
cajole v | To impose on or dupe by flattering speech |
cajolery n | Delusive speech |
calculable adj | That may be estimated by reckoning |
calculus n | A concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness |
callosity n | The state of being hard and insensible |
callow adj | Without experience of the world |
calorie n | Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade |
calumny n | Slander |
Calvary n | The place where Christ was crucified |
Calvinism n | The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin |
Calvinize v | To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism |
came n | A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows |
cameo n | Any small engraved or carved work in relief |
campaign n | A complete series of connected military operations |
Canaanite n | A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or western Palestine |
canary adj | Of a bright but delicate yellow |
candid adj | Straightforward |
candor n | The quality of frankness or outspokenness |
canine adj | Characteristic of a dog |
canon n | Any rule or law |
cant v | To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity |
cantata n | A choral composition |
canto n | One of the divisions of an extended poem |
cantonment n | The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered |
capacious adj | Roomy |
capillary n | A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells |
capitulate v | To surrender or stipulate terms |
caprice n | A whim |
caption n | A heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc |
captious adj | Hypercritical |
captivate v | To fascinate, as by excellence |
carcass n | The dead body of an animal |
cardiac adj | Pertaining to the heart |
cardinal adj | Of prime or special importance |
caret n | A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc |
caricature n | a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted |
carnage n | Massacre |
carnal adj | Sensual |
carnivorous adj | Eating or living on flesh |
carouse v | To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner |
carrion n | Dead and putrefying flesh |
cartilage n | An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence |
cartridge n | A charge for a firearm, or for blasting |
caste n | The division of society on artificial grounds |
castigate v | To punish |
casual adj | Accidental, by chance |
casualty n | A fatal or serious accident or disaster |
cataclysm n | Any overwhelming flood of water |
cataract n | Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness |
catastrophe n | Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity |
cathode n | The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery |
Catholicism n | The system, doctrine, and practice of the Roman Catholic Church |
catholicity n | Universal prevalence or acceptance |
cat-o-nine-tails n | An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy |
caucus n | A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates |
causal adj | Indicating or expressing a cause |
caustic adj | Sarcastic and severe |
cauterize v | To burn or sear as with a heated iron |
cede v | To pass title to |
censor n | An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication |
censorious adj | Judging severely or harshly |
census n | An official numbering of the people of a country or district |
centenary adj | Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years |
centiliter n | A hundredth of a liter |
centimeter n | A length of one hundredth of a meter |
centurion n | A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army |
cereal adj | Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds |
ceremonial adj | Characterized by outward form or ceremony |
ceremonious adj | Observant of ritual |
cessation n | Discontinuance, as of action or motion |
cession n | Surrender, as of possessions or rights |
chagrin n | Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors |
chameleon adj | Changeable in appearance |
chancery n | A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court |
chaos n | Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion |
characteristic n | A distinctive feature |
characterize v | To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities |
charlatan n | A quack |
chasm n | A yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface |
chasten v | To purify by affliction |
chastise v | To subject to punitive measures |
chastity n | Sexual or moral purity |
chateau n | A castle or manor-house |
chattel n | Any article of personal property |
check v | To hold back |
chiffon n | A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc |
chivalry n | The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices |
cholera n | An acute epidemic disease |
choleric adj | Easily provoked to anger |
choral adj | Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir |
Christ n | A title of Jesus |
christen v | To name in baptism |
Christendom n | That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed |
chromatic adj | Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color |
chronology n | The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events |
chronometer n | A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision |
cipher v | To calculate arithmetically |
circulate v | To disseminate |
circumference n | The boundary-line of a circle |
circumlocution n | Indirect or roundabout expression |
circumnavigate v | To sail quite around |
circumscribe v | To confine within bounds |
circumspect adj | Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration |
citadel n | Any strong fortress |
cite v | To refer to specifically |
claimant n | One who makes a claim or demand, as of right |
clairvoyance n | Intuitive sagacity or perception |
clamorous adj | Urgent in complaint or demand |
clan n | A tribe |
clandestine adj | Surreptitious |
clangor n | Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor |
clarify v | To render intelligible |
clarion n | A small shrill trumpet or bugle |
classify v | To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblance’s and differences |
clearance n | A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the law and may sail |
clemency n | Mercy |
clement adj | Compassionate |
close-hauled adj | Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible |
clothier n | One who makes or sells cloth or clothing |
clumsy adj | Awkward of movement |
coagulate v | To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by a ferment |
coagulant adj | Producing coagulation |
coalescence n | The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product |
coalition n | Combination in a body or mass |
coddle v | To treat as a baby or an invalid |
codicil n | A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will |
coerce v | To force |
coercion n | Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical |
coercive adj | Serving or tending to force |
cogent adj | Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience |
cognate adj | Akin |
cognizant adj | Taking notice |
cohere v | To stick together |
cohesion n | Consistency |
cohesive adj | Having the property of consistency |
coincide v | To correspond |
coincidence n | A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident |
coincident adj | Taking place at the same time |
collaborate v | To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits |
collapse v | To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail |
collapsible adj | That may or can collapse |
colleague n | An associate in professional employment |
collective adj | Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a mass, or sum |
collector n | One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like |
collegian n | A college student |
collide v | To meet and strike violently |
collier n | One who works in a coal-mine |
collision n | Violent contact |
colloquial adj | Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary |
colloquialism n | Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation |
colloquy n | Conversation |
collusion n | A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose |
colossus n | Any strikingly great person or object |
comely adj | Handsome |
comestible adj | Fit to be eaten |
comical adj | Funny |
commemorate v | To serve as a remembrance of |
commentary n | A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work |
commingle v | To blend |
commissariat n | The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs |
commission v | To empower |
commitment n | The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping |
committal n | The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being |
commodity n | Something that is bought and sold |
commotion n | A disturbance or violent agitation |
commute v | To put something, especially something less severe, in place of |
comparable adj | Fit to be compared |
comparative adj | Relative |
comparison n | Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness |
compensate v | To remunerate |
competence n | Adequate qualification or capacity |
competent adj | Qualified |
competitive adj | characterized by rivalry |
competitor n | A rival |
complacence n | Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings |
complacent adj | Pleased or satisfied with oneself |
complaisance n | Politeness |
complaisant adj | Agreeable |
complement v | To make complete |
complex adj | Complicated |
compliant adj | Yielding |
complicate v | To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with |
complication n | An intermingling or combination of things or parts, especially in a perplexing manner |
complicity n | Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer |
compliment v | To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise |
component n | A constituent element or part |
comport v | To conduct or behave (oneself) |
composure n | Calmness |
comprehensible adj | Intelligible |
comprehension n | Ability to know |
comprehensive adj | Large in scope or content |
compress v | To press together or into smaller space |
compressible adj | Capable of being pressed into smaller compass |
