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