compression n | Constraint, as by force or authority |
comprise v | To consist of |
compulsion n | Coercion |
compulsory adj | Forced |
compunction n | Remorseful feeling |
compute v | To ascertain by mathematical calculation |
concede v | To surrender |
conceit n | Self-flattering opinion |
conceive v | To form an idea, mental image or thought of |
concerto n | A musical composition |
concession n | Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition, or claim |
conciliate v | To obtain the friendship of |
conciliatory adj | Tending to reconcile |
conclusive adj | Sufficient to convince or decide |
concord n | Harmony |
concordance n | Harmony |
concur v | To agree |
concurrence n | Agreement |
concurrent adj | Occurring or acting together |
concussion n | A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow |
condensation n | The act or process of making dense or denser |
condense v | To abridge |
condescend v | To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors |
condolence n | Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune |
conduce v | To bring about |
conducive adj | Contributing to an end |
conductible adj | Capable of being conducted or transmitted |
conduit n | A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid |
confectionery n | The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy |
confederacy n | A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for mutual aid |
confederate n | One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement |
confer v | To bestow |
conferee n | A person with whom another confers |
confessor n | A spiritual advisor |
confidant n | One to whom secrets are entrusted |
confide v | To reveal in trust or confidence |
confidence n | The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another |
confident adj | Assured |
confinement n | Restriction within limits or boundaries |
confiscate v | To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury |
conflagration n | A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like |
confluence n | The place where streams meet |
confluent n | A stream that unites with another |
conformance n | The act or state or conforming |
conformable adj | Harmonious |
conformation n | General structure, form, or outline |
conformity n | Correspondence in form, manner, or use |
confront v | To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles |
congeal v | To coagulate |
congenial adj | Having kindred character or tastes |
congest v | To collect into a mass |
congregate v | To bring together into a crowd |
coniferous adj | Cone-bearing trees |
conjecture n | A guess |
conjoin v | To unite |
conjugal adj | Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons |
conjugate adj | Joined together in pairs |
conjugation n | The state or condition of being joined together |
conjunction n | The state of being joined together, or the things so joined |
connive v | To be in collusion |
connoisseur n | A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art |
connote v | To mean; signify |
connubial adj | Pertaining to marriage or matrimony |
conquer v | To overcome by force |
consanguineous adj | Descended from the same parent or ancestor |
conscience n | The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct |
conscientious adj | Governed by moral standard |
conscious adj | Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks |
conscript v | To force into military service |
consecrate v | To set apart as sacred |
consecutive adj | Following in uninterrupted succession |
consensus n | A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons |
conservatism n | Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things |
conservative adj | Adhering to the existing order of things |
conservatory n | An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation |
consign v | To entrust |
consignee n | A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted |
consignor n | One who entrusts |
consistency n | A state of permanence |
console v | To comfort |
consolidate v | To combine into one body or system |
consonance n | The state or quality of being in accord with |
consonant adj | Being in agreement or harmony with |
consort n | A companion or associate |
conspicuous adj | Clearly visible |
conspirator n | One who agrees with others to cooperate in accomplishing some unlawful purpose |
conspire v | To plot |
constable n | An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace |
constellation n | An arbitrary assemblage or group of stars |
consternation n | Panic |
constituency n | The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body |
constituent n | One who has the right to vote at an election |
constrict v | To bind |
consul n | An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country |
consulate n | The place in which a consul transacts official business |
consummate v | To bring to completion |
consumption n | Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc |
consumptive adj | Designed for gradual destruction |
contagion n | The communication of disease from person to person |
contagious adj | Transmitting disease |
contaminate v | To pollute |
contemplate v | To consider thoughtfully |
contemporaneous adj | Living, occurring, or existing at the same time |
contemporary adj | Living or existing at the same time |
contemptible adj | Worthy of scorn or disdain |
contemptuous adj | Disdainful |
contender n | One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry |
contiguity n | Proximity |
contiguous adj | Touching or joining at the edge or boundary |
continence n | Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion |
contingency n | Possibility of happening |
contingent adj | Not predictable |
continuance n | Permanence |
continuation n | Prolongation |
continuity n | Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development |
continuous adj | Connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence |
contort v | To twist into a misshapen form |
contraband n | Trade forbidden by law or treaty |
contradiction n | The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said |
contradictory adj | Inconsistent with itself |
contraposition n | A placing opposite |
contravene v | To prevent or obstruct the operation of |
contribution n | The act of giving for a common purpose |
contributor n | One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose |
contrite adj | Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin |
contrivance n | The act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose |
contrive v | To manage or carry through by some device or scheme |
control v | To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over |
controller n | One who or that which regulates or directs |
contumacious adj | Rebellious |
contumacy n | Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority |
contuse v | To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin |
contusion n | A bruise |
convalesce v | To recover after a sickness |
convalescence n | The state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease |
convalescent adj | Recovering health after sickness |
convene v | To summon or cause to assemble |
convenience n | Fitness, as of time or place |
converge v | To cause to incline and approach nearer together |
convergent adj | Tending to one point |
conversant adj | Thoroughly informed |
conversion n | Change from one state or position to another, or from one form to another |
convertible adj | Interchangeable |
convex adj | Curving like the segment of the globe or of the surface of a circle |
conveyance n | That by which anything is transported |
convivial adj | Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking |
convolution n | A winding motion |
convolve v | To move with a circling or winding motion |
convoy n | A protecting force accompanying property in course of transportation |
convulse v | To cause spasms in |
convulsion n | A violent and abnormal muscular contraction of the body |
copious adj | Plenteous |
coquette n | A flirt |
cornice n | An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling |
cornucopia n | The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity |
corollary n | A proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little demonstration |
coronation n | The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch |
coronet n | Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign |
corporal adj | Belonging or relating to the body as opposed to the mind |
corporate adj | Belonging to a corporation |
corporeal adj | Of a material nature; physical |
corps n | A number or body of persons in some way associated or acting together |
corpse n | A dead body |
corpulent adj | Obese |
corpuscle n | A minute particle of matter |
correlate v | To put in some relation of connection or correspondence |
correlative adj | Mutually involving or implying one another |
corrigible adj | Capable of reformation |
corroborate v | To strengthen, as proof or conviction |
corroboration n | Confirmation |
corrode v | To ruin or destroy little by little |
corrosion n | Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration |
corrosive n | That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration |
corruptible adj | Open to bribery |
corruption n | Loss of purity or integrity |
cosmetic adj | Pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the complexion |
cosmic adj | Pertaining to the universe |
cosmogony n | A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe |
cosmography n | The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology |
cosmology n | The general science of the universe |
cosmopolitan adj | Common to all the world |
cosmopolitanism n | A cosmopolitan character |
cosmos n | The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement |
counter-claim n | A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff |
counteract v | To act in opposition to |
counterbalance v | To oppose with an equal force |
countercharge v | To accuse in return |
counterfeit adj | Made to resemble something else |
counterpart n | Something taken with another for the completion of either |
countervail v | To offset |
counting-house n | A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc |
countryman n | A rustic |
courageous adj | Brave |
course n | Line of motion or direction |
courser n | A fleet and spirited horse |
courtesy n | Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually |
covenant n | An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties |
covert adj | Concealed, especially for an evil purpose |
covey n | A flock of quails or partridges |
cower v | To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame |
coxswain n | One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under an officer |
crag n | A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge |
cranium n | The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain |
crass adj | Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine |
craving n | A vehement desire |
creak n | A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound |
creamery n | A butter-making establishment |
creamy adj | Resembling or containing cream |
credence n | Belief |
credible adj | Believable |
credulous adj | Easily deceived |
creed n | A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief |
crematory adj | A place for cremating dead bodies |
crevasse n | A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier |
crevice n | A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces |
criterion n | A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion |
critique n | A criticism or critical review |
crockery n | Earthenware made from baked clay |
crucible n | A trying and purifying test or agency |
crusade n | Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle |
crustacean adj | Pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc |
crustaceous adj | Having a crust-like shell |
cryptogram n | Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning |
crystallize v | To bring together or give fixed shape to |
cudgel n | A short thick stick used as a club |
culinary adj | Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen |
cull v | To pick or sort out from the rest |
culpable adj | Guilty |
culprit n | A guilty person |
culvert n | Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal |
cupidity n | Avarice |
curable adj | Capable of being remedied or corrected |
curator n | A person having charge as of a library or museum |
curio n | A piece of bric-a-brac |
cursive adj | Writing in which the letters are joined together |
cursory adj | Rapid and superficial |
curt adj | Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression |
curtail v | To cut off or cut short |
curtsy n | A downward movement of the body by bending the knees |
cycloid adj | Like a circle |
cygnet n | A young swan |
cynical adj | Exhibiting moral skepticism |
cynicism n | Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value |
cynosure n | That to which general interest or attention is directed |
daring adj | Brave |
darkling adv | Blindly |
Darwinism n | The doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution of higher forms |
dastard n | A base coward |
datum n | A premise, starting-point, or given fact |
dauntless adj | Fearless |
day-man n | A day-laborer |
dead-heat n | A race in which two or more competitors come out even, and there is no winner |
dearth n | Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable |
death's-head n | A human skull as a symbol of death |
debase v | To lower in character or virtue |
debatable adj | Subject to contention or dispute |
debonair adj | Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner |
debut n | A first appearance in society or on the stage |
decagon n | A figure with ten sides and ten angles |
decagram n | A weight of 10 grams |
decaliter n | A liquid and dry measure of 10 liters |
decalogue n | The ten commandments |
Decameron n | A volume consisting of ten parts or books |
decameter n | A length of ten meters |
decamp v | To leave suddenly or unexpectedly |
decapitate v | To behead |
decapod adj | Ten-footed or ten-armed |
decasyllable n | A line of ten syllables |
deceit n | Falsehood |
deceitful adj | Fraudulent |
deceive v | To mislead by or as by falsehood |
decency n | Moral fitness |
decent adj | Characterized by propriety of conduct, speech, manners, or dress |
deciduous adj | Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc |
decimal adj | Founded on the number 10 |
decimate v | To destroy a measurable or large proportion of |
decipher v | To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible |
decisive ad | Conclusive |
declamation n | A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public |
declamatory adj | A full and formal style of utterance |
declarative adj | Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation |
declension n | The change of endings in nouns and adj |
decorate v | To embellish |
decorous adj | Suitable for the occasion or circumstances |
decoy n | Anything that allures, or is intended to allures into danger or temptation |
decrepit adj | Enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity |
dedication n | The voluntary consecration or relinquishment of something to an end or cause |
deduce v | To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles |
deface v | To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of |
defalcate v | To cut off or take away, as a part of something |
defamation n | Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another |
defame v | To slander |
default n | The neglect or omission of a legal requirement |
defendant n | A person against whom a suit is brought |
defensible adj | Capable of being maintained or justified |
defensive adj | Carried on in resistance to aggression |
defer v | To delay or put off to some other time |
deference n | Respectful submission or yielding, as to another's opinion, wishes, or judgment |
defiant adj | Characterized by bold or insolent opposition |
deficiency n | Lack or insufficiency |
deficient adj | Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount |
definite adj | Having an exact signification or positive meaning |
deflect v | To cause to turn aside or downward |
deforest v | To clear of forests |
deform v | To disfigure |
deformity n | A disfigurement |
defraud v | To deprive of something dishonestly |
defray v | To make payment for |
degeneracy n | A becoming worse |
degenerate v | To become worse or inferior |
degradation n | Diminution, as of strength or magnitude |
degrade v | To take away honors or position from |
dehydrate v | To deprive of water |
deify v | To regard or worship as a god |
deign v | To deem worthy of notice or account |
deist n | One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation |
deity n | A god, goddess, or divine person |
deject v | To dishearten |
dejection n | Melancholy |
delectable adj | Delightful to the taste or to the senses |
delectation n | Delight |
deleterious adj | Hurtful, morally or physically |
delicacy n | That which is agreeable to a fine taste |
delineate v | To represent by sketch or diagram |
deliquesce v | To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air |
delirious adj | Raving |
delude v | To mislead the mind or judgment of |
deluge v | To overwhelm with a flood of water |
delusion n | Mistaken conviction, especially when more or less enduring |
demagnetize v | To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism |
demagogue n | An unprincipled politician |
demeanor n | Deportment |
demented adj | Insane |
demerit n | A mark for failure or bad conduct |
demise n | Death |
demobilize v | To disband, as troops |
demolish v | To annihilate |
demonstrable adj | Capable of positive proof |
demonstrate v | To prove indubitably |
demonstrative adj | Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts |
demonstrator n | One who proves in a convincing and conclusive manner |
demulcent n | Any application soothing to an irritable surface |
demurrage n | the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing |
dendroid adj | Like a tree |
dendrology n | The natural history of trees |
denizen n | Inhabitant |
denominate v | To give a name or epithet to |
denomination n | A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline |
denominator n | Part of a fraction which expresses the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided |
denote v | To designate by word or mark |
denouement n | That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up |
denounce v | To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium |
dentifrice n | Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth |
denude v | To strip the covering from |
denunciation n | The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation or punishment |
deplete v | To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste |
deplorable adj | Contemptible |
deplore v | To regard with grief or sorrow |
deponent adj | Laying down |
depopulate v | To remove the inhabitants from |
deport v | To take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony |
deportment n | Demeanor |
deposition n | Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court |
depositor n | One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited |
depository n | A place where anything is kept in safety |
deprave v | To render bad, especially morally bad |
deprecate v | To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite |
depreciate v | To lessen the worth of |
depreciation n | A lowering in value or an underrating in worth |
depress v | To press down |
depression n | A falling of the spirits |
depth n | Deepness |
derelict adj | Neglectful of obligation |
deride v | To ridicule |
derisible adj | Open to ridicule |
derision n | Ridicule |
derivation n | That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning |
derivative adj | Coming or acquired from some origin |
derive v | To deduce, as from a premise |
dermatology n | The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases |
derrick n | An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights |
descendant n | One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc |
descendent adj | Proceeding downward |
descent n | The act of moving or going downward |
descry v | To discern |
desert v | To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned |
desiccant n | Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds |
designate v | To select or appoint, as by authority |
desist v | To cease from action |
desistance n | Cessation |
despair n | Utter hopelessness and despondency |
desperado n | One without regard for law or life |
desperate adj | Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair |
despicable adj | Contemptible |
despite prep | In spite of |
despond v | To lose spirit, courage, or hope |
despondent adj | Disheartened |
despot n | An absolute and irresponsible monarch |
despotism n | Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part |
destitute adj | Poverty-stricken |
desultory adj | Not connected with what precedes |
deter v | To frighten away |
deteriorate v | To grow worse |
determinate adj | Definitely limited or fixed |
determination n | The act of deciding |
deterrent adj | Hindering from action through fear |
detest v | To dislike or hate with intensity |
detract v | To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation |
detriment n | Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss |
detrude v | To push down forcibly |
deviate v | To take a different course |
devilry n | Malicious mischief |
deviltry n | Wanton and malicious mischief |
devious adj | Out of the common or regular track |
devise v | To invent |
devout adj | Religious |
dexterity n | Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work |
diabolic adj | Characteristic of the devil |
diacritical adj | Marking a difference |
diagnose v | To distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic phenomena |
diagnosis n | Determination of the distinctive nature of a disease |
dialect n | Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district |
dialectician n | A logician |
dialogue n | A formal conversation in which two or more take part |
diaphanous adj | Transparent |
diatomic adj | Containing only two atoms |
diatribe n | A bitter or malicious criticism |
dictum n | A positive utterance |
didactic adj | Pertaining to teaching |
difference n | Dissimilarity in any respect |
differentia n | Any essential characteristic of a species by reason of which it differs from other species |
differential adj | Distinctive |
differentiate v | To acquire a distinct and separate character |
diffidence n | Self-distrust |
diffident adj | Affected or possessed with self-distrust |
diffusible adj | Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly |
diffusion n | Dispersion |
dignitary n | One who holds high rank |
digraph n | A union of two characters representing a single sound |
digress v | To turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter |
dilapidated pa | Fallen into decay or partial ruin |
dilate v | To enlarge in all directions |
dilatory adj | Tending to cause delay |
dilemma n | A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary |
dilettante n | A superficial amateur |
diligence n | Careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is undertaken |
dilute v | To make more fluid or less concentrated by admixture with something |
diminution n | Reduction |
dimly adv | Obscurely |
diphthong n | The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds |
diplomacy n | Tact, shrewdness, or skill in conducting any kind of negotiations or in social matters |
diplomat n | A representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another |
diplomatic adj | Characterized by special tact in negotiations |
diplomatist n | One remarkable for tact and shrewd management |
disagree v | To be opposite in opinion |
disallow v | To withhold permission or sanction |
disappear v | To cease to exist, either actually or for the time being |
disappoint v | To fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish, or desire of |
disapprove v | To regard with blame |
disarm v | To deprive of weapons |
disarrange v | To throw out of order |
disavow v | To disclaim responsibility for |
disavowal n | Denial |
disbeliever n | One who refuses to believe |
disburden v | To disencumber |
disburse v | To pay out or expend, as money from a fund |
discard v | To reject |
discernible adj | Perceivable |
disciple n | One who believes the teaching of another, or who adopts and follows some doctrine |
disciplinary adj | Having the nature of systematic training or subjection to authority |
discipline v | To train to obedience |
disclaim v | To disavow any claim to, connection with, or responsibility to |
discolor v | To stain |
discomfit v | To put to confusion |
discomfort n | The state of being positively uncomfortable |
disconnect v | To undo or dissolve the connection or association of |
disconsolate adj | Grief-stricken |
discontinuance n | Interruption or intermission |
discord n | Absence of harmoniousness |
discountenance v | To look upon with disfavor |
discover v | To get first sight or knowledge of, as something previously unknown or unperceived |
discredit v | To injure the reputation of |
discreet adj | Judicious |
discrepant adj | Opposite |
discriminate v | To draw a distinction |
discursive adj | Passing from one subject to another |
discussion n | Debate |
disenfranchise v | To deprive of any right privilege or power |
disengage v | To become detached |
disfavor n | Disregard |
disfigure v | To impair or injure the beauty, symmetry, or appearance of |
dishabille n | Undress or negligent attire |
dishonest adj | Untrustworthy |
disillusion v | To disenchant |
disinfect v | To remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious diseases |
disinfectant n | A substance used to destroy the germs of infectious diseases |
disinherit v | To deprive of an inheritance |
disinterested adj | Impartial |
disjunctive adj | Helping or serving to disconnect or separate |
dislocate v | To put out of proper place or order |
dismissal n | Displacement by authority from an office or an employment |
dismount v | To throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like |
disobedience n | Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction |
disobedient adj | Neglecting or refusing to obey |
disown v | To refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself |
disparage v | To regard or speak of slightingly |
disparity n | Inequality |
dispel v | To drive away by or as by scattering in different directions |
dispensation n | That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power |
displace v | To put out of the proper or accustomed place |
dispossess v | To deprive of actual occupancy, especially of real estate |
disputation n | Verbal controversy |
disqualify v | To debar |
disquiet v | To deprive of peace or tranquillity |
disregard v | To take no notice of |
disreputable adj | Dishonorable or disgraceful |
disrepute n | A bad name or character |
disrobe v | To unclothe |
disrupt v | To burst or break asunder |
dissatisfy v | To displease |
dissect v | To cut apart or to pieces |
dissection n | The act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of a plant or an animal |
dissemble v | To hide by pretending something different |
disseminate v | To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown |
dissension n | Angry or violent difference of opinion |
dissent n | Disagreement |
dissentient n | One who disagrees |
dissentious adj | Contentious |
dissertation n | Thesis |
disservice n | An ill turn |
dissever v | To divide |
dissimilar adj | Different |
dissipate v | To disperse or disappear |
dissipation n | The state of being dispersed or scattered |
dissolute adj | Lewd |
dissolution n | A breaking up of a union of persons |
dissolve v | To liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture |
dissonance n | Discord |
dissonant adj | Harsh or disagreeable in sound |
dissuade v | To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading |
dissuasion n | The act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans of through persuasion, or pleading |
disyllable n | A word of two syllables |
distemper n | A disease or malady |
distend v | To stretch out or expand in every direction |
distensible adj | Capable of being stretched out or expanded in every direction |
distention n | Expansion |
distill v | To extract or produce by vaporization and condensation |
distillation n | Separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile |
distiller n | One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic liquors |
distinction n | A note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies |
distort v | To twist into an unnatural or irregular form |
distrain v | To subject a person to distress |
distrainor n | One who subjects a person to distress |
distraught adj | Bewildered |
distrust n | Lack of confidence in the power, wisdom, or good intent of any person |
disunion n | Separation of relations or interests |
diurnal adj | Daily |
divagation n | Digression |
divergent adj | Tending in different directions |
diverse adj | Capable of various forms |
diversion n | Pastime |
diversity n | Dissimilitude |
divert v | To turn from the accustomed course or a line of action already established |
divertible adj | Able to be turned from the accustomed course or a line of action already established |
divest v | To strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments, or accouterments or disinvestment |
divination n | The pretended forecast of future events or discovery of what is lost or hidden |
divinity n | The quality or character of being godlike |
divisible adj | Capable of being separated into parts |
divisor n | That by which a number or quantity is divided |
divulge v | To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret |
divulgence n | A divulging |
docile adj | Easy to manage |
docket n | The registry of judgments of a court |
doe n | The female of the deer |
dogma n | A statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority |
dogmatic adj | Making statements without argument or evidence |
dogmatize v | To make positive assertions without supporting them by argument or evidence |
doleful adj | Melancholy |
dolesome adj | Melancholy |
dolor n | Lamentation |
dolorous adj | Expressing or causing sorrow or pain |
domain n | A sphere or field of action or interest |
domesticity n | Life in or fondness for one's home and family |
domicile n | The place where one lives |
dominance n | Ascendancy |
dominant adj | Conspicuously prominent |
dominate v | To influence controllingly |
domination n | Control by the exercise of power or constituted authority |
domineer v | To rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance |
donate v | To bestow as a gift, especially for a worthy cause |
donator n | One who makes a donation or present |
donee n | A person to whom a donation is made |
donor n | One who makes a donation or present |
dormant adj | Being in a state of or resembling sleep |
doublet n | One of a pair of like things |
doubly adv | In twofold degree or extent |
dowry n | The property which a wife brings to her husband in marriage |
drachma n | A modern and an ancient Greek coin |
dragnet n | A net to be drawn along the bottom of the water |
dragoon n | In the British army, a cavalryman |
drainage n | The means of draining collectively, as a system of conduits, trenches, pipes, etc |
dramatist n | One who writes plays |
dramatize v | To relate or represent in a dramatic or theatrical manner |
drastic adj | Acting vigorously |
drought n | Dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither |
drowsy adj | Heavy with sleepiness |
drudgery n | Hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation |
dubious adj | Doubtful |
duckling n | A young duck |
ductile adj | Capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread |
duet n | A composition for two voices or instruments |
dun v | To make a demand or repeated demands on for payment |
duplex adj | Having two parts |
duplicity n | Double-dealing |
durance n | Confinement |
duration n | The period of time during which anything lasts |
duteous adj | Showing submission to natural superiors |
dutiable adj | Subject to a duty, especially a customs duty |
dutiful adj | Obedient |
dwindle v | To diminish or become less |
dyne n | The force which, applied to a mass of one gram for 1 second, would give it a velocity of 1 cm/s |
earnest adj | Ardent in spirit and speech |
earthenware n | Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun |
eatable adj | Edible |
ebullient adj | Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling |
eccentric adj | Peculiar |
eccentricity n | Idiosyncrasy |
eclipse n | The obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body |
economize v | To spend sparingly |
ecstasy n | Rapturous excitement or exaltation |
ecstatic adj | Enraptured |
edible adj | Suitable to be eaten |
edict n | That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule of action |
edify v | To build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion |
editorial n | An article in a periodical written by the editor and published as an official argument |
educe v | To draw out |
efface v | To obliterate |
effect n | A consequence |
effective adj | Fit for a destined purpose |
effectual adj | Efficient |
effeminacy n | Womanishness |
effeminate adj | Having womanish traits or qualities |
effervesce v | To bubble up |
effervescent adj | Giving off bubbles of gas |
effete adj | Exhausted, as having performed its functions |
efficacious adj | Effective |
efficacy n | The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it |
efficiency n | The state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty |
efficient adj | Having and exercising the power to produce effects or results |
efflorescence n | The state of being flowery, or a flowery appearance |
efflorescent adj | Opening in flower |
effluvium n | A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter |
effrontery n | Unblushing impudence |
effulgence n | Splendor |
effuse v | To pour forth |
effusion n | an outpouring |
egoism n | The theory that places man's chief good in the completeness of self |
egoist n | One who advocates or practices egoism |
egotism n | Self-conceit |
egotist n | One given to self-mention or who is constantly telling of his own views and experiences |
egregious adj | Extreme |
egress n | Any place of exit |
eject v | To expel |
elapse v | To quietly terminate: said of time |
elasticity n | That property of matter by which a body tends to return to a former shape after being changed |
electrolysis n | The process of decomposing a chemical compound by the passage of an electric current |
electrotype n | A metallic copy of any surface, as a coin |
elegy n | A lyric poem lamenting the dead |
element n | A component or essential part |
elicit v | To educe or extract gradually or without violence |
eligible adj | Qualified for selection |
eliminate v | To separate and cast aside |
Elizabethan adj | Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era |
elocution n | The art of correct intonation, inflection, and gesture in public speaking or reading |
eloquent adj | Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech |
elucidate v | To bring out more clearly the facts concerning |
elude v | To evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice |
elusion n | Evasion |
emaciate v | To waste away in flesh |
emanate v | To flow forth or proceed, as from some source |
emancipate v | To release from bondage |
embargo n | Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade |
embark v | To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme |
embarrass v | To render flustered or agitated |
embellish v | To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features |
embezzle v | To misappropriate secretly |
emblazon v | To set forth publicly or in glowing terms |
emblem n | A symbol |
embody v | To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact or visible form |
embolden v | To give courage to |
embolism n | An obstruction or plugging up of an artery or other blood-vessel |
embroil v | To involve in dissension or strife |
emerge v | To come into view or into existence |
emergence n | A coming into view |
emergent adj | Coming into view |
emeritus adj | Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position |
emigrant n | One who moves from one place to settle in another |
emigrate v | To go from one country, state, or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another |
eminence n | An elevated position with respect to rank, place, character, condition, etc |
eminent adj | High in station, merit, or esteem |
emit v | To send or give out |
emphasis n | Any special impressiveness added to an utterance or act, or stress laid upon some word |
emphasize v | To articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word, or a group of words |
emphatic adj | Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set of words |
employee n | One who works for wages or a salary |
employer n | One who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay |
emporium n | A bazaar or shop |
empower v | To delegate authority to |
emulate v | To imitate with intent to equal or surpass |
enact v | To make into law, as by legislative act |
enamor v | To inspire with ardent love |
encamp v | To pitch tents for a resting-place |
encomium n | A formal or discriminating expression of praise |
encompass v | To encircle |
encore n | The call for a repetition, as of some part of a play or performance |
encourage v | To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind |
encroach v | To invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the possessions of another |
encumber v | To impede with obstacles |
encyclical adj | Intended for general circulation |
encyclopedia n | A work containing information on subjects, or exhaustive of one subject |
endanger v | To expose to peril |
endear v | To cause to be loved |
endemic adj | Peculiar to some specified country or people |
endue v | To endow with some quality, gift, or grace, usually spiritual |
endurable adj | Tolerable |
endurance n | The ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship, or stress of any kind without succumbing |
energetic adj | Working vigorously |
enervate v | To render ineffective or inoperative |
enfeeble v | To debilitate |
enfranchise v | To endow with a privilege, especially with the right to vote |
engender v | To produce |
engrave v | To cut or carve in or upon some surface |
engross v | To occupy completely |
enhance v | To intensify |
enigma n | A riddle |
enjoin v | To command |
enkindle v | To set on fire |
enlighten v | To cause to see clearly |
enlist v | To enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment |
enmity n | Hatred |
ennoble v | To dignify |
enormity n | Immensity |
enormous adj | Gigantic |
enrage v | To infuriate |
enrapture v | To delight extravagantly or intensely |
enshrine v | To keep sacred |
ensnare v | To entrap |
entail v | To involve; necessitate |
entangle v | To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications |
enthrall v | To bring or hold under any overmastering influence |
enthrone v | To invest with sovereign power |
enthuse v | To yield to or display intense and rapturous feeling |
enthusiastic adj | Full of zeal and fervor |
entirety n | A complete thing |
entomology n | The branch of zoology that treats of insects |
entrails n | pl |
entreaty n | An earnest request |
entree n | The act of entering |
entrench v | To fortify or protect, as with a trench or ditch and wall |
entwine v | To interweave |
enumerate v | To name one by one |
epic n | A poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages, heroes, etc |
epicure n | One who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and drinking |
Epicurean adj | Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite |
epicycle n | A circle that rolls upon the external or internal circumference of another circle |
epicycloid n | A curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls upon another circle |
epidemic n | Wide-spread occurrence of a disease in a certain region |
epidermis n | The outer skin |
epigram n | A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation |
epilogue n | The close of a narrative or dramatic poem |
epiphany n | Any appearance or bodily manifestation of a deity |
episode n | An incident or story in a literary work, separable from yet growing out of it |
epitaph n | An inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in memory of the dead |
epithet n | Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in "Father Aeneas" |
epitome n | A simplified representation |
epizootic adj | Prevailing among animals |
epoch n | A interval of time, memorable for extraordinary events |
epode n | A species of lyric poems |
equalize v | To render uniform |
equanimity n | Evenness of mind or temper |
equestrian adj | Pertaining to horses or horsemanship |
equilibrium n | A state of balance |
equitable adj | Characterized by fairness |
equity n | Fairness or impartiality |
equivalent adj | Equal in value, force, meaning, or the like |
equivocal adj | Ambiguous |
equivocate v | To use words of double meaning |
eradicate v | To destroy thoroughly |
errant adj | Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds |
erratic adj | Irregular |
erroneous adj | Incorrect |
erudite adj | Very-learned |
erudition n | Extensive knowledge of literature, history, language, etc |
eschew v | To keep clear of |
espy v | To keep close watch |
esquire n | A title of dignity, office, or courtesy |
essence n | That which makes a thing to be what it is |
esthetic adj | Pertaining to beauty, taste, or the fine arts |
estimable adj | Worthy of respect |
estrange v | To alienate |
estuary n | A wide lower part of a tidal river |
et cetera Latin | And so forth |
eugenic adj | Relating to the development and improvement of race |
eulogize v | To speak or write a laudation of a person's life or character |
eulogy n | A spoken or written laudation of a person's life or character |
euphemism n | A figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is substituted |
euphonious adj | Characterized by agreeableness of sound |
euphony n | Agreeableness of sound |
eureka Greek | I have found it |
evade v | To avoid by artifice |
evanesce v | To vanish gradually |
evanescent adj | Fleeting |
evangelical adj | Seeking the conversion of sinners |
evangelist n | A preacher who goes from place to place holding services |
evasion n | Escape |
eventual adj | Ultimate |
evert v | To turn inside out |
evict v | To dispossess pursuant to judicial decree |
evidential adj | Indicative |
evince v | To make manifest or evident |
evoke v | To call or summon forth |
evolution n | Development or growth |
evolve v | To unfold or expand |
exacerbate v | To make more sharp, severe, or virulent |
exaggerate v | To overstate |
exasperate v | To excite great anger in |
excavate v | To remove by digging or scooping out |
exceed v | To go beyond, as in measure, quality, value, action, power, skill, etc |
excel v | To be superior or distinguished |
excellence n | Possession of eminently or unusually good qualities |
excellency n | A title of honor bestowed upon various high officials |
excellent adj | Possessing distinguished merit |
excerpt n | An extract or selection from written or printed matter |
excess n | That which passes the ordinary, proper, or required limit, measure, or experience |
excitable adj | Nervously high-strung |
excitation n | Intensified emotion or action |
exclamation n | An abrupt or emphatic expression of thought or of feeling |
exclude v | To shut out purposely or forcibly |
exclusion n | Non-admission |
excrescence n | Any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development |
excretion n | The getting rid of waste matter |
excruciate v | To inflict severe pain or agony upon |
excursion n | A journey |
excusable adj | Justifiable |
execrable adj | Abominable |
execration n | An accursed thing |
executor n | A person nominated by the will of another to execute the will |
exegesis n | Biblical exposition or interpretation |
exemplar n | A model, pattern, or original to be copied or imitated |
exemplary adj | Fitted to serve as a model or example worthy of imitation |
exemplify v | To show by example |
exempt adj | Free, clear, or released, as from some liability, or restriction affecting others |
exert v | To make an effort |
exhale v | To breathe forth |
exhaust v | To empty by draining off the contents |
exhaustible adj | Causing or tending to cause exhaustion |
exhaustion n | Deprivation of strength or energy |
exhaustive adj | Thorough and complete in execution |
exhilarate v | To fill with high or cheerful spirits |
exhume v | To dig out of the earth (what has been buried) |
exigency n | A critical period or condition |
exigent adj | Urgent |
existence n | Possession or continuance of being |
exit n | A way or passage out |
exodus n | A going forth or departure from a place or country, especially of many people |
exonerate v | To relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, or blame |
exorbitance n | Extravagance or enormity |
exorbitant adj | Going beyond usual and proper limits |
exorcise v | To cast or drive out by religious or magical means |
exotic adj | Foreign |
expand v | To increase in range or scope |
expanse n | A continuous area or stretch |
expansion n | Increase of amount, size, scope, or the like |
expatriate v | To drive from one's own country |
expect v | To look forward to as certain or probable |
expectancy n | The act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable |
expectorate v | To cough up and spit forth |
expediency n | Fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case |
expedient adj | Contributing to personal advantage |
expedite v | To hasten the movement or progress of |
expeditious adj | Speedy |
expend v | To spend |
expense n | The laying out or expending or money or other resources, as time or strength |
expiate v | To make satisfaction or amends for |
explicate v | To clear from involvement |
explicit adj | Definite |
explode v | To cause to burst in pieces by force from within |
explosion n | A sudden and violent outbreak |
explosive adj | Pertaining to a sudden and violent outbreak |
exposition n | Formal presentation |
expository adj | Pertaining to a formal presentation |
expostulate v | To discuss |
exposure n | An open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements, or points of the compass |
expressive adj | Full of meaning |
expulsion n | Forcible ejection |
extant adj | Still existing and known |
extemporaneous adj | Done or made without much or any preparation |
extempore adv | Without studied or special preparation |
extensible adj | Capable of being thrust out |
extension n | A reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope |
extensive adj | Extended widely in space, time, or scope |
extensor n | A muscle that causes extension |
extenuate v | To diminish the gravity or importance of |
exterior n | That which is outside |
external n | Anything relating or belonging to the outside |
extinct adj | Being no longer in existence |
extinguish v | To render extinct |
extol v | To praise in the highest terms |
extort v | To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection of another to some necessity |
extortion n | The practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion |
extradite v | To surrender the custody of |
extradition n | The surrender by a government of a person accused of crime to the justice of another government |
extrajudicial adj | Happening out of court |
extraneous adj | Having no essential relation to a subject |
extraordinary adj | Unusual |
extravagance n | Undue expenditure of money |
extravagant adj | Needlessly free or lavish in expenditure |
extremist n | One who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views |
extremity n | The utmost point, side, or border, or that farthest removed from a mean position |
extricate v | Disentangle |
extrude v | To drive out or away |
exuberance n | Rich supply |
exuberant adj | Marked by great plentifulness |
fabricate v | To invent fancifully or falsely |
fabulous adj | Incredible |
facet n | One of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond or other gem |
facetious adj | Amusing |
facial adj | Pertaining to the face |
facile adj | Not difficult to do |
facilitate v | To make more easy |
facility n | Ease |
facsimile n | An exact copy or reproduction |
faction n | A number of persons combined for a common purpose |
factious adj | Turbulent |
fallacious adj | Illogical |
fallacy n | Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning |
fallible adj | Capable of erring |
fallow n | Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest |
famish v | To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst |
fanatic n | A religious zealot |
fancier n | One having a taste for or interest in special objects |
fanciless adj | Unimaginative |
fastidious adj | Hard to please |
fathom n | A measure of length, 6 feet |
fatuous adj | Idiotic |
faulty adj | Imperfect |
faun n | One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human, with goats feet |
fawn n | A young deer |
fealty n | Loyalty |
feasible adj | That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable |
federate v | To league together |
feint n | Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement |
felicitate v | To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event |
felicity n | A state of well-founded happiness |
felon n | A criminal or depraved person |
felonious adj | Showing criminal or evil purpose |
felony n | One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment |
feminine adj | Characteristic of woman or womankind |
fernery n | A place in which ferns are grown |
ferocious adj | Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature |
ferocity n | Savageness |
fervent adj | Ardent in feeling |
fervid adj | Intense |
fervor n | Ardor or intensity of feeling |
festal adj | Joyous |
festive adj | Merry |
fete n | A festival or feast |
fetus n | The young in the womb or in the egg |
feudal adj | Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal |
feudalism n | The feudal system |
fez n | A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red with a black tassel |
fiasco n | A complete or humiliating failure |
fickle adj | Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose |
fictitious adj | Created or formed by the imagination |
fidelity n | Loyalty |
fiducial adj | Indicative of faith or trust |
fief n | A landed estate held under feudal tenure |
filibuster n | One who attempts to obstruct legislation |
finale n | Concluding performance |
finality n | The state or quality of being final or complete |
finally adv | At last |
financial adj | Monetary |
financier n | One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations |
finery n | That which is used to decorate the person or dress |
finesse n | Subtle contrivance used to gain a point |
finite adj | Limited |
fiscal adj | Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government |
fishmonger n | One who sells fish |
fissure n | A crack or crack-like depression |
fitful adj | Spasmodic |
fixture n | One who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position |
flag-officer n | The captain of a flag-ship |
flagrant adj | Openly scandalous |
flamboyant adj | Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste |
flatulence n | Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels |
flection n | The act of bending |
fledgling n | A young bird |
flexible adj | Pliable |
flimsy adj | Thin and weak |
flippant adj | Having a light, pert, trifling disposition |
floe n | A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice |
flora n | The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district |
floral adj | Pertaining to flowers |
florid adj | Flushed with red |
florist n | A dealer in flowers |
fluctuate v | To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another |
fluctuation n | Frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to another |
flue n | A smoke-duct in a chimney |
fluent adj | Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas |
fluential adj | Pertaining to streams |
flux n | A state of constant movement, change, or renewal |
foggy adj | Obscure |
foible n | A personal weakness or failing |
foist v | To palm off |
foliage n | Any growth of leaves |
folio n | A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once |
folk-lore n | The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people |
fondle v | To handle tenderly and lovingly |
foolery n | Folly |
foot-note n | A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column |
foppery n | Dandyism |
foppish adj | Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners |
forbearance n | Patient endurance or toleration of offenses |
forby adv | Besides |
forcible adj | Violent |
forecourt n | A court opening directly from the street |
forejudge v | To judge of before hearing evidence |
forepeak n | The extreme forward part of a ship's hold, under the lowest deck |
foreshore n | That part of a shore uncovered at low tide |
forebode v | To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil |
forecast v | To predict |
forecastle n | That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds |
foreclose v | To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property |
forefather n | An ancestor |
forego v | To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of |
foreground n | That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator |
forehead n | The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair |
foreign adj | Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country |
foreigner n | A citizen of a foreign country |
foreknowledge n | Prescience |
foreman n | The head man |
foreordain v | To predetermine |
foreordination n | Predestination |
forerun v | To go before as introducing or ushering in |
foresail n | A square sail |
foresee v | To discern beforehand |
foresight n | Provision against harm or need |
foretell v | To predict |
forethought n | Premeditation |
forfeit v | To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation |
forfend v | To ward off |
forgery n | Counterfeiting |
forgo v | To deny oneself |
formation n | Relative disposition of parts |
formidable adj | Difficult to accomplish |
formula n | Fixed rule or set form |
forswear v | To renounce upon oath |
forte n | A strong point |
forth adv | Into notice or view |
forthright adv | With directness |
fortify v | To provide with defensive works |
fortitude n | Patient courage |
foursome adj | Consisting of four |
fracture n | A break |
fragile adj | Easily broken |
frailty n | Liability to be broken or destroyed |
fragile adj | Capable of being broken |
frankincense n | A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes |
frantic adj | Frenzied |
fraternal adj | Brotherly |
fraudulence n | Deceitfulness |
fraudulent adj | Counterfeit |
fray v | To fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads |
freemason n | A member of an ancient secret fraternity originally confined to skilled artisans |
freethinker n | One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion |
free trade n | Commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs |
frequency n | The comparative number of any kind of occurrences within a given time or space |
fresco n | The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings |
freshness n | The state, quality, or degree of being fresh |
fretful adj | Disposed to peevishness |
frightful adj | Apt to induce terror or alarm |
frigid adj | Lacking warmth |
frigidarium n | A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc |
frivolity n | A trifling act, thought, saying, or practice |
frivolous adj | Trivial |
frizz v | To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to |
frizzle v | To cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair |
frolicsome adj | Prankish |
frontier n | The part of a nation's territory that abuts upon another country |
frowzy adj | Slovenly in appearance |
frugal adj | Economical |
fruition n | Fulfillment |
fugacious adj | Fleeting |
fulcrum n | The support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns |
fulminate v | To cause to explode |
fulsome adj | Offensive from excess of praise or commendation |
fumigate v | To subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially for disinfection |
functionary n | An official |
fundamental adj | Basal |
fungible adj | That may be measured, counted, or weighed |
fungous adj | Spongy |
fungus n | A plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom |
furbish v | To restore brightness or beauty to |
furlong n | A measure, one-eighth of a mile |
furlough n | A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer |
furrier n | A dealer in or maker of fur goods |
further adj | More distant or advanced |
furtherance n | Advancement |
furtive adj | Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief |
fuse v | To unite or blend as by melting together |
fusible adj | Capable of being melted by heat |
futile adj | Of no avail or effect |
futurist n | A person of expectant temperament |
gauge n | An instrument for measuring |
gaiety n | Festivity |
gaily adv | Merrily |
gait n | Carriage of the body in going |
gallant adj | Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit |
galore adj | Abundant |
galvanic adj | Pertaining or relating to electricity produced by chemical action |
galvanism n | Current electricity, especially that arising from chemical action |
galvanize v | To imbue with life or animation |
gamble v | To risk money or other possession on an event, chance, or contingency |
gambol n | Playful leaping or frisking |
gamester n | A gambler |
gamut n | The whole range or sequence |
garnish v | In cookery, to surround with additions for embellishment |
garrison n | The military force stationed in a fort, town, or other place for its defense |
garrote v | To execute by strangling |
garrulous adj | Given to constant trivial talking |
gaseous adj | Light and unsubstantial |
gastric adj | Of, pertaining to, or near the stomach |
gastritis n | Inflammation of the stomach |
gastronomy n | The art of preparing and serving appetizing food |
gendarme n | In continental Europe, particularly in France, a uniformed and armed police officer |
genealogy n | A list, in the order of succession, of ancestors and their descendants |
genealogist n | A tracer of pedigrees |
generality n | The principal portion |
generalize v | To draw general inferences |
generally adv | Ordinarily |
generate v | To produce or cause to be |
generic adj | Noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific |
generosity n | A disposition to give liberally or to bestow favors heartily |
genesis n | Creation |
geniality n | Warmth and kindliness of disposition |
genital adj | Of or pertaining to the animal reproductive organs |
genitive adj | Indicating source, origin, possession, or the like |
genteel adj | Well-bred or refined |
gentile adj | Belonging to a people not Jewish |
geology n | The department of natural science that treats of the constitution and structure of the earth |
germane adj | Relevant |
germinate v | To begin to develop into an embryo or higher form |
gestation n | Pregnancy |
gesticulate v | To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech |
gesture n | A movement or action of the hands or face, expressive of some idea or emotion |
ghastly adj | Hideous |
gibe v | To utter taunts or reproaches |
giddy adj | Affected with a whirling or swimming sensation in the head |
gigantic adj | Tremendous |
giver n | One who gives, in any sense |
glacial adj | Icy, or icily cold |
glacier n | A field or stream of ice |
gladden v | To make joyous |
glazier n | One who cuts and fits panes of glass, as for windows |
glimmer n | A faint, wavering, unsteady light |
glimpse n | A momentary look |
globose adj | Spherical |
globular adj | Spherical |
glorious adj | Of excellence and splendor |
glutinous adj | Sticky |
gluttonous adj | Given to excess in eating |
gnash v | To grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage |
Gordian knot n | Any difficulty the only issue out of which is by bold or unusual manners |
gourmand n | A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table |
gosling n | A young goose |
gossamer adj | Flimsy |
gourd n | A melon, pumpkin, squash, or some similar fruit having a hard rind |
graceless adj | Ungracious |
gradation n | A step, degree, rank, or relative position in an order or series |
gradient adj | Moving or advancing by steps |
granary n | A storehouse for grain after it is thrashed or husked |
grandeur n | The quality of being grand or admirably great |
grandiloquent adj | Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style |
grandiose adj | Having an imposing style or effect |
grantee n | The person to whom property is transferred by deed |
grantor n | The maker of a deed |
granular adj | Composed of small grains or particles |
granulate v | To form into grains or small particles |
granule n | A small grain or particle |
grapple v | To take hold of |
gratification n | Satisfaction |
gratify v | To please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desire or need |
gratuitous adj | Voluntarily |
gratuity n | That which is given without demand or claim |
gravity n | Seriousness |
gregarious adj | Not habitually solitary or living alone |
grenadier n | A member of a regiment composed of men of great stature |
grief n | Sorrow |
grievance n | That which oppresses, injures, or causes grief and at the same time a sense of wrong |
grievous adj | Creating affliction |
grimace n | A distortion of the features, occasioned by some feeling of pain, disgust, etc |
grindstone n | A flat circular stone, used for sharpening tools |
grisly adj | Fear-inspiring |
grotesque adj | Incongruously composed or ill-proportioned |
grotto n | A small cavern |
ground n | A pavement or floor or any supporting surface on which one may walk |
guess n | Surmise |
guile n | Duplicity |
guileless adj | Frank |
guinea n | An English monetary unit |
guise n | The external appearance as produced by garb or costume |
gullible adj | Credulous |
gumption n | Common sense |
gusto n | Keen enjoyment |
guy n | Stay-rope |
guzzle v | To swallow greedily or hastily; gulp |
gynecocracy n | Female supremacy |
gynecology n | The science that treats of the functions and diseases peculiar to women |
gyrate v | To revolve |
gyroscope n | An instrument for illustrating the laws of rotation |
habitable adj | Fit to be dwelt in |
habitant n | Dweller |
habitual adj | According to usual practice |
habitude n | Customary relation or association |
hackney v | To make stale or trite by repetition |
haggard adj | Worn and gaunt in appearance |
halcyon adj | Calm |
hale adj | Of sound and vigorous health |
handwriting n | Penmanship |
hanger-on n | A parasite |
happy-go-lucky adj | Improvident |
harangue n | A tirade |
harass v | To trouble with importunities, cares, or annoyances |
harbinger n | One who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing |
hard-hearted adj | Lacking pity or sympathy |
hardihood n | Foolish daring |
harmonious adj | Concordant in sound |
havoc n | Devastation |
hawthorn n | A thorny shrub much used in England for hedges |
hazard n | Risk |
head first adv | Precipitately, as in diving |
head foremost adv | Precipitately, as in diving |
heartrending adj | Very depressing |
heathenish adj | Irreligious |
heedless adj | Thoughtless |
heifer n | A young cow |
heinous adj | Odiously sinful |
hemorrhage n | Discharge of blood from a ruptured or wounded blood-vessel |
hemorrhoids n | Tumors composed of enlarged and thickened blood-vessels, at the lower end of the rectum |
henchman n | A servile assistant and subordinate |
henpeck v | To worry or harass by ill temper and petty annoyances |
heptagon n | A figure having seven sides and seven angles |
heptarchy n | A group of seven governments |
herbaceous adj | Having the character of a herb |
herbarium n | A collection of dried plants scientifically arranged for study |
herbivorous adj | Feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as animals |
hereditary adj | Passing naturally from parent to child |
heredity n | Transmission of physical or mental qualities, diseases, etc |
heresy n | An opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or accepted principles |
heretic n | One who holds opinions contrary to the recognized standards or tenets of any philosophy |
heritage n | Birthright |
hernia n | Protrusion of any internal organ in whole or in part from its normal position |
hesitancy n | A pausing to consider |
hesitant adj | Vacillating |
hesitation n | Vacillation |
heterodox adj | At variance with any commonly accepted doctrine or opinion |
heterogeneity n | Unlikeness of constituent parts |
heterogeneous adj | Consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds |
heteromorphic adj | Deviating from the normal form or standard type |
hexangular adj | Having six angles |
hexapod adj | Having six feet |
hexagon n | A figure with six angles |
hiatus n | A break or vacancy where something necessary to supply the connection is wanting |
hibernal adj | Pertaining to winter |
Hibernian adj | Pertaining to Ireland, or its people |
hideous adj | Appalling |
hilarious adj | Boisterously merry |
hillock n | A small hill or mound |
hinder v | To obstruct |
hindmost adj | Farthest from the front |
hindrance n | An obstacle |
hirsute adj | Having a hairy covering |
hoard v | To gather and store away for the sake of accumulation |
hoarse adj | Having the voice harsh or rough, as from a cold or fatigue |
homage n | Reverential regard or worship |
homogeneity n | Congruity of the members or elements or parts |
homogeneous adj | Made up of similar parts or elements |
homologous adj | Identical in nature, make-up, or relation |
homonym n | A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another |
homophone n | A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another |
honorarium n | A token fee or payment to a professional man for services |
hoodwink v | To deceive |
horde n | A gathered multitude of human beings |
hosiery n | A stocking |
hospitable adj | Disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous kindness |
hospitality n | The practice of receiving and entertaining strangers and guests with kindness |
hostility n | Enmity |
huckster n | One who retails small wares |
humane adj | Compassionate |
humanitarian n | A philanthropist |
humanize v | To make gentle or refined |
humbug n | Anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead |
humiliate v | To put to shame |
hussar n | A light-horse trooper armed with saber and carbine |
hustle v | To move with haste and promptness |
hybrid adj | Cross-bred |
hydra n | The seven- or nine-headed water-serpent slain by Hercules |
hydraulic adj | Involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion |
hydrodynamics n | The branch of mechanics that treats of the dynamics of fluids |
hydroelectric adj | Pertaining to electricity developed water or steam |
hydromechanics n | The mechanics of fluids |
hydrometer n | An instrument for determining the density of solids and liquids by flotation |
hydrostatics n | The branch of science that treats of the pressure and equilibrium of fluids |
hydrous adj | Watery |
hygiene n | The branch of medical science that relates to improving health |
hypercritical adj | Faultfinding |
hypnosis n | An artificial trance-sleep |
hypnotic adj | Tending to produce sleep |
hypnotism n | An artificially induced somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion |
hypnotize v | To produce a somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestions |
hypocrisy n | Extreme insincerity |
hypocrite n | One who makes false professions of his views or beliefs |
hypodermic adj | Pertaining to the area under the skin |
hypotenuse n | The side of a right-angled triangle opposite the right angle |
hypothesis n | A proposition taken for granted as a premise from which to reach a conclusion |
hysteria n | A nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying |
ichthyic adj | Fish-like |
ichthyology n | The branch of zoology that treats of fishes |
ichthyosaurs n | A fossil reptile |
icily adv | Frigidly |
iciness n | The state of being icy |
icon n | An image or likeness |
iconoclast n | An image-breaker |
idealize v | To make to conform to some mental or imaginary standard |
idiom n | A use of words peculiar to a particular language |
idiosyncrasy n | A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual |
idolize v | To regard with inordinate love or admiration |
ignoble adj | Low in character or purpose |
ignominious adj | Shameful |
Iliad n | A Greek epic poem describing scenes from the siege of Troy |
illegal adj | Not according to law |
illegible adj | Undecipherable |
illegitimate adj | Unlawfully begotten |
illiberal adj | Stingy |
illicit adj | Unlawful |
illimitable adj | Boundless |
illiterate adj | Having little or no book-learning |
ill-natured adj | Surly |
illogical adj | Contrary to the rules of sound thought |
illuminant n | That which may be used to produce light |
illuminate v | To supply with light |
illumine v | To make bright or clear |
illusion n | An unreal image presented to the senses |
illusive adj | Deceptive |
illusory adj | Deceiving or tending to deceive, as by false appearance |
imaginable adj | That can be imagined or conceived in the mind |
imaginary adj | Fancied |
imbibe v | To drink or take in |
imbroglio n | A misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife |
imbrue v | To wet or moisten |
imitation n | That which is made as a likeness or copy |
imitator n | One who makes in imitation |
immaculate adj | Without spot or blemish |
immaterial adj | Of no essential consequence |
immature adj | Not full-grown |
immeasurable adj | Indefinitely extensive |
immense adj | Very great in degree, extent, size, or quantity |
immerse v | To plunge or dip entirely under water or other fluid |
immersion n | The act of plunging or dipping entirely under water or another fluid |
immigrant n | A foreigner who enters a country to settle there |
immigrate v | To come into a country or region from a former habitat |
imminence n | Impending evil or danger